Chapter 371: Non-Coalition Forces Don't Send Troops
Hearing Chetu's question, Liu Yucai smiled faintly and said, "I was also a general before I went to the Western Regions, so Miss Chetu doesn't need to be surprised. Now it's time to discuss how to deal with the enemy. ”
Returning to the barracks, Liu Yu is actually like an arrow now, of course, Liu Yu also remembers the task of this special operations force, which is to drive away the Tubo invaders, and now that Tubo has made a comeback after an initial rout, Liu Yue knows that it is necessary to repel this allied army of Tubo and small countries in the Western Regions before withdrawing troops. Although the contrast between the two sides is somewhat disparity.
According to the survey, the Tibetan coalition army had as many as 30,000 or 40,000 horses, of which the infantry was the mainstay, and the baggage was not much, very much like an army that was accustomed to fighting in the field. And how many soldiers and horses the Loulan people are willing to send for the time being Liu Yu is not clear, Liu Yu estimated, even if the Loulan country is to be destroyed, the Loulan army will pour out, there are only about 20,000 people and horses, and the combat effectiveness is weak. And the real main force is Zhang Wuzhu's Shun Dynasty cavalry, only 3,000 men and horses, but the weapons and training are very advanced.
As a civil servant, Chetu did not know much about military affairs, and she did not have a military general accompanying her on this trip. Originally, she didn't want to discuss "how to fight the enemy" with the Shun Dynasty, but now she wanted to sit down and listen, go back and inform the queen of the result, and then discuss it with the generals. The next scene she saw made her a little unable to sit still.
Zhang Wuzhu took out a large march route map, which clearly marked the large and small cities, rivers and mountains from the border of the Shun Dynasty to the territory of Loulan, especially the labeling of the Loulan Kingdom was quite detailed, and Che Tu was immediately shocked to realize that these Shun Dynasty people definitely had plans for the Loulan Kingdom, otherwise why would they do such a detailed investigation in advance of the Loulan Kingdom?
"You ...... Wolf ambitions. I have ill intentions towards Lou Languo. Such allies. How is it possible to cooperate? ”
Originally, Liu Yuzheng looked down at the military map, and didn't pay attention to Chetu, but when he heard the voice, he raised his head with a little surprise, and he felt unreasonable that Chetu was so sensitive.
"Miss Chetu, we have a habit of drawing pictures of the army in the Shun Dynasty, and this time we borrowed your country to mark the woods and rivers in several cities of your country. You don't need to make such a fuss, do you? ”
Chetu's concern is justified, after all, the Loulan people are lagging behind the Central Plains people in drawing maps, and they often send a large number of people, because of the lack of experience and the limited level of drawing, the effect of drawing maps is not good. However, the scouts of the Shun Dynasty army were specially trained, and in addition to spying on intelligence, they also had to record the geographical coordinates of the future march and the mountains and rivers, and mark them on the military map after verifying them in many ways after returning. This is actually a manifestation of the strength of the Shun Dynasty army, but in Chetu's view, he will feel that the Shun Dynasty army has already planned.
Che Tu said: "You have to make such detailed preparations by borrowing the Dao? ”
Liu Yu glanced at Zhang Wuzhu. He turned his face and smiled: "Miss Chetu seems to have forgotten, in fact, our army was originally preparing to destroy your Loulan Kingdom. By the way, grab some food. Who knows...... Well, I happened to be a guest in your country, which led to this cooperation and sending troops. Therefore, Miss Chetu still understands that this may be the difference in the way the armies of the two countries go out to fight. ”
Chetu felt more and more that the people of Loulan were deceived by this envoy of the Shun Dynasty called "Su Wu", and now they are sending food, which is likely to be a tiger for trouble, who knows if they will eat enough and bite back, and really destroy Loulan? Although through her observation, the army of the Shun Dynasty is not very large, but they can "demon law", and they are a group of elite cavalry fighting across borders, and maybe they really have the strength to destroy Loulan.
After the discussion, what Liu Yu said, Chetu didn't listen too much.
In fact, Liu Yu also asked Zhang Wuzhu for most of the time, after all, he also had a lot of unclear points about the dispatch of the Tubo coalition army, and after questioning, he learned that the Tubo people were actually luring the enemy deep when they retreated, and after the supply line of the Shun Dynasty army was cut off, Zhang Wuzhu had fallen into a state of isolation and helplessness. This is also related to Zhang Wuzhu's lack of experience in leading troops alone, he is a rough general, and he only knows how to lead the troops to attack, so he fell into the dilemma of being alone and deep, and he needs to "borrow" Loulan to "borrow grain".
Loulan country from Loulan city to the south, there is a range of about 600 li, the first 200 li of rivers and trees are more, the last 400 li is also half Gobi desert and half grassland, there are a few cities of Loulan country sporadically, now the Tubo people are attacking the Loulan people with the joint defense of the city to form a defense line against the Tubo invaders. Originally, the Loulan people had also made preparations to resist the Tubo, but this time the Tubo people were fierce, and the defense line of the Loulan people was not very effective, and the army of the Tubo people was eating away at the defense of Loulan step by step.
"That is, one day and one night before we are." Liu Yu thought for a while, "Forget it, let's wait and see." Maybe the Tibetans retreated on their own? ”
Liu Yu's words made Che suddenly angry, now that the people of the Shun Dynasty have food, they will not immediately send troops to help the Loulan people relieve the siege, and they will choose to wait and see? !
"Shouldn't your country send troops immediately?" Chetu asked.
Liu Yu looked at Chetu with a smile and asked, "Then how much assistance is Loulan going to send troops?" ”
Before she came, she didn't get the queen's instructions, and naturally she didn't know how many reinforcements Lu Dao Loulan was going to send over. She has an understanding of the Loulan military strength of the southern urban defense line, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, which is also the most sophisticated border army of the Loulan people. For the Shun Dynasty, the border army was to resist the Turks, while the Loulan was to resist the Tibetans. In terms of military layout, Loulan is also heavy in the south and light in the north.
"This ...... I have to go back and discuss it with Her Majesty the Queen. ”
"Then Miss Chetu will go back with you sooner...... Her Majesty the Queen, as well as the princess, the princess, what Tianzuo will discuss clearly, how many soldiers and horses to send, and then discuss the dispatch of troops in detail. You Loulan people's own city has fallen, you should be in a hurry, instead of blindly urging our Shun Dynasty army. Well, the relationship between primary and secondary still needs to be clarified. ”
Primary and secondary relationships? Chetu suddenly felt that the man in front of him was like a completely different person after entering the Shun Dynasty military camp, he could have been perfunctory with the Loulan people, not saying that he had an alliance but at least he also gave the Loulan people face, but now he seemed to have lost patience and spoke unreasonably, as if he had first seen him in the Yueshi Clan, flying high and domineering.
"Your Excellency won't go back to Loulan City with the little girl?" Che Tu knew that there was no result in further discussion, and asked.
Liu Yuha smiled and said: "Miss Chetu is a noble person, I said that after the war is over, I will go back to Loulan City to discuss the details of the alliance with you, and I didn't say that I will go back soon." If the people of Loulan are not satisfied, they can send someone to kidnap the envoy again! Let's see if you have what it takes. However, I am willing to send Miss Chetu out of the barracks, and the courtesies are still exchanged, and I will be a send-off! ”
Che Tu hated not being able to go up and bite this treacherous villain, but thinking about it, he didn't seem to have betrayed his covenant with the Loulan people. But for some reason, seeing this man's treacherous smile made her feel impatient, and she once thought that he was a righteous gentleman and that the little favor she had for him disappeared.
There are no good people in the Central Plains.
Liu Yu and Zhang Wuzhu personally sent the grain envoys of the Shun Dynasty back to Loulan City, and Chetu noticed that since Liu Yu entered the military camp of the Shun Dynasty, the general of the Shun Dynasty was the one surnamed Zhang with a big face, just like a mouse seeing a cat, he no longer interjected in everything, and it completely became Liu Yu's one-man show. Chetu also guessed that if the power of the envoy of the Shun Dynasty was so great, then the envoy of the Shun Dynasty and the subsequent dispatch of troops might be an action that echoed back and forth, aiming to paralyze the people of the Western Regions while seeking to seize the territory of the Western Regions.
Che Tuxin said that he had to guard against the treacherous Central Plains people.
Coming out of the big tent, the soldiers gathered around again, Che Tu didn't have a good impression of these soldiers with a strong masculine body, and avoided some, Zhang Wuzhu was responsible for blocking the enthusiasm of the soldiers who wanted to see the boss, while Liu Yu sent Che Tu out. Chetu looked around Liu Yu, and more than a dozen guards with long poles on his backs followed, obviously afraid that Liu Yu would have another accident.
"Do you Central Plains people know how to demons?" Cut the old story again.
"Yes, I will."
Liu Yu smiled and took out the short gun with bullets, lifted it and shot it at the wooden pole not far away, and discounted the wooden pole with one shot. The guards next to him laughed and applauded, and Liu Yu was very modest to fade the bullet out, he was afraid of going off. Surprised, Chetu seemed to understand the role of the long pole that the soldier was carrying. This magic comes from the strange weapons in their hands.
"Go back and tell your queen and princess that our Shun people know magic, and if we eat your little food, we will be able to fight enemies that you can't handle. That's a good thing, so ...... Please hurry up and discuss how many troops to send to cooperate with our march. Otherwise, your soldiers on the front line will be killed and wounded, and it will be too late to come to the rescue. ”
Chetu left the Shun Dynasty military camp with a sad countenance. Before she came, she actually thought that these were just moths who just wanted to "borrow food", but now she knew how strong the combat effectiveness of these soldiers was. If Loulan gets the help of the Shun Dynasty, let alone Tubo, even the hegemony of the Western Regions is just around the corner. Thinking of this, Chetu was also a little happy, it seems that he kidnapped the envoy of the Shun Dynasty and came back to kidnap the right kidnapping.
Sending off Chetu, Liu Yu immediately went to the tent where Timur had just been settled, and as soon as he entered, he saw Timur standing vigilantly with a knife in his hand, and the burden behind him was still not put down.
"You're back." Timur saw Liu Yu coming over, "Hurry up and send me back to the grassland, here...... It's not a place for people. ”
Liu Yu frowned and said, "What are these words, aren't there people everywhere here?" ”
"They are all demons, demons that have destroyed my Turkic homeland, you ...... You're not going to be in league with them, are you? Timur glared at Liu Yu.
"Lovely little beggar, there are some things you must be clear, and now we have to send someone under the fence. Do you think we would have been able to leave Loulan safely without the protection of these people? Even if you can leave, the little food in your baggage will be enough for you to cross the grassland and return to your tribe? Seeing that Timur's face also showed sadness, Liu Yu smiled with satisfaction, "Stay here with peace of mind, let's not have anything to do with them, once we solve the Tubo people, we don't need the protection of these people." I went north by the way, and I didn't walk with these people anymore. (To be continued......)