Dafeichuan, Dafeiling.
Green grass and mugwort, full of life,
The three camps cover an extremely large area, stretching from northeast to southwest and to the pass of Maji Snow Mountain in the distance.
There are many banners, surrounded by ravines, countless soldiers are holding weapons and practicing, and the sound of killing is loud.
In the distance, a group of soldiers in black clothes and armor were escorting hundreds of grain trucks slowly coming from the east road.
Ten war horses galloped out from the camp. The leader was dressed in military uniform and stood upright to monitor the censor Lou Shide.
At the front of the grain truck, Li Xuan, who was also dressed in black clothes and armor, raised his eyebrows and his expression softened instantly.
Lou Shide, who was full of excitement, rode up to Li Xuan on horseback, got off his horse, and said to Li Xuan: "The general has met the prince, and the commander asked the general to greet the prince."
"Last general?" Li Xuan got off his horse and asked in surprise: "Did Censor Lou transfer to a military position?"
"Doctor Chaosan, the left guard Sima Lou Shide has met the prince." As he said this, Lou Shide bowed heavily to Li Xuan.
Dr. Chaosan, from the fifth rank, and Sima Zuowei, from the sixth rank.
Lou Shide was previously the supervisory censor and was in the eighth rank. Now he has been transferred and can be said to be an extraordinary promotion.
"Lou Sima, please get up." Li Xuan frowned and raised his head, then asked: "This matter is in the middle of the court..."
"Zong Ren invited it himself, the commander recommended it, and your majesty gave it permission." Lou Shide bowed slightly again.
Li Xuan smiled, personally helped Lou Shide up, and said at the same time: "I am afraid that Your Majesty will give Sima the post of official because he is pleased to have voted for Sima to join the army. Sima must not let down His Majesty's trust!" "
"Your Majesty has given you such a generous gift, Zong Ren will always remember it in your heart." Lou Shide bowed seriously again.
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go, I'm afraid we'll be in a hurry for the food in the army, right?"
"Yes." Lou Shide straightened up, led Li Xuan towards the camp, and said at the same time: "Starting from the beginning of the month, the food and grass delivered to the army began to arrive late. At first it was three or two days, and later it was Ten days and a half, if the army didn’t still have food in stock, I’m afraid it wouldn’t be able to sustain it long ago.”
Li Xuan nodded solemnly and said, "Although this year's drought is not serious, it is impossible to get more people to support the army."
"Fortunately, the grain from Yizhou has arrived." Lou Shide took Li Xuan and walked directly into the camp gate. Behind him, there was an army grain officer leading a grain truck into the Chinese army granary.
Today's Chinese army has ten thousand people.
There are five thousand left guards of Wang Xiaojie in Wuhai, and five thousand right guards of Hei Te Changzhi in Kuhai.
There are 5,000 right-leading military guards under Li Duozuo at Changshui Pass in the mountains, and there are 5,000 right-leading military guards led by Li Jinxing in the front camp at the foot of the mountain.
The Chinese army camp has five thousand left guards and five thousand right garrison guards.
There are five thousand right guards in the rear army camp.
In addition, there were 4,000 right-winged Tuyuhun cavalry from Qugou and 6,000 Turkic soldiers camped at Shazhuyu River.
In addition to Li Xuan's 3,000 right guard cavalry, 3,000 state soldiers, 5,000 left guard Yangzhou soldiers responsible for transporting grain and grass, and 2,000 Shu mountain soldiers in the mountains.
A total of fifty-eight thousand people.
Except for the three thousand state soldiers under Li Xuan's command, all other troops, grain and grasslands were transferred from the local area.
The logistical pressure is evident at a glance.
This does not include war horses.
Lou Shide led Li Xuan to the Chinese army's tent, and said at the same time: "No one expected that the military ration crisis would come so quickly. If the prince hadn't transferred the military rations from Central Sichuan in time, I'm afraid that General Xiaojie Zhonglang, King of Wuhai, would There, we have to withdraw our troops.”
"Sichuan is a land of abundance. This drought has not affected Shuzhong, so the transportation of food and grass is not a problem."
Li Xuan watched the generals on both sides lift the curtains, then looked at Liu Shenli who was sitting in the center seat, solemnly raised his hands and said, "Li Xuan, the last general, has met the general manager."
"King Nanchang, please rise." Liu Shenli raised his hand slightly, and then asked: "How long will it take for the military rations from Central Shu to be shipped this time?"
"Once every seven days, 500,000 kilograms at a time, which is enough for the army to fight." Li Xuan handed over seriously.
Everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The pressure on military rations this time was really hard on them.
After all, no one expected that the food problem would be so serious before this.
"It was originally expected that the granaries in various places would be enough to last until the end of the war. Who would have thought that there would be more or less deficiencies in the granaries in various places along the way. The cumulative effect would lead to an emergency on the front line."
Liu Shenli waved his hand and said: "I don't know how many people have been beheaded by His Majesty's order, but he still can't solve the situation on the front line. Fortunately, the prince is here."
Li Xuan straightened up, looked at Liu Shenli and said, "So this year's drought will be more troublesome than previously expected?"
"Indeed, a lot of the food shipped from the south to Chang'an has been detained, and less and less food has been shipped to the northwest." Liu Shenli stretched out his hand and said, "Your Majesty, please sit down."
"Thank you, Commander." Li Xuan sat down on one side with a worried look on her face, then looked at Liu Shenli and asked, "Commander, what about after the war?"
"Let's talk about what happened after the war. Let's talk about the present first." Liu Shenli waved his hand and cut off Li Xuan's words.
Li Xuan nodded and said, "Yes!"
"Speaking of the front of the army." Liu Shenli looked solemn and looked at the people in the tent.
At this moment, Liu Shenli was sitting in the central commander's seat in the tent.
The leader on the left is General Wei Li Jinxing, who is leading the army on the right, and the leader below Li Jinxing is Li Xuan.
The one on the right is General Xiao Siye, the left guard general, and Shi Jian, the right Xiaowei general who is inspecting the school, is at the bottom.
All the generals of this Western Expedition are here.
Today is the most comprehensive high-level military meeting in the military in several months.
"This time the King of Nanchang sent food and grass in time, the pressure on the front of the army has been reduced, and the subsequent withdrawal plan can be less hasty. We no longer have to worry about being exposed by Lun Qinling. Instead, we can take the opportunity to plot Lun Qinling." Liu Shenli smiled lightly. laugh.
In this army strategy, Dafeichuan was chosen as the place for the decisive battle.
Liu Shenli was stationed in the camp and quietly transformed the entire camp into a killing fortress.
When Li Xuan entered from the outside just now, she had already seen some clues. Although the murderous intention was hidden deeply, some of the ballistas exposed outside still shone with a sharp cold light.
Just wait until Lun Qinling and his Tubo cavalry come over.
If this battle goes according to Li Xuan's original plan, I am afraid that this battle will overthrow Tibet's nearly 100,000-strong army.
The national power of Tang and Tubo will also be reversed.
It's not easy.
Therefore, before that, the first and most important thing is to successfully withdraw the 5,000 people from Wang Xiaojie's tribe from Wuhai.
The Hei Te Changzhi tribe in Kuhai and the Li Duozuo tribe in Changshui Pass were all arranged to support Wang Xiaojie.
Even Li Xuan of Xiaohuashixia was aiming to contain Lun Qinling from behind when Wang Xiaojie retreated.
"According to the Commander-in-Chief, Lun Qinling has already known about our army's food shortage?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Shenli cautiously.
Liu Shenli nodded and said: "A few days ago, two Tubo agents were captured in Lanzhou. The Tibetan agents came from the desert west of Dunhuang disguised as a caravan. Who knows how many secrets they have uncovered in the past few months. .”
"It came from Tuyuhun in the west." Li Xuan nodded.
Dayan Mangjiebo of Xituyuhun has no right to make his own decisions.
If the Tubo people want to go to war, he has no choice but to go to war, and he has to be the vanguard of the army.
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"Wang Xiaojie is about to launch a surprise attack when the Tibetan offensive is at its strongest; Heijichang's tribe will follow and provide support, and the King of Nanchang also needs to attack Xiaohuashi Gorge. After repelling the Tibetan people, the armies will make a false impression of retreating.
When the attack on Lun Qinling takes place, Zuowei General Xiao Siye will lead the main force of 5,000 Zuowei to appear in Kuhai, pass through the retreating tribes, and attack the Tibetans severely.
The armies immediately turned around and worked together to defeat the Tubo people. Liu Shenli said this and clenched his fists.
Li Xuan's breathing suddenly stopped. This was completely different from his originally expected retreat plan.
Because Wang Xiaojie would immediately turn around and retreat after the surprise attack, Li Xuan took action again to attract Lun Qinling's attention, and with Hei Te Changzhi's support, there was no problem in retreating smoothly.
As for the future, preparations have been made to set fire on the mountain road.
It is not too difficult for 10,000 soldiers to retreat from the Kuhai and Wuhai, but now, Li Xuan smells something completely different.
Because Liu Shenli transferred the main force of Xiao Siye's 5,000 left guards.
They will start from the army camp, fight through the three hundred miles of mountain road to the Sea of Bitterness, then rush into the Baili Cao Marsh and counterattack the Lunqin Ling.
This sounds somewhat fanciful, but Li Xuan believes that with the power of Liu Shenli, Minister of Industry, it is not difficult to achieve this.
The hard part is how to retreat.
Five thousand more men retreated than originally expected.
Even more than five thousand people.
What exactly does Liu Shenli want to do?
Li Xuan slightly cupped his hands, looked at Liu Shenli, and asked solemnly: "How to ensure that all armies turn around to counterattack at the same time? How difficult is it for a large army to turn around on a plateau lake? We also have to consider Qinling's pursuit and the last general's troops." .
It is easy to exit from Xiaohuashi Gorge, and it is not difficult to retreat outside the wide valley, but when you turn back into a narrow valley, how do you turn around and fight back? "
Separated by the Nanshan Mountain, which is a sea of bitterness, it is surprisingly difficult for various tribes to coordinate their operations.
If you don't pay attention, there is an immediate danger of the entire frontline army being annihilated.
"First of all, there is a military ration transfer station between Kuhai and Wuhai." Liu Shenli turned to look at Li Xuan and said to him seriously: "This place has been transformed into a giant arrow tower, with the arrow tower as the During the transit, the armies can rest and adjust, snipe and kill the Tibetan pursuers, and finally counterattack."
Li Xuan looked at Xiao Siye on one side.
The other armies were all retreating, most likely no longer caring about turning around to fight back, but Xiao Siye wanted to charge directly towards Lun Qinling's army.
If Xiao Siye doesn't nod...
Xiao Siye smiled softly and said: "This battle must be tried after all."
"Okay." Li Xuan looked solemn, and finally nodded, then looked at Liu Shenli with a cautious expression.
Liu Shenli smiled and said, "As for Xiaohuashi Gorge... I heard that the prince has already dammed the canyon to store water, preparing to flood it for three thousand miles?"
Xiao Siye, Li Jinxing, and Shi Jian all looked at Li Xuan eagerly.
The corners of Li Xuan's mouth twitched slightly, and she cupped her hands and said, "That was Xuan's method to delay the retreat of the Tibetan army."
Once Dafeichuan is victorious, not many of the tens of thousands of Tibetan troops will be able to go back. At that time, a flood will block the Tibetan people on the road.
Especially Lun Qinling, Li Xuan did not want Lun Qinling to return to Tubo alive.
Liu Shenli leaned forward slightly, looked at Li Xuan and said, "In this case, I hope that the prince will release the water early, and then the Lunqin Mausoleum will be fully flooded."
"It's feasible, it's feasible." Li Xuan said with a somewhat unsightly face: "But if this happens, Xiaohuashi Gorge will not be able to defend it."
Xiaohuashi Gorge is the final node to threaten the Tibetan offensive. Once it falls, the entire Xinghai will be in danger.
"Your Majesty wants to capture Lun Qinling alive in the end." Liu Shenli gave Li Xuan a deep look and said, "If our army can defeat Lun Qinling on the plateau, then the next plan can still go ahead. "
It was Liu Shenli's original plan to get rid of Dafeichuan's dominant position and force a decisive battle in Wuhai.
Li Xuan immediately understood what Liu Shenli wanted to do.
He was unwilling to let all plans go according to Li Xuan's. He wanted to use his military strategy to do it again.
In other words, it was a gamble.
Li Xuan earnestly handed over his hand: "The last general will take your orders."
You are the coach, so you can bet if you want. Anyway, you are the one who bears the consequences in the end.
(End of chapter)
