Chapter 109: The Battle of Tibet (3)
On June 19, Xiao Yan learned of Tashina's battle. After she was promoted to deputy battalion general, one of the great benefits was that she could get more military information within her area of authority. According to the military report handed down by the Chinese army's big tent:
The Eastern Route Army occupied Tashina, annihilated 180,000 Tibetan troops, and captured more than 390,000 soldiers and tribesmen.
Such a brilliant result was not achieved in the First World War, but was the result of the entire Battle of Tashina.
“…… It is as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, and as immobile as a mountain. After listening to the military report, Xiao Yan silently thought about the sentence "Wind Volcano Forest" in the Art of War, and felt a little admiration for Princess Jinyang in her heart, what she admired was not Princess Jinyang's tactics, but from this tactic, she could see the princess's style of acting - she can move like the wind, she can also be like a forest, and she is not moving like a mountain, in short, it is "stable".
When people talk about young people, they often say "forge ahead"; When people are old and old, people will say "steady". Before the princess of Jinyang led the army to leap thousands of miles, with lightning speed and speed down several places in Tibet, straight into the hinterland, people praised "as fast as the wind, like thunder", and sure enough, "young and sharp", such a result does not seem to be too surprising to this princess who "fights and kills stronger", and also makes those who question her ability to command the army swallow a mouthful of blood silently; However, this also made others worry that the princess was too sharp and defeated in a hurry. But the battle of Tashina relieved these people who were secretly worried, this princess is not only "sharp", but also very "steady" - those who are sharp can achieve things, and those who are stable can be trusted.
Princess Jinyang's tactics in Tasina adopted "siege and reinforcements".
When the Tang army marched into Tashina, there were already 160,000 Tibetan troops, plus the tribal logistics of the army, a total of no less than 300,000 people. Of course, a city of 10,000 households cannot accommodate so many people, and the Tubo army is all cavalry, and it is "overkill" to use it as infantry to defend the city, so the three commanders of Tubo did not think about defending the city, but relying on the city for the battle, and using the castle as the back road and supply place of the Tubo army, and the battle was carried out outside the city.
Tashina's earthen city was built on a high hill, which was long and narrow from east to west and narrow and steep from north to south. Both Solang and Shangren Gyatso believed that this kind of terrain was favorable: the north and south were conducive to defending the city, the east and west were conducive to the cavalry leaning on the city to charge, and the Tibetan army was naturally superior to charge from the top down, while the Tang army was at a disadvantage when attacking from the bottom of the long slope. Therefore, during the military discussion of the commander's tent, these two commanders decided on the tactics of defending the city in the north and south and fighting in the east and west.
This Wanhu consciously acted as a nodding general during the military discussion, and he couldn't compare to these two in terms of family and official positions, what kind of command did he fight, wasn't his head kicked by the horse's hooves? Quincy Wanhu didn't think he was that stupid, and of course the head of Wanhu would never think that the two of them said that he was "as strong as a yak" not to praise his physical strength, but to say that he had a brain. If you change to Princess Jinyang, she will definitely say in a cool voice: "How many Tubo people are not strong-brained?" The wise general has nowhere to find, and on the Tanglin place, Chide Songzan has also returned to the west. ”
- Who is Tanglin? This is the Tubo commander who defeated the famous Tang general Xue Shouli more than 100 years ago, and the Tubo minister at that time; Chide Songzan who has returned to the west, that is, the last Zampu of Tubo, that is, the husband of Princess Changle Jiaqing who married Tubo, this Zampu has the power to strategize, and there is a military strategy, the west expedition to Bolu, the south to conquer Tianzhu, can be described as invincible, before asking to marry the Tang princess, and the Tang army did a few battles in Jiannan Road and Xining Road, and successfully prevented the Tang army's "strategy of conquering Tibet".
However, the situation is not as good as before, "even if it talks about the resurrection of Tanglin and the reincarnation of Chide Songtsen, it will not save Tashina's defeat" - this sentence was said by Princess Jinyang before she ordered to attack Tashina.
She spoke casually, and the tone of her speech was also with a kind of careless lightness, as if she was not going to fight with an army of more than 100,000 people, but to go on an outing casually.
But the generals in the tent all sat up straight, and no one became loose because of her carelessness. You know, this princess used to give a swift tactic in such a casual tone, and led the army to attack thousands of miles, moving like thunder, and hitting here like mercury, who would think that she was "careless"?
The generals kept their faces stern and listened carefully to Princess Jinyang's explanation.
Li Yuzhen raised her eyebrows obliquely and glanced at her lieutenant soldier Li Qian.
In the Tang Army, they belong to the head of the staff officers, and there are also advisers to join the army. Li Kuang is twenty-nine years old this year, and he is also a scholar from Tiance Academy, of course, his "Wuqing Shi" is a soldier rather than a martial artist, he joined the army for two years in the Xining Army, and Cao joined the army for two years in the Jiannan Army, and then transferred to Yundian Road to do two years of soldier Cao joined the army, and then transferred to the Zuo Shence Army to serve as a consultant to join the army.
This young man from the clan is also like the princess of Jinyang, even in the army, he is wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, shaking a big fan that makes people sob, and he took the words of Princess Jinyang and said: "When the national dynasty used troops to Tubo, the battle of Dafeichuan was a big defeat in history, but on closer examination, Xue Shuai, the prince of Pingyang County, was not defeated in the 'battle', nor in the military strategy, but in the plateau, and defeated in the deputy general Guo Feng went to war without authorization. The so-called 'first general of Tubo' on Tanglin is that it defeated the 50,000 army of Pingyang Jungong because of the superior strength of 200,000 troops and because of these two defeat factors of our army. If you really want to talk about military strategy, hehe, can Tanglin be compared with the Pingyang County Duke who laid down Gaogoli and opened up the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate? ”
The generals in the tent all nodded slightly.
Li Kuangpu shook his fan, "Let's talk about Chide Songzan, this Tubo Zampu is indeed very strong, but what is really scary is not his military strategy - I am a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, how can I not be as good as him?" What is fearful is that his prestige in Tubo can make the top and bottom work together to fight against the Tang Dynasty. Soldiers, the first speaker and, this Zampu first occupied this article. And the biggest disadvantage of our army is still in the plateau syndrome, at that time several battles in Tibet, all because the plateau symptoms of the three armies of Shence, Longwu, and Huben were too strict, and they lost more than half of their combat effectiveness, and the two armies of Xining and Jiannan were insufficient, and in the face of the two or three hundred thousand troops gathered by the Tubo people to guard the pass, our army could not break through This is due righteousness, and it does not mean that the Tubo army is very strong - the Tubo people are indeed heroic in battle, and they are arrogant enough, but in terms of army combat effectiveness, it is still our Tang army that has the advantage.
"Let's talk about the third, when Chide Songzan, although there was a fight between the bowl religion and the Tibetan Buddhism, but under the command of this Zampu, they were still able to unite with the outside world, and their monks were also a threat to our army, the most important thing is that these monks are crazy, and they will blow themselves up if they can't win. Our Tang Dynasty is dressed in splendid clothes, there is no need to tear up with this Tian Shehan, the cost is too great, and it is not a victory if we win. "So it's not that Datang can't take Tubo, but if the price is too great, it's not worth it in terms of the bitter cold land of Tubo.
Li Kuan's hand that didn't shake the fan stretched out his fingers one by one, "In summary, the Tubo people were able to stop our army in the past, mainly because of three points: first, climate, second, people, and third, geographical advantages. But things are different now:
"After the Trid Songtsang, Tibet experienced internal strife, first Kelsang Dama and Tenzin Tsangyi competed for the position of Zampu, and the powerful ministers and the army were divided into two factions; Later, Tenzin was assassinated, the two princes of Danba and Osong competed for the throne, and the powerful ministers split again; Then when Gesang Dama moved south, the two armies fought, with nearly 100,000 casualties, which was a great weakening of the Tibetan army. What's worse is that the bowl religion and Buddhism have completely fallen out, and it is impossible to join forces with the outside world again, in the previous battle, the masters of both sides have suffered a lot of casualties, enough to hurt the muscles and bones, from the perspective of high-end combat power, it is no longer too much of a threat to our army's entry into Tibet. In the face of this situation, even if Chide Songtsen is resurrected, it will be in vain. ”
But if it is Chide Songtsen, at this time, he will definitely not stupidly send reinforcements to Tashina, but will gather troops, take advantage of the Tang army has not yet reached Luo, move the capital to Zhangxiong, rely on the vastness and geographical advantages of the western region, and form an east-west confrontation with the Tang army, and after recuperation, it may not be impossible to recover the eastern soil - with the climate of Tibet, the Tang Dynasty cannot garrison too many troops after all. These are the words that Li Kuang did not say, and they are also the main reason why Princess Jinyang set the tactic of "attacking the city and sending reinforcements", the purpose of which is to annihilate the living forces of Tibet.
When attacking Tashina, Li Yuzhen attacked the city with the Xining army, and fought in the field with the Shence army and the Longwu army.
Shence, Longwu, Huben, and Yulin No. 4 Eighth Army can be called the elite of the Tang Army, it is by no means a fluke, they are a block of ten, ten grams of hundred, one hundred enemies, and thousands of kilograms of dragons, tigers, lions and leopards, such as dragons, is to say that their formation changes are flexible and agile, such as tigers, is to say that their momentum is like tigers, such as lions, is to say that their fighting strength and skills, such as leopards, is to say that their charging speed and agility...... As long as the altitude syndrome is overcome, any of the eight armies will let the Tubo people pour 100,000 troops to the enemy. Now that the eight armies have gathered three armies in Tashina, the 160,000-strong army of Tibet will not be able to resist even if it occupies a favorable position.
On Solang and Monk Gyatso were sweating more and more, and the messengers asking for help had already been sent twice.
Princess Jinyang controlled the rhythm of the Battle of Tashina, and the Tang army's offensive was urgent, but it did not reach the point of forcing people to death, which made the Tubo people feel that the shape was dangerous, and made them feel that as long as the troops were enough, they could turn the tables. This kind of understanding was conveyed to the Logo, and the reinforcements urgently requisitioned came over one by one, because the troops were recruited from thousands of households and thousands of households from all over the country, and the time to arrive at Tashina was of course different, and this made it more convenient for the Tang army to "send reinforcements", and a support army entered the "land of no return" of Tashina and could never return to their territory.
On June 11, the Don army captured Tashina.
From the beginning of the attack on Tashina to the capture of Tasina, it took 24 days before and after the Tang army's "siege and reinforcements".
However, in this turtle speed tactic, the Tang army achieved the following results: annihilating the Tasina's army of 104,000, capturing 50,000, and capturing 160,000 non-combat-powered tribes; A total of 75,000 of the four support armies were annihilated, 70,000 were captured, and 110,000 tribes were captured.
In other words, the Tibetans lost a total of 200,000 troops in the Battle of Tasina.
This was an almost devastating blow to the Tibetan forces.
At this time, the royal court of Luo had no troops to adjust, and Deqing had stationed 30,000 troops, which could not be transferred to resist the Hexi army moving south; The lord's army south of the Zangbo River has requisitioned 50,000 to block the southern sword army, and there is no way to call back; Zhangxiong only has 30,000 households and 5,000 households, and the combined armies of the lords in various places are less than 50,000, which seems to be a drop in the bucket, and the most important thing is that it is too far away to transfer troops. In this way, except for the 50,000 defenders of the city, there were no soldiers to adjust. At this time, the only order to call for troops was issued, as long as the men who could get on the horse were soldiers, and 200,000 troops were recruited. But the 200,000 troops and the 50,000 defenders of the city were not transferred, because the Linzi between Tasina and the city was only a thousand households, and it was not geographically advantageous, and the royal court decided to concentrate all the forces and defeat the Tang army under the city of Luo.
As a result, there was almost no resistance for the Tang army on the eastern road to attack Linzi - the Linzi army, which was less than 10,000, faced more than 100,000 Tang troops, even if they still had the courage to fight, but under the absolute disadvantage, only courage could not save the defeat.
When the Tang army of Princess Jinyang captured Tashina, the Hexi army had also broken through the southern pass of the Nianqing Tanggula Mountains, captured the town of Dangxiong, and followed the south to capture the Zama pastoral area; When the Tang army on the east road defeated Linzi and advanced to Luo, the Hexi army also defeated Deqing and marched towards Luo.
On June 25, the Tang army on the East Road arrived at Luo; On the 27th, the Hexi army also went to the city of Luo. The two Tang armies camped on the east, south, and north sides respectively and surrounded Luo.
Princess Jinyang's tent was set up in the Tang camp in the east, and on the 28th, she held a military meeting in the tent, and the generals of the east and north roads attended the military meeting. With Xiao Yan's level, she was not qualified to attend such a military conference, but Xiao Yan brought her to join the army as a secretary, saying that she would "have a long experience". Because the generals went down to convey instructions and arrange military affairs, they had to bring staff officers and staff and cronies to participate in such military meetings, and the latter often joined the army in the secretary office, and their official positions were not high, but they were often the confidants of the generals.
Li Yuzhen as the marshal of the attack on Tibet, her handsome tent is very large, it is more than enough to accommodate forty or fifty people, the commanders of each army sit in the front, the general sits in the back, it is said that so many people, Xiao Yan is sitting in the back of Xiao Yu's side, not eye-catching, but because she is the only one wearing a mask, it attracts people's attention, the generals of the East Route Army are all looking at Xiao Yu's side, Yang Shuo, the head of the Xining Army, is more familiar with Xiao Yu, and joked: "General Xiao has received a handsome man?" ”
Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My third brother's son, because he is so handsome, he has to wear a mask." It's not good to embarrass the generals. ”
Yang Shuo laughed out loud, "I haven't seen you for a long time, General Xiao is still so funny." ”
The other generals laughed too.
Xiao Yu was very serious, "I'm telling the truth." ”
The laughter was louder.
The corners of Xiao Yu's eyes couldn't help twitching.
Xiao Yan was silent, fortunately, there was a mask in the way, so that people couldn't see her expression.
When the generals laughed, Princess Jinyang came out of the inner tent, and the laughter stopped.
Li Yuzhen is still in a purple robe with arrow sleeves, wearing a purple crown on his head, a white hosta, his demeanor is a little scattered, his eyes are thin and cold, he glanced around the tent, raised his eyebrows when he saw Xiao Yan, smiled without suspicion, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, cousin seventeen." His tone and demeanor were full of joy.
Everyone's eyes brushed over!
This time, the gaze is different from the previous joke, but has the flavor of inquiry. Princess Jinyang has more cousins, I haven't heard that this princess is very enthusiastic about which cousin, let alone a cousin who is far away in Hexi?
Xiao Yan stiffened slightly in front of this kind of inquiring crowd, and bowed with his hands together: "Thank you princess for hanging the note." Although it was a little unnatural, her voice was still steady. The clear and clean sound is reminiscent of the snow water flowing down from the snow-capped mountains, pure and pure, but without the coolness of snow. Just listening to this voice makes people feel good. Not to mention a pair of clear and clean eyes. The pair of pure black pupils made some of the generals of the Shence Army and the Longwu Army feel a little abrupt - the same pupils as the saints, no wonder the princess treated "him" a little specially.
The military meeting lasted an hour and two quarters of an hour, tactics were agreed, and all armies were deployed. After the tent was dispersed, Li Yuzhen left Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan to have lunch together, and after rinsing her mouth, she said to Xiao Yu: "After capturing Luoqi City, my seventeenth cousin borrowed one from me." ”
Xiao Yu lowered his eyebrows slightly, and politely refused: "Seventeen years of young strength is weak, I'm afraid it won't be of much use to the princess." ”
Li Yuzhen smiled, "Uncle Xiao is too humble. -- The main thing in attacking Luo is not in military warfare. Although the Logos gathered nearly 300,000 troops, more than half of them had no military training and were temporarily conscripted, even if the Tubo people had been riding horses and shooting arrows since childhood, but they did not have trained soldiers, and they were scattered soldiers on the battlefield, and no matter how much they were, they were only numbers, so there was nothing to worry about. The real battle is at the level of the warriors, and the Bowl Sect must be desperate. Cousin Seventeen should be about to advance, and participating in actual combat at this time will be of great benefit to her. It would be a pity to miss it. ”
Xiao Yan looked at his father, his eyes revealing war.
Xiao Yu has a little headache, this kind of battle must be dominated by the Cave True Realm Grandmaster, and there are also Innate Grandmasters on it, although most of the monks and soldiers are in the Ascending Extreme Realm and the Fusion Realm, but Xiao Yan joins in, it is always dangerous, who knows if the battle of those grandmasters will affect the battlefield where she is?
Li Yuzhen said indifferently: "Martial arts, if you are afraid of danger, you will not advance." ”
Xiao Yan sighed secretly, he was not walking martial arts, but he knew Xiao Yan's dedication to martial arts, and his fingers on the table stumbled slightly, and said, "In this way, there will be Princess Lao." These words are to entrust Xiao Yan's safety to Princess Jinyang.
Li Yuzhen smiled, looked at Xiao Yan, and said, "If you are not afraid of death, you can fight." If you are afraid, you will not go. ”
Xiao Yan's eyes were clear and firm, "Those who hold the Tao are fearless, but they are afraid that their minds are not strong." Xiao Yan is willing to fight and be dispatched with the princess. ”
……
After returning to the Tang camp in the north, Xiao Yu said to Xiao Yu: "I don't know what Princess Jinyang means. There was some worry in the words.
Xiao Yu rolled his eyes and said, "After all, it didn't hurt Seventeen." Third brother, if you care, it's chaotic. What's in it for her to hurt Seventeen? Don't always protect you, learn from the saint, isn't Princess Jinyang just killed? ”
Xiao Yu was speechless: ...... Can this compare? He is not a saint, and he has to choose the strongest of the strong to choose an heir. He just hopes that Ah Yan will have a worry-free life and be safe and happy. It's just that what he expects seems to be different from what Ah Yan thinks.
Xiao Yu sighed: "...... Children are debts. Thinking of Xiao Cong, who had gone to Tingzhou, and Xiao Zhang, who had returned to Hezhou, I felt that I was worried before I was old.
Xiao Yu was still mending in his heart, "Who told you to give birth to so much." Look at me, I only have two, how worry-free. ”
Xiao Yu casually picked up the paperweight on the case and threw it over, "Get out." ”
Xiao Yu took the paperweight and walked away with a smile, "Third brother, I won't pay you back." ”
"......" It's really heartfelt to have such a cousin.
The author has something to say: It seems that the next chapter will end this copy of Tubo, well, two chapters at most~
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