Yeli White Horse was captured alive Zhang Chao's thinking on using troops is different from that of many generals, he fights with calculations, not calculations.
Before this dispatch, all kinds of calculations have already been calculated, just like a wargame over and over again.
If you don't shoot, you will be killed with one hit The purpose of the Taozhou government soldiers is clear, and the plan is detailed.
More than 7,000 Taozhou soldiers struck a thunderous blow, and the careless Yeli White Horse paid a heavy price for his arrogance.
Zhang Chao didn't even feel any excitement about this result, because this result had long been expected and planned by him.
The first goal has been completed, and now the second goal is to sweep the three hundred miles of grassland before the Yeli tribes have not reacted, and sweep and capture the Tuyuhun people who have crossed the border by Qingyeli and other departments.
At the same time, a strong camp should be established in Liyuan immediately to serve as a base for advance and transit.
At the same time, it is also a prisoner-of-war transfer operation.
"In the vicinity of Liyuan, there are two ideal places.
One is the White Stone Cave, a stone town.
Which place do we choose?"
Xu Jingzong asked Zhang Chao.
Stone Town is in the Happy Valley Grassland, and Baishi Cliff is more than 50 miles away from here.
These two are excellent pastures near Liyuan, and Su Dingfang has selected two excellent base locations before, the Stone Town in Happy Horse Beach, and the White Stone Cave in Baishi Cliff.
The topography of these two places is quite peculiar.
The topography of Stone Town is like a complete natural stone ancient city built by natural rock walls, and it is like a huge palace on a grand scale.
Directly north of it is a majestic mountain, known locally as Shijing Mountain, named after its gray-white rocks that are easy to reflect.
The steep rock wall standing on the east side is volleying into the clouds, and the clouds are shrouded in mist.
Two stone pinnacles rise from the ground in the south, confront each other and stand as stone gates.
Further south, the cliffs stand and the clear stream is undulating, making this place like a natural stone town.
As long as the stone gate in the south is guarded, there is a natural city inside, and one man should be closed, and ten thousand people will not be opened.
For the nomadic Tuyuhun people, although this stone city is dangerous, they do not pay attention to it, because they are nomadic and mobile, and usually live in tents, and their residence is uncertain.
No matter how dangerous Stone Town is, they don't need it.
But for Zhang Chao, this stone town is very important.
In the vicinity of Liyuan, there are mostly grassland slopes, which are extremely flat and open, and although such plains are excellent pastures, they are not dangerous to defend.
And with such a stone city, with a little repair and reinforcement, you can quickly have a strong fortress.
It can not only be used as a temporary camp for this troop dispatch, but also as a logistics base, and even as a permanent defensive fortress for Datang here in the future.
If there is no danger to defend, you have to find a way.
Normally, it's to build a city.
But building a city on the open steppe is not a small project, and it is necessary to form a group of fortresses, so that it can be effective, and if it is only a lonely fortress, it is almost impossible to work.
Historically, when Tsarist Russia occupied the Kazakh steppe, it was to build a group of fortresses, through one fortress after another, connecting points into a line, and then connecting lines into a network, and finally annexed the steppe.
However, the ancient Chinese dynasties mostly defended the nomads and built the Great Wall.
According to the situation of the mountains and rivers at the border, we will defend against danger.
Although the Qin and Han dynasties had troops out of the Great Wall and expeditions outside the fortress, they could only beat the grassland once, and then let the border pass be stable for decades, and then decades later, Hu was strong again, so he could only fight again, and if he didn't get it, he would overturn.
The biggest reason is that the battle is won, but there is no way to control it for a long time.
Zhang Chao felt that it was not completely impossible to defend, for example, now, as long as he found some support points, he could at least expand the border of Taozhou a few hundred miles outward.
Liyuan is a hundred miles of land, divided into a county, and it must also be built and fortified, so that it can be defended.
Ordinary castle construction is too time-consuming, financial, and manpower-consuming, and now there is a ready-made stone castle, which is undoubtedly excellent news.
When preparing to use the army, Zhang Chao asked Su Dingfang to continue to collect geographical information from all over the place, looking for a place where Datang could be used as a support point.
Su Dingfang found a lot of such places, among which there are two in Liyuan County, Stone Town and Baishi Cave.
The White Stone Cave is also in Liyuan, but it is about fifty miles away from Stone Town, northwest of Stone Town.
There is a section of white stone cliff running east-west, about 30 miles long and about 5 or 600 meters wide.
The huge grassland was cut down here and divided into two layers.
Between the layers, a high and long steep stone cliff is formed, because the stone cliff is grayish-white, and compared with the green grass in the distance, it is whiter, so it is called the white stone cliff.
From a distance, it looks like a white jade screen, horizontal in the air, quite spectacular.
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And just in the west of this stone cliff, there is a karst cave, the entrance of the cave can only allow three or four people to enter and exit, but the more you go inside, the bigger the hole, there is gurgling water in it, and the winding path is secluded.
This labyrinthine cave is said to stretch for hundreds of miles, passing through a high mountain to another grassland to the northwest.
The Tang army could also have renovated it in this cave and built a castle in a cave.
It is not a problem to have a few thousand people stationed inside, and you can also circle a place under the stone cliff wall at the entrance of the cave to repair some walls, and then it will become a double city inside and outside.
Backed by a rocky cliff, protected from one side of the enemy.
And there is also a fort in the city, which is undoubtedly safer.
One is a natural stone cliff city, and the other is a natural stone cliff cave.
"Stone Town is used as a military station, and grain and grass are transported, and the cave is used as a military station and prisoner of war camp, both of which are garrisoned and fortified."
Lintan to Liyuan Stone Town 200 miles, Stone City is 50 miles away from Baishi Cave, Zhang Chao planned to build several more military forts between Lintan and Stone Town, as a military station, to protect the route from Lintan to Liyuan, but also to transport grain and grass, transport the wounded, escort prisoners, booty, etc.
In the plan, Liyuan County will not give up, and it will become a pasture in Taozhou, specializing in raising war horses, cattle and sheep, and will also reclaim 10,000 acres of arable land for self-sufficiency.
The long-term plan will also be to build a county seat on the edge of the Li River, between Stone Town and Baishi Cave.
Stone Town and Baishi Cave are military forts, one south and one north arch guarding Liyuan County.
Zhang Chao has a big plan to tear off the 300 miles of land he tore off and operate it steadily.
But now, what he needs is to stabilize Stone Town and Baishi Cave from south to north.
With two fortresses so dangerous, there is no need to be afraid of Tuguhun and want to grab food again.
Yeli Baima was escorted up, and the young leader of the Qingyeli tribe was embarrassed, and his face was still swollen.
He didn't run far before he was intercepted by Su Dingfang, and he was captured alive in a scuffle.
"Get on your knees" Several tooth soldiers stepped forward, kicked over, and knelt in front of Zhang Chao with a forced white horse.
"You are Zhang Chao," Bai Ma asked with a sneer.
Niu saw the tiger and slapped him, "How can you call the name of my family's capital protection, this is the capital of the Tang Dynasty Dingxi Protectorate, the envoy of the festival, the governor of Taozhou, the history of the Taozhou assassin, or the pacification envoy, the envoy of the strategy, the envoy of the solicitation, etc., it is the dignified Tang Dynasty Shangzhu State, the founding marquis of Wu'an County" He smiled, "You have to call me an adult."
A group of tooth soldiers around laughed.
The title of adult in the Central Plains is the meaning of father, but those who surrendered to Fanbu in Taozhou now all call Zhang Duhu an adult.
Yeli Baima didn't want to call Zhang Chao's father.
Zhang Chao looked at this fierce tribal warrior and shook his head.
Farming civilization generally chooses some old people as the main ones, for example, in the court of the Tang Dynasty, the prime ministers are almost all old people.
They are experienced and knowledgeable.
In the nomadic tribes, those who served as leaders were mostly fierce and brave warriors, and their personal strength was very high, but they were not necessarily very smart.
The defeat of Yeli White Horse was quite simple.
There is no sense of accomplishment in fighting against such an opponent and winning.
"Yeli Baima, if you are willing to belong to my Datang and be the forerunner of my Datang, you can ask for Your Majesty, forgive you for your death, and even give you an official knighthood, it is not impossible."
"Die," Feng Li Baima only spat out two words.
Zhang Chao smiled and waved his hand.
Niu Jianhu pulled aside the Yeli white horse with the big tie of five flowers, drew his knife, and beheaded him.
Neat.
The corners of the eyes of the other captives of the Ministry of Metallurgy jumped.
Zhang Chao's face was as usual, and he continued, "Okay, those who go along will live, and those who go against will die."
Since Yeli White Horse doesn't know how to lift, then go and die, if any of you are willing to die with Yeli White Horse, stand up, and I will fulfill you."
A group of big and small people from the Qingye Li Department looked at each other.
This Tang envoy killed the white horse so simply and directly, who would dare to stand up.
Of course, they don't want to call Zhang Chao's father, but they don't want to die.
After a while, several people came out of the crowd and knelt in front of Zhang Chao.
"Meet Your Adults" Zhang Chao nodded, asked people to untie the ropes on their bodies, and then looked at the rest of the people.
In the end, under Zhang Chao's gaze, most people stood up and bowed, and only a few refused to stand up.
For these people, Zhang Chao did not kill again.
They are all young and strong, and they have fallen back into slavery, but they are still very useful.
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If they refuse to surrender, then they will be slaves with their families.
And those who were willing to kneel and call adults, Zhang Chao spared them, but their families were all sent to Stone Town, and then transferred back to Taozhou as hostages.
These kneeling people, Zhang Chao organized them into an army alone, which can be regarded as a subordinate army.
"Duhu, these people may not be credible" "I know, but with their families as hostages, we can use them if we are more vigilant."
The strength of the remaining parts of Yeli is still very strong, and if it can incorporate a Tuyuhun leading the way party, it can at least be used as cannon fodder.
When this battle is over, it will be eliminated.
From Baima's subordinates, 200 people were selected, and Zhang Chao asked them to lead the Tang army and find other nearby departments. t1706231537: