In the Huangyuan camp, there was a joy of victory everywhere. Knowing that King Yong was about to enter the camp, Hei Tooth Chang Zhi led a cadre of generals to ride out of the camp.

"The last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he will conquer Wuling Hengbao in the Tibetan State before noon today, and the army will be able to settle in the same day, and he will be attacked when the time comes!"

From afar, the black tooth Changzhi turned over and dismounted, and walked to the front of King Yong's horse, holding his hands with a fork, and the pride in his expression was not inferior to that of the young soldiers under his command.

Seeing that the black teeth were often in this state, Li Tong frowned faintly, then nodded, waved his whip on the horse's back and laughed: "All the soldiers are brave and considerable, and the first victory is expected!" ”

When all the generals heard this, they all laughed one after another, dismounted and marched to the front of King Yongyi's car, crossed their hands and shouted: "Your Highness's Enwei envoy, the humble rank can only sacrifice your life to repay, hunt Qinghai, and raise the prestige of our army!" ”

A group of people surrounded King Yong and his entourage went straight to the Huangyuan camp, and many campers saw King Yong enter the camp on the way, and they all lined up and shouted to congratulate.

Lou Shide, who followed behind King Yong, saw that King Yong interacted cordially with the soldiers, and there was no lack of emotion in his heart, King Yong had not been in Longlong for a long time, but he had already accumulated a lot of grace and prestige in the Heyuan army, and it was indeed an outstanding place!

After entering the camp, all the idlers and others retreated, and the Chinese army soldiers protected the large battalion. The people in the tent will sit down separately, and Hei Tooth Chang will have time to say goodbye to Lou Shide.

"Duke Lou returned to Heyuan this time, and the old people were able to gather in front of His Royal Highness King Yong's tent to be taught the consul, and Qinghai will undoubtedly have a better chance of winning this battle!"

After a long absence, I saw Lou Shide's old partner again, and the face of the black tooth Changzhi was full of smiles. Lou Shide also warmly greeted the soldiers and greeted them, and he couldn't bear the joy.

The Heyuan Army was established on the basis of Li Jingxuan's defeat at Chengfeng Ridge during the reign of Gaozong Yifeng, and in the first battle of Chengfeng Ridge, Li Jingxuan did not practice military affairs, and the 180,000 Tang Army was defeated and lost. And this war is not without gains, and the duo of Heiya Changzhi and Lou Shide stood out in this war.

If it weren't for him leading the elite dead soldiers to attack the Tubo army at night, Li Jingxuan's troops would hardly have been able to retreat to the east of Chiling.

As for Lou Shide, he also performed well, and was ordered to collect the defeated soldiers, so that the Tang army that had fled south of Qinghai could return to Shanzhou, and negotiate with the Tubo general at Chiling, which initially stabilized the situation on this side.

Later, the Heyuan Army was established, and Heiya Changzhi was in charge of military affairs with the ambassador of the Heyuan Army, and Lou Shide was in charge of the camp affairs with the Sima of the Heyuan Army, and it can be said that they had a friendship with each other in weal and woe. Later, Heizhi Changzhi was transferred out of Heyuan, and Lou Shide stayed here alone.

Now that Lou Shide has returned to Heyuan again, both Heiya Changzhi and the soldiers of the Heyuan Army are all happy. For the officers and men of the Heyuan Army, the combination of these two people is their most convincing leader.

Li Tong didn't disobey people's will, just sat in the tent and smiled and watched Lou Shide greet everyone present, leaving them a little time to communicate.

waited until all the soldiers stopped talking, and then he spoke again: "In the battle of attacking Wuling Hengbao, is there still Qu Yin?" ”

Hearing King Yong's question, Hei Tooth Changzhi also nodded, the smile on his face converged, and he said in a deep voice: "Wuling Hengbao is the place where the Jiawu of the Eastern Armor of the Fan Kingdom is scattered. Although the battle situation in recent days is not bad, and there are still several obstacles compared to the siege of Wuling Hengbao. Last night's siege was just a warning to force the Fan State to gather the guerrilla division back into the fort in order to defeat it in a battle, but Wuling Hengbao was taken from it......"

Hearing Hei Tooth Changzhi's explanation, Li Tong understood the strangeness of this victory, just a feint, he conquered the largest fortress of the Fan Kingdom at the western foot of Chiling, which naturally made people feel weird.

"Is the country of Fan taking the initiative to retreat? What unusual places can you find when you explore Haidong? ”

After thinking about it, Li Tong continued to ask.

Hei Tooth Changzhi shook his head: "There is no special military transfer in Haidong, but it does not rule out the possibility of secretly gathering people. After all, I can't look at the reality of the thief. There is no shortage of ravines in the terrain of Haidong, and the soldiers wander around and do not practice fighting in the city, and there are not too many fortresses to defend in Haidong. ”

It has not been long since the Tibetan people were transformed from tribes to centralized power, and their folk customs have not been completely transformed. That is, in the line of Chiling, because it was necessary to play the effect of topography and geography to block it, the Tang Army learned to build some beacon forts.

However, leaving the Chiling range, although the Tibetans basically controlled the Tugu Hun land around Qinghai, they did not overhaul the city as a regional center. This habit also caused almost no targets with great strategic value to exist, and even if the Tang army entered, it could not find any cities to besiege and attack.

The Tibetan army can be distributed at will without the restrictions of the city, relying on the geographical advantage. Like the two major battles of Dafeichuan and Chengfengling, they both induced the Tang army to penetrate deep into their borders, and then gathered superior forces to attack.

Hei Zhi Changzhi said: "The previous defeats have been left behind to this day, making every time there is a debate with the Tibetan State, the army's morale is unstable. Although the current battle to conquer Wuling Hengbao is strange, they dare not let the soldiers know the details, if there is a suspicion that there is another way to hide in the country, the army may be weakened......"

Li Tong nodded after hearing this, agreeing with the view of the black tooth Changzhi. Selectively release good news, which is also a skill that must be mastered as a general. Once the soldiers are panicked and afraid, then this war will not be fought. Even if you know that this castle is strange, you can only advertise that it is a great victory.

Before Li Tong entered the camp, he realized this, that is, he realized that the emotions of the black tooth Changzhi were too exposed. Although he has not been in contact with the black tooth Changzhi for a long time, his understanding is not shallow, his temperament is steady, and he has the calm air that does not change color when Mount Tai collapses in front of him, if it is a conventional tactic to conquer the enemy's fort, even if there is any emotion, it will never be so pretentious.

"The country of Tibet took the initiative to withdraw from the army, either because there were changes in the country and it was necessary to shrink the strength of prevention and control around Qinghai, or it was a repetition of the old tricks, so as to pride our army and lure me into its territory."

"The last general and other private opinions, there are no two situations. It's hard to say which one it is. The contradictions between the monarchs and ministers of the Tibetan State were profound, and Qinling either did not dare to fight with our army for a long time and was involved in military strength, so he took the initiative to retreat. If it is not for self-protection, it is possible to secretly gather armor disciples and hope for a fixed battle. ”

Hei Tooth Changzhi elaborated on King Yong's view, and added: "In either case, Qin Ling is unwilling to fight with our army for a long time. If the enemy does not want it, I will do it, and then march to the east of the sea, we should also take safety as the upper measure, step by step, and do not rashly advance. ”

Speaking of this, the black tooth Changzhi looked at His Royal Highness King Yong's eyes with a little admiration, and said with emotion: "Your Highness is good at calming the situation in Longbian, gathering all forces to help the military, so that our army can defend calmly and for a long time." Qinling has no internal and external concentricity and desire, and needs to make a decision in chaos and urgency, no matter what the future plan is, this battle has been defeated without a fight! ”

Although the Tang Army and the Tibetan Army on the front line of Chiling can be said to be the most elite troops of the two countries, they also face the same dilemma, that is, the rear is unstable and cannot cross Chiling for long-term operation and accumulate strategic advantages over time.

However, with the ascension of King Yong to Long, the predicament of the Heyuan army in this regard has been alleviated. With abundant logistical reserves, Heizhi Changzhi can formulate a long-term development strategy in Haidong without fighting for a moment.

However, on the other hand, on the Tibetan side, abandoning the Chiling defense line, whether active or passive, is actually a sign of weakness. Even if Qinling intends to replicate the previous two big victories, whether his strategy can succeed is based on whether the Tang army will drive straight ahead, which is itself a kind of tactical passivity.

In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, even if the Tibetan army is brave and fierce, it is not so strong that it is invincible, and it is even faintly weaker than the Tang army.

This is not a closed door arrogant, the history of the war between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty for two hundred years, there are countless battles large and small, it can be said that as long as there is no suppression of the combat environment of the plateau climate, Tubo has always been more defeated and less victorious.

Of course, the unique plateau climate is also one of the advantages of the Tibetan army, and it is not a reason to belittle its combat effectiveness. But even if it was fighting on the plateau, when the Tang Dynasty's strategy was properly regulated and did not take care of one or the other, it was not weak to fight against Tubo.

After Ge Shuhan conquered Shibao City during the Tianbao period, he built a city in Haidong, Qinghai, and at that time he had already beaten Tubo and did not dare to approach the surrounding areas of Qinghai. If it weren't for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion and the comprehensive withdrawal of the elite of Longyou, how could there be a tragedy of the complete fall of Longyou!

Rao is Tubo has already occupied such a strong strategic advantage, and there is still nothing to be done about the lone army guarding Anxi. Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, there is really no need to demonize Tubo excessively.

Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, the two major battles of Dafeichuan and Chengfengling each have huge tactical flaws. In such a battlefield environment as Qinghai, although Datang is the attacker, it does not grasp the initiative, and the deeper it goes, the more serious the loss of the initiative.

In particular, in the battle of Dafeichuan, Xue Rengui drove straight into and even hit Wuhai, the western border of Tuyuhun, but because of the improper coordination of the back road, he had to retreat to Dafeichuan. Between the advance and retreat, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army has been seriously depleted, and the repetition of this military momentum has given the Tubo army the opportunity to gather, and the 400,000 army besieged and killed the exhaustion of the 50,000 Tang army.

So no matter what, Li Tong will not repeat this mistake again. Lao Tzu is not short of money and food, he led the army to Qinghai for tourism, and the ghost is stupid to run straight to the inner border of Qinghai to send people to the head.

Today's Tubo military god is suffering from internal and external troubles and is overwhelmed, and his people failed to launch an offensive against Longyou at the first time, so that Li Tong can enter Longyou for integration, and now the Longyou front has been able to barely support long-term attrition. As long as it can maintain a sense of presence around Qinghai for a long time, it can make the Tuyuhun part of the Qinling Tomb collapse faster and faster.

No matter what the idea of Qinling is, the completion of the entire line of Chiling is a new starting point for the Heyuan Army. When Li Tong discussed the next march plan with the generals in the Huangyuan camp, the envoys from the Western Regions also arrived in Shancheng, which was Zhang Renyuan, which was what Li Tong had in mind.