Crusade against Nanzhao -- Southwest Gunsmoke 4
This strategy was proposed by Wu Bingrui, the secretary of the shogunate, and it seemed to be divided into joint attacks, but in fact, the northern and central two roads echoed each other and supported each other, while the southern route army was lone and deep, and it was necessary to break the Nanting Qinwang army of Nanzhao, and the 30,000 soldiers and horses currently assembled in the Yinsheng Protectorate were considered to be a clever strategy for the whole people in terms of strategy.
What's more, Wang Zhijin, the deputy commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, was not a military general of Jiannan Province, but was transferred from Gyeonggi Province a month ago. Moreover, he was not born as a military general, but because there were people in the DPRK who supported him, in order to increase his combat experience so that he could be promoted to a higher position, he was transferred to Jiannan Province, and there was no long-commanding general and no military horses from his headquarters to be transferred in, let alone the experience of commanding a large army in combat, and his ability to command troops became a big problem.
Since Xian Yu Zhongtong is a descendant, Xian Yu Zhongtong appointed him as the commander of the Southern Route Army, that is, he was to serve as a substitute for the dead ghost and contain the Nanting Qinwang Army, which had the strongest combat power in Nanzhao.
In addition, the number of troops led by Ming Xiang, the commander of the Tanzhou Soldiers and Horses in the West Province of Jiangnan, was more than that of Wang Xuan, the general of the Qianzhong Provincial Army, but his official position was lower than that of Wang Xuan. These are all plans that Xian Yu Zhongtong and Wu Bingrui secretly tried to frame Ming Xiang to hinder them, but Ming Xiang didn't know about it...
The Southern Route Army still took Qianzhong Road as the vanguard, and Wang Zhi was stationed in the big tent of the Chinese Army in Jiejiangnanxi Road, and he summoned Wang Xuan, Ming Xiang and the two generals every day to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy, and took this opportunity to familiarize himself with the character of each general and the characteristics of the commander.
Although the army of the South Road slept in the open air, it also traveled quickly, and in less than ten days, it had already made a detour from the southeast of Nanzhao into the territory of Nanzhao.
The army marched up the Red River to the northwest and reached the Fu Pavilion, where the whole army camped for the night.
The crowd gathered around the campfire, some sharpened their swords, some bragged and chatted, and some rolled dice and gambled, each doing their own thing to kill time.
Kong Hun and Lu Peiye were arranging the night vigil soldiers, and He Yuzhi was ordered by Deputy Marshal Wang Zhijin and Ming Xiang to pass on the military information to Wang Xuan, the general of the forward army of Qianzhong Dao.
Wang Xuan is a recruit envoy of the middle of the Qianzhong Road, with deep qualifications, military achievements, and a slightly higher official position than Ming Xiang, but he is a dark man, extremely selfish, on the surface, loyal to his duties, but in private he has exhausted his calculations and does not suffer any losses. However, Wang Xuan is quite fond of the soldiers of his army, and the soldiers are willing to serve him, but to his superiors and colleagues, he is not a good person.
He Yuzhi finished explaining the general's situation, out of Wang Xuan's big tent, only to see the moon and stars, the breeze blowing, the heart is open, walking, unconsciously passed several camps, came to a remote camp, suddenly saw more than a dozen people around the bonfire drinking and chatting, look at the color is the Qianzhong Dao general.
A biao-shaped man beside the bonfire was scolding, and He Yu rose up from time to time and listened to it.
I only heard the man say loudly, "There is nothing in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves. All of this is a disaster caused by that cool official Zhang Qiantuo, but he wants us to fight and shed blood, what a fucking unwillingness! 」
An ugly-faced military attache said, "Brother Li is right! If it weren't for Zhang Qiantuo, who was greedy for money and lustful, how could he cause such a big turmoil, and even a loyal subject country like Nanzhao would rebel! Nanzhao still relied on the help of our Tang Dynasty to build the country! has always been friendly with our Datang, how could it be like today? What the hell grandma's it! 」
Another stout military attache continued, "The two eldest brothers are silent, and someone is coming..."
He Yuzhi knew that this short and stout military attache had already seen him, and if he didn't ask first, it would be suspicious. So he approached and arched his hand and said, "Generals, He Yuzhi in Xiatan Prefecture, passing through here, the night is cool and windy, and I ask you for a bowl of wine to drink. 」
A young military attache said: "It turned out to be General He, in Xia Zhang Xu, who was formerly a military attache in Liuyang, and later transferred to the state as a partial general. 」
He Yu was stunned, and then thought: "I met my old friend in another country, I haven't seen Lord Zhang for a long time, I fought side by side against the enemy at that time, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye, but time has really flown by!" Mr. Zhang, how are you doing? 」
Zhang Xu said, "Very good! Very good! Brothers, Lord He is an upright person, known as a commander, and by no means a traitorous person, brothers need not scruple to speak. 」
He Yuzhi saw that the military attachés still had doubts, so he first said, "I passed by here on official business, and I had no intention of snooping. Brothers, do not hesitate! It's just that after traveling this way, I found that this expedition was quite strange, and I had a lot of doubts in my heart. I wonder if you can tell me? 」
Most of the military attachés in the middle of Guizhou were partial generals or lieutenants of the sixth rank or below, and when they saw a ranger general of the fifth rank, although they were not subordinate to each other, they listened to him politely, he was very young, and he was familiar with the military attache of the state, so he took a bowl and gave up a seat.
The ugly-faced military attache said, "Lord He doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat, please take a seat, I'm just chatting, I don't know what concerns Lord He has about this crusade against Nanzhao?" 」
He Yuzhi sat down, Zhang Xu briefly introduced everyone to He Yuzhi, and He Yuzhi secretly wrote them down one by one in his heart.
He Yuzhi said: "I saw that the people did not seem to welcome this expedition to Nanzhao, and there was not even a single one of the people who came out to comfort them. It's weird! In addition, I saw that there were many people who fled who were afraid of the official army, but few who were afraid of Nanzhao? I have a lot of doubts in my mind! 」
The military attache surnamed Li who originally spoke, said, "Actually, this crusade against Nanzhao is all because of those corrupt officials and cool officials! Spending military money and food is not justified. 」
"What do you mean by that? He Yuzhi asked, "Isn't it because Nanzhao did not obey the king, raised troops to make a rebellion, and seized our state and county?" 」
The ugly-faced military attache surnamed Feng took over the conversation: "Nanzhao's rebellion was actually forced to rebel, I have been in Chengdu Mansion for a few days, and I chatted with the people of Chengdu Mansion a few days ago to know the whole story. We didn't want to believe it at first, but it wasn't until we inquired with many people and the people who had fled from Yaozhou that we were sure of the truth. 」
He Yuzhi asked, "What the hell is going on? Forced Nanzhao to rebel against the Celestial Empire? Do you have to let our Celestial Empire mobilize the people and make a big fight? Brother Feng will explain it to me again! 」
The military attache surnamed Feng looked at Zhang Xu, Zhang Xu nodded, and then spoke: "In May last year, Nanzhao Wang Ge Luo Feng led the princess and more than ten envoys to visit Jiannan Jiedu envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong, passing through Yao'an, and was personally received by Zhang Qiantuo, the assassin of Yunnan. 」