Liangzhou has been the key point of the northwest since ancient times, and it was once the economic and political center of the northwest.

However, at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the status of Liangzhou was much more important than that of Chang'an and Luoyang, even the status of Taiyuan, Youzhou and other state capitals was much more important than it.

However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the city of Liangzhou is still tall and sturdy.

In addition to encountering the more than 100 Western Turks who chased and killed Xi Junmai, Li Kuan and his party entered Liangzhou City without danger.

"The last general Niu Jinda has seen the prince!"

As soon as Li Kuan settled, the Liangzhou guard Niu Jinda came.

"General Niu is exempt!" In front of these border generals, Li Kuan will not put on any shelf of the prince.

To exaggerate, in the border area, if you offend the local guards, and encounter ruthless methods, there are many ways for people to kill you.

Of course, Li Kuan is not worried that Niu Jinda will be unfavorable to him.

Speaking of which, although this Niu Jinda is not recorded in the history books very much, he is also a figure who is called a brother and brother to Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, and he is also the old general of the Qin Wangfu back then, and he is deeply trusted by Li Shimin.

To a certain extent, with Niu Jinda sitting in Liangzhou, Li Shimin was relieved to let Li Kuan come over.

Niu Jinda's charging may not be as good as Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong, but he is very good at defending and protecting the city.

As long as the defenders of Liangzhou do not leave the city, even if the Western Turks double again, they will not want to capture Liangzhou in a short time.

"The prince came to Liangzhou thousands of miles away, the last general thanked the prince for the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the last general prepared some thin wine tonight, I wonder if the prince can appreciate his face?"

No matter what time it is, the dinner table is an important place for Chinese people to talk about things.

"I won't eat yet. General Niu, you first ask people to summarize all the news reported by the scouts in the past month, and the top priority is to find out where the Western Turks are now and where they are going next! ”

As soon as Li Kuan's words came out, Niu Jinda's heart was cold.

Finished!

Now Liangzhou City may be finished.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if you send the prince to sit in the town, don't always think about killing the enemy.

Niu Jinda: "Lord Wang, the defenders of Liangzhou City are enough to defend the city, but it is ...... to go out to fight against the Western Turks."

"General Niu, please rest assured, without your permission, this king will not let the defenders of Liangzhou City out of the city!"

Li Kuan studied the situation in Liangzhou all the way, and naturally knew what Niu Jinda wanted to say.

In fact, Niu Jinda's strategy is not wrong, but who let him run into Li Kuan?

……

"Lord Wang, here, here, and there, the news that the scouts have detected in the past five days is that the Western Turks have all appeared in this batch of areas."

Li Kuan stayed quietly in Liangzhou for five or six days, except for occasional walks around the city, the rest of the time in front of the map, combined with the news of the scout, thinking about the problem.

Where the hell are the Western Turks?

20,000 horses, not too much, not too little.

Since the Western Turks used guerrilla tactics, they must also have a relatively fixed stronghold as a nest in the near future, and what Li Kuan had to do was to find out the nest of the Western Turks in Liangzhou.

Li Kuan: "Release the hot air balloon, and reconnoiter thirty miles away from the city today, I have a hunch that the Western Turks have swept away all the villages and fortresses around Liangzhou City, but they have not left Liangzhou yet, which means that they still want to attack Liangzhou City." ”

Comparing hearts to hearts, if Li Kuan is still a Western Turk and comes to Liangzhou with so many people, he will not be willing to test whether he has a chance to take Liangzhou City.

What if it can really be laid?

As Li Kuan collected more and more information, a map of the activities of the Western Turks was soon marked.

"Lord Wang, I found it, I found it!"

Zhu Fufu happily came to Li Kuan.

"Found the Western Turks? Is it in this valley? ”

Li Kuan's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhu Fufu with some expectation.

According to various clues, coupled with the blessing of the master-level art of war, Li Kuan locked several hiding places of the Western Turks, and after sending hot air balloons to reconnoitre, he really had a harvest.

"This, right here. The locals call it Liangye Valley, and the Western Turks hide in this valley. This valley is very special, like a sudden mountain col, only there is a narrow exit at the valley, the space inside is indeed not small, it is not a problem to hide one or two hundred thousand people. ”

Zhu Fufu also came to report the investigation to Li Kuan every day during this time, and he was already familiar with Li Kuan's map, so he quickly pointed to an area to explain.

"The grassland is so big, you have to come to Liangzhou to make trouble, and see how this king cleans up these Western Turks."

Knowing where the enemy was, Li Kuan was determined and immediately had a countermeasure.

……

Ryono Valley.

There are few people in the northwest, and places like Liangye Valley are usually rarely visited here. However, in recent times, it has been bustling with people.

"Azana, today's harvest is very good." A group of Western Turks gathered around the fire, eating roast mutton, and occasionally picking up a sheepskin bag to drink wine.

"Haha! Today I met a village of more than 1,000 people, and the old man became rich. These Tang dogs are luxury, every household has an iron pot, and many people have more than one mouthful. ”

Azana glanced back at the tent, where today's seizure was held.

As a low-level herdsman from the Western Turks, Azana's family only has a broken iron pot that has been repaired countless times, which is still passed down by his father.

This time he invaded Datang, his greatest wish was to be able to bring an iron pot home, and today, this wish has finally come true.

As long as they stayed for another ten days and a half months, it was almost winter, and the large army was ready to retreat to the grassland.

"The Tang Dynasty is indeed rich, if the Khan takes us to fight the Grass Valley once every autumn, our Western Turks will be able to gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions completely."

"I used to say how powerful the Tang Army was, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to go back if I came this time, but I didn't expect these soft eggs to even dare to come out of Liangzhou City."

"That's right, a few days ago, we went to the outside of Liangzhou City for a walk, but those Liangzhou defenders didn't dare to go out of the city."

Azana chatted and talked while eating the stolen beef and mutton, feeling that life was extremely comfortable.

However, no one noticed that in the air near the mouth of the Ryono Valley was a hot air balloon floating in the setting sun.

"Master Dai, I have confirmed, there are at least more than 10,000 Western Turkic military horses in this valley, and no other Western Turkic garrisons have been found in the vicinity for dozens of miles, if nothing else, this is their hiding place."

Zhu Fufu held up his monoculars, observing the situation in the valley while talking to Dai Quan.

"This Liangye Valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the valley mouth is very inconspicuous, and ordinary people really won't notice here, no wonder the scouts of the Liangzhou defenders have not been found before."

"Hmph, there's a hot air balloon, where can the Western Turks hide? Let's go back, the prince is still waiting for the news that we finally confirm.