Chapter 1404 Tie Liu 25,000 Li, Qin Jun San Tu 100,000 Hu
"You are a bad idea. Do you know how far it is from the sea to the mouth of the Xindu River? How far is it from the mouth of the Xindu River to Gubin?"
Qin Lang dipped his fingers in the wine and wrote a map on the table.
"From the mouth of the Xindu River to the capital of Kubin, it is at least three thousand miles. Although this road is relatively flat along the big river, it is not good to go west from Kubin to the countries of Tocharo. gone."
"From the mouth of the Xindu River to the east, even to the southern seaport of Pyu, which is newly conquered by the Tang Dynasty, there are at least 12,000 miles of sea route. A thousand-mile sea route. From Shigang to Jiaozhou, there are still more than 5,000 miles.”
A group of former prime ministers, with wine glasses in their hands, all looked down at the sea chart that Qin Lang casually drew on the table. It was outlined with a few simple strokes, but it was very vivid.
"From the sea to the mouth of the Xindu River, it takes a big circle."
"It's only 10,000 miles from Luoyang along the Silk Road to Tochara, but it takes more than 25,000 miles from the sea? Double the distance?"
Xue Yuanchao stared at the simple chart, "It turns out that Shigang is at this position. Sri Buddha Shi and Langyaxiu and Panpan are really like the two gates of Nanyang, but Shigang is guarding here. Good location at the east gate."
Lu Chengqing looked at the maps of Linyi and Chenla in the south of Jiaozhou, "Why is Linyi so narrow and long, like an earthworm? Chenla is so big? And Tianzhu, why does it feel bigger than Tang Dynasty?" big?"
Although Qin Lang made a casual pair, the shape and proportions are relatively realistic.
The Indochina Peninsula and the Tianzhu subcontinent are already very large. The Tang Dynasty has also opened up countless territories in the south in the past few decades, especially the newly conquered Pyuyue, and then destroyed Arakan and the Little Brahman, and opened up two outlets to the sea one after another. .
But in the east, the two countries of Chenla and Linyi are indeed still very strong, plus Panpan, Langyaxiu on the Malay Peninsula, and a bunch of other small dependent countries such as Chenla, it feels very big when you look at it .
But in terms of strength, Zhenla is only a little stronger than Piaoyue, but the high mountains and jungles limit the pace of Tang Jun. That's all.
"Twenty-five thousand miles, an expedition from the sea is indeed a bit unreliable."
The last time the Tang army sailed to the Pyu country by sea, it was still more than 8,000 miles away from the Da Nang Concession military port in Linyi. It was Qin Lang who assembled a fleet in Nanyang Lion Harbor and captured the two feudal lords of Pyu and Yue first. The country opened the way for the navy and prepared supplies, which allowed the navy to travel more than 8,000 miles to the Pyu country without any worries.
Now we have to travel three times the distance to the mouth of the Xindu River, and we have to drive thousands of miles north to Dabin, and even cross the Kepor Pass and the Snowy Mountains to conquer the countries of Tocharo, and we may also face a big eclipse. Human resistance, facing the reinforcements of the Sogdians, this kind of expedition has the taste of death.
There is no response, no supplies, is this a thousand miles to send people away?
Even after crossing the 25,000-mile sea route to reach the mouth of the Xindu River, there are still five or six thousand miles away from Mulu or Dawanjun Town, separated by the Tocharian kingdoms, the Sogdian kingdoms, and The Legion of the Great Food Empire, this is not sending to death.
"I still have great confidence in Su Dingfang, Jinghou Jiayin is ready." Qin Lang said.
Now the entire Western Regions are in rebellion, and Dashi is colluding with the tribes of the Western Regions to advance eastward. The Tang Army's Persian Jiling City, Mulu Army Town, and Dawan Army Town are all under siege. Gongyue was also surrounded by Tuqishi and Ge Luolu people.
If he was Su Dingfang who was ordered to go to the Western Regions, facing this situation, he could only fight steadily. The three strongholds of Dawan, Mulu, and Jiling City could only be ignored for the time being.
Suiye and Yili must be rescued first, and they can only fight a tough battle with the Tuqishi and Geluolu people in the Seven Rivers Basin. , destroy them or severely injure them, then the situation in the Western Regions will be opened.
Then we can enter the Hezhong area and fight back all the way.
In this first battle, the Tuqi Shiren had to be severely injured. Su Dingfang was under a lot of pressure, and there was no news for a long time. It is estimated that he had not found a fighter yet.
After all, the Tuqi Shi Sanbu is very strong, and now they can still command other Turkic tribes. If they can't find a suitable fighter, they can fight easily, but they may be led by the nose.
After all, Tuqishi and the others are nomadic tribes. They are good at cavalry mobility. If they miss one hit, it will be difficult to hit again.
"I am worried that at this time, there may be rebellions in Kucha and Khotan in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. If there is a large-scale rebellion, Su Shuai will be devastated by then."
Li Yifu’s worries are also possible. After all, Khotan and Kucha were also conquered by the Tang Dynasty by force. Although these years have been peaceful, those people may not want to take a gamble once they have the opportunity.
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Qin Lang traveled all the way south and arrived in Hangzhou via Yangzhou and Suzhou. Just as they were about to change to sea ships to go to sea, they finally received the latest battle report from the Western Regions.
"It was just delivered from Luoyang Kuaima." Xiaoan handed Qin Lang a copy of the latest battle report, and added, "Good news."
Qin Lang raised his eyebrows, and finally had some joy on his face. Although he had already left Luoyang, he still hoped that the imperial court would win the Western Expedition.
Can't wait to open the letter.
Sure enough, good news.
It is said that Su Dingfang and Qin Jun led the western expedition and mobilized many Han and Tibetan infantry from Longyou Guanzhong, Shuofang Hedong, Mobei, Hexi, and Western Regions. A total of 300,000 Han and Tibetan infantry were mobilized.
However, these armies were divided into several branches and transferred to the Western Regions.
Just when Qin Jun crossed the Yumen Pass and arrived in Gaochang, the countries in the Western Regions had already heard about the large-scale conquest by the Tang army, so the Western Turkic tribes and the Sogdian countries were very afraid, and they stepped up their contacts and plots. To face the battle, he sent people to look for the new governor of Khorasan, and asked the big cannibal to send troops into the river, and even came to Qihe to drive away the Tang army.
In return, Tucharo, Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, and Tuqishi and other Western Turkic tribes all expressed their willingness to pay tribute to the Dashi Caliphate and become a vassal state of Dashi.
Faced with such favorable conditions, Said, the newly appointed governor of Khorasan, led the Khorasan army to march eastward, Tocharo Yehu also recruited princes and dukes to form a coalition army to march eastward, and Zhaowu Sogdian countries were even more active.
In the Qihe area, Tuqishi and Ge Luolu mobilized various ministries to ambush the Tang army at the Yingsuo River in the Tianshan Mountains. At the same time, they sent Sogdians to Kucha, Khotan and Yanqi to instigate an uprising, preparing to set fire to the Tang army's backyard.
But all this seems to have been expected by Su Dingfang.
Su Dingfang led his troops out of Tingzhou, and under the leadership of the Shatuo people directly attacked the tribe of the Geluolu people, plundering their cattle and sheep, and taking their women and children.
Seeing that Tang Jun did not go to Yingsuochuan to Qihe to rescue Suiye and Gongyue towns, but went to the foot of Jinshan to sweep up his own tribe, Ge Luolu people couldn't sit still, regardless of Wu Zhile's dissuasion from Tuqi Shibu , Bring troops back to help the tribe.
As a result, they encountered Qin Jun who was ambushing here in the Baiyang River Valley at the foot of Ye Suo Mountain.
Ge Luolu's army, who was rushing back to rescue the tribesmen, never thought that Qin Jun had brought the elite Tang army to ambush here.
In the small river valley, the Tang army ambushed on all sides.
After the Ge Luolu people entered the ambush circle, the deputy pioneer Xiao Siye rushed out first, blocking the Ge Luolu people's retreat, and then the pioneer Xue Rengui blocked the front team.
Amidst the din of gongs and drums, Qin Jun led soldiers and horses to kill from the mountains on both sides.
The **** machine guns, catapult cannons, three-bow bed crossbows and other heavy weapons erected on the mountains on both sides are also violently pouring towards the dense Ge Luolu people.
Countless crossbowmen are also condescending and densely covering the Geluolu people.
The narrow terrain made Ge Luolu's people very dense. They couldn't advance, and they couldn't retreat.
The ambush was very successful.
After a day of **** battle, almost all of the 30,000 Geluolu cavalry were wiped out, most of them were killed or injured.
And Qin Jun, who had won such a great victory for the first time commanding such a battle, issued a harsh order after the war, not to take a single prisoner, and all beheaded at the foot of Ye Suo Ridge.
After the war, the Baiyang River was stained with blood, and countless corpses even blocked the river course, forming a barrier lake, which was completely red.
In the Battle of Blood Lake, Deputy Commander Qin Jun ambushed 30,000 Ge Luolu Jingqi with 20,000 step cavalry, and wiped out 30,000 Ge Luolu Jingqi at the cost of more than 1,000 casualties.
In this battle, Su Dingfang took advantage of the enemy's opportunity, saw through the enemy's siege of Gongyue and Suiye Junzhen, and lured the Tang army to come to help, and then sent 60,000 elite light cavalry to ambush the Tang army in Yingsuochuan.
In the end, Su Dingfang was not fooled at all. Instead, he rushed to attack Ge Luolu's troops, pretending that the whole army was mopping up, forcing Ge Luolu's people to return to help, but he was ambushed himself.
Qin Jun, who took up the important task of commanding the army for the first time, also showed his martial arts to everyone. The king of Wu'an County, who has been in charge of the army for more than ten years in Luzon, lived up to Su Dingfang's important task and completed the task perfectly. Although Xue Rengui and Xiao Siye were assisted in this battle, his achievements could not be concealed.
After the victory in Blood Lake, Qin Jun led his troops to march in a hurry, and went around to the back of the Tuqi Shiren in Yingsuo Ridge, and then deliberately revealed the news that the entire Ge Luolu army was wiped out in Blood Lake. After Shi Sanwanqi heard the news, he didn't dare to stay there alone anymore, so he quickly retreated, wanting to retreat to Gongyue City in the Yili River Valley, and join the other troops who besieged Yili Army Town in the Tang Dynasty.
Then there was another ambush.
Che Ling, Qin Jun stretched out his net and waited. The Tuqi Shiren who hurriedly withdrew were ambushed by Qin Jun again in the dangerous narrow valley.
The Tuqishi people are braver than the Geluolu people, but the narrow terrain does not give them room to display. They are crowded with people, horses next to horses, unable to run or disperse. But in the end, it just became a living target huddled together.
Especially Tang Jun's bed crossbows, the thick crossbow guns, can connect people and horses on a string with one crossbow, and those Sheshishen machine guns look clumsy, but the huge opening can shoot through the fire. Large stone bullets were fired into the dense crowd, and each shot could take away a row.
This is total massacre.
Qin Jun still does not want to keep anyone alive or take any prisoners.
Three days later, two ambushes annihilated Ge Luolu and Qin Jun, who had 60,000 fine cavalry, and entered the Yili River Valley Plain. A few days later, Su Dingfang led the army to join him. Sweeping, smashing hundreds of tribes big and small, looting countless cattle and sheep.
When the two armies joined forces and appeared outside Yili Army Town, the tens of thousands of Turkic people under Yili Army Town could not believe that the 60,000 fine cavalry were wiped out.
50,000 Tang troops and 80,000 Turkic cavalry faced off on the grassland outside Yili Army Town. The Yili Town soldiers who had been besieged in the city for a long time, as well as the children of the city, the Tutuan, and Chengpang, were extremely exhausted and suffered heavy casualties. But he still called all those who could fight, and resolutely rushed out of the city to support the Tang army outside the city.
Su Dingfang, Qin Jun, Xue Rengui, Xiao Siye, among the four famous generals, three are in power in the Privy Council, and there is one former in power.
It was obviously 50,000 vs. Bafang, but Tang Jun played with an indomitable momentum, which forced them to play 500,000 vs. 80,000.
Wave after wave of offensives, the Turks were still fierce at first, but after less than half a day of fighting between the two sides, the Turks couldn't hold on to the offensive.
Tang Jun is completely tireless and unafraid of death, especially the troops from Yili Army Town who came out of the city, they fight desperately.
From morning to afternoon, the Turks collapsed and began to want to leave the battle.
But Tang Jun was not willing to let them go as he wished, so he clung to it.
Finally, the Turkic people collapsed. No one wanted to entangle Tang Jun like these lunatics. They just wanted to retreat and take a breath, or they didn’t want to do such unnecessary casualties.
The Turkic tribes fled in all directions, and the Yili army town was rescued.
After rescuing Yili Junzhen, Tang Jun took advantage of the situation and marched into Suiye, chasing the defeated Turkic soldiers all the way to Suiye, with corpses strewn all over the field along the way.
Under Suiye City, Su Dingfang and Qin Jun still fought in the same way as before. Anyway, they were onslaught without fatigue and fear of casualties. Wave after wave of violent attacks continued, and the Turkic people who fought at the end retreated in embarrassment.
Broken Leaf Town made a rescue.
At this time, Zhaowu, the Tocharians, and the Dashi Khorasan Army were still in the river.
When they heard the news of the Turkic defeat, their forward scouts had just reached the south bank of the Pearl River.
"Uncle is really fierce!" Xiaoan praised.
Qin Lang chuckled, and stretched out his hand to flick the good news. These few battles have indeed brought out the Tang army's prestige, and also reversed the previously unfavorable situation in the Western Regions in one fell swoop.
Now that the two important military towns of Yili and Suiye have cleared the siege, Qin Li has also taken advantage of the situation and arrived at the foot of Dotan Ridge to the east of the Yibo Sea. Continue to break up the connection between Tuqishi and Ge Luolu.
However, after these two battles, the Tuqi Shiren had lost more than 50,000 cavalry, and the Ge Luolu people were not much better. They were ambushed and annihilated 30,000. Su Dingfang rushed to the rear and beheaded more than 10,000 of them, men, women, and children. Under Yili and Suiye City, nearly ten thousand of them were killed.
The two strong departments lost one hundred thousand in one fell swoop, which is already a serious injury.
Now the situation of the Tang army has reversed.
Dashi, Zhaowu Sogdia, and Tocharo allied with 100,000 troops, stationed in Talas at the western foot of the Qianquan Mountains to the west of Suiye, and behind them were the Sogdian Shiguo and Kangguo.
Datang's Dawanjun Town and Mulujun Town are still surrounded by their rear.
Su Dingfang, Qin Jun and the others wanted to break the siege of Dawan and Mulu, they had to fight them again. The two sides were separated by seven hundred miles, but there would definitely be a fierce battle.
Whether the Allied Forces of the Dashi Western Regions will advance eastward and continue to besiege Suiye City, or whether the Tang Army will advance westward and counterattack Talas, it is not yet known.
However, the situation has improved, and Su Dingfang also received news that Dawan Army Town and Mulu Army Town are still in the hands of the Tang Army and have not fallen.
"Perhaps at this moment, uncle and the others have taken advantage of the victory to pursue, break through Talas, and wipe out 100,000 rebels." Xiao'an said a little excitedly.
Qin Lang put down the good news, "If it was me, I would stabilize Suiye and Yili first, and at the same time speed up the construction of Qinghai City, and at the same time step up the division of troops to sweep away the heavily injured Tuqishi and Ge Luolu's tribes, and take them from Yili to Suiye. The Seven Rivers Basin where Ye is located, rush to the west of Qianquan Mountain."
Although Dawan and Mulu are still surrounded by the enemy, since they have not yet fallen, they are not in a hurry. The enemy coalition forces have already arrived, so we must be cautious.
Instead of continuing to go west to fight Talas after the war, it is better to defend Suiye City, first come to Bo Yiyi to wait for work, and to defend and attack.
It is always right to take a break and fight again.
The south of Qianquan Mountain is the sinister mountainous area of Tianshan and Congling. It is difficult to attack if you take the initiative to attack.
"I heard that uncle now has a title, calling him Little Rentu."
Qin Lang was helpless after hearing this, Qin Jun was called a villain, of course, because Qin Lang was also called a villain because of killing too many enemies and prisoners. Unexpectedly, Qin Jun was also so bloodthirsty, killing hundreds of thousands in a few battles.
Now that Qin Jun, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, is firmly seated, with such unshakable achievements, who can say that Qin Jun was only lucky enough to be crowned king as the ruler because of his support?
Taros.
Qin Lang thought of this famous place in the history of the Tang Dynasty. It was only a small town in the Western Regions, because it was located on the passage north of the Tianshan Mountains. On the way.
Xuanzang also passed by here when he traveled westward, and it is also recorded in his Western Regions.
Because it is located in the place where the Silk Road must pass, especially after the imperial court established the four towns of Yili, Suiye, Dawan, and Mulu in the north of Tianshan Mountains these years, Talas is located between Suiye and Dawan, so Business is more prosperous.
It used to be a small city, but now it is nine miles around the city, where various people live together, and the permanent population in the city is more than 10,000. In terms of the Western Regions, this is already a big city, not to mention the gathering of business travelers from all over the world, and the busy transfer of goods.
In another time and space, in the tenth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi fought with the Dashi Army here, and was defeated and returned.
But now, Qin Lang believes that Tang Jun is stronger and has a higher chance of winning. As long as Su Dingfang and the others can calm down, don't be impatient, wait for more reinforcements to arrive from the rear, replenish supplies, rest and rectify before fighting, then they will be invincible.
"Get on board, I hope that when we arrive in Luzon, we will receive the good news that my Tang army has won another victory!"
(end of this chapter)