The first thousand three hundred and thirty-five chapters of the Tatars who fled in embarrassment
Li Xuan has different opinions on this. What's the point of supporting the Ninth Army at this time? Even if Jinling approves and allows them to take the initiative, it will be a month or two at least.
The Tatars have already run away, so they can stupidly stay in place and let you go and kill them!
Although Li Xuan was the emperor, in his early years he was the emperor who personally led the troops to fight. When he was in Zhengtai County, he also personally led the troops in bayonet charges!
Although I feel scared every time I think about it, I was lucky at the time. Otherwise, by now, the grass on the grave would be several meters high!
Having led troops, he also knew the thoughts of the frontline generals. If the Tatars had fewer troops for guarding and defense, the generals of the Ninth Army would be willing to watch a big piece of fat pass by.
He had been killed long ago.
At this time, what was sent to Jinling City was not a request for instructions, but a report of victory!
Calculating time, it is estimated that all the Tatars have fled by now, why are they supporting the Ninth Army?
The Ninth Army asked for support and then pursued it. I'm afraid it wasn't really to attack the enemy. I'm afraid it was to increase the strength of the Ninth Army and then launch a large-scale pursuit. The purpose was not to kill the enemy, but to increase the strength of the Ninth Army.
In order to maintain the authority of the Ninth Army itself.
None of the generals on the front line are simple, and they will also have their own Xiao Jiujiu.
When the Tatars retreat from Hetao, or even from Fengzhouchuan, there is no doubt that the strategic role of the Ninth Army will be greatly reduced. In this case, the empire will definitely not use all its strength.
Instead of supporting the Ninth Army, we will consider other directions.
However, this situation is not good for the Ninth Army itself.
In order to maintain the important status of the Ninth Army, and also to ensure the important status of the generals who serve in the Ninth Army, the Ninth Army will definitely not sit back and watch this happen, so they need a reason or
Chance.
Asking for support and chasing the Tatars became their best reason.
But Li Xuan obviously didn't think so. He had clearly seen the Ninth Army's little thoughts, and he would not affect the overall situation just because of the Ninth Army's little thoughts.
What needs support now is not the Ninth Army, but the Fifth Army defending Gansu and the Fourth Army in Shaanxi. After the Tatars move westward, the pressure on the northwest defense will increase exponentially. It will take so long to defend the defense with the current troops alone.
The defense line is probably too weak!
The Tatars will move westward, which will bring major changes to the empire's northern defense security. Some of these changes are good and some are bad.
Let’s talk about the disadvantages first. The disadvantage is that in the future, the defense in the northwest will face greater pressure. In the northwest, the empire will need to face the Tatars, the remnants of the Oara people, the Tubo people, etc. at the same time.
At the same time, what is more important is that the northwest is not a grain-producing area of the empire, let alone an industrial area. All kinds of materials that the army stationed in the northwest need to consume need to be sent thousands of miles from the Central Plains.
The cost is quite huge.
The empire stationed 10,000 troops in the northwest, which required a variety of manpower and material resources that were twice or even three times more than those required to station troops in Hebei and other places.
Supply difficulties will be the most significant problem faced by the empire in the northwest region.
Of course, although the situation in the northwest will be more difficult in the future, the westward migration of the Tatars will bring greater benefits to the empire!
The Hetao area and the Fengzhou River, which can be said to be the most abundant areas on the East Asian grasslands, will completely fall under the control of the empire. By occupying this area, the empire will not only completely solve the problem of border troubles in the north, but also help the empire.
Provide a large pasture for grazing horses, allowing the empire to obtain more horses. Well, by the way, it can also develop animal husbandry.
It goes without saying that there are many benefits. Without these benefits, all dynasties would not have tried their best to occupy the above-mentioned places.
It's just that occupying the above-mentioned places requires the support of huge national power. In history, only the most powerful dynasties can occupy the above-mentioned places during the stage of strong national power.
Once the national power declined, or the Central Plains dynasty fell into civil strife, these places were often unable to defend themselves, and then were invaded by foreigners, which turned into border troubles.
Today's Datang Empire is at its peak period in all dynasties, both in terms of comprehensive national strength and the horizontal comparison of the military's combat effectiveness.
It was inevitable for such a powerful empire at its peak to occupy the northern grasslands.
Many people know this, and even Andahan himself could predict it.
It's just that he still had some illusions before, thinking that he could still defend this grassland area under the attack of the Tang Empire. But what he didn't expect was that the army of the Tang Empire was so powerful and its guns were sharp.
, the infantry is no longer strong, but the cavalry is getting stronger year by year. It is difficult for the Tatars to take advantage of the cavalry, which was the most advantageous.
In this case, Anda Khan made the most important choice in his life: voluntarily abandoned the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan and led the tribe to move westward.
Although the Hetao and Fengzhou River are rich in water and grass, they are surrounded by the Tang Empire. If the Tatars cannot bear it, there will be no good places. If they continue to consume like this, their young Tatar population will be completely consumed.
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In the past few years of attrition warfare, the Tatars had killed or injured no less than 100,000 soldiers and civilians during direct combat. These were not ordinary 100,000 people, but 100,000 Tatars.
There were not many Tatars in total. One hundred thousand casualties were killed and wounded at once, which was enough to damage the vitality of the Tatars.
He was worried that if this consumption continued, although it was impossible for the Tatar warriors to suffer many casualties, their tribesmen would suffer even more casualties.
In war, the casualties are not only the soldiers directly participating in the war, but also ordinary civilians.
He was worried that if this consumption continued, all the Tatars would die sooner or later, so he simply moved west while the main force was still there.
Anyway, the grassland is very big, so we don’t necessarily have to compete with the Nanmanzi for the Hetao and Fengzhou River. They can definitely move westward!
As for how to survive there after moving west, that’s simple!
First rob the Oara people's pastures, and then continue to move westward. Follow the path that the Mongol Empire used to advance westward, and kill them all the way. You will be able to obtain countless pastures and slaves.
With this in mind, Anda Khan began to assemble the main force for the western expedition as early as this spring. In September, he defeated the main force of the Oara people and occupied a large area of grassland.
At this time, Anda Khan ordered the entire clan to move westward without hesitation.
Not only the 30,000 households on the right wing directly under Anda Khan were relocated, but also many other affiliated tribes!
Anda Khan's sudden westward movement was beyond the empire's expectations. Originally, the empire planned to continue the fight and completely wipe out the Tatars through gradual cannibalization and a war of attrition.
This annihilation is not just about driving them away, but also about annihilating them completely.
It's a pity that the Tatars ran away. They mounted their horses and ran thousands of miles away. Even if the Tang army wanted to catch up, they couldn't catch up.
Even if I could catch up, I wouldn’t dare to chase him!
Not even a general like Li Chunjing would have the guts to pursue the Tatars thousands of miles deep into the grassland!
No matter if it escapes, the Tang Empire will be able to free up its hands and stabilize the northern defense line!
Although the pressure in the northwest will be greater in the future, once there is no pressure in the north, resources can naturally be mobilized to supplement the northwest, and the impact will not be too great.
The westward migration of the Tatars was only a military secret at first, but it soon became known to outsiders.
Because the Tang Dynasty Newspaper from the Reporting Department of the Ministry of Rites officially reported the news that the Tatars fled in embarrassment.
The Tang Dynasty Daily reported that under the continuous attack by our brave and fearless Datang Army, the despicable and shameless Tatars lost their troops and finally had to flee in embarrassment.
And this is not the focus of the propaganda. The focus of the propaganda is that the Tang Empire officially captured the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan areas.
This was a great achievement of opening up territory and expanding the territory, and what was captured was the two strategically important lands of Hetao and Fengzhouchuan. No matter which dynasty was able to accomplish this, it would basically be something that could be boasted of for eternity.
One emperor.
Of course, this kind of credit is nothing to Li Xuan.
Who is Li Xuan? He is the Eternal Saint King!
The Holy Emperor conquered the whole world, conquered the Koryo Peninsula, and seized many territories in Fusang, Nanyang. He also expanded his territory in the northeast. The troops of the Tang Empire had already arrived.
Daxinganling area.
Now taking the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan is the inevitable result.
Such achievements are nothing to Li Xuan. One can imagine how great the achievements of the Holy Emperor today are.
From ancient times to the present, there has been no emperor greater than our Eternal Saint King, the Holy Emperor Li Xuan. Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are still one head shorter than our God Emperor Li Xuan.
Our Holy Emperor is the Eternal Holy King, God Emperor, Son of Heaven!
You say that our Holy Emperor is just one emperor throughout the ages? How brave are you? Do you want to insult our Holy Emperor?
Come on, pull him out and chop him down!
The official report of the Tang Dynasty newspaper to seize the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan areas also announced the initial security of the empire's northern defense line. At least until there are no major changes, Shanxi and Hebei will not have to face any foreign invasion.
Of course, for the entire north, there is still a slight flaw, and that is the Mongolian tribes such as the Chahar tribe and the Duoyan Sanwei who are entrenched in the Liaohetao area.
For them, the Imperial Army Privy Council Operations Department also quickly came up with a combat plan!