Luo Zhaoyun planned to use a trick to cut off the Tang army's food and grass and force the 80,000 Tang army to collapse without a fight.

He sent Xue Wanqian with an elite group of 5,000 men and horses to ride out lightly, to bypass the mountains and mountains, and ambush the grain and grass team on the way.

At the same time, in order to guard against Li Xuanba's sabotage, he entrusted Qingshuang to personally go out and take some Qingying guards into the steep mountains, always pay attention to the movements of the Tang army, prepare for the assassination mission, and intercept and kill Li Yuanba who may appear.

The third strategy, Luo Zhaoyun sent people to find a way to plant the fine work and agents in the city, so that they could burn the granary in the city under appropriate circumstances, and draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, so that the 80,000 Tang army would become turtles in the urn.

Whether this plan can be successful depends on whether the key steps can be realized.

Soon, Luo Cheng, the king of Dahua, was about to spread the news of the royal conquest, which aroused heated discussions among the people in the northwest, and everyone knew that this Dahua Taizu was a young marshal who used soldiers like a god, with great military exploits and prestige, so it was not surprising that he personally led the army to the expedition.

The hot topic of discussion among the people is often how many days can overcome the earthquake.

Some people say that when the young marshal goes out, the Xiongguan will be broken, and it can be completed within ten days.

Some people also said that the young marshal was able to capture Xiongguan in three days, and the Tang army was not in trouble, and they could not hold out for a few days.

Of course, there is the impetus of intelligence personnel, and there is also the control of official public opinion, so that the news that the imperial commander is about to defeat the Tang army is flying all over the sky, and almost all the people in the northwest agree with this conclusion.

Unknowingly, the Tang army scouts who went out of the city to inquire about the military situation, after learning this important information, immediately sent it back to the city to the prince, Princess Pingyang, generals and others.

"What, Luo Cheng is going to personally lead the troops?" Prince Li Jiancheng was taken aback.

Many strategists and generals speculated and were uneasy: Can the Great Earthquake Pass withstand Luo Cheng's use of troops and calculations?

Chai Shao stood up and said: "Don't panic, Dahua and my Datang are enemies, destined to live and die each other, each for its own master, so, there is no need to be afraid of him, we occupy the natural danger, rely on Xiongguan, and hold on, if the Dahua army wants to attack it, how many lives do it need to fill?" ”

Li Xiuning saw that his fiancé Chai Shao was so heroic and full of manliness, and he had a good impression of him in his heart, and nodded: "Yes, Luo Cheng is not three-headed and six-armed, but he was lucky at the beginning, and he used the strength of the Great Sui army to win a few battles. ”

The unmarried couple sang and harmonized, temporarily stabilizing the fluctuation of the military spirit.

Li Jiancheng said calmly: "What the third sister and General Chai said is reasonable, we are cowardly, and the command is defeated, and only by firmly believing in our own strength can we defeat the opponent." His Royal Highness and Luo Cheng worked together back then, although he knew his reputation and ability, but there were many tricks and opportunities, this time, the time and place are on our side, people are not lacking, can be ignored, so, the last winning party will belong to my Tang Army! ”

"Prince, how should we guard against it?"

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, and then said: "According to the news, seven days later, Luo Cheng will sacrifice the flag outside the city of Shangqi, and then he will send troops to arrive at the Great Earthquake Pass, and it will take seven days to travel, which gives us an opportunity to prepare, strengthen our defenses, build the west city gate into an urn city, and then connect the mountain with the cliffs, destroy the official road, and widen the river ditch, so that Dahua's army can not get close for a while, and cannot open the formation, and when attacking the city, the power that can be exerted will be greatly reduced." ”

Li Wengan, Yu Wenying, and others put forward some suggestions to improve the prince's strategy, so as to form a strategic plan for defense.

Just when the Tang Army was actively discussing and preparing for Luo Cheng's personal expedition.

Xue Wanqian had already led the light cavalry and bypassed the mountain range, like a sharp knife, plunging into the hinterland of the road on the east side of the Great Earthquake Pass.

The Longshan Mountains lie between Shaanxi and Gansu, northwest to Liupan Mountain, southeast to Qinling, stretch for more than 1,000 miles, across more than 10 counties, the mountain is upright, magnificent, in ancient times, there is "its nine times, I don't know how high it is".

The military purpose of their strange army was very clear, that is, to attack the transportation team, and even destroy the road from Chang'an to the Fufeng Great Earthquake Pass, so that the grain and grass could not be transported to the remote Great Earthquake Pass, so as to force the 80,000 Tang Army to become a lone army.

Because the news of Luo Cheng's personal expedition paralyzed Li Jiancheng and others, they focused their important defensive ideas on how to resist Luo Cheng personally leading the army to kill, and worked hard in this regard, considering building urn cities, strengthening city walls, digging deep trenches, etc., such as facing the enemy, ignoring the preparation of other side branches.

On this day, Li Xuanba selected a hundred elite warriors from the army, and after a little guidance, he took them out of the city and hid in the deep mountains and old forests for intensive assassination and swordsmanship training, intending to take this group of people to find an opportunity to infiltrate Hou Junji's military camp at night to assassinate.

Before Luo Cheng arrived, he beheaded the vanguard general, so as to give Dahua a dismount, knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and hit the army's heart.

Their ideas and strategies are very good, but they don't see Luo Cheng's strategic intentions clearly.

In other words, Luo Cheng was false and real, bluffing, but it caused the Tang Army to attach great importance to the Great Earthquake Pass, and in response to false intelligence, he was focusing on defense, but he didn't know that Luo Cheng didn't want to fight with them at all.

A week later, Luo Chengran set up an altar to sacrifice the flag outside Shangtai City, commanded the three armies, and then took Chen Qi, Chu Suiliang, Guo Xiaoke and others, under the watchful eye of the public, and set out on a mighty expedition.

At the same time, the Tang army escorted 100,000 stone of grain and grass, which had entered the ravines and mountain roads and transported them to the Great Earthquake Pass.

These 100,000 stone corn are enough for more than a month for 80,000 troops, of course, this is only the first batch, and in less than half a month, there will be a second batch of grain and grass to meet the needs of the front.

No one expected that such an important baggage team would be suddenly attacked.

Boulders rolled down from the mountain, like a landslide, smashing the carriages, killing the Tang soldiers, and even destroying the roads.

Xue Wanqian then ordered the arrows to be released, and the arrows with the fire oil torch were shot down all over the sky, and the grain and grass vehicles on the mountain road below suddenly became thick smoke, and the fire immediately burned.

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PS: I went to the field for the past two days over the weekend, so I didn't write a manuscript on Saturday, so I'll come back tonight and start updating. It is expected to start in September and resume double watching!