Man Tanghong

Chapter 685 The Outrageous Battle (33)

"On the night when we defeated the Turks, there was a roar in the Turkic camp, and tens of thousands of people were massacred. When our scouts entered the camp, there were not many living people in the camp. Injured, Yang Zhengdao took him back to Huai'an."

Li Shentong smiled and explained how the battle at Baijiabao ended.

What Li Yuanji heard was astonishment.

Really kill yourself, or tens of thousands of chaos.

In this kind of thing, there is no need to worry about how many people survived, because those who survived may not dare to enter the barracks in the future, let alone fight on the battlefield.

Yingxiao is just two words in history.

It seems that there is nothing special about it, and there are few related records in history.

But this kind of thing is not recorded because it happens rarely and does not cause much harm.

On the contrary, this kind of thing has happened too much, and it is too harmful, and its cruelty even exceeds the cognition of ordinary people, so it has not been recorded in the focus.

Think about the fact that there have been plagues in all dynasties in history, and there have been many occurrences, but there are very few records.

Even some recorded places can only be known with a few notes.

The ancients didn't spend too much ink on what they didn't know about themselves, and what was unimportant.

Ying Xiao belongs to the latter.

The ancients defined Yingxiao as just Yingxiao, and later generations have another definition of Yingxiao, which is war trauma stress syndrome.

It's just that most of the people in later generations who got sick were individuals, but the ancients did get sick in groups.

And there is a chain reaction.

Once the disease occurs, the people in the first battalion will fall into madness, and then start aimless, disorganized, and inhumane indiscriminate attacks.

He will not stop until he is dead, or there are no living people in sight.

In the Turkic camp, tens of thousands of people went crazy together, and it is conceivable what will happen.

No wonder Li Shentong said that the battle in Baijiabao was over.

Camp roars have occurred in the Turkic camps, and it would be strange if it didn't end.

If the same thing happens in Datang's barracks, Datang will also lose a battalion of soldiers, or even more, and the military mission undertaken by this battalion will no longer be able to continue.

Compared with the humane society of later generations, the ancients were not humane in such matters.

Once a camp roar occurred in a camp, the only thing the ancients could do to avoid the spread of the situation and to prevent the crazy soldiers from running around was to suppress and slaughter the camp.

It is said that when Li Shimin was conquering Zhu Jie, there was a camp roar in the camp, and it was Cheng Yaojin who led the troops to suppress it.

There were women in the army of the ancients, and there were quite a few of them.

The reason why this happens is to alleviate this kind of thing from happening.

The reason why there were no women in the army of the Tang Dynasty was not that the imperial court had no arrangements in this regard, nor did it mean that the imperial court wanted to maintain the purity of the army, but because some of the family members of the soldiers stayed in the civilian camp.

When there is no war, the soldiers can go to the civilian camp to reunite with their families.

Some people may think that it is very inhumane for a woman to serve as a husband.

Moreover, women are not like men, who can play the role of good husbands.

But this is also impossible.

Dingkou in the Tang Dynasty was just that small, and the Tang Dynasty was fighting for years. Many soldiers often stayed in the same house and didn't see anyone for several years.

If they were expected to go home after the war to add to the Tang Dynasty, it would be better to send some official women to them and wait until they were pregnant before sending them back.

On this matter, whether it is the military of Datang or the local government of Datang, they all agree with it with both hands and feet.

Therefore, when the women are sent to the civilian husband's camp and follow the civilian husband's camp to the place where their husbands are, there will be no hindrance.

Whoever obstructs is against the military, against the local yamen, and there will be no good end.

After all, one of them wants to avoid camp noise, and the other wants to improve political achievements.

No matter which one is a matter of life and death, if you are against them, then don't blame them for calling the door.

Both of them are existences that can steal their homes and destroy their families, so few people dare to provoke them.

"So, our next step is to enter Huai'an?"

Li Yuanji didn't follow up to ask about the specific details of Ying Xiao, because people in the army were taboo about this, so he asked about the ensuing battle.

Li Shentong smiled awkwardly and did not speak.

He is neither the commander in chief of the army, nor the real marching commander, so it is difficult to say anything about strategy and tactics.

In this matter, there is actually only one person who can express an opinion, and that is Li Shimin.

Li Shimin pursed his lips and said, "Don't worry, Li Daozong, Su Dingfang, and Luo Shixin haven't arrived where we want them to go, and the battle between Suizhou and Daizhou is not yet clear.

We don't need to face Xieli so early. "

Li Yuanji said thoughtfully: "You are afraid of losing one of the battlefields. Even if we win Jieli, we may not be able to win a complete victory, so you want to leave room for maneuver?"

Li Shimin nodded without hesitation.

In short, if you can't win the battle, or can't achieve a comprehensive victory, then there is no need to confront Xieli prematurely, lest you have to negotiate with Xieli when the time comes.

Negotiation is also a way when you can't win, or there is no way to win.

Li Shimin is not disgusted with this method, and even likes to use this method to win opportunities for himself to grow and make a comeback.

It's like the Weishui alliance in history.

In Li Shimin's eyes, it is probably a reckless act to insist on fighting if you can't win, or to fight the enemy to the end if you can't win a comprehensive victory.

After all, it is absolutely stupid for a qualified military strategist and politician to gamble everything by himself and fight to the death with others.

Qualified military strategists and politicians are to win when they can win, find ways to win when they can't, and negotiate first when they can't win. , Time for a comeback.

As long as the person is still there, the country is also there, a little money and food can be given to you today, and you can get it back tomorrow, and even everything in your family will be taken back.

This is what Li Shimin did in history.

Many people after Li Shimin also wanted to do this, but most of them failed.

This kind of thing can't be done by anyone who wants to do it. If you don't have the courage, perseverance and persistence to try your best, you can't do it at all.

But those who have done it are all outstanding people.

For example, King Goujian of Yue in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Emperor Wu Liu Che in the Han Dynasty, and Li Shimin in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

They didn't want to achieve great things when they were born, they were bullied by others, they couldn't swallow this breath, and they didn't have their ambitions eroded by various mortals such as Wenrouxiang, and finally gathered their strength without hesitation They fought back against everyone who bullied them.

And many people in history who wanted to emulate them, most of them were eroded by various mortals such as Ruan Ruanxiang.

In the end, not only did he fail to achieve great achievements, but he was bullied even worse.

Therefore, there is nothing shameful in negotiating. The shameful thing is that after the negotiation is over, you accept your fate, don't fight back, don't take back what you gave, and don't take back what others have.

However, Datang seems to have no room to maneuver with the Turks.

So even if Li Shimin left room for maneuver, it was for nothing.

"There is one thing, doesn't Second Brother find it strange?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and asked.

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes widened in vain.

Li Yuanji didn't speak anymore, but Li Shimin already understood what Li Yuanji was going to say.

"You really are..."

Li Shimin subconsciously opened his mouth, but only half of what he said, he couldn't continue.

Because he told Li Yuanji the method.

It's impossible for him to say that this method is too extreme, right?

Isn't that slapping yourself in the face!
"Since this is the case, then we don't need to leave any room for maneuver. We can directly send our troops north to Huai'an."

Li Shimin sighed and said helplessly.

Li Jing has already gone to copy Xieli's lair, and he might have already killed Xieli's lair by now.

Do you expect Xieli to negotiate with you after knowing about it?
If you don't beat Xieli until it hurts, until Xieli forgets that Li Jing went to copy his lair, Xieli will definitely not let it go.

"Then organize the army and go north."

Li Yuanji nodded and agreed with Li Shimin's proposal.

Li Shentong hesitated and said, "You have such a bone..."

Li Yuanji moved his hands and feet, and said indifferently: "It's not hurt, it's okay."

As for the abrasions from the armor on his body and the scratches on his shoulders, they are not considered injuries at all.

In this day and age, it is common to have limbs and limbs broken. A big man would be looked down upon if he grunted when his skin was scratched.

If you meet those straight-tempered people, maybe they will give you two big mouths.

Hypocrisy is definitely the thing that everyone in the army hates the most.

The soldiers in the army will despise anyone who is hypocritical, and they will even take action directly if they are not used to it.

In this era when fighting is like eating and drinking, there are too many things that you can't get used to.

There are so many that as long as no one is killed or there is a big commotion, the government doesn't even bother to answer.

So in Datang, especially in the army, hypocrisy is out of the question.

Only those thirteen or fourteen-year-old dolls in the army are qualified to be hypocritical once or twice, and the rest who are hypocritical are disgusting people and deserve to be beaten.

"Open up!"

Li Shentong and others had already packed up everything in the camp, and they only waited for Li Yuanji to wake up and give the order to move out.

So when Li Yuanji decided to send his army northward, the soldiers in the battalion immediately packed their bags, packed everything, and were ready to go.

Li Yuanji did not ride the horse because the bruise on his leg was still not healed, but stood on the shaft of a carriage and gave the order to move out.

Although such things as chariots are rare in the era of rampant cavalry, they still exist.

The carriage that Li Yuanji was riding in was a chariot, so that even if he didn't ride a horse, he could still show off his might.

(End of this chapter)