At the foot of Zhuolu Mountain in Yanzhou, tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Xi Nujun tribe are resting, they are heading westward, not far from the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, where the water and grass are very abundant, which can provide enough food for the cattle and sheep of their tribe, so as to survive this winter smoothly.

However, both sides of the Sanggan River are all the territory of the Tang Dynasty, including Zhuolu Mountain, where they are located at the moment, and it is also under the rule of the Tang Dynasty's Yanzhou, but after all, it is too remote here, the people are almost all Hu people, the army is very small, and the Youzhou Jiedu envoy has not been in office for a long time, and there are many official affairs that need to be handed over, and there is no time to take care of the remote Yanzhou for the time being, which makes Li Ta have an opportunity to take advantage of.

Li Tagu is not the hero, but he also understands the situation of the world at the moment, there is a problem within the Turks, and the famous Tang general Wang Zhongsi transferred the main force to the north of Shuofang, ready to deal with a possible coup d'état in the Turks, and even the main army in Hedong was also transferred to the north of Shuofang.

At this time, in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, there were only two soldiers and horses of the Hengye Army and Yunzhong Guard, the Hengye Army was stationed in Anbian City, with only 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the Yunzhong Guard was stationed in Yunzhong City, with 7,700 soldiers and horses, adding up to no more than 10,000 soldiers, and Li Tagu's whole clan was a soldier, with 30,000 horses, and all of them were fierce cavalry, and their strength was above the Tang Army.

At the foot of Zhuolu Mountain, Li Tagu looked at the hay all over the mountains, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of joy, these hayes do not have much nutrition, but they can ensure that the cattle and sheep are not starved to death, but Zhuolu Mountain is too small, if they want to feed the cattle and sheep of the entire tribe, they must continue to move forward and march towards Ulzhou in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River.

Li Tagu looked at the few generals behind him and said softly: "The water and grass here are very good, leave the old and weak, and the rest of the men and horses, and continue to go west tomorrow." ”

All the generals will be commanded.

Li Hanlu looked into the distance, frowned and pondered for a moment, and said: "Father, both sides of the Sanggan River are the land of the Tang Kingdom, and we came here to enter the Tang Kingdom. ”

Li Tagu was slightly stunned, and looked at his baby daughter in surprise: "Hanlu, what's wrong with you, our pasture was destroyed by the snow disaster, and there is not enough hay left, you know this." ”

"But this is the grassland of the Tang Kingdom, and we robbed other people's things?"

Li Tagu was stunned again: "Hanlu, what's wrong with you, you should know that our Xi people are wolves, Tang people are sheep, and wolves have to hunt when they are hungry, and this has been the case for hundreds of years." ”

Li Hanlu looked at his father and said softly: "Father is angry, my daughter just said it casually, but if the Tang Army robs our pasture, what should we do?" ”

When she said these words, Li Hanlu unconsciously thought of Li An, the handsome young man who had saved her twice, and the corners of her mouth inadvertently showed a subtle smile.

Li Tagu heard this, his face was pale, what Li Hanlu said, deeply stabbed him, as the leader of the Nu Du Clan, he naturally understood that occupying the land of the Tang Dynasty at this moment was an act of aggression, but the cattle and sheep of the tribe needed forage, and the people of the tribe needed to survive, in order to compete for living space, he had to make an act of aggression that violated morality, which was the fate of the grassland people, and it has been the case since ancient times.

"Hanlu, no matter what, everything my father did was for the sake of the Anger Ministry, so that all the tribal people could survive."

Li Tagu's tone was a little helpless, and at the same time, it also revealed a sense of confidence and strength.

Li Hanlu nodded slightly, she also understood her father's hardship, the grassland resources are limited, and once it encounters a natural disaster, it will not survive without looting.

But at the same time, she was also a little worried, at this moment, the upper reaches of the Sanggan River were indeed empty, but if the Tang Emperor was provoked, it was very likely that a large number of troops would be transferred, which would make their situation even more difficult.

However, Li Tagu knew very well in his heart that with the strength of the Nu Dynasty, he could not compete with the Tang Empire, so he would take this opportunity to make a good profit, let the tribe tide over the current difficulties, and return to the grassland at the right time.

A few days later, the main force of the Nujun Army, under the leadership of the leader Li Tagu, entered Ulzhou in the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, and stopped at the confluence of the river, thirty miles north of Anbian County.

Anbian County is the station of the Hengye Army, and now, tens of thousands of horses of the Xi Nu are under their noses, they will naturally not be indifferent, and immediately send people to reprimand them, so that the Nu Jun Department will leave immediately, and at the same time, quickly whip up the horses and inform Wang Zhongsi of this incident.

Wang Zhongsi is the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu at this moment, and he is weighted to know the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, that is to say, the soldiers and horses of Hedong are also under his jurisdiction.

Wang Zhonghe, who was sitting in Lingwu, was greatly surprised when he learned that the Xi Nu Du tribe had entered Ulzhou on a large scale, and at the same time he was also very angry, and after the Turkic civil strife, he had transferred the main forces of Shuofang and Hedong to the north of Shuofang to prepare for the unexpected, but he did not expect that the Xi Nu Du tribe would take advantage of the situation and enter Ulzhou on a large scale.

It's like when you're looking at your old opponent with all your heart, and you suddenly get stabbed in the back by a kid, which is undoubtedly very annoying.

As a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Zhongsi is not a belligerent, but if the enemy dares to invade the territory of the Tang Dynasty, he will definitely not avoid the war, and besides, Ulzhou is under his jurisdiction, and he has the responsibility to maintain the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

It's just that the main army under his command has been transferred to the north by him, and at this moment, there are less than 10,000 troops around him, including 3,000 elite cavalry.

Wang Zhongsi immediately made a decision and immediately issued an order, so that the Hengye Army and Yunzhong Shou immediately prepared for war and were ready to fight at any time, while he personally led 3,000 elite cavalry and rushed to Ulzhou.

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The ruined village, billowing smoke, in front of the stone monument at the head of the village, several old women are sitting on the ground crying, this is everything that Li An and his party see in their eyes.

This scene is so similar to the scene in White Wolf Village, everyone's hearts are full of anger, Li An clenched the spear in his hand, and dismounted and walked to the old woman, squatting down on one knee: "Grandma, what happened in the village?" ”

The old woman's red and swollen eyes were full of helpless tears, and she glanced at Li An: "The Fan people, the Fan people rushed into the village and robbed everything they could, only we old immortals are still here, my grandson!" O my son! ”

Anger, anger, in addition to anger or anger, Li An felt extremely angry at what these soldiers had done, and he wanted to kill all these hateful soldiers.

"This is the Ulzhou of the Tang Dynasty, how can there be an army?"

There was a slight hint of doubt in Ang Lee's angry eyes.

Lifei Shouyu frowned and thought for a while, and said softly: "It's okay, the Tibetan people live by grazing, and they often go south every autumn and winter, and this year the north suffers from snowstorms, and the cattle and sheep of the Tibetan people must starve to death a lot, so it is not surprising that they go south to plunder." ”

Hearing this, Li An nodded slightly, he is still very clear about these characteristics of the grassland people, robbing without eating or drinking, this is their creed of life, and it is also an innate bandit logic.

"Shouyu, Ulzhou is a county under Wang Jieshuai's rule, since we want to defect to Wang Jieshuai, we can't ignore Ulzhou."

Li Fei Shouyu nodded slightly, he naturally understood what Li An meant, he wanted to find out the situation in Ulzhou, so that when he met Wang Zhonghe, he could put forward some opinions so that he could be reused, if he could make meritorious contributions, he would be more confident when he met Wang Zhonghe, otherwise, if he directly met Wang Zhongsi with Yan Zhenqing's letter of introduction, he would be looked down upon.

After a brief discussion, Li Fei Shouyu sent his brothers to the surrounding area to investigate the situation in Ulju in order to grasp the whole situation.

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In the big tent of the leader of the Nu Du Clan, Li Tagu grabbed a large handful of sparkling jewelry from the box in front of him, his greedy eyes were full of essence, and the corners of his mouth were full of smiles.

These treasures were all obtained by the soldiers under his command who looted all over Ulzhou, and in Li Tagu's opinion, such a rich harvest was achieved in just a few days, and if it was robbed for a month or two, wouldn't it be more.

"Chief, there are very few rich people in the villages of Ulju, and they only get these, and if they break through the city, they will definitely get several times the treasure."

The general Li Tianlong was impatient, and he wanted to immediately send troops to capture the city of the Tang Dynasty and loot all the valuable treasures in the city.

Li Tagu didn't intend to stimulate the Tang Dynasty too much, but the main force of the Tang Dynasty was not in Hedong, but there were many treasures in the major cities of Ulzhou.

After the ambition hidden in the depths of his soul was provoked by his subordinates, Li Tagu began to move, and his fear of the Tang Empire was thrown away without a trace at this moment.

"Chief, Wang Zhongsi's main army is north of Shuofang, and the Tang army in Ulzhou is not our opponent at all."

General Li Tianlong continued to add fuel and vinegar to his persuasion.

Li Tagu put his finger to his mouth, paced in the big tent, paused, and looked at Li Tianlong: "Anbian City is the garrison of the Tang Hengye Army, although there are only 3,000 men and horses, but our army is good at fighting in the field, but it is not good at attacking fortifications, even if all the troops and horses are concentrated to attack Anbian City, it will suffer heavy losses, this?" ”

Li Tianlong had long expected that Li Tagu would be worried, grinned, and whispered in Li Tagu's ear.

After listening to Li Tianlong's plan, Li Tagu kept nodding his head in approval, his expression was very happy, and asked Li Tianlong to go and execute it immediately.

Li Tianlong was full of confidence and accepted the order.

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On the official road leading to Anbian City, a Tang cavalry was running quickly, and behind him were more than 50 Fan army pursuers, these pursuers were chasing fiercely, but they never let go of arrows, and did not seem to intend to shoot the Tang cavalry in front.

The cavalry of the Tang Army did not have time to look back, so they only cared about running away quickly, hoping to get rid of these pursuers as soon as possible.

And their pursuit and catch-up on the official road have long been under the noses of Li An and his party.

Li An and Li Fei Shouyu glanced at each other, and then looked at the people behind them at the same time, and everyone understood and was ready to attack.