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Chapter 491 Jiong and Thunder ([-])
Wang Hua looked at the thousands of strong and strong men in front of him. They were the strong men selected by each tribe to join the blood camp in response to his "call".

He looked behind him again, and besides the 1 people he brought back, there were nearly a thousand strong men from various tribes behind him.This made him very dissatisfied.

Although the time he gave was short, the number of soldiers sent from the five states was less than 1000.He understood the reason, Wang Hua asked these tribes to send fighters, and the same reason these tribes also understood.Wang Hua said that he will give generous rewards, and with his reputation, he will not break his promise.But the tribes are watching.I dare not offend Wang Hua if I offend them, but I am not reconciled to wanting them to immediately dedicate their loyalty to Wang Hua.

Some are simply unwilling, and some are worried that the Tang Dynasty will counterattack and Wang Hua will not be able to gain a foothold. If they support Wang Hua today and tomorrow the Tang Dynasty takes back the eight states, their tribe will suffer a bad end.

In fact, Wang Hua really does not need these soldiers, he has no shortage of soldiers. Under the exploitation of Tubo, there are countless Tuyuhun people and Dangxiang people living from Jishi Mountain to Dafeichuan. He can win them back and select a large number of them. warrior.In fact, almost half of the soldiers in the blood camp were obtained in this way.

If he really needs it, he still has the religious people, but he doesn't want to do this. Now the eight states have few people. Once the farming mode is changed, there will be a serious shortage of labor.If all labor is evacuated, it will have a great negative impact on productivity.

Moreover, these people have not been trained, and they cannot go to the battlefield, at least not in line with his idea that there are not many soldiers, but the most expensive.

This was just a test, but the result was the same. There were countless tribes living in the five states, and only a dozen or so tribes offered to show their favor and sent over [-] people.And half of them are poor and weak tribes, and they gamble their luck.

Looking at the nearly thousand strong men behind him, Wang Hua thought to himself, it seems that after this war is over, it is necessary to change the policy.Blind softness will only make these tribes make progress, and there may be many troubles in the subsequent governance.Not only governance, but also many tribes will be half-hearted, and the consequences will be more serious.

As for why there are so many tribes in Lanzhou sending strong men here, you must know that Lanzhou is not a big city among the eight states, it is just a lower state, and the population of the household department is only about [-].Of course, there must be more than that many people, but the total number of seven, seven or eight people is only about [-].But thousands of people were sent.It's not that Lanzhou has been controlled by him. Only Hezhou and Shanzhou are really controlled by him. This is the base of the blood camp.

This must have been caused by the panic of the ministries upon hearing the good news ahead.

The fact that this battle spread immediately, and the states were shocked when they heard the news.

It can be said that after the defeat of Xue Rengui in Dafeichuan, the Tang Dynasty fought against Tubo, basically losing more and winning less.

But now?Wang Hua took the main force away, and only dispatched more than 5 people, but defeated more than 3 people in Dayan (including civilian husbands), and captured more than [-] people (still including civilian husbands, the actual captured soldiers were only [-] or a few hundred), and the number of soldiers killed was more than [-].

Less than 2000 people were able to escape (plus [-] civilian husbands), and less than [-] people were sacrificed.

Also, this fight is weird.

Maybe the officials in the mainland don't know about Dayan, but who among the officials in several nearby states doesn't know the name of Dayan?This is also considered a famous player, but what about the process?Let's not talk about it.The ambush of the main Wang Hua.Ge Shuhan's ambush may be explained by the information obtained. After all, it would take two or three days for the cavalry to pounce from Jishi Mountain to Hululing.

But how to explain Xue Song's ambush?The official road from Dafeichuan to Shanzhou City is that Shancheng crosses the Huangshui River to Shanzhou.There are no regular roads anywhere in the fine pebble river.Even though Wang Hua had detailed information and learned that Ke Zanre passed through the Pebble River, the construction of the embankment started more than ten days ago.What were Ke Zangre and his men doing ten days ago?Maybe the ones who are still drinking in Dafeichuan are drinking, and the ones grazing are grazing.

There is also the valley, it is possible to start arrangements more than a month in advance.What was Dayan doing at that time?
Could it be that Wang Hua was settled more than a month ago, and Di Dayan divided his troops into four groups?

It sounds weird and unbelievable, but the facts are in front of you, and you can't believe it.

At the same time, who is the enemy? They are Tibetans!

But I don’t agree with Wang Hua very much. Tubo fought against the Tang Dynasty and won many achievements. It wasn’t Tubo at this time, nor was it Tubo who was at its peak in the next few decades. From now until now, there will be no him. The war with Tubo began to have winners and losers, and even the Tang Dynasty began to gain the upper hand at certain times.

The most beautiful is the first few decades, it is because of one person.On Qinling!

Because of the existence of this god of war, the Tang Dynasty was defeated by his iron cavalry several times.In the era of starlight, he ranks first.Even in the age of mythology, he may be second only to Li Jing and Li Shimin, similar to Li Ji, Liu Heita, Li Daozong, and Li Xiaogong, and may even be above them.As for Hou Junji who got half of Li Jing's military book, he was not his opponent at all.Xue Rengui was not held back by Guo Daifeng, and if he fought against this person, he could only draw at best. '

If this person is still alive and still helping Tubo, Wang Hua would not dare to do anything to Tubo, and he would not even have the guts to choose to establish a foothold in Bazhou.

It's not cowardice, it's wisdom, just like the demon Pei Xingjian, knowing that he can't please him, why bother to be a hero?
It is impossible for the Tubo people who have lost Lunqinling to imagine dealing with the Tang Dynasty as gracefully as before.

Since there is no tiger in the mountain, it is his turn to be a monkey.

So Wang Hua made an unexpected decision again. In the eyes of ordinary people, Wang Hua won beautifully this time, and he can explain to the people and the court. At the same time, because of this victory, all the coveting forces are also stable, so they will enter into a stable development. stage it.but no.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Hua magnified the fruits of this victory.

Although Tubo claims to have 40 soldiers, there are not many people. This is a country with a high military service system.The middle-aged men usually graze and farm, and they are all transferred during wartime.Therefore, Tubo has only a few million people, but it can draw an army of 50 million.

But how many people can there be from Dafeichuan to Jishi Mountain? More than 5 people went into the sea, how many middle-aged men are left?So before Tubo didn't react, this area of ​​Tubo was almost in a semi-vacuum state.If you don't grab the fruit at this time, when will you grab it?

The Mongols used wolf pack tactics to kill the enemy, and slowly ground them with scouts, which made the opponent's morale drop and exhausted, and then the army watching from a distance rushed forward and defeated the enemy all at once.Wang Hua also likes this kind of tactics, but he added guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare into it.

The strategy against the Tibetans also used this tactic.Tubo is too powerful to be eaten by himself.Such a bite, the bite will seriously hurt its vitality.The most deadly thing is that it is now in a weak stage. There are plagues inside and rebellions outside. The new king is young and the regime is unstable.If we don't attack Tubo at this time, do we have to wait until Chidai Zhudan grows up and the Tubo people get through this difficult period?

Another point that many people overlooked is that Tibetans are afraid of heat, which is why so many Tibetan soldiers went down to play in the shallow river.Looking through the history books, we can also see that most of the wars in Tubo were in the spring and autumn, and few chose in the summer.It is precisely because of the unsuitability of the hot summer weather.

What time is it now?
From now to July, it is a good time to attack the Tibetans.In August, if you want to do it yourself, you may not be happy.

Therefore, in this battle, Wang Hua's victory was secondary to strategy, and the main victory was preparation and meticulousness, even taking into account various details.

Officials from Lanzhou also came out to welcome them.Liu Ju walked over carefully.Now he feels very useless, he is still the governor, but he has no real power.And when encountering difficulties, the people left behind by Wang Hua have to bother themselves.But he didn't dare to leave. It's fine to leave, Wang Hua will never stay.But will the imperial court agree?With this move, Lanzhou City was truly handed over to Wang Hua.

But looking at Wang Hua, there was still some admiration in his eyes.

Great man, how did you fight this battle?He just didn't want to understand it, and when he talked with his staff, the staff also couldn't explain why.Of course, when he reached his position, he would not believe what the people said, that Wang Hua could do the math.There must be a reason for this, but the reason is beyond what I can see through.

Looking at his eyes, Wang Hua found it funny.

Why did Dayan follow his arrangement, Wang Hua must know.War is a continuation of politics.After the battle is over, Wang Huahui will reveal the truth. The one who is thundering is Da Dayan, and the one who is embarrassing is someone from the Tang Dynasty.Just use this living example to justify yourself.

But he didn't know that in the eyes of others, because of this battle, he gradually began to become a demigod.If the battle is over and the opponent continues to dance according to Wang Hua's arrangement, then he will be close to the realm of God.

But Wang Hua has always positioned himself under Lao Guo and Lao Zhang, which made Mo Heqian very depressed. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out whether Wang Hua was hypocritical or low-key.

Liu Ju greeted him, cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to Wang Shilang for his great service to the court."

Wang Hua himself said that he was not rebelling, but the facts made it hard to tell whether he was rebelling in this situation.Now the court has no new instructions, so it is still called Wang Shilang.But his eyes swept over Li Xuejun's face, and he froze for a moment.

What is a stunning beauty, this is a stunning beauty, her skin is whiter than white jade, her nose is red and her lips are full, her waist is full of breasts, her pair of blue eyes is even more breathtaking.She is much prettier than his concubine.But he woke up immediately.No matter how beautiful the other party was, he didn't dare to make any plans.

Superficial work still needs to be done, the other party is the governor of Yizhou at any rate, and now he has not publicly rebelled, so Wang Hua also made a few greetings.

Wang Hua then left Lanzhou immediately, time was tight and there was no delay.After passing through Shanzhou, he also inspected the prisoners.War horses are his favorite. There are horses in the court racecourse, but Wang Hua is not very active.The court has a taboo for this move.

In fact, he heard some rumors in Lingzhou that the court was going to transfer the horses.These tens of thousands of war horses are too dangerous in Wang Hua's hands.Wang Hua said he couldn't move, so he really couldn't move?Where to move, or move to the Western Regions, but now Wang Hua has made a flat shape, cutting off the Hexi Corridor, even if the imperial court wants horses, it has to go through Huizhou and Lanzhou.Still not safe.Moving to Fengzhou, Fengzhou does not have such a large pasture, and it is still under the eyes of the Turkic people. The Turkic people may reach out faster than Wang Hua.

So this matter was discussed for several days, to no avail!

But Wang Hua also had a headache for the war horses. Mo Hegan had been quietly raising a large number of war horses in advance. There were too many soldiers to expand, and there were still not enough war horses.It happened that the Tubo people sent their war horses over.And to deal with Tubo, Tubo horses are more adaptable to Tubo's alpine and anoxic climate than Hetao horses.

But it doesn't matter if you are a prisoner, what is the most lacking in building water conservancy?labor.Let the various ministries contribute their labor, and they have been arguing until now. Now that there are tens of thousands of prisoners, the problem of labor is easily solved.

So looking at these prisoners with dull eyes, Wang Hua's eyes revealed a surprise.This gift from Dayan is too big.

But another problem also followed, that is food.It seems to have to figure out a way.

Wang Hua summoned the generals again.

From now on, the war has entered a transitional stage, and Wang Hua will start to take the initiative to attack.

But Ge Shuhan was severely criticized. In this battle, Ge Shuhan had the heaviest task among the three, and he faced the strongest and most glorious enemy.But in the end, Ge Shuhan fought calmly and chased too far. This is because Dayan was careless and didn't leave behind. Otherwise, because of his impulsiveness this time, all 3000 people might be dumped.

"The poor should not be oppressed, have you not read the phrase "The Art of War"?"

"Inspector Ying, I was wrong," Ge Shuhan admitted his mistake, shaking his head.After calming down, I also knew that I was wrong, and luckily nothing happened.

I still look forward to him, Wang Hua, since I admit my mistake, there is no need to take further responsibility.

Then immediately arrange the second step of the strategic policy and start to set off.

This time the operation was also public, with a total of [-] soldiers. The generals included Xue Song, Guo Qianguan, and Wang Junchuo. Kong Heizi stayed in Lingzhou, and Ge Shuhan also stayed in Hezhou. , Mo Hegan stayed in Shanzhou.

This also has a deep meaning.Kong Heizi is Wang Hua's master and has a high prestige in the blood camp, but he is not the one with the strongest military ability.With him guarding Lingzhou, fearing his reputation, the imperial court did not dare to pull the ladder, and the various clans did not dare to make any changes.Moreover, Kong Heizi and Gongsun Yun had served as officials for a long time, and they cooperated with Zhu Dian so that there would be no mistakes in the rear.

Ge Shuhan stayed in Hezhou to prevent Di Dayan from jumping over the wall in a hurry and resorting to the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao.With Ge Shuhan staying in Hezhou, he just suffered a big loss. I believe that when he wants to attack his rear when he sends troops, he must think about it.

Ge Shuhan was a little unhappy, and Wang Hua didn't explain, and threw him a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and a copy of "Spring and Autumn": "Look slowly, when you understand, and when you understand, tell me the answer. Otherwise, next time Don't even think about getting this chance."

Then Wang Hua led the army straight to the stone castle.

The stone castle is on the west side of Shancheng, close to Qinghai Lake, the land of nine bends to the east, and Dafeichuan to the west.

This originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but later Xue Rengui was defeated and was taken over by Tubo.

But it's no ordinary city, and location matters.

There are many roads from Tubo to the Tang Dynasty. For example, there are dozens of roads into western Sichuan, and there are several roads to the Hexi Corridor.But the biggest road is the Tang-Fan Ancient Road.Depart from Chang'an to Xianyang, follow the Silk Road to Longshan, cross Longshan, enter Weizhou, cross the Yellow River, go to Shanzhou, Shancheng, then to Shicheng Castle, then climb Riyue Mountain, cross Tanghe, pass through Qie Ji Prairie, over the Bayan Har Mountains, across the Tanggula Pass, to Luoxie City.

This is an important gateway for Tubo to advance eastward. If it is taken down, it will reduce the threat of Tubo to Shanzhou and other places by one third, and it will also directly threaten Dafeichuan.

Even when Wang Hua was looking at the map, he thought that if Xue Rengui had not retreated to Dafeichuan, but had retreated to the stone castle in time, with the dangerous terrain and the support of Shanzhou, he might not have lost so badly.Even Wang Hua wondered if he, the cheap patriarch, underestimated Lun Qinling at that time. After all, it was the first time that this fierce man showed his fierce teeth to the Tang Dynasty. .According to Dafeichuan, if you survive, you can counterattack Wuhai City.

As a result, this loss made Lunqin Mausoleum and his reputation throughout his life lost. Afterwards, Tuyuhun was also lost, and even the four towns of the Western Regions were lost.It was Wang Xiaojie who took it back.This is also the only bright spot in Wang Xiaojie's life.

Hearing that Wang Hua rushed towards the stone castle, Fu Dayan couldn't sit still.

It turned out that he was dissatisfied with that encounter, but now he was afraid when he heard Wang Hua's name.He even thought that this was the list of bullshit generals ranked by the Tang people. With Wang Hua's fierce reputation, he was ranked sixth, and he should at least be first and second.

Dare to still want to stay in the top ten.

If Wang Hua is allowed to take down the stone castle, with Wang Hua's ability, he will do whatever he wants in the future.The most important thing is that Jianshi Castle is not like Jishi Mountain. It is still some distance away from Shanzhou. Even if it is marching, the supply will bring some troubles to Wang Hua.But the stone castle is too close to Shancheng.

Wang Hua was very arrogant. The stone castle was surrounded by cliffs on three sides, so he dared to attack with only fifteen thousand.

Arrogant to the extreme.But now Dayan is not sure whether the stone castle can be defended.

If it turns out that the problem is not serious, Wang Hua does not have as many troops as he does, and he has to divide his troops to garrison Lingyin and other places to prevent the Tang Dynasty court and the Turks from pulling the ladder. Attack their base camp yourself.The fifteen thousand soldiers may be the limit of Wang Hua.

But now the [-] elites disappeared as if they had been wiped out, and they could muster tens of thousands of troops, but Di Dayan had no confidence in defeating Wang Hua at all.

And they are embarrassed to ask for help at home.

At any rate, tens of thousands of troops can be drawn out, and the Tang Dynasty army cannot be frightened by the arrival of [-] troops.How to put it, as I said earlier, I have no official position in the back, and I may be executed by the Wulu family in anger.

"What should I do? What should I do?" He was circling around in the tent like an ant on a hot pan.

PS: The Stone Castle is located in the west of Huangyuan today, and Jishi Mountain refers to today’s Animaqing Mountain, because it controls the original place of Western Sichuan and Tuyuhun. These two geographical locations are very important to Tubo, and there is another one in Jinchuan. Anrong City, these three locations have had many large-scale fierce battles between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo in history)
I looked through "The Chronicles of Tubo", and there are many mistakes in it, more than my novels.Therefore, "Zi Zhi" and the old and new "Tang Shu" are still used as reference materials.

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