Chapter Ninety-Six: Delusion
"How much did you promise him, so helpless?"
Although Feng Changqing said it in a joking tone, he faintly mentioned a fact that he already knew.
Liu Ji is not afraid that he will know, after all, there are not many people who have seen this matter, and besides, there are all feudal people here, even if there are some rumors, they can be suppressed, as long as no one brings it up seriously, it will only be over in the end.
Who made them make such a great achievement, from crossing the river to capturing the city, almost all by their own strength, and jealousy could not come.
"Sancheng, let him come forward to do some business and find a job to support the brothers who died in the war." Liu Ji said calmly.
As soon as he said this, Feng Changqing sighed, of course he knew what kind of mercy the imperial court could give, now with the expansion of the war, taking it from the enemy has become a clear rule, and half of the confiscation is handed over to the army, and it is even written in the military system, but in private, who will really take out the plundered private property from the sergeant's pocket? Don't you want to mess around?
"It's too much, you occupy the lion's share, and you have an official status, this kind of person gives a two-achievement to the sky, but he doesn't give a penny, and their business can't wait for you to get involved."
"I know, this is just the beginning, let's be a horse bone."
Feng Changqing's mention shows that he himself is engaged in the same business, of course, it must be in the land of the four towns of Anxi, not to mention anything else, he has been in charge of military logistics for several years, and it is almost all about interests, and there is no need to give a little benefit, so naturally there will be a lot of people asking for it.
At present, Liu Ji does not have much foundation, and the situation in Beiting is far less clear than that of Anxi, the reason why he chose to start there is his own consideration, and this consideration is also the purpose of Feng Changqing coming to him.
Some things can't be put on the table, both of them know it, and when they get to it, Feng Changqing walked up to him and stopped him from getting up, and he didn't sit on the stone like Shi Chongzhi.
"The Tubo man summoned a confession, he didn't come alone, he brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, and he was ambushed in front, originally wanted to use the cavalry of Xi Dongzan to lure us into crashing into it, I never thought that you would see through it, the result of the military discussion was to plan and hit them by surprise."
After a slight pause, he continued: "You and your men have suffered too many casualties, so don't participate in this battle, what are your plans after this battle?" ”
Sure enough, the drama meat came, Liu Ji didn't rush to answer, and wanted to hear what he would say first.
"The new envoy of the Northwest Court of Yixi, but Cheng Qianli?"
"You guessed it? Indeed, the prince recommended a certain person to take over as the envoy of the Four Towns Festival in the testament, and recommended him to be transferred to the North Court, and the edict should be issued together, I am afraid that it will be earlier than we received. Feng Changqing didn't hide it and told everything he knew.
Liu Ji nodded, this is a historical fact, what is there to guess, he just wants to cause the next topic.
"Since he took over earlier, I am afraid that he has already led the army across the Kunlun Mountains at this time, this road, our army has never walked, and the Tubo people may not be able to imagine it, even if they expected, how many soldiers and horses will be scored to deal with them?"
What kind of character is Cheng Qianli, it is clearly written in the history books, he is really a madman, how he fought this battle, there is no record, but it does not prevent Liu Ji from speculating, no matter whether the Beiting soldiers and horses will go deep into the Kunlun Mountains, as long as he appears on the border of Khotan, it will put great pressure on the Tubo people, after all, entering Qiang from there is a much closer threat to the Tubo people, and there is also a lot more threat.
Moreover, in this battle, he may not have any victories worth mentioning, but he did not suffer a big defeat, let alone die in battle, based on this result, Liu Ji's mind is about to come out.
Feng Changqing is getting more and more accustomed to his art of speaking, sometimes he can't figure it out, obviously he is a reckless man, how did he go to the enemy territory, become clear-headed, and analyze the head, even a few old soldiers sigh to themselves, and even many times, his vision has jumped out of the town of Anxi, which is very unusual.
Logically speaking, this time the operation, there is no unified leadership, as in the early Tang Dynasty, set up a certain marching commander or the like, one is too large, there is no way to do it, the other is that the towns are not subordinate to each other, it is easy to say, once mixed together, who listens to who is a problem, and finally leads to civil strife, success and failure, this kind of thing has not happened, such as the first year of Xianqing's green mountain road march.
Since this is the case, then there is a point of attention, which way to fight what it looks like, each with their own ability, but in fact, it is also interlocking, Anxi soldiers pressed the big Bolu, mobilized Shang Jiezan's five thousand soldiers and horses, which means that there are five thousand less elsewhere, and similarly, Cheng Qianli's action, even if there is no action, can contain a large number of Tubo people, which brings opportunities.
As for the battle in front of him, it has been clearly written in the history books, Feng Changqing is more confident than him, because the enemy's deployment is written on paper, if he can still be defeated in this way, it is better to wipe his neck and be happy.
"What do you think we should do?"
"Then it depends on the father, how big the heart is, the subordinates remember that the book said that the person who captured the Tubo Zampu would be crowned the king with a different surname."
"Ahem!"
Feng Changqing's calmness was suddenly broken by his words, this kid really dared to think about it, and suddenly felt that he was really old, and he couldn't keep up at all.
"The subordinates didn't laugh, if I didn't expect it badly, the soldiers and horses brought by Shang Jiezan should be from Zhangxiong, the Tubo people have a maximum of 10,000 soldiers there, except for these 5,000, there are only 5,000 left, there are no 5,000 commanders, it doesn't take anything to take it down, after the land of Zhangxiong, the hinterland of the Tubo people is in front of you, how difficult will it be to storm some cities with light troops?"
Feng Changqing looked at his eyes, in the dark, Liu Ji's eyes were as bright as a spar, and the confidence revealed seemed to be natural, and every word he said had a basis, which made it difficult for people to believe it or not.
"How can you be sure that from Zhangxiong to the capital of the Tubo people, there is no heavy guard?"
"How can there be no heavy troops? Even if they don't, when we get in, they will all be soldiers, the Tubo people are such a military system, but such a rabble, are we afraid? ”
Liu Ji does have this kind of self-confidence, the Zhangxiong region is the later Indian-controlled Kashmir Ladakh, and the Aksai Chin region of China is adjacent to the Karakoram Mountains, and has always been the border defense point of the two countries.
Of course, it is not an easy task to convince Feng Changqing, the king or something, it is still a shadow, to further build his confidence, only with accurate information can he be impressed.
Some things need to be done naturally, Liu Ji is exaggerating a little now, just giving him a psychological preparation in advance, not wanting to do it all at once.
"So, your plan is ......"
Speaking of which, Feng Changqing still didn't understand anything, Liu Ji nodded wordlessly.
I don't know how far I can influence, so I can only use this method to try it.
History is always created by man, and he may not be able to be that one.