Chapter 8: The Smoke of the Beacon in the Tone of the Peace (6)
[The third update, ask for red tickets, collect]
"Fifty thousand?"
Wang Shao's first sentence after dismounting was a mocking question, accompanied by a sneer that followed, which clearly showed the doubt and disdain in his heart.
Gao Zunyu, whose face changed abruptly, was sneered by Wang Shao, and his mood calmed down with laughter. He looked sideways at Han Gang, a young man who was not yet twenty years old, and he turned out to be unmoved, calm and calm.
Gao Zunyu's heart suddenly became angry, and his concentration was not as good as that of a yellow-mouthed child, but then he was relieved, this was still a relationship that he was not familiar with the local situation.
"The legend is 50,000, but how many can it actually be?" Gao Zunyu was actually not ignorant of military affairs, Fang Cai was just caught off guard and was taken aback, but now that he calmed down, he also saw the nonsense of the rumors.
Wang Shao handed over the horse to the soldiers who came up in the village, and he and Gao Zunyu walked towards the village, saying as they walked: "I don't know how many soldiers Lu Dao recruited this time Mu Zheng and Dong Yu, but at the beginning, Dong Yu brought 400 elites, plus more than 2,000 soldiers from the Tuoshuo Department, but he dared to claim to be an army of 10,000. ”
Gao Zunyu calculated the ratio of the exaggerated numbers and the actual troops, and his face changed again, "Since Namu Zheng claims to be 50,000, I am afraid that there are more than 10,000 soldiers who came to attack Guwei this time. ”
This number made Gao Zunyuxin raise it, you must know that the current strength of Guwei Village in Ludao Dao has brought 2,000 people to Liu Changzuo, but there are only 1,000 people left.
Wang Shao's voice was as calm as before: "But the rumors circulating in Qingwei at that time were rumors that Dong Yu brought 10,000 Hezhou elites to help in the war, together with the troops of the Tuoshuo Department, a total of 20,000 people, and more than half of the spies sent by Gu Weizhai told me that the number of Dong Yu's Tuoshuo coalition army exceeded 30,000. ”
"This ......" Gao Zunyu finally realized how unreliable the rumors were, "how many will there be." ”
"It won't be more than ten thousand, maybe seven or eight thousand. No matter how much there is, Mu Zheng's family will not be able to support their food - and Mu Zheng will have to keep his troops at home to protect his uncle. Wang Shao was very confident in his judgment, and he turned around and asked Han Gang: "Yukun, what do you say?" ”
"The lower officials don't believe that Mu Zheng will have the courage to attack Gu Wei." Han Gang didn't answer Wang Shao's questions head-on, and always agreed, but he couldn't show his ability.
"How?" Wang Shao stopped and waited for Han Gang's answer at the main gate of Guwei Village.
"Mu Zheng's personality should actually be similar to Yu Longke, they are all small and rich, and they are satisfied when they are divided. Otherwise, he wouldn't tolerate his uncle Dong Yu being Zampu - no matter what, Mu Zheng is the eldest grandson of Zangluo, although his father is blind Zheng and Zangluo are opposed, but his qualifications to inherit Tubo Zanpu are still there. Although Kemu Zhengqi was ambitious and had made a lot of small moves in the past, he never dared to take the last step and establish himself as the king. ”
Gao Zunyu nodded and praised Han Gang, "Yukun really knows a lot about the people of Fan, and this official position is really not given to the wrong person." ”
"More praise and praise." Han Gang humbly thanked Gao Zunyu for his compliment, he stood in front of the gate of the village and spoke, and the group blocked the main gate of Guwei Village, blocking it inside and outside, but Han Gang didn't care about so much, he still stopped and continued: "Since Mu Zheng is such a character, how can he dare to blatantly come over and attack Gu Wei?!" Even if he wins, he won't get any benefits, if he loses, there are not many people in the surrounding tribes who want to replace him, not to mention his uncle Dong Yu, who is in the Qingtang Wangcheng in the south, will not let go of such a good opportunity. ”
This is the case with most people's personalities. Whenever he has achieved something, all he wants is to preserve everything in front of him, even if he has further ambitions, he will not be willing to take unpredictable risks for the sake of unattainable goals. As the saying goes, 'the son of a daughter can't sit down', this is the truth.
"And who is attacking this time?" Gao Zunyu asked, there must be a leader in everything, Han Gang said that Mu Zheng would not come, so who would be the one who led nearly 10,000 people to retaliate this time?
"Dong Yu!" Han Gang answered his question.
"It's just Dong Yu?!"
"Mu Zheng and Dong Yu separated early, and it was Dong Yu who was beaten and fled last time. Mu Zheng didn't suffer a loss at all, and the loss was not his, so why did Mu Zheng bother with Dong Yu's affairs? The Tibetan tribe is not like the Han people, and even if it is a brother, there will not be much idea of life and death, honor and disgrace. The struggle between Mu Zheng's father and ancestors, as well as the struggle between his father and Dong Yu's brothers, are all clear proofs. ”
Han Gang's words made Gao Zunyu nod again and again. "Zichun, do you think what Yukun said makes sense?" This time it was Gao Zunyu's turn to ask Wang Shao's opinion.
Han Gang's inference, Wang Shao has actually been thinking about it, and he also feels reasonable, "It should be Dong Yu." Mu Zheng really won't come, he doesn't need to take risks. But where did Dong Yu get such courage? And with his identity, how could he summon other Tibetan tribes to help him send troops for revenge? - He's not Mu Zheng. ”
Gao Zunyu found that they had blocked the road to the city gate, so he hurriedly walked a few steps inside and let the city gate out. He and Wang Shao walked towards the village again, and Gao Zunyu also speculated about why Dong Yu was able to find so many helpers. Dong Yu is not his uncle Dong Yu, and he doesn't have many troops in his hands, so it would be good to be able to squeeze out two, three, three or four thousand, and the number of troops who came to attack Guwei this time, even if there are not ten thousand, there are as many as seven or eight thousand, so many people, just with Dong Yu's prestige, it is not possible to gather in a short time.
"Could it be that Dong Yu sold the Longbo Department?" The Longbo Department was one of the culprits of the day, and the war with the Tuoshuo Department also started from them, and Dong Yuru was willing to share the ownership of the Longbo Department with others as a gift.
"The Longbo Department has long been devoured by the Tuoshuo Department." Han Gang shook his head, he unconsciously took the initiative to speak in his hands, "At the beginning, Ji Yi led the seven departments to attack Tuoshuo, because they went too far when they attacked the Longbo Department, killing people, looting, looting the Longbo Department completely, and even moved the military rations that were transported to Guwei. ”
On that day, Wang Shao led the army to attack Tuoshuo, and he came from Weiyuan to cover up. Before that, the Longbo Department had already been crippled by the Tuoshuo Department with Dong Yu's support, and Dingkou, livestock, and property were all robbed. After Wang Shao defeated the Tuoshuo Division, all the spoils were divided among the seven tribes led by the Nazhi Lin Zhan Division, among which the Longbo Department did not take advantage of it at all, and did not recover any losses, on the contrary, they were forced by the Seven Divisions to pay for their troops. Now the Lombor Department is destitute and deteriorating, and it is about to fall apart.
"The northwest parts of Tibet are all unprofitable and can't afford to kill a skinny sheep, the bones have to be gnawed, and the meat has nowhere to eat. Dong Yu didn't have the ability, so he relied on the impoverished Longbo Department to deceive people. ”
"Then where did Dong Yu use his wealth to seduce people?" Gao Zunyu asked.
"Nazhi Linzhan and all the tribes that follow Ji Yi to sweep away the Tosho tribe. Dong Yu must have hit them with his idea. After Han Gang finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Shao. Wang Shao nodded encouragingly, obviously holding the same opinion.
"Why is it not Gu Wei Village?" Gao Zunyu asked inquiringly.
He looked around the village, the market in the village was empty, not to mention the convoy, even pedestrians could hardly see one. The defenders at the head of the city are also sparsely sparsely sparse, and Liu Changzuo took away two-thirds of the troops in the wall, which is to make Guwei Village can only do the most basic defense and barely hold the head of the city. Compared to the troops in Dong Yu's hands, the defenders in the city may only be a little more than one-tenth of theirs.
With the strength of the Fan people in Dong Yu's hands, Gao Zunyu felt that they were enough to defeat Guwei Village. And the money, grain, and weapons in the ancient Wei village are a lot of wealth, which cannot be compared with the seizure of the seven departments.
Han Gang explained his reasons to Gao Zunyu in detail: "Because the difficulty of the two things is different. If you want to save face and the previous loss, Dong Yu can do it from the seven Tibetan tribes led by the Nazhi Linzhan Department. And to attack Guwei Village, whether it can be beaten or not, let's talk about it. Even if he is defeated, he will stab the hornet's nest, which will provoke the wrath of the Son of Heaven, and he will immediately face the Western army that is fighting back with all his might. Dong Yu, a leader of the Tibetan people, how could he be able to withstand the wrath of the Son of Heaven?! ”
Gao Zunyu was still thinking about Han Gang's words. At this time, the deputy city lord who stayed in the village had already heard the voice. Compared with the majestic, heroic and cautious Liu Changzuo, his deputy is much worse in meteorology. Nodding his head, he invited Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu into the yamen. Serving a few people and sitting down in the official hall of the village, he ran back and forth in the cold and asking for warmth.
Somewhat impatiently, he sat down on the side, Gao Zunyu asked the most critical question, and he asked Wang Shao and Han Gang at the same time, "Then what should we do?" ”
'What do we do?' This is a good question, no matter what kind of character the opponent is, and no matter what kind of calculations and plans they have, the most important thing is still on themselves.
But no matter how confident Wang Shao and Han Gang are, no matter how sharp their vision is, they can't change the fact that there are only 1,000 soldiers left in Guwei Village. They wanted to rescue the seven pro-Song tribes led by Nazhi Linzhan, and the total number of the seven divisions was only more than 4,000. And they will need to face at least 7,000 Tibetan soldiers.
The most important thing is that this time Wang Shao will no longer be able to repeat the surprise soldiers he had when he dealt with Tuoshuo's department last time, and attacked Dong Yu from the rear. Dong Yu, who has suffered a loss, will only be careful and careful, and it is impossible to give Wang Shao another chance to be proud.
But Wang Shao and Han Gang still have confidence, after all, they are not the only ones in the Qingwei area, and the other master is not the master who is bullied.
"Will Yu Longke watch Dong Yu sweep Qingwei?"
The strength of the Qingtang Department may not be as strong as Mu Zheng, but it is impossible to frighten the big leader of the Qingtang Department with Dong Yu and the rabble he lured.
"I have to go talk to Yu Longke." Wang Shao's brisk tone sounded like he was going to visit the door.