Chapter 52: The Terrible Butterfly Effect (2-in-1)
Pei Min stroked Simba's mane lightly and slowly walked towards the country of Udana. There are so many thoughts in my head.
In the meeting with Mosley Massa, Pei Min realized that the situation in the Western Regions was about to heat up.
The confrontation with the Arab Empire and Tibet will be on the table.
There is a feeling of a thousand pounds of heavy burden.
In his memory, the Tang Dynasty had never been under such pressure.
Historically, the development of the Tang Dynasty was very steady, first Li Longji stabilized the situation of the dynasty, and promoted Yao Chong, who was good at governing the world, to formulate laws and regulations, so that the economy of the Kaiyuan Dynasty flourished.
This is extremely rich and greedy, and then Li Longji dismissed Yao Chong, who liked to engage in small groups, and appointed Song Jing, who was upright and had the style of Wei Zheng, to govern the officials, so that the court was clear.
With the efforts of Yao Chong and Song Jing, the Tang Dynasty was rich and strong, but the military was relatively weak.
Zhang Shuo, who was both civil and military, also stepped onto the stage of history, reformed the military system, and replaced the government military system with a conscription system. At the same time, Li Yi, the king of Xin'an County of the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Zhongsi, the first general of the Tang Dynasty, also showed their heads at this time.
Li Yi, the king of Xin'an County, is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, the founder of the Shenwu Army, the great-grandson of Li Shimin, the king of Wu, the grandson of Li Ke, the king of Wu, has the style of Li Daozong in the past, first commanded the battle of Shibao City, broke Tubo, and promoted the peace between the two countries, and then broke Xi and Khitan with the battle of Baobai Mountain, captured the enemy chieftain, and expelled the rebels.
And Wang Zhongsi became famous as a young man, warlike and calm, fought Tibet, beat the Khitan, broke the Xi tribe, and Bian Turkic, taught the surrounding foreign races a lesson, wore four kinds of general seals, controlled the border of thousands of miles, and called him the first general of the Tang Dynasty in history.
After Wang Zhonghei, generals such as Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, and Zhang Shouqi also rose one after another, which further established the invincible military strength of the Tang Dynasty.
All this development, according to the process, took a full twenty-five or six years.
The pinnacle of the entire dynasty of the Tang Dynasty was the period from the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty to the early days of Tianbao.
But now it's different, because of the appearance of his traverser.
It saved the Tang Dynasty from many detours, promoted the course of history, and promoted the great leap forward in the military field of the Tang Dynasty.
It is only the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, but the prestige of the Tang Dynasty is already comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty at the peak of history.
It also led to the fact that Li Yi, the king of Xin'an County, who arrived in the early war of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, has not yet appeared, and Wang Zhongsi is still a hairy boy......
At the same time, under the influence of his butterfly effect, many around the Tang Dynasty were more or less affected.
Among them, the Arab Empire and Tibet had the greatest influence.
During this period of history, Tubo has been concentrating on development, until the Anshi Rebellion, suddenly attacked the Hexi and Longyou lands of the Tang Dynasty, established the Tubo Empire, and competed with the Arab Empire on the plateau and the Western Regions.
The Arab Empire was the largest country in this period, but due to the ongoing conflict between the Shiites and the Hawarijites, the rule of the Arab Empire was in a state of instability for many years, and there were often civil strife.
The Arab Empire, which later clashed with the Tang Dynasty in Talas, was the black-clothed food after the civil strife, rather than the current Umayyad Dynasty, which is the white-clothed food.
But for some reason, Xu was affected by the butterfly effect, and the white-clothed food did not fall into civil strife as in history, but through trade with the Tang Dynasty, the national strength flourished.
Recently, it has been a soldier, and the Indians who are hanging up are crying fathers and mothers.
The military is three points stronger than that of the Arabs in history.
Now, the two countries that were originally fought to the death in history are now pointing the finger at the Tang Dynasty in reverse, putting on a posture of the Wu-Shu Alliance to attack Cao Wei.
The Tang Dynasty was not Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and the Arab Empire and Tubo were not Wu Shu.
Not to mention anything else, the Arab Empire stretched from the Indus River and the Pamir Plateau in the east, to the Bay of Biscay in the Atlantic Ocean in the west, from the lower reaches of the Nile River in the south, to the Caspian Sea and the southern edge of the Aral Sea in the north, spanning Europe, Asia and Africa.
Tubo is relatively weaker, but his development potential is by no means comparable to Wu Shu, who is trapped in Shu in the south of the Yangtze River.
Their union, not to mention the countries of the Western Regions, even Pei Min himself felt inexplicable pressure.
Because the source of all this is caused by him......
He made the Tang Dynasty achieve the Great Leap Forward, and thus became the first bird to be targeted by everyone.
"Pei Shuai?"
Ge Shuhan saw Pei Min coming slowly with a serious face, and couldn't help but cry out worriedly.
Pei Min looked at each one with a caring look: not only Ge Shuhan, but all the soldiers showed almost the same expression.
Now whether it is the Longyou Army or the Liangzhou Army, they all admire this person who has come from afar.
Without him, there would be nothing for who we are today.
Never be in arrears, good benefits, and most importantly, dignity.
Pei Min paid more attention to the glory of soldiers than anyone else, so he attached importance to the cultivation of spiritual and moral aspects, just like the Yue family army in later generations, "freezing and killing without demolishing houses, starving and killing without captivity".
Unlike the Song Dynasty, which recruited displaced ruffians as soldiers at a critical time, as a soldier of Longyou Army and Liangzhou, his own moral integrity must be strong.
In addition to guarding the peace of the party, the soldiers of the Longyou and Liangzhou armies also served as all kinds of voluntary labor.
For example, carrying stone and wood on your back can not only practice weight-bearing physical strength, but also benefit one party.
For some reason, as a soldier of Longyou and Liangzhou Army, he is deeply loved by the people, and it is a matter of pride to say it.
As a soldier in Longyou and Liangzhou, even if he asks for a daughter-in-law, it is easier to find than ordinary people.
Therefore, for Pei Min, the army is not convinced.
Seeing his strange expression, they all felt the same way.
Pei Min's eyes fell on Ge Shuhan's face, and he glanced at the accompanying soldiers again, and suddenly laughed, secretly thinking that he was worried about nothing.
Not to attract envy is mediocrity.
It is precisely because of the terrible Tang Dynasty that they will be connected.
He has a famous general like Ge Shuhan under his command, as well as Feng Changqing, who is not inferior to him, and Wang Zhonghe, who is even better. and tiger generals like Li Siye, Li Yide, and Zhehuchen, and there are 150,000 troops, backed by the Tang Empire......
The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the big deal is that there will be a three-kingdom battle, and the Arabia and Tibet will be cleaned up in one go.
Maybe just like Li Shimin's battle of Tiger Prison Pass, he was a god in a war.
Thinking of this, Pei Min put aside all his worries and said, "It's okay, I'm just thinking about something serious......
Ge Shuhan couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?" ”
Pei Min said with a smile: "This big victory, you are not small, what reward should you be given." ”
Ge Shuhan's eyes lit up, and he pretended to say: "As long as you can follow Pei Shuai, you won't care about what you don't want to reward." ”
"That's great!" Pei Min slapped his thigh and said, "In this big battle, there are many people who have performed well, and it's really hard to rank up." Since you say so, then I'll put you in the back row! ”
"Ahh Ge Shuhan cried out in regret, with a look of frustration.
Pei Min laughed and staggered by, and said, "Don't worry, I have clear rewards and punishments, and I will never favor anyone in the credit book." You've done a good job, and I'll give you another gift in private, in addition to the well-deserved reward! ”
As he spoke, he whipped his horse and walked away.
Pei Min adopted the modern Taizu ideology: "Strategically we must despise the enemy, and tactically we must attach importance to the enemy."
As soon as he returned to the country of Wudana, he immediately wrote a letter by himself, analyzed the current situation, and wrote down the situation in the Western Regions and the alliance between the Arab Empire and the Tibetans, so that the temple could be prepared.
Pei Min did not stay long in the country of Udana, and returned directly to Qiuzi to deal with the unfinished matters of this expedition.
As soon as Pei Min returned to Qiuzi, the first thing he did was to understand the current situation of Tuqishi, and then he found his marching staff officer Gao Shi.
"Give me the list of the Turkish Warriors who have been captured this time!"
The marching staff officer naturally does such a delicate and tiring thing.
It's not good to do the same thing as this kind of form list.
Gao Cheng sighed, found the list from the mountain of newspapers, and handed it to Pei Min.
Pei Min took the list, pulled it on both sides, and the elder one fell to the ground.
"Good fellows, quite a few!"
Pei Min sighed.
Gao Shi said: "This battle has achieved remarkable results, our army not only captured the Khan of Turgish, but also the leaders of large and small tribes, thirty-one people, and the generals under their command add up to more than 200 people, and they will definitely be a sensation if they are dedicated to Chang'an." ”
After a pause, he hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just ......"
Pei Min looked at the battle report in his hand and said, "Just what? ”
Gao Shi paused and said, "Some generals in the army don't understand. ”
Pei Min smiled: "Is it because Gai Jiayun and Gao Xianzhi won the first prize?" ”
Gao Shi bowed his head and said: "But this is the case, Gai Jiayun and Gao Xianzhi are not my Liangzhou army and Longyou soldiers, but the most critical credit has been taken away from them, and individual soldiers are a little breathless." ”
Pei Min raised his eyebrows and said, "If you are really angry, hold it back, if someone is dissatisfied, let him come to me." I can tell him why, and if I can't accept it, I'll let him take care of himself. As a Tang general, I am not opposed to healthy competition, but because of competition, contradictions are created and military is delayed, so don't blame my ruthless military law. ”
"No, it's not dissatisfaction, it's just not understanding!" Gao Shi shook his head like a rattle, the more he came into contact with the military affairs of Liangzhou and Longyou, the more he could understand the status of Pei Min, the first general of the Tang Dynasty, in the hearts of the Lianglong soldiers, so he said: "In fact, the subordinates are the same, the subordinates feel that Pei Shuai used troops in the past, more to fight more with less, but now he is so laborious, is it because Sulu is too good?" ”
Pei Min shook his head and smiled: "Then you think too highly of Sulu, it's not that I'm bragging, it's not difficult to win Sulu." There are many soldiers, and there are many soldiers, and there are few soldiers. If you really have to care, I can win without Anxi's military horses, just with the Lianglong soldiers I brought. If you really want to fight like this, the biggest beneficiary is not you, it's me! But have you thought about the price? With 80,000 to 110,000, how many soldiers and horses will we lose? ”
"Soldiers are not a game, and the price of recklessness is more sacrifice. If I can use 200,000 soldiers to surround and kill the Trolls with minimal casualties, I will not be a fearless hero. Merit can be obtained at any time, and there is only one life for a soldier. I can't avoid the attrition and sacrifice on the battlefield, but for the sake of being the commander, I should do everything possible to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, unnecessary casualties, and do my best to minimize casualties. Therefore, even if it is a battle that must be won and won, we must use all our strength to fight, fight more beautifully, and fight more excitingly. ”
Gao Shi remembered the loss of the Tang army in this battle, and respectfully bowed to Pei Min.
It is no wonder that the Longyou Army and the Liangzhou Army are willing to entrust their lives, how can such a commander not let the soldiers die for it?
Pei Min saw the names of Mo Hedong and Mo He Dagan from the list of prisoners, and immediately laughed and said, "Luckily, these two guys are not dead. ”
He muttered to himself and asked Gao Shi to bring Mo Hedong and Mo He Dagan up.
Mo Hedong and Mo Heda Ganxian have suffered a lot.
This is also Pei Min's habit, Pei Min has never been kind to prisoners, let alone kind to thieves who invade his country.
No matter what your status is, even Sulu, the overlord of this Turgish, will not be treated with special treatment.
Food and clothing are the level of basic captives, and the reason for living is that he can't make trouble, and he is held in solitary confinement, but the environmental conditions are also extremely poor.
The same is true of Mo Hedong and Mo He Dagan.
After the war, Pei Min had been paying attention to the movements of Tubo because he noticed Wei Chi's antipathy, and he was invited by Mosley Massa to take prisoners seriously.
Mo Hedong and Mo Hedagan's lives are even more miserable.
Especially Mo Hedong, he injured his leg in the battle, which was not a big injury.
But he was not well treated, and he fell ill and was lame.
When the two of them saw Pei Min, their eyes showed unyielding hostility.
As men on the grassland, their performance is also quite tough.
Pei Min said casually: "You don't have to look at me like this, you have to hate your khan." It's not that he's incompetent, and you wouldn't be prisoners. Tired of your people, alas, sins! ”
Mo Hedong's expression was moved, his face struggled slightly, and he compromised: "My clansmen, how is it?" ”
Pei Min sighed and said: "What a tragic word, I just got the news that Ge Lulu has broken through your father-in-law's tribe, and your father-in-law has been killed in battle!" ”
Mo Hedong's body shook.
A hint of sorrow also flashed in Mohedagan's eyes.
Pei Min said: "The current Turgish Khan is Erweitler, the son of Sulu. This guy is very clever, shrinking the front, ostensibly to resist the invasion of Qarluq, but in fact, the blind can see that he just doesn't want to rescue your father-in-law. ”
Mo Hedong and Mo He Dagan both flashed a trace of fierceness in their eyes.
The Turks are divided into two major alliances: the Black Division and the Yellow Division.
Sulu's Kurobe is slightly stronger than the Yellow Ministry, but after the defeat of Broken Leaf City, the Kurobe has suffered the heaviest losses, and in terms of strength, the Yellow Department has surpassed the Black Ministry.
But now that Erweitler has sold a large tribe of the Yellow Ministry, the situation has reversed again.
"I want to let you go back, what good do you have for me?"