The army passed by, and countless birds took to the sky.
A goshawk was among them, staring intently at the army.
At the pass of Maji Snow Mountain, Lun Qinling looked back at the mountains. He always felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at him at all times.
But in the mountains and forests, apart from frightened birds, there was nothing else.
Lun Qinling turned around and looked at Dafeichuan more than ten miles away. Three extremely tight forts as big as a small town appeared in his sight.
There was a sneer on Lun Qinling's lips.
Although Xue Rengui did not have such a strict arrangement back then, the threat he brought to Lun Qinling was far greater than that of Liu Shenli.
Liu Shenli's camp looked extremely tight, but while resisting the Tibetan army, this camp also lost their most important thing - their spirit.
Is the Tang Army still a Tang Army without any spirit?
Looking at the banner with Liu characters raised high in the front camp, Lun Qinling's lips showed a hint of disdain.
How can Liu Shenli compare with Xue Rengui?
Even if Xue Rengui still has a breath in his hand, he will fight to the end, but Liu Shenli will not hesitate to retreat hundreds of miles as long as he sees a chance of victory.
In this battle, what Qin Ling could see most clearly was Liu Shenli's temperament.
In this battle, Liu Shenli was too unqualified as the coach.
On Qinling's side: "Send an order and mobilize 10,000 troops to go straight to Xinghai. After capturing Xinghai, attack Qugou northward and completely cut off the Tang army's retreat."
After giving the order, a Tibetan general came out.
Soon, 10,000 cavalrymen were rushing towards Xinghai.
At this time, three thousand cavalry rushed out from the rear camp of the army and headed in the direction of Qugou.
There was a hint of surprise on Lun Qinling's face. Without the King of Nanchang, would anyone in the Tang Dynasty be able to defend Xinghai?
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At the top of Xinghai City, there was silence.
Zhang Huan looked at Dafeichuan in the distance with a solemn expression.
The mountains are undulating and the peaks are rising one after another. It is impossible to see clearly what is going on there.
But countless birds flew up and dust filled the sky. Even a fool knew that the situation was dangerous.
Countless soldiers in black stood on top of the city, but Zhang Huan was still extremely uneasy.
"Don't worry, Dafeichuan has been prepared for nearly half a year. It won't be defeated so easily." Li Xuan sat on a low stool, crossed the coffee table, looked at Yu Ze opposite, and said softly: "Uncle Yu, what do you think about Tubo?" Where are those two thousand light troops now?"
"It seems that in the eyes of the prince, the Guangjun is the most important!" Yu Ze smiled calmly.
"As for what Qinling can do, it is nothing more than to attack Dafeichuan, cut off the connections between Xinghai, Qugou and other places, and force the army to run out of food. However, these are all within the expectations of several commanders, and the only escape is within the expectations. The only thing outside is the movements of the Light Army." Li Xuan sighed, the unknown Light Army was the most threatening.
"Your Majesty, where do you think the Guangjun is most dangerous?" Yu Ze asked directly.
Li Xuan felt a little funny for a moment. He was obviously asking Yu Ze this question, but Yu Ze dumped the question to him.
But Li Xuan did not throw the question back. Instead, after thinking for a while, she said: "It's Guinan and Tongde."
Yu Ze was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "The prince is worried that the Tibetans have quietly lurked behind Xinghai and are preparing to cooperate with the front line to capture Xinghai?"
"If we say the most important thing in Changzhou today is Xinghai, after all, Xinghai stores the entire army's tens of thousands of people's food and grass for half a month. Once captured, it will not only be able to cut off the Dafeichuan grain road, but also Seizing grain for one’s own use, there is no reason why Qin Ling cannot see this.”
Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "Every time I think of Guangjun, Xuan always feels a chill in her back."
"So the prince transferred Captain Shi Jin to Guinan." Yu Ze nodded in confusion.
"Liu Wei Shi is the only general who is not included in the calculations about Qinling." Li Xuan took a breath and said with a solemn expression: "Zhang Huan is guarding Xinghai as a soldier, and Uncle Yu and Xuan are secretly assisting him. He is as stable as Mount Tai. "Brother Qiu, Ren Sima, and Yao Changshi are guarding Qugou together, so there should be no problem; and finally we have Guinan."
After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "Guinan is connected with Guide in the north, and De and Xinghai in the south. There is a section of the Yellow River that is only thirty meters at its narrowest point. Although it is deep enough, Tubo really thought about it and spent some effort to still We can get through it, so even if there is no threat from the two thousand Light Army, I will send people to guard it. If the Light Army really appears..."
"The prince will lead a thousand black knights to kill him directly." Yu Ze suddenly understood.
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded calmly and said: "Except for my king's one thousand black armored cavalry and Captain Shi's three thousand Yangzhou elites, the only thing left that can be mobilized is the six thousand right-winged Tuyuhun cavalry, three thousand Thousands are in Xinghai, three thousand are in Qugou, adding up to more than 10,000 people, it should be no problem to guard this city."
"What about Tuyuhun?" Yu Ze raised his head and said softly: "The prince has been worried that the Tubo people would take advantage of the Tuyuhun people. Could it be that at this time, the Tubo Guangjun has lurked into Fuqi City?"
"If they really go, it will be interesting. The Turks will give them a hard slap." A slight smile appeared on Li Xuan's lips.
The Turks did have some agitation, but unfortunately, when Shi Jian returned with Xue Rengui's handwritten letter, all the Turks became quiet.
They did not expect that they were already in Qinghai and would receive a personal letter from Xue Rengui.
Xue Rengui's autographed letters were never afraid of counterfeiting, because no one in the entire Tang Dynasty could fake his tone.
The Turks had been severely punished by Xue Rengui. As soon as his handwritten letter came out, all the Turkic nobles and generals fell silent for an instant.
At this time, the smart Turks had even thought that Xue Rengui was hiding here quietly, which meant that the Tang Dynasty was plotting against the Tubo people.
In this battle, the Tubo people will undoubtedly lose.
The Tubo people will be defeated, so why do the Turks need to mix with the Tubo people?
On Qinling's original plan to use the Turks' betrayal to attack the army's back, but later the Turks repented, he tried to use the news of the Turks' repentance to sow discord between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, but unfortunately, one Xue Rengui was enough. Eliminate everything.
Therefore, if the Tubo Guangjun appeared in Fuqi City, the Tang Dynasty would easily use forces from all directions to completely strangle the Guangjun.
Li Xuan also hopes to see Guangjun appear in Fuqi City.
Once Fuqi City fell again, Datang would have an excuse to completely bring Fuqi City under its rule.
But unfortunately, the Guangjun did not appear in Fuqi City, so they had very few options left.
Xinghai, Guinan, Qugou, and Dafeichuan.
Li Xuan looked in the direction of Dafeichuan. At the end of his sight, countless smoke and dust rose up, and ten thousand Tubo cavalry came to kill them head on.
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Countless bows and arrows were shot from the top of the city, hitting the Tibetan cavalry outside the city.
It was raining all over the sky, and the Tibetan cavalry were unable to lift their heads.
Zhang Huan finally couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xuan was sitting in the tower behind, drinking tea with Yu Ze with a calm expression. He didn't care at all about the countless Tubo cavalry outside.
As long as the city defenders have countless bows and arrows, the enemy will never be able to successfully attack the city.
Not to mention that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had more crossbows than longbows.
The Minister of Industry of the Tang Dynasty was in Dafeichuan, and the most indispensable thing for the entire northwest army was bows and crossbows.
Not to mention that Li Xuan had already set up a small ordnance shop in Xinghai City to repair bows and crossbows and make arrows.
Now that there is an excuse for a large army to go to war, it is quite legitimate for him to do such a thing.
And even after the Battle of Changzhou ended and Li Xuan went to Tubo, these craftsmanship matters would still fall on him.
So these things were just written by Li Xuan, and the emperor would approve them.
It's just a slight restriction that you can only repair bows and crossbows, but you can't make them.
Of course there is no limit to arrows.
Yu Ze looked at Li Xuan and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what is the situation in Dafeichuan now?"
Li Xuan lowered his head slightly and whispered: "What else can I do? Surround but not attack. Qin Ling is not that stupid. He walked in even though he knew it was a trap."
"Why do I feel like I'm always a step behind when it comes to Qin Ling?" Yu Ze looked up at Li Xuan with a surprised look on his face.
"It's just like being led by someone's nose." Li Xuan sighed slightly.
When they were in Wuhai, Lun Qinling thought that the army was about to withdraw, so he tried his best to prevent the army from retreating. However, Liu Shenli wanted to make military exploits, so he fought hard.
Just when Lun Qinling thought Liu Shenli was going to continue fighting, Li Xuan shot and killed Shang Jiezan, giving Liu Shenli enough military merit. The Turkic cavalry was uneasy and asked him to evacuate.
Now when they arrived at Dafeichuan, Lun Qinling thought that the Tang Dynasty would defend it with military strongholds. However, he did not know that the stronghold of the military strongholds was just a facade. The real trump card of the Tang Dynasty was Xue Rengui.
In terms of obtaining information about Qinling, it is always one step slower than that of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally it will always be led by the nose.
Of course, Qin Ling still has enough cards in his hand. Just one heavy armored cavalry is enough to make most traps useless.
However, Liu Shenli was guarding the front camp, and he was probably already making improvements to the heavy armored cavalry.
There were actually not many people in the back camp, and the place where food and grass were originally stored was now empty.
As for the Chinese Army, Xue Rengui is currently guarding the Chinese Army.
Now there are countless people in the world waiting to see Lu Qinling attack the Chinese army. When he knocks out the traps of the Chinese army, it is time for him to face his old friend.
A rush of footsteps sounded below, and a Qianniu Guard braved the rain of arrows and came to Li Xuan, handing an official document to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan opened the official document and took a look at it, then handed it to Yu Ze helplessly.
Yu Ze took it subconsciously and asked smoothly: "What's the matter?"
"Our chief manager stopped in Shanzhou." Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh.
When the battle started on the front line, the general manager of the Northwest Road March was holding back on patrol in Shanzhou. If he could arrive at Qugou in advance, the whole situation would be more secure. Even without the trap of Dafeichuan, Lun Qinling could be successfully captured.
Yu Ze smiled softly and said comfortingly: "Compared to other places, Shanzhou is relatively safe, and the people under the general manager are all new troops..."
"What did you say?" Li Xuan suddenly raised his head and stared at Yu Ze.
Yu Ze was stunned and said subconsciously: "Shanzhou is relatively safe, and the general manager has new troops. It is inevitable that there will be Tubo tricks on the road to Qugou..."
Yu Ze's face suddenly turned pale, and he couldn't help but said: "Guangjun went to Riyue Mountain."
Riyue Mountain is located to the east of Qinghai Lake, to the north of Qinghai Nanshan, and to the west of Shanzhou.
Tuyuhun was the original dividing line in the Tang Dynasty.
"The Guang Army descended from Kunlun East Mountain and did not go to Delingha or Fuqi City. Instead, they crossed the long Nanshan Mountains of Qinghai and went directly to the east of Qinghai Lake, preparing to ambush the General Manager's 10,000 new troops and a large amount of food. , but I didn’t expect that our general manager was too cautious and did not leave Shanzhou at all, leaving the Tubo Army to ambush in an empty space."
Li Xuan had already figured out everything in the blink of an eye.
His face was already extremely ugly.
All this time, Li Xuan's eyes were on Wuhai, Dafeichuan, and the entire land of Changzhou. He never thought that Guangjun would go to Shanzhou to ambush Li Jingxuan.
"Your Majesty, you should leave now." Yu Ze couldn't help but stand up.
Li Xuan sat steadily, shook her head slowly and said: "It's too late to go now, even Fei Ge can't even go there. The Tubo people must have cut off the entire communication channel between Qinghai and Shanzhou.
Order: Divided into two groups, one group sent people directly to Qugou, and asked Qiu Zhenmu to bring the king's arrows to General Shi Jian of You Xiaowei, asking him to personally lead troops to Shanzhou; the other group directly sent people to Lanzhou, asking them to Support should come in time. "
Li Xuan raised her head, looked at Yu Ze, and said softly: "Everything happens tonight."
(End of chapter)
