"Good news! Good news from Anle City!"
In Youzhou City, a group of fast-cavalry soldiers flew through the city and shouted. The people turned their heads and looked curiously, but the soldiers did not stop and headed straight for the Governor's Mansion in Youzhou.
Chai Shao was handling government affairs, and he was still complaining about Xiao Rui. He sent your boy as Chang Shi to help me handle government affairs. It's better now, you just keep an eye on Anle City, leave all the government affairs of Youzhou to me, and I have to wipe your ass. I really don't know which of us is the chief historian and who is the chief governor?
"Huh? Good news? Where did the good news come from?" Chai Shao heard the sound and walked out of the political room.
Not long after, the fast-horse cavalry ran in with books in hand, "Report! Good news from Anle City. Grand Governor, three thousand elite Turkic cavalry attacked Anle the day before yesterday. Chang Shi and General Su decided to retreat the enemy, beheading more than a thousand people, and seized a lot of horses and supplies. Our army has won a great victory, and Chang Shi specially ordered us to come and report the victory, and also sent us a merit book."
What? ? ? Three thousand Turkic elites attacked Anle? what happened? It's such a big thing, why didn't you come here earlier and ask for help? Chai Shao angrily scolded him, thinking that if something happened to Xiao Rui, who could bear it?
The letter soldier was just a messenger. How could he answer these questions? He just shook his head and said: "Chang Shi said that everything is in the letter."
"Bring the letter." Chai Shao said with a dark face. He subconsciously ignored the impressive record and quickly opened the letter full of worry.
Um? Um! Oh I got it! Um? No... how is this possible?
Chai Shao's expression was quite exciting, changing continuously, and the scribes around him felt as if they were watching him perform facial expression changes.
Putting down the letter, Chai Shao asked in a deep voice: "Let me ask you, have you ever participated in the war to eliminate the Turks?"
"The last general had the honor to follow General Su and participate in the ambush battle."
"Okay, let's talk about it in detail. If you dare to say anything that is not true, you will not be pardoned. One thousand people confront three thousand people, cavalry against cavalry, and more than a thousand people can be beheaded? When did the Turkic cavalry become soft-footed shrimps? If the Turkic cavalry is like this Fragile, we have already defeated Dingxiang."
Xinbing told the story in detail from the ambush to the battle, including the final decision to call it quits and stop the pursuit.
The governor and everyone heard this with great excitement, and Chai Shao suddenly realized that it turned out that the Turkic general was too stupid to fight a defensive battle, allowing Su Lie to take a big advantage. Yes, yes, this kid Xiao Rui is bad enough. In less than two months, he was able to plot against the enemy and caused the Turks to suffer such a big loss. This shows that this kid is very good at using troops.
"Come, bring up the merit book. The soldiers of Anle City have sacrificed their lives, and the imperial court will not be stingy with rewards. Today, the governor's office suspended other government affairs and only did one thing, to commend the officers and soldiers of Anle City. Beheading more than a thousand people is considered a great achievement. If you win, you should report it to the imperial court."
If Xiao Rui were here, he would never let Chai Shao report to the court. What does it mean to behead more than a thousand people? There is a greater victory to come.
At this time, Chai Shao didn't know that Xiao Rui was capable of making meritorious deeds, but he was also capable of causing trouble. He only reported a great victory, but did not report that a group of merchants and supplies had been seized. Qi Wang, the fifth surnamed person, will definitely come to hold him accountable.
By the way, what is Xiao Rui doing? Although the people in Anle City were panicked, after a great victory, everyone became more courageous. When three thousand Turkic cavalry came, Anle could win a great victory, which was enough to prove that Anle was safe.
Now that all the bad merchants outside the city have dispersed and no one is destroying the market, Xiao Rui seized the opportunity and asked the government-run chamber of commerce in the city to negotiate a large number of luxury orders. As for the price? Haha, don't think about external prices. We even defeated the Turks. Of course, the price is set by the winner.
If someone is dissatisfied, they still want to trade with the price outside the city? Haha, I'm sorry, Anle City will not welcome them in the future. They are just a group of people disrupting the market. Didn't you see that they are all in prison?
"Good horses, really good horses! No wonder the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is not as good as the Turks. You can tell just by looking at the quality of the horses they raise, tsk tsk... Not to mention, these Turkic wolf cubs are all good materials for raising horses. We will defeat them in the future. They conquered the Turks and used the entire grassland as pasture for the Tang Dynasty. They did not let the Turks do anything but raise horses."
Xiao Rui stroked the shiny manes of batches of horses, with little stars shining in his eyes. He loved them more than seeing rare beauties.
Su Lie followed beside him. Listening to Xiao Rui's words, he couldn't help but sigh. The prince-in-law was so young and had ambitions to swallow up the country. Unfortunately, there were still some capitulation factions in the court who kept talking bad words and starting a war. If I, the sons of the Tang Dynasty, all had the lofty sentiments of the Prince Consort, we would have the confidence to destroy the Turks even without the use of cavalry.
"Alas...it's good, but it's a little short, only a thousand horses!" Xiao Rui said sadly.
Su Lie smiled and comforted: "As long as you are here, I will believe that these thousand horses are just the beginning. We will definitely capture more in the future. One day, we in the Tang Dynasty will also have one or even more." A powerful army of ten thousand elite cavalry."
"Moreover, one thousand cavalry fought against three thousand, and the capture of one thousand is an unprecedented result. Even the generals dare not write letters to their old friends in Chang'an City for fear that they will not believe them."
"Don't believe it? How much were the losses in battles against our enemies before?" Xiao Rui asked in confusion.
Forehead……
Su Lie didn't seem to dare to give an example to answer, so he could only vaguely say: "In the past, our Tang Dynasty's cavalry fought against the Turks, with a camp of 10,000 people rushing into battle, and after a fierce battle, they only beheaded more than a thousand people."
"Oh? Why? Our Tang Dynasty wins because of its complete armor and equipment. Most of the Turkic cavalry lack leather armor and lack defense. Is it because the horses can't catch up?" Xiao Rui was puzzled.
Su Lie shook his head and said: "No. Chang Shi, you seem to have never been on the battlefield, so you may not know. Unlike our ambush attack this time, the two armies are fighting head-on. The first priority is morale. The right way is to lose 10% of the troops and reduce the morale by half. "Twenty percent of our troops were lost and we were unable to fight any more; we lost 30% of our troops and the whole army was in disarray."
"The overall quality of our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty is considered to be good. They can still fight with their lives after losing 20% of their troops. For example, our 3,000 Xuanjia Army was able to fight with 3,000 against 100,000 because of their morale. Cheng still fought to the death. Dou Jiande's one hundred thousand troops back then were defeated more by morale."
"As for the quality of the Turkic soldiers, haha, they are here to plunder and fight the autumn wind. They will use their lives only if they can take advantage. As soon as they see that there is no advantage to be taken, they will withdraw immediately and never get entangled. Their war horses come and go like the wind, so we will not Good pursuit.”
Xiao Rui nodded: "Yes, I have studied the prairie cavalry. The reason why the Central Plains dynasty has been unable to destroy the prairie cavalry for generations is not because of their combat power. The main reason is that they are too scattered and come and go like the wind. It is difficult for us to gather together and annihilate them." Of."
"That's right." Su Lie nodded heavily, "Chang Shi, you are extremely resourceful, do you have any clever plan to gather them together and annihilate them?"
Xiao Rui pondered for a moment. Based on China's two thousand years of fighting history, there is certainly a way to solve it, and there is more than one. But you can't talk about this kind of thing casually until the time comes. If it gets leaked, it won't work.
After looking around, Xiao Rui smiled mysteriously: "When we have ten thousand cavalry in the future, we will reveal the secret to you."
"Look forward to it!" Su Lie understood and stopped asking.
Xiao Rui sighed: "Alas... The golden belt of murder and arson, raising horses is not as fast as robbing horses. It's a pity that we don't have enough troops, otherwise what kind of horses would we raise? We will directly lead the troops into the grassland and grab a high-quality horse." The horses are back.”
Looking at the group of war horses in front of him, Xiao Rui suddenly remembered the Three Kingdoms he had been writing about these past few days, and a clever plan emerged in front of him.
Smiling slightly, he whispered to Su Lie, "Have you ever heard of borrowing arrows from a straw boat?"
Su Lie shook his head in confusion. Although he had read a few military books, he came from a poor family and lacked any background. Still can't compare with people from such a big family. The Straw Boat Borrowing Arrows comes from the novel Three Kingdoms. This book was written during the Ming Dynasty, before the Tang Dynasty.
However, allusions generally have prototypes. This prototype is in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. The real historical prototype is Sun Quan: "The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms·Wu Shu·Biography of Sun Quan" "Cao Gong attacked Ruxu, and Quan and Yu resisted each other for more than a month. (Pei Song's note) Wei Lue said : (214, the 18th year of Jian'an) Quan came to watch the army in a large ship. The envoy's crossbows fired wildly, and the arrows hit his ship. The ship was too heavy and was about to capsize. Quan returned to the ship and received the arrows on one side. The arrows were all flat on the ship, so he returned it. ".
Xiao Rui pulled Su Lie and hurried back to the governor's house while explaining this allusion. Su Lie shouted, "How clever is it?" But what does this have to do with the war horse?
