And Wei Gao as the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu and Yunnan Jingluo, first pointed to the Qionglai Mountain behind him, and said "starting from the Qionglai Mountain", and then pointed to the boundless hills in the south, even to the turbulent Dadu River, and said "to the Dadu River", "The meanders of the Dadu River, Feiyue, Kuoqing, Tongshan, Pancang, and Liwu Zhucheng are all the residences of the three tribes of Bedeng, Lianglin and Fengpa. Send troops to assist Dongban in wartime, and never lose your trust! ”

Then in the cheers that rushed to the sky, Wei Gao and Gao Yue presented 500 war horses, 1,000 poles and more than 100 pairs of armor from the three Dongban tribes, and the big ghost master of the three Dongban tribes gave the Tang army countless dried meat of cattle and sheep as a supply, and promised to send 10,000 barbarian soldiers to follow Fengyi and Dingwu to continue to the south and attack Shanzhou.

However, Gao Yue and Wei Gao also saw clearly that the entire Lizhou land was cut into two large parts by the Dadu River, north and south, except for some military strongholds on the riverside and the main road, the others were mountains, countless heavy mountains and mountains, and now they could control with the support of the three Dongban tribes, only the north of the Dadu River, so between the two options of finding the decisive battle of the main forces of Xifan and Nanzhao, and consolidating the existing territory, Gao and Wei chose the former.

Wei Gao's decision in Liwu City was very fast, he divided all the Eastern Barbarians into fifty-seven small prefectures, and the big aspects were still under the control of the three ghost lords of Bedeng, Lianglin and Fengpa, and then let the Fengyi army detachment occupy four strongholds around Liwu City, set up four cities of Fan, Shenli, Yaochong, and Shankou, and each allocated a thousand Fengyi army generals to repair the city defense here. At the same time, Wei Gao also asked the Dongban tribe to build a total of 11 wooden fences with bamboo and wood along the Wuhou Ridge that stretched in Liwu City, and set up Fengshu and mutual protection one by one, and set up the "Hanyuan Field" in the flat area 20 miles west of Liwu City, demarcating the address of the field and the mansion, and preparing to immediately let the Fengyi army leave a part, and trade with the Dongban in this place, Tuntian, in order to prepare for a long-term plan.

Ten days later, Cai Fengyuan, the general of Xingyuan, led the successor of 3,000 Dingwu army generals, crossed the Qionglai Pass, and reached Liwucheng and Jiedu to make Gao Yue's main force rendezvous.

At this time, Wei Gao left 800 generals of the Fengyi Army to guard the five military cities, including the core Liwu City, and then led 6,000 generals under him, and 7,000 troops from Gao Yue Dingwu, and 8,000 people from the "Dongban City Pongyicong", a total of 21,000 people, out of Liwu City, towards Tongwang County in the north of the Dadu River

The Dadu River, which separates the north and south Huayi, is only a hundred miles away from Liwu City, and the terrain is gradually easing, which is conducive to the passage or formation of the army to fight - Gao Yue and Wei Gao went out of the city for thirty-five miles, and went to the Baimu Post to spread out the formation of the army, and continued to move forward - at this time, the scouts and Eastern barbarians who galloped to the south of the Dadu River came one after another to report, and a large number of soldiers and horses from Xifan two hundred miles away had come from the city of Taizhou to rush to Dengtai, and now they had crossed the Papaya Ridge and were about to reach Qingxi Pass.

"Qingxi Pass is south of Dadu Water, the first pass leading to Shanzhou, its southerner is Dengtai City, and the southerner is Sanfu City, so the gains and losses of Shanzhou are all above the Qingxi Pass." Wei Gao was in the middle of the military formation, and he spoke urgently.

Gao Yue was on the horse and asked the barbarians who were separated from each other and were familiar with the geography of Li and Shan: "How is the terrain of Qingxi Pass?" ”

The barbarian soldiers said that the widest place of the south pass of Qingxi Pass is not more than zhangyu, the walls on both sides stand thousands of thousands, even the mountains and valleys, there are Qingxi below, it is the most dangerous place, but although this pass is so, there are many "thin roads" in the mountains, and it can still be crossed over the past.

"Where can I go?"

The barbarians replied that since the Xifan sent a large army to guard the stage and guard the Qingxi Pass, the passage between the Eastern Barbarians and the Southern Zhao was separated by them, so we used machetes to cut out several thin roads in the valley and dense forest west of the Qingxi Pass, and these thin roads were all connected to the "North Valley" to the north of the Dengtai City, which was the source of the rope water in the northwest of the stage, cutting out a large river valley, and the rope water went straight to the bottom of the Dengtai City.

After hearing the news, Gao Yue and Wei Gao were both inspired almost at the same time, keenly aware that the opportunity for a surprise attack had arrived.

"To buy time, we need a wave of suspicious soldiers." The two of them immediately made a decision to send two generals, Ming Huaiyi of the Dingwu Army and Zhang Fen of the Fengyi Army, each leading a hundred cavalry and 300 Eastern Barbarian soldiers, to rush across the Dadu River first!

Tongwang County, the Dadu River roars and soars through, the river drop here is very large, ordinary boats and boats such as passing here, unconsciously will be like a sudden fall off the cliff, from one section of the river to another section of the river, broken bones, so it is named "Mouth", it shows that it does not know how many lives it devoured! The Tang army stood on the high bank of Hebei, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but shudder.

But the Eastern barbarians are familiar with hydrology and geography, they have a large raft made of cowhide, from the point of view, like a flat square, there are pennies on all sides, can flexibly turn in the Dadu River, the boat people are also all masters of the art of the bold - Ming Huaiyi, Zhang Fen's two hundred cavalry, even people and horses are sitting on this cowhide raft, crossing a huge and terrifying whirlpool, to the south bank of the river.

"Daddy, you are ..... again" Ming Huaiyi was in the wilderness area of the northwest, galloping on horseback to fight, and was a fearless man, but now he pouted his buttocks, took off his armor, listened to the thunderous waves on all sides, and felt the danger of tomps and overturning in the torrent, his hands and feet were weak, and he could only lie on the raft, pulling the same frightened war horse, and in his heart he begged for the blessing of the Bodhisattva, and scolded himself for his father, surnamed Gao, and I don't know what support he finally relied on to get to the south bank.

After arriving on the south bank, Ming Huaiyi, a devout believer who had taken refuge in the Pure Land Sect not long ago, knelt on the sandy ground of the river, took out the rosary from his shirt, vomited and poured a few mouthfuls, and then meditated on the spot, chanting a lot of Nan Mu Amitabha Buddha in a row, but his mind was still spinning, and his two younger brothers sent armor to him to wear, and the people and horses around him neighed, "Hurry up and get on the horse, the military discipline under the festival is the strictest, and it cannot be delayed." ”

Ming Huaiyi barely stood upright, put on his armor, and put on his hood, but when he got on the horse, he didn't obey the call with his feet, and almost didn't fall down......

Soon in front of Qingxi Pass, there was a "large force" of Tang cavalry, and led the Eastern Barbarian soldiers, very arrogantly spread the banners all over the valley high posts, and the smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves covered the sky and the sun.

The Xifan soldiers who were defending at the Qingxi Pass military fort did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly lit an urgent beacon fire to seek reinforcement from the brigade leader who was crossing the Papaya Ridge.

Zampu once ordered to raise 70,000 troops to Shanzhou to fight a decisive battle against the soldiers and horses that the Tang army might attack.

Gao Yue and Wei Gao's intentions, Zan Pu guessed correctly.

But unfortunately, the 70,000 troops that Zampu had expected did not have time to assemble at the same time.

At this time, only the soldiers and horses sent by Qinghai and Kamigawa gathered under the castle, and together with the soldiers and horses of the Aikawa defense ambassador Ron Beggar, the total strength of the Nandao Da Lun Mangre was about 40,000.

Therefore, he did not dare to be reckless, especially after Qingxi Pass reported that a large number of Tang cavalry had appeared outside the pass, he was even more cautious: The Tang army has all crossed the Dadu River?