Chapter Thirteen Xue Rengui's Defeat
Du Songmang Bujie's words were passionate, powerful, and inspiring. However, the ministers pursed their lips tightly and did not respond. () It was not that they didn't want to, but that they knew very well that this was just a nice statement.
If it were ordinary Tubo people, they would be very happy and cheered after hearing this, but as the ruling class of Tubo, they knew very well about the Battle of Dafeichuan back then. Yes, Tubo won that battle, which was a tragic victory, and Tubo was frightened because of the victory.
In that battle, if the Tang army's food and grass were still there, Tubo would definitely fail; or if Xue Rengui had a little more troops, he would not need too much, and he would have more than 20,000 yuan. The one who failed must have been Tubo.
Now that the battle is again, Tubo really has no chance of winning.
Du Songmang Bujie saw the reactions of the ministers and did not blame him because he knew very well.
"Before the war begins, we must negotiate with the Tang people and protect Dafeichuan as much as possible without fighting." Du Songmang Bujie continued.
"Share you," big, small, and the whole story agree with each other.
When the war with the Tang Dynasty started, Tubo did not have much chance of winning, which was a conclusion drawn at the cost of blood. If Dafeichuan can be preserved through peace talks, it would be the best.
"Zanpu, peace talks are a good thing, but will the Tang people agree?" Some ministers were very ignorant and raised a very realistic question.
"Yes. When the war broke out with the Tang Dynasty, the Great Tubo had no chance of winning. The Tang Dynasty was likely to get the Great Feichuan. What should we do to discuss?" A minister immediately agreed.
Negotiation requires bargaining chips. Tubo has no bargaining chips in his hands. How can he negotiate with the Tang Dynasty?
This is a very realistic problem, and if it is not resolved, it cannot be negotiated.
"This..." Du Songmang Bujie was asked and was stunned for a long time. Then he said, "Except for Da Feichuan, everyone else is easy to talk about. The Tang people want cattle, sheep, horses, gold and silver, as much as possible."
Dafeichuan is too important and must not be discarded. As for the others, cattle, sheep, horse, gold, silver and pearls, although expensive, they are not unavailable. Now Tubo is only bargaining chips for negotiation.
"Let's go to Xiaolun. You are doing a good job in forming an alliance with Dashi." Du Songmangbujie turned his head and rushed to Xiaolun.
Xiao Lu was stunned and frightened. At this time, negotiating with the Tang Dynasty was a fire pit and he would never go. At this moment, he regretted it. If he had known this, why would he brag about the alliance with Dashi?
"Cough cough. Zanpu, I've been feeling a little uncomfortable recently, I'm afraid I can't handle such a heavy responsibility." Xiao Lun coughed, tearful, pretending to be very similar. He was not upset.
"Hmph." Du Songmang Bujie didn't know what he thought. He was very dissatisfied and snorted coldly.
"Zanpu, go." He volunteered to do the whole matter.
"As time, people's hearts are seen, and horsepower is known from afar. The Tang people said this is right. When the national crisis is in trouble, they will see loyal ministers. You are a loyal minister of the Great Tubo." Du Songmangbujie was very surprised and moved, and praised him.
At this moment, going to negotiate with the Tang Dynasty was a fire pit. It was very likely that there would be no return. It was indeed rare that the whole story would take the initiative to volunteer. Not only were they all moved, but even the ministers were moved. They looked at the whole story and praised them very much.
"I dare not say that I will succeed, but I will do my best." He said calmly.
"Okay." The answer is very clear. The tenth chapter cannot be successful, so I can only do my best. The whole story is very real, and I am very satisfied with the Songmangbujie.
"If the negotiation cannot be reached and cannot be matched, you have to defend Jishi Mountain and prevent the Tang army from going deeper." Then Du Songmang Bujie said loudly.
Jishishan is the last line of defense for Tubo. If it falls into the hands of the Tang army, the Tubo capital will be exposed and the Tang army will successfully attack Luoli. Therefore, it is necessary to defend Jishishan.
The ministers had no objection to this.
"Transfer the order: mobilize the troops that have scattered the country and prepare for a great battle with the Tang Dynasty." Du Songmangbujie said last.
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Dafei Ridge is located in the southeast of Dafei River, with a wide terrain here.
"Rumbling." The sound of thunderous hooves sounded, and the Tang army was coming like a tide.
Since entering Dafeichuan, the Tang army has advanced smoothly, as if entering a no-man. In just a few days, it has arrived at Dafeiling.
Li Longji rode on the back of Zhaoye Lion King, looked at the open Dafeiling and said, "What a good place."
"Crown Prince, when we arrive here, we should pay homage to the heroes who died in the country." Zhang Shuo reminded him.
"That's right." Chen Xuanli and the others agreed in unison.
"Transmission: set up camp on the spot and prepare for memorial service." Li Longji would of course agree to this matter and immediately pass on the general order.
The Tang army stopped and began to camp. Soon, the tents appeared one by one at Dafei Ridge, lined up in a row, lined up in a row, orderly and purged.
Li Longji took Zhang and said that Chen Xuanli and the others came to Dafeiling and saw white bones on the ground everywhere.
"Guo Wai is punished and deserves to die!" Li Longji saw it and said angrily.
"Oh." If Guo Daifeng had not disobeyed the military order back then, there would have been no defeat by Da Feichuan, and there would have been such a situation today. The generals sighed in unison.
"The court was so kind that he was just demoted to a commoner back then. He should be sentenced to death." Li Longji's anger increased instead: "For his own selfishness, he disobeyed military orders, resulting in the defeat of Dafeichuan, and the disaster was endless. If the battle was successful that year and the court won Dafeichuan, the Hexi Corridor would not be threatened in recent years, and Tubo would not be so strong, and we would not have to go to Dafeichuan today."
The impact of the Dafeichuan battle was too far-reaching. Until the fall of the Tang Dynasty, it was unable to bring Dafeichuan back. Although the Tang Dynasty made some achievements after many efforts, such as conquering the Shibao City, it was still unable to conquer the Dafeichuan in the end.
According to Xue Rengui's plan, he placed the food and grass in Dafeiling and ordered Guo Kaifeng to lead 10,000 Tang army guards. The reason for this was that the road ahead was very dangerous and had miasma, so he had to advance quickly and not take the blame. If he brought the food and grass, it would drag down the speed of the march.
Xue Rengui prepared him to set up a base in front, and then lead his army back to pick up Guo Kaifeng, join forces to transport food and grass together. There will be no problem.
This plan was a very good plan and was very consistent with the situation at that time.
However, Guo Daifeng was the son of Guo Xiaoke, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in a general and looked down on Xue Rengui, a grassroots person. He did not execute the orders and led his troops to advance with food and grass without authorization.
After Tubo received the news, Dalun, who led the troops, personally led heavy troops to attack. Guo Daifeng could not resist and the food and grass were seized by Tubo. Those who did not leave the Tubo fortune were burned out in a fire.
When Xue Rengui got the news, it was too late to return to rescue him. Although the Tang army had fought smoothly under Xue Rengui's command, they captured several cities in a row, and they saw victory in sight. However, the food and supplies were gone, and the situation took a sharp turn. The Tang army was in crisis.
Of course, Tubo would not miss this opportunity to be given to him and prepare to wipe out Xue Rengui. He dispatched 400,000 troops to siege him. Xue Rengui calmly responded to the battle and caused heavy damage to Tubo. Da Lun realized that it was impossible to wipe out Xue Rengui completely, so he had to take the initiative to negotiate with Xue Rengui and let Xue Rengui leave.
"The order: collect the remains of the soldiers, and then take them back to the country for burial after winning." Li Longji ordered loudly.
"The prince is wise." A sensation sounded.
It is the voice of the soldiers to return the remains of these heroes who died in the country to be buried in China. They agreed with Li Longji's actions from the bottom of their hearts, and they would not be able to praise Li Longji.
With a command, the soldiers began to collect remains, which took half a day to complete.
Then make some simple boxes and pack these remains. Just wait until you return to your country successfully, bring them back to your country and then make a coffin to restrain them.
Finally, a grand memorial was held to comfort the heroes who died in battle. The Tang army came and wanted to avenge them.
"Crown Prince, let's march immediately." After the memorial service, Zhang Xiaofei immediately reminded: "We must avenge the revenge of the defeat of Dafeichuan by the General of the Xiaowei Guard! We must avenge it as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Prince." The generals agreed in unison.
The revenge of Xue Rengui's defeat by Dafeichuan was exactly what the soldiers wanted, and all their eyes were bright and they looked at Li Longji.
"Zhang said, what do you think?" Li Longji asked looking at Zhang said.
"The prince is confident." Zhang said with a joke.
"Tell me." Li Longji refused to comment.
"Okay, I'll talk about it." Zhang Shuo nodded and said, "The current situation is unprecedented if it only takes revenge and only takes over Dafeichuan. It only takes a quick march to complete. If it is not advisable to advance quickly in the long run, it should advance slowly."
"Enter slowly?"
"Zhang said, are you confused?"
"How can you make a rush to advance slowly?"
The generals started to scream in disbelief, all of them looking puzzled.
"Yes, I also agree with the slow march." Chen Xuanli agreed very much.
"I agree, too." Yang Sixu said.
Zhang said that Chen Xuanli and Yang Sixu were very talented in military talent and had a high prestige in the army. The three of them agreed that they should march slowly. This was really surprising. The generals were very surprised and asked in unison: "Why?"
"It's very simple." Li Longji took over the conversation and said, "If we just take down Dafeichuan, we just need to go forward in one go. In less than a month, we can take down Dafeichuan all. However, the Tubo army is still there, and we can use the mountains and forests to attack us and disturb us. We can use Dafeichuan as bait to fish out the Tubo army and then annihilate it in one go."
Speaking of this, his tone turned higher and he said, "Without the army, Tubo will be brave and will no longer bother us."
"This...a great idea!"
"Good idea, good idea!"
The generals were stunned at first, and then praised each other in unison, and everyone was very happy.
Taking over Dafeichuan can certainly achieve the goal of weakening Tubo. If the Tubo army can be solved by the way, then it will be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty.
That would make Tubo weaker and make Tubo bold. Within 30 or 20 years, it would be impossible to disturb the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty could concentrate its efforts to advance westward and compete with the Arab Empire for Central Asia.
"In order to pose a huge threat to Tubo, a general should be sent to lead his troops forward, which gave Tubo an illusion that Da Feichuan would be taken down by us soon, forcing Tubo to quickly mobilize troops." Zhang said with his idea.
"That's right. Leave this to Xue Zhi." Li Longji nodded and said, "Xue Zhi, you lead 50,000 elite troops forward, giving Tubo the illusion that we are moving forward with great fanfare."
Chapter completed!