Chapter 429 Military affairs, housework

The moon waxes and wanes, and people have misfortunes and good fortunes day and night.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, a good day for family fun, a piece of bad news came, which shocked the whole court. The founding father of the Tang Dynasty, an outstanding strategist, a famous general, the governor of Gobu Prefecture, and the deputy general manager of the Lichuan Road March, General Gao Kan

While supervising the military supply of land and sea routes at the Andong Governor's Mansion, he was attacked by unknown forces in Mang Valley. Three hundred personal guards were killed, and the whereabouts of General Gao were unknown.

Since the new emperor came to the throne, there have been hundreds of wars on the borders of the Tang Empire, and such high-level generals have never been lost. The deputy commander of the theater, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Suppression, the highest military and political officer of Gobu State, and a veteran killer with nuclear weapons level are just like this in the territory of the Tang Empire.

Missing inside.

It's unbelievable! When the veterans talk about how they are doing, they always say that you can do things and I can rest assured. The North and the South have been fighting for decades, and the people who claim to be infallible just disappear?

If we can bear the loss of tens of thousands of soldiers due to a defeat on the front line, but the second in command in the war zone and the backbone of the army that has been victorious in every battle is left alive without seeing dead people or corpses, not to mention the morale of the army is weakened, and it is good if there is no chaos.

The place where the incident occurred was south of Pyongyang City in Andong, near the first intersection of land and sea supply lines. From west to north, nearly 6,000 garrison troops and 2,000 troops and cavalry in Gugu echoed each other. Damn it. Not to mention the insurgents, this area is Baekje.

The army had to pass through the Silla Pass before coming. How could such a big trap come out of the safest and most secure military-heavy area?

The New Year is not going well. The officials and soldiers in Anton are suffering from top to bottom. If they dare to bring General Gao into their own jurisdiction, the good times are over. From the head of state to the civil and military officials, no one intends to spare this life lightly.

To help others.

Anton was also unambiguous. The dignitaries had long been mentally prepared to plead guilty and face the law. Regardless of whether Gao Kan was dead or alive, we must first find the perpetrators and then put down the chaos! First, regardless of whether there is chaos or not, whether he wants to cause chaos or not,

Let’s talk about quelling it. Let’s take the place of the accident as the center of the circle, straighten the compass and spin it on the map. All the people who can move will be wiped out in one go.

Who is thinking of making a military-civilian family now? It is a newly occupied area anyway, and the rich and wealthy households have been forcibly relocated to the hinterland. Those who are left behind will be counted as human beings if they make a book. If they burn the book, they will be worse than pigs and dogs. No matter whether it is worthy or not, reset it before punishing it.

It's an excuse, even if it doesn't work, I can still get some people to die.

Gao Kan talks about the combat power of three hundred personal guards. Even if they are ambushed, it cannot be dispatched by thousands of rogues. No matter what the weather is now, if the people come out and freeze to death outside, is it useful to kill more?

Liang Jianfang and Gao Kan's old friendship turned red when he mentioned the incident. Put aside whether the old man's character was good or not, but if he stabbed his old comrade, he would be dressed in military uniform before the court meeting was over.

On a cold day, Tiandu stood in the wind and waited in a piece of iron armor. He remained motionless from morning to noon. Others did not dare to persuade him. It was not worth getting stabbed for saying the wrong thing, so they all walked around.

The most important thing now is to cut off the main road to Silla. Regardless of whether General Gao is in the hands of those people or not, we must first find out where the opponent is coming from. There are troops stationed sixty miles in front and back. How can the enemy attack from such a small area?

To infiltrate and ambush General Gao and his entourage under the eyes of heavy soldiers, they are by no means ordinary people, let alone a ragtag group of rioters and bandits.

What is the concept of three hundred personal guards? Mr. Cheng told me a real battle example. It also happened in Andong. After the failure of the attack on Goryeo, the old man took on the important task of covering the westward retreat of the army in order to compete for control of a small pass.

More than a thousand people were killed or injured, the enemy force was fierce, and the strength of the troops behind was still intact. At the critical moment, General Cheng personally led 60 personal guards to rush into the battle formation. In less than half an hour, he regained the battlefield advantage. The 60 personal guards were

Only one person was seriously injured.

They are all carefully selected warriors who have fought in hundreds of battles. Their offense and defense are the same, and the cooperation between them cannot be described as tacit understanding. Once they are pulled into the line of fire during the battle, they operate like a meat grinder. Hundreds of personal guards resist.

In this era, having more than 10,000 enemies is not a myth. Li Jing did this several times back then. After doing it, he did not care for his body and died of illness. It had nothing to do with his personal guards.

What we have received now is only an emergency report, without a detailed on-site report. It is not possible to draw a conclusion yet. Everyone is angry and scolding. It is said that none of the personal guards survived, and there is no number of enemy casualties. Is it a temporary takeover or was it already there?

The premeditation is unknown, and we can only wait anxiously for detailed data.

What both sides can do now is to block the news within a limited range and try to delay the search for Gao Kan's whereabouts. The military affairs in the Northeast cannot be delayed. Who to send to replace Gao Kan has become the biggest problem. Liang Jianfang is determined to do his job. If he is not allowed to go, he plans to die in the West Prison. No one is there.

Ignore him, love him to death, he went to the basket, and there was already a massacre there. If he went to kill again, he might not even let go of the Tang army who was guarding the area, especially the old man thought that the Silla people were not strictly guarded.

To allow bandits to cross the border, Silla should also be xxoo, I'm very scared.

"Actually, I think what General Liang said is reasonable." It is true that Baekje is the prime suspect. There may also be people from Silla coming from the east. Nowadays, the large-scale military activities of the Tang Empire are harmful to Silla, a flea ally.

Li, the location of the incident is so close to the Tang and Xin border areas, so Silla’s motive for the crime cannot be ruled out.

"Old Liang Gua, are you too?" Su Dingfang is now a reliable candidate to take over Gao Kan's position. No one except Liang Jianfang has any objections, so the tone of Old Su's words is already somewhat empathetic. "Although Silla is small,

It is very important to the war situation. This matter cannot go well, but we must not involve Silla at this time."

"This is called being confident. The Silla people know this and are unscrupulous. Anyway, the Baekje people are taking the blame. Their purpose is to delay the progress of the Liaodong war. Now such a change of commanders will delay it for at least half a year. The goal has been achieved." I did not talk to Xinluo.

The Luo people couldn't get through it, but they thought it was strange. In the ice and snow, it was difficult for the garrison to maintain an effective defense range even if they didn't slack off, so it was not surprising that they were launched into a small-scale surprise attack. Zheng Hong also did this once in the north. But usually

Well, only once did Gao Kan run into him. It was obviously a targeted attack. Firstly, the enemy had grasped Gao Kan's movements, and secondly, they had made detailed and thorough arrangements for the combat effectiveness of Gao Kan's guards. Otherwise...

Coincidence? This is obviously a strange statement.

"Coincidence!" Master Sun Ren... might not be able to defeat him, so he secretly despises him! The old man hurried in, and threw the newly passed army report on the table, "The enemy lost 410 people, although the battle report mentioned Gao Kan

Surrounded by two forces, there are few bows and arrows, and most of them are fought hand-to-hand. It is not an ambush."

Su Dingfang asked in surprise: "How many people?"

"Four hundred and ten people." Master Sun Ren nodded affirmatively, "The incident happened not far from our two garrisons. The bandits were afraid that the army would pursue them and they had no time to clean up the traces, so they fled in a hurry."

Su Dingfang let out a long hiss, closed his eyes and sat upright, repeating: "Four hundred, four hundred..." Suddenly he opened his eyes and said to Mr. Cheng: "I am not dead. How about your bodyguards pulling out to fight with my army?"

?”

"Then hurry up and prepare for the funeral. Let's have a good meal." Mr. Cheng glanced at Su Dingfang contemptuously, "I can't tell the difference between four hundred and three hundred. The rogue bandits are at least ten times more powerful than the old man. It's really like three hundred fighting three hundred.

, Lao Gao’s side is immortal!”

"I'm sorry," Su Dingfang replied with a contemptuous expression, "Guards vs. soldiers. It's hard to say! It's not easy for three thousand people to infiltrate. If I lead a surprise attack with three thousand people, even if four hundred soldiers are killed, they will never leave any room for the enemy."

The next corpse is waiting for you to identify it? Four hundred and ten people can be identified, but there are too few of them left to take away. There is no time to dispose of them, so I only took back the weapons. Based on this estimate, the enemy could be up to a thousand

Two hundred people." He turned to look at Master Sun Ren and said, "Old Sun, if I give you 1,200 people to rush into a head-to-head fight with 300 people, how can you be sure?"

Master Sun Ren pondered for a while and then affirmed: "I'm afraid I'll lose three or forty of them."

"You need to save face," Mr. Cheng, who had just looked sad to see who was scolding whom, was amused by General Sun's words and laughed crookedly. "What is a fight to the death? If you are a junior, you have to take care of this old face."

"No more than fifty." Master Sun Ren has a good temper and tells lies tepidly. He may be a model of elegance among the old commanders. Anyway, he always has a kind face and does not fight with you. "Old Su's pinch is probably accurate.

, I’m afraid that the personal guards are facing off against the elite. It’s because Lao Gao is in bad luck, so I’m not here to find him.”

Mr. Cheng remained silent, acquiescing. He stood up, walked around for a few steps, and scattered a few small flags on the sand table angrily, "It's not that Lao Gao's fate is bad, it's that the fate of Manggu's defenders would be great! If Lao Gao hadn't taken care of them for them.

It's been going on for a while. It really makes people touch the bottom of the stockade. You don't have to break them all, just this one. The consequences are disastrous!" As he said, he stabbed his fingers hard on the military supplies warehouse behind Manggu, "When the fire let out the wind, there was cotton again.

It’s dry food again. If we take advantage of the chaos and rush into the harbor, we can burn a few of your warships. Hum, don’t underestimate the force of more than a thousand people. If you really take action, you can’t stop them with 20,000 people!”

Take a breath, how vicious is this guy! As Mr. Cheng expected, once the armaments here are attacked, the soldiers along the line of nearly 600 miles from east to west will be in trouble. At the time of the incident,

The depth of winter has arrived, land transportation has come to a standstill, and sea transportation is at risk. In the cold weather, the enemy can kill and injure tens of thousands of your troops without even a single soldier.

Su Dingfang's expression changed several times, and she rushed out as soon as she struck the case. Master Sun Ren shook his head at Mr. Cheng, "Not only this way, but also the three large grain villages are on this line. We are afraid that we will be sold out by the Silla people."

"It doesn't dare!" Mr. Cheng rolled his eyelids viciously and glanced over inadvertently. He felt as if he had been stung by a human-headed wasp. His scalp felt tight and his skin tightened. He could feel goosebumps rising on his body. In an instant,

Even my stomach is uncomfortable.

The old man treated me too well before. This is my peripheral vision. If I have to look straight at the wrong, I will die.

"It doesn't dare," Master Sun Ren was immune to this kind of look, and continued to analyze it tepidly, "but it dares to sell the situation here to Baekje and Mohe. Regardless of whether these more than a thousand people are sent here,

Yes, we need to have a clear theory of how we came here. By walking here? By boat? No matter which way we go, we have to pass through Silla. Is it possible that we are flying towards the crossing? If this hidden danger is not eliminated, not to mention Lao Gao, Lao Su will also end up with the same fate."

As he spoke, Master Sun Ren drew circles on the map with his finger. It was the border line between Silla and Baekje closest to the Andong Protectorate. Finally, he paused hard on it as if he had made up his mind, "We want this place!"

These old men are very talkative. They don’t want pot helmets. Come here and break a piece for me. Just break it off. Anyway, the pot helmets are not valuable. The old man’s fingers are thick and he presses them into the Silla Kingdom like a mallet. He pulls them slightly like this and splits them.

Now, a quarter of it is gone. Not only has more than half of the Cheongcheon River been fished out, but also the mouth of the sea. If we really get here, Baekje and Silla can ignore it. If we go down, it will be a flat river. We can want it at any time.

Take it at any time with ease.

Mr. Cheng climbed up and took a look, "Dreaming!"

"Borrowing the road," Sun Renshi said with a sincere face: "As soon as this incident comes out, the war on the Mohe side will inevitably be postponed, which is in line with Xue Rengui's wishes. Regardless of Baekje or Silla, the desperate surprise attack failed. Instead, it gave

We took this opportunity to avenge General Gokan. We only insist that it was the Baekje people who did it, and we took this route to Silla, that's all."

Old Sun Hou Jing, Monkey Jing, just looked sad and angry, but according to the current thinking, General Gao Kan is worth the money again. I wish the brave old man could take advantage of it and punish Baekje indiscriminately.

Take it when it's good, don't waste any effort. In the words of Lao Sun: As long as you hold the borrowed land firmly. Silla and Baekje combined are not as big as his family's bowl, and a few granddaughters can equal these two foreign countries.

A hundred times, it can be seen that the prescription I gave has not yet taken effect.

The two old men exchanged regrets and felt that a few second-rate generals from the Forbidden Army and I had to accompany them. They would intersperse a few sentences at the right time: "Mr. Cheng is a wise man and a famous general! General Sun has great views and is a role model for our generation!"

It's so boring. Military affairs meetings are not democratic at all. We are a third-rank official, and we are also a lieutenant general, right? Anyway, the people here are all the same, why can't it be allowed for two old men to express their opinions while others want to express their opinions?

They bullied me for not growing a beard! We also had beards.

Just wait, it's enough for Long Yan to be furious anyway. Every king will be angry once this happens. The key depends on the effect of the anger. Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to capture half of Kazakhstan for a few horses; Li Zhi

His anger was more lethal than Li Shimin's. Neighbors were always in trouble and would not be spared no matter how far away they were. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty had no choice but to kill Yue Fei when he was angry. Empress Dowager Cixi abandoned Beijing in anger and ran to Xi'an to eat cured mutton. Each has its own characteristics.

Everyone’s hobbies depend on the country’s strength.

Ying Ye was furious. She was beaten very hard by Jiu Jin. He didn't learn well. He squatted across from the girl when she went to the toilet and looked at him. He also compared the girl in the east with the family in the west.

"Just two beats will do!" I'm bored. I have a lot of military affairs. I can't feel peaceful even eating a plate of plain beef. I'm so beaten that the child doesn't even know why he's being beaten.

"Fuck you!" Ying repeated these few words over and over again. As a mother, she was upset because she didn't know how to describe her child's mistakes and never stopped.

"What are you doing? Stop!" He pulled Jiujin off from the top of the kang and threw it away. He wanted to tell the child a few words, but suddenly found that he couldn't speak. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't find the key point of the problem. Follow

With an expression as vexed as Ying's, "Get out!"

When Jiujin left the room, the couple looked at each other complainingly. I ignored her and started eating first. I had been busy all day and didn't even get a New Year's meal. As soon as I started eating, I encountered the unfortunate event of spanking my child.

"You don't care. I'm annoyed when I take care of you." Ying thought I was humiliating her and was not happy to grab my chopsticks and stopped. "It all depends on how you learn. Do you want this child in the future?"
To be continued...