Chapter 198 Feed the enemy with war

The most surprising thing is that the general who Chen Ying ordered to stay behind was not Duan Zhigan, who usually stayed behind, nor Zhang Shigui, the cavalry general, but Guo Xiaoke, who was the fastest promoted under Chen Ying.

Don't look at Guo Xiaoke's follow-up to Chen Yingman's full fight for less than three years, but he has been promoted from a small soldier to today's Zhengsipin Zhongwu general, at the same level as Su Dingfang.

Counting from the nine-rank military attaché, to the four-rank Zhongwu general, it is twenty-two. Guo Xiaoke completed the 22nd consecutive jump in less than three years. If you calculate it carefully, it is very scary, almost a month to upgrade a level.

Even Guo Xiaoke himself felt inexplicable, Su Dingfang even ridiculed whether Guo Xiaoke was Chen Ying's illegitimate son, but because Guo Xiaoke was a few years older than Chen Ying, Chen Ying would not be able to give birth to a son as big as Guo Xiaoke no matter how tightly he managed his crotch.

The great scientist Albert Einstein once said a recipe for success: "What is genius?" That's 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." Many people regard this sentence as chicken soup for the soul, but this sentence, there is a paragraph after it, called 1 percent inspiration is far more important than 99 percent sweat.

Learning, in fact, is just to become a skilled craftsman, and it is absolutely impossible to become a genius. Talent is actually more important than hard work, for example, in terms of online articles, Lao Cheng has been writing books since 09 and has tried various themes, but he has always been a hit on the street, doesn't Lao Cheng work hard? There are more lazy people than Lao Cheng, but they are more awesome. That's the talent gap.

Guo Xiaoke's talent is not bad, although he did not do his job properly when he was young, but after discovering that the system of the Anxi Army was very suitable for his development, he could always draw inferences from others and quickly accept Chen Ying's intentions. When Chen Ying appointed him as the deputy commander of the Vietnamese cavalry, Guo Xiaoke understood Chen Ying's intentions.

Chen Ying wanted to assimilate the Western Regions and transform the Western Regions into the Central Plains. As a result, Guo Xiaoke carried out the extremely harsh study of Tang Yan in the Vietnamese cavalry army, as well as the action of Chen Ying's night school study for officers, and achieved gratifying results. Su Dingfang, who started from the same starting point as Guo Xiaoke, just coped with things, which was not too bad, but it was definitely not outstanding.

Chen Yingxin's more than 4,000 miles of asphalt roads, the same human resources as Su Dingfang, Guo Xiaoke's department completed more than 2,200 miles, and Su Dingfang's department completed only more than 1,000 miles, and the gap was instantly reflected.

Opportunities are always left to those who are well prepared, and Chen Ying suggested that Guo Xiaoke inspect the Western Regions and the Western Regions to protect Sima, and stay in the Western Regions as the inspector Sima. This is Chen's affirmation of Guo Xiaoke's efforts.

Staying in the Western Regions is actually a test for Chen Ying to Guo Xiaoke. As Chen Ying's identity and status, it is impossible for him to be stationed in the Western Regions for a long time, unless Li Yuan's brain is in the water.

Obviously, after Li Yuan freed his hands, he would definitely not sit idly by and watch the barbaric development of the Western Regions, at this time, Chen Ying would retire and follow Li Xiuning to live an ideal life with his wife and children.

Then, Guo Xiaoke can become the second protector of the Western Regions, just like in history.

The most surprising thing for the people of the Western Regions Protectorate was that on the eve of Chen Ying's Western Expedition, he also specially promoted Ma Zhou to join the army as the Protector of the Western Regions. You must know that Ma Zhou was born in a poor family, and under Chen Ying, he managed the Datang Tongli Money Village under his name as a private person, which is the identity of a businessman, the Qian family. However, he became the protector of the Western Regions, and Cao joined the army. Although this is only a seven-rank official position, it controls the financial taxes of the nineteen states and more than one hundred counties in the Western Regions, which is equivalent to the money bag of the Western Regions Protectorate.

Although this was not in accordance with the courtesy, there was no objection.

Because, Ma Zhou is Chen Ying's person, and to oppose Ma Zhou is to oppose Chen Ying.

Ma Zhou's first function was to allocate grain and grass in an all-round way for Chen Ying's expedition to the west.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. An army of 100,000 and more than 200,000 war horses consumed as much as 3,000 stone of grain every day, and ten times as much grass as grain.

In order to transport supplies for the 100,000-strong army, Chen Ying not only recruited more than 60,000 people to participate in the transportation of grain and grass, but also drew more than 30,000 herdsmen from various ethnic groups and tribes, carrying hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep and then marching.

The grain consumed by the 100,000 army, Chen Ying is not difficult to take out, but what is lacking is the transportation capacity, not only that, Chen Ying also dispatched a caravan of 10,000 camels as the protector of the Western Regions, responsible for transporting supplies.

The Anxi Army is a mule and horse army, the whole army, from the generals, down to the men, and even the mules and horses, ordinary cavalry naturally rode forward, ordinary infantry and archery soldiers, Modao army soldiers, they marched in four-wheeled carriages.

A four-wheeled wagon that could carry a group of heavily armed soldiers. Only two horses are needed, and they can advance on flat ground at a speed of one hundred or one hundred and fifty or sixty miles a day. Chen Ying mobilized more than 6,000 four-wheeled carriages, and almost two-thirds of the four-wheeled carriages in the entire Western Regions were transferred.

Of the more than 6,000 carriages, more than 1,400 were used to transport the soldiers of the Modao Army. More than 600 vehicles transported arrows, blades and armor, and more than 1,000 vehicles transported archery soldiers. The remaining more than 3,000 four-wheeled carriages were all used to transport grain and grass. More than 6,000 horse-drawn carriages marched long distances, and the procession stretched for dozens of miles.

It looks very spectacular, but in fact, Chen Ying did not transport much grain and grass. Each heavy carriage could transport 3,000 catties of grain, about 30 stones. However, the 100,000-strong army had to eat more than 3,000 stone of grain in one day, that is, the grain of a hundred carts, that is, the military rations that Chen Ying prepared were only thirty days.

Li Xiuning's preparation for Chen Ying felt incredible. Once the war starts, there are too many uncertainties. In case of any accidents, a month's supply is too dangerous.

Li Xiuning voiced her doubts.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly: "You haven't counted, more than 200,000 war horses, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, these are actually food!" ”

Li Xiuning was puzzled: "That's not good, war horses are the second life of soldiers, once the army needs to kill horses to satisfy hunger, the impact on morale will be ......"

Without waiting for Li Xiuning to finish speaking, Chen Ying said: "This is the crux of the Western Regions, there are no rivers that can be used in the Western Regions, water transportation is not feasible at all, the only way is land transportation, but now my transportation capacity is too low, in order to solve the problem of insufficient military food, as long as the flow of supply is adopted, that is, every time a grain truck is eaten, the people escorted by the grain truck will take the voucher, return empty, just load the grain, and then set off." Of course, this is only a symptom, not a cure! ”

Chen Ying regarded this western expedition as a big deal. He did not doubt the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Anxi Army, in history, Su Dingfang led the Tang Army to the west to conquer the Western Turks, in fact, he only had 20,000 Tang troops, plus more than 10,000 cavalry surrendered by the Western Turkic Mukun Division, the total strength was more than 30,000 people.

Chen Ying used thousands of caravans to serve as the second alternative for the Tang army's supply, and signed a joint agreement with them, selling them the spoils of the Western Expedition, such as cattle, sheep, horses, and various captured materials from the Western Turks, at a price thirty percent lower than the market price, and the third option was to eat the enemy and feed the war with war!

Chen Ying's western expedition was huge, gathering 100,000 troops, plus 90,000 people, and using one-seventh of the total population of the Western Regions.

Therefore, the troops were pulled out, and where they passed, the Western Turks had already gone to the camp empty, and they advanced more than 300 miles west along the Tianshan Mountains from Mulan City, not to mention people, and they didn't even see a ghost.

Zhang Shigui, who was in charge of the forward army, returned to Chen Ying's Chinese army command car, and said depressedly: "General, this Western Turk is simply a rabbit, and I haven't even seen a ghost shadow!" ”

Chen Ying smiled disapprenously: "What are you afraid of, they can't run, unless, they are willing to give up their foothold in the Western Regions." ”

Zhang Shigui said: "According to me, we don't need to make such a big noise in our western expedition at all, we only need to use our cavalry army to dispatch, and the last general dares to guarantee that he is not afraid that the Western Turks will hit the, and they will be clean!" ”

"You're thinking too simply!" Chen Ying looked at Zhang Shigui, who had been wronged for thousands of years with the label of a traitor on his body, and said: "Then I will test you, when Cao Cao attacked Xiliang Ma Chao, he could obviously outwit the brave and unscrupulous Ma Chao with a small number of troops, but instead made a big fanfare and slowly attacked ......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shigui suddenly realized: "The general means the Western Turks, the same as the Xiliang Ma Chao back then, the light horse comes and goes like the wind, and Cao Cao is fanfare, just to make Ma Chao fully prepared for a battle!" ”

However, Zhang Shigui looked at Chen Ying with some surprise, and now Chen Ying gave the example of Cao Cao, is it unintentional, or is it comparing himself to Cao Cao?

Chen Ying pointed to the huge sand table in the command car and said: "From the west of the Ile River Valley, west to the West Sea (now the Caspian Sea) and North Eurus (today's northern part of the Siberian Plain), the land spans thousands of miles, and the cavalry of the Western Turks comes and goes like the wind, if we defeat a part of the Western Turkic army in the direction of a surprise attack, it is meaningless, not to mention that people are very cheap, do not give up until the Yellow River, do not hit the south wall and do not look back." If I blindly show leniency, this matter will never be finished, and only by raising troops on a large scale can we have the possibility of going down without a fight! ”

Zhang Shigui nodded, this is Chen Ying's established strategy.

With less than 30,000 elite troops, Chen Ying could defeat more than 200,000 Western Turkic troops under the command of Tong Yehu. But the number of troops is small, unless there is a killing spree on the battlefield to deter Liwei. Otherwise, some people will be left to chance, and as long as there is a stronghold in the middle to resist hard, the progress of the whole battle will be slowed down. Once the battlefield falls into a stalemate, it will inevitably be protracted, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to save money and food.

Chen Ying didn't want to kill more. He wants to build a gallop road from the Western Regions to Chang'an, which requires a lot of human resources, even if it is the life of the Turks, it is also precious, at least he can build roads, dig ditches, and can bless the descendants of China, the Chi Road established by the Qin Dynasty until the era of Gu Yanwu at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there are records in his book.

Chen Ying thought about it, so he decided to go the opposite, and even made a big fanfare, mobilizing an army of 100,000 troops within the limits of the current finances. 90,000 people, more than 6,000 heavy carriages, more than 200,000 war horses, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, created a huge momentum.

Although Chen Ying had less than 200,000 people, he falsely claimed to have an army of 500,000. Sure enough, I heard that there were 450,000 troops marching westward, not only did the Western Turks have no intention of resisting, but even the Eastern Turks couldn't ignite the idea of rescue! In fact, this is also very normal, anyone who hears that Chen Ying has exhausted his elite and mobilized three or four hundred thousand horsemen into the Western Turks, as long as he is not a fool, he will not rush to die again.

Chen Ying stood in front of the car window, looking at the soldiers who were silently hurrying on the road, his brows furrowed slightly.

The officers and men of the Anxi Army, who were holding back their arms and preparing to do a big job, began to hang their heads when they found that the so-called Western Expedition had actually become an armed march.

Zhang Shigui said: "The morale of the general is a little ......"

Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "Pass on the order of the general, let the soldiers sing!" ”

"Sing!"

"Sing a duet!"

After a while, the marching column of the soldiers of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty immediately resounded with a loud singing: "The wolf smoke rises and the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rises and rolls the horse, the sword is like frost, the heart is like the water of the Yellow River, who can resist in the twenty years of vertical and horizontal,

Hatred is mad, and the long knife is directed.

How many siblings are buried in their bones.

What a pity to die to repay the family and country.

I sighed and was even more speechless, full of blood and tears.

The horseshoe goes south and people look north.

People look north at the grass and yellow dust.

I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory.

The dignified Tang Dynasty wants to let the Quartet - come to congratulate!

Although it is plagiarism, but when this simple song sounded, the passionate singing resounded in the sky, and the unspeakable pathos and tragedy between the lyrics made the whole army soldiers and even the people moved.