I opened a tavern in Datang/Datang: My peerless talent was exposed

His reason is very simple. The Tang Dynasty or the entire Central Plains civilization does not seem to be a defensive nation all the way. Even if it is sometimes vulnerable to foreign invasion or something, it must be beaten back when it develops.

And based on his experience in dealing with the Central Plains people for many years, he didn't feel at all that the 20 people were here for defense.

In his opinion, this is the prelude to attack Goryeo!

It's a pity that as a general in charge of the army, he is now a bit of a master of meritorious service in the court. No matter what he says, the courtiers will push back in a strange way, and the king even helps to pull the sidelines.

This is not the case once or twice.Therefore, Yang Wanchun, who knew that it was useless to say it, simply asked Ling to station here.

As a meritorious general of Goryeo, he voluntarily asked to leave the court to station at the border. This is still unstoppable. After all, no matter how arrogant they are, it is impossible to really let the 20 people turn a blind eye on the border. Yes, Yang Wanchun is a good way.

The King of Koryo believed that with Yang Wanchun, a famous general who repelled several Sui conquests, he would definitely be able to keep the border of Koryo.

But after arriving in Anshi City, Yang Wanchun looked at the information sent to him, but felt more and more cold in his heart.

20 people, no young people, all veterans, and veterans in their 40s and [-]s!

This is the confidence of Shangguo in the Central Plains. Even though the Sui Dynasty suffered heavy casualties during the three expeditions to Goryeo, and experienced the melee in the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in less than ten years, it seems that the vitality has recovered.

But if such a loss is placed on a small country such as Goryeo, it is afraid that the family will be wiped out.

After Yang Wanchun read the information, he raised his defense level again, but the fear in his heart not only did not disappear, but became stronger and stronger.

Regarding Datang's intelligence, Yang Wanchun has never relaxed, because he clearly knows that although the Mohe tribe has been harassing the Goryeo border, it seems to have brought a lot of trouble to Goryeo, and Goryeo has also been overwhelmed by the Mohe tribe. bother.

But in fact Yang Wanchun knew clearly that no matter how much the Mohe tribe jumped up and down, it would only be a disease of ringworm and scabies, but the Tang Dynasty was different. As the orthodox Central Plains regime, it was born to be at odds with Korea.

If it is said that Mohe can make Goryeo feel pain everywhere, then Datang can make Goryeo die suddenly, and the two are not a level of threat at all.

But thinking about the current court, Yang Wanchun could only shake his head with a wry smile. No matter what he said, it was impossible for the King of Koryo to let him lead the whole country to take the initiative to attack.

However, after the fight started on his side, the king must have no choice but to mobilize other troops!

That's right, Yang Wanchun's idea now is to snipe at the Tang army in Anshicheng, and then use the situation here to force the court to send troops to fight the Tang Dynasty.

He had thought about this plan over and over again, as long as his side held out for about three months, the king would be able to mobilize troops from the interior to form an anti-encirclement of the Tang Dynasty's troops.

The task of staying in Anshi City for three months may seem impossible to others, but in Yang Wanchun's view, the 40 troops of the three Sui conquests were all overwhelmed. The army is more powerful than the 20 of the Sui Dynasty?

And when Yang Wanchun was thinking about how to guard against Datang, the shopkeeper of Zhang's Commercial Firm in Anshi City smiled and sent the butler of the mayor's house out the door.

Interest, sometimes it can really confuse people's eyes.

It's just a small profit share, and there is no need for the shopkeeper to collect any information. As soon as Yang Wanchun arrived in Anshi City, the City Lord's Mansion sent someone to notify him.

That's right, it wasn't the shopkeeper who went to inquire about any information, but the city lord of Anshi City took the initiative to send someone to inform him, and even conveyed the latest orders issued by Yang Wanchun.

Sometimes the shopkeeper also sighed, as expected of His Highness, I said it when I was at home, the words "lust for profit" seem simple, but in fact it is not that simple.

At any time, there is no shortage of people who only focus on their own one-third of an acre of land and that small property.

From their point of view, no matter how Datang and Goryeo fight to the death, the business still has to be done?

The shopkeeper never worries about his own safety, and it can even be said that he is very leisurely!

The reason is very simple, he doesn't have any stock here, and all the goods are delivered from the customs in batches!

Killing him is useless, at most you can get a small amount of money, and then you will never be able to do business with Lantian City and His Highness King Qin. This kind of thing that offends people by killing chickens and taking eggs is most shrewd and money-loving. Absolutely will not do.

No, the shopkeeper, who had previously proved that business intelligence was useful for business improvement, received the information from the City Lord's Mansion immediately.

Benefits, it makes people feel dark!

Chapter 472 Information and Zhang Nuo's Idea

When Zhang Nuo rushed to Liaodong, it was the hottest time of the year. After meeting with Qin Qiong and Zhang Liang, Zhang Nuo immediately began to read the information sent from Korea.

It's funny to say, but in fact, these intelligence personnel were really just Zhang Nuo's whim, and their training was not even the formal training of Li Shimin, but the new type of intelligence collection teaching arranged by Zhang Nuo himself.

And the arrangement given by Zhang Nuo is also very simple. Never take the initiative to collect information. You are just businessmen and shopkeepers. Do business in a safe and stable manner, handle local relations well, and send back any news you hear. It doesn't matter if you get there, your work is done when you earn the money.

It is precisely because of this kind of salty fish thinking, coupled with Zhang Nuo's elusive intelligence gathering methods, that these amateur intelligence spies who have just started gaining a lot.

It was even exaggerated to the point that Li Shimin sometimes couldn't laugh or cry when he saw the information sent by Gao Li. It turned out that the spies he had worked so hard to train were not as effective as Zhang Nuo's lessons for his own caravan shopkeeper. Well?

Looking at the information on the number and location of the garrison in each city, the character analysis of the leading generals, the character analysis of the city lord, the distribution of granaries, the distribution of armories, the distribution of nobles and civilians in the city, and the manpower data...

This is simply putting the most secret data of each city directly in front of Li Shimin and Zhang Nuo. Sometimes Li Shimin would wonder if the data that the King of Korea saw was not as accurate and detailed as he saw.

After all, according to Goryeo's half-bad governance level, I'm afraid their household registration really can't really count the exact number of middle-aged men in a city under normal conditions.

However, Zhang Nuo's caravan relied on several statistical methods such as counting the number of workers, as well as the above-board data from the city lord, and accurately obtained the analysis report on the war potential of each city.

If you look at this kind of report normally, it is just business information. After all, strong men are the main force of work and consumption. Only by counting the number of strong men can we know how big the market is and how many products are appropriate to put in.

But in wartime, this is actually the war potential of a city when it is under siege.

It may be possible to expand the scope of recruitment to all men, but after all, it is impossible to create a group of people out of nothing.

Therefore, as long as the population is counted, especially the number of strong laborers, the war potential of the city can be easily calculated.

This is undoubtedly very important information for a general who conquered cities and lands, but Zhang Nuo arranged for it to be openly under the noses of others, and it was almost open and aboveboard to get it.

To be honest, Zhang Nuo sometimes wondered if these people were not vigilant at all?

This kind of information is just given directly. I really don't worry that Datang will come to the door directly with this information like now, and it will be given to others by then?

Zhang Nuo can't figure it out after thinking about it, but he won't waste his brains on it anymore. He's not the kind of idiot who feels uncomfortable when the opponent is weak. He wishes that the opponent will open the city gate before he arrives. Then line up to surrender, not to mention saving trouble, and catch more slaves.

Zhang Liang, as the general manager of Liaodong Province, naturally has his own intelligence channel in Korea. He very consciously brought the information over to confirm with Zhang Nuo.

Then the two sides compared and found that it seemed that it was easier to fight Korea this time!

At present, although Goryeo has begun to hoard troops on the border and improve its defense level, it seems that because of the problem of a bumper harvest and busy farming, it has not recruited civilians on a large scale, nor has it expanded its army.

This is a bit of fun. If it is done like this, doesn't it mean that Zhang Nuo has a chance to sneak attack?

Zhang Nuo excitedly raised his idea, then Qin Qiong expressed his objection very veiledly, and then Cheng Yaojin explained the reason bluntly.

If Zhang Nuo just led the team to recover the remains of the soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, and at the same time beat up Goryeo to show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, then the sneak attack is undoubtedly a good way, and it will definitely make Goryeo feel uneasy.

But the goal of this expedition was not to demonstrate, but to destroy the city and the country, so a sneak attack would be useless. Apart from harassment, it was impossible for the cavalry to occupy the city.

Zhang Nuo scratched his head resentfully. He thought his idea of ​​surprise attack was a good idea, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

But Zhang Nuo looked at the crowd, and suddenly had an idea, no, the idea of ​​a sneak attack really works.

Zhang Nuo didn't speak in a hurry, he just waved his hand to make everyone quiet, and then carefully considered the inspiration that just came out in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was good.

Everyone looked at Zhang Nuona who was a little unhappy just now, but now his face was flushed with excitement, and felt a little inexplicable. Your Highness must be out of his mind.

This meant that Zhang Nuo didn't know what these idiots were thinking, otherwise Zhang Nuo would have to let them know what the concept of the Tang Dynasty's number one force is.

Zhang Nuo thought about his idea quickly and repeatedly, looked at the generals, and said seriously,

"This king has just thought about it. In fact, the trick of surprise attack is really useful for us!"

"Think about it, what is our biggest trump card this time? It's not the cavalry led by the king himself, but the artillery that the king spent a lot of money on!"

"Although they are usually regarded as infantry during the rehearsal, this time they all rode horses and followed the king to Liaodong!"

"You say, if the king brings cavalry and artillery to blow down the walls of the cities on the border first, and then uses the cavalry to drive people to our side, will this turn the siege into a pursuit? battle and sniper battle?"

"Think about it, suddenly the original thick city wall disappeared, and then the cavalry drove this way, it must be a mess, and it is impossible to have all the supplies, food and grass!"

"Then let's arrange the people in advance, and set up an ambush here to wait for work. Will this be able to get a big ticket?"

"Anyway, our 20 army is here, can't we still make a big bag to eat the people of several cities?"

After everyone heard Zhang Nuo's complete plan, they couldn't believe it. What is this damn thing? This is playing with Goryeo as a monkey. How could anyone attack the city with only cavalry and tear down all the walls of the city? Entering the city, but driving people out instead.

But when they turned their heads and thought about it, everyone looked at each other, and suddenly realized that, it seems, this idea is a bit tricky!

Chapter 473 The whole army is on the move

For Zhang Nuo, this idea was just an idea he came up with on the spur of the moment. As a rookie on the battlefield, he straightened his position very consciously.

You can put forward opinions and make decisions, and you will never go your own way.

So after the idea he proposed just now was rejected, he didn't mean to be angry at all, but started to continue thinking about it.

However, what he figured out this time was a little different, Qin Qiong and the others' eyes lit up a little.

Cheng Yaojin was the most direct. He turned around and walked to the big sand table in the middle of the camp to look at it. The idea just now was actually mainly considering the issue of troop strength and time.

It's not that we can't win this battle, but if the casualties are too large or the time spent is too long, then according to the "cost" theory that Zhang Nuo explained before he went out, wouldn't it be a loss?

But if we operate according to Zhang Nuo's idea, it seems that the entire battlefield has sped up. Sending out the most mobile cavalry in the early stage, first breaking down the city wall, and then waiting for the infantry to swarm up, it is not the same as chasing ducks ?

Cheng Yaojin passed by, Qin Qiong and Zhang Liang also looked over, and the more they looked, the more they felt that this method seems to be possible.

What Tang Jun is best at fighting is this kind of head-on confrontation between infantry and infantry on the open plains, especially if one side is a Korean who has no morale and no supplies.

After Qin Qiong and others analyzed it, they found that there was something wrong with this matter.

Zhang Nuo couldn't help but be amused as he watched several generals discussing seriously there. It turned out that he still had the talent for commanding operations.

However, he knew very well in his heart that only he could do this kind of thing.

Even if others have cavalry and artillery, they can't fight thousands of miles like him.

After all, his artillery and shells are all stored in the system space, and they can be used when they arrive, and they don't need to be taken away with a wave of the hand. How can others be so convenient.

Not to mention being pulled away by a carriage, the self-propelled artillery of later generations may not be as convenient as him. After all, the self-propelled artillery carries a limited number of shells, only a few hundred rounds, but what about Zhang Nuo, that is There are several warehouses of ammunition placed.

Such an artillery phalanx that can fight at any time, go away at any time, and can be replenished at any time, even if the artillery is the most primitive red cannon, the shells are iron lumps that will not explode, but he can't help bombing wildly.

It can be said that Zhang Nuo itself belongs to the pride of being the only one in the world.

With Zhang Nuo's ghost idea in front, for Qin Qiong and others, it is equivalent to finalizing the strategic thinking, and the rest is to enrich the details of the plan.

Which troops to go forward to respond, suitable camps, where to set up ambush, how to deal with food and grass, how to arrange marching routes, etc. These things seem to be complicated, but in fact, only when these things are in place can a complete offensive plan be implemented. .

If you really want to think about it like Zhang Nuo, no amount of troops will be enough to ruin it.

In the next few days, not only Zhang Nuo, Qin Qiong and others were called, but also some mid-level military officers were called over, constantly discussing and adjusting omissions in the plan.

And each route, each time is also gradually determined in the plan!

This is not a joke, it is written in the military regulations of the Tang Dynasty when you miss the deadline, no one dares to be sloppy at this time.

What needs to be discussed most now is how to divide the troops. The three big cities of Xincheng, Chifeng, and Anshi are all in the south close to the coastline, while the big city of Liaodong City is in the north deep inland. There is a huge difference between the two. Not a little.

If the plan proposed by Zhang Nuo is to be carried out, then it is necessary to divide the troops, but the division of troops is not something that can be done casually like one person and half.

Who leads the troops, how the marching route is, how the food supplies are arranged, and how they are reconciled, this cannot be simply pushed and passed.

Fortunately, Zhang Nuo doesn't need to worry about these things. Qin Qiong and the others are veterans who have led the army for many years, and they are already very familiar with this, let alone the soldiers under his command. bloody.

In less than ten days, Zhang Nuo and others finally completed the reorganization of the troops and the formulation of the plan, and they were waiting to go out.

Looking at the group of people crowded into his tent, Zhang Nuo suddenly realized that the war of annihilation of Korea, which he had been thinking about, planning, and preparing for so long, was finally about to begin.

This group of people in front of him will be the mainstay in the war of destroying the country of Goryeo. They will lead the soldiers to move forward bravely and fight endlessly according to the plan he has determined before.

Looking at the group of people in front of him, Zhang Nuo was full of messy thoughts, but he couldn't say a word.

Because saying it is hypocritical!

Apart from him, who here has not gained fame after being bloodied several times on the battlefield?

What qualifications does he have to give these and other orders, and then say some sour words?

So, thousands of words finally merged into one sentence,

"Open up!"

All the generals gladly accepted the order, and then filed out.

Speaking of launching, it actually just means that the plan has been fully launched, not that everyone will be dispatched at this moment.

At least Zhang Nuo's pure cavalry team will not move for the time being. They have to go last, but they are the first to attack.

The travel of the army was more troublesome than most people imagined, especially without the cooperation of Zhang Nuo, just transporting food and grass was not a simple matter.

But fortunately, with the cooperation of Zhang Liang, a "local" in this kind of thing, coupled with Zhang Nuo's invincible "coin-throwing" tactic, delivering food and grass to the army for a while turned out to be a dream for everyone. Worse.

Zhang Nuo looked at the money that was being spent continuously, but he didn't worry about it at all. Damn, make the budget big, and you can see the benefits at this time, throwing a little out can solve most of the things.

And with the cooperation of this large army, all the troops from all walks of life are also excitedly heading to the front line. They already know the arrangement this time, and they only need to wait for the commander to knock down the opponent's city wall, and follow up on the plain. Just a duel between people.

It can even be said that what they are going to do next is to catch slaves with the same name as their troops!

Although this reputation sounds a bit inconsistent with Datang's brilliant style, Li Shimin once asked whether to change his name, but Zhang Nuo said it very bluntly, you can be called whatever you want to the outside world, but internally, we call you "Catcher" The slave team is the local dogs who catch foreigners in exchange for money. We, the local dogs, don't even think about pretending to be tigers and lions!