Chapter 65 Exhausted
Of course, Yan Gaoqing was not a saint, but a devout Confucian son and a descendant of Yan Gong Yan Hui.
The most wise thing about Yan Gaoqing is that he understands what the people need and desire.
This is also the reason why Confucianism can respect all schools of thought.
The most wisest thing about Confucianism is benevolent politics, which closely connects the people's righteousness with the personal interests of the superiors and blends in harmony.
Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.
This is true at all!
Yan Gaoqing acted leniently and kindly in the Western Regions, closely linking the interests of the people in the Western Regions with the victory or defeat of the Tang Dynasty. Let the people in the Western Regions clearly realize that as long as the Tang Dynasty can win, their lives will be able to get greater benefits from it.
On the contrary, once the Tang Dynasty fails, the Western Regions will be ruthlessly enslaved by Arabs and lose faith and freedom.
Driven by their own interests, the current people in the Western Regions have unprecedented support for the Tang Dynasty.
Pei Min has to admire his confidant's superb methods in this regard.
He nodded to Yan Gaoqing with approval, Pei Min continued: "We have cultivated thousands of acres of land in winter and cultivated them all. By the day of harvest, we can solve many grain transportation problems. In the near future, we will get an additional batch of materials, and we can be completely at ease in terms of logistics."
He did not explain in detail where the extra supplies came from, but turned to Li Linfu.
"Lin Fu, the kings of Anxi countries also praised you well. I have recorded your great achievements here. Once this matter is over, I will submit a memorial to commend your achievements. I see that you are both strong and soft in dealing with matters in the Western Regions, with both grace and power, and are particularly experienced. In the future, the Western Regions will be your main battlefield. I believe that with your talent, one day, it will be no problem to be named a marquis and a prime minister."
Pei Min said something he didn't believe.
Li Linfu believed it deeply and was filled with joy, but his face did not show his righteousness, saying, "Li was crushed to pieces when he served the Tang Dynasty, and he was unwilling to refuse."
Pei Min almost believed what he said.
But no matter what, with Yan Gaoqing and Li Linfu here, Pei Min can rest assured to fight in the front, which is beyond doubt.
Yan Gaoqing didn't need to say much. His noble character was destined to be a loyal minister like Zhuge Liang, but Li Linfu had to give him some sweetness so that this treacherous minister has become more powerful.
Spring in the Western Regions is not necessarily warmer than winter.
The Western Regions are dry and cold in winter, and the temperature is simply low. As long as you take sufficient warmth measures, there will be no major problems.
However, spring is the season when ice and snow are melted, and the heat on the surface allows the ice and snow to absorb.
The world is wet.
Although the temperature is warming up, it has a cool feeling that penetrates the bone marrow, which makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.
The bedding I sleep at night feels wet, like I’ve been soaked in water.
The hardships of war are unimaginable without experiencing them personally.
The battle situation was as Pei Min imagined.
Mosremasa, who suffered a loss once, finally realized that he was wrong.
He attached too much importance to the showdown with Pei Min and was too concerned about the outcome of the two. Instead, he fell into his own confusion and lost.
After sobering up, I don’t care about the current winning or losing.
With enough food and supplies, Mosremasa immediately launched a strong attack on the Kabul River.
The offensive is completely incomparable to the previous one.
The shouts of killing on the Kabul River are endless day and night.
If Pei Min hadn't been mentally prepared, he would have transferred all the coalition forces of the Western Regions and the Beiting army and horses in the morning. With Mosremasa's terrible offensive, Pei Min had the illusion that he could last ten days, which was very impressive.
Mosremasa is indeed very good at attacking.
This still has the existence of the Kabul River. If there was no Kabul River to limit the performance of the Arab army.
Pei Min even doubted whether he could last a month...
After all, Arab soldiers were all strong soldiers, and Pei Min had only 40,000 of them, which were truly elite. Feng Changqing's Anxi Army was slightly inferior to that of a little short of the time it formed. As for the coalition forces of the Western Regions, it was even better.
Unless Wang Zhongsi attacked Tubo's 100,000 Hexi and all the soldiers and horses from Longyou were transferred, Pei Min would never fight a field battle with Mosremasa.
With the Kabul River, although the Tang army was struggling to fight, the river beach changed hands many times, but it could withstand it and there was no major problem.
Pei Min's mind flew to Qinghai Lake, and she thought to herself: "Zhongsi should launch a counterattack."
Wang Zhongsi stayed for a winter, and as a passionate and warlike person, he held it for a winter.
On the first day after the ice melted, I vented my anger.
The soldiers pointed directly at the Qinghai ranch.
Wang Zhongsi was extremely flexible in his military use. He did not attack Fuqicheng, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but bypassed Fuqicheng to attack the military horse farm in Qinghai Lake.
Qinghai Lake Military Horse Farm and Tubo are of great significance. Dazhalugong had to save him and had to go out of the city to fight.
Wang Zhongsi had excellent talent in field battles, not to mention that the 100,000 troops that Pei Min gave him were all powerful soldiers from Longyou and Hexi, and the brave soldiers were the best in the world.
Although Dazalugong is outstanding in ability, he is not an opponent.
Although he bought time for retreat for the military farm, he lost more than 10,000 soldiers.
Wang Zhongsi did not attack the city, but instead made great destruction in Qinghai Lake, forcing Dazhalugong to fight against him.
For a full month, facing Wang Zhongsi's imaginative tactical style, Dazhalugong was so anxious that he couldn't sleep or eat.
Dazalugong, who had not had a good sleep for several days, patrolled the military camp with his tired body.
Seeing that the soldiers were in good morale, I felt quite at ease and a little envious.
Ignorance is a blessing!
Except for Dazha Lugong, few people in Qinghai Lake can understand Wang Zhongsi's power.
Wang Zhongsi's attack seemed chaotic and as he wanted. In fact, each attack contained profound meaning, destroying the overall economic structure of Qinghai Lake.
Qinghai Lake is the lifeblood of Tubo's economy, rich in salt, iron, grain, horses, cattle, sheep, coal and other daily necessities.
Life on the plateau is inseparable from the resources of Qinghai Lake.
Wang Zhongsi's unstoppable attack on the resource sites of Qinghai Lake is equivalent to controlling the economic development of Tubo.
Even if the Tang army returned empty-handed in this battle, Tubo would pay a heavy economic price, and it would be impossible for the Arab Empire to attack the Tang territory in the short term.
In other words, even if the Tang army failed in the offensive, it was strategically victorious.
Unless you can defeat the Tang army that is doing whatever you want in Qinghai Lake in this short period of time, the situation in Tubo will force the Tang army to take care of themselves.
The more I figured this out, the more Dazalu Gong admired Pei Min's strategic gaze.
In this battle, as long as Pei Min can defend the Arab attack, the Arab and Tubo's plan to attack the Tang Dynasty will fail.
Shaking his head, Dazhalugong stopped thinking about Pei Min anymore.
At present, Wang Zhongsi, a monster taught by Pei Min, is difficult to deal with. How can he have the energy to worry about Pei Min's existence?
Chapter completed!