At noon, the general's mansion in Shiquan Town, there was a scene of staggered planning, Li Qing sat in the first place, on his right hand side sat the original Chengdu team who followed him all the way, and on the left was about four or five high-level officials of Shiquan Town with the head of the Shiquan Town Guard. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There are more than 800 soldiers guarding the city in Shiquan Town, which can be regarded as an important part of the second defense line in the northwest frontier of Jiannan Road.

Shiquan Town will be a sturdy and thoughtful middle-aged man, a meal, although they don't get along for a long time, but looking at his words and deeds, Li Qing can also roughly find that this Shiquan Town's chief general does not have the same big mind as his appearance.

After all, if it were an ordinary border general, the little official would have been very surprised and panicked when he saw Li Qing, the dignified Jiannan Dao Jiedu envoy, and when this Jiedu envoy was even more shrouded by the aura of the first-class prince of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Qing observed that although the Shiquan Town General in front of him was surprised by the arrival of Li Qing and his party, and his speech and demeanor were also very respectful, there was no chaos as Li Qing expected.

After all, it is just an ordinary border town, which is naturally far from being as spacious and vast as the Yamen, and the dishes prepared are naturally not as rich and delicious as Chengdu, but for the people who sleep in the open air with continuous meals, although the dishes in front of them are several grades worse than before, Li Qing and his party still feel very delicious.

Therefore, a lunch was not long, but it was a pleasure for the guests and hosts, and when the attendants on the side retreated from the banquet, Li Qing, who had a good amount of wine, kept a clear head and looked at the Shiquan Town General in front of him and asked: "This place is not far from Songzhou, I wonder if the general can know the extent of the war in Songzhou?" ”

Seeing that King Shou asked, the Shiquan Town General on the side arched his hand and said unhurriedly: "Since a few days ago, the Tubo people and horses raided Songzhou, and in the past few days, the people of the Tang Dynasty who have passed through this pass one after another to take refuge in the south have been no less than ten waves, ranging from dozens of people to hundreds of nearly a thousand people. ”

According to the end of the general sent to the horse report, Tubo all the way unstoppable, since three days ago under the division of Songzhou City, before and after the attack on Songzhou has been launched no less than five times, although the Songzhou general is a well-known man, Songzhou City is also a high wall and deep moat, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Tubo soldiers and horses still more than once attacked the city wall, if not for yesterday Maozhou deputy general personally led a thousand Maozhou elite men and horses to support, I am afraid that Songzhou City has already fallen! ”

After all, he was working under the deputy general of Maozhou, and now seeing that Shiquan Town in front of him would fight for the fame of the deputy general of Maozhou, Li Qing could also understand, nodded and signaled that he already knew the support of the main general of Maozhou, and said that he would definitely reward his merits after waiting for the end of the combat power.

Sure enough, seeing Li Qing's promise, Shiquan Town greeted Li Qing more enthusiastically, and gradually regarded Li Qing as the party who oversaw the military power of Jiannan, rather than just treating him as a high-ranking and pampered prince all year round.

Although it is just a change of attitude, it is indeed of extraordinary significance to Li Qing, who hopes to become famous in the first war and use this fighter to subdue those unruly border generals.

After settling the soldiers, arranging the soldiers and horses, and getting the general of Shiquan Town to send a hundred soldiers who are familiar with the local terrain to accompany the army as army guides, Li Qing's already settled heart became more stable!

In the early morning of the next day, the weather was still cold, but after a night of rest, the Chengdu military horses were rejuvenated, the cold weather could not stop them from advancing, after dividing the distance of a hundred Shiquan soldiers who were familiar with the terrain to each corner of the army, Li Qing waved his hand, and the whole army advanced, and the black torrent gradually moved away from Shiquan, and re-embarked on the journey, with the sparsely populated wasteland outside the Guan, there was a great artistic conception of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return", but compared to the sad parting of Yishui more than a thousand years ago, At this moment, the face of every soldier in this black torrent is full of the ardent hope of the hot-blooded man of the Tang Dynasty to protect his family and defend the country and make contributions.

Not far away, standing on the gate, Shiquan Town looked at the men in Xuanyi who were protected by the layers of Tsing Yi warriors, and after a while, he sighed with emotion: "This newly appointed His Royal Highness King Shou is really not a simple person. ”

Shiquan Town, who has been guarding the border for many years, will naturally see the immaturity and inadequacy of this fledgling team at a glance, but the newly appointed Jiannan Dao Jiedu has made the young His Royal Highness King Shou have the power to turn decay into magic, and he has changed the most flaw that a new team is most likely to produce - cowardice, and Shiquan Town will not find this mood in this team under His Royal Highness King Shou.

The battlefield is just changing, the two armies are most afraid of fighting before fighting, if once one side retreats first, even if it does not fight, it has already lost five points, and the rest of the results can be imagined?

The process of marching is always boring, and every time he moves forward along the way, Li Qing's heart is heavy, because of the several fleeing refugees encountered on the road, under Li Qing's patient questioning, the previous person said: "Songzhou City is in danger. ”

The further he went, the more outrageous he said, and even when a group of refugees who had just passed were brought to Li Qing by the sergeant, he frankly said in front of Li Qing that Songzhou City had been broken, and the Tang army stationed in Songzhou City was either dead or surrendered, and the Tubo army was invincible.

Hearing this, even in Li Qing's quiet heart, he couldn't help but have a gloomy face, if this refugee said this in front of the truth, the three thousand men and horses led by him at this moment were not going to reinforcements but to die.

But if you don't go to reinforcements, in case there is a turnaround in Songzhou City, and you are cowardly before fighting at this time, then at that time, I am afraid that you will become a sinner of Jiannan Dao through the ages, and if you go to reinforcements, in case this person in front of you is telling the truth, glancing at the three thousand Cheng Erlang who are alive behind him, Li Qing understands that if he goes to reinforcements recklessly without knowing the situation, he will undoubtedly push these three thousand hot-blooded sons into the fire pit.

At this moment, Li Qing is very entangled, is it not to advance, nor is it to retreat? As a general, their real name is not only to send their lives to the battlefield, but also to watch them spill blood on the battlefield one by one, if they can, Li Qing wants to surrender without a fight, but with the current strength of his side, it is difficult to realize this wish, unless the Tang Dynasty puts the military focus on the southwest border, if not, this idea is simply a pipe dream.

And Li Qing understands better, whether it is the Tianbao period or the late Kaiyuan period, the center of the Tang Empire has always been on the northwest border and the northeast border, compared with these two places, Lingnan and Jiannan are embarrassed, and they have always been in a situation where grandma does not love their father and mother, and in the face of the enemy's attack, the only instruction of the Tang Empire is: defense, defense instead of attack!