Section 13 Mirror Lake (II)
After sending Mi Bonan away, and analyzing the information sent by Alker based on the other party's words, Lao Luo sat by the mirror lake, not knowing what to think for a while. It's not that he has any sad literati feelings, but he sighs for the changes in the land of Western Xinjiang.
The information sent by Alker was very detailed, involving a lot of things, but there were not many words on the thin and tough unlaminated parchment, including the location and planning of the three camps, and the general situation of the opponent's horse armament, because the time was in a hurry, and the amount of grain and grass on the other side could not be found, but it was not easy to do this step.
There are not many words described, but Lao Luo saw a lot of things - the Turks or the people of the three tribes have learned wisely.
In fact, the steppe tribes did not need a solid camp in many cases, but at most they used some wooden fences to enclose a large circle to prevent the horses from getting lost, because they were confident that their warriors could control the entire grassland. As for the fighting, they are mostly running around on horses, the so-called Mangu tactics and even the ancient Assyrian cavalry tactics are actually naturally produced when they are running around, and they are all born from the skills of steppe hunting and grazing, as for the defense of the city? That's the strength of agrarian civilization.
Now Lao Luo has only used the tactics of scattered fortresses in Bishkek, and the Turks have already learned it. The staggered loose camps of the three tribes mentioned in Alck's letter have shown this, and although they are still sloppy, they do prove to be efficient in accepting new things.
Of course, maybe some time ago, Lao Luo led the team to beat them up, and as a last resort, they could only try to improve their tactics - learning from their enemies is not a shameful thing on the grassland. Although this is a passive change, it cannot but be said that these steppe groups are evolving rapidly.
At this time, Lao Luo can't help but think of other ethnic groups in comparison.
Ancient Greece had declined, and he remembered that the Mediterranean country of the same name had become a disgrace to Europa; Eastern Rome is now in a period of stability, in fact, it is also on the verge of civil strife, and after a thousand years it can only be admired as a symbolic noun by future generations; The desert tribes of Arabia, which were strong because of religion and then declined because of religion, are now also in the midst of a decline caused by internal strife; The East, cough, after two great dynasties, failed to make the flesh more vigorous, but went to the turning point of history and began to emasculate itself......
What did the Turks do at the same time?
From the time in which Lao Luo lived, the historical record is that some of them broke away from the entanglement with the East, from the admiration of the Iranian way of life, with the approval of the Arabs' green religion, and the acceptance of the advanced technology and governance concepts of the Iranians and Arabs, and established the Ottoman Empire in West Asia two hundred years later (1), resisting the eastward invasion of the cross, and then this empire destroyed the last glory of the Roman Empire three hundred years later!
And what are the Orientals doing at this time? Following the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties, they began to lie on the glory of their ancestors and indulge in intoxication, a group of corrupt Confucians took control of the court, began to fool the kings and ruled by the arch, began to praise the sages of the pre-Qin dynasty, and put Confucius on the altar, and after that, they began to rest on their laurels and reject everything that is not me, and this almost erosive thinking has continued until a thousand years later.
Just from this era.
This is his father's family, whenever he reads this military history in later generations, Lao Luo always has a deep feeling of disgust, from the passionate national blood to self-degradation again and again, from smiling and proud to groveling, lamenting his misfortune and anger is not to say this feeling, right?
And in this land of this era, Lao Luo found that whether it was the yellow-skinned Oriental bloodline, or the high-nosed and deep-eyed Cypriot bloodline, or even the blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, they could more or less know a few words of "Seris", including the Hosa people he had seen the day before, and they were even proud of speaking Oriental dialects! There is also a phenomenon that along the way, there are many western caravans going east, and there are also many oriental merchants going west, even in the city of Rai on the southern shore of the Magyar Sea, Lao Luo has seen oriental merchants running there from thousands of miles away with their hair in buns.
What kind of big time is this?!
This is an era when the legacy of the Han and Tang dynasties still exists, and the changes of the Song Dynasty are just beginning!
Alc's intel prompted Lao Luo that all of this might be able to change. What historical inertia, what the inevitability of world development, is all!
The development of things is driven by people, and history is created by people. The term "people do things" is not a fallacy, no matter which corner of the world or in any era, there are too many things about people dying and dying. For example, in this era in which Lao Luo lived, if there was no Chen Qiu Mutiny deployed by Zhao Kuangyin, would the Zhao family be able to add a yellow robe? Of course, Zhao Kuangyin is also a heroic figure, but died at the hands of villains (2), after his death, after his younger brother Zhao Guangyi came to power, he overthrew his brother's statecraft, and the year before Lao Luo hurried back to the East, if it wasn't for Kou Zhun escorting the emperor to the battlefield, I am afraid that there would be no Song general shooting Xiao Dalin of Liao, and there would be no coward Zhao Heng and Liao State to sign any "Tanyuan Alliance".
When he thought of this, Lao Luo realized that he had inadvertently created a force that could change the entire Eastern World. This eastbound team did not have the weakness of a purely agrarian people, they were impregnated with the fierceness of the Central Asians, and at the same time retained the self-confidence and pride of the Tang people of the past, and now they have been trained into an army with a professional flavor.
What happens when such a team returns to the East? Lao Luo is not very sure, but he believes that as long as he can control it, it will definitely bring a huge shock to the East!
Maybe it's because the scenery of the mirror lake is confusing, maybe it's because the recent pressure is a little big that Lao Luo can't help but think, Lao Luo sat by the mirror lake for nearly two hours, until the clouds and mist dispersed, and the glow rose.
Just when Olki thought that Lao Luo was asleep and took a blanket to cover him, Lao Luo woke up, "Olki, go and call all the captains and lieutenants, including the captain of the gendarmerie!" ”
Not long after, more than a dozen horses came from different directions, Gonzas, Naga and other people gathered over, by the way, Naga is now the captain of the first capital, is the most courageous guy in the cavalry school, and the man Guan Hexi, who was once rescued in Herat, is now the ninth captain of the cavalry school, this guy seems to have been reborn and is no longer so like a skeleton, but has become a burly man similar to Cheng Shouru, especially hard in winter training, and he was directly selected when the cavalry school was expanded, Killed thirty-four enemies in Bishkek, and went directly to the post as the head of the ninth capital.
This is also Lao Luo's deliberate promotion, after all, the Han people in the team account for the majority, and it is absolutely inappropriate for all the high-level leaders to be of Western race. Of course, not everyone can use it out of the ordinary, Guan Hexi obtained it with his perseverance and brave efforts.
"I've seen the general!" A lieutenant and eleven lieutenants stood in front of Lao Luo in a neat formation, stroking their chests and greeting each other, and there was already the unique toughness of a professional soldier between their actions, and it was no longer the kind of casual mercenary-like temperament that was at the beginning.
"Hello everyone! All sit down! Lao Luo stood up and returned the same salute, this kind of rule was formulated during winter training, don't underestimate this seemingly useless etiquette, it is the standard that distinguishes soldiers from bandits.
Good etiquette helps to develop a sense of professional self-confidence, especially in the military. Of course, Lao Luo will not require such a strict guard of honor, such a rule seems a little too early to implement, but you must know that the style of an army, whether it is the combat style or the character of the soldiers to which it belongs, is honed from the beginning, and it is a dream to expect to pull up a group of farmers to become elite soldiers in a blink of an eye.
Said to sit, there were no chairs on the edge of this empty lake, so on the big stone by the lake, there were soldiers on it with a few animal skins, and everyone sat on the animal skins respectfully.
"I've called you here because Alc's information has arrived. The Turks, the Qarluqs, and the Dangxiang are ready to go ahead! Lao Luo didn't hide it at all, and he didn't continue to test the psychological state of his subordinates, because there was no need for this, since these people were selected by him, they were all guys who were absolutely qualified.
"General, are we going to send troops right away?" A flash of excitement flashed in Gonzas's eyes, the night raid on the banks of the Harry River still remembered vividly, and that kind of hearty battle was what he longed for.
"Yes, General, while they have just settled, let's go and attack them!" With Gonzas taking the lead in asking questions, several lieutenants also became in the mood to fight.
"General, I'm signing up for the Night Raid!" Even Guan Hexi, the newly promoted guy, is desperately struggling to perform.
"Alright, shut up!" It's good not to be afraid of battle, but to want to attack before you hear the enemy's situation is reckless. Lao Luo handed the parchment scroll he was holding in his hand to Gonzas, "Pass it all through...... The enemy has already set up a large number of camps in the northeast, modeled after our barricades, though not yet fully in place...... But this kind of scattered camp is not so easy to sneak attack! ”
Indeed, although the camps of the three tribes are simple, they echo each other in a position not far from each other, to use the elegant words, that is, the momentum of each other's horns, and the use of cavalry to intersperse the assault is purely a joke on the lives of the soldiers, of course, if there is an equal number of infantry with ballistas or trebuchets, the method of advancing layer by layer can be broken in parts. However, Lao Luo now has less than 5,000 cavalry at hand. As for the garrison battalion, although it has some combat power, it is more suitable for defense than assault.
The people were silent, but gathered together to see the scrolls of paper that had been sent by the Arks.
"Let's talk about it, what is the way to attack the enemy?" Lao Luo asked when he saw that they understood almost everything thoughtfully. It's not that he's playing tricks, but he's cultivating the consciousness of these people to lead the army to fight.
There is no way, in the face of a large number of enemies, the way of attacking together is also inappropriate, because there is no large amount of combat power to divide the battlefield, once entangled, it is destined to be surrounded. Lao Luo was ready to use the tactics of sparrow raids, but he didn't have a doppelganger technique to control all corners of the battlefield, this is not a future generation with battlefield instant messaging equipment, once any link goes wrong, it is not a matter of losing a few soldiers' lives.
"Lord, these camps of the Qarluqs are under the dirt slopes, and we can raid them at night with fire vine balls...... Naga's head is not stupid, but he likes to punch and rush because of his personality, but at this moment he said a tactic that Lao Luo used in the Dhamgan Valley.
"General, in ancient times, the general was outnumbered and outnumbered, and it was a tired tactic for the enemy...... Let's give it a try! "Guan Hexi's guy was originally a rough habit, but for some reason, after being transferred to the cavalry academy after the winter training, he was like a different person, and his every move was sharpening himself to transform into a professional soldier.
"Lord, do you want us to transfer the garrison battalion, although they are not good at attacking, but the base made of side vans can be moved......" Gonzas's reaction was a step slower, but he also came up with a feasible plan.
Lao Luo was very pleased, although most of the ideas that everyone said were used by him, but didn't this mean that these people under him began to take the initiative to think? He didn't expect these people to be able to make surprising decisions now, everything had to be accumulated from little by little, and one day when these guys stood alone, he believed that these people would become his strong arms.
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(1) The Ottoman Empire, also translated as the Ottoman Empire, the Western Turks were founded in 1281 and perished in 1922, the lord of the country was called the Sultan, and was the leader of the Islamic world, captured Constantinople in 1453 AD, and renamed Istanbul as the capital, and since then it has reached the peak of development, the peak period is the seventeenth century AD, and has controlled most of West Asia, Southern Europe, North Africa, and even the Mediterranean.
(2) There are actually many doubts about Zhao Kuangyin's death, and there is a very common mention that his brother Zhao Guangyi killed his brother, but the truth was covered up in the history of the Song Dynasty, lest the dynasty fall into the vicious circle of palace rebellion like the Tang Dynasty again.
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