When Su Ce arrived at Maozhou with 5,000 soldiers, he ordered the soldiers to return to camp. Maozhou and Songzhou were the two main front lines on Longyou Road and Jiannan Road respectively to resist the eastward advance of the Tibetans, with Songzhou being the main one. , because if you cross Songzhou, you can drive straight into the Guanzhong area, and Chang'an is in Guanzhong.
Although Songzhou does not belong to the Duhufu or Dudufu, its status among the prefectures and counties of Daqian is extremely high, and Maozhou is a little behind.
Su Ce waited until the soldiers returned to camp and went to the Governor's Mansion in Maozhou first. The people from the Peony Guards kept passing messages to Su Ce.
The Tubo people have completed the integration of their army and will soon march eastward.
Tubo's territory is not small. Among the many countries around Daqian, Tubo has the largest territory and the largest number of troops. However, because most of its territory is on the plateau, it is mainly based on animal husbandry and has a small population. Peony Neiwei According to reports from the border troops, the population of Tibet was less than four million.
Daqian alone has a population of two million in Chang'an and Luoyang, but the number cannot be calculated in this way. The Tubo people, similar to the grassland Jiuhu and the woodland Shiwei, are distributed in the vast territory of Tubo with tribes, and the characteristics of all the people are soldiers, allowing the Tubo to Remove more than 500,000 troops.
Looking back at Daqian's army, except for some of the Xiang army who were recruited in their prime, the rest, whether they were border troops, forbidden troops or even a small part of the Xiang army, were all soldiers from Zhechong Prefecture.
When the soldiers are not engaged in production, even when they are not taking turns, they mostly spend time with their families.
Fubing, this is a group of people born because of war, a group of people who yearn for war.
The soldiers should be fine, not numerous!
The huge army of the Tubo people is the number one enemy of Longyou Road, Jiannan Road, the Anxi Protectorate and the newly established Beiting Shangdu Protectorate.
The Anxi Protectorate has strong soldiers and horses, so the Tubo people don't dare to provoke them yet. Longyou Road has the Beiting Protectorate and the Chang'an Nanya Forbidden Army as backup, so the Tubo people don't dare to provoke them yet. Therefore, Jiannan Road becomes a place where the Tubo people bully the weak and fear the strong. That soft persimmon you can pinch.
However, the Tubo people, like the other states around Dagan, did not understand that when they faced Dagan, who had been fighting for hundreds of years, they would not go all out with Dagan every time.
The sky is green and the sky is falling, and the sky is falling to the underworld. Between heaven and earth, the soldiers are everywhere!
"Order troops!" After reading the map, Su Ce understood how bad the situation Maozhou was facing at this time.
The Tubo people prepared an army of 200,000. In order to encourage fierce fighting and punish those who retreated from the battle, Tubo established six commendation and punishment systems. Among them, brave men can receive "six bravery decorations" based on their military exploits, which are tiger skin pants, Tiger skin jacket, small tiger skin shawl, large tiger skin shawl, full tiger skin outer cover, full leopard skin robe, etc. For those who are timid on the battlefield, a fox tail will be hung on their head to show their cowardice like a fox.
However, Su Ce did not care about these news introducing the Tibetan army, because Daqian also had the twelfth rank of military merit, and the twelfth rank of military merit was regarded as the highest honor for the Daqian soldiers.
In terms of courage and combat prowess, the Tubo army has some, and the Daqianfu soldiers are equally good. Since the Tubo army, they have all been trained in the Central Plains.
Su Ce was only concerned about the number and strength of the Tibetan army.
The composition of the Tubo army was complicated, including the Tubo people from the Tubo headquarters and the Yangtong people from the Yangtong area, as well as the attached Supi tribe and the Tuyuhun tribe that was defeated and temporarily ruled.
Its military administration can be said to be a copy of the Dagan Frontier Army.
Tubo Zanpu is based on clans and tribes in various places, setting up thousands of households. The chief of the most powerful local clan is the head of the thousand households. Ten thousand households form a wing, which is divided into upper and lower parts. For example, the right wing is divided into the upper right wing and the lower right wing, each with There is one wing chief, who nominally governs five thousand households.
The Tubo headquarters was divided into four wings, including the center wing, the left wing, the right wing, and the branch wing. In addition, the attached Supi branch also established the Sun Bo wing, making a total of five wings.
This is the so-called Five Wings with sixty thousand households, of which ten thousand households belong to the Yangtong tribe. The Yangtong tribe has not established a wing.
Tubo's wings, thousand households and other organizational systems organized the people in the form of military groups, that is, a trinity system that combined administration, military and production to meet the requirements of easy mobilization and simple establishment, and could adapt to Tubo's expansion of national power, opening up territories, and fighting wars Fashionable needs.
At the same time, what is related to the Tubo military tribe is that the Tubo headquarters can be divided into "Gui" and "Yong". "Gui" means warrior. Gui is a high-ranking subject who performs military tasks in the Tubo headquarters. "Gui" has a higher status. The main force of the army is similar to the soldiers of the government, while the "yong" are engaged in agricultural and animal husbandry production and pay taxes. Their status is lower and they belong to lower-class common people and slaves.
During wartime, a military formation is formed based on the physical strength and professional characteristics of the tribe members, consisting of "shooters" who serve as the main combat force and "supporters" who are responsible for some of the chores of the "shooters" and participate in combat. Generally speaking, "Shooter" is Gui, and "protector" is Yong.
This time when the Tubo people prepared their troops to invade the border, they actually felt the threat from Daqian's army. The Anxi Protectorate had not moved westward since Jiang Tu left.
Therefore, the reason why the Tubo people marched eastward to test Daqian was probably because Jiang Bu attacked the Duke of Qi.
Now, the Tibetan people are surrounded by towering mountains on both sides to the southwest. The way to the north is blocked by the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate. The only way left is to go east. If this is defeated, the Tubo people will dream of the Jiannan Road. The plain comes to the mouth.
It's just that these Tubo people's plans to seek the country must overcome the hurdle of Daqianfu soldiers.
The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. King Zhao Zaixiao of Shu has only two requirements for his nobles: not to lose ground and to establish national prestige.
In the Battle of Liwei, Prince Zhao Zaicheng failed to defeat the Nine Huros. He, the King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, wanted to win the battle against Tubo.
When Su Ce came to Maozhou, he only did two things: organize the army and prepare for war.
There are ten thousand soldiers at hand, as well as the captains and brigade commanders from each Zichong Prefecture who came with the army.
Therefore, Su Ce did not lack generals, but 10,000 soldiers were slightly insufficient.
Fortunately, Longyou Road also prepared 70,000 Xiang troops, plus government troops from Songzhou and other places, but the Tuyuhun tribe of Tubo was unable to move.
The loss of the Tuyuhun tribe was beyond the Tibetan people's expectations.
But the arrow is on the string and must be fired!
At this time, the trial battle of the Tubo people's eastward march had become a battle that had to be won, otherwise Tubo Zampu would lose the support of various Tibetan tribes.
The dividends of the war were the prerequisite for the Tibetan tribes to gather strength.
Victory abroad leads to Sichuan and Shu; defeat abroad leads to endless civil war.
Tubo Zampu also understands Tubo's current situation very well.
Although there was no personal expedition, Tubo sent four wing commanders and twenty thousand households to the center and left wings of the five wings in this battle. Among them, the Tibetan so-called archers totaled 20,000 people, 40,000 guards, and 140,000 slaves. The wing mainly attacks Songzhou, and the left wing mainly attacks Maozhou.
As more and more news came from the Peony Guards, Su Ce also felt that the blade of war was close at hand.
After the King of Shu, Zhao Zaixiao, became a vassal, he had no energy to deal with chores. After dealing with the officials in Yizhou, Zhao Zaixiao took Zhou Zheng to the Fubing camp outside Yizhou. Zhao Zaixiao knew very well what Maozhou was facing.
"Zhou Zheng, this time, Gu wants you to lead the army to Maozhou!" Colonel Zhao Zai looked at Zhou Zheng and said seriously.
As the king of Daqian Shu, Zhao Zaixiao seemed to have a respected status, but compared to when he was the second prince, he lost more. For example, his Shu palace could no longer support generals.
This was also the reason why he valued Zhou Zheng. He was a soldier and was brought up by the Peony Guards.
"No!" If Su Ce were here, he would find that compared to the previous Zhou Zheng who always had a smile on his face, the current Zhou Zheng is taciturn and his face is full of solemnity.