Wuwei County, many days of sunshine has disappeared, the sky is cloudy, indicating that the wind and rain of the war is coming, the tall and strong city wall is full of sabre-rattling Tubo soldiers and Qiang soldiers who assist in defending the city, they are looking at the Tang army outside the city with complicated feelings, for a hundred years are Tubo attacking the city and plundering the village, the Tang army is guarding the precarious city, but today it is the opposite, two miles east of the city, 50,000 Tang troops have set up a camp that stretches for three miles, they are majestic, banner waving, hundreds of giant siege engines lined up, Like a giant beast with a hideous face; The barracks were also very quiet and calm, no noisy shouts were heard, and no impatient soldiers walked around the barracks, so quiet that it seemed to be an empty camp with no people, but the murderous aura emanating from the barracks made people really feel that the war was about to break out.

On the observation tower in the barracks, He Lou Wuji stared intently at the northern section of the city wall accompanied by Li Jinge, the king of Qiang, last night, the scout sent to investigate the situation received a text message worn on the arrow under the north gate, there were only three words on the letter, the black wolf flag, the black wolf is the totem worshiped by the Li Jinge tribe, He Lou Wuji immediately understood the meaning, the Ugao Geri department has been mixed into the city, and it is very likely to be stationed in the north gate area.

"Look, General! Black Wolf Banner. Li Jinge, who was already sweating nervously, finally discovered a small black wolf flag hidden among the many Tubo flags, and he was so excited that his voice changed tone.

"I've seen it already." He Lou Wuji glanced at him and smiled slightly: "I just want to surprise Li Dudu." ”

After that, he couldn't help laughing, and Li Jinge's face was flushed, and he laughed. He Lou Wuji categorically ordered: "Order the army to attack the east gate and the south gate. ”

The army follows the order. The rumbling drum suddenly sounded, the drum broke through the dark clouds, the silent and waiting Tang army finally launched, and the huge trebuchet rumbled forward, creaking and rattling! The ground was full, and huge stones were about to be thrown on the city, and the battlements were smashed to smash with a bang, and the walls flew sideways and the boulders rolled. The Tubo army shouted, blood and flesh splashed, and more than a dozen people were killed and wounded in an instant.

The battle officially began, and the city was raining arrows and flying rocks like locusts. blocked the road to the advance of the Don Army. The first wave of war. Both sides are mainly engaged in long-distance projection warfare, and it is obvious that the stones of the Tang army are more powerful, and three hundred people pull a stone, and the boulder is installed, accompanied by a shout, and the creak of ropes and winches, and the boulder is shot out. It's unusually high. Above the city walls, it landed in the city with a thud. Thousands of reserve troops were gathered here, they obviously didn't realize that the power of Tang Junshi was so powerful, and for a while flesh and blood were flying, wailing everywhere, but unfortunately more than a thousand Han slaves who were captured as hostages were also affected, killing and wounding hundreds, and the rest of the people were frightened, regardless of the indiscriminate chopping of the Tubo people, they fled in a hurry.

Soon, the weapon that the Tubo people were most afraid of finally appeared, a batch of black bullets fell like hail densely, instantly emitting an earth-shattering explosion, the flames soared into the sky, the heat wave rolled, the iron nails and iron pieces that burst out were pervasive, and even exploded in the air, countless Tubo army souls were scattered, and the nightmarish shadow caused by gunpowder had been deeply implanted in their hearts, when the explosion just sounded, countless people covered their ears and ran away, shouting hysterically: Chabalaren! Chabalaren! This is the legendary earth demon of the Tibetan people.

Although Trisong Detsen sent people to investigate many times during the three years, gunpowder was the top secret of the Xiliang military land, and the Tubo people were never able to discover this secret, let alone follow suit.

As soon as the drum changed, the sound became more and more agitated, and the Tang army began a large-scale attack, and the Tang army formation of 10,000 people quickly rushed to the east city wall under the cover of a huge cowhide shield, and the momentum was rushing like a tide, and a hundred huge cloud ladders were in the front.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Shang Zabu hissed and shouted, the Tang army's powerful attack made him tremble, but what made him even more angry was that his dozens of trebuchets fell apart after attacking several times, and the noose was obviously cut by someone.

The soldiers of the Tang Army were constantly shot down by arrows, the ladder was smashed and scattered, but no one retreated, the soldiers of the attacking ground wave after wave, the huge ladder has been attacked to the side of the moat, after three years of weapon development, the Tang Army ladder is obviously more suitable for siege warfare, which is installed at the bottom of several rows of wide flat ladders, when close to the moat, immediately there are soldiers with a winch to shake them out, stretching out to the other side of the river, like a temporary bridge, so that the ladder and soldiers can pass directly from above.

The iron hook at the top of the ladder is on the city wall, the soldiers shout and kill, dense like an ant colony to attack the city, the explosion is one after another, the flames are in the air, the fire is raging, the Tang army that took the lead in rushing to the city wall has begun to have a white-edged battle with the Tubo army, the sword light and sword shadow, the arrows are like rain, and the soldiers who fell down the city wall are everywhere, accompanied by a terrible scream, tragic and tragic.

In the face of death, the shock of gunpowder gradually disappeared, and the Tibetan army forgot their fear, and they all threw themselves into the battle, fighting to the death.

He Lou Wuji has turned to the northwest corner, he looked at the attack of the Tang army with an expressionless face, a hundred steps behind him, 20,000 Tang army light cavalry stood still, the sword was unsheathed, the long lance was horizontal, and the sharp blade emitted a cold light, at this moment, a burst of shouts suddenly broke out in the west gate, and then the fire was raging, and the shouting of killing shook the sky, and in a moment, the city gate was slowly opened, and dozens of Qiang soldiers put down the drawbridge and shouted loudly to the Tang army.

The sudden change almost stunned both the besieging sides inside and outside the city, and time seemed to stand still at this moment, but the 20,000 Tang Army light cavalry suddenly launched, like a muffled thunder rising from the ground, and the Tang cavalry cluster burst out with a terrifying roar, and the earth also shook, and they swept away towards Wuwei City with overwhelming momentum

On the fifth day of the ninth month of the sixth year of Xuanren, Wuwei County, which had been lost for three years, returned to the hands of the Tang army. In the afternoon, the warm sun on the plateau was scorching and piercing, and the sun seemed to be dressed in a thorny coat, and on a muddy military road, several messengers came from the north. Horses' hooves trampled across mud ponds. Stirring up muddy water to splash everywhere, in a moment, several war horses rushed up a hill and galloped towards the Tang military camp that could not be seen for miles.

Starting from Baigu City, the 100,000 Tang Army only walked out of more than 150 miles in four days, and although the terrain was complex and altitude sickness was a reason, but more importantly, the top decision-makers of the 100,000 army did not seem to have the positive intention of marching, and the time to rest was far more than the time to march. In the evening, the army was stationed at the foot of a mountain on the west bank of the Yellow River, in September, and in the distance was a huge snow-capped mountain that would not melt all year round, shining in the light of the setting sun. Scattered with an eerie glow. Nearby is a vast meadow. Thick and yellowish, there were large dense birch forests on some of the low, watery hills, pointing straight and high to the sky, as if in silent protest against the strange invading army.

As soon as the camp was set up, the general Wang Siyu walked quickly towards the big tent with some worry, Wang Siyu is only twenty-five years old this year, but he is already experienced in a hundred battles. Serious gaze, tall and majestic body. On him, you can still vaguely see the demeanor of his grandfather Wang Zhonghei, walking in front of the handsome tent. His own soldiers immediately saluted him, "The governor has been waiting for the general for a long time. ”

Wang Siyu stopped, he pondered for a moment and strode into the tent, the tent was very quiet, several military counselors in charge of logistics had just left, two soldiers were cleaning up the teacups on the desk, Zhang Huan was standing in front of a sand table and pondering, the sand table is the road and town distribution map of the entire Tubo region, made by several scouts in two years, not only the Tubo area, there are dozens of similar sand table military affairs bureaus, as far as Guanlong, Hexi, Shuzhong, as far as Anxi, Mobei and even the west of the Green Ridge. In addition to the huge number of scouts, the huge spy network has also been paved, and the tentacles have extended to various important cities in the Tang Dynasty, and the general leader of the spy network is unknown except Zhang Huan, he may be a smiling medicine seller, or he may be a glamorous and demonic Qinglou bustard, the spy network brings a large amount of information every day for the high-level decision-making of the Jiedu Mansion, and the strategy of this expedition is also based on an extremely important piece of information.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhang Huan turned his head suddenly, and saw Wang Siyu's worried eyes at a glance, he smiled, it took four days to march for one hundred and fifty miles, and it was strange that Wang Siyu was not anxious.

"Sit down!" Zhang Huan waved his hand and motioned for the two pro-soldiers to go out first.

Wang Siyu sat down, and when he saw that Zhang Huan was still looking at the sand table, he couldn't help but say: "Dudu, I am against attacking Luo!" ”

"Why?" Zhang Huan turned around with a smile and asked, "Ten days ago, you were still strongly advocating attacking Luo, why did you change your mind now?" "Husband fights, angry, I only see that the governor is hesitant, and I know that even if I get to Luo, I will inevitably return with a miserable defeat, rather than being defeated, it is better not to fight!" Speaking of this, Wang Siyu was slightly excited, "Governor, please forgive me, since you want to attack Luo, you should also keep a low profile, surprise it, attack it unprepared, 5,000 light cavalry is enough, this is the premise that I strongly advocate attacking Tubo, but the governor has raised 100,000 troops to march south, the wind is beautiful, but what about the supply of 100,000 troops?" It will snow in the autumn of Tibet, not to mention the sneak attack of the Tibetans, even if the wild wolves along the way are enough to interrupt the supply line, please think twice! ”

"I know what you're talking about, and I came to you today just to tell you that I don't want to attack Luo at all, it's just a false shot." Zhang Huan was very surprised when he saw Wang Siyu, and he couldn't help but apologize: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't hide it from you, but I've been waiting for an piece of information, and I just got accurate information." ”

Although the coach hid himself, Wang Siyu had already made it clear that Zhang Huan would not attack Luo, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and smiled with relief: "As long as the governor doesn't attack Luo, even if the last one tells me, it doesn't matter." ”

Regardless of personal honor and disgrace, always focus on the overall situation, this is what Zhang Huan admires most about Wang Siyu, seeing that he did not take the matter of hiding him to heart, Zhang Huan smiled approvingly: "In fact, I not only hide it from you, but also hide it from all people, including Hu Yong, Du Mei and others, you are the first person to know." ”

"Please speak clearly!"

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, and Fang Xu said, "What do you think is the biggest lesson of our Hehuang battle three years ago?" ”

This Wang Siyu hesitated and said: "I thought it was because the intelligence was not well prepared, and I didn't expect that Tubo Zampu would suddenly attack Wuwei and was unable to face the battle, so that Pei Jun took advantage of the weakness and was occupied by him to the north of Guanlong." ”

Zhang Huan nodded, "You are actually right, but this is just the appearance, the deep reason is that we did not do what we can, if we had an army of 200,000 at that time, and the soldiers were good enough to eat, even if Tubo Zampu personally put on armor and went into battle, we would not be afraid, and Pei Jun would not dare to cross the Yellow River easily." ”

Wang Siyu suddenly said, "Does the governor mean that this attack is also the same mistake?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Huan admitted without hesitation: "It is not wise to use the power of a county to destroy a country, we have already fallen once, and we cannot make the same mistake again." ”

"But the Governor." Wang Siyu raised his hand and said with a smile: "Please don't hang my appetite anymore, let's say it all!" ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly, "With the wealth of Longyou, the abundance of financial resources and the importance of the strategic location, is there really no one who will peep at us?" We can set up spy networks elsewhere, won't others plant spies in Longyou and Hehuang? This time we are sixty percent of the army on an expedition, do you really think that no one will take advantage of the situation? ”

Zhang Huan's three rhetorical questions in a row made Wang Siyu couldn't help but open his mouth, and he said after a while: "But this time is not that time, this time we are recovering the lost territory of the Tang Dynasty, who dares to risk the world to attack us at this time?" ”

Zhang Huan nodded, "It's good that you can see this, but not everyone cares about public sentiment and public opinion, and there is one person who will not take the so-called great world to heart." ”

Wang Siyu pondered for a moment, he suddenly understood what the Governor was referring to, and couldn't help nodding slowly, "I now fully understand the true intention of the Governor Nanzheng." ”

"Nope! You don't get it all. Zhang Huan called him forward, and pointed his finger at Dunhuang County on the sand table: "Your task is to lead 30,000 troops to detour behind Dunhuang County, cut off the road for the Hexi Tubo army to retreat south, and cooperate with He Lou Wuji to drive the Hexi Tubo army to Anxi." ”

"And me

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled sinisterly: "I want that person to taste the taste of the old nest quilt." ”