0291 War is like child's play (3rd shift)
Lin Xingzhu's method is very simple to say, don't kill the tribal chief or magnate if you catch it. They were kept in solitary confinement and guarded by naturalized native soldiers.
The native soldiers guarding deliberately leaked the news, saying that the Tang army was small in number and was afraid that they would form a big alliance.
With a large number of people and great strength, they can resist or even defeat the Tang army by forming an alliance.
Then there will be a problem with the rope that binds them, or the door to the room where they are being held is not closed, and they will run away anyway.
Once, twice, three times, five times...... After more times, the method of 'forming an alliance to contend with the Tang people' began to spread.
Under pressure from the Tang army, the natives, who had no choice, were forced to try to form an alliance against each other.
The Tang people, who had been prepared for a long time, began to deliberately avoid the allied tribes, and specifically picked out the unaligned ones to kill. Sometimes when encountering the Turen Alliance, they will take the initiative to back down, and even pretend that they can't fight.
After operating like this for a period of time, the Turen finally believed that they could really compete with or even defeat the Tang people by relying on their large numbers of people.
So a crusade against the Tang alliance was formed.
At least four or five completely unrelated races, hundreds of tribes formed an alliance, and assembled an army of more than 20,000 young men and 10,000 young women to prepare to attack Nanyu City.
Zheng Sui was dumbfounded when he heard it: "You guys...... Aren't you afraid of mistakes? ”
Liu Meng said: "I'm afraid, but the probability is not enough in case." Fighting a war is not something that can be won with a large number of people, and the natives don't even have a few metal weapons, so how can they fight our strong army armed to the teeth? ”
"Retreat to our fortified Nanyu City, attack us with two battalions of cavalry, and four battalions of elite. There are still more than 3,000 young people in the city, and they can also go to the battlefield after distributing weapons and equipment. ”
"If you can still lose in this situation, don't bring troops at all, and find a place where no one is there to wipe your neck."
Zheng Sui arched his hand and said, "Then I will congratulate Brigade Commander Liu in advance." ”
Liu Meng smiled: "It's not too late to congratulate you after the battle." ”
They hadn't told the scholars about it, so they were still worried about what to do with the natives.
But soon they found out that the Han people in the city were not worried at all, and everyone lived as they wanted.
Everyone was puzzled to ask the reason, and everyone's answer was very similar, the local people are simpler than killing chickens, what is there to worry about.
That confidence is about to overflow.
They don't know what to say anymore, confident? It can be seen that it is indeed self-confidence from the heart.
But they always feel more like arrogance.
For the next two days, they were trembling, for fear that they would wake up and enter the city.
Only Zu Jizong is different, he relied on his identity as the grandson of Zu Ti, and soon fought with the Tang Army.
He didn't hide it either, and told everyone everything he knew about the methods of cavalry training.
Not surprisingly, he has been recognized by everyone, and everyone has regarded him as a member of the Tang Army.
Especially Lin Xingzhu, Wang An, Wenmu and others, they hooked up with him every day and called him brothers, and even invited him to participate in the decisive battle with the natives.
This kind of treatment makes many people blush.
From the time they learned that the natives were going to attack Nanyu City to their appearance, it was a full week.
When they saw the 'army' of natives that appeared like a flock of sheep, even those who knew nothing about military affairs knew the outcome of the battle.
In fact, the battle was much more dramatic than they had imagined.
When the natives came to Nanyu City, they thought of the problem of climbing the city, and hurried to build a ladder, and the efficiency can be imagined without effective tools.
Dozens of wooden ladders were finally built, but there was no grappling hook on the female wall, and a long wooden pole stabbed the ladder down, killing and injuring many people.
In order to catch as many alive as possible, Liu Meng didn't even let people release arrows, throw rolling stones, and pour gold juice...... Just pushing the ladder inflicted no small losses on the enemy.
The natives did not give up, and even tried to attack the city with ladders when many people died.
Although he knew that this was a serious occasion and he could not laugh, the city still resounded with laughter one after another.
Zu Jizong, Wu Yinzhi and others were dumbfounded, this is the so-called Turkish coalition attacking the city? It's not as good as playing at home.
This 'siege' battle lasted for three days, and the natives couldn't hold it back.
It was the first time in their history that such a large army had been formed, and they had no relevant experience and no idea what logistics was.
According to the previous rules, each tribe carried enough food for seven or eight days to eat.
But they were delayed for too long on the road, and they ran out of food within two days of the start of the fight.
What if there is no food? Hunt? Tens of thousands of people gathered in this projectile land, and the grass was all eaten, so how could there be any prey to fight.
Some people wanted to retreat, some people stopped and wouldn't let them go, and everyone made a mess.
Many tribes have always had friction with each other, and this is also being revealed.
Some tribes simply have no food and want to ask other tribes to 'borrow' some food to eat, and some tribes want revenge.
Some tribes want to take the opportunity to destroy the main force of the rival tribe and then enslave the other party...... In short, the Turkish coalition army, which did not have a unified leadership, fell into civil strife in this way.
Tang Jun, who was still watching the excitement in the city, woke up and found that the natives had begun to kill each other, although they couldn't understand what was happening, they naturally wouldn't let go of such an opportunity.
Two battalions of cavalry were dispatched to cut the natives to pieces, and then detoured back to the rear of the natives to cut off their retreat, and the main force went out to make dumplings.
More than 30,000 Turks were wiped out, and most of them became prisoners.
The expressions of Wu Yinzhi and the others at the head of the city were not to mention how weird.
After a long time, I don't know who said: "This is the most childish war I have ever seen." ”
The rest nodded their heads.
It's child's play.
It's like giving people heads.
On the contrary, the young man who assisted in the defense on the city wall was very calm. Shouldn't this be the case when my Tang army fights a native?
After that, it's time to deal with the aftermath.
More than 30,000 captives were not so easy to deal with, and Wu Yinzhi and the others were all requisitioned.
First, all the chiefs and nobles were singled out and sent away, followed by the subordinates of the magnates...... Only civilians and slaves remained.
In this round of screening, a third of the population is missing.
As for the whereabouts of these people, the mines and major engineering projects in the Tang Kingdom will be their final destination.
Without these leaders, the natives who have lost their backbone will be much easier to manage.
According to the previous plan, it will be placed in the villages and towns around Nanyu City.
At the same time, the Don army also went out again, according to the confessions of the captives, to find their tribes and uproot them one by one.
A large number of captives were brought in, and the pressure on food increased dramatically.
Xiao Baishan hurriedly asked Dongning Island for help, and Wen Yi ordered them to allocate Wan Hu grain to solve this problem.
The rest is governance.
At this time, the 2,000 systematically educated young people recruited from Dongning Island began to play a role.
They became the best officials and gentlemen, each in charge of about twenty or thirty people, leading the people of the territory to build houses, reclaim land, teach them to speak Chinese and learn the rules of the Tang Kingdom.
The natives who were killed did not dare to resist at all.