Chapter 2761: Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty entered the plateau, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a mental collapse
Yushu County is Yelu Deguang's base camp in Haizhou. He finally escaped back to Yushu City, so why does he still want to continue retreating?
This is naturally because he cannot protect Yushu County at all.
With the defeat of Bison Mountain, Haizhou no longer had any army capable of confronting the Qin army.
Even though there are many mountains in Haizhou and most of the cities are built on the mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not a matter of time before the entire territory falls.
If you are a person who cannot afford to lose, facing the current situation and hoping for luck, you may continue to organize Qingzhuang to defend to the death and resist until the end. After all, Haizhou is easy to defend.
But Yelu Deguang personally experienced the Battle of Bison Mountain and understood the strength of the Qin army. Naturally, he knew that this was just self-deception and would not have any substantive effect except delaying it for a while.
Yelu Deguang is a man with great ambitions. He is still young, has a long future, and has the capital to make a comeback. Naturally, he will not stay in Haizhou and struggle to his death when he knows that he will lose.
Yelu Deguang's envisioned retreat was to retreat to the plateau, first rely on Songtsen Gampo, regain strength, then occupy the magpie's nest, annex Tibet, and then expand to the Western Regions.
But if you want to achieve the goal of occupying the magpie's nest, it is naturally impossible for Yelu Deguang alone. He must preserve his strength as much as possible while avoiding further conflicts with the Qin army.
Although there are only 10,000 Qiang soldiers who have retreated, their families, relatives and friends add up to at least 100,000 people.
In other words, Yelu Deguang had to transfer at least 100,000 people, as well as a large amount of grain, ordnance, and other materials in the warehouse.
It would naturally take time to move all these things away, but now that Meng Tian has invaded Yushu County, it is obviously impossible to watch Yelu Deguang escape.
Although the number of Meng Tian's army is not large, only 20,000, it is unparalleled in combat power. Even if 10,000 Qiang troops and 30,000 Tubo troops join forces, they may not be the opponent of 5,000 Qin troops, let alone that they are enough now. There are 20,000 troops.
The Qin army did not even need to attack the city. They only needed to send more than a thousand cavalry to stare at Yushu City to block the Qiang army in the city and wear it out bit by bit, because as long as they left the city, the battle would be defeated.
Once Meng Tian really arrives at the city, Yelu Deguang won't be able to escape even if he wants to, so he must move Yushu's soldiers, population and supplies away before that.
The only way to break the situation now is to throw out another heavier bait to attract Meng Tian's attention away.
For the Qin army, Gongren's 30,000 Tubo army was obviously more attractive than Yelu Deguang's 10,000 Qiang army.
Therefore, Yelu Deguang decisively backstabbed his teammates again, and the benefit of doing so was only to buy time, and to use Da Qin's sword to further weaken Tubo. Being able to vent the grievances of the Buffalo Mountain defeat is a multi-purpose feat.
Just imagine, if the 100,000 Tubo troops were completely wiped out, then there would only be 100,000 troops left in Tibet.
Tubo's rash intervention in the Qin-Sui war had completely offended the Qin Dynasty, and the performance of the Tubo army in the Battle of Haizhou was enough to show that the rest of the Tubo army was equally useless.
In this case, in order to protect himself, Songtsen Gampo would definitely accept and rely on Yelv Deguang, which would also facilitate Yelv Deguang's usurpation of Tibetan power.
As for the Qin army after taking Haizhou, will they take advantage of Tubo's weakness to further attack the plateau?
Yelu Deguang felt that before the Qin Dynasty completely destroyed Wei, Song, Ming, Shu and Chu, and then unified the Central Plains, it would never waste too much energy on the snowy plateau. There are three reasons for this:
First, the Central Plains people simply cannot adapt to the unique climate of the plateau;
Second, the plateau is too poor, even poorer and more backward than Haizhou, and there is not much money to be made;
Third, the precipitous terrain of the plateau is more difficult to defend than Haizhou, making it too difficult to attack by force;
The above three points are enough to say that Qin will not launch troops against Tubo in the short term, because it is simply not cost-effective. With that kind of investment, it is better to attack the Central Plains countries. Even attacking the Yuan and Qing Dynasties is more cost-effective than attacking Tubo.
In Yelu Deguang's view, before the Qin Dynasty completed its unification and wiped out the grasslands, the plateau area was relatively safe, which gave him a lot of room for maneuver.
It is true that the Western Region is a piece of fat, but there are too many hungry wolves targeting it, and Yelu Deguang may not be able to snatch them away.
But the snowy plateau is different. Although it is not a piece of fat, it has not been targeted by others. If Yelu Deguang can eat it all, he can naturally have a delicious meal.
Yelu Deguang also had a resolute temper, and immediately sent someone to reveal the location of the Tibetan army to Meng Tian.
After Meng Tian learned the news and sent spies to confirm the authenticity, he changed direction and did not continue to march to Yushu City. Instead, he drove to the Yunan Camp where the Tibetan army was stationed. After all, the temptation of 30,000 Tibetan soldiers was indeed greater than that of 10,000 Qiang. The army is large.
Gongren was also prepared to withdraw his troops. After all, the casualties of the Tubo army were already too great. These 30,000 troops had to be brought back to Tibet no matter what, but he never expected Meng Tian to arrive so quickly.
Before even Gongren could run away, he was blocked by Meng Tian at the entrance of the camp, completely unable to escape.
Meng Tian naturally launched an attack next, and in only half an hour, he broke through the Tibetan army camp and scattered 30,000 Tibetan soldiers.
Killed 6,000 enemies, suffered 500 losses, and captured 24,000 prisoners;
The defeated Tubo army retreated south, because only by going south could they escape back to the plateau. Meng Tian also led his army to pursue south, temporarily ignoring Yelv Deguang in the west.
After Yelu Deguang learned about it, he was secretly relieved. While quickly counting the population and materials for transfer, he also found his mother to discuss future matters.
Yelu Deguang is now convinced of his mother. He guessed the outcome of the Haizhou War so accurately. There is no other person among the Qiang people who can match him in wisdom, so he will naturally have to discuss the next big thing with her. Fan.
But after Shuluping arrived, what she said surprised Yelu Deguang.
"Mother, won't you go with the child?"
Yelu Deguang looked in disbelief. He couldn't believe that his mother refused to go to the plateau.
After Shuluping glanced at his son, he said calmly: "My son, after the defeat at Bison Mountain, it is inevitable that the Qin army will occupy Haizhou. You can lead the remaining army to retreat to the plateau, but the millions of Qiang people in Haizhou cannot leave. .
Wei Niang needs to stay to comfort and guide the people to integrate into the Qin Dynasty to prevent unnecessary deaths and injuries. "
"What? Mom, do you want the Qiang people to integrate into Da Qin?"
After hearing this, Yelu Deguang was furious and said angrily: "No, absolutely not."
"It's not up to us to integrate or not. Da Qin is stronger than the Sui State. If we don't integrate into Da Qin, we will only be wiped out. The Qiang people have no more blood left to shed."
"No, the boy will make a comeback as soon as possible, and then fight back to retake Haizhou."
After hearing what Yelu Deguang said, Shuluping did not continue to refute, but asked a question from his soul.
"My son, do you really think you can come back after you leave?"
Yelu Deguang suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning. He naturally knew that it was still unknown whether he could annex Tubo. Even if he succeeded in counterattacking Haizhou, the success rate was extremely low. Maybe he would never be able to return to his homeland.
Looking at his troubled son, Shulu Ping sighed softly: "My son, you have ambitions and pursuits, and my mother doesn't object to it, but have you forgotten what my mother told you before?
If Buffalo Mountain is defeated, you will lose everything. Are you kidding me as a mother?
Your eldest brother has been captured by the Qin army. If my mother's guess is correct, the Qin army will use your eldest brother to control the Qiang people.
Staying for your mother can also be used to gain some benefits for the Qiang people. Otherwise, with your eldest brother's nature, I am afraid that the entire Qiang people will be sold, and there will be no Qiang people in a hundred years. "
Yelu Deguang's face became even more ugly, and after a while he said dejectedly: "It's all because of the child's incompetence that the mother still has to run for the Qiang people at such an old age."
Shulu Ping caressed his son's cheek and sighed: "You can take away all the soldiers and their families, but you can only take half of the money and food. If you take too much, it will be difficult to explain to the Qin army."
Hearing this, Yelu Deguang couldn't help clenching his fists, but then he unclenched his fists and asked: "Mother, can the child take Yanyan away?"
Although Yelu Deguang was already married, it was a political marriage with the Sui Dynasty. The one he loved most in his heart was Xiao Chuo, and he had planned to divorce Yang Guang's sister and marry Xiao Chuo after the restoration of the country. First wife.
Now that Yelu Deguang will leave Haizhou in the future, he may not even be able to come back for the rest of his life, so he naturally has to take his favorite woman with him.
Shulu Ping showed a look of intolerance on her face. She knew that the pair of sons were cruel, but she still hardened her heart: "No, the Qiang people will marry Da Qin if they need it, so as to ensure the interests of the Qiang people, Yan Yan and Zhi Wu will marry into Da Qin, so you can't take her away, and she won't go with you."
"No, I don't believe it."
Yelu Deguang ran like crazy to find Xiao Chuo. As his mother said, he had lost everything and could not lose his favorite girl again, so he wanted to take Xiao Chuo away.
Yelu Deguang quickly found Xiao Chuo, but even though he saw him, there was no longer the warmth between the two. Even when he wanted to get closer, Xiao Chuo stopped him.
Neither of them spoke, but silence was better than sound at this time.
Yelu Deguang actually wanted to say something to retain Xiao Chuo, but in the end he said nothing because it was no longer necessary. Xiao Chuo had already proven with actions that she would never leave with him.
It hurts, it hurts so much.
At this moment, Yelu Deguang felt like his heart was piercing. The defeat at Bison Mountain not only caused him to lose his rights, status, honor, but also the woman he loved most.
He was destined to have many women in his life, but the most alas, there was only one Bai Yueguang, and that was Xiao Chuo, but this woman no longer belonged to him, which made his hatred for Tubo even stronger.
Seeing Yelv Deguang's leaving figure, Xiao Chuo couldn't hold back any longer. Tears filled his eyes, but he didn't shed any tears after all.
She actually didn't like Yelu Deguang, but as a member of the Xiao family, marriage with the Yelu family had long been a routine, so she instinctively thought that she would marry Yelu Deguang, but she didn't expect that the marriage between the two families would be unexpected for her.
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At the same time, Yang Guang in Daxing City also received news of the defeat at Bison Mountain.
Since the release of the Qiang Order and Ban Gu's persuasion failed and he committed suicide, Yang Guang has used the Qin army to fabricate rumors to disrupt the morale of the Daxing army and implemented extremely strict public opinion control in Daxing City. The people and soldiers were not allowed to speak privately. discuss these things.
Doing so may be suspected of being self-inflicted, but for such a big matter as the Qiang Order, if public opinion is not controlled, there will be turmoil within Daxing. How can we defend the city?
Daxing City is now surrounded by the Qin army. Without verification, implementing public opinion control can at least stabilize the internal situation, so Yang Guang did not make a mistake in this step.
Yang Guang pinned all his hopes on Haizhou, waiting for the 270,000 Sui and Tuqiang coalition forces in Haizhou to defeat Meng Tian and break the siege of Daxing.
But what Yang Guang never expected was that the 27th Allied Forces did not defeat Meng Tian. Instead, because the Tubo army was too stretched, they were ultimately defeated by Li Jing's 50,000 reinforcements, and it was a disastrous defeat.
"Tubo, regarding Qinling, you all deserve to die. I am blind to choose you as my ally. I am blind."
Yang Guang completely lost his mind. While smashing and smashing, he also cursed Tubo and Lun Qinling.
Yang Guang and Yelu Deguang had the same idea. They believed that if the Tubo army hadn't stretched their legs too much and held back the Sui and Qiang armies, even if they couldn't win, they would never have lost so miserably.
Now that all the troops in the direction of Haizhou have been destroyed by the Qin army, they can unite and regroup as soon as the situation is stabilized, while Xiliang's reinforcements are blocked by Long Qie in Xianmei City.
Yang Guang was horrified at the thought.
He paid such a high price, even destroying his reputation and being infamy for thousands of years, but he still failed to defeat the Qin army.
Now Daxing City has been completely reduced to an isolated city. Although there has been no chaos due to internal public opinion control, when the Haizhou Qin Army returns and confirms the fact that the entire coalition army has been annihilated, how much resistance will the defenders in the city have? What about will?
"What should I do? What should I do?" Yang Guang kept wailing in his heart.
Yang Guang is about to log off, the Liangzhou war is about to end, and he will soon return to the Central Plains perspective.
