Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 332 I am not good at killing people

"Mages haven't even read military books, so they know how to use soldiers?"

"Human nature has its own prajna wisdom, which does not enter from the outside, and uses its own wisdom to contemplate, without false words."

"What the hell? The wisdom of a mage?" Wang Chong smiled. Isn't this person 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 "Qulun", and monks with advanced Buddhist practice directly participated in state affairs.They even handed over the army to them, which eventually caused the old nobles to backlash and join forces to stage a coup.

After the collapse of the empire, the status of monks remained high.In the Qingtang area, "Tubo pays more attention to the Buddha. If there is a big matter, the monks must be gathered to decide it. It is inevitable for the monks to suffer from the Dharma. The house in the city is half of the Buddha's house. The main hall of Weiguo and the Buddha's house are covered with tiles. The rest is the palace of the Lord. It is also covered with earth."

To put it simply, half of the buildings in the city are Buddhist houses, only the palaces of rulers such as kings and slave owners, and the buildings of monks and temples are made of bricks, and the rest are all earth houses.Monks are directly involved in politics, and they don't have to worry about legal sanctions if they commit crimes.

In the later generations, Zongsiluo was brought back to Qingtang from the Western Regions, and Li Lizun, who controlled his rare goods, was a monk. He claimed to be the prime minister, and his mother had children, which is outrageous.

Master Jie Zan has no children, and he does not call himself "Da Lun" (Great Prime Minister), but he also calls himself Qu Lun. This is a position specially set up by Tubo Zanpu for eminent monks, and he can participate in military and political affairs.

Qu Lun messed up his game today and fell down!

Wang Chong actually admired his courage.

Such a huge city of Qingtang actually dared to play an empty city strategy, and ambushed all the troops in the Changning Canyon, ruthless!Be cruel to others, and be cruel to yourself!

Yes, Master Jie Zan was very personable and said everything, including the deployment of his troops.

After the silver gun soldiers entered the city, he didn't even think about running away. Instead, he personally came forward and negotiated with Wang Chong, asking him not to kill or plunder the people.In addition, what you ask, what he says, has no reservations at all, he is very bachelor.

The attitude is very good, admit the bet and admit defeat, is this the art of war of the eminent monk?
Master Jiezan was quickly imprisoned, and Wang Chong had no right to deal with the "commander of the enemy army"—he still couldn't believe that a monk could command tens of thousands of troops.

But now there seems to be a monk Wuzhen living in Chang'an.This mage followed Zhang Yichao in the uprising, and served as an aide to praise the military aircraft. He made great contributions and was finally named "Master Du".I don't know whether his art of war is stronger or weaker than Master Jiezan.

"General Wang, this is the first achievement. You are so young, I am really ashamed of the old man." Just after leaving the Great Buddha Temple, Wang Chong met Long Jiu. Great work.

Wang Chong was also very happy, and rushed to capture Qingtang City, and captured the families of the Tubo chiefs.Let you ambush in Changning Canyon, continue to ambush, is it good to squat in the mountains?Can you still squat?

"It's a fluke, it's just a fluke." Wang Chong grinned and said with a smile: "I have sent someone to the Anren Army to report victory, and the commander can take care of the Tubo soldiers calmly. This battle should be worry-free."

Long looked at the glittering Buddha statue, then at the granary and treasury that were firmly controlled by silver guns, and finally sighed.In this battle, we won't be able to get any goods, but it would be nice to get some cattle and sheep.

Later on June 27, the news from Qingtang City finally reached the Anren Army.

Shao Shude put down the "Northern Qi Book" in his hand, closed his eyes and thought for a moment.Then he opened his eyes and looked at Chen Cheng, both of them burst into laughter.

After a long time, Shao Shude ordered his soldiers to make tea, and he insisted on ordering the top Mengshan tea in Sichuan.

"Actually, Master Xie Zan's trick is not wrong." Shao Shude laughed.

"The strategy is correct, but the implementation is full of mistakes and omissions." Chen Cheng also laughed.

"In ancient times, when marching and fighting, there are not a few people who rush into the enemy's ambush circle headlong into the enemy's ambush circle." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "How can Master Jiezan be sure that a certain person will fight like this? First, there is no worry about army food, and second, the rear is stable. He can fight or retreat, if he fights like this, the chance of success is unlikely."

Shao Shude thought of Zong Siluo.In later generations, he watched a TV series about Li Yuanhao.Qingtang Tubo showed the enemy's weakness, lured the enemy to go deep, and finally defeated Li Yuanhao.

Tubo people, do you like this style of play?Maybe not, this is just a helpless act of the weak facing the strong.

However, there is no comparison between Master Jiezan and Zhe Siluo.It will be more than 100 years later, and there are tens of thousands of regular elite soldiers in Zong Siluo, and more than [-] tribal troops. It is impossible for Li Yuanhao to fight all over the country, and his strength may not be as large as that of Tubo. , The fighting power is nothing more than strong.

He Siluo obviously had many soldiers, but he still lured the enemy to go deep, and finally defeated the strong enemy, which is remarkable.But what does Master Zanzan have?He is not even as good as Li Lizun, the monk who once controlled Zong Siluo. At least Master Li still has a lot of soldiers, while Master Jie Zan has nothing.

"How many people are there in Qingtang Tubo?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

After he praised Zanpu, Zansiluo defeated the Xixia army several times, and all the ministries came to vote one after another.Including the Ganzhou Uighurs who were defeated by Xixia and jumped south to Hehuang.According to historical records, there are "more than 100 million households" in the state, which is a bit nonsense, and more than 100 million people are about the same.

It's a pity that Gu Siluo didn't learn the power succession system of party members.As soon as he died, the country would be in chaos and finally destroyed, which is also a pity.

"Marshal, there are still hundreds of thousands of Tubo, Qiang, Han, and Tuyuhun tribes in Shan and Kuo states."

There are too many people!Before Shao Shude only thought that Shanzhou was a nest of Tubo. After he defeated Hewei, he didn't dare to continue the fight, so he only sent people to appease him.The Tubo people don't appreciate it, they are very arrogant, and the tribute is intermittent, which is pitifully small.Now it seems that they also have this capital.

Fortunately, they are more divided!Shao Shude thought.

The late Tang Dynasty is indeed a very critical time node.By the end of the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, after a hundred years of development, the species of Qiang and Hu had basically become established.Xixia, Ganzhou Uighur, Qingtang Tubo, Liangzhou Liugu, etc., which one is easy to fight?
But in the late Tang Dynasty, these Qiang and Hu forces were still slowly eroding the power vacuum left by the collapse of the "two big mountains" of Tang and Tubo. Political forces had just sprouted, but it was much easier to destroy them.Fortunately, fortunately!

"Where is the switch?"

"We have arrived at Fucheng City and captured a large number of Dingkou, cattle and sheep."

"Let them advance towards Shudun City, and make persistent efforts. At the same time, send a part of the cavalry to go south to see if there is a chance to occupy the Jishi Army."

"As ordered."

"Send envoys to the Changning Valley, and tell the Tubo people not to ambush. All the chiefs, one by one, will come to Anrenjun City to meet me." Shao Shude ordered: "If you don't come, the family members' money and the tribe's mouth will be destroyed." It will not be returned, let them not make mistakes."

The terrain on both sides of the Changning Canyon is complex and the area is vast.Shuofang's brigade hadn't entered the valley yet, most of the Tubo people left only a few people to watch in front, and the brigade hadn't entered the ambush position yet.These idiots don't bother to look for them one by one. Now that their family members have been arrested, and the tribe's population, cattle and sheep have been confiscated, if they don't come to surrender, they will be Yumu's head.

"One more thing, just say I'm not good at killing people, so they don't have to be afraid." Shao Shude finally ordered.

It was beyond his expectation that this battle would turn out like this.

Thinking about it carefully, it is also closely related to the growing strength of the Shuofang Army today.Cavalry is really a fascinating unit.The super mobility gives the commander a lot of tactical options.This is like extra troops out of thin air, or troops appearing out of thin air at the enemy's vital points.

The Qingtang and Tubo were not yet in a good mood. In the future, when facing the princes of the Guandong, there would be no such a large room for detours. How to fight wars had to be carefully considered.

In fact, if the Mongols' irresponsible and inhumane style of play is used to break into the enemy's rear, pollute water sources, spread diseases, kill people, burn houses, destroy farmland, and exhaust the enemy's war potential, no one will be able to stop it He owns a large number of cavalry.But since we want to fight for world hegemony, we obviously can't do this, otherwise the military battle will be won, but the political battle will be lost.

Fighting for the world is ultimately a political battle.

After the order was issued, Shao Shude sat peacefully in Anren Juncheng, holding history books in his hands, and waited leisurely for the troops to surrender.

On the [-]th, the first tribal leader who surrendered came: Zong Geqi, the leader of the Zongge tribe who was farming and grazing in the old county of Hananyi.

For the first headman who came to surrender, Shao Shude gave You Rong, gave Brother Zong five begging brocade robes, and ordered his troops to disarm to the north of Anrenjun City.

Brother Zongqi was so grateful that he notified his three sons to take more than 4000 people out of the mountain on the same day and surrender to the Shuofang army.

And with the first one, there will naturally be a second, a third...

All of a sudden, equipment piled up like a mountain around Anrenjun City, thousands of war horses, and more than 6000 people did not shoot at one arrow. They came in haste and were detained in batches.

According to the voluntary report of the soldiers, about 6000 people fled under the leadership of the tribal chief Hao.Shao Shude sent tribal armies from Ganzhou and Liangzhou to hunt them down on horseback, killing as many as they could.There is no need to give any tolerance to these ignorant diehards.

Of course, the Hexi Tribal Army is also happy to do these things.

The Hehuang Grassland is dominated by "Qiang people" such as Tubo and Tuyuhun, while the Hexi Grassland is dominated by "Hu people".When the Hu people were strong, they repeatedly tried to enter Hehuang in the south, such as the Turks back then; when the Qiang people were strong, they also crossed the Qilian Mountains to conquer the Hu people, such as Tubo.

During the Han Dynasty, they tried to isolate these two major ethnic groups and prevent them from merging.Guochao also blocked the Turks from going south to Hehuang several times, preventing any party from being annexed.The states in the Hexi Corridor undertake this part of the functions.

Although the Qiang and Hu divisions are split to an astonishing degree, even so, Shao Shude is very vigilant, he does not want any party to become powerful, and he does not want any charismatic leader to emerge.If there is, either enlist Lingxia as an official and cut him off from the tribe, or send troops to wipe them out without leaving a blade of grass.

Qiang and Hu people are not stupid. With the system of Shuofang Army to make achievements and give you the opportunity to climb up, you should not be so stubborn that you have to "start your own business".If I really couldn't get used to it, I sent my nephews to study martial arts. In the future, at least Tianxiong and Chishui armies would exist in Shuofang Town as private places for martial arts students.

Martial arts students have a good background, so they won't short-circuit their prospects.

On the third day of July, seeing that all the ministries were about to arrive, Shao Shude finally decided to leave and go south to Qingtang City.

(End of this chapter)