A middle-aged man wearing red clothes and black armor walked into the big tent first. He stood upright, held a scimitar with green jade beads in his hand, and looked straight.
The general of the town army, General Murong Zhong of Youbao Taowei.
Li Xuan had contact with him at the funeral of Zheng Guanyin, Princess Yin of Chang'an.
The one who seemed to come in silently from behind was a middle-aged general in black clothes and armor with an ordinary face. If you didn't look carefully, you would really ignore him.
Murong Zhong looked solemn and took the lead in offering his hand to Li Xuan: "Murong Zhong has met Uncle Wang."
"Nephew, please get up." Li Xuan stood up and raised his head slightly.
Murong Zhong's mother, Princess Honghua, was the daughter of Crown Princess Zheng Guanyin and Li Xuan's cousin. Therefore, Murong Zhong was Li Xuan's cousin, but his father, Murong Nuohebo, was not only the Prince Consort, but also the Left Commander. General Xiaowei and the governor of Anle Prefecture are also the king of Qinghai, so it is not too much to call him the king's nephew.
Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the black-armored general behind him. The black-armored general immediately raised his hands and said, "Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang General Murong Zhi has met the prince."
"Please take a seat, someone will serve you tea." Li Xuan looked up and looked outside the tent. Su Baotong left immediately, but soon walked in with two cups of tea himself.
Li Xuan raised her hand and signaled Su Baotong to stand aside, and then looked at Murong Zhong and introduced: "This is Su Baotong, the young grandson of Duke Xing. He is well prepared. He is responsible for many things in the army. "
Su Baotong looked solemn and stepped forward, cupping his hands: "I have seen the crown prince, the general of the rank and file."
Murong Zhong and Murong Zhi immediately stood up, cupped their hands and said, "I have seen Su Beishen."
The two of them respected Su Baotong not Qianniu Beishen, but his grandfather Su Dingfang, the Duke of Xingguo, the war god of the Tang Dynasty who conquered the Western Regions.
Li Xuan waved his hand, and Su Baotong took a step back and stood to one side.
Li Xuan then looked at Murong Zhong and asked in surprise: "The king's nephew is here today. I guess the governor is not far from here?"
Murong Zhong bowed slightly and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Wang is joking. Now Su Hegui doesn't want to defend the city. He just keeps piling up his troops in Qinghai and Hubei, making it difficult for the army to advance..."
Murong Zhong didn't say a word, but he accused Li Xuan of not attacking the city immediately and not containing Su Hegui's main force in Fuqi City.
Li Xuan chuckled in her heart and said calmly: "You two are here today, presumably because of the Buha River. At the end of the day, the scouts came to report that someone was spying on the army dam upstream. I think they are your people. Bar?"
Murong Zhong bowed again and asked with a bitter look on his face: "Is Uncle Wang really planning to attack the city with water?"
Still asked about the key plot point.
Once Fuqi City is destroyed, where will they, the royal family of Tuyuhun, establish their country? So the two of them came here to stop Li Xuan from opening the dam and releasing water.
Li Xuan smiled softly, and then said: "Of course not. I am not that crazy yet. The purpose of building the dam now is just to deter."
Deterrence, who to deter, deter Su He Gui in the city?
No, it was to intimidate Murong Nuohebo, and his Tuyuhun cavalry, all of which were within Li Xuan's deterrent range.
Even everyone who appears in this area is under his intimidation.
With such a dam that could burst at any time, Li Xuan took a huge initiative in dealing with the entire Fuqi City.
As long as he is not satisfied, he can destroy the dam and release water at any time, causing everyone's plans to fail in the end.
Murong Zhong didn't know whether he understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words. As soon as he heard Li Xuan say not to let go, he immediately said: "This is the best. I think Uncle Wang is here, and the army is not far away from attacking Fuqi City." The sun is not far away.”
Li Xuan smiled faintly and said: "Today's Fuqi City, the problem is not when to break the city gate, the problem is what to do after it is broken. Wang Nephew, does the general have any regulations?"
In an understatement, a pot has been pushed back and forth between the two people.
Murong Zhong's expression changed slightly, but he still said seriously: "Everything will be done in accordance with His Majesty's will."
Li Xuan felt funny in his heart. He looked at the two people, nodded calmly and said: "That's very good. The general knows what he knows. Then please ask the general to come to Fuqi City as soon as possible. In this way, I can lead the army to the general." Feichuan, today’s Dafeichuan is not peaceful!”
Dafeichuan, since Wang Xiaojie led his army to Dafeichuan, there have been several battles between him and Lun Qinling.
However, Qinling never dispatched a large army to fight, for fear that if he were not careful, he would fall into Liu Rengui's plan again.
So today's battle in Dafeichuan is full of small groups of cavalry, and countless scouts are strangled back and forth, which is dangerous and cruel.
As soon as Li Xuan mentioned Da Feichuan, Murong Zhong and Murong Zhi fell silent immediately.
Finally, Murong Zhong couldn't help but asked: "Is Uncle Wang really going to leave Fuqi City?"
"Of course." Li Xuan agreed straightforwardly and continued to urge casually: "Please also ask the general to arrive at Fuqi City as soon as possible. In this way, I can also transfer the food and grass of the Zuo Xiaowei Department that have been stored to the general. "
"Wait, food and grass."
"That's right, food and fodder." Li Xuan nodded, looked at Murong Zhong and Murong Zhi who looked confused and said, "From the time I arrived at Fuqi City, all the food and fodder for Zuo Xiaowei's army will be transported from Qingnan, about one thousand. The garrison guards are transporting the 6,000 soldiers under my command and the 6,000 cavalry under Zuo Xiaowei. The transport capacity is really tight."
Murong Zhong and Murong Zhi looked at each other and looked at each other.
One thousand people transport the food and fodder for 12,000 people. The amount of transportation in one day may not be enough for the army. How can there be enough energy to take care of the people in the city.
"Wait, Uncle Wang said that Uncle Wang is leaving?" Murong Zhong seemed to understand something at this time.
Li Xuan smiled and said: "Well, there should be another battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. If this battle can be won, then in the case of Tuyuhun, this time the army will be able to completely determine the victory, and then it will be slow Slowly accumulate food and troops, and then attack."
Murong Zhong ignored what Li Xuan said later and asked directly: "If Uncle Wang leaves, what about Zuo Xiaowei's food and grass? Will it still be transferred to Youtunwei?"
"This is not something I can know." Li Xuan's expression became indifferent, and his expression became even more indifferent.
The fire in Murong Zhong's heart couldn't help but rise. If the King of Nanchang left like this, then who would Zuo Xiaowei get the food and salary from? And where would the hundreds of thousands of people in Fuqi City get their food rations?
Just when Murong Zhong couldn't help but get angry, Murong Zhi held down his arm.
Murong Zhong wanted to stand up, but was firmly held down by Murong Zhi.
Murong Zhi raised his head, looked at Li Xuan seriously, and then said: "A few months ago, the commander-in-chief exchanged the heads of 3,000 Tibetan people for 100,000 cattle and sheep. I don't know if I can exchange these 100,000 cattle and sheep. Return it to the people in the city."
Li Xuan shook his head directly and said: "This is a major matter in the army. It is all I can decide. If the general is serious about it, then after the general arrives at Fuqi City, I and the general will go to the commander together and ask him to How about returning these 100,000 cattle and sheep to the people?"
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty. We will repay you twice as much when the day comes." Murong Zhi looked at Li Xuan sincerely, and then handed over his hand seriously.
Li Xuan shook his head with a smile and said: "Everything is a matter of responsibility. After all, we still have to ask the general to hurry up and come to Fuqi City, and then take charge of the overall situation in the city."
Murong Zhong wanted to say something else, but was directly pressed down by Murong Zhi.
Murong Zhi stood up, cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty."
"We are all members of our own family, so you don't have to be polite." Li Xuan stood up with a smile and said to Murong Zhi and Murong Zhong: "We still have to ask the general to arrive at Fuqi City as soon as possible, so that I can discuss Qinling's position on the battlefield. In the middle, it’s a showdown.”
The corner of Murong Zhi's mouth twitched slightly, then he cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll take my leave, general."
"Uncle Wang, farewell." Murong Zhong stood up, Li Xuan walked out of the table, and then sent the two of them out of the tent with a smile.
The moment he returned to the tent, Li Xuan's face became extremely cold, even with a hint of disgust.
Looking at Chi Hongzang and Ren Enci who were already standing on the side of the tent, Li Xuan raised his eyes faintly: "Do you two know what happened to those 100,000 cattle and sheep?"
Chihongzang hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I heard that three thousand cavalrymen from Tibet died in the Tang Dynasty. Lun Qinling offered 100,000 cattle and sheep to the Tang Dynasty to ask for the corpses."
"Then do you know what happened to the three thousand Tibetan cavalry who died?"
Chi Hongzang and Ren Enci looked at each other, couldn't help but shook their heads and said, "My lord, I don't know."
"At the end of March, Lun Qinling sent his younger brother Brunzan to lead 3,000 cavalry to raid His Royal Highness the King of Taozhou. He was killed by me, the right-leading army general Li Jinxing, and the right-leading army guard Zhonglang General Hei Te Changzhi. At the gate of Taozhou City, His Majesty ordered the Tibetans to exchange 100,000 cattle and sheep for the corpses of the 3,000 cavalrymen, and this is what happened next."
Li Xuan's expression was terrifyingly cold, and he said with an extremely disgusted expression: "They are asking me to ask the court to give the trophies of me and his soldiers to their father and son, and then let them be the good people who save the world and save the people. It’s really whimsical.”
Chi Hongzang and Ren Enci stood on one side and looked at each other. The important reason why Fuqi City is short of food now is because before the war, the Tubo people, regardless of all opposition, forcibly requisitioned 100,000 cattle and sheep from Fuqi City and sent them to Shanzhou in exchange for The remains of the Tibetan soldiers, and all this was caused by the King of Nanchang in front of him.
Chi Hongzang thought further. Today, it was the King of Nanchang who took advantage of the extreme shortage of food in Fuqi City to exert pressure. It was also the King of Nanchang who caused the shortage of food in the city before. If all of this was due to his careful planning, Under the calculation, he is really terrible.
He calculated that Tubo would cause a food shortage in Fuqi City, and then used the lack of food to force the city to surrender.
A few months ago, today's events had already occurred.
This man is so terrible, so devilish.
Chi Hongzang lowered his head deeply. The King of Nanchang, the son of the King of Qinghai, who was as calculating as the devil, not only did not bring any gifts, but he spoke stiffly and had a condescending attitude, without any pleading. thing.
If Murong Zhi hadn't been pulling hard from the side, Murong Zhong would have been beaten out long ago.
This is ridiculous, no wonder you will be cheated by doing this.
Thinking of this, Chi Hongzang raised his hands forward and said seriously: "May I ask the prince, is he really going to leave after Murong Nuohebo arrives at Fuqi City?"
Ren Enci on the side suddenly looked deeply at Li Xuan.
This is the crux of everything today. How will these people behave after Murong Nuohebo arrives.
You know, there is a blood feud between them and the Murong family.
(End of chapter)
