In fact, regarding the matter of going to the front line, those present had no dispute at all, because they understood that there was no point in arguing about it. When His Highness is not here, perhaps it would be useful for us to argue.
But when His Highness is here, no matter how you argue, His Highness has a scale in his heart. Unless no one else can settle the account except you, then you have paid it. But the question is how many times will this happen?
Although His Highness is sincere to everyone, he is not too generous in some aspects. His Highness has done things like being the town master. The current emperor and the crown prince are not very happy, so His Highness can understand their feelings. In this case, will His Highness make himself feel uncomfortable? Impossible.
So when Li Xiang decided who would lead the troops, everyone present obediently accepted. After all, the arm cannot change the thigh. If you don't accept, then what do you mean? Are you planning to rebel? If you are just casually accused of something, you and your descendants will be doomed.
Merit is certainly important, but when you achieve merit, you cannot let your superiors become suspicious of you. Once you put a question mark there, some things will become difficult to say. So in this case, apart from congratulating Chang Sun Ze, I am afraid everyone has no other thoughts, after all, they have become accustomed to it.
Chang Sunze also did not think that this battle would fail. After all, the previous memorials had said that the army of the Arab Empire this time was different from the previous ones. It could be seen from their patrols that they were almost a beggar army. If it were not for the scimitars in their hands, they might have been mistaken for refugees fleeing famine. They had no warrior spirit at all.
Of course, Li Xiang and his men didn't completely believe General Sima's memorial. As a time traveler, Li Xiang knew exactly how powerful the Arab Empire was. "You describe them as a bunch of beggars. What on earth are you thinking?" If we underestimate the enemy, the loss won't be made up in a short time.
So before leaving, the most important thing Li Xiang told Chang Sun Ze was to be careful. The team going there was not large, only about 8,000 people, and only in this way could they achieve rapid maneuvering.
Together with the people around General Sima, they could gather 10,000 people and deal with the 70,000 to 80,000-strong Arab Empire army. It was really not difficult for them at all.
After three days of forced march, Chang Sun Ze finally arrived at Wunan City with his army.
"Don't be surprised, General. After the Arab Empire's army arrived, everyone in and outside the city basically understood what was going on. That's why everyone, including their families, fled. We couldn't stop them."
Seeing the expression on Chang Sunze's face, General Sima understood what was going on. Could this still be considered a city? It was practically an empty city. War had been going on for years, and the common people knew how difficult it was to survive in the midst of war. So, before the two sides could even start fighting, the common people had already made room and taken away everything they could from their homes.
Of course, General Sima and his men had no envious feelings, because the common people here had nothing of value in their homes. If they did have anything valuable, it would have been stolen by the Arabs. They robbed their own people without mercy, as if these people were not their citizens. I wonder what their citizens could enjoy in such a country? Enjoy being robbed?
"I understand. Tell me what you've gathered, and try to share some fresh information. Needless to say, I'm traveling light this time, bringing only 500 men. It will take about ten hours for the rest of the troops to arrive. Let's do whatever we need in advance. Once we arrive, don't give them any time to react. Launch the attack immediately."
Chang Sunze understood what speed was of the essence in war. The longer the battle dragged on, the more the Arab Empire's army would recover. So before the enemy could recover, we had to raise our steel knives first, and then all that was left was the harvest.
General Sima had no objection to this. After all, this guy was a young general. For people like them, being able to start a battle quickly was what they wanted most. If they planned over and over again but ended up doing nothing, that would be very frustrating.
Of course, the generals in the Tang army have fought many battles over the years and won a lot of victories. They also know what it means to scatter eggs. They know more than Li Xiang did when he led his troops to war. So in this situation, they have nothing to say. Those slow-tempered generals will not have much survival ability in such an environment.
"I've also been close to these people's camps in disguise. Not only have the search team become like beggars, but the camp itself is similar. If there's any danger, it's the troops surrounding the prince. There should be around 10,000 of them, and they're still able to maintain their military organization. Of course, I guess they must have been better at distributing supplies during normal times, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to hold out until now. Logistics represents an army's combat effectiveness. Isn't that what His Royal Highness said?"
Chang Sun Ze strongly agreed with General Sima's argument. If logistics couldn't keep up, how could the army maintain its combat effectiveness? Training on an empty stomach every day? Even an iron man could only hold out for a day or two at best; after that, he simply couldn't keep going.
"It seems there are still some tough guys out there. I originally thought there weren't many tough guys left. If that's the case, then we can't fight them all at once. Let's do it in two batches."
After a brief hesitation, Chang Sun Ze immediately ruled out the original battle plan. If everyone is so lazy, then there is nothing to say. We can just set up our artillery and push forward. Don't worry about his tens of thousands of troops. Anyway, they are all without fighting spirit, and there will be no other result.
But now the situation has changed. General Sima knows from reconnaissance that there are some elite troops in the middle and rear of the army. Of course, they are elite compared with those beggar armies. If compared with us, it is really impossible to say in detail. But even such an army may affect the outcome on the battlefield, so it is better to divide it into two times.
