Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3200 Western Regions Crisis
Lun Qinling stayed in the Tang army camp to take a rest for a while.After noon, Yuchi Baohuan led dozens of soldiers, with helmets and armour, leaping horses and swords, escorting Lun Qinling to Chang'an.

Fang Jun recruited Pei Xingjian and Cheng Wuting into the camp to study the strategy of the Western Regions.

On the large map on the wall of the tent, there are red arrows and crosses, marking the attack route of the big cannibal and the fallen city.

The green arrow represents the movement trajectory of the Anxi army. Starting from Suiye City, they fought and retreated all the way to Gongyue City, forming a defensive position facing the enemy's attack route.

Gongyue City has already become the next battleground between the two sides.

The desk is full of all kinds of battle reports from the Western Regions, and they are placed in stacks by category. Many of them have been read and wrinkled, and they are full of red pen annotations.

The battle of the Western Regions is at stake.

Pei Xingjian looked solemn, looking at the map on the wall, half of the Western Regions had been covered by the enemy's red arrows, and near Gongyue City, three armies of the Arab army rushed straight in a semicircle, hundreds of thousands The army is in full swing and unstoppable.

Cheng Wuting's face was serious, and he said in a deep voice: "In the battle of Suiye City, Anxi's army fought extremely beautifully. Not only did the big cannibals lose tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but their 'Sword of Allah' was completely annihilated. The big cannibal's camp was attacked by chance, and its food, fodder and supplies were burned, which made it difficult for the big cannibal to supply its logistics, and the army was in a panic. The cannibals couldn't get enough supplies, and the battle damage was once extremely huge. However, the big cannibals adopted a mopping up policy, and the army broke up into pieces and attacked privately, killing and looting the tribes in the Western Regions one by one, abruptly making up what the army had. Food and fodder needed. Now almost all the food, fodder, supplies, money and silk goods of the Western Regions are gathered in Luntai City. If Gongyue City falls, Luntai will be under the enemy's soldiers. Once Luntai falls, the enemy will be able to get enough It is not impossible to reach the Yumen Pass in one go."

The voice fell, and there was silence in the tent.

Fang Jun and Pei Xingjian all frowned, feeling heavy in their hearts.

Marching and fighting, what tactics and strategies, what logistics supplies, what weapons and equipment... These are all secondary, although they can determine the outcome of a war, they are also the icing on the cake.

The most important conditions are naturally the number of troops and the quality of the soldiers.

The big cannibals have been fighting everywhere for hundreds of years. They don't do production, but live by war and plunder. Locusts generally focus on destroying all stable and complete social systems.Holding high the guise of faith, but wielding scimitars, bows and arrows, and spears, he regards killing and meritorious deeds as the highest glory.

In their eyes, there is no bottom line of benevolence, no moral constraints, only the law of the jungle and survival of the fittest, which is really like wild beasts.

Such an army is extremely powerful in combat. They don't take the lives of the enemy or their own seriously.

Even death on the battlefield is regarded as the most noble sacrifice for faith.

But I don't know if the so-called "benevolent God" they believe in will feel ashamed because of the despicableness of the believers...

But there is no doubt that the quality of the enemy's elite troops is no less than that of the Anxi Army, and its strength is several times that of the Anxi Army. The comparison between the enemy and us has been seriously out of balance since the beginning of the war.

The reason why the Anxi army was able to achieve the "Suiyecheng victory" is that the power of firearms naturally suppressed the Arab army, and Xue Rengui's two strategies of "flooding the seven armies" and "burning Wuchao" were really amazing. When the enemy underestimates the enemy and their foothold is not stable, give them a head-on blow.

But since then, the Anxi army has retreated steadily.

Pei Xingjian's face was heavy, but his tone was full of sarcasm: "Those tribes in the Western Regions have always resisted the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty treated them softly. He looks rebellious. Now that the big cannibals invaded Hexi, because of lack of food, fodder and supplies, they split up and raided these tribes in multiple ways. Burning, killing and looting were extremely cruel. The Anxi Protectorate sent a letter, imploring the Tang army to send troops to rescue... Humph, I really deserve what I deserve."

Fang Jun also snorted, took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "These Hu tribes have accumulated a lot of wealth relying on the Silk Road, but they still slander the rule of the Tang Dynasty everywhere. Now let the big cannibals loot like this, not only The people of the tribe were slaughtered, the young and strong suffered heavy losses, and a lot of wealth was plundered. After this battle, all the Hu tribes in the Western Regions were wiped out. As long as we regain the lost land, we will no longer have the difficulties of being restrained by all parties."

Whether it was the Qin and Han Dynasties or the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the policy towards the Hu people in the Western Regions had always been soft and soft, and anyone who blatantly offended Tianwei would be severely punished.

This is not because the Han people treat the Hu people weakly, but because the Han dynasty always valued the land of the Western Regions. If they want to rule for a long time and make their hearts belong to them, they can only continue to be gentle, otherwise they will not be able to control the Hu people in the Western Regions. Kill them all?

Not to mention that it is impossible to kill them all, even if they can be killed, what is the use of taking it from a desolate Western Region?
The big cannibal doesn't consider these at all.

They don't care about the construction of any place. The reason why they invaded the Western Regions was only to impose heavy taxes on the Silk Road and plunder wildly. They will never waste any effort on construction.

They are not good at construction, and they don't bother with construction. For them, waiting for others to build it is enough for them to grab it on horseback with a machete...

Now the big cannibals have invaded the Western Regions, and they have done all the things that the Han Dynasty wanted to do but could not do, that is, large-scale massacres, causing the population of the Hu people in the Western Regions to drop sharply, their wealth to be lost, and their strength to be severely damaged that cannot be repaired.

Bringing the Tang army to defeat the big cannibals and recover the lost ground, the Hu people in the past can no longer threaten the rule of the Tang army as much as before, and perhaps they can truly bring the Western Regions into the territory of the Central Plains dynasty.

In a sense, it was a blessing in disguise.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the big cannibal will not bring too much damage to the Western Regions, and is blocked from the Yumen Pass, without breaking through the pass and entering the pass...

After a moment of silence, Fang Jun said: "His Royal Highness wants us to reorganize the army as soon as possible and go to the Western Regions to assist the Anxi Army. The Anxi Army has few major generals, and it is difficult to resist against an enemy with great advantages. Once the enemy breaks through the Yumen Pass, The situation will be out of control for security reasons. At that time, perhaps the Gar family, which has just concluded the covenant, will be the first to charge into Hexi and head straight for Chang'an."

The timing of the big cannibal's invasion of the Western Regions was really too delicate. It just happened to be when the main force of the Tang army was marching eastward and Guanzhong had no time to look around.

This made Fang Jun very afraid.

Because this shows that Damascus, which is thousands of miles away, is very clear about the movements of Chang'an, and it is as good as the palm prints of the situation in the Tang Dynasty, without missing anything.If this situation becomes the norm, and the reality of the Tang Dynasty is completely under the control of the barbarians, it would be too passive to sneak into the frontiers at the right time to plunder the population and colonize goods.

It seems that Chang'an needs to let the "Hundred Knights" rectify it, and carefully sort out the secret operations of the big cannibals in Chang'an, and cut them off.

The evaluation of Mu'awiyah is also higher in my heart. He has always been called a "tyrant", and he is considered to have only force and lack of strategy. He is a brave man without strategy.But just looking at his grasp of the situation in the Tang Dynasty and the precise timing of sending troops, he guessed that he had placed a lot of detailed operations in Chang'an earlier, otherwise he could have made such a precise judgment?

This kind of person should not be underestimated...

Pei Xingjian looked at Cheng Wuting and asked, "How is the process of reorganizing the army?"

Cheng Wuting said: "The battle was fierce, but the army's losses were not large. There were very few casualties, and the slightly injured were treated well. They took a short rest and went into battle immediately. It's just that the gunpowder, projectiles, and thunder were too much consumed. We need to wait for the supply from Chang'an."

Firearms have such shortcomings. Although they are powerful, they also consume a lot. Without a complete supply system, it is difficult to support the combat power of the army.

In the cold weapon era of swords, guns, swords and halberds, all kinds of arrows consume the most. However, workshops for making arrows can be established anytime and anywhere, but workshops for producing gunpowder, projectiles and thunder require extremely strict technical standards. , it is difficult to make up for the consumption of the army in a short period of time.

Fang Jun said: "As soon as Chang'an's firearms supply arrives, we will break out of camp and set off for the Western Regions."

Pei Xingjian was in a good mood: "The weather is getting colder and the severe winter is coming, and the severe cold in the Western Regions is even worse. The enemy army has come from a long way, and the supplies are insufficient. It is bound to be difficult to survive in the ice and snow. It is a good time to drive out the enemy bandits and kill the generals to capture the flag! "

Fang Jun is not optimistic.

Although the Tang army was brave and mighty with firearms, it seemed that they had the right time and place, and victory was within easy reach.

However, he knows the bravery of the Arabs, and what kind of fearless fighting power will erupt by those people who have no manners, morality and shame under the armed force of faith...

(End of this chapter)