Chapter 299: The Last Hour (5)

Although the Raole grassland is endless, the scale of the 60,000 cavalry gathering and marching is still extremely large, and the 10,000 people are already overwhelming, not to mention that 60,000 people can not bring out no less than 100,000 horses.

Tang Cheng grew up in the peaceful era of later generations, and even if he stayed in the Chang'an Ten Thousand Cavalry Army for a period of time after crossing over, he only existed as a military judge.

Although I don't know much about military affairs, the real crowd in front of me can still give people psychological comfort, and an idea that I know is stupid but always easy to come up is: How long do you have to kill so many people, even if you stand there and let others kill?

Standing on the rut of the felt car in Chang'an City, where only high-ranking officials above the third rank were qualified to ride, Tang Cheng looked for a while before returning to the car.

It didn't take long for eight or nine military men to come to the car to meet them, and the area in the felt car was very large, and these eight or nine people plus an interpreter were still full after coming up.

"Don't be restrained, sit at will", the smile and warm bearing on Tang Cheng's face made the eight or nine Xi Hans with nervous faces relax a lot, and they all found a place to sit down according to what Tang Cheng said.

Starting from the initial Yusuo Department, Tang Chengcheng was advancing to the Raole tribes' army to "insert" the military law officials, although the speed of this progress is not fast, but it is better to persevere, after this period of efforts, at least in the organizational form has been complete, in addition to Shali, the military law officials in the five departments of Rao Le have been in place. These nine people are the leaders of the three military law officials.

Although the personnel are already in place, their quality is not at all, and these people have neither the consciousness of being military law officials, nor do they know very well what exactly this job should do, so they have actually done nothing since they took office.

Tang Cheng called people here to start training, these people are not only the most legitimate team of Sima, but also the core force of the future Tang Dynasty to restrain and even control Rao Le Xi's army.

After these people had found a place to sit down, Tang Cheng immediately put away the smile on his face and said, "I have discussed with the Tuye Patriarch, from tomorrow onwards, you military law officials and your family will no longer belong to the Longmen Xi clan."

As soon as Tang Cheng's words came out, the nine people immediately looked at each other, they didn't belong to the Longmen Xi clan? So what are they? How many generations have been passed down, who among the Xi people can not belong to an ethnic group? Without a family, there is no pasture, what about the cattle and sheep without pasture, and the livelihood of the family...... How is this possible?

Tang Cheng had already expected the reaction of these Xi Hans, and waited for a while for them to digest the impact of this sentence before he continued: "The grassland and the settlement of your family have their own arrangements, and they will not be worse off than they are now, that is, the cattle and sheep at home graze less, and the monthly income you receive is enough to live a decent life on this grassland."

As soon as this remark came out, the "commotion" was even greater, these Xi men turned their heads and you look at me, I look at you, I can't believe what I heard just now, what? They also have to receive the same money as those Tang officials, as well as the leaders who used to only work in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion? Let's not talk about how much this money is - listening to the meaning of Tang Sima in front of him seems to be indispensable - this honor alone is hot-eyed, not to mention anything else, if it can really be like this, in the future, even if you marry those big heads, you will be able to straighten your waist.

Tang Cheng's arrangement was also a last resort, not that he didn't want to use Tang people to take on this matter, but at the moment when the military law had just been implemented, it didn't work at all, and there was a Tang person in the team of Xi people, not to mention doing errands, I don't know how long it would take to eliminate this conflict alone.

You can't use the Tang people, and the people of Wubu Xi can't use it, in this case, the people who belong to the Tang Dynasty but have the blood of the Xi people, Longmen Xi naturally became the best candidate, but if these people want to use it, they must first break the deep-rooted tribal consciousness in their minds.

This is also a meticulous work that requires long-term effort, and it is obviously unrealistic to expect it to be done overnight in three or two days, but the subtle effort can be done slowly in the back, and the immediate priority is to disarm them from the ethnic group, if these people can't survive independently, everything else is.

After waiting for a while for them to discuss this important news that was closely related, Tang Cheng coughed lightly and retracted his attention, and at the same time, both the expression on his face and the words that came out of his mouth were a little more solemn, "The reason why this arrangement is to let you know that from now on, there will be no head patriarch above you, and the only one who can order you is the Sima of Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion, and you only need to be responsible for this official!" ”。

After several years of training, Tang Cheng's official authority was not given in vain, although the nine Xi Han turned their hearts upside down, they did not exchange heads and ears like just now.

"I understand this article first, then the official will tell you what the military law officials do, especially what you should do in these days", the official authority is not "exposed", Tang Cheng maintained a little bit of coercion to explain the duties of the military law officials to the nine people.

Tang Cheng is no stranger to these contents, but he doesn't want to explain it too much now, after all, it also takes a long-term training process from a beginner to a familiar official, what he wants now is to let these people understand the meaning of military law officials, and then master what they should do at the moment.

Tang Cheng said, the nine Xi Han remember and work hard, it's funny to say, not to mention the patriarch in the tribal life of the Xi people, but if one of the things assigned by the head person is not well remembered, he will have to face extremely heavy lynching, and it is these tyrannical lynchings that cut out their eyes and noses at every turn to cultivate the simple concept of dedication of ordinary Xi people.

As he spoke, Zheng San, who was guarding the carriage at the end of the day, came in to report that Phuntsoda was outside.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng stopped talking and stood up, "Okay, let's talk about this today, after you go back, you must explain these regulations to the others clearly, and you will do it according to tomorrow." As for the quality of the errand, the official still has the four words just now, and the rewards and punishments are clear."

After sending these people off the felt cart as he spoke, Tang Cheng turned to Phuntsorda, who was waiting on the side, and smiled: "The camping business is over!" Before the soldiers got up, you have risen first, and the soldiers have rested, you are still not resting, and I see that the nobles have the wind of ancient famous generals in commanding the army."

Phuntsoda naturally knew Tang Cheng's current weight, and formally followed the Rao Le etiquette to return the salute and then said in a slightly jerky Tang language: "Lord Sima praised it falsely."

"Haha, that's not a fallacy! Some time ago, if it wasn't for the nobles to unify the army, the Phuntsok Department would not have saved such a situation in the anti-riot battle with Shali, although the official did not command the army, but he had received a position in the Chang'an Ten Thousand Cavalry Army, and he also knew that the most difficult thing in this war was to defeat and not "chaos", and the nobleman could do this under the situation of the absolute superiority of the Shali Department, and the title of famous general would be firmly deserved", said in his mouth, and the two of them had already got into the felt car and sat down.

Tang Cheng's words were well-founded and sincere, Rao is a veteran who is nearly sixty years old, and he can't help but feel a sense of bosom friend in his heart when he hears it, and at the same time he has a little more grasp of what he is going to say, but he has always been serious, no matter what his heart is, there is no arrogant look on his face.

"Come on, send that altar of sword Nanchun brewing to the warm up", Ping Cuoda's performance made Tang Cheng look at it three points higher, and after raising his voice to the outside of the car, he turned around and said with a smile: "If the noble man has something to do here, even if he says it bluntly, this official will only guard one thing if he doesn't understand the military affairs: there is no second commander in the army!" Since the commander of the army has entrusted you, then everything is up to you to decide, and this officer is only in charge of military law."

These words were all said to Phuntsoda's heart, and after the worries in his heart disappeared, he also let go of his arms, "Since Lord Sima has such a mind, then I will also say bluntly, I am here for three things, one is to ask Lord Sima to take over the position of commander."

"It's ......".

"My lord misunderstood, it's not that I deliberately shirked it, it's just that this army is ...... by the three tribes and four tribes after all."

"That's it, you don't need to say it anymore, it's my lack of consideration", Tang Cheng smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, I'll do this commander, but the charter is still as I said, the matter of unifying the army is up to you, and I am only responsible for coordinating the various ministries to be a mouthpiece for issuing military orders."

Phuntsoda, who was determined in his heart, smiled and continued: "The second thing is to ask your lord to issue a military order with the dignity of the commander: release all those under the age of fifteen in the three tribes and four tribes alliance army, and in addition, entrust Tuduozhen of many tribes to lead 10,000 elite cavalry to meet the retreat of the Yusuo army to the south, and the main force of our army will withdraw to the old camp."

Just one day after the army was dispatched, the army was about to all turn back, and the rescue of Yu Suo only sent 10,000 elite horsemen, and only responded, Phuntsoda's words can be described as very bold. Hearing this, Tang Yuan's face sank down with a light smile, but he was not in a hurry to speak, just looked at Ping Cuoda quietly.

"The Khitan soldiers are strong, the Shali soldiers are violent, this battle must be difficult and bloody, those baby soldiers under the age of fifteen who have not gone through the battle formation are not only useless, but they are only afraid of bad things at critical moments, rather than this, it is better to let them go back, one is good for the army, and the other is to save some vitality seeds for the third department", when he said this, a gloomy "color" appeared on Phuntsoda's face, "As for the army returning to the camp, it is because the old camp is too important, not to mention the loss of food and horse material immediately, and the collapse of the army is also a matter of blink of an eye." According to the current situation, we can only respond to the help of the Suo, and we can only take them closer to us, and Tudo is really brave and resourceful, and he is the best at using strange things in the war, so he is really the best person to take up this post."

"The official didn't expect such a simple thing, this is all too careful, okay! These two items are up to you, under the age of fifteen, the army returns to the camp, Tu Duozhen led 10,000 elite cavalry to meet the army of the Yusuo tribe to the south, if there is any arrangement here, you can call the shots", Tang Cheng patted his head and laughed at himself before continuing: "What is the third thing?" Just say".

The requests were complied with one by one, but Phuntsoda not only did not express joy, but his face became more and more solemn, "The third thing is to ask Lord Sima to urge the Shangguo Imperial Court to send troops as soon as possible, except for the Longmen Xi clan in our coalition army, the remaining three divisions are all newly defeated divisions, and the number of troops is also poor; However, Shali and Khitan are both strong and strong, and it is difficult for the people of the three tribes to move on a large scale after our army is winged, and there is no danger to defend in the grassland, the situation is already extremely bad, if the kingdom cannot send troops as soon as possible, I am afraid of ......."

Although Phuntsoda didn't like this, it was the truth, but such a truth made Tang Cheng's good mood because of watching the army completely scrapped, "I should do this as soon as possible, and the imperial court will inevitably send troops, but Chang'an is thousands of miles away from Raole, and it takes time to issue the holy decree and then transfer the army, and the nobles on this section should prepare early, and in any case, it must be supported for a long time."

After the matter was finished, the two of them, who were a little heavy in their hearts, began to get busy quickly.

Informed the three patriarchs and Tu Yesi and others of the meeting, in which Tang Cheng took over the post of commander of the coalition army as the marching Sima of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion, and Phuntsoda served as the deputy commander. Subsequently, Tang Cheng, who had a frosty face, spent nearly half an hour reiterating military law with unprecedented severity.

As for the release of the baby soldiers under the age of 15 and the dispatch of the map, it is needless to say that they really responded to the details of the rope. However, the nobles of the three tribes had not yet engaged in the war, and they had already felt the breath of the future of the war from Tang Cheng's extremely stern expression.

Early in the morning of the second day, after announcing the military order to return and release under the age of fifteen, the coalition army was thunderous, and the meal was over, and the coalition army was divided into two parts, one north and one south, and the map of the north was also really not much to say, but Tang Cheng found a few mistakes in the main force of the coalition army in the south, and cut off the heads of four heads on the spot, one of whom was still the identity of the elder of the Duomo Department.

After returning to the old camp, Phuntsoda only focused on military affairs to set up defensive places as much as possible, while Tang Cheng kept a close eye on military law, the harder the battle in this season, the more rewards and punishments were needed, and it was necessary to minimize the risk of internal friction of the coalition forces in this way, and maximize the combat power.

Eight days after the return of the army, Tuye Zhenbu responded to the less than 30,000 Yusuo army and returned in a hurry, and less than forty miles behind them was the combined army of Shali and Khitan pursuing at the tail of the tail.

Two days later, the follow-up Khitan army all arrived, and the joint camp stood against Tang Cheng and others for more than ten miles, so far, the final battle that decided to belong to Rao Le officially broke out.