Chapter 291: The Great Army Pressed the Realm

As with Taozhou, the rebellions of the Dangxiang, Qiang, and Di ethnic groups in the other prefectures such as Shanzhou, Kuozhou, and Hezhou were also quickly suppressed.

The Tang army that suppressed these foreign rebellions was all dressed in black armor, riding tall horses, agile speed, and extremely strong combat effectiveness. What is even more frightening is that these people are elusive and very good at hiding and lurking, and several tribal leaders have been captured alive by them infiltrating heavily guarded villages.

For this group of Tang troops, some of these tribes called them "Xuanjia soldiers" because of the black armor they wore; Some people also call them "ghost soldiers" because of their elusive and agile skills. However, the Assassin Governor of Shanzhou, Kuozhou and other places knew that this black-clad unit was called a reconnaissance battalion.

"Well, the name of the Xuanjia Soldier is good! Ghost soldiers are not bad! Hearing these two names, Zhang Yunwen said to Ma Wangshan beside him with a smile.

Since quelling the Taozhou Rebellion, Zhang Yunwen took his soldiers to camp in Taozhou and garrisoned outside Taozhou City.

Every day, men of all kinds of costumes would enter and leave the barracks, including merchants, doctors, monks, and people of all professions, escorted by soldiers. They are the investigators distributed in the area of Longyou and Tuyuhun.

They continuously sent a steady stream of information about the entire Longyou region, Tuyuhun and the countries of the Western Regions, and finally let Zhang Yunwen understand the dynamics of this area clearly.

In the entire area, in addition to his own reconnaissance battalion suppressing the rebellion of the alien race, Gao Zhensheng, the head of the Yanze Road march, also sent troops to surround and annihilate the rebels. Moreover, it is to kill them all, leaving no one behind, and every place on the battlefield will always build a "Jingguan" with human heads to deter the enemy. After several times of rebellion, he heard that Gao Zhensheng's army was scattered, and there was no intention of resisting.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help laughing, he couldn't imagine that this Gao manager would still stop acting vigorously, but this effect was not a good way to eliminate the Qiang people, but they fled into Tuyuhun.

Zhang Yunwen doesn't want to care so much about other people's affairs, and at present, he just needs to do his own thing.

For now, what Zhang Yunwen needs to do is to continue to send scouts to find out the situation of Tuyuhun with the cooperation of the Investigation Institute, and at the same time find a suitable guide for the upcoming army.

So a scout was sent out to Tuyuhun to reconnoiter this vast land.

By mid-February, 10,000 vanguard cavalry of Li Jing's army arrived in Shanzhou under the leadership of Li Daozong. and issued an order to assemble the soldiers and horses originally distributed in the states. So Zhang Yunwen was going to take the scouts all the way north to Shanzhou.

Shanzhou is located in the northeast of Tuyuhun, according to the division of Datang Prefecture, it can be regarded as a central state, and there are two big cities in its territory, one is Shanzhou and the other is Shancheng, with a population of more than 10,000. Shanzhou is not far from the West China Sea and is often harassed by Tuyuhun.

It took nearly a month to gather the reconnaissance battalion and march, and finally arrived in Shanzhou in early March.

Li Daozong's 10,000 iron cavalry were stationed in the west of Shanzhou City. There are mountains on three sides, and there is only one mountain pass on the east side for access. And the inside is very spacious, more than enough for more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

When Zhang Yunwen came to this camp with the reconnaissance battalion, he couldn't help but praise the location here: "Well, this place is good, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are mountains and rivers, and feng shui is also good." It seems that Brother Dao's ability to choose the place is increasing day by day! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen say this, Li Daozong also said: "Of course, this king has followed Yuan Tiangang and Yuan Daochang to learn the art of matching people in the same place for a month. Hmm, Yunwen, do you want to help you take a look for your brother? ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhang Yunwen to speak, but laughed first.

Zhang Yunwen also smiled "haha" and patted Li Daozong's shoulder: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Brother Daozong's demeanor is still the same!" ”

"Where is it, what kind of demeanor is still there, after a few days of being the secretary of the Criminal Department, those miscellaneous things are almost annoying! No, as soon as I heard that Tuyuhun was making a lot of noise, I asked Ying to come to fight! Li Daozong said with a smile, "Come, go this way!" ”

The two of them took the lead, accompanied by a group of personal soldiers, and came to the big tent.

The decoration of the big tent is quite luxurious, only to see a thick fur carpet on the ground, this glass lamp hanging on the top of the head, there are thick brocade curtains on all sides, and the flowers and birds are depicted on it, which is exquisitely abnormal.

Loving luxury and luxury, this is a common trait of the Tang people. Even although Li Shimin said that he should be diligent and thrifty, after four years of Zhenguan, after the year gradually improved, the decoration of the palace was also extravagant. Even Zhang Yunwen, under the influence of Li Yu Zhirou and the people around him, gradually fell in love with luxurious things.

"Before leaving, the chief manager once said to me, saying that the soldiers are fast, and they must take advantage of Fu Yun's failure to react, and use the elite to drive forward to cover up their unpreparedness, and it is best to capture Murong Fuyun alive in one battle! Therefore, the king originally wanted to lead the light cavalry to attack the city in February, but unfortunately the north wind in February was much colder than in previous years, flying sand and rocks, and it was extremely difficult to enter. This dragged on for a month. Yunwen, come and see, this is Fu Qi City, west of the West Sea. Attacking Fu Qi City can be attacked from the north and south roads through the West Sea, and you can tell me, is it better to take the south road or the north road for this attack? ”

Zhang Yunwen looked at the map, and saw that the north side of the West Sea was full of nail marks, and immediately smiled: "Since the prince has an idea, why bother to ask the last general?" ”

Li Daozong smiled: "I originally wanted to go along the north, but yesterday I received a piece of information, so I changed my mind again!" ”

"What information?"

Li Daozong smiled and pointed to a location in the southwest of Shanzhou City on the map: "Murong Fuyun heard that my army was pressing the border, and personally led 30,000 iron horsemen here, ready to fight. So this king wants to eat these 30,000 troops in one fell swoop and capture Fu Yun alive! ”

Zhang Yunwen looked at the location pointed by Li Daozong, and saw two fly-headed small letters written on it: Kushan.

Kushan is very high, and the top of the mountain is covered with snow all year round.

It's March, but it's still cold. The cold spring breeze blew out the buds on the treetops, and the grass on the grassland on the ground also blew fresh new leaves. This should be a good season for grazing, but the Tang army is pressing, and Tuyuhun is in danger of losing the country at any time, where can I take care of grazing!

Fu Yun's big tent is set up at the foot of Kushan Mountain. Seven or eight hundred gray yurt houses are spread on the tender green grassland, and the contrast is so stark. The largest yurt is Fu Yun's big tent.

At this time, in the big tent, Fu Yunzheng sat speechless with King Tianzhu and several famous kings.

"Tell me, guys, how are we going to fight this battle?" Fu Yun's hair was already gray, and he rarely spoke when he was in the ordinary assembly, and most of the Heavenly Pillar King was talking, and now he asked everyone for advice, which surprised everyone.

"My esteemed Great Khan, the old minister thinks that the current situation of the Tang Army is unknown, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses have come, so it is better to wait for a few days, and those Qiang people and party members will send us detailed information about the Tang Army!" A famous king with the same gray hair said.

As soon as these words fell, another famous king snorted and said, "Murong Ming, you are really old!" Wait, when will it be, will it be necessary to wait until the main force of the Tang Army arrives before fighting? What kind of information, didn't there already be a piece of information in Shanzhou City a few days ago? ”

The previous famous king named Murong Ming suddenly said angrily: "Murong Yuan, what are you talking about? Am I old? I can still wield a thirty-pound axe, how old am I! Besides, how can the news from Shanzhou City be trusted, what if it is a trick of the Tang people? ”

That Murong Yuan was about to retort again, but he heard a cold voice from above: "Okay, stop arguing!" ”

As soon as they heard this voice, Murong Yuan and Murong Ming were immediately silent.

But the voice came from the king of the pillars.

I only heard the Heavenly Pillar King say in a cold voice: "The two of you are noisy every time you gather, what kind of system!" This pair of Tang Junjun is not something that the two of you can quarrel with! ”

Murong Yuan and Murong Ming immediately leaned over and said, "Weichen is guilty, please forgive the Great Khan and the country!" ”

Fu Yun waved his hand and motioned for the two to get up. The two of them glanced at the Heavenly Pillar King, and when they saw him nodding, they got up.

King Tianzhu stood up, looked at the north and said, "Now that the Tang army has descended, we are still arguing here, doesn't this give the Tang army a chance?" Therefore, Weichen suggested that this battle should be decided by the Great Khan Qiangang! He bowed to Fu Yun.

Fu Yun glanced at the Tianzhu King, was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Alas, forget it, what kind of Qiangang is arbitrary, Ben Khan's body is getting worse and worse, these things should be handled by the Minister of State!" ”

"Great Khan, how can this work!" The King of Tianzhu suddenly looked terrified, "Only under the leadership of the Great Khan can our army burst out with unprecedented combat effectiveness and compete with the Tang Army!" ”

"Don't talk about this anymore, it's decided!" Fu Yun said categorically, with an undoubted momentum in his words.

The Heavenly Pillar King suddenly looked at Fu Yun in surprise, as if it was the first time he had seen him clearly.

In this battle against the Tang Army, although he had 30,000 soldiers and horses, in the face of the Tang Army's iron cavalry, no one dared to say that he had an absolute chance of victory. Therefore, he Tianzhu King will try his best to let Fu Yun personally lead this battle. If he loses, the responsibility is all on Fu Yun, if he wins, he is taking the opportunity to seize the leadership and lead the army to take the opportunity to capture the states of Longxi. But now, Fu Yun obviously saw through his plan, and found an excuse for poor health to push himself to the front, if he loses, I am afraid that he will not even have to do the position of prime minister. Thinking of this, the Heavenly Pillar King couldn't help but sweat.

Walking out of the big tent, several famous kings all looked at the Tianzhu King. The latter waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Look at what I'm doing, why don't you go and do your own thing?" ”

Several famous kings immediately saluted in unison and walked away.

The Heavenly Pillar King looked at the winding horizon in the north, but his heart was extremely heavy.

On the other side of the horizon, the Tang army is pressing!