Chapter 701: Reproducing the Fire Bull Array
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The eastern capital is Luoyang, twenty miles north of Qianjin Fort. The Tang Dynasty's Eastern Expeditionary Army gathered here, and the commander Fang Xuan, accompanied by a group of generals, climbed the lookout tower and looked at the earthy yellow city wall hidden in the clouds and mist in the southeast. There is Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty.
After the fiasco of Chang'an, the puppet Yan army of Anqi Lushan seemed to have lost its invincible combat effectiveness in the past, and was defeated in Xiashi and Changshi Mountain successively, and the iron cavalry of the Tang Army reached the city of Luoyang. This was the first time since the fourteenth winter of Tianbao that the Tang Dynasty army appeared east of Tongguan as an attacker.
However, Fang Xuan was not satisfied with the ambition to win consecutive battles, he still frowned, looking at the looming rivers and mountains in the distance and fell into thought. If he was the commander of the army, he might not have many of the troubles he had now, but he was also the chief prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, so he had more to worry about. The war has reached this point, and it is a matter of time before Luoyang recovers, but Luoyang is the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and its prosperity is better than Chang'an. How to minimize the harm is the biggest problem that plagues him at this moment.
After thinking about it, Fang Xuan didn't have a good idea, so he had to turn his head to look at Li Siye beside him and asked:
"What is General Lee's best strategy to keep his troops from fighting?"
This question really stumped Li Siye, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally said bluntly:
"Is Xianggong worried that Luoyang will be destroyed in the war?"
Fang Xuan nodded heavily and anxiously. In the past, I saw that the general went out majestic, and the triumphant Huan Dynasty was full of ambition, and I really thought that there was nothing to boast about, until I personally led the troops and found that the difficulties were far better than I imagined.
"A sinner who can't be a sinner who destroys Luoyang, since the founding of the Gaozu Dynasty, after a hundred years of accumulation, there is today's prosperity, if it is so easily destroyed, I don't know when it will be able to regain such prosperity!"
Li Siye coughed dryly, seemed to clear his throat, and said:
"I beg the last general to say bluntly, how is this move of the prime minister different from fighting against the thieves with his hands and feet? If there is a mistake, the Eastern Expedition may fall short, and at that time, let alone recovering the Eastern Capital without bloodshed, even if the results of the Eastern Expedition are preserved, it may not be possible. Don't forget, the main force of the rebel army of the puppet Yan Shi Siming is still in Hebei, if our army can't take the eastern capital quickly, when Shi Siming moves south to cross the Yellow River, he will immediately be attacked from both sides!"
Li Siye said that it was indeed the truth, Fang Xuan suddenly woke up, and was scared out of a cold sweat. He only cared about the situation in front of him, but he neglected Shi Siming, who was eyeing him in Hebei, for a while. You must know that this thief is also a fierce general second only to An Lushan in the rebel army, and he is not so easy to deal with as a shrimp soldier and crab general.
What to do, Fang Xuan finally made up his mind after hesitating for a while.
"General Li's words are enlightening, please accept the house management!"
Where can Li Siye accept Fang Xuan's worship? Quickly dodged his body, supported him again, and lifted him up.
"The heir has received the emperor's grace, how can he not speak out today?
At this point, Fang Xuan really felt that Li Siye was really the right person to be the deputy on this expedition. Thinking about the beginning, when Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were the envoys of the capital and the festival in Anxi, they both reused this person, which shows the ability of this person.
"Okay, let's attack Luoyang in three days!"
Fang Xuan suddenly opened up in the entanglement, and said loudly.
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Mo Yan Siluo loosened his nose, the smell of cow dung in his mouth made him quite uncomfortable, and he saw tens of thousands of cattle as far as he could see, and the sound of cows alone had a shocking posture, like a scalper army.
"Uncle, what is the purpose of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty to get so many cattle, waste food in vain, and not slaughter one and a half heads to reward the three armies?"
The uncles and nephews from the Hui tribe annihilated tens of thousands of enemies in the Battle of Xiashi, proving the value of their existence, but the closer they got to the Eastern Capital, the less battles Fang Xuan arranged for them, and they were also happy to be idle, and they only followed the march all day long like a tour of the mountains and rivers.
Yao Ge Bijia squinted his old eyes, his hands were gray and gray, and he asked slowly, meaningfully:
"Don't you have an idea, and why do you need to ask me? ”
Mo Yan Siluo raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said:
"There are too many crooked insects in the stomach of the Han people, and if the uncle is not sure, the nephew naturally does not dare to make an assertion. ”
Yao Ge Bijia glanced at his nephew, nodded secretly, and said in his heart that this nephew finally did not go to the Tang Dynasty in vain, and became more and more stable and mature. It was also Mo Yan Siluo who suffered losses in the hands of Qin Jin many times, and finally learned to be obedient, and no longer looked at no one. That's certainly a good thing.
"Bold decisions, how can those who achieve great things be afraid?"
This time, Yakugabi encouraged Moyan Sira to make a bold decision.
Mo Yan Si Luo then said:
"My nephew heard that once upon a time, there was a Han man named Tian Dan, who used the fire ox array to defeat the strong enemy and restore the country in a battle, maybe Fang Xiangcheng wanted to use this array to deal with An Lushan!"
Yao Ge Bijia nodded, Mo Yan Si Luo's judgment coincided with him, Fang Xuan is a person who is familiar with history books and military books, and there are precedents for many tactics in this Eastern Crusade, and this time is obviously no exception. Their uncles and nephews have all lived in Chang'an as hostages for more than ten years, and they have studied the history of the Han people in the Central Plains, so it is not surprising that they think of one.
"Fire Bull Array! Fang Xianggong will definitely use the Fire Bull Array to break the last rebel army in Luoyang! The thief rebels are good at attacking and not good at defending, and they may not be willing to refuse to defend the city, and they will definitely send a large army to rely on Luoyang City to fight to the death with the Tang Dynasty army. Now my nephew is only worried that the rebels in Luoyang City are deliberately delaying time, waiting for Shi Siming's men and horses to arrive, and then make a flank attack on the north and south, so the situation of the Tang Dynasty army will not be good!"
Mo Yan Siluo's worries are not unreasonable, anyone knows that nearly half of the main forces of the Pseudo-Yan rebels are in Hebei, and if they go south, the Tang Dynasty army will not have an advantage to fight against it, and even be at a disadvantage!
However, Yakugabi scoffed at Rayan Sira's last words.
"When two countries fight, sometimes it's not about the military, it's about who makes fewer mistakes!"
Mo Yan Luo seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he didn't ask questions. In fact, there was no need for him to ask questions at all, and Yao Ge Bijia directly explained.
"The fall of Luoyang and the fall of Tongguan were all mistakes made within the Tang Dynasty that were difficult to make up for and unrecoverable, which made An Lushan seize the Central Plains without much effort, and even threatened Guanzhong! To say something disrespectful to the Heavenly Khan, when An Lushan's rebels first rose, he was not alone in An Lushan, but he was afraid that Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing also wanted An Lushan to be second or third, otherwise why would there be rumors of a secret edict to be executed?"
Mo Yan Siluo felt more and more comfortable, so he retorted:
"It's all a bit of a shadow-chasing thing, it can't be taken seriously!"
Yao Ge Bijia sneered and asked:
"Why did Feng Changqing flee to Yunzhong and refuse to return south? And the Tang Dynasty also pretended to be deaf and dumb as if he didn't know? Is this all a normal phenomenon? And the death of Ge Shuhan and the disappearance of Gao Xianzhi, which one was not caused by the internal struggle of the Tang Dynasty? To put it even more ugly, the series of decisive victories won by An Lushan were all sent by the Heavenly Khan's monarchs and ministers, and they can't be complained about by others!"
After saying this, Mo Yan Si Luo Jian didn't approve of it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt more and more reasonable, he always thought that this comfort was a fool, so he could become the only uncle of the same clan that Huairen Khan let go, and now it seems that the truth may not be the case.
"Could it be that there is also internal fighting within the pseudo-Yan? Could it be that Shi Siming will not go south to relieve the siege at all?"
Rayan Sila finally figured out the true meaning of what he was trying to convey from the words of Yakura Vija.
"Haha, Siluo, it's not easy for you to see through this, and you're finally qualified to compete with Brother Nai!"
This last sentence made Mo Yan Siluo's heart beat faster and his throat dry!
Although what Yao Ge Bijia said was vague, he knew that the so-called Nai brother was his brother Huairen Khan, who was the same as his son, so why should he say it again?
"The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty must have seen through this, so he is so good at fighting his troops!"
For this view, Moyan Siluo obviously did not agree with his uncle's opinion.
"Not necessarily, I heard that the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty also sent a lot of people to the Jiyuan area to raid the strategy, in order to cut off Shi Siming's only way, in order to clear the trouble!"
Hearing this, Yao Ge Bijia nodded again.
"There is also this possibility, but looking at the appearance of those cattle herders, maybe there will be a big move in the next day or two, and you and my uncle and nephew will also be lucky enough to see this legendary fire bull array!"
I heard that I would soon be able to see the legendary Fire Bull Array, and I couldn't suppress the excitement in my heart.
When the uncle and nephew were silent at the same time, suddenly a military official who gave an order arrived from the Chinese army and sent the military order of the commander of the army.
Yao Ge Bijia is the chief general of the Hui Ministry, and after receiving the military order, he sent the military official away to unfold it, and his expression immediately changed when he saw it.
"As expected, it's really good, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is going to carry out the fire bull formation tomorrow, and you and my uncle and nephew can be regarded as having a place to use this time!"
However, after reading the content of the military order, Mo Yan couldn't help but be a little disappointed, this time they were still responsible for the attack and cover of the flanks, in other words, they were still playing the role of drinking soup and picking up leaks.
"Aren't the cavalry warriors of my Hui Hui inferior to a pack of brutes?"
But the medicine Ge Bijia didn't care.
"Even if those beasts die, they can grow up again in three or two years, and if they are cavalry warriors, they will take at least fifteen years, can't you tell which is more important?"
Mo Yan Siluo didn't speak, how could he not understand this, but he still had a strange feeling in his heart, the people of the Tang Dynasty always seemed to have a lot of concerns when they were fighting, as if they had tied their hands and feet, so it was strange if they didn't lose!
But what made him very puzzled was that even with such self-restraint, the tribes of the steppe that the Tang Dynasty had still fought for a hundred years were terrified, and they completely drove the once powerful Turks out of the grassland. Just thinking about it, I feel that the people of the Tang Dynasty are terrible, if they let go of their hands and feet, wouldn't they be invincible in the world?
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