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Chapter 291: Replacing Defense with Offense

How does it feel to take strong laxatives?

Gu Qing hasn't experienced it, so you might want to ask Bian Lingcheng about the specific taste. He should be very impressed.

The team has walked dozens of miles, and Bian Lingcheng is still competing with himself on the same spot. The surging desire is like one wave that has not yet subsided, and another wave is coming, and the vast yellow sand is violently stormed...

It was also the first time that Han Jie had drugged someone else. He did not act properly. The amount of medicine for three people made Bian Lingcheng feel so ecstatic that he squatted on the sand and could not stand up. After countless times, Bian Lingcheng almost collapsed.

He fell headlong into the sand, and the attendants beside him hurriedly supported him.

It was only then that Bian Lingcheng realized something was wrong.

I have always been in good health. I have lived in the desert for many years and I am not acclimated to the climate. This sudden diarrhea is no accident.

"Gu Qing did it!" Bian Lingcheng's eyes suddenly burst out with anger. In the handsome tent, Gu Qing calmly advised him to eat more and drink more soup, looking like he was in a hurry to catch up with time, which made Bian Lingcheng instantly fall into the drama.

, he also ate and drank, presumably someone had tampered with his food.

The entourage said worriedly at the side: "Supervisor, Lord Gu's army has marched for dozens of miles, we are afraid that we will not be able to catch up..."

Bian Lingcheng's eyes flashed fiercely, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Chase! The more you don't let me follow the army, the more I want to follow and have a look. I am the supervisor of the army appointed by the emperor. As long as it is the Anxi army, I have the responsibility of supervision."

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"But Supervisor, you are like this now..."

Bian Lingcheng suddenly frowned, tightly grasped a handful of yellow sand in his hand, and said exhaustedly: "It doesn't matter, wait for me to do it again..."

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Riding on horseback in a vast desert of yellow sand, you can have a panoramic view of the desolate scenery, which looks quite poetic.

Fifteen thousand people and horses marched silently. The huge soldiers and horses gradually turned into small black spots in the desert, making people feel the insignificance of humans in front of nature.

Gu Qing was riding on the horse, his eyelids were fighting and he was drowsy, while Han Jie beside him was worried.

"I don't know if the Border Supervisor... won't die, right?" Han Jie sighed.

Gu Qing didn't raise his eyelids and said calmly: "You care about him so much. Is he your biological child?"

"Master Hou, the medicine in his meal was given by the general. How can the general not care? What if he finds out?"

Gu Qing sighed: "You, your heart is not strong enough. Don't panic after doing something bad. Immediately give yourself a psychological suggestion. Hypnotizing yourself has nothing to do with it. You don't know about it at all. After hypnotizing you a few times, when you open your eyes again,

You will find that this matter really has nothing to do with you."

Han Jie hesitated and said: "Is... is that so?"

"Try it, try it a few more times, and you will open the door to a new world. No matter what bad things you do in the future, you will feel at ease without any guilt. Even if the evidence is irrefutable, you will still look sad and angry, as if you have been greatly wronged." Gu Qing

Encouraged.

Han Jie closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and muttered something in his mouth. After repeating it several times, when Han Jie opened his eyes again, his eyes were clear and full of awe-inspiring justice. That kind of righteous look without any evil intention would never be seen again in this life.

People who have done something as minor as spitting feel guilty and dare not take a second look.

"Okay, let me ask you again, who gave the border inspector laxatives?"

Han Jieyi said sternly: "What kind of medicine? What kind of border surveillance army? I don't understand what the Marquis is talking about."

Gu Qing laughed: "Han Jie, you have become bad!"

After a pause of laughter, Gu Qing suddenly said seriously: "If you dare to use this trick on me in the future, you will be punished without mercy."

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, it won't happen in the end."

Fifteen thousand men and horses walked for two days until they reached the outside of Qiuci City, but Bian Lingcheng did not follow him.

Now even Gu Qing couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Could he have gone back to Chang'an to file a lawsuit? Or should he have been killed alive?" Gu Qing muttered to himself.

Then he quickly threw away this ominous thought and smiled easily: "Think on the bright side in everything, don't be so pessimistic... Maybe I was just eaten by a wolf while driving at night."

The army camped outside the city, and the scouts were sent forty miles away. Gu Qing led his guards into the city.

Many officials from the Jiedushi Mansion had already been waiting inside the city gate. Seeing Gu Qing's army arriving, the officials stepped forward to salute and greet them one after another.

Gu Qing smiled and chatted with the officials for a while, then began to inspect the city defense surrounded by the officials.

All the Anxi garrison in Kucha City has been recruited by Gao Xianzhi. There are only a thousand city guards left in the city. They are called city guards, but to put it bluntly, they are actually regiment training. They are recruited from ordinary men in the city and rarely have any experience.

Formal training, whether in formation or personal fighting skills, is no different from that of ordinary people.

The only difference is that they have one more weapon than the common people. Even the weapons do not have a unified standard. There are all kinds of weird and weird ones.

Regiment training was called "United Forces" in the Tang Dynasty. After Emperor Gaozong, as the imperial military system of the Tang Dynasty gradually collapsed, and the mercenary system found it difficult to build combat effectiveness, Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi issued an edict to allow various places to fight against each other.

The government can recruit appropriate civilians as united soldiers, who work on the farm on weekdays and occasionally practice. When fighting the enemy, the united soldiers can assist the regular army.

The "United Soldiers" are in a rather embarrassing position. The regular army looks down on them. Most of the time during battles, they are actually coolies carrying weapons and supplies. The government does not pay soldiers, and they can only take care of two meals.

There is no morale, no combat effectiveness, just a title that says there are no soldiers and no people.

Gu Qing inspected the city defense surrounded by officials, paying special attention to these united soldiers. He saw them standing in line at the top of the city, holding broken knives with curled blades, sharpened long sticks, and even farm tools such as rakes and hoes.

, the station was loose and unorganized, and the queue was messy and not rigorous.

To say they are a rabble is a serious insult to the rabble.

Gu Qing secretly shook his head. Such united soldiers were useless for the war. He didn't know what the Jiedushi government was thinking. Since it was a waste of food and grass to raise this group of soldiers, you should train them well and let them form combat effectiveness. The battle will be a stalemate.

They might come in handy when the time comes, but raising them without training them, practicing them without using them, is a sheer waste of food. What's the point of recruiting united soldiers?

So Gu Qing suddenly made a decision. After this battle, he would expand his united troops and train them every day. He would send the elite generals under his command to train them. They should be able to form combat effectiveness within half a year.

"Withdraw all these united troops from the city head, and let my left guard soldiers take over the defense of Kucha City." Gu Qing pointed at the city head and ordered.

The officials nearby took the order and drove the unity soldiers off the city with curses.

These united soldiers who were scolded were not angry. Instead, they laughed at Gu Qing and the others, and left after laughing, looking like dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water.

Gu Qing also laughed, staring at their backs and smiling horribly.

If you turtles can still laugh in a while, I will admire you.

Gao Xianzhi did not treat them as human beings, and Gu Qing would not treat them as human beings, but there was an essential difference between the two. Gao Xianzhi never took them to heart, and Gu Qing planned to not treat them as human beings when training them.

After inspecting the city defense, Gu Qing was completely disappointed with the defense of Kucha City.

The city wall was built of solidified masonry and sand. If the enemy used siege equipment, such a fragile city wall would collapse after a few critical hits. There was a serious shortage of various ordnance and equipment to defend the city at the top of the city.

As for the virtue of the united soldiers guarding the city, Gu Qinggang also had a profound experience of it.

If the Tibetan army attacks at this time, optimistic estimates suggest that the city can be defended for about half an hour, including the time it takes for the Tibetan army to enter the city on foot.

This was the style of the Tang Dynasty's military forces stationed abroad. The Tang Dynasty's strategy in the Western Regions was to use offense instead of defense. Even if there were enemies, the generals of the Tang Dynasty would never allow the enemies to appear outside their cities. As early as when they were about to make a move,

The king's division sent troops to destroy them, so in the various cities in the Western Region, most of the city defenses were relatively rough.

This is also the reason why the city of Khotan was captured by Tibet so quickly.

After inspecting the defense, Gu Qing returned to the Jiedushi Mansion, and then beat the drum to gather the generals.

After Chang Zhong and other generals arrived, Gu Qing took out the map and called for the generals to gather around.

"We must also use offense instead of defense." Gu Qing reluctantly set the strategic tone.

If the city's defenses are too weak, and if the enemy forces attack the city, the cost of defending the city will be even more severe than if the two armies faced each other on the plains.

Gu Qing pointed at the map and said: "Immediately send out scouts into the Tulum Moraine Desert. Tell the scouts that there is no need to look around like headless flies. We only need to delineate a small area, with a radius of a hundred miles as the boundary. There is no need to

Frequently explore and identify a certain place that must be passed on the way to Kucha City, then wait there and report back immediately if you find the enemy."

Chang Zhong couldn't help but said: "What the Marquis means is that the Tibetan army may emerge from the desert to attack Kucha City?"

"It is very possible that this is the reason why Marshal Gao Jie and I discussed dividing our forces to attack. We determined that the Tibetan rebel army would definitely attack Qiuci, just like the attack on Khotan City, but we will not make the same mistake again. The Tibetan army will

Come, let them come, we can prepare an ambush in advance..."

Gu Qing pointed to the Qiuci City on the map and said: "There is an undulating sand dune to the south of the city. We can divide our troops and ambush on the back of the sand dune. When the Tibetan army enters our ambush circle, we will then attack from all sides, and the cavalry will charge through the flanks.

If they disrupt their front army and send out another army from the south to cut off their retreat, this pocket ambush formation will be able to surround them."

Chang Zhong said worriedly: "If the Tibetan traitors had not divided their forces, they would still have 30,000 troops, and the chances of winning this battle would not be high."

Gu Qing nodded: "Be prepared for the worst in everything. Yes, even if they have 30,000 soldiers and horses, as long as we lure them into our ambush, the 30,000 soldiers and horses can still be swallowed up by us. Throughout the ages, we have won with less.
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