Secondly, I hope that the King of England will restrain He Yuanfeng and remember not to divide his troops unless it is absolutely necessary. From Tuoba Jiqian's several battles with the Longyou Guards, it can be seen that this person is extremely good at using terrain to set up ambushes. First, consciously lure the guards to divide their forces and weaken the strength of the government troops who are coming to suppress the attack. After luring the guards to the ambush area, they used the ambush troops to outflank them.
At the same time, send light cavalry to cut off its retreat, and then defeat them one by one. Although the combat effectiveness of Longyou's guards had declined significantly after Li Jiedu took office. But in his early years, he also participated in the battles of the Tubo tribes in Qinghai, and fought against the Uighurs more than once. The combat effectiveness is far from being as thoroughly corrupted as the Inland Guards, and they are still capable of fighting to some extent.
Although Tuoba's subordinates seemed to be more powerful in numbers, most of them were just a ragtag group without weapons. Among them, the only ones with real combat effectiveness are 20,000 to 30,000 with the Pingxia tribe as the core. Other tribesmen, not to mention the Han people who were coerced in, did not sincerely rebel with him. Even the other party departments will not be able to take on major responsibilities without a certain amount of time to straighten them out.
The biggest weakness of the tribal army is that it only listens to its own clan leader. The hastily assembled armies from various tribes will be difficult to form a unified command unless they form a tribal alliance. At present, although the various departments of the Ningxia Prefecture have ostensibly submitted to this person, they have only hastily integrated the army and cannot work together at all. In particular, this person's strength does not exceed that of other ministries.
But this man was able to use this rabble to continuously defeat the advancing guards. Except for the blind command of Li Jiedu and the Longyou local guards in recent years, their combat effectiveness has declined significantly, and their military morale has even become unstable. Once caught, it will collapse within a short period of time, except for these two reasons. It also has a lot to do with the continuous successful use of this tactic, which made the guards unable to defend themselves.
Although since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court has severely restricted the breeding of horses by party members. But after all, the Dangxiang people are from nomadic origins, although they are now heavily Chineseized. However, some of the habits of our ancestors have not been completely lost. Whenever possible, every household still has one or two horses. Among the various departments in Ningxia Prefecture, some have more than a thousand horses, while some have more than four or five hundred horses.
Although Tuoba Jiqian failed to arm his rebels into cavalry. However, they relied on horses raised from various party tribes and horses forcibly taken from the Han people. Among the more than 100,000 rebels, there were more than 30,000 cavalry. Of course, most horses still need training. But it also greatly enhanced the mobility of the rebels, allowing them to use the terrain to maneuver and set up ambushes.
It can be seen that Ouyang Jie spent a lot of effort on this trick. From the tactics Tuoba Jiqian used in battle, to the general composition of his troops, and even his internal differences, everything is clearly written. It was even clearer than what the imperial court knew. This trick can be said to have basically provided considerable help to the counter-insurgency, at least in terms of tactics.
As for strategy, Count Ouyang's ideas are no different from Huang Qiong's. That is the external pressure, internal division and collapse. First isolate the party members among the rebels, and then isolate the Pingxia tribe among the party members. Lord Ouyang also directly pointed out that it was time to change some of the things that the court treated Dangxiang people. Although the seven major hatreds of the party members were somewhat offensive to the imperial court.
But there are some things that are not wrong. He is a military attache and comes from a noble family. According to regulations, he cannot interfere in the government affairs of the DPRK. Even though you have been guarding the northwest for a long time and know that some things have become quite inappropriate with the changes of time, you still cannot bring them up. Once it is brought up, it is easy to be labeled as interfering in government affairs with force by the civil servants in the capital.
In his opinion, the King of England is the ambassador of this dual-power system and the Prince Bingzheng. These things have the right to change. If the imperial court can implement local changes and change some of the unfair customizations that are specifically targeted at party members, it will be more beneficial to disintegrating the rebels. In order to attract Huang Qiong's attention, Ouyang Jie highlighted this paragraph with a red pen.
After closing the folder and handing it to Fan Jian and Zhang Qian, Huang Qiong sighed: "This is called a conversation with you. It is better than ten years of reading. It is the true way to plan a country. If I had gotten the old master earlier, In other words, has Ningxia Mansion ever been in such a desperate situation? It is a pity that this old lord is so seriously ill, otherwise I would have had a candle-lit night talk with him because of this."
Huang Qiong finished speaking. After Fan Jian and Zhang Qian read the excerpt, it was Fan Jian who said: "Your Majesty, what the old Earl Ouyang said is right. Ever since the rebels began to eagerly attack Qingyang Mansion, I have been a little worried. I feel that this move of the rebels was a bit unexpected. Last year, despite emergency allocations from the imperial court and the original stockpile, the entire Ningxia Mansion only had 20,000 shi of grain in stock."
"This amount of food is naturally very large for a county. But for the more than 100,000 rebels in Ningxia Prefecture, plus the even larger number of rebel family members, this food is just a drop in the bucket. And according to the belongings of the Fan family who escaped I am reporting to you that although the Ningxia magistrate is a bit dim, he is also a strong-willed person. He was very tough before the city was defeated and even set a fire in the granary."
"No matter how much food is burned, it will only make the rebels more food scarce. Even when they attack other prefectures and counties in Ningxia, they also get part of the food. But judging from the disasters in Longyou last year and the first half of this year, I'm afraid It is also a drop in the bucket. Therefore, Jian has always believed that the rebels should attack Shaanxi, which still has some food reserves, rather than Qingyang Mansion, which does not have much food."
"The rebels did this not only to confuse the court and give themselves a certain amount of training time. I'm afraid they also wanted to distract the court's attention and put the main elite troops of the Xijing camp in Longyou, so that they could enter Shaanxi. Looting creates opportunities. Because they know very well that as long as the 50,000 troops and horses in the Xijing camp are there, if they want to enter Shaanxi and plunder, they will most likely lose their troops and generals."
"Shaanxi is different from Longyou. There is not only the Xijing of this dynasty here. The tomb of Emperor Taizu is also here in Shaanxi. Compared with Longyou, the court is more concerned about Shaanxi. The reason why they attacked Qingyang Mansion is to capture the Qingyang Mansion. The elite of the Xijing camp will be transferred away. Even if not all of them, even some of them will do. It seems that Tuoba Jiqian has not lost his mind yet."
In response to Fan Jian's analysis, Huang Qiong shook her head slightly and said: "Who told you that Qingyang Mansion has no food? In the official warehouse of Qingyang Mansion, there are not only 50,000 shi of food specially transferred from Shaanxi by this king in the first half of the year." There is a big landowner in the Qingyang Mansion, and last year he had a food reserve of five hundred thousand dan. Although he may not have that much this year, he definitely still has a reserve of two to three hundred thousand dan."
"Tuoba Jiqian is very anxious to attack Qingyang Mansion at this time. I am afraid that his thoughts are on the hundreds of thousands of stones of food in the hands of that old man. After several defeats of the Longyou local guards, the guards of Qingyang Mansion are no more than Two thousand troops collapsed. Tuoba Ji moved to attack Qingyang Mansion. In addition to cutting off the imperial court's forward base for annihilating him and cutting off the connection between the imperial court and the hinterland of Longyou, his purpose was to get those hundreds of thousands of stones of grain."
"It's just that he didn't expect that his attack on Qingyang would hit a hard wall. A month has passed since he sent out troops to attack Qingyang Mansion, but he still hasn't been able to capture Qingyang Mansion. I haven't thought of it yet. , among the guards who have been corrupted to such an extent, such a talented person can actually appear. He can gather up the newly defeated army and rely on Qingyang City to defend it for such a long time. "
Based on Fan Jian's understanding of the situation in Longyou relying on the Fan family's intelligence network, he naturally guessed who the landlord Huang Qiong was talking about immediately: "You are talking about the Qingcheng County Prince's Palace? This is very possible. However, My lord, Jian has heard that this guy sold most of his grain reserves last year in order to take advantage of last year's drought. I'm afraid he may not really have that much grain in his hands now."
Regarding Fan Jian's words, Huang Qiong shook his head: "How much food Qingyang Mansion has is not important to the overall situation. But this move of Tuoba's successor move is very accurate. Qingyang Mansion The position is extremely important. No matter what the purpose of Tuoba's relocation is, his attack on Qingyang Mansion has hit our weak spot. Qingyang Mansion is the one we must rescue."
"Once Qingyang Mansion is lost, not only the food stored in the city, but also the connection between Longyou and the mainland will be cut off, and Longyou will be alone. Without Qingyang Mansion, last year suffered a severe drought, and all food and grass depended on the supply from the mainland. Longyou cannot be defended at all. And Longyou must not be lost, and the hundreds of thousands of war horses there must not fall into the hands of the rebels. Otherwise, we will have greater difficulties in encircling and suppressing them."
"What's more, even if the grain in the hands of the Prince of Qingyang is only 30% of last year's. But more than 100,000 shi of grain is still a very attractive piece of fat for Tuoba Jiqian. Qing Qing Yangfu is located on the main transportation route between Longyou and the mainland. It is also the only way for caravans in the Hexi Corridor to travel to and from the Western Regions. In addition to food, there are also mountains of other materials there. "
"It is said that people who travel thousands of miles to seek official positions are just for money. Those clan leaders risked confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans to rebel with him. Presumably, they were not willing to sacrifice themselves. They did not want to make a fortune. These people had no worries about food and clothing, so why bother to follow him? He rebelled? Even his so-called restoration of the glory of his ancestors by Tuoba Jiqian was just for power. Those things in Qingyang Mansion are much better than food in the eyes of some people. "
"When I was in the capital, I heard that the Qingyang Mansion was uniquely prosperous due to the large number of caravans coming and going, and was called the Little Capital of Longyou. I'm afraid Tuoba's successor's move to set his sights on this place may not be simple. It’s just for food. Don’t forget, autumn is about to begin now, and he has to stock up on winter supplies. Winter in the northwest comes much earlier than in Luoyang City, which is the capital, and it is much colder.”
"If he encounters a severe cold like last year and is not fully prepared, how will he survive the winter? At that time, even if the court does nothing, as long as he is besieged in Ningxia Prefecture, even the cold will take him away. Collapsed. Therefore, he is now eager to reorganize the army, not only to face the imperial court's encirclement and suppression, but also to prepare for the next attack on Ningxia Mansion and prepare for the winter."
"Thinking about it now, it would have allowed him to give up attacking other places when the imperial court was at its most relaxed. I'm afraid that except for Longyou, which was devastated by last year's severe drought, except for the horses of various groups of herdsmen and supervisors in Longyou, the entire Longyou There is nothing left to grab. In addition to worrying about the 50,000 troops and horses of the imperial court in Xijing, there is another very important reason, and that is that they are not monolithic now. "
"Indeed, he usually has close ties with the various parties through marriage. But at this time, since everyone has rebelled and everyone has come together, there must be a leader. Normally, there is no problem for everyone to call each other brothers, but everyone They all have the same leader and clan leader, and your official position in the court is not as high as mine. Why should I have to obey you? My people have to obey your orders?"
