Chapter 95: The Battle (4)

Five hundred miles west of Langzhou, there is a fortress, built on the cliff path, called Broken Dragon Fort, is the most important gateway to the west of Tubo, enter Tubo from Longright, must pass through Broken Dragon Fort, Tubo this expedition to Longyou, its materials and grain are all hoarded here, there are 5,000 elite soldiers guarded, easy to defend and difficult to attack, extremely difficult to fight.

Seventy or eighty miles east of Broken Dragon Fort, in a hidden place in a valley, Li Zhong led 20,000 soldiers to hide here, as the saying goes, the darker the light, the more dangerous the place, often the safest, Tubo would never have thought that Li Zhong would lead the army to break into such a high place, this is simply gambling with his own lives and tens of thousands of people.

Li Zhong stared at the map at his feet, a contemplative look on his face.

Seven days have passed, and there are only three days left for the supply of grain and grass materials, but there has been no movement on the Tibetan side.

The curtain was opened, and a strong man walked in quickly: "Handsome, the person has arrived." ”

Li Zhong's spirit was shocked: "Let him in." ”

The strong man nodded, opened the curtain, and gave an order to the guards outside, and a moment later, a man about forty years old dressed in Tibetan clothes walked in.

"Zhang Zheng greets the marshal."

When the man saw Li Zhong, he looked a little excited and knelt on the ground.

"Don't be polite!"

Li Zhong took two steps forward, supported Zhang Zheng, looked at him carefully for a while, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed: "It's been almost ten years since you and I said goodbye." ”

When Zhang Zhengwen heard this, he had a trace of memory on his face, and he said with a sigh: "Yes, it's been ten years, and time flies so fast." ”

Li Zhong has led the army for more than 20 years, and has never been defeated, although there is his command talent in it, but more importantly, Li Zhong attaches great importance to intelligence work, as early as 20 years ago, when he first took charge of the military power in Anbei, he immediately looked for many intelligence personnel, broke into the enemy country, some people after so many years of ups and downs, even more important, achieved extraordinary status.

Zhang Zheng is one of them, he was originally a Han Chinese, in the early years, Tubo invaded Longyou, captured many Han people, Zhang Zheng's parents were killed, his sister was extremely beautiful, was favored by a Tubo general, forcibly pulled back Tubo, accepted as a wife and concubine, Zhang Zheng was also spared, and because of his sister's relationship, by the general love house and Wu, repeatedly promoted, after so many years of hard work, has achieved the position of deputy general in charge of the army of 5,000 people, but in the early years, the family was ruined, relatives were killed, so that his hatred for Tubo has never been forgotten, So more than ten years ago, when Li Zhong found him and explained his intentions, Zhang Zheng quickly agreed to act as an internal response to convey the news inside Tubo.

Li Zhong pulled Zhang Zheng to sit down with him, and immediately asked, "Zhang Zheng, what is Tubo's next plan?" ”

Zhang Zheng glanced at the strong man who had led him in, and did not speak immediately.

Li Zhong said with a smile: "This person's name is Wang Shuo, he is my confidant general, his own person, he can absolutely be trusted, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it." ”

"Tubo Zampu led 50,000 troops to garrison Langzhou, and the general Geva Morong left 10,000 soldiers to guard Lanzhou, and in the early hours of this morning, he personally led 130,000 troops to kill Huizhou, and his vanguard of 30,000 cavalry will be able to reach the west of Huizhou City late tonight and carry out a surprise attack, intending to take Huizhou City in one fell swoop."

"There are still 100,000 troops over there in Shanzhou, what about their movements?"

Li Zhong asked, Yu Wenzhen is also a veteran of the battlefield, the battlefield experience is extremely rich, the gains and losses of Huizhou are related to the safety of the pass, he will not mess around, there are 40,000 elites in his hands, relying on a strong city defense, Tubo has 130,000 troops, in a short time, it will not be able to take Huizhou City at all, once he waits for his side to take action, the war situation on the Huizhou side will naturally be lifted immediately.

"The 100,000 troops over there in Shanzhou are still standing still, but I have already gotten the latest news, Geva Morong's nephew, who is also his deputy general Ge Wa Rong, privately colluded with the generals in the army and let him lead 20,000 troops, obviously stationed in Liangzhou, but in fact, he made a detour to sneak attack the hundreds of thousands of Jin Dynasty people who were rushing to Yunzhou, after I got the news, I immediately borrowed the mouth of others to inform Geva Morong, but it was still two hours late, the main general Zade had already led 20,000 cavalry to leave the camp, and late tonight, he should be able to catch up with the hundreds of thousands of people."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zheng's face became serious, and he continued: "Although Geva Morong was very angry and scolded Ge Wa Rong, but the matter has come to this point, the wood has been completed, and under the persuasion of Ge Wa Rong, Ge Wa Morong has gathered 50,000 troops, personally led them, and prepared to rush to reinforcements, ambushed in the rear, intending to sneak attack the Jin army from Zhike County. ”

Li Zhong's face became serious, he got up and walked quickly to the map, and looked carefully.

"Dashuai, send someone to Zhike County as soon as possible to inform the situation."

Wang Shuo walked up to Li Zhong and said urgently.

"It's too late."

Li Zhong shook his head and said silently: "Ma Wu has followed me for many years, I know his ability, and Tubo's sneak attack may not necessarily take advantage." ”

When he was separated from Ma Wu, Li Zhong reminded him that the Tubo army in Shanzhou might go around behind them to attack, so he made careful arrangements, and even if the Tubo raid was successful, it would not hurt Ma Wu's roots, but only hurt the hundreds of thousands of people.

Li Zhong stared at the map for a long time, and finally sighed, stood up straight, turned to look at Zhang Zheng, and said, "Tell me about the situation over there in Broken Dragon Castle." ”

This is what Li Zhong is most concerned about, as long as he captures Broken Dragon Fort, he will cut off the back road of Tubo, and at that time, he can implement the second step plan and give Tubo a fatal blow.

Zhang Zheng stood up and said: "Tomorrow, there will be an army of 5,000 people, starting from Langzhou, going to Broken Dragon Fort to transport grain, the leading general is called I Rong Mohe, this person is greedy for life and afraid of death, very greedy, the big marshal can take this person, use him as a guide, and deceive the gate of Broken Dragon Fort." ”

Li Zhong nodded, the opportunity has come, it depends on whether he can grasp it.

Zhang Zheng hesitated for a moment, but finally said: "If it can't be done, Zampu will definitely send me to the rescue, and I will help the commander take the Broken Dragon Castle."

Li Zhong patted him on the shoulder: "Zhang Zheng, I won't embarrass you, there are hundreds of Tubo people in our army who have returned to Han, and it shouldn't be a problem to deceive the city gate." ”

Zhang Zheng nodded, silent, if the matter really came to that point, he would definitely be exposed, it was a big deal to take refuge in Li Zhong, and the wealth and glory would not be lost, but the sister who was in Tubo was afraid .......

Zhang Zheng looked at Li Zhong and asked softly: "Dashuai, now the four states of Longyou are all in the hands of Tubo, and they are also superior in terms of troops, even if Dashuai takes Broken Dragon Fort and cuts off the back road of Tubo, as long as they defend the city, how can Dashuai be good?" ”

Li Zhong had a sneer on his face, and said lightly: "Longyou Four Prefectures, I want to recapture, why do I need to attack the city?" ”