Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 388 Crisis
After the new Anxi Duhu took office, the situation in Gaochang has not changed, and it is as stable as ever.According to the agreement between Fang Jun and the nobles of Gaochang, within one month after that, a "people's election" meeting will be held. All Gaochang citizens will elect eight "governing" to assist Anxi Duhu in the governance of Gaochang. Gaochang's middle- and lower-level officials.

At the same time, "Gaochang" was renamed "Xizhou", meaning the westernmost state capital of the Tang Dynasty...

But when all this was still in full swing, Fang Jun had already led the Shenji camp to retreat successfully and returned to Chang'an.

Before leaving, Fang Jun only notified Ju Wendou, Pu Quluo, Chimu Hague and others to prevent these people who stabilized the situation in Xizhou from panic, and then led the two thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, as well as some medical officers of the wounded and sick camp. , quietly on the road, on the way back to Guanzhong...

Along the way, Fang Jun did not dare to be careless. He always had a terrifying feeling that he was being stared at by a poisonous snake and could launch a fatal blow at any time, because there were various signs that there was a cavalry unit surrounding him. ...

Fang Jun did not think that the Turks would send a large force to attack him. Now the situation in the Western Regions is a bit delicate. The states of the Western Regions such as Qiuci and Yanqi expressed their surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and the Turks voluntarily gave up the Khan Futu in the north of Gaochang. In the city, if a large number of people came to embarrass Fang Jun, Qiao Shiwang only needs to unite the countries of the Western Regions and teach the Turks to be human in minutes. No matter how many troops come, they will come and go!
On the contrary, the small group of cavalry was flexible, advancing and retreating freely, and even if the attack failed, they could retreat calmly.

But will the Shenji battalion be afraid of a small group of Turkic cavalry?

The answer is of course no.

At the beginning, the "attached" personal soldiers of a thousand Turkic khans attacked at night and were also defeated by the Shenji Battalion, which gave Fang Jun and the top of the Shenji Battalion a strong confidence.

The Turks are really stubborn, don't they learn the lessons of the last failure at all?

Even though the Shenji Camp was full of confidence, Fang Jun did not dare to be careless. No matter day or night, the twenty teams of scouts were kept far away, and all the disturbances in the vicinity of dozens of miles were under control to prevent them from being attacked by the Turks.

As long as you can prepare for the attack of the Turks and arrange an array, you will be foolproof!
It's a pity that he didn't expect that these barbarians on the grassland are sometimes not a single tendon...

In the shade of a hill, Fang Jun jumped off his war horse, chopped off a horizontal knife in his hand, and cut off a large area of ​​low shrubs. The half-human-high thatch in front of him covered the rugged sand dunes tightly. , the vegetation withered.

There is no bird singing or beasts here. Looking around, the sky is vast, the blue sky extends to the end of the earth, and the entire hillside is filled with a strong bloody smell, even the crows who like to eat carrion are far away. This place of death...

There are ten people in total, which is the number of people in the scout team of the Shenji Battalion.

Now these most valiant soldiers have long since passed away, and their young bodies have fallen into the cluttered grass.

Fang Jun's face was ashen, his heart was like a knife, and a deep self-blame and sky-high anger repeatedly gnawed at his heart!

He brought these brave young people to the Western Regions, but on the way home, under his carelessness, he let them die here and never return to their hometown.These scouts stared blankly at the vast blue sky, with their eyes wide open, as if they were still thinking about when they would be able to return to Guanzhong...

War makes a person mature quickly, and Fang Jun does the same.

He was angry and blamed himself, but he didn't show any irritability or special sadness. He just closed his brothers' eyes one by one and said in a deep voice, "Find some firewood, cremate the brothers, and we'll take them home. !"

He must take these brothers back and die here, and no one will come to pay homage...

This was one of the several teams of scouts that were released before the camp last night, but they still did not return to the camp at dawn. But all died.

These are his brothers of life and death. Before the tour last night, everyone was still joking with him. Fang Jun also joked that after returning to Guanzhong, he would invite them to Zuixianlou to eat the most delicious food and drink the most delicious food in the world. Fine wine, and then taste the famous singer of Zuixianlou in Guanzhong...

But now, they will die forever on this desolate uphill, burying the best years of their lives here!

Fang Jun clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth, straightened up, and looked around.

The tactics of the Turks gave him a headache. Because he was afraid of the huge firepower of the Shenji battalion and the extremely effective battle formation against the cavalry, he began to play guerrilla tactics. Do you want to defeat them one by one?
It doesn't even need to kill many people, just killing the scouts one by one like this can quickly collapse the morale of the Shenji Battalion.

This kind of dull knife cuts meat, the most uncomfortable!
"Marquis," Liu Rengui came up from behind, saw Fang Jun's angry expression, and persuaded him with some worry: "As a soldier, the shroud of horse leather has long been prepared, life and death are up to fate, Marquis don't have to worry too much."

The most taboo in the army is that the general’s emotions are influenced by factors such as sadness, remorse, anger, underestimation of the enemy, etc. Because of this, the mind will inevitably fall into an irrational state, and it is easy to make wrong judgments and fall into a dangerous situation.

In the Shenji Camp, fewer and fewer people will call Fang Jun the "admiral", and instead he is called "Hou Ye", which is obviously more intimate, which shows that Fang Jun is in the Shenji Camp. The prestige is getting stronger and stronger, and the soldiers all regard themselves as Fang Jun's private soldiers...

Of course, Fang Jun understood what Liu Rengui meant. Although he had copied Sun Tzu's Art of War many times and did not understand the essence of it, Fang Jun's rich experience as a person in two generations made Fang Jun know that the first army commander must not be "angry and prosperous". .

Taking a look to the side, Xi Junmai was arranging the bodies of the fallen soldiers neatly one by one. The boy's face was stern, and he didn't show much sadness, but the cold light flashed in his eyes, and he kept mumbling something. His mouth showed a determination.

The rest of the soldiers searched for thatch and dead bushes from all around, piled them up, waited for the cremation of the fallen soldiers, and then took the ashes back to their relatives in their hometown.

When everyone did all this, there was anger and sadness, but none of them were afraid.In the army, on the expedition to the Western Regions, everyone can see it, and is ready to die at any time, and when he is fighting, not only does he have the full support of his comrades in arms, but even after his death, he can take his ashes with him. Back home, so that I can continue to protect my parents, wife and children, what more fear?
Morale is like a storm, brewing in silence, gathering in silence, and at a special moment, it will explode out completely, sweeping everything in front of you!
Fang Jun let out a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, and said solemnly: "The Turks change their tactics, we can't stand still and stop moving, right?"

When it comes to the art of war, two of them are not as good as one of Liu Rengui, which Fang Jun knows very well.All of his "arts of war" are actually based on insights far beyond the times, and they pay attention to taking the initiative to attack and copying those successful cases in history.But when it comes to passively meeting the enemy and formulating tactics according to local conditions, his poor "strategic strategy" is not enough...

Fang Jun was at a loss, but Liu Rengui seemed to be completely indifferent to the guerrilla tactics of the Turks.

"There are only ten scouts in each team, and this place is only a month away from Yumen Pass. It is impossible for the Turks to kill ten or ten people, and then gradually go deep alone and put themselves in danger. For the Turks, the more Approaching Yumen Pass, the danger will increase. Once the army of Yumen Pass detects their whereabouts, they will not be able to run even if they want to. In the long desert, they are chased by Tang Jun’s cavalry, and they dare not stop supplying for a moment. The army will destroy the devil! Therefore, the purpose of the Turks is definitely not to kill many of our scouts, but to attack the morale of the entire army through this means. Can play the biggest effect, give us a fatal blow!"

Liu Renjiu was calm and composed, his eyes radiating scorching brilliance, as if he already had the style of a peerless famous general...

(End of this chapter)