"Send the order!" Liu Rengui turned his head, looked at Xiao Siye, and said solemnly: "Tomorrow, we will use the infantry of the left guard and the cavalry of the right guard as the center army: the cavalry of the right guard will come out in all directions... go south to expel the Tibetan informants, and go north to find the water-collecting army. The dam is located; the infantry quickly follows up to find the main force, and the army starts fighting."
Xiao Siye, the general of the left guard, immediately took a step forward, raised his hands and said solemnly: "I will obey the order."
"Send the order!" Liu Rengui then looked at Master Sun Rengui and said with a serious face: "Tomorrow, with the infantry of the Youtun Guard as the rear army, we will go southeast and maintain a distance of twenty miles from the Chinese army. The army will be on guard at any time on the south bank of the Shazhuyu River. Please ensure that the step dam is built before passing through.”
Sun Renshi, the general of the Youtun Guard, immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "I will obey the order."
Liu Rengui took a deep breath, looked at everyone, and said solemnly: "Qin Ling is a man who likes to rob people of their food.
The commander estimates that this dam, as well as the Tibetan cavalry on the south bank, are all here for the purpose of providing food and fodder for our army's retreat.
If food and grass are cut off, even with the support of Taohe Road, it will be of little help. At that time, we will have to retreat to Shanzhou if we have no choice. "
The faces of all the generals present suddenly darkened. Thirty thousand troops gathered here, as well as tens of thousands of horses, which consumed a lot of military rations.
The food and grass that Li Xuan had shipped before was just enough for the army for three days.
Once the food route is cut off, their retreat will immediately be in crisis.
Even if they can successfully return to Shanzhou, their expedition with tens of thousands of troops will return in vain.
"Bang bang bang!"
Liu Rengui knocked on the table hard and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, Moranyi and Qugou City must be extremely alert. Once they encounter an enemy and cannot resist, beacons will be lit immediately."
Liu Rengui looked at the back of the tent, the defenders of Molanyi and Qugoucheng.
The two generals immediately stepped forward, raised their hands solemnly and said: "General, I will obey the commander's order."
When a large army fights, there is no room for carelessness.
Although Qinling used Su Hegui as bait to lure the army to a decisive battle at Kepochuan, he would definitely send people to patrol the south bank of the Shazhuyu River.
Once he encounters an opportunity, he will immediately send people to attack and directly tear a hole in the army.
Just like a wild wolf.
Therefore, we must be fully prepared and leave no chance to Lun Qinling.
Liu Rengui finally looked at Li Xuan and said seriously: "The King of Nanchang will be responsible for setting up a stepped water bridge to block the flood. The lifeline of the army depends on it, and the King of Nanchang must not make any mistakes."
"General, take your orders." Li Xuan calmly handed over his hands and solemnly accepted his orders.
He was the first to guess that the Tubo people would build a dam upstream, and the various solutions proposed were also his opinions.
Moreover, his men were all soldiers from Jiangnan.
Nowadays, it is most convenient for Li Xuan to make these arrangements to destroy the Tubo people's water attack.
The cautious eyes of everyone present fell on Li Xuan.
If the food road matter is related to the army's future, then Li Xuan's matter is the lifeblood of the army.
If you don't pay attention, the 30,000-strong army will be killed immediately.
But no one raised any objection at this moment, because at this time, Li Xuan was indeed the most suitable person.
Li Xuan has already demonstrated his ability in building bridges over water and transporting grain and grass on the Tao River.
Liu Rengui looked up at the crowd and shouted in a deep voice: "If we win tomorrow's battle, we will stand firm in the old Tuyuhun territory; if we lose, we will return to Shanzhou. All officers and men must work together and fight bravely. If anyone cowers and refuses to fight, we will immediately kill him without mercy."
"General, I will obey the commander-in-chief Jun's order!" Everyone in the tent immediately raised their hands and accepted the order solemnly.
…
Everyone in the big tent has already retreated.
Only Li Xuan and Liu Rengui, a pair of grandparents, were left in the tent.
Grandfather and grandson-in-law.
Liu Rengui frowned slightly, seeming to be thinking about something, but did not immediately speak to Li Xuan.
After a while, Liu Rengui seemed to have remembered something, turned to look at Li Xuan, and asked in a low voice: "Xianxiu, what do you think Lun Qinling wants to do this time?"
Li Xuan immediately understood that in Liu Rengui's eyes, Qinling's plans for the battle in front of him were not the only ones he had in mind.
After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said: "From a broad perspective, it is still a big strategy to lure our army deeper. Qinling will not change its tune. As for the current battle, it was indeed a test, but Yue Weng has already exposed his whereabouts. That test It doesn't make much sense. Judging from the ability of Qinling's cunning fox, I'm afraid the plan is still in the future.
The most surprising thing about this battle is that Lun Qinling used Su Hegui as bait to lure our army into action, so the person he used must be Su Hegui. "
Liu Rengui nodded in agreement and said softly: "The Tuyuhun clan originated from the Murong clan in Xianbei, western Liaoning, and later moved to the Qinghai area. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, they were called Khan Tuyuhun and their capital was Fuqi City.
During the Wude period, Tuyuhun was divided into two parts: the western part was led by Dayan Mangjiebo, the second son of the king, with Shanshan as the center, also known as Loulan; the eastern part was led by the eldest son of the king, Murong Shun, with Fuqi City as the center. "
Li Xuan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and her eyes formed ripples.
Today, together with Su Hegui, the person who surrenders to Tubo is Dayan Mangjiebo.
"In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Murong Shun was killed by his subordinates, and Nuohebo succeeded him; in the third year of Longshuo, Su Hegui surrendered to Tubo, and Tubo took advantage of the situation to attack, and Tuyuhun was destroyed." After a short pause, Liu Rengui frowned and said, "Oh , by the way, this is the second time Tuyuhun’s country has been destroyed.”
Tuyuhun was destroyed for the first time at the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
In November of the eighth year of Zhenguan, Tuyuhun invaders harassed Liangzhou. In December, Taizong appointed Li Jing as the commander-in-chief of the Xihai Road march, commanding Hou Junji, Li Daozong, Li Daliang, Li Daoyan, Gao Zengsheng and Qibi Heli to attack Tuyuhun. .
In the ninth year of Zhenguan, various tribes defeated Tuyuhun in Qingdong and Qingnan, and beheaded and captured several famous kings and ministers of Tuyuhun.
Hou Junji and Li Daozong led their troops to Wuhai and captured the famous king Liang Qucong.
Li Jing defeated the three Tuyuhun Tianzhu tribes in Chihai and collected 200,000 miscellaneous animals.
Li Daliang was in the western border of Qiemo and captured 20 generals from Tuyuhun and 50,000 miscellaneous animals.
Fu Yun, King of Tuyuhun, walked west into the desert. Xue Wanjun, Hou Junji, and Li Daozong led their troops to pursue him. They were defeated repeatedly, but Fu Yun hanged himself to death.
This was the first time Tuyuhun's country was destroyed.
Later, Fu Yun's son Murong Shun led the remaining Tuyuhun people to join the Tang Dynasty.
In order to plot against Tubo, Taizong granted Murong Shun the title of Khan and Prince of Xiping County. Tuyuhun re-established the country and became a tributary state of the Tang Dynasty, resisting Tibet in the southwest.
In the third year of Longshuo, Su Hegui surrendered to Tubo and Tuyuhun was destroyed.
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"Today, in Tuyuhun, Su Hegui and Dayan Mang form a coalition to divide the east and west. If Su Hegui unfortunately dies in battle, Tubo can take the opportunity to annex the remaining elites of Su Hegui, leaving the old and weak in Fuqi City, delaying the consumption of our army. At the same time, it can intimidate Dayan Mang Jiebao, forcing him to do his best to resist the Tang Dynasty."
Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "As for Qin Ling, his calculations are too deep."
"Then how to break the situation?" Liu Rengui continued to ask Li Xuan, with a hint of testing in his tone.
Li Xuan asked directly: "Will Yue Weng let Su Hegui go?"
"Your Majesty has a decree for Su Hegui's head." Liu Rengui said softly, blocking Su Hegui's way of survival.
Tubo also used this to force Liu Rengui to step into the trap set by Lun Qinling.
But it is not easy to get Liu Rengui, a battlefield commander who has been conquering for many years, to enter the game, so when talking about Qinling, real bait must be used.
That is Su Hegui's head.
In other words, if the Tibetan army retreats, Su Hegui will definitely be the last one to retreat.
In terms of Qinling, Yuan Hegui died, and he died in the hands of the Tang army.
In recent years, Su Hegui has been in charge of East Tuyuhun, and the overall situation has been relatively stable. The herdsmen and people under his rule have become increasingly stable, and their recognition of him has increased day by day.
Once he dies, the Tuyuhun people, especially the current Tuyuhun nobles and generals, will inevitably worry about the subsequent liquidation of the Tang Dynasty.
In this way, they became even more dependent on Tibet.
As for the Tang Dynasty, the emperor had a purpose, the elements and the noble heads, how could Liu Rengui keep him alive.
Li Xuan was silent for a moment and said softly: "Then let him die a little later and leave a way to survive first so that he can enter Fuqi City alive."
Li Xuan raised her head, looked at Liu Rengui, and said with fierce eyes: "The Tuyuhun people are afraid of power but not immoral. No matter how good I am, they will not get close to me, so I should just be more ruthless and make them Under the blade, they dare not move rashly, or in other words, if they are hungry for a few more meals, they will not be able to move at all."
What the Tubo people wanted was to make the hundreds of thousands of Tuyuhun people a burden on the Tang Dynasty's logistics, so they simply kept only a minimum of food supplies, leaving them so hungry that they couldn't move at all.
With Su and Gui, the Tang Dynasty had enough reasons to kill the Tubo people in Fuqi City.
The same goes for Su Hegui. The Tang Dynasty and the Tubo people want his life. His last chance of survival is to resist until death in Fuqi City.
In this way, Datang has a chance of victory.
Liu Rengui was silent for a moment and said, "Does your wise son-in-law know where the governor of Anle Prefecture is now?"
Murong Nuohebo, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the Prince Consort, General Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the king of Qinghai, and the son of Murong Shun, the former king of Tuyuhun.
"Qinghai and Hubei." Li Xuan said the answer calmly.
When the Tang Dynasty attacked Fuqi City, there were two ways to go on the north and south sides of Qinghai Lake.
The Qingnan Basin on the south coast is more suitable for large armies to march. The narrow land and undulating mountains on the north coast are more suitable for cavalry. Another part of Tuyuhun is leading an army to resist the attack of Murong Nuobo, the king of Qinghai.
Once the Tang Dynasty captured Fuqi City, the former King of Tuyuhun and now the Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty would never let the Tang Dynasty abuse his people easily.
Not only that, he would also turn around and ask Datang for various supplies.
He was the one who really dragged down Datang.
When Xue Rengui and Guo Daifeng attacked Tubo, they used the excuse to help Tuyuhun regain his country. The support of the Tang Dynasty was not unimportant, but in the end, Tuyuhun under the rule of Murong Nuohebo directly penetrated the Tang Dynasty from behind. One knife.
In today's war between Tang and Tu, Tuyuhun still plays a very important role. It can even be said that whoever can get the support of Tuyuhun will win this war.
Murong Nuohebo, as well as the original Tuyuhun nobles, most of them thought so.
Although it is not said to be threatening the enemy's self-respect, Murong Nuohebo, the king of Qinghai, cannot get around how to deal with Tuyuhun.
His six thousand Tuyuhun elite cavalry, as well as his huge influence in Tuyuhun's hometown, made him one of Datang's strategic choices in Tuyuhun.
"The truth is that the wise son-in-law wants to directly abandon Murong Nuohebo, completely integrate Tuyuhun into the Tang Dynasty, and integrate Tuyuhun soldiers into the Tang Dynasty, but this is unrealistic."
Liu Rengui walked out from behind the table, stood in the center of the big tent, looked outside, and said softly: "To incorporate Tuyuhun into the Tang Dynasty, it is bound to move a large number of refugees here, but in today's situation, moving refugees is also a big deal. Even if Tubo is not considered, it will be difficult to support the next autumn harvest."
Li Xuan walked silently behind Liu Rengui and did not answer.
"This year's drought has changed a lot."
Liu Rengui stood in front and said quietly: "The leader of this army was originally appointed to be the Duke of Wenxi County, but after the news of the drought in Youbin came, His Majesty immediately abandoned the idea of exterminating Tubo and chose a virtuous son-in-law instead. Strategy, operating Tuyuhun, but how to operate it cannot be solved by just incorporating Tuyuhun into the Tang Dynasty, it requires long-term planning."
(End of chapter)
