Chapter 594: I made the mistake that all men make
Chapter 594 I made a mistake that all men make
"Abao is definitely not a kind person, and he doesn't really belong to him. I think he should be killed to avoid future troubles."
In Futeng City, the army of Qinlang North Road was stationed in the royal city of Tuyuhun. In the extremely simple palace in the inner city, the generals gathered to discuss matters.
After the first battle at Mantou Mountain, Qin Lang took a rest and collected some surrendered troops, and then continued to pursue the victory. Xi Jun bought Chang Sun Chong's Youyu Marquis Army and defeated another Tuyuhun army in Niuxindui, while Liang Jianfang The right army led by Tuyuhun was also defeated in Chihai.
The two rear-guard armies that Fuyun's old thief sent under his subordinates were completely defeated, and no one could stop Qin Lang's troops from fighting all the way to the city of Fuqi.
Fu Yun abandoned the city again and fled.
At this time, Qin Lang's army had already won all five battles. They fought first at the lakeside of the West Sea, then at the Ku Valley, and then at Mantou Mountain, Niuxindui, and Chihai. To, unstoppable.
When they entered Fuqi City, the morale of the Longyou Army had already soared to the point of looking down on the world.
When at Mantou Mountain, Qin Lang's right army lost thousands of troops, and then recruited the newly surrendered soldiers, forming 30,000 soldiers. When they reached the city of Fuqi, Qin Lang had formed three armies, totaling six. Thousands of horses.
Each army consists of 20,000 soldiers, divided into seven armies, including 14,000 soldiers and 6,000 auxiliary soldiers.
Qin Lang's expansive method of expansion attracted opposition from many generals in the army.
Especially Qin Lang was very opposed to using Chai Shao as the chief general of the left army, Murong Shun as the deputy general of the left army, Liang Jianfang as the chief general of the right army, and Abao as the deputy general of the right army.
In the Battle of Mantou Mountain, although Abao was defeated in the end, it was also the biggest loss suffered by the Longyou Army after it dispatched troops. Although the main loss was in Chai Shao's right army, the main losses were Tuyuhun's soldiers and Dangxiang. Attached to the army, but in the end still lost a lot.
However, when Qin Lang was reorganizing in Mantou Mountain, he not only recruited Abao, but also gave him thousands of troops to lead him. In the two battles of Niuxindui and Chishuiyuan, Abao led thousands of troops to participate in the battle, and his performance was not bad. Because of this, Qin Lang sent him additional troops. Up to now, he actually wanted to set up another army for him. Although Liang Jianfang was sent as the main general of the Zhenxi Army, and Xifeng Cunyi from the Xifeng Department was the deputy, it was after all 20,000 soldiers. Soldiers.
Two-thirds were Tuyuhun soldiers, half were Abao’s Xianbei Yifu tribe, and the remaining third were Dangxiang troops. Liang Jianfang, the chief general, brought a thousand cavalry from the Zhenxi Army.
Duan Zhixuan is very suspicious. At that time, this right army will be the same as the right army led by Chai Shao in the battle of Mantou Mountain, and he will not be able to control it at all.
But Qin Lang insisted on doing so.
"Xuan Xiang, don't you really treat A Bao's daughter as one of your own just because you slept with A Bao's daughter." Duan Zhixuan was in a hurry and shouted directly in the hall without caring about everyone's face.
As soon as the words came out, everyone fell silent.
This matter is a bit of a shorthand. After the battle of Mantou Mountain, Qin Lang sent troops to sweep up several strongholds in Yifu, and captured more than 100,000 of his troops.
Abao's family members naturally did not slip through the net, and news spread a few days later that Qin Lang had slept with Abao's twin daughters.
This news was unavoidably very popular among the depressed and tense army, and it spread throughout the entire camp in an instant. For this news, most of the soldiers felt a sense of envy. By the way, they also felt that Shuai Qin was very powerful and domineering, and he slept well.
Of course, there are some people who feel that this is a bit of a bully.
And the great generals like Duan Zhixuan and Zhang Shigui naturally thought that Qin Lang had gone too far.
But afterwards, not only did Ah Bao not get angry, but he accepted Qin Lang's offer to persuade him to surrender, and he really became a general of the Tang Dynasty. He also performed well in the next two battles, which also made him deeply trusted by Qin Lang. Let him directly assist Liang Jianfang in commanding an army.
No one knows what kind of story there is.
But Duan Zhixuan and others also secretly guessed that it might be that after Qin Lang slept with A Bao's girl, he promised A Bao a lot of good conditions, plus some threats, and finally forced A Bao to surrender.
But no matter what, such behavior is wrong. If an ordinary general or soldier dares to do this, it will definitely violate the military law, and he will even be executed directly.
What surprised Duan Zhixuan and the others was that after Qin Lang dispatched troops, this was not the first time that the family members of the enemy's king, duke and general fell asleep. They received a shocking news. After the Battle of Kushan, Qin Lang captured Murong Shun and Guanghua Princess, and one night, he slept Murong Shun's younger sister, daughter of Fu Yun and Princess Guanghua, in the tent.
Not only did he put the little princess of Tuyuhun to sleep, but he also kept it with him all the time, and the woman disguised as a man acted as his personal soldier.
This incident disgusted Duan Zhang and others.
They questioned Qin Lang, but Qin Lang actually admitted it. They also saw the little princess, even though she was disguised as a man, she was exceptionally beautiful.
Qin Lang slept with Fuyun's princess, who then slept with Gaoning King Abao's daughter.
Originally, they could turn a blind eye to this kind of thing. If someone wants to impeach in the future, it has nothing to do with them. The problem is that after Qin Lang slept with them, his attitude towards the Tuyuhun captives changed significantly.
Fighting all the way, winning five battles, they captured nearly 200,000 Tuyuhun people successively. Qin Lang treated these prisoners very preferentially.
Now the North Route Army has expanded into the Third Route Army, and the Longyou Army has expanded into the Middle Route Army. With a quota of 20,000 troops, there are only 8,000 real Longyou soldiers, and 12,000 are surrendered troops from Tuyuhun. In the left and right armies, there were only a thousand soldiers from Longyou each. Two-thirds of the remaining troops were surrendered troops from Tuyuhun, and one third were followers of Dangxiang Xinfu.
"Wei Gong, we thought that there is no need to recruit so many surrendered soldiers because the soldiers are good but not many. Now our North Road has changed from one army to three armies, from 10,000 at the beginning to 60,000 now. I don't think this is the case. What a good thing. Too many people will affect the speed of marching, which is not conducive to our rapid pursuit to Fuyun. Second, it will increase the consumption of food and grass. Moreover, these newly surrendered troops may not be credible. What should I do?" Zhang Shigui came out to smooth things over.
Qin Lang looked at Duan Zhixuan whose face was purple with anger, Zhang Shigui who also had a serious face, and Chai Shao who had been sitting beside him silently.
He coughed twice.
"I have to admit one thing to everyone first. I did sleep with Abao's daughter, and there were two, a pair of twins. Besides, I also slept with Fu Yun and Princess Guanghua's daughter, which is Murong Shun's younger sister. .I also know that it is wrong for me to do this. It’s just that I’m on an expedition. I’m inevitably a little nervous and depressed during the march. I made the mistake that most men make, and I didn’t control myself for a while. Of course, I didn’t know the identity of the girl I was sleeping with at first. , this is not an excuse for myself."
A group of generals sat there listening to Qin Lang's confession, with different expressions.
"Mr. Wei is very capable." Gao Zhensheng actually heard the envy, and shouted there.
Duan Zhixuan's face darkened, "Why do I hear that Mr. Wei doesn't have the slightest remorse, but seems to be showing off on purpose?"
"No such intention." Qin Lang insisted, "I just said that although I slept with them, I slept with them without knowing their identities at first, but I can still distinguish between public and private, and I will never Abandoning the public for personal reasons. In fact, whether Murong Shun or A Bao is used, there are deeper considerations, not just sleeping with their women."
"Don't think that I, Qin Lang, only think with my lower body. If I were that kind of person, I wouldn't be able to lead you to such a brilliant victory, would I?"
Liang Jianfang said loudly, "No one dares to question Xuan Shuai like this. On the contrary, I think Xuan Shuai sacrificed himself entirely for our victory. Everything you do is out of public interest and to win over Tuyuhun. captives, in order to recruit them, for the final victory."
This flattery, Gao Kan Xijun bought these Qin Lang's confidantes, naturally applauded loudly.
Duan Zhixuan and others could only look gloomy.
"Okay, I don't mind Duan Gong's blunt words, but I still want to explain to you why we need to expand the army, why we use Murong Shun, Abao, Xifeng Bulai, etc. There are several reasons. First, because Long-term plans, what will happen here after the Great Tang exterminates Tuyuhun? The imperial court will definitely deal with it like a party item. In the end, it will only set up a prefecture, and use the noble chiefs who returned to Tuyuhun as the governors, etc., to continue to lead the Tang Dynasty. The land of the West Sea."
"From the current point of view, our main goal is Fu Yun. If Fu Yun is not eliminated for a day, we will not be able to claim victory and withdraw our troops. But Fu Yun fled too fast, and we have never been able to catch up. Looking at the current situation , we have to make a worse plan, and we have to make the worst plan for continuing to pursue in-depth pursuit, and even going to the Western Regions. Then there is a question, so we can safely leave our backs to the Tuyuhun people?"
"What if they turn against us once we leave?"
It is impossible to kill hundreds of thousands of people. How could it be possible to kill them at will? They can't do this, and the court will not allow it.
It is also impossible to move inland, which is unrealistic.
So Qin Lang and the others now have two choices when facing these more than 200,000 captives, either release them or kill them, neither of which is good.
Therefore, Qin Lang chose to draw the young and strong out of the more than 200,000 Tuyuhun tribe's population to form the Confederacy Army. He drew about 50,000 people to join his Northern Army, expanding it to 60,000.
The 50,000 Tugu Army newly organized and joined the army was not so much organized by Qin Lang to pursue Fu Yun to fight, but rather to draw fire from the bottom of the pot, in case the army left and these people reorganized against Tang.
So Qin Lang simply pulled them all out and brought them with him, and let the nobles and kings like A Bao and Murong Shun lead them, so that at least they would not escape his control.
As for the issue of food and grass, five battles and five victories, the Tang army seized a lot of food and grass, let those Tuyuhun Association troops be responsible for carrying it.
Furthermore, by pursuing westward and going deep into the enemy's rear, these allied armies can also be driven to fight ahead, which can preserve the strength of the Longyou Army.
"Really?" Duan Zhixuan raised his head, "If it is true what Wei Gong said, then we are wrong to blame Wei Gong for our villain's heart."
"There's nothing wrong or wrong. It's good to make it clear that everyone can understand. In short, everything is for the goal we set when we set out to capture Fu Yun and destroy Tuyuhun!"
Duan Zhang and others re-examined Qin Lang's plan.
"But the left and right armies, my Longyou army only has 1,000 soldiers, isn't it too small?"
"It's quite a lot. There are only less than 8,000 Longyou soldiers in the Chinese army. We must ensure the absolute control of the main force of the Chinese army. Otherwise, if 10,000 people are scattered among 60,000 people, they will become a minority. That will be even more dangerous. .” Qin Lang said.
(end of this chapter)