Section 368 On Merit
"There are various reasons for the first battle of Dafeichuan, but one major reason is the discord between the generals!"
At that time, Xue Rengui marched into Wuhai, leaving Guo to wait for the seal to lead 20,000 people to guard the baggage, grain and grass, so that he could set up a fence on the Dafei Ridge and build fortifications, making it a frontier position that could be attacked, retreated, and defended. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
I didn't want Guo to be sealed after the famous general Guo Xiaoke, disobeyed Xue Rengui's control, led the rear team to advance without authorization, and failed to meet the coach in time. The Tubo army seized the fighter plane and invited more than 200,000 people to attack its troops, Guo Beifeng could not resist the enemy, and his baggage, grain and grass were lost.
In August, the Tubo army, under the command of Qinling, forced the Tang army to fight a decisive battle with more than 400,000 troops. Xue Rengui had no danger to rely on, and there was no food and grass to supply military supplies, so he was defeated and almost all the army was wiped out, and Xue Rengui and others "made peace with Qinling and returned"
This is the situation of the generals at the time of the first battle of Dafeichuan, and it is actually quite similar to the second time.
Feng Xiaobao's situation is even worse than Xue Rengui, he is too young!
Lao Xue rose up step by step, and still looked down on Guo Zhifeng, Feng Xiaobao, although he had won some battles, his qualifications and military exploits were much worse than Li Jinxing.
Li Jinxing was born in a local tyrant and was the son of Tudiji, the chief of the Yan Dynasty, who was the general of the left guard of the Tang Dynasty, the history of Yanzhou Thorn, and the Duke of Qiguo.
Feng Xiaobao?
He was born as a hawker, and Li Jinxing, who was born in a wealthy family, is the same heaven and earth.
He is only twenty-five years old, how much merit can he make even if he fights every day?
And Li Jinxing has been immersed in the battlefield for a long time, and he has been soaked in Goguryeo alone for many years, and he has made a lot of contributions.
Therefore, the distance between Feng Xiaobao and Li Jinxing's identities is large, and it also exceeds the distance between Xue Rengui and Guo Beifeng.
When Feng Xiaobao was in charge of the military, it was not that no one lobbied Li Jinxing to persuade him to oppose Li Xiaobao's military strategy, thinking that a hairy boy had the qualifications to command the old military leaders?
But Li Jinxing refused, obeyed Feng Xiaobao's order, did not rush to command the cavalry, only commanded the infantry to attack the meat-footed Tubo infantry, and as a result, Yang Chengxian commanded the cavalry, and the results were greater.
Some people say that Feng Xiaobao is taking care of his brother, but Li Jinxing doesn't care!
He does not provoke trouble, but also maintains Feng Xiaobao's authority, and resolutely implements the commander's orders.
Feng Xiaobao's battle plan was successfully implemented, so he recognized Li Jin's behavior as the first credit.
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The third credit was given to Liu Xianli, who believed that he was resolute and resolute, not afraid of strong enemies, contained a large number of living forces of the Tubo people, and created an opportunity for the main force to annihilate the enemy.
To a certain extent, it is a sedan chair that carries people, and it is relatively easy for those in high positions to obtain benefits.
The third credit was given to Yang Chengxian, who commanded the cavalry and resisted the Tubo elite cavalry, which was an iron wall and an indispensable contribution.
Speaking of Tang Tian, who has the fourth credit, the fatal blow was hit by her, and the credit is on par with Yang Chengxian, but she is a female general, and she comes from the Tang family, so she gave Yang Chengxian the first place.
As for the others, they are judged on the number of heads, the importance of command, and battlefield performance.
The three bigwigs reviewed it one by one and basically passed it, and then they called Feng Xiaobao's chief of staff, Cui Qianxun, to come in and officially submit a detailed report.
This is an authentic article of the four lilius, mainly reporting the general process of the battle, and there is an attached film, which is completed by other staff, divided into two parts, one is the merit book, which will report the work of the soldiers who need to be rewarded by the imperial court, and the other is a complete battlefield log!
The situation of the enemy and us, the combat process of the enemy and the enemy, the issuance of strategic determination, and the performance of the officers and men are clear and clear.
The advantage of Feng Xiaobao's staff system lies here, there have been wars and fights in Chinese history, but it is difficult to see more decent records, mostly in the Spring and Autumn Period, often in one stroke, so that future generations do not know.
The staff officer system has not yet become the "standard" of the Tang Army, and many of the generals of the Tang Army have staff, but they are not staff officers.
However, the generals of Feng Xiaobao's system generally established a staff system, and they had a good summary of the battles, and they summed up and listed the victories and mistakes one by one, which was of great benefit to the army.
Cui Qianxun completed the first draft and handed it over to the three bigwigs to read, and Liu Xianli said after reading it: "We have forgotten one person!" ”
"Who?" Feng Xiaobao asked hurriedly.
"Li Zhongshuling (Li Jingxuan)!" Liu Xianli responded.
He and Li Jinxing both looked at Feng Xiaobao, he bit his lip and said, "Li Zhongshuling is indeed meritorious!" ”
He can't erase a certain amount of credit for Li Jingxuan, he had made meritorious contributions to the whole army before, and he could be regarded as cooperating with Feng Xiaobao, and he didn't make any resistance to Feng Xiaobao's seizure of power, but now the army is in a breeze, and he doesn't say much, let alone do anything.
He sighed slightly and said, "Write down the credit of Li Zhongshu's order!" ”
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Liu Xianli reminded Feng Xiaobao, and he went straight to Li Jingxuan's big tent to visit him.
Li Jingxuan's treatment is not bad, the best wine and meat waiter, except that there is no freedom.
"I've seen Lee Sang-gong!" Feng Xiaobao's etiquette is thoughtful. In the Tang Dynasty, only the prime minister was called "Xianggong", and it was not as common as it was later, and the Zhongshu Order was an out-and-out Xianggong.
"Sit!" Li Jingxuan stretched out his hand and signaled, his face was good, and he didn't seem to be resentful towards Feng Xiaobao.
Feng Xiaobao sat down like that.
"Look at Xiaobao, you are radiant, you can know that everything is going well!" Li Jingxuan smiled slightly.
"Yes, I cleared the Tubo people on the front line of Dafeichuan and Xihai, and built fortresses along the line, my Datang has firmly controlled this place, and I don't plan to attack Tubo in a hurry, I will idle our troops first, I am ready to go back to Luoyang, but before I go back, I want to seal Dafeichuan!"
Li Jingxuan agreed: "Yes, if it were me, I would do the same!" ”
He expressed his opinion to show his ability: "Dafeichuan is a good place to raise horses, and to control this place is to make the Tibetan people choke in their throats; did not rush to attack Tubo, that was the strategy of imitating Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shao's sons during the Three Kingdoms; As for Feng Da Feichuan, Xiaobao, you can afford it, and Huo Quai's illness is not as good as you! ”
"At least when it comes to killing!" Li Jingxuan added.
"The princess has won the award!" Feng Xiaobao looked at the tent and said: "I came here to inform Xianggong that the guards outside the door have been withdrawn, the situation was severe before, and the protection had to be strengthened. ”
"Well evacuated, the guards you sent to me are really vicious in their eyes on me!" Li Jingxuan complained: "It looks like he wants to kill me, but during the war, the captain of the guard doesn't feel at ease if he doesn't look at me!" ”
"That's their excess, I'll punish them when I get back!"
"There is no need to punish you, it is not your order, and they don't dare to offend the imperial court's Zhongshu order, hehe, if our army is defeated, they will kill me, right?"
"We can't let the imperial court's Chinese book order fall into the hands of the Tibetans!" Feng Xiaobao shrugged.
"Okay, I can go, prepare my guards for me, I'll go back to Luoyang!"
Li Jingxuan didn't want to return triumphantly with Feng Xiaobao, the war was not won by him, and it would be full of embarrassment to follow Feng Xiaobao.
“ok! I'll let them prepare, congratulations to Lee Sang-gong! ”
"Hmmm! That's right! Once you march into Wuhai and restore most of Tuyuhun's territory, do you plan to restore Tuyuhun? Li Jingxuan asked, because when the Tang Dynasty attacked Tubo, the imperial court had a saying that Tuyuhun would restore the country and act as a barrier for the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty would not have to face Tubo directly, and support it behind it, so that Tubo and Tuyuhun would continue to bleed.
The dead are all foreigners, and do not shed the blood of their own people, so the strategy is more attractive.
"Do you have to teach me?!" Feng Xiaobao said modestly.
"No!" Li Jingxuan muttered: "Do you remember the battle of Yan? ”
Seeing Feng Xiaobao shaking his head, Li Jingxuan taught him: "In the battle of Yan, Jin released the three generals of Qin, and the first (general of the Jin State) was angry with his monarch and said, 'The martial arts are powerful and detained in the Yuan, and the woman is temporarily exempted from the country. ’”
Feng Xiaobao was shocked and said, "I've been taught!" ”
Li Jingxuan means that the hard-earned results cannot be given to others, Dafeichuan, it must be Datang's!
He was afraid that if the emperor asked Feng Xiaobaolai, whether to let Tuyuhun return to the country, after all, he was a general who had laid down Dafeichuan, and he spoke much more forcefully than everyone, if he disagreed, the emperor would generally respect his intentions, if he agreed, others would have nothing to say, and the opposition would be invalid.
Li Jingxuan can't fight a war, and his political vision is still a bit level. (To be continued.) )