Longyou area, Shibao City.
At this moment, the mountains outside the city were covered with secret sentries, and the paths leading to the mountains behind Shibao City were all blocked. The city walls were filled with Tang soldiers wearing Mingguang armor. Their expressions seemed not to be relaxed, as if something had happened. Make them very nervous.
Shibao City, speaking of it, can be regarded as the most important military town on the border of the Tang Dynasty. However, after the city was later occupied by the Tibetan army, they realized the importance of this important town and began to send heavy troops to guard it. After that, he used this place as an outpost and repeatedly sent troops to harass Longyou, Hexi and other places, which was regarded as a serious problem by the Tang Dynasty.
After that, Li Longji took advantage of the abundant national power during the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty and began to secretly prepare for military operations against Tubo.
In March of the 17th year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji saw that the time had come and that he had already prepared enough food and grass, so he ordered the then Shuofang Jiedushi and Xin'an King Li Wei to attack Shibao City. At the same time, the generals of the Longyou army also acted. At the military meeting, all the generals believed that Shibao City was far away and easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it were to be attacked by force, the losses would probably be huge. However, Li Wei believed that Shibao City was a serious problem. If it was not removed, the Tang Dynasty would be restless.
After careful consideration, he boldly adopted the tactic of long-distance attack and marched straight in. Before the Tibetan army had time to react, he captured Shibao City and shocked the whole country. Li Longji was overjoyed. He did not expect to recapture this important military town so easily. He soon rewarded the officers and soldiers of Shuofang and Longyou armies, and transferred Xin'an King Li Wei back to Chang'an. Zhenwu Army was set up to garrison Shibao City.
After that, although Tubo intended to attack Shibao City, due to the geographical advantages of Shibao City, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Tubo suffered consecutive defeats. Coupled with domestic instability, the young Tibetan Zanpu wrote a letter requesting a marriage. Li Longji was happy to cease the war, so he sent Princess Jincheng to Tibet. In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, the two sides drew a boundary and have been in peace ever since.
It is precisely because of the cessation of war for many years that the armaments along the border are slightly lax. In addition, the military commanders in each town are not very good at military strategy, which leads to a slight decrease in the combat effectiveness of the border army.
The same is true for Shibao City. Although it is an important border town, the border officers stationed there used to be five thousand Zhenwu troops in the early years, but now they have been transferred a lot internally. There is only one general who leads two thousand Zhenwu troops to garrison. Said it was extremely dangerous. However, these garrison troops have been away from home all year round, and the peace in Tubo has made them a little tired, and their armaments have also been weakened.
The general who was stationed there was named Huo Dingyuan. He was originally a soldier in Shuofang's Ningwu Army, but because he offended a big shot in Shuofang, he was demoted to this desolate stone castle. Although he was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to do anything. Regardless, he handed over all the military equipment to the lieutenants and captains below, and spent the whole day in the room with his adopted wives in his arms. Although his subordinates were dissatisfied, they had nothing to do. You must know that he is a general. In fact, it stands to reason that a general can take on the defense of Shibao City. This shows his dissatisfaction.
However, even a good-for-nothing like him had to leave those Hu ladies aside because something was starting to go wrong.
Shibao City has always had a secret sentry in the Dafeichuan area, but he received a report from the secret sentry half a month ago. Tubo raised 40,000 troops to station in Dafeichuan, so the secret sentry in Shibao City could only retreat. He did not expect that after four years after the armistice, Tubo would dare to launch an army to attack Feichuan. He also knew that this might be because Princess Jincheng died of illness last year, but he did not expect that Tubo Zampu would be so bold. After four years, he would If you dare to raise troops, it will be a big mistake.
Even though he usually looks lazy, he has to be very energetic now. After all, he is a general. To be able to do this military job, it must be said that he must have some skills. of.
However, even so, something extremely shameful happened to him a few days ago.
A few days ago, there were followers of the Demon Sect coming from the Dafichuan River along the mountain behind Shibao City. Logically speaking, the imperial court had always been extremely shameless towards the Demon Sect and had been suppressing them in various ways. In the past, demon sect members often came to borrow a way to go to the Central Plains, but they were all sent away. He originally wanted to expel them directly, but who knew that there was an envoy from their Great Light Palace in their team? Seeing him waving his hand, he split open the heavy city gate and led the congregation directly through the main road in a swaggering manner, passing through the Stone Castle City and heading towards Longyou. More than two thousand people in the city looked at each other, no one dared to move!
But it’s not their fault. After all, people in that kind of realm are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. I’m afraid the royal family will have to come forward this time and ask Shushan to take action. But that has nothing to do with them. Now their biggest enemy is Tubo, not the illusory Great Light Palace.
He also knew very well that if Shibao City was lost in his own hands, he would probably have to bear the eternal infamy. Just like the two generals Wang and Li a few years ago, it is still spread among the children of Shuofang Longyou. A song that ridiculed both of them. Thinking of this, he felt a little scared, and quickly began to train his soldiers more intensively. If Stone Castle was really lost, wouldn't he have to end up like those two people? Not only will he be beheaded, but he may also be infamy for thousands of years.
However, Tubo had only raised 40,000 troops and settled in Dafeichuan at the moment. In his eyes, although he was a little cautious, he didn't take it too seriously. Due to the dangerous terrain of Shibao City, even if Tubo sent 100,000 troops, there was only one way up the mountain. Under the fort.
Now, although they only have 2,000 people left, and some of them are still weak, Tubo has only sent 40,000 troops, and they can stop them with their geographical advantage.
However, he always had a bad premonition in his heart, although he didn't know where it came from.
Although the 40,000 Tibetan troops were shocking enough, they could not capture Shibao City. Since they knew that Stone Castle City could not be captured, why did they still come? Could it be that there is some conspiracy? Moreover, considering the national strength of Tubo, I am afraid that there are more than 40,000 elite soldiers. What about the others? He knew that Tubo Zampu had been recruiting troops in recent years, and there were definitely more than just 40,000 people.
"Report——" A shout woke him up from his thoughts. Now every military information is very important. He quickly asked someone to call the letter scout in and asked: "What's the situation now?"
"Um..." The scout's face looked very bad and he hesitated.
His heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong, so he quickly shouted: "What's going on? Tell me!"
"Report to the general, Tubo sent 100,000 troops from another route in the country and captured the Jiuqu area!" the scout shouted.
When Huo Dingyuan heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and the cup in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces. The Jiuqu area is closer to Shibao City than Dafeichuan, but it is not the same as Tubo and Tubo. It is connected to the west of the river, but that side has never been under his jurisdiction. Who would have known that today Tubo apparently invaded Dafeichuan, but actually captured Jiuqu!
"The situation is going to change in Guan here." Huo Dingyuan murmured.
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