Just as the elite guerrilla troops of the Tang and Tibetan countries were fighting fiercely around Chiling, Shancheng, which was dozens of miles away from Huangyuan, was also disturbed.

As one of the few big cities in Longyou, Shancheng is where people gather and news are scattered. Although they did not dare to go to the front line to peek into the details of the war between the two countries, they also felt that the clouds of war were getting thicker.

In particular, a steady stream of troops and supplies passed through Shancheng to go to the Huangyuan camp, which made the audience uncertain. Even if people can't easily detect the important tasks of the militaristic state, it is difficult to forget the past experience.

In the past few years, due to the continuous intrusion of Tubo, Longyou has not been peaceful, but with the Heyuan army sticking to the Chiling line, it is difficult for Tubo's army to directly enter the territory of Koulongyou.

Therefore, although there were rumors that the two sides were going to fight, the impact on Shancheng was relatively small, and the people who came and went were also deeply confident in the Heyuan Army and its commander Heizhi Changzhi.

The imperial court sent additional people to support Heyuan, which should have been a happy thing, the war was nothing more than people, horses, money and food, and the stronger the capital accumulated by the Heyuan army, the safer Longyou would be.

But for many people who have been active in this area, they don't think this is a good phenomenon, and this kind of picture seems familiar. For example, on the eve of the Battle of Dafeichuan and the Battle of Chengfengling in the old years, this was the case, but the battle report that came as a result shocked Longyou and put everyone in danger.

When the same picture was presented in front of them again, many people felt that something was wrong, and they did not dare to be optimistic, and while they were busy packing their luggage, they complained angrily that the imperial court had nothing to do, and they wanted to get along with Tubo in the west of Chiling.

In a short period of time, Shancheng lost its previous prosperity, and the market suddenly became deserted, and there was a sense of depression as if people were going to the city.

When Li Tong returned to Shancheng from the Huangyuan camp, when he saw this scene, he was also in a complicated mood for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

"The Tibetan thieves are poor and evil, and they are enemies that must be attacked, and they should not be taken lightly. But to make the morale of the army stable and the soldiers to fight, His Highness does not have to care too much about these rabble. ”

Liu Youqiu, who stayed in Shancheng, and others came out to greet him, and seeing His Royal Highness King Yong's complicated expression, he hurriedly raised his hand to comfort him.

"It is common for small people to make a living, and it is also human nature to seek good fortune and avoid evil. Qinghai's two defeats squandered people's expectations, and the war resurgence made people dare not be optimistic. Although I had foreseen it, I didn't expect it to shake people's hearts so deeply. ”

Seeing that there were sparsely populated people outside the city, and even if there were some, they were all camels carrying luggage and belongings and left in a hurry, Li Tong sighed secretly in his heart, and felt more and more that Tubo was so harmful to Longyou.

He reined in at the city gate, looked at the travelers, and after a moment of silence, he said, "How many places are these travelers going?" ”

Liu Youqiu has been in Longbian for a long time, and he is no stranger to this, and after hearing this, he replied: "It's nothing more than things, west to Liangzhou Guzang, east to Lanzhou Jincheng." ”

"Immediately send a message to the two states, be prepared to receive the wandering people, and do not let the rogue bees rob the road and mutilate people's lives. When necessary, some post roads can be opened for people to pass. ”

Speaking of this, Li Tong paused again, looked at the road passing by more than a dozen large cars, and then said: "And tell the two states, all the people who enter the country, one household and one car." Exceeding this amount, a hundred dollars will be levied per car. If you dare not pay, all the carriages and horses will be confiscated! ”

Hearing that His Royal Highness King Yong was still lamenting and sympathetic one moment, but the next moment he suddenly turned to convergence again, Liu Youqiu couldn't keep up with this train of thought for a while, and opened his mouth but didn't know how to answer.

"In previous years, the government could not measure the amount of private storage of goods and goods, taking advantage of the floating of people and goods this time, of course, we must order it to be ordered!"

Looking at the traveling teams, Li Tong said with a sneer.

In previous years, the famous generals of Dafeichuan were in charge of the army, and Chengfengling gathered 180,000 troops, so they were all defeated one after another.

Now Li Tong's army is not as strong as the battle of Chengfengling, and his prestige is far less than that of Xue Rengui back then, everyone has no confidence in him, is not optimistic about this battle, and does not want to stay in Shancheng to suffer the defeat of the army, which Li Tong can also understand.

But understanding doesn't mean that my heart is very cool, Lao Tzu hasn't started fighting yet, just a posture of a tree falling down, you slap your face a little hard, then don't blame me for being unkind!

A real small civilian household, of course, he will not oppress, and will even open the post road, expel the bandits, and send troops to escort them to the places where they think they are safe. But the guys who were covered in oil and water, and slipped faster than rabbits, he wasn't going to let them go.

To be honest, it is still very reluctant to enter Qinghai and start a battle with Tubo. And I don't know how long this battle will last, and the outcome is unpredictable, of course, Li Tong has to use the character resources to the extreme, so it is not benevolent or not. If the battle is lost, Tubo will take the opportunity to enter the prison, and the resources of these characters will also be cheaper Tubo.

At present, although the battle in Chiling has begun, the battle is mainly concentrated in the guerrilla and mutual attack on the front line of Chiling, and the defense line of the Heyuan Army is still maintaining a blockade of Chiling.

Li Tong entered Long this time and led an army of 30,000, of which 10,000 had been replenished to the position of the Heyuan army to continue to strengthen the defensive line, and another 5,000 were led by Xue Ne to Taozhou to guard against thieves.

In other words, he still has 15,000 new troops from Guanzhong in his hands, in order to use strong means to integrate the human and material resources of Longyou before the war.

Therefore, he is not afraid that the issuance of too harsh decrees will not make Longyou chaotic first, if some potential hidden dangers can be stimulated, it will make Longyou, a soldier who enters the base, more stable.

With all kinds of preparations before the war in his mind, Li Tong rode into the city. After returning to the inner city state capital, he asked again: "Quickly report the Northern Route Army." ”

On the Huangyuan front, he was very enthusiastic about planning to attack Qinghai with Heizhi Changzhi, but he also knew in his heart that if he wanted to really enter Qinghai, there were still many preconditions. Among them, the situation of the war between the Khamin and the Turks on the northern front is the biggest factor.

In the current situation of Datang, it is difficult to deal with two major enemies at the same time. As for Li Tong, who is biased in Kansai, his confidence is even weaker, and if he really wants to start a war on two fronts, he is looking for death!

The government officials had already prepared, and after hearing this, they hurriedly submitted the military report that had been sent to Shancheng this morning and was still properly sealed.

Li Tong took the military newspaper and read it carefully, and after a while, he couldn't help but get up and laughed: "Qi Biming is worthy of the famous family, the Serb strongman, defeated the Turkic thieves in a battle, so that I have no worries!" ”

Everyone in the hall also smiled when they saw this, especially Liu Youqiu and the other old man, seeing that His Royal Highness reacted so fiercely, they guessed that the battle of Yuanzhou should be a great victory, so they also hurriedly asked.

"You have also passed it on, the new achievements of the North Road march have been created, and we and all the people in Longbian must also strive to chase after it!"

Li Tong raised his hand and handed the battle report to the next table, already happily closing his mouth.

The defeat of the Turkic silent thief army in the first battle of the Qieming was indeed overjoyed. Although from a strategic point of view, the resurgence of the Turks is far less threatening than the threat posed by the Tibetans to the Tang Dynasty, the Turks and the Tang Dynasty have also been entangled for many years, just like the appendage gangrene, which is also a big trouble.

"The accumulation of this magnificent victory by the Duke of Liangguo shows that His Royal Highness is wise and wise, and his use is worthwhile!"

After Liu Youqiu and others read the battle report, they also clapped their hands and cheered: "It's a pity that Mo Si was cunning and failed to capture and kill in the battle, so that this battle could not be completed in one go." ”

"It's already very good, even if this battle is slashed, there is still no shortage of thieves in Mobei, and it still needs to be suppressed. Although Mo Si is running away alone now, in a short period of time, it is no longer a problem, and the shogunate can go all out to look west! ”

Li Tong didn't think it was a pity that he couldn't get Mo Si in the first battle, but thought that Mo Si's escape was more beneficial to the current strategic situation.

The three Turkic Gu Dulu brothers, Mo Si has to succeed to the throne, if they really die in the Guannei Prefecture, those Turkic remnants in Mobei will naturally support the other brother of Gu Dulu. And if he inherited the throne of the Khan, in order to consolidate his power, it is very likely that he will continue to invade the river in the name of revenge.

Now that Mo Si has fled, his new successor to the throne has suffered this defeat, it is conceivable that the majesty will inevitably be seriously damaged, and it may make the Turkic Khan belong to the regeneration of twists and turns, and the best result is that the brothers are fighting directly in Mobei.

In any case, as long as Mo Si is not dead, then the Turks in Mobei will inevitably riot and be powerless. What Li Tong needs now is this kind of strategic space, able to concentrate his forces against the Tibetans.

Originally, Li Tong's idea was that after expelling the Turkic thief army from the Guannei River Meander, if Mo Si still had the intention of plundering, then he would have to complain to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would be able to bear part of the pressure from the Turks. But once he does this, it means that he can't control the situation and is bound to hand over some of his authority.

Now there is no need to trouble the imperial court, Li Tong has more reason and confidence to dictate power in Guanxi, and he is naturally very relieved in his heart, and he is more determined to attack Qinghai.

In addition to the battle with the Turks, the Khamming military report also described in detail the situation of the Hu tribe in the Hequ Prefectures, and attached some of his own thoughts.

So in this military report, Li Tong saw the familiar Hui and Dang Xiang and other Hu tribes that would disturb Western Xinjiang in the future.

Of course, at present, these Hu tribes are still a younger brother, and even the party Tuoba Department that established the Western Xia regime in the future is only mentioned once or twice in passing in Qi Ming's recital, and they are not even qualified to analyze and tell it positively.

This feeling is quite strange, but Li Tong generally agrees with Qi Biming's plan to adjust the Zhuhu station.

At present, his military strength in Longyou is insufficient, and now the Turks have been killed for a short time and there is no threat, after thinking about it, he planned to order Qi Biming to transfer a group of Hu Ding Zhuang from the Hequ Prefectures to fight in Longxi according to the actual situation.

Among them, the Hui Hui and the Party Extension Department are naturally the objects that need to be paid attention to. As for the other, that is the Tuyuhun Murong clan, as the original royal family of Tuyuhun, the Murong clan is an important chess piece that Li Tong is preparing to use to disrupt the situation in Qinghai.

So Li Tong waved his pen and ordered Murong Zhong, the king of Qinghai, to immediately go west to Long, and obey the orders in front of the tent. After thinking about it, he carefully instructed Qi Biming to be more severe, and it was best to give Murong Zhong a sense of humiliation that "if Lao Tzu agrees to you, then Lao Tzu's face will be gone".

After writing a reply to Qi Biming, Li Tong wrote another handwritten farewell, appointing his deceased member Murong Kang as the Qinghai military envoy, and said to him: "I will grant you the Qinghai military envoy as the Qinghai king's tent guard, and on the same day I will travel through Chiling with Heyuan and recruit loyal and righteous followers." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your protection, you must work hard and live up to your kindness!"

After Murong Kang heard this, he immediately kowtowed excitedly and thanked him, he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Looking at the subordinate who knocked in front of him, Li Tong's heart moved, and he spoke again: "The late lord of your country, Nuo Haobo and his son, are cowardly and difficult to convince the public, but after all, he is the king of Qinghai ordained by the imperial court, and it is difficult for me to win his name now." In the coming day, Tugu Hun can recover a little, and he needs to rely on the soldiers in front of the battle. Today I will give you a word 'reply' to encourage yourself. ”

"Murong Fu, thank Your Highness for the name."

Seeing this Murong Fu thank you again, Li Tong felt a sense of satisfaction in addition to the bad taste, he had been renamed many times, and now it was really cool to change the name of others.