Under the sun, countless soldiers stood solemnly.
Swords and guns were pointed towards the sky, and the murderous intent was fierce in front of the camp.
Li Xuan slowly followed Liu Rengui and glanced subconsciously in the direction of Mo Lanyi. There was peace there.
Taking the love between his children back into his heart, Li Xuan's eyes turned cold.
Looking at the countless swaying figures on the other side of the Shazhuyu River in the distance, Li Xuan pressed her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist and rubbed it gently.
His sword thirsted for blood.
Liu Rengui led a group of generals to pass in front of each army, and every soldier could clearly see the appearance of these leading generals.
Standing in front of the army on the right side, Liu Rengui waved his hand, and the large banner beside him immediately stood up high, making a whistling sound in the wind.
Everyone's attention was focused on Liu Rengui under the banner for an instant.
The commander-in-chief of the army, the general marshal of the northwest march, the general manager, the minister Zuopushe, the guest of the prince, the Duke of Lecheng County, Liu Rengui.
"Generals and armies, there are Western barbarians from Tubo who want to occupy the Tuyuhun land. By order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, all barbarians inside and outside who dare to call themselves soldiers will be killed." Liu Rengui twitched his right hand on his waist, and instantly , a sharp long sword has been drawn directly.
The sharp sword blade shone with a cold light under the sun. Liu Rengui looked at the vast Qingnan Basin to the west with a cold face, and shouted loudly: "By the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, all barbarians inside and outside who dare to declare war will be Kill them all."
"Cut, chop, chop!" Countless soldiers waved their swords and shouted in unison, their murderous aura rising straight to the sky.
Li Xuan stood in the center of the army, his expression suddenly solemn.
Liu Rengui slashed forward with his long sword: "The army sets out to kill the enemy barbarians."
Countless gray-clothed and gray-armored cavalry rushed out first, moving quickly towards the direction of Qugou like a torrent.
The leader was none other than Zuo Wei Zhonglang General Wang Xiaojie.
Most of the main force of Wang Xiaojie's left guard cavalry is now in Qugou. He is now rushing to Qugou, and then leads all 6,000 of his cavalry towards Qiebo River in the west.
What followed were 6,000 left guard infantry, and in front of them, 2,000 right guard cavalry were already spreading in all directions.
As the central army, go south to expel the Tibetan informants, and go north to find the location of the Lanshui Dam, which is the eye of the army.
They are the real main force in today's battle, sword and shield bearers, archers, spearmen, as well as a large number of chariots and small catapults,
Under countless flags, they moved quickly and steadily toward the west.
Xiao Siye, the general of the left guard, walked out from among the generals and solemnly handed over to Liu Rengui: "Commander, the last general will go first."
"Well, be careful." Liu Rengui nodded seriously and cupped his hands.
Xiao Siye reined in his horse and turned around, and in a blink of an eye he had led a group of soldiers to chase in the direction of the army ahead.
In this battle, Xiao Siye will be the hardest worker.
Half an hour later, the rear army and the 6,000 infantry of the right garrison marched slowly toward the southeast, approaching the bank of the Shazhuyu River, on guard against the sudden crossing of the river by the Tibetan army at Lun Qinling.
There are still six thousand soldiers in the camp.
Two thousand left guard infantry, two thousand right guard cavalry, one thousand right guard cavalry, and one thousand right guard infantry.
The army began to break out of camp, but was in no hurry to move forward. On the way the army moved forward, temporary stations were set up every twenty miles to garrison two hundred left-guard infantry.
Build earthen forts and bonfires. Once the Tibetan army crosses the river, beacon fires will be lit immediately, and the frontline cavalry will fight back in the blink of an eye.
As the army marches, there is no room for any omissions.
Liu Rengui has been in the army for many years, and everything has been arranged in an orderly manner.
Li Xuan looked at the right guard cavalry and right guard infantry who had been prepared on the other side, raised his hands to Liu Rengui and said: "Commander, it's time for the last general to set off."
Liu Rengui stood in front of the army, cupped his fists and saluted Li Xuan: "Be more careful."
Li Xuan nodded, then turned the horse's head, leading a thousand right-guard cavalry and a thousand right-guard infantry, pulling fifty carriages, and quickly headed towards the north of Nanshan Mountain.
From the Chabuqa Valley where they are located to the west to the Chaka Salt Lake, a total of seven rivers more than 40 meters wide flow straight down from the south side of Nanshan.
Now that we are in the dry season, the river is not particularly plentiful, and even infantry can directly wade across it.
But only the old herdsmen know the strangeness of this.
The farther west these rivers go, the closer they are to the Chaka Salt Lake, and the water in the rivers is abundant. However, most of the current rivers do not have much water flow.
The reason is obvious at a glance.
Li Xuan led the crowd forward. After a whole day of preparation, the fifty carriages behind him were filled with sharp wooden stakes.
Once these wooden piles are inserted into the river, they will immediately penetrate deeply.
Coupled with the straw bags on the remaining twenty carriages, they were able to build a stepped dam in the shortest possible time.
The Tubo people were able to build a dam upstream, and Li Xuan was able to follow suit by setting up a dam a little lower down.
However, he did not have as much time to prepare as Qinling's men, so he could only use stepped dams to store water in batches to reduce the Tibetan people's water attack.
In the end, even if there is water flowing down from the stepped dam, it is just normal water flowing down.
As long as Li Xuan does this, Qin Ling's water attack skills will be completely destroyed.
But is everything really that simple?
The battle in front of us has just begun.
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On the south bank of the Shazhuyu River, where the Tubo camp was, Lun Qinling stood on a hillside, looking calmly in the direction of the Qugou in the distance.
The large group of cavalry had already moved towards Kebo River, and the infantry behind them slowly followed. The distance between the two sides was slowly opening.
But it's a bit fast.
On the Qinling side, Liu Rengui's tactics were unclear for a while. The 20,000 elite Tang troops had already spread out one after another, and the 6,000 soldiers at the rear were holding down the formation.
In addition, Liu Rengui had more secret arrangements in places where Lun Qinling could not see.
This is an opponent that makes Lun Qinling extremely wary, because he doesn't know much about Liu Rengui and is very unfamiliar.
Liu Rengui defeated the Japanese, Baekje and Silla armies several times on Andong Road. Although few people know about him in the Western Regions, he killed countless enemies as a civilian official. Now he is the left prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, personally leading 25,000 soldiers. The army's arrival in the Qingnan Basin is absolutely alarming.
The previous encounters, although brief, were enough for Lun Qinling to understand that this was an opponent as cunning as a fox.
The most important thing is that under Liu Rengui, tens of thousands of troops have no second voice.
Unlike Da Feichuan back then, Guo Daifeng still dared to maintain the emperor's trust and refused to accept the coach Xue Rengui.
Now among the Tang army, who dares to disobey Liu Rengui.
To completely win over such a large army, it is unrealistic to expect the loose Tuyuhun people to fight. However, if the main force of Tibet is to fight, it will definitely not be possible to win this battle unless 30,000 to 50,000 people are killed. However, in this case, the national power of Tibet will be greatly damaged. , as far as Qinling is concerned, its status in the country will immediately be challenged by all parties.
"Da da da!"
Two groups of cavalry came from the northeast and quickly approached the Lunqin Mausoleum. After approaching, they quickly jumped off their horses.
Two Tibetan scouts quickly stepped forward, then saluted to the Lun Qin Mausoleum and said, "To the Prime Minister, all Tang Dynasty scouts have been deployed, and our army is no longer able to detect its deep movements."
Lun Qinling turned sideways, nodded slightly, and said: "This is what it should be. The coach of Datang only lets us see the most superficial things. His real trump card will not be allowed to be seen by us."
After a slight pause, Lun Qinling turned his head to look to the northwest and said in a deep voice: "Send the order, Qingbei Protector Shang Jiezan will lead the Tiger Division, Qingxi Governor Su and Gui will lead the Yang Division, and they will go eastward immediately. Kebochuan, battle with the Tang army."
"Follow the order." The Tubo scout saluted quickly, then turned around, got on his horse again, and then quickly rushed towards the northwest.
The Tubo army was divided into the Eagle Division, the Elephant Division, the Tiger Division, the Lion Division and the Sheep Division.
The Jiushi Guards Luozuo were the elite among the Tibetan elites and were rarely dispatched. However, the soldiers under their command were all selected from other divisions.
The elephant master returned to the commander-in-chief of the Tibetan Prime Minister, that is, the commander-in-chief of Lun Qinling.
The whole elephant master is the most important trump card in Qinling's hand.
The Tiger Division and the Lion Division are distributed in various local ministries and are the backbone of the Tibetan army. They are usually the main force in battles with other countries.
As for the Yangshi, Tuyuhun or other various ethnic groups selected by the Tubo government formed an army that was strong and strong.
They have the largest number of people in the entire Tubo army system and the worst combat power, but they are a servant army that cannot be ignored.
This is the case with Su Hegui's sheep master.
Countless Tubo scouts were stationed on the south bank of the Shazhuyu River, always watching the movements of the Tang army, and sending relevant information to Lun Qinling and other Tubo generals at any time.
The same Tang cavalry was also staring at the Tubo cavalry on the south bank.
In Liu Rengui's eyes, the Tibetan soldiers and Tyuhun soldiers on the north bank were already meat on the chopping block. What really deserved his attention was when Qin Ling would personally enter the battlefield.
…
On the top of Nanshan Mountain in the distance, a goshawk flew high in the sky.
His eyes were watching the fierce battle ahead in the narrow basin that was more than two hundred miles long from east to west and seventy miles long from north to south.
Although he could not see more details clearly, the movement of more than 500 soldiers was instantly visible to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan has now led his army to the upper reaches of the third river, the Hargen River.
This river is straight and its banks are slightly deep, but the water inside is just up to the knees. Even infantry can wade through it, let alone cavalry.
If you say there is nothing fishy in this, even ghosts will not believe it.
Li Xuan looked back. The water volume of the two big rivers before was much larger than here, but the Tubo people did not do anything upstream.
Because those two rivers are too close to the Tang Army camp.
Almost on the first day when the army set up camp, the cavalry scouts rushed upstream and carefully checked inside and outside, but found nothing.
This river is currently outside the scope of the Tang Army's scouts.
The Tubo people had already set up dams upstream a long time ago, actively storing water, and preparing to open the dams for waterproofing at critical moments.
The torrent rushed down instantly, drowning countless people.
But this dam is not the most important weapon of the Tubo people. It is more useful for the Tubo people to intercept the retreat of the Tang army.
Their real trump card lies in the two rivers in front: the Tavin River and the Sej River.
It was also the core area of Kebo River, but the terrain was strangely low.
Wooden piles were nailed directly into the soft river, and then bags of straw filled with rocks and soil were stuffed between the wooden piles.
A small river dam was immediately built.
After leaving a gravel road in the middle, Li Xuan got up and quickly headed upstream towards the Tawen River.
While moving forward, Li Xuan looked more than twenty miles away.
It seemed that he had heard a cry of killing faintly.
Wang Xiaojie has already led his troops to fight with the Tubo people.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xuan was already moving forward with confidence.
(End of chapter)
