Book 50 Chapter 13 – Startling Change in Deep Valley (1/2)
Book 50 Chapter 13 – Startling Change in Deep Valley
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
During the , everybody laid out their own viewpoint; so toward the secret place, so boats to transport the troops away, but midway unload the people, replaced by rocks to maintain the hull’s depth, while on the deck they would put dueneral, unexpectedly no one supported a large-scalefrodu at the western border, across the Shao Shuai State, and arrived at the Donghai County facing the sea
Only Xu Xingzhi and Xuan Yong were s
Ren Meidu is located at thea massivefollowing the canal either going north or co down to the south, we can also provide assistance to the cities and towns north and south If we really eth there, it will affect the survival of our Shao Shuai State Liangdu is not like Jiangdu and Luoyang, that kind of strong cities, if the enemy is well prepared, forty to fifty thousand ht, then ill have no rooreat chaos”
Bu Tianzhi also said, “If Li Zitong divides his troops to invade our territory from several routes, while our troops are weary and unable to rise due to the long and difficult trek, plus the eneth is several times above ours, ill be powerless to strike back, and can only sit while watching the cities surrendering one by one Therefore, feigning troops movement is the superior move, it could equally hed inwardly, the various generals’ vieere all based on safest choice, not daring to take any risk, the justification they put forithin reason, and it was based on careful investigation, simply because Shao Shuai State was established by their hands, they had just accomplished a bit of success, hence they especially cherished it
But war is cruel, it’s a gaame of chess, this piece is sacrificed to obtain that piece, the focus is not the success or failure of one corner, but the overall victory or defeat
With the exception of Xuan Yong, the various generals sitting around the table had never taken part in large-scale battle, round, naturally, unlike him, they did not have their eyes on the overall situation
Kou Zhong s, “What do you think?”
Xuan Yong spoke solemnly, “Now that we are in an inferior position, we h this difficulty Li Zitong has been involved in ith Du Fuwei and Shen Faxing for a long ti it, evidently he is not a person that can easily be deceived Shaoshuai in my heart is not an ordinary person, and only unordinary person can use unordinary method Xiashu will listen to Shaoshuai’s instruction in everything”
For the first ti points of brave and good at fighting, and caleneral of his had another good aspect, which was knowing how to cooperate with hi the numerous personnel in the headquarters, his words had a bit ured out how to state his vieithout hurting the generals under his cozhi cheerfully said, “Xuan Zhen [perhaps an alias, perhaps a typo, I don’t know, characters Zhen and Yong do not look alike] said it well Whether it was the battle of Liyang, the battle of Cijian, in all cases Shaoshuai seized victory by using wonder troops [you know already what itsurprise [the ‘qi’ character can , unusual, etc], I am afraid no one in the world can surpass Shaoshuai”
The crowd of generals all revealed a subzhi said was the fact that everybody in the world knew Fro Yuwen Huaji, to Li Mi’s big defeat, to hisall over the area beyond the Great Wall, and the two zhi hting prowess However, the ‘unequalled’ reputation really could not be relied on forever, for exa chips were lost, and now they were faced with a situation that was everything bodes ill, no positive signs even lin respectfully said, “We are just expressing our views, ultimately naturally Shaoshuai hed aloud and said, “Changlin does not need to be so modest to e of views Ha!”
After a short pause, he spoke calht differences are the h ra out, so that we cannot attack even if anted to, while also cannot defend even if anted too According to Sun Tzu’s Art of War, if we must attack, then we must leave a place where the enemy can escape, only then e be able to lure him to empty his nest and come out This required place to escape is precisely hoe are going to trick hi that if our situation beco and withdraw to Lingnan This is so that Li shi+min will never allow to happen And because there is not ’s fall is near at hand, we only have one chance to deceive Li Zitong Toiling the ar the crowd appears to be unwise, but if we view this as an opportunity, an exercise totroops put eh on the round outside the city we could train the arer [idio the, the unit can’t be called elite troops As for how to launch surprise attack to deal with Li Zitong, that will be another question The ih and thick city walls, and go to their escaping place Yang Gong’s troops are precisely ’s wonder troops As for the details, ill discuss it carefully”
His speech was resounding and powerful, if thrown on the floor, it willand powerful] Everybody understood his intention, they trusted his judgment evencould not help butwith hireat deal of effort, like the sile matter before his eyes, he had to state it repeatedly like this Furtherenerals or the soldiers, his Shao Shuai Ar was precisely the best subject for him to drill his troops
There would co his heart and soul to train thehty army able to move unhindered across the world
Luo Qifei said, “Just received news fro, Li Yuan’s order to go to Shandong to recruit his for the ene with hi the way, thetroops suddenly received Li Yuan’s i’an alone to discuss official business Who would have thought that against orders, Li Mi did not return, but continued to travel to the east? He was beheaded by the Tang Ar mused how could there be such a coincidence? He had just remembered Li Mi and immediately heard the news of Li Mi’s death
In the Shao Shuai Hall, everybody revealed a shocked expression, followed by spirited discussion; soret
Li Mi raised the Wagang militia, he stood above the crowd in the Central Plains, with strong potential to replace the Sui It’s a pity that he repeatedly ang Army split up internally, and thus they were unable to seize the opportunity to go west and acquire Guanzhong And then while his vigor had not recovered yet, herendered hi Unexpectedly he abandoned Li shi+ji in Liyang to seek shelter to the Great Tang, which planted the seed of disaster of being killed today
Hot tears gushed out of Xuan Yong’s pair of eyes, he spoke in tretou’s soul and spirit in heavencasually asked, “How did wang Bodang end?”
Luo Qifei replied, “I heard that not only wang Bodang did not accoed with any cri blurted out He was an eyewitness to the situation at that ti escape the disaster? Unless he was theKou Zhong’s concern over this matter, Luo Qifei continued his report, “Li Yuan sent Wei Zheng to carry Li Mi’s severed head to River Yin to appease Li shi+ji Journeying together with him was Shen Luoyan It shows Li Yuan’s trust toward Li shi+ji”
Turning to Xuan Yong, Kou Zhong said, “I the fastest possible way to notify Da Xiaojie, she will be extre hastily received the order and left to handle it
And then everybody continued to discuss the details of the est weakness of his Shao Shuai Army, which was the lack of talented personnel with experience and expertise in aristics and supply were determined by two main conditions, which were its own production capacity and the transportation’s deployment When the arion, the supply of oods and army provisions had direct impact in the success or failure of the expeditionary force Tujue people would just rob any place they went, using battle to raise battle This aspect was not a big proble, siistics and supplies could be divided into three aspects: the supplies following the army, the local supplies, and the special-purpose supplies
The supplies following the arencies, which the troops in expedition carry using on and which the troops carry on their back, under care of a special unit In his Shao Shuai Army, this aspect ofthrough the motions, simply because Shao Shuai Ar-distance raid on Cao Yinglong, Zhu Can and Xiao Xian’s coalition forces Since it was a blitzkrieg strategy, plus there was no need to besiege a city to capture a territory, everybody only had to carry enough provisions and it worked just fine But if they were going to deal with Li Zitong’s city, naturally they could not be that careless
Local supplies were only applicable if the troops only moved within their own territory, with the cities under their banner to provide the supplies As for special-purpose supplies, it oods were to be transported from the rear to the front line far away fro, hethe Great River, and had the supplies fro transported outside the Pass The supply troops in charge of the special-purpose supplies were as ions, and they were indispensable to the expeditionary force
Presently his Shao Shuai Arth reached forty-thousand o into battle, at least ten-thousand of theons and supply work, plus there uard important cities and towns of the Shao Shuai State; therefore, the nuo into battle would be noenerals and built soldiers, so busy until the sky hazy and the earth turned dark, finally he decided that Bu Tianzhi would be in charge of the supplies, and Niu Fengyi in charge of heavy uard hurriedly entered the hall to report, “Song Fa an audience with Shaoshuai!”
Kou Zhong’s entire body sprang up froon seat, he blurted out, “Unexpectedly she ca finally entered the You Lin Xiao Gu [sic, it is ‘Gu’ now], a place where he searched in his drea his soul but he had never set his foot on
Many tiine what kind of hallowed place on the earth You Lin Xiao Gu was Until this an to know that it was iuess
Inside the tranquil deep valley, which was forh the forest A the dense trees, he could faintly see several sht to flow right in front of the houses, flowing to the mouth of the valley, where it formed a clear pond, before it flowed out of the valley
Inside the valley the h to the sky, dense and concentrated to beco the earth The cliff was high and steep, the rocks elegant, the spring clear; to be able to live in seclusion, shunning the world in here, in this life, what else is there to seek?
Since it was sunrise, the little valley was bathed in the first rays ofsun The mountains were full of red autumn leaves, the layers of forest appeared to be dyed red, bursts of autuether, fresh and clean air penetrated deeply into the heart