Chapter 693 Royal Army Department
?When Li Ke arrived at Baiyan City day and night, Emperor Taizong's car frame had already left, leaving him with only 50,000 new army in the southern yamen, and let the Youzhou Grand Governor Cheng Zhijie be the commander.
"Your Highness, I'll leave the army to you. I'm going to say goodbye!" Cheng Zhijie said goodbye to Li Ke.
Li Ke knew that this was Li Shimin's meaning. After saying a few polite words to Cheng Zhijie, he sent him outside the door. When Cheng Zhijie left, Li Ke said to Wang Zhongchang, "Send an order to let all generals come to the general account to discuss matters!"
"No" King Zhongchang received the order.
Dongdongdongdongdong—After the three drums sounded, the generals walked into the hall one by one.
Dozens of generals appeared in the tent, except Pei Xinglian and Xue Rengui, no one knew the other generals Li Ke.
"Students meet the principal--"
Suddenly, the famous general bowed to Li Ke.
When Li Ke saw eight generals who called him the principal, they were all wearing military uniforms of the commander. Hearing this title, Li Ke knew about the students who graduated from the Army Academy.
"See the principal——" Pei Xinglian and Xue Rengui also bowed to Li Ke.
"See Your Highness the Northern King, the last Turkic general Lan Dong--" A Turkic general bowed to Li Ke.
"Well--Is the Prince of Beiping in good health?" Li Ke asked.
"Khan is healthy——" Lan Dong replied.
At this time, except for Lan Dong, the Turkic general in the tent, everyone else was the general of the Army Academy. The entire tent became Li Ke's base camp.
Because of the performance of Meng Zhao, the first batch of graduates from the Army Academy, Li Shimin asked half of the colleges of the Army Academy to serve in the new army when they graduated. The students of the Army Academy were very skilled in all aspects, which made them hold important positions in the Xindu. This made so many generals of the Army Academy among the 50,000 new army. Besides, isn’t this Li Shimin’s consciousness? When necessary, he would rather not have these excellent generals than let them continue to stay in the New Army and go back to Chang'an with him. In this way, it would be very dangerous to hand over the city defense to them.
Seeing the inland army academy of the big tent, Li Ke showed a faint smile on his face.
Li Ke believed in their abilities very much about the students of Taiyuan Army Academy. With tactical and strategic teachers like Li Jing, chief instructors like Chen Qi, practical instructors like Hou Hu, Ren Hu and Zheyu, the students of the Army Academy are absolutely first-class in terms of tactical theory and combat skills. What Li Ke needs is such a general. At first, he thought Li Shimin would leave him a large army of 50,000 or 60,000 and some unfamiliar generals, making it difficult for him to integrate with the new army for a while. Now when he saw the generals of the Army Department in the tent, Li Ke liked Li Shimin's move very much. With these generals, Li Ke had a new idea about the war in Goryeo. When he received Li Shimin's handwritten edict in Qingtang City, he only thought that he could remain unbeaten. Now seeing these generals, he absolutely had a chance to fight against the Goryeo people.
"Everyone sit down!" Li Ke said lightly.
After the chief general sat down, Li Ke asked Xue Rengui, the highest official position here, and said, "Xue Li, tell me about the recent battle situation!"
In fact, Xue Rengui and Pei Xinglian were of the same level. Moreover, Pei Xinglian commanded 30,000 black cavalry, and was stronger than Xue Rengui in terms of his ability to command troops. However, Xue Rengui has been in the army since the northern expedition. He knew about Goryeo, so Li Ke asked him a name.
"Your Highness, since the Emperor's expedition to Baiyan City, the Goryeo people have relied on the solid city defense of Baiyan City to deal with us. Now, the number of Goryeo troops in Baiyan City has reached 200,000." Xue Rengui said simply, "The only way to Baiyan City to Goryeo is to prevent us from conquering Baiyan City, and it will be difficult for us to move forward."
"How long can our food and grass last?" Li Ke asked Pei Xinglian.
He also felt that Pei Xinglian led his 30,000 Black Cavalry Army to act as a food transporter in this Northern Expedition.
"Your Highness, this time the students transported food from Youzhou that could provide 200,000 troops with two months. After the emperor left, he did not bring much food and grass, and all of them were left to Your Highness. With the current number of troops, he could support the army for three months."
"Three months--" Li Ke sighed, "Is it enough?"
The generals didn't know what Li Ke meant and dared not ask.
After a while, Li Ke looked up and asked, "What do you think about the current situation?"
"Your Highness, the students think that the Goryeo people may not be able to stay for long-" a general stood up and said to Li Ke.
"What's your name?" Li Ke asked.
"The student is called Li Fei--" Li Fei replied.
"You keep talking—" Li Ke said.
"No" Li Fei took the order and continued, "Your Highness, the students believe that the current situation ignores Goryeo. Goryeo devotes all the whole country to defend Baiyan City. This winter has consumed too much of their national strength. It is almost spring. As long as the Tang Dynasty protects half of Goryeo's occupied land and does not allow their people to farm the fields, their country will be in trouble, and Baiyan City will be destroyed without conquering."
"Haha——" Li Ke laughed, "Your attention is good——" Li Ke continued to look at the generals in the hall and asked, "What do you have any ideas? Let's continue to talk about it-"
"Principal, the students think that the Goryeo people may attack the camp tonight—" a general suddenly spoke.
"Huh?" Li Ke said in surprise, "What's your name?"
"The student is called Xu Zhong--" Xu Zhong replied to Li Ke.
"Tell me your reasons--" Li Ke said with a smile.
"Your Highness, the emperor leaves, you come to Baiyan City. The army needs a handover ceremony, and what is left is the new army of Nanya. Your Highness is not familiar with the new book. The Goryeo people will think that our army's morale is unstable at this time, and they will definitely send troops to attack the camp!" Xu Zhong explained.
"What do you think?" Li Ke asked everyone.
"Students think so too-" Pei Xinglian agreed.
"Students think so too!" Xue Rengui echoed.
"Well——" Li Ke continued with a smile, "Then tell me, how should I set up defense?"
"Principal, why don't we use our plans to give the Goryeo people a fire attack?" Xu Zhong said, "Empty the camp, lure the Goryeo army into the camp, and set off another fire."
"Your Highness, since the Goryeo wants to attack us, why don't we take this opportunity to capture Baiyan City?" Pei Xinglian said suddenly.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Li Ke asked.
"No—" Pei Xinglian said in frustration.
"I also have this idea when taking the opportunity to capture Baiyan City, but it needs to be planned and deployed. We have no time left. Please discuss it and formulate a detailed tactic for me!" Li Ke said to Pei Xinglian.
He dared to ask for this because, except for Lan Dong, the other generals present were all from the Army Academy, all military generals who came from professional backgrounds, and Pei Xinglian, a general who came from professional backgrounds. Li Ke believed that if these people could not make a detailed plan, the teaching level of the Army Academy would be questionable! Besides, he believed that these generals would have many generals from professional backgrounds in the future. He believed that as long as they make good use of these people's heads, a hundred thousand army could even beat Goryeo.
"No——" Pei Xinglian said with his order.
"This matter is left to you-" Li Ke said, and said to Xue Rengui again, "You should command the 50,000 new army troops, and you should discuss the specific deployment with Pei Xinglian, but you must fight the majesty of the Tang Dynasty in one battle-"
"No--" Xue Rengui replied excitedly.
Li Ke gave him the commander of the 50,000 army at once. This is an affirmation of his trust and ability. How could Xue Rengui not be excited?
"Lan Dong - your Turkic Spirit Knight will take a few days off first. I will only arrange it in a few days-" Li Ke said to Lan Dong.
"No—" Lan Dong knew that Li Ke was in his identity, and knew that he was Tuli's son-in-law, and that he was Tuli's confidant general, so naturally Li Ke followed his horse.
"Then you continue to discuss—" Li Ke left the tent in a big strode.
In fact, he wanted to give these generals a chance to show their talents.
Because, as long as these generals mature, they are their precious wealth and their elite soldiers who fought against the Western Regions and attacked the Kingdom of Dashi. Please visit "
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