Chapter 30 Military Intelligence
When Hao Ying came back, Guo Ying had already finished cleaning the battlefield, and he was applying golden guns, swords, and sword medicine to several injured soldiers.
This is a good prescription for the Taichang Temple under the Tai Doctor, it is very effective in treating trauma and stopping bleeding, it is supplied by the state and county, each soldier has a belt, and if he is slightly injured on the battlefield, he will generally apply a sticker, and then tear off his clothes and bandage it will be fine for a few days.
Having said that, Datang's care for wounded soldiers and patients is still quite thoughtful, not only rationing forty or fifty patches of medicine to each soldier, but also making clear provisions on the medical treatment and recuperation conditions of wounded and sick soldiers.
Guo Ying speculated that perhaps this was one of the reasons why the Tang Army was invincible on the battlefield in the early days.
"General, the ministry is fortunate not to be dishonored."
Hao Ying couldn't hide the joy on his face, and when he saw Guo Ying turn around, he immediately stepped forward to salute.
Of course, looking at his victorious expression, there must be an element of inviting merit, after all, he made great contributions to the battle just now.
However, Guo Ying has no objection to this, it is a matter of course to seek rewards for meritorious service, you can't expect every martial artist to be as desireless and undemanding as Duan Xiushi, and understand the righteousness.
"In this battle, Vice General Hao will give you the first credit, and when you return to Lianyunbao, I will give you credit."
When Hao Jue heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and said modestly: "How dare you, general, you are the first to kill the enemy general, I am just attached to the tail, and I have made a little bit of merit, just ask the general to let me choose a good horse from the captured one."
The old horse under my crotch, who has followed me for several years, has long been injured and unusable. ”
"Well, you can pick one!"
Guo Ying agreed after thinking about it for a while.
According to the system, of course, this is not allowed, such as war horses, armor and other valuable military assets are generally returned to the public, and then converted into money and silk to reward a part of the meritorious.
But the battle that happened in front of him was not a large army battle, and there was no waiting to follow, Guo Ying asked Hao Jue to pick a horse for the general, and no one could say a word.
People, learn to be flexible.
It's a big deal to report the merits, over-report the gains, and under-report the seizures, so that the corporal under his command can also benefit more, as for the honors who are like Bai Ding, regardless of the merits, but also the lessons, and the honors, who is so rare.
"Thank you for your kindness."
Hao Jue thanked him and smiled.
"How's your catch?"
The staff chased all the way to the mouth of the Kite Gorge, and for fear of an ambush, they stopped the rash pursuit of the soldiers, but there were still half of the Tibetan servants who did the soldiers' souls under the knife, and they looked like they were sixty.
As for the seizure, it is difficult to estimate, but the ministry asked people to collect more than 30 intact war horses, and they have gained a lot. ”
This is also true, the sick and weak horses sold to Datang by Hui are worth forty silks, not to mention these fat and strong Hequ horses, if they are really sent to Chang'an City, they will not be able to sell them at a good price.
Of course, there are political factors in Datang's non-spending of money from Huishi Ma.
In order to let the Hui army assist the Tang army in recovering Luoyang City, which was occupied by Shi Chaoyi, the Tang Dynasty agreed with the Hui that in the future, tens of thousands to 100,000 horses would be purchased from the Hui every year, and each horse would be paid 40 pieces of silk, and the sick and weak horses would be paid according to the price.
This was the "silk horse trade" between the Tang and the Hui.
This so-called silk horse trade has burdened the successive imperial courts after Daizong with a heavy economic burden and a huge financial deficit, and the Hui Hui almost used dumping to send a large number of inferior horses to the Tang Dynasty every year, and the silk imported by the Tang Dynasty has never been worth the price of those inferior horses, so it has to be repeatedly in arrears.
As a result, China's financial resources were exhausted, and the price of horses was lost.
As for today, the Tang Dynasty already owes a huge debt of 1.8 million horses of silk.
And this has become a very headache for the imperial court, if the imperial court does not buy, Hui Hui will go south to rob, and call it "scraping the city gate", "Soma value".
In the poem "Yinshan Dao" by Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhi in later generations, there is a detailed description of the despicable behavior of Hui Hui who was insatiable and took advantage of the fire to rob.
Not only that, but the Hui side often stayed in Beijing in the name of collecting debts, and when they were dissatisfied, they would kill people and set fires, and they would ride into the palace gates of the imperial city, beat officials, kidnap women, and openly rob prisons...... It's all commonplace.
When the Hui people make a fuss, the emperor generally sends an envoy to comfort him, and he doesn't dare to ask.
Even last year, when he returned to Kou Taiyuan and plundered the army, the emperor "did not ask why he returned to Kou and treated him as before."
To be honest, this pile is gradual, and sometimes even Guo Ying feels a little out of order, and he can't figure out whether this is the late Qing Dynasty or the Middle Tang Dynasty.
No way, who let Datang decline.
Guo Ying felt that Li Bai was prescient, Hu no one, Han Daochang!
Throughout history, what are the Donghu, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, and Hui...... It's all the same, and for thousands of years, there has been such an outlier as Huangjiasi, not only will it not invade the south, but it also intends to return the Anxi and Beiting that were taken back from the Hui to the Tang Dynasty.
This happened in the Wuzong Dynasty, although the matter was finally persuaded by Prime Minister Li Deyu, but the sincerity of Huang Jiasi was still there.
However, since the defeat and escape of the Hui army twenty-one years ago, the imperial court has not been able to contact him, otherwise it would not be said that the Hui would be so arrogant.
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"My side is full of Tubo people, I don't think I can ask anything, so I ordered to kill them all, did you catch two live mouths over there, after Danzheng Gorge, Liupan Pass, Muxia Pass, it is to destroy the sand castle, the Tubo soldiers and horses will definitely hear the news and move, we can't delay here."
The matter of Hui and Huang Jiasi is still far away, and Guo Ying just thought about it in his heart and put it behind him, focusing on the enemy Tubo in front of him.
"Caught two party soldiers and a slave assassin, ask a little bit." Hao Jue led the war horse and walked to Guo Ying.
"Oh, tell me about it?" Guo Ying turned over and got on his horse and motioned for him to say as he walked.
"There is no special military movement, I will ask one, the Kabuben (Great City Defense Envoy) Hu Qulu Ximeng, who destroyed the sand castle, was recently summoned by their host Jiedu envoy Shang Zanmo to Hezhou to participate in the Autumn Alliance."
Tubo Dongdao Jiedu envoy, Tongmi medicine (i.e., Tuyuhun), Hexi, Longyou, there are four sections under his command, so the Hongjie degree envoy, Qinghai Jiedu envoy, Hezhou Jiedu envoy, Shanzhou Jiedu envoy, commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, high authority, equivalent to the Tang Dynasty Tianbao on the occasion of the festival degree envoy.
"Huimeng?" Guo Ying was puzzled.
Whenever there is a major military movement in Tibet, the generals of the Quartet will be summoned in the name of the alliance to talk about marching battles, recruiting soldiers, and so on.
I guess there's going to be a big battle. ”
Hao Jue said it very easily, anyway, he was alone, and there was nothing to be afraid of.
When Guo Ying heard this, his face became solemn.
"Then we have to go back quickly, and report to the festival marshal to prepare early."