In the large forest west of Yazhou, the captured 20,000 Han people are cutting trees under the supervision of the Tubo cavalry, and one by one the towering trees have fallen, and they have been dragged to the dump by the people.

Zhou Fei led his men to also cut wood in the forest, they were a team of 100 people, 80 subordinates and 20 other people formed a logging team, Zhou Fei was appointed as the team leader.

The Tibetans were very strict in managing these people, and at the end of the day's labor, the number of people had to be counted, and if there was one less person in the team, then the entire team of 100 people, together with the team, would be killed.

At present, more than 500 people have been killed, which makes the people very nervous and watch each other, lest the other party escape and affect themselves.

Zhou Fei was thinking hard about how to report the news yesterday and today, and yesterday morning, they discovered an important piece of information, a Tubo army of more than 10,000 people was coming from the west, and he was obviously the enemy's reinforcements.

Whether it is just this batch of reinforcements, or will it still increase in the future, Zhou Fei didn't know, but the strength of the Tubo army in the city has reached 30,000, which is a turning point in the strength of the army, and the army of 30,000 people can carry out a wilderness battle.

Zhou Fei had to find a way to send this extremely important piece of information out.

But the Tubo people also prevented this, and didn't give them any chance at all, setting off after counting the number of people every morning, and coming back after counting the number of people in the evening, one less person would be slaughtered, how to break this bureau, Zhou Fei has been thinking of a way.

"It's poured! Poured! ”

A large tree was cut down and creaked down, and the people below dodged away.

At this time, one of his subordinates said to Zhou Fei: "Brother Zhou, my stomach is a little uncomfortable, I'll go find a squat." ”

"Go ahead! Be careful not to be taken away by wild beasts. ”

The men smiled, turned and ran deeper into the forest.

At this time, one of his subordinates said to Zhou Fei: "Last night, I thought of a way, can we fake a scene, a brother was dragged away by a fierce beast. ”

Zhou Fei shook his head, "Don't think of the Tubo people as stupid, there must be traces when they are dragged away by fierce beasts, if they can't trace these traces, they will suspect us, the lives of the brothers are at stake, we can't take risks." ”

At this time, the subordinates who had just run to diarrhea rushed back, he looked excited, and whispered a few words in Zhou Fei's ear, Zhou Fei's eyes lit up, "Where?" ”

"It's right in front of the creek!"

Zhou Fei hurriedly followed with a few of his subordinates, and by a small stream, they found a corpse, judging from the costume, it was a Qiang person, not like a captured man, and there was a back basket not far away, which was full of herbs, it should be a medicine picker, he was lying on the side of the stream and wanted to drink water, but finally died.

Zhou Fei stepped forward and turned him over, his face was dark, it seemed that he had not been dead for long, he should have died last night.

Zhou Fei checked again, and soon found out the cause of death, he said to his subordinates: "He was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, you can see that he still has a wound on his calf." ”

Everyone couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts and whispered: "Boss, this is an opportunity!" ”

Zhou Fei nodded, this is indeed an opportunity.

"Which of you wants to change your clothes?" Zhou Fei asked.

Captain Liu Zhi said: "Let me come!" He's about the same size as me. ”

They immediately stripped off the clothes of this Qiang man and put them on Liu Zhi's clothes, and Liu Zhi also changed into the clothes of the Qiang people.

Zhou Fei saw that there were still two short knives in the Qiang people's waists, so he also took them down and handed them to Liu Zhi, "Use these two knives to defend yourself, you have to be careful." ”

Liu Zhi nodded, "Does the general have anything else to explain?" ”

Zhou Fei thought for a while and said, "If the information is received, it is best for the army to fire twenty-four rounds of arrows outside the city, and we will know." ”

"I understand the humble position, the general himself must take care!"

He clasped his fists in salute, turned and galloped away, quickly disappearing into the forest.

Zhou Fei and the others carried the body back to the logging yard and sent someone to report to the Tubo overseer, and in a moment, more than a dozen Tubo cavalry rushed to the scene.

A man got off his horse and looked at it carefully, and said a few words, which meant that he was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and the Tibetan general led by him said: "Bury him and continue to work!" ”

The Tibetans did not care about the life or death of the people, so they buried the unfortunate herb picker, and everyone began to continue logging, but the information of the Tibetans was leaked out by this chance.

.......

The main army of 50,000 led by Guo Song entered Yazhou, and in the afternoon of this day, the army arrived in Mingshan County, which is only thirty miles away from Yazhou City, it is only a small county, with a population of less than 10,000 people, young and strong men are all captured by the Tubo people as people's husbands, the old and weak women and children basically fled, and the entire county is almost an empty city.

However, because it was a border county, the city wall was built quite sturdy, and it was not early, so Guo Song ordered the army to camp on the spot.

He led hundreds of cavalry into the county town to inspect, the county has been ravaged by the Tibetan army, half burned down, the wooden houses are almost gone, only some mud and stone houses remain.

At this time, a lieutenant general rushed over and reported with a fist: "Your Highness Qiqi, we searched the entire county and found a total of six hundred and fifty-five people, but they refused to leave. ”

"Where are the people?" Guo Song asked.

"It's in the open space in front of the North Gate."

"Look at it!"

Guo Song urged the horse to run towards the north city gate, and saw hundreds of people sitting in the open space in front of the north city gate from a distance, all of them were in great emotion, shouting at the soldiers.

When Guo Song got closer, he found that there were basically old and weak women and children, about five or six hundred people, many of whom were crying, and it seemed that they refused to leave their homes.

Many soldiers were trying to persuade them, and when Guo Song arrived, the soldiers all flashed aside.

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, and asked a general, "How many people are willing to leave?" ”

The general shook his head, "None of them will leave." ”

"What are they afraid of?" Guo Song asked again.

"They are so scared, some are afraid that they will not be able to come back, some are afraid that they will die on the way, and some are afraid that they will be left alone after leaving the city."

Guo Song nodded, stepped forward and said to hundreds of old and weak women and children: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Guo Song, the king of Jin, coming from Chang'an, we have to fight with the Tubo people, drive the Tubo people out of Yazhou, unfortunately, Mingshan County will become a battlefield, once the war breaks out, everyone's life safety will not be guaranteed, and it is likely to die here, so I want to move everyone to a safe place, to Linquan County in the north, we set up tents over there, settle everyone, ensure that everyone has food and clothing, and there are military doctors to diagnose and treat when they are sick." ”

Guo Song's words were very frank, and they went directly to everyone's hearts, and an old man said loudly: "You say it nicely now, what if you coax us out of the city first, and then leave it alone?" ”

Guo Song laughed, he hugged his fists at the old man and said: "This old man, I, Guo Song, am the king who governs the territory of thousands of miles, although I dare not say the words of Chrysostom, but I will never be untrustworthy, I will ruin my reputation for this little thing?" ”

He said loudly again: "I can give you a promise, after the war, I will rebuild Mingshan County and give everyone a new home!" ”

Guo Song's words finally convinced everyone, and more than 600 people began to get up and leave the city, and Guo Song ordered the soldiers to send them to the resettlement site in Linquan County, a hundred miles away.

At this time, there was no one in the county, so Guo Song ordered to raze all the houses in the county, and then build a large warehouse tent, and this city with a circumference of fifteen miles became their logistics center.

In order to prevent the Tibetan army from firing rockets outside the city, Guo Song ordered two deep moats to be dug 150 steps away, and the city was full of patrol posts.

At night, the soldiers of the day of the march had already fallen asleep, but Guo Song was pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, he was thinking about how to fight this battle?

First of all, he ruled out the idea of fighting the enemy army in the wilderness, these Tibetan troops fought endlessly, and even if they were defeated, it would be a crushing victory, and the casualties would be too great.

To defeat the Tibetan army, it is necessary to use the generation gap of science and technology to minimize the casualties of the soldiers.

It is best to gather them together, a large iron fire thunder will kill them in one pot, thinking of this, Guo Song suddenly felt that if the enemy army gathered in a mass in the wilderness, a few iron fire thunder exploded in the crowd, it would be a very interesting thing.

The key is to have a moving trebuchet, Guo Song pondered for a moment, then took a piece of paper and drew on it.

At this time, a soldier said outside the tent: "Your Highness, General Zhou sent someone to report the situation." ”

Guo Song is waiting for this news! He hurriedly ordered, "Bring him in quickly!" ”