A huge goshawk flies in the night sky, and the ground below is clear.
A group of Tubo cavalry quietly outflanked the black-armored cavalry from the outside of the army, but the black-armored cavalry rushed to the mountainside first, turned around and dived, instantly inserting themselves into the key position of the Tubo cavalry, defeating them in one fell swoop.
Then turn around and head east.
Li Xuan raised her head and looked into the sky.
The stars and moon were thin, and the shadow of the goshawk could not be seen on the ground at all.
But all the movements of the Tubo cavalry were under Li Xuan's gaze, and everything was as obvious as looking at the lines on the palm of his hand.
The Tubo cavalry who tried to figure out what was going on in the Tang Dynasty were all intercepted by Li Xuan.
The moment the army completely withdrew into the swamp, Li Xuan immediately led the army back to Xiaohuashi Gorge.
…
The city gate was closed, and the soldiers who had fought hard all night were immediately helped off their horses by their colleagues and sent to the barracks to rest.
Li Xuan climbed to the top of the city immediately.
Qiu Zhenmu, Zhou Qian, Su Baotong, Yan Tao, Li Yi and other generals also followed.
In the distance, Tubo had already begun to try to attack Xiaohuashi Gorge, but the crossbow arrows fired from the steep slopes on both sides tore them apart in an instant.
On the battlefield, the most taboo thing is to be disconnected from the front and the back.
The person who rushes the fastest will always die the fastest.
In addition, the lights above the city gate were brightly lit, and countless soldiers in black stood on the city wall, with huge crossbows aimed at the canyon.
The Tibetan offensive finally stopped.
Under the night, Li Xuan looked at the head of the Dahuashi Gorge city with a cold expression.
In the eyes of the goshawk, two figures stood at the top of the city of Dahuashi Gorge, and one of them was none other than Lun Qin Ling.
At this moment, Lun Qinling was looking up.
The goshawk flew high in an instant and disappeared into a dark cloud.
At this time, Lun Qinling frowned slightly, looked to his side and said: "Dazha, I always feel that there is a pair of eyes staring at us in the night sky, and it has been like this since nightfall.
Do you think there will be someone standing in the sky helping Datang keep an eye on us? "
"Yes, she should be a goddess, helping us keep an eye on the Tang Dynasty." Dazha Gonglu bowed slightly, with a respectful look on his face.
Lun Qinling breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Dazha, from today on, you are the protector of Qinghai. If Qinghai cannot be recaptured this year, I'm afraid it will be hard to explain to the Queen Mother."
Bulu Dazha Gonglu was the former Protector of Qingnan in Tubo, so he was the younger brother of Bulu Wusizha, the Protector of Qingdong in Tubo, and the Queen Mother of Tubo was the biological brother of Lu.
After Shang Jiezan was shot to death by Li Xuan with an arrow, Lun Qinling directly promoted Dazha Gonglu as the Protector of Qinghai.
"Don't worry, Prime Minister. This autumn and winter, the Tang people will be short of food. I'm afraid it won't be long before they have to retreat, not to mention the Guangjun and the Turks to help."
After a slight pause, Dazha Gonglu sneered and said: "Last year, Zampu died of illness, which allowed them to take advantage of the opportunity. This year, not only will they take back all Qingdong, Qingbei and Qingxi, Kuozhou, Hezhou, Shanzhou Lanzhou must also be taken."
Lun Qinling turned sideways and couldn't help but frown.
He really didn't like Dazha Gonglu very much.
Before Zanpu passed away, Dazha Gonglu was very respectful to him. Now that Zanpu is gone and the new king has ascended the throne, although the Lu family still respects him, some thoughts have grown involuntarily.
With a slight glance, Lun Qinling said: "The Turks regretted it, and the Guang army did not attack Delingha and Fuqi City."
"Ah!" Dazha Gonglu was stunned and forgot to close his open mouth for a moment.
According to their original plan, the Guang Army captured Delingha and Fuqi City, and then joined the Turks to kill behind Da Feichuan.
But now that the Turks have gone back on their word, the Guang Army may be besieged in an instant.
And they haven't captured Delingha and Fuqi City yet.
Dazha Gonglu couldn't help but turn slightly, looked at Lun Qinling, and asked softly: "Prime Minister, why is this?"
"The Secretary of the Tang Dynasty ordered that Li Jingxuan, the general manager of the Northwest Road March, led reinforcements with 10,000 new troops and a large amount of food and grass. They have now arrived in Tianshui and will arrive in Qugou in three days." Lun Qinling shook his head calmly.
No one knows why Qin Ling knows so clearly about the news in the Tang Dynasty.
It seems that apart from the devil, there are other channels for news about Qinling.
Dazha Gonglu couldn't care less about this. When he heard what Lun Qinling said, his face suddenly turned terrible.
The Tang people increased their troops and also had a large amount of food and grass, which was extremely bad news for Tibet.
Taking a deep breath, Dazha Gonglu gritted his teeth and said: "There is still another winter. I don't believe they will not be short of food this winter."
Lun Qinling glanced at Dazha Gonglu calmly, with a hint of faintness in his eyes.
Without the heir of the Lu family, it would only be at this level.
Once Usiza died, there was no successor to the Lu family.
Turning around and looking at the vast world ahead, Lun Qinling couldn't help but feel his heart sink.
In this battle, although both sides did not use their full strength, they could still see each other's true and false.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was the King of Nanchang, Wang Xiaojie, and the younger generation like Li Duozuo, who had the upper hand in the future.
If they cannot be completely suppressed in this battle in Qinghai, then it may be difficult for Tibet to sustain itself in the future.
When Lun Qinling thought of the "Three Kingdoms" given to him by the governor of Hezhou in the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't help but feel irritable.
Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Sima Yi.
Sometimes, wanting to choose is not a matter for one person at all.
It was precisely because of the "Three Kingdoms" that Lun Qinling sent Yuan and Ming Dynasties to Luozhe.
As for whether he will live or die after reaching Luoche, that is his own business.
"Daza, starting from tomorrow, you will attack Xiaohuashi Gorge. Regardless of whether you can win it or not, you must pin down the King of Nanchang here." Lun Qinling suddenly spoke.
Dazha Gonglu immediately bowed solemnly: "Here!"
Then Dazha Gonglu raised his head and asked: "Does the Prime Minister want to march into Dafeichuan within these three days?"
Three days?
Lun Qinling raised his head, looked at the Maji Snow Mountain in the distance, and said softly: "Do you know why the Tang people retreated overnight?"
"Please give me some advice."
"The news of the instability of the Turks reached the Tang army." Lun Qinling said with a sneer on his lips, "How do you think the Tang Dynasty got this news?"
Dazha Gonglu was stunned for a moment, then bowed silently.
This is the method of Lun Qinling. If the Turks cooperate with them well, then the news will naturally be kept secret; and once the Turks show any signs of recurrence, Lun Qinling will immediately send them to the butcher's knife of the Tang people.
"At least in this battle, the Turks won't be able to use them."
"Prime Minister, why didn't you hide the news? Fighting in Wuhai would be beneficial to our army!" Dazha Gonglu knew the truth about the army very clearly.
"You are wrong." Lun Qinling turned to look at Dazha Gonglu, shook his head and said, "In this battle, at least in Wuhai, Datang will be undefeated."
"ah?"
Lun Qinling turned to look at Xiaohuashi Gorge and said softly: "The King of Nanchang never returns to Xiaohuashi Gorge. I feel uneasy!"
The Jishui Dam in Xiaohuashi Gorge cannot hide the Lunqin Mausoleum.
Regarding the power of Qinling, although Li Xuan has been very careful, the decrease in the amount of river water flowing out of Xiaohuashi Gorge cannot be hidden from anyone.
Especially this winter, the entire river has almost become a small stream. He can't see why.
"Okay, go and get ready. If you pin down the King of Nanchang here, the truth will be your first achievement." Lun Qinling turned sideways and looked at Dazha Gonglu.
"Here!" Dazha Gonglu retreated carefully.
From beginning to end, he never heard any reminder or warning from Lun Qinling about the accumulation of water.
Lun Qinling turned around and looked at the world in the distance.
A book slipped from his sleeve.
Surprisingly, it was the "Three Kingdoms".
…
When the morning light fell, three thousand cavalry were standing at the mouth of Xiaohuashi Gorge.
Li Xuan stood at the top of the city and watched as more cavalry rushed towards the exit of the swamp more than ten miles away like black water.
Enter the swamp and go straight to the sea of misery.
On the Qinling Mausoleum has left the Dahuashi Gorge,
"What a pity." Li Xuan sighed softly. The evacuation last night was so smooth that their plan to stay in Kuhai and Changshui Pass did not take effect at all.
In other words, Lun Qinling was alert in advance.
After all, after using the fire attack technique once, it will be difficult to use it again.
The traps at Changshui Pass may not be used again until the Tibetans retreat.
Li Xuan looked at the three thousand cavalry in the distance, but he knew that there were still two thousand cavalry in the Dahuashi Gorge.
As for the others, there are none.
And it is also outside the southern exit of Dahuashi Gorge.
If Li Xuan captures Dahuashi Gorge now, he can immediately cut off Lun Qinling's retreat.
But does Qinling really care?
Li Xuan had a vague feeling that the Dahuashi Gorge and the five thousand cavalry were the traps left for him by Lun Qinling.
Once Li Xuan takes Dahuashi Gorge, he will not be able to leave here and go to Dafeichuan to join the battle.
After all, even Li Xuan couldn't leave it to others with complete trust in blocking Lun Qinling's retreat.
Once Dafeichuan is defeated and Xinghai is lost, Huashixia will be useless.
…
Countless Tubo cavalry charged towards Xiaohuashi Gorge, but were suddenly hit by a hail of arrows, and immediately retreated in droves.
Yan Tao stood beside Li Xuan. When he saw this scene, his eyes were full of disbelief: "Your Majesty, what is going on?"
"Nothing happened." Li Xuan shook his head calmly, but kept looking at Dazha Gonglu outside the canyon, and said softly: "He is conserving his strength."
"Conserve your strength?" Yan Tao didn't understand for a while.
"Yesterday, Lun Qin Ling had just been evacuated, so he naturally wanted to put on a good show. But as soon as the brutal siege battle began, he knew that he would never be able to bear the result. At the same time, he also understood that Lun Qin Ling was... I'm using him as bait." Li Xuan took a deep breath and quickly thought about all this in her mind.
"Bait?"
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said: "There are only five thousand sheep divisions in Dahuashi Gorge, and the guard strength is still insufficient. How can you dare to attack the city under my nose? Once it is lost, it is natural for the city to be destroyed and people to be destroyed, so A perfunctory siege is inevitable, and besides..."
After a slight pause, Li Xuan said softly: "Dazha Gonglu, the guard of Dahuashi Gorge, is the biological brother of Queen Meulu. Qinling placed him here not because of his trust and experience, but because of his life."
"The queen's brothers have already seized power in the Tubo Dynasty and Lun Qinling?" Yan Tao understood immediately.
"It should be like..." Before Li Xuan finished speaking, a fast horse had already arrived from a distance, and then a long arrow was shot towards Li Xuan's face.
With a "whoosh" sound, Li Xuan raised his hand and firmly grasped the long arrow that was shot. His eyes fell on the note tied to the long arrow.
"Killing without mercy, all sentient beings have their roots."
"What does this mean?" Yan Tao looked at the note with a confused look on his face.
"Killing on the battlefield is ruthless, life and death are ruthless, all living beings have feelings, and all the roots are universal." Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "He is telling this king that he remembers my feelings for returning Wu Xizha's body, so From today on, he will no longer send troops to attack the city."
"He wants the prince to go to Dafeichuan to deal with Lun Qinling." Yan Tao understood immediately.
"No one from Lu wanted Lun Qinling to win this battle, but he didn't want him to win a big victory, so he played tricks." Li Xuan had a sneer on her lips.
Women, thousands of miles away, still have to be manipulated on the battlefield, it's really not like how to write the word "death".
"My lord, if he regrets..."
"If you regret it, open the city gate and let him in." Li Xuan looked sideways at Yan Tao and whispered: "There are three to four thousand people, can this city bury them?"
"It's possible, but it will inevitably damage the embankment."
"It doesn't matter, if we want to kill Lun Qinling, we may not need a water attack now." Li Xuan looked deeply at Dahuashi Gorge and said softly: "You said once the battle is defeated, who wants Lun Qinling to die the most?"
"No Lu."
(End of chapter)
