There were more than 3,000 people stationed in Tibet, and although the number of troops in this garrison was not large, it was more than enough for the Qianghu tribes to control the region.

After the largest forces in the region, the attached royal family has completely surrendered to Tibet, and even if these tribes occasionally gather to make trouble, it is difficult for these tribes to become a climate.

In the early years, the Tang Dynasty controlled such a large area as the Western Regions, and there were only a few thousand permanent people, which not only made the local states dare not resist, but even had dealings with the powerful enemy of Tubo.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, 3,000 Tibetan tribes are enough to control the entire Tibetan region, provided that these local Qianghu tribes are not organized on a large scale, or if the Tibetans do not take the initiative to divide their troops.

However, the small actions that Guo Yuanzhen made during the previous period were to let Tubo divide his troops. The so-called red feather and red beak can kill the soldiers, it doesn't matter whether the merchants of the Tang State have bought a large number of them, what matters is how many Qianghu tribes have been affected by this rumor.

If left unchecked, this rumor may evolve into a slogan, which will directly trigger the Qianghu tribes in Tibet to revolt against the enslavement and plunder of Tibet.

But once you want to track it down, it will be difficult to dispatch a large team. This area in eastern Sichuan and Tibet, with its ravines and mountains, and the terrain is far more complex than that of Tibet itself, so it can only be dispatched in small teams.

After the momentum was built, Guo Yuanzhen and his party quietly slipped back to the vicinity of Daowu City. However, the frequent searches of the Tibetan army also brought them a lot of trouble. In order to ensure that their whereabouts were not discovered, the majority of the troops on this trip were hidden in the far ditch and ridge, and Guo Yuanzhen only led 100 people to return.

These people are the soldiers of the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Office, but in fact, they are all Guo Yuanzhen's henchmen who have been trained in Tongquan County over the years, and their obedience and combat effectiveness are very impressive. Although I am in a strange place, I don't feel constrained, but I still have a bit of a taste of fish in water.

Because Guo Yuanzhen often led them to the Shengqiang area in western Sichuan in his early years, he hunted down and plundered the Shengqiang population and sold them as slaves. Therefore, their adaptability to this complex terrain even exceeds that of those Tibetan garrisons.

The group hid on the mountain ridge where they could see Daowu City and the camp of the Tibetan army, and they were not irritated for several days. So much so that Guo Wanjun, who has been with him here, is a little suspicious, Guo Yuanzhen and his entourage are even more like people who often make a living in this place than themselves.

After a few days of observation, although the Fan army came and went frequently, there were still considerable troops in the camp and around the city, at least not Guo Yuanzhen and the hundreds of attachés who could directly rush forward to kill and defeat.

However, as the search of the surrounding realm gradually expanded and became more detailed, the situation gradually changed. At first, the activities of the Tibetan army were cautious, and the team of 100 men set out early in the morning and returned in the evening, and did not linger overnight, occasionally escorting some prisoners back.

Gradually, the Tibetan army began to stay overnight, and it should be that the search range was extended, and it was too late to return. Correspondingly, when these teams returned, they were transported with more supplies and personnel.

This is also very normal, the so-called thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a grate. The military itself is an organized and violent group, and the destruction of people's livelihood and environment far exceeds that of bandits.

The Fan army itself is not a disciplined team, burning, killing and looting itself is a habitual business, and there was no chance to go deep into the Zhuqianghu tribe to loot because of the military life of the town guard barracks, but now there is a legitimate reason, of course, it is necessary to loot it on a large scale.

The Tibetan region was the transit point of the Tang and Tibetan trade, and the midsummer was the time when the trade was most frequent, and the Zhuqianghu tribes more or less accumulated some Tang goods. When the soldiers entered their tribe and saw these goods, they were greedy for it, and because of that rumor, there was naturally no reason to let it go.

The changes brought about by the Fan army were more and more troops sent by the Fan army, the round-trip cycle became longer and longer, and the harvest was more and more abundant, so that the residents of the original Daowu City were driven out to store the materials looted by the Fan army, as well as the Qianghu population who traded with the Tang State, suspected of being connected to the Tang Dynasty and spreading rumors.

However, the Tibetan army did not do this without evil consequences, and the people in the Tibetan region were already fierce and had been rebelling for many years. Such an arrogant looting of the Tibetan army naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the local people, and some of the Tibetan troops who returned to this realm gradually showed traces of battle, and even reduced their personnel to varying degrees.

The local people blatantly colluded with the Tang State, and also spread rumors with ill intentions, and now they even took the initiative to attack the soldiers sent by Tubo to investigate, which naturally made the Tibetan garrison angry. Therefore, when the Fan Kingdom dispatched its manpower again, the armor and weapons were more sophisticated, the troops were even larger, and when they returned again, they brought back not many raw mouths, but baskets of bloody heads!

The situation has been developing in the direction expected by Guo Yuanzhen, and the Qianghu people in the Tibetan region and the Tibetan state have a deep contradiction, and what is lacking is an opportunity.

When the first bloody conflict occurred, the most important thing was no longer whether the local people had fornicated with the Tang Kingdom and who created and spread the rumors, but that the Tubo wanted to exterminate the local people, and the local people fought back and only wanted to survive.

As a result, the Tubo troops stationed around Daowu City dispatched more and more, and the frequency of returning to rest became slower and slower. Those Qianghu tribes who fought separately and were not organized were naturally not the opponents of these well-armed and wolf-like soldiers, but their respective tribes lived in the depths of the ditch and mountains, and it was very difficult for the Tubo army to completely suppress their disturbance.

"It's almost hot, prepare to attack Daowu City before noon!"

Early one morning, I saw that more than 500 Tubo troops near Daowu City had dispatched more than 500 people again, plus those who had not returned from the previous dispatch, and now there are only more than 200 people left in Daowu City.

Of course, in addition to the people of the Tubo headquarters, there are also some local Hu servant troops, about nearly 2,000 people, although Guo Yuanzhen and others are only looking from afar, but the armor and even the momentum of these servant troops are obviously different from the Fan soldiers.

"This is going straight to Daowu City? Just a hundred and ten people right now? ”

When Guo Wanjun heard this, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and he asked again in disbelief.

After Guo Yuanzhen heard this, he shook his head and said, "How is it possible? There must always be someone who watches the wind and plans a way out. Fifty people can go out with me, brother, you will lead the rest to stay here, and once you see most of the Tibetan army returning, you will immediately prevent smoke on the ridge. When the thief comes from the east, there will be a bunch of smoke, and a bunch will be added to the southeast, northwest, and northwest. Marks along the way, how to meet in the follow-up, I have my own reminder. ”

"Five, fifty? But, inside and outside the city, there are still thousands of soldiers! ”

After Guo Wanjun heard this, he was so shocked that his tongue almost bit it, and forced a smile and said: "Mingfu must be joking!" ”

Guo Yuanzhen was stunned when he heard this, and said solemnly: "At this moment of life and death, how can you laugh!" What you just asked, brother, you have to remember it deeply. Once I rush down the peak, I will not be able to look back, if I lose the echo, then our hundred and ten lives will be thrown here. ”

"It's, it's true! Fifty people, straight to Daowu City? But there's still ...... there."

"Ha, back then, Ban Dingyuan's thirty-six soldiers were able to determine the Western Regions. Today, I have 50 disciples, and I can't rush into the small barbarian state in the southwest, even if it succeeds, it is not successful. ”

Seeing Guo Wanjun's appearance, Guo Yuanzhen laughed, and then took out the little dry food left and focused on eating.

Seeing Guo Yuanzhen so calm, Guo Wanjun really understood that the desire for meritorious service of this kind of famous person was far beyond his imagination. Previously, Guo Yuanzhen rushed to talk to his peers, and he was not unapt for this person's small participation in the army in middle age, and he felt that the other party was not enough.

However, in the recent period, seeing Guo Yuanzhen's small plan, he teased many Qianghu tribes in the Tibetan region, including thousands of garrisons of the Tibetan State, into killing each other, and this effect has far exceeded his imagination. His so-called money to buy Qiang Hu's strength is simply a fool's trick compared to it.

Now that Guo Yuanzhen dared to attack the city guarded by thousands of soldiers, the shock in his heart was even greater.

After a moment of silence, Guo Wanjun said again: "No matter how great the merit is, you always need to save your life to enjoy it." Otherwise, the Ming Mansion is just a nameless corpse in the mountains and forests. That His Royal Highness King Yong, is it really worth the Ming Mansion to sacrifice his life so much? ”

When Guo Yuanzhen heard this, his eating hand paused slightly, and after a while, he grinned: "I have been born so far, most of my life is sloppy, although my parents don't expect me to achieve great things." When I first met His Highness, His Highness did not treat me as a vulgar person, how you treat me, what should I do! Proud and unwilling to give up! ”

After saying this, Guo Yuanzhen continued to eat, and when he finished eating, the soldiers were already ready.

After checking the armor and bow knife on his body again, Guo Yuanzhen patted Guo Wanjun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother, cherish!" ”

The group was like a spirit ape climbing rocks, walking quickly to the bottom of the peak, and soon the trail disappeared among the dense vines and mountains and forests on the rock wall of the peak. Guo Wanjun stared wide-eyed and searched for the peaks and mountains, and it took more than half an hour before he vaguely found traces of this group of people near a mountain stream at the bottom of the ridge.

After descending the peak, Guo Yuanzhen and his entourage of fifty people rested for a short time in the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, checked each other's armor again, and then rushed towards Daowu City.

Between the Sichuan Mountains and the mountain road, there is a guard post set up by the Fan army, and soon there will be a sentry to shout and ask, Guo Yuanzhen followed the prestige, raised his hand and an arrow, and the arrow went directly into the throat.

"Hurry up, get the horse first!"

After shooting the sentries who dared to show their faces, Guo Yuanzhen ignored the rest, followed the route he had memorized before, and quickly walked towards the nearest stable of the Fan military camp.

When the group arrived at the stable set up next to the valley, the Fan army in the camp was already alert, and there were more than a dozen soldiers and nearly 100 servants of the Hu tribe who saw that there were not many intruders, so they simply killed out of the fence.

Before they got close to each other, Guo Yuanzhen and the others had already controlled the strings and shot more than a dozen people first. is so vicious in killing, since he made the Hu pawn cowardly, he was out of touch with the pawn. When more than a dozen soldiers saw this, they all turned around and fled.

"Leave your life behind!"

Guo Yuanzhen hung the bow behind his back with his backhand, drew a knife in his hand, waved his arm to kill, and slashed several people all the way, without waiting to stop, just rushed all the way into the camp, cut through the fence, and turned over without making a saddle.

When all the people in the attaché got on their horses, they drove the other hundreds of horses in the camp with slashes and slashes, rushed out of the camp, and rushed towards Daowu City, which was a few miles away.