Chapter 643: Scapegoating
(Xie Moshaoco.)
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The 10,000 cavalry led by Liu Jun and Ge Shuhan actually did not achieve much success, although the other party was congested under Pibo City, but after all, it was nearly 100,000 troops, which was not a joke. They could only lead the cavalry to intersperse and harass from afar, and from time to time send small groups of cavalry to approach in turn and kill the enemy with bows and arrows.
It's like leading a group of shepherds to drive the sheep into the pen, and this kind of harassment makes the Tibetans more chaotic to a certain extent, but it doesn't really have much effect. Ernargu is not a dry eater, his subordinates have forty or fifty thousand elite soldiers and horses, and at this moment, these forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses are the Dinghai God Needle. After Er Na Gu ordered these elite soldiers and horses to assemble in the rear, Liu Jun and Ge Shuhan never had a chance to get close.
It wasn't until late afternoon that all the chaotic Tubo soldiers and horses entered the city. When the last cavalry entered the city gate, the city gate was quickly closed, and the drawbridge was pulled high, the hearts of all the Tibetan generals and soldiers were settled. From yesterday evening to noon today, everything that I have experienced in these ten hours is suddenly like a dream. **The deafening explosion of the thunderbolt is still echoing in the ear drum, and the scene of flesh and blood flying on the battlefield is still flashing in my mind, which makes people feel unsettled and uneasy.
In fact, many Tibetan soldiers didn't know what they were doing for more than a dozen hours, and most of the soldiers and horses didn't actually participate in the battle, but just sent troops to wait for orders, and then inexplicably ran back with the defeated soldiers and horses in front, and they were defeated in a daze.
They didn't understand the reason for the retreat, but they did. could have fought for his life, but this may not be the case, but his military order was like a fart in the ears of some people, and he openly disobeyed his offensive order and retreated with his troops privately, triggering this defeat. Of course, Gu Nagu has to find this to settle accounts. And this defeat also needs a scapegoat, otherwise he will not be able to explain it to the people in the city.
After entering the city, the first thing he did was to order the Beichuan Metropolitan Soldier and Horse Envoy Wangmu to be arrested for questioning. A group of generals led their troops to block Wangmu in the West Gate, Wangmu was about to lead his Beichuan remnants to sneak out of Pibo City, he also knew that he couldn't stay here for a long time, ** fierce not to mention, Enagu would definitely not let him go.
It's a pity that he was arrested before he left the city, and he was sent to the General's Mansion by pushing and shoving. Enagu was sitting in the hall drinking milk tea to calm down, Wang Mu scolded and was pushed in by several guards, and when he saw Enagu, he shouted loudly: "Enagu, what do you mean?" Do you dare to touch a single hair of me? I'm not your general. Even if I am guilty, it will not be your turn to cure me, so I will go to the city of Luo to ask the prime minister of Zampu for my guilt. ”
Erna Gu smiled and got up and came to Wangmu and said, "General Wangmu, don't be excited. I didn't mean to touch you. I have heard that you are about to leave the city of Pibo with more than 10,000 of your soldiers and horses. If you leave at this time, will not you shake the spirit of my army? In desperation, I had to order someone to invite you back. ”
"Please? Are you please? Wangmu moved and signaled that he was tied up.
Er Na Gu smiled and said, "These people under my command don't know the severity, how can they treat General Wangmu like this?" However, General Wangmu has a stubborn personality, and you don't seem to want to turn back without this method. Ay! Today's battle was lost in a daze, General Wangmu, where do you think the cause of this defeat is? ”
Wangmu stiffened his neck and said, "How do I know? **'s equipment is too fierce, and our strategy is not successful at all. More than 40,000 of my soldiers and horses died, and your general spent all his strength to transport those catapults to bombard them out of the camp, and they were not all blown up in one round. I don't take the responsibility for failure, it was a defeat at that time, and I don't want to bury my remaining 10,000 brothers. In general, leave a seed for our soldiers and horses in Beichuan, don't you? ”
Er Na Gu nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but General Wangmu, don't you feel that you are at fault in the slightest?" I am the commander of the army, although you are the reinforcement of the Beichuan capital, can you take it upon yourself to disobey my orders? There are many reasons for failure, but don't you feel that you are at fault at all? ”
Wangmu was embarrassed and silent, and said with a smile: "General Wangmu, I want to give you a step down, and you have to go down yourself." You don't admit that you are wrong, how can I spare you? My generals are all in trouble, and you're embarrassing me. Is it so hard for you to just nod your head and admit your mistakes? If you're so unkind, then I can't save you. ”
Wangmu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I admit that I was at fault for today's defeat. ”
He smiled and said, "That's right, that's right." Then he said to a group of guards and a few generals standing around, "Have you all heard? Wangmu himself admitted that he was responsible for the defeat of this battle, and you heard it. ”
"Hear it clearly." Everyone is right.
Wangmu opened his mouth wide and shouted, "What do you mean?" ”
Enagu pulled out a shiny gemstone scimitar from his waist and approached with a smile. Wang Mu staggered back and said, "What are you doing?" General, what are you doing? ”
He smiled and said, "Loosen your ties, what are you afraid of?" Come forward, do you want me to chase you all over the yard? ”
Wangmu wondered, "Really? ”
Er Na Gu sighed and said: "You are too suspicious, if you don't want to loosen the tie, I can let you tie it up here, I don't care." ”
Wang Mu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Then it's better to loosen the tie, thank you General." General, let's discuss in a moment how to deal with the situation in front of us. ”
"It's time to consult, but not to you. You can go in peace. He grabbed the rope tied to Wangmu's chest and pulled it hard, and Wangmu staggered closer. Then, with a flash of cold light from the scimitar in his hand, Wangmu's head flew into the air with a surprised expression, landing on the ground a few feet away.
A stream of blood spurted out of his neck and poured it on his forehead. Er Na Gu didn't care about it, let go and pushed Wangmu's body to the ground, and shouted: "Wangmu disobeyed the military order and fled from the battle, so that the whole army was defeated, which is the most unforgivable." He himself has pleaded guilty to the crime and is now brought to justice. Come, put his head in a box, and send it with my letter to the city of Logos. ”
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In the Jiannan military camp, after the battle, the camp was in a mess inside and outside. Soldiers are cleaning the battlefield and repairing the camp. In the tent, Wang Yuan was in charge, and all the generals gathered together to discuss the gains and losses of the battle and discuss the next plans.
In fact, the process of this battle also surprised many people, including Wang Yuan himself. Wang Yuan was ready for this battle to be fought for three days and three nights, but the inexplicable rout of the Tubo people in the early morning suddenly brought the battle to an abrupt end, giving people a feeling of anticlimactic. It makes people feel an indescribable unhappiness and unhappiness in their hearts.
Many generals also have this feeling, they are full of strength to have a bloody battle, but the other party has shrunk back, which is a very bad feeling. But although there is some psychological discomfort, in fact, more people are still glad that they did not experience three days and three nights of bloody battles. If it were really a dead end, I am afraid that more than half of you would have already been lying on the ground and turned into corpses. Most of the 50,000 remaining soldiers in the army are afraid that they will die on the battlefield. After all, it was a 100,000-strong Tibetan army, and even with the help of divine artillery, it might not have a perfect ending.
It should be said that the rout of the Tubo soldiers in the early morning gave this battle a perfect result, of course, for the Jiannan army. At the cost of 8,000 casualties, the Jiannan army annihilated more than 50,000 enemy troops, which was obviously a great victory. Countless armor, blades, and horses were captured on the battlefield. At the same time, after this battle, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and the panic in the face of the 160,000 Tibetan army had been swept away. Wang Yuan is still very happy about this. He didn't really want the battle to turn into a pyrrhic victory. This battle is enough to make the Jiannan Army famous all over the world, which is terrifying.
The atmosphere in the big tent was very warm, and around the next battle situation, Wang Yuan needed to discuss it with everyone.
"Generals, our army won a great victory in today's battle, and it depends on your desperate heart and hard work to achieve today's great victory. However, this battle did not solve the fundamental problem, and the withdrawal of the Tibetan people actually gave us a problem. I'd like to know what you think about the next step in the war. Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"Great commander, the old man thinks that we should continue to maintain pressure on the enemy. After the defeat of the Tibetans, they will not dare to go out of the city to fight again, and they will all retreat in the city to defend. Let us march forward and set up camp under the city of Pibo, and prepare for the siege. Li Mi said loudly.
"I agree with Governor Li's words, let's take advantage of the victory and pursue and prepare to capture Pibo City. Wang Jiedu envoy, you have a powerful cannon and other siege weapons in your hands, and it is not difficult to break through the city. They should be turtles with shrunken heads, and we will attack and catch them, and we must not allow them to be relieved. Geshuhan stood up and said loudly.
"I don't agree with the words of Marshal Geshu and General Li, if you want to attack the city, Dashuai will attack it a long time ago. Waiting until today? Although the morale of the enemy army has been frustrated now, after all, it is a city defended by 100,000 troops, and although our Shenwei cannon is a siege weapon, our soldiers and horses are only 50,000. 50,000 attacking a city guarded by 100,000 people, isn't it unpleasant to find yourself? This is not possible. Our Jiannan Army would never bury the lives of soldiers and horses like this. Song Jiangong shouted.
"I don't agree either, siege? Are you kidding? What if you win a battle? Many people think they are invincible after winning the battle, and the end is miserable. Didn't we have someone here who won first and then lost? That's why it's hot-headed. As a lesson from the past, we can't afford to make such mistakes again. Liu Jun's voice was crisp, and he pointed the finger at Ge Shuhan's forgetful advance after the big victory, so that the whole army was wiped out, Ge Shuhan's face was red, but it was not easy to argue with this little general.
Liu Dehai got up and said: "The last general said that what you said was going to attack the city was nothing more than relying on us to have Shenwei cannons and thunderbolts. But do you know that these things are expensive, and they are very few in number. The military department didn't give our Jiannan Army a penny to make thunderbolts, but it was all the money that the marshal himself pulled out from between his teeth to make these things. Shall you throw it away? There are only more than 1,000 left in our army now, and they are gone, and you guys are out thunderbolts? Who's going to pay for the reconstruction? It's very easy to say. ”
Everyone was arguing, each insisting on their own ideas. Li Guangbi saw Wang Yuan smiling and leaning back on the chair, looking at the way everyone was arguing with interest, his heart moved, he stood up and said: "Generals, don't be impatient, what everyone said makes sense, but such a noise is not a solution." This matter should be listened to the high opinion of the envoy of Wang Jiedu. I think that since Wang Jiedu mentioned this matter, he should have a plan in his heart. ”
Only then did everyone calm down and turn their eyes to Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan sat up straight from the chair and said with a smile: "Okay, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and every result of such a quarrel, let me say a few words." What Li Dashuai said is good, I have already had ideas about the situation, and I just want to discuss it with you here. ”