Chapter Seventy-Six: The Battle of Wolf Ping (I)
(Remember our website At this time, the Tang Dynasty and Qin'er were in Chang'an, but in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, a brutal war was about to be fought.)
At this time, it was late at night, and Wolf Zhengxuan's army was picking up bells, hooves and cloths, and everyone was holding their breath for the most arduous and mysterious march.
The other armies of Nanzhao, such as the soldiers of the Yi Department, are mostly out of order, and they can only be regarded as the level of Xiangyong, and the soldiers in the hands of Wolf Zhengxuan can really be called a regular army, and what he is leading now is that he is not drawn from the Nanzhao army, but directly uses his own government soldiers as the elite of the team.
This is similar to the Praetorian Guard led by Tie Ning in the imperial court, and the combat effectiveness is the strongest in Dali.
The last time Nanzhao rebelled, the elite soldiers in the Wolf Zhengxuan Mansion were able to withstand Li Gesang's sudden attack, and it was also because these soldiers were all good at one in a hundred, otherwise, where could they wait for Sheva's reinforcements, I am afraid that Li Gesang had already put down the rebellion.
Not long ago, the Nanzhao border army suffered such a big loss as Zhang Qiu and Qiong, losing more than 2,000 troops, many of whom were killed and captured, and very few of them fled back.
This is the most miserable defeat since the war between Nanzhao and the Tang Dynasty in the past 20 years, most of the time, the two sides are peaceful, but only a few battles, all ended with the great victory of Nanzhao, I can't imagine that this time the loss is huge, although the loss in the army is very small, but the blow to the military heart, is indeed immeasurable.
Therefore, in the life of this incident, Li Gesang and Wolf Zhengxuan unanimously decided that they must use force against the Tang Dynasty, Li Gesang has been waiting for 20 years, and has endured for 20 years, and can no longer bear it, they clearly know that at such a time to fight with Zhang Qiu and Qiong, both sides must pay a great price, but these are not taken care of, because, if the victory against the Tang Dynasty army is not achieved in the short term, the military spirit of the entire Nanzhao will be greatly shaken, and when the time comes, the momentum will be weak, don't occupy the Tang Dynasty, even if you can protect yourself, it will be a problem.
The military heart is the same as the people's heart, once lost, it is difficult to recover, just like once love is broken, it is difficult to repair.
Moreover, the battlefield is different from the general martial arts, the stronger wins, the battlefield is very important is the momentum, once the momentum is weakened, that is, the military spirit has been frustrated, even if there are twice as many troops as others, it is difficult to achieve victory.
Now the ratio of the Tang Dynasty army and the Nanzhao army is roughly at the two-to-one margin, although the army of the Tang Dynasty guarding the southern border pass of the sword is only ** million people, the Nanzhao is now 200,000, almost guarding the border pass with the army of the country, of course, the enemy of the Nanzhao is actually only the Tang Dynasty, so it is normal for the army to be placed in the border pass, the army of the Tang Dynasty is well equipped, although Gao Xianling was not able to manage the law before, there was no combat effectiveness, but now Zhang Qiu and Qiong took office, and the army immediately changed.
The reason why Wolf Zhengxuan was in a hurry to attack the Zhang army was to compete for this time. Once time passes, Zhang Qiu and Qiong will finish the Jiannan soldiers and horses, it is a very powerful army, Nanzhao wants to defeat him, must pay a huge sacrifice, even if he wins, he will definitely not have the ability to enter the Central Plains and occupy the Tang Dynasty, besides, I have heard that Zhang Qiu and Qiong are both civil and military, one is not careful, and will be defeated in his hands, when the time comes, Nanzhao is in danger, and it is not ruled out that Li Longji will take the opportunity to annex Nanzhao at this time.
Therefore, this battle can only be won, not defeated.
At this time, in the military tent of the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, a scandalous drama was being staged, because although Zhang Qiu and Qiong were very reluctant, they still had to respectfully greet a person, Gao King Kong from Chang'an.
Who is Gao Jingang, but a eunuch, so why did he come to the Jiannan Army at such a time?
Of course, he was sent by the imperial court, and the purpose of his coming was very simple, that is, to supervise the army and guard this powerful army for the emperor!
This is the meaning of the imperial court, and it is Li Linfu's meaning when he wears it, since the emperor does not want to dismiss Li Linfu's official at this time, then he must continue to fight Zhang Qiu and Qiong, until he is pulled off the throne of the Jiedu envoy, so when he was at the meeting of the Eight Great People, he easily sent Gao Jingang to the Jiannan army.
At that time, the palace needed smokers, so tribute was paid from all over the country, and Lingnan was a place where great contributions were made, when Li Han sent cigarettes to young children, he sent a total of two people, named "Lux" and "King Kong", Gao Lishi is one of them, and although this Gao Kong is not as good as Gao Lishi in the palace, Gao Lishi thought that they were all people from the same place, so he took care of him.
This is something that all eunuchs know, as long as it is a prison army, the commander of the border pass must not dare to offend himself, and will give heavy gifts to bribe himself, otherwise, he will report to the emperor the news that is unfavorable to him.
Before leaving, Gao Jingang was instructed by Li Linfu, and also received a heavy gift, and came to the Jiannan Army, and actually played the qualification of the emperor, to intervene in the affairs of the Jiannan Army as a concurrent army, Zhang Qiu and Qiong sent him a heavy gift, and he did not accept it, making it clear that he was working against you Zhang Qiu and Qiong.
Zhang Qiu and Qiong have just taken over the army, all kinds of trivial things followed, I didn't expect to meet Gao King Kong to make trouble at such a time, and I had to endure it, I saw that this guy gathered the army every day to lecture, and it was all nonsense about loyalty to the royal family, meritorious service to the country, etc., which delayed the precious rectification time, and also greatly affected the drill and his absolute leadership of the army, many generals began to waver, it seems that the court is dealing with General Zhang, and it also greatly affects the morale of the army.
This made Zhang Qiu and Qiong murderous to the prison army Gao Jingang, but finally thought of the current situation, and at the same time was afraid that the court would be angry, don't be able to eat and walk around at that time, the future of his life, but it has been ruined, he has worked hard all his life from a martial champion, mixed to the high position of today's party Jiedu envoy, it is indeed extraordinary, he doesn't want to fall like this, what he wants is to go out and enter the phase, and when the time comes, as long as he makes the same credit as the Niu Xianke back then, he will definitely be able to return to the dynasty to become the prime minister, add three generations, and glorify the ancestors. In fact, this was the wish of most people in that era, to find a marquis for thousands of miles, but to win the world's affairs and win the name before and after his death.
Zhang Qiu and Qiong wanted to go all out to rectify the army, but as soon as this prison army came, they were hindered everywhere, but fortunately, Zhang Qiu and Qiong had a flexible mind and thought of many ways to deal with it, and finally they could only hastily rectify the Jiannan army, after all, Gao Xianling had no way to govern the army before, and there were many loopholes left, and the most important thing was to deduct military salaries and cause chaos in the army.
Fifteen miles northwest of Jiannan, there is a big stone shaped like a human head, there is a square circle of several zhang, called a human head stone, an army of 200 people is stationed under the stone, because of its high terrain, a beacon tower is built, and a pile of wolf dung is piled up high in it, which is used to generate wolf smoke in a critical time.
In ancient times, most of the important places built beacon towers, in order to pass on the warning, the history is very ancient, when the beacon fire of King Zhou You teased the princes, from the Tang Dynasty, it has been nearly a thousand years, but the method of transmitting the training with the beacon tower has been retained. After the wolf dung is dried, Jiannan is a place where tigers and wolves are infested, easy to preserve, and once lit, the smoke is very grand, it can rise to the sky for dozens of zhang, and it can be clearly seen dozens of miles away, but the smoke with firewood can not achieve such an effect, so the rules handed down from generation to generation, the best method is of course wolf dung, followed by horse dung and cow dung.
Chaos together, the night is open fire, and the day is wolf smoke.
It is now the middle of the night, the officers and soldiers on the beacon tower are sleeping in the township, only the thirty soldiers who are on vigil have not slept, but they have not stood there upright to guard the frontier, but gathered together to gamble, the two people at the door, their eyes are still looking at the card table, no way, just now one of the two people lost five taels of silver, and one without silver has lost his underwear, in the cold days of spring, it seems a little cold, and he keeps rubbing his hands.
These two people are not really guarding the frontier, and the police are attacking with the enemy, but they are guarding against the commanders of the more than a hundred soldiers who have fallen asleep, and once the lord of Rong wakes up and comes up, the gambling will stop immediately. The rules of the beacon tower, set up one Rong master, two Rong deputies, respectively command the two hundred troops, the discipline is still strict, but with the Rong lord on his back, you can still gamble on the beacon tower, after all, there is no enemy, how lonely it is to be on duty at night, as long as it is not held by the Rong lord on the spot, even if the Rong lord knows, he will turn a blind eye and will not really do these own soldiers.
Wolf Zhengxuan and Rong Gong took the lead, and with a wave of their hands only five hundred meters away from the Rentoushi Beacon Tower, the team immediately stopped, silent, and there was no movement in the beacon, obviously not being seen.
Originally, Wolf Zhengxuan led 800 soldiers to go on the expedition, although the sound of horses' hooves was wrapped in cloth, and the golden bell was picked, and people were also holding their breath, but 800 people were different from one person, and they could always make a lot of noise, and the animals that alarmed the night when they traveled at night were always traceable, if the 30 guards were really standing guard, they might not be able to show Wolf Zhengxuan, but now the situation, these guys are gambling quietly inside, and they are on the rise, where can Wolf Zhengxuan appear.
Of course, with Wolf Zhengxuan's shrewdness, he naturally sent someone to test it a long time ago, otherwise he would not have chosen this beacon tower as the target to be attacked.
At this time, Wolf Zhengxuan made a move and ordered the horse to stay in place, rushed out first, and threw himself on the beacon tower.
When they were only fifty meters away from the beacon tower, the two Lingfu smelled the breath of Wolf Zhengxuan and the others, and began to howl......
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