Chapter 1105 What should I do when the Tatars come? What should I do?
Fusang today is exactly the same as it was during the various periods when the Central Plains was engulfed in war.
In almost all war-torn periods such as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Five Kingdoms and Ten Dynasties, the late Song Dynasty, and the late Yuan Dynasty, the population of the Central Plains will decrease significantly.
Finally, when the new unified dynasty is established, it will be in a situation where there is too much land depending on the population, which indirectly alleviates the problem of land annexation.
Nowadays, this situation also occurs on the Fuso Islands, and this situation is inseparable from the efforts of the arms merchants of the Tang Dynasty. Nowadays, almost every trader who trades with the East will
Doing arms trading business.
For no other reason, especially not as many people have speculated, this was a deliberate act by the Tang Dynasty officials. It was purely because selling weapons to Fuso these days was not as profitable as selling weapons.
Those big names in Fuso are all very eager for various weapons from the Tang Dynasty Empire. In order to raise enough funds to buy weapons from the Tang Dynasty, the big names from all walks of life also show their magical powers. They have gold and silver mines at home.
The easiest way is to just let the large population in the area go mining. If there are no gold or silver mines, but there are other specialties, try your best to get all kinds of specialties.
If your family is very poor, you can only fight to support war. If your family has no money, you can just rob it.
During this process, the merchants of the Tang Empire made a lot of money in the field of arms export, and the stimulation of money made them pay more attention to maintaining the arms market on the Fuso Islands!
How to maintain it?
Selling to the East and then to the West is a very old-fashioned method, not new. Sometimes, they will even give some weapons on credit, and even give away some weapons for free. At the same time, they will also limit the number of weapons purchased by some powerful daimyo.
The only thing is to prevent the powerful daimyo from annexing the weak daimyo in one fell swoop and then unify the Fuso Islands.
A fusang with hundreds of independent fusangs fighting against each other is a good fusang and can contribute a steady stream of money to them. A unified fusang is not a good fusang.
Many arms dealers have this awareness, and even under the leadership of some powerful arms dealers, they established an unofficial Fuso Arms Export Guild to formulate unified arms export policies to Fuso and coordinate various arms dealers.
Interests.
It has only one goal, to maintain or even expand the arms market in the Fuso region!
Dasumi County has become a frontier for the Tang Empire to export arms to Fuso. A large number of Fuso daimyo would come here to order various weapons, ranging from plate armor and swords to matchlock guns and light artillery.
In addition, Tsushima Island is also developing in this direction!
Tsushima Island, this area was previously an area with no obvious ownership. The Lee Dynasty of Goryeo had certain control over this area, and Fuso also had certain control over this area. The daimyo on Tsushima Island were also on both sides.
Make good friends and no one will be offended.
However, this situation changed after the Tang Dynasty took control of the Koryo Peninsula, because the Tang Dynasty directly announced that since Tsushima Island previously belonged to the Li Dynasty of the Koryo Peninsula, it now naturally belongs to the Tang Dynasty.
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So when we attacked the Koryo Peninsula, we also sent hundreds of marines to Tsushima Island, directly killed the daimyo on the island, and then immigrated some of the people there.
Today, this place belongs to the territory of the Tang Empire, and it is a local one, not an overseas territory. Tsushima Island is now Tsushima County, and it belongs directly to Nanjiang Prefecture of Liaodong Province.
Because of the short distance, this place naturally became the frontier port for the Tang Empire's trade with Fuso. However, overall, its development was relatively limited, and its development was not as good as that of Osumi County.
For the arms trade in the Fuso area, the arms dealers of the Tang Empire are usually very kind to provide door-to-door delivery, cash on delivery and other services to ensure that their customers can get the weapons without being exposed to other hostile daimyo.
Intercepted midway.
The premise is that these big names can provide gold, silver, or other commodities that can be exchanged.
Some signs of the Tang Empire's policy in East Asia can be seen in the Koryo Peninsula, the Fuso Islands, and even various regions in Southeast Asia, which is that other powerful forces are not allowed to exist.
If possible, the Tang Empire will directly annex it. If it cannot directly annex it for a while, it will use various means to actually control it. If it is still unable to implement control, then it will use various means to indirectly control it.
Regarding the Chahar tribe, Duoyan Sanwei and other tribes, the Tang Dynasty adopted similar policies. Now it is to support them, and then to control them through arms trade, economic trade and other means. When the time is right, it will naturally be completely annexed.
However, as a result, the Tang Empire was temporarily unable to directly recruit these herdsmen to join the army and expand its cavalry force.
But Li Xuan didn't care. Anyway, the Tang Empire's army-building strategy, whether it was the army or the navy, did not pay attention to individual heroism, but to teamwork.
Nowadays, this kind of army-building strategy has actually encountered some troubles in the grasslands. For example, in small-scale conflicts, it is difficult for the cavalry of the Tang Army to take advantage, and sometimes they even suffer losses.
The most obvious manifestation is the scout cavalry on both sides.
If the reconnaissance cavalry sent out by the Army of the Tang Dynasty were intercepted by the enemy, most of the time they would choose to retreat sideways. They had no choice but to fight alone. What else could they do if they didn't run away?
If the Tatar reconnaissance cavalry came over, the Tang Army often had to choose to send a larger number of cavalry to intercept it, because if they sent less cavalry, they would lose their lives, which would be a big loss.
The reconnaissance cavalry sent out by Kang Changning yesterday was violently intercepted by the Tatars. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the reconnaissance cavalry chose to retreat in the evening. However, they did not expect that these Tatars chose to retreat overnight.
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When it dawned the next day, they discovered that the Tatars who had been following them more than 20 kilometers away had fled.
Where did they go?
Kang Changning just thought for a moment and made his own judgment. These Tatars were most likely to go south and intercept General Deng's main infantry.
Calculating the time, it is estimated that Deng Xide's troops have been out for ten days. It is impossible for the Tatars not to know the news. When the Tatars know the news, they can judge the strategic intentions of Deng Xide's troops and then make corresponding reactions.
It's almost the same time.
After thinking of this, Kang Changning did not hesitate and led his troops to continue turning around!
He was running around here and there originally to attract the attention of Anda Khan and to indirectly cover Deng Xide's troops. Now that Anda Khan has chosen to go south, it means that this indirect cover is no longer feasible. The next step is
Direct cover is needed.
After all, Deng Xide's troops were all infantry. Although there were 2,000 division cavalry and a light cavalry regiment, there was no difference between the division cavalry and the light cavalry regiment in front of more than 40,000 Tatar cavalry.
Therefore, he must lead the cavalry back as soon as possible to serve as the flank of Deng Xide's troops and cover the infantry.
When Kang Changning ordered the troops to return south, a very strange situation appeared on the grassland. Before, the Tatars were chasing Kang Changning's cavalry regiment, but now it was Kang Changning's cavalry regiment chasing the Tatars.
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It's unclear who is chasing whom.
Over there, Deng Xide, who was leading his army to build the third earthen fort, soon learned about the large-scale Tatar movement south.
Although the number of cavalry under him is not large, most of them are sent out by him to serve as reconnaissance cavalry. Although the grassland is large, the range of activities of the cavalry is also large.
As soon as the reconnaissance cavalry on the periphery discovered that the Tatars were heading south in large numbers, they immediately ran southward and reported the news to Deng Xide as soon as possible.
The Tatars are coming!
This was not beyond Deng Xide's expectations. He led more than 60,000 people to the north. He had no hope of hiding it from the Tatars, and he didn't even need to hide it from them.
Because the core strategy of the Ninth Army is to use the main force of infantry as a magnet to attract enemy cavalry to gather, and then look for opportunities to kill them in large numbers.
If these Tatars did not come over, but simply ran away, he would still be disappointed.
The order was immediately passed on.
Do what you have to do!
Because we had already anticipated that this situation would happen, we already had a complete plan, and there was no need to make any additional preparations.
Immediately, the combat units of the two main infantry divisions, that is, the infantry and artillery units, were preparing for war on the outside. As for the baggage and other troops, they stayed inside, while the engineers and civilian workers continued the construction.
If the enemy really attacks, this war will have no impact on them.
In order to guard against cavalry attacks, a large number of four-wheeled carriages for transporting baggage were also put to use, directly acting as fortifications on the periphery.
No matter how awesome those cavalry are, they can't just jump over a large number of carriages and charge forward!
The only troublesome thing is logistical supplies, but it’s not a big problem!
Deng Xide has enough troops, and the place is not far from the Great Wall, only more than 40 kilometers. He can just send a large number of troops to escort the baggage. If the Tatars send cavalry to harass, the worst they can do is to conduct defensive operations on the spot.
In any case, when the infantry of the Tang Dynasty faced the Tatar cavalry, they would not suffer any loss in defensive operations, and they would gain from each exchange.
Deng Xide was unmoved, and Anda Khan was naturally not polite. He led 40,000 cavalry all the way south, and soon found Deng Xide's troops, and then stopped about five kilometers away.
A distance of five kilometers, if it is in a mountainous area, would be enough for the army to march for most of a day. However, in such plain areas, even for infantry, it is only an hour of rapid marching time, and it is even less time for cavalry.
Nothing.
The 40,000 Tatar cavalry were stationed five kilometers away, while Deng Xide's infantry troops were ready.
In this case, a large-scale battle can break out at any time!
But, in fact, there is not!
On the one hand, Anda Khan knew that these infantry were difficult to deal with, and his own cavalry took the initiative to fight head-on. The cavalry would definitely suffer the loss. What's more, Anda Khan also knew that he was being chased by an army of more than 10,000 riders.
What about the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty?
No matter how stupid he is, An Dahan will not launch an attack at this time!
A frontal attack would be a stupid move. Andahan was not stupid, so he chose to divide his forces and attack the grain road!