The chief general of the Shatuo army, Zhu Xie Jinhai, is also the nobleman of the Shatuo Department, the official is the commander of ten thousand husbands, about thirty years old, he looks burly and tall, has a blue face, and a pair of eyes are as cold and sharp as a wolf.

He was not only brave and good at fighting, but also very smart, he heard that it was a Tang army cavalry of two or three hundred people, and he immediately guessed that this cavalry should be the Tang army that annihilated the horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor a few months ago, and they went to Anxi, and came from Anxi, and they must be going to Jinman County.

Time passed little by little, and the sky gradually reached dusk, but the Tang army never moved, and a general couldn't help but whisper: "Will the Tang army take a detour to the desert?" ”

Zhu Xie Jinhai shook his head, "They won't go to the desert, they must be waiting for the night action." ”

"These Tang troops are very cunning!"

"They're cunning, and we're a little bit of a light enemy."

Zhu Xie Jinhai immediately ordered: "Pass my order, all armies must not leave their positions at will!" ”

The time gradually came to the third watch, and the Shatuo army was almost unable to support it, but the Shatuo spies who went to monitor the Tang army came with surprising news that the Tang army was missing.

Zhu Xie Jinhai suddenly became nervous, the third watch was the time when the soldiers were the most sleepy, and the Tang army chose this time to attack, and the time was very ingenious.

Zhu Xie Jinhai immediately shouted: "Command the whole army, cheer up, the Tang army has broken through!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a hurried trumpet sounded from the southernmost side, 'Woo-woo-'

This was a signal that there was an enemy attack, and Zhu Xie Jinhai was in high spirits and shouted: "The Tang army breaks through in the south and surrounds them!" ”

Zhu Xie Jinhai guessed that the Tang army would take the southernmost route, and if he took the southernmost route, there would be no situation of being caught in the middle, and it was the most advantageous position for the Tang army, and he guessed it by himself, so he deployed 1,500 people in the southernmost part of the country, just to prevent the Tang army from breaking through from the south.

The horn sounded continuously, and the five thousand Shatuo troops galloped to the southernmost side from all directions, and after a quarter of an hour, Zhu Xie Jinhai galloped to the southernmost side and shouted: "Where is the Tang army? ”

The commander bowed and said, "It's in the woods, surrounded by us, and there were war drums and the neighing of war horses just now, and it's quiet now." ”

Zhu Xie Jinhai frowned, "Have you sent someone in to check?" ”

"I sent a few people to see it, and as soon as I walked to the edge of the woods, I was shot by the Tang army inside in a row, and the Tang army must be hiding in the woods."

Zhu Xie Jinhai faintly felt that something was wrong, this was different from what he imagined, he thought that the Tang army had broken through in a big way, and was fighting fiercely with the army in the south, but he didn't expect that he was hiding in the woods, and his generals did not see the enemy.

He immediately shouted, "Go into the woods and search!" ”

A thousand Shatuo cavalry surrounded in a circle, raised torches and slowly shrank into the woods, but never met the Tang soldiers, and finally came to the middle of the woods, everyone froze, the torches illuminated the woods as if it were day, only to see three horses in the open space in the middle, and a few war drums and a horn were scattered next to them.

But not a single Tang Jun saw it, this scene made Zhu Xie Jinhai so angry that he almost fainted, he was fooled, he turned around and slapped the commander hard, and scolded: "Open your dog eyes and take a good look, where is Tang Jun?" ”

The commander covered his face and muttered, "But someone shoots arrows!" ”

"Fool, the archers are long gone."

When Zhu Xie Jinhai said this, on the cliff of the mountain in the distance, a tall black shadow squatted, and he was staring coldly at the Shatuo cavalry in the woods.

.........

Guo Song used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain and successfully deceived the 5,000 Shatuo cavalry to the southernmost side, but his cavalry calmly crossed the blockade line from the north.

At dawn, the Tang army would soon arrive at Zhangbao to defend it, and Guo Song joined them here.

"Well done!"

Li Ji gave a thumbs up and praised: "Those who are good at fighting, without great achievements, are talking about long history!" ”

"When will you learn to pat on the back, tell you, it's useless to pat my ass, I won't promote you."

Everyone laughed, Li Ji scratched his head and said: "But last night was really exciting, I thought there would be a bloody battle, but I didn't expect to come over without a single soldier." ”

Guo Song said angrily: "Let's go!" The enemy caught up, and there was no chance. ”

"That's right, speed up!"

Hundreds of cavalry galloped on horseback, half an hour later, Guo Song led his men to arrive at Zhangbao to capture, Zhangbao is a military city covering an area of about fifty acres, condescending, the terrain is dangerous, choking the only way to go to Luntai County, of course, you can also bypass from the north and south, but the distance is far away.

At present, there are 300 Tang troops stationed in Zhangbao, although the number is not much, but relying on the dangerous terrain, it is not easy to capture it, and you must pay a heavy price, and more importantly, capturing it does not mean that you can completely annihilate the Tang army in Tingzhou, as well as Luntai County and Jinman County, which are also difficult to attack.

It is precisely because the gains outweigh the losses from attacking fortified cities such as Zhangbao and capturing them that the Tang army in Beiting always has several defensive castles on the periphery.

After shouting for a while, a Tang army brigade commander sat down in a hanging basket, stepped forward to ask a few words, and immediately shouted excitedly to the city: "It's a messenger from Chang'an!" ”

The red flag waved above, and the brigade commander hugged his fists and said: "Please go up the mountain!" ”

Everyone rode along a mountain road up a hill more than 20 zhang high, the gate of the castle was opened, and a general with a group of soldiers came out to greet him, he knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Zhang Bao guards and captures Li Jiao, see the envoy!" ”

Guo Song dismounted and helped him up, "I am the special envoy of the Son of Heaven, General Li has worked hard." ”

Li Jiao was a little stunned, this messenger is too young!

Guo Chongqing next to him said with a smile: "Guo Changshi is the pacification envoy of the Western Regions appointed by the Son of Heaven, the chief of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and the general of Dingyuan. ”

Li Jiao was suddenly in awe, "It's rude to be disrespectful, please Changshi and your brothers go to the city to rest!" ”

Guo Song rested for an hour in Zhangbao, pacified the soldiers defending the city, and learned some about the situation, so he set off for Luntai County, where Li Jiao had already sent people to Luntai County to report to his superiors.

Luntai County is today's Urumqi, to be precise, it is located in the north of Urumqi a point, from the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the central court will be stationed in Luntai County, because Tingzhou is a county directly under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, a large number of Han people poured to the Western Regions, basically in Tingzhou, so after Zhangbao guarding, all the way are endless large farmland, lush, as if back to Longyou and Guanzhong.

In contrast, the Tang army in Tingzhou is indeed a little better than the Tang army in Anxi, most of the resources of Qiuzi are occupied by Tubo and Qiuci Kingdom, and the resources of the Tang Army in Anxi are very few, and Tingzhou does not have the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions, which directly belongs to the imperial court, and the powerful Hui does not want to destroy the Tang Army in Beiting for the time being.

Although Shatuo was bent on destroying the Tang army, they had limited troops, and they had to occupy the Hexi Corridor, and also occupied Yizhou and Xizhou, and it was a bit difficult to attack Jinman County and Luntai County, which were tall and strong in the city, so the core of Tingzhou was still occupied by the Tang army, and the periphery was occupied by the Shatuo people.

There were 4,000 people in the Tang army in Beiting, 2,000 in Jinman County and 2,000 in Luntai County, Li Yuanzhong was in Jinman County, and the commander of Luntai County was Yang Zhengu, the deputy general.

Yang Zhenggu is about fifty years old, his figure is as straight as a board, his body is slightly thin, he is not smiling, and his gray beard is full of vicissitudes.

Yang Zhengu had been informed by Li Jiao in advance, and he personally led the generals out of the city to welcome the arrival of the messenger of the Son of Heaven, and everyone knelt on the ground.

"Guerrilla General Yang Zhenggu see the pacification envoy!"

Guo Song's position is the governor of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, which has nothing to do with the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and his Western Regions pacification envoy is the official position to pacify the Northern Court.

"General Yang, please get up! Gentlemen, please rise! ”

Guo Song only has a holy decree for Beiting, which needs to be read in Jinman County, and it is not easy to take it out here.

"The generals stick to the Western Regions and keep the last dignity for the Tang Dynasty, the court and the people of the Tang Dynasty are grateful to you from the bottom of their hearts, and the Son of Heaven will reward you heavily, I will read the holy oracle in Jinman County, here I can only verbally convey the cordial condolences of the Son of Heaven to everyone."

Yang Zhengu's always straight face finally showed a rare smile, and he arched his hand and said: "Thank you Guo Yuanjun for condolences to us on behalf of the Son of Heaven, this way, it should be extremely difficult for Zhijun!" ”

Guo Song nodded and said: "We went to Anxi first, and then came from the Wusun Ancient Road. ”

"Please let you into the city, for there is a barracks in the city, and all the brethren shall go and rest together."

Guo Song followed Yang Zhengu into Luntai County, and as soon as he entered the county, everyone couldn't help but exclaim.