Chapter 34: Hou Junji's Last Might
Soy sauce!
Liu Renliang was stunned!
In the Tang Dynasty, there was already soy sauce, but the names are different in various places, there are more than ten kinds of names such as clear sauce, soybean sauce clear, sauce, sauce, soy sauce, etc., but there is no soy sauce. What's more, how can Liu Renliang, as a hillbilly, understand this kind of professional terminology?
Seeing that he was confused, Du He also smiled and said: "What makes it clear is to pass by, travel, and experience the alien customs!" ”
With this kind of result, even Du He himself was unexpected, according to the original plan, he just wanted to get rid of Hou Junji's control, arrive at the battlefield first, and get some oil and water. Who would have thought that the terrain of Chiting Valley was so steep, and he never imagined that the Western Turks would occupy Chiting Valley first and occupy this dangerous place to resist Hou Junji's army.
There is a saying that I don't know who said: "Classic battles are often forced out." ”
From the well-known Battle of Guandu, to the Battle of Chibi in the three-point world, or the most classic Battle of the Tiger Prison in the Tang Dynasty, etc., these brilliant achievements are all like this.
"The Art of War" cloud: "Harmony with righteousness, victory with wonder!" "If the strength is better than the opponent, the frontal attack is the best and most stable tactic, only when the strength is inferior to the opponent, the frontal fight can not win, can take the risk.
Take the Battle of Guandu as an example, the situation at that time was critical, and Cao Ying was powerless to resist Yuan Shao's strength. At the critical moment of the battle, he himself had no confidence to fight, so he decided to retreat and admit defeat, and finally let Xun Yu persuade him, until Xu Yu's rebellion, there was a turnaround. He personally led the troops, attacked the black nest, and turned the tide of the war.
The danger of this war is already imminent. Cao Ying personally went out to fight, and he already had the pride of becoming a benevolent if he was unsuccessful. He is willing to risk his life to fight, not because of how confident he is, but because he has no choice, if this battle cannot be won and the Yellow River is lost, he can only perish.
The winner lives, the loser dies!
Under this forced desperation, the only way to gamble for his life was to achieve glory.
Duhe was the same, in the face of the 70,000 Western Turkic army that was killed, he had no idea of resisting head-on at all. He has miraculous skills, and with light skills, he can save a surname, but the six thousand soldiers and horses under his command do not have this ability. As a general of the first army, he must be responsible for the surnames of the soldiers under his command. Therefore, he decisively chose to retreat, first, to attract the attention of the other party, and secondly, to occupy a dangerous place to resist the opponent's army.
It's just that the Western Turkic soldiers did not succeed, but instead gathered heavy troops in the Chiting Valley.
At this time, Du He immediately fell into death, and the Chiting Valley was a man who couldn't open it, and it was almost impossible for Hou Junji to break through from the inside. In order to win, he can only take the risk of fighting unsuccessfully, and then become a benevolent.
In the end, he won, and he played a beautiful big victory, and under this chain reaction, the situation was changed by the bottom.
Because of this, Gaochang fell, and the Western Turks ran away!
And he Duhe handed over a perfect answer sheet in the western expedition: with 6,000 men and the loss of five people, he annihilated 70,000 enemies, pacified Gaochang, and frightened the Western Turks to abandon the northwest and flee far away.
Looking back now, Du He himself feels like a dream, and he can't help but sigh, the world is unpredictable, and the war changes so fast, there is nothing more strange than this!
"General, Chief Hou has arrived in Chiting Valley, please go and interrogate."
Towards evening, Du He received the news that Hou Junji had arrived in Chiting Valley.
He grinned and gloated, "It's not bad, it's not bad, it's coming so fast, the meat is gone, the soup is drunk, and there are only some leftover residues." If you come late, you won't be left with any residue! "Don't underestimate Du He's current strength, the 23,000 soldiers and horses that King Yanqi personally came to support are at his disposal, and there are more than 10,000 elite troops in Gaochang, plus more than 10,000 elite cavalry in Ashinabu, and there are more than 50,000 scattered people.
These scattered soldiers and horses may not be able to deal with the regular army of the Western Turks, but it is more than enough to clean up some of the remaining remnants.
Du He felt that he should be generous, eat the meat, drink the soup, and leave a little residue, so that Hou Junji's army can taste the taste, otherwise, they are really here to make soy sauce.
He handed over all the affairs of Gaochang to Liu Renliang to deal with, and he brought Lu Zhisheng, Zhang Xiong and Ashina Buzhen to visit the belated head Hou Junji.
The group rode lightly and came to the Chiting Valley.
The report was announced, and he led Ko Zhisheng, Zhang Xiong, and Ashina Buzhen into the tent of the commander of the Chinese army.
The first time Du He stepped into the tent, he felt a sharp eye stabbing straight at him, and those eyes were like sharp swords, as if they wanted to tear him apart.
Du He smiled secretly in his heart, "The last general, Du He, took Koji Zhisheng, Zhang Xiong, and Ashina Buzhen to meet the chief manager!" ”
Hou Junji looked at Ashina Buzhen in amazement, he was already mentally prepared for the arrival of Koji Zhisheng and Zhang Xiong, but Ashina Buzhen didn't know yet.
Du He slowly said the matter of Ashinabu really abandoning the darkness and surrendering the city, as well as the matter of the Western Turkic tribe fleeing westward, and specially praised the righteous deeds of Ko Zhisheng, Zhang Xiong, and Ashina Buzhen who were unwilling to move troops. The three of them were also grateful when they heard Du He say good things for them, but they didn't know that he said this, and he just wanted to be angry and watch his jokes.
Karma, the cycle of heavenly principles.
Hou Junji had the heart to see Du He's joke and wanted to make it difficult for him. Now it's a joke for Duhe.
With a "snap", the brush in Hou Junji's hand broke in two, and his face became embarrassed, embarrassed, blue and white, just like the face change in Sichuan opera. Gaochang has fallen, Khan Futu City has also fallen, and the Western Turks have run away, so what else can I do?
Is it just to experience the scenery along the way?
If he was depressed to death before, it is even more indescribable at this moment, as long as there is a piece of tofu in front of him, he will mercilessly bump into it and die directly. Because he has not forgotten that the culprit of all the causes is not Duhe, but himself.
If it weren't for himself, with a bad heart, with his identity and status, this position of vanguard general would not be his turn; If he hadn't deliberately put him in danger and didn't limit his marching speed, he wouldn't have been unable to drink soup.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the bottom of his heart was more and more unpleasant.
"The Grand Steward?" Du He saw Hou Junji's expression, and his heart blossomed, and he reminded him twice, how he regretted it was his business, don't lose face in Datang at this time.
Hou Junji came back to his senses, cheered up, and entertained Koji Zhisheng, Zhang Xiong, and Ashina Buzhen.
For Lu Zhisheng and Zhang Xiong, he didn't give a good look, but he was much more enthusiastic about Ashina Buzhen, and kept asking about the Western Turks. When he learned that Du He had asked him to track the whereabouts of the Western Turks, his eyes were a little sharper.
Hou Junji comforted Koji Zhisheng, Zhang Xiong, and Ashina Buzhen, and returned to his seat with a gloomy face, looking at Du He with a somewhat grim look. Although he knew that he was the one who caused all this problem, no one would punish himself and blame himself. So, in his eyes, the one who was wrong was Duho and not himself.
"Duhe, didn't you get the order that would have put you where you were?" He questioned, his tone full of malice.
"Calm, calm!"
Du He muttered two sentences in his heart, expressing his understanding of Hou Junji's attitude. Anyone who encounters such a thing will be angry, but Hou Junji's surname is as fierce as fire, and it is even more powerful.
"I seem to have received such an order!" Du Ho didn't finish his sentence.
"If you've been ordered, why are you still acting on your own? What a guts! Hou Junji was really panicked, and he urgently needed someone to vent his anger, and Du He in front of him was the best choice: "Also, what about my messenger?" ”
"Let me buckle up......" came out. Hou Junji smiled fiercely: "Good, very good!" Disobey the military order first, detain my envoy later, do you want to rebel? Someone comes, press Duhe down for me, and let it fall after listening! ”
Du He's expression also changed, rebellion, such a big crime, and sneered: "The chief is in charge of the great official authority, it is true that you are the commander of the three armies, but who gave you the power to abuse your power!" If you don't ask about the indiscriminate use, you just take people indiscriminately? ”
Hou Junji gritted his teeth, gurgling, and knew that what Du He said was true: "I am about to listen, what do you have to say!" ”
Du He said: "You will know if you call the messenger for questioning...... He was in the camp. ”
Hou Junji summoned the herald messenger who was imprisoned by Du He.
The messenger told the messenger with a bitter face about the loss of the arrow: "All the blame for this matter lies with me, and General Du has no shame. ”
Hou Junji's face was blue, and with his intelligence, he vaguely felt that this matter was likely to be done by Du He, but he didn't have the slightest evidence, and he couldn't help him.
This arrow is a token, the march is outside, the Lord will be the arrow as the number, see the arrow as a general, the order of the arrow, that is, the order of the general, the arrow is not there, how can Du He listen to the order.
Hou Jun suddenly found that he couldn't find an excuse to embarrass Du He, so he could only let him go depressedly.
Hou Junji did not stay long in Chiting Valley, but sent troops to garrison the six cities of Gaochang, Tiandi, Jiaohe, Puchang, Tianshan, and Khan Futu. He was unwilling to return to Chang'an like this, and led 30,000 light cavalry to pursue the large army of the Western Turks.
Hou Junji is worthy of a generation of famous generals.
He pursued it and penetrated more than 800 miles into the hinterland of the Western Turks in one go.
He was tired from afar, and gathered 80,000 soldiers and horses to meet him.
Hou Junji didn't want to think about it, threw away all the grain and grass, and shouted: "If you don't win, you'd rather die!" "In the face of the 80,000 cavalry who lost their profits, they directly assaulted the opponent's Chinese army, and killed the opponent's 80,000 cavalry, and they were defeated for thousands of miles, and then they led the army back.
This battle Hou Junji defeated the strong from the front, and it was precisely because of Li Shimin's evaluation that he was very good at hard fighting, and it was also beautiful to win.
However, compared to Du He's victory in Chiting Valley, it is still inferior, and in terms of overall merit, it cannot be compared with Du He.
This expedition to the west has also come to a successful end!
The beauty of this expedition against Datang has shown the unrivaled majesty of Datang.
(To be continued)