Chapter 678: Answering before the battle
Ali Arslan rummaged through all the memories of Khotan, and did not find a name that matched the person in front of him, but felt that his clothing and armor had many similarities with the Guiyi army, but now he didn't need to think about it any longer, only to see the general slowly ride forward, and stopped outside the city under the stone, as if he had something to say. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"The Great Song Dynasty inspected the Taishi, the Shazhou Assassin History, the Righteous Army Jie Du Envoy, Guasha and other states observed and disposed of the Yingtian Zhubo Envoy, and the King of Dunhuang County asked Arslan Khan to come forward to speak." An interpreter beside Li You loudly translated these words into a language that the Qarakhanid people could understand, and sent them into the ears of Arslan and the others.
It's really hard for you, I don't know what he translated these lengthy titles into? In such a serious situation, Li You was thinking of this kind of messy stuff in his heart.
"You're the general of Peach Blossom Stone?" Ali Arslan poked his head out from behind the shield, Li You's archery skills just now brought him a huge pressure, for fear that he would suddenly use a cold arrow to kill him, until he saw that Li You's big bow had been put back behind him, he relaxed a little and asked.
Peach Blossom Stone is the name of the Western world to the East at this time, the scholars of the Qarakhanid once left such a text, "Qin is divided into three parts, the upper Qin is the peach blossom stone in the east, the middle Qin is the Khitan, and the lower Qin is Baerhan (that is, Kashgar)", in the future, Qiu Chuji also recorded in the "Journey to the West of Changchun" that the Central Asian people praised the exquisite utensils of the Central Plains, "The farmers also irrigate the fields by canals, and the natives only take water with bottles and return with them." And seeing the Central Plains drawing tools, he said: 'Everything in the peach blossom stone is clever. 'Peach blossom stone, called the Han people. ”
After the Qarakhanid annexed Khotan, they began to call their territory Lower Peach Blossom Stone, and named themselves Peach Blossom Stone Khan, leaving Suleiman Kader Peach Blossom Stone Khan, Peach Blossom Stone Bugra Khan Hassen, Peach Blossom Stone Khan Mahamo and other titles.
"I am the king of Dunhuang canonized by the Great Song Dynasty." Li You had no intention of entanglement with him about these details, and after revealing his identity, he said, "This time, I will lead a total of 150,000 troops from the Guiyi Army, the Khotanese State, the Gaochang Uighurs, and the Ganzhou Uighurs to recover this city. ”
Well, Li You boasted of less than 100,000 troops to 150,000, but the actual number of troops, known as how many is an ancient thing, Cao Cao blows out an army of 800,000 in the Battle of Chibi, compared to him Li You is still very disciplined, but only said more than half, this is also to deter the enemy and weaken their will to resist.
Sure enough, as soon as he heard that Li You had brought 150,000 troops, an exclamation sounded above the city, you must know that Ali-Arslan Khan led his army into the Hezhong region five years ago, and only led so many troops when he took the city of Bukhara, and now the number of soldiers in Kashgar City is far from enough to resist the attack of the 150,000 army, if these 150,000 troops are as elite as the army that annihilated the 3,000 Qarakhanid cavalry just now, then they have almost no chance of winning.
"We are believers in the true God, and it is unthinkable to make us surrender to you heretics." The interpreter also translated Ali Arslan's words to Li You.
"Then, let's see the real chapter on the sword!" Li You didn't think that he could take Kashgar City with his mouth, the reason why he stepped forward was just to add some pressure to the opponent, from the exclamations in the city, Li You understood that his goal had been achieved, so there was no need to continue to talk nonsense, and then slowly left with the interpreter.
"The king of Dunhuang has excellent archery skills, and he uses soldiers like gods, and we really admire them." Wei Chi Sinhala Rama and Bilge greeted them from afar, their faces full of respect, Li You's performance just now had convinced them greatly, and it would be easier to command them in the future.
"You don't have to be polite, it's just that these Qarakhanids are too unbeaten." Li You smiled and saluted them one by one, "By the way, the soldiers have captured a lot of armored war horses, and my Guiyi army can't use so much, you can take it and share it." Li You divided the seizure among each of the three parties.
The Western Regions are far less prosperous than the Central Plains, the war horses are fine, armor and weapons are good things, if they grab it, they will definitely be reluctant to share it with others, Li You is so generous and makes them even more admired, Yu Chi Sinhala Rama and Lu Sheng hurriedly thanked him, Brother Bile previously took all the grain and war horses in that city as his own, and now he is not only a little red-faced when he sees Li You acting like this.
Since he had already taken Li You's armor and weapons, where was he embarrassed to hide the grain and grass for his own sake, he hurriedly patted his chest and said, "I have been marching before, so I didn't care about distributing the food to you, but now that I have begun to set up camp, I will let someone send it to you." ”
This move is from Ban Chao's suggestion, the experience of commanding multinational coalition forces in the Western Regions for a long time makes Ban Chao deeply aware of the importance of unity, if the armies of various countries are allowed to take the spoils of war, then the consequences will inevitably be easy to fight, no one wants to gnaw hard bones, and there will even be disputes over the spoils of war, resulting in indelible rifts within the coalition forces, so as to fall apart for the enemy to break down.
Therefore, it is the most reasonable choice to distribute the spoils of war according to the amount of meritorious service made by the unified command, and Li Youfang's move is to gradually change this custom and reverse it to the right path.
He divided the spoils of war obtained from the Qarakhanid cavalry into four parts, and the Guiyi army, as the party that annihilated this cavalry, naturally obtained the largest share, and although the Khotan, Gaochang Uighurs, and Ganzhou Uighurs did not participate in the battle, they also made a lot of efforts to plunder the Guiyi army and build camps behind them, so naturally they should also have a share.
The same distribution was given to the grain and horses that Bilgo had previously obtained, with the Gaochang Uighurs receiving the largest share, and then the Guiyi Army, Khotan, and Ganzhou Uighurs receiving their due share according to their different roles in the war.
The city of Kashgar was strong-walled and well-defended, and it was not something that any of them could take on their own, and they had to work together to capture the city. And the wealth in the city is piled up, and if you want to get the lion's share, you have to make a contribution in the next battle that will impress the others, and the commanders of the several sides are ready to fight in this battle.