Now that the general direction had been determined, they spent nearly an entire night to formulate a new battle plan. The battles near the border were handled by Li Xiang and Niu Jinda, while the battles in the royal city were handed over to Su Dingfang. This guy had been here for quite a while and was very familiar with the situation there.
Some officials had already betrayed Gaochang and joined the Tang Dynasty, but these officials were only familiar to Su Dingfang. If Li Xiang were to command the battle, perhaps these people would join the resistance. There were only more than 3,000 people in Wangcheng, but Gaochang still had more than 20,000 troops there. Without a surprise attack, there was no way they could win.
Su Dingfang was quite familiar with the royal city and knew the homes of all the officials. He divided his men into a large number of small teams, and they had to control the entire royal city within a short period of time.
There is no need to worry about the troops on the eastern border of Gaochang. They are managed by General Moren. This guy has been a member of the Tang Dynasty for a long time. As long as he can keep his troops in place and give us one night, we can win.
Li Xiang is responsible for the soldiers on the western border, and we only have one night. After we win this night, the border area will be replaced by the Tang Dynasty's army. Although we only have seven or eight thousand people, the Western Region coalition forces can only dream of breaking through the defense of these seven or eight thousand people.
When the sun rises tomorrow, the entire Gaochang will become the western barrier of the Tang Dynasty.
There was still one day left to prepare, so Su Dingfang took his personal guards and rushed to the royal city as fast as possible.
In addition to Wang Cheng's more than 3,000 people, the elite troops brought by Li Xiang also entered Gaochang in batches. More than 800 people should arrive at the royal city today, and Su Dingfang will assign them all by then. As for Qi Wang Li You who is recuperating, fortunately this guy did not come. If he had come, Gaochang would definitely have various welcoming plans, and it would have been difficult for us to take action then.
Li Xiang came in with a small entourage. Except for some senior officials within the Tang Dynasty, no one else knew that Li Xiang had set out from Chang'an City. The confidentiality work was done very well.
Lord Zhao and Xiao Shougui also took their men to a safe place. They could not stay in the Tang Dynasty military camp. Li Xiang had made all the necessary preparations. If our action failed, we had to transfer immediately.
To put it bluntly, Lord Zhao and Xiao Shougui are both civil servants. They are not very good at escaping on horseback. They can hold out for an hour or two, but if the time is increased, these two people will not be able to hold on at all, so it is better to transfer them to a safe place in advance.
Of course, Li Xiang tried his best to ensure the success of the plan and not give our people a chance to escape.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, all the troops were ready. Li Xiang looked at the northeast direction with some concern. That was the direction of Gaochang Royal City. When we take action here, we must also start to act over there. It is imperative to do it at the same time.
The troops on the western border of Gaochang received an order that they were to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers. No matter whether it was the Western Regions coalition forces or the Tang army, they must not get involved. They were supposed to maintain good relations with both armies. So when the Tang army made any move, the Gaochang army did not interfere at all. They never thought that the Tang army would take action against them.
More than half a year has passed since the first day the Tang army arrived here. If the Tang army wanted to take action against them, there would be countless good opportunities in these six months. If they were to talk about the current danger, the Gaochang army believed that it still came from the Western Regions coalition forces, and the Tang army could not be a danger to them.
Under such circumstances, there was basically no one on duty in the Gaochang military camp facing the direction of the Tang Dynasty. When the moonlight fell, the moonlight on the grassland was very clear, and the Gaochang military camp had entered an era of singing and dancing.
The army on the grassland has a tradition that if there is no war, they will sing and dance almost every day. Although they are now near the border, both the Tang Dynasty army and the Western Regions coalition seem to want to curry favor with them, so they live a very comfortable life. They go out hunting during the day and come back to roast hares and drink wine at night.
Today was the same as usual. Apart from sending out dozens of patrol soldiers, the rest of the people were having fun in the barracks. During the day, the Western Regions Allied Forces came again and brought them hundreds of cattle and sheep. They also hoped that they would join the Western Regions Allied Forces, and even join after betraying the King of Gaochang.
The local officers were well aware of the Western Regions coalition's attempts to win them over, but they wouldn't betray the King of Gaochang. Their entire family, big and small, lived in the royal city. If they betrayed the King of Gaochang, would they expect all of them to be beheaded? Even if they survived, their entire family would be wiped out.
Although the people in the Western Regions do not have such a strong concept of continuing the family line, who doesn't care about their family members? If they were all chopped to pieces by the king, would there be any point in living alone?
So when the Western Regions coalition forces bribed them, these people would accept the money, but would not do anything for you and would not allow you to enter the territory of Gaochang. If you came in, it would be equivalent to declaring war on Gaochang.
Their ultimate goal is to have the Tang army and the Western Region coalition forces fight each other outside the border. Anyway, it is not on our territory, so you can fight however you want. The Tang army has been mobilized frequently in recent days. According to their thinking, it should be time to attack the Western Region coalition forces. At that time, they will lie on the hill and watch the fun.
Under such circumstances, how could they have imagined that the Tang army would attack them? This military camp was the largest on the western border of Gaochang, with a total population of over 15,000. At this moment, except for 2,000 to 3,000 who were still capable of fighting, the rest were already drunk.
When Li Xiang saw all this through a telescope from a distance, he could not believe his eyes. Even under normal circumstances, you can't drink like this. Now there are three armies around you. If you drink like this, where do you put the security of your country?
Niu Jinda was no longer surprised by this. This was how people on the grassland lived. They were not very vigilant at all. However, if you went to kill them, they would take advantage of the alcohol to jump on their horses and fight at any time.