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Chapter 492 Jiong and Thunder ([-])
"Erlang, it's not said in the military book that soldiers are expensive and fast. Why is the marching speed so slow this time?" If it takes more than a day to travel from Shanzhou to Shicheng Castle, it can be solved at the speed of almost all cavalry in Wang Hua's hands now, but Wang Hua walked slowly for two days, but he still hadn't arrived.So Li Xuejun asked strangely.

"Mr. Xue, do you need to bring siege equipment to attack the stone castle? You also know that the stone castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it will take a long time to conquer it. To the east of the pasture is Jiuqu, but the soldiers have to carry food, right?"

But he brought a lot of food, siege equipment, and other weird things.Therefore, in addition to the [-] troops, a large number of civilian husbands, livestock, horses, carts and ox carts were also drawn.Wang Hua's attack was normal, that is, Dao Dayan attacked Hezhou and Shanzhou, brought some siege equipment, and went to attack the stone castle.

But with Li Xue's beautiful blue eyes, she rolled her eyes, which means it's strange to believe you.

The two rode on horses and walked in the front of the team. One was tall and burly, the other was slim, and they looked like an incomparable match.Although Li Xuejun, as a woman, was at the forefront of this army, it was a bit weird.But none of the Blood Battalion soldiers raised any objections. On the contrary, they agreed in their hearts.

Li Xuejun also became another legend. First he went deep into Tuqishi alone, and then joined hands with Wang Hua to escape from the palace.Almost no one has seen who Li Xuejun has fought against, but this kind of skill is also in their imagination from time to time.

Li Xuejun didn't believe that Wang Hua marched so slowly, it was as simple as he said.

Similarly, Di Dayan did not believe that Wang Hua was so simple, although Wang Hua should do so logically.

What is he going to do?
Fu Dayan scratched his head and couldn't figure it out, he was going crazy.

This victory news also spread to Chang'an, it was not Wang Hua's biography, he would pass it on, but the battle was not over yet.This was passed down by local officials.

At that time, all the officials of the early court in the court opened their mouths wide open, and nine out of ten ministers could stuff eggs into their mouths.

Isn't Wang Hua in Lingzhou?Why did they fight already?And the victory was so disparate.Could it be that Dayan is an idiot?Some ministers really think so.What an idiot, Tubo will let him take charge of Jishi Mountain and Dafeichuan?You must know that the main enemies of the Tang Dynasty were Tubo and Turks, and the main enemies of Tubo were also the Tang Dynasty.They want to expand, whether it is the Jiuqu or the Hexi Corridor, they are all places with rich water and grass, where they can graze and cultivate, but these areas that the Tubo people covet are the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The area that Dayan is in charge of can be said to be one of the most important areas in Tubo.

As a result, when I asked, many people knew about the general situation of Tubo. Not only was Di Dayan not an idiot, but he was also a famous general in Tubo.

But I don't understand, since he is a famous general, why did he lose so badly?

The emperor and ministers were happy to defeat Tubo, and Wang Hua's recapture of the stone castle was even more meaningful to the Tang Dynasty.But the monarchs and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty felt a chill.

Li Xian sat on the dragon chair, which was obviously good news, but he felt that there were gusts of cold wind blowing in the July Heaven Hall.He opened his mouth to ask, but he didn't ask for a long time.

Zhang Shuo sighed in his heart, if it wasn't for Webster's disorderly government, there would be such an embarrassing situation today.Or if Wang Hua could get support from the imperial court, maybe he could really wipe out Tubo.No wonder he classified Tubo and Turks as the most central states on the map.Pity.

But in this way, none of the ministers dared to take the initiative to send troops to Lingzhou to take back the eight states from Wang Hua.

Similarly, the common people were also very confused. After all, the Tang Dynasty controlled the state machine, and there was no clear statement in the court, but officials in various states and counties were secretly ordered to promote Wang Hua's plot to rebel against the country.But is Wang Hua's move counted as treason?Since he had beaten Tubo so badly, couldn't he quickly expand the eight states?Since rebellion, why really provoke Tubo, a powerful enemy?
It's not that Wang Hua didn't think about the reaction when the news spread, and that's what he wanted.

Now that he has arrived at the Stone Castle, he also took a look after he arrived. The Stone Castle is a city, rather it is an ancient European castle, and it is not very big.Wang Hua didn't know what it was like before, but he knew that it was just a military camp and a small city was built, but it definitely wasn't what it is now.

Now there is a neat row of crenels on the top of the city to prevent the enemy from throwing arrows up from below.There is a round hole in the crenel, which is used to shoot arrows down.This is an ordinary city wall structure.But there are three urns next to the city wall, and there is a row of twisted spiral stairs on the urns.This has a strong Tubo architectural flavor.It seems that it was rebuilt after the Tubo occupation in the later period.

This tall urn city undoubtedly increased the lethality when the enemy attacked.

Although it is not very big, its defense capability is already very strong.

Historically, because the Tang Dynasty dedicated Jiuqu to Tubo, Tubo returned the stone castle to the Tang Dynasty again, with Chiling as the boundary.But later Tubo saw the importance of its geographical location and took it back again, and the Tang Dynasty took it back again.Because of this construction, every battle is extremely tragic.

There were only [-] soldiers in the stone castle, which was also the information that had been spied on a long time ago, but he didn't feel nervous because of the arrival of a strong enemy.

This was caused by one person. Hearing Wang Hua's arrival, Ke Zanre immediately rushed from Dafeichuan to guard it himself.

This is also a brave general, and Wang Hua admired it in his heart.But admiration does not mean that Wang Hua will let Ke Zanre go.

But Wang Hua did not attack the city, it was not as complicated as Du Dayan imagined. To attack the city head-on, he would need many soldiers to take the city down. After taking it down, he might lose half of his troops.Is it worth it?Could it be that he really wanted to take down the Stone Castle, then take down Dafeichuan, and then take down Wuhai City.The brain can't be broken!
But he really has a way to take down the stone castle, but he is useless.

After turning around, he ordered the only passage in the stone castle to be blocked. If he didn't want to die, he set up a camp on this passage, which happened to lead to the south, and there was a small stream not far away, which could provide a source of water.Wang Hua did not expect to cut off the water source of Stone Castle.There is a lot of food in the stone castle. Although it is surrounded by mountains, the foundation is low-lying and wet, so wells can be drilled, which is enough for the soldiers and horses in the city to have drinking water.

So Wang Hua did another thing, sending [-] soldiers to cross Chiling (Sun Moon Mountain), the place to the west has really belonged to the Tubo people.Then the operation began, from Yuchichuan (Daotanghe) to Moliyi and Dafeichuan began to plunder people and livestock.

There are a large number of Tuyuhun people living in this area, and now the Tuyuhun people say in the history books that the country has really perished.However, it still has a puppet regime. Tubo supported a Tuyuhun Khan, who only regarded himself as a nephew.Moreover, among the small tribes in Tubo, the Khan of Tuyuhun and his subordinate officials, Duhu and Qianhu, had a very high status, far superior to the Dangxiang people and the Han people.Of course, the lowest status is the Han officials, purely a plaything.

This is just like Wang Jingwei, who enslaved the people of Tuyuhun through this puppet Khan.Therefore, the people of Tuyuhun did not benefit, and the taxation was cruel. More than 4000% of the grain (mainly highland barley) was paid as tribute. Because the tools were outdated, sheep were used. The people not only use sheep, but also use cattle to carry food and taxes.It's just taxation.There is also a military tax, and Tuyuhun must dispatch a large number of soldiers when Tubo participates in the war.Just like this time when Godayan sent troops to Shanzhou, not only more than 6000 strongest soldiers were transferred from Tuyuhun, but also more than [-] ordinary people were transferred to do labor to collect food.

Therefore, a large number of Tuyuhun people fled to the Tang Dynasty.

However, this area is rich in water and grass, and there are still many people of various ethnic groups living in it.

Wang Hua is aimed at these common people.

Region-by-region capture.In fact, this is Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.Originally, most of the people wanted to escape from this sea of ​​suffering, but the Tibetans and their own Khan watched them very closely, and there was no way to escape.Now that the Wang Hua faction army is covering, eight out of ten people are extremely happy.

This is also the credit of Wang Hua.From the time of Mohegan, they secretly took in a large number of Tuyuhun and Dangxiang fugitives, and treated them very well, with almost no taxation.As for military service, it is almost commonplace in this area, and Mo Hegan recruited a large number of young and middle-aged men, which did not arouse resentment.When Wang Hua came, he brought this trend to its peak.Not only took them in, but also sent the warriors of these tribes back secretly to encourage them.

As a result, many people could not live on, climbed up Chiling, and looked at Linfan City (Duoba in Huangzhong), Suirong City (south of Huangyuan County), Dingrong City (sixty miles southwest of Linfan City, this The three small satellite cities plus Shancheng are guarding Shanzhou's safety) in a daze, thinking that there is heaven.

So this capture is weird.

But Wang Hua was hitting Tuyuhun Khan in the face with his hand.

There are many Tuyuhun ethnic groups, and Qinghai today is far from the Qinghai of later generations. Although the ice and snow are still the same, most of the places are lush with aquatic plants, and the population density is no less than that of the Yinchuan Plain.There were more than 200 million people living from Dafeichuan to Jishishan. At its peak, Tubo dispatched more than 20 troops from Tuyuhun and Dangxiangren to invade the Tang Dynasty.

But if you don't capture the people in so many places, why do you have to run across Chiling?

There is no one else, because the Tuyuhun tooth tent is not far from the place where Wang Hua captured the people (Gonghe County is not iron-tied).

Tuyuhun Khan Mo He almost wanted to call up the army, but before Di Dayan could speak, he and Wang Hua were singled out.Pulled down by the elders of the tribe, he only asked, "Khan, how many units can you command?"

Mo He was discouraged after hearing this.Although Tubo supported Tuyuhun Khan, the authentic Khan Nuohebo defected to the Tang Dynasty more than [-] years ago with thousands of tooth tents.The Tang Dynasty then placed them in Mingsha County, Lingzhou.Afterwards, countless people defected, and the government of the Tang Dynasty accepted all those who came, scattered them and resettled them in the Hexi Corridor.Now it is almost integrated with the Tang Dynasty.

However, Tuyuhun still had many tribes in Tubo territory. Although he was clearly the Khan of Tuyuhun, the orders issued by Tubo were not as effective as those issued by Tubo people.

Now under Wang Hua's prestige, which tribe is willing to listen to his mobilization and go all out with Wang Hua?

But he was still unwilling, you and Daliyan just fight, why bother with me.When you sent Princess Jincheng to get married, my mother and I led the crowd to welcome you in person and treated you with great hospitality.Isn't this clearly revenge?
He continued to growl like thunder.

At this moment, his mother Chibang also held him back and said, "Moheer, write a letter to Luoxiecheng."

Chibang is not only his mother, but also has a special identity, the princess of Tubo.The Ganqing Tubo people also learned this trick from the Tang Dynasty.But people have learned it cleverly. I married my daughter to make money and was a slave. On the contrary, the married daughter of the Tang Dynasty was seriously degraded.

The old queen could see now that Fu Dayan was not Wang Hua's opponent, and if Wang Hua continued to toss about, he might completely lose from Jishi Mountain to Dafeichuan.Both himself and his son can become Wang Hua's captives.Not to mention, Wang Hua really thought about it, and it was not very difficult to capture the Tuyuhun pseudo-Khan and the Tubo princess, but he only considered the reactions of the Tuyuhun ministries.I was afraid that it might cause public anger, so I dismissed this idea.

He didn't really want to capture the people either.

Why are the people captured and brought back?He will not take [-]% of the taxes like the Tibetans.They have to find a place to resettle them, and they may even be taken captive in a hurry, and they have to subsidize their temporary rations.The time to really want people is not now, but next year. Next year, a lot of arable land will be plowed, food will not be in short supply, and large fields will be freed up. By then, the more people will be taken captive, the better.Not now, at least not a good time.

This is for the final strategic goal.

The army mopped up for three or four days. There were 1 people when they went there, but there were more than 2 people when they came back.More than 1 people brought back to Shancheng, including livestock, tents and luggage, and handed them over to Mohegan for arrangement.

But it was not over. After the army returned, they crossed Chiling again.

Because of the raids, everything from Shicheng Castle to Dafeichuan was full of grass and trees. Wang Hua once again sent a large number of scouts, formerly Dafeichuan.

These pieces of information floated into the hands of Dayan like flying snowflakes.

He couldn't understand it.Could it be that Wang Hua is trying to slander others?Deliberately high-profile siege of the stone castle, actually blocked the stone castle, and then secretly attacked Dafeichuan.Thinking of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.Dafeichuan was originally a military camp. After Tubo defeated Xue Rengui, a new city was built.

It's not big, and there aren't many people inside, but there are a lot of food, grass, goods and weapons inside.Moreover, if Dafeichuan was captured, Stone Castle would become a dead city, and the south could point directly at Wuhai City, and by the way, Mo He's mother and son could be captured.At that time, I will have no way to communicate.

Or they are still attacking east and west, deliberately attacking Shicheng Castle and Dafeichuan, but it is not, it is the idea of ​​the people.The speed of this capture is very fast, what is most lacking in Wang Hua's hands?The people, others think that the people are a burden, but the people can play a huge role in his hands.This is proved in Qinzhou.With people, there will be production, and with production, there will be supplies, and the more people there are, the more troops he has in his hands.If it continues at this pace, and in one month, 10,000+ people will be kidnapped, Wang Hua will be like a tiger with wings added.

Not necessarily so.But when Wang Hua came, he forced Di Dayan to the top of Liangshan.If you don't fight, you have to fight.

Moreover, Qu Dayan heard another message that pushed him to the edge of a cliff.

At first, I thought that at least the stone castle would be fine, but Wang Hua messed with another thing.

Originally, Wang Hua was going to make a hot air balloon. It happened that there were mountains on three sides of the stone castle. People climbed to the top of the mountain, fixed the hot air balloon with ropes, took advantage of the wind, lifted it above the stone castle, and then dropped explosives.Make sure the soldiers in the stone castle don't have any morale.

It's scary to think of the big statue of Wu Sansi in Luoyang. It's not a big deal. Isn't he trying to rectify his name now?It's not worth it to frighten the other party and destroy your entire long-term plan.Hence no rollout.

But he introduced a thing, the glider is not like a glider, and the kite is not like a kite, which slides down from the top of the mountain.But it didn't slip into the stone castle.

But people are not fools. Originally, the stone castle is difficult to attack because it is defending the front, and the other three sides are surrounded by mountains.Now with this weird thing, as long as it slips quietly into the stone castle at night, is it still guarding the city?
Watching the soldiers of the Blood Battalion slide down in the air, yelling amusingly while sliding, Ke Zanre's scalp went numb every time he slid.Also frightened, the soldiers divided into two groups, guarding the city day and night, and lit torches at night to illuminate the sky.

But if Wang Hua can launch this weird thing, he will definitely be able to launch other weird and unexpected things.The morale of the defenders in the city plummeted regardless of Ke Zanre's urging.Now Wang Hua did not attack the city. If he attacked the city, he might attack violently several times, and the Tubo soldiers defending the city would all surrender.What happens if you don't surrender?How many people survived 1 people in Basong, and how many people survived 1 people in Dayan?
Gu Dayan's eyes turned green when he heard it.

If things go on like this, no matter whether Wang Hua is dealing with Dafeichuan or whether it is for the common people, first of all, the stone castle will be in jeopardy.Immediately issued an order to recruit soldiers again, and in order to increase the weight of victory, all ministries were forced to send soldiers.

After giving the order, I was very sad in my heart.It's like playing chess, the opponent has figured out your routines clearly, even you yourself don't know what chess you will play next, but they have already figured it out.But what kind of chess the opponent played, I haven't seen it until now.Can this chess be played well?

Although he can recruit at least [-] to [-] soldiers, he has an absolute advantage in numbers.But Fu Dayan felt that there was no bottom line in his heart.Can you not be sad?

Di Dayan's hair turned gray from worry at home, and Wang Hua continued his arrogant actions.This battle has not yet been fought, and more than 3 people have been harvested.But Wang Hua was also very depressed, the more people were taken captive, the appearance looked very beautiful, and he was so arrogant in Tubo territory, he was also very coquettish.

Even when Lao Guo heard about it in the Western Regions, he was bragging, this kid is too good.

This is not the case, the more people come back, if the court does not let go, there will be a shortage of food immediately.

Another point is that they have to be separated. I don't know if it's because of the weather or other reasons. The people have plagues, and the livestock also have plagues, which has seriously damaged the vitality of Tubo.The raging has not stopped until now, these people and livestock brought back, they might infect themselves with this nest hazard.

But at this moment, Godayan dispatched and recruited a total of [-] troops. At least in terms of numbers, the Tubo people had the upper hand.And once there is a battle, the guards of the stone castle can cooperate with each other like Liu Xiu and win a big victory.

This is something on the surface, and Di Dayan doesn't believe that Wang Hua can't see it.Therefore, this march is very careful.Where there is a river, cross it immediately, so that the water will be flooded.Immediately stopped where there was a forest, sent countless scouts to check the forest, even searched every corner, and then started to walk through the forest, which made Ge Shuhan terrified.Where there are dead trees, rotten grass and dilapidated houses, they should also be inspected, because they are afraid of being burned.

Not only that, because explosives are available, they are buried underground, and they have to check whether the ground has been dug along the way.The closer we got to the stone castle, we found several suspicious places, but the soldiers dug up the ground, but found nothing.

The [-] troops, almost all of them were cavalry, forced him to move at an infantry speed.

Can this battle still be won?

Di Dayan was safe, but before reaching the stone castle, the soldiers also fell sharply.

So the more coquettish and gorgeous battle of Yuchichuan came to an end quietly.

PS: There may be three changes today, and those who have tickets will smash it.

(End of this chapter)