"The victory at the foot of Shenyu Mountain killed two thousand enemies and captured more than 1,600 Tibetan soldiers? Haha, when we came over, we were still mumbling and refusing to tell the details all the way..."
Shi Hai and Xiao Chunyu met the scouts who were out for reconnaissance at the mouth of the Yuqu River, and hurriedly rushed to the foot of Shenyu Mountain to meet up. Even though they learned from the scouts that the advance tribesmen and the Beijing and Xiang reinforcements had severely damaged the Tibetan soldiers in more than a month.
, but they didn’t know the details yet - only then did they know the specific results of the victory at the foot of Shenyu Mountain, and they asked in shock, suspecting that they had heard wrongly.
"Bali did not conceal it intentionally," Xiao Yanhan said. "We are alone in the hinterland of Tubo, and every step we take is like walking on thin ice. We are not only worried about the low morale of the generals, but also afraid of being careless and underestimating the enemy. In the battle at the foot of Shenyu Mountain, we had no experience.
Promote the results of the victory! At that time, we traveled for nearly a year to reach the canyon at the foot of Shenyu Mountain. We were already extremely tired and stranded. The reason why we were able to defeat the Tibetan soldiers was all thanks to Su Miao. Xu Peng and the others fought bravely, and we will have to trouble them later.
Cleaning up the battlefield. Bali, Mohai and the others dealt with the enemy all the way. When they arrived at the foot of Shenyu Mountain, they were already ill. They couldn't even pick up a knife a month ago. Fortunately, they recovered recently and led the team to conduct spying and reconnaissance...
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"So that's it -" Xiao Chunyu asked with emotion and excitement, "So, the Buqu Temple family alone can hardly pose any threat to our tribe's troops heading south?"
The Tubo Plateau is thousands of miles wide, and may not be slightly smaller than the entire Central Plains. However, the harsh environment and climate determine that it is sparsely populated. In the early years, the climate of the Tubo Plateau was milder, the scale of agriculture was larger, and the population was relatively prosperous.
This ushered in the era of a powerful dynasty, but in the next two to three hundred years, the climate became increasingly harsh, coupled with the endless wars between the separatist forces, the population became increasingly sparse.
The Semogang area ruled by Buqu Temple is generally a plateau and mountains located between the upper reaches of Lushui and Ruoshui. It has a very wide area, but the Tibetan people living in this area may only be more than 20,000 young and strong men.
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Under normal circumstances, Buqu Temple has only a thousand or so soldiers. This time, they were deeply aware of the threat posed by the Khitan tribe going south. After several months of mobilization and preparation, they were able to gather seven to eight thousand Tibetan soldiers.
Riding around, chasing and intercepting.
The maximum mobilization of soldiers and horses of Buqu Temple in the Semogang area cannot be compared with the remnants of the Khitan who have been wandering around in these years.
Seven or eight thousand cavalry may already be the mobilization limit of Buqu Temple in the short term.
A disastrous defeat, the loss of half of the troops, for the Tibetan people of Semoggang, which was vast and sparsely populated, was definitely a heavy blow that would not be forgotten for hundreds of years - if the Tibetan tribes of Semoggang could continue for hundreds of years.
Shi Hai couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's no wonder that the princess just said that she sent someone to notify Buqu Temple to arrange for the master to come to the foot of Shenyu Mountain to negotiate, instead of sending someone to negotiate with Buqu Temple..."
"Even if there were no previous great victories, General Wang Ju, Zhang Shenjun and the Chief Consultant Shi Xun were envoys to Dali and Tubo under the imperial edict, there would be no reason to weaken the prestige of the dynasty!" Xiao Yanhan said.
Although correcting the imperial edict may cause a lot of trouble, in addition to the Dali Kingdom, Wang Ju, Shi Xun, and Hu insisted on flattering the imperial edict and sent envoys to Tubo to liaise with various tribes after going deep into Duogansi.
"The Tibetan soldiers in Buqu Temple and Semogang area have been severely damaged. It is difficult for them to pose any threat to us in a short time, but we still dare not take it lightly,"
After introducing the basic situation of the Tubo tribes in Duogansi, Zhang Xiongshan introduced the urgent situation they were facing in Duogansi at this time and said,
"The Buqu Temple and the temples and villages built by the Tibetan aristocrats in Semogang such as Dege are all in danger of occupying the mountains and rivers. We do not have sufficient logistics materials, we do not have the war equipment to attack the city, and there are three to four thousand men and horses.
It is difficult to say that we can easily capture these fortified cities and monasteries when we go deep alone. However, if we cannot capture these monasteries and villages, the area we can directly control in Semogan is very limited, and we cannot extend in depth.
From Shenyu Mountain to the south, via Pangbo Mountain to Dali Guoshanju County, it takes nearly a month. The journey is limited to one road, and most of the time it twists and turns in the majestic mountains and dangerous ravines.
There are dozens of passes——”
Su Mung laid a simply drawn Kan map on a simple wooden table, showing the rough topography between Shenyu Mountain and Shanju County in front of Shi Hai and Xiao Chunyu.
Shi Hai is a veteran Khitan general, and Xiao Chunyu, as a rising star of the Khitan, is also familiar with military affairs. Combining the topographic map of Kanyu and Zhang Xiongshan's introduction, they quickly understood the situation facing the foothills of Shenyu Mountain.
It is difficult for the severely damaged forces of Buqu Temple and Semogang alone to pose much of a threat to them, but they are too deep into the hinterland of Duogansi, and they cannot control the deep enough territory by attacking the city.
The area has been stationed for a long time. Once Semogan joins forces with other Wugan forces, it will be very easy to cut off their escape route.
Xu Huai traveled thousands of miles to Taiyuan to pick up 100,000 soldiers and civilians to move south. The most difficult part of the journey was actually only three to four hundred miles across the Luliang Mountains. More importantly, the Hezhong area was safe and no enemy troops could intercept him.
The situation they are facing now is actually more precarious - it is also the most taboo situation in the military to go deep alone.
Knowing this, Xiao Chunyu felt heavy again and murmured to himself:
"Buqu Monastery may not be able to threaten us, but seeing nearly 100,000 members of our tribe heading south to Mangkang Gang, Pangbo Gang and other Tibetan forces, it is hard to say that they will continue to remain indifferent..."
The environment is too harsh, which means that the population that this land can carry is severely limited, and it also means that the competition for living space becomes more cruel and fierce.
"... Tubo has been divided for a long time. The severe and harsh climate and environment have made its internal communication extremely limited, and its understanding of the outside world is even less. According to our understanding during this period, and the interrogation of prisoners of war, the upper echelons of Buqu Temple
The vast majority of monks' knowledge of the Central Plains is still in the period of the previous dynasty, and no one knows that the Chihu people have occupied Longyou, Hexi and most of the Western Regions," Zhang Xiongshan said, "This is the most beneficial to us.
side of..."
To put it bluntly, their plan was to take advantage of the information gap and the Tibetan tribes' unfamiliarity and ignorance of the external situation, to trick them into thinking that Dai Viet was still the most powerful dynasty in the land, and that the remnants of the Khitan were just crossing the border from Duogansi to join Dai Viet.
, rather than fighting for a habitat in the south of Duogansi or in Shanju County of Dali State near Duogansi.
Of course, they had been worried that Duo Gansi and the Tibetan tribes would contact the Chihu people after this disturbance. Or maybe the Chihu people noticed signs that the remaining Khitan troops were heading south and would send envoys to contact the Tibetan tribes.
In that case, the situation will become more complicated.
Now that they learned from Shi Hai and Xiao Chunyu that Xiao Linshi had probably led his tribe southward to Zhangxiong Mountain, Wang Ju could feel relieved again and again.
After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Khitan people, and they will also bring hundreds of thousands of livestock southward. Although it will slow down the southward movement very slowly, such a force standing between Duo Gansi and Duo Sima can,
Temporarily cut off the connection between the Tubo tribes in Duogansi and the north.
The information gap is the key to their ability to maintain force to intimidate and deceive.
As for how the Khitan people will take root in the southern area of Duogansi or Shanju County in the western border of Dali after they go south, or how they will finally choose to join the Chihu people after the Tibetan forces such as Semogang have had full contact with the Chihu people.
, and how to deal with it, these are all things that Xiao Linshi, Shi Hai and others will have to consider after he goes south.
Zhang Xiongshan, Wang Ju and the others do not need to worry about this matter for the time being.
At this time, Shi Hai finally understood many things. He moved the wooden case in front of him, bowed respectfully towards the direction of Jingxiang and saluted, and shouted:
"If our clan is lucky enough to survive this time, it all depends on your righteousness!"
Dai Viet was short-sighted, and his two northern expeditions against Yan not only caused heavy casualties to the country, but also exposed its weakness to the eyes of the Red Husbands. It also directly ruined the Khitan's last chance to fight. Many generals of the remaining Khitan, including Shi Hai, were against it.
This person is very worried about this, and has always opposed cooperation with Chushan and remains wary.
It wasn't until this moment that Shi Hai put down the guard deep in his heart.
In any case, even if Jingxiang had a deeper intention in sending troops, and it had a lot to do with Xiao Bai's life experience, Shi Hai knew better that it would take a lot of effort for Jingxiang to send 4,000 reinforcements thousands of miles away to support them.
What a high price, how much danger to bear, and the bloody and cruel facts have also proved that if the Beijing and Xiang reinforcements had not arrived in time to respond, some of them might have survived, but the Khitan nation might have ceased to exist from now on.
Wang Ju, Zhang Xiongshan, Shi Xun and others returned the gift to Shi Hai on behalf of Jingxiang.
Now it is known that Xiao Linshi has probably led his clan to go south. After some discussion, everyone decided to adjust the original action plan. Generals Shi Hu, Sun Yanguan, Xiao Xun, Xu Tan and others will each lead hundreds of elites from Shen
Heading north from the foothills of Yushan Mountain, we strengthened our deterrence against the Tibetan tribes in the northern part of Mangkang Gang and Semo Gang and other places along the way, and looked for opportunities to annihilate a few groups of Tibetan cavalry who dared to covet the banks of the Tongtian River, thus clearing the way for the Khitan people to further move south.