Chapter 67 Alone in a Foreign Land as a Stranger, Where is Home and Family (2)
Since the Uighurs entrenched in the two prefectures of Ganzhou and Su were called the Uighurs of Ganzhou, it can be seen that Ganzhou was important. After the battle of Lingzhou City www.biquge.info the of Lingzhou City, Yao Luo Ge Diyin and Du Lun Lujia were defeated, and after the two led the remnants to flee back to Hexi, they immediately strengthened the city defense and reorganized the army. At that time, the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army had already attacked Hui, Shanzhou and other states, and Li Congjing's intention to march into Hexi was clearly revealed.
However, when the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army were brave, the armament was too advanced, and the continuous improvement of artillery and other things was a siege weapon, a strong bow and a strong crossbow horse, and it was a field weapon.
Because of this, after the two Tang forbidden armies converged in Liangzhou, Liangzhou City was also conquered, and Du Lunlujia had to flee to Ganzhou in panic to seek refuge from Yao Luo Ge Diyin.
On this day, Yao Luo Ge Di Yin, Yao Luo Ge Ah Xuan, Du Lun Lujia and others gathered in the city of Ganzhou to discuss the strategy against the enemy.
The atmosphere in the room was very dull, and the eyes of each other could not hide the oppression, Du Lunlujia's fat body had lost too much weight, and the fat and Maitreya Buddha-like smile on his face had long been gone, replaced by a dark cloud, he sat in his seat hunched over, and the hatred, anger and dejection between his eyebrows and eyes were intertwined, like vines.
"In Shanxi, Lan and other states, there are many descendants of the forces of fear of heat and Shang and maid, who should be brave and good at fighting, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in each state together, and there are more people and horses in wartime. With a brave crowd and a strong city, why did the 50,000 Tang army be defeated in dozens of days? Luga Khan said what the reasoning is. Yao Luo Ge Diyin's heart was gloomy, he was now heartbroken for the battle of Ganzhou, and his bloodshot eyes reflected a serious lack of sleep, but he was a mentally tough person, and he would never take the initiative to admit defeat.
Du Lunlujia was silent for a long time, and slowly spoke: "The strength of the Tang Army's armor is several times that of me, the strength of the Tang Army's bow and crossbow is several times that of me, the strength of the Tang Army's heavy cavalry is several times that of me, and the strength of the Tang Army's sword is still several times that of me...... All this, Ge Diyin Khan has seen it with his own eyes outside Lingzhou City, and there is no need for this Khan to say more. However, Ben Khan still wants to say that the Khan does not know, that is, the strength of the Tang army's artillery, the strength of the Tang army's warfare, the strength of the Tang army's secret agents, and the rapid growth of the Tang army! ”
Du Lunlujia stood up and walked to the hanging map, his hand fell on the map, he wanted to turn around and say something, but his eyes fell on the map, but he couldn't help laughing, "This can also be called a map?" In addition to the general trend of mountains and rivers, and the four different cities and fortresses, what else? ”
He waved his hand and motioned for his entourage to hand over a cylinder, from which he took out a piece of cloth, opened it and hung it on the shelf, covering up the original map, "This map was obtained after Ben Khan Jingcai ambushed a small group of troops into the Tang army, everyone come to see it, what is called a map." Such a large picture is just a place in Liangzhou, with mountains and rivers, dense forests, city defenses, large and small roads, including villages and water sources...... This mark, listening to the captured Tang Jun, what is it called 'scale', and what are these lines called 'contour lines'...... These annotations must be clear to you, indicating the corresponding route, the terrain of the march, the situation of the battle, how many people can be accommodated in this part of the battle, how many miles this road can travel in a day, how suitable this place is to arrange troops, how far can the mountains look around......"
Looking at the faces that were puzzled or shocked or frightened, Du Lunlujia's voice was cold, "This is Yutu?" Where is this map, this is clearly the eye of the gods! With such a map, no matter how stupid the leading generals are, they are enough to deal with all situations, not to mention those ruthless people in the Tang Army who are said to have basically entered the 'Martial Arts Academy'? ”
Speaking of this, Du Nonlujia couldn't help but sneer, "Of course, although this kind of map is good, if it is given to our army generals, I am afraid that no one will be able to recognize it, and it will only be dizzy." The final result is nothing more than a violent thing! ”
"How can the Tang Army draw such a map? And when did they draw it? Why don't you and I know? Yao Luo Ge Di Yin was stunned and angry.
"It is rumored that every time the Tang Emperor wants to capture a place, he will send a large number of meticulous works to go deep into the place several years in advance, draw maps of prefectures and counties, and then gather in one place to prepare for the conquest of the army. Earlier, the Tang army entered Shu and Jiangnan, all of which were like this. At first, Ben Khan didn't believe it, and he didn't feel anything if he did, but now when he sees his public opinion, he realizes how terrible this matter is. However, it was too late. Du Lunlujia laughed at himself, his smile was desolate and miserable.
Everyone in the room was silent, and although they had different thoughts, their faces sank like water.
Du Lunlujia came back to his senses from the memories of the Liangzhou fiasco, waved his hand, signaled his entourage to receive the map of the Tang army, looked at the original map, reluctantly collected his thoughts, pointed to the map and continued: "The Tang army knows everything about Hui, Shanzhou and other states, this time the troops are sent out, they are divided and marching together, the momentum is extremely fast, winning the field battle with a strong bow and crossbow, and the city wall is collapsed with artillery...... The terrible thing is that all the armies fought and won, which allowed the Tang army to quickly capture the states with a thunderous momentum. Ben Khan looked at the battle situation in various states, the Tang army divided into joint attacks, and the timing was extremely accurate. This shows that the Tang army's choice of marching routes, the calculation of the footsteps of the various armies, and the arrangements for the battles in various places were all planned in advance, and the facts were not planned by the Tang army. The mobilization of troops and horses in Hui, Shan, and other prefectures, if not all of them were expected by the Tang army, or the Tang army took into account a variety of possibilities, so they dealt with it with ease and without any chaos. ”
Speaking of this, seeing that the people in the room were all in disbelief, Du Lunlujia smiled bitterly, "Ben Khan also knows that this statement is sensational, but other than that, there is no other possibility. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly said: "I heard that in the Tang army, there is a staff office named in the organization, which was established by the Tang emperor when he left the town of Youzhou in the early years, and specially drew up the battle plan of the army. This time, the Tang army attacked Hui, Shan, and other prefectures, and there was a map drawn by the Tang army in detail, and it made a big plan in advance, and everything was in the strategy of the forbidden army, which made sense. ”
"It can't be!" Yao Luo Ge Di Yin saw that Du Lujia was more and more outrageous, and couldn't help but slap the table angrily, "In the battle of the world, how can there be such a way of playing, it is unseen and unheard of!" ”
Du Lunlujia said in a deep voice with a dark face: "Aren't you seeing it now?" Could it be that Ge Diyin Khan really thinks that the soldiers and horses in Hui, Shan, and other states are all rice buckets, and the Tang army is all heavenly soldiers and generals, so they can fight the war like this? ”
Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "There is still something that the Khan does not know. According to the Shanzhou rout who fled to Liangzhou, the Tang army's offensive was fierce, and the transportation of heavy grain and straw was also extremely fast. Presumably, Ge Diyin Khan should also know that the Tang army attacked the city and plundered the land so quickly, it must be inseparable from the timely replenishment of ordnance, grain and grass, and the Tang army transported this thing not by the people's carts, but by mules and horses! I have long heard that the Tang Dynasty not only has many horse farms and a large number of good horses every year, but also the grassland departments pay tribute every year, so there are more horses than people in the Tang army! The fine cavalry died on the battlefield, and it was also a good horse-drawn cart that could be replenished immediately and transported heavy grain, so the Tang army's elite cavalry would never be damaged, so the Tang army would not be weak in the future! The practice of marching in the Central Plains is that thirty miles a day is the minimum marching distance, and sixty miles a day is a double journey, but what the Khan doesn't know is that as long as the road is wide, the current Tang army can travel eighty miles a day! When the situation is special, it can even attack nearly 100 miles a day! What does it mean to see the unseen, to hear the unheard? That's it! In the Tang Army's campaign to attack Shanzhou, they were so noble and fast, so they caught the Shanzhou defenders off guard! ”
Du Lunlu took a deep breath and calmed his mood a little, but he couldn't stop the fear in his eyes, "Since Li Siyuan entered the Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty has worked hard for more than ten years, and then unified the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army has been less than 200,000 so far!" Is it that Datang can't support more soldiers and horses? Definitely! It's the Tang Emperor who doesn't want to provide more soldiers and horses! What is called a soldier is not expensive? That's it! What the Tang Army needs is to ensure that all the soldiers are elite, everyone is armored, everyone is strong, everyone eats meat, and everyone has rear protection! Why can the Tang army crisscross on the battlefield, coming and going like the wind, this is the reason! Although the Tang army attacking Hui, Shanzhou and other states was only 50,000, it was a Tang army that could win more with less and travel nearly 100 miles a day! Such an army, let alone 50,000 can attack Hui, Shanzhou and other places, once it carries artillery and sharp weapons, it is to take my Liangzhou directly, so why is it difficult? ”
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin was stunned for a long time, and then said ruthlessly: "This is the reason why you lost Liangzhou?" ”
"Of course it doesn't stop there." When Du Yanlujia heard this, he didn't mean to deny it, "The strength of the Tang army is not only strong on one side, but strong on all sides, and many things are not only beyond what you and I have seen and heard, but even beyond what you and I imagined." In the Tang Army, there are ridiculously many military doctors, and every battle must build a field medical hall...... Ge Diyin Khan should know that on the battlefield, the casualties of new pawns are the largest, and the old pawns are precious, and every time the Tang army has a battle, it can save countless wounded, and the number of old pawns increases, isn't this terrifying? ”
Exhaling heavily, Du Lunlujia seemed to see the scene of the Tang army's attack on Liangzhou City again, "There is something even more unbelievable, the Tang army is fighting, and in addition to the soldiers and doctors, there are also a large number of scholars...... It seems that he should not be called a scholar, but should be called a gentleman. It is said that they are all from the Tang Dynasty Martial Arts Academy, the academy, these people follow the Tang Army soldiers, do not fight, but participate in every war, the Tang Army's artillery continues to improve, shooting more and more accurately, the Tang Army's hand-grenade continues to improve, can be applied to more combat situations, it is by relying on these people to play a role after each war, these sharp weapons continue to improve...... Not only that, it is said that these people also relied on the Tang Army to learn the tactics of the garrisons in various states and counties and learn from each other's strengths...... Ben Khan once heard rumors that every time the Tang army fights, it will be a few points stronger, I didn't believe it before, but now I have to believe it! ”
At the end, Du Yanlu sighed and said, "Isn't it unseen and unheard of in such a Tang army? ”
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin's face was pale, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. Of course, he knew that Du Nonlujia had no reason to deceive him, and he also knew that Du Nonlujia was not a meticulous work of the Tang Army, and was sent by the Tang Army to bewitch the army. Therefore, he knew better that the Tang army in front of him was by no means as simple as what they saw outside Lingzhou City.
No matter how much Yao Luo Ge Diyin considered himself a hero, he also realized that their defeat in Lingzhou City did not have to be avoided.
After being silent for a long time, Yao Luo Ge Diyin gritted his teeth and said: "Lujia Khan, today's military discussion, you are saying this, is it to persuade Ben Khan to give up resistance and surrender to the Tang army?" ”
Du Lunlujia shook his head and said earnestly: "Ben Khan said this, not to break the morale of the army, on the contrary, to hope that Ge Diyin Khan would recognize the face of the Tang army and adjust the combat deployment, so that Ganzhou would have a glimmer of life...... Ben Khan, I really don't want the Khan to repeat the mistakes of Ben Khan. ”
"Adjust the operational deployment?" Yao Luo Ge Di Yin snorted coldly.
Du Yanlu said with his head bowed: "Ben Khan knows that Ge Diyin Khan has gathered many soldiers and horses, and they are all on the way to Ganzhou, but because the Tang army is coming too fast, there are still many of these soldiers and horses that have not arrived...... Did Ge Diyin Khan think that the Tang army would first block these soldiers and horses that came to help, cut off the wings of Ganzhou, and then concentrate on attacking the city and fighting Ganzhou to the death? ”
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin sneered: "Could it be that Luga Khan has a different opinion? ”
Du Lunlujia said in a deep voice: "The Tang army will not pay attention to those shrimp soldiers and crab generals on the periphery at all, they will directly attack the city!" ”
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin couldn't help but sneer, "Tang Jun is arrogant, this is self-defeating!" ”
Du Lunlujia shook his head and sighed: "Fang Cai Ben Khan has said so much, didn't Ge Diyin Khan realize that Tang Jun is not arrogant, but sure?" ”
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin was silent with a calm face.
At the moment when the two were talking, someone came to report that the Tang army outside the city called for battle.
The crowd immediately dispersed, and Yao Luo Ge Di Yin and Du Lun Lujia rushed to the city.
Outside the city, the Tang army was in a strict formation, the iron armor was like a mountain, the guns were like a sea, there was a team of men and horses, close to the front of the city, and the leaders were Meng Ping and Li Yanchao.
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin was defeated in Lingzhou, knowing the prestige of the Tang army, because of Du Lunlu's words, at this moment he saw the other party's military appearance, and couldn't help but be very jealous of the Tang army, when the two sides asked and answered, he couldn't help but ask loudly: "The land of Ganzhou, located outside the Sai, is the place where my Uighurs live, Ben Khan has heard that the Tang people are known for their courtesy and righteousness, and now the Tang people do not want to live and cultivate in the Guannei, live and work in peace and contentment, and come all the way to invade my land and plunder my people, is this the way of etiquette and righteousness?" ”
Meng Ping laughed when he heard this, "Khan's words are also Miao! Gan, Su land, originally for my Tang people's territory, you and other generations to live here, is my Tang Dynasty gift, now see my Wang Shi, not only do not open the city to greet each other, but stand in the city and guard, is to be good at the land and self-dictatorship, it is no different from Shi Jingjiao and the like, is a traitor and thief, how can this general not be killed? ”
Yao Luo Ge Di Yin said angrily: "General Meng's words are the words of a robber!" Even if you are clever and do what you do, in fact, you are just seizing the city and plundering the wealth, which is no different from a robber! ”
"Robbers?" Meng Ping laughed again, laughed, and looked right, "So that you can know that my Majesty the Tang Dynasty has a saying: The land west of the river, the land of Tang is also!" On the land of the Tang Dynasty, the property of the city is naturally owned by the Tang people, and we are the Tang people, so my things are mine, and your things are also mine, so what is the problem with the Tang people taking their own things? ”
When Yao Luo Ge Diyin heard this, his fingers trembled with anger.
Meng Ping waved his hand, "Although the Khan has quite a lot of soldiers and horses, in front of my Tang Dynasty forbidden army, the Khan's soldiers and horses are really not called an army. With all due respect, everyone in the city doesn't know what war is! ”
"If you know each other and surrender in Kaecheng, my emperor will be benevolent and protect you from wealth and nobility, if you are willing to be a traitor, you will definitely be ruined today!"