Chapter Forty-Six: Luring the Enemy Deeper
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Du He has never had the intention of underestimating the enemy, just like a lion fighting a rabbit, he must do his best. What's more, he is familiar with history and knows that Songtsen Gampo cannot be viewed by ordinary people, and he regarded it as a great enemy from the beginning.
When he learned that the Tubo army appeared on the left and right flanks of the Tang army, he had a trace of puzzlement in his heart.
Tubo's intentions are too obvious, too easy to be seen through, this is not like a far-sighted British lord did something, it is simply secretly telling him his intentions.
Du He gave the order to move quickly with the attitude of not taking advantage of the bastard. At first, he was not aware of Songtsen Gampo's intentions.
Because he didn't know the topographical characteristics of the Dragon Station, when he left the barracks to go to Zhangxiong, he took a remote path and did not pass through the Dragon Station.
It wasn't until the moment he arrived at the Dragon Station that Du He felt that something was wrong.
The place of Zhonglongyi is too convenient for Tubo to meet their Tang army, just like Xue Rengui's analysis, it can well suppress the existing advantages of the Tang army.
In the face of such a treasure, Songtsen Gampo did not make use of it, but deliberately lured them to destroy it, and finally set up a position and played against the Tang army.
This kind of practice is really too stupid and stupid.
If the opponent is Zhao Kuo and his other figures, Du He will secretly laugh, for him, the weaker the opponent, the easier it is to win, and the smaller the casualties.
But Songtsen Gampo is not Zhao Kuo, which means that this Tibetan Zampu, a generation of male masters, has ulterior motives and other calculations.
Obviously, Songtsen Gampo did not intend to learn from Sima Yi to play the stubborn attrition, he deliberately left the dragon post that could defend the people, and its purpose was to introduce the Tang army into the interior, and then completely wipe it out.
As for why Songtsen Gampo chose to attack the Tang army, Du He's opinion is that the other party should look at the true strength of the Tang army and judge a standard, so as to know himself and the enemy.
Du He speculated in his heart about Songtsen Gampo's intentions, and a smile appeared on his face.
After receiving Du He's reminder, Xue Rengui also reacted, his face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Songtsan Gampo, this is playing with fire...... He is not afraid to set himself on fire and play with fire [***]? ”
Du He said: "Maybe this is the difference between the superior and us, if I am the military commander of Tubofa, I will inevitably use the Dragon Post as the line of defense, so that my Tang Dynasty cannot afford to be injured, and I will collapse without a fight." Songtsen Gampo is different. He wanted more than just retreating from the enemy. He wants to be the king and hegemon, so that Tubo is as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, the same prestige and Yunei, if he wants to do this, it is difficult to say, but it is easy to say, but it is easy to say. As long as you defeat the Tang Dynasty and break the Tang Dynasty's undefeated record, you can do it! ”
There is only one point, it is indeed simple, but how many can be done?
Songtsen Gampo gave up the opportunity to defend himself, maybe he wanted to give it a try.
Xue Rengui said in a deep voice: "Grand Administrator, if Songtsen Gampo dares to play like this, there must be means that cannot be ignored, and we still need to be cautious." ”
Du He also nodded and said: "Your concerns are not unreasonable, before the fox's tail is not revealed, you can't go to the old path of Guan Erye." As he spoke, he looked south and thought, "It's not a bad thing to be ambitious, but it's not necessarily a good thing to be ambitious." ”
Du He asked the army to be stationed in Zhonglongyi, rested for two days, and continued to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Tibet. Along the river of the cow, the march lasted for three days, and arrived at the second stronghold, the Xinoro Station.
Different countries really have different customs, and the cities here in Tibet do not have any grandeur at all, and in terms of defense system, even the walls and courtyards of large families cannot be compared.
Siege warfare is almost no different from field warfare and street warfare, and there is no defense ability. However, they built fortress-like fortresses in key places, named post posts, to defend themselves against foreign enemies.
The Dragon Post is the first line of defense, and the Sinoro Post is the second.
Although the Xinuoluo Station occupies a dangerous place, in terms of the threat to the Tang Army, it is far inferior to the Dragon Station.
Du He asked the army to rest outside the Sinoro post for a while, and the next day gave the order to attack.
This time, the general responsible for directing the offensive was Niu Jinda, who had a tough fighting style and was a famous daring soldier in the Tang Army.
He does not have Zhang Liang's command level, and he can skillfully control the soldiers under his command, and use the strengths and weaknesses between the soldiers to cooperate in battle. But he has the martial courage that Zhang Liang does not have, taking the lead, personally facing the enemy on the front line, and using his own strength to inspire the spirit of the three armies and strengthen the courage of the three armies.
In the face of the Tang army's offensive, Xinuoluo Yi did not last long, and was captured by the Tang army in just two hours. The Tibetan army was defeated for a while, and after a while, it regrouped and put down the posture of recapturing the Xinoro Station.
If it was usual, Niu Jinda had already led his troops to fight, but after two hours of attacking, the soldiers under his command were all due to the discomfort of the climate, and the transitional consumption of physical strength, and the combat strength was greatly reduced.
"Boss, let the last general fight!" Niu Jinda shrugged his head with a look of regret, and Liu Lan, Xin Fang'er, Luo Tong, Xue Rengui and other generals who had not yet had a chance to show their lives also asked for orders one after another, expressing their willingness to lead the troops to meet the enemy.
Du He hesitated for a moment and chose Liu Lan.
Xin Fang'er and Luo Tong each felt regretful, but only Xue Rengui and Zhang Liang were a little puzzled.
Liu Lanzhi is more than brave, and he uses soldiers to re-plot, and the next battle is a field battle with Tubo, and it is a hard battle, Liu Lan is obviously inferior to Xin Fang'er, Luo Tong, and Xue Rengui.
Seeing the surprised expressions of the two, Du He didn't break it, just smiled mysteriously, and said in his heart: "The fox's tail has gradually been revealed over time." ”
Liu Lan is not good at hard battles, it's not that she can't fight hard, and it's not that she can't fight hard battles.
Under his command, the Tang army still had a good performance, and it was evenly matched with the attacking Tubo army.
The Tang army was brave and even better than the Tubo army, but because of the influence of the climate, their combat strength was greatly reduced, which was on par with the Tubo.
In order to avoid the weakness of the Tang army's excessive physical exertion, Liu Lan chose the same tactics as Du He, fighting quickly and quickly, exerting the strength of the Tang army to the extreme, and desperately fighting to the death.
Songtsen Gampo looked at the battlefield calmly, analyzing every detail of the battlefield.
Choice is something everyone must do, a reasonable choice will change a person's life to the bottom, on the contrary, a wrong choice can ruin everything.
Songtsen Gampo made a bold decision in the face of the attack of the Tang army, Tubo is not without capable people, on the contrary, in the face of him who is thirsty for talent, Tubo capable people can also be described by four words: talented.
One of them proposed to build a huge fortress at the Zhonglongyi when the Tang army arrived in Qinghai, using the Zhonglongyi as a stronghold to resist the Tang army's attack. But Songtsen Gampo refused, he was unwilling to learn Sima Yi, and the same Duhe could not be Zhuge Liang, and he would die if he was consumed.
He wanted to defeat the Tang Dynasty, defeat the Tang Dynasty, and replace it with Tubo.
Songtsen Gampo is indeed a little arrogant, but he is not arrogant, and he does not feel that the current Tubo has the strength to shake the behemoth of the Tang Dynasty, and what he can rely on is the unique climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Songtsen Gampo loves the art of war, especially "The Art of War", and is very concerned about the time, place, and people, and believes that in order to defeat the Tang Dynasty, we must start from these three aspects. Their plateau climate is the time of day, and the special hilly terrain of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is geographically advantageous, which is just a sharp weapon to restrain the Tang army. The time and place are all right, and you can use the power of God to deal with the invincible Tang army. Use God to break the myth that the Tang army is undefeated.
Zhonglongyi is certainly the best fortress to defend against the Tang army, but the place is too close to Qinghai, and the Tang army can advance and retreat here. What's more, like Qinghai, the Dragon Station belongs to the outermost part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. There is altitude sickness, but it is not so fatal. The power was too small to crush the Tang Dynasty Iron Army.
Therefore, Songtsen Gampo vetoed this proposal, and he wanted to introduce the Tang army into the hinterland of Tibet, and he wanted to bring the Tang army into the depths of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where altitude sickness was most intense.
The reason why Zhonglongyi chose to attack the Tang Army was not simply to try the strength of the Tang Army, but to make an assessment to see what the strength of the Tang Army was, so that he could have a spectrum.
The purpose of this battle in front of us is not much different.
Songtsen Gampo is not uncommon to even defend the Dragon Station, and how could he attack the Tang army for the sake of the Xinuoluo Station.
This time, he wanted to see how much the Tang army had been affected as it gradually deepened, and whether it could completely defeat the Tang army with the help of the power of heaven as he thought, so that it would be annihilated.
The Tang soldiers on the battlefield were still so brave, and Songtsen Gampo still noticed that the brave Tang army did not fully exert their strength, and compared with the battle of Zhonglongyi, the performance of the Tang army in this battle was much inferior.
The highland climate is already playing a role unconsciously.
"Withdraw!" Songtsen Gampo was in a particularly cheerful mood, the strength of the Tang army was suppressed because of the climate, and with a hole card in his hand, he already saw the prospect of victory.
At this time, the guards came running from afar and whispered in Songtsen Gampo's ear.
Songtsen Gampo's expression was trembling, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Really? ”
"It's true!"
Songtsen Gampu raised his head and laughed: "God wishes me Tibet, the time and place are favorable, there are all three, and I can be invincible." ”
There is one more hole card in the decisive victory, and Songtsen Gampo is more confident in the current situation.
The Tubo army withdrew, as before, retreating without chaos, and did not give the Tang army a chance to pursue.
Duhe also did not give the order to pursue, because it was not needed.
Songtsen Gampo will also send it to the door.
For the first time, Duhe didn't notice Songtsen Gampo's intentions, and once again fought such a brainless battle, where could he hide it...... Lure the enemy deep, stretch the battle line, take advantage of the special climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, crush them, and have a decisive battle with them.
Du He ordered to rest at the Xinoro Station, thinking about how to break the game of Songtsen Gampo.
In all fairness, Songtsen Gampo was not very clever in this game, but it hit the dead hole of the Tang army.
The plateau climate is too hurtful for the people of the Central Plains.
"You can't keep letting Songtsen Gampo lead the way, how can you turn passive into active?"
Du He looked at the map on the table, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
(To be continued)