Standing on the sentry tower, Li Xuan raised his eyes and looked south.
In the vast plateau basin, the Shazhuyu River comes from the northwest ten miles away and flows into the Longyangxia Yellow River in the southeast.
In the upper reaches of the Shazhuyu River, the Zuowei Front Army was stationed in the ancient city of Qugou, close to the Shazhuyu River and guarding the Shazhuyu Bridge.
In the middle, the main force of the left guard and the main force of the right guard are stationed in the Chabuqa Valley, ten miles away from the Shazhuyu River.
Downstream, the Youtun Guard rear army was stationed at Moran Station, which was twenty miles away from the Shazhuyu River.
From Li Xuan's position, the front, middle and rear of the army formed a parallel straight line, while the Shazhuyu River coming from the northwest and flowing into Longyang Gorge in the southeast formed a diagonal line.
The two lines intersected in the ancient city of Qugou, and then quickly moved away. However, in the northeast, between Moranyi and Shazhuyu River, there is a large area of triangular open space.
Li Xuan saw endless murderous intent from this triangular open space.
If the Tubo people really dare to cross the river, they will immediately face the main force of the Tang Dynasty, and they will be attacked from three or even four sides, and they will definitely die.
This hidden and dangerous trap makes people feel the ferocity of Tang Jun's coach.
Coupled with the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, if Qinling really dared to fill in his soldiers, hundreds of thousands would not be enough.
…
Li Xuan looked across the river again. At this moment, in the center of the densely packed Tibetan army, a huge red flag with a lion and an elephant appeared at the end of his sight, and then came slowly.
A burly figure, surrounded by countless soldiers, came towards the bank of the Shazhuyu River.
Although Li Xuan couldn't see his face clearly from a distance, she knew that that person was Lun Qinling.
Now, he is leading the main force of the Tibetan army in the middle.
Although the Tibetans claim to have an army of 300,000, they do not exceed 200,000 at most, and may even be less.
Among them, the Tuyuhun people accounted for the majority, and the others included soldiers from various ethnic groups.
The Qingdong army on the eastern front was dominated by the Tubo main force, supplemented by Tyuhun cavalry and infantry; the western front was dominated by Tyuhun cavalry, commanded by a small number of Tibetan nobles.
The main force of Tibet does not exceed 70,000 to 80,000 people at most. The main force of 20,000 is distributed on the eastern front, and more than 50,000 are spread over the vast area from Wuhai to Dafeichuan to the Shazhuyu River.
On the eastern front, Qingdong's 10,000 cavalry have reached the opposite bank of Shazhuyu, and to the west, the 10,000 Tibetan main force has reached the opposite side of the ancient city of Quchi.
Now, 10,000 Tibetan cavalry came from the front, followed the red lion and elephant flag of Lunqin Mausoleum, and reached the south bank of Shazhuyu River, only ten miles away from Li Xuan.
Behind these 10,000 cavalry troops, countless Tibetan cavalrymen were running back and forth, ready to rush to the front line at any time.
…
Li Xuan's eyes suddenly turned to the southwest.
There was not much difference in military power between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. It was the Tuyuhun people who could really determine the outcome of the two.
"Da da da!" Fifty Tubo cavalry waded directly into the water and rushed directly from the Shazhuyu River, which was twenty feet wide.
Today's Shazhuyu River is in the dry season, but even so, the cavalry still barely crossed the horse's head when crossing the river.
Seeing this group of cavalry rushing up the north bank, the atmosphere in the entire Tang Army camp became more and more solemn, but no one acted rashly.
Like a creeping giant tiger, ready to rush out at any time.
Fifty Tibetan war horses surrounded a young Tibetan general and quickly rushed to the Tang Army's central camp, then stopped within a stone's throw in front of the camp.
The Tubo general rode forward slowly on horseback, and then arrived alone three feet away from the gate of the military camp.
The young noble general, who was wearing a sheepskin felt hat, a clean and tidy fur robe, and blue-green orbs and gold and silver ornaments in his pigtails, took out a thick golden parchment volume from his arms and held it high. Then he shouted loudly: "The Prime Minister of Tubo, Gar Qinling, pays tribute to the head coach of the Tang Dynasty:
The land of Qingtang was owned by Tubo more than ten years ago.
Six years ago, the unjust army in Tang Dynasty returned after a great defeat. Now it comes to invade again. It is really unscrupulous. The gods of heaven and earth must punish them again. I hope they can stop their attacks soon and retreat to Anlanshan, which can be guaranteed for a hundred years. .
If you don't want to do it, Qinling has no choice but to arrange a formation at Kebo River tomorrow at the right time.
The Protector of the Qingbei Province of Tubo paid tribute to Shang, and Su Hegui, the Protector of the Western Region of Tubo and Qing Dynasty, led his army to respectfully welcome the generals of the Tang Dynasty for their advice. "
After saying that, the young Tibetan noble threw the golden sheepskin scroll directly into the camp, and then shouted loudly: "Commander of the Tang Dynasty, please sign and sign. The general will go back and resume his life."
For a time, countless people's eyes were fixed on the young Tubo noble, with endless murderous intent in their eyes.
War letter.
The Tubo people's declaration of war against the Tang Dynasty.
The Prime Minister of Tubo discussed Qin Ling's declaration of war against the head coach of Tang Dynasty.
This is Chi Guoguo's provocation.
Standing on the sentry tower, Li Xuan looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After all this time, Lun Qinling was finally discovered.
Li Xuan's eyes turned toward the camp, with a hint of worry in her eyes.
The captain in front of the army had quickly sent the letter of challenge to the Chinese army's tent, but almost in the blink of an eye, the captain in front of the army had already run out quickly.
The golden sheepskin scroll was immediately thrown out, and then the captain in front of the army shouted loudly: "The commander-in-chief has said, if you want to fight, then fight!"
"Fight, fight, fight..." Countless shouts rang out within thirty miles of the Shazhuyu River, and for a time the momentum of the Tang Army's camp was extremely high.
At this moment, a big red flag was raised high, with a word embroidered on the flag: "Liu."
The entire left guard army and the entire right guard army suddenly stopped their voices and became solemn.
Like a ferocious beast that has stood proudly.
…
Li Xuan, dressed in red clothes and gold armor, walked calmly in the Chinese army camp, followed by Su Baotong and Cui Ding.
Cui Ding wanted to ask something, but he couldn't.
In front of the Chinese army's tent, two guards came forward, stopped Su Baotong and Cui Ding, raised their hands to Li Xuan, and said, "Your Majesty, please!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly and walked into the tent alone.
The guard's voice in my ear shouted: "The deputy marshal of the Taohe Road March, the deputy general manager of the march, the right guard general of the inspection school, the young minister of Honglu Temple, and the king of Nanchang, Li Xuan, has arrived!"
In the large tent of the Chinese army, a dozen fierce military generals on both sides stood solemnly at the same time, and a Leng Su commander wearing black fish scale armor sat behind the big case.
Li Xuan stopped, then held his hands solemnly, lowered his head and said: "Li Xuan, the last general, has seen the commander-in-chief!"
"King Nanchang, please take a seat." A familiar voice came from above, and Li Xuan, who lowered his head, couldn't help but sigh.
Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Liu Rengui, who was sitting behind the case, with worry and solemnity, cupped his hands and said, "The last general will take the order."
Li Xuan was not polite and walked directly to the chair under the desk on the left and sat down.
Liu Rengui smiled softly. It was obvious that Li Xuan had known about his existence for a long time, and he also knew that Li Xuan knew about his existence.
Liu Rengui, Shangshu Zuofushe, general marshal of the march of the Northwest Road, Taohe, Lanshan, Ganliang, Shasu, Jiannan, general marshal of the march of the northwest tenth road, general manager.
The generals present had long known about Liu Rengui's existence, but in the army, except for generals above the captaincy, not many knew about it.
Not many people in the outside world know when the chief military officer of Lanshan Road was replaced by Pei Xingjian and Liu Rengui?
Liu Rengui is here, where has Pei Xingjian gone?
What are the DPRK and China planning?
Everyone present knew the relationship between Li Xuan and Liu Rengui very well. Even Xiao Siye and Sun Renshi sent people to Chang'an to celebrate the wedding of Liu Jinyu and Li Xuan.
No one raised any objection to Li Xuan sitting on one side.
What's more, Li Xuan is the deputy general manager of the Taohe Road Marching Marshal. The only people who can be equal to him in the entire big account are Xiao Siye, the deputy general manager of the Lanshan Road Marching Army, General Zuowei, and Sun Renshi, the deputy general manager of the marching force at Youtunwei.
If Li Xuan is being polite, he is the fourth person in the entire big account. To be blunt, his status is ranked first under Liu Rengui.
However, Liu Rengui asked Li Xuan to sit aside, not to show his status, but to tell the generals present that Li Xuan was here to deliver food and grass to the army.
He is not involved in any other combat matters, so there is no need to worry that he will come to snatch military glory.
Li Xuan responded without any hesitation.
…
Liu Rengui's sharp eyes swept across the faces of the generals present, and then said calmly: "You have all seen the Tibetan people's letter of war. Please tell me how to fight in tomorrow's battle."
Everyone present looked at each other, and their eyes revealed a rush of excitement.
Regarding Qin Ling's letter of challenge, if it were normal times, Liu Rengui would not read it at all.
How could he understand such a shallow provocation?
But unfortunately, Lun Qinling came up with a very tempting bargaining chip, or bait - Su Hegui.
Su Hegui, the protector of Qingxi Province in Tubo, was a former nobleman of Tuyuhun.
More than ten years ago, due to conflicts with Murong Nuohebo, Su Hegui told Tubo all the secrets of Tuyuhun, allowing Tubo to defeat Tuyuhun in one fell swoop.
From then on, Su Hegui attached himself to Tubo and became a senior Tubo official. At the same time, he also had a large number of Tuyuhun cavalry on his own.
With a large number of Tuyuhun tribesmen staying in their hometown, whenever the Tang Dynasty and Tubo went to war, Su Hegui would lead the crowd to attack the Tang Dynasty.
Especially in the battle of Dafeichuan, he was the one who attacked Guo Daifeng's logistics army from behind.
Not long ago, Li Zhi personally asked Lun Qinling to use Su Hegui's head in exchange for the safety of his brother Blenzan Blade, but unfortunately, Lun Qinling refused.
It is said that the Tang Dynasty hated Su Hegui, but it did not go so far as the emperor himself said it.
The reason why Li Zhi participated was because of Su Hegui's key position in Tuyuhun.
If he died in the hands of the Tubo people, it would be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty in digesting Tuyuhun's power.
So they can't do this battle without fighting.
Xiao Siye, the general of the left guard, took the lead to stand up, raised his hands and said: "Commander, the Qinling Mausoleum has always been known for its conspiracy. Kebo River borders Qinghai Nanshan to the north and Shazhuyu River to the south. Although the terrain is mostly flat, there are several rivers flowing from Nanshan in the middle. Down, cut off the Qingnan Basin. At the same time, the farther west you go, the more hills and mountains there are, and there are many places where you can set up ambushes. If they plan for a long time and don't know the enemy's situation, if they go out easily, I'm afraid they will suffer a lot of losses."
"But a steady attack will not work." Master Sun Ren stood up from the other side, looked at Liu Rengui and Li Jinxing and said: "Most of them are cavalry, and they come and go like the wind. If they hesitate a little, they will fly hundreds of miles away, and they will miss too much." Far."
"If you want to plan a battle strategy, you first need to understand what the real purpose of Qinling is?" Liu Rengui looked at the generals below, and finally called them by name: "Xiaojie, tell me."
Wang Xiaojie, the commander of the left guard, came out, cupped his hands and said: "Return to the commander..."
Liu Rengui was supposed to be transferred to the Northwest Road a year later, but now that so much has changed, he was transferred in advance; Wang Xiaojie will already be the Zuowei General by this time next year, and the Zuowei Zhonglang General will be appointed this year.
(End of chapter)
