Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3144 Before the Great War
Everyone knew that once Tuyuhun broke into the Hexi counties, the common people would face slaughter and plunder, and their parents, wives and children would all be reduced to slaves, living like livestock for life after life.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, this land has never been far from war, and the common people have complained about the corruption and harshness of the Han bureaucrats, but compared to the killing of the Hu people, their own people are more trustworthy.

Wearing a straight suit, Fang Jun rode his horse slowly forward at the entrance of the valley, supervising the construction of the fortress.

A fast horse galloped out of the mountain pass, and the knight shouted loudly: "Tuyuhun has rebelled, the [-] troops have assembled and are coming to Qilian Mountain!"

The busy crowd at the scene suddenly fell silent.

Tuyuhun's rebellion was already an established fact, and it had already been confirmed that he crossed the Qilian Mountains and invaded Hexi, but now the enemy really came roaring, but it still made the soldiers and civilians present tense.

War is coming!
Fang Jun rode on the horse, looked around for a while, and then said loudly: "Notify all the generals and schools, gather the generals in the big tent!"

"Here!"

The soldiers around him rushed out and went to various places to inform the generals.

Fang Jun turned his horse back and galloped towards the Chinese military tent set up not far from the Ruoshui River.

After a cup of tea, generals and schools gathered in the tents of the Chinese army, all in one place.

Fang Jun pointed to the scouts, and said, "Tell me the information about Tuyuhun in detail."

"Here."

The scout stood in the tent and reported the information one by one.

Khan Nuohebo of Tuyuhun succeeded to the throne, gathered [-] soldiers and horses from various tribes at Yazhang by Qinghai Lake, and vowed to march north ten days ago, crossing the foothills of Qilian Mountains and entering Hexi.This is a move made by Nuohebo to ease internal conflicts. Although he is the son of Fushun, he is usually incompetent and lacks qualifications. Many tribes do not accept him as the Khan. It can be said that he has no choice but to do so. .

There was silence in the tent.

Fang Jun sipped his tea slowly, saying that it was an "one hundred thousand army", but in fact, it was impossible for anyone.

Exaggerating the number of troops before launching and deterring the enemy is a common strategy. After all, ancient detection methods were limited, and it is actually impossible to distinguish between 10 and 8 people, as long as it is not too outrageous.

But there are also many outrageous ones.

There is a "History Book" in South Korea, which records the so-called "History of Empire", saying that its ancestors originated in the Pamirs, created a glorious history in 6000 BC, led the world, and awakened the Yellow River Civilization and Hongshan Civilization It is also recorded that ancient Korea was a huge empire covering China and Japan. Both China and Japan are descendants of it. A war can mobilize more than millions of troops.

The Burmese history book "Liu Li Gong Ji" records that its king has experienced 18 generations, and there were 80 cities in Burma at its peak.What's even more outrageous is that the book records that the king's army on patrol has 80 ships, 8000 elephants, and [-] million soldiers...

Journey to the West dare not write like this.

There are similar records in Japanese history books. During the Battle of Pyongyang in the Ming Dynasty, the famous general Li Rusong had 100 million cavalrymen under his command. It seems that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was beaten to the brim...

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus recorded that Persia sent an army of 5283220 people to attack Greece. This army could drink up a river at a time, eat [-] tons of wheat every day, and was completely defeated by three hundred Greek warriors... …

The Persians expressed dissatisfaction. Caesar recorded in "Gallic Wars" that Rome defeated the 43 Gaul army with zero casualties. All the Roman soldiers were invulnerable masters...

It is recorded in the Indian history book "Moko Paradota" that 16 billion people were killed or injured in a war in India...

It is these absurd so-called "historical books", but they are regarded as official history by hope scholars as the origin of their civilization. Instead, they try their best to slander and slander all kinds of Chinese documents and oral records, and refuse to recognize them.

……

Fang Jun said: "It's just an exaggeration. There are less than 30 Tuyuhun people, how can we gather an army of [-]? In my opinion, the army that invaded the border this time was only about seven or eight, and the elite troops did not exceed [-]. Relying on the fortress at the mouth of the valley in Dadouba, we can fight with firearms."

This statement is naturally to stabilize the morale of the army.

The number of the right guards is only [-]. If the enemy really has [-], then there are five enemies. Even with the power of firearms, such a disparity in strength will cause panic among the soldiers.

After all, firearms have been around for too short a time, and it is unprecedented for the entire army to be equipped with firearms. No one has any idea how much combat power they can display in battle...

Pei Xingjian also said: "The Qilian Mountains are full of ravines and difficult roads. It will take a lot of effort for the Tuyuhun people to cross the Qilian Mountains. Even if they rush out of the valley, they will be exhausted. We will form an array here, waiting for work at leisure, and we will definitely fight them head-on Beat them hard, let them know the power of my great Tang tiger, and they can act recklessly if they are not barbarians and aliens!"

Infected by his momentum, the generals in the tent shouted loudly: "We must win!"

For a while, morale was boosted.

The Tang Army has never done less to win more with less. Thinking back to the time when the Youtun guards went out of Baidao and went straight to Mobei, Xue Yantuo, who was known as the man who controlled strings with hundreds of thousands, was swept away by Liting. He is not worthy to carry Xue Yantuo's shoes, so what is there to be afraid of?

Fang Jun looked approving, nodded slowly, and said: "All the scouts are released to closely monitor the various mountain passes in Qilian Mountains. If there is any disturbance, they must report back in time so that they can respond in time. Armor, conduct the firearms inspection again, and if there is any problem, deal with it in time!"

He looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "This battle is only allowed to win, not to lose. Either the Tuyuhun people will be defeated, or we will be buried here to serve the country with our deaths! Behind us are hundreds of thousands of people from Hexi counties, In the past, Hexi was Guanzhong, and there were our parents, wives and children! From ancient times to the present, whenever a dynasty was invaded by barbarians, crazy plunder and brutal killings followed. As soldiers, we should For the country's fence, build an iron Great Wall with flesh and blood, and keep the enemy out of the country! If there is any dereliction of duty, a hundred deaths will not atone for the crime!"

Before the battle, he wanted to unify the army's determination to fight to the death one last time.

Since ancient times, there have been many battles in which the weak have defeated the strong and the few have defeated the masses, but every time the weaker side has to go all out and live to the death, only in this way can it stimulate its greatest potential and create an incredible myth.

The current battle situation is like this. Although the Tang army has completed an epoch-making modification and equipped a sufficient number of firearms to make its combat power almost crush the entire time and space, it is still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers.Weapons and equipment are by no means the only factor that determines the outcome of a war, but the morale of the army is.

The quality of the soldiers of the Tang army already surpassed that of the Tuyuhun people, and they also had the power of firearms. If they can unite as one and unite as one, then it is possible to win more with less.

On the contrary, if the enemy is fearful of war and the morale of the army is lax, then there is no need to fight this battle. Even if Tang Jun is given a few missiles, he will still be defeated...

"Here!"

The generals and school in the tent responded in unison, each of them staring angrily, their morale bursting!
The commander-in-chief's words are correct, if Hexi is lost, Guanzhong will face the front of the enemy's soldiers, and Tubo is behind it. If you are not careful, the land of Gyeonggi may fall.

That is not only a rare humiliation through the ages, but it will also make their parents, wives and children face the plunder and killing of the cruel barbarians!
As a man of the Tang Dynasty, he will die if he dies, and he will never let the barbarians step into the Guanzhong half a step!
Emperor Qin built the Great Wall with huge stones to resist Huma's southward movement; today Youtunwei uses flesh and blood as the Great Wall to block the Tuyuhun people who invaded the country in Dadouba Valley!
Fang Jun said happily: "Very good! Maintain this morale, hold on to the determination to die, go down and prepare."

"Here!"

All the generals responded with a bang and filed out.

Fang Jun only left Pei Xingjian and Cheng Wuting as his right-hand men.

Invited the two of them to sit in front of them, and asked someone to make a pot of tea. Pei Xingjian made tea, Fang Jun said: "The preparations that should be made have been made, and the next step is to fight with real swords and guns. The enemy army is powerful. , but we are fully prepared, victory or defeat is only a matter of choice.”

Wars are never predictable. Even if he has deep confidence in the power of firearms, Fang Jun does not dare to be too confident.

Picking up his teacup, Pei Xingjian glanced at the scorching sun outside the window, and said, "The weather has been excellent recently, and there will be no rainy weather that will affect the use of firearms. If we can't stop them and the enemy invades the counties in Hexi, it will be very difficult for us to wipe them out with our forces, so we will fall into a passive position. If we resist for too long, we may not be able to keep up with the supply of firearms."

Although firearms are powerful, they consume too much. If the supply cannot keep up, it will be troublesome...

(End of this chapter)