Chapter 15 is like a bamboo
The Tang Dynasty fought with the five wives that night, and the next morning, it was still fierce, and early in the morning, the troops were arranged according to the predetermined plan.
Li Gesang had already left Xingyuan with Wolf Zhengxuan, ready to "cover up", of course the Tang Dynasty had to make arrangements, after all, the Jiannan Army still had a small number of descendants in Zhongtong and some uncertain characters, he wanted to pretend to let the three provinces of Jiannan out, but he also had to do a good job, otherwise, once the news leaked and Li Longji was prepared, it would be much more difficult to attack Chang'an.
The Tang Dynasty has always been convinced that the power of stratagem sometimes goes beyond real battles.
Since we want to raise troops to attack Tang, we must purge the rebellion of our own army, so it is imperative to select personnel. There are a lot of people, such as Xin Baijiang, Longduo and others, who have followed their old department for a long time, and they brought over together, and they can be trusted, but in the troops left by Zhang Qiu and Qiong in the past, many generals are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and these people are not purged, which is extremely dangerous.
But the selection of these things was handed over to Sheva, and it was already in order.
So, according to the predetermined plan, the Nanzhao army under the leadership of Li Gesang "attacked" Jiannan, according to the history books, "the Nanzhao army has been planning for a long time, Jiannan Jiedu deputy envoy Xian Yu Zhongtong died in battle, the Tang Dynasty army was defeated in the southwest, and the remnants of more than 80,000 people led by his generals Tang Dynasty fled to Chang'an!" ”
As a result, under the strategy of Nanzhao and the Tang Dynasty, nearly 20,000 generals loyal to the Tang Dynasty were wiped out by Li Gesang.
The Tang Dynasty did not bear any burden on this, because he was just "defeated and fled", and fortunately, he actually transported most of the grain and grass away before the defeat, but suffered a small loss, and the vitality was still preserved.
The five ladies of the Tang Dynasty, except for Princess Xinling and Qin'er, were all aristocratic women with martial arts.
Although Princess Xinling and Qin'er are delicate women, it is very easy for the Tang Dynasty's army of 80,000 to protect two women.
So, soon, under the attack of Li Gesang, most of Jiannan has belonged to Nanzhao, and the land of Nanzhao has reached its heyday at this time, but the Jiannan Mountain Road is rugged, and many places are difficult to attack.
Meng Chang occupied Chengdu when Li Gesang was running other regions, and defended the danger, and fought with the Nanzhao army, which was something that the Tang Dynasty did not expect. However, Meng Chang was just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and after the Tang Dynasty heard about it, he didn't care about it.
He knew that once he attacked Chang'an this time, he never thought about turning back.
In fact, as early as a few years ago, he felt that if he wanted to attack Li Longji, he would take Chang'an first, as the best policy, otherwise, once he occupied the original form for others first, when the time came, even if he had the talent to reach the sky, he would be useless as a hero like Han Xin back then.
To capture the Tang Dynasty, take Chang'an first.
This was his basic strategy, and this is why he tried his best to defeat Li Gesang's proposal at the Supreme Military Council and led his troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. Because with the current defense of the Tang Dynasty, Li Gesang has a great chance of success, once he breaks Chang'an, maybe he will not be limited to occupying the border with Nanzhao, but will dominate the world.
It is better to look up to others and snort than to control your own destiny.
He knew that with the decline of the Tang Dynasty, this attack on Chang'an was very likely to work, so why plundered the United States?
He also knew that no one in Chang'an Dongfang's troops was his opponent, so he could be said to be full of confidence this time.
The army of the Tang Dynasty wanted to meet before and after according to the formation, echoed left and right, retreated to Chang'an, and maintained a state of engagement at any time.
As long as someone with a little bit of brains looks at it, they will know that this army will definitely not be an army that has fought a "lost battle".
The Tang Dynasty had abundant grain and grass, enough to support an army of 80,000 for five years, which is why the Tang Dynasty did not intend to plunder grain and grass along the road.
Along the road, the military discipline of the Tang Dynasty was strict, and the people could not be forcibly taken from a stitch and a thread, and they attacked the local tyrants and inferior gentry everywhere and provided relief to the victims, which was actually praised by many people
The army marched quickly, from Chengdu to Chang'an, and did not encounter any resistance, the officials along the way were upside down to greet each other, the Tang Dynasty soothed with good words, and accepted it with intentions, there were many officials who resisted, where could withstand the impact of the army, it can be said that the soldiers were bloodless, and gradually went deep into the Yellow River Valley, calculating the time, it only took about ten days.
At this time, the army of the Tang Dynasty had penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, followed the Yellow River to approach Chang'an, and finally arrived at Yangping Pass on the evening of this day.
"Defeat and retreat", the slogan of the Tang Dynasty along the way is defeat and retreat, and the army marches quickly, which can be said to have infiltrated Chang'an with lightning speed, and did not make the Tang court vigilant, on the contrary, the Tang Dynasty is Li Longji's concubine, which can be said to be an excellent talisman.
Moreover, wherever the Tang Dynasty passed, there was no large number of replacement of city guards, but only the powerful wealth of the hands was co-opted, and good words soothed, which also paralyzed the local defenders of the Tang Dynasty to a large extent.
Although the garrison in these places is said to have ordinary combat strength, once they are in danger, they will greatly delay their own troops.
This time, the Tang Dynasty led 30,000 cavalry first, and let Sheva bring 50,000 infantry slowly, which was also the same strategy as Deng Ai.
"Report to the marshal, the letter is back from the north of the Yellow River!"
"Biography!" The Tang Dynasty hurriedly sent a special message, and at this time, the Tang Dynasty had just been stationed ten miles outside Yangping Pass, the antlers were deeply planted, and the grain and grass were surrounded by layers of military tents, and the army was strong.
As soon as the letter entered the military tent, he reported: "Dashuai, when I arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, Shi Siming, the general under An Lushan, happened to be all the way like a bamboo, leading the forward to reach the vicinity of Tongguan, I immediately explained that I wanted to fight with the An army before and after, Shi Siming could not be the master, I then faced the direction of An Lushan, and saw An Lushan in Xuzhou, he personally met me, and after hearing that the marshal was also going to raise troops, he was overjoyed, and said that he had promised to advance and retreat with the marshal, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”
Tang Chao smiled slightly, thinking of the time An Lushan was captured by himself and forced to agree to his own conditions, it seems that this kid has not forgotten. ,
Listening to the letter, he continued: "An Lushan has also heard of my name and knows that I am indeed your confidant, so he agreed that after breaking Chang'an, he will share the world with Dashuai, and in order to express his sincerity, he also specially asked me to bring something to Dashuai." ”
As he spoke, he took off a big burden from his back, and there seemed to be something extremely load-bearing in it, and it was very difficult for a master like Zhuan Xin to carry it.
When Tang Chao saw it, his face seemed to change, and he said, "Is it so difficult that it's a assault gun?" ”
"Exactly, please take a look."
As he spoke, he presented the baggage.
When Tang Chao opened the opening, he saw a thick pig iron wrapped in a pistol-like thing appear in front of his eyes. Of course, this is more than ten times larger than the pistol before he crossed over, but the trigger, medicine line, and ammunition are complete, and it is actually the same as the pistol after a thousand years.
Tang Chao picked it up, feeling light, a little lighter than the Xuantie heavy sword, and said at the moment: "Received it in the treasury of the army, keep it well, this thing may be of great use in the future!" ”
"Yes!" Rondo, the secretary of the army, hastened to agree.
Rondo was illiterate, but since the broken arm, martial arts have been greatly reduced, in addition to still rooted in the Tang Dynasty hard training and martial arts, but also learned a lot of Han, such an important responsibility of managing the military treasury, since it fell on him, he recently learned from the pain, vowing to practice martial arts, but it is really a great progress, gradually breaking through the bottleneck of dark energy, is expected to achieve the realm.
The Tang Dynasty often encouraged him with the one-armed Qi Shaoshang, although he watched Wen Ruian a lot before he crossed, but Rondo listened to him very much, and gradually cultivated the momentum of sweeping the world with one hand.
Tang Dynasty told Zhuan Xin to go down to rest, and his heart was very satisfied, but at the same time he was a little anxious. If you are satisfied, An Lushan and himself have reached a temporary alliance, one is bright and one is dark, Li Longji must be extremely dangerous, but from another point of view, why did Li Longji ask Ma Zhengzhang to personally go to Yangping Pass to spread the word, so that his army could be stationed here first?
Don't want me to lead troops into the Beijing Division, that is because I am afraid that I am the second Dong Zhuo.
Li Longji, a hundred-legged insect, dies but does not stiffen, he is indeed a difficult character, should I save my life and attack Yangping Pass at such a time?
Yangping tube is Chang'an's most powerful barrier, once broken, Chang'an is in control.
Although he only brought 30,000 troops, his combat effectiveness was also terrifying, and Li Longji also foresaw that if he obeyed his leadership, then it would be a powerful Qinwang army, but in case he had two hearts, it would be between elbows and armpits.
Li Longji was cautious, but anyway, the sword was already on the string, and he had to.
It didn't take long for the Tang Dynasty to make a decision, this is a decision that determines the national fortunes of the Tang Dynasty, it seems that it is time to apportion, and he can't always hide it like this?
At this time, I suddenly heard a report from a soldier outside the door: "Qinglian monk Li Bai asks to see!" ”
When Tang Dynasty heard this, he was overjoyed, and rushed out of the tent, and saw a person outside the gate who was dressed in white like snow, with a lofty figure, wearing a long sword at his waist, elegant and chic, it was Li Bai who had been absent for many years, and pounced on him at the moment, hugged his brother, couldn't help but reveal his true feelings, and tears actually fell.
With the current martial arts of the Tang Dynasty, he has free control over the muscles of the whole body, where will he cry, this is due to his deliberate uncontrolled and true feelings.
Li Bai laughed, and he was also very moved by the true feelings of the Tang Dynasty, but because he was not young, he was thicker, but his eyes were slightly moist, and he only pressed Tang Dynasty's shoulders fiercely, and the tide was surging.