Chapter Fifty-Eight: Luring the Enemy to Battle
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With the three armies out there, there will be a lot of unknowable developments. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThis state of affairs can be big or small, and it can even subvert the three armed forces. Therefore, as the commander of the three armed forces, the most taboo thing is to command the troops outside and tie his hands and feet.
Many emperors and ministers did not understand this truth, and they were more afraid of the generals outside the country and the rebellion than the victory. Therefore, many dynasties in history will send eunuchs or civil officials and other fools who do not know soldiers to join the army and monitor the commander.
This kind of behavior not only chilled the general's heart, but also became a tight spell, shackling the general's hands and feet. It's okay to meet some prison soldiers who don't care about anything, but if you meet those famous prison soldiers in history who like to point fingers, you will suffer.
Just like Bian Lingcheng during the Xuanzong period, he was a small eunuch who subverted the two fierce generals of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, and caused the Tang army to be defeated.
This was completely impossible in the early Tang Dynasty, because Li Shimin, as the emperor, was also a military commander, and he knew very well about military affairs, and knew that if he wanted to maximize the strength of the army, he must give the commander corresponding power.
Li Shimin embraced all rivers and dared to delegate power, so in the early Tang Dynasty, the marshals who led the troops abroad were all called the chief of the marching road. With this title, it is almost equivalent to the king of the war zone, and the chief manager has the right to intervene in the affairs of the war zone. As long as the war requires, the chief can do whatever he wants, giving the generals outside absolute autonomy.
This point is rare throughout the entire history of China, in the early Tang Dynasty, foreign wars, brilliant military achievements, did not meet a defeat, and it is not unrelated.
Du He is the chief administrator, and the three armies obey his orders, and if he feels the need, he will invade the Nanzhao Kingdom, and he has the right to use troops against the Nanzhao.
However, this attack on other countries is a big matter, and ordinary generals do not dare to make this decision without authorization.
So listening to Du He's order, all the generals felt incredible.
Du He said with a smile: "The soldiers are very fast, and the current King of Nanzhao is a brave and reckless man, and he can be the king, thanks to the help of Songtsen Gampo." He let our army be defeated unexpectedly, and with his character, the ten *** will feel entangled and depressed, and want to regain face. We moved troops against Nanzhao at this time, which happened to be in line with his wishes. Nanzhao is different from Tubo, Tubo is difficult to have the climate, altitude sickness, Nanzhao is poor mountains and bad waters, most of them live in the mountains and forests, the people are fierce, uncivilized. If you want to defeat them on your own soil, it is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to say, and it is ten times more difficult than Tibet. ā
Zhang Liang, Niu Jinda, Xin Fang'er and others will be stunned one after another, for some reason.
Niu Jinda was confused and asked, "Boss, don't sell the guanzi, just say it!" ā
Zhang Liang, Xin Fanger, Liu Lan, and Liu Boying also said yes.
Here we can also see the change in the attitude of the generals towards Duhe.
Because of the battle to break Tubo, Du He fought very well, and they all recognized Du He's ability, and they were able to put down their veteran shelves and ask Du He for advice.
Du He replied: "Easy is simple, Nanzhao has not yet been civilized, a barbarian country." Although the soldiers are brave, they have no sharp weapons to help, and even Tubo is far inferior, let alone my Datang. Their king is brave and unscrupulous, and all those who are doing it are good warriors, and they all want to be superior to him. As far as I know, they don't have any great geniuses in the country. With the strength of my Datang, it is really not difficult to win against Nanzhao. It's just that some things are not calculated by strength, Nanzhao is poor in mountains and bad waters, vast and sparsely populated, dense in mountains and forests, when fighting, just drill into the mountains, not to mention our little soldiers and horses, even if we gather a million troops, it will not help. ā
Zhang Liang, Xin Fang'er, Liu Lan, Liu Boying and other generals, where did they still understand what Du He meant, and they realized in their hearts.
Zhang Liang said with a smile: "It's not the Nanzhao War that I'm afraid of, I'm afraid that the Nanzhao will hide and not fight." Now Nanzhao is ruled by a scheming Meng and has the heart to fight, and sending troops at this time is precisely an excellent opportunity to win. The general manager will win a thousand miles, and the end will be admired. ā
The rest of the generals also clasped their fists one after another, expressing their admiration.
Du He nodded with a smile, everything about the suffering, Du He got it by interrogating Nanzhao's captured generals and the great ministers of Tubo.
Meng Nan turned out to be a general, and the generals and colonels of Nanzhao knew the character of their boss well, and the Tubo prime minister was in charge of the military and political affairs of Tubo, and he was even more clear about the character and details of the lord of the allied countries.
Now that these people are prisoners of the ranks, it is easy for Du He to extract some useful information from them. Of course, they may not be able to cooperate honestly, but in the face of some means, if they want to cooperate or not, they will not succeed.
Therefore, although Du He has not yet seen the face of martyrdom, he knows this person well.
It is also because of his understanding of the martyrdom that Du He decided to send troops in a hurry: Meng Nan was able to become the lord of a country, which can only be described as a miracle in Du He's words. He doesn't have the slightest leadership temperament, he is a qualified general, a qualified general, but he is definitely not a qualified king.
It is impossible for him to govern a good country, and now he can become the head of a country, and luck has the support of Songtsen Gampo, which occupies the vast majority. Now Songtsen Gampo has become a prisoner, unable to support the suffering, it is difficult to control a country by relying on the suffering, and the final outcome is only one, which can be overthrown. A new, more brilliant king took his place.
Du He did not forget that Nanzhao would also become a thief who peeked into the splendid mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty in the near future, and killing them in infancy was the best way to limit their development. Rather than waiting for the tribulation to be replaced by the people who moved the army, it was better to take advantage of the encumbrance to compete with them and succeed in the battle.
Zhang Liang, Xin Fang'er, Liu Lan, and Liu Boying have been convinced by Du He, and Du He does have the right to use troops against Nanzhao.
Du He left the well-guarded Liu Boying to sit in Tubo, intending to rest in Tubo for ten days and personally lead the army to conquer Nanzhao.
During the ten days of rest, Du He was not idle, he let the moon and the incense be divided into two parts, one was led by Huangfu Haohua, who went deep into the hinterland of Nanzhao to explore intelligence and spread rumors, and the other was led by Qin Yu to explore the topography of Nanzhao and draw a map of the terrain there, so as to know himself and know that he would not be defeated in a hundred battles.
Ten days later, the army set out......
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Nanzhao!
Meng Meng retreated to the territory with a disgraced face, and when he saw the civil and military forces in the court, his face was as black as an eggplant. Nanzhao is divided into white barbarians and black barbarians, and the ministers are naturally the same.
A year ago, there was civil strife in Nanzhao, and Meng Nan won the victory because of the heavy troops in his hands, and many white barbarian officials in the DPRK and China were cleaned, but the cultural level of the white barbarians was above that of the Ukrainian barbarians, which is also a fact. There are many affairs that non-white barbarians cannot handle, and even if the barbarians are in power, there are still half of the white barbarian officials in the DPRK and the central government, handling government affairs.
Most of these white barbarian officials have learned Han Chinese culture, know history well, and understand the fate of being enemies of the Han people. Before going to war, they repeatedly persuaded them not to be enemies of the Tang Dynasty.
Meng Nan guarded against these barbarian officials in his heart, where was he willing to listen, and he insisted on sending troops to help. The result is a gray twist back.
There wasn't much of a white barbarian official.
But there are ghosts in the heart of the suffering, and the heart of the thief is weak, and when he sees these white barbarian civil officials, he feels that they are laughing at himself, and when he sits in the seat, he feels that there is a nail in his ass, and he thinks about how to take revenge, how to save face, and save his brother.
The previous war was really embarrassing, and it inexplicably made people copy the back road, caught off guard, and suffered heavy losses.
Meng was defeated, but he was unconvinced in his heart, only saying that the Tang army was treacherous, and did not defeat him with strength.
He intends to regroup and be disgraced. However, before he could be ashamed, he received the news that Songtsen Gampo had been captured and Tibet had perished.
He knew that the Tang army was far above him, and he did not come out strongly, and he planned to return to China and think about revenge.
Meng Yan: "The Tang people are cunning and designed to hurt more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I can't swallow this evil breath." Now that my brother has fallen into the hands of the enemy, how can I get him back...... The public is also private, and we should all fight the Tang people to the end. ā
In his opinion, the Tang army killing his soldiers on the battlefield is a national hatred, and capturing his brother-in-law is a family hatred.
When the hatred of the country and the family gathers, this battle will be fought and this revenge will be avenged.
As for what Tang Jun would kill his soldiers and who would do it first, it was not in his consideration.
Those civil servants in the hall saw that they had not learned a lesson when they saw the difficulties, and wanted to be enemies of the Tang Dynasty, so they hurriedly jumped out to stop them.
All kinds of rhetoric, without exception, mostly mean that the Tang army is strong and Nanzhao is not an opponent.
If you can't bear the loss in front of you, where will you listen. It's just that there are too many people who oppose it, and he himself has just suffered a defeat, and he lacks confidence, so he pressed it down for the time being and didn't mention it again.
Just when Meng Nan was thinking about how to block the mouths of those Wenchen, he heard some gossip, and the entire Nanzhao was rumored to be incompetent, so that Tang Jun came back like a dog, and his brother-in-law was captured, and he had no ability to rescue him.
Meng Nan was furious, thinking that this was a conspiracy, this was a trick by Bai Man to seize power from the new, and specially prevented him from fighting, so as to make him lose face.
Meng Nan didn't believe in the white barbarians very much, and he had a mustard in his heart.
Just when he was entangled, he got the news of the invasion of the Tang Army.
I was overjoyed and didn't let me endure it, but now they are knocking on the door and still being a turtle? At the moment, he didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and with his own power, he forcibly gave the order to go to war.
Some far-sighted ministers still persuaded them to avoid fighting and go into hiding.
Meng was so angry that he jumped to his feet and directly put the minister in prison.
After this incident, no one dared to persuade Meng Jian to go to war.
When Duhe learned of the martyrdom, the scales of known victory tilted in their favor. Compared to the exhaustive mechanism to deal with Songtsen Gampo, it is really difficult for this product to become an opponent.