After Tang Jun showed the bounty grid, there were indeed people who came to offer advice.

Among them, the most active are the Qiang chieftains of the eight countries of Xishan.

The eight countries of the West Mountain, namely the Qiang Nu Kingdom, the Brotherhood Country, the Weak Water State, the Lease State, the Qingyuan State, the White Dog State, the Southern Kingdom and the Xi Dong State, lived in the four sides of Victoria, and sometimes they would provide intelligence to the Tang army under the bribe of Wei Gao, but sometimes they would be bribed by the West to guide the way for the Fan army. Therefore, Wei Gao will secretly scold them as "two-faced Qiang".

"The chiefs of these eight nations are called to offer advice, but they are actually consumed by the desire for profit, and the strategies they offer may not be true." In the tabernacle, Wei Gao, who was wearing a fur coat, said to Gao Yue, who was roasting the fire.

Gao Yue thought about it for a while, then laughed and asked Wei Gao: "Then according to my brother's eyes, which country has a little more loyalty, and which country is the most treacherous?" ”

Wei Gao's intelligence network can be said to know a lot about the Eight Kingdoms of Xishan, so he said: "The brothers and sisters Dong Woting and Dong Liluo are relatively the most loyal, and Deng Youxian of the White Dog Country is the most cunning. ”

Hearing this, Gao Yue rubbed his hands with confidence, and said that we might as well make a plan to make good use of this group of two-faced Qiang, and at the same time induce the main force of Xifan to cross the Pengpo Mountain to fight against me.

At this time, Gao Yue stood up, and through the window of the tent, he saw the city of Sanssouci standing under the setting sun among the pale gray peaks, where there were only a few paths to pass, the city was high and deep, and there was plenty of food and water: even if I had cannons, it would be useless, and there could be no heavy siege equipment on all sides of Sanssouci City.

But now the recklessness in the city should be very anxious, what he is anxious about is not the fall of Sanssouci City, but the rebellion of the Qiang tribes and barbarians under his rule, and the fall of Songzhou, Yizhou and other surrounding areas.

"This time, we'll have to use a strategy."

After Gao Yue finished thinking about it, he said to Wei Gao like this.

The next day, Wei Gao raised his tent in the newly built small sealed city, and summoned the Qiang chiefs of the eight countries of Xishan who were attached to the Tang army, the Qiang chieftains of the left small seals, and Gao Wantang, the barbaric ghost lord of the Yazhou Society, and said with a melancholy face: "Although Ben Shuai and Ji Gong have built the two cities of Dinglian and Xiaofeng besieging Victoria City, but the military grain can only be transferred from Xishan in Shudu to this point, the road is tortuous, and the cost is very great. Kuifu Department raises grain. But after all, it is not a good strategy to stop troops under this city, and the princes are well versed in the geography of the place - if Xifan is brave in the whole country and crosses Pengpo Mountain to attack me and Jigong, how can I resist it? ”

At this time, a group of chiefs was in an uproar and talked among themselves.

Wei Gao immediately called the tooth soldiers around him to bring gold and silver treasures, saying that these are worth 30,000 yuan, if someone offers the arms of the commander, it will be beneficial to the battle, and there will be a successor of 70,000 yuan of Shu brocade.

At this moment, the neighboring king Dong Woting and the barbarian ghost lord Gao Wantang both stood up and suggested very sincerely: "It is really difficult to take the front of Sanssouci City, and in less than half a month, there will be snow here, roads and valleys will be annihilated, and it will be difficult for the soldiers to support. ”

After hearing this, the arrogant Wei Gao immediately had a displeased look on his face, "According to the two high-ranking opinions, this time the troops are in vain, and they are wasting money and food?" ”

"Lian Shuai Ke and Ji Gong can lay down an elite cavalry in the Songzhou Plain, or they can go out of Hechuan in Diezhou and attack Shang Qixin'er in the East Road of Xifan......"

"But Shang Qi'er is still holding the Shanzhou River, so he can't do anything about it!" Wei Gao's tone became irritable, and then he said to Dong Woting, "Ben Shuai has set a reward of millions of yuan, as long as someone can seize this worry-free city for Ben Shuai and Ji Gong, and for the Tang Dynasty, the gateway to the eastern border of Xifan will be opened, will no one of you be tempted by this reward?" ”

Dong Woting sighed deeply and replied: "It's not that we don't want to take this reward, but it's too dangerous to stop the soldiers and worry about the city, and I also ask the company commander to temporarily withdraw the siege, build forts in Maozhou and Yizhou, and slowly try to advance." ”

"Impossible!" Wei Gao was furious, "This time, I Tang sent 100,000 troops, spending millions of dollars and food, if I can't even take down Sanssouci City, I have failed the Holy Lord's wishes, and this handsome can be said to be ashamed." ”

Dong Woting was still ready to persuade, and sure enough, at this time, Tang Lizhi of the Qiang Women's Country and Deng Youxian of the White Dog Country stood up and offered advice to Wei Gao: "The garrison of Sanssouci City should be less than 10,000 people, and the military towns of Guhong, Xigong, and Lacheng in the south of the province were seriously damaged before; When the Xifan reinforcements come, they can only go to the Pengpo Pass, in this case, why should the commander be afraid? ”

When Wei Gao said this, he immediately smiled, and pointed at Tang Lizhi and Deng Youxian, "If there is a good plan, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." ”

Deng Youxian took the opportunity to say: "The two mountains in the north and south of Sanssouci City, called Dibo Ridge in the south and Pengpo Mountain in the north, are the main roads in and out, and now the former is in the hands of my Tang Dynasty, and now only need to continue to besiege Sanssouci City, and let Gao Jigong go to the Pingrong Ancient City under Pengpo Mountain, and re-build a barrier to isolate the passage between Sanssouci City and Xifan, so even if Xifan has an army of 100,000, there is nothing to do." ”

Then Deng Youxian raised his voice, "Even if you can't capture Sanssouci City for the time being, Lian Shuai and Ji Gong can still set up forts and garrisons in Wei, Yi, Jing, Bao, Ba, Tu and other prefectures and counties, and with the assistance of the Qiang people, this Wussouci will be completely turned into a lonely city. ”

Wei Gao bowed his head and praised Deng Youxian very happily, and then said that 70,000 guan money will be given to you Baigou Qiang, 30,000 guan will be given to Qiang Nu Guoluo, and there will be more 100,000 guan soon.

But Dong Woting was shocked, he persuaded Wei Gao bitterly, Pingrong is a hundred miles away from here, and the news cannot be transmitted in a short time, and the distance and gap between you and Ji Gong are too large, and it is difficult to support each other.

But Wei Gao was quite annoyed with Dong, and directly asked the tooth soldiers to expel him and Gao Wantang together.

Then Wei Gao asked a total of 3,000 people from the White Dog Kingdom and the Qiang Nu Kingdom to assist Gao Yue's Dingwu Army and Yining Army to build a city on the Pingrong Ancient Road at the foot of Pengpo Mountain to block possible reinforcements from Xifan.

Sure enough, Gao Yue also agreed with this plan.

The top of the mountain is covered with snow, and except for a small amount of stream and spring water, it is full of yellow-black sand, and it is impossible to burn earth to build a city, and there is no timber to cut down the fence.

Gao Yue said to Tang Lizhi and Deng Youxian, let's set up the car city.

The Dingwu Army and the Yining Army each had hundreds of light and heavy vehicles, and Gao Yue ordered them to be connected with belts and chains, circled into the shape of a glaive, and lay down in the old road of Pingrong.

Then Gao Yue gave Tang and Deng a hundred leather carts, and asked them to build a camp among the ruins of Pingrong City three miles ahead and serve as a guard outpost, "If the Fan army attacks, you will call the police immediately, and the elite of this Dao will fight with them." ”