Chapter 973: Besieging the City and Fighting for Aid (Part 2)
He said to Li Bing: "I leave 20,000 troops for you. On the one hand, it is to protect the camp and Cangcheng. On the other hand, you have to intercept the enemy's actions in Yazhou City. If you cannot intercept them, you must inform me immediately. There must be no mistakes.
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"I humbly obey orders!"
Guo Song nodded and said to Pei Xin: "You can lead five thousand cavalry as the vanguard. Your task is to harass the reinforcements, make them rest poorly, and increase their fatigue. Remember, you are not allowed to engage in direct combat with the enemy.
, this is not your business."
Pei Xin bowed and saluted, "I understand your humble position!"
Guo Song took out the command arrow and gave it to him, "You can prepare it now and set off in the evening!"
Pei Xin saluted, took the command arrow and went out.
Guo Song told Li Bing a few more words, and Li Bing also took orders to prepare.
At this time, only Wang You was left in the big tent.
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Don't be upset, Wang Shijun. I know very well that ambushing the enemy is indeed the best strategy. After all, the Tibetan soldiers are humans, not gods. If our ambush cooperates with Iron Fire Thunder, I believe that the Tibetan reinforcements will definitely
They will be defeated in one battle."
Wang You was startled, "Since His Highness also admits that the ambush is effective, why do you still fight the enemy in the field? Is it really to temper the soldiers?"
Guo Song shook his head, "Sharpening soldiers is one aspect, but it is not the main reason."
"I am willing to listen attentively!"
Guo Song walked to the door of the tent with his hands behind his back, looking at the famous mountain county illuminated by the gorgeous sunset, and said slowly: "I have been thinking these past few days why the Tubo repeatedly attacked the Tang Dynasty and suffered repeated failures, but they never gave up.
After repeated provocations, I finally figured it out. In the final analysis, it boils down to one sentence: "Awe of power rather than morality." They must be beaten painfully and beaten until they are completely frightened, and then they will remember the lesson.
Don’t dare to cross the line easily again.”
Wang You pondered for a moment and said: "I understand your highness's words, but what does this have to do with the way of fighting?"
"To be sure, it does matter!"
Guo Song turned around and said: "If the Tubo army was defeated in an ambush, they would be lucky enough to think it was just an accident. As long as they are careful not to be ambushed by the enemy again, they will not make the same mistake again. They will always think that in the wilderness battle, they will definitely succeed.
To defeat us, we must completely wipe out their luck, so we must fight with them fiercely in the wilderness, and then use the most ruthless and cruel method to make them collapse, completely frightened, and make them realize that they can never defeat the Tang Dynasty, and then what?"
"Then what?" Wang You didn't understand the twist in King Jin's last sentence.
Guo Song smiled faintly, "Then the Tubo nobles will realize that Tianzhu is the soft persimmon, and Tubo's national policy will turn around and suck the blood of Tianzhu, and then form a new balance that will last for decades. Tubo will benefit from the
Uneven civil strife and division broke out. After a hundred years of civil war, a new balance was formed, and basically no one would consider invading the Tang Dynasty."
"I understand what Your Highness means. Tubo is still in an unstable state. If Tubo annexes Bashu, they will invade the Tang Dynasty and gain huge benefits. They will stabilize and form a balance, and they will continue to invade the Tang Dynasty in the future.
Tang Lai maintains this balance.
And our purpose is to push Tibet to turn and stabilize them on the basis of invading Tianzhu. Then they must continue to suck blood from Tianzhu to maintain this balance, and the Tang-Tibet border will enter long-term stability."
Guo Song chuckled and said, "It seems Wang Shijun has completely understood it!"
Wang You let out a long sigh, "His Highness has a far-sighted vision that is unmatched by anyone else!"
Guo Song sat down and said: "Actually, the main purpose of calling Wang Shijun from Hebei is to hope that Wang Shijun can coordinate the entire military affairs, including logistics supplies, dry food preparation, material allocation, civilian deployment, etc.
It's what you're best at. I want to consider the overall situation and unite the army for a decisive battle. I don't have the energy or time to think about trivial military affairs. So this time I fight against Tubo. It doesn't matter if you are not familiar with Tubo. I need you to play Xiao He, not Zhang Liang.
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Wang You nodded silently. King Jin's words made him come out of the regretful China just now. His heart suddenly became enlightened and he said happily: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your enlightenment. I feel much better in my humble position."
Guo Song smiled slightly again and said: "I shipped a batch of trebuchet parts from Chang'an. It is estimated that they will arrive today and tomorrow. I hope you can install it as soon as possible!"
"My humble duty will be completed on time!"
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In the afternoon of the next day, Guo Song set out with 45,000 cavalry, and last night, Pei Xin had already set off first with 5,000 cavalry.
On the day King Jin led the main force to leave, Li Bing also took action. He removed all the tents in the camp and sent them to Cangcheng, making the Tang army's camp an empty camp and leaving five thousand troops to guard Cangcheng.
Li Bing led 10,000 troops to the small town of Pingyang, which was located just between Cangcheng and Yazhou City. Li Bing's intention was also very obvious. He could attack if he advanced, and he could defend if he retreated.
In addition, Li Bing sent general Zhang Lingyun and five thousand cavalry to station outside Yazhou City to monitor every move of the Tibetan army in Yazhou.
The 20,000 Tibetan reinforcements marched eastward in a mighty way, marching day and night. In the evening, the army stopped and camped in an open area. The view here is relatively wide, with snow-capped mountains visible in the distance, and endless forests below the snow line.
It stretched for several miles, with forests to the north and south. They were on a grassland in the middle of the forest.
The Tibetan soldiers were busy. Some made fires to make food, and some put up small low tents.
The leader of the reinforcements was Lun Jiere, who was a confidant of Prime Minister Shang Jiezan. This time, the upper echelons of Tibet were very determined to fight for Bashu. They wanted to completely occupy and consolidate the base of Yazhou, and then gradually annex it southward and eastward.
It took ten years to occupy Bashu, so Tubo spent a lot of money and sent 50,000 troops to Yazhou, accounting for 30% of the entire Tubo army.
As a cautious person, he was also afraid of being ambushed by the Tang army, so he sent hundreds of spies around after he stationed himself in the camp.
After eating and drinking enough, the Tibetan soldiers were exhausted after a day's march and lay down to sleep. Many of them started snoring as soon as they lay down.
But less than an hour after I slept, a rapid horn sound suddenly came from the southeast, "Woo——"
This was an alarm to discover the enemy's situation. He stood up in fright due to the heat in his cheeks. The soldiers stood up one after another regardless of their sleepiness. Even the yak lying on the grass opened its eyes.
The soldiers gathered in a chaotic manner, but there was no sneak attack by the enemy. At this time, several peripheral patrol sentries came galloping back on horseback.
"I sent two brothers to follow up, but there is still no reply."
Lun Jia Ze felt something bad in his heart. He was afraid that the patrol sent out had been killed by the enemy.
Now that he discovered the Tang Army's cavalry, he began to feel uneasy, and immediately ordered his left and right: "Pass the order, the first camp and the second camp take turns sleeping, and we must stay vigilant tonight."
The order was passed down, and some of the soldiers continued to sleep. The other half of the soldiers had no chance to sleep, so they had to endure the sleepiness and endure the time, which lasted like years.
But less than half an hour later, drums suddenly sounded loudly from the south, and countless rockets were fired. The soldiers who had just fallen asleep jumped up in fright, and shouted loudly: "The troops must assemble!"
Twenty thousand Tibetan soldiers quickly gathered, but the Tang army suddenly fell silent again.
A general whispered to Lun Cheer: "This should be the Tang army deliberately disturbing us? You can ignore them."
Lun Cheer shook his head, "Feint attack a few more times, and when we relax completely, they will really attack. We can't be careless."
"But the soldiers can't sleep and their bodies will be very sleepy."
"It doesn't matter, we can rest after dawn!"
This time, all the Tibetan soldiers could not sleep. They sat on the ground and maintained their formation. Many soldiers were napping.
But more than half an hour later, there was a loud sound of horse hooves in the north, the shouts of killing were loud, and hundreds of patrol sentries started fighting with the Tang army.
The Tibetan soldiers once again formed a team and fought towards the north. When they arrived at the fighting place, they saw dozens of corpses on the ground, all of which were Tubo patrol posts. The Tang army disappeared again.
The Tibetan soldiers spent the whole night in fear, and finally made it to dawn. Due to the fever in their cheeks, they ordered the soldiers to rest for half a day, eat lunch, and then set off.
But they couldn't sleep even during the day. The soldiers rested for less than an hour when a troop of thousands of Tang Army cavalry suddenly came out from the woods to the north.