Chapter 458: World War (1)
"I'm going to be the principal."
Knowing that Li Er asked Cheng Biting Jin's soldiers and horses to go south to attack Big and Small Bolu, Li Yunze simply complained about this, "I have become a Showa staff officer, thinking that the Tang Army can fight if it eats grass." ”
Li Er had never been to the Western Regions, so he didn't know the environment here, and there were no precise maps in this era.
He saw that Cheng Biting Jin's troops were invading like fire, invincible and invincible, and almost swept the four towns of Anxi like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.
It is natural to think that Cheng Yanjin will definitely be able to continue fighting.
Cheng Biting Jin is going to cry out for injustice, the reason why he fought fast, in addition to the strength of the opponent, is mainly because he knows that logistics and supply are difficult, if he slowly grinds and rubs it off, there is no doubt, it is better to fight quickly when he gets supplies.
When he attacked the four towns of Anxi, he only attacked after getting the supply convoy every time, and hit until the supplies were only enough to last until the next supply convoy arrived.
When he hit Shule, the time for him to get supplies at a time was extended to three months, and where could he still have the ability to continue fighting.
What's more, the big and small Bolu are all lofty mountains.
This is probably the side effect brought about by Li Yunze's telegram.
In the past, the distance was too far, and the generals on the front line made decisions on how to fight.
But after having the telegram, Li Er actually learned to play micro-exercises.
However, since the emperor came to order, Cheng Biting Jin, who was a little inflated because the army was too smooth, still responded without hesitation.
As the supplies took several months and traveled thousands of miles to Shule, Cheng Yanjin left Cheng Chumo to lead tens of thousands of Tang troops to garrison Shule, and he himself led 15,000 Tang troops south, crossing the green ridge to attack the big and small Bolu.
As for the rest of the Tang army, they were stationed along the road.
When the news reached Li Yunze, he also rolled his eyes.
To supply nearly 200,000 logistical supplies to the Tang Army in the north and south at the same time, and they are all long supply lines of thousands of miles, it is really a fatal dispatch for the logistics officer.
There was no way, Li Yunze could only do his best to raise money, and at the same time mobilize more captives to build two railway lines on both sides of the Tianshan Mountains at the same time.
Even if you build an extra mile forward, it means that the supply line is shortened by a mile.
It's just that the speed of the Tang army on the front line is too fast, the southern line is already over the green ridge, and the northern line is to break through Altai, Tacheng and other places, and enter the foot of Jinshan through the Yinli River Valley, and are fighting back and forth with the Western Turks.
In order to provide supplies to the Tang Army on the front line as much as possible, Li Yunze also tried his best.
However, at the same time, he still reminded Li Er again and again that Tubo in the south and Xue Yantuo in the north probably would not watch the Tang Dynasty recover the Western Regions and destroy the Western Turks.
Both Tubo and Xue Yantuo have the possibility of launching a surprise attack, and I hope that Li Er can take precautions in advance.
Li Er's response was to send thousands of reinforcements to Longyou Dao, and then sent envoys to Xue Yantuo and Tubo to reaffirm the friendly relationship between the Tang Dynasty and them, and gave gifts.
It's not that he doesn't want to send troops anymore, but his supply capacity has already exceeded the upper limit.
Moreover, many elites of the Tang Army were secretly transferred north, preparing for the battle against Goguryeo. At the same time, many Tang troops were scattered in the vast land from the Wa Kingdom in the north to Luzon and Nanyang in the south to fight against the local natives.
The toasts of Jiannan Province were encouraged and were about to move, and they had to have a troop of soldiers and horses watching them.
In addition, the soldiers and horses of the prairie to carry out the reduction of Ding, the soldiers and horses of Tubo and Xue Yantuo, the soldiers and horses of the towns in various places, and the indispensable sixteen guards of Chang'an City.
Datang's forces are now used to the limit.
Li Yunze didn't believe that Tubo and Xue Yantuo didn't understand what it meant to be cold, and the sense of threat that the Tang Dynasty brought to the surrounding countries in this era was far more prosperous than the beautiful countries in later generations.
This is not just speculation, the caravans sent to Tibet and Xue Yantuo have reported that both places are transporting war supplies to the border, and at the same time have begun to gradually mobilize.
Li Yunze saw that this was not good, it was obvious that he was going to fight a world war, and Datang had to prepare as much as possible.
After exchanging telegrams with Li Er back and forth, Li Er was finally moved and sent Zhang Shigui and others to Hebei and other places to recruit troops.
At this time, Datang used the government soldier system, that is, a compulsory soldier, but not everyone can be a compulsory soldier, and only those who have assets at home are eligible to be government soldiers.
When there are not enough government soldiers, then the army can only be recruited by recruitment.
Compared with the surrounding countries, the most powerful thing about Datang is not that it has a vast territory, a large number of products, and developed science and technology, but a large enough population.
No matter what you do, you need people, and talent is the most valuable asset.
Datang's tens of millions of people are like a crushing advantage for the surrounding countries.
With this advantage, as long as the emperor is not too stupid, as long as the civil officials are not too greedy, and as long as the generals are not too bad, then basically everything around him can be beaten.
For Datang at this time, it is not difficult to recruit tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops.
But for neighboring countries, this order of magnitude would have to be a national mobilization.
Li Yunze, who has rich experience, was correct in his prediction.
In the face of the rapid advance, as if to encompass the whole world in the arms of the Tang Dynasty, when the Western Regions were about to be pacified and the Western Turks were about to be defeated, a number of large and small countries that felt the cold of their lips and teeth began to take action.
Of course, it is not only because of this incident, but also because these countries used their national capital to speculate in stocks in Chang'an City a few years ago, but the result was that all the pants they lost were paid, and this hatred has continued until now.
The first to launch was the Zhaowu Jiu surname who was far away in Kangju and other places.
The so-called Zhaowu nine surnames lived in Zhaowu City north of Qilian Mountain in the Han Dynasty, that is, the Dayue clan.
As early as the New Era, the Da Yue clan transported Hetian jade to Middle-earth to trade with Yao Shun through the 'Jade Road', and this long international trade continued from the Yao Shun era to the Qin Dynasty.
And the earliest Silk Road was also established by the Da Yue clan.
After being defeated by Maudun Shan Yu, they moved westward across the Green Mountains to the Amu Darya River in Central Asia, defeated the descendants of Alexander's expeditionary force, and established the Great Moon Clan.
After hundreds of years, it gradually divided into many countries, but they cherished their homeland, and the kings of various countries still took Zhaowu as their surname, the most famous of which were the Sogdians, and the most famous in the two cities of the Tang Dynasty were merchants with the surname Zhaowu.
Of course, in the stock market misery that year, the surname Zhaowu Jiu, who had a strong business atmosphere, also suffered the most losses.
At that time, almost all the businessmen surnamed Zhaowu in Chang'an City went bankrupt and lost all their wealth.
The envoys surnamed Zhaowu Jiu were also there, taking their king's national capital to speculate in stocks, and in the end, only one envoy returned to China, because the others either went to the rooftop, or simply ran away incognito.
Now, after receiving the support of the big countries, the surname Zhaowu Jiu was the first to jump out.
More than a dozen countries directly swept the ground into soldiers, and gathered two large armies to cross the green ridge and besiege Broken Leaf City and Shule respectively.
These two places are the most important logistics bases for Su Dingfang and Cheng Yanjin, and they are surrounded by tens of thousands of troops surnamed Zhaowu on both sides of the Tianshan Mountains.
If there is only the surname Zhaowu Jiu, it is naturally not a big deal.
It's okay for them to do business, but it's not okay to go to war.
But the nine surnames of Zhaowu, who besieged Broken Leaf City in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, were supported by many Zahu tribes led by Tuqishi.
And the nine surnames of Zhaowu, who besieged Shule in the south, received reinforcements from Tubo.
Shattered Leaf City is only guarded by 7,000 people left by Su Dingfang, and Shule is only 10,000 horses with Cheng Chumo here.
In addition, many small countries and Zahu tribes in almost the entire Western Regions were mobilized, forming a vast sea of people's wars that bordered on a raging storm.
Su Dingfang was still younger, and he led the main force north as much as possible, and went back and forth with the Western Turks near Jinshan, and was attacked by the northern tribes such as Hui, Xue Yantuo and Tiele.
These tribes are willing to join hands to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and in addition to the crisis of losing their lips and teeth, Li Er's brutal reduction on the prairie is the root cause.
Reducing Ding, what a terrible thing, after seeing what happened to those tribes on the prairie, Hui Tiele Xue Yantuo couldn't accept that he was going to be reduced no matter what.
Instead of being reduced by Datang, it is better to fight.
The strength gathered by these Northland tribes is also very terrifying, but Su Dingfang has an army of almost 100,000, as long as he doesn't make a mistake, there is basically no great danger.
The real danger is Cheng Biting Jin here.
Tubo had not moved before, but once it moved, it was like thunder.
In the south, with the local Tusi attacking the entire Jiannan Road, Shu is out of Victoria, Songzhou and other places are attacking and disturbing Shu.
Longyou Road is even more attacked on all fronts, rushing out from both sides of the West Sea to attack Longyou Road, trying to cut off the logistics line of the Tang Army.
Then there is the Western Regions, where Tubo has gone down the mountain in an all-round way, rushing from Hoh Xil and other places to the end and the end of the world.
Rushed down the mountain from Pangong Co and other places and went straight to Khotan and Shule and other places, and at the same time sent a large army to run to the big and small Bolu to cut off Cheng Biting Jin's back road.
Tubo sent hundreds of thousands of troops in one breath, trying to eat all the Tang troops in the Western Regions in one bite.
When Datang was preparing for this world war for many years, countries were not idle, and they were also preparing.
No one is a fool when it comes to this kind of life-and-death matter.
Datang wants to break each one, and people naturally want to choose to deal with such evil demons, everyone doesn't need to talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes, and they will work side by side! ’
When the news reached Chang'an City, Li Er had already asked Empress Changsun to prepare armor, and he was going to conquer the Western Regions in person.
Then, the Wa Kingdom began to attack the mining area leased by the Tang Dynasty.
Goguryeo mobilized soldiers and horses to be active on the border line, with the intention of peeping into Youzhou.
Baekje's sailors even appeared off the coast of Shandong.
All of a sudden, the entire border line of Datang was almost everywhere.
Now Li Er has no way to conquer in person, he has to sit in Chang'an City to stabilize people's hearts.
A group of civilian officials came up and said that they should stop fighting and negotiate peace with other countries.
They thought that the Tang Dynasty's reckless military provocation to attack all countries was a bad omen, and the emperor was guilty of his own edict at the moment.
There will be no shortage of these people in any era, after all, the world cultivators will always be there.
As long as they're around, this kind of thing can never be avoided.
For these people, Wei Zheng came out and scolded angrily, saying that they had simply lost the face of the Tang Dynasty, and Wei Zheng also took the initiative to ask to take his nephews to the border.
Li Er rarely had a good mood, and he also greatly appreciated Wei Zheng, saying that he showed his true character as a hero in times of crisis.
Of course, it is not Wei Zheng's turn to go to the battlefield, and the martial artists of the Tang Dynasty are not dead.
Li Jing no longer stayed at home to write military letters, and entered the palace overnight to discuss countermeasures with Li Er and the nobles.
After repeated discussions with Li Yunze, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yanjin and others on the front line through telegrams, Datang finally responded.
The first is to ask Zhang Shigui and Chang He to speed up the speed of conscription and training.
Then let Li Tao deal with Goguryeo and Baekje, and let Hou Junji settle the Wa Kingdom.
Then let Li Xiaogong and others go out and go to Jiannan Road to deal with Tubo and the local Tusi.
Li Jing and others went north to the grassland to deter Xue Yantuo and other troops.
Arrange for Li Daozong and others to go to Shu to deal with the attack of Tibet.
Duan Zhixuan went to Longyou Dao to maintain the logistics of the Western Regions army.
After that, it is the most critical Western Regions.
The Western Regions is in urgent need of reinforcements, but it is difficult for anyone to be the commander of the third wave.
Those who can be sent have been sent, and the rest are like Wei Chi Jingde, Xue Wanche and others are all generals, but it is not suitable to be the main general.
And Qin Qiong, Chai Shao and others were very sick, and it was difficult to get up, and there was no way to go on an expedition of thousands of miles.
Zhang Liang and others have already been abandoned.
After some searching, I couldn't find a suitable general.
The eldest grandson Wuji and others suggested letting Li Jing go, but Li Er refused after careful consideration.
He finally ordered that Wei Chi Jingde, Xue Wanche and others lead reinforcements to the Western Regions respectively, and at the same time appointed Du Ruhui as the marching Sima to replace Li Yunze in charge of logistics.
Li Er chose Li Yunze as the general of the Third Division, responsible for commanding reinforcements to resolve the crisis in the Western Regions.
He firmly believes that this strange man has this ability!