Chapter 2090: Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty
Chapter 2090: Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty
If the Qin army wants to break through the Yanshan defense line through the maze, there are only three routes to choose from, and no matter which route they choose, they need to break through at least four camps before they can truly cross the Yanshan defense line.
Tuoba Gui didn't know which one the Qin army would attack mainly. In addition, there were a large number of Qin troops on the three routes, so he had to defend all three routes. In a certain sense, this dispersed the Qing army's defense.
Because of this, the first battalion was defeated so easily.
However, for Tuoba Gui, it was not entirely a bad thing that the first battalion was breached. At least he knew the main direction of the Qin army's attack, and the subsequent defensive tasks would be relatively easier. At least it would be easier to allocate troops.
After the first battalion was breached, Tuoba Gui had no time to feel sad when he learned that Tuoba Yan died in battle, and immediately sent his grandson Tuoba Tao (four tones) to guard the second battalion.
To talk about Tuoba Tao, we cannot stop mentioning the Northern Wei Dynasty. This regime established by Tuoba Gui was also the first dynasty in the Northern Dynasties during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but its most powerful period was in the hands of his grandson Tuoba Tao.
Tuoba Tao is the eldest grandson of Tuoba Gui, the eldest son of Emperor Tuoba of the Ming Yuan Dynasty, and the third emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He was only sixteen years old when he ascended the throne, but he had the ambition to "define the four forms and mix with Ronghua". He was a young man.
There were wise kings who were both civilized, political, and martial arts, and it was in his hands that the Northern Wei Dynasty unified northern China.
Tuoba Tao was a horse-horse emperor, and his military strategy was even better than that of his grandfather Tuoba Gui. He personally led his troops in many dangerous situations, drove Rouran to the north, drove the enemy thousands of miles away, attacked Liu Song in the south, and "drank the Yangtze River on horseback".
", conquered Huxia, Northern Yan, and Northern Liang, conquered Shanhu, subdued Shanshan, Qiuci, Sogdia and other countries in the Western Region, and drove out Tuyuhun.
Tuoba Tao's fighting style was so brave and powerful that he was revered by countless enemies. He was called by the Liu Song Dynasty as "a brilliant military strategy, which was unprecedented in history. Although Mao Dun was as brave as a bird of prey and as powerful as Tan Shi, he was also
It’s beyond reach.”
As for civil affairs, Tuoba Tao also had very high achievements. However, at the end of his reign, the law was too strict and he killed too many innocent people. Even he himself often regretted it.
Tuoba Gui is very aware of the abilities of his grandson. Now except Tuoba Tao and him, no one else can take on this important task. And he needs to be in the middle to control the overall situation and cannot easily go to the front line to fight, so he can only let his grandson
Tuoba Tao came.
Tuoba Tao, who was ordered to do so at the critical moment, felt full of pressure on his shoulders. He was very aware of the difficulty of guarding the second battalion, but he wanted to share the pressure for his grandfather, but he also knew that he could not stop the Qin army with his previous strategy.
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Therefore, after Tuoba Tao accepted the appointment, he changed Tuoba Gui's previous defense strategy. Instead of setting traps for the Qin army along the way to delay the Qin army's advance, Tuoba Tao led his troops to take the initiative to attack several times.
Wei Qing saw the great change in the style of the Qing army and knew that there must be a conspiracy, but he did not know what it was, but it was enough to arouse his vigilance, so he ordered the vanguard troops on the front line to deal with it carefully.
The vanguard army that cleared the way totaled 5,000 troops. The main vanguard was Yan-Han general Li Gan, and the deputy vanguard was Yan-Han general Tian Yu.
The reason why the main and deputy vanguards of the vanguard army are all reduced generals is naturally because, except for the deputy generals Hu Luguang and Xue Dingshan, Wei Qing's subordinates are all reduced generals from Yan and Han, and there is no one available except the reduced generals.
Wei Qing's army is composed entirely of surrendered troops. Since the war, they have been dispatched wherever there is danger. They are almost labeled as cannon fodder. However, not only is there no dissatisfaction in the whole army, but it is also filled with a high-spirited spirit.
Spirited.
The reason is very simple. The treatment of the Qin army is better than that of the princes, so the formal establishment is also very valuable. Although the surrendered troops during the war can be temporarily included in the establishment, after the war is over, they will be cut out for various reasons.
military, in order to reduce the military’s financial burden.
In other words, ordinary soldiers in the reorganized army can only enjoy the treatment of the Qin army during the war, but will not be able to enjoy it after the war.
The soldiers who had enjoyed the treatment of the Qin army naturally could not bear to be kicked out of the army after the war and had to live a life of poverty and poverty again. Only by performing more meritorious service during the war could they ensure that they would remain in the army after the war.
As for the mission being dangerous? The casualty rate is high? Are you being used as cannon fodder?
Sorry, the upright Yanzhao men have never thought about it. In their opinion, there is no one who can't die in the war with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Being able to be cannon fodder proves that you are still valuable, which is better than not being able to be cannon fodder.
As for whether he will die in battle?
In this era, the casualty rate of soldiers was high, and the casualty rate of civilians was also not small.
If you die fighting for the Qin army while you are still in the establishment, your family can still receive a pension, but if you die after being discharged from the army, you will really get nothing.
With this mentality, the officers and soldiers of the reorganized army were brave and fearless of death. They were always at the forefront of the charge and carried out the most dangerous and difficult missions with the highest casualties.
It is precisely because of the sacrifice of the reorganized army that the main force of the Qin army can maintain an undamaged lineup.
For the sake of the mission, the reorganized army did not consider casualties at all, so even if he received Wei Qing's message, Li Gan did not take it to heart. He did not think that under such circumstances, the Qing army would have a chance to seriously injure him.
Li Ganhui was appointed as the vanguard by Wei Qing, mainly because of Li Guang's high prestige in the army. In addition, he was brave in combat and good at mobilizing the morale of the soldiers, so Wei Qing gave him this important task.
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But what Wei Qing didn't expect was that the successive victories made Li Gan become arrogant and arrogant, and his attitude towards the Qing army gradually became contemptuous. This was exactly what Tuoba Tao wanted to see.
Seeing that the Qing army had not set a trap, Li Gan didn't think much about it. He just thought that the Qing army knew that the trap was useless, so he didn't bother with it. It happened that he also saved the effort to crack the trap, so he naturally led the army to advance faster.
Seeing this, Tuoba Tao set up an ambush and went to the army to attack. On the surface, it was to stop Li Gan, but in fact he was acting as a bait to lure Li Gan to take the bait.
Tuoba Tao deliberately defeated two battles in a row to boost Li Gan's arrogance and lead the defeated army to flee back to the camp in a panic.
Li Gan saw that the enemy army was defeated and the formation was in chaos. If he could seize the opportunity, he could attack the camp in one fell swoop. Therefore, he ignored Tian Yu's advice and insisted on leading the vanguard in pursuit. The result of rushing forward in a greedy manner was naturally...
Falling into Tuoba Tao's ambush.
"Fire the arrow." Tuoba Tao shouted and ordered.
The three thousand archers who were ambushing between the two mountains immediately launched an attack upon receiving the order. Under the salvo of thousands of arrows, the unprepared Qin army suffered heavy casualties.
At this moment, the defeated Qing army reorganized into formation, turned back and attacked the Qin army again, without any appearance of being defeated.
Seeing this scene, Li Gan didn't know that he had fallen into a trap, but he still had a trace of luck in his heart, that is, killing Tuoba Tao was the only way to turn defeat into victory.