When everything was arranged, Liu Ran, who had disappeared at some point, appeared in front of Li Qing with a middle-aged man dressed in a brigade commander's uniform with a gloomy face, and looked around to see that there were no outsiders before he spoke: "Your Highness, three days ago, Tubo suddenly raised 20,000 troops to invade my Songzhou!" ”

Liu Ran's voice was not loud, but the people present, including the high-ranking cadres of the West Battalion of the City Defense Army who had just returned here, had already heard it clearly, and the atmosphere that had just been relieved because of Princess Shou's salvation had become urgent again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the first line of defense in the southwest of the Tang Empire facing Tubo, it is not uncommon for Jiannan Dao to be attacked by Tubo, but Liu Ran, Shi Hao and others who were present all knew that every attack in the past occurred at the beginning of autumn, which was a good time for the crops to ripen and be cool in autumn, and it was undoubtedly the best time for the Tubo soldiers who were afraid of heat to attack, and Tubo just took this opportunity to plunder.

However, at this moment, although most of the winter has passed, the military of Tubo at this time is obviously time-consuming and laborious, affected by the bitter cold weather, the combat effectiveness of the Tubo army is obviously much lower, although the corresponding Tang army also has to decline because of the influence of the weather, but obviously as a defensive side, as long as it is not abandoned in the field, the slight decline in combat effectiveness does not have a big impact, compared with the Tubo army, the Tang army is undoubtedly much better.

Although everyone was puzzled, since His Royal Highness King Shou did not speak, it was naturally difficult for everyone to make a statement.

Looking at the dusty middle-aged brigade commander standing behind Liu Ran, he finally turned back to his original strategizing side, and asked without the slightest panic: "Tell me about the current battle situation in Songzhou?" ”

Looking squarely at the green shirt in front of him, it was more appropriate to say that he was a scholar who was holding a scroll and reading poetry and books than a festival in charge of the army, but to the surprise of the brigade commander, the panic he originally thought did not appear on the body of the young Shouwang in front of him.

Putting away the original contempt, the middle-aged brigade commander became respectful and said: "Your Highness, this time the Tubo army does not want to plan for a long time as in the past, but it seems that he suddenly got some news, and this military operation in a hurry, although it is a hasty action, but the combat effectiveness of these Tubo troops dispatched this time should not be underestimated.

"The leading generals are even more brave and strategic, 20,000 soldiers and horses are divided into two roads, 10,000 soldiers and horses are attacking head-on for just one day, and they have taken Ningyuan Town, which is heavily guarded, and another army of soldiers and horses also successfully crossed the Gansong Tomb yesterday morning, one south and one north before and after, presumably at this time, the two armies have joined forces in one place, and the troops are under the city of Songzhou!"

Listening to the middle-aged brigade commander's statement, the cadres who were already full of caution changed their color at this moment, especially the grassroots generals of the city defense army, since the enemy army was able to easily break off the depth of hundreds of miles between the two days, and the troops were under the city of Songzhou, it was enough to see that this Tubo army was not as petty as before!

Hearing this, although Li Qing was not moved in the slightest on the surface, his heart was also tense, although he had not yet figured out the intention of the Tubo soldiers to commit Songzhou, but Li Qing just had a feeling that this Tubo invasion seemed to have a bigger conspiracy, and it was not a small Songzhou that could be satisfied.

Moreover, the geographical location of Songzhou is very important, and it is heavily guarded by the Tang Army, and the famous generals are deployed, if Tubo just wants to plunder, he will definitely not choose to march from the sensitive place of Songzhou, because the importance of Songzhou to Jiannan Province can be understood even by the most confused Jiedu envoys.

As for the inevitable Dangzhou, Xizhou and several small states have troops stationed, but the troops are too scattered, and it is difficult to play any role in the face of the fierce Tubo army.

And as long as the hard bone of Songzhou is broken, then the Tubo will inevitably increase the troops, once the troops are increased, the Tubo army will have the strength to threaten Maozhou in the hinterland of Jiannan Road, a few days ago the main general of Maozhou was just revoked by Li Qing, and now the soldiers and horses of Maozhou are when the military spirit is unstable, if once the Tubo army is in the city, the fate of Maozhou is also difficult to change.

Once the last line of defense is broken, then the northern Shu County of Chengdu is only left with Hanzhou alone to support, although Hanzhou has 8,000 elites, and Ma Hongyuan, the main general of Zhenzhou, is also a figure, but it is difficult to support the arrival of imperial reinforcements under the isolation of a single tree, and it is difficult to support the arrival of imperial reinforcements.

Although Li Qing has never experienced a war, but since he served as the envoy of Jiannan Province, Li Qing has never relaxed his vigilance against the Tubo around him, combined with the relevant information of later generations, Li Qing naturally knows: compared with the decline of the prosperous Tang Dynasty during the Tianbao period, Tubo is like a rising star, the country is rich and the people are strong, and it has grown into one of the few countries that can threaten the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in terms of military strength. It is precisely because the country is rich and the people are strong that the coveting heart for Jiannandao has never been cut off since the establishment of the Tang Empire.

It is precisely because of this that when he heard that Tubo did not choose Yazhou, which is relatively weak in troops and relatively flat and relatively complex in ethnic composition, as a breakthrough, but chose Songzhou, which is relatively low, it is enough to see that Tubo definitely does not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place this time, and what he values is the country of abundance in the rich world, and the world-famous Jiannan Dao of Shu Jin!

Seeing that Liu Ran was silent after asking about the situation, Mu Fan, who was already eager to make contributions, said impatiently: "Your Highness, Songzhou is heavier than Mount Tai, for our Jiannan Dao, if Songzhou is lost, the vast area in the northwest of Jiannan Dao will not be guaranteed, and please order Mu Fan to be the vanguard and lead the army to support, Mu Fan promises that this will definitely become famous, and if it is not successful, it will become benevolent!" ”

Without waiting for Li Qing to speak, Liu Ran, who had always been steady behind Mu Fan, glanced at Li Qing and then opened his mouth to stop: "It's better not to be impulsive, you also heard it clearly just now, this time Tubo dispatched 20,000 troops, with less than a thousand Jianmen troops under Mu Duwei who have never experienced a war, what role can it play, it's just an egg hitting a stone!" ”

Because the situation was urgent, Liu Ran spoke very directly, and did not show any mercy, a captain of the Sword Gate Army standing behind Mu Fan saw that Liu Ran despised his Sword Gate Army so much between his words, and in a moment of anger, the sword was half out, and he looked at Liu Ran not far away with a threatening face and said: "General Liu is not afraid of death, so he will release such words that he will destroy his prestige, this time, even if he dies in battle, he will die for the country, without regrets, It's ten thousand times better than some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death who will only hide behind others and steal peace! ”