I am Da Song

Chapter 288 Attack Direction
Spring has always been a critical time for the Central Plains to send troops to the grasslands.

After a winter of consumption, the prairie horse's body fat has been exhausted and its body is weak.The spring grass has not yet grown, and the horses cannot replenish pasture.

This is the season when nomadic iron cavalry is weakest.

However, the war horses in the Central Plains used grain to furnish their troops and horses, accumulating strength for a whole winter, so as to be prepared to attack the unprepared.As long as the Central Plains can organize a raid on the nomadic grasslands, the victory rate will be extremely high.

Combat is not what the generals of the Central Plains worry about. What really worries them is actually marching.That is how to accurately find the wandering nomadic tribes on the vast grassland before the food and grass are exhausted.

Huo Qubing, the famous general of the Han Dynasty, the most amazing thing about him is not his invincibility, but his ability to find the main force of nomadic tribes every time he sends troops.As long as the wandering barbarian tribe can be found, for the big Han cavalry, victory is within easy reach.

Liu Kai, the guard of Longyou of the Song Dynasty who was stationed in Xining, also faced this challenge.

The two most powerful tribes on the plateau, the Yellow-headed Uighurs and the Cao-headed Tatars, must be conquered by the Song army.

At the battle meeting in the Dudu Mansion, the generals of the Song Army and the Tubo chiefs had a fierce dispute.

Because the war has been handed over to the Governor's Mansion, the Longyou Protectorate's Mansion does not need to travel thousands of miles to ask for Tokyo's combat deployment.

The generals can give full play to their strengths, adapt to local conditions, and make the most reasonable deployment.

Now the focus of the dispute is which tribe to attack first.

Zhai Xing, the general of the Song army, firmly advocated attacking the grass-headed Tatars at a distance of two or three hundred miles.

He is a veteran of the Song army. Since the first year of Jingkang, when the Jin army invaded the south, he has emerged in the Song army and has been resisting the Jin people in the direction of Luoyang, Xijing.

When Shanxi Xuanfu sent Fan Zhixu's 20 cavalry troops to defeat Tongguan, Zhai Xing led the army between Shangluo and resolutely resisted the Jin army's aggression, making great achievements in battle.

After the war, he was greatly promoted because he had no background in the Western Army, and in just a few years he became the deputy of the Longyou Protectorate.

It can be understood that he is Liu Kai's deputy, and it can also be understood that he is the imperial court's supervision of Liu Kai.

Liu Qi also understood the deep meaning of this arrangement. Once he was impeached or suspected, and the imperial court ordered his removal from the position of Longyou Protectorate, Zhai Xing could immediately become a full-time member and take over the entire Longyou Protectorate in his place.

Therefore, he could not underestimate Zhai Xing's opinion.

Zhai Xing tried his best to reason, and analyzed to everyone: "There are three advantages to attacking the Caotou Tatars. First, they are in the west of the Yellow-headed Uighurs. They think they have the Uighurs as a barrier, so they must be negligent in guarding against them."

"Secondly, they are at the foot of Qilian Mountain. Our army can easily find their traces as long as we march along Qilian Mountain. The biggest difficulty of this battle is easily solved."

"Thirdly, we can also prevent them from colluding with Xixia. Across the Qilian Mountains, Xixia is in the north. They are wandering in this area, which is obviously a wedge for Xixia to break into the plateau. Eliminating them can completely block the power of Xixia on the plateau." outside."

Biansi Bojie, a wealthy chieftain of Tubo, strongly opposed this: "Our army crossed the yellow-headed Uyghur pasture and attacked Tatar, which must arouse the vigilance of the Uyghur. The Uyghur is powerful and has a vast pasture. The Tatar is small and has few soldiers. Attack the Tatar first. Tartar, it is easy to scare the snake, and the gain outweighs the loss."

"I still suggest that Qingqi raid the Uighurs and conquer the most powerful and most powerful tribe on the plateau in one fell swoop. The other tribes, seeing this martial art, will inevitably surrender in fear."

Liu Kai sat on a chair and stared at the map without making a fuss.

As long as it is a human being, there must be a conflict of interests.

These two factions seem to be dedicated to the public, but they also have their own interests that are of great concern behind them.

For example, Bian Sibojie, a Tubo chieftain, why is he so enthusiastic about making suggestions?And led [-] Hu cavalry, bringing their own food and grass to help Song Dynasty fight?

Do you really think he is a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty?

No, he just stared at the vast pasture of the Yellow-headed Uighur.

The Song army is now developing the Xining area, vowing to make it the most stable and prosperous economic center, military center, and supply center in the Song Dynasty on the plateau.

So where is the spare energy to fill the pastures controlled by the Yellow-headed Uighurs?
The Uighurs are not an agricultural area, they control a large area of ​​grassland, and the Gobi is not suitable for farming, they can only herd and race horses.

After the Song army defeated the Uighurs, they moved them to the Xining area. Wouldn't this vacant pasture for thousands of miles become a vacuum?
He was successful in leading the army to attack the Uighurs, and the tribe took the opportunity to fill the power vacuum and control the pasture.

Generations on the grasslands have come here like this.

The army of the Central Plains defeated the prairie overlord in a certain area, but was unable to garrison the army, and returned with captives.The other tribes will immediately occupy this power vacuum after the Central Plains army retreats, thus multiplying and growing.

Therefore, after a long time of fierce disputes between the two sides, Liu Qi made a decision and said: "It is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong in the Uyghur and Tatar dispute. But I think that if Wang Shi wants to defeat this great enemy, the key is to work together."

Then Liu Kai looked at the side servant Bojie with sharp eyes: "If our army wants to attack the grass-headed Tatars first, will the [-] cavalry of Tubo help the battle with all their strength?"

Bian Sibo's heart sank, and he secretly clenched his fists.

Today's decision to attack the strong grassland enemy is not true, but the truth is to test the loyalty of Tubo!
But Liu Kai has already said this, and Bian Sibojie is convinced that if he declares that the Song army decides to attack the Caotou Tatars, then the Tubo cavalry will not participate in the war.

Then it will be strictly guarded by the Longyou Protectorate in the future.

So the servant Bojie said solemnly: "I just suggested to attack the yellow-headed Uighur. But in the end, no matter which one Liu Duhu decides to attack, I, the Tubo iron cavalry, will be the king's vanguard and fight to the death with all my strength."

Liu Kai stood up and said, "Good. If Wang Shi can work together with the Tubo iron cavalry, he will be able to clear up the strong beams and clean up the Xiaoxiao. The two Hulu will be crowned sooner or later."

"That's why I decided that I will win if I attack them. I will march along the Qilian Mountains and attack the Tatars first. Establish a military prestige for our army and deter the Uighurs!"

At the end of the military meeting, everyone left the meeting and returned to the camp to assemble their troops and prepare for departure.

But Zhao Huaien took advantage of no one's attention and turned back to Liu Kai's tent halfway.

For Zhao Huaien who went back and forth, Liu Qi probably guessed his intention, but still asked: "Zhao Zhijun, why are you back?"

Just one title completely shows Zhao Huaien's current position.

He is the Zhijishi military officer of the Song Dynasty in Longyou Duhufu, and he is a real official of the Song Dynasty.

His interests are deeply tied to Da Song, and his wish to help Da Song manage the Tubo tribes on the vast land of the Jishi Army.

Similarly, Song Dynasty also guaranteed his high and powerful position in Longyou, and his prominence was not even weaker than when his ancestors were Tubo Zanpu.

After all, the area under the jurisdiction of their ancestors was quite limited at that time, and was attacked by various separatist forces.

How can he have the prestige that he is unanimous in all the ministries of Tubo now?
(End of this chapter)