On the vast grassland, five thousand cavalry formed a formation and marched toward the southeast.
There are many military flags, and the blades are cold.
The figures rise and fall, murderous aura spreads.
Countless war horses ran back from the front, and then ran out from the central army, filling the entire grassland.
Liu Rengui was dressed in black clothes and armor, riding a horse slowly.
Li Xuan followed beside him, his sword hanging down.
Countless personal guards and generals were surrounding him, guarding him solemnly.
A large amount of ordnance, food and fodder followed behind.
…
"Commander, the right leading army guard has crossed the Yellow River and entered Guinan and Tongde."
"Commander, the Right Guards Cavalry has entered the Soma Valley from the east of Dafei Sichuan."
"Commander, the Right Leopard Tao Guard has entered Warigang on the east bank of the Yellow River and encountered Tuyuhun's five thousand cavalry."
"Commander, the main force of the left guard has entered Tanggemu and is facing a head-on encounter with the 8,000 Tibetan cavalry."
Looking at the general record of the situation beside him, Liu Rengui turned sideways and said: "Tell the Turks behind you to be on guard."
"Here!" A Qianniu Guard immediately turned his horse and ran towards the rear.
The four armies attacked Xinghai together, with Liu Rengui in the middle, accompanied by 5,000 cavalry, and 6,000 Turkic cavalry in the rear to support him at any time.
Qugou and Dafeichuan camps each have two thousand soldiers guarding the camp.
Liu Rengui arranged everything extremely tightly, not giving his opponents the slightest chance.
With everything in mind, Liu Rengui turned sideways and looked at Li Xuan. Seeing his brows slightly furrowed, he asked, "Xianxiang is still thinking about Qin Ling?"
Li Xuan cupped her hands, recovered her thoughts, bowed and said, "Yes!"
Liu Rengui said calmly: "My virtuous son-in-law, what do you think is the most overlooked aspect of this battle?"
Li Xuan took a breath and said, "There are three places."
"Is there three places?" Liu Rengui raised his head in surprise. This really surprised him.
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded seriously and said: "The first place is the Maduo Snow Mountain in the front, and the Qinling Tomb is probably still hidden in Wuhai; the second place is Guinan and Tongde on the east bank of the Yellow River, where It is indeed a place to hide troops, and the third place is the Qinghai Nanshan Mountain behind it."
Maduo Snow Mountain is a cliché; Guinan Tongde really surprised Liu Rengui; but the Qinghai Nanshan behind it made Liu Rengui a little confused.
"The wise son-in-law is saying that the Tubo people will find a trail from the west of the snow-capped mountains, then find their way to the back of Nanshan and raid the Chinese army camp from behind?" After a slight pause, Liu Rengui asked with a puzzled face: "Then why didn't they just go directly? To start with Dafeichuan, we have to go all the way to Nanshan. Although this seems to have a lot of benefits, the risks are also high."
"Because Dafeichuan and the Chinese army's camp are both traps, it is natural to take the Chinese army with the greatest profit. Moreover, the Tubo Guangjun has this ability." Li Xuan looked at Liu Rengui calmly. The threat of the Tubo Guangjun, Li Xuan Xuan never really forgets.
Liu Rengui nodded calmly. Indeed, the Tubo Guangjun was the biggest variable in the current war.
Li Xuan was also right, Liu Rengui did have a plan secretly.
"The Guangjun is indeed difficult to defend against." Liu Rengui had to sigh with emotion, then looked at Li Xuan and said solemnly: "But the core is still food and grass."
"Yes!" Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "We are staring at their food and grass, and they are also staring at our food and grass."
"So, it depends on who can take action faster." Liu Rengui paused for a moment, and then said: "Xian son-in-law, your people are still focusing on Xinghai's food and grass, right?"
"Yes." Li Xuan did not hide anything and said directly: "They sneaked into Xinghai half a month ago, contacted people from Tuyuhun in the west, and hid around the Xinghai grain depot. If the army makes a mistake, then They will immediately burn all the food and grass, but if the army wins, they will prevent the retreating Tibetans from burning the food and grass."
Liu Rengui nodded with satisfaction and said: "My dear son-in-law, your majesty is right in saying that you think too much; in terms of forward, among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, you are considered the best; in terms of defense, even the generals in the court are not the best." Several people can break through, but you are best suited to be a military staff officer. Anyone who has you as his deputy will be successful."
A wry smile appeared on Li Xuan's face and she said: "Yue Weng, the position in the army is not high."
"In terms of transporting grain, the staff officer during the march is the deputy commander-in-chief of the army, and the most important thing is that in the court, this is the position of Minister of War." Liu Rengui jumped to the ceiling of Li Xuan's most important court position, Minister of War.
No emperor would let a member of the clan serve as Minister of War.
Li Xuan, the Minister of War, is already in charge.
"After all, the title of Minister of the Ministry of Rites is a false title, and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is a hard worker. Others, such as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Punishments, are not possible, so you can either be the minister of the Jiu Temple Temple, or the Minister of the Liubu, and the Minister of the Liubu , the highest in the Ministry of War." Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan with a complicated expression.
If Li Xuan was not a member of the clan, he could push Li Xuan to the position of the next prime minister, but he is a member of the clan. After serving as minister of the Ministry of War for two terms, he would serve as minister of the Ministry of Rites for two terms, and then prepare to become an official. This is Li Xuan's The central road.
"If this can really be done, my grandson-in-law will also be satisfied." Li Xuan bowed slightly and lowered his head, his eyes twinkling at the moment.
If Li Zhi continues to live, Li Xuan's future may be carefully plotted.
But as soon as Li Zhi died, Empress Wu came to power, and the Li and Wu families fought against each other.
Li Xuan's opportunity came.
"Having said that, you are overthinking, which is both a benefit and a disadvantage. If someone catches your shortcoming and raises doubts, you will hesitate to move forward and ultimately miss the opportunity to fight." Liu Rengui looked past the major armies and looked towards The former army, more than 20 miles away, said softly: "So we must be decisive and quick."
UI.
Military strategy is like this.
"My son-in-law has learned a lesson." Li Xuan slightly cupped his hands.
Liu Rengui is right, he is really likely to be caught by others for his weakness of worrying about gains and losses.
But it is not easy to change this problem. On the battlefield, he can see everything clearly through eagle eyes.
But in the political situation, it is difficult to see through people's hearts.
Unless he can spread his eyes to every corner of the world, but in that case, wouldn't he become the royal guard of the Ming Dynasty?
Li Xuan smiled slightly, but in an instant, his hand clenched.
…
"Commander, Wang Xiaojie, the main force of the left guard, has broken through the 8,000 Tibetan cavalry."
"Commander, the Tibetan and Tuyuhun cavalry in Soma Valley and Warigang have taken the initiative to retreat."
"Commander, the right-leading army guard Li Duozuo's troops broke into Guinan."
"Commander, the troops leading the army on the right, Hei Te Chang, will break into Tongde."
The two pieces of news reached Liu Rengui almost in tandem, and they were getting closer and closer to Xinghai.
General Liu Rengui handed the report to Li Xuan, then looked calmly at the grassland in front, and said in a deep voice: "The Tang Dynasty is very strong, you need to understand your companions."
Li Xuan nodded seriously. Even if he had gone through the Qinghai incident, he would inevitably feel a little distraught.
I always feel in my heart that no matter how strong Wang Xiaojie, Li Duozuo, and Hei Te Changzhi are, they are still worse than him, but this is not the case.
The combat effectiveness of the three people on the battlefield was no worse than his.
Especially Wang Xiaojie, with 6,000 left guard cavalry, he was able to directly break through the obstruction of 8,000 Tibetan cavalry, which was really remarkable.
But fortunately, these people will not become his opponents. On the contrary, if they operate well, these people will become his best helpers.
Liu Rengui carefully stared at the expression on Li Xuan's face, and saw a smile subconsciously showing on his face. Liu Rengui finally felt relieved.
Li Xuan still underestimated the importance of his Xinzhou governor.
Although there were 300 states in the Tang Dynasty, countless elites still competed for the position of governor of a state. Needless to say, how many people watched.
Not to mention how many people in the court were looking for weaknesses in Li Xuan.
The last time he was falsely accused of evil intentions by the imperial censor Zhang Enzheng, it was just an appetizer.
There will be more days like this in the future. If Li Xuan wants to secure his position as governor of this state, the key is that he cannot make mistakes.
The emperor was extremely sensitive to the clan's vigilance. I don't know how many clan governors committed suicide after being accused by their subordinates, Chief Shi Shenjun.
There are many things that cannot even be thought of.
Especially when he's so young.
Liu Rengui, as Li Xuan's father-in-law and also as the left prime minister, must ensure this.
Now it can be seen that Li Xuan does not have any overstepping thoughts in her heart, which is very important.
Li Xuan looked up at Liu Rengui and asked in a low voice: "Yue Weng, how far are we planning to go in the war between the DPRK and Tubo? We will capture Xinghai this year and Wuhai next year. We will never let tens of thousands of troops continue to fight in the future." Let’s stay like this on the Western Front.”
"The ultimate goal is to achieve logic, but first we must capture Wuhai, establish a foothold in Wuhai, and then continue to plot. As for the future, it depends on the situation in Wuhai next year." Liu Rengui turned around and looked. In the direction of Wuhai.
On top of the Wuhai, Datang had never been there before, but it had never truly established a foothold.
The emperor appointed Li Xuan as the governor of Xinzhou just to see if he could have any surprising ideas that could help Datang gain a foothold in Wuhai.
Withdrawing his gaze, Liu Rengui looked forward calmly and said, "Let's go and see Xinghai City. That will be your future place of governance."
Li Xuan was stunned. Has the government decided that Xinghai will be the seat of Xinzhou?
He originally thought it was from Qugou.
Xinghai is too close to Tubo.
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Xinghai, the land of ancient Rong and Qiang.
When Tuyuhun first came, this was its capital, then Qugou, and then Fuqi City.
At the wide city gate, the bloodstains of the fighting have not been cleaned away, and there are traces of Tang soldiers both inside and outside.
"Reporting to the commander, in this battle, more than 4,000 Tubo cavalry and more than 5,000 Tuyuhun were killed, and more than 6,000 Tuyuhun cavalry were captured. There were more than 3,000 Tubo cavalry, and more than 8,000 Tuyuhun cavalry retreated into the mountains along the southeast mountain road. Following the commander-in-chief’s orders, we never pursued him.”
Xiao Siye and Wang Xiaojie stood at the foot of Ximen City to welcome Liu Rengui and Li Xuan.
"Count the grain and grass in the city and wipe out all the Tibetan soldiers. Anyone with weapons more than two feet tall in the city will be confiscated." After Liu Rengui finished speaking, he slowly rode into Xinghai City.
"I will obey the order." Xiao Siye and Wang Xiaojie breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, then turned around and followed Liu Rengui into Xinghai City.
It was almost dusk on the grassland, and all the people in the city were expelled home.
Liu Rengui then asked: "Where are the right-leading military guards now?"
"Li Duozuo and Hei Chi Changzhi, the generals of the right-leading army guard, are only thirty miles away. The Tibetan soldiers fled along the way. They are rushing towards Xinghai." Xiao Siye said and glanced sideways at Wang Xiaojie.
In this battle, Li Duozuo and Hei Te Changzhi showed all their abilities.
Wang Xiaojie will have two more opponents in the future, not to mention Li Xuan.
"As for the Qianniu Guards, I heard that they protected the food and grass in advance, so that the food and grass were not burned by the Tubo people?" Liu Rengui mentioned in passing.
"The Qianniu Guards are already guarding the city lord's palace." Xiao Siye glanced at Li Xuan. He did not expect that this time Liu Rengui clearly did not give Li Xuan a chance to fight, but Li Xuan's Qianniu Guards came from the narrow mountain road. More than thirty people lurked in, and their methods were indeed extraordinary.
"Yes." Liu Rengui nodded and said, "Order all ministries to strictly guard the key roads to prevent the Tubo and Tuyuhun people from coming back again. In three days, they should withdraw to Wuhai."
Without Xinghai's provision of food and grass, the Tibetans would not be able to stay here much longer.
Xinghai is more than 800 miles away from Wuhai. Compared with Dafeichuan, it is further detoured and more rugged and difficult to navigate.
Liu Rengui turned to look at Li Xuan and said: "Nanchang King Inspector General Shi, handles Xinghai government affairs."
"Here!" Li Xuan cupped her hands, took a deep breath, and raised her head.
Tongren, Zeku, Xinghai, Tongde, Guinan and Qugou are all under his sight.
(End of chapter)
