Mr. Fat said that Damascus's original battle plan was for the Great Food Eastern Expeditionary Army to attack Kabul, and then march southwest to flank the Persian army with the Great Food Southern Expeditionary Army.

Now, the Southern Expeditionary Army has sent a special envoy to demand that the Eastern Expeditionary Army carry out the original plan. Pei Dilan is now in a dilemma, he is not willing to fight the Tang people, but he cannot afford to pay this responsibility if he does not implement the strategic plan formulated by Damascus.

Therefore, he decided to fight Li You again.

Pei Dilan's idea was that after the Eastern Expeditionary Army annexed the Turro State this time, it incorporated 60,000 Tura ** troops, and he sent this surrendered army to attack Kabul, and the Great Food Army did not interfere.

The Tang Dynasty defeated the Turro army, proving the strength of the Tang army, and their Dashi army did not suffer losses, so that they could tell Damascus that they carried out the original battle plan, but the Tang army was too strong, and they had to compromise with the Tang army and reach a non-aggression agreement.

Pedilan and the generals of the Crusade Army would not have been blamed for not carrying out the battle plan drawn up by Damascus, nor would they have had their reputation tarnished because of the loss of the main forces.

It also preserved the friendship they had established with the Tang Dynasty.

After Li You introduced Pei Dilan's plan, everyone immediately discussed.

Qualcomm first said: "These big cannibals are too shameless, they just sent them food, and they turned their faces so quickly and didn't recognize people." ”

Zhang Guigui said angrily: "If you want to fight, you will fight, and I am afraid that they will not succeed." ”

Ashina Kuncang, Li Tongshan, and Vice General Huang were not familiar with the situation and did not express their opinions.

Abu Hassan said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is in trouble. ”

Hamid nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that it is impossible not to fight." ”

Xue Rengui said: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, this is a conspiracy. ”

Li You said: "Tell me what you think. ”

Everyone also stared at Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui said: "The reasons put forward by the big cannibals just now have a certain amount of truth for them.

But they don't just do it for that. The minister thought:

First, they are trying to test the true strength of the Tang army, they use those Turro troops to fight against the Tang army, the main force of the big cannibals will definitely be ambushed not far behind, if the Tang army can't defeat these Tuluo army, the big cannibals will definitely be treacherous and march to Kabul immediately.

Second, in order to test the true strength of the Tang army, Chen guessed that the big cannibals would definitely mix in some of the elite troops of the big cannibals among the troops of the Turro army, and take advantage of the Tang army's light enemy to carry out a surprise attack on the Tang army.

Third, if the big cannibals found out that the Tang army was insufficient in this place, they would immediately turn around and launch a full-scale attack on the Tang army. ”

"yes, that's what I'm worried about." Hamid said worriedly.

Li You said: "To thwart the conspiracy of the Great Cannibal, the following must be done:

First, the big cannibals must not be allowed to discover the real strength of the Tang Army.

Second, it is necessary to defeat the surrendered army of the Turan State in a short period of time, and the more ruthless the battle, the greater the results, the more the cannibals will not dare to act rashly. ”

Hamid said: "Yes, only by demonstrating the strong combat effectiveness of the Don army will the Great Cannibal really give up his plot against Kabul." ”

Li Tongshan understood, and he said worriedly: "Your Highness, that's 60,000 troops from the Turan Kingdom, and there are more Great Food troops behind, we only have 20,000 people, plus the Persian army, it's less than 30,000, this is really a risk." ”

Vice General Huang also had a difficult face.

Everyone talked about it for a while, and finally focused their eyes on Li You.

Li You smiled: "It's a little bigger." It's nothing remarkable, the soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth. Fight, teach them a hard lesson, and be sure to play the prestige of the Tang Army, so that the big cannibals will be afraid of the Tang Army from now on. ”

"Okay, fight, who has Tang Jun been afraid of?" When the generals of the Tang Army saw Li You's heroic expression, they immediately aroused their desire to win.

Hamid said: "Okay, Lao Li, you can do whatever you say, and I will fully cooperate with you." ”

Xue Rengui didn't say anything, he was staring at the map around Kabul and pondering.

Li You shouted, "Xue Rengui." ”

"The minister is here." Xue Rengui replied.

"I want to hand over the command of this battle to you, are you up to the task?"

"The minister will never give up, and he will never live up to the trust of the prince." Xue Rengui said firmly.

Li You took out the imperial gold medal that Ru Zhen had come to and said, "Now, in the name of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I appoint Xue Rengui as the supreme commander of the Tang Army here, and I have the right to cut first and then play. I hope that all the generals will obey General Xue Rengui's orders. ”

"The ministers obey." Li Tongshan and other Tang Army generals replied solemnly.

Hamid said: "In the name of the Persian king, I order all the Persian troops in Kabul to obey the command of General Xue Rengui. ”

Xue Rengui saluted and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's trust." ”

Seeing that the military matter had been settled, Abu Hasan asked, "Is there a temporary postponement of the meeting of the city guards and tribal chiefs?" ”

Li You said: "It was held normally as originally planned. ”

Soon, Li You returned to the guest room and said to Mr. Fat: "I agree with His Royal Highness the Prince, 8 days later, there will be a diplomatic battle in Kabul City. ”

Mr. Fat went back to his life.

After Xue Rengui accepted the appointment, he first went deep into their troops, accompanied by Li Tongshan and Ashina Kuncang, to meet with the officers in the army and learn about the real situation of the troops. After that, he took the generals to the predetermined battlefield area to survey the terrain.

Li You is very idle, he trusts Xue Rengui and believes that he will be able to fight this battle well.

On this day, Li You and Hamid were eating barbecue, he asked the craftsman to make a barbecue stove, in the courtyard of the governor's palace, he personally grilled lamb skewers, the white tiger and the black panther were busy with the work, Hamid sat on the side and enjoyed Li You's craftsmanship, praising while eating.

Seeing that the enemy was pressing, Li You and Hamid's relaxed and comfortable actions gave people great encouragement.

Ma Zhou and Abu Hassan, as usual, prepared for a meeting of the city guards and tribal leaders.

Mihuai inspects the city of Kabul to ensure law and order in the city.

The Tang army was preparing intensively, and the big cannibals were not idle.

Just as Xue Rengui expected, Pei Dilan and Adnan also made a battle plan.

They planned to march outside Kabul with 50,000 troops from the Turat State and 10,000 troops disguised as the Turan army to engage the Tang army.

With a main force of 100,000 and followed behind the Turro army, Peidilan and Adnan devised three strategies:

If the Tang army can defeat the Tuluo army, Pei Dilan will negotiate peace with the Tang army.

If the Tang army and the Tuluo army are tied, the Dashi army will be ready to fight at any time according to the battlefield situation and completely defeat the Tang army.

If the Tang army can't defeat the Tuluo army, it means that the Tang army is vulnerable, so there is no need to scruple and take Kabul City directly.

On April 10, the city guards and chiefs of Angot Province came to Kabul one after another, and as soon as they entered the city, they heard the news of the pressure of the Great Food Army and could not help but panic.

The big cannibal is really coming, and the forward is only 30 miles from the city of Kabul.

The Great War is about to begin.