Lu Dongzan, who looked majestic, sat upright and looked at the officials calmly. His thoughts were not obvious and the city was deep. The officials had already learned Lu Dongzan's methods and did not dare to show their heads. They lowered their eyebrows and complimented them.
What, it can be said that what goes up and down is effective, the government orders are clear, and everyone is harmonious. No one knows what they think behind the scenes.
It has to be said that this kind of harmonious atmosphere in the court brings extremely high efficiency. Since Lu Dongzan came to power, Tubo has changed its stalemate and become full of vitality. Those old ace nobles have become honest after being fired a few times. Lu Dongzan
Zan is so powerful that no one dares to challenge him.
"Report——"
An officer hurried in. All the officials stopped communicating and looked at the person.
After the visitor saluted, he said: "Great King, I have just received a message from the Flying Eagle on the northern defense line. The commander of the North Route Army died in the battle at Tongtian Pass. No one of the 30,000 troops was spared. The Gita tribe was destroyed."
"What?"
There was an uproar in the hall, and whispers broke out.
Lu Dongzan was inexplicably panicked, but he didn't show it and looked at his son Lun Qinling.
Lun Qinling stared at the visitor and shouted: "The North Route Army has 30,000 elite troops and the pass is in hand. How could it be defeated so quickly? Is the news true?"
"Go back to the Second Prince. The information has been verified. The seal and password are absolutely correct."
"What about the Guitar tribe? There are 50,000 households, more than 50,000 fighting troops, and 30,000 standing elite troops. The cumulative strength is more than 80,000 troops. How could they be defeated?" Lun Qinling asked.
When others heard that it made sense, it was 80,000, not 8,000, and even if they were defeated, they would not be so quick.
The visitor hurriedly explained: "Back to the second prince, the leader of the Gita tribe led 30,000 elites to gather in an open area and fought a decisive battle with the enemy. The whole army was wiped out. The young leader of the Gita tribe led his troops to ambush in the pile of rocks and tried to attack.
The opponent was caught off guard and was exposed, and the 10,000 ambushed troops were destroyed. The enemy army took the opportunity to rush into the tribe. The tribe lacked the command of the young clan leader, so it fell into chaos and was defeated."
"Assholes, yaks are so smart." Lun Qinling cursed angrily and quickly took out a map to check.
The eldest prince Zan Xiruo took the opportunity to ask: "The North Route Army has 30,000 elites, the Guitar tribe also has 30,000 permanent elites, and there are 50,000 fighting men. Even if they are defeated at every level, the Hanzhou Army should have suffered heavy losses, right? Second brother
, you are most familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Hanzhou Army, please tell me."
"It's hard to say what the losses of the Hanzhou Army were." Lun Qinling didn't want to publicly talk about the Hanzhou Army and cause panic. The court was in chaos, and the consequences would be serious. He looked at Lu Dongzan and said: "My great father, I propose to increase the number of three troops."
One hundred thousand troops marching north must stop the Hanzhou army."
"What do you think?" Lu Dongzan asked calmly.
"The Hanzhou Army can defeat the Northern Route Army and the Gita Tribe so quickly. The number of troops will not be small. If they continue to move south, they will threaten the royal city. As long as the enemy is at bay, I am willing to lead the troops north to fight the Hanzhou Army north of the Tanggula Mountains.
, If I lose, I will never return to the court, and I beg my father to grant me permission."
"Is three hundred thousand too much?" the eldest prince asked Zan Xiruo.
Lun Qinling understood the subtext behind these words and pondered deeply. The troops in the royal city cannot be lost, otherwise the royal city will not be protected. The other troops are under the control of the imperial court, but in fact they are secretly controlled by the tribes and nobles. If they are mobilized, they must pay for the benefits.
, and the food had to be borne by the court.
The dynasty is newly established, and everything is waiting for improvement. Where can there be so much food?
But fighting is not an option. Once the Hanzhou army arrives, who knows if those noble nobles who are usually peaceful will jump out and stab them in the back? Only by rejecting them will the court be stable.
Thinking of this, Lun Qinling nodded solemnly, looked at Lu Dongzan and said: "Father, the key to this battle is to win without losing. Of course, this battle is also an excellent opportunity. My son suggested that we transfer young talents from our court to go there.
Make great achievements."
Transferring all the ministers of the court and the young descendants of the noble lords to the post, to put it nicely, is to give everyone the opportunity to make contributions, but in fact, it is to serve as hostages to prevent anyone from causing trouble behind the scenes.
Lu Dongzan is an old fox who can tell the truth at every point. He said with satisfaction: "I will make you the Grand Marshal of the Army of the World. I will dispatch the South Route Army and the West Route Army to the Northern Expedition. You will be accompanied by young and middle-aged talents from the court. Zan Xiruo will coordinate the matters of food, grass and equipment."
"Anyone who delays military flights will be killed!"
A calm and unruffled sentence, but full of murderous intent.
No one dared to doubt Lu Dongzan's methods, and no one dared to resist.
…
Gita tribe.
A ray of rising morning glow enveloped the Gita tribe after the war. There were corpses and dilapidated yurts everywhere. Blood dyed the ground red. The thick smell of blood was pungent. The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield in an orderly manner, collecting
Available weapons, use one last stab when you see someone who is still alive.
As for those who survived, they were all driven together to await execution. They did not dare to make any noise or even cry loudly for fear of being shot.
Qin Huaidao patrolled for a while, accompanied by the generals, and came to the vicinity where the prisoners were being guarded. After all, he was so cruel that he killed all the old and young. After thinking for a while, he said: "Beat them all as slaves. Use labor in exchange for food. Don't be hungry."
Just die. The men will be separated and put into atonement camps. Their military exploits will be exchanged for food. Those who don't fight will be killed. This will be followed by the prisoners in the future."
"Follow the order!" Everyone accepted the order in a loud voice. No one felt bad. Instead, they felt that Qin Huaidao was too kind.
When Tubo invaded Tang, all the old people were killed and the women, children and men were taken away. Why couldn't I kill all the old people among the Tubo prisoners? Wouldn't it be a waste of precious food to keep them?
But no one foolishly stood up to oppose and challenge Qin Huaidao's authority.
Qin Huaidao continued: "Tubo must have known the news here and will raise their troops to go north. However, our army is exhausted and cannot fight anymore. Let's rest where we are, regain our strength, and then look at the situation. Luo Wu, the guard group dispersed to survey a radius of fifty miles.
There must be no mistakes.”
"Follow the order!" Luo Wu responded solemnly.
"Luo Zhang, stationed ten miles south, brought five thousand tribal men to the trenches in front of the battle to prevent large-scale enemy attacks. These tribal men will easily get into trouble if they don't find something to do, so go ahead."
"Follow the order!" Luo Zhang responded quickly.
"Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche, you two will lead the troops ten miles to the left and right, and set up camp on the ground. Each of you will also lead five thousand men to dig the horse trenches. There must be no mistakes. Luo Ying, send someone to guide the digging."
"Follow the order!" The three people whose names were called quickly agreed.
Qin Huaidao passed over Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai, An Guogong and Luo Ying, and continued: "Cheng Chumo guards the southeast of the tribe, An Guogong guards the northwest, and Fang Yiai is in the middle, guarding the prisoners, supplies, treating the wounded, etc.
, the special forces will protect the central army’s tent, and in addition, each army will select healthy women from the prisoners to cook, so go ahead.”
"Follow the order!"
Everyone suddenly accepted the order and returned to their own army.
The army quickly took action and rushed to their respective positions.
Qin Huaidao assumed a permanent posture, waiting for work, but in fact he did not want to bring the flames of war to the Tubo royal city. It was not because he was afraid, but because there were a large number of captive Tang prisoners in the royal city. Once the Tibetans pulled out the prisoners to use as human shields, they would be very passive.
I have done this before when talking about Qin Ling.
This place is still far away from the royal city, and it is impossible for the Tibetan army to bring prisoners here to use as cannon fodder.
As long as a large number of Tibetan main forces are eliminated, the subsequent battle will be much easier to fight.