Chapter 52: False Open Middle Road
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Xu Ping asked Li Zhang to sit down and said, "Although there are many Tibetan tribes in Longyou and there are mutual grievances, everyone must keep in mind that our enemy is the party, and everything must revolve around this. If you can't fight the Tibetan Ministry that has nothing to do with the party, you can't fight it, even if you want the court to give you a knighthood and a tea silk reward, it's okay. Those who are willing to fight with them should be more concerned about encircling them, and do not have to hope that they will attract many reward troops, as long as they do not cause us trouble. As soon as the party is dead, you can do whatever you want in this area, don't make trouble at this time, don't make trouble! ”
Everyone agreed together, saying that they did not dare to disobey the strategy of the Shuaifu.
Xu Ping said again: "Either openly or secretly attached to the party, the largest are the two Tibetan tribes, one is the golden dragon of the Miaochuan Yaran tribe, and the other is the Yuzang Huama tribe. Miaochuan is in the hinterland of the river, and now we can't fight if we want to, so our main energy will be put on the body of Yuzang Huama. The Shuaifu got the news that because the financial route of the private salt was cut off, Yuzang Huama intended to take advantage of the autumn and was contacting the Tibetan ministries. It's just that there is no news yet that they have made a grammar, and it is clear that their determination is undecided. ”
"In the future, we will fight in this area, and we will not fight a war in which the situation is unknown, a war for which we are unprepared, a war of insecurity, a war of rout, and still less a war of attrition. Yuzang Huama's change this time is a good opportunity, if he can really take the initiative to attack with the tribes who are disloyal to the imperial court, we will strive to annihilate the enemy in the Sanchuan River Valley. If they can be annihilated in this battle, then the Tibetan troops south of Lanzhou and Huizhou will be swept away, and they will reach the foot of Mabit Mountain, and peep at Lanzhou across the mountain. ”
Hearing this, Chong Shiheng took a breath: "What does the commander mean, is it to finish the battle?" ”
"Yes, I think so, but whether we can do it depends on our efforts. We didn't do anything in Qinzhou for half a year, and it was one thing to be cautious and cautious in showing the enemy, and it was another thing to show the enemy to lure the snake out of the hole with weakness. We've done enough work, now it's up to us to see how it works. Now the Weibei Fan Department is only in contact with each other, and there is no grammar yet, obviously Yuzang Huama is undecided, and we have to give him more strength. ”
Sang Yi said: "What does the festival marshal mean, is that Yu Zanghua Ma doesn't want to make a side, but also wants him to make a side?" ”
Xu Ping nodded: "Not bad!" Since he has this heart, it would be a pity that we don't take advantage of it. Zhufan is scattered between thousands of miles of mountains and wilderness, and they do not belong to each other, and most of them have feuds, and they have attacked and killed each other for hundreds of years. If we go to seek peace one by one, it will be protracted, and the rebellion will not be frequent, and the court will waste its energy in vain. If they were able to organize themselves and send them to our preset positions, they would be destroyed in one battle, and how much effort would be saved! This time, we must let him commit the border this autumn, and let him bring as many people as possible, it is best to bring all the Tibetan departments in Lanzhou and the south of Huizhou, and solve the problem in one battle! ”
Sang Yi looked at Chong Shiheng and Wang Kai, and asked, "I don't know what method the festival marshal wants to use to get Yu Zanghua to come?" ”
"It's nothing more than two methods, one is to lure, the other is to force, and to manage both, so he can't help but come. The so-called forcing is to let Yu Zang Huama see that if he waits in the West Envoy City, the wealth in his hands will be less and less, the territory will be smaller and smaller, and he will face the imperial court soldiers. Selling fine salt and cutting off the sales of green and white salt is one of the ways to force it. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Ping stood up, pointed to the big map behind him and said: "Fanqiang is heavy on goods, and we have cut off the sales of green and white salt, which will inevitably make them rebellious." Qingtang Qiang and the Shangding clan are familiar households, and they have nothing to do with the party, so I asked the three shops to buy their salt, deliberately enveloping them, and guarding the court. The people in the northwest are different, their salt comes from the party, and all those who sell salt are related to the party. For the tribes that have betrayed the imperial court, the policy of soothing Sui is not applicable, and they should cover up and kill their clan accounts! You see, this is Gangu, less than 100 miles away from Fuqiang Village. Gangu is called Gangu because the water there is sweet and delicious and drinkable. You must know that the river water in Weibei is bitter and salty and astringent, and if you can't drink it, you will get sick if you force it into your stomach. There is such a river, Gangu is a rare treasure land, and it is on the main road from the west to Qinzhou. If we build a city here, then the troops will be directed at the western envoy city, and the code will choke the road from the Yuzang Department to Qinzhou, which can be described as a key point. Can Yu Zang Hua Ma still be able to sleep? ”
Chong Shiheng said: "Isn't the festival marshal going to lead Yu Zanghua hemp out?" He didn't dare to come when he built the city and defended it, right? ”
"The soldiers are treacherous, but the truth is false, and the virtual is real. We are going to build a city there because we want to force Yu to hide the flowers and hemp and make it look like we are building a city, but if we don't really build it, we want to lure him to come. So our strategy for him is to force and seduc, and force and seduc. In September, we will choose a group of soldiers and horses to build a city in the Gangu area, but we dare not use any method, we must not really build the city, and we must not let Yu Zanghua be suspicious. This is a crucial step, and each company must be detailed and disciplined, so that there can be no accidents! ”
Wang Kai promised, he was in charge of the commander yamen, the counselor military, and the system battle plan.
Xu Ping said again: "In addition to building a city in Gangu to lure Yu Zanghuama, there are also a few points to lure him. Fanqiang is heavy on wealth and goods, and everyone has noticed these days that there are many people who sell horses for money in Qinzhou City. For what? Because they want to buy the goods of the three shops. In the eyes of the Qiang people, the treasures of the three shops are accumulated, and Yu Zanghua and hemp are not moved? But now the three shops are in Qinzhou City, which has been a big city for many years, and Fan Qiang is not good at attacking the city, so he doesn't dare to come even if he is greedy. After a few days, let the three divisions open a branch shop in Fuqiang Village, as a bait for fishing Yu Tibetan hemp. Guess he's going to bite the hook? ”
Everyone laughed together: "The Tibetan people love money, and they know that it is poisonous, but they are afraid that they still want to bite this bite!" ”
Xu Ping also smiled, if he could really lure Yu Zang Huama here, he would be willing to rob all the goods in the shop. The nomadic Qiang tribes scattered throughout the valley are really a headache, not a question of whether they can fight or not, but if they want to go to peace one by one, it will take several years just on the road. Where does Xu Ping have this time? It is ideal to destroy the living forces in the hostile area as quickly as possible, create a power vacuum, and then quickly fill it.
"In order to make Yu Zang Huama make up his mind, we put a heavier bait. Since arriving in Qinzhou, the Mingshenwu army was stationed in Qingshui County, and the Xuanwei army was stationed in the west of Qinzhou City. Originally, this arrangement was made because the northwest area was full of raw Tibet, and the first time I came to Tibet, I was not familiar with it, and it was temporarily empty there. According to the original idea, if you are familiar with the situation, you have to fill it up, but now that you have the matter of Yuzang Huama, you will not do it. In the name of reorganizing the training department and cooperating with the village, the various departments were stationed in place, so that those who entered Gangu City became a lone army on the surface, and let the bait we cast out be a little more fragrant. ”
Because of the weak ability to organize the campaign, the Song army basically did not adopt this strategy of luring the enemy into depth, gathering and annihilating him. Otherwise, if the enemy army is brought in, it is likely that all the departments will be in chaos, and not only will they not be able to gather and annihilate the enemy, but they will probably be defeated. In many cases, military strategies are not whether they can be thought out of, but whether they can be achieved. On the other hand, the military quality of the army is low, and if you are full of wisdom, it can only be reduced to a joke. When Xu Ping arrived in Qinzhou, he must change the military system and go all out to carry out military rectification and training. Without the ability of the army to cooperate, all strategies and tactics are empty, and even if there is no last resort, it is possible to lose the street pavilion.
It was precisely because the Song army generally did not use this tactic that Xu Ping had to use it to deal with Yu Zang Huama. In the impression of the surrounding Fan Qiang, the tactics of the Song army were rigid, and even if they could think of the risk of being annihilated by the attack, they did not believe that the Song army could do it. The more unexpected it is, the better it can be, and people are always swayed by their own impressions.
Xu Ping said to Li Zhang: "In the end, Ji Yi Si will select capable people to go all the way to the northwest, in addition to collecting enemy information, but also trying his best to persuade the people of the tribes around Yu Zanghua Ma to invade the south. Don't stick to the old ways, the more tribes that come this time, the better. We have been ready for war in the past six months, and with the terrain of Sandu River, even in the most open valley pass, the two armies can only accommodate 10,000 people on each side in a position at most, and no matter how many people there are, it is useless. Let all the tribes who are interested in opposing the court gather together, and no matter how many people there are, our army can completely eat it! ”
Li Zhang got up and crossed his hands in agreement.
The mountains and rivers in the northwest are broken, and it is difficult to find a large area of flat land except for the river valley, and even in the river valley, the large group of men and horses cannot set up a position, and the scale of the battle is limited. In fact, this kind of terrain is the most conducive to the small-scale battles that the forbidden army is good at, and without the organization and command of powerful tribes, it is difficult for the Tibetan army to pose a threat to the forbidden army.
In the end, the Qiang tribe is a tribal army, and even if they barely get together to fight, they are not organized, and they will not consider the question of choosing a suitable battlefield and how many troops to invest. In the last battle of Sandu Gukou of Cao Wei, Li Lizun did not know exactly how many people he brought, but he was afraid that he himself would not be able to figure it out. Cao Wei brought a total of seven or eight thousand people, and in the first battle, he crushed the Zongge coalition army, chased and killed dozens of miles, and beheaded thousands of people. No one knows how many people escaped.
Yuzang Huama's appeal is far inferior to Li Lizun, no matter how many people he can bring, the organization is bound to be chaotic, and Sang Yi's army is enough to defeat them head-on. The most open valley mouth can only be deployed with a Xuanwei army, and Gao Daquan's Guiming Shenwu can't participate, they should have other tasks, and what Xu Ping wants is to leave all the people who come.