The sky in September is already dark early, this is the end of the card, the sun is about to set the mountain, only a small half of the face is still poked out from the top of the mountain, the golden sunshine will be the clouds on the edge of the sky rendered red as blood, at first glance, as if the sky is on fire, the wind rises, the maple forest sways bursts of blood waves, countless fallen leaves dance in the wind, the birds throw themselves into the forest, dance out of the noise, the fat hare scurrying in the grass beside the mountain road, busy living for the winter of the grain, there is no doubt that the autumn color in Guanzhong is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, The beauty is intoxicating, but Li Xian obviously has no intention of appreciating this kind of beauty, and only cares about whipping the horse and rushing wildly, the dust between the mountain roads is empty, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder is so shocking that hundreds of birds are silent, and the beasts are fleeing.

"Drive, drive!"

After three days of driving, even if he is as strong as Li Xian, he is already a little tired, the tiredness on Yingting's face is clearly recognizable, and he is drenched in sweat, as if he has been fished out of the water, which looks quite embarrassed, but Li Xian obviously has no intention of stopping and resting, even if it is not early at this time, but Li Xian is still flying like a horse, leading his troops along the pre-Qin ancient road all the way to Longguan galloping, and his eyebrows are full of worry and anxiety that cannot be concealed.

Li Xian is really anxious, because the military situation has changed, on the day when Gaozong's holy decree was officially issued, Hexi sent a secret report - the Tubo army has been assembled, and an offensive may be launched at any time, the military situation is extremely urgent, and Li Xian is not in a hurry, no, Li Xian can't even take care of his family and take it away, and he led more than 100 guards all the way to Hexi.

Li Xian can't help but be anxious, just because Hexi is the most critical piece of land in all his plans, and there is no room for mistakes, if he is really beaten to pieces by Gar Qinling, Li Xian is afraid that he will not even be able to cry, and now, the war is about to start, and the 250,000 people of the Tubo army are menacing, saying that they are not worried, it is absolutely a lie, even if Li Xian has laid some secret chess pieces in Hexi a few years ago, but he does not dare to say that he can block the Tubo people's soldiers, and it is natural to be anxious, Li Xianshi can't wait to put on his wings, Immediately flew to the land west of the river.

"Your Highness, there are still a hundred miles away from Longguan, I'm afraid I won't be able to get there before dark, you see ......"

The sun finally fell completely behind the mountain, the afterglow faded, and the sunset, which was originally red as blood, was already getting darker, but Li Xian never gave the order to camp, Lin Chengbin, who was the commander of the palace's personal guards, was really a little unbearable, so he rushed forward, stuck to Li Xian's side, and cautiously suggested.

"Camp!"

Li Xian was silently deducing the strategy and tactics of Hexi in his heart, but when Lin Chengbin reported him like this, his train of thought was broken in an instant, but Li Xian was not angry, but just looked up at the sky, and while slowing down the war horse under his crotch, he gave an order helplessly.

"No!"

Under the three-day rush, although it is a person and two horses, the horsepower is not too tired, but people are already a little unbearable, not to mention the ordinary guards, even Lin Chengbin himself is very tired, this listening to Li Xian's order, he did not dare to slack off, after answering the promise loudly, he slowed down the horse's speed, turned around and roared loudly at the guards, after a series of orders, the galloping horse team finally stopped slowly beside a stream.

"Your Highness, take a saliva."

Lin Chengbin only needs a few orders to go down, and a group of people can deploy the camp according to the requirements, so they don't need to worry too much, but when they saw Li Xian standing sullenly on the hill overlooking the west of the river, Lin Chengbin couldn't help but be a little worried, sighed slightly, took off a leather water bladder from the horse's back, filled it in the stream with his own hands, walked slowly to Li Xian's side, and whispered.

"Hmm."

Li Xian responded absentmindedly, took the skin bag handed over by Lin Chengbin, raised his head and poured a frenzy, and in the end, he threw the nearly half-empty skin bag back to Lin Chengbin, and without saying a word, he squatted down, took a broken branch from the bushes on the side, tore off the branches and leaves, and drew it on the ground.

"Cheng Bin, where do you think Gar Qinling will attack first?"

Li Xian looked down at the map, the branch in his hand made a few strokes, and he had already shown the situation of friend and foe, and after frowning and thinking for a while, he asked without raising his head.

"Ah......h

Lin Chengbin obviously didn't expect Li Xian to ask questions about this matter, so he was stunned for a moment, and he really didn't know how to answer for a while.

"It's okay, Lone just asks casually, Cheng Bin has any ideas, just say it's okay, just chat."

Regarding the question of Gar Qinling's movements, Li Xian has long since deduced how many times, and he already has a proposition, and it is really just casual to ask questions at this time, seeing that Lin Chengbin is nervous, he can't help laughing.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Gar Qinling has always been cunning, and his use of troops is very treacherous, according to his current position, it seems that the main attack is Shan, Kuo, He, and Fang, but the last general thinks that there will be fraud in this." Although Lin Chengbin was only born as a low-level military attaché, his understanding has always been good, and in the past few years, he has followed Li Xian, and he has studied military books intensively, and when it comes to strategy, he is also quite insightful.

"Oh? Why? ”

As soon as Lin Chengbin said this, the smile on Li Xian's face became a little thicker, but he didn't comment directly, but asked with a smile.

"Back to His Royal Highness, Gar Qinling's intention to send troops is to grain, Shan, Kuo, He, Fang four states although light, but the grain is not abundant, even if the four states are laid, there is not much gain, and these four states are my Tang border towns, operating for many years, the fortifications are complete, and there are heavy guards, although it is not necessarily the enemy of the Tubo army, but it is not difficult to delay its progress, with the situation of Tubo at this time, under the strong battle, even if it can win, it is not worth the loss, but Lanzhou all the way is not strong, although there is Jintai to guard the Datong River, But it is not a city that cannot be down, if the last general leads the troops, when the plank road will be repaired in the dark, Chen Cang, break through Lanzhou in one fell swoop, cut off the road of reinforcements of our army in Hedong, why worry about the west of the river, Hexi is lost, Anxi is difficult to support, and the huge Western Regions may be lost. ”

Lin Chengbin has been thinking about the battle situation in private these days, and he has gained a lot in his heart, but Li Xian doesn't ask, and he doesn't dare to interfere with Li Xian's train of thought with his own opinion.

"Oh? Hahaha...... Cheng Bin really has an ulterior motive, okay, after this battle, Lone will let you go! ”

Li Xian still did not comment on Lin Chengbin's strategic analysis, but threw the branch in his hand to the ground with laughter, stood up, and made a promise.

"Ah......, Your Highness, the last general ......"

As soon as he heard Li Xian say this, Lin Chengbin was anxious, he didn't want to be released as an official, in his opinion, even if he was a state assassin, it was far less strong than following Li Xian, not to mention anything else, just by being a soldier, he could learn a lot from Li Xian, once he left, there was no hope for him to come back.

"Let's talk about this matter after the war, let's go, it's time to eat!"

Lin Chengbin's mind Li Xian knows it well, but Li Xian also has his own hardships, one is that all parts of Hexi must have cronies to control, and furthermore, according to the Tang Dynasty law, the royal officials, especially the senior generals, are customized every three years, Li Xian doesn't want to let people participate in this, seeing that Lin Chengbin is anxious to resign, Li Xian immediately waved his hand, intercepted Lin Chengbin's words, and did not give him a chance to explain, and strode towards the military camp under the hill, Lin Chengbin saw this, and was helpless. Shaking his head, he dragged his heels behind Li Xian, his face full of undisguised frustration......

"Do you see it all? That guy is the King of England, and his head is worth 10,000 gold, so it depends on whether you Sha Boss can take it. ”

Just when Li Xian was looking at the direction of Longguan from afar, in a dense forest only two miles away from the hill where he was located, there were also several people who were silently observing Li Xian's every move, until Li Xian came down the mountain, a sturdy middle-aged man chuckled lightly, and teased a bearded man standing beside him.

Sha Boss is not a bystander, it is the scoop of the big thief "Black Wind Thief" who is rampant in Longdong and Longyou, Sha Wanli, the party item, originally the son of a small tribe leader, the tribe where he is located because of the refuge in Tubo, in the war in the Yonghui years, was wiped out, Sha Wanli then led the remnants of the bandits, first wandered around for the disaster, and then, the power gradually rose, and then fell to the ground in Gyeongju, occupied the mountain as the king, and became a giant entrenched in Longdong and Longyou. This time, he was tempted by heavy profits, and led hundreds of elite people under his command to cross Longshan Mountain from the small road, and quietly lurked here, targeting Li Xian and his party.

"Diao San, you little rabbit cub, that's a killing embryo, it can be so easy to get, you kid won't get it yourself, what are you looking for Lao Tzu to do?"

Sha Wanli snorted thick phlegm on the ground, glanced at the man who had spoken earlier, and then slid his gaze to a masked man wearing a black cloak beside Diao San, and scolded tentatively.

"Boss Sha's words are not righteous, who doesn't know that I Diao San is a lone traveler, hey, how can it be compared to your Lord Sha Boss who landed as the king, if I also have so many people and horses as you, I still have to wait for a hairy one, Lao Tzu himself is in the morning, and it is your turn to eat this bowl of rice?" Diao San pursed his lips disdainfully, and scolded back unwillingly, as if he was extremely unwilling to eat alone.

"Hey, grandma, I called you kid to join the gang earlier, you want to go alone, yes, this time I'm dumbfounded, hehe, we won't be too mysterious with you, if we want to make a move, the deposit will be doubled, and when we see the money, we will do it, and if you don't give it, you will break up!"

Sha Wanli scolded back with a smile, but his eyes were always on the cloaked man's body, and his eyes were full of jealousy - three days ago, the old acquaintance Diao San took this person to the cottage, and said that there was a big business to do, and the deposit alone gave two thousand yuan of flying money, which was enough for Sha Wanli's one-year robbery, but Sha Wanli's eyes were so red that he even moved the mind of killing people, but after a few temptations, he found that this cloak man was alert, and his martial arts were even more frightening. Even a few entourages are all masters of the masters, and the origin seems to be huge, Sha Wanli does not dare to act rashly, but when it is time to blackmail, Sha Wanli will not be soft after all.

"Humph!"

The cloaked man seemed to be angry, and snorted coldly in great displeasure, but he still didn't speak, but his hand shook, and a folded banknote was already shooting towards Sha Wanli like a dart.

"Ha, that's interesting, we're done with this deal, let's go, guys, get ready to have a good time!"

Although the flying banknotes came quickly, Sha Wanli just stretched out his hand, and he had easily received it in his hand, and when he opened it, he saw that it was Zhang Qianguan's flying money, and he smiled happily, regardless of the look of the cloaked man and Diao San, laughed and led a group of subordinates into the depths of the dense forest......