"The mage has never even read the art of war, but he knows how to use it?"
"Human nature has its own prajna wisdom. It does not come in from the outside. It uses its own wisdom to observe. There are no false words."
"What the hell? Master's wisdom?" Wang Chong chuckled. Is this man stupid when he reads Buddhism?
Wang Chong also knew that before the collapse of the Tubo Empire, the status of monks was very high.
Zanpu once set up the post of "Qu Lun", and monks with advanced Buddhist practices were directly involved in state affairs. He even handed over the army to them, which eventually caused a backlash from the old nobles and united to launch a coup.
After the collapse of the empire, the status of monks remained high. In the Qing and Tang areas, "Tubo valued Buddhism, and monks would be gathered to resolve major issues. Monks would inevitably be punished. Half of the houses in the city were occupied by the Buddha's house. The main hall of Weiguo and the Buddha
If you leave it with tiles, even if it is the owner's palace, it will be covered with earth."
To put it simply, half of the buildings in the city are Buddhist temples. Only the palaces of rulers such as kings and slave owners, and the buildings of monks and monasteries are made of bricks. The rest are all mud houses. Monks directly participate in politics and commit crimes.
Don't worry about legal sanctions.
In later generations, Zuo Siluo was brought back to the Qing and Tang Dynasties from the Western Regions. Li Lizun, who took control of his rare goods, was a monk. He claimed to be the prime minister and had children on his mother's side, which was outrageous.
Master Jiezan had no children and did not call himself "Da Lun" (Grand Prime Minister), but he also called himself Qu Lun. This was a position specially created by Tubo Zanpu for eminent monks to participate in military and political affairs.
Qu Lun failed today and failed!
Wang Chong actually admired his courage.
The huge Qingtang City actually dared to resort to the empty city strategy and ambush all its troops in the Changning Gorge. Cruel! Be ruthless to others, but also ruthless to yourself!
Yes, Master Jiezan was very personable and talked about everything, including the deployment of his troops.
After the Silver Spear soldiers entered the city, he didn't even think about escaping. Instead, he personally came forward to negotiate with Wang Chong and asked him not to kill or rob people. Apart from that, no matter what you asked, he said nothing.
, very single.
Having a good attitude and admitting defeat is the art of war of eminent monks?
Master Jiezan was quickly imprisoned. Wang Chong had no authority to deal with the "enemy commander". He still couldn't believe that a monk could command an army of tens of thousands.
However, it seems that there is still a monk Wuzhen living in Chang'an today. This mage followed Zhang Yichao and worked as an aide to paint military aircraft. He made great contributions and was finally named "Master Du". I don't know his military skills, and he has nothing to do with Jie Zan.
Which mage is strong and who is weak?
"General Wang, this first achievement belongs to none other than you. You are so young, I am really ashamed of you." Just after leaving the Great Buddha Temple, Wang Chong met Long Jiu.
A great achievement.
Wang Chong was also very happy. He rushed to capture Qingtang City and captured the families of the Tubo tribe leaders. I asked you to ambush in the Changning Gorge. Keep ambush. Is it good to squat in the mountains? Can you still survive?
"It's a fluke, it's just a fluke." Wang Chong grinned and said, "I have sent people to report the victory to the Anren army. The commander-in-chief can calmly deal with the Tubo soldiers. This battle should be worry-free."
Long looked at the gleaming Buddha statue, then at the granary and treasury, which were tightly controlled by the silver spears, and finally sighed. In this battle, he won't get much wealth, but he can get some cattle and sheep.
good.
Later on June 27th, the news from Qingtang City finally reached the Anren Army.
Shao Shude put down the "Book of Northern Qi" in his hand, closed his eyes and thought for a moment. Then he opened his eyes, looked at Chen Cheng, and both of them laughed.
After a long time, Shao Shude ordered his soldiers to make tea, and he must order the top-quality Mengshan tea in Sichuan.
"Actually, Master Jiezan's move is not wrong." Shao Shude said with a smile.
"The strategy is right, but the execution is full of mistakes." Chen Cheng also said with a smile.
"Since ancient times, when marching and fighting, there are not a few people who rush into the enemy's ambush circle because of greed for merit." Shao Shude shook his head and said: "Then how can Master Jiezan be sure that someone will fight like this? Firstly, there is no worry about military supplies, and secondly, the rear is stable.
You can fight but you can retreat. If he fights like this, he is unlikely to succeed."
Shao Shude thought of the person Zun Siluo. In later generations, he watched a TV series about Li Yuanhao. In the Qing and Tang Dynasties, Tubo showed its enemy weakness, lured the enemy deeper, and finally defeated Li Yuanhao.
Are the Tubo people just good at this style of play? Maybe not, this is just a helpless move by the weak when facing the strong.
However, Master Jiezan and Zuosiluo are not comparable. It was already more than a hundred years later. Zuosiluo had tens of thousands of standing elite soldiers and more than 100,000 tribal troops. It was impossible for Li Yuanhao to fight with his entire country.
There may not be as many Tibetans as there are only those who rely on them to fight all year round and have strong combat effectiveness.
Although he clearly had more soldiers, he still lured the enemy deeper and defeated the powerful enemy in the end, which was remarkable. But what did Master Jiezan have? He was not even as good as Li Lizun, the monk who once controlled Zusiluo. At least Master Li still had many soldiers.
, Master Jiezan has nothing.
"How many people were there in Tubo during the Qing Tang Dynasty?" Shao Shude suddenly asked.
Since he praised Pu, he has defeated the Xixia army several times, and various tribes have come to surrender. Including the Ganzhou Uighurs who were defeated by Xixia and jumped south to Hehuang. According to historical records, the country has "more than one million households", which is a bit
That's nonsense, more than one million people is not enough.
It's a pity that Zunsiluo didn't learn the power inheritance system of party members. As soon as he died, the country fell into chaos and was eventually destroyed, which is also a pity.
"General, there are still hundreds of thousands of people from Shan and Kuo prefectures, Tubo, Qiang, Han, and Tuyuhun ethnic groups."
There are too many people! Shao Shude only thought that Shanzhou was a Tubo nest before. After conquering the Hewei River, he did not dare to continue the attack and only sent people to appease the Tubo people. The Tubo people were not grateful and were very unruly, and their tributes were intermittent.
Shixu was pitifully small. Now it seems that they also have the capital.
Fortunately, they are relatively divided! Shao Shude thought.
The late Tang Dynasty was indeed a very critical time node. By the end of the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Qiang and Hu species had basically become a climate after a hundred years of development. Xixia, Ganzhou Uighurs, Qingtang Tubo, Liangzhou Liugu tribe
Wait, which one is easier to fight?
But in the late Tang Dynasty, these Qiang and Hu forces were still slowly encroaching on the Tang Dynasty. In the power vacuum left after the collapse of the "two mountains" of Tubo, political power had just sprouted, but it was much easier to destroy it. Fortunately, fortunately
!
"Where is Guan Kai'an?"
"We have arrived at Fuqi City and captured a large number of Dingkou, cattle and sheep."
"Tell them to advance towards the Shudun City area and make persistent efforts. At the same time, a group of cavalry will go south to see if there is a chance to capture the Jishi Army."
"As commanded."
"Send envoys to the Changning Gorge to stop the Tibetan ambush. All the tribe leaders, one by one, come to Anren Army City to see me." Shao Shude ordered: "If you don't come, your family members, money, and tribe members will be killed."
If they don’t return it, let them not make mistakes.”
The terrain on both sides of the Changning Canyon is complex and the area is vast. The Shuofang Army Group has not yet entered the valley, and the Tubo people probably only left a few people to monitor in front. The large group has not yet entered the ambush position. These fools are too lazy to search one by one. Now their families have been
Zhi, the tribe is small, the cattle and sheep have been confiscated, if you don't surrender, you will be stupid.
"Add another sentence, saying that I am not good at killing people, so that they don't have to be afraid." Shao Shude finally gave the order.
He had never expected that the battle would end like this.
If you think about it carefully, it is closely related to the growing strength of the Shuofang Army. The cavalry is really an intoxicating unit. Its super mobility gives the commander a lot of tactical options. It is like extra troops out of thin air.
, or the troops that appear out of thin air at the enemy's key points.
During the Qing and Tang dynasties, Tubo was still in its infancy. When facing the Kwantung princes in the future, there would be no room for detours, so we had to think carefully about how to fight.
In fact, if the Mongols follow the irresponsible and inhumane tactics of breaking into enemy lines, polluting water sources, spreading diseases, killing people, burning houses, destroying farmland, and exhausting the enemy's war potential, no one will be able to stop them.
I have a large number of cavalry. But since I want to dominate the world, it is obvious that I cannot do this. Otherwise, I will win the military battle but lose the political battle.
Fighting for the world is ultimately a political battle.
After the order was issued, Shao Shude sat quietly in the Anren Army City, holding a history book in his hand, leisurely waiting for the tribes to surrender.
On the 30th, the first tribal leader to surrender came: Zongge Qi, the leader of the Zongge tribe who was farming and grazing in the old county of Anyi in the Han Dynasty.
Shao Shude showed favor to the first leader who came to surrender, gave Brother Zong five begging brocade robes, and ordered his troops to surrender their weapons to the north of Anren Army City.
Brother Zong was so grateful that he told his three sons to go out of the mountain with more than 4,000 horses that day and surrender to Shuofang's army.
And with the first one, there will naturally be a second one, a third one...
For a time, Anren Army City was surrounded by mountains of equipment, thousands of war horses, and more than 16,000 people who had not fired a single shot. They surrendered in a hurry and were imprisoned in batches.
According to reports from the surrendered troops, there were still about 6,000 people who fled under the leadership of tribal chiefs. Shao Shude sent tribal troops from Gansu and Liangzhou to chase and kill them on horseback, killing as many as they could. To deal with these ignorant die-hards
, there is no need to give any tolerance.
Of course, the Hexi ethnic army is also happy to do these things.
The Hehuang grassland is dominated by "Qiang" species such as Tubo and Tuyuhun, and the Hexi grassland is dominated by "Hu people". The two sides cannot urinate in the same pot. When the Hu people were strong, they repeatedly tried to enter the Hehuang area southward, such as that year
When the Turks and Qiang were strong, they also crossed the Qilian Mountains and conquered the barbarians, such as Tubo.
During the Han Dynasty, they tried to isolate these two major ethnic groups and prevent them from joining together. The state also blocked the Turks from going south to Hehuang several times to prevent either party from being annexed. The states in the Hexi Corridor assumed this part of the function.
Although the Qiang and Hu tribes are now divided to an astonishing level, even so, Shao Shude is very vigilant and does not want any party to become powerful and does not want any leader with charisma to emerge. If there is one, he will either go to Lingxia to be the leader
Official, let him cut off contact with the tribe, or send troops to destroy him, leaving no grass behind.
Qiang and Hu people are not stupid. With the Shuofang Army system that can help you build a career and give you opportunities to climb up, you should not be so stubborn that you have to "start your own business". If you really can't adapt, just give it to your children and nephews.
If you go to a martial arts school, there will be at least Tianxiong and Chishui armies in Shuofang Town as private areas for martial arts students in the future.
A martial arts student has a good background, and his future will not be short-changed.
On the third day of July, seeing that all the tribes had almost arrived, Shao Shude finally decided to leave and go south to Qingtang City.
