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Chapter 529 Longbow Attack

At this time, Wang Hua was leading the army to walk in the desert.

Marching and fighting, especially against an old fox like Mochuo, is not as simple as Chang Yuankai thought.Walking from the Hetao, and then crossing the Yellow River, if you don't do anything yourself, the tens of thousands of troops don't know how to die.

Therefore, this line quietly turned from the desert outside the Helan Mountain to the Yin Mountain, copying the rear of Mo Chuai.But this trip was very difficult. The big desert outside Helan Mountain, spring and summer, the wind is very strong, and the sand blows so hard that people can't open their eyes.This made the journey more difficult, but also increased the concealment of the army.

Wang Hua is surrounded by Lun Gongren.

Now Lun Gongren is not well-known, he only knows that he and his parents Lun Zan Po defected to the Tang Dynasty, so he was awarded by the court.

But Wang Hua was very aware of this general's ability.

This is a remarkable family no less than the later Yang family of the Song Dynasty.

Regardless of the surname given by the Tang Dynasty, their family name was Gar in Tubo.Gal Dongzan was Songtsen Gampo's most important hero in establishing a powerful Tubo.After Gampo's death, his grandson Mangsun Mangzan succeeded to the throne. Because he was young, he was the prime minister of East Zan.This man has a great talent and a long-term strategy. Not only did he manage Tubo to make the country peaceful and peaceful, but he also made achievements in military affairs, destroying the remnants of Bailan and the Tuyuhun Kingdom.Moreover, it extended its power to the Western Regions. The fifth Dalai Lama once said that this person was a Tubo figure.

Dongzan has five sons, Zan Xinuo, Qinling, Zanpo, Siddhoyu, and Bren Zanren. All of these five are talented. Five brothers trust each other, resulting from the friendship between the monarch and his ministers.However, after Mangsun's death, he went to Qi Nu Xi Nong to succeed to the throne. However, this young and energetic Zanpu couldn't tolerate the talented Ga family, so he attacked and killed Qinling.Lun Zanpo and his son defected to the Tang Dynasty.

The story does not end here, Lun Zanpo died of depression in Shazhou, but his son, Lun Gongren in front of Wang Hua, also shone brilliantly again in the Tang Dynasty.But he was famous until the beginning of Kaiyuan, and he fought more than a hundred battles with Turks, big and small, without a single negative record. This is something that few of the blood camp's fierce generals can do.In his later years, he was seriously ill, and Li Longji helped him to see him in person. After his death, he bestowed the posthumous title of King of Bochuan County on him.

Lun Gongren's two sons, the eldest son Lun Chengjie inherited his father's throne and made great efforts in defending Suzong. Because of his meritorious service, he was named Prince Taifu and King of Wuwei County.The second son's theory of honesty also became a general because of his meritorious service.

The four sons of Lun Chengjie, the eldest son Lun Huaiyi served as the military envoy of Yin, Xia, Sui, and Lin, and the deputy ambassador of Shuofang.The second son, Lun Weizhen, was an important general under Li Guangbi, and was moved to Xiao Guogong because of his meritorious service.When the third son Weixian rebelled in Anlu Mountain, he and Ge Shuhan formed horns. They fought more than ten times, big and small, and forced them to fall into the battle.Later, Ge Shuhan was forcibly ordered by Li Longji to fight and was defeated. Only Lun Weixian escaped safely with his resourcefulness and his men.The four sons said that they were young and did not catch up with the contribution of the Anshi Rebellion in Ping'an, but they made great military achievements again in quelling the Zhusi Rebellion.

Therefore, the only Tubo family or general that Wang Hua can remember in his previous life is the Lun family.

It was also the reason why Wang Hua had some headaches when he heard that Lun Gongren also joined Chang Yuankai in conquering Yanzhou.Fortunately, Chang Yuankai was suspicious of Lun Gongren and didn't make good use of him.Hearing that Lun Gongren came to surrender because he was wronged and rebelled against Chang Yuankai, Wang Hua was overjoyed.He immediately promoted Lun Gongren as the deputy commander of the Yaoguang Army, his eldest son Lun Chengjie as the deputy commander of the Kaiyang Army, and his second son Lun Weizhen Chengxin as the head of the first regiment of the Yaoguang Army.

Although Lun Gongren beheaded Chang Yuankai and made an important contribution to the battle of Maoergou, but Wang Hua's favor made everyone feel sideways.

However, the war started from Tubo first.

The reason why Dafeichuan was "given" to Guo Yuanzhen was far from simply hoping that Guo Yuanzhen would resist some of the pressure.

This move has many uses.

First of all, there is Xin Nuoluo. Although he did not make any achievements in this battle, he has already seen it. It is very, very troublesome.

Therefore, Wang Hua planned to use countermeasures to bring him back to Tubo directly.

This also starts with the political situation in Tubo. Chidaizhudan was young, and the power was in the hands of the old empress Meilushi Chimalei.

This is a strange woman who admires Tang culture very much. Tubo regarded the Han people who were taken captive as the lowest ethnicity, but after she took power, she promoted a group of people from them, including Li Jingye who failed to defeat Wu Zetian. Her descendants fled the Tang Dynasty and defected to Tubo, and she was appointed immediately after she came to power.And as long as you have culture, you will be appointed.If you can't read, you have to obediently do the lowest level of pig logic.From the bottom of her heart, regardless of the ambitions of the Tubo ministers, she is very eager to make friends with the Tang Dynasty.

This information was fed back by the guards sent by Wang Hua to Princess Jincheng.

Although it was not good for Princess Jincheng, it was probably caused by Princess Jincheng herself.Therefore, the Meilu family had no choice but to persuade the cronies around Princess Jincheng, hoping that they could release Princess Jincheng.Of course, the Chima class would not object to sending troops to the eight states. First, Princess Jincheng was taught by Wang Hua, and second, it was in line with the wishes of the Tang Dynasty.

But this time, Xinuoluo also learned to sip silently, turned the gun and robbed the people in the Tang Dynasty.

It's normal if it's in the hands of the Karshi Brothers.But in the hands of the Wulu family, Wang Hua faintly saw an opportunity.

Tibet has been very bad these years, because women are in power, Zanpu is young, and rebellions at home and abroad have not stopped.First, five years ago, the ministers Dairen Banongnangza and Kaigui Duonang were the first to attack, and were finally killed by the army sent by the Meilu family on the top of Nala Mountain.Then came the Nivalo rebellion, which has not really subsided until now.Later, her own prime minister, Komang Pochinasong, had to be dismissed because of a crime.However, this gave her a chance. Another capable minister, Wei Qili and Xu Shangnian, served as prime minister.This is also a capable minister.

But then another powerful vassal, Xili, rebelled again. This is a large tribe with [-] households and [-] victorious soldiers.In order to quell the rebellion, Tubo was seriously injured.The domestic political situation is not very stable.It wasn't until the year before last, after marrying Princess Jincheng, that the situation gradually recovered.The plague also subsided slowly.

So Wang Hua wanted to send troops at this time, even if he didn't send troops, it would still hurt Tubo's vitality, otherwise it would be very difficult to deal with Tubo after two or three years.

But this made Wang Hua see an opportunity, and he planned to play instead of the Tang Dynasty to discuss Xinuoluo and Tubo.Of course, the Tubo people might not believe him if he went on a crusade by himself, but if Guo Yuanzhen sent troops to Dafeichuan, he would have to believe it.This proves that because Xin Nuoluo was greedy for petty gains, the Tang Dynasty was angry.

What Tubo needs most now is stability, so the Wulu family will be very angry because Xin Nuoluo's self-assertion this time has ruined the temporary reconciliation plan between the two countries.If Xinuoluo is defeated again, there may not be a death penalty, but at least he can be brought back to some cities to accept punishment.

Otherwise, it would be a fight, so many people were defeated by Wang Hua, and Tubo had no generals to use, at least Xinuoluo still had many remarkable performances, and Tubo would still keep Xinuoluo in Jishi Mountain.As long as this person stays in Jishi Mountain, realizes his shame and acts bravely, Wang Hua will always be a big trouble.

The second one is Wulu's backstage, her natal family.

Wang Hua has always been puzzled by the population of Tubo. For example, the population of households in the Tang Dynasty is nearly 4000 million, and the number of people who escaped from households and people who cannot be counted is only about 5000 million.Possibly more, but not more than fifty-five million.

However, the places directly ruled by the Tang Dynasty included parts of the Liaodong coast, Youzhou to Yinshan, all the way to the four towns of the Western Regions, and the south to central Vietnam.In later generations, this area has a population of more than one billion.What a disparity in proportion!

Tubo is an exception. Just south of Jishi Mountain, the population of the core area has reached more than 300 million.More than nearly 100 million people in later generations!
This made Wang Hua feel very unbelievable, but Wang Hua also had to admit this fact from the news of the guards around Princess Jincheng and the verification of Lun Gongren.

In addition, the Qiang nationality, from western Sichuan to Liuzhao, has more than 1000 million Qiang people, one-third of the population is controlled by Tubo, which has reached more than 300 million people, plus Nanzhao, Menba, Luoba, the population exceeds more than 400 million.If you add the nearly one million Han Chinese who survived in Tubo, including Dangxiang, Tuyuhun people, captives or other factors, the total population exceeds 1000 million.This number also exceeded Wang Hua's imagination. You must know that the area occupied by this area is only one-third of the area actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and between one-fifth and one-sixth of the indirect control area.And it's the worst environment.

Although Tubo became the biggest nightmare of the entire Tang Dynasty, they did create a miracle in human history.

But the most elite soldiers are still in the core area. This time Tubo brought [-] soldiers from the plateau, which showed a strong combat effectiveness.

But why no Lu family could control the Tubo regime, there is one more deadly factor, that is her natal family, Dayang Tongguo.This is a powerful tribe on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, capable of dispatching 8 or [-] troops.If he occupied Jishi Mountain and Dafeichuan, Tubo's soldiers came all over the country, and Yang Tongguo sent out a large army to support her, even if Wang Hua could win, the loss would be heavy.But let Guo Yuanzhen occupy Dafeichuan, without the Lu clan, he would be afraid of the Tang Dynasty and be hesitant. This is also an opportunity.

The third is the power of each tribe.

Jishi Mountain is divided into two parts. The first is the south of Jishi Mountain, that is, Dongsongzhou, Xiyehu, Nanchongsang, Misang, and North Tuyuhun. It is three thousand miles away, that is, the south of Jishi Mountain. From Qinghai Lake to Heshan and other prefectures in the north, there are party members living in this area.The population is not as large as Wang Hua imagined. The reason why Tubo can mobilize so many troops is that everyone is a soldier and the heavy military service is the result.But there are quite a few, and the total number cannot be calculated, but Wang Shi recruited nearly half of the party members.

Then it is south of Jishi Mountain, all the way to the Bailan tribe behind Tuyuhun. This tribe is also not small, with a population of tens of thousands, and can dispatch more than 1 elite soldiers. They are very brave in combat. When defeated, they often retreat to the Bailan Department for repairs.

This area is sparsely populated, vast and complex, and Wang Hua is not interested for the time being.Moreover, the Bailan tribe had very little communication with the Tang Dynasty, and their Sinicization was shallow, so sending troops rashly would only invite desperate resistance.What Wang Hua is greedy for is the checkpoints on the various roads of Jishi Mountain.

Of course, once the Bailan tribe is affected and the control area is expanded to Zishan, it will be a disaster for the Tubo people, and they may lose the control of another vassal state and some Qiang people.

This Wang Hua can't be in a hurry, after several battles, Wang Hua doesn't have the troops to carry out this plan.

On the other side is Dafeichuan, mainly Tuyuhun people.

If you want to control Dafeichuan, you must control Wuhai City (now Kuhai, southwest of Xinghai County, Qinghai). It is also easy to take Wuhai City now.But what about the Tuyuhun people?

Although this time the Tuyuhun people had lost a large number of residents after Wang Hua's repeated relocation, and many soldiers they sent were either captured or died in battle, and their strength was greatly reduced.But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and there are hundreds of thousands of people.At the same time, there are many tall cities, such as the capital city Fuqi City (within Gonghe County), Water River City (within Guide County), Mantou City (southwest of Gonghe County), and Tuyuhun City (within Dulan County).

Except for Tuyuhun City, most of the other cities are in the north of Wuhai, on Dafeichuan.Xiang Wanghua ran away after hitting, no doubt it was not a big problem, but to occupy Dafeichuan, these cities must be captured.This difficulty is not small, and there is a powerful ally of the Bailan tribe behind him, and the queen is the princess of Tubo.

Even if the Tubo people did not interfere with this piece of fat, it would not be tasty.Lao Guo will have a very headache.Of course, it is not only rich in water and grass, but also rich in good horses, especially Longzhong and Qinghai Cong, who are the proud ones among Tubo horses.

Therefore, once Lao Guo wins, it will not only open up the territory, but the Tuyuhun horse will also make the Tang Dynasty court coveted.
Go up to the army and attack the plan, and then attack the country and the city.

After talking about Gongren and the news he got, Wang Hua made a strategy, and cruelly handed over Dafeichuan to Lao Guo, and let Lao Guo relieve his pressure.Of course, this also valued Lao Guo's ability. If it was someone else, they would only be defeated here. Instead, they cheered up the morale of the Tubo people and gave them the spoils of war.Then adjust the plan again.

Although I personally dealt with Mo Chuai, I only focused on expelling them, and keeping the supplies and people they captured, of course, it would be better to teach some painful lessons.

But when dealing with Xin Nuoluo, it is necessary to beat hard, so that Guo Yuanzhen will finally fall in love with Da Feichuan.Once Guo Yuanzhen's soldiers crossed the Qilian Mountains, the event would be settled.

Then began to reorganize the troops. Although they achieved a great victory this time, the casualties were not small. There were more than 7000 regular troops, leaving out the sacrificed and injured, and only 1000 soldiers remained intact.A total of [-] soldiers were reduced. Even after treatment, only three or four thousand soldiers can return to the front line.

Out of his own will, Wang Hua transferred 5000 people from the militia. These are all warriors in the militia. They have been tested in some battles, but even so, the Seventh Army and Four Brigades still cannot maintain their integrity.

But the combat power is even better than before, this time is the real soldier of all battles.

After mobilizing the soldiers, Wang Hua let Wang Junchuo, Ge Shuhan, Xue Song, Guo Qianguan, Guo Zhiyun and Xiao Song continue to lead the Second Division of the Fourth Army to deal with Xinuoluo.This arrangement is because these brave generals have experience in fighting against Tubo, and they also have psychological advantages.Especially the first few people, because of several victories, the Tubo soldiers are now afraid when they hear their names.

But he brought Kong Heida, Wu Keli, Zhang Shougui, Li Kaigu, Wang Jun, Gongsun Yun, Liu Tong, Lun Gongren and his son, and Feng Changqing's three armies and four brigades to deal with Mochuo.With such a transfer, only Zhang Xiaosong and less than [-] militiamen were left in the eight states.

However, the imperial court can't send out any soldiers for the time being, Qinzhou and other places are empty, and the only thing that can be threatened is Guo Yuanzhen's soldiers from the Western Regions, but Guo Yuanzhen will definitely not do this thing of pulling the ladder.Although he is an old fox.

Just to confuse Mo Chuai, Wang Hua first attacked Jishi Mountain.

This is also a very normal arrangement. Anyone who is now thinking of Wang Hua is rectifying his self-cultivation. If he wants to start a war, he will at most start a war with Xin Nuoluo. The blood camp and Tubo are already in an endless situation.But fighting on both sides, even from Lao Guo's point of view, he never dreamed that Wang Hua would be so arrogant.

But this time the battle is true and false.

First, when Wang Junchuo used Xinuoluo's army in Diminzhou, he took the Tianxuan Army and the two militia divisions of Guo Zhiyun and Xiao Song, nearly 3 people, and marched towards Jishi Mountain in a mighty manner.But the latter two divisions did not fly the banner of the militia division, but the three banners of the Tianshu Army, the Tianji Army, and the Tianquan Army.It has to make Tubo think that the main force of the blood battalion has arrived.

The army in the front is marching, and the labor is organized in the back to build some satellite cities, and they are going to Jishi Mountain step by step.Anyway, eight states now have sufficient labor and a large number of captives are available.Going around the cities one by one will also reduce the border of Tubo to the south of Jishi Mountain.

The army came to the foot of Jishi Mountain, but the base camp of Tubo on Jishi Mountain was not so easy to attack. They all took advantage of the danger of the mountain, and the terrain was more dangerous than the state city of Shanhe.

The defender of the city is Zhuo Jimangri, a very stable general.

Before leaving, Xin Nuoluo told him to prevent Wang Hua from attacking Jishi Mountain.Therefore, he was ordered to keep his guard and wait for Xinuoluo to come back.

Once Xinuoluo came back and captured a large amount of supplies, this is now the biggest headache for the Tubo soldiers.You can also bring a large number of Qiang soldiers from the east, as well as captives who can work as coolies, and your combat effectiveness will be improved to a higher level.It is not enough to seek meritorious service, but to seek no faults.Then Wang Hua can be forced back.

So when they saw the blood battalion coming, they closed their doors.

They didn't even dare to fight. Four regular armies came from the Blood Camp, among which the Tianshu Army was the first army in the Blood Camp, the Tianxuan Army was the third army, the Tianji Army was the fourth army, and the Tianquan Army was the fifth army. It is a well-known offensive force in the blood camp.Xinuoluo left only [-] people to guard Jishi Mountain.

This battle is asking for trouble.

Close the gate of the city and say that the city is not like it. Each cottage is built into a city wall with stones, but it lives on a high place.Then use stones to put it down, one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

Wang Junchuo and the others are not in a hurry.

Zhuoji Mang saw the blood camp set up a big camp at the foot of the mountain, and then lifted out two huge nooses, nailing the noose posts deep into the ground.They wound long iron cables around the baggage carts one after another. These baggage carts were different from ordinary baggage carts in that they were very tall, taller than people.

After the detour, more than 100 soldiers rushed up the mountain desperately, holding both ends of the iron chain, regardless of the stones on the checkpoint.

I don't know what the blood camp is going to do, but Zhuoji Mangri realized that it might be bad if these dozens of soldiers were allowed to bring the iron chain to the mountain. He not only ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows, but also organized the soldiers to shoot arrows down with bows and arrows.However, because the distance is a bit far, it is condescending, and the bow and arrow are not very lethal.

However, these falling stones still caused serious injuries to the Blood Battalion soldiers.When rushing to the first 100 steps of the checkpoint, more than half of them fell down.But at this time, the soldiers picked up the iron rope and ran to both sides of the pass. There were some thick trees on both sides, and passed the noose from behind the trees.Although there were casualties of soldiers again when returning, the long iron chain brought the soldiers back to the ground.

Then dozens of soldiers began to tie the iron ropes to the nooses and winch them.

As the iron chain tightened, the two rows of baggage wagons slowly ascended the mountain road.

I still don't quite understand, although in this way, the soldiers can hide behind the baggage truck, but there are still more than 100 steps away from Guancheng, which is not very helpful for the blood battalion to attack Guancheng.Of course he didn't understand, and Zhuo Jimang did not dare to relax either.

Order the soldiers to lift bigger stones and smash them down.However, after this smashing, it was found that these trucks were actually covered with iron plates.However, the huge momentum brought by the stones, and the accumulation of more and more stones in front of the train formation made the three or four big trees on both sides of the mountain road unable to bear the weight and fell to the ground.

But more and more soldiers were twisting and twisting, and the two rows of vehicles continued to slowly rise up the mountain road.

Zhuo Jimang was a little anxious. He looked at the soldiers around him and ordered two hundred soldiers to attack and cut down those big trees.As long as these big trees are broken and there is no prying point, the cars and rocks will crash and fall back to the foot of the mountain together.

But by this time it was too late.

Xiao Song blew the horn, and two thousand soldiers rushed up the mountain road under the cover of the chariot formation with longbows on their backs.Although there were still stones falling on their heads, with the cover of vehicles, the casualties were greatly reduced.

As soon as the two hundred Tubo soldiers came out of the checkpoint, they were crushed by a rain of arrows and couldn't even lift their heads.

Zhuo Jimang saw it and ordered to retreat again. If he didn't retreat, the two hundred men would be left here.

Two thousand soldiers came to the back of the chariot formation and pushed the chariot formation up. With this push and the force of the winch, the two chariot formations straightened up quickly, forming a small city wall.

At this time, Zhuoji Mangri hadn't understood yet. They hadn't heard about the news of the birth of the longbow during the Battle of Mao'ergou. They had only heard of a clumsy bed crossbow that appeared in Xueying.But it's certainly not what a longbow looks like.It was a hundred steps, and it was from the top to the top. Zhuo Jimang was not prepared at all.

But knowing that something was wrong, he continued to order the stones to be slammed, trying to crush the car array with weight, at least the big trees on both sides.If the chariot formation collapses, even the chariot formation and the stones will roll down together, and even the two thousand blood battalion soldiers behind will be in danger.

This is not the case, these Tubo soldiers were throwing rocks, each of them was defenseless, their bodies were all exposed outside.

The two thousand soldiers were divided into three batches, one by one drew their longbows, and the dense rain of arrows flew up to the top of the city of Guancheng easily, and the Tubo soldiers also fell from the top of the city like rain. , and some are still holding stones in their hands.

After three batches of arrow rain shot, at least five or six hundred Tubo soldiers were killed.

Zhuo Jimang's reaction was similar to that of Chang Yuankai's back then, both of whom were petrified by the powerful range and power of this bow and arrow.

He didn't react until an arrow flew over his head and knocked his helmet away, and he shouted: "Get down, get down for me."

(End of this chapter)