Chapter 397: Let it go
Strong armies and weak soldiers, marching and fighting, whether before, now, or in the future.
If an army wants to be victorious on the battlefield, or undefeated, the first problem is not hard training or the like, but discipline!
Or you can expand the scope to be larger, organized, not chaotic, and disciplined.
As long as these three points can be guaranteed, even if you are in a weak position for a while, as long as you can persevere, you will eventually have the possibility of turning defeat into victory.
But in the Tubo army, there is not a trace of organization and discipline.
Disorderly!
Before Su Dingfang arrived, Li Jing had already felt the chaos of the other party, and often when fighting, there was no strategy at all, it was completely a rush, which could kill one and injure another.
The morale of the army was negligible, and what made Li Jing feel even more speechless was that the Tubo people had never even thought of conducting a surprise attack from both sides of the Yazhou army.
And Li Jing only arranged some sentry posts there, and the main force rode up on horseback, and it even took a short while.
They didn't try, and they didn't think about it.
Therefore, the Tubo people were defeated, they were very embarrassed, and they were completely defeated!
A breeze blew gently, slightly cool, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, human blood, and animal blood, mixed together, making even the veterans of the battle a little unbearable.
Su Dingfang brought 100,000 people, and the remaining 30,000 people in Li Jing's hands were nearly 40,000.
The Tang army, which totaled nearly 140,000, used a total of 110,000 in this charge.
And these 110,000 people, in less than a quarter of an hour, just shuttled through the camp opposite, and the war was over.
The Tibetan army had no intention of resisting, and when they were about to surrender, the soldiers were still trembling, and they didn't even want to think about what had just happened.
The last time they met, it was during the Chinese New Year, when the two were ordered back to Chang'an to report on their work, and made a plan for this attack.
Although they were not able to meet the plan, both sides encountered different problems.
However, now that the two of them can stand here and successfully meet together, no matter what they encounter in the middle, it can at least prove that they have succeeded, and Datang is one step closer on the road to conquering Tibet.
"This is the Tubo who was told by His Majesty? Hmph, that's it! Li Daliang pursed his lips and couldn't help but show a look of contempt.
There is a reason for the contempt, since they entered Tibet, they have not encountered any decent resistance at all, and they have traveled thousands of miles all the way to this point, but this time the Tibetans are very well prepared, and nearly 100,000 Tibetan troops have gathered here.
Originally, I thought that I could have a protracted war and have a good time at one time, but what was the result? 110,000 cavalry was just a charge, and the war was over?
I am tired and tired, with so many brothers, and the high-level generals are even more used as two, Lao Tzu's pants are all off, you say you won't do it?
"Indeed, His Majesty paid too much attention to the appearance of Tibet." Gao Zhensheng couldn't help but nodded, it was right to attach importance to it, but to deal with such an enemy, it took two years, and more than 200,000 troops were mobilized, and the logistics were innumerable.
The result is ideal, but no matter what the result is, everyone feels that it is a bit overkill at this time.
Perhaps, Su Dingfang only brought forty or fifty thousand people over this time, and he could get it here.
"Your Majesty does not value them, but these mountains and rivers under our feet!" Su Dingfang shook his head and corrected the views of the two veterans under him, "If it weren't for Fu Yun finding us some trouble in Tuyuhun, these troubles on the road alone this time would be enough to make us lose half of our troops." ”
"If it weren't for Your Majesty's expectations, we might not be able to stand here this time if we lost our troops and lost our generals." Gao Yang sighed, they didn't take much more road than Su Dingfang, but they had a lot more time to prepare than them, but it was precisely because they knew more that they could better see the meaning of the emperor's move.
As Su Dingfang said, His Majesty does not pay attention to the vulnerable Tubo army, but the mountains and rivers that they are stepping on now.
Rather than conquest of these Tibetan armies, it would be more appropriate to compare them to the conquest of this land.
"General Gao is right, our real enemy is the plateau under our feet, although the height of Tuyuhun is not as good as Tubo, but it is not much different, if we didn't stay in Tuyuhun for a few months, inadvertently adapted to the environment of the plateau, we can't go here at all now. And the terrain here is not suitable for large regiments to fight, which is why we are so safe on this road. Su Dingfang continued to nod in affirmation.
There are some things, some things, that not everyone can take into account.
In the past, the Han people also thought about conquering Tibet, but they never seriously considered what difficulties they had to overcome in order to conquer this place.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Sui army who had set foot in Tibet during the Sui Dynasty were either killed by altitude sickness or food shortages in this unprepared situation, and since then, no one has ever mentioned the idea of attacking Tibet.
The Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, but returned as a loser three times.
Isn't the combat effectiveness of the Sui army good? No, they lost not to the enemy, but to the terrain there.
Li Yuanji's seemingly puzzling, time-consuming and labor-intensive preparation has solved the biggest problem for them, there are still people with altitude sickness in the army, and there are still people who are not suitable for the environment here.
But the generals who had been prepared for a long time sent these people down as soon as possible, although it would make them miss a chance to make war achievements, but it also saved their lives.
In this expedition to Tibet, only two people died of altitude sickness in the whole army, which was absolutely impossible in the past.
"The approximate data has been counted...... Wang Xuance hurriedly walked over, looked up, and saw that there were several generals who were unfamiliar to him, and hurriedly bowed their hands, but they didn't greet them too much.
Li Jing doesn't care about these details, those who become big things are not informal, besides, what Wang Xuance is holding in his hand is still what they care about the most, who will go to find trouble at this time?
"The enemy army has killed about 20,000 people, and our army has about 100 people, the specific number has not yet come out, and we will not know until the battlefield is cleared. In addition, I sent people to ask a lot of Tibetan people, but they did not see Nonkoer and Songtsen Gampo, some people said that Nonkoer ran away with Songtsen Gampo, but it is not clear where he ran, and in addition, someone pointed out a high-ranking Tubo official, saying that it was the Tibetan prime minister Shang Nang, and I had someone bring him over.
The mood of the Tibetan army is a little unstable, but there is no will to resist, they are more concerned about their own lives, I personally suggest that we should announce the results as soon as possible, so that these people can settle down, which will also help speed up the recovery after the war. Wang Xuance said with a click.
Li Jing nodded secretly, and also affirmed Wang Xuance's style of acting, although he did not agree with it in some aspects, but his simplicity and decisiveness were what he admired the most, and he was only in his twenties, which was what really shocked Li Jing.
"General Li, what do you think should be done?" Su Dingfang arched his hand and looked at Li Jing.
In terms of military strength, Su Dingfang was better than Li Jing.
In terms of military merits, Su Dingfang first conquered Tuyuhun, and then galloped south to put pressure on Tubo, and attacked here, or his men launched a fatal blow, otherwise this battle would not have been so smooth. So in this regard, Su Dingfang is still better than Li Jing.
In terms of relationship, no matter how much Li Jing is trusted by His Majesty, it is impossible to be more trusted than Su Dingfang, a confidant.
But Su Dingfang didn't rely on these advantages to have no one in his eyes and didn't take Li Jing in his eyes.
It's still that humble attitude, that expression that never makes people feel annoying.
Seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help sighing, and then said with a smile on his face: "Hey, this world will eventually be the world of your young people, the old man is already old, and there are few years left to live, you have to cherish these opportunities." ”
Thirty-nine-year-old Su Dingfang is still a young man in Li Jing, because the two are twenty years apart.
If Li Jing can't understand it, then it can only be said that Li Yuanji is looking at the wrong person.
On the contrary, Li Jing understands the whole thing very well in his heart, and those ministers in the DPRK and the central government also understand very well, who is the pillar of the new generation of the army? They didn't know it, but many people saw that Li Yuanji intended to train Su Dingfang as the pillar of the Tang Army in the next twenty years.
"General......" Su Dingfang was slightly stunned, and wanted to persuade a few words, although he also understood, but after all, he was inexperienced, and when facing such a big scene, it was inevitable that there would be some inconsiderate places.
"Needless to say, just let it go!" Li Jing waved his hand and gave Su Dingfang a reassurance.
What if you are inexperienced? Aren't you still here? As long as it is not a big problem, it will affect the future, and if it is wrong, it will be wrong, and the right to pay the tuition fee will be paid.
And some serious problems, it would be good to come forward and mention them when the time comes, isn't Your Majesty this idea?
Everyone knows that His Majesty likes young people, and over the years, he has also deliberately carried out younger reforms in the officialdom and the army, but the way of passing on the old to the new has not been completely abandoned.
This is a national war, and it is also a war used to train Su Dingfang and Wang Xuance.
The victory is certainly happy, but if these two people can be trained through this war, even if there are some losses, for the entire Datang, it will be earned.
Moreover, Li Jing also has some ideas about his future.