Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 313 Pursuit and Arrangement

Lord Wumu immediately learned of the news of Ye Luohe's defeat in the battle.

Furious, he almost beheaded the rout soldiers who had fled back.

Five thousand fine riders, more than a thousand died in battle.Excluding those who were seriously injured and unable to walk, and those who got separated while fleeing, only 3000 people could come back.

"Khan, you can't hesitate at this time, you should give up your wealth, cattle, sheep, and small mouths, and retreat westward decisively." Master Mani said immediately.

A look of struggle and hesitation appeared on Lord Umm's face.

"Khan, please make a decision."

"The wealth, Dingkou, cattle and sheep are all thrown away." Master Wumu said painfully: "The horses can be taken, and the whole army will retreat westward and return to Ganzhou as quickly as possible. Then send someone to inform the Xialiugufan tribe, Tell them not to hesitate. Those who have horses should evacuate as soon as possible, and evacuate to Ganzhou. Here, I can't control it anymore."

In fact, considering the strength of the troops at hand, it may not be impossible to fight Shao thief again.But the problem is that everyone's morale has been exhausted, and they must take a breather and rectify before they can fight again.

In ancient times, not only the grassland people fought, but the Han army often did as well.Several attacks, one of which confronted the enemy, may have gained a little upper hand, and the morale was very high.Suddenly hearing that the other route was defeated, the army's morale was immediately shaken, and they were unable to fight any more, so they could only retreat.Even during the retreat, they were chased and killed by the face-to-face enemy troops who were originally low in morale, and the losses were not light.

In the battle in the south of the city, the five thousand fine cavalry were beaten to pieces, and their morale had already been affected. It was indeed not appropriate to fight any more at this time, otherwise the possibility of another defeat would be very high.

Military spirit, morale, is such a wonderful thing.

"If Liugu Tubo doesn't want to leave, don't worry about it." Lord Wumu emphasized again, it seems that he has really made up his mind.

After the order was issued, the ministries took action one after another.

Master Wumu stood where he was, and thought about it again.

"Call Mo Chuip over."

Ye Luohe came over quickly.

Lord Wumu looked at him with fierce and dangerous eyes, and said after a long time: "Mo Chuo, you have lost a lot of soldiers and horses and fled back. I was going to kill you, but now I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds."

"The Khan is generous and merciful, and I am grateful. Please Khan give an order. If you can't complete it, you are willing to be trampled by thousands of horses." Ye Luohe knelt on the ground silently and said.

There were people coming and going around, and it was extremely noisy. Master Wumu frowned and said, "Come here with your ears."

At this time, outside Haomen Valley, the sound of killing shook the sky.

The Uighur cavalry who were watching from a distance had already run away, and the Tubo soldiers who had been trying to take back their families, cattle, sheep, and goods were dumbfounded.It's neither walking nor escaping, it's embarrassing.

But soon, Yang Yue helped them make a decision: Let's run away!

The herdsmen of Baijia, Luma and Tuoba rushed out of the camp aggressively, and drove out the Tubo people who were a little downhearted.

Subsequently, the infantry and cavalry of the Xinquan Army began to line up in the open space outside the camp.Looking at their neat formation and bright armor, the Tibetans lost the last bit of will, turned and ran.

Of course there were those who surrendered, but not many, only a few thousand people.

Lv Maqi led dozens of cronies, and charged extremely fast, comparable to the speed he charged under the city of Weizhou back then.

Wherever the horses passed, knives and axes were hacked, and stumped limbs and arms flew around.

Lu Maqi raised his eyes and saw that the far away river valley was full of Tubo soldiers fleeing westward.

Cavalry with horses may still be able to escape, but where can infantry without horses escape?
The herdsmen of the three tribes were forced to stay in the Haomen Valley camp these days, and went out of the camp from time to time to fight several battles with the Uighur and Tubo allied forces, and suffered considerable losses.Morale was a bit low at first, and I almost doubted my life, but the Tubo and Uighurs on the opposite side were in chaos and were about to flee westward. It can be seen that Zanpu won a battle in Liangzhou.

In addition, everyone also saw the soaring smoke column at Hongyuan Valley, and Tubo was stolen from his hometown again, and morale collapsed.So the morale of the three herdsmen burst out one by one, screaming and rushing out, chasing and killing the enemy who had no fighting spirit--even the refugees were very brave in a smooth battle, and it was the right time to use these herdsmen to chase and kill the defeated enemy.

With the help of the soldiers, Yang Yue finished dressing up and got on the horse.

Fan He, Marquis of Duyu, came quickly and said: "The military envoy can just sit in the camp, and the matter of chasing the enemy soldiers, let the last general do it for him."

"You're going to chase me!" Yang Yue said angrily, "I look down on this old man? Even though he's over fifty, he can eat half a leg of lamb for a meal, which is no worse than you. Get out of the way, this old man wants to behead a few thieves himself class."

"Military envoy, there are still more than [-] old and weak Tubo captives in the valley, and more than [-] cattle and sheep. The general must guard them!" Fan He laughed: "Let's give the opportunity to the last general."

"No, let's go together!" Yang Yue scolded with a smile: "Vice Envoy Zhen will stay behind with the infantry. We still have hundreds of cavalry soldiers here. Let's go and chase together, and kill him alone."

"Kill him alone!" Fan He laughed, and quickly went to gather the cavalry.

In Hongyuan Valley, the atmosphere is chilling.

The Feng'an Army and the Jinglue Army each had [-] cavalry soldiers, plus more than a thousand Tibetan soldiers brought by Liang Hanyong, and they had just finished fighting the Tubo people who came from the north.

"Your family members, cattle and sheep have been sent to Lanzhou. The king of Lingwu County is kind and will not hurt anyone's life. Why are you hesitating? If you descend quickly, you will not be charged with treason, and you can still reunite with your family." The loud Fan Qi was sent to the front, shouting loudly.

Wang Qianyu observed carefully, and found that as soon as these words came out, there was a sudden confusion in the Tubo formation.

These should be shepherds and soldiers from Zhuanglang Valley and Hongyuan Valley Division [-], which is comparable in number to their side.

In normal times, even if the family members are detained, as long as they are not pushed to the front of the battle for them to see, it is not so easy to recruit and surrender.But what is the background of this?The Uighurs were defeated and fled, and the Tang army pursued them across the board. If they didn't surrender, they wouldn't leave. Waiting for death?
"The Uighurs were defeated, and ten thousand people died. The Tang Dynasty's [-] officers and soldiers pursued bravely and wiped out the remnants of the enemy. With such a small number of people, is it possible to make a comeback? If you surrender at this time, you will be innocent. If you don't surrender for a long time, wait for the army As soon as it happens, the family members will be made into slaves, and they will be ravaged by others. It is not difficult to make a choice."

Under the continuous propaganda offensive with loud voices, one or two Tibetans quickly dismounted and abandoned their weapons, but some people were hesitant to wait and see.

"Surrender or not?" The cavalrymen of Feng'an Army and Jinglue Army slammed their horses on the ground and roared in unison.

The voices of abandoning weapons increased, and soon more than 2000 people got off their horses and knelt aside.

Man is such a creature with a herd mentality.With a start, it will slowly infect others. In the end, 2000 people abandon their weapons and kneel together. The scene is quite spectacular.

"Confiscate their horses and equipment, break up the people, and send them to Lanzhou in batches." Wang Qianyu ordered.

Jiangshun Dingkou of the Liugu tribe in Tubo, no matter men, women, old or young, should not be able to stay in Liangzhou.Some of them will farm the land, and more will herd herds. If they are well managed, they will continue to provide goods, money and food in the future.

People are also a resource.

"The rest, go out of the valley and chase westward to defeat the enemy!" Wang Qianyu straightened his luggage and ordered.

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Shao Shude marched slowly with the Tianzhu army.

A two-legged man is not as fast as a four-legged cavalry.The [-] infantry of the Tianzhu Army could hardly keep up.

In the vast and sparsely populated Northwest, it is really a disadvantage to use infantry to fight.

In the heyday of the Kingdom, there were 50 cavalry in an army of more than 16, and a considerable part of the remaining 40 infantry were also able to ride horses.

Once the battle is urgent, horses are often allocated to the infantry to allow them to maneuver quickly.On the battlefield, the battle lined up, and the garrison gathered the horses in an orderly manner.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty had this confidence. The horse supervisors raised more than one million horses in total, and their logistics capabilities were also strong.

Shao Shude thought about it, and with the capital of the ten prefectures of Shuofang, the eight prefectures of Longyou, and the three prefectures of Binning, they should not be able to support a large-scale cavalry infantry, at least for now, there is no hope.

The proportion of men in the Northwest who can ride a horse is actually quite high, which is a pity.

On the way to march, we kept receiving military reports from various ministries.

After Shao Shude finished reading, he suddenly said, "Secretary Lu, write an order."

Lu Siye dismounted immediately.The soldiers brought in a few tables, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and began to grind the ink.

"All the captives, such as Dingkou, cattle and sheep of the Liugu Fan tribe, were sent to Shengzhou and registered as householders in Qimin," Shao Shude said.

Lu Siye quickly wrote.

After the integration of the four roads in Guanbei, Jinhe County (Zhenwujun City) was merged into Shengzhou.The prefecture governs three counties of Yulin, Hebin and Jinhe, so it is Yulin County.

At present, the state has only more than 2000 people, and more than [-] hectares of land have been reclaimed. It can be said that the land is sparsely populated.

But the foundation is really not bad, especially the Qiantao Plain where Jinhe County is located, where a lot of land was cultivated during the Northern Wei Dynasty.The Zhenwu Army of the Guo Dynasty also irrigated more than [-] hectares of fields, but unfortunately they gradually fell into disrepair.

Now more than [-] six-grain Tibetans have been captured, and all of them have just moved there to enrich the local household registration, use the ditches full of weeds, and grazing and plowing.

Qiantao Plain, I didn’t dare to immigrate there before, because the local area is likely to become the front line of war.But everything has to be considered in the long run, what if you need to use troops there in the future?If the household registration is rich, there will be more food, cattle and sheep, and it will be more able to support the army to fight.

The transfer of grain and grass from other places will eventually require costs.It is also good to be able to solve some of them nearby.

What?Li Ke's idea?I can't manage that much anymore.

He is currently rectifying his army and horses, preparing to attack the three prefectures in Hebei Province of Zhaoyi.

This opportunity was given by Meng Fangli.

Last year when Hedong attacked Xingzhou and other places, Zhang Quanyi and Li Hanzhi turned against each other, and the Xuanwu army marched northward, so Li Keyong had to retreat.Meng Fangli actually thought he had done it, so he sent [-] troops into Hedong, but was defeated in Liaozhou, and the general Xi Zhongxin was captured.

This is Meng who is gone, buried by an army of [-], does it feel good?
This year, Li Keyong sent troops to attack again. I don't know if he can stop it.

In the three prefectures of Hebei, it is conservatively estimated that there are still 40 to [-] people. Li Keyong is eager to eat it. It is understandable that this is a veritable tonic for Hedong.

Cultivating fields in Shengzhou is Shao Shude's plan for a rainy day.

According to the current situation, once Meng Fangli is eliminated, Li Keyong is likely to turn his troops northward to attack Helianduo.

The Datong Army is now the buffer zone between Shuofang and Hedong.

It's really hard to say exactly what happens when the buffer disappears.

It's always good to be prepared in advance.

(End of this chapter)