Li Xian joined forces to kill the Tubo army general Manji, which had a great impact on the Tubo soldiers, because in their eyes, Manji was already a figure who could rival the Tang army's fierce general Xue Rengui, but he was actually killed by this ordinary Tang army general.
It can be seen that this time the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty must be hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and they are simply invincible. As a result, they no longer have the courage to continue fighting, and without any hesitation at all, they abandon their abandoned troops one after another.
Mechanical surrender.
Guo Daifeng originally thought that he would lose all face this time and be ridiculed by others, but he did not expect that Li Xian turned the tide and saved the defeat. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and felt very relieved. But soon, this kind of
Relief was replaced by another emotion, jealousy.
Even though he led thousands of men, he was unable to stop the enemy's breakthrough. Instead, he was almost dispersed. However, Li Xian blocked the enemy's advance with only 300 men, and even killed the enemy in battle.
Commander, when you compare the two, you can tell at a glance whose ability is greater.
But Guo Daifeng couldn't stand this. First of all, he was the son of Guo Xiaoke, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. He believed that he had received the true inheritance of his father's military skills, and his military capabilities were not weaker than his father's. Moreover, he had guarded the border for many years and had extremely rich war experience.
, how can you not even compare to a little kid who just debuted?
In addition, what he is most proud of is that he is both civil and military. Not only is he outstanding in martial arts and proficient in strategy, but he is also quite knowledgeable in classics. He once won the top five in the emperor's examination in the fourth year of Xianqing. Later,
When he was conquering Goguryeo, an acrostic poem actually stumped Li Ji. It was precisely because of this that he despised Xue Rengui, who was born in a poor family and was just a brave man.
Therefore, based on the above factors, Guo Daifeng was not grateful at all to Li Xian for helping him tide over the crisis, but instead felt jealous of Li Xian's talents and military exploits.
Not to mention Guo Daifeng's jealousy towards Li Xian and Xue Rengui, just talking about this battle, seven or eight thousand Tibetan soldiers were killed, and nearly 20,000 were reduced. Only two or three thousand escaped by chance. Other than that,
In this battle, the leading general of the Tibetan army, Manji, was killed. It can be said that this battle not only solved the siege of Shancheng, but also enhanced the prestige of the Tang Dynasty and severely dampened the vigor of the Tibetan army.
"The last general, Murong Zhong, paid homage to General Manager Xue, King Zhou, Deputy General Manager Guo, and Deputy General Manager Ashina." Murong Zhong had seen reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arriving before, but he did not dare to go out of the city to greet them. He waited until the Tang army was victorious before opening the door.
The city gate welcomed Tang Jun into the city. He felt very guilty, so he spoke in a respectful and flattering tone.
At this time, he suddenly heard Guo Daifeng snort and say: "When I was ordered to guard Shancheng, the Tubo traitors did not dare to invade each other for several years, but you were actually cornered by 30,000 people, and even the city was almost destroyed.
Broken, you guys are really capable!"
Regarding Guo Daifeng's words, all the Tang generals present felt the same way, but no one said it out loud. Guo Daifeng didn't care about it. Anyway, he felt unhappy, and his qualifications and status were there.
Even Xue Rengui couldn't say anything to him, so when he said this, everyone including Xue Rengui, Li Xian and Murong Zhong were embarrassed.
Fortunately, Ashina Daozhen stood up at this time and said with a smile: "This is also the cunning of the Tubo thieves. They suddenly sent out troops, and there were not many thieves. We were caught off guard, resulting in this defeat. However, no matter what, General Murong ended his journey with a disastrous defeat."
, holding on to Shancheng for more than two months can be regarded as a great achievement. Otherwise, we still need to find a way to capture Shancheng, and this will inevitably delay our army's offensive. Okay, okay, the sun is fierce, you don't have to
We are standing here, General Murong, can we go into the city and ask for a drink of water?"
Guo Daifeng and Ashina Daozhen were somewhat close friends. After hearing the other party's words and Xini's words, they could only snort and say nothing more. Murong Zhong on the side also reacted and hurriedly greeted everyone into the city.
rest.
And Xue Rengui also had a bad temper. He made some repairs in the city for a few days. After Murong Nuohebo arrived, he hurriedly ordered the army to move forward. After all, although Manji was dead, there were still two to three thousand defeated soldiers. After these people escaped,
Someone will definitely go to report the news of the Tang army's arrival to Garzan Po. This Pozan is the younger brother of Garqin Ling and has a lot of generals. If he had been prepared, this battle would have been difficult.
Ashina Daozhen and Li Xian both agreed with Xue Rengui's idea. Although Guo Daifeng was very reluctant, he also knew that what the other party said was right, so he had no choice but to agree. In this way, all parties reached consensus.
In response, Xue Rengui ordered the Tang army to set off immediately and march to Dafeichuan, three hundred miles away.
Since the road from Shancheng to Dafeichuan is a mountainous road and they are walking on a plateau at an altitude of 4,000 meters, the soldiers generally felt difficulty breathing and the marching speed could not be faster. The three hundred miles journey actually took half a month.
Just arrived.
After the army arrived at Dafeichuan, Xue Rengui felt that he could not continue like this, so he summoned the generals to the big tent to discuss matters.
This time Guo Daifeng did not delay the opportunity and came to the big tent in advance. Then came Ashina Daozhen and Li Xian.
In fact, Li Xian was not involved in this meeting, but after all, Li Xian's identity was there, and Xue Rengui wanted to increase Li Xian's knowledge and experience, so he specially invited Li Xian to attend.
At the beginning of the meeting, Xue Rengui said: "Everyone should know that Tuyuhun is full of mountain roads and the roads are difficult to navigate. If we march like this, I am afraid that we will not be able to reach Wuhai in another ten days. The so-called soldiers are very fast, and we
We have lost the opportunity and cannot delay it any longer. In my opinion, it is better for us to divide our troops and let my general lead the warriors to advance into Wuhai with a strong force. If we capture Wuhai, we can first cut off the enemy forces in the north and south.
Contact, the enemy forces in the four towns of Anxi were completely isolated, and the terrain of Dafeichuan was wide, and two camps could be established. Deputy General Manager Guo led the soldiers of the heavy supply camp to set up defenses here, because after the Tubo reaction, they would definitely
We will divide our troops to attack Dafeichuan and Wuhai respectively. As long as one of our two armies wins, the two armies can join together and attack the isolated enemy army from behind. In this way, not only Tuyuhun can recover, but the four towns of Anxi can also be restored in one fell swoop.
recover."
"Hehe, this is just wishful thinking on your part, General Xue. If the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and we cannot look at each other, as long as we delay, we may even be defeated by the thieves one by one. By then, not only will it be difficult for us to defeat the enemy, but we will also lose our lives.
It’s all in the hands of others, has General Xue ever thought about this?”
Guo Daifeng was very uncooperative with Xue Rengui's decision and was sarcastic from the beginning. However, this was not considered nonsense because the problems Guo Daifeng was worried about did exist.
But at this time, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. What's more, this was already the best way to defeat the enemy. The chance of winning was still relatively high. Xue Rengui would not give up easily no matter what, so he immediately said solemnly:
"As military generals, we should pledge our lives and wealth to the country. Even if we encounter danger, we should fight to the death. Like the loyal and loyal old general Cheng Lu Guogong, his body is wrapped in horse leather. How can we sacrifice our lives to save our lives and ignore official business? Although the land of Tubo is
It is a vast place, but because it is a bitter cold land, it is so vast and sparsely populated. Even if everyone is a soldier, how many people can there be? Even if the whole country comes to fight, it will only be 200,000 or 300,000, not to mention that it is impossible to overthrow the country.
After all, if we come to fight, we still have to defend the place. In this case, we can only have more than 100,000 people at most. With the fighting ability of the Tibetan soldiers, we can fight one against two, and defeat the crowd with a few. This is a good game, so what should we be afraid of?
"
In fact, Li Xian still had conservative opinions on Xue Rengui's judgment, because he knew that this time Tibet would launch an army of 400,000 to fight for Tuyuhun and the four towns of Anxi. However, Li Xian did not know whether the 400,000 were claims or actual numbers.
In addition, now he had to persuade Guo Daifeng, and it was difficult for him to interrupt, so he did not express his opinions.
However, Guo Daifeng didn't know what was going on and was speechless by Xue Rengui. However, after a while, he said again: "The road to Wuhai is far away and the road is difficult and dangerous. General Xue is not familiar with this place. It is better to let the last general lead the way."
When the army went out for the expedition, General Xue commanded the baggage battalion to guard this area. After all, General Xue mainly fought in this area at the beginning, so he is relatively familiar with it."
But I heard Xue Rengui laugh and say: "General Guo's words are wrong. Although I rarely arrive here, I have already explored the location of Wuhai. I have a small reputation. I understand that the Tubo thieves are also afraid of it, and
General Guo is newly defeated. The thieves must not know how powerful the general is. This is not good for the general. Haha, don’t worry, General Guo. I will definitely not make any mistakes. The baggage is also a top priority. Unless General Guo can’t defend it, please invite the general.
Don’t refuse.”
Xue Rengui said this very politely, but in fact it was very rude, because he was telling Guo Daifeng that when you lifted the siege of Shancheng, your performance was very poor and you were almost defeated by the enemy.
How can such a leader be able to undertake the task of raiding Wuhai? You should be more honest, build fortifications here, and start fighting for me.
Guo Daifeng naturally knew the meaning of Xue Rengui's words, but he had no temper. Who made him fail to live up to expectations before and almost lost the fight? Therefore, Guo Daifeng had no choice but to hand over to Xue Rengui, reluctantly agreed, and then
I sat down frustrated...
But this was not the end, I only heard Xue Rengui continue to say: "Since General Guo only has thousands of heavy troops around him, it is difficult to resist the attack of the enemy army, so I decided to keep all the Turkic cavalry of General Ashina.
Together with the hundreds of palace guards from King Zhou, we can make up to 20,000 soldiers. These 20,000 soldiers can be combined with cavalry to provide both offensive and defensive capabilities. Even if 100,000 enemy troops come to attack, we can still be safe."
"General, General Ashina is just that, but the King of Zhou is a prince with a distinguished status, so how can he fight on the front line? If there is any risk, how should we explain to His Majesty?"
Guo Daifeng naturally knew Li Xian's abilities, and also knew that as long as Li Xian was here, it would be difficult for him to make meritorious deeds, so he proposed not to use Li Xian.
However, first of all, Xue Rengui had already received hints from Li Xian in advance and agreed to it himself, and secondly, Guo Daifeng's performance was indeed not good, so in the end he did not agree to Guo Daifeng's request and insisted on Li Xian staying. (
To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!
