Section 823 Crossing the Snow Mountain
In that day's battle, there were very few big cannibals who were able to escape. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Tang cavalry waits for work, uses the terrain to surround on all sides, plus horses and equipment, and what is even more powerful is that Tang cavalry is fierce!
The victory of the Tang army is not a problem, and the big cannibals who escaped are all riding on the horses after the Tang army was shot down and riding up and escaping, but even so, they can't escape far and how many people!
The rangers of the Don army on the periphery were waiting for them.
The tribesmen who were in a hurry to surrender their names, and if they wanted to curry favor with the Tang people, they had to give a greeting gift.
The Tang people are rich, the key is that the Tang people are powerful and powerful!
So Yang Chengxian happily returned to his original garrison, Haft City, with the results of the three thousand cannibals, but found that the city was bustling with many tribesmen.
As soon as I inquired, it turned out that it was Shi Wanchao's meritorious service, and he summoned the heads and leaders of the tribesmen within a radius of hundreds of miles to hold a meeting!
It means that they have surrendered to the Tang Army!
The tribesmen are unruly, but Shi Wanchao is a murderous king!
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Shi Wanchao broke his wrist and had to leave the front line to recuperate, so that his bones would grow crooked when he could move, which would affect his future battlefield.
Tang Jun's military medical methods are clever, Shi is a general, naturally the best medicine is applied to his hands, the best tiger bone wine, musk ointment is not sparing, his physical fitness is good, the result is that he has been very good for a month.
But he was shocked to hear that his former army commander Wang Xiaojie and Gong Ren had fought hotly, and their achievements were not bad, and Shi Wanchao was immediately unhappy.
He was too lazy to join in the fun, so he went to his brother Yang Chengxian (the second senior brother), who warmly welcomed him and immediately appointed him to deal with the tribes in the northwestern part of the Persian Plateau.
Shi Wanchao decided to do a big deal, he stretched out his tentacles, and first inquired about the situation of the surrounding tribes.
Where are they located, how many people are there, and what is their attitude towards the Tang people?
Then there were the caravans, the members of the caravans were local natives who cooperated with the Tang people, and some of them had been able to spy on the military and map the terrain after a short period of training.
According to Shi Wanchao's previous arrogance, he was eager to sweep away the tribesmen within a radius of hundreds of miles.
But he kept pace with the times, and he also knew the importance of building a broad front to fight the diehards.
The problem is that the military is limited, and the terrain on the plateau is complicated!
If you fight in a desperate manner, you are afraid that you will fight with the tribesmen, and the end of the war is far away.
In desperation, as strong as Shi Wanchao, he also had to bow to the phenomenon, planning to find out the worst tribe against the Tang people and attack it!
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In the military tent, Shi Wanchao was listening to the report.
"The situation is very clear, the 'Garider' tribe is the most powerful tribe against us, a hundred miles away from our railway!" The scouts told Shi Wanchao the information.
"That tribe has a very close relationship with the Great Cannibals, and it is said that their chief, Ali Harlem, was a relative of the Great Cannibals, or a devout religious believer, and before we came, they were very powerful, and they were said to be the bosses of the nearby tribes! Anyway, there is no doubt that they are against us, they are in the high mountains, they attack from time to time, and in the summer they are very active, and they come from hundreds of miles to attack us, and they also allow the regular army of Dashi to cross the road and destroy the railways of the Tang people. ”
"The losses they caused to us were seven trains robbed for them, which is the largest number of times, and they also picked up our three miles of railroad tracks, which is very powerful!"
"Didn't you deal with him before?" Shi Wanchao asked.
The answer was: "Their terrain is complex and high, and it is not easy to deal with." ”
"Then we'll them!" Shi Wanchao said the final word.
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The snowy peaks are in the sky, endless, and the troops trek through them with difficulty.
At first, the road was quite easy to walk, but as the terrain rose, although the sun was shining, the air was very cold.
Shi Wanchao personally led the team, he wore a lamb hat on his head, thick socks, fingerless gloves, sturdy wool thermal underwear, light armor outside, and a layer of oilcloth duck down army coat, carrying a large sleeping bag, which contained all kinds of equipment.
The soldiers are also well dressed and equipped, they are well prepared, and they take care of everything: movement, fighting, and warmth.
The Tang were accompanied by two tribes, who were given the same equipment, and the Tang were still generous with their allies.
If you want them to die, you have to give them benefits.
If you give benefits, if you don't work hard, you will abandon it!
This is the general attitude of the Don towards allies, which is both friendly and non-condescending.
The Tang people have an atmosphere, give them benefits, and are not afraid of their rebellion.
They brought with them some donkeys and mountain horses, and in the high mountains, they were the only ones who could not walk in the mountains.
"The best livestock is actually a highland sheep!" The guide was a man in the prime of life, named Carridge, who told Shi Wanchao through an interpreter: "The plateau sheep is very big, not afraid of the cold, dangerous as flat land, and has support, but unfortunately the wild is too big to control!" ”
Swan's jaw was overturned, and he stationed with a short-handled pistol, looking back at his serpentine troops trudging through the snowy fields.
He brought with him 5,000 Tang combat troops, 500 engineers, 1,000 elite tribal troops, and 1,000 migrant workers.
For most of the journey, they had to walk through the ice and snow, with no obvious path, and it was up to guides and scouts to determine their positions, and the engineers and civilian workers were responsible for opening the way, and they built ladders and tied ropes in some dangerous places.
If you don't grasp the rope, you will fall, the ground is slippery and doesn't count, the cold wind is cold, and it blows on your face like a knife!
The terrain is very steep, the roads are daunting, and in many places donkeys and mountain horses cannot climb up, and people carry them hard!
Most of the people were silent, altitude sickness was still not small, Shi Wanqi felt difficulty breathing all the time, as if there was a feeling of suffocation, the headache was terrible, and there seemed to be a team of big food soldiers fighting with Tang soldiers in his head.
He propped his forehead and asked the guide in bewilderment, "Aren't they tired of running hundreds of miles to fight us on such a road?" ”
The guide's answer was straight to the point: "There are too many good things for you Tang people!" ”
He took a sip of the burning knife in the military kettle with satisfaction, it tasted so good, it could keep out the cold, it was the gift of the mountain people, and it was impossible to drink it before. (Previously banned from alcohol because of religious beliefs)
The Tang people are really good at everything, everything they eat and drink, and everything is first-class.
"They want to rob, do you want to rob too?" Shi Wanchao asked curiously.
"Yes, but I'm more afraid of your knives and your size!" The guide replied, glancing at Swan's tall, bear-like body.
Swann laughed and threw out a gold coin to reward him, and the guide was agile, and the narrow mountain road was slippery.