Chapter 137 2 Receiving the Flying Eagle Castle
Tubo Zanpu Gesang sat in his treasure tent, looking forward to it, and feeling anxious. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info As a person with both ambition and ability, this mental state is very undesirable, but Gesang can't suppress the continuous breeding of this emotion, and it is the famous thorn Wang Hanxin of the country of silk who caused his emotion.
Originally, all the issues concerning the reception of the Flying Eagle Castle had been agreed upon by Gesang through communication with Liu Yan of Chang'an - except for the rebel general Bull, everything in the Flying Eagle Castle would be returned to Tubo. Although this condition is not satisfactory for Gesang, it is already the best result.
In order to smoothly receive the Flying Eagle Fort, Gesang deliberately drove his 200,000 troops to a place only three hundred miles away from the Flying Eagle Fort, and put on a posture of never giving up until his conditions were met. Regardless of whether Liu Yan was forced by his high-pressure posture or not, things finally had a more satisfactory result.
However, there were mistakes in the implementation of this result, and all the mistakes were made by this Wang Hanxin. The first problem is that Wang Hanxin refused to implement the agreement to take over the Flying Eagle Castle, and also made a lot of nonsense that not an inch of the territory of the Silk Country could be discarded, and if he Wang Hanxin wanted to dig out the meat that Wang Hanxin had eaten in his mouth, he would have to exchange it for meat bigger than this piece of meat, otherwise he would have to exchange it for more blood.
In the face of this open provocation, the soldiers and generals of Tibet were full of righteous indignation, eager to seize the Flying Eagle Fort overnight and devour this open-mouthed boy alive. But Gesang couldn't do that. Wang Hanxin's big words are big words, but if he can't help but do it first, then it is Tubo who tore up the alliance with the country of silk and provoked a war.
After many negotiations, Wang Hanxin's attitude finally softened, but he raised many questions about the details of the acceptance agreement, asking to confirm the authenticity of this agreement, so the time of coming and going was delayed day by day, in order to receive the Flying Eagle Castle, Gesang actually led an army of 200,000 troops to be stationed in the ravine for four full months!
Even if nothing happens, these 200,000 mouths alone will eat 10,000 stone of grain every day, and that is a full 1.2 million stone of grain for four months and 120 days, not including the other meat, dairy products, and horse fodder that these 200,000 troops have to consume every day, which add up to a considerable amount, and these grains need to be transported from the rear. Even if Gesang had made a thorough supply plan before the attack, there would be no food shortage even if the city was besieged for half a year. However, after all, so much grain was transported from the rear little by little, and the terrain of Tibet was no better than that of the Silk Country, and the difficulty of its transportation was even more difficult than that of the Silk Country, and it was by no means easy to organize such a large scene. The time to besiege Flying Eagle City is only about half a year, and now it has taken nearly four months to be consumed by Wang Hanxin, to be honest, if Wang Hanxin really wants to turn his face and deny people, he really can't guarantee that he can take this Flying Eagle Fort in two months alone.
Fortunately, at this juncture, things finally took a turn for the better, and Wang Hanxin finally stopped getting in the way, and expressed his willingness to give up the Flying Eagle Castle and accept the full content of the agreement.
In order to prevent Wang Hanxin from rebelling, Gesang specially appointed his son Mang Gurqing to lead an army of 25,000 to receive the Flying Eagle Fort. If it weren't for the limited capacity of the Flying Eagle Fort itself, Gesang would really want to send all his troops over.
Originally, things should have been roughly relieved at this point, but in the end, things were beyond Gesang's expectations - Mang Gurqing had been gone for a full fifteen days, and it stands to reason that even if he climbed, he would climb there, so after receiving the Flying Eagle Castle, he would naturally come to report with Pegasus. But fifteen days have passed, not to mention that there is no word in return, and not even a single person sent to the vicinity of the Flying Eagle Fort to inquire about the news has not replied.
Gesang knew in his heart that things were not good, but he couldn't show it on the surface, so as not to affect his morale.
Just when Gesang's heart was in a mess like a cat's paw, someone came to report that Mang Gurqing had returned.
When Gesang heard this, he chuckled in his heart: If Mang Gurqing had successfully taken over the Flying Eagle Castle, then he would definitely not run back in person!
Things turned out to be as he expected, Mang Gurqing came back alone, not only did he not have an entourage by his side, but even the robes and armor on his body were tattered. Seeing his son's embarrassed appearance, Gesang hurriedly asked what had happened.
Mang Gurqing first poured a whole pot of wine before regaining his ability to speak, and he had always been gentle and elegant, and he cried like crazy: "Father! Father! We were scammed! ”
Gesang was also shocked by his son's reaction, but he still tried to keep himself calm, hugged his son's shoulders and said, "Mang Gurqing! Calm down! Slowly, you don't have to rush, but don't leave it out, understand? ”
Mang Gurqing nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "Yes, yes, the child will make it clear." The child and his men traveled for seven days and came to the Flying Eagle Castle. At that time, Wang Hanxin had already lined up outside the city to greet him. He and his men did not appear to be friendly, but they were still respectful. After completing the handover formalities, he left the Flying Eagle Fort with the army of the Silk Country, and our army was able to enter the Flying Eagle Fort smoothly and receive all the control of the fort and the 10,423 soldiers in the fort. The matter was considered to have been completed at this point, and the boy immediately ordered his subordinates to take stock of the storehouse, inspect the entire castle, and then send someone back to report the news.
But late that night, before the child could sleep, something happened in the fort. At that time, there was a situation in the south and west of the Flying Eagle Castle, and it is said that some of the troops who had been stationed at the Flying Eagle Castle mutinied. This was expected by you, and the child also arranged for someone to guard against similar incidents in the morning. As a result, the mutinies in these two places were quickly suppressed. But that's just the beginning. Immediately after that, there was a fire in the weapons depot of Fort Flying Eagle, and then there was also a fire in the grain warehouse, and some soldiers began to take advantage of the fire to loot and try to grab food. Then the mutiny resumed, and the entire Flying Eagle Castle was in chaos. Sensing the seriousness of the situation, the child gathered an army and prepared to forcibly suppress the rebels. However, the child never expected that the army of the Silk Country would appear at this time! ”
"Haven't they already withdrawn?" Gesang asked.
"What withdrew?! They had been in ambush in the secret passages of the castle early in the morning! While we were in a hurry, they poured out! We were caught off guard, and after a night of fighting, my men and I were divided and surrounded in a dozen small strongholds inside the castle, unable to support each other. The army and rebels of the Silk Country did not rush to attack, but only blocked the outside. After two days, our army, which had no water source, could not hold out and had to choose to surrender. ”