Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1020 Kou can go and I can go
After the emperor saw that Du Ruhui and Wang Ziming had turned over Daqin's current family fortune, he did not expect the situation to be more serious than expected.Fighting on the front line is tough, and he is happy to win, but Daqin's family fortune has been wiped out.

This time the battle was different from any previous ones. Whether it was in the Western Regions or Tuyuhun, they were all far away from the Central Plains, relying entirely on supplies from the rear of the Central Plains, and the transshipment was more than a thousand miles away.

The other one is that Qin Jun was unprepared first, responded to the battle hastily, and was very passive.

Even more combat places are places that cannot be supplemented.

Whether Luo Cheng was fighting the Goguryeo people outside the pass or the Turkic people in Daibei, the situation was not so bad.There are many mountain cities in Goguryeo, at least they can supply supplies on the spot to support the war.Fighting against the Turks was also supported by money and food from important frontier towns like Taiyuan and Mayi.

"Has there been any news from Su Dingfang? Then call back an army and leave him with an army of 4000 people. Now the situation has eased a lot. I believe that if you only give him an army, he can also make meritorious deeds."

Jiannan is also a remote place on the frontier, and the logistics supply of food and grass is also a big problem.An extra [-] soldiers and horses means that about [-] more civilians will be added, and an extra million shi of food and grass will be consumed.

"Take this army back to the Central Plains, and return to the military mansions to prepare for the three feudal lords in the south of the Yangtze River."

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Fucheng City.

The emperor's special envoy arrived from Chang'an at the fastest speed, and the special envoy took only five days for the journey of more than two thousand miles.When he arrived in Fucheng City, the special envoy couldn't even walk with his legs.

"Your Majesty ordered that Fuqi City be handed over to General Feng Xiaoci to take over the defense."

Qin Qiong and his generals listened carefully to the imperial decree.

"General Feng is in Jincheng County, talking with Privy Envoy Zhang Shuai about the withdrawal of some soldiers and civilians, and will come later."

The 15 Qin army in Tuyuhun suffered thousands of casualties in the battles in the past few months, as well as the previous three battles and three victories.

Now the emperor has a decree to order Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong and the three generals to lead the three armies to the south to break the siege of Dafeichuan, order Feng Xiaoci to take over the city of Fucheng, the unified army [-] stay behind, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are disbanded and returned to the government. .

This means disbanding 30 soldiers and horses on the spot, and in Longyou, [-] defensive soldiers and horses will be disbanded, and at the same time, [-] civilian husbands and tens of thousands of county soldiers and township soldiers will be dismissed.

Yuchi Gong complained a little.

"Why did we win a big battle and still cut our troops?"

"Duke E, even the imperial court can't support it anymore."

"I can't support it. I have supported it for so long before. It's just a while away? Tubo has not yet been defeated, and Dafeichuan has not yet cleared the siege. Instead of increasing our troops, we will reduce them. 15 has changed to [-]. This is Which chancellor do you mean?"

The special envoy replied truthfully, "This is what His Majesty meant. Your Majesty said that although there is still [-] miles to go south from Futeng City to Dafeichuan, there are no enemy troops to stop them, so they can go down safely. Besides, the Tubo people can't hold on to it." Stop, this time you go south, you may not be able to deal with them."

"Furthermore, the more soldiers there are, the more difficult it is to provide logistics. It is really difficult to transfer grain and grass here in Qinghai, so His Majesty's will is not to use Guanlong Minfu to transfer grain and grass at all, but to directly use the cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock captured in the Tuyuhun battle. Follow the army for food."

This time the march will not bring food and grass, and it will not be worthy of accompanying the army and civilians.

The auxiliary soldiers in the army drove the cattle and sheep to carry some ordnance supplies and went south with the army.

"In Jiannan, there is an army of General Su Dingfang, who will support you from the side and rear." Although there is no news about Su Dingfang, at least there is still an army.

"Is this teaching us to learn how the Tuyuhun people fought?"

"Your Majesty said that the Tuyuhun people and Tubo people are like this. The enemy can go, so can our Qin army. They don't have civilians to transfer food and grass, so our army can do the same."

Qin Qiong smiled, "Your Majesty's words are very reasonable. Our army has won three battles and three victories. It is true that we have seized a lot of cattle, sheep, camels, horses, and other livestock. There is also a lot of dried meat. This time I will learn from it." The barbarians marched, driving cattle and sheep southward, without civilian husbands and luggage, so we can still kill them all and turn their backs on their backs. Please recite your majesty, the ministers will definitely defeat the Choubo, break the siege of Dafeichuan, and take back the entire Tuyuhun! "

As the commander-in-chief of the front line, Qin Qiong can understand the pressure of the court in the rear.

It was an extremely critical time before, so of course I didn't care about all kinds of calculations, so I could only do my best.

But when things get better, you have to start thinking about other things.

It is not a long-term thing to keep hundreds of thousands of civilians on the front line.

Besides, with 2000 people and three full armies, Qin Qiong thinks it is enough.

"General Yuchi, General Lai, please immediately convene a military meeting with the lieutenant generals and academies, prepare to replenish the three armies, and then go south immediately."

Qin Qiong acted, Lei Li prevailed, unlike Yu Chigong he complained.

He is the general manager who leads the way, the marshal of the emperor, and he is responsible for carrying out the orders given by the emperor. He finds ways to fight well and win battles, it's as simple as that, and he doesn't think about the rest.

Outside Fucheng City, by the Qinghai Lake.

The three generals of Qin and Qiong each selected and reorganized an army, replaced the disabled with elites, replaced broken armor, knives and guns, carried blankets, dried meat, and water bottles, and then drove groups of cattle and sheep to the south.

The three armies that went south this time were all replenished full-staffed armies, and the county soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in the previous army were removed, all of them were all Nanya soldiers.

Each soldier carried half a month's worth of dried meat, dried meat floss, and fried rice. Each army assigned a compartment of 4000 people, who were responsible for driving cattle and sheep behind, while the rest of the compartments went south first.

There are 2000 people in the three armies responsible for driving cattle and sheep as food for the army. Qin Qiong is not worried that there will be defeated Tuyuhun or Turkic people coming to rob, and he is not afraid that Tubo people will come.

Among the three armies that went south first, there were 2 soldiers in each army, half of them were cavalry, and each army was equipped with 15 heavy cavalry and [-] light cavalry. These were gathered from the [-] Tuyuhun Qin Army elite.

There are [-] cavalry, [-] heavy cavalry, and [-] light cavalry. Of the [-] light cavalry, [-] bow cavalry and [-] cuirassiers with spears and bright lights. Armor ride.

All cavalry have two horses, and infantry are also mounted infantry with two horses.

In Qin Qiong's words, even if the cattle and sheep behind are robbed, we will still have Marco to slaughter and eat meat.Riding a horse and killing a horse can support them to finish this battle.

Although it is too extravagant to kill horses and eat meat, for the sake of victory, it can be done at critical times.

The enemy can go, so can I.

"General Feng, I will leave Qinghai to you."

Before departure, Feng Xiaoci finally arrived at Qinghai Lake from Jincheng County (Lanzhou).

"Duke Qi please don't worry, with me here, I will not let these Tuyuhun people make trouble again, and I will ensure that you will have a safe future. If Duke Qi needs to go south, he can send someone to call at any time, and Feng Mouding will lead his troops to help."

Qin Qiong looked at the sky, the sky was overcast, it seemed that it was going to snow, it was just the end of July.

"Don't worry, this time it will be a success, and the flag will be won. It won't be long before you will be able to triumph. Please, General Feng, be ready to respond."

"Hahaha, definitely, Feng is here waiting for Duke Qi's triumphant return as soon as possible."

The trumpets sounded.

The army began to take steps, all the way to the south.

The red flag is fluttering, and the morale is high!
(End of this chapter)