Chapter 692: The First Battle of the Western Expedition (1)

Tochar, the ancient place name, its territory includes the current Afghanistan and the northern region of Pakistan, the people of its place are basically Indo-European races, in the early Han Dynasty, there was a big moon country in the Tarim Basin, and then was defeated by the Huns, had to retreat across the green mountains, mixed with the local nomads, the power gradually increased, and the country was established again, the Western history books called the Bactrian Kingdom, the national capital Bhaktra (now Balkh, Afghanistan), in the Han Dynasty is called the Great Xia Kingdom, around the Common Era, it was destroyed by the rise of the Persian Kingdom, and it was one of the provinces.

Since the Great Eclipse destroyed Persia, Tocharian has become a buffer zone between the two great powers of the Great Food Country and the Tang Dynasty, although there is no express agreement, but both sides have coincidentally not marched here, generally speaking, the Tang Dynasty is because of the wide territory, there are nomads around from time to time to make trouble, and the Great Food Country is because of the fierce war with the Eastern Rome, temporarily unable to look eastward, simply let this place become a three-regardless zone, but from time to time will send troops to loot and kill, As a result, many famous cities with a long history in the local area were either destroyed in the war, or gradually desolate, even Bhaktra, the earlier Great Xia country, is now sparsely populated, almost reduced to a slum town, and no longer see the majesty of overlooking the Quartet, but since the Qingming Dynasty in the third year of Yifeng, Bhaktra has become the most lively place in Tocharo, and from time to time on the avenue you can see the old and young tribes who rushed to Bhaktra with their families, this change is only because the Persian prince Ninishi has returned, not only the prince has returned, Moreover, because of the arrival of the Tang Dynasty, all of this made all the tribes who had suffered from the invasion of the Great Food Country see the light of hope for relief.

** The strength is not much, the infantry army is 6,000, the cavalry army is 15,000, and then counting the original Tibetan prisoners of war who serve as the army and the people, and the total is more than 24,000 people, but all of them are riding, the soldiers are very fast, since the beginning of February from Lanzhou sworn to march, less than two months, it has crossed the desert, three thousand miles away, the second day of the first day of April has arrived at the old site of Bhaktra City, but after arriving, there is no movement, this stationed, is nearly half a month has not moved forward half a step, more intriguing is - As soon as Lin Chengbin, who was the commander-in-chief, arrived in Bactra City, he no longer showed up, except for telling the troops to rest on the spot, he didn't even give an explanation, let alone held a military meeting, as if he was really planning to stay here for a long time. No one can figure out what kind of medicine is sold in Lin Chengbin's gourd.

The Hexi Army is a victorious army, since the establishment of the fight, it is an invincible division, up and down have a pride exuded from the bones, against the enemy, has always been like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves to move forward bravely, never know what to fear, because of this, for the coach Lin Chengbin's performance of the troops, the army can't help but complain, this Lin Chengbin knows, but he doesn't pay attention to it, only two things a day, one is to urge the rear old battalion to transport heavy grain to the front line, and the other is to ponder on the large sand table, In addition, he ignored everything, neither supervising the training of the armies, nor caring about the changes in the enemy's situation, so he naturally did so on this day, and got up early in the morning and first wrote an article to urge the rear to get food, and then squatted in front of the sand table and did not move.

"General Yu, Vice Marshal Li, Vice Marshal Xiao and the Prince of Persia have come together to ask for a meeting!"

Lin Chengbin wanted to be quiet, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, so he squatted down for a while, and saw the Chinese officer strode into the tent, grabbed Lin Chengbin's back, and whispered a word.

"Well, please."

There is no need to ask, Lin Chengbin also knows the intention of the three of them, and they are all here to ask for an explanation, but Lin Chengbin doesn't care much, his eyebrows are raised, and he commands indifferently, but he squats in front of the sand table.

"The last general will wait for the general!"

In the sound of rubbing armor, Li He and the others had already walked into the tent, and this time they saw Lin Chengbin squatting in front of the sand table with his back to everyone, everyone's faces changed slightly, but they didn't dare to lose their manners, and they went forward and bowed down to salute.

Lin Chengbin is a very careful person, although he has never looked back, but he was aware of the subtle change in tone when the generals saw the salute, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of helplessness in his heart - although he was the commander-in-chief, he had made great achievements in the past, but in the final analysis, he still lacked full prestige, at this point, Lin Chengbin still has self-knowledge, after all, whether it is military qualifications, or military exploits, or command skills, Li and Xiao are not under him Lin Chengbin, but because of Li Xian's order, The second general didn't dare to disobey the dispatch, but in his heart he would not be convinced, otherwise, he would not have come to pressure at this time.

"You don't have to be polite, just sit down and talk."

Although Lin Chengbin felt quite emotional in his heart, he didn't bring it to his face, Huo Ran got up, clapped his palms, walked a few steps to the top copywriter and sat down, looked around at the generals, and opened his mouth in a calm tone.

"No!"

Although all the generals came to ask for an explanation, after all, as subordinates, they had very disrespectful words as soon as they came up, and after they responded, they immediately sat down on the left and right, but as soon as Bu sat down, Li He and Xiao Sanlang's eyes swept towards the Nirvana Master, which was full of hints, and it was clear that the Nirvana Master wanted to come forward to make a statement.

"General, according to the report, the news of the arrival of our army has leaked, the governor of the Eastern Province of Great Eclipse, Mustafa Ibnyan, has begun to mobilize the troops of the entire Eastern Province, and the soldiers and horses of Balkh and other cities have been rapidly assembled in Mulu City, and the total strength may exceed 150,000.

The three of them had already unified their caliber before they came, and the Ni Ni Master was already responsible for being the first bird, and when he saw the eyes of Li and Xiao Erjun sweeping over, he didn't dare to delay more, and hurriedly bowed down, and said something murmuring, and the words were quite characteristic of the army, obviously not the level they should have, but the result of the guidance behind the back of Li and Xiao Erjun.

"General, the last general thinks that what the king of Persia said is very true, our army is coming from afar, it is good to attack quickly and it is not good to slow down, and the enemy army is numerous and our army is outnumbered, we should take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to attack it, and now we will delay here, and we will inevitably delay the warplane, if the war is unfavorable, what face will we have to see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Although they are both Li Xian's confidants and favorite generals, Li He and Lin Chengbin are not a system, and the relationship between them and Lin Chengbin is just an ordinary colleague, and they do not have a deep friendship with each other, and Li He is not very convinced by Li Xian's appointment of Lin Chengbin as a handsome in private.

"General, the art of war is cloudy, the army does not move, the soldiers are sluggish, now that the enemy situation has changed, it seems that it is advisable to adjust it in time, and please ask the general to be clear!"

Xiao Sanlang and Lin Chenbin were born in the same system, they were originally from the royal guards, speaking of which Xiao Sanlang's qualifications were even more than Lin Chengbin's, but when he was in the personal guards, Xiao Sanlang never came out, just a team leader, compared to Lin Chengbin's official luck, it was really a cut behind the boss, that is, when the army was established, Xiao Sanlang had the opportunity to show his strength, but his official rank was always lower than Lin Chengbin, although he was also here to exert pressure, But when he made his speech, he was obviously much gentler and more concise than Li He.

"Well, do you all want to fight?"

Lin Chengbin had long expected the intention of the three of them, and when he saw that the three of them were talking one after another, he was not surprised, and he was not in a hurry to make a decision, but asked quietly.

"General, not only do we want to fight, but all the generals below have long been unable to hold back, and if we don't fight, the army's heart should be unstable!"

Although Li He is the deputy marshal, his official rank is the same level as Lin Chengbin, and he has the confidence to argue with Lin Chengbin.

"Back to the general's words, in the past few days, the war petition received by the last general has been piled up, I am afraid that they are all more than a foot high, and the army's spirit can not be slackened, and the general is asked to make a decision as soon as possible."

is also eager to fight, but Xiao Sanlang is much more skilled than Li He when he speaks, and he doesn't talk about his own thoughts, but brings out the war petitions of soldiers at all levels to talk about things.

"General, you will give the order, my Persian departments have been waiting for the enemy for a long time, and they will fight bravely to be the first!"

Now that he has come to a place only two hundred miles away from his homeland, he is always looking forward to setting foot on his homeland as soon as possible, and he is eager to immediately send troops to sweep away the enemy army.

"Well, since all the princes want to fight, then they will fight well, but what kind of tactics should this battle be, but I don't know if the princes have any opinions about it?"

Lin Chengbin's delay in moving under the city of Bactra was not entirely because he was worried that the logistics would not be able to keep up, nor was he completely trying to take this opportunity to stimulate the soldiers' desire to fight, but he also had a strategic overall consideration, but he did not intend to say it immediately, but threw the problem to the three people who were scorching and fighting.

War is not a child's play, nor can it be won by playing tricks, the three of them just discussed before they came to ask for war together, but they did not negotiate on how to carry out the war itself, although the three of them have their own strategic ideas, Xiao and Li Erjiang have absolute confidence that the war will be won, but the matter is big, but it is not easy to talk nonsense, the three of them can't help but hesitate slightly, and the big tent immediately quieted down......