Chapter 531 Battle Report Shocks Tokyo like Snow
July is hot and the weather is getting cooler.
Dongdu, Luoyang Palace.
After the summer grain was harvested, the imperial court finally continued its life. Luoyang, the eastern capital, also returned to its former bustle, and the accompanying officials and guards no longer needed to eat vegetable porridge.
The emperor followed the prince's advice and made a strategy to deal with the Turks, and everything seemed to be recovering again.
It’s just that Luoyang Palace is simple, and the emperor’s residence this summer is still somewhat reluctant. Finally, the weather turned cold. Several court officials asked to return to Chang’an, but they were all rejected by Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou and other officials. It is believed that although the situation has improved, the situation is still not optimistic, and the emperor's relocation will increase the burden on the court.
Wei Zheng also asked the emperor to lead by example, be diligent and thrifty, rest with the people, strictly restrain the frontier generals, and refrain from lightly provoking frontier quarrels.
As a result, Li Shimin issued an edict here, and there was an urgent report from Chang'an that Qin Qiong went to war with Dangxiang in Songzhou, and the prince of Jianguo sent Qin Lang, Zhang Shigui, Su Dingfang and others to dispatch more than 20,000 troops from Shannan and Jiannan to help.
Immediately afterwards, news came that the governor of Lizhou had already mobilized the government soldiers, township regiments, and five thousand volunteers to reinforce Songzhou without waiting for the order of the court.
When the news came one by one, Li Shimin was very surprised, how dare the little party item dare to invade the Tang Dynasty.
However, Wei Zheng mercilessly impeached Qin Qiong, samurai Xun, Qin Lang, etc. for being greedy for meritorious service and belligerent.
What Wei Zheng means is that the imperial court is now troubled, and everyone has reached an agreement to recuperate and stop fighting lightly. However, Qin Qiong and Qin Lang, who are important officials of the imperial court, are now starting the war in the southwest, and they are recruited from Shannan and Jiannan all at once. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, not to mention the outcome of this battle, but how much food will it cost?
Wouldn't the already difficult days be worse?
Secretary Supervisor, Shangshu Youcheng, Adviser Doctor Wei Zheng took the lead, and Yushi Doctor Xiao Yu followed, a large group of officials came forward one after another, thinking that Qin Qiong and his son were wrong.
As for why the Songzhou battle took place, few people really know. Many officials even don’t even know where Dangxiang Qiang was fighting this time, how many troops there were, and so on.
Anyway, they think that Dangxiang is just a tribe of the Qiang people, Xirong is just a small barbarian, and it is fine if the court does not beat them. As for their invasion, they will come to the border to rob at most, and send an envoy to declare an order to deal with them. A leader who takes the lead in making trouble, just a few words of comfort.
Last year in the Northern Expedition, although the battle was fought beautifully, it was difficult to wipe the ass. Everyone was implicated and fled from Chang'an to Luoyang. They ate porridge for several months, and now they can't go home. The descendants of the Eastern Turks have not been dealt with yet.
So right now, the ministers in the Luoyang court are a little war-weary.
If you want to fight a war, you have to wait until you have read this article.
In the palace, Li Shimin frowned. Compared with many officials who didn't know where Songzhou was, the emperor certainly knew where Songzhou was, where the party was, and why there was a battle of Songzhou.
In the final analysis, it was also the emperor who had somewhat overestimated the deterrent power of Datang.
Songzhou was originally one of the states in the western region established by Yu Wenyong, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after he conquered Qiang and Di in the west. At first, it belonged to Fuzhou, and later Songzhou was established separately. In the end, Songzhou was named Datang, but it was actually secretly occupied by the Qiang people.
Li Shimin was very aware of this, so he took advantage of the opportunity to enshrine Qin Qiongshi in Songzhou, just to take this opportunity to let Qin Qiong, a strong general, expel those Qiang people in the past, and let Qin Qiong guard the border for the court from generation to generation.
I thought that as soon as Qin Qiong passed by and read out the imperial edict, it might be the same as when Qin Lang went to Jiaozhi Wu'an Prefecture back then, and the officials all joined him.
Who would have thought that Qin Qiong, as the Situ of the Tang Dynasty, went to Songzhou in person, but Qiang Di was still so dissatisfied with Wang Hua. Qin Qiong fought well in several battles in Songzhou, won Songzhou, and surrendered the Libu, but Dangxiang Qiang dared to fight with all his strength.
Dangxiang, an important ally of the Tuyuhun people, is also the vanguard of the invasion of the border of the Tang Dynasty in recent years.
Qin Qiong insisted on defending Songzhou, and the samurai Xun rushed for reinforcements. The prince immediately sent Qin Lang and Zhang Shigui to reinforce. Li Shimin felt that he did a good job, especially the prince's decisiveness, which made him very satisfied.
Dangxiang people dare to fight for Songzhou, of course they cannot show weakness.
This opening cannot be opened. Since the imperial court has made a move, Songzhou must not let it out again. Otherwise, once this opening is opened, what will the imperial court's prestige in Qiangdi be?
The battle report was sent back one by one, the scale of the war continued to escalate, and the attitude of the court officials began to slowly move closer to the opposition.
The reason is, of course, that this battle was fought at the wrong time.
Qin Lang and Qin Qiong defeated more than 20,000 troops of Tuoba Qiang at the foot of Songzhou City. When the news was sent back to Luoyang, the opposition shut up a bit.
But just when everyone thought that the border war was about to end, another military message was sent. Dangxiang Qiang gathered 50,000 troops from Fuzhou to invade the bandits, broke Jiachuan, captured Fuzhou, and encircled Wenzhou.
For a while, the emergency military situation was sent to Luoyang like snowflakes.
When the governor of Lizhou and his 5,000 reinforcements were also reported to have been trapped in Wenzhou, the opponents even began to impeach Qin Qiong and his son for arbitrarily initiating border quarrels, leading to a border war.
Not long after, there was another news that the samurai Xun was defeated, Wenzhou fell, and the five thousand Lizhou army was defeated.
Qin Lang Su Dingfang led Qingqi 3,000 to join the party, lost contact, and his life and death were unknown. There were rumors that Qin Lang was besieged by Tuoba Chici at the foot of Jishi Mountain, and his entire army died in battle by the Yellow River.
All kinds of news came back, which made Li Shimin a little upset.
He didn't quite believe that Qin Lang would die in the battle, but it was true that he had lost contact for a long time, and no one knew where they were. After Fuzhou, Wenzhou fell again, making the opposition even more pressing.
"This battle is a bit muddled, and we can't continue to fight." Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, we are not ready for a big battle in the southwest. Now the entire party has been mobilized. Hexi There is also a report from Longyou that the Tuyuhun people are also mobilizing frequently."
"Auxiliary machine?"
Li Shimin clicked on the name of his uncle and asked his opinion.
Changsun Wuji is the emperor's absolute confidant, his opinion has a great influence on the emperor, "Your Majesty, why don't you wait!"
"Waiting for what?" Wei Zheng asked back.
Changsun Wuji smiled, "I don't think the current situation is as critical as Wei Gong said. On the contrary, I think the situation is in our Datang's favor. It is true that Fuzhou fell and Wenzhou fell again." , but we must also see that since the start of the war on the southwest frontier, we are still in an advantageous position. Qin Qiong took back Songzhou and defeated the party and Qiang several times. The Ministry, together, wiped out, captured, and surrendered more than 30,000 enemy troops."
"What's more, Qin Qiong and Zhang Shigui led the army to recover Jiachuan not long ago. If Duke Wei doesn't know where Jiachuan is, he can look at the map. Jiachuan is an important town in the west of Fuzhou. In the sixth year of Wude, the Qiang people committed crimes. On the other side, Dou Gui led his army to defeat the Qiang people in Jiachuan."
Chechuan is not only the gateway to the northwest of Fuzhou, but also the main channel of Songfu Unicom.
"Qin Qiong's capture of Jiachuan means that the nearly 50,000 Qiang people occupying the two prefectures of Fuwen have been blocked from retreating. In fact, there are no more than 50,000 of them. According to the information I got, Qin Qiong once besieged the city in Jiachuan Fighting aid, wiped out more than 2,000 Qiang people, captured Jiachuan, and wiped out thousands of enemies. In addition, before the siege of Jiachuan, there were nearly 10,000 Qiang people who retreated to Dangxiang Qiang. It is speculated that these people were hastily transferred back , because Qin Lang went deep into the hinterland of the party, causing many casualties to the party members, and the people who stayed behind could no longer deal with Qin Lang, so he had to send troops back from the east to join the siege and interception."
Changsun Wuji pointed his finger at Wei Zheng to calculate, "Look, Mr. Wei, with this calculation, there are at most 35,000 Dangxiang Qiang people in Fuzhou and Wenzhou. After Qin Qiong's new victory in Jiachuan, he has nearly 35,000 Qiang people." Thousands of horses, whether in terms of morale, numbers or other things, are not weaker than party members."
"Since Qin Qiong entered Songzhou, there have been several battles before and after, surrendering Bali, Fudangchang, annihilating Tuoba, besieging Jiachuan, and sealing them carefully. It can be said that the Qiang people have been seriously injured. , or even hurt their muscles and bones, especially now that they still have more than 30,000 main forces trapped in Fuzhou and Wenzhou, unable to escape. May I ask, isn't this an excellent result? Why does Duke Wei feel that the sky is about to fall? of?"
The eldest grandson said to the emperor, "I think this war is the invasion of the party. Qin Qiong is defending the border. The border provocation was provoked by the party members. I am not guilty of it. Now Qin Qiong has severely injured the party and surrounded the party. It is justified Taking advantage of the victory, we dispatched troops to attack from the direction of Lizhou, Longzhou and Wuzhou, encircling and annihilating the tens of thousands of Qiang rebels in one fell swoop. After this battle is over, Dangxiang will no longer be a problem for us in the Tang Dynasty."
Fang Xuanling was not as optimistic as his eldest grandson.
"Your Majesty, what Changsun Gong said is indeed true, but now Shannan and Jiannan have no soldiers to transfer, and they can't afford to supply money and food and transfer errands. Tens of thousands of Qiang people are still occupying the Fu and Wen prefectures of our Datang. If they fight a trapped beast, I don't know how long this battle will be delayed. I'm afraid that Fuwen Prefecture will be completely corrupted. Most importantly, the party members will definitely come to help with all their strength, and Tuyuhun will not just sit idly by. The full-scale escalation has become a full-scale war between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun and Dangxiang. The imperial court is really not prepared and unable to fight this battle. Your Majesty, what the imperial court needs right now is to recuperate, and temporarily tolerate a little bit of Dangxiang and Tuyuhun."
Changsun Wuji is a main fighter.
After all, this battle started because the emperor sent Qin Qiong to Songzhou, and it also involved Chengqian, the prince of Jian Guo. If the war ceases now, then this war will be determined to be Qin Qiong's fault, and it will inevitably become the prince Jian Guo. A blot of mishandling.
Moreover, the Changsun family and the Qin family are now not only in-laws, but also important allies. As the Qin family is the core of the prince's party, of course Changsun Wuji has to protect them.
"Your Majesty, if you back down now, you will fall short!"
Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, if the fight continues, it will be impossible to deal with it."
(end of this chapter)