Lintao County is located in the west edge of the Longxi Basin, the east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, belongs to the loess hilly and gully area, the terrain is inclined from southeast to northwest, the largest tributary of the Yellow River in the upper reaches of the Yellow River passes through the water, the name of Lintao is because of this river.

When Qin Shi Huang set up the county system, Lintao County belonged to the ancient Longxi County, which included the vast area of central Gansu, southern Ningxia and eastern Qinghai. Therefore, it was gradually divided and divided, so today's Lintao County is only a very small part of the ancient Longxi County.

It is worth mentioning that Li Chong, the ancestor of the Li family, was the first Taishou of Longxi County, and Li Zhongxiang, the fourth grandson of Chong, was the general of the early Han Dynasty, and he rebelled against Qiang and died in Di Dao, and buried Di Dao Dongchuan, and the third grandson of Zhong Xiang was the famous "Flying General" Li Guang, and in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Li Guang's sixteenth grandson Li Wei built the capital of Xiliang, known as King Wu Zhao of Xiliang in history. Later Wei Taihe years when the four seas were determined, the Longxi Li clan was crowned. And Li Yuan is the seventh grandson of Li Hui. Therefore, strictly speaking, the ancestral hometown of the "Longxi Li Family" is not the current Longxi County, but Lintao County.

The west-leaning mountain in the territory belongs to the junction of Yong, Liang and Yizhou, and is the watershed of Lishui, Taoshui and Baishui after the first song of the Yellow River.

Here is not a barren mountain with thousands of ravines, the rivers and canals in the territory are vertical and horizontal, the woods are dense, there are large tracts of fertile cultivated land distributed, it is the richest area in the Hehuang area, compared with the surrounding Raohe, Caohan, Tangchang, Tongchang four counties, not only the land is fertile, the climate is also quite mild, which is conducive to the growth of crops, the wheat of Raohe County can only be harvested once a year, while Lintao can be harvested three times in two years, plus sufficient water sources, convenient irrigation, as early as five years of the great cause, the population of the whole county has more than 300,000.

Although affected by Xue Ju's rebellion, the population of Lintao decreased sharply, but after Yang Tong recovered Guanzhong, he saw that Guanzhong was overcrowded, so he evacuated seventy percent of the population of Guanzhong to the surrounding areas, so that the population of Lintao recovered to about 200,000, mainly announced in the vicinity of Lishui, Taoshui and Baishui, which are the most developed in agriculture, and contributed more taxes to the Great Sui Dynasty every year than Raohe and Xiping combined.

It's just that with the northward movement of Tubo and the occupation of Danchang in the south by Li Shimin, Lintao County has become the front line of the war again, but fortunately, the people in the territory have confidence in the Sui army and look down on the Tang army, which has been defeated repeatedly, so there is no chaotic situation in the territory, so what should be done as usual.

After Li Shimin, who was self-reliant in the south of Lintao, arrived in Danchang, he stepped up his training, and also used the money and grain collected from various counties to recruit troops, and the generals of the lineage army returned to their positions one by one, so that his army rapidly developed to 80,000 people in just over a month, but his army was backward in equipment and extremely weak, and in addition to the four counties of Danchang, Tongchang, Wudu, and Pingwu that he occupied, in addition to being rich in agriculture, other resources were relatively scarce, in order to obtain strategic resources, on the one hand, craftsmen were sent to find copper ore and iron ore, On the other hand, he was actively preparing for war and began to move again, but this time his target was not the Great Sui, but Bailanqiang, which was shrinking in the north of the western grassland (northern part of the Ruoergai grassland).

His intention is very obvious, it is nothing more than to follow Yang Dong's example, implement the foreign policy of nourishing war with war and training troops with war, if he completely destroys Bailanqiang, then what he gets is not only a war horse, but also Tubo and Tuguhun can be integrated into one, forming a huge threat to the southwest of the Great Sui, thereby reducing the pressure on the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty.

But at this moment, unfavorable news came from the direction of Hanchuan, first Xue Wanche returned to Lintao and took over the Tenth Army; Yao Junsu led tens of thousands of Sui troops into Hanyang, threatening the two counties of Danchang and Wudu, while Wei Chigong led the 730,000 main force to enter Shunzheng, and the troops pointed directly at Wudu County, and there were two armies stationed in Xiucheng County, Hechi, and Dingjun Mountain in Hanchuan.

What's even worse is that Pei Xingyan and Niu Jinda led the first army of 50,000 troops into the source of the river, as long as they cross the Jishi Mountain and the pass of the Xilian Mountain, it is the suddenly open Ruoergai prairie, to the south can attack Tuyuhun, to the east can attack the endless Tongchang County.

If these troops and horses attacked the Tang Dynasty at the same time, it meant that Li Shimin's generals would have to fight against more than 200,000 elite Sui troops, which made Li Shimin fall into the old routine of being unable to defend himself, so he had to turn the initiative into a passive and deploy troops according to the deployment of the Sui army.

The nervous Li Shimin didn't know Yang Tong's layout at all, in fact, it was mainly aimed at Tubo and Tuyuhun, and he still took a defensive position against Li Tang, but he didn't know, even if he knew, he didn't dare to be careless, after all, there were so many troops on the border, and the Sui army could completely start a full-scale attack.

Attacking Tubo and Tuyuhun is Yang Tong's established strategy, if there is no Murong Xiaojun killing his brother to seize the throne and uniting Tubo with the Sui Dynasty as enemies, then Wang Fubao should enter Tuyuhun and escort Murong Fuyun.

It is precisely because of the influence of Tuyuhun that Wang Fubao took a defensive position on the border, not only that, but the offensive strategy also underwent a major change, Yang Tong not only let Wang Fubao set up a fortress on the border, and attack Tuyuhun and Tubo in the south at any time, but also let the first army enter Heyuan County to adapt to the plateau climate, as long as the adaptation period passed, he launched an offensive against Tuyuhun from the east to destroy the country.

In this upcoming battle, Hechuan County, Lintao County, which was close to the front line, became an important logistics center for the Sui army, but fortunately it was the station of the Tenth Army, otherwise, there would really be no place to put it. Today's military warehouses are full of weapons, armor, arrows, grain, winter clothes, forage and other materials.

That afternoon, the sun was blazing, and the air seemed to have solidified into a transparent fluid.

The mighty Xuanjia Army was like a torrent of steel, rushing along the official road towards the military camp in Hechuan County. The scales refracted by the white water shone on the armor, shining brightly, making the entire army seem like heavenly soldiers.

The hot armor is worn on the body, like a furnace, making everyone sweat like a spring, and then it is suffocated, and after drinking water, the sweat will flow out and be steamed dry. This is a course set up by Yang Tong in order to let the soldiers adapt to the climatic characteristics of the large temperature difference between morning and evening on the plateau, and he himself and Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, Yang Qinfang and other female soldiers also put on armor, and Du Ruhui and Liu Renliang who went out with the army were no exception.

Yang Tong did this, there was another layer of intention, that is, he hoped that Wei Fengwu would retreat in the face of difficulties, this kind of intensity was normally enough for the elite soldiers of the Eleventh Legion to die or live.

But on the contrary, although Yang Dong, the eldest wife, is a woman, although it is the first time to step up the march, she has rushed here from Daxing, she has not snorted, and she has been easy all the way, just like Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, and Yang Qinfang, she has always been able to keep up with Yang Dong's pace, which makes the surrounding soldiers almost staring out their eyes.

A group of panting and exhausted soldiers, every time they looked at the backs of the Emperor and Empress of the Great Sui, their faces were full of admiration!

Every time they rested, the soldiers would quietly discuss:

"The queen is so powerful."

"Isn't it? Forget it, I didn't expect the queen to be so powerful, and after running for so long, she was stunned and persevered. ”

"Yes, we know better than anyone how terrifying this expedited march is, ordinary elite soldiers can't bear it at all, and the queen is stunned to persist until now... It's amazing..."

"Such a queen, who would dare to believe it?"

"The royal people really can't be treated with common sense."

Similar to the last one, it has also become everyone's consensus, and by now, everyone has become numb.

In fact, Wei Fengwu doesn't have any superpowers, she actually has an extremely clever set of guidance techniques.

Guidance technique has existed since ancient times, it is not a secret in the army, the difference is the difference between advantages and disadvantages, it is a bit similar to the legendary internal strength, but it is not as magical as the internal strength, neither can it hurt people in the air, nor can it make people as light as a swallow, flying eaves and walking on the wall, but it can make people maintain human body functions.

However, for Wei Fengwu, no matter how powerful the channeling technique is, it is only an assistant, what really makes her persist is actually her persistent self-training and her own perseverance.

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Ten miles away from the barracks, Xue Wanche and Wusu, who were the head snakes of the land, led the generals and colonels to greet them, and walked slowly along the white water, and the river breeze blew, which made people refreshed and refreshed, and the heat disappeared.

Yang Tong was also the first time to go to these places, looking at the fertile fields by the river, and found that the land here was very fertile, which also made him have a lot of ideas.

It seemed that Yang Tong was surprised, and Xue Wanche, who had been here for a few years, said with a smile: "Shengshang, Lintao County itself is an important grain production area, until after the Wuhu Rebellion, this area was owned by Hu Qiang, and they were not good at farming, so they abandoned all the fertile land into pastures and raised cattle, sheep and horses. Up to now, there are still many Qiang people in this area. ”

"Is there a Qiang here?" Yang Tong was a little surprised, because there was no trace of the Qiang people along the way.

"Of course, there are more than a dozen Qiang people here, mainly Dangxiang Qiang, Bailanqiang, and Xishan Qiang. The previous masters of Xihai and Heyuan were not Murong Xianbei, but first Lingqiang and Burning Dangqiang, but they later declined, were subdued by the Murong Xianbei clan, and finally established the Tuyuhun Khanate. The vassals, Duomi, Subi and other tribes occupied by Tubo are actually Qiang people. Xue Wanche said with a smile: "Anyway, the Qiang people in this area of Hehuang are very widely distributed, even in Hexi and Longyou, and our area is mainly Bailanqiang, which is also the largest tribe outside the Dangxiang Qiang, with a population of more than 100,000. ”

"But I didn't meet a single one along the way, where do they all live now?"

"They live in the southwest of Lintao, that is, in the area of the Xilian Mountains and the prairie, and the saints did not see them, first, their living habits are different from ours; Second, this is the garrison and training ground of the 10th Army, and the officers and men conduct confrontation exercises from time to time, and they are afraid of being injured by mistake, so they generally avoid this place. However, they will also take special products to the county seat to sell, in exchange for grain, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, cloth and so on. ”

"So, they have a good relationship with my Great Sui?"

"It was good, but then it changed." Xue Wanche continued: "As early as the Wei and Zhou periods, the imperial court at that time had no time to take care of the Qiang people in order to unify the great cause, so they ransacked the border from time to time. After the Great Sui unified the world, thousands of Qiang families accepted the influence of the imperial court and lived a life of farming. In the fifth year of the emperor's reign, Tuoba Ning Cong and other chieftains each led their people to attach themselves to the post of general. In the sixteenth year of the emperor's reign, some Qiang tribes attacked Huining County, and after being defeated by the imperial army, they all surrendered, and also sent their children to the court to apologize. It's a pity that when Emperor Wu went on an expedition to Tuyuhun, some generals demanded too much from the Qiang people, and after the war, they were excessively exploited, and even some generals pretended to be military merits with the heads of friendly Qiang tribes. In this way, the relationship is stale. Although they did not provoke the army and the common people now, they were also hostile and suspicious of the imperial court. ”

"Do you think they will go south to support Li Shimin?" Yang Tong asked a most critical question.

"It's hard to say about this last general." Xue Wanche was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "However, the Qiang people living under the rule of the Great Sui have not fought against the Central Plains army so far, and they are also very peaceful, and they should not dare to provoke our army if they abide by the rules of our dynasty." But if the saint wants to convince the Qiang people, I am afraid it will not be possible to achieve it in one or two years. ”

"......" Yang Tong was speechless, in the final analysis, Yang Guang did not restrain the army and threw the mess everywhere to clean up for himself.

After a long time, he sighed suddenly: "The Qiang people live in the deep mountains and old forests, fighting with poisonous insects and beasts all the time, these hundreds of thousands of people, I am afraid there are not many old, weak, sick and disabled, except for women, children and children, not to mention sixty or seventy thousand young and strong people who are good at shooting and hunting, this will be an unpredictable variable." ”

The last general thinks so, too. If our army reached the edge of their power, they might be frightened to surrender to Li Shimin. Xue Wanche thought about it, and added honestly: "The previous generals were too much, and if they were the last generals, the last generals couldn't believe the Great Sui." ”

Everyone: "......"

"Troublesome, troublesome......" Yang Tong was extremely depressed.

"It's really troublesome." Xue Wanche said worriedly: "Because they are in the company of poisonous insects, they have also learned extremely clever skills in using poison. ”

"Is their poison terrifying?" Yang Tong only felt his scalp tingle.

"It's quite terrifying, as long as the skin is pierced, a light arrow can kill a tiger within a hundred steps." Xue Wanche said with a sad face: "This thing is too scary, we have no cure at all, it's best to take them in first." If they run to Li Shimin's side, and then use poisoned arrows against our army, they will be in big trouble. ”

Yang Tong was silent for a long time, and instructed Yin Mingyue, who was in charge of the transmission of information: "Mingyue, immediately send this situation to Luoyang, and let Sun Simiao bring the most batch of doctors with excellent medical skills and proficient in poison arts. ”

Yin Mingyue asked, "Is the Holy Lord trying to crack the poison technique of the Qiang people?" ”

Yang Tong nodded and said, "This kind of poison technique is too much of a threat to our army, and there is no room for carelessness." Let Sun Simiao and them come over, and they are also prepared. ”

"I'll go down and make arrangements." Yin Mingyue solemnly responded.

Yang Tong said to Xue Wanche again: "You managed to get some poison arrows, it would be better if you got the recipe for poison and antidote." In addition, I sent envoys to the various tribes of the Qiang people, and I wanted to meet with their tribal leaders to show the sincerity of the imperial court, even if they sent representatives to talk. ”

"Whoa."