Tibet

Chapter 256
The supervisor Bian Lingcheng also received [-] dinar gold coins, which is equivalent to [-] guan coins in the Tang Dynasty. Bian Lingcheng was very happy. He immediately expressed his support for Li Ye as the envoy of Suiye soldiers. He went to talk.

Bingmashi is a dispatching officer, not a formal official position. It is equivalent to representing Jiedushi in charge of soldiers and horses in Suiye Junzhen. Its corresponding official position is township general. Township generals need to be appointed by the court. There are tenures.

The soldiers and horses are different, there is no term of office, even if it is only three months, it is not a problem to serve for a few years, it only needs to be filed with the court.

But then again, soldiers and horse envoys are not Jiedu envoys, who can appoint a dog or a cat at will. After all, they have to be registered with the court, and the court has to conduct a qualification review.

If Gao Xianzhi randomly appointed one of his personal soldiers as a military envoy, there would be no problem in terms of law, but it would definitely cause big trouble.

First of all, the court cannot pass the hurdle. Although it is within the purview of the Jiedushi, the court must file a record, and the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War must conduct qualification reviews. If Gao Xianzhi wants to fight against the imperial court and forcibly appoint him, then the imperial court will suggest to the emperor to remove Gao Xianzhi from the post of Jiedu envoy. Got Anxi Jiedushi.

Gao Xianzhi also thought about it over and over again. He appointed Li Ye as the envoy of Suiye soldiers. There was a very important reason. Gao Xianzhi had just received a letter from the court official department. Gao Xianzhi appointed Li Ye as Suiye's envoy, so there was no problem in terms of qualifications and legal principles.

What does it mean that there is a problem with the law?

For example, Gao Xianzhi appointed Hexi Jiedu Mansion to join the army as Suiye's envoy, or appointed Longwu Junlang as Suiye's envoy, which is a legal problem.

In addition to the hurdle of imperial court review, there are also generals who will not accept it. Suiye Junzhen is a first-class military town alongside the four Anxi towns. The highest military rank in Anxi is Jiedushi, and the next is the four towns The envoys, and then the military envoys of the five towns, the envoys of Suiye soldiers and horses have a high status, and without enough military merit and qualifications, all the generals will oppose it.

However, Li Ye followed Feng Changqing to crusade against the Shiguo, and made great contributions only in the battle of capturing the Golden Fort, and then led the Bahana army in Bahana to defeat the joint attack of the Dashi army and the Shiguo army, and was sealed. In order to pull sweat, protect the country and Ye Hu.

What's more, there are the Battle of Juyanhai and the Battle of Exterminating Xue in Hexi, and the Battle of Abs in Shuofang.

But he is the grandson of Li Xiangguo, he has the title of Duke of Jinshan County, and the rank of General Mingyuan. His rank is so high that, except for Gao Xianzhi, he is the only one in Anxi.

Li Xiangguo's grandson wanted to come to Anxi for gilding, and he didn't fight with him for money and rice, so why should he be a villain, so the generals knew it well, and no one would object.

Here are a few more words. Since ancient times, there has been a rule in the officialdom not to be in the state, county, or province. In fact, it is the same now. How can you be a leader without grassroots work experience?

This is true for civil servants, and the same is true for military generals, and military generals are more concerned about seniority. Military merit is one thing, but without seniority, and without being a general at the grassroots level, it is difficult to be promoted to a high position.

Of course, except for special circumstances, it is not uncommon for children of the royal family or the powerful to hold high positions in the military at a young age.

Li Linfu appointed his grandson as the head of the scout team the year before last, with great foresight and foresight, in order to add a low-level general experience to Li Ye's resume.

With a background, military exploits, and qualifications, it is difficult not to get promoted.

However, Li Ye didn't have time to inspect Suiye's military office, and just an hour after Gao Xianzhi signed the letter of appointment, the [-] troops set off with the goal of attacking everyone.

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Juzhanti belongs to the country of Cao, which is Leninabat in Tajikistan today, also known as Huzhande. It is the entrance to the Fergan Basin and guards the main channel of the Pearl River. Its strategic location is very important.

The Great Food Army must have dispatched troops from Khorasan, Persia, to conquest Hezhong. Generally, there are two roads, one is to enter Tochara westward, and then turn north to enter the Hezhong Basin from Juzhanti.

This road is to enter Afghanistan from Iran today, and then turn north to Tajikistan. Tajikistan is known as the country of plateaus. The current road is very difficult, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

The other road is from Khorasan in Persia to the north, first to the nine kingdoms of Sogdia, and then to the east. , and then cross the Karakum Desert to reach the Amu Darya River,
Of course, as early as the era of the Great Food in White Clothes, the Great Food Army had made preparations for the eastward expansion for more than ten years, and the preparations were very thorough. They controlled the crucial Karakum River and built several supply cities along the way. As long as you march along the Karakum River, you can reach Samujan, the capital of Kang, which is today's Samarkand, within ten days.

Opening up these two roads gave birth to two foreign legions, the Tocharian Legion and the Sogdian Legion.

Gao Xianzhi wanted to seize Juzhanti, largely because he did not want the food army to go to the east. Once the food army went to the east, it would inevitably occupy the Tocharian area. Gao Xianzhi was worried that the change in the situation in Tocharo would attract the Tubo army. echo.

Gao Xianzhi's real goal was not to disturb the Tubo army, so it was inevitable for the Tang army to attack and fight.

After marching for ten days, [-] Tang troops arrived at Juzhanti. At this time, there were [-] Dashi Tucharian troops in the city. Hearing that the main force of the Tang army had arrived, the chief general of the Dashi army, Eguri, was so frightened that he closed the city gate tightly and sent people to chase him away. Go to Khorasan and ask Governor Abu Muslim for help.

The Tang army set up a large camp on the north bank of the Zhenzhu River. On the opposite bank was Juzhanti City. The city was about two feet high. Like the Kesai City in Bahana, it was also built with huge stones, but there was no moat, and the city gates were relatively old.

Gao Xianzhi stood by the river and stared at the city on the other side for a long time. He smiled and asked Li Ye, "This city has a big defensive loophole, has General Li noticed it?"

Li Ye nodded, "The Juzhan Ti River passes through the city, splitting the city in half. If it was a city in the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, it would have built a water gate, but it didn't."

"What's the siege plan?" Gao Xianzhi asked again.

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "We can use the strategy of building plank roads in the open and keeping the warehouse in the dark. On the surface, we are planning to attack from the river. The other party will definitely think so, but in fact we are still over the wall."

Li Ye's suggestion touched Gao Xianzhi's heart, and he also considered it in the same way.

"What if the enemy retreats?"

"The commander-in-chief needs to arrange the army, advance to the north gate first, and intercept the enemy's retreat!"

Gao Xianzhi nodded and said with a smile: "Feng Changshi told me the process of attacking the Golden Fort in detail, and praised you as the king of sneak attacks. How about it? I'll build the plank road in the open, and you will be in charge of keeping Chen Cang in secret!"

Li Ye cupped his fists and said, "I am willing to serve the commander in chief!"

The chief general Eguri stood at the head of the city, watching the movement of the Tang army in the distance. He could vaguely see that the Tang army was preparing rafts on the Zhenzhu River, and there were countless rafts.

This is obviously not for crossing the river. Tang Jun has already built a pontoon bridge on the Pearl River.

Eguri was taken aback, and he immediately realized that the Tang army was going to attack the city by water.

Lieutenant General Curry suggested: "The Tang army must be attacking from the waterway. I recommend that you be prepared with both hands. If you can hold it, you will defend it. If you can't hold it, evacuate immediately!"

Another general said: "Although the Tang army is going to attack from the river, they may not be able to attack. Rafts are afraid of bows and arrows. As long as we block the water with bows and arrows, the Tang army may not be able to attack, but we must beware of the Tang army entering the city from the river mouth in the north! "

The general's suggestion was right in the arms of Eguri. He also believed that as long as the river was blocked with dense bows and arrows, most of the soldiers of the Tang army would fall into the water and suffer heavy losses.

Eguri immediately ordered: "Let the whole army assemble and practice the river closure tactics!"

(End of this chapter)