.Chapter 78: The Battle of the Gentleman (Part 1)

Li Wei did not hurry and called the envoys of Kang State, Dongcao State and Cao State, as well as the Dong'an State, the United States, Shi State, Shi State, He State and Zhongcao State who were here together today.

These countries, Kang State, have the largest influence in the Hezhong region. Since the Sui Dynasty, they have maintained good relations with the Central Plains. This time, when they heard about Li Wei's arrival, King Dusauboti specially sent his brother Wen to visit him. Wen is the surname of Kang State, and this is the name of a Han man. Li Wei doesn't know whether it was temporarily chosen.

The Cao State was accurately divided into Eastern Cao, Central Cao and Western Cao, surrounding Kang State, and even its kings sometimes came from the princes of Kang State. However, their relationship with Kang State was only an alliance relationship, and they became the country themselves. Among them, Western Cao State was the largest, and the Tang Dynasty also regarded Western Cao State as the orthodox of Cao State. No one cared about whether it was right or wrong. If Li Wei had not come to the Western Regions, who would have to take care of the complex relationships of these small countries in the Hezhong region. Dong'an State, also called the Hehan State, was a small country. An State was the biggest victim of the invasion of the Great Food, but there were still four hundred miles away from the Xiao'an State, and the envoy did not have time to come. There were other countries that did not have time to come because of the distance or other reasons.

Shi Kingdom was very close to Suye City, and was good at fighting. He had always had a harmonious relationship with the Tang Dynasty. In history, it was not until Gao Xianzhi committed tyranny in the Hezhong area that he defected to Dashi. This was a staunch ally of the Tang Dynasty. When Wang Fangyi pacified Ashinachebo, some soldiers came to help. It did not play a major role, but could express his feelings. In order to restrain the Western Turks, the Tang Dynasty specially set up the Dayuan Governor's Office in Shi Kingdom. Shi Kingdom actually had some relationship with Dayuan in history, and its king was also a Turk. This was only a sign of respect for the Shi Kingdom and transferred it to Kang Kingdom to an equal position. Therefore, after Ashina Helu was defeated and fled to Sudu City, Shi Kingdom, the city lord Inedagan General Helu was detained and sent.

Shi Kingdom, also known as Jieshuang, is close to the south of Kang Kingdom. It is also a powerful country, and has an important checkpoint, Tiemen. *** The song that people dream of regaining glory can reach Tiemen, which is here. The United States was less than a hundred miles southwest of Kang Kingdom, and was defeated by the Great Food during the Yonghui period. In the third year of Xianqing, he used his land as Nanmizhou and appointed his king Zhaowu Kaizhu as the governor. This little king was still alive and was harmed by the Great Food, so he had infinite hope for the Tang Dynasty and was a country that was very diligent in paying tribute. In addition, there were East America and Xiaoshi Kingdom, two smaller countries, which were also caught up in this second wave of conscientious messengers. Because of national strength, Li Wei expressed respect, but it was not very meaningful in his strategy.

He State is in the northwest of Kang State, which was summoned by Li Wei.

This country did not establish a vassal regime in the Tang Dynasty, so it regarded itself as a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Every time the envoys of the Tang Dynasty came, they would scatter flowers to welcome them, apply musk on their faces, and support them to worship them in the east. It was also a major grain-producing country. During the Yonghui period, envoys sent to inform them, and heard that the Tang Dynasty went out to fight against the west and were willing to export grain to the army. The main reason was to use the Tang Dynasty's hands to restrain the Turks. However, after the Tang Dynasty was in charge of the river, there was no military garrison, and the Turks were the main ones. In the past twenty years, in disappointment, no more tribute was paid.

Li Wei personally sent someone to invite him, and in addition to paying attention to its food, there is another reason. Religion!

The Hezhong area mainly believes in Zoroastrianism, and a very small number of people believe in Buddhism. The influence of the great food, a few people gradually convert to Islam. For example, in Kangguo, women have already gone out with black veils, which is exactly the custom of Islam. If they are not disgusted with religion Li Wei, whether Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, or Zoroastrianism, or Catholicism, the overall purpose is to teach the people to be good. There is only one premise, not to affect the normal development of the country, such as building temples, Li Wei definitely does not agree. It doesn’t matter if the temple is built, but do those monks who are exempt from duty have any hindrance to the country? Also, don’t interfere with the regime like the West. Finally, don’t run into the palace without any trouble, or even give tribute to small meatballs to poison the sect and the emperor himself.

However, the popularization of Islam laid the best cornerstone for the Dashi attack on the river. I don’t know if this He Kingdom was disappointed with the Tang Dynasty, and actually changed the state religion from Zoroastrianism to Islam. Therefore, He Kingdom became an important target for Li Wei to win over. The religion has only been changed for a short time and has little influence on the people, so it is still time to change it.

Not only these, we need to understand the customs, race, production, number of people and soldiers of various countries, attitudes towards the Tang Dynasty, conflicts, terrain, minerals, climate, etc. This time we come to the Hezhong area, which is a very tedious task. However, if you think carefully, you will lay a thick foundation for the future.

After these envoys arrived, Li Wei only made a few remarks and said nothing more. He only said one thing to all envoys, and if there is anything, we will talk about it after the fight is over.

They met with a clear intention and wanted to use the Tang Dynasty to resist the threats from the cannibals to them. But they believed and doubted it in their hearts. After the battle was over, they saw the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army. Only in this way could they have the authority to talk.

These envoys came to him in fear, not because they were afraid of Li Wei, but they immediately swallowed their faces and fought, for fear that the Tang Dynasty's army would be defeated and that they would be affected.

Li Wei said: "Are the Dashi Cavalry very powerful?"

"Yes." He said almost in unison, and more than half of the envoys could speak fluent Tang Dynasty words.

"So can our dynasty send tens of thousands of troops to protect you?"

All of this question was silenced.

The Tang Dynasty was just a ban, and it was fine. You just need to pay tribute. It was not blackmail. The Tang Dynasty would also have generous rewards. It was not taxed or paid grain. Why do you often send tens of thousands of troops to protect yourself? Take tens of thousands of troops to fight without any pension? No supply, no loss, no sacrifice?

What does the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty mean when asked? Should we change the Tang Dynasty's policies?

Li Wei did not care about their expressions and continued: "The Tang Dynasty can help you, but you must be strong on your own. Today I will demonstrate on-site how infantry defeated the cavalry."

I have to experiment and demonstrate to them by the way. Li Wei has no idea about the Hezhong yet, and the affairs of Tubo and the Turks are gone. What energy does he have to really rule the Hezhong? But they must maintain a certain combat effectiveness and not be swallowed up by the big food. In addition, the policy must be made to make some small mobilizations. Now, there is no rush to say that they will obey after this battle.

Another is religion.

The Great Cannibal once said three words to the conquest area: either you pay taxes obediently to our Great Food (very heavy tax), or you believe in our religion, or you are waiting for death. Because of the war with Byzantine, they are not very interested in the river. At most, they are invading, robbing people and robbing property, and then going back. The same is true for religion. After Li Wei entered the river, he planned to establish the authority of the Zoroastrian religion, but he couldn't control it at the moment. He had to talk to them, convince them, and cooperate.

After saying that, he waved his hand down and Zhang Zhiyuan issued an order.

Being his messenger, but it is also a kind of training.

With this order, Xue Ne, Xi Feng Lei, Liu Dezheng, Ye Ci Mingchuan, Tuoba Po led 15,000 people to all off the war horses. The generals who were trained from the capital did not move, and they still rode on the horse and continued to watch the scene. They still had to fight, and after the Turks were defeated, they each led 100 people to pursue them. In addition, Li Jinxing, Wang Fangyi and Guo Yuanzhen did not move, but still rode on the horse.

Under the command of their respective generals, 15,000 soldiers pushed out small cars from the camp.

This is another important prop for infantry to break cavalry.

Li Ling vs. 100,000 Xiongnu soldiers, and Liu Yu's terrifying moon formation were all made of cars as important props. Including Pei Xingjian's battle in Heishan, he also used the cover of a baggage van. The car was temporarily made and some small props were also made.

The hook, sickle, thick machete, and thick axe were made in Luoyang. In addition to these weapons, they also brought some simple catapults and powerful crossbows. The others are all conventional weapons, such as bows and arrows, spears, guns, improved horizontal swords, spears and shields, and guns.

Everyone knows how to push the cart, and set up temporary city walls to block the impact of the cavalry. However, these carts are very pitiful, because they are temporarily made, not only thin, but also very short. In addition, some pointed spears were prepared, which were also sharpened with wood, which were planned to be projected as javelins. These pointed spears are also pitiful, all of which are pointed wood, and there is no iron spear. Although they have suffered a great defeat on their face, they will at least wear leather armor when they go to the battlefield. Can these pointed spears work?

Not only that, there were only 7,000 Tang troops riding on horseback. However, more than 10,000 Tang troops set off their war horses, leaving a large number of empty horses behind, and had to send soldiers down to take care of them.

The envoy from the Ministry of the Ministry asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, are you too trusting..."

It’s hard to ask for a big word.

"I ask you, is it an iron spear expensive or is it such a simple spear expensive?"

"It's it..." But I even doubt that war cannot be said to be expensive, it is best to wear vine armor to make bamboo bows, arrows and bamboo swords the cheapest. But in that case, can you still win the war?

Li Wei asked again: "What if the war is at a critical moment and there are insufficient weapons?"

"But..." It is said that this simple spear can be used locally anytime and anywhere. As long as there are trees, you can produce as many as you want, but can it have lethality? Moreover, when fighting on the grassland, almost everyone is riding on horseback, and the role of this spear is even more pitiful. Moreover, these spears are thicker and longer than conventional spears. Some people doubt whether the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had the strength to project it.

However, the envoys of these countries in the river were interested.

They were similar to the Tang Dynasty. There were many countries with semi-cultivation and semi-pardon, and their arms were also intertwined with infantry and cavalry. However, they could not learn the tactics of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Modao weapons with huge lethality. They could not even make Modao. How could they establish such a military force?

However, this tactic of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a complete subversion of the previous tactics of the Tang Dynasty and seemed to be easier to learn.

At this time, the sound of horns came from both east and west, one long and one short, and it was a report of peace.

Influenced by Pei Xingjian, Li Wei came here to inquire about the weather.

Because the Mediterranean Sea is affected, the weather often blows in summer. According to some proverbs of old farmers who are familiar with the weather in the Qihe area, Li Wei observed the weather. According to these proverbs, the weather is normal for about two days, that is, the wind direction is not easy to change.

I don’t know if Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang’s battle in later generations. Zhu Yuanzhang used the change of wind direction and used fire attacks to observe the weather in a rough way. But it was a very important part of the war.

The place Li Wei chose was not only a battle between gentlemen, but also a temptation to suck his face and annihilate it in one fell swoop. Therefore, he chose this empty area. But there is a fatal weakness. It is close to the desert area. Although it is a Gobi Desert area, there is very little sand and dust. Tens of thousands of cavalry running, and a lot of dust will inevitably rise. The wind cannot be observed or not, and it cannot be judged by the wind. But as long as the wind blows, it can curl up dust and fog and charm the soldiers' sight.

This is the link that Li Wei is most worried about.

Therefore, many scouts were sent early in the morning to observe the situation on both sides.

However, Asuna Tscher did not use it.

Riding on the horse, Li Wei couldn't help but smile and said, "He's really a little furry."

A very contemptuous tone, at this level, I still want to compete with my own army?

Not only Li Wei laughed, but Wang Fangyi also laughed. At the military meeting last night, Li Wei deliberately talked about this and took some preventive measures. The man who swallowed the face did not do this, which further increased the ease of victory today.

Of course, after all, it was only when the soldiers dared to use this tactic for drilling when they saw a new defeat, a huge loss in strength, and lack confidence in their soldiers.

Hearing the sound of the trumpet of peace, Li Wei made another gesture, and Zhang Zhiyuan issued another order. Some soldiers took out sacks from the camp, and no one could see what was contained in it. They first sent it to two trenches and then to the soldiers behind the wall of the car.

The formation was also very strange. Each trench was nearly eighty meters away, and the second trench was seventy or eighty meters away from the car wall. It was more than one hundred meters away from the middle. In other words, the soldiers of the first trench were barely protected within the range of the bow and arrow.

It's really hard. Except for some powerful horn bows and powerful crossbows, it's not as good as a range of more than 100 meters.

Moreover, all the steps of the Tang Dynasty have been gentle until now, not like a war. Instead, it was an exercise.

Not only the Tang army, Ashinachol also sent scouts. Although it was a war between gentlemen, they were still afraid of the conspiracy of the Tang people. The scouts came back to report that there was no ambush within a radius of dozens of miles. Or they met the scouts of the Tang Dynasty and some fierce battles occurred. The consequences of this fierce battle also made the scouts who were on the verge of the Scouts frustrated.

Li Wei used scouts not only to spy on news, but also to prevent small-scale fights when scouts meet. If scouts have the upper hand, they will have the confidence and strength to inquire more carefully. Therefore, the scouts sent are almost the most fierce soldiers. When the scouts of the two armies meet, the consequences of the fight can be imagined. The scouts who are on the verge of the face were killed very miserably.

But this battle was just a small-scale battle, and the deaths of dozens of people did not affect the overall situation. I also got the news that Chur needed.

Since the Tang Dynasty army had no other ambush, it ordered the three armies to advance slowly. They should maintain their horsepower and keep them for decisive battles. Therefore, the troops on the verge of the face were also slowly rushing. It seemed that the two sides were gentle and elegant, like a lover, with affectionate ties, and there was no sign of any war.

A gentleman fights!

At least now, there has been almost no such moderate battle in history.

The man who swallowed the face arrived. He saw large clusters of black shadows from afar, revealing his figure in the dust.

Li Wei shouted: "Rise the flag."
Chapter completed!