Following the commander rushing towards the central army headquarters, Su Dawei murmured in his heart, not knowing what was wrong.

However, the messenger did not say it clearly, and he could only guess randomly whether it was related to the political incidents that occurred in Chang'an? Or maybe the Turks had already begun to act?

Didn't hear the news.

As the deputy battalion commander of the scout camp, he was extremely sensitive to all kinds of intelligence and information in the Tang army.

The recent days have been calm, and there is nothing unusual except for the Shizhe who came to Chang'an.

I was puzzled and decided to let go of my questions for the time being. After a while, I arrived at the tent of the chief executive, I would naturally know what was going on.

His thoughts couldn't help but float to the "Battle of Jieting" that he had just talked with An Wensheng and Ashin.

When I listened, I didn't feel anything.

But now a sudden flash of inspiration gave him some new ideas.

Between Shu and Wei, Wei was strong and Shu was weak. Wei dominated the Central Plains and threatened the emperor to command the princes. However, Shu Han was only a mere state to fight against Cao Wei.

As a result, the weak Shu Han continued to attack, while the powerful Wei State was on strategic defense.

This is completely opposite to the perception of ordinary people.

Most people may think that only the strong will attack, while the weak will only defend themselves.

This is a doubt.

In addition, the mountain road in Shu is obviously difficult to travel, and it is even further away from the three counties in Longxi, and it is difficult to transfer food.

As a result, Zhuge Liang of Shu did not choose the closer Xiegu and Chencang, but led his troops to attack the three counties for a long distance.

The three counties in Longxi are away from Chang'an, Wei State, and can reach 10 days. How long does it take for the Shu army to cross mountains and ridges to go to Longxi?

It takes about twenty days to force the army.

This is another violation of common sense.

In addition, when the war began, Shu was attacking and Wei was defending.

But after Shu Kingdom captured the three counties of Longxi, the situation became that Shu Kingdom wanted to guard Jieting, the three counties, and become the guardian.

Cao Wei, who was originally the defensive side, turned out to take the initiative to attack and became the attacking side.

The offensive and defensive momentum is becoming more and more volatile.

The strengths, offense and defense between the two are dynamic and changeable. If you think about it carefully, you will get a very interesting idea.

Su Dawei couldn't help but say to himself: "The opposite is the movement of Tao."

This is Chapter 40 in the "Tao Te Ching".

That is, "the opposite is the movement of the Tao, and the weak is the use of the Tao."

It means that the cyclical movement and change is the movement of Tao, and the function of Tao is subtle and weak.

Lao Tzu saw and revealed a series of contradictions such as length, height, beauty and ugliness, difficulty and ease, existence and non-existence, fortune and fortune, hardness and softness, gain and loss, strength and weakness, size and size, life and death, wisdom and foolishness, victory and defeat, cleverness and clumsiness, slightness and heaviness, advance and retreat, offense and defense, honor and disgrace.

It is also believed that these contradictions are "unity of opposition" and cannot exist in isolation in either aspect, but must be interdependent and have the premise of mutual dependence.

It is said in the book: "The existence and non-existence are mutually generated, the difficulty and ease are mutually formed, the length and short are in line, the height and the bottom are in line, the sound and sound are harmonious, and the front and back are following."

Zhuge Kongming himself belongs to the Taoist lineage.

It is said that he learned the Eight Formation Diagram from Huang Chengyan and introduced it into military tactics.

Su Dawei was just a flash of inspiration and realized that Zhuge Kongming's first Northern Expedition used troops, which just reflected these words in the Tao Te Ching.

The so-called mutual generation of yin and yang, and the transformation of strength and weakness.

In the words of the military book, it means that the military has no constant power and the water has no constant shape, so it is guided by the situation.

Su Dawei nodded and kept this idea in his heart.

It was also Zhuge Kongming's Northern Expedition, An Wensheng took it at will, and it lasted for more than 400 years. When talking about historical war examples, it is well known to everyone.

And starting from strategy, the vision and pattern can be seen.

Ashindaozhen interprets this matter from the perspective of human hearts and reason, and has its own experiences and ideas.

After talking about everything just now, Su Dawei was actually the one who was inspired the most.

An Wensheng talks about strategy and pattern.

What Ashinadao truly realized was the strategy and means of using troops.

And Su Dawei, what he realized was the law and the Tao.

I had a certain understanding of Taoist thoughts. After listening to the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, I seemed to have improved my application of Taoism in a vague way.

"Your Majesty, it's here."

The messenger shouted at this time, and then passed it loudly to the personal soldiers.

After a moment of pause, Cheng Zhijie's voice sounded from the Central Army's tent: "Come in."

The personal soldier reached out to pull up the curtain, Su Dawei lowered his head and walked in.

The light in front of me dimmed.

Although it was April, the grassland was still cold.

A fire broke out in the tent, and the orange-red firelight shone the faces of the people in the tent a little rosy.

Su Dawei saw at first glance that the chief manager Cheng Zhijie was standing in front of a huge hanging map with his hands on his back.

This map is naturally a topographic map of the Jinshan Mountains and the Western Turkic forces.

Hanged in the tent for generals to understand the terrain and use when formulating strategies.

In addition to Cheng Zhijie, Deputy Chief Manager Wang Wendu and former Chief Manager Su Dingfang were all in the account.

When they saw Su Dawei, the expressions of the people were different.

Cheng Zhijie looked a little tired, which was rarely seen on him.

Looking up at Su Dawei, he nodded and said, "Come?"

Su Dawei hurriedly saluted: "See the Grand General Manager, Deputy General Manager, and former General Manager."

"Stand while standing, I'll have something to tell you."

"yes."

Su Dawei walked to the side and stood side by side next to Su Qingjie, who was also standing in the corner of the tent.

"Lion, what happened?"

"I'll only be here for a while."

Su Qingjie lowered his voice and said, "I heard... it seems that our food was robbed."

Su Dawei was shocked and shouted: "How could it be!"

His voice was a little louder, which made Cheng Zhijie look back.

Su Dawei was busy shutting up his mouth, looking at his nose, and looking at his nose.

But the deputy general manager Wang Wendu nodded slightly to him, his lips raised, with a smile on his face.

This smile does not look like a superior to a subordinate, but rather shows an ambiguous and difficult-to-understand closeness.

Su Dawei's mind changed and thought to himself, maybe after the Chang'an envoy came, Wang Wendu knew that Li Zhi had mastered the overall situation, and now he was determined to hold Li Zhi's thighs tightly, so he was "extraordinary" to see himself?

After all, from outsiders, Su Dawei is the man of Queen Wu.

In Wang Wendu's view...

It's also my own person.

Su Dawei didn't think much about it. He glanced at Su Qingjie. Seeing that the lion beside him didn't dare to talk more, he had to hold back the questions he wanted to ask.

I thought to myself: Although the Wolf Guard stole a secret letter from Wang Wendu last time, even though this letter really fell into the hands of the Western Turks, the Grand Chief Manager and the others already knew that they should be prepared for it.

In this case, can the logistics food and grass be robbed by the Turks?

He thought about it carefully and seemed to smell some conspiracy from it.

As usual, it is impossible, unless there are Turkic spies among the Tang army?

Moreover, this person must have a low position, otherwise it would be impossible to know the changed logistics route.

Who will this person be?

Su Dawei frowned slightly, looked at the three general managers, representing the core of the Tang army's Western Army, and whispered in front of the map.

And it seems to be arguing about something.

Cheng Zhijie's tone was very urgent.

Wang Wendu is not too slow.

On the contrary, Su Dingfang remained silent, staring at the map and not speaking.

Su Dawei's eyes fell on the map.

The map only shows mountains, rivers, rivers and valleys, and the outlines are drawn with lines.

Compared with the maps of later generations, the military maps used by the Tang Dynasty today are extremely simple.

In the sphere of influence of the Western Turks, small flags were drawn to represent the enemy.

As for the Tang army, the location of the camp is marked with small flags in different colors, representing the Tang army camp.

The grain road will not be marked on the map.

The real route is only hidden in the hearts of Liao Liao and others.

When talking about the logistics of the Tang army, we have to mention the Tang army's strategies for surrounding countries.

——That is, the strategy of restraint.

As for the productivity of traditional agricultural countries, if they want to reach the surrounding area so far, and keep overwhelming the four barbarians and maintain a stable environment, it will undoubtedly be a heavy burden to the country. If they are not done properly, they will be damaged and even risk their destruction.

Previously, Emperor Wu of Han defeated the Huns, and nine out of the ten families in the Central Plains were empty. He had to issue an edict to punish himself, which was only one step away from the decline of the country.

Later, Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo and sacrificed himself to death.

This is all a lesson from the past.

So how did the Tang Dynasty do it?

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has wiped out all the heroes internally, destroyed the Eastern Turks externally, attacked Goguryeo, attacked Tubo, and attacked the Western Regions. It can be said that it is a great martial arts and some people are dissatisfied with it. The Tang Dynasty's heavenly soldiers taught you to be a new person.

Under such high-intensity military use, the country did not have too heavy burdens. The people lived and worked in peace and their national strength was booming.

This is simply a miracle.

How exactly does it do it?

The answer is the word "restraint".

That is, through powerful force, the regional powers around the Tang Dynasty were injured or even destroyed, and the threats to the Tang Dynasty were eliminated. At the same time, the local forces were transformed into scattered sand, forming small countries and tribes with scattered chess and intertwined trunks.

Because these small countries feared the Tang Dynasty's military power and even envied the strong, they would naturally fall into the arms of the Tang Dynasty, voluntarily submit their submissions, and become the dependents of the Tang Dynasty.

It is different from the so-called "Celestial Kingdom" and the four directions came to worship.

In this era, being a younger brother of the Tang Dynasty must take on the responsibility.

This specifically mentions the "restraint" strategy of the Tang Dynasty.

First of all, because the strongest forces in the place were dispersed, there were more tribes and tribes in various ethnic groups and small countries.

As many of these small countries are used as powerful sect leaders, the Tang Dynasty can naturally use balance means, crack the source left and right, mediate in the center, and maintain a situation that is beneficial to itself at the lowest cost.

In this case, the Tang Dynasty did not need to invest too much force in the local area. It set up a protective palace, or like the four towns of Anxi, it was actually equivalent to a post and an observation station in the early Tang Dynasty, and there was no large number of garrisons.

It can be understood as an embassy in later generations.

If there is a little manpower, if there is a chaos, there is no power to calm it down. The main function is to maintain the balance of the place in normal times and not to make the whole family dominate.

There are two benefits to doing this.

First, the Tang Dynasty did not need to garrison a large number of troops, so it saved countless money and food.

Otherwise, no matter how rich the Tang Dynasty was, it would not be able to support a long-term large number of troops garrisons in distant territory.

These are all money-burning things, and the Tang Dynasty will not do it.

Secondly, because there are only a small number of personnel left, in addition to balancing the forces of various ethnic groups and small countries on weekdays, they also have the function of collecting intelligence and providing intelligence support for the decision-making of the court.

Then, because there are few people resident, if the place gets messy and the Tang army strongholds are removed, it will not be painful or itchy for the Tang Dynasty.

If you unplug me, I can build it again, it won't cost much at all.

No loss of manpower either.

Therefore, during the Wuzhou period, when the Tang Dynasty fought with Tubo in the Western Regions, the four towns of Anxi began to rise and fall.

You demolish it and I will build it again, and we will go in a row.

Until later, the Tang Dynasty sent tens of thousands of people to guard the situation, and this kind of thing no longer happened.

Before the Tang Dynasty actually sent a large army to guard the Western Regions.

The four towns of Anxue, which functions like outposts, and how did the Protectorate House pacify the place?

First, there are some troops in the Protectorate’s Palace, and although there are no soldiers in the four towns of Anxi, they can borrow troops.

Who should I borrow it from?

Naturally, it was borrowed from the small countries around that surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

How did Wang Xuance destroy Zhongtianzhu back then?

Borrow soldiers.

He borrowed Tubo soldiers and Boni soldiers, and put together some salted fish soldiers in the east and west, and then destroyed Zhongtianzhu.
Chapter completed!