Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 929 Suzaku Legion Combat Conference
However, although Cao Wei spent several days establishing some prestige in the hearts of Gwangdorje and others, the Tubo people obviously did not fully trust the Song people.Therefore, at the last moment, Gwangdorje did not listen to Cao Wei's words. In addition, although the individual soldiers and horses under Gwangdorje's command were not weak, they were composed of various major departments. From the perspective of military discipline alone, Cao Wei It is not wrong to say that it is a mob.

Dinga has just shown everything a seasoned general can be.Long before the Tubo army besieged the city, he dispatched a staff officer in charge of intelligence to leave the city with dozens of capable spies.Then, his staff officer got in touch with Gao Wuyang, the deputy captain of the special brigade who came to rescue Gaizhu City. The staff officer in charge of intelligence asked his subordinates to pretend to be woodcutters the day before yesterday and brought the news back to Gaizhu City.

As a result, everyone was kept in the dark, not knowing that Gao Wuyang had led 2000 special brigade soldiers to come quietly from the east of Gaizhu City. Originally, the two armies had agreed to attack the Tubo army at the same time on the evening of the seventh day of the siege. In the camp to the east of Gaizhu City, unexpectedly, the Tubo army stormed Gaizhu City on the sixth day.Gao Wuyang seized the opportunity immediately, and when the Tubo Dongying came out, he sent [-] elite light cavalry straight in, captured the Tubo army's Dongying village, planted the Xiangfu army flag, and led [-] and [-] people to scatter and gallop on horseback. Suspicious soldiers were gathered, and the Tubo army was in a panic for a moment. Even Gewang Dorje thought it was the reinforcements from the Xiangfu Kingdom, but they were ambushed and retreated hastily.Only Cao Wei saw the flaw, but Gwang Dorje would not listen to Cao Wei's dissuasion at that time.

Then Ding Jiagang joined forces with Gao Wuyang, pursued for more than ten miles, beheaded more than 6000 Tubo troops, and returned with a big victory.

After Gwang Dorje withdrew to Gaolan County under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou, under Cao Wei's explanation, he found out that he had been tricked by a suspicious soldier. The general who lost the soldiers was very angry, and sent someone to reprimand him with a secret letter. Gwang Dorje was extremely ashamed. He sent a large number of scouts and caught Ding Jiagang sending scouts alive. Chu.

On July 25, Gewang Dorje once again led an army to besiege Gaizhu City.However, Gao Wuyang did not lead people into Gaizhu City, but turned from light to darkness again, giving full play to the special team's mountain warfare and hidden advantages, and disappeared into the mountains near Lanzhou.This made Yingcheng Lin Buchi and Gewang Dorje always feel like a thorn in their throats. They never dared to do their best to attack Gaizhucheng. They sent many spies into the mountains to search, or they never returned, or there was no result.

On July 26, Deng Chongxuan finally led the Suzaku Legion with 1 horses to Jingtai County, a hundred miles northeast of Gaizhu City.Along with Deng Chongxuan was Kou Zhun who had come to Lanzhou to take up the post of judge.

In the camp of the Suzaku Legion in Jingtai County, in the large tent of the Chinese army, military discussions are going on.Kou Zhun was allowed by Deng Chongxuan to make an exception to participate.In fact, since Kou Zhun met the main force of the Suzaku Legion in Shunzhou three days ago and took the initiative to pay a visit to Deng Chongxuan, the latter treated Kou Zhun quite courteously. He won the first place in the Song State Science Examination, and at the age of 15, he presided over the reformation of the Qiang people in Shanshenzhai, and established Shanshen Town by himself, setting an example for hundreds of thousands of foreign people in Xiangfu Kingdom.Later, he established Dangxiang County, the most difficult of the seven counties in Hetao, and in just over a year, attracted tens of thousands of people from the eight clans of Dangxiang to settle in Dangxiang County, making Dangxiang County promoted to Dangxiang Prefecture in one fell swoop.Kou Zhun has such a background and deeds, even Deng Chongxuan, who is the commander of the army, will not neglect.

"I just received an intelligence report from the Ministry of Security. General Zhendong, Qing Shuihou, and Captain Bai of the special brigade are missing. The deputy captain Gao Wuyang led 6000 special brigade soldiers to join forces with Gai Zhucheng Ding Jiagang to defeat the Tibetan Gwangdo Jie, beheaded more than [-] people. But because the difference in military strength was too great, the Tubo people saw the flaw, and now Gaizhu City was once again trapped by Gwang Dorje’s [-] troops."

After the staff of the Intelligence Division of the Suzaku Legion reported the current situation, the military meeting began.

After some debate, some brigade commanders believed that Gaizhu City might fall at any time, and they should immediately go to Gaizhu City for rescue.Some people also think that they should follow the example of Gao Wuyang and Ding Jiagang's last great victory, first send people to sneak into Gaizhu City, get in touch with Ding Jiagang, and then carry out a sneak attack when the Tubo people are attacking the city with all their strength.

Deng Chongxuan just listened to the arguments of his subordinates without saying a word, making it difficult for people to know his inner tendency or whether he had other ideas.

Wang Chao, deputy head of the army, said at this time: "At present, the Liao and Song armies are suppressing the border, and the Zhu State general's western expedition army has not yet returned. Under this precarious situation, the battle in Lanzhou should not be delayed for a long time. To cover the importance of Zhucheng Naturally, it is impossible not to save, but if according to the normal strategic thinking, the siege of Gaizhu City is resolved, and then the Gaizhu City is used as a base to start a war with the Tubo people, if only the Tubo family is the enemy, this method of fighting is naturally useless Wrong, it’s just that the current way of fighting is taking too long. We need to win the battle as soon as possible to drive the Tibetans out of the country.”

Deng Chongxuan nodded and said: "The deputy commander means that we should not go to rescue Gai Zhucheng immediately, but to follow the example of Gao Wuyang and Ding Jiagang's last great victory, first send people to sneak into Gaizhu City and get in touch with Ding Jiagang , when the Tubo people are attacking the city with all their strength, and then conduct a sneak attack as soon as possible according to the situation?"

Yesterday, Deng Chongxuan, Wang Chao and the others also received a secret report jointly signed by Xia Jing, Han Xizai and other five people and the latest intelligence report from the Ministry of Security on Song and Liao. They knew that His Majesty was seriously injured. It may fall into the biggest crisis since the founding of Xiangfu country.Therefore, Deng Chongxuan also knew that what Wang Chao said was based on the overall situation, but as the head of the army, he had to think more comprehensively.If he made the mistake of eager for quick success in order to drive the Tubo people out as soon as possible, but was defeated by the Tubo people, so that Song and Liao, who were watching, sent troops to attack, then he would become a criminal of the court.After thinking for a while, Deng Chongxuan turned his head and said to Kou Zhun who had been thinking about it all the time, but said nothing: "Kou Da is a disciple of His Majesty, he is the champion of literature, and a capable minister of officials. See, what should we do now?"

Of course Kou Zhun also knew that Ye Chen was seriously injured, and he knew better than Deng Chongxuan that the culprit of Ye Chen's serious injury was the little silver wolf that he and Shui'er gave to the princess.After knowing this at the time, Kou Zhun and Shui'er's remorse can be imagined.The two of them knew very well that if Ye Chen hadn't trusted them like relatives and children, and someone else had been the emperor, the two of them would have already entered the prison of the Ministry of Security at this time, and they would have been tortured to extract a confession.Now, Shui'er was only asked to go back and cooperate with the security department to investigate the matter, and he didn't even have any influence.

In addition, what Deng Chongxuan and Wang Chao considered about the current situation, Kou Zhun also thought about it, even because of guilt, these days he has been spared no effort to think about how to defeat the Tibetans and take back Lanzhou.In addition, after listening to the discussion of the Vermilion Bird Legion just now, the thoughts in his heart became more and more perfect.

Hearing Deng Chongxuan's question at this time, Kou Zhun immediately stood up and bowed his hands to everyone, and then said: "General Deng, General Wang, my lords, I believe that if Gaizhu City is only guarded by Brigadier Ding's brigade, the Tubo people They will think that they can attack, so they will contain at least 4 to 3 of them under the city of Gaizhu. And Gao Wuyang's 3 special brigades are scattered in the mountains in Lanzhou, and Gao Wuyang used to be suspicious of soldiers before and Ding Brigade When you grow up, you will win the victory of Dorje. This will inevitably make the Tubo people feel like they are on their backs, and allocate more manpower and energy to prevent Gao Wuyang from all kinds of sneak attacks anytime and anywhere. In this case, remove the Tubo people who are used to garrison Lanzhou In the main city and the three county towns, the maximum number of troops that can maneuver is only [-]. Therefore, as long as Brigadier Ding guards Gaizhu City, we are really facing [-] people in Tubo at most. Under such circumstances, The officials believed that according to General Wang's plan, it is not impossible to use Gaizhu City as a bait to ambush the Tubo army like Gao Wuyang did. Of course, the premise is that Brigadier Ding can hold Gaizhu City for three days, otherwise if Gaizhucheng is really captured by the Tubo If we take it down, we will be passive."

Kou Zhun's words were convincing, well-founded, and when everyone heard the words, they all nodded their heads in praise, thinking that His Majesty's disciple is really extraordinary.Several brigade commanders even asked for a fight, expressing that since they were facing a maximum of [-] Tubo troops, there was nothing to fear.

Deng Chongxuan waved his hand to interrupt the call for battle from the brigade commanders under his command. After a moment of contemplation, he said: "What General Wang and Master Kou said is reasonable, but Gao Wuyang succeeded in sneak attacking with suspicion. A sneak attack is almost impossible."

Kou Zhun and Wang Chao were startled when they heard the words, looking at the sand table in the middle, thoughtful, the brigade commanders knew that their army commanders didn't speak easily, but as long as they spoke out, there were very few mistakes.

Sure enough, Deng Chongxuan continued: "The special brigade was able to evade the Tubo spies' sneak attack successfully. One is that the special brigade is good at guerrilla warfare such as lurking, hiding, and sneak attacking; We need to cross the river. And if we go to Gaizhu City, we must cross the Yellow River. It is impossible for the Tibetans not to set up spies along the Yellow River, so they will find our whereabouts at the first time. idiot."

Speaking of this, Deng Chongxuan paused for a moment, and then said: "However, according to Mr. Kou's analysis just now, Gao Wuyang and Ding Jiagang are scattered and hidden in the mountains, and the other is firmly defending Gaizhu City. The army faced the Tubo army at most no more than 3 people, and I thought Master Kou's analysis was right."

(End of this chapter)