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Chapter 522 Rescue Tang Min

There were only two thousand Tubo defenders. Although they were strong and not afraid of death, they encountered the elite Hexi Army, whose strength was five times theirs. The Tubo Army could only end up being wiped out, but even in this battle of annihilation, the Tang Army also fought hard for nearly a month.

hour.

This is also the main reason why the Tang army lost more than it won when fighting the Tubo army in history. Unlike other nomads, the Tubo army collapsed when it suffered three casualties. However, the Tubo army refused to retreat. A group of troops were all killed in battle.

The second group of troops had just come up, and they refused to surrender.

Therefore, unless the Tibetan army retreated on its own initiative to preserve its strength, the Tang army would basically have to kill all the Tibetan armies in order to win, and the Tang army would suffer heavy casualties.

When it was almost dawn, the war finally ended. The streets were full of corpses. Two thousand Tibetan troops were killed. However, the Tang army also paid more than 700 casualties. It really agreed to "kill three thousand enemies and lose eight hundred"

'The old saying.

The people in the city were so frightened that they hid in their houses and did not dare to go out. They were terrified and stayed up all night. It was not until some bold young men came out and found that the streets were full of Tang army soldiers that they cheered completely.

The whole people in Shanzhou City were boiling. They rushed out of the house and banged pots and pans desperately. Some people laughed happily, while others knelt on the ground and cried loudly. No matter how they vented their inner emotions, they were so excited.

The root cause is the same, that is, they will not be taken as slaves on the Tubo Plateau.

Many people ran onto the street regardless of everything, hugged the Tang soldiers and cried loudly. Every family knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Tang soldiers to thank them. This was an excitement of crawling back from hell to the world, and a kind of ecstasy of being reborn.

Seeing the people losing their temper, many soldiers could not help but shed tears.

Hundreds of elders were brought to Guo Song. They knelt down and cried bitterly. Guo Song quickly ordered his soldiers to help them up. He said loudly: "Fellow folks, now is not the time to get excited. When we withdraw to Hexi, we can all come together again."

Celebrate with singing and dancing.”

The enemy's beacon for help has been lit. Guo Song saw that there were too many people. Once the Tibetan army came back, it would inevitably cause heavy casualties, so he immediately ordered the entire army to evacuate.

The money, food and materials in the warehouse had been packed by the Tibetans and had not been opened. The grain and mutton were piled up in mountains and were difficult to carry. Guo Song immediately ordered that mules, horses, donkeys, cattle and other livestock be distributed to the people, and all grain and mutton were also distributed.

After giving them, the soldiers consigned the remaining gold, silver, copper coins and various materials to some livestock and war horses, and evacuated Shanzhou City with more than 200,000 people, and withdrew to Dadou Valley.

Before leaving, Li Bing led two thousand soldiers to pile up the bodies of the Tibetan soldiers who died in the battle and burned them on fire. The Tang army soldiers who died in the battle were also cremated and their bones were taken away.

Li Bing led his army to search the city one last time to ensure that all the people had evacuated, and then they left Shanzhou City.

When we went back, we were led by local people from Shanzhou. They crossed the river at a shallow beach, so there was no need for rafts. The river was more than ten miles wide, but now it has entered the dry season, and the water was only as deep as a person's knees. Children and the elderly rode on the river.

On top of the livestock, soldiers and young men and women rolled up their culottes and crossed the river.

After passing Haomen Water, everyone rested for the night, lit bonfires to cook and barbecue, and the people had a big meal. Early the next morning, everyone continued northbound and walked along a valley for more than 20 miles. In the distance, they saw a large

The entrance to Doubak Valley.

.........

Fifteen thousand Tubo troops had just arrived in Liangzhou, and all the people in Liangzhou had withdrawn into Guzang County. Eight thousand Tang troops were defending on top of the city. Shang Jiezan was a little hesitant, whether to go directly around the city to the north, or to attack the city.

Going north is a bit unrealistic, as their logistical supplies will be cut off by the Tang army, but if they attack the city, they do not carry large siege weapons.

Just when Shang Jiezan was in a dilemma, he received an emergency report, and the beacon outside Lanzhou City lit a beacon for help.

This surprised Shang Jiezan. Before he left, he ordered that only Shanzhou City could light the first beacon for help. Obviously something happened in Shanzhou City.

There was only one reason for the accident in Shanzhou City, and that was the fall of Dadou Bago, and the Tang army fought their way out of Dadou Bago.

It was like a circular battle. They wanted to kill Ganzhou, but the Tang army rushed out of Ganzhou first and destroyed their home base.

Shang Jiezan was immediately anxious and did not bother to attack Liangzhou. He urgently ordered the withdrawal of troops, and 15,000 Tibetan troops rushed towards Shanzhou City.

...........

The grassland north of Zhangye City is covered with endless tents. More than 70,000 tents stretch for dozens of miles. Nearly 300,000 Longyou people who evacuated from Liangzhou and more than 200,000 people who evacuated from Dadou Bugu

A total of more than 500,000 people live here on the vast grasslands.

The war is not over. Sixteen thousand Tang troops are deployed in Liangzhou and Dadou Bago. The situation of the Tubo army in Longyou is also unknown. However, out of extreme anger, the Tubo army is likely to launch a large-scale attack on Hexi.

"The Tubo people will not attack Dadou Bago. The terrain there is too dangerous and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. They can only attack Liangzhou. But attacking Liangzhou requires logistical support. It will take time for the Tibetans to mobilize logistics and troops. We at least

There is half a month to deploy.”

In the large government tent south of the refugee camp, Guo Songzheng was discussing the next course of action with a group of officials and generals.

"The biggest problem for half a million people now is food."

Guo Song said to everyone again: "It's early September now, and heavy snow will block roads in Hexi in November. It would be best if the people in Longyou can return to their hometown before then, but we have to make sure they don't come back."

Hometown preparations, Pan Changshi, how much food reserves do we have now?"

Pan Liao stood up and said: "The current inventory is 200,000 shi, 20,000 shi have been used, and there are still 180,000 shi. We have brought back 30,000 shi from Shanzhou. The wheat harvest will start in late September, and there will be an additional 300,000 shi."

, about half a million dan."

Guo Song nodded and said: "We distributed grain in Jincheng County and Shanzhou City before, and it is estimated that the people still have hundreds of thousands of stones in their hands, but we can't just think about the beginning of next spring, and the ten months from sowing to autumn harvest next year, even if

Even if we add a season of beans in the meantime, the food is still not enough, so we must get a lot of support from the outside world."

After a pause, Guo Song continued: "I have sent people to Shuofang Jiedu Mansion to deliver a message to Cui Shijun. The war horses are exchanged for grain from Fengzhou. Last year, Fengzhou had 400,000 stone troops to farm wheat, and it is currently stored in Lingwu County. If we can bring

In exchange for these 400,000 shi of wheat, the problem of food shortage can be solved to a great extent."

"How many war horses are needed?" Liang Wu asked worriedly.

Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Don't forget, everyone, the Hexi Herding Division still has 150,000 war horses in our hands. I have no intention of handing them over to Chang'an. The previous herding envoy has gone to Chengdu, and the current herding envoy has gone to Chengdu.

The pastoral envoy An Xiaozhong was appointed by me, and eight thousand pastoral officers were also incorporated into the Hexi Army.

Previously, Jiedu Mansion only counted our own 80,000 war horses and did not consider the imperial court's 150,000 war horses, so the war horses exchange for grain plan is completely feasible. Now we need to negotiate with Shuofang Jiedu Mansion."

"Your Majesty, I'm humble enough to add one more sentence." Zhang Xu, a member of the Cangcao army, raised his hand and said.

"Zhang Canjun, please tell me!"

Zhang Xu stood up and said: "I have done an investigation in the past few days and learned that there is still a lot of grain in the wheat fields of Longyou. There are 30,000 hectares of wheat fields in Lanzhou and Hehuang Valley alone, as well as Lintao area and other states. If we

If we can defeat the Tibetan army, maybe we can harvest some wheat from Longyou."

“This plan is good!”

Guo Song praised: "I have considered this issue before, but there is no detailed information yet. Once the information is obtained, we can formulate a plan, which involves our next topic. Let Zuo Canjun tell you!"

Zuo Changwen, a member of the Bingcao Army, stood up and saluted: "The envoy mentioned the issue of recruiting soldiers from refugees before. After sorting out the work, the plan has basically come out. Based on our current inventory of soldiers and armor and the armor shipped from Jincheng County, we

We can add at least 30,000 new regular troops, and nearly 200,000 spears and swords. Therefore, we can also organize regiment training among the refugees, and at least 50,000 militiamen can be organized for regiment training. The specific recruitment plan will be striven for today.

take it out."

"Excuse me, Zuo Canjun, what is the difference between the equipment of regular soldiers and regiment training?" Liang Wu asked.

"Back to General Liang, if we only talk about equipment, regular soldiers have armor, including bright light armor, fine scale armor, infantry armor and vests, while militia soldiers do not have armor, and can only use rough leather armor or cloth back armor at most, but more importantly

The difference is that in addition to training, regiment training soldiers also have to farm and farm. They are essentially ordinary people, not an army, whereas before, our four thousand field troops could be converted into formal soldiers."

Guo Song waved his hand, "Everyone, please sit down first!"


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