Chapter 2917: He is guilty of abandoning the other party, and he is guilty of it.
In the evening, news came that the troops from the Western Regions who went to ambush the Han people were indeed defeated.
It is said that the Han people suddenly appeared on their flanks and rear, and then everyone thought that the Han troops were their own and came to support them. Then when the Han people got closer, they realized something was wrong. They were beaten by the Han people, and they were all defeated.
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When the news came, even the previous joy of "defeating" the Han army was reduced by most.
Taksa ordered a general meeting to be held and invited the commanders of various Western Region states to discuss matters.
Every step is slow, every step is slow.
This is already a practical problem faced by the Western Region Allied Forces.
It was a good fight, and now it has turned into a bear like this...
Isn't Taksa clear about what the main problem is? In fact, he knows it, at least during the first attack on the military stronghold. Otherwise, he would not intentionally expand the battlefield and let some people attack the military stronghold.
And let another group of people go to set up an ambush.
On the surface it seems that Taksa is stupid, but in fact it is his helplessness.
The war has reached this point, and Taksa still doesn't know how many people he has under his command. Others may find this ridiculous, or they may not believe it, but this is the actual situation, which is helpless.
Most of the Han people in China are illiterate. Those who can add and subtract within ten are already qualified. As for the herdsmen in the Western Regions? Maybe it is a little better. For example, the herdsmen can know four sheep plus four sheep.
There are eight sheep, but if you ask the same herdsman what four plus four equals, then the herdsman will be blind.
Because herdsmen cannot distill concrete things into conceptual numbers.
Even in later generations, in modern times, if it had not been for the great men who used their majestic efforts to eliminate illiteracy across the country, there would not have been so many keyboard warriors.
Therefore, Taksa maintained a skeptical attitude towards the numbers reported by various states. He even sent people to count the numbers himself and found that most of the generals of the Western Region states were false. For example, the Ruoqiang man,
It was obviously a false report. There were originally only 1,000 people but 3,000 were reported!
This is still easy to check. Those things like eight thousand are said to be ten thousand, and then there are scattered bits here and there. Can it be counted? Therefore, Taksa can only squint and look at it.
admit.
At the beginning, Taksa thought this was not a big problem, but after attacking the military stronghold for the first time, he discovered that too many soldiers were concentrated together and could not be used completely effectively. Instead, because of the small area,
, it cannot be deployed at all, resulting in a lot of power being wasted.
Those who go into battle need to eat, so can the guy in the back shouting "come on" go without eating for a whole day?
If 10,000 people line up in a column and start a march, how long will it generally take? Many people have no idea, even before Taksa, because he used to bring cavalry, but now most of them carry oxen
Sheep herders are actually equivalent to foot soldiers who have horses but don't usually ride them.
To put it simply, if there are ten thousand people marching in a column of infantry, the spread length is about ten miles, because there must be gaps in the queue.
Thirty thousand people spread out over a distance equivalent to three days of infantry marching.
With 100,000 people, it basically takes ten days to spread out.
For example, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, with a million-strong army, the troops in the front were already defeated. After losing, the troops in the rear may have just set off, and then walked for a few days. Oh, the front team changed to the rear team, turned around and went home, and then stayed.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was beating his chest and gnashing his teeth. I clearly...
Therefore, the reason why Taksa divided its troops was not only to better hold power, but also to use these troops as soon as possible, instead of shouting cheers from behind for a meal, which was of no use except shitting all over the floor.
We know where the problem is, but can we say it can be solved now?
Let the herdsmen know how to count, or let the herdsmen become elites immediately?
Obviously neither is possible.
So when it comes to the current situation, we can't just say that the herdsmen are entirely responsible and turn around and punish the herdsmen?
The law doesn't hold everyone accountable, doesn't it?
So, who will take the blame?
Facing this heavy, big, black and thick pot, everyone in the big tent was silent.
Taksa broke the silence.
"You have all seen..." Taksa summoned the generals of the Western Region countries, with a serious face and a calm voice, just like Zhang Liao's previous attack, but it was just as he expected, "There are many people, but we are
We have the advantage, but if our people cannot gather together, we will not be able to exert our due strength when facing the Han soldiers!"
"Scattered!"
"Disorder!"
"Keep giving orders!"
"Sluggish response!"
Taksa waved his arms, "I have arranged everything. We can clearly annihilate the Han people here. Whether it is the Han people in the military camp or the Han people who come to help, they are all in the palm of our hands! But
Because we clenched our fists too slowly, those Han people missed it! Buddha! How ridiculous this is!"
"First!" Taksa stared at Tong Geluojia of Shanshan, "King Shanshan! Why did you dare to retreat without orders when the Han people came! Let the Han people run rampant and destroy the arrays of other countries?!
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A pot crashed down in front of Shanshan boy Grojia.
Without thinking, Tong Geluojia kicked the pot away and said, "Nonsense! I followed the general's order and retreated!"
Taksa narrowed his eyes, "What is my order? Why don't I remember it?"
Tong Geluojia chuckled, "I knew that the general might have a lot of things to do and couldn't remember, so I kept the general's messengers. Don't worry, there are good food and drinks... At that time, the general also had to concentrate his strength to fight.
Han Chinese, if I disobey orders and fight without permission, then I will be messing up the general’s arrangements!”
Taksa was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "No wonder everyone in Shanshan Kingdom is hospitable! Okay!"
It was empty talk, and the Western Region Allied Forces had only been established for a short period of time. There was no so-called complete set of command flag systems, and they relied more on messengers to convey the message. Therefore, Taksa said that he did not issue the order to retreat, but
Tong Geluojia from Shanshan said that there was, so the only evidence was the messengers under Taksa.
Although Tong Grojia from Shanshan may not know what trace management is for future generations, the guy who can reach out and snatch the throne of the little prince from Shanshan still has two brushes. Taksa ordered the summons, obviously
There is no doubt that they are not everyone in Shanshan, but the problem is that Tong Geluojia must have claimed that what he heard was "the whole army gathered".
So can the messenger be allowed to confront him?
This is not advisable. If the messenger were to confront him, Taksa would be an idiot.
Because the only way for Taksa to convey orders to the various states in the Western Region is through messengers, he must maintain the "correctness" of the messengers. Otherwise, even if it proves that Shanshan heard wrongly, what will happen? Shanshan will be punished.
But then, do the people of the Western Region countries still want to take command? Next, do every order need to be reiterated and confirmed again, and then what tokens and words should be attached to it?
If the countries in the Western Region were once unified and had a unified language and writing, then it would be easy to say.
Without a unified language, there will be no unified writing, and there will be no unified inheritance, and it will not be able to ignite the fire of civilization. Therefore, when later generations invade other countries and destroy civilization, they first start by confusing the other country's writing and weakening the effectiveness of the writing.
The writing of the Western Regions was initially influenced by some Akkadian language, which is a language similar to cuneiform. It may have been introduced to the Western Regions from Central Asia. Later, the Western Regions were also influenced by Chinese hieroglyphics, resulting in the Western Regions.
They are unable to form their own words at all, and are always wandering among various languages.
Archeology has discovered that there are about ten major language families in the world, and there are four here in the Western Regions. The only one that has been handed down for a long time is Chinese.
Of course, there are also seven language families or nine language families. No matter how many languages are divided into, only Chinese has settled down in the Western Regions over the course of thousands of years of history.
As for some people in later generations who say that the Western Regions should be separated because their language and customs are different from those of the Central Plains, they are probably either stupid or bad, or both. The Western Regions are different from the geographical point of view or from the perspective of cultural evolution.
There is a very close relationship between the Central Plains and China, and anyone who deliberately destroys or separates the relationship, just like a public intellectual who claims that "Chu" and "Chong" are mistakes in Chinese characters, is all deception with ulterior motives and disregard of historical roots.
, if you can deceive one more fool, it counts.
The characters currently used by Kushan are different from those of the Western Regions. There are also some characters passed down from ancient India. Therefore, it is almost impossible to form a unified written command. The only way to pass the command is through interpretation.
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The problem of commanding soldiers can only be like this for the time being, and only like this.
If Taksa had high-level counselors around him, it might be possible to build a temporary command system that would be recognized by the Western Region Allied Forces. But now there are only bald heads around Taksa. We can't let the bald heads line up and shine in the sun.
Does it represent changes in the array?
Unable to pass the blame to Shanshan, Taksa followed Shanshan's advice without saying a word and threw the blame on Qiuci's head.
The Kucha people immediately became angry!
When the Han people came, they were the first to rush. When the Han people ran away, they were the first to pursue them. Among the countries in the Western Regions, they were the ones who suffered the most damage. Well, now it has become a mistake. If you don't do it emotionally, it is good. If you do it less, you will make more mistakes.
, to do too much is too much wrong?
The Kucha people jumped up and cursed, danced and beat their chests, but the rest of the people in the Western Regions acted as if they didn't see or hear, and didn't pay any attention to it.
It’s not that the Western Regions countries and others don’t understand what it means to be together and help each other, but there are too many grievances and grievances between each other in the Western Regions. Qiuci was very powerful during the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, Qiuci was the capital of the Western Regions.
Are you a good person? Are you friendly and helpful to the weaker neighboring countries, and are dependent on each other?
Therefore, the various states in the Western Region have now shown great restraint without adding insult to injury.
Qiuci clamored for a while, and then he grasped an important point. He asked Taksa, if Taksa puts this crime on Qiuci, then who will dare to move forward the next time the Han people come?
Only then did Taksa change his expression, and said with a smile that he had no intention of blaming Kucha. It was just a summary after the war. After all, in war, whoever wins will lose, and who can guarantee that he will never
Will they lose? Then Taksa took advantage of the situation and set a tone, saying that no one can continue to hold the responsibility for the victory or defeat of this war, otherwise it would violate the nature of war and betray the Buddha's will to unite.
It was only at this moment that some clear-minded generals from the Western Region countries, such as Tong Geluojia and others, finally understood that in fact, Taksa may not have wanted it at all... Well, it may not be that he really didn't want it.
Guilty, but Taksa wants to take this opportunity to see if he can blame one or two people for beating. If he can blame someone, then Taksa will first be free of guilt, and secondly, he can naturally eat
He was so fat that he fed some bones and soup to other people, and naturally the others laughed.
If the blame is thrown out and the dunk is missed, then it doesn't matter. The blame has been thrown out anyway. Now Taksa seems to be magnanimous and says that he will not hold everyone responsible for their crimes, but in fact it means that the same is true for other people.
This cannot be used to hold Taxa responsible.
Sure enough, he is worthy of being a Kushan veteran!
The blame-shifting is over, but things still need to be resolved.
At best, Taksa can only be regarded as "no" among "no more than that", because in fact, he can't even command an army of 10,000 people, and he can't coordinate with each other, work together, transmit orders, etc.
There are deficiencies, and these problems have become more and more prominent as the war has become more intense, forcing Taksa to focus on how to make changes.
Then, Taksa did come up with a strategy to deal with it.
At this moment, he beat each country by shirking the blame and set the tone. Then he stated the ultimate purpose of convening the countries in the Western Regions. He wanted to directly recruit the elite warriors from the countries in the Western Regions and return them to Taksa.
Under the direct command of the army, it was organized into a force composed entirely of elite warriors, so that it could compete with the Han people and form an effective force on the battlefield.
As soon as Taksa's words fell, the leaders of the Western Region countries were in an uproar!
Suddenly, almost everyone was against it!
Taksa squinted his eyes and watched with a half-smile, neither getting angry nor speaking.
Is this wrong?
From a military perspective, it is not wrong.
Taksa's ability has only reached this limit. Maybe he is also aware that there are some problems, but he can only make this response now, or he only thinks of this method and can still give it a try.
He didn't want to be beaten in the face by the Han army for the third time, and he didn't want the huge army he finally gathered to be driven around like a herd of cattle and sheep, bleating and being driven around as soon as they entered the battle.
It is obvious that no country in the Western Regions, no matter which part it is, can fight against the Han cavalry alone.
Originally, Taksa thought that under his command, an encirclement would be formed. However, judging from the ins and outs of the attack on the military stronghold, it was necessary to cooperate, but not to cooperate.
The Han people were allowed to come and go at will, and they were almost sprayed in the face...
Therefore, the only way Taksa can think of now is to mobilize elite soldiers and generals to form a central core force, so that the original problem of different subordinates and inconsistent orders can be completely changed!
Busen, who had always been silent, finally sighed and stopped the unnecessary quarrel. He even lost his temper a little, with red eyes, and told what happened between him and the ordinary herdsmen, and told the commanders of the Western Regions how many people had died so far.
, and asked them how many more people will continue to die?
In the end, although the leaders of the Western Region states were reluctant, they reluctantly reached an agreement.
Because this is indeed a practical problem before us. Without unified command, the Western Regions countries are basically unable to form an effective joint force, allowing the Han cavalry to come and go at will and trample on them at will. Therefore, the Western Regions countries finally agreed in principle
There was a proposal to mobilize some elite warriors to form Taksa's elite central army, but soon they started to quarrel over how many people from each country would be recruited.
Because many people in the Western Region countries used to make false reports, and now they suddenly have to be punished according to the false reports...
As for why I have to make false claims, part of it is really unclear, and the other part is of course free money. Anyway, I have so many people's money, even if I deduct 30%, I will still be rich. And now what Taksa means is to eat more
They had to spit out what went down, hold their noses and admit their debt, or give back what they ate and took in excess. Obviously, the countries in the Western Region were not happy with either option, so a second round of quarrels broke out.
Because the questions in the second round were deeply related to specific numerical values, they were not comparable to the in-principle agreement in the first round. The various commanders of the Western Region countries cursed, blamed, and put the blame on each other, which can be seen in the entire big account.
Black pots were flying in the air, being tossed around.
The discussion lasted from dusk to dawn, and from dawn to dusk again. If Taksa hadn't issued a forcible order, saying that no one would be allowed to leave the tent if no result could be obtained from the discussion, it is impossible to say that the discussion for several days may not have any definite result.
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On the night of the second day, the final results came out.
Each state dispatched personnel to supplement Taksa's direct subordinates, but accordingly, Taksa will now become the backbone of the battlefield and face the threat of the Han people.
The noise dissipated.
Taksa happily praised Busen and said that what Busen said at that time was just right, both in terms of words and demeanor, it was simply wonderful...
Busen stared at Taksa indifferently, and after waiting for the smile on Taksa's face to fade away, he slowly said: "I'm not saying this just for you, general... I hope you can do well."
Don’t let Buddha continue to be disappointed in your affairs..."
After saying that, Busen walked out without even waiting for Taksa to say a few perfunctory words.
"Let go..." Taksa swallowed what he was about to say, then stared at Bu Sen's back with a slightly cold gaze, clicked his tongue, and turned his head away.
