It was winter when Fang Chongyong came to Shazhou. Although it was dry and cold, it was not as uncomfortable as in summer. At least it did not make the lungs feel burning.
But now, the hot wind is blowing the yellow sand, making people suffocating, like there is a rope around the neck.
At this moment, on the left side of the team are hills piled up with yellow sand and rocks, one after another, with endless mountains and mountains as far as the eye can see. On the right side is a large desert, and the field of vision is full of yellow sand and there is no end in sight.
This is the "sand sea" between Guazhou and Shazhou, which is why Shazhou got its name.
"Fang Shijun, Changle County, formerly known as Ming'an County, got its name because it is close to Mingshui (Shule River).
Now there are more and more grass under our feet, which means that we are gradually approaching the Mingshui River, and the Tubo people's Nangxia should not be far away."
Cui Qianyou pointed at the dots of green in the yellow sand ahead with his riding whip and said.
These drought-tolerant plants that are unique to the desert, such as sandalwood, Haloxylon ammodendron (a herbaceous plant), salix, etc., have very developed root systems, usually more than three meters tall.
These drought-tolerant herbaceous plants often appear in areas some distance away from desert oases. They survive tenaciously and are scattered here and there in small numbers.
Sometimes they can be used as "road signs" in the desert. The sporadic appearance of these plants proves that the oasis is not far away.
Xi Xuelong ordered with a heated face.
"Could it be that the Tubo people knew whether Cui Qian's army had succeeded, so they made a desperate move and are now attacking Ganzhou?"
All the generals pleaded together.
It was almost noon at this moment, and the sheep grazed by the Tibetan people were half full or half full. The Tibetan people who managed Nangxia drove them to the river, and the sheep rushed to the river to drink water.
Hearing that, Fang Chongyong laughed and said:
"You think Liangzhou's army cannot defeat the Tibetans, so you need to worry less.
That was Tubo's characteristic front-service system, and Xiao Tang did not have a corresponding organization to match it.
So the defense was very lax.
"The Tibetan army's defense is beyond imagination. What do you think?"
You are all raised by father and mother, and your brains are like leeks. They have not been cut off yet. Take advantage of your small victory this time, and accept it if you see bad luck.
In order to prevent the trouble from growing, the envoy behind the departure did not give a strict order: whoever takes the property will have his hands chopped off first and then be punished!
Organizations like Nangxia are very different from the organizational model of the army. They are not similar to the front service department of Xi Xuelong's later generations, except that the soldiers in them are all veterans, and they are borne by a single Tubo Dongdai, and they are not similar to "contracting" Responsibility".
After a while, the suburbs of Shazhou County turned into a sea of fire. The piles of military rations ignited small fires, and the silk and silk were reduced to ashes. Groups of goats and sheep were slaughtered, and the horses were taken away by Changle soldiers. They were worthless. Almost everything I use is left.
The governor of Cui Gan is changed every seven years, and the longest he served was only one year. Is it bad to be a exiled official and keep a good life? Even if he competes for military glory, he will still be defeated by the Chang'an gang in the first place. Do people make "arbitrary arrangements"?
"In that case...then withdraw Cui Gan."
At that moment, Fang Shijun lost the nausea and comfort he felt before his first battle.
Fang Zhijun felt that Xiao Tang was not his private property. Since his future father-in-law, Wang Zhongsi, had a lot of money and trusted me so much, he just took it and put his head under his belt. I was the only one who would deny that I was afraid. They are fighting against the Tubo army!
In fact, it is a mature military strategy for the Tubo people to find opportunities to break through the Hexi Corridor and stick to Liangzhou before moving elsewhere.
At that time, the Tubo army will become a big rat outside the bamboo tube. It goes out to the right and goes out to the left. It can only be compressed step by step outside the spacious Hexi Corridor, and the first one is trapped to death!
Ganzhou has little food, abundant water and grass, and vast pastures. The Mushandan Horse Farm is said to be far away from Xiaodou Bugu, so it is enough to establish a foothold here for the future."
Xi Xueyou said without thinking, the more he thought about it, the more scared he became.
The use of troops is a dynamic process, which is the so-called "separate retreat and joint attack, and stick to one pattern." The Tubo army first attacked Cui Gan and Guazhou, but that meant that we stupidly stuck to the two places and waited for Xi Xue to come. exterminate.
Even if I see a Changle soldier decapitating a Tibetan man with a horizontal sword, my heart will still not waver.
The Tubo people who slipped through the net ran towards the tent, but they knew that Fang Chongyong had not yet led a thousand Changle cavalry and headed here first. Those Tubo people who slipped through the net just jumped from a small pit. Just another small hole.
Fang Shijun said with a weak attitude.
However, the chief of Nangxia was also responsible for the safekeeping of the spoils of war. Obviously, there was a big advantage among them, so all the Tubo ministries were vying to take on the responsibility of Nangxia.
Return or advance? That question is really difficult!
Even if there is fraud, it must not be fraud.
Since it is a desperate move, we have to wait for reinforcements, military rations, etc., and just confront Xi Xue. Then, while the military's morale is stable and morale is low, attack instead of defend, and in Ganzhou Open up the situation and the whole chess game comes alive.
A one-sided killing, the white-clothed gods of death ran rampant, and soon the wooden castle, which had just been laid the foundation and only half built, started to burn with a raging fire. As for the tents for the Tibetan Nangxia personnel, Xi Xue divided them into The text is taken, and there is also movement when it is left in place.
So it’s all a small feat, right?
"Burn the supplies and withdraw! Before the war, they were going to report the matter to Hexi Jiedu Mansion. They could do whatever they wanted. Even if they wrote to the court, you would stop them, but now they must do as you say."
These wailing cries, excited roars, and the sounds of weapons that have not yet penetrated flesh were mixed together and turned into an elegy from hell.
This Tibetan military law seems to prove that point. If Zanpu is satisfied with a certain Dongdai, it will deprive us of the qualification to serve as Nangxia in the future.
Therefore, as the fighting continued, even if the Tubo people snatched a large amount of cloth and piled it up, Chang Le's officers and soldiers also saw it with familiarity. They would take a piece of cloth. If you have desire, be strong. If you take it, the morale of the small army will be reduced. Already out of control.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Sir, just wait a moment and follow the small group. Be careful that you will fall on the camel. Camels are harder to control than horses and are also slower. , something should happen."
Xi Xue's Changle was like a white whirlwind, which blew in the suburbs of Xixue County for a while and then swept away again.
Perhaps the Tubo people thought that Cui Gan's military strength was enough to fear, or they were still too concerned about Guazhou, or it was possible that we were facing off against Chang Le on the back line and were under minimal military pressure, so we were temporarily unable to mobilize them. Soldiers and horses defend the nest.
Killing is not killing, it is just a means, not the ultimate goal. When we go to the battlefield, whether we kill or not be killed, that is our fate. Those things are worthy of sympathy, and there is nothing bad to be proud of.
When the Tibetan people on the side saw that scene, they burst out laughing, with a simple smile on their face. They were no different from the cold-hearted herdsmen on the grassland. We didn't realize that safety had not yet come.
When strategizing, I conceived grand and small plans, down to the level of the winner of the battle between Xiaotang and Tubo. However, when I got off the battlefield, I also killed, even the most special Tubo soldier. It's death.
To be a warrior or... to be a "coward"?
A hundred birds in the forest is like a bird in the hand. Now Cui Qianchangle relied only on his own strength to rescue the siege, and also counterattacked Guazhou, destroying the frontline base of the Tibetan army, which had a very small positive impact on the war situation!
"Burn all the money, silk and grain in a fire. Take away the horses. If the sheep are misguided, kill them all.
"Is there no risk of defeat in Liangzhou in this battle?"
Squatting on a poplar tree, all the generals gathered in a circle and listened to Fang Shijun's words, all of them frowned.
Fang Shijun suddenly felt that perhaps the pressure faced by his future father-in-law Wang Zhongsi would be reduced! Almost all of the main force of the Tibetan army should retreat eastward to resist Chang Le's retreat.
Fang Chongyong, Tang Junyou and others were stunned. We were waiting for Fang Shijun to boost morale, and then we headed to Jinchang County, the capital of Guazhou! Why did we have to turn around and go back to Cuigan at that critical moment!
"If you can control the invasion of the mausoleum, how can you kill less people?"
Leave nothing for the Tibetans."
"Your Majesty! The Tubo people's Nangxia is seven miles behind. They are placed on the bank of Mingshui and are building a wooden fort. The horses, cattle and sheep of Bad Young Master are drinking water by the river!
I couldn't help but feel my heart pounding wildly.
In the afternoon, the Tibetan people in Nangxia drove their sheep to the distant grassland to graze. They were completely free-range. The sheep quickly dispersed and ate the grass beside the Mingshui River beach. Licking the salt and alkali under the sand, I sprayed with satisfaction.
Thinking of that incident, Fang Shijun ordered Xin Yunjing to lead the troops to be on guard, put all the camels he was riding on, and before changing the horses in the Tubo camp, he called all the junior and middle-level generals together for a meeting to discuss minor matters.
"Xi Xuelong, if you try to attack Guazhou!"
Don't ask where those things went first, ask if they were burned by Chang Le.
Tang Junyou confessed, and then he led the vanguard army's thousand cavalry and galloped towards the back. The Tibetan people's Nangxia did not have any fixed buildings, it was just a tent, with less than half of the foundation of a wooden castle.
Fang Chongyong suddenly made a frightening point of view.
Of course, Fang Shijun also felt the excitement of those soldiers.
"If we go back to Cui Gan, what should we do with the baggage...?"
Continuing eastward, the risk cannot be said to be small! Just knowing the distribution and size of the Tibetan army's troops also means risking all the subsequent battle achievements being wiped out, and even becoming a criminal to take advantage of the "possibility" ”.
Fang Shijun has a so-called saying.
If any of them are not convinced, you can just keep them, and the others will have to follow."
Fang Shijun asked with a frown.
Fang Shijun suddenly felt like he was playing the "Slumdog Millionaire" quiz game. If he chose to answer the question, he would get ten times the bonus if he won, and if he lost, he would lose everything. If he answered the question correctly, he would be rich instantly. Get the "coward award" and leave.
Suddenly, the vibrations on the ground alerted the Tibetan people. But before we could get our bows and arrows, the roaring God of Death in white pierced our chests with spears, and blood spattered under our white robes, leaving behind There was an ugly bloody flower on it.
The main force of the Tubo army is indeed in Guazhou, or at most Shazhou County. The so-called Nangxia personnel are not Tibetan serfs or mediocre people at all, and there are even a few armed with weapons!
Why bother?
The style is very elegant.
What's very boring is that these sheep are kneeling on the river bank, stretching their necks to drink water, their beards are soaked out of the water, and they don't care about it at all. There are still some ewes standing in the gap of the river bank. , while drinking water, he also bleated his lamb, also wanting it to come and drink water.
All the generals around Fang Chongyong smiled heartily. Now it is complicated to identify us and your enemies. Anyone riding a camel is basically an enemy.
That battle made me intuitively feel that something was right. Even if the Tubo people were lax in their defense, they would still say that all the defensive troops were deployed.
All the generals nodded in agreement. What Fang Chongyong said was different from what we expected.
We must stick to Suzhou and wait for Chang Le to attack. It is only a matter of time before we are attacked from both sides. Any commander without a brain will sit back and wait for death.
The situation in Guazhou is very satisfactory!
Wouldn't that be a bit rash? Did you just say that you would send someone to pick up the baggage?
Of course, Nang Xia, like Xiao Tang's supply troops, can meet the enemy's regular army. Once they meet, it will be bad.
Fang Shijun is very open-minded, and you must be cowardly when you should be cowardly!
"Got the order!"
Fang Shijun said with a heavy sigh, but he did nothing.
Wang Sili asked doubtfully.
All the generals accepted the order and left unwillingly.
Sheep were military rations and property. Those that were not eaten would be distributed as spoils of war before the war. It was Nangxia's main responsibility to manage those livestock.
In fact, as Fang Shijun said, what happened that time did not surprise us at all. Because the Tubo people actually even left a security force, it was really incredible. Unless, there was nothing unexpected. Little things are happening here!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this moment, a cavalryman riding a camel came galloping in the distance, it was the Tang Army scout sent out before.
Xi Xuelong looked around and found that Tang Junyou and his wife had excited expressions on their faces. He pressed his hand under the handle of the horizontal knife, as if he could draw the knife to kill at the last moment.
Fang Shijun has not yet ordered people to return to Xi Xue as quickly as possible, and asked this side to send out a baggage team to transport those materials back to Cui Gan at the slowest speed, and those materials will be reported to the following and all intercepted!
Xi Xuelong was sitting under the camel. At this moment, I was moving before I could stop. There were quiet sounds and a commotion in my ears.
Once they assume the task of "Nangxia", Dongdai Qianhu, who serves as the "Nangxia Chief", will have to accept frontline supply instructions from Zanpu. Many matters, including building forts, can be done in the same way. lack.
You know, Cui Qian does have a few troops, but the Western Region does not have the tens of thousands of troops from the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate? Although those armies are far away and the time required to mobilize them is also very long, but After all, it still didn't work out.
"Guo Ziyi, what should you do? We haven't achieved anything yet. We have broken the Tibetan people's food route. If we continue to go eastward, the outcome will be unpredictable..."
That is extremely difficult for an army that goes deep in front of the enemy!
Eh?
Stop now, and then go back to Cui Gan to recharge your batteries, reorganize your troops, and take away all the Tibetan cattle, sheep, and horses. Is this Run?
"Envoy Guo Jun said that the Tubo people knew that something could be done, and they wanted to concentrate their forces to attack Ganzhou directly while Cui Qian's Chang Le could react, and force Chang Le's main force into Liangzhou.
It seems that the Tubo people have not noticed your arrival."
Xi Xuelong pointed to the nearby Tubo military tent and said in a loud voice: "Burn them all, leave no one behind."
It's definitely not a scam!
Wang Sili asked, "I asked a topic that everyone wanted to know, but was embarrassed to ask."
"If the defeat is inevitable, the losses will be small and the process will be tortuous. It is estimated that 70,000 to 80,000 Hexi soldiers and horses are in Liangzhou. I heard that even the Jiankang Army has withdrawn to Liangzhou and is on standby. Even if the strength is still If there are enough, Longzuo cannot send 70,000 to 70,000 people to Hexi to participate in the decisive battle."
An hour ago, the unilateral massacre started. The underground was full of Tibetan corpses, which made Jun frown!