Chapter 1683: The final battle situation, the situation in the North
Chapter 1683: The final battle situation, the situation in the Northland
By the time the battlefield was completely cleaned, the sky was getting brighter!
At last count, there were nearly 50,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses, nearly 20,000 casualties, and nearly 20,000 prisoners. King Pibo escaped under the protection of his personal guards.
Fortunately, it was dark night, otherwise, Tibet wouldn't be able to capture the nearly 10,000 deserters.
After everyone rested for half a day, it was not until noon the next day that all the generals gathered in the big tent of Shen Hall.
"Commander, should we take advantage of the situation and capture Qingtang City directly?"
Xin Qiji asked.
Although there are still many Tibetan defenders in Qingtang City, with that secret passage, it is not impossible to capture Qingtang City.
However, Shen Tang shook his head after thinking about it.
"There is no point in taking Qingtang City for the time being, and we have to divide our forces to defend it.
After all, Qingtang City is extremely important to both Tubo and the Dangxiang people, and neither party will let this Tubo City fall into our hands."
"Qingtang City is an enclave for us. If you leave only one soldier and horse, you will be alone. Even if you can hold on, other soldiers and horses will need to constantly come and go for rescue! Therefore, it is better to keep Qingtang City and wait until the right time. Take it down when the time comes.
Now we have a war with Tubo, which is enough to deter Tibet."
"As long as there are no other circumstances, Tibet will not continue to send a large number of troops.
After all, their domestic situation also needs to be balanced.
However, if we capture Qingtang City, the various Tibetan tribes and Zanpu will temporarily unite, which will be detrimental to us."
"Besides, this Qingtang City is the most important city in the southeast of the Dangxiang people. They have been coveting it for a long time!"
"If Qingtang City comes into our hands, although we can suppress Dang Xiang, it will also break the current tacit understanding between us and Dang Xiang."
"In short, taking Qingtang City would be more of a gain than a loss!"
"This time we sent troops, the goal has been achieved, there is no need to add complications!"
Although others wanted to continue to make meritorious deeds, they all agreed with Shen Tang's words.
"The rest of the troops will be ready to retreat to Lintao territory after a few days. Munda, now these 50,000 Tibetan troops have been completely defeated. At least in a short period of time, Tibet has been unable to gather strength to attack you. You take this opportunity to annex as much as possible. The cities and areas occupied by the Jin people extend all the way to the Yellow River and are connected with Lintao Road. In this way, these places will become important bargaining chips in the future."
Although he didn't quite understand it, Mengda followed Shen Tang's words without any reason!
"Don't worry, Commander. Apart from leaving some of the following troops and horses to guard key areas, the rest have also moved north. It will take at most five or six days to meet up with the general's troops! Now Ruoergai, which was originally occupied by the Jin soldiers, is now occupied by Luoergai. Qu and other places are mostly occupied by us, and the remaining positions do not have enough Tibetan soldiers and horses to garrison, so we can easily capture them."
"Well, if you encounter a large number of Tibetan soldiers and horses, you can send someone to pass the message, and I will send troops to help you! However, in order to prevent accidents, the other soldiers and horses have to return first for the time being. If they stay outside for a long time, Zhang Hua will What thoughts may arise that shouldn’t be felt?”
After arranging all the next matters in Tubo, the army repaired for two days and then headed east towards Jingyuguan.
News of the battle between Shen Tang and the Tubo soldiers and horses soon reached Zhang Hua! Looking at the battle report, Zhang Hua sighed helplessly!
With Shen Tang's layout, strategy and troops, it's no wonder that Tubo's 50,000 elite troops were completely defeated.
Originally, he was also looking forward to whether a miracle would happen, and both the Song Dynasty and Tubo would suffer losses, or the Song Dynasty's soldiers and horses would suffer heavy losses.
It's a pity that now it seems that he thought too much.
It's not that these Tubo people are incompetent. As one of the top commanders of the party, he is no stranger to the troops under King Pibo.
Even with the same number of soldiers and horses, he was not sure of victory. It was a pity that King Bo met Shen Tang.
"Immediately send an order to Lanzhou troops and horses. When the Song army returns, there must be no obstruction!"
Zhang Hua regretfully issued the order.
In fact, when Shen Tang's troops left Jingyuguan in the west, the battle between Xia Liao's troops and the Jin people had already begun. Of course, neither side was in a hurry to fight, but was cautiously testing.
Zhang Hua ordered small groups of soldiers and horses to advance by various means, including water and land. They were all attacked by the Jin people. The fighting was back and forth. The soldiers and horses on the Xia Liao side suffered more damage than the Jin people. Much bigger.
In addition to the confrontation in the southwest, the situation in the Jin Kingdom in the other two directions is not too good either.
The first was the troops in the north headed by He Shiliezhining. He gathered troops from the Liaodong area, the Northeast Road to recruit the Division, Huining Prefecture in Beijing, Dading Prefecture in Beijing, etc., making the number of troops under his command reach A total of nearly 150,000 people.
However, he has many enemies to face.
The first was Yi La Wo Wo who was entrenched in Linhuang Mansion. In the early days, under the attack of He Shiliezhining's army, Yi La Wo Wo's troops were retreating steadily. However, in the end he chose to abandon the surrounding area and directly With Linhuang Mansion as the center, there is the Huang River running from east to west, and there are many water veins such as Heihe River and Jinlai River. His soldiers and horses built their offensive along these water veins to suppress Shi Liezhining's army. Block.
To the north, we retreated into the Great Wall. Not only did the Great Wall serve as a barrier, but there were also towering mountains. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Heshi Liezhining attacked several times at any cost, but all suffered heavy losses and retreated.
In the northeast direction, there are two lines of defense formed by the Lugu River and the Hewu River!
With these water veins, when the weather is hot, there are water veins blocking it. When the weather is cold, it is difficult for the war horses to walk on the ice. Therefore, Yi La Wo Wo directly huddles in this place with a radius of hundreds of miles. For a time, even with He Shi Liezhi Ning's ability could not do anything to him.
In addition to Linhuang Mansion's shrunken Qianlaowo, another major enemy is the soldiers and horses from the Mongolian tribes.
Heshi Liezhining was naturally not afraid of these Mongols, but what made him most uncomfortable was that the border between Mongolia and the Jin Kingdom was too long.
Although many of them are natural desert lands, the Mongols used their familiarity with the terrain to come directly across the border!
Today, the Mongols appeared here, and tomorrow another Mongolian army may be found a hundred miles away! He wanted to fight decisively, but could not find an opportunity for a while. It was a headache for Heshi Liezhining.
In the end, he really had no suitable solution, so he simply gave up the hundred-mile border and retreated his troops to important checkpoints, cities and other important places! As for the losses, he could only find ways to recover them later.
And the last enemy along the way is naturally the Xia-Liao coalition!
Originally, according to previous calculations and investigations, there would be no Xia Liao soldiers and horses in this area, but at the beginning of this year, a Xia Liao army of about 30,000 people directly entered Dongsheng Prefecture, and this army
Ma did not attack the Great Wall and Xijing, but chose to go north to Huanzhou.