Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 213 The Battle of Songzhou (for Subscription)
In the 12th year of Zhenguan, that is, five years ago, Datang and Tubo had a fight in Songzhou.

At that time, Tubo was in a period of rising, "in modern times, it has become stronger, cannibalize other countries, has a vast land and space, and has won hundreds of thousands of soldiers."

When attacking Songzhou, Tubo first dispatched troops to defeat the Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and Bailan Qiangs. It was a big victory with 20 soldiers preparing to sweep Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Songzhou was only about 12. Because Songzhou was a lower capital, its own military strength was not large. Chen Ziang said in "Shangshuchuan Military Status", "When I was in Shu, I saw legends and heard that Songzhou, Panzhou and other prefectures had no more than 638 troops." During Wu Zetian's period, Tubo's threat to the Tang Dynasty was increasing day by day. The Tang army's garrison strength in Songzhou seemed to be more than that in the [-]th year of Zhenguan (AD [-]). Even so, it was still insufficient. million people.

Based on this, it can be inferred that in the 12th year of Zhenguan (638 AD), the Tang army's defenders in Songzhou should also be less than 1.Second, the purpose of Han Wei's battle is to observe the Tubo army, so naturally he will not bring out all the defenders.

Judging from the above two points, the Tang army led by Han Wei probably has only a few thousand people, at most no more than 1.

Using 1 people against 20 people in Tubo, one can imagine how cruel the Songzhou battlefield would be at that time.

"Tie Yu. I can only give you 50 people. For these 50 people, you must stay here for five hours. No matter how fierce the opponent's attack is, you must also stay here for five hours."

After Tie Yu listened to his superior's order, he quickly bowed to accept the order.

Without hesitation, I immediately took my 50 people to a place called Luoyanpo. In this Songzhou war, 20 people from Tubo attacked Songzhou. The battle will be in the area of ​​Gansongling. Because Gansongling is between Songzhou and Dangxiang The important channel of Gansongling is Dangxiang to the west of Gansongling. The Tang Dynasty once set up a general army in Gansongling.

And Luoyanpo is a place to guard against the enemy's sneak attack. It is very important here, but it is really short of manpower. Only 50 people can be sent here to guard it. If it is not found here, everyone will be happy. Well, then Tie Yu's 50 people are estimated to be all dead, and it is not known whether they can defend for five hours.

Regrettably, Luoyanpo was finally discovered by the Tubo people, and all fifty of Tie Yu's brothers were killed in battle. You must know that Tubo dispatched at least [-] people to attack Luoyanpo, but Luoyanpo still held on for three hours.

Until Tie Yu also fell down, blood covered Tie Yu completely, watching his brothers die one by one, and he couldn't do it anymore, Tie Yu felt that he deserved to die, even if he died, he was worthy of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty honorable title.

But when Tie Yu was about to die, he suddenly thought of his wife and daughter, what would they do without him?
Fortunately, Datang's pension is very good, and his wife and daughter should be fine.

Datang also has clear regulations on the compensation system for the dead and disabled soldiers. The dead soldiers are buried and their families are given money.

The ruler knows that combat power is an important reason to ensure the victory or defeat of a war, so he has a very clear goal in terms of army building, and it is precisely because of this that the ruler will treat the soldiers well, so that the soldiers will have no worries and concentrate on fighting , is an important reason for victory.

After the fall of Luoyanpo, Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou, rushed out of the city to fight with him. He was defeated by the Tibetan army, and then the Tang army turned to the defensive.On August 27, Li Shimin used Hou Junji, Zhisi Sili, and Niu Jinda to rescue in three ways.

On the sixth day of September, Niu Jinda led the vanguard to arrive, attacked the Tubo camp at night, beheaded more than a thousand people, Songtsen Gampo led the army and retreated slowly, and the Battle of Songzhou ended.

Some people will definitely say, what is this Songzhou battle called?

In terms of the scale of the Battle of Songzhou, it is not worth mentioning. Both sides lost thousands of soldiers and retreated hastily. Compared with the battle of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of large armies in the later period, the battle under Songzhou City was at best a one-time battle. Little border friction.

The Battle of Songzhou was an encounter between the current overlord (Tang Dynasty) and an emerging challenger (Tibetan).

The Tang Dynasty wanted to maintain the "world order" in East Asia that it had worked so hard to build, while Tubo sought to gain the approval of the overlord and the respect that the challenger deserved.

Therefore, the Battle of Songzhou was a war full of "face".

After this battle, after the Battle of Songzhou, the benefits Tubo gained were obvious. Marrying Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty improved her prestige among the surrounding forces. At the same time, Princess Wencheng entered Tibet and brought advanced Chinese culture Entering Tubo promoted the progress of Tubo society.

The benefits obtained by the Tang Dynasty mainly include two aspects.

1. Tubo withdrew its troops from Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, and the Tang Dynasty resumed control of the above-mentioned ministries.

2. Tubo and the Tang Dynasty maintained a peaceful situation for 20 years, and the security of the western border of the Tang Dynasty was guaranteed.

The only suffering is those soldiers who died, especially the 50-man team in Luoyanpo. Had to go out to fight.

These 50 people were all convicted of dereliction of duty, so none of these 50 people received compensation. This is a trivial matter that cannot be ignored in history, but the consequences it brings to the parties, but forever.

Tie Yu didn't die in the end, he returned excitedly to return to his command, but he was told by someone he knew to tell him to run away quickly, because the higher ups wanted to use his team to take the blame, and the charges had already been laid down, the crime of dereliction of duty.

Tie Yu burst into tears. At that time, Tie Yu lost all his faith in the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, he still had friends in the army. Afterwards, Tie Yu returned to Chang'an with the army from Chang'an. After that, he was hit again. His wife was dead, and his daughter was almost abducted.

With deep remorse, Tie Yu started to raise his daughter alone, and his daughter was named Yaya.

Tie Yu once swore that no matter who it is, if anyone dares to touch his daughter, then he will fight the other party with his life. No matter who you are, even a god, you can watch your daughter being knocked aside.

Finally Tie Yu got angry. He used to be a good soldier in the army, even if he didn't use it for a few years, he was more than enough to face these three gangsters.

"Death to me!"

Tie Yu moved forward angrily, and then punched the bunt man.

I saw that this punch was not only heavy, but also very ruthless. There was only a scream, and the bunter man was beaten to the ground vomiting blood.

Then the two men in black immediately panicked, and quickly shouted to the distance: "Come here, come here, everyone, someone is causing trouble!"

　I really want to portray everyone with flesh and blood, but it is really difficult!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)