Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3163
Dadou Bagu.

The sky was still clear and sunny a moment ago, but in a blink of an eye it was covered with clouds and the cool breeze was blowing, as if someone had cast a veil on the sky.

The ridges on both sides of the mouth of the valley wind and stretch into the distance. The grass and trees on the hillside are green and the cattle and sheep are dotted, and there is no slight yellow color of autumn.

However, although Hexi is far away from the Western Regions, the climate is just as fickle.Although the tall Qilian Mountains bring abundant water to the Hexi counties, they also block the warm water vapor blowing from the south. Once the cold airflow from the vast north goes south, it can reach the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains without any hindrance.

This caused the Hexi counties to switch from autumn to winter very quickly. It is often only after an autumn rain that the temperature will drop sharply. It is even not uncommon to see rain the day before and snow the day after.

Fang Jun looked at the dark clouds in the sky in the barracks, worried.

At present, the research and development of firearms is limited by chemical technology, and it is impossible to develop a primer. Although the arquebus has also switched to breech charging, which is much more convenient, it has not been able to make a breakthrough in metal bullets. This not only greatly reduces the power of the firearm, but also Subject to weather restrictions.

Once encountering rainy and snowy weather, the number of launches will be greatly slowed down, or even unusable.

The progress of chemistry requires the accumulation of countless experiments by countless people over the years, and it is by no means that someone can cross those boundaries with a golden finger.

"When will the Tuyuhun people arrive?"

Fang Jun stood with his hands behind his back and asked without looking back.

Behind him, Pei Xingjian was burying his head in the case files, dealing with various battle reports and official documents. He raised his head and said, "According to the scouts' reports, we will arrive at Taniguchi in about two days. The road in Qilian Mountains is difficult, The valleys are winding and narrow, and it is not easy to camp, so the Tuyuhun people generally arrived at the entrance of the valley, rested for a while, and then launched an assault."

Fang Jun nodded.

According to this calculation, three days after the decision, the battle for the battle to pull out the valley will begin.

Youtunwei relied on the power of firearms, and relied on the fortress built by Gukou to block the Tuyuhun iron cavalry in the mouth, killing and wounding them continuously.But if it rained heavily when the Tuyuhun people attacked, causing the power of the firearms to drop sharply, then God would really kill me...

War is like this, the so-called man's calculation is not as good as the sky's calculation, and the so-called plan depends on man to achieve success. Even if you calculate everything correctly, a sudden change in the weather may make all preparations go to waste.

The change of weather and the choice of people's hearts may all determine the victory or defeat of a war in the slightest.

Therefore, there is a theory of "National Destiny". If you have the help of fortune, you can win with less, defeat the strong with the weak, and win against the impossible. "The victory turned around the fate of the country in one fell swoop.

Could it be that the doomed and extremely tragic battle of fighting against the valley is about to influence the fate of the Tang Dynasty?

If the weather is fine, he is confident that the Tuyuhun people will be blocked within the mouth of the valley, making it difficult for them to cross the thunder pond. The army was wiped out.

The life and death of an army, the fate of a country, can only hope for the face of God...

This kind of mechanism is exhausted, even if he fights for life and death, he still cannot control the victory or defeat in his own hands, which makes Fang Jun feel very bad.

He let out a long breath, turned around, sat behind the desk by the window, asked the clerk to make a pot of tea, poured himself a cup, took a sip, and asked, "How is the situation at the Anxi Army?"

The news of Anxi's victory in the first battle has arrived here, but Fang Jun has not yet learned of the post-war situation.

Pei Xingjian also raised his head from the copybook, relaxed his sore neck, got up and sat down beside Fang Jun, poured himself a cup of tea, held it in his hand and said: "The Anxi army won the first battle, but the loss was not small. Apart from the ruins of Suiye City, more than [-] soldiers were killed and [-] were injured. For the Anxi Army, which is at a disadvantage in numbers, it will directly affect the subsequent deployment of troops, Strategic layout. The Anxi Army... is currently very difficult. However, judging from Xue Sima's tactics, it is clear that the Hejian County King has taken the initiative to take the defensive position, fortified the walls and cleared the field, step by step, and gradually led the Arab army into the hinterland of the Western Regions. The advantage of the Arab army should be spent and eaten away. Judging from the current situation, as long as the Yumen Pass can be finally defended, it can be regarded as achieving the strategic goal. After all, the Arabs savagely plundered and looted all the tribes in the Western Regions and killed them brutally. Aroused the anger of the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, the Arab army, which never knew how to build, had no stable supplies and could only retreat from the Western Regions in a hurry. Of course, if the Anxi Army is unable to stop the Arab army, it will not only fight the entire Western Regions, but even break into Yumen Pass , Bingfeng pointed directly at the counties in the west of Hexi...then it will be a big trouble."

Fang Jun sighed.

"It's a big trouble" is just Pei Xingjian's euphemistic rhetoric. At that time, it will be more than trouble?What a disaster!
Even though the Right Tunwei invited the luck of heaven to block Tuyuhun in Dadouba Valley, once the Tuyuhun people gave up the strategy determined in World War I, they turned to fragments and sneaked into the Hexi counties from the valleys and ravines all over the Qilian Mountains. Make up your mind to fight a protracted war of attrition, which will definitely drag Youtunwei to the west of Hexi, with no time to look around.

At that time, the Arab army will break into Yumen Pass again, and the right guards will be attacked from the front and back. There is absolutely no other possibility except that the entire army will be wiped out.

You Tuenwei cannot be defeated, otherwise Tuyuhun will take advantage of the trend to advance eastward and approach Guanzhong, endangering the empire; the Anxi Army cannot be defeated, otherwise the Arab army will occupy the Western Regions and break into Yumen Pass. finger off...

Who would have expected that the mighty and dominant Tang Dynasty would suddenly encounter such a dangerous situation during an Eastern Expedition?
In the battlefields of Hexi and Western Regions, facing a strong enemy, you can only win but not lose, how difficult it is!
Even though he admired His Majesty Li Er very much, Fang Jun finally couldn't help complaining in front of his confidant in the face of such a dangerous situation at the moment: "If Your Majesty accepted my suggestion at the beginning, allowing the navy to be responsible for the sea route to Liaodong, Ping Rang City launched an attack and cooperated with the land army. Why was it blocked in Anshi City for more than two months, and the momentum of the entire Eastern Expedition was severely hindered? As long as Goguryeo is quickly destroyed and His Majesty returns to the court, all crises will be resolved immediately..."

It was precisely because the Eastern Expeditionary Army was blocked in Anshi City, and the momentum of the loss of troops was hindered, that Tuyuhun felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of and rebelled brazenly.

It also attracted the brutal wild wolf of the Arabs...

If the navy attacked the coastal cities of Goguryeo at the beginning, and then whether it went upstream along the Yalu River to cut off the support road for Goguryeo going north, or simply entered the Wei River and arrived at Pingrang City for a bombardment, how could there be such a situation today? Like the situation of delaying the Eastern Expedition?
Pei Xingjian took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "As a subject, we must not only fight to the death, but also understand your Majesty's difficulties. The forces in the court and China are intertwined, and everyone's eyes are on the exploits of the Eastern Expedition. Your Majesty also To weigh trade-offs and strive to balance the needs of all parties, how can it be arbitrary and impulsive? As Yue Guogong said in your book "On Sea Power", the purpose of war is never just war... The current situation If so, what can I do? I only hope that His Majesty will be determined, overcome all difficulties, and firmly weaken the ambition of the aristocratic family, then we will follow the tail and swear allegiance to the death."

An official who was a descendant of a family actually thought that His Majesty Li Er must weaken the family's family to create a prosperous world. It can be seen that the chronic disease of the family's family has long been hated by people of insight in the world. They would rather lose their own interests than eliminate the disadvantages and eliminate Chao Gang.

Of course Fang Jun understands this truth, it's just that the practice of killing one thousand enemies on land and losing eight hundred is like a stick in his throat, and he can't complain.

After taking a sip of tea, he ordered: "I will send an order later that all ministries should prepare more coir raincoats and rain gear to prevent heavy rain."

Pei Xingjian said in a deep voice, "Here!"

The heavy rain is simply the nemesis of the Youtunwei. He is naturally aware of this, but he said: "In fact, the commander-in-chief does not need to worry too much. The road conditions are one of the factors that determine whether the cavalry can maximize the cavalry assault. The terrain is steep, the roads are narrow, and there are many rocks. Once it rains, it will be muddy, and even the rainwater from the peaks on both sides will confluence and gather at the bottom of the valley to form puddles. This is extremely unfavorable for the cavalry to charge. It is very likely that Hebo will be temporarily stationed in the valley, and will make an assault after the rain stops."

The heavy rain was indeed not conducive to the battle of the right guards, but it also had a serious impact on the cavalry of the Tuyuhun people. Unless Nuohebo could predict that the power of the right guards' firearms was a sharp weapon to restrain the cavalry, it was unlikely that they would launch an assault in the rain.

(End of this chapter)