There was no longer any post station in the Tang Dynasty west of Didao County. Wujie Post Station was the westernmost post station in the Longyou area. After passing Didao County, the remains of abandoned camps can be seen everywhere.
Some belong to the Tang army, some belong to the Tubo people, and there are also forts of varying sizes that you can see within a few miles of walking. On the Longyou border, traces of war can be seen everywhere. After all, it was only in the past few years that the Tang Dynasty and Tubo ceased fighting. They had fought on and off for decades before.
Out of the vigilance of being unruly and harming my thinking, Fang Chongyong did not stupidly rush directly to Shanzhou City, but stopped at the nearest county seat of Longzhi County to the east of Shanzhou. Longzhi County is named because it is close to Longzhi Valley and is built on a high platform on a hill.
The economic value of this city is almost zero, but militarily it is an excellent "observation post" for monitoring the entry and exit of people in the Hehuang Valley.
It has to be said that the strength of the Tang Dynasty allowed it to use such a city with no economic value to achieve its own strategic goals and afford the losses.
Why didn't Fang Chongyong go directly to Shanzhou City to "report", but chose to stop in Longzhi County?
Because he is both the supervisory censor and the military envoy of Longyou, he has absolute power to move freely in the Longyou area and does not need to report to anyone, including Du Hope, the military envoy of Longyou.
On such a big issue of right and wrong, you must not get carried away because of personal feelings and ignore the proper etiquette and restraint.
In other words, Fang Chongyong was not a member of the Longyou Jiedushi command, but was on official business here on behalf of the imperial court, and even had the hidden task of monitoring military affairs in the Longyou area. He only takes orders from the court. Specifically, he doesn't even need to listen to the prime minister's words, he only needs to take orders from Ji Ge!
At least for now, Fang Chongyong and Longyou Jiedushi Du Hope are on two parallel lines. In theory, each other is not allowed to interfere in each other's government and military affairs.
This was also the original intention of Brother Ji when he sent Fang Chongyong to Longyou: to recruit troops and take a look at the situation at Longyou Army.
However, in theory things are only a mirror image.
The reason why Fang Chongyong still wants to go to Shanzhou City is because he needs to select elite soldiers from the Longyou armies. Therefore, it is impossible not to deal with the Longyou Jiedushi, and even needs to rely on Du Hope's cooperation to a large extent. .
But this does not mean that Fang Chongyong will be humble and go directly to Shanzhou City to pay Du Hope a blessing like a subordinate.
The county seat of Longzhi County is a "county" in the Tang Dynasty's division, but it is an out-and-out military camp, a very standardized place for garrisoning troops. There are five hundred border troops stationed here, which is a battalion affiliated with the Lintao Army.
Fang Chongyong's visual inspection of this small city located on a hill was that it was no more than a thousand meters long and only over a hundred meters wide! Excluding military camps, granaries, warehouses, school grounds and other places, there will not be much space for family members accompanying the army.
After Fang Chongyong and his party entered Longzhi County, the camp owner immediately gave up his residence and sent people to Shanzhou City to notify the Longyou Jiedu Prefecture to send people to handle government affairs with Fang Chongyong.
At dusk, after having a hasty meal of ordinary food for the frontier soldiers, Fang Chongyong went to the simple bedroom made of stones. He lit a torch inside the house and placed a sketched map on a dusty and neglected stone table to examine.
Under the dim light of the fire, his thoughts seemed to fly to the valley called "Kanglang Mountain" not far north of Chang Castle in the north of Didao County that he had visited a few days ago.
Fang Chongyong's mind pictured an endless Tubo army, a mixture of foot and cavalry, many of them wearing heavy armor. There are roads to the north and south here, and canyons to the east and west with nowhere to hide.
This Tibetan army trapped in the Kanglang Mountain Valley could have escaped. They had just been defeated by a Tang army division that came out of the long castle in the south, and the way south was blocked. The general named Wang Haibin killed many of them.
Although the Tang army was brave, its strength was not worth mentioning, less than one-tenth of the Tibetan army in the Kanglang Mountain Valley.
At this time, Wang Haibin's arrogance was probably too arrogant and angered his opponent. The Tubo people did not choose to escape, but chose to turn around and concentrate their forces for a decisive battle with the Tang army's partial division led by Wang Haibin.
In the end, after consuming a lot of troops and morale and annihilating the Tang army with great efforts, the Tubo people were horrified to find that the exits on both sides of the north-south valley were blocked by the main force of the Tang army that "came" later. Be strict.
Then came the one-sided massacre! Almost all the Tibetan army was wiped out, and only a few generals fled back to the country.
Later Tibetan documents recorded more than a hundred words on the preparations for this expedition;
As for the ending of this expedition, he wrote one word as carefully as gold: Return!
"What are you looking at?"
Pei Xiu's voice suddenly came to his ears. Fang Chongyong woke up from his thoughts, took the wine bottle from the opponent's hand, and sighed with emotion: "It's just a review of the battle between the Tang army and Tubo."
"On this scrap of paper?"
Pei Xiu didn't show any politeness to Fang Zhongyong. He sat directly on the stone bench in the room and pointed at the large piece of paper with scrawled drawings on the stone table. The line above is obviously a canyon, closed on the left and right sides, and roads on the upper and lower sides.
There are also many incomprehensible symbols marked on the paper.
"Yes, it's on this piece of paper."
Fang Chongyong sighed, seeming very melancholy.
"Well, what did you find out during your review?"
Pei Xiu seemed to be in a good mood today and asked like a curious baby.
Fang Chongyong originally wanted to say "You know shit" out of habit, but suddenly he felt a little soft-hearted and began to feel pity for the "stick" in front of him.
Although he and Pei Xiu were in different situations, they both had no choice but to do so.
So Fang Chongyong opened his mouth and said:
"At that time, more than 20,000 Tibetan troops were trapped in this place called Kanglangshan Canyon. Because the corpses were examined afterwards, 20,000 heads were found, and there must be many more that were not found, so it can be tentatively assumed that that year The Tibetans went on an expedition and lost at least 30,000 people.
It was considered a great victory for the Tang army.
The only unlucky person on the side of the Tang army generals was my father-in-law's father, Wang Yunxiu's grandfather Wang Haibin. "
Fang Chongyong pointed to the sketched map on the desk and said.
"Then what?" Pei Xiu nodded. Although she didn't understand military matters, she had heard her father Pei Min say before that swordsmanship was just a minor skill and could not achieve anything great. Only by making good use of the art of war, and only by being able to master battle formations, can one have first-rate skills.
Pei Xiu is not yet sure whether Fang Chongyong has the ability in this area, but at least the opponent looks like a famous general.
"Wang Haibin first stationed troops at Wujie Station, and as a vanguard, defeated the Tubo people north of Changcheng. At that time, if you were the commander-in-chief of the Tang army, what would you do?"
Fang Chongyong asked in a deep voice.
"You don't think I'm a fool, do you? Of course I blocked the Tibetan people in the valley and beat them to death!"
Pei Xiu asked with a puzzled look on her face. Even if she didn't understand the art of war, she knew from the terrain that the Tubo people with many horses should be driven into the valley to fight a battle of annihilation.
"Of course it is. But you all know about this, and the general of the Tang army who commanded this battle also knows about it. How can the Tubo people not know about it?"
Fang Chongyong asked a question that hit his soul. Without waiting for Pei Xiu to answer, he immediately added:
“Besides, at that time, the Tibetans were just having trouble attacking southward, and not only did the main force of the army suffer no major losses, but they also had plenty of physical strength.
Even if the Tang army deployed defenses at both ends of the valley, the Tibetan people would easily break through the Tang army's defense line despite being trapped and struggling, and ultimately fell short.
If the Tubo people were blocked at this time, the outcome of the war might be rewritten. "
Fang Chongyong expressed a certain conclusion from his review of the battle that year.
Pei Xiu nodded slightly. The other person's words were easy to understand, and even she, who was not involved in military affairs, could understand it.
"So, what did the Tang army commander do back then?"
Pei Xiu asked with interest.
"It's very simple. The Tang army's follow-up troops delayed the progress of the encirclement, leaving only Wang Haibin's army to attack the Tibetans, making it impossible for the Tibetans to retreat and enter.
This arrangement of the Tang army will make the Tubo people think that as long as the main force of the Tang army has not arrived yet, as long as they defeat Wang Haibin, they can go south to Chang Castle and attack Didao County.
With this arrangement, the dilemma they faced would be solved.
Therefore, the Tubo people could have run away, but they were lucky but were afraid of returning without success, and were afraid that they would be held accountable after returning, so they fought fiercely with the Tang army led by Wang Haibin.
When they were exhausted and demoralized by being trapped in the valley, the main force of the Tang Army blocked them in the Kanglang Mountain Valley! There is no need to elaborate on how it ends. "
Fang Chongyong tapped the map on the stone table with his fingers and said. The Tubo people were beaten badly in this battle, but it was because they fell into the trap, not because they had no IQ.
Fang Chongyong's words made Pei Xiu confused. After a long time, Pei Xiucai suddenly realized: "Ah, that's what happened! I heard my father said that many people deliberately ignored death and were jealous. It was Wang Haibin’s military exploits that led to the tragedy, so it turns out that’s not entirely the case!”
Pei Xiu obviously believed Fang Chongyong's words more than what Pei Min said: "The generals were jealous of Wang Haibin's great achievements and did not send troops."
Military law on the battlefield is no joke. The other generals of the Tang army may be jealous of Wang Haibin's great achievements and refuse to rescue him, but there must be some coward among these people. They are afraid of being held accountable after the war and go to rescue Wang Haibin. How can they rescue even one of them? The troops haven't arrived yet?
The truth of this past incident may be difficult to verify now. But after that battle, all the military commanders were rewarded, and they were not beaten by Ji Ge's queen, and they were not revenged by Wang Zhongsi. This is an indisputable fact.
The general made the overall arrangements and deliberately sent Wang Haibin to drag the Tubo people away. Then the Tang army waited for work and surrounded and killed the Tubo people in the valley in a super annihilation battle. This may be the truth of the matter and the main reason why no one was liquidated by Ji Ge after the war.
On the battlefield, no one, including the general, cannot be sacrificed. This is the cruelty of war.
A war is about winning or losing, regardless of sacrifice.
"Let me discuss something with you."
Fang Chongyong put away the map, looked at Pei Xiu and said.
"What's going on?"
Seeing Fang Chongyong being so serious, Pei Xiu couldn't help but become nervous.
"Tomorrow, let Judge Cen take you to Wujie Post. You can take the carriage back to Chang'an by yourself. Be careful on the way and don't eat food given by strangers. It shouldn't be a big problem."
Fang Chongyong sighed and said.
"Uh, why?"
Pei Xiu didn't want to leave, but she was too embarrassed to say anything, so she hesitated for a long time before saying this.
"There's going to be a war here in Longyou. After you return to Chang'an, let your family arrange an honest man for you to marry. Now the world is slowly getting worse. People who are running around like this, let alone my daughter's family, Even for me, it’s hard to say it’s absolutely safe.”
Fang Chongyong poured Pei Xiu a glass of wine and said softly: "After drinking this glass of wine, let's say goodbye. You will leave with Judge Cen tomorrow. After sending you to Didao County, he will return to Shanzhou City Join us."
Pei Xiu quickly took the glass and drank the turbid wine inside. The sour taste made her frown. She was a good drinker, but the wine sent from the military camp was so sour and astringent that it was hard to describe.
"I'm not leaving."
After drinking the wine, Pei Xiu took a deep breath and said.
"Longyou is very unsafe here, and the danger does not come from me. Just because I won't do anything to you doesn't mean that others won't do anything to you either.
Qiu Ba in Bian Zhen is acting rudely, so you should be aware of it. "
Fang Chongyong said with a slight frown. He's just talking about it, why doesn't Pei Xiu understand?
"I do not go."
Pei Xiu said firmly without explaining why.
Fang Chongyong looked at her childlike naivety and stubbornness, and suddenly couldn't help but sneered, not knowing what he was laughing at.
"what do you mean?"
Pei Xiu complained slightly dissatisfiedly.
"There's a question I haven't asked, and I'd like to ask you now."
Fang Chongyong put away his smile and looked at Pei Xiu with burning eyes.
"You can ask, there's nothing you can't ask."
Pei Xiu pretended to be carefree and said, her heart already in her throat.
"That day in the carriage, you humped my face like a pig. What were you doing?"
Fang Chongyong looked at Pei Xiu with a half-smile and asked.
"Ah? You're talking about this..."
Pei Xiu blushed all the way to her neck. If Fang Chongyong hadn't told her, she would have forgotten about it.
Pei Xiu is now used to making jokes around Fang Chongyong and talking nonsense like haha, and has long forgotten what she was thinking at the beginning.
She was thinking wildly and wanted to run out quickly. When she couldn't move any further, she was suddenly hugged by Fang Zhongyong. The two people's lips touched each other, and Pei Xiu soon understood the secret of kissing. He put his arms around Fang Chongyong's neck, and the two of them kissed inseparably.
Not long after, outside the room where Fang Chongyong and Pei Xiu were, Cen Shen, holding an account book in his hand, gently opened the corner of the door.
Then he saw Chongyong and Pei Xiu were busy above the bed. In a panic, Pei Xiu's clothes were thrown to the ground one by one, so Cen Shen carefully closed the door, tiptoed and left, and ordered He Changqi Don't disturb Fang Chongyong's rest while others are waiting.
After all, this silly girl is not stupid enough!
Cen Shen sighed in his heart.
In fact, according to his understanding, the two should have gotten together long ago. Everyone in their group knew that this would happen sooner or later.
There may be no shortage of orchids among the Qiu Ba in Hexi, but many of the Qiu Ba in the camp in Longyou Town have not seen what a woman looks like for many years. If a young and beautiful woman like Pei Xiu goes to a border town and is just a so-called bodyguard around Fang Chongyong, why not be eaten alive by these Qiu Ba people!
If Pei Xiu hadn't been banned by Fang Chongyong, she would have lost her virginity in Longyou within a month.
So what if her father is the Sword Master Pei Min? Qiu Ba people don't pay attention to things that are so long ago, and it will be a long time before they are retaliated. The military envoy of a large army in Longyou has great power and can accomplish anything.
In their eyes, beautiful women are just that, just play with them.
If Pei Xiu is Fang Chongyong's woman, then others will not dare to take action, otherwise they will fight to the death. It's not worth it to have a conflict with Fang Youde's son over a woman.
Cen Shen thought to himself that given Fang Yanai's fear of trouble, maybe he chose to drag Pei Xiu into bed today because it was time to take action. Waiting until they arrive in Shanzhou City to "do things" will easily lead to extraneous matters and cause unnecessary trouble.
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"Fang Yushi! Fang Yushi!"
It was already three o'clock in the morning when Cen Shen's hurried knock on the door came.
"Let's sleep a little longer, I'm exhausted."
Pei Xiu, whose body was about to fall apart, huddled in Fang Chongyong's arms and muttered. Last night, she finally learned what it means to be a strong man descended from heaven, and she finally understood why there were maids in the palace, risking their heads. , willing to fall in love with Su Wei's imperial army.
It’s really because that kind of nonsense is so shameful and addictive!
Last night, Pei Xiu gained a lot of experience from a girl to a woman.
Fang Chongyong closed his eyes and said nothing at the moment. He hadn't touched a woman for more than half a month. He had a romantic affair last night, and his exhilaration made people want to sing loudly. At this moment, he was still thinking about the exciting experience last night.
After what happened last night, Fang Chongyong somewhat understood why in the Tang Dynasty, when productivity was not high, so many powerful people liked to have sex, and the women changed one after another. It's really because different women are different scenery and can bring people completely different and new experiences.
In Datang, where entertainment is scarce, this is one of the rare pleasures!
Just this kind of fresh excitement will make a man who is still a teenager and can't stop playing, and he can't stop. This kind of nonsense is addictive!
"I am indeed a common person."
Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh and muttered to himself. Last night I became a "gay brother", and my understanding of gay brother deepened a little bit.
Anyway, it’s okay today, just wait for Shanzhou City to send someone over again. Fang Chongyong didn't want to get up, so he hugged Pei Xiu's smooth shoulders and planned to continue sleeping, and was too lazy to talk to Cen Shen. He was even thinking about whether to announce it in the daytime and discuss biology with Pei Xiu later.
However, the inner uneasiness still suppressed this impulse. Fang Chongyong is afraid that if he indulges too much, he will become a monster controlled by his lower body in the future.
"Fang Yushi, Bian Lingcheng, the eunuch sent by Chang'an, has come to Longzhi City! He said he has something important to ask for! He is in the military camp!"
Finding no response in the room, Cen Shen's anxious voice outside the door changed its tone.
There is another chapter today
(End of chapter)
