On the vast desert, tens of thousands of iron horsemen marched in a row, the sound of hooves rumbled, the iron armor was clanging, the banner was waving in the wind, the might of the division of Baisheng was fully displayed, even if it was the scorching sun at the head, it could not affect the high morale of tens of thousands of soldiers, the loud military song sounded high-pitched, and the pride rushed straight out of the clouds.

It's been a year, since the year I left Hexi, it's been more than a year now, even though the Tang Dynasty soldiers have long been accustomed to the desert wind and sand, and there is no situation of unadaptability to the garrison in Persia, but it has been away from home for a long time, but the heart of thought is inevitable, and now, finally set foot on the truth of returning home, there is no one who doesn't like to smile, of course, the exception is not nothing, the commander of the three armies Lin Chengbin has never shown a smile on his face, and he doesn't even say much, and from time to time he looks at the sky with a faint worry in his eyes.

"Woo ......"

Noon is approaching, a small black dot suddenly appeared in the cloudless blue sky in the distance, and it leaned towards the direction of ** very quickly, it was a goshawk, but I saw this goshawk hovering in the sky above **, and at the same time made a loud eagle roar, which seemed to be calling Shizi.

"Qu ......"

As soon as the whistling of the goshawk stopped, there was a whistling in the queue, and immediately I saw a high-speed dive of the goshawk, falling from the sky like a sharp arrow, and stopped steadily on the shoulders of an officer who rushed out of the queue.

"General, Mosul is in a hurry!"

The officer took out a piece of beef jerky, threw it gently, took advantage of the gap between the goshawk to catch food, copied it with his hand, and skillfully took off a small copper pipe from the eagle's leg, and then went straight to Lin Chengbin's horse without stopping, bowed slightly, and hurriedly reported a sentence.

"Hmm."

Lin Chengbin answered quietly, stretched out his hand to take the small brass pipe handed over by the officer, skillfully twisted the hidden button on it, took out a small rolled note from the inside, spread it out, and passed it quickly, his eyes instantly became sharp, he raised his hand, and ordered: "The whole army stops, rest on the spot, and the generals of all departments will gather here immediately!" ”

"Woo, woo, woo, woo......"

Lin Chengbin ordered, and the trumpeter who followed him immediately sounded the horn in his hand, and in a terrible trumpet, the ** brigade that was originally walking in a roundabout way stopped in an instant, and the commands sounded one after another, and the generals of the various departments rushed to the Chinese army one after another.

"General, are you going to fight?"

The generals of all the departments arrived very quickly, but most of them didn't understand the meaning of this emergency assembly, but Liu Ziming knew it very well, he refused Li Xian's retention this time, and deliberately rushed back to Persia for the sake of such a big war that was about to start, plus he was already very familiar with Lin Chengbin, and he didn't have too many scruples.

"Map!"

Before the battle is launched, tactical deception is required, and secrecy is a matter of course, as for now, there is no need for this, because of this, although Lin Chengbin did not answer Liu Ziming's call, he did not deny it, but he just waved his hand with a solemn face, and snorted, and the guards who were waiting on the side rushed forward, unfolded the large military map on the spot, and spread it on the hot sand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Great Food Army sent 450,000 troops, divided into three routes, one of which set out from the city of Bukhara, with a force of 100,000 troops, intending to seize the old estuary of the Bukha River and block the road for our army to retreat eastward; The other way is from the city of Hyco, with a force of 120,000 troops, killed from the south, intending to encircle our army in the area of the old estuary with the main force of the enemy army of 230,000 from Mosul, according to the enemy's itinerary, the enemy from the north will arrive the fastest, and it is expected that the day after tomorrow will be able to rush to the mouth of the old river, and even if our army rushes at full speed, it will be necessary to arrive at the mouth of the old river tomorrow, when the time comes, the sky is already dark, our army has no boat, it is difficult to cross, if there is no accident, the enemy will be stopped at the mouth of the river, in addition, the enemy army from the city of Hyco is expected to enter the mouth of the old river before the day after tomorrow. If our army crosses the Buha River by force, the enemy will attack our belly and back, and as for the enemy's main force, because of the way, it will rush to the mouth of the old river, and according to the fastest speed, its forward army will not reach the mouth of the old river until noon in four days, and at that time, if our army is fighting hard with the enemy troops on both sides, it will be in danger of being annihilated! This is the situation on the battlefield, do you have any opinions? ”

Lin Chengbin bent his body slightly, pointed to the map with the horsewhip in his hand, and explained the situation of the enemy and me one by one.

**After several additions, it is only more than 33,000 troops now, and then counting more than 3,000 original Tibetan prisoners of war used as a people's strong, the total number is only a little more than 36,000, facing the 450,000 Great Food Cavalry Army, the difference between the enemy and our strength is too great, and the gap between fifteen to one is obviously not something that can be made up by courage and determination, especially in such an empty desert and sea, if you really fight with the enemy, ** will undoubtedly suffer the doom of the whole army, even if the generals of the Tang Dynasty are experienced in a hundred battles, At this time, they undoubtedly felt tremendous pressure, and no one stood up to answer Lin Chengbin's question for a while, and the atmosphere at the scene couldn't help but be a little dull.

"I'm afraid of it, just fight, no matter how many ways he comes, our army only kills all the way, why worry about breaking the thief army, according to Liu's view, let's first take the big food army in Xiye City, hit the small one, and then turn back to gnaw the enemy's main force It's not too late, as for the thief army on the other side of the river, the left and right don't have the courage to cross the river to fight, let him go cool!"

Liu Ziming has fought a lot of vicious battles over the years, and his nerves have long been as thick as hemp ropes, and he doesn't care about the large number of soldiers in the Great Food Army, so he snorted loudly.

"Yes, fuck him, that's it!"

"Okay, kill him!"

"General, you give the order!"

……

All the generals of the Tang Dynasty were brave and bloody, and when they were provoked by Liu Ziming like this, they all came to the spirit, and they roared and issued a declaration of war.

"General Li, what do you think?"

Lin Chengbin was not moved by the fanaticism of the generals, but just stood still indifferently, until the generals gradually quieted down, then he looked sideways at the silent Li He, and asked expressionlessly.

"You have to fight, but you can't do it!"

As the commander of the ** cavalry, Li He had already known that there would be such a battle, and he didn't know how many times he had deduced it in private, and he had a clear judgment on the battle situation, and the reason why he was not in a hurry to say that it would come out was not because he was reserved, but because he wanted to listen to Lin Chengbin's opinion first, since Lin Chengbin asked first, Li Hezi would not hide it, and gave a positive answer with a resolute face.

"Well, please make it clear to General Li."

Lin Chengbin obviously agreed with Li He's opinion, but he still didn't make a comment, let alone say what he thought about in his heart, but quietly asked down.

"General, please see, our army is here now, there are still more than two hundred miles away from the enemy in Bukhara, even if the enemy and I are relatively rushing each other, the fastest will be bumped head-on at noon tomorrow, the enemy is outnumbered, although we can win, but we are not necessarily able to win quickly, if the enemy retreats without a fight, it is difficult for our army to achieve success in one fell swoop, once the enemy's main force detects the movement of our army, it will be all out of the way to pounce, then, our army is afraid of the risk of suffering from the enemy, therefore, although it is feasible to destroy the enemy in Bukhara City first, it must be properly deployed, and it is thought that it can be divided into three walksFirst, with a small force disguised as a large part, continue to advance towards the old estuary in order to confuse the enemy in front of him; Second, with an infantry army to hold the key pass of the Tianhuang Mountain, blocking the reinforcement of the enemy's main force, the main force of our army will directly attack the enemy army in Bukhara City, and set the battlefield in the basin at the southern foot of the Tianhuang Mountain, in order to break the enemy in a battle, and then return to the division to fight a decisive battle with the enemy's main force, and defeat the enemy in front of the mountain in one fell swoop with the momentum of a great victory! ”

Li He didn't have the slightest excuse, talked freely, and said in detail what he was thinking.

"Good plan, the thief army does not know that our army has detected its traces, and if it suddenly changes direction, it will be defenseless, and it will be difficult to defeat the enemy in Bukhara in one fell swoop!"

"Yes, a small part of our army can tie a horsetail to a branch to disguise the image of most of the march, and when the left and right reach the mouth of the old river, the sky is already dark, and it is difficult for the enemy on the other side to see the authenticity!"

"The battle of Tianhuang Mountain will be the key, if we can block the enemy's main force, then our army will have a chance to adjust after the enemy in Bukhara City, and it will not be difficult to defeat the enemy under the condition of waiting for work!"

……

After listening to Li He's statement, all of them came alive, and they all offered suggestions and suggestions, and their morale suddenly rose to a peak.

"General Xiao has any suggestions?"

As the so-called heroes see the same thing, what Li Hezhi said is the strategy that Lin Chengbin has been thinking about for many days, and there will be no different opinions on this, but Lin Chengbin still did not rush to show his attitude, but pressed his hand, signaled the generals to be quiet, and then turned his eyes to Xiao Sanlang's body, and asked inquiringly.

"This policy is great, and the last general will ask for his life to defend the barren mountain."

As the third person in the army, Xiao Sanlang is also one of the people who know the inside story, these days, he has also been thinking about the battle situation in private, and the conclusions he has drawn are not too different from Li He.

"Well, okay, the generals obey the order, except for the cavalry army that sent a team of 1,000 people to continue eastward, the rest of the troops immediately turned to the Heavenly Desolate Mountain and set off!"

Lin Chengbin has always been a decisive person, the generals' tactical thinking has been unified, he will not waste any more lips and tongues, a wave of his hand, a sentence has already finalized the action strategy of the whole army, in a moment, a poignant horn sound, the Tang Dynasty iron cavalry on standby turned to the north, swept towards the direction of the Heavenly Desolate Mountain......