Chapter 242: Withdrawal of Troops
"I really didn't expect Tang Man's movements to be so fast, I waited just one step away, and I was so passive, the battle that was supposed to be won, but it was reduced to today's situation, it is really unwilling, alas, now not only the two major camps have been lost, but now even the grain and grass have been burned, this is really my Tibet!"
Gar Gongren saw the fire in the distance, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, deeply sorry for his own side, and his eyes were full of unwillingness and helplessness. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Things have developed to the current situation, even immortals have no power to return to heaven, not to mention that his father and son are just mortals, not immortals?
"Father, what should I do?" At this time, Gar Gongren had no idea, and he smiled bitterly on his face, and then asked.
"What else can I do? The only way to do this is to retreat. There are nearly 300,000 people in our army, if you only talk about combat strength, even if all the people in the Tang army are combined, it may not be impossible to fight, but there is no food in the army, even if I am Sun Wu reincarnated, the military god is reborn, and I can't change the final outcome at all. ”
Garqin Ling also looked helpless, let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile.
"Huh? Retreat, retire? Father, think twice, don't there be any hope for our army? If we gather all the soldiers of the army, we will break through Li Xian's camp at all costs and seize his grain and grass. Isn't there a chance that our army will win? When Gar Gongren heard his father say that he was going to withdraw from the army, his heart sank, and then he desperately dissuaded him.
But I heard Garqinling sigh again, and then said slowly: "This matter, it is really too difficult, first of all, Li Xian will definitely think of this layer a long time ago, so he has already strengthened the defense in his camp, if our army attacks its camp, it may be difficult to break through in a short time, even if it is really lucky, with Li Xian's temperament, he will definitely rather burn all the grain and grass, and will never leave it to us, and at that time, our army still has no grain and grass, and it has been in vain for some more time, Even if we occupy the entire Tuyuhun we can't solve the grain and grass crisis, we will still be forced to retreat at that time, and even on the way to retreat, I can't wait until I meet the grain and grass, and the soldiers of the three armies will almost starve to death. If it really comes to that time, not to mention our lives, or the whole of Tibet will fall into Li Xian's hands because of this, but this is a matter that makes Li Xian receive more credit for no reason, how can we be so confused? ”
"It turns out that Li Xian's guy can still fight such an idea, this, this is really too vicious, in this way, our army has only one way to retreat? Alas, the 400,000 army, plus the Turkic army, is almost 500,000, and it can't even build a western border of the Tang Dynasty, let alone be able to compete with the Tang Dynasty in the world and be envied by others......" Gar Gongren looked helpless, so he had to follow the instructions of Garqinling and ordered to prepare for the withdrawal of troops.
In fact, if you want to talk about preparation, there is really not much to prepare, after all, the two camps are gone, and they have nothing to do, so now they can only gather the team and go directly in the direction of Tubo.
Fortunately, there are more than 200,000 troops under the command of the father and son of Garqinling, and Li Xian does not dare to set up ambushes when he is idle, so he leaves with such a swagger, and there is no need to worry about being afraid along the way.
However, the morale of the whole army is very low, after a year of fighting, paying the price of tens of thousands of people, he did not seize an inch of land in the Tang Dynasty, so he went back in disgrace, he really has no face, but there is no way, Tubo's products are not rich, and the food has almost been exhausted for more than a year, plus it is now in the severe cold, even the cattle and sheep are dying in large numbers, it is the saddest day of the year in Tubo, and it is really a fool's dream to prepare grain and grass again, so, in this case, Even if you don't retreat, there's no way, you can't just starve to death than retreat, right?
Not long after the withdrawal of troops from the Garqin Tomb, Li Xian, who was in the Dafeichuan military camp, received the news.
"Hehe, Garqinling fought hard in my Tang Dynasty for a year, not only did not occupy an inch of land, but lost tens of thousands of people, it can really be said that it lost his wife and soldiers, this time he returned to Tibet in a gray manner, it is estimated that there will be no ten or eight years, it is difficult to recover, our army only needs to send a few good generals to guard, so that the west is worry-free."
After Li Xian heard the news, he couldn't help but smile and said to the generals.
At this time, I heard Gao Sheji, the commander of the personal guard, say: "King, the Garqinling retreated in embarrassment, why didn't our army take the opportunity to chase and kill?" Even if it's an ambush along the way, it's fine. ”
After Gao Sheji said this, many generals suddenly handed over their searching eyes at the same time, and it seemed that they all had the same idea in their hearts.
Li Xian said with a faint smile: "The so-called poor Kou Mo chases, you don't know, although this Garqin Mausoleum retreated, but it was not defeated and returned, this person is a famous general in Tubo, extremely rich in combat experience, although Xiao Wang has won many times, but it is also a fluke, if it is a dignified fight, even if it can win, it will not be so easy." Therefore, along the way, Tubo will inevitably step up its precautions, although our army wins, if it is pursued, Tubo will be desperate, so that even if our army wins, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, and even will be followed by Tubo to pursue, and a defeat will be a victory, therefore, at this time, it is not advisable to pursue. ”
Gao Sheji listened to what Li Xian said, nodded suddenly, and said with admiration: "The king is resourceful, like a god, the last general is really admired, in fact, this matter does not need to be said by the last general, the king has repeatedly defeated the first general of Tubo Garqinling, more than ten years of dozens of battles, never defeated, this has said everything, hehe, the king of such a record, can definitely shock the ages, that is, the Geng Yi of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhao Zilong of the Shu Han Dynasty, Gao Changgong of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Wei Guogong of this dynasty, the British Gong, is also comparable. ”
Li Xianyan immediately laughed when he heard this, patted Gao Sheji's shoulder, and then said: "I really didn't expect that you, this guy, have been with this king for so many years, and you don't know much about other skills, and you have learned to pat on the back, you don't deliberately elevate this king, although this king has won a few victories by luck, how can he compare with those sages?" Forget it, there is no need to mention this matter again, I will wait and prepare for the withdrawal of troops with peace of mind. (To be continued.) )