Chapter 1063: Winning the first battle, taking a break
"Commander, this battle was so exciting! I didn't expect that they actually came to rob the camp!"
Cong Yuanqing said excitedly!
There is nothing more exhilarating than watching the enemy directly fall into the trap you have set.
Shen Tang waved his hand and asked the generals to sit down, "This is just the first battle, there are two more battles to come! We must all win!"
Shen Tang said with a smile.
"Commander, we have captured thousands of enemy soldiers and horses, do we really have to release them all?"
Shen Tang glanced at the generals and said, "Don't you understand why I want to enter into this bet with King Wumeng?"
Without waiting for the generals to answer, Shen Tang stood up, pointed to the geological survey map hanging on the wall and said, "Look, this is our Song Dynasty! There is the Kingdom of Jin in the north! The current Emperor Wanyan Yong of the Kingdom of Jin has already pacified the civil war. Suffering is the time when one is at its strongest.
If we, the Song Dynasty, want to go to war, we have no hope of victory at all! To the west is Tubo, and after the previous battle in Chengdu, Tubo will be unable to go east in a short time!"
"The south is Dali, beyond the Li Kingdom and so on! Including now, Dali soldiers invade Guangnan West Road!"
"And the places where the various tribes in Southern Xinjiang are located are the buffer between our Song Dynasty and the Dali Kingdom! However, although these areas are nominally the territory of our Song Dynasty, the tribes in Southern Xinjiang do not respect the king. And if we can make these areas If a force makes good friends with our Song Dynasty, and even uses it to suppress Dali Kingdom and other places, then our Song Dynasty’s southern border will no longer have more wars, and there will be no need to invest too much power in Dali Kingdom and other places.”
"In this way, the border troubles of our Song Dynasty will be temporarily subdued! Your Majesty and the entire imperial court can take this opportunity to increase our national power! When our national power of the Song Dynasty increases to a certain level, we can march northward and regain our homeland of the Song Dynasty! "
"Therefore, the purpose of my coming here is not to kill and suppress, but to regain the various ministries in southern Xinjiang!"
"In Qiongbu Prefecture, south of Chengdu Prefecture, I have asked Your Majesty to confer the title of King of Qiongdu! And the Wumeng Mountain area will also be canonized as King of Wumeng.
However, we must first ensure that these tribes can surrender.
Therefore, I have recovered all the ministries, but I have not killed anyone indiscriminately!"
"The Wumeng tribe is the king of the Wumeng Mountain area. Their influence is extremely great. If we cannot completely recover this tribe, then when we leave, the Wumeng tribe will still be the main force here! This is why, this commander and I King Wumeng engaged in a gambling battle.
In this way, we can not only deter the Wumeng tribe, but also reduce the number of killings and prevent the local tribesmen from having too much hatred towards us!"
"Now, do you understand?"
After a long while, the generals finally said in admiration, "The commander-in-chief is so far-sighted that we are ashamed!"
What they wanted was just one battle and one place, but what Shen Tang saw was the future of the entire Song Dynasty! They finally understood Shen Tang's painstaking efforts!
"The commander-in-chief is talking about it. Some of the generals understand and some don't understand it, but that doesn't matter! As long as the commander-in-chief gives orders, no matter whether it's a mountain of swords, a sea of fire, or an abyss, the general will never hesitate!"
Jiang Shang said with a grin.
"Okay! It's past midnight, you all should go back and rest! After releasing the enemy's prisoners early tomorrow morning, come here to plan the next battle!"
The dark night has returned to calm again, but some people have no time to sleep!
In a mountain col, Wumeng King Zhale looked at the messy camp in front of him and was about to cry. Originally, he had only one thought: there were thousands of soldiers and horses in his camp, and Shen Tang secretly only had a thousand people.
But after returning to the camp, he discovered that Shen Tang had not deceived him at all!
"Why!"
King Wumeng sighed. He had long expected that Shen Tang would be difficult to deal with, but he did not expect that he would be completely defeated in the initial collision. In fact, he did not react to this battle until now.
"This Shen Tang is cunning. He doesn't dare to fight us openly, but instead uses these small tricks!"
An elder said bitterly.
"There is a saying in the Song Dynasty that soldiers never tire of deceit! If we lose, we are defeated. We really have nothing to say! Shen Tang has calculated every step of ours. How can we not be defeated?
Fortunately, Shen Tang kept his word, otherwise, all of our ten thousand elites would have been killed!"
"Speaking of which, I am even more glad that I did not really go to war with such an enemy, but chose such a method.
In fact, the reason why I initially chose to wager a war with Shen Tang was just for the sake of my clan members, and I did not really think that our troops would be defeated by Shen Tang.
But now it seems that if both sides really fight at all costs, our department will have no chance at all."
"We have chosen this battlefield, and we have to take the first step. We have chosen the elite warriors of the clan, and they are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons. Even in this situation, we will be completely defeated. If Shen Tang is allowed to control Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are fighting with us freely. Everyone, do you think we can really win?"
"Fortunately, our defeat this time also gave us a chance to wake up! There are two more battles to come. Although our troops and horses have suffered a lot of damage, their combat power is still there, and they still have the strength to fight! We may not be defeated again!”
"The second battle is the key. We must do our best. If we lose in the second battle, we really have no chance!"
If they lose two games in a row, even if they still have some strength left, how many of their 10,000 troops will be left?
When the time comes, how to fight against Shen Tang?
"However, I have decided that if we lose, we will surrender as agreed.
Even if we are lucky enough to win, our clan will still be on good terms with Shen Tang! It would be terrible if such a person becomes a life-or-death enemy!"
After a long silence, an elder asked, "Chief, what should we do in the next battle?"
Puller thought for a moment and said, "If we continue to use this method, we have no chance of winning.
Therefore, the only thing we can honor is the bravery of our tribe!"
"In the next battle, we will set up a clear position with Shen Tang. We will fight against each other and against the generals! If we are all defeated in this way, then we will simply surrender and there is no need to continue fighting!"
This chaotic night finally passed. According to Shen Tang’s order, all the prisoners were released! After King Wumeng gathered his troops and horses, the enumeration was completed. In last night’s battle, nearly 4,000 people were killed and injured, and there were still more than 6,000 left to fight. Soldiers! This number made King Wumeng slightly relieved! Shen Tang did not cheat, nor did he kill these prisoners. This was the only good news.
The next day, after gathering the surrendered troops, King Wumeng led his troops to set up camp ten miles away from Shen Tang's camp! Obviously, under Shen Tang's intimidation, they gave up the most favorable location for them and turned to directly engage with Shen Tang. Head-to-head combat!