Chapter 138: Talk about Dafeichuan again

An autumn rain comes.

Strictly speaking, it is not autumn. The sky is just after the beginning of autumn, and the weather is still very hot. But with the smell of autumn rain, it is not very big, but it is continuous. It stays for a while, and lasts for a day and a night.

It came a little late, just for ten or eight days, which was useless for the Mid-Autumn Festival harvest in Guan. Of course, it is better to be better than the summer harvest, otherwise what should I do next year? Then it was reported that the court began to discuss the Dayun Festival again.

This is shameless. But my father understood a little bit. In this era, everything was led to ghosts and gods, and years of disasters put a lot of pressure on my father. I had to do this.

While thinking about it, Li Zhi sent an eunuch to invite him to the palace city to discuss matters.

In Li Zhi's imperial study, there were Yan Liben, Hao Chujun and several prime ministers, as well as several ministers. Another person came, Zuo Xiang Jiang Ke. He looked at him strangely. Why did this person come to Luoyang when he is in Chang'an?

He was suspicious, but his etiquette was not lost, and he said, "See your father and I have met several ministers of the ministers."

"Sit," Li Zhi asked him to sit down and said again: "Jiang Qing will go to Liangzhou soon."

Now Luoyang is not in Chang'an, so he did not see the official newspaper. When he heard his father's order, he also understood. Not only did it rain in Luoyang, but it was probably that autumn rain began to fall in Guanzhong and other places, at least the wheat and barley in autumn can be sown, so the matter of Tubo was on the agenda again.

He bowed his hand and said, "Mr. Jiang, I wish you a good journey."

"I dare not," but Jiang Ke's expression was not very good-looking.

Li Zhi said again: "I have seen the strategies you and Dai Qing, Zhang Qing, Liu Qing and Jiang Qing at the beginning."

"That is because the son minister is ignorant and does not know the importance of the matter. He said the shallow thoughts in his heart. Please forgive me for your sins."

"It's very shallow, but there are some advantages. I ask you, why is Da Feichuan's defeat so severe that I did not execute Guo Waifeng?"

"My son doesn't know."

"Look at the map." He threw the map over and said, "Look at how far Dafeichuan is from Wuhai."

It was very far away, not like later generations. At this time, from Qinghai to Wuhai, including Dafeichuan, the water and grass were lush, and many places were swamps. The trip was even more difficult. Li Wei looked at it and said, "I still don't understand."

"Xue Rengui is far away in Wuhai and once ordered Guo Zhifeng to transport supplies to Wuhai. In this battle, there were many Tubo soldiers. Xue Rengui wanted to obtain the enemy's food route, so he went to Wuhai first, that is, to obtain tens of thousands of cattle and sheep from the enemy, and to dismantle the Tubo coalition. Tubo also used this intention. From Dafeichuan to Wuhai for hundreds of miles, if the baggage was escorted to Wuhai, the less troops would be intercepted by the Tubo people. Under Xue Rengui's urging, he had to go all out. Guo Zhifeng's mistakes were also caused by Xue Rengui's failure."

This is the most common saying now.

However, this is not the case. Li Wei also talked with Xue Ne for this matter. At first, he underestimated the situation in Qinghai. The court was very ambitious and appointed Xue Rengui as the chief general of the Lusa Dao Army. This Lusa was another transliteration of Lusa City, which was to prepare to adopt Tubo as a Taoist in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, after the defeat of Dafeichuan, the Tang Dynasty had no idea about the word Lusa Dao. So Xue Rengui came with a military force, using Dafeichuan as the stronghold and marched into Wuhai. This was prepared as the first battle. If this battle was won, it was possible to use Doma City as the stronghold and march towards Sinuoluo Post for the second battle. Or use Gumang Gorge as the third stronghold and Xianggechuan Post for the third battle. Then enter Lusa City.

In short, after the defeat, Li Zhi was furious. Now the Tang Dynasty is not like the Song Dynasty. It often has more than one million troops. It doesn’t matter if it loses more than one hundred thousand people. The total population is only a small one, and there are not many troops in the country. It seems to be in all directions, and it often fights. Something happened here, conquered here, and another one happened. In addition, the civilians lost 100,000 most powerful troops and labor, Li Zhi was very distressed. Then he sent the censor Le Yanwei to observe the cause of the failure, and then took Xue Rengui, Guo Daifeng, and Ashinadaozhen back to the capital with shackles.

However, in the end, the death penalty was forgiven and the official was removed from office.

After Xue Rengui returned home, he reviewed himself and began to evade the situation. If the two states of Shankuo were used as strongholds, the Tang Dynasty had a good foundation and lured the enemy to come. Although Lun Qinling was very powerful in using troops, he was also confident that he would win. However, the generals of the defeated army did not speak of their courage. After the defeat, they had a private discussion with Lun Qinling and escaped, which was even more shameful. So they only talked about the door.

Li Wei still did not agree with this, and he might not have suffered a big defeat, but if he wanted to win, he might not have to be in the two states of Shankuo. Later generations clearly ranked the generals of this era, and Qinling ranked first. This is not what the Tubo people said, but what the Han people themselves said. It is not okay to not admit it. There are also the people who broke the storm later and the people from Khitan, who can't remember the names, and it is also very powerful. As long as Guo Zhifeng is restless, he will use Shanzhou as a base and may fail, and at most it is not that miserable.

Then Xue Rengui said another thing like his son, and also mentioned it when he was discerning himself. But after entering Dafeichuan, Xue Rengui felt that it was not very good. Don’t march into Luoshecheng. He could achieve a dazzling victory in Tuyuhun like the Sui Dynasty or Li Jing, and he could explain it when he went back. Of course, these angry words were just to say to his son. But when he left Dafeichuan Ridge, he said to Guo Tiefeng, "The sea is far away and the car is difficult. If you lead the baggage, you will be in trouble and you will be defeated and you will be frustrated. There are many miasma, so it is not appropriate to stay for a long time. After preparing for the battle, Tuyuhun was pacified, and then the army returned to the court.

So he set up a plan to lead Guo Tiefeng and Ashinadaozhen to station 20,000 troops in Dafeichuanling to guard food, grass and military supplies. He went to the mouth of Jishihe River and defeated the Tubo coalition. As for Guo Tiefeng's 20,000 troops, he had no intention. He could attack the enemy and intercept cattle and sheep, and the Tubo people would do the same. However, based on Dafeiling, there was danger to defend, and the 20,000 troops could defend for some time. At this time, the soldiers attacked by Tubo were already exhausted.

Then he led his army back. What would happen if the food was lost? The soldiers under his command would definitely be full of fighting spirit. The morale of both sides was higher and defeated hundreds of thousands of coalition forces in one fell swoop. This was the intention of taking Xiang Yu to burn the boat. But Guo Daifeng had no prejudice with him, and he did not even have any negotiation. He ordered some supplies to be escorted, but not food and grass. So many cattle and sheep were seized. They were not eaten for fun? There were also military supplies, but most of the weapons of the Tubo people were still very backward and were not applicable. But he did not expect that Guo Daifeng did not obey the order and drove 20,000 troops and civilians to Wuhai. When Xue Rengui heard the urgent, he quickly ordered him to march quickly. This was also the origin of Guo Daifeng's cunning judgment later. However, Guo Daifeng was still not too slow, and Xue Rengui sent two thousand elite troops to cover it, but everything was too late...

Therefore, Xue Rengui said to Xue Ne: "In this battle, I have many dereliction of duty as my father."

This was what Xue Rengui said to Xue Na before leaving. Xue Na was taciturn. If it weren't for Li Wei and seemed to admire his father very much in his words, he wouldn't have said this to his son when Xue Rengui went to Goryeo. It was not repentance or something, but to teach Xue Na to learn the success or failure of the success or failure, including the climate of Tubo, etc., and all of them were taught to his son, so it should be more credible.

However, Li Wei would not argue foolishly. Although Guo Daifeng's father died in Kucha, when Li Shimin fought against Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande raised troops to help, and many generals and advised Li Shimin to retreat. Only his father Guo Xiaoke said that the Dou army was tired from afar, and he was defending Hulao Pass and wiped out the enemy in one fell swoop. Wang Shichong's army was naturally depressed. When the two thieves were captured, Li Shimin followed the advice and this battle was the most tragic and important battle in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It can be said that this battle occupied at least one-third of the contributions to the Tang Dynasty's unification. Therefore, the Guo family had a good relationship with many powerful people, and Xue Rengui made a lot of contributions. After all, he was a farmer. Besides, he had a responsibility, so Li Wei said: "What the father said is reasonable."

"But why did I forgive Xue Rengui?"

"My son doesn't know."

"After all, I was wrong, underestimated the Tubo people, so I appointed Xue Rengui as the chief general of Lusadao. Everyone at the top and the bottom of the country was indifferent to the enemy, so how could he not defeat him?"

It's okay to say this, but Li Wei dared not answer.

Li Zhi said again: "I have implemented the idea you came up with."

"I am ashamed of my son," although Li Wei said this, but he was thinking, why did I hear any news? It seems that this matter is kept secret, but I don't know what the purpose of my father telling it out today?

"But the news I received is a bit complicated, Jiang Qing, you say."

"Here, Your Highness, Tubo is vast and the terrain is complex. The Ministry of War used some smart and loyal foreign soldiers as scouts and entered Qinghai and other areas of Tubo. Some were far away. Now the scouts have not come back, but the scouts nearby have brought back news one after another. Most tribes agreed, and only a few tribes were loyal to Tubo and killed our scouts. But the situation is a bit complicated. First of all, there are tribes. Some tribes are hereditary, some tribes have abdication, some tribe chiefs have great powers, some tribe chiefs have no rights, and some tribe chiefs have very small rights. Some tribes, such as Dangxiang, have eight surnames, and they are not unified, and even the same surname is not the same. Some are unified, and some are not unified. Let's talk about loyalty. Sincerity, some tribes are very loyal to Tubo, some are very loyal to Tubo, some are very loyal to Tubo, some are unfaithful, such as Yang Tong, and the entire Yang Tong has won soldiers and tens of thousands of soldiers. It is a very strong tribe in the territory of Tubo, which rebels and surrenders, but not all tribes surrender or submit to Tubo. For example, now Yang Tong has some tribes dissatisfied with Tubo, but some are very loyal to Tubo. There is a large tribe called the Wulu tribe, which is very loyal to Tubo and is preparing to marry the princess in the clan to Tubo Zamp. Some tribes are chiefs who are loyal to Tubo, but the people are not loyal to Tubo. There is only one thing, after hearing this, they all expressed their conscience to our Tang Dynasty, and even said that they could use the clan members to borrow merchants and transport the materials back to the tribe themselves."

"Hong'er, you understand."

"My son understands that Mr. Jiang means that our Tang Dynasty is not old enough, so I give them supplies. Even if I am dissatisfied with Tubo, all the people in the clan may not be willing to help us in the Tang Dynasty, and it is even possible that these supplies will be used to deal with our Tang Dynasty in turn."

"Your Highness, I am just thinking about this. Moreover, my words are not clear, customs are not clear, habits are not clear, the roads are very difficult, and it is difficult for the scouts to get in and hear useful news. Besides, some of these tribes of all sizes have as many as hundreds of thousands, and some have only a few hundred, and the materials are not easy to allocate. Even funding is also very difficult."

"Honger, do you have any plan?"

Li Wei felt dizzy, what strategy could I have? But this father seemed to have gotten some sweetness from him, which was a good omen. So he lowered his head and thought bitterly. This is not a joke. Once implemented, if these people really use the weapons provided by the Tang Dynasty and oppose the Tang Dynasty, they will be in trouble. It seems that the Vietnamese in his previous life did this, from weapons to food and technology, they all provided by the Chinese, but what happened later?

After a while, he said, "I have an immature idea. I'll tell you first, you can make a reference."

"explain."
Chapter completed!