1238. The operation of the head in water

Five miles west of Jiacheng County, Songzhou, there is a military mansion built by the mountain, this is a Shangfu, even on weekdays, there are 3,000 government soldiers, this Jiacheng is just a small county in the southwest border, not prosperous, why are there so many government soldiers, because the opposite of this Jiacheng military mansion, only more than ten miles to the west, there is a rather prominent canyon, called Wild Fox Gorge.

Yehu Gorge is the main road to the northwest in the area of Songzhou and Lizhou, and the other end of the canyon is the territory of the Dangxiang Qiang people.

Although the Dangxiangqiang tribe is also attached to the Tang Dynasty like Tuyuhun and Tubo, after all, it is not my race, and its heart will be different, and such border places are naturally stationed with heavy troops.

At this time, the Yehu Gorge was also a camp tent all over the mountains, and tens of thousands of Dangxiang Qiang people were stationed here, guarding this traffic artery and cutting off the road from Songzhou to the northwest.

On the mountain ridge opposite Yehu Gorge, the Jiacheng Military Mansion is also full of people, and the barracks are not full in normal times, but now they have to camp in the open space on the side, because the 30,000 horses brought by Li Daoyan are stationed, no, it should be less than 20,000 now.

Li Daoyan came out of Jiacheng County angrily, and when he arrived at the camp gate, the local guards of the Jiacheng Military Mansion were not familiar with Li Daoyan, so they immediately raised their guns and asked: "Stop, the military government is important, and you must not trespass."

"What a Fan Xing, he has grown a lot, even I stopped him", Li Daoyan smiled angrily, "This general is Li Daoyan, the head of the Chishui Road march, and asked Fan Xing to come out to see me."

The guard was startled, and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, the manager", and hurriedly went in to report.

Not long after, just when Li Daoyan was waiting for the anger of the camp, the camp gate slowly opened, and a tall man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked in front of him, and there were brand scars at the corners of his eyes, which looked very vicious.

"What's wrong with the manager? In the end, there will be a disappointment, forgive the sins, forgive the sins", although the man looked rough, but he spoke very kindly, and there was a little smile on his face, although this smile seemed to scare crying children.

"Forgiveness? You are also afraid of being punished", Li Daoyan turned over and dismounted, came to Fan Xing and waved his hand and shouted, "Fan Xing, the general gave an order ten days ago, ordering you to lead the remaining 20,000 horses to the northwest Niuxindui to join Li Dashuai, how dare you disobey?" ”

This rugged man is Fan Xing, the general of the left Xiaowei and the prince of the Yingguo.

Fan Xing was convicted of murder and robbery in the pre-Sui period, and was punished as a slave, and later after Li Yuan raised troops, Fan Xing seized the opportunity to follow, and fought hard when attacking Chang'an, and had many military exploits.

From a first-order slave to a prince of the dynasty, he can be regarded as an inspirational figure, but he is too studied and often careful, which is also his hard injury.

Previously, under Li Jingjun's order, Li Daoyan commanded an army of 30,000, and Fan Xing, as a deputy general, could be regarded as reused, but Fan Xing was also secretly unconvinced, because Li Daoyan was just a county prince, and he was a national prince, and he thought that Li Daoyan was just from a clan and did not have many achievements, so he was proud of his achievements along the way, relying on his old qualifications and great military achievements, and he gave Li Daoyan eye medicine.

After leading the army to Dangxiangqiang, the chief of Dangxiang, Tuoba Chici, was afraid of the might of the Tang Dynasty, and when he saw the rich gold and silver rewards, he gladly expressed his absolute loyalty and would never be in the same stream as Tuyuhun.

And swore an oath and said: "In the past, when the Great Sui attacked Tuyuhun, our party Xiang Qiang did not dare to be an enemy of the Han army, but instead funded their military funds and gave the Sui army a lot of beef and mutton and fur, but they did not speak of their trust, and came to plunder us after destroying Tuyuhun.

Now that the Tang Emperor is merciful and has no intention of harming me, I ask to provide you with food and grass, and do your best. I believe that the Tang Dynasty will not be like the former Sui Dynasty to go back on its word and be treacherous, otherwise, then our party Xiangqiang tens of thousands of warriors will have no way to live, and can only take refuge in Tuyuhun, we will occupy a conspicuous place like Yehu Gorge and block your way ......."

Ben Tuoba Chici said this, which clearly shows that he is soft on Datang and is very sincere.

As a result, I didn't expect Fan Xing to be this guy, but he was not convinced in his heart, seeing that the piles of gold and silver were given to a barbarian like Tuoba Chici, which was more than the rewards he had obtained in several years of fighting, how could he be comfortable as a slave.

When withdrawing the army from the tent of the king of Dangxiang Qiang, he went to Kuanshui and saw herds of cattle and sheep all over the mountains and fields of Dangxiang Qiang, and the Dangxiang Qiang people were also unguarded, and they were quite enthusiastic about them.

This is obviously a very dizzying move, and I don't know what rhetoric Fan Xing said, Li Daoyan actually agreed, so the originally harmonious Hanqiang relationship broke down completely.

Plundered thousands of cattle and sheep, but it completely angered the party Xiang Qiang, Tuoba Chici was also a person who spoke and counted, and immediately became angry and raised troops and started a war with the Tang army, as a result, Li Daoyan and the two fought in a panic, resulting in a big defeat, with more than 10,000 casualties, and fled back to Songzhou in embarrassment.

And Dang Xiangqiang also took advantage of this to occupy the prominent pass of Yehu Gorge and hold the gateway of Songzhou to the northwest.

At the critical juncture of exterminating Tuyuhun, Shengsheng forced the obedient party Xiang Qiang to rebel, just for the sake of thousands of cattle and sheep, and forgot the righteousness because of small profits. This kind of saucy operation is really a move in the head, and when Li Daoyan reacts, he regrets it, and he only hates Fan Xing in his heart.

Moreover, Li Daoyan still remembered Li Jing's military order, and met Niu Xindui on the agreed date, so he ordered Fan Xing to lead the remaining 20,000 troops to make a detour to converge, and he led thousands of people from the Jiacheng military government to contain the Dang Xiangqiang people.

I was also thinking in my heart: now that the Dangxiang Qiang people have held the Yehu Gorge, Fan Xing Pifu will make a detour to the northwest Niuxindui, and he will not be able to arrive within the agreed date, and then he Fan Xing will have to bear most of the sin of missing the deadline.

Li Daoyan had a good calculation, how could Fan Xing, who was quick-minded and good at speculation, not guess it, he was also pretending to be confused while hating, and he couldn't shirk it for various reasons, and in the face of several orders and urging, he just didn't know.

Now Li Daoyan came to question in person, Fan Xing also sneered and scolded in his heart, and he had to say kindly: "The general manager is angry, now that the party Xiangqiang people occupy the Yehu Gorge, there is a great tendency to attack Songzhou, the general is only 3,000 soldiers, the enemy army has more than 20,000 people, the general is a Tang clan relative, can not be lost, for the safety of the general manager, the last general feels that it is best to wait for the enemy army to retreat, and then go to the northwest is not too late."

Although he said it nicely on his face, he looked like he was thinking about Li Daoyan, but he secretly scolded in his heart: Old horseman, I want to bear the sin of missing the deadline, and I really can't do it if I Fan Xing is a fool.

Li Daoyan was furious when he heard this, his eyes were red, and he jumped to his feet and scolded: "Bastard, the marshal set the date, and must arrive at Niuxindui as scheduled, causing the military purpose of encircling and suppressing the main force of Tuyuhun.

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