A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1015 It’s better to leave the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits

the center of the river,

On the deck of the lucky ship,
Wu Huaiyu accompanied his son Sanlang to experience the war.

The wind was neighing and the horses were roaring, and the two armies were roaring. In this battle, the Luzon army only had seven large and small ships and more than a thousand troops. They faced the native soldiers of the Panlaka tribe of Moyi Island who were several times larger than before.

But what Takesaburo saw with the lever was the Luzon army crushing the natives.

There is no battle formation,

There is no temptation,
There are no sophisticated tactics, either.

Just like rolling forward, Li Keyong, the thirteenth adopted son of Aye, who was given the surname of the country and was worthy of the nickname Li Ya'er, led eighteen cavalry, but he just charged forward and killed thousands of cavalry. The momentum of Pinggang,

They were among the enemy groups in the wild, entering and exiting seven times, unstoppable.

At this time, the rest of the Luzon Army that landed were directly covered up by the entire army. There was no need for military formations or command.
Take the team as a unit,

The soldiers followed their formation closely, followed by their team leader and flag bearer. Under the leadership of each gang leader, the groups of men and horses were groups.

The momentum is like breaking bamboo,

Unstoppable.

Wu Sanlang was shocked,

He started practicing martial arts at a young age. He learned boxing and kicking at the age of three, swords and sticks at the age of five, and learned riding and shooting at the age of seven. Now at the age of ten, he can shoot a target with a bow on a galloping horse.
He would also play polo, wrestling, and learn military strategies with his brothers. His father also taught them some analysis of classic battles.

But Takesaburo is just a boy after all.
I have never been to a battlefield, let alone seen a war scene so close.

"Those natives are as vulnerable as chickens and dogs."

After a long time, Sanlang said in a daze.

Is the Luzon army too powerful and elite? He didn't think so. Although he had never been on the battlefield, his father was Wu Huaiyu, who was known as the God of War. The God of War Li Jingna was his father's teacher, and the goalkeeper Qin Qiong was his father's adoptive father.

There are also some powerful military generals who often come and go in the house, such as Cheng Yaojinniu, Wu Heitai, Li Junxian, and even my aunt's father Fan Xing, who is also a murderer.

He has been exposed to it since childhood and knows what elites look like.
The Lu Song Army had just been formed. Compared with the Longwu and Yulin armies of Chang'an Beiya Imperial Guards, it was a world of difference. Even compared with the soldiers of the Nan Ya guards who came to Chang'an, it was also a huge difference.

The gap is as far as Chang'an to Luzon.

The Luzon Army is a new army. Regardless of equipment, training or actual combat, it is not worth mentioning.
But they beat the natives as easily as killing chickens and dogs.
That Dao Yi can be regarded as a mantis blocking the car at best.

"How could this happen?" Saburo asked.

Wu Huaiyu just smiled, not surprised at all.

Don't even look at who is taking command. It's Wu Huaiyu. Who is he? He was known as the young and most capable general in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and some even called him the God of War. Wu Huaiyu, the God of War, did not come for nothing. He earned it through his strength in battle after battle.

He destroyed DTZ, destroyed Liangshidu, conquered Yanbei Mountain Xi, and also conquered Lingnan barbarians. Wu Huaiyu has not been defeated so far. There are not many people with such achievements as him in the Zhenguan Dynasty. It is only the Wu De Dynasty that pacified half of the country in the southeast. Li Jing, who defeated DTZ in Zhenguan Dynasty and defeated Tuyuhun, was able to suppress Wu Huaiyu.

Wu Huaiyu sat on the boat.
His military flag hung on the mast,
The Luzon army of the Wu family, which came to conquer with a thousand soldiers, even if it is a new army, its morale and self-confidence are directly at the top.

Those who lead the charge are also extraordinary.
For example, Li Keyong, the young man who was given the national surname, fought with his father and brothers when he was young. In Youyun and Yanbei, he fought against many Turks, Sogdians, and Beishan Xi who were dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty. , and has practiced with many horse thieves and mountain bandits. His rank of guerrilla general is really not because his father is the leader of Mohe, but

Another example is Shi Shouxin, such as Gao Kan, etc.

These young people look younger than each other, but they fight more fiercely than the last one.

Gao Kan, a descendant of the Bohai Gao family, fell into decline in his small family. When he was fourteen, he failed the imperial examination in Chang'an and went to Youzhou to join the Wu Huaiyu shogunate and became a civil servant. But later he gave up his writing and joined the army and went to the battlefield with a gun. He and Gao Rongyi married Jinlan and made great achievements on the battlefield.

Wu Huaiyu returned to the court after his success, while Gao Kan stayed in Yanbei. Wu Huaiyu promoted him to join the army.
Later, Gao Rong was recruited into the Lingnan Army by Wu Huaiyu, and Gao Kan, who had already gained a reputation in Yanbei, also went south. Gaolang, who will officially become a man at the age of 21 next year, is now a soldier of the Observation Envoy Fu Yabing. Horse messenger.

He commanded Wu Huaiyu's most elite Nei Ya soldiers, which were even more elite than the Wai Ya military force and were the pro-army among pro-armies.

There are many generals like Li Ke, Shi Shouxin, and Gao Kan.

This group of people are all experienced and have superb martial arts skills. Although they are leading a new army, facing the natives, they are like a group of lions leading a pack of dogs. They take the lead in charging, and the wild dogs behind them can follow suit. .

Everything was as expected by Wu Huaiyu,

In fact, if Li Keyong and Gao Kanzhong were sent casually, three or five ships would be enough to wipe out these islands.

The tiger enters the flock.

Takesaburo thought of an adjective,

The morale of the natives, who were several times larger than Luzon's army, had long since collapsed. They scattered and fled everywhere. No one dared to turn around and fight.
The eighteen Mohe cavalry led by Li Keyong were able to charge and kill repeatedly.

town,

The elders have stopped quarreling because they also realized that the situation was wrong.

Some elders climbed to the wall of the town to get a distant view.
They gasped,

It’s a hot day in July, but it’s like falling into an ice cave.
What they saw before them made them shiver.

Far away on the river bank,
There were seven large ships as tall as buildings, three-masted ships, and even a five-masted ship. These ships had occupied the river bank, and many of their tribe's ships had been knocked over.
Even more terrifying is the shore,
There were actually thousands of these Tang people.
There were only more than a hundred people in Moyi Castle. They were helpless when they closed the gate of the castle tower and stood on it to shoot arrows.

Now thousands of people from the Tang Dynasty have come.

These people charged all the way over,

There are thousands of people in their tribe, but no one can stop them. People from every big house and family are running away, scattered in all directions.
The Tang people have already been fighting their way towards the castle town.
"Blow the trumpet,"

"Let people from every house and tribe gather together and come here. Don't run away."

An elder shouted, with a hint of panic in his anxious voice.

They didn't understand why thousands of people were defeated like this.
But they were so far apart, and when they saw those Tang people charging with murderous intent, their bones felt cold even from a distance, and their hearts beat violently, as if they were being grabbed.

not sure,

Fear, uneasiness.

"How about we withdraw first?" an elder with a goatee said uneasily.

"Send someone to talk to them,"

"As long as these Tang people are willing to pay a compensation, we will withdraw."

An elder stared at the seven large boats on the river in the distance, "Let them pay us two large boats, no, three." Looking at the large boats, his eyes became greedy, and he even temporarily suppressed his fear. "Shitiao, let them compensate us with four large ships."

Immediately, another elder said loudly, "Half of the gold and copper they dug on our island must be handed over to us, and half of what is mined in the future will be handed over to us." The elders of the thirty-three big houses and There were no representatives from the elders. Some wanted to withdraw, while others were shouting and blowing horns to rally the troops.
Some people actually became greedy for Tang Ship and even wanted half of the minerals mined by the Wu family on the island.

Far in the middle of the river,

Wu Huaiyu was also on the boat looking at the Moyi Tulou and the town occupied by the natives.

Luzon's army had already fought its way through and was about to reach the town. The thousands of natives on the battlefield had basically been defeated.

"Let the people from the logistics camp on the supply ship disembark, set up pots and light fires for the soldiers to cook, and then accompany the stretcher team of the military medical battalion to carry the wounded. The military doctors are ready to receive and treat the wounded."

"The supply camp set up a temporary prisoner of war camp and prepared to receive prisoners,"

As the order is issued,

Logistics battalions, medical battalions, and supply battalions also began to disembark and land.
They had stayed on the ship just now and had not disembarked, let alone participated in the battle. There was no need for them to play.

The overall situation is now decided,

They were dispatched, and it was almost time to clean up the battlefield.

"Boil more herbal tea to relieve boiling, and prepare more medicine to treat heatstroke. Also, prepare medicine to treat malaria. The report sent back to Luzon by Fort Moi said that the island's geographical climate is wild. It’s very easy for people to get malaria, so be careful.”

Malaria is an infectious disease, a parasitic disease caused by Plasmodium infection. The infection is mainly caused by the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes carrying Plasmodium.

Malaria is still a very common disease in China.

It is more common in the south. Malaria is rampant in tropical areas like Luzon, especially on islands like Moyi.

When you are infected with malaria, you will experience chills, fever, sweating, headache, sore limbs, fatigue, etc. Symptoms will recur. In severe cases, anemia, acute pulmonary edema, acute renal failure, etc. may occur, which can be life-threatening.

Having this disease is commonly known as being in trouble.

Malaria also has an incubation period, which can range from ten days to more than a month.
This disease is still quite scary for people at this time. It is mainly spread through mosquito bites. There is no need to worry about human-to-human transmission.
Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage of the Eastern Han Dynasty, classified malaria as a type of plague in his treatise on febrile diseases and miscellaneous diseases, and used the traditional Chinese medicine Changshan as the first choice for the treatment of malaria. His prescription for treating malaria is called Shuqi San, which contains three ingredients: : Sichuan paint, mica, keel.

Among these three herbs, Shuqi is mainly used to treat malaria, but this medicine can easily cause vomiting, so the two herbs are combined to calm vomiting.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong, the master of alchemy, included dozens of prescriptions for treating malaria in his emergency prescriptions. The most important one was the use of Qinghao.

Take a handful of Artemisia annua and soak it with two liters of water, wring out the juice and drink it all. It was here that a later scientist discovered artemisinin, and his team won the Nobel Prize.

Chao Yuanfang, a famous doctor in the Sui Dynasty, compiled a treatise on the causes and symptoms of diseases. He believed that malaria was born in Lingnan, and the miasma in the mountains was caused by the poisonous miasma in the mountains and streams. He classified malaria as a miasma, and Lingnan had the most and the most poison.

Wu Huaiyu knew very well that malaria was not caused by mountain miasma, but was transmitted after the bite of mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites, so just prescribe the right medicine.

Sun Simiao, the current medicine king, has a new prescription in his Thousand Gold Prescriptions to treat malaria, no matter how long it takes. Five parts of verbena juice and three parts of wine should be taken three times.

There are many medicines that can treat malaria, such as Changshan, Shuqi, Artemisia annua, Verbena, and even Betel nut. The key is to treat it in time and prescribe the right medicine.

In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen also used Changshan for one coin, half with wine, and decocted it. He said it had great magical effects. However, because Changshan was poisonous, he classified this recipe as a low-grade recipe, and also included Changshan in the poisonous weeds category.

European foreigners, to deal with malaria, they invented cinchona, which was made from tree bark. It is said that Kang Mazi also had malaria. The imperial doctor was helpless and did not dare to give Kangxi a prescription like Changshan, which would cause severe vomiting. Finally, he used Preaching The patient was cured by the cinchona cream brought by the scholar.

For the emperor, side effects such as vomiting were indeed unacceptable, but for the soldiers of the Luzon Army,

As long as malaria can be cured, as for the side effects of vomiting, you will get used to it after vomiting.

What's more, there are many medicines that can be used for Wu Huaiyu. It is not necessarily necessary to use Changshan and Shuqi, which can cause vomiting. Artemisia annua, verbena, and betel nut can also be used.

Before the expedition, Wu Huaiyu had already sent a lot of medicines to prevent heatstroke and mosquito repellents to the Luzon soldiers. However, since malaria was found to be rampant in Moyi Island, mosquito repellent alone would not be enough to prevent mosquito bites. If it is not enough, necessary treatment medicine is indispensable.

The logistics camp set up large pots on the shore to cook food.

The medical camp is setting up tents and making herbal tea and medicine, while the supply camp is building prisoner camps.

The aroma of rice wafts up,

The battle cries on the front line gradually became quieter.

"Report!"

"Reporting to the Duke of Jin and the Marquis of Luzon, our army has defeated the enemy and they are fleeing in all directions. Our army has recovered the town of Moyi and is continuing to pursue the enemy."

When Wu Huaiyu heard the good news, he felt very calm and the ancient well did not waver.

On the other hand, Takesaburo was standing on the side of the river. This was the first war he had participated in. Although he stood on the deck of the ship in the middle of the river and watched the battle from a distance, he still felt that his blood was boiling and his heart was racing.

"Aye, we won, we won, and defeated the bandit army in one battle." The boy's face turned red with excitement.

Wu Huaiyu reached out and patted his shoulder, "Congratulations on winning the first battle in your life. This is also your first victory in Luzon Prefecture after forming the Luzon Army."

"Thank you Aye, what should we do next?" Wu Chengzhi asked.

"Pursue victory and clean up the battlefield,"

"Didn't you say don't chase poor criminals?"

"You kid didn't listen carefully when you were learning the art of war. In Sun Tzu's art of war, don't contain the enemy when they return; besiege the enemy; don't pursue the enemy; it doesn't mean you can't pursue it, but you have to be particular about it.

Sun Tzu said, "If you surround an army, you must be surrounded." What does that mean? It means that when there are three people surrounded and one missing, a way must be left. This is not to let them go, but to undermine the enemy's morale and fighting spirit.

If there is a gap, the enemy will not defend, they will not be willing to fight, but will break out and escape.

As for returning to the enemy, don't hide it, that is, when the enemy is bent on escaping and returning home, you cannot cut off his return. Otherwise, if he has no way to escape, he will fight you tooth and nail to the death.

Therefore, Sun Tzu has long told us that the correct approach is to surround an enemy with no way out, so as to undermine their morale and fighting spirit and make them give up their desperate efforts to break through and escape.

When the enemy is fleeing, you cannot block their return,
The correct approach is to pursue and kill from behind. You can only pursue but not block. In this way, the enemy will just flee forward. Once the morale of the army is broken, it will be difficult to deal with it.
The defeated army just wants to escape, thinking that it is difficult to escape, but the more this happens, the more difficult it is for them to escape in the end. "

"You know that today's saint is the emperor of Ma. Back then, he fought against Liu Wu and Zhou tribe in Hedong. He first stood still for a long time and consumed the enemy's food and fodder to weaken his spirit.
When the enemy's supplies were exhausted, Your Majesty went to battle and defeated the enemy.

In Luzhou, he overtook the enemy general Xun Xiang, defeated him, and took advantage of the victory to drive north. He marched more than 200 miles day and night, fought dozens of battles, and pursued relentlessly. General Liu Hongji and others grabbed his majesty's horse and persuaded him not to pursue anymore, but his majesty said that success is difficult to achieve but easy to fail, opportunities are rare and easy to lose, and we must take advantage of the situation to attack.

So he rode forward and caught up with Song Jingang in Queshu Valley. In eight battles in one day, he defeated them all and captured and beheaded tens of thousands of people.

In that battle, His Majesty did not disarm for two days and did not eat for three days. After the victory, he stayed overnight in the Western Plains of Queshu Valley. There was only one sheep in the army, and the whole army shared food. "

The key to whether you can chase the enemy is to look at the specific situation. First, you must prevent the enemy from pretending to be defeated and leading you to pursue you and ambush you. Second, you cannot block an enemy army that is at the end of its road and have no way to escape. Then he will only I will fight you to the death,

So the poor bandit wants to chase, but if he can't force him, he can only fight hard. You have to give him a way to break out of the encirclement and let them have some hope so that they won't fight desperately. Let him run and keep chasing after him, so that he can Chase and kill all the way, constantly eating the enemy's troops. In the end, when the enemy wants to fight, they have no chance.

"Send someone to inform Li Keyong, Shi Shouxin, Gao Kan and other generals that it is advisable to use the remaining troops to pursue the poor bandits, but we must also be cautious to avoid being ambushed by the enemy. We must maintain sufficient vigilance."

(End of this chapter)