In the sixth year of Chengping, on May 29, Hong Chenghao led an army of 80,000 troops into Shanzhou, and formed a confrontation with the 60,000 Tubo army stationed in Langawa, and neither side acted rashly.

In Huizhou, the Tibetan general Delong Pickaokang, at dusk the next day, also knew the news that Geva Morong was defeated and killed, Delong Pickaokang had two choices, immediately retreated, and Gewa Pi and Zampuni Songmagon joined forces, there are still more than 200,000 troops, if you can defeat the Shanzhou Jin army, then in the end, if you can't capture the city, it's a big deal to retreat and return to Tubo, or you will continue to attack Bicheng, the outer city of Bicheng has been captured, Yu Wenzhen led the last 16,000 soldiers, retreat to the last inner city.

After pondering again and again, Delong Pickle Kang finally chose to continue to attack Bicheng, Yu Wenzhen's losses were great, his losses were even greater, in just five days, more than 30,000 people had died in battle, if he returned in such vain, Nison Magon would definitely take the opportunity to remove him from his official position and seize his military power, how could Delong Pickle Kang be restrained, capture Bicheng, march into the Guannei, besiege Wei to save Zhao, and force the Jin army of Longyou to return to help, it is also a good choice.

May 30th, night.

A group of 5,000 soldiers from Langzhou, with a large number of chariots and horses, approached Broken Dragon Fort.

When Li Zhong learned the news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, the arrival of this grain transport team was a day later than scheduled, but it finally came.

"Marshal, give the last general 3,000 soldiers and horses, and I will destroy this Tibetan army."

Hearing that the Tubo grain transport team was coming, Deputy General Marven immediately asked for help.

Li Zhong shook his head: "Don't worry, it's not time to make a move." ”

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Three hours later, the grain transport team loaded enough grain at Broken Dragon Fort, then left Broken Dragon Fort, and returned to Langzhou overnight.

The leading general is called Zha Dong Zeren, he originally wanted to rest in Broken Dragon Fort for a night, and then set off to return to Langzhou after dawn the next day, but the deputy general Cai Cheng was persuaded by his words, Zha Dong Zeren trusted his Han lieutenant general very much, followed his advice, and left Broken Dragon Fort overnight, carrying a large amount of food and materials, and headed towards Langzhou.

A hundred miles after leaving the Broken Dragon Fort, Li Zhong led the army and attacked and killed at night, and the five thousand Tubo soldiers were defeated, and in just half an hour, the whole army was annihilated.

Cai Cheng carried the head of Zha Dong Zeren, found Li Zhong, and knelt down and said, "Cai Cheng greets the marshal." ”

Li Zhong stepped forward to help him up, glanced at the head in his hand, and said lightly: "You are the head of Zadong Zeren in your hand?" ”

"It is the head of the leading general Zha Dong Zeren, which was taken by the last general himself."

Cai Cheng hurriedly offered his hands to the head of Zadong Zeren, which was his vote, which meant that from then on, he completely broke with Tubo and had no way back, so he could only be loyal to the Jin Dynasty.

Li Zhong nodded, with a smile on his face, and asked his own soldiers to take over the head of Zha Dong Zeren, and then said softly: "General Cai has worked hard, I will ask the court for credit for you." ”

Cai Cheng hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The last general may be able to help the commander take the Broken Dragon Castle." ”

The reason why he hesitated was that although he already had a plan in his heart, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to take Broken Dragon Castle, but just with the first-level merit of Zha Dong Zeren, he couldn't get any big official position, if he could help Li Zhong take the important town of Broken Dragon Castle, it would be very different, for the glory and wealth in the future, Cai Cheng was ready to fight.

That's what you're waiting for.

Li Zhong's spirit was shocked, and he said loudly: "If you can help me take Broken Dragon Fort, I Li Zhong will protect you as the governor of a state." ”

Cai Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and said loudly: "I am willing to serve the handsome." ”

The governor of a state is a high-ranking official from the third grade, half a level higher than the general, and the chief officer of the military of a state is only slightly worse than the envoy of the festival.

The night is dark, and in another hour, the sky will be bright.

Broken Dragon Fort is built at an altitude of 2,000 meters, and there is only a small road less than three zhang wide.

On the path leading to Broken Dragon Fort, lights loom.

"General, look, there's a situation ahead."

On the tower of Broken Dragon Castle, a sharp-eyed soldier saw the lights on the path and immediately screamed.

Dorje Dawa, the deputy general on duty, looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and saw a mile away on the trail, with lights slowly coming towards him.

The lights were getting closer and closer, and after a while, they were already under the city, and Dorje Dawa waved his hand to signal the soldiers to be on guard with bows and arrows, and then shouted downward: "Whoever is coming, report the name quickly." ”

"General Dorjee, it's me! Open the gates. ”

It's Cai Cheng's voice, it's strange, didn't he send grain to Langzhou?

Dorje Dawa asked suspiciously: "Cai Cheng, didn't you send grain to Langzhou with General Zha Dong?" Why is it back again, General Zadon? ”

Cai Cheng said with a smile: "Don't mention it! Halfway through, the brothers in the army found that there was a shortage of more than 300 stones, and General Zha Dong was very angry, so he ordered me to come back to make up for the food. ”

The grain is all counted and loaded by the catering battalion, how can it be less than 300 stones? Just when Dorje Dawa was full of doubts, one of his subordinates next to him whispered, "Has the general forgotten? But all the generals who came to deliver the grain would bring a few hundred stones of grain for use on the way, otherwise they would be punished if they found that the amount of grain was wrong when they were handed over. ”

Dorje Dawa frowned and said, "Those people in the Sishan camp are shrewd! How could it be possible to count the wrong pounds? ”

The subordinates sneered: "Those bastards in the Sishan Camp, going to them to get food on weekdays is like cutting their flesh, unless Zampu comes in person, otherwise you don't care about the big and small officials, don't give them some benefits, don't want to get the food happily, how can Zha Dong Zeren be willing to suffer a loss himself, and pay to send the gang of imps in the Sishan Camp, he will inevitably ask for more food to make up for his losses." ”

"I see." Dorje Dawa suddenly realized and suddenly understood. He was only promoted to one of the five lieutenant generals of Broken Dragon Castle in the past month, and he didn't know much about some of the rules here.

Dorje Dawa was about to give the order to open the city gate when a questioning voice suddenly came from behind him.

"What happened?"

Duo Ji turned to look, hurriedly gave a military salute, and told Cai Cheng's intention.

This man's name is Silang Tsoma, who is the main general of the Broken Dragon Castle, he walked to the city, glanced down, with a sneer on his face, and said in a loud voice: "In another hour, the sky will be bright, you wait below, and then let you go into the city to get food when the day is dawn." ”

"What's the situation?"

Marven, who was behind Cai Cheng, asked in a low voice, Broken Dragon Fort is located in a dangerous place, and it is extremely difficult to attack, although there are only 5,000 defenders, but if it is a strong attack, even if there are 100,000 troops, it may be difficult to capture in a short time, so it can only be outwitted.

"The person who spoke is called Slang Tsoma, the chief general of Broken Dragon Castle, and he has some personal grudges with Zadong Zeren, and he is deliberately embarrassed."

Marven said anxiously: "It's going to be dawn soon, think of a way." ”

As soon as the morning dawns, the whereabouts of Li Zhong and the others a few miles behind him will definitely be exposed, and everything will be over by then.