Chapter 127: Heartbreaking
Just like Du Shangshu said in Phoenix: Take advantage of illness to die...... Song Yang just planned to take advantage of his illness to kill Tubo.
It's not that Nanli has suffered a big loss, and it doesn't have much to do with the beating of the 'old father-in-law', Song Yang wants to chase and beat Tubo, in the final analysis, because of Dayan
Even if he dies three more times, Song Yang doesn't want to see the enemy's ambition, in order to take revenge and for the people he cares about to live in good health, he has to disintegrate the powerful 'alliance' between Yan and Tubo, Da Yan is already difficult to deal with, if he is allowed to include Tubo in the territory again, everyone will live in the future.
Now is undoubtedly a good time: Da Yan was caught in the grassland war, and it was easy to start the battle and it was difficult to get out quickly, and the back tuǐ of Jingtai and Yanding were temporarily dragged by the wolf, and even if they could still help Tubo, their support would be greatly weakened; As for the current situation in Tibet, it is needless to say, the foreign war was defeated and the internal troubles were fierce, and they were attacked from both sides... No matter how greedy Song Yang was, he never thought that one day he would join the Uighur Great Khan to study with Rinkhacheng. In his calculations, as long as the two male soldiers can win a few battles on the plateau and maintain the huge pressure on Tibet, it will not be long before the plateau empire itself will be in chaos, and this is enough.
It is self-evident how much power and how useful a complete and unified plateau will be held by the national teacher; But what use does a fragmented Tubo, which is full of internal strife and external wars, be of any use to the Yan Kingdom? What's more, Yanding's control over Tubo is all dependent on yīn schemes and means, and those who cannot see the light are far less powerful than the Great Living Buddha Bojie. When the plateau is in chaos, Yanding can no longer be controlled, and the alliance between Yan and Tubo will naturally collapse.
Looking back at that time, in order to seize Tibet, Yanding did not hesitate to lead soldiers into the customs, did not hesitate to self-destruct the Great Lei Yintai, and did not hesitate to 'degenerate' to accept the charge of 'traitor'...... Stealing chickens doesn't make you lose rice.
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At the beginning of the Tibetan invasion of Nanli, in order to seek a quick victory, after capturing the city, only the most basic garrison force was left, and the heavy troops followed the marshal to continue to march to ensure the scale and strong advantage of the main force, and now the main force is gone, and the soldiers who remain in the territory of Nanli really do not have much strength to resist, and the western expeditionary army of Nanli is more powerful after the Hongkou repair, and the momentum is like a rainbow, sweeping the remnants of the Tibetan enemy, and there is no city in front of them, and no city can hold out for more than three days.
Thirty days later, the army of Zhengxi broke through the Kushui Pass. If you put it in order, Fengyi sending troops to reinforce Qingyang is the first step, and the Yanziping fire destroying the main force of Fanzi is the second step, and now Song Yang has firmly stepped on and stood firm in the third step: so far, all the lost territories have been recovered, and the Fanzi who invaded the territory of Nanli has been swept away, and even if there are a few remnants, they are all stragglers, which is not a problem.
From Hongkou to Kushuiguan all the way, the number of troops lost by the army in the west due to the battle was much lower than the speed at which the defeated troops of Nanli who were scattered by Fanzi before were gathered, and the army behind Song Yang in Hongkou not only did not decrease, but the scale was stronger than before. As for the powerful army composed of the hardcore descendants of Song Yang's side, Shanximan, Cicada Yasha and Fengyi, there were only minor casualties.
The battle went so smoothly that there was almost no need for this group of demons and monsters to make a move, and only when difficulties were encountered in a few battles, Song Yang transferred them to rush, and the powerful soldiers lived up to their expectations, and they were sure to win and be invincible.
The reward of the imperial court has been drawn up early, and the officials who announced the decree have been chasing the army, so Song Yang has only been in charge of the border town on the third day, and the decree has been passed to the bitter water, not to mention the reward and reward, and this battle has not yet been fought, even if the whole territory is restored, it is only a stage of xìng victory in Song Yang's calculations, and the army is repaired again, and the military sparrow with the war book flutters its wings and flies straight to the Chaitso Tower, and soon after Song Yang swears again, the male soldiers go out of the bitter water in the west, and officially begin to attack Tubo.
It is also worth mentioning that in the holy decree issued by the imperial court, an independent title was given to the army led by Song Yang: Nanhuo.
This name was conceived by Song Yang, and it doesn't sound very good, it can barely be regarded as majestic, but what really matters is that its meaning is clear and clear: fierce fire from Nanli.
Now this fire is going to the plateau to burn.
When the army was defeated in Nanli, the most direct impact on the domestic military was the emptiness of the defense of the southeast, and the large area of enemy territory in front of the 'southern fire' could not be said to be empty and undefended, but there were really not many decent resistance forces.
Yan Dingsheng is cautious, Wuda is steady, as early as the beginning of the transfer of troops, the two of them thought that there might be a southern invasion of the war
The army of Ōzhi and Tubo may not be able to defeat Nanli for a while, even if it is a big deal to withdraw the team, the Nanli people will definitely not be able to defeat it.
But no matter how cautious and steady they were, they never imagined that such a huge team would be wiped out in the small country of Nanli, hundreds of thousands of people went out, countless money and grain were loaded, and millions of cans of fire oil were supported, and in the end, they were all lost!
From the beginning of Nanli's counterattack to the comprehensive reconquest of the lost territory and then to the plateau, it was only more than two months of hard work, and it was difficult for the plateau to deploy troops in a short period of time, and it was difficult to see the 'southern fire' burning bigger and bigger in the territory of Tibet.
In fact, the plateau is known all over the world as a country that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and in addition to the terrain advantages, the Tubo people also have another heavy dependence: plateau disease. The inland and plain armies often have all kinds of discomfort when they first go to the plateau, such as headache and cough, hallucinations, fainting to death, and their combat power will be weakened a lot, but what is really odious is that there are the world's top doctors in the 'Southern Fire', who have been prepared as early as before leaving the customs, and the army has taken medicine, which greatly suppresses the symptoms of altitude sickness, and the battle is almost unaffected.
Just when the southern part of Tibet was in a hurry by the 'southern fire', another bad news came: the Tianguan was broken.
Just like the Zhiqiao Pass that blocked Dayan in the north of Nanli, the 'Tianguan' was the fortress of the northern pass of the Tubo people and the iron gate blocking the Uighurs.
The Uighurs suddenly declared war on the Tibetans and moved south, and the Tibetans were all garrisons from other parts of the country, which did not affect the vigilance of the northern desert in the slightest, and when the two countries went to war, the soldiers and horses gathered around the 'Tianguan' to start a large-scale battle.
The Uighurs had just won a great victory in the steppe, and their morale was high; The new defeat of the Tibetans in the southern war, although it had nothing to do with the north, was frustrated by the morale of the army, and in terms of morale alone, the Uighurs gained the upper hand.
However, the plateau people are fighting locally, and Tianguan has been operated for many years, and the geographical advantage of the soldiers is obvious, which is beyond doubt and cannot be changed.
The Uighurs occupy the land and the Tibetan occupy the land, which is considered to be evenly divided, and the Uighurs are nomadic people, and their strength lies in the elite cavalry, and they are not good at this kind of siege warfare. It wasn't until later that the Uighurs got the 'heavenly time': the heavenly pass was plagued.
Inexplicably, a river flowing through Tianguan City swelled and burst its embankment. The flood rose and fell, and even the Uighur army was implicated, but fortunately it was not so good, but Fanzi was not so lucky, and the city turned into a sea, and when the flood receded, the famous Xiongguan town in Middle-earth was left with only a large area of silt and endless silence.
The good fortune came so suddenly that even the Uighurs themselves were dumbfounded, and if this kind of thing could happen a few more times, Sunrise East would have considered building another shrine next to the Holy Fire Palace.
The barrier was broken, and the Uighurs were victorious.
Fierce cavalry from the desert drove into the ...... from the north
In Middle-earth, the five kingdoms check and balance each other, and now that the war disasters continue to appear, some people are happy and some people are sad, when the Uighurs point their blades at Tibet, they are not only happy Nanli's family, but also the wolves of the northland steppes.
Not long ago, the situation of the dog Rong was not much better than that of the current Tibet, the western front was overwhelmed by the combined forces of the Uighurs and the Shamin, and a large area of land was lost, and the Chenling defense line was unstable and difficult to resist the strong enemy, no matter how you look at it, this time it will suffer a big loss, at this time the Yan people came to take advantage of the fire to rob again, and launched a fierce attack from the south.
When Da Shan Yu learned that the Yan army was going north, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep for three days and two nights, and his eyes were red, but what could he do, the only thing he could do was to resist. At this moment of crisis, great news suddenly came from the western frontier, the sand people had dispersed the dust, and the Uighur army had disappeared, and it seemed that they would not attack Chenling again.
The Dog Rong Wolf King almost couldn't believe his ears, and after several confirmations, he finally decided that the news was reliable, Shan Yu Huo Ran was overjoyed, if the sunrise in the east was in front of him, he was afraid that he would pounce on the Great Khan and give the Great Khan a bear hug, and then, the wolf king clenched his fists with both hands, picked them up, and smashed them on the huge table in front of him.
There was a dull thud. On the table was a map of the entire territory of the dogs, and the place where the two fists fell was exactly where the southern part of the grassland and the Yan army were located.
Without the involvement of the west, the pressure on the dog Rong was greatly reduced, and he was finally able to free up his energy to deal with the battle in the south; The Yan people never expected that the Uighurs would resolutely give up the good situation and start fighting the Tibetans all over again. At that time, the Yan army in the north had already penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, and the situation was very delicate, if it could go further, it would be able to complete the key breakthrough, but it was impossible to withdraw the army, if the wolf pawn took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, it would have to be a big rout, and there was no other way to go, so he could only put on a posture and fight with the wolf pawn.
The wolf army was constantly dispatched from the rear, and the Yan army also opened up the military route between the country and the southern border of the grassland, and reinforcements were successively reinforced from the country, and the battle was in full swing at this moment. The world of Middle-earth, which has been peaceful for more than 100 years, has been in great war in just half a year, from east to west and from south to north, and each country has shown its long-raised lion soldiers.
As for the Sand People, after the Uighurs retreated, they died down, and they didn't take the large grasslands they had beaten down too seriously, so they didn't want to, and the whole tribe migrated to the northwest again, looking for a place to live near the former Xiongguan of the Uighurs and the border towns of the Uighurs today.
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The white sè robe was folded squarely, and the cold iron mask and a black sè scaly leather glove were placed on it, and they were placed beside him; From the top of the head to the waist and abdomen, every inch of skin is festering and healing rapidly, and so on.
The incense burner slowly steamed green smoke, and there were bursts of faint incense, but it was far from enough to hide the rancid smell on the festering skin.
Yan Ding ** upper body, sitting quietly in the room, Xiōng mouth wrapped in a thick bandage, a slight blood oozing. This injury was caused by him taking Hua Xiaofei in the bitter water, when he was a brother for Hua Xiaofei, the injury was really not light, and he has not fully recovered yet.
A quiet meditation room on the sixth floor of the Tchai Tso Pagoda Palace, where the swallow top resides and rests.
In front of him were two battle reports: the Tianguan fiasco in Tibet and the latest battle situation in the southern part of the grassland.
The national teacher stretched out his hand and twisted the Tianguan battle report, and his ventriloquist was dull: "What do you think?" ”
He asked Uda.
The jiān of the Chai Tso Pagoda sat opposite the national teacher, his body relaxed and comfortable, far less respectful and pious than when he used to worship the Great Living Buddha, but when the national teacher spoke, he listened very carefully.
Wuda is an all-rounder, able to govern and secure the people, can govern the law, and can also lead troops to fight, he was once the most talented and diligent disciple under the throne of the Great Living Buddha, and he knows everything about Tibet... He was able to gain the trust and respect of Bojie, and he relied on more than just 'piety'.
To the question of the real master, Wu Da answered in great detail, and the deployment of the army, the supply of money and food in the north of the plateau, as well as the defense of the terrain and the city, were all clearly explained, and only then did he give the final conclusion: Tianguan is a gateway, and losing it will be greatly detrimental to Tibet; And Tianguan is only a portal, there is a large area of depth behind it, as well as the heavy deployment of the Tubo people and years of preparation, the war in the north is not smooth for the time being, but don't worry too much, this battle is far from over.
Moreover, now that Tibet has no trouble with its eastern neighbors, the army stationed in eastern Xinjiang to guard against the Great Yan has begun to be mobilized, and as long as the reinforcements of the large army are in place, it will be difficult for the Uighurs to advance.
As for the 'Southern Fire' led by Song Yang, Wuda didn't worry about anything at all, it was just an army of less than 100,000 people, it was okay to make trouble and plunder, and if they wanted to really open up territory for Nanli on the plateau, they were still far behind. Even if they appeared in front of the city of Rinka now, with the solidity of the holy city and the strong garrison around it, the southern fire would only be able to sigh at the city.
If the people of Nanli are smart, they will go back quickly after making a fuss, if they really think that Tubo is not good, and they are not greedy enough to keep refusing to leave... Uda didn't think they needed to go. As long as the defense of the north is stabilized, it is time for the Tubo people to 'extinguish the fire'; even if the north will not be quiet for a while, it doesn't matter, and then there will be a hundred days of scenery and snow season is coming, in recent years, the winter on the plateau has been cold every year, it is the cold wind that blows into the world from hell, it is the blizzard that will fall when the sky is broken, and those southern barbarians can withstand it.
Relying only on foreign insults, the country of Tantra, which has dominated the plateau for more than a hundred years, could not be conquered so easily!
After explaining in detail the war between the north and the south, Wuda changed the conversation again: "But the inner has now reached the limit...... "What he said just now is very optimistic, but unfortunately these 'optimism' are based on the stability of the country, after the death of the Great Living Buddha, Chaitso Pagoda was not peaceful, with the defeat of the war in the south and the north, the internal pressure is getting bigger and bigger, and now it can be on the verge of breaking out.
This time, without waiting for Uda to explain anything, the national teacher shook his head and interrupted: "You can make a list for me." ”
Uda understood what the master meant, and the people on the list would be quickly erased...... This is a way to quench thirst by drinking a donkey, which can temporarily control the outbreak of internal troubles, or slow down some time, but instead of resolving the real contradictions, they will become more intense, and when they break out again, they will be even more harmful. With this method, even if the Tibetans drive all the enemies away, they will be annoyed in the future. But in any case, it's better than letting it 'blow up' right now.
Wuda thought for a moment, wrote down a few names, neatly written, and handed them to the national teacher.
The national teacher glanced down, then shook his hand, and with a soft sound, the list turned into thousands of confetti, flying and landing. He didn't even ask the reason for these people to be on the list, he had a limited understanding of the internal affairs of Tubo, and he was very relieved about Wuda.
Yan Ding put on gloves and took a sip of water from his teacup, which at first glance did not look like much, but if you look closely, you will realize that his mouth has not touched the rim of the cup. Not to drink, but to suck. His mouth is rotten, and it hurts to drink water like a normal person, and it leaves pus and blood on the cup, which is ugly, and maybe poisons the servant who brushes the cup.
"I don't know anything about war, and internal affairs are not my specialty, you are very good." The national teacher put down the teacup, and his tone changed: "However, I understand people's hearts. In the battle of Tianguan, the real horror is not in the death of some soldiers, not in the loss of a major town, or even in how it makes Tubo passive... Tianguan, which has never had a flood, was swallowed up by a big water, which is an impossible thing, but it really happened, and it is still such a juncture. ”
The national teacher's tone gradually lowered: "If you think about it further, not long after the Seventh Seventh Daqing, the Great Living Buddha Bojie died violently; The male soldiers who entered Nanli were invincible and had no reason to lose, and they were annihilated by an unwarranted fire; Now the army on the northern frontier has caught up with another flood that is impossible to have...... Swords and sharp weapons can cover everyone's mouths, but they can't block the thoughts in their hearts, maybe no one will say anything, but everyone will think about it, and a series of things are strung together, this is not a curse, what is it? ”
Yan Ding sighed heavily: "The battle of Tianguan is heartbreaking." ”
The national teacher doesn't know how to fight, and he doesn't pay much attention to political affairs, he was the Lord of Dayan Buddhism, and there are countless believers under his seat, and he has been dealing with the 'human heart' all his life, because he knows much better than Wuda, and the impact of Tianguan's fiasco due to the flood on the plateau is far beyond Wuda's expectations.