The night is like a curtain, covering the four fields.
Qin Shi stood in the southwest corner of the military camp, on the edge of the Yellow River, guarding the blind spot in the field of vision, waiting quietly.
Suddenly, a head suddenly appeared in the rushing river in front. The black hair was tied tightly behind the head, the face was clear and cold, and there was a trace of murderous intent in the eyes.
Only the crescent-shaped silver knife hung on his right ear.
This turned out to be a woman, half-body submerged in the water, revealing a black body-hugging bodysuit, and her undulating figure was particularly beautiful.
Seeing this woman, Qin Shi immediately lowered his head and chanted something without daring to look at her.
Immediately, a piece of wood was thrown by the woman at Shi Qin's feet. Shi Qin quickly took out the piece of wood from his arms, and then threw it into the hands of the black-haired woman.
The woman in black grabbed the piece of wood, then gave Qin Shi a cold look, and then dived into the water again, completely disappearing in the fast-flowing Yellow River.
Qin Shi lowered his body to pick up the wood bark, then turned and walked towards his tent in the back camp.
Qin Shi's pass token is specially made, allowing him to pass at will in most places in the rear camp.
After entering the tent, Qin Shi immediately took out the wood chips, quickly scanned the words inside, and after writing them down, he put the wood chips on the fire.
As the flames licked, Shi Qin's eyes also fell on the flames. But for some reason, at this moment, Shi Qin felt that his spirit was inexplicably in a trance. The next moment, he heard a "bang" and Shi Qin's whole body went straight. He hit it on the desk and fell asleep directly.
It was at this time that a figure walked out of the corner of the tent, picked up the piece of wood, looked at it carefully, and then retreated silently.
"Ouch!" A sound of pain came from Qin Shi's mouth.
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On top of the military camp sentry tower, Li Xuan wore a black brocade uniform and looked calmly at the Tubo military camp opposite.
Since the attack failed that day, the Tubo people did not give up, but changed their attack methods.
They began to lay a large area of rafts across the river near the south bank, and arranged a large number of soldiers to guard against the wooden piles coming from upstream.
Of course, Li Xuan did not tolerate them. Every three to five hours, sharp wooden stakes would hit the raft hard.
Although they were blocked by the Tubo soldiers, they still continued.
The Tubo people tried their best to widen the width of the rafts, as if they really wanted to cover the entire Yellow River with rafts, but they did not exceed the center of the Yellow River.
On the north bank, more than a dozen catapults have been placed on the ground, and countless rolling stones are densely stacked behind them.
As long as the Tibetan raft appears within the range of the rolling stone cart, it will immediately be attacked from all directions.
Both sides are preparing their own methods, until one day in the future who can't stand it anymore and takes the lead in attacking.
Li Duozuo stood beside Li Xuan, dressed in black clothes and armor.
Neither of them spoke, they just watched calmly.
At this moment, a clear sound of footsteps sounded below.
Then Li Zhu walked up quickly and handed a note to Li Xuan.
After Li Xuan took a look, he handed it to Li Duozuo.
After reading it once, Li Duozuo frowned: "They asked Qin Shi to find out the progress of our army's food road improvement."
"There is an expert over there!" Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "He was not fooled by these things on the surface at all. He always focused on the most critical points of our army."
Li Duozuo nodded with a heavy expression and said: "The importance of the food road is self-evident. Even once Qingdong is captured, the Tao River Road will become the key to supporting the Lanzhou army's food and grass, so they must destroy our food road. "
"But no matter how they think, they must break through our camp. They can't win here. All their ideas are delusions." Li Xuan said, looking at the rafts on the river again, and then said softly: "Gaichuan Brother, I have a feeling that the other party must have the means to invade Longwu Village again. All they lack is the opportunity."
"That's why the prince finally decided to keep Qin Shi." Li Duozuo now had to admit that Li Xuan's current approach did make sense.
"When a person has a shortcut, he will put less thought into the right path and be more willing to take chances."
Li Xuan glanced sideways in the direction of Qin Shi's tent, then looked at the Tubo camp opposite, and said softly: "I don't know who my opponent is this time, but there is no doubt that this is a very powerful person. So it is definitely worthwhile for us to use a chess piece that is already in our hands to distract the opponent."
Li Duozuo looked at Li Xuan and warned cautiously: "My lord, be careful of the boat capsizing."
Li Xuan smiled, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "What Brother Gaichuan said is absolutely true. Fortunately, when we originally planned the attack, we had already planned the time to attack after the Lanzhou army launched a full-scale attack. In this way, we would not be attacked. The enemy takes advantage of it."
"Your Majesty, just have an idea." Li Duozuo nodded seriously.
He agreed with Li Xuan's point of view. In addition to Li Xuan's plan being feasible, Li Xuan's goal was very clear, which was to eliminate the Tibetan people's vitality as a premise.
Once the Tubo soldiers were killed and wounded too much, no matter what grand plans they had, they would all be in vain.
"Then there is Captain Qin. He and the other two old men must strengthen their 'protection' and not let them leave the camp or let them come into contact with anything they shouldn't. Let's take a look. Captain Qin Head, what kind of methods are there?" Li Xuan's mouth showed a hint of solemnity.
The enemy on the opposite side is obviously not an ordinary person. Li Xuan's dozen catapults are placed on the bank. No matter what the opponent's plan is, they will not be able to cross the river easily.
Therefore, we must find a way to get rid of these dozen catapults, but Qin Shi is just an old official. Even if he has certain small privileges here, he is only in the rear camp, and he is not allowed in the front camp at all. Enter.
But Li Xuan believes that her opponent must have a way.
In addition, the Tubo people have three hidden stakes here. Li Xuan doesn't know whether the other two have been activated.
Therefore, he cannot easily take action against this chess piece that he has already mastered.
In addition to strictly controlling the information that Shi Qin has access to, Li Xuan will also provide him with some unimportant or even wrong information.
Let's see what he can come up with.
Don't forget, Qin Ming is always in Li Xuan's hands, and all the information he and the Tubo people convey are also in Li Xuan's hands.
Once something critical arises, Li Xuan can cut off this connection at any time.
"By the way, Your Majesty, who is the woman who contacted Qin Shi? Are there any women in the Tubo army?" Li Duozuo raised his eyes slightly.
Li Xuan glanced at him in surprise, and then said: "Actually, I am not sure, but judging from his skills, I can't say that he is a member of the Guangjun clan."
Guangjun, the young and middle-aged people of the Tubo Goba tribe are all incorporated into the Tubo Guangjun, but what about the women of the Goba tribe.
The Goba people are martial, good at fighting, not afraid of death, good at using poison, and have a wolf-like nature. This is not only true for men, but also for women.
The woman who just swam across the 400-meter-fast Yellow River late at night might be a woman from the Goba tribe.
"They are not light troops, maybe they are opposing secret guards; where there is light, there will naturally be darkness." Li Xuan shook her head and said: "Forget it, it's not important, let's go back, our war with the Tubo people just began."
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"Da da da" bursts of rapid horse hoofbeats came from the west.
In the tent, Li Xuan glanced at Shi Qin who was looking out curiously, then lowered his head indifferently.
At this moment, a Qianniu guard quickly came in from outside the door, walked up to Li Xuan, and solemnly handed an official document to the case in front of Li Xuan.
Li Xuan calmly took the official document, opened it, took a look at it, and then said calmly: "Everyone, just now, the Duke of Yan captured Guide County, and sent troops to capture the east entrance of Lake Nile, and Tubo The armies are facing each other across Lake Nile. Once the Tibetan army is defeated and Lake Nile is completely captured, we can go north to the south entrance of Riyue Mountain and connect with the Lanzhou army."
Everyone present was stunned when they heard the news.
Li Jinxing had just arrived at Guide City half a month ago, and now he had captured Guide all at once, and even marched thirty miles west to the east entrance of Lake Nile.
At the west entrance of Lake Nile, there is a mountain road. As long as you take the mountain road, you can immediately reach the foot of the Sun and Moon Mountain.
Attack the Tibetan army from behind, assist the main force in Lanzhou, and capture Riyue Mountain and even Fuqi City, and the overall situation can be determined.
Just as everyone was gradually getting excited, He Zhizhang's calm voice sounded: "May I ask your lord, how many Tubo soldiers did Duke Yan annihilate under Guide City?"
"One thousand." Li Xuan's expression was terrifyingly calm, as if he had no intention of being happy about this official document.
"So, at this moment in Lake Nile, the Tubo people still have five thousand soldiers." He Zhizhang frowned and looked at Li Xuan and asked, "May I ask, my lord, how many soldiers are there under the general's command?"
"Five thousand."
He Zhizhang asked directly: "Is it five thousand versus five thousand?"
"No?" Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Behind these five thousand people, there are seven thousand cavalry. The Duke of Yan used five thousand people to fight against the twelve thousand Tibetan troops."
The breathing of everyone present suddenly became sluggish.
A hint of bitterness flashed in Li Xuan's eyes. In fact, no one knew that the real trouble for the army at the moment was not the Tibetans, but the attrition of the plateau miasma.
So far, the number of casualties in the army is less than a thousand, but more than a thousand soldiers have fallen due to plateau miasma.
If we go further west, more and more soldiers will fall due to Plateau Miasma.
He Zhizhang looked at Li Xuan and asked: "Your Majesty, now the general wants to send water troops to help?"
Lake Nile is vast, and the army is heading south. If the Hangzhou troops are mobilized now, they will definitely support the front line.
Li Xuan shook his head directly and said: "It's not that time yet. The general knows everything. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Li Xuan's calm and confident look made everyone couldn't help but relax.
They know enough about Li Xuan that although the King of Nanchang is not an absolutely qualified general, he is definitely an absolutely qualified coach.
The army is in front, and he is behind.
No matter what the requirements are ahead, he can provide quick and effective support.
"Your Majesty..." Just as He Zhizhang opened his mouth, the rapid beating of drums outside suddenly started.
Tibet invaded.
Li Xuan smiled faintly and said: "Everyone, as you can see, the Tubo people are anxious. Guide County has been lost. They are finally anxious."
Everyone present laughed, but several people were completely laughing.
This includes Qin Shi and He Zhizhang.
Li Xuan nodded slightly to He Zhizhang, then stepped out of the tent to meet the Tibetan offensive.
(End of chapter)
