Chapter 25: The Remnants of the Tang Dynasty

The addition of Tubo is a variable, which has strengthened the power of Xixia. Everyone should be angry, but Wu Ji was not only not angry, but was very happy. Look at his appearance, it was like a beggar picking up a ingot, and he couldn't even close his mouth. This was abnormal. If it weren't for Wu Ji, but if someone else said this, the generals would definitely scold him and call him an idiot!

This is Wu Ji laughing. No one dares to underestimate him, and no one dares to say that Wu Ji is crazy, so he has to ask carefully.

"What's wrong with this? Just think about it!" Wu Ji's joyfulness was really hard to stop. He stood up and walked up, his steps were light, as if he was flying. He stopped in front of Zhong Yan, looked at Zhong Yan, and said with a smile: "General Zhong, tell me, why am I so happy?"

"This..." Zhong Yan frowned and thought. Suddenly, his hands were smashed together heavily, stood up suddenly, followed in Wu Ji's footsteps, and laughed: "Mire! Miao! Miao! Miao! It's indeed a clever plan!"

"A clever plan! A clever plan! An unparalleled plan!" Just as Zhong Yan stood up, Yao Gu and Li Xian also stood up, loudly praising him, with a happy look on their faces, and how could they close their mouths?

I saw the joy of the four people, and the generals were confused. You looked at me, and I looked at you, with a look of confusion.

"Master, what are you playing? Tell us quickly!" The most urgent thing is Yao Pingzhong. Such a maneuver is difficult for him to guess.

"Yes!" the generals agreed in unison.

Tong Guan couldn't stop blinking his eyes, and the more he turned, it became brighter and brighter. He kept nodding and seemed to have some enlightenment.

"After all, Tubo and Xixia alliance will help us solve Tubo in one fell swoop! In this battle, we will kill two birds with one stone!" Wu Ji smiled and explained to them, let out a long sigh, and said, "Think about it, where Tubo is located, the mountains are high and dense forests are dense, the terrain is complex, the terrain is dangerous, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even as the previous dynasty is as strong as the previous dynasty, there is no way to deal with Tubo. A Jishi Pass blocked the pace of the previous dynasty army. In order to attack Jishi Pass, the previous dynasty suffered heavy casualties!"

"Jishi Pass? I know this. In order to kill Jishi Pass, Ge Shuhan suffered tens of thousands of casualties. He succeeded in the last moment and took Jishi Pass in one fell swoop." Yao Pingzhong's loud voice sounded, and he was unable to know something. He must show off: "After taking Jishi Pass, Tubo was brave and had to obey the previous dynasty. Oh, in order to kill Jishi Pass, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang also called that... Wang Zhongsi was imprisoned."

Jishi Pass was a dangerous pass that the Tang Dynasty and Tubo fought for. It did not occupy a large area, but it was extremely dangerous. The Tubo army guarded here only a few hundred people, while the Tang Dynasty dispatched tens of thousands of troops to attack in turn, but could not defeat it. The Tang army suffered heavy casualties. In the end, Geshuhan had to give up and prepare to retreat. His subordinates were unwilling to give up and demanded another sneak attack, but he actually succeeded. Then he captured Jishi Pass. Once Jishi Pass was taken, the Tang army could take advantage of the situation and attack the Qinghai Lake area. Tubo was brave and dared not be strong anymore, so he had to ask for peace from the Tang Dynasty.

This battle was one of the most famous wars between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

"What is Wang Zhongsi? You are always absent-minded when you ask you to study." Yao Gu shouted in a deep voice, Yao Pingzhong shrank his head, and he didn't dare to slap his mouth any longer.

Yao Gu continued: "Wang Zhongsi is the adopted son of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. After his father Wang Haibin died in battle, Emperor Xuanzong adopted him and trusted him very much. He once handed over half of the army of the previous dynasty to him. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang knew that if he took Jishi Pass, he could force Tubo to surrender and ask Wang Zhongsi to attack Jishi Tou. Wang Zhongsi was a good general. He knew that it was difficult to cut Jishi Tou. He refused to obey the order, which made Emperor Xuanzong of Tang furious and imprisoned him."

"Yes!" Zhong Yan took over the conversation and said, "Although the previous dynasty built Jishi Pass, he succeeded by chance, and he was extremely lucky!"

"That's right!" Wu Ji agreed loudly, and said with a heavy emphasis: "It was a lucky chance to build Jishi Pass in the previous dynasty! Although we are not the same as before and are already very strong, will we have this luck again? No one can say. In the battle with Tubo in the mountains and forests of Tubo, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. I don't want to do this kind of loss-making business. I have been thinking about how to transfer Tubo out of the mountains and forests and lure it to the Hexi Corridor to solve it. Now, as soon as we fight Xixia, they collude and join forces to join forces to become enemies with the Song Dynasty. OK, I dream about this good thing. How can I not be happy?"

The terrain of Tubo was too dangerous. Although Jishi Pass was abandoned, there was another way to enter the Qinghai Lake area. However, even if the Song army could fight against Tubo in the mountains and forests of Tubo, even if the Song army could fight, it would inevitably have to pay a high price.

Not to mention this, the greater difficulty lies in logistics. If it is fought in the hinterland of Tubo, this logistics will be a huge difficulty and will be difficult to solve.

The roads in Tubo are rugged and difficult to walk from the mainland. How much manpower does it take?

When raising funds on site, Tubo is poorer than Xixia, but not richer. Where can I raise food?

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, just look at the current Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which has a much behind the mainland, and you will know how difficult it is to raise grain in Tubo.

It is really unwise to send a large army to fight deep into the hinterland of Tubo.

If Tubo is lured out and tempted to fight on the Hexi Corridor, all difficulties will no longer exist. Once the Song army wins, Tubo will be scared and surrender. Furthermore, if the army is lost and there is no vitality, isn’t Tubo still determined by an edict?

"oh!"

The generals suddenly realized and nodded, agreeing very much.

"Why didn't I expect it?" Zhou Wei slapped his forehead heavily and blamed himself.

"If you think of it, you are not General Zhou, you will call him Grandma Zhou!" Huangfu Song teased, making everyone laugh.

Zhong Yan frowned and said with a serious face, "Dong Wen thought he was able to do something, but he didn't know that it would help us. If we fight this battle, we will destroy the two countries in one battle. However, the joining of Tubo has changed the situation. Can we win?"

This is the key to the problem. The generals stared at Wu Ji, looking anxious, waiting for him to come to a conclusion.

"Yeah!" Wu Ji nodded slightly and said, "I have thought about this matter. The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and I dare not speak out and win. I still have a 70% or 80% chance of winning!"

The battlefield is dangerous and there are too many variables. No one dares to win. He can have a chance of winning at 70% or 80% of the winning rate. This is a very high winning rate. The generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and relieved their hearts.

"Our combat power is very strong. I dare not say that it surpasses the previous dynasty, or at least comparable to the previous dynasty." Wu Ji began to analyze: "Looking at the battle between the previous dynasty and the foreign race, the best is to win the greater with the higher one. Li Jing defeated Tuyuhun and defeated the more with the less; Pei Xingjian's Battle of Heishan with 100,000 people defeated the hundreds of thousands of people of the Later Turks; Su Dingfang defeated the Western Turks, and Yihe battle, defeated the more than 10,000 people of the Western Turks. We concentrated 250,000 troops in Hexi. Although the combat power of the Western soldiers is still a little different from that of the northern army, after all, the Western soldiers are the elite in the world and are not much short of it. Our war with Xixia still has some time, which is enough to train the Western soldiers and improve their combat power. Our 250,000 troops will at least 600,000 to 700,000 Western Xia and Tubo army!"

On the battlefield, there are coordinated combat between various arms. With more troops, the combat power they exerts will increase exponentially. The classic battle examples of the Tang Dynasty are the best explanation.

Later historians calculated that in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the combat power of a Chinese soldier was comparable to that of twenty Hu soldiers, and Wu Ji's statement was very conservative.

If these 250,000 troops were all northern troops like the Converted Army, there would be no suspense in this battle, and the Song army would win. The problem is that there were 200,000 Western soldiers. Although the Western soldiers were known as the elite in the world, they were the pillars of the Song Dynasty before the rise of the Northern Song army and supported the war of the Song Dynasty. However, their equipment, training, tactics, and tactics were quite different from those of the Song army in the Northern Song army, which dragged the Song army back.

Even so, it is not a problem for the 250,000 Song troops to surpass the 600,000 Hu soldiers.

"Haha!" The generals couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Since Tubo wants to join forces, we will give him time and let Tubo transfer all the troops that can be transferred out." Wu Ji said in contemplation: "I have decided to push back this decisive battle and give Dong Wen enough time. Of course, this period of time cannot make him feel better. He sent an order to Zhong Jianzhong and Yao Youzhong to find the right opportunity to treat Tubo, so that Dong Wen can't stop hurting!"

"Haha!" Zhong Yan laughed loudly, "In this way, Dong Wen will be unstoppable and spare no effort to mobilize the army, and everything that can be tuned out will be transferred. After this battle, not only will the land of Hexi be stable, but even Tubo will be stable."

"We need to remind Zhong Jianzhong and Yao Youzhong that they should grasp the right measure, not only to make Dong Wen hurt, but not to scare him out of fear, and hide in the mountains and forests and dare not come out." Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and said loudly.

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A great war is going on in the Western Regions, the Sailed Leaf Valley.

The Uighur army was attacking, and the defense was a Han army wearing black military uniforms and wearing the "Tang" flag.

This Han army is equipped with Mingguang Armor, Hengdao and Modao. They all have a strong face. Although they are at a disadvantage, they are fighting to the death.

"Kill all the Tang people!" The Uighur army burst out with a shocking roar, riding a horse, waving a scimitar, and rushing towards the Han army. The sound of hooves was like thunder, shaking the earth.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

The Han army was not at all showing weakness in its momentum, and burst into shocking roars, waved its weapons, and fought against the Uighur army.

The horizontal sword slashed hard, and it was invincible; the Mo sword rose and fell, and the Uighurs chopped it into pieces. Their fighting style was extremely fierce, but it was the authentic Tang army tactics. The Mo sword opened the way, strong crossbows shot far, and cavalry attacked. Although there were not many people, they were not at all inferior.

"These Tang people are really hard to fight!" The Uighur generals in the leadership looked at the battlefield and cursed angrily: "When the Tang Dynasty was there, the Tang people suppressed us to fight! Now, the Tang Dynasty has been destroyed, but these Tang people are stones in the pit, smelly and hard. We have been chasing them for two hundred years, but they are endless! There are only a few people who are still fighting!"

"There are not many Tang people, but we can't swallow them and spit them out, just like a stalk in our throat!" Another general was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!