Li Shimin knew the story of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao.
After all, he had come from a military background, so he knew the various military operations like the back of his hand.
But now that Zhang Feng was talking about besieging Wei to rescue Zhao, Li Shimin couldn't understand. He hurriedly asked, "Feng Zi, by besieging Wei to rescue Zhao, you mean that His Majesty wants to send troops to deal with the Turks?"
"Who told you that?"
"If there's nothing wrong with His Majesty's head, no, no, no human would say such a thing. I said that you weren't cut out for this, but you didn't believe me and insisted on asking."
Li Shimin was once more looked down upon by Zhang Feng.
But none of this was important.
Li Shimin didn't get angry, continuing to ask, "Then why don't you tell me, should we send troops or not, where should we send them, and what do you mean by besieging Wei to rescue Zhao?"
Li Shimin's mind was in a mess.
How could he think of so many things?
Zhang Feng pursed his lips and looked at the panicked Li Shimin like he was looking at a country bumpkin, slowly shaking his head.
"If I say that you don't understand, then you really don't understand. Come, come, come, I'll explain it to you in detail. It can also be considered as a science lesson for you. Otherwise, if you walk out like this, I'll lose face! "
As he spoke, Zhang Feng took out a piece of straw paper, a brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone, as well as a thin bamboo stick. On the paper, he roughly sketched out the Tang Dynasty and the surrounding terrain.
Then, he pointed at the intersection of Tubo, India, and Zhenla. "Look, this is the intersection of the three kingdoms. Look here."
As he spoke, Zhang Feng used the bamboo stick to point at the Anxi Protectorate and then wrote the words' Qiuci City '. Li Shimin instantly understood the approximate location of this map from the circles of various sizes.
Then, Zhang Feng drew a long dotted line from the vicinity of Qiuci City to Longyou Circuit and said, "If our soldiers set out from Guannei Circuit and work with all the soldiers of Longyou Circuit to set up defenses along the way, then enter Qiuci City from a diagonal line, cross Tubo, and work with a portion of the Tang Dynasty soldiers in Tubo to directly attack India, wouldn't this instantly solve Zhenla's dilemma?"
Li Shimin was dumbfounded.
His eyes stared straight at the map, unable to speak for a long time.
He instantly understood what Zhang Feng meant by besieging Wei to rescue Zhao, but what was the use?
"Fengzi, I heard that old bastard Tuli has already arranged 100,000 elites from Youzhou. Didn't you say so yourself? It's very likely that these 100,000 people have already entered Tubo and India. The war between the two countries is also very likely a plot related to these Turkic elites. If you do this, won't you be attacked from the front and the back? "
"You must know that the number of soldiers that the Tang Dynasty can mobilize, including the soldiers of the various prefectures, is at most 200,000. If these people are all trapped, won't our Tang Dynasty completely open the western gate to the Turks?"
"Moreover, you have to understand that Tuli and Xieli have always been at odds. What does it mean that Tuli's 100,000 elites can enter Xieli's territory mean? This shows that Tuli and Xieli must have reached some kind of consensus. Therefore, I think this time the Tujue have dispatched more than one hundred thousand men, most likely two hundred thousand. It is also possible that the three hundred thousand men from India are basically Tujue people. Do you believe me? "
Li Shimin said everything that he wanted to say in one go.
Zhang Feng looked at Li Shimin in surprise. "Not bad, Lao Li. I didn't expect you to have made some progress."
"Your guess is correct. Although Tuli and Xieli are uncle and nephew, they have long been like fire and water. Moreover, the disaster and famine this time have already caused a large scale of friction. Tuli's people being able to enter the Western Turks safely is a very big problem. But until now, there has been no news. What does that mean? There's a trick in this! "
"The reason why I said to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, as well as using Qiuci City as the starting point, is actually based on His Majesty's usual strategy. Qiuci City is an important stronghold, it can reach the Tujue and penetrate deep into Tubo's hinterland. If you were given one hundred thousand men, I think that even if you brought one hundred thousand men and did nothing but parade around Tubo, it would still make India and the Tujue nervous …"
"But what's the use of this?"
"We are now thinking of how to resolve the situation in Zhenla!"
Li Shimin spread out his hands.
Zhang Feng patted Li Shimin's shoulder and said, "Don't be anxious. Let me finish."
Li Shimin's face darkened.
"Get to the point."
"Okay!"
"Actually, if you bring 100,000 people from Qiuci into Tubo, your goal is to attract the attention of the Turks and India, and then kill your way into India in a high-profile manner, what do you think will happen if your 100,000 people enter India?"
"Even if India announces that 300,000 people are stationed in Zhenla, that means that their defense will be focused on the border with Zhenla. As for the border between Tubo and the Turks, there will be a gap in their defense. Once they know about this, do you think they will continue to attack Zhenla? Or go back to reinforce? "
Li Shimin stared at the simple map drawn by Zhang Feng. After thinking carefully, he instantly understood.
"This is what you meant by attacking Wei to rescue Zhao?"
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