Chapter Seventy-One: Sending Troops to the Stone Country
Looking at the slowly pulled up suspension bridge, Li Sheng was very anxious, and couldn't help shouting at Li Changguo: "Prison army, hurry up and give an order, we will attack the city and destroy Tubo in one fell swoop." Hurry, order. ”
roared loudly, and his face was so anxious that his face was bruised.
"Yes. Supervisor, give the order. The generals echoed loudly.
"Huh." Li Changguo looked at their anxious looks in his eyes, and couldn't help but be amused.
"Prisoner, can you still laugh? You're delaying the fighter. Taking advantage of the retreat of the Tibetan dog towards the city, he attacked the city on a large scale, and he could capture Luo in one fell swoop. If we conquer it, Tibet will be destroyed. Li Sheng's voice was very high, shrill and piercing, comparable to the voice of a eunuch.
"That's right." The congregation echoed again.
Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Tibetan had not yet pulled up the drawbridge, they launched an attack, and the success of breaking through the Luo was very large, and they would not be able to do it if they were not in a hurry.
is such a good opportunity, but Li Changguo did not give an order and let the Tibetan army withdraw to the city, who can not be in a hurry? Who can not be annoyed?
If it were someone else, not Li Changguo, they would definitely be scolded as stupid.
"Haha." This time, Guo Ziyi, Li Bai, and Li Guangbi all laughed.
Li Guangbi even pointed at Li Sheng, and counted a little angrily: "You, you, you know that you are anxious, but you don't know why the prison army did this." ”
"I don't have to think about it, the prison army is confused." Li Sheng was quick to talk, and he didn't save face for Li Changguo.
"It's you who don't think about it yourself, but blame the prison army." Guo Ziyi counted down: "Do you know what the battle of trapped beasts is?" At this time, the city of Luo is full of Tibetan troops, and there is abundant food and grass, if we attack Luo Qi, of course, we can capture Luo Qi, but what is the price we have to pay, have you calculated? ”
"Ahh Li Sheng suddenly realized that he had never thought about this, and he was embarrassed, and apologized to Li Changguo: "Prison army, complain that I don't think deeply, there is a lot of nonsense, and I ask the prison army to forgive me." ”
"Please forgive the prisoners." The generals echoed Li Sheng, and they were also busy pleading.
Li Changguo waved his hand, indicating that he would not be investigated, and said: "Guo Wudi is right, if we launch an attack now, Tubo has nowhere to escape, and we will inevitably fight the trapped beasts, although we can destroy Tubo, but we have to pay a high price, not to mention that we can't run away with 570,000 casualties." ”
The casualties of 570,000 were very high prices, and everyone couldn't help but gasp.
"The Tibetan dogs in the cities of Luo are all stubborn people, and they are mostly opinionated, and even the common people have privileges, so that once they are cornered, they will have to fight to the death, in that case, we will pay 570,000 casualties is considered to be less. It is more likely to pay about 100,000 casualties, which is too great a price to pay. Li Changguo then dissected.
Because of the arrival of the Tang Army, Tibet was divided, and some of them were vested interests, that is, slave owners, who wanted to protect their vested interests and must fight the Tang Army to the end. The other part is the oppressed and bullied slaves, they welcome the Tang army, regard the Tang army as a benefactor, as a reborn parent, and the slaves have returned to the Tang Dynasty and stayed outside the city.
All the slave owners entered the city, if the Tang army launched an attack on the city at the current time, and there was no shortage of food and grass in the city, the slave owners were well fed and had the strength, and they would fight to the death, in that case, the price of the Tang army would be very, very high, and the price of 100,000 yuan would not be taken down.
You must know that at this time, some cities are already overcrowded, not to mention seven or eight hundred thousand, if they rely on the city to fight street battles, this will be extremely unfavorable to the Tang army.
"Overseer, what are we going to do next?" Li Sheng stroked his head and asked carefully.
"Surround the city, then eat meat and drink wine, and consume it with Tibet." Lee Chang-guk's answer was very surprising.
"Do nothing?" There are generals who don't quite believe their ears.
"That's right, do nothing." Li Changguo nodded heavily and said: "There are seven or eight hundred thousand people in some cities, and they have long been overcrowded, even if there is more grain and grass in the city, they can't stand the consumption. When their food and grass are exhausted, it will cause chaos, and at that time, we will attack the Luo and destroy Tibet. ”
The method is not new, it is easy to use, and the matter of defeating the enemy with hunger is an old method for thousands of years, but it is very applicable.
The generals had nothing to say, and under the command of Li Changguo, they set up camp and besieged the Luo regiments.
Not long after, the rear army led by Ge Shuhan arrived, and so far, all the 300,000 Tang troops were pressed to Luo, and the Tang army completed the encirclement.
Ge Shuhan fully agreed with Li Changguo's method and did not have the slightest objection.
Ge Shuhan sent people back to Chang'an to report to Li Longji, and then Tang Jun just ate meat, drank wine and practiced, and said that he had a very comfortable life.
In this battle, all the cattle, sheep and horses under the city fell into the hands of the Tang army, except for the distribution of slaves, all of them became the grain and grass of the Tang army, which was enough for the Tang army to use for three or two years.
xxxxxx Qiuzi, Anxi Duhufu, Gao Xianzhi is dealing with military affairs, frowning from time to time, and the expression on his face is constantly changing.
This year, the Anxi Protectorate will face off with the Great Food, the situation is extremely grim, and Gao Xianzhi does not dare to be careless.
Suddenly, Gao Xianzhi raised his head, only to see a person appear at the door, it was Duan Xiushi, who came in quickly, and said to Gao Xianzhi: "I've seen Du Hu." ”
Gao Xianzhi looked at Duan Xiushi, and saw that Duan Xiushi was very different from before, with joy on his face, his whole body was exuding joy, and he seemed to be floating when he walked, so he couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Duan Xiushi, what's wrong with you?" So rejoicing. ”
"Duhu, can I not rejoice? It's over the rocky mountains. Duan Xiushi had a very high voice, shook his head, and sang loudly.
"Ho." Gao Xianzhi was surprised, his eyebrows furrowed, and he was a little funny: "Duan Xiushi, have you eaten bee feces?" I was so happy that I sang. What crossed the rocky hills? ”
"Of course we crossed the rocky mountain." Duan Xiushi's words were even higher, sharp and piercing.
"Are you crazy? We're still in Qiuzi, why did we cross the rocky mountain again? Gao Xianzhi shook his head fiercely.
"Duhu, I mean that our Datang has crossed the Stone Mountain, and finally crossed the Stone Mountain, a feat of thousands of years." Duan Xiushi was still singing loudly, excited, and there was a layer of fog in his eyes.
"Datang has crossed Jishi Mountain?" Gao Xianzhi didn't react, shook his head, held the pen, and had to deal with military affairs again.
Suddenly remembered something, and jumped up suddenly, as if there was a spring under his buttocks, and pointed at Duan Xiushi for a long time without speaking, only a strange sound made in his throat.
"Did you really cross the rocky mountain?" Gao Xianzhi didn't believe it, rushed up in three or two steps, grabbed Duan Xiushi's clothes, shook it violently, and roared: "You didn't lie to me? Duan Xiushi, you have to think clearly, if you dare to lie to me, I will definitely be punished by military law. ”
Sen Ran's meaning made people feel cold, but Duan Xiushi didn't seem to notice it, his joy did not diminish at all, he shook the military newspaper, and said: "This is a military report from Chang'an, written by His Majesty himself, can it be fake?" ”
Gao Xianzhi snatched it over, excited, his hands trembled, he opened it in three or two times, and when he saw it, he shouted: "Datang has crossed Jishi Mountain!" Datang has crossed the Stone Mountain! ”
The Chinese army crossed the Jishi Mountain and entered the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was the first time in thousands of years, although it was not done by Gao Xianzhi himself, but it was difficult to hide the excitement, the whole person was trembling, tears were surging in the tiger's eyes, and he couldn't stop wiping his tears, and choked up: "Okay! Good! Well played! ”
"yes, it was so good!" Duan Xiushi echoed.
"No, hurry up and convene the generals to discuss the matter, and our plan will also change." Although Gao Xianzhi was excited, he was a person who understood, and he quickly thought of the impact of this incident on the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.
Duan Xiushi wanted to rejoice for a while, and after listening to his words, he had to temporarily suppress his excitement and go to give the order.
Li Siye and the others arrived one after another, and they were very surprised when they saw Gao Xianzhi's excited look in their eyes.
Li Siye asked tentatively: "Du Hu, is it that Miss Miaoli is married, and you are a father-in-law?" ”
He could really think about it, and the generals hurriedly echoed: "Li Changguo is very good, but he is also a son-in-law who protects everything." It's a pity that I don't have a daughter like Miaoli, otherwise, I would have let Li Changguo be my son-in-law anyway. ”
"Shut up." Gao Xianzhi let out a deep sigh, and the generals hurriedly pursed their mouths, not daring to make a sound.
"I have called you for two things, one for joy and one for evil." Gao Xianzhi raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "The happy event is that Datang has crossed Jishi Mountain." ”
"It's a big deal, don't you cross the rocky mountain?" Li Siye is light and light, and it is not the same thing at all.
"That's it, it's a little bigger, and it's a happy event, making a big fuss." The generals echoed in unison.
"What? Got over the rocky hills? Li Siye and the generals seemed to have burned their buttocks, jumping eight feet high, their eyes were as wide as copper bells, their mouths were wide open, and they could no longer speak.
Gao Xianzhi looked at the surprised look in the generals' eyes, nodded uncontrollably, and said, "You heard it right, Datang has really crossed Jishi Mountain." This is a military newspaper written by His Majesty himself, and there can be no mistake. "Shake the military newspaper in your hand.
"Oh my God...... Li Siye and the generals let out a burst of exclamations: "How did they cross the Jishi Mountain?" Do they have wings and can fly? Flying over the rocky mountains. ”
The stone mountain is difficult to fight, and it is famous through the ages, and the generals will not be curious.
"At the moment, when we are not speculating about how Li Changguo and the others crossed Jishi Mountain, what we need to discuss is how to deal with the impact caused by this incident." Gao Xianzhi raised his eyebrows, very powerful, and said: "We originally thought that Li Changguo would have a big battle with Tubo in Dafeichuan in the spring season, but we didn't expect it, they were so bold that they actually captured Jishi Mountain, which disrupted our plans, how will we deal with it?" That's the bad news I'm going to say. ”
The attack on Jishi Mountain was the top secret of the Tang Dynasty, and few people in the entire Tang Dynasty knew about it, even Gao Xianzhi didn't know about it. He planned according to the Tang Army and the Tubo battle in Dafeichuan, and now this news has come to disrupt all the plans of the Anxi Protectorate, and how to deal with the Anxi Protectorate needs to be re-planned.
(To be continued)