Chapter 830: West Wind Saima A Balanced Strategy
"The two generalissimos have joined forces, and they really live up to my expectations!"
Every time Chen Kefu turned the page of Li Jing's good news, he excitedly slammed it on the jade case. When he was reading history, Chen Kefu always read that Xin Qiji crossed the river from the north and defected to the Southern Song Dynasty, dedicated to resisting Jin and serving the country, but he was not reused, but was suspicious.
At this time, he had already attributed Wang Rengong's 50,000 soldiers and horses to the martyrs of serving the country in his heart, but he unexpectedly turned around. The old marshal not only withdrew all the way from the north, but also made such a military feat.
Before the ambush at Motianling, the old marshal had killed more than 80,000 Turks. In the battle of Motianling, the two marshals joined forces, and they made immortal achievements. The 50,000 pursuing Turkic cavalry were all wiped out, and all of them died in the Motianling Gorge.
In just a few days, the 50,000 army went out of the fortress, and when it returned again in the blink of an eye, it had already annihilated the enemy's 130,000 people, burned millions of military rations of the Turkic army, beheaded the enemy Little Khan, and captured dozens of high-ranking Turkic generals such as Que Dushe, Tel Ashina, Danai, Qi Jin Ashina, and Simo. Such a record is enough to shine in the annals of history.
After this battle, the Chen army had already regarded the old marshal Wang Ren as having merit and skills above Li Jing, and became recognized as the first marshal of Great Chen. And Xue Dingguo was also praised as Xue Shixiong's second, and no one in the army had any objections to him being in the position of marshal. In his handwritten report to the emperor, Wang Rengong wrote that the greatest gain of the battle was not how many Turks were annihilated. Instead, more of the Empire's excellent generals were discovered.
The four Xue brothers. The five tiger generals of the Zhang family, as well as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin, Shen Guang and many other generals of the Young Zhuang faction all performed outstandingly. Among them, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanshu, and Xue Wanshu can all be called brave generals, Zhang Meng, Zhang Biao, Zhang Kang, Zhang Qiang, Shen Guang, and Luo Shixin can all be regarded as fierce generals, and Qin Qiong, Cheng Bitjin, Daniel Zhang, and Xue Wanche are even more excellent, which is enough to be a wise general. The old marshal praised that these young generation of generals have brave generals, wise generals, and fierce generals, and can transcend the distinction between the three. The commander who is enough to make his subordinates have undefeated confidence in him is about to become a famous general. He looked at the generals who participated in this battle and pointed out that Qin Qiong, Cheng Biting Jin, Daniel Zhang, and Xue Wanche had the qualifications to become famous generals in the future.
The heroes gathered, and the generals doubled. This makes him, who has always loved to recruit talents, very happy. The two marshals who went out this time were only 100,000 horses and dozens of generals, and there were so many outstanding generals at once, and even four of them were recognized by the old marshal as being famous generals like Li Jing in the future. You must know that Da Chen is not only about the army and these generals, in addition to the generals who fought this time, Da Chen also has eight marshals and hundreds of outstanding generals.
Among the many generals of the Chen army, many of them are famous generals in Chen Kefu's previous history. But there are also many small people who were once unknown. Such as the Zhang brothers, the Li brothers, etc. However, judging from Chen Kefu's own experience, before he becomes an undefeated general admired and recognized by the world, how many people will know that he will have such achievements? History has changed, and under his battle banner, a large number of generals who have not been famous in the history books have already gathered, and he is convinced that there will be more generals gathered under his banner. Before tomorrow, how many Li Jing, how many Yang Shanhui, and how many Qin Qiong will be among these people. What about Yu Chigong?
After the two marshals joined forces to annihilate 50,000 pursuers and calmly withdrew, the 20,000 golden wolf cavalry led by Mou Tingjia also followed, but they were one step slower after all, and when they arrived at the battlefield, they only saw countless charred and broken corpses, and those ownerless and mournful wounded war horses wandering on the battlefield. …,
Even if he plotted to assassinate Jia, he did not hesitate to lead the army at a gallop. But in the end, after chasing for a long time, it looked like it was about to catch up. But in the end, he could only see tens of thousands of tired Chen troops close at hand pouring into the tall and sturdy city of Dali like a flood, looking at the city wall and crying out helplessly.
After this series of bloody battles, the 200,000 Turkic army was severely damaged, leaving less than 80,000 horses, and its strength was almost equal to the 70,000 Chen troops who retreated into the city of Dali. If it weren't for the evening of the same day, the son of Tong Yehu, Ye Yetler, arrived with more than 90,000 men and horses from the nine divisions of Tiele who had surrendered to the Turks, and the two crazy marshals might have taken the initiative to fight the Turks to the death again.
However, as soon as Ye Yetler arrived, Tong Yehu, who had the advantage in troops, led his troops back hundreds of miles that night, until he retreated to Yuanyang Town, on the bank of the Jin River north of Motianling.
Zhang Jinmi, of the Secret Service Division, reported to Chen Kefu, saying that the news he had found was that after Tong Yehu suffered this big loss, he became deeper and deeper. It was rumored among the Turks that Tong Yehu originally planned to lead his army to level the city of Dali and avenge his righteous brother Yili Little Khan and the more than 100,000 Turkic soldiers who died in battle, but the red line of Kedun Dou dissuaded him and persuaded him to temporarily retreat and wait for the other small Khans to lead the army to arrive and gather, and then go south in one fell swoop. I don't know what the reason is, Tong Ye Hu listened to Dou Hongxian's words and led his troops to retreat.
Zhang Jin reported in the secret report that the secret service department speculated based on the information gathered that the Turks would not attack for the time being for two months, and that their attack time would be two months later.
After reading Li Jing's good news, the handwritten notes with Wang Rengong and Xue Dingguo, and then reading Zhang Jin's secret report, and dealing with some other pieces, Chen Kefu's mood was much more cheerful and relaxed. Two of the mountains that had been pressing on his heart had already been overturned. The enthusiasm of the people of Chen Guo for the conscription allowed him not to worry about internal stability for the time being, and he could let go of the battle with the Turks. The two marshals, Wang Rengong and Xue Dingguo, defeated the Turks, killed more than 100,000 enemies, and successfully postponed the Turkic attack until two months later, which undoubtedly gave Chen's army more opportunities to prepare.
At this time, the hazy weather for several days finally ended, the autumn sky was exceptionally blue, blue sky and white clouds, autumn was crisp, and some of the last crops in the fields had been harvested, leaving only an endless land. Chen Kefu, who was in a good mood, finally stepped out of the Jinyang Palace, which had not been out for many days, changed into an ordinary Yulin officer uniform, and took Chen Lei and several gold-armored guards and several silver-robed guards for a private visit.
Beat the horse out of the city, along the Fenshui all the way to the south gallop for dozens of miles, the golden autumn and October, the golden yellow and red leaves of the mountains, make people feel refreshed and happy. On the back of the galloping horse, Chen Kefu's heart has been wandering with the thought, how to use the two marshals desperately won these two months to save the day? In this turbulent era at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there is no absolute strong side. The Great Sui Empire, which was a threat to the world, collapsed in just a few years, and the Goguryeo Kingdom, which had dominated Liaodong for 700 years, was wiped out in just a few years. The Eastern Turkic Khanate, which crisscrossed the steppe, was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Today, Da Chen occupies half of the country in the Central Plains and is regarded as a first-class power. One-on-one, none of the other seven countries is Chen Guo's opponent, but once the countries join forces, under the threat of the Turks outside, Chen Guo will occupy an absolute weakness.
Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the world can only be described as a chaos, with more than one war and continuous conquest. There are many famous generals, and there are many heroes. There are countless people with the status of Chen Pojun today, and the founders of dozens of dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties have all been heroes for a while, and Chen Kefu is not reckless compared to him. However, the change of dynasties in the north and south is more ruthless than flowing water.
The Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, but it was also destroyed in a blink of an eye, and Er Zhurong's generation of heroes was only wiped out when he died. Gao Huan and Yuwentai are both male lords, but the dynasty they established only died in a few lifetimes. Xiao Yan of Southern Liang is the longest reigning of all the emperors of the Southern Dynasty, and he is known as the Ming Lord with Chen Baxian, who reigned for more than 40 years, but as soon as he died, after the Southern Liang passed through eleven emperors, but it only extended the national fortune of the Southern Liang for 11 years, and even the twelve emperors of the Southern Liang, none of them died well. Starvation, poisoning, killing, all kinds of amazing ways to die are a great miracle. …,
It's not that there are no heroes in the world, but heroes can only cry out in vain in the face of this troubled world!
Chen Kefu knew better than anyone that the biggest reason for these short-lived dynasties was division and war. The constant wars have made almost every famous general on the battlefield eventually become a usurper, and then their descendants are usurped by their own generals, and so on.
If we want to avoid the fate of the Chen Dynasty and other short-lived dynasties over the centuries, the most fundamental thing is to unify the Central Plains. War with the Turks was inevitable, but if the Chen dynasty could unify the Central Plains, they would not have to fear the steppe tribes at all.
But now that the steppe Turks have reached their doorstep, they can no longer take care of the other seven countries in the Central Plains at this time. At present, Chen Kefu only hopes that the Seven Kingdoms can be busy fighting each other, and not come to fight the Chen Dynasty for the time being. It's just that such an idea is inevitably wishful thinking, and even Chen Kefu himself is hard to believe.
However, in addition to waiting, can the Chen Dynasty still strike first? Although the six countries are not monolithic, they have always had no friends or enemies in national affairs, and some are only interests. No one dared to guarantee that the seven nations would not finally unite to attack Chen. Once the Seven Kingdoms really join forces to attack the lonely ministers, then Da Chen will really face the enemy on both sides.
Chen Kefu is really most worried about Lingnan and Liaodong, Lingnan is a piece of uncooked meat, and although Liaodong is the place where he started, it is surrounded by the tribal kingdoms of Liaodong. Although these Liaodong Kingdoms are led by Da Chen, once Da Chen is weakened in the war with the Turks and the Seven Kingdoms of the Central Plains, no one can guarantee that these barbarian tribes will not bite in the back.
However, if he just passively waited for them to launch and then attacked them, Chen Guo would inevitably fall into a multi-faceted battle, and even if he won, he would also be reduced to a weak position. In case of an accident, Chen Guo may lose all his borders, or even lose the Central Plains, and be driven back to Hebei. Either way, it's something that Da Chen must avoid. But where is the balance? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )