Chapter 47: The Biggest Hole Card
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Little by little, Songtsen Gampo led them into the urn, the purpose of which was to lure them forward step by step, deep behind enemy lines, taking advantage of the time and location, lengthening their battle lines, and consuming their strength. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Now that this intention has become clear, why do you still follow his script?
A new idea unfolded in Du He's mind, and the tactic of Songtsen Gampo is still consumed in the final analysis, but in a different way.
War of attrition, this should be the only way for Tubo to compete with the Tang Dynasty.
If Tubo chooses to fight with the Tang Army in Zhonglongyi, it will be a fight for materials and national strength. Even if the Tang Dynasty was strong, it was impossible to withstand a long expedition of thousands of miles. And now Songtsen Gampo consumes the overall strength of the Tang army, using the plateau climate to consume the Tang army's sharp energy and wear down the Tang army's combat effectiveness, so that they can also sit on the strength of the fishermen and defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Du He's finger tapped heavily on the map, and the place where his finger sat was the capital of Tibet.
The Tibetan army retreated in battle, but it would eventually stop in one place and use that place as a base to be used to fight the Tang army. This stronghold must have three conditions: first, it must be able to block the crazy offensive of the Tang army; Second, there are enough materials to withstand long-term consumption without harming the best interests of Tibet; Third, it should be located in the depths of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where altitude sickness is strong.
There is only one place that can meet these three conditions, and that is the capital of Tibet.
The other cities in Tibet were built on earth and had little defense, with the exception of the capital. In order to highlight the uniqueness of the capital, Songtsen Gampo hired architects from the East and the West to build the building. Although the appearance is a bit nondescript, there is no doubt about the sturdiness. In addition, as the national capital, Latches is the center of Tibet's economy and culture, with the largest material storage warehouse, controlling the economic lifeline of Tibet. As long as Luo Qi was not occupied by the Tang army, even if most of the territory was captured by the Tang army, the roots and bones of Tubo would not be harmed. Finally, the Logos are located deep on the Tibetan Plateau and also meet the conditions of altitude sickness.
Du He had already affirmed that the purpose of the final retreat of the Tibetan army was to be logical.
"Someone...... Invite Xue Rengui and Luo Tong to ......"
Du He already had a plan in his heart, called the two generals he trusted the most, and after thinking about it, he called Zhu Huo who came with the army.
Xue Rengui and Luo Tong are different from Zhang Liang, Liu Lan, Xin Fang'er and other generals, as their old subordinates, they know their own abilities clearly, and they can absolutely obey every decision they make. Faced with this crucial matter, he still decided to use his old subordinates.
Before Xue Rengui and Luo Tong arrived, Du He wrote a secret letter and kicked it in his arms.
After a while, Xue Rengui and Luo Tong arrived one after another.
"Chief Administrator...... "Although they are friends, they are standard superiors and subordinates in the army. Military salute is related to the prestige of the lord and cannot be abolished.
Du He smiled and asked them to come to the front and said: "Give you a difficult task, give you 20,000 soldiers, 40,000 war horses, you go out of the camp overnight, regardless of anything else, the army will go straight to the capital of Tubo, cut off all connections between the city of Luo, and prepare to attack Luo. ”
Xue Rengui and Luo Tong were stunned one after another, and they went deep alone like this, which was really a taboo for soldiers.
They saw that Du He's tone was firm and unquestionable, and he didn't say a word, and at the same time promised.
Du He said solemnly: "Once your troops come to the city, you will encounter three grim situations. First, go deep alone; second, the siege of the defenders in the city of Logos and the Tibetan army that drove back to Logos; Third, the climate is harsh, and the altitude sickness there is far better than that in Qinghai, so we must pay more attention and remember the coping methods I said. ”
Duhe has been to the first tour in later generations, and the experienced tour guide has repeatedly detailed how to deal with altitude sickness in a scientific way before the tour bus has entered the world. Now, even if there is no medication to alleviate it, the precautions are still very useful.
"In addition, Mingda, if you have something to do, you have to discuss it, your army is outside, and the survival of life and death is not only your personal matter, but also related to the survival of tens of thousands of athletes of the three armies. Du He knew the abilities of Luo Tong and Xue Rengui, and he didn't bother too much, but he was worried about Luo Tong's impatience and gave him a wake-up call.
Although Xue Rengui's ability is higher than Luo Tong, he has been in the army for a short time, and his merits are not as good as Luo Tong, who followed Du He at the beginning. Therefore, the main general of this army can only be Luo Tong as the main and Xue Rengui as the deputy.
Luo Tong smiled and nodded, still very convinced of Xue Rengui's ability.
After a long period of contact, Xue Rengui's strategy has long been recognized. His opinion is second only to Duhe himself in terms of convincing among the group of people who played well.
At this time, Zhu Huo, who was also in the army as a guide, also arrived outside the camp.
Du He asked Zhu Huo, who knew the way, to walk with Xue Rengui and Luo Tong.
The second general received the order to prepare to go.
An hour later, Xue Rengui and Luo Tong's light horses galloped out of the Tang Dynasty military camp.
Riding lightly, they set out from the back of the camp, spared a circle, avoided the sight of the Tibetan scouts, and then accelerated to Luo.
After Du He saw Xue Rengui and Luo Tong leave, he whistled, summoned Meng'er, sent the written secret letter, and laughed softly: "Songtsan Gampo, you can do me a small favor, I will be grateful to you and pray for you......"
If Duhe's real intention wants to succeed, it must be cooperated by Songtsen Gampo's "tacit understanding".
When Songtsen Gampo noticed this "strange soldier", it was already noon the next day.
"What?" Songtsen Gampo, who got the news, changed his expression greatly, walked back and forth two steps, his eyes revealed a fanaticism, sometimes when he met a good opponent, it was more happy than meeting a garbage, which made people's blood boil, and said: "A good Duhe, a good means, he actually saw through my intentions, and directly sent troops to fight Luo, this trick hit our dead hole." ”
In the face of the invincible Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo did not have the slightest contempt, in order to be able to fight with the Tang army, he gathered all the strong troops of Tubo in his hands. Even the team led by his brother had him transferred. Even the guards of the royal city let him take out some of them, and now the number of defenders in the city is less than 5,000, which is the time when the defense is the weakest.
As soon as the Tibetan generals heard the news, they all exploded, and Gerdan, the head of the generals, jumped out first and said: "Zampu, there are few soldiers in the royal city, if it is captured, then there will be nothing." I am willing to lead the troops back to help and crush this group of Tang troops who have eaten leopard gall. ”
Songtsen Gampo did not have any anxiety, although Du He's hand surprised him too much, but he quickly recovered and cheered up the civil and military forces under his command with his own attitude. He shook his head and vetoed Gerdan's intentions, and said, "I can't catch up...... Our horses can't compare to them. ”
The territory of the Tang Dynasty was wide, the largest in all dynasties, and it had a large number of horse farms. There are two kinds of military horses in the Tang Dynasty, one is the Northwest military horse, which is tall and strong, with strong explosive power, and the other is the Hetao military horse, which is short and strong, and full of endurance. Therefore, most of the cavalry of the Tang Army were assigned double horses, mainly the Hetao military horses when they were rushing and the northwest military horses when they were fighting.
There are also horses on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but they are located in the hills, lack of horse grazing conditions, and most of their horses are cargo horses, good at carrying weights, lacking speed and explosiveness. It was no longer an opponent, and the Tang army had taken the lead for most of the day, and unless they put wings on their horses, it was impossible to catch up.
This point, Songtsen Gampo saw very clearly.
"You can't send the army back alone to reinforce it, they Tang people have a tactic in the art of war, called encirclement and reinforcement. Attack the place where our army must save first, force reinforcements to send troops, and destroy the reinforcements. It is certain that the combat effectiveness of this Tang army must be very good. Sending troops back to help us is tantamount to falling for their tricks, and we can't lose our strength for no reason. Songtsen Gampo calmly analyzed, glanced at the civil and military in the tent, it was a headache, how he hoped that having Qinling by his side at this time could help him pay attention.
Because of the low culture, almost all the generals in Tibet were illiterate, and it was okay for them to fight and kill the enemy, but discussing and discussing countermeasures was really playing the harp to the cow.
Songtsen Gampo was also a resolute man, and soon issued an order, "Let the heralds rush to Tubo day and night to report the news, order all the guards to be on standby, and gather the strong men in the city, let them participate in the training of defending the city, and go up to the city tower to participate in the defense anytime and anywhere if necessary." Other than that...... The three armies were ordered to immediately withdraw their camps, and all the troops withdrew to Logo. According to the script he wrote, the Tang army should continue to go deep into the hinterland of Tibet under his lure, through continuous combat temptation, continuous feints, and gradually find out the strength of the Tang army after the continuous weakening, and finally retreat to the Luo some to defend to the death, waiting for the fighters, using the hole cards in their hands, and trying their best to win.
But now everything is shattered because of Du He's surprise soldiers, and Du He has seen through all his plans.
It made him feel like he had lost a hand, which was very uncomfortable.
However, deep in his heart, Songtsen Gampo was still secretly glad that even if Du He saw through his intentions, in order to win, he still stepped into the tiger's den in Longtan, so that his final plan did not fail, and also let him specially prepare for the Tang Army's hole cards have a place to use.
When the generals were preparing to start broadcasting, Songtsen Gampo secretly recruited his henchmen and asked him to send a letter to Nanzhao.
Nanzhao is divided into Baiman and Wuman, Baiman claims that his ancestors are Anyi people, came to Nanning in the Western Jin Dynasty, and took root here, so the Baiman script is the same as the Han nationality, the language is similar, and the land is cultivated and silkwormed, just like the Han people. But the barbarians are just the opposite, the barbarians take animal husbandry as their business, do not know how to cultivate and weave, and are savage and brave.
They had a complicated relationship with each other and resisted each other in peacetime, but when it came to wartime, they became one and worked together to the outside world, and repeatedly made the invading Songtsen Gampo suffer.
Songtsen Gampo knew that he could not take down Nanzhao, so he secretly made a plan of discord, making the Wuman and the White Barbarian hostile to the internal fighting, and he secretly helped the Wuman defeat the White Barbarian and unify the Nanzhao.
Songtsen Gampo and the current King of Nanzhao are brothers.
The reinforcements of Nanzhao are the biggest hole cards of Songtsen Gampo.