Chapter 74: There's a Better Way
After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Shi Xiong was silent for a long time, and he didn't dare to express his position.
After all, it was the first time he had brought troops to Hengzhou, and he didn't know much about the situation here. He hastily asked his subordinates to disguise themselves as Uighur merchants and go to Yinshan, and once they were recognized by the Shanxi warriors, everything was over.
Seeing that Shi Xiong was slow to express his position, Zhang Wei not only asked: "If the general is worried, just say it." ”
"Isn't it a bit risky to do this, once we are discovered by the Shanxi enemy, everything we have done will be completely finished."
Don't look at Shi Xiong as a soldier, he is usually very bold, but when he is really the chief general of the army, he should be careful, and he should be cautious. In today's words, the ass decides the head, what kind of position fucks what kind of heart.
Alas, hey, Shi Xiong, who has always been known for his boldness, actually remembered for the safety of the army, and Zhang Wei saw it for the first time.
"Although the general can rest assured, today's Uighurs are like the Turks of the past, but they are the bosses of the Yinshan area, with more than 200,000 troops when they were strong, and I was not an opponent of the Tang Dynasty. Although the current strength has declined, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the territory it occupies is definitely dozens of times that of Shanxi. What's more, the mountain thieves were on the way to flee, and they would never dare to provoke the Uighur caravans. ”
That being said, there is a time when everything happens, and if you meet a few people who are bold and fat, and you don't do something unexpected, isn't everything you have done before over?
Although Shi Xiong was skeptical, he still couldn't stop Zhang Wei from insisting on his opinion.
Zhang Wei continued: "If our army encounters a small number of Shanxi patrol soldiers on the way to transport supplies, we can kill all of them; If we encounter a large number of enemy troops, we will say that we are Uighur merchants, and I think that in the vicinity of Yinshan, the enemies would not dare to kill Uighur merchants. ”
Zhang Wei said so much, but Shi Xiong was still not optimistic about his risky move, "Brother Zhang Wei, I know that you were able to come up with such a solution, and it took some brains, although the strength of the Uighurs today is very strong, but it still cannot be compared with the Turks back then. ”
Oh---, so Ishio is not at ease with the Uighurs!
"Since the general is not at ease with the Uighurs, then we will say that he is a Turkic caravan, and see if he dares to go wild and ridicule the thieves." Since Shi Xiong was not at ease with the Uighurs, Zhang Wei said casually.
During the Tang Dynasty, there were still many ethnic minority regimes in the surrounding areas, such as Turkic, Tibetan, Khitan, Goguryeo, Uighur, and so on.
There are only a few things that can be remembered by Zhang Wei, a "high five" student, such as this minority called Turkic, which he remembered and left a deep impression.
The reason why I have such a deep impression of the Turks is because this minority called the Turks had a famous leader named Jieli Khan. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, this guy actually led troops to invade the Tang Dynasty, and fought a big battle with Li Shimin, the Tang Taizong he admired, and almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty.
You must know that at that time, Jieli's army had already reached the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, if it weren't for the Tang Dynasty's fate, maybe after that war, the famous Tang Dynasty in the history of our country would have disappeared, and since then Chinese history has been rewritten.
When Zhang Wei saw this text, his little heart almost jumped out of his chest, it was so unexpected, too unexpected, the big hero in my mind, "Tian Khan" Li Shimin, was beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, and this is okay.
Let me see who this person who can beat up Tian Khan is, through watching TV, watching movies, playing games, chatting with people, and drinking tea with the history teacher, Zhang Wei finally found this unexpected character--- Turkic Khan Jieli.
At the same time, we also remember this historically famous ethnic minority, the Turks.
Now that he has led his troops to the Turkic realm, Zhang Wei suddenly remembered his experience of studying hard and understanding Turkic history.
It's good to study hard! Not only can you increase your knowledge, but you can also brag about it.
It really responds to that sentence, no matter what time it is, knowledge will not expire.
Listening to Zhang Wei's words, Shi Xiong raised his head and looked at the history of Hengzhou Thorn, thinking that what you said from a foreigner doesn't count, but what the locals say.
Hengzhou Thorn Shi nodded heavily, and then said: "The two generals don't know that the Turkic tribes have been divided under the joint attack of the Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs, and many Turkic tribes have been integrated into the Uighurs. The Western Turks crossed the Green Mountains and disappeared into the reckless desert. ”
Yes?
Having said all this, it turns out that the Turks have died out?
After hearing this, Zhang Wei's mouth grew in shock, "Does the assassin history say that the Turks have perished?" ”
Hengzhou Thorn Shi shook his head when he heard this, "It can't be said that it will be completely destroyed, although the Turkic strength has decreased at the moment, but the strength of the people is still far above Shanxi, if our army is disguised as Turkic merchants, I think the enemy army in Shanxi will definitely not dare to attack and kill." After all, the Turks were once the overlords of Mobei, and Yu Wei is still there. ”
This is tantamount to approving Zhang Wei's suggestion.
"Well--, since Lord Thorn Shi thinks so, I think this is how it should be done. When the time comes, I will personally lead people dressed as Turkic merchants and lead troops to Yinshan. Shi Xiong thought that his deputies could personally lead the troops to Yinshan to inquire about the situation, and if he had been nesting in Hengzhou City as the main general of this expedition, it would be a little too sloppy, so it would be better to take a risk and personally lead people to dress up as Turkic merchants and play a trembling heartbeat.
However, before his words fell, Zhang Wei and Hengzhou Thorn Shi joined forces to oppose it, "The general personally led the caravan to Yinshan, and his courage is commendable, but in doing so, his subordinates dare not agree." ”
"What do you mean by that? It's okay for you to personally lead the troops to Yinshan to find out the news, but it's not okay for me to personally lead the troops to Yinshan, what is the reason? Shi Xiong became angry when he heard it.
Isn't this clearly that only the governor is allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light the lamps? You can do what you can do as a deputy, why can't I do it as a general? Could it be that your deputy position is better than my main position.
I don't believe it, I can't resist you?
Facing the angry Shi Xiong, Zhang Wei calmed down.
He knew that Shi Xiong at this time was going to do this hard, and if you persisted, it would inevitably arouse his disgust, so he said with a smile: "General, disguised as a Turkic caravan, although it can transport our army to Yinshan, the effect of such a way of transporting troops is really insignificant." Not many soldiers and horses can be transported in a day. ”
There are three things to say, and it is better to say it skillfully. After a word, Shi Xiong was no longer stubborn. Instead, he nodded heavily and said, "You're right, this can only let a few soldiers pass, and it's not enough to deal with the enemy." You'll have to figure out how to get more soldiers to get to Yinshan in the shortest possible time. ”
Hehe, the wisdom of modern people is strong, and one sentence adjusted Shi Xiong's bull-like emotions.
So Zhang Wei continued: "General, this is just my first thought, of course I know that it is not enough to transport soldiers to Yinshan in this way. But don't worry, in addition to transporting soldiers to Yinshan during the day, the night is the key moment for us to lead the soldiers and horses to Yinshan. This time, I led the troops to Yinshan, and I didn't meet a single Shanxi soldier along the way. At night we stood on the slope of a hill very close to the enemy camp, and the enemy did not notice it at all. So I was thinking that if we had enough war horses, we could take all the soldiers and horses to Yinshan overnight. ”
Didn't even touch a single enemy army along the way?
It seems that the enemy army is not as strong as imagined!
After hearing this, Shi Xiong said to Zhang Wei: "It's good, I'm afraid we don't have enough horses." At the moment, there are only three thousand cavalry in our army at most. ”
Three thousand? Apparently a little less.
"Lord Thorn Shi, how many horses are there in Hengzhou City at the moment?" Zhang Wei asked Hengzhou Thorn Shidao.
How many horses are there in the city?
Zhang Wei's question stumped Hengzhou's assassination at the moment.
But after all, people are assassins, and they can't answer for a while, which doesn't mean that they will never be able to answer, after thinking about it for a while, Hengzhou Assassin Shi said: "Two generals, although the old man can't say how many horses there are in Hengzhou for a while, but we can calculate it." At present, there are about 30,000 people in Hengzhou, and according to the calculation of five people per household, there should be more than 6,000 households. Besides, Hengzhou is a border city after all, and horses are basically an indispensable means of transportation and warfare, excluding a few really poor families who can't afford to buy horses, I estimate that there should be at least four or five thousand horses in the current Hengzhou city. ”
Four or five thousand horses? Not a lot, definitely a lot.
After listening to the words of the assassin of Hengzhou, Zhang Wei said to Shi Xiong: "General Shi, there are four or five thousand war horses in Hengzhou at the moment, plus the war horses brought by our army itself, the two add up to six or seven thousand. If these 6,000 horses were used to transport our army of more than 10,000 people, it would be possible to transport it in two trips. ”
Two trips can be transported, so the calculation problem is basically something that junior high school students can complete, but there are only so many war horses, and the first batch of soldiers rode away, do you want the second batch of soldiers to fly over with inertia?
"Yes, what you said is very right, if all the war horses in Hengzhou City are collected, two trips can indeed transport all our army. But after the first batch of soldiers rode their horses away, the second group of soldiers had no way to ride their horses! After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Shi Xiong not only asked.
This one?
Small problems are not difficult for Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei thought for a moment and said: "This is not a problem, we can take the method of two people riding a horse, or we can let the war horse run twice to pick up!" ”
Hey---, sometimes people's brains are really limited, and they tend to be stumped by simple questions.
"In order to transport quickly, I think it is still fast for two people to ride a horse, and all the soldiers can be sent to Yinshan in one trip, what do you say?"
People are here to help Hengzhou drive away the enemy, what else can Hengzhou Assassin say? Hurry up and collect horses!