The sky was brightening, and the surface of the Yellow River was already calm. However, on the other side of the river, there were still more than a dozen rafts firmly locked on the surface of the river.
The Tibetan people are still ambitious, but they have temporarily stopped.
Outside the Chinese army's tent, Li Xuan was holding military reports sent back from various places in her hand, reading them in detail as she walked.
After entering the big tent, Li Xuan handed the general's report to Li Duozuo behind him, and said at the same time: "Last night, there were more than 30 places within dozens of miles upstream and downstream of Jianzha. The Tubo people tried to break through and come ashore, but all of them failed. They were all beaten back."
Li Duozuo just glanced at it and said calmly: "It's just a small fight."
"Ha!" Li Xuan couldn't help but chuckle. The general spoke with great dignity.
But having said that, Li Duozuo was actually right.
The Tubo people's efforts in other places are indeed small and small. After all, the most suitable place for crossing the river in the entire Jianzha territory is the mouth of the Longwu River.
It was really a big deal to command hundreds of people to cross the river at once.
In other places, even a hundred people might not be able to move away, and the river is wider. Even if they rush over, only twenty or thirty people will be left.
Exhausted, he still had to face sentry posts every mile.
When the cavalry made a surprise attack, the Tibetans were immediately covered with corpses.
On the north bank of the Yellow River, from Jianzha County to Longwu Village, 1,500 soldiers were stationed. In addition, large numbers of reinforcements may arrive from the east and west at any time.
If the Tubo people were really willing to make great efforts to send three to five hundred people ashore, then at least twice as many people would die in the river.
There is nothing wrong to do with this time.
Li Xuan shook his head and looked into the tent.
At this moment, in the camp, there was a huge sand table on the left, and He Zhizhang and other students who were processing documents on the right.
Li Xuan nodded slightly to He Zhizhang, and then looked at the sand table on the left.
On the sand table is the mountainous terrain on both sides of the Yellow River in the Jianzha River section, but it spreads southward from Longwu Village on the easternmost side.
Opposite the Tubo camp at the mouth of the Longwu River, the mountains on both sides, and the entire terrain of nearly a hundred miles in radius behind, spread out in sequence.
Li Xuan has never been to Tongren, even though it seems that in the entire camp, very few people have been to Tongren.
If you want to capture Tongren, you must first have a sufficient understanding of the terrain of Tongren, so that you can quickly advance forward after breaking through the Tibetan camp on the opposite side, directly reach the foot of Tongren City, and then go west to block the narrow Anya Pass. Make it impossible for the Tibetans to fight back and recapture their colleagues.
At this moment, the entire sand table has been carved to one-third of Tongren's terrain. A road leads directly to Tongren City, but in more large mountainous areas, it is still blank, let alone Heijichang further to the west. That's all the way.
Li Xuan looked at the sand table with a serious expression, especially looking in the direction of Tongren County. He didn't pay much attention to the Tibetan camp at the mouth of the Longwu River, which was the most difficult to conquer.
Three old men stood respectfully to one side, and behind them were the craftsmen from the Ministry of War who were responsible for carving the sand table.
These three old people had lived in Tongren for many years in their early years. Later, Tongren was occupied by Tibet and they retreated.
"Captain Qin." Li Xuan looked sideways at the leader, a tall, sixty-year-old man in black with a solemn expression, and asked in a low voice: "How long will it take to complete the entire sand table?"
The former colleague arrested Qin Shi, and immediately raised his hands and said: "Reporting to the prince, it will take two months, and it should be completed before the prince asks."
Li Xuan nodded slightly and said: "I don't ask you to be fast, complete it on time, be precise and precise, and make no errors... You should know what this is for. Once there is a mistake, it will be a serious crime immediately."
The corner of Qin Shi's mouth twitched slightly, and then he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the last time I went to Tongren was two years ago, mixed in with the caravan. Not to mention the memory is biased, it is the transformation of the Tubo people in the past two years. I I don’t know anything about it, let alone natural disasters and earthquakes.”
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area is originally caused by the uplift of the plate, and earthquakes occur more frequently in areas where the plate impacts.
Jianzha, colleagues, and the Shanzhou front line will feel obvious earthquakes every few years.
Under an earthquake, changes, both big and small, may occur.
Fortunately, there has been no earthquake in this area for several years.
"I don't care about anything else. I just need you to do what is most correct in your memory. Use the current exploration map in the army as a basis to do your best." Li Xuan's expression became serious.
The military has conducted terrain surveys in Tongren County, both in previous years and in recent years. However, it is not easy to turn the formed map into a three-dimensional sand table. Someone needs to make detailed additions, modifications, and carvings to it.
Qin Shi immediately raised his hands solemnly and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will do our best to ensure that the terrain is restored."
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "If we can successfully win over my colleagues, you will definitely be waiting for a share of the credit."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Several other people bowed their hands to Li Xuan at the same time, their eyes full of expectation.
Li Xuan smiled slightly, then nodded and walked towards He Zhizhang and others. He still had many things to arrange.
Qin Shi stood on one side, looked at his companions, and whispered: "I heard that the Tubo attack was very fierce this time."
"I just heard it. It seemed that a thousand Tibetan thieves were dispatched. More than 800 people died. In the end, only more than 100 returned to the Tibetan camp."
Hearing this, Shi Qin was slightly startled and said with a strange expression: "A thousand people are dispatched?"
"Yes!" The old man next to him spoke again, with an excited expression, like an eighteen-year-old child, and whispered excitedly: "But most of them went to the bottom of the river to feed the fish."
In an instant, the corners of Qin Shi's mouth twitched slightly, and the car body avoided human eyes.
However, he didn't notice that at this time, Li Xuan's eyes fell on him for a moment, and then flashed past him quickly.
…
After opening the curtain of the back tent, two Qianniu guards were guarding the door. Li Xuan loosened his collar, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked in.
The back tent is very simple, with a bed, a desk, a knife rack, a clothes rack, a bookshelf, and the largest one is a huge desk covered with gray cloth on the side.
Li Xuan took off his armor, walked to the side of the desk, and then lifted it hard. Everything under the gray cloth appeared clearly in front of Li Xuan's eyes.
Sand table, sand table in Tongren County.
Compared with the one made by Qin Shi and others outside, this one is even more refined and even very different in many places.
Li Xuan noticed something was wrong with Qin Shi very early. At the beginning, the information provided by Qin Shi had only one or two deviations. Li Xuan thought this was normal. After all, no one could confirm the accuracy of his memory. Not to mention, the terrain changes over the years.
However, as time passed, Qin Shi provided more and more wrong information. Even the correct information provided by others was confused by his unclear memory and successfully confused the past. However, these places are important strategic locations, so be cautious. No problem, but if you deliberately cause trouble, it will be fatal.
If those things outside were not useful to Li Xuan, Li Xuan would have killed him long ago.
Li Xuan walked to the desk and sat down, then closed his eyes slightly. The next moment, a new vision appeared in his sight.
The Tibetan military camp at the mouth of the Longwu River was all under his gaze. To be precise, it was under the gaze of a gray eagle in the night sky.
Further south is the entire Tongren area.
Li Xuan never expected the sandbox map provided by Qin Shi to be of much use from the beginning. He only believed in himself.
So while Qin Shi and the others provided information to draw the sand table, Li Xuan was also quietly making his own sand table.
When the discrepancy between the two becomes larger and larger, especially in key and important areas, after the discrepancy is corrected, the army moves along the wrong terrain. If you are not careful, you may encounter an ambush, or even end up completely. The army was destroyed.
Li Xuan did not forget that there were three death piles of Tubo people hidden in the Taohe River, but no one knew where these three death piles were hidden.
Now one is finally exposed.
Today, the Tubo people suddenly crossed the river crazily. Although there was a reason why Li Jinxing led his army to fight under Guide County, it was also a trick of the Tubo people to wake up and hide the dead stakes.
Li Xuan took a breath. Today's events seemed to be under his control, but the activation of the Tibetan death stake meant that the fighting between the two sides was raised to another level.
The only lucky thing is that after Li Xuan was summoned as Qin Shi, he has been placed in the military camp, and the relevant contact information has also been specially isolated. Although there is not much loss, the information he heard with just one ear is There are quite a few.
The most important thing is that he learned about Li Xuan's plans for Tongren County.
Opening his eyes, Li Xuan's gaze fell on the sand table where the Tubo military camp was located on the Longwu River.
Do you want to tell the Tibetan people about the news about the county where they are interested?
If Shi Qin is captured directly, then naturally no news will be spread. Then according to the original plan, they can still securely capture Tongren County.
However, looking at the Tubo offensive today, although they have the intention of awakening the dead stake, more importantly, they are still watching Jian Zha.
They want to kill them.
This reaction is much stronger than Li Xuan's original expectation, but it is very likely that the opportunity to attack his colleagues will come much earlier than expected.
No, not in advance.
If it is really brought forward, it will have an impact on many aspects, especially Lanzhou.
If the army cannot be in place at the same time, they may not be able to defend their colleagues without the support of the army.
If Hei Te Changzhi cannot be contacted, there will be two Tibetan armies to counterattack his colleagues.
At that time, even if you win over your colleagues, it will be difficult to hold on. Even if you do, you will definitely pay a huge price.
Therefore, it is necessary to completely control the rhythm of the Tubo people in their own hands.
Only in this way can the best results be achieved.
Qin Shi, how should I use you?
Li Xuan began to lower his head and think deeply.
…
In the darkness, Shi Qin returned to his small tent.
The moment he entered the tent, Qin Shi's face immediately became extremely ugly.
He was indeed the death pile of the Tubo people, and he was indeed the leader of his colleagues, but his youngest son had already fallen into the hands of the Tubo people.
Everything stems from the defeat of Feichuan. His eldest son and second son all died on the battlefield. The last youngest son also fell into the hands of the Tubo people when they retreated.
Although he has been in Hezhou these years, the Tubo people have been contacting him secretly and even sent letters from their youngest son directly to him.
During these years in Tubo, my younger son even got married and had children there...
He has no choice.
The reason why the Tubo people fancy him is because he was once the head catcher of his colleagues, and he is one of the people who knows his colleagues best in Hezhou.
Among these people, he has the highest official position, and it is difficult for others to refute his words.
This means that if the Tang Dynasty and Tubo go to war again, he will immediately be transferred to the Chinese army camp, even next to the commander.
The activation code they had discussed at the beginning was that the Tubo people would use a thousand troops to try to capture Longwu Village one night.
If it is captured, he will continue to lurk. If it cannot be captured, he will activate it immediately.
After that, there was contact.
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(End of chapter)
