Chapter 34 Guo Yuanzhen's anger(1/2)
But the battlefield quickly moved from the south to the east and northeast. Zong Chuke heard that the Tubo people began to take action and led an army of 200,000 to Lanzhou in a mighty way.
After hearing this, Zhu Tong sighed deeply and put aside the grievances between Zong Chuke and Wang Hua. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has launched wars against the outside world many times, but in addition to the three expeditions of Goryeo, it has dispatched twenty-eight men. If Guo Yuanzhen's 90,000 people can be sent out, it can be extended to Goryeo.
Wang Hua went to Hezhou. According to Wang Hua's intention, Zhu Tong sent a warrior named Kang Dabu to Linzhou City and sent a letter to Zong Chuke. On the letter, Wang Hua wrote that no matter what grudges we have, the country is a state matter and private matters are private matters.
Now I use the meager strength of the Eight Prefectures to resist the 200,000 Tubo troops. There are Turks in the north eyeing them, and they are already walking on thin ice. What does the court mean to ask you to attack the Eight Prefectures? It means that there are noises between brothers and they join forces with each other when they meet outsiders. Besides, the people of the Eight Prefectures are really not people of the imperial court?
If the soldiers on the front line are distracted and defeated, hundreds of thousands of people will suffer. Manager Zong insists on doing something that the relatives are hurt and the enemy is happy?
He didn't even say a word that was extreme.
But even so, Zong Chuke still gritted his teeth and thought to himself that you would have the time to "please" me today.
At this time, the battle in Shan County had just begun, and the Blood Camp was withdrawn from Dingrong City. Zong Chuke underestimated the combat effectiveness of Wang Hua's Blood Camp, or the wisdom of Wang Hua and his brave generals, so he did a very stupid thing.
Not only did he not give up, he pulled Kandabul out and chopped off the head and sacrificed the flag.
After hearing the news, Zhu Tong was furious. Kangdabu just recruited the Blood Camp last year. This young man could read a few words, and was very brave and brave in fighting. In just a few months, he was appointed as the team leader. He was one of the dozens of targets that the Blood Camp focused on training. Because he went to Linzhou alone, he was asked to go to Linzhou City.
Even if the two countries fight, they will not kill the envoys. Zong Chuke's actions are too damaging.
Moreover, Kangdabu's innocent sacrifice also made Zhu Tong feel extremely regretful. He immediately ordered that all the soldiers in the Blood Camp wear white sleeves to worship Kangdabu.
Guo Yuanzhen also heard about this, and he cursed in his heart, "This traitor is clearly playing with fire."
From a national perspective, Guo Yuanzhen looked down on Zong Chuke. From a private perspective, Zong Chuke had framed Guo Yuanzhen many times, but the court needed Guo Yuanzhen in the northwest, otherwise he would have been transferred back to the court early and was messed up by Zong Chuke. It is estimated that most of them would be with Zhang Jianzhi in the underworld.
So Wang Hua said that the loyal ministers of the court had scattered their hearts. The winter of the previous year was not Guo Yuanzhen who sat down to see his friendly troops being destroyed. He also wanted to survive and leave the northwest. With his holiday with Zong Chuke, it would definitely end.
Loyal ministers also depend on how the king treats his ministers. Zhuge Liang is heroic, and how did Liu Bei treat Zhuge Liang?
However, he began to get angry.
At first, Zong Chuke was full of confidence. In addition to the 280,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty and 200,000 troops of Tubo, even if Guo Yuanzhen was in harmony with Shenli, he had to send troops under the oppression of Hou Dehai. This added 90,000 troops. The court also secretly negotiated with Mochu, asking Mochu to cooperate with the imperial army, go south to attack the blood camp, and then allow them to plunder in Lingzhou and Yinzhou, as long as the court's horse farm was not moved. Especially in Lingzhou, Wang Hua hoarded a large amount of supplies. This was a great temptation for the poor Turks. This area was equivalent to joining tens of thousands of troops.
Even if Sun Wu is alive, it will be difficult to win this huge battle.
However, after killing Kangdabu in the front, the news of the great victory in Shan County came from behind. In a few days, the 90,000 Tubo soldiers were gone in the blink of an eye. This time, there were no more than 1,000 soldiers who could escape, which means less than one percent. However, no one took the militia division seriously by Wang Hua. After this calculation, there were only 19,000 regular troops.
The secret alliance with the Turks was not shameless in the court, but mainly because the eight prefectures had only more than 100,000 registered people. The court would still care about them? But now it has become more than 900,000 people. Where did they come from? They all surrender to Wang Hua. Will the court still care about these people?
Of course, this is just an oral agreement. There are only a few people who know it, and both parties know it. It cannot be made public, and the Tang Dynasty will not admit it. If it is admitted, even if these people are targeting Wang Hua, the people in the world will be quarreling.
But what about now?
When Sinuoluo heard the news, he gasped, and Zong Chuke and others.
One by one, I began to be cautious on my face.
But the matter was not finished. Then it was reported that the Shi Castle and Dafei Chuan City were easily captured by the Blood Camp one after another. However, Wang Hua was obviously even more distracted. After the capture, he plundered a large amount of supplies and quickly retreated. Dafei Chuan City hoarded a lot of supplies because of the preparation for war, and the Blood Camp could not take them back, so he burned them all, just like water washing, and even Dafei Chuan City was burned into the fire.
Upon hearing this news, Zong Chuke was drinking in Linzhou, watching the dance of several Hu Ji while drinking. He also hugged famous fans in Linzhou City.
It was sunny outside, which was late spring and the best time of the year in Linzhou City, because in the north, there were still a few peach trees that did not fall and began to be as hot as they were.
But it has begun to be indulged in it.
But upon hearing this news, Zong Chuke immediately pushed away the delicate pink head in his arms, and then said to the group of hugging girls: "Get out! Get out!"
I used to think that Wang Hua was a lynx, but now I have dispatched a hunter brigade, but I am not very good at it. But once I change my face, the tiger may not be a tiger, but I found that it is definitely not a lynx, at least a cheetah.
He handed the information to Xue Sijian and Liu Jingren.
In fact, what Xue Sijian said was not nice to Liu Jingren, but he brought him a bag of wine, which was purely to flatter Wei's, because Xue Sijian was one of Wei's important confidants.
Seeing Xue Sijian's nervous look on his face, Zong Chuke felt a little regretful. This job was asked by him. The only famous general in the court who could take action was Lao Tang. He was reluctant to take action. Indeed, the old man was in his early 80s, and even if he was strong, he was also weak. Zhang Renyuan was also old, but Zhang Renyuan was willing to take action. Zong Chuke was not relieved. Zhang Renyuan and Wang Huamei were quarrels. God knows whether he would disobey him?
In fact, almost all those who can take action and have been tested on the battlefield are under Wang Hua.
If it is a bobcat, you can even use a person to kill Wang Hua, but now it is not a bobcat, Zong Chuke has a headache.
Liu Jingren was thinking, at least he was better than Xue Sijian. After a while, he said, "It is difficult to attack Lanzhou forcing him."
"General Liu, tell me."
"Wang Hua can set up some ambush in Shan County, but it is not easy to set up ambush in Lanzhou City."
When Xue Sijian heard this, his eyes lit up. He was afraid of being ambushed, so he opened the city gate and had to go in. After entering, he knew what unexpected things would happen.
"Why?"
"Mr. Zong, as far as I know, the county town of Shan County and Tang-Tibet Avenue have been blocked by Wang Hua for a long time, but Lanzhou is the main road of the Silk Road. Except for the past few days, the past business trips have not stopped. Although he had cleaned up scouts in the territory, if an arrangement was made in Lanzhou City, things would definitely leak out. However, there will be small arrangements. Moreover, even if there is no arrangement in Lanzhou City, it is not easy to attack." Speaking of this, Liu Jingren took out a map.
Because of Wang Hua's blockade, the imperial court did not receive much information now, and the only way was obtained from the Silk Road, which had not been isolated from traffic.
But Wang Hua would not place ambush on the Silk Road.
But it is different from the Tubo people. It turns out that the imperial court had various information about the eight states, including detailed topographic maps.
Liu Jingren took out this topographic map. He pointed to the map and said, "Look at the terrain of Lanzhou. The Langao Mountain is Langao Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. The terrain is dangerous. And once we attack Lanzhou City, we enter the foot of Langao Mountain. This mountain can provide ambush for the other party. So we don't attack Lanzhou, or attack Lanzhou in detail, but General Zong, look here."
As he said that, his hand moved eastward to northward and moved to a place called Sanlipo behind Ulan Pass.
Then he said, "What if we attack Lanzhou brightly, attract the opponent's troops, and then send surprise troops to capture the place?"
In order to prevent the Turks and Tubo people from jeopardizing the Tang Dynasty Chang'an, Yuanzhou and Huizhou set up many important checkpoints, including Huining Pass, Ulan Pass and Muxia Pass.
But Wang Hua's biggest negligence was that he did not take down Linzhou, so he could attack from inward and directly penetrate Sanlipo. Taking down Sanlipo would be equivalent to cutting off the road from Lanhui to Yuanzhou and turning all the eight states into two. This would seriously enlarge a disadvantage of the eight states. The entire eight states were not small in size, such as Lingzhou and Yanzhou, and Yuanzhou occupied much more than ordinary prefectures in the Central Plains.
But the entire Bazhou looks like a slanted lying silkworm on the map, slender and flat.
As long as you accidentally take Sanlipo, then the army drove from Lanzhou to station Sanlipo. Moreover, Sanlipo has several mountain springs, so you are not afraid of the other party cutting off the water source. At the same time, the slopes on both sides are steep. In the past, they were looking at Panchuan and Baxichuan, which were easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Zong Chuke's eyes lit up, but he suddenly remembered and asked, "But in this way, we must cross the Yellow River."
Wang Hua is not only good at using fire, but also good at using water. It is really unsafe for the army to cross the river.
Liu Jingren replied: "The battle of the fine pebble river cannot be replicated. The area is sparsely populated, the water is flat, and the river water is shallow, so dams can be built. However, the population on both sides of the Yellow River is large, so dams are not easy to keep. Moreover, the depth and water flow of the Yellow River cannot be built, but he cannot build a dam."
The Yellow River also has many gentle places in this area, not too wide, but it is far from comparable to the fine pebbles river. Indeed, it is impossible to build this embankment for a while if Wang Hua has unlimited labor. Or simply, Wang Hua does not have the ability to build a dam on the surface of the Yellow River in Lanzhou.
"And most of the places you go to are in Linzhou." Liu Jingren said this, and his brows jumped. Although this idea was wonderful, when he thought of the other party's unpredictable gods and ghosts, he reminded him: "Master Zong, we can't defeat the other party by relying on our troops alone."
Wang Hua truly made a name for this battle.
In the past, those battles were not really large-scale operations. Even last year, the tens of thousands of troops of Di Dayan were cut in several times. This time, a total of 90,000 people made dumplings.
Zong Chuke understood, and he immediately used a fast cavalry to inform Chang Yuankai that Chang Yuankai was not Guo Yuanzhen. After hearing Zong Chuke's order, he immediately dispatched a large army and divided the troops into two groups to attack Yanzhou. At the same time, he also sent a message to Mochu, and Mochu sobbed and agreed, slowly drove the army into the marginal area of Fengzhou and approached Yinzhou.
This is obviously because he is not working hard. Zong Chuke was helpless, but because the Turks went south and separated many of the troops from the Blood Camp, it was ineffective. I wrote another letter to Guo Yuanzhen and Hou Dehai to speed up the attack. What are you doing? Even if you are performing, you can pay for it yourself, and don’t expect the court to spend money on you.
These are several armies advancing in succession, forcing Wang Hua to disperse his troops.
In fact, it was mainly written to Hou Dehai. Guo Yuanzhen was not against him, so he knew that he had to use Hou Dehai's identity as the military commander and the celebrity around Wei to force Guo Yuanzhen to obey his orders.
Guo Yuanzhen saw this letter and thought it was fart. Wang Hua fought happily in this battle. If it weren't for the sake of taboo, he would have wanted to run to Shanzhou to pick up Wang Hua to drink. The Tang Dynasty army was still very brave at this time, and when fighting against the Turks, there were also wins and defeats.
But even with the Tubo people, they almost never won the battle. Wang Xiaojie's battle did not count, and they all left the Tubo border far away. It was difficult to attack it, so they captured the four towns.
And the process is very easy, just like dancing. Not only do you dance well, but you also follow your steps with the other person. Or just like the poem he wrote, the masts and oars were wiped out while laughing.
Talent, let these treacherous ministers and a queen with no ambitions force them out of the court. If the empress dowager is alive, Wang Huawen has literary talent and martial arts talent, then it is possible to assist the empress dowager and build a prosperous and powerful country. Unfortunately, she is forced to force her again and again.
In fact, it was not Wang Hua's contribution alone. Many ideas were come up with everyone, and they were preparing a few months in advance. I didn't think about it. Wang Hua's subordinates are now a concentration camp of famous generals. Most of the current or future generals of the Tang Dynasty were concentrated on Wang Hua's hands, so they have the results of today's battle. But how do the outside world know?
He was thinking of drinking with Wang Hua, but someone was anxious. After seeing Zong Chuke's letter, Hou Dehai immediately found Guo Yuanzhen and said, "General Guo, now the rebels are fighting with Tubo, so they should be able to attack the city, right?"
"Attack the city? How to attack, it's just attacking. Do you dare to go in?"
Hou Dehai was speechless, maybe he really didn't dare to go in, so he rubbed his head anxiously and said, "What should I do?"
“Waiting for the opportunity.”
Hou Dehai reacted, what was siege? When he thought of Zong Chuke's prompt, it was obviously the old boy who was singing operas with Wang Huamei to show the court. He took out the seal of the court and said, "General Guo, please send troops immediately."
Guo Yuanzhen became angry and shouted, "You are the general manager, I am the general manager! When will it be your turn to intervene in military affairs? Is it really a joke to have the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under my command?"
Lao Guo had sharp eyes, and his military talent was no less than Wang Hua. Not only did he not have the golden fingers of Wang Hua, he did not find these powerful generals, nor did he have the knowledge that Wang Hua had advanced for more than a thousand years. But his strategy was not weak.
Wang Hua looked like he had many crises and had not resolved much. Perhaps Wang Hua had this idea in his mind, but Guo Yuanzhen was outside the room, but he could see many things clearly. Mochu obviously made some bad agreements with some people in the court. But Mochu was old and treacherous. He was sitting and looking for the opportunity, and he might have other thoughts. It was impossible to expect him to send troops to Yinzhou immediately, and it would be at most involved. The new Tubo general was even more treacherous. However, this person would definitely send troops, but it is hard to say how determined he was.
Therefore, as long as Wang Hua deals with the army of Zong Chuke and Chang Yuankai, the situation will naturally be resolved. Although the number of two troops is huge, the chance of defeating Wang Hua under the leadership of a group of mediocre men is very small.
After this battle, it is very likely that the imperial court will be seriously injured. Moreover, it was the first move by the court and the Turkish people in conjunction with the Turks. Wang Hua would not give up, and even the eight states he borrowed immediately became twelve states and twenty states.
The embarrassing situation in the court is about to come.
With Wang Hua blocking the middle, the court could no longer point fingers at itself.
Therefore, he was very confident when he got angry.
Hou Dehai didn't know what he was thinking. When he heard Guo Yuanzhen was so arrogant, he said in anger: "You, you, you want to rebel too."
"Your group of people are simply referring to a deer as a horse, and they are turning black and white. I have been working in the border for so many years, but your mother actually says I am rebelling," Guo Yuanzhen pinched Hou Dehai's voice and said angrily.
Why is Wang Hua so far today? This group of people are forced to leave alive.
No matter what his intention was, he was really fighting with Tubo and defeating the Tubo people. If the court had not stopped him, Dafeichuan and Jishishan would have been in his pocket. After taking these two places, Tubo was compressed into the Yak River and Lushe City, which was so arrogant.
"If you say something more, be careful that I will use the crime of confusing the morale of the army and pull you out to sacrifice the flag." Guo Yuanzhen was also angry. As Hou Dehai's position as the military supervisor, it seemed that Guo Yuanzhen did not have the right to kill him. There was no need to cut him down. Guo Yuanzhen was very strong. Although he was in his fifties and pinched Hou Dehai's neck, Hou Dehai was still almost choking.
Fortunately, the soldiers next to them saw something wrong and immediately pulled them away, otherwise Dehai might have been strangled to death by Guo Yuanzhen.
Hou Dehai jumped up in anger, pointed at Guo Yuanzhen and said, "Okay, okay, you human trafficker, wait and see."
To be continued...