"Dashuai, there's the latest news from Xuan Yingwei on the sandbank." In the Tiance army camp outside Guazhou City, with the return of Wan Yi, the Tiance army has also entered a state of first-level combat readiness, and the cavalry corps of Gao Siji and Tuoba Siji are directly and secretly ambushed, ready to attack at any time. And the last message sent by Zhao Si also made the camp begin to boil suddenly.

"General Gao, you must lead the right wing corps to arrive near the west gate of Shazhou City before tomorrow night, if there are soldiers and horses outside the city trying to enter the city at that time, you must block it, if not, you will directly lead the army to attack the city gate." Wan Yi spread out the map and pointed to the direction of the sandbar with the generals and said, "According to the information sent by the Xuan Ying Guard, the Anxi Uighurs may take advantage of the fire to rob, and you must intercept them and beat them back." After Wan Yi finished explaining, he immediately turned to Tuoba Siji and said: "General Tuoba Your task is to answer the Anxi battalion, enter the city after the Anxi battalion opens the city gate, control the headquarters of the Guiyi Army as soon as possible, and then go straight to the south to defend the task and block the mercenaries of the Tubo people." ”

"What if the Tubo and Anxi camps opened the city gate at the same time?" Tuoba Si continued: "Do you want to carry out the task of taking over the Anxi camp first?" And then rely on the walls for defense? ”

Wan Yi shook his head and said, "If you don't have time, then carry out the defense of the Tubo people in advance, and I will let Chai Jia follow up in Shazhou City and take over your task." In addition, there is another point that all the troops entering the city need to understand, if necessary, you must find a way to stabilize the situation of the sandbank as soon as possible, we have not much time, we must take the sandbar before the year, and fight the pressure of the Hurs and Tubo, so that we can successfully take Anxi next year and recover the homeland of the Tang Dynasty. I think this is the best New Year's gift that our Western Expedition Group Army has given to the emperor. ”

"Then they all have something to do, so our Modao Battalion is watching from the side this time?" Shi Jian saw that Wan Yi finished saying this, which was typical of the conclusion after the battle command, and immediately said in a hurry: "If you are not handsome, you will also send some tasks to our Modao Battalion?" ”

"Okay, then I'll give you a task, all the Modao battalion will be disguised as the main force, camouflage our operation, and let the spies on the sandbank pass this fake news back." Wan Yi blocked all Shi Jian's words back in one sentence, and asked Chai Jia next to him to cover his mouth and poke Shi Jian, which made Shi Jian jump up directly, and Gao Siji next to him smiled: "Boss Shi, you have to understand that you have a great responsibility now, our more than 200,000 troops of the Western Expeditionary Army rely on you to see the field, and it is not a trivial matter that 50,000 people in your Modao Battalion can pretend to be 200,000 people, this is our first major contribution to the sandbank." ”

"you, Gao Siji doesn't get cheap and sell well, you guys are good, just come to catch up with the big war." Shi Jian was disdainful of Gao Siji's rare joke, but before he could continue to say anything, he was interrupted by Wan Yi, "This matter is so decided, the generals of each department immediately executed the order, the artillery battalion acted with Chai Jia's department, and the mechanical crossbow was divided into two, and the two generals Gao Siji and Tuoba Siji acted with them." The Chief of Staff immediately notified the logistics troops to prepare the corresponding ammunition and supplies. The Deputy Prime Minister and I are waiting for you to accomplish great things in Kuah. Everyone remembers, no matter what Zhang Chaofeng and others do, but the Guiyi Army is a heroic iron army that has fought for us and other Tang people in the northwest for a hundred years. So everyone should pay attention to their subordinates. ”

After the generals present glanced at each other, Gao Siji spoke: "Please rest assured, we will strictly obey the general's order, so that the military spirit of the Guiyi Army will not disappear from now on, and I believe that Datang will always remember this heroic army." ”

"Prepare the ministries, the chief of staff will assist you in preparing for the war." When Wan Yi finished arranging the mission, the Shazhou side also reached the most urgent moment, Zhang Chaofeng's team began to search for Cao Rengui and his family throughout the city, while he himself came to the prison alone and found the innermost death row.

"Turn it on." Under the dim light, the death row was lifeless, a silent figure stood there alone in a daze against the cold wall, Zhang Chaofeng walked in, lit the candle on the side by himself, opened the food box he brought, brought out a few dishes and a pot of wine and two cups from it, poured the wine and sat aside.

"You're here?" That figure is Li Yichang, at this time, the cloak exudes the slightest look of the past, but he turned around and sat opposite Zhang Chaofeng, took a sip of the wine glass and said with a smile: "It's still the real brew on the top of the snowy mountain, I haven't drunk it for some years, but I miss it." ”

"Yes, teacher, I remember that after you and your uncle helped me eradicate Suo Xun the year before last, we drank the Snow Mountain Real Brew for a whole day, and everyone was so drunk at that time that we didn't remember anything when we woke up." Zhang Chaofeng was also a little nostalgic, and said a little vicissitudes between his words: "At that time, the teacher, uncle, and Rengui were so chic that the three of us were so chic, and we were looking forward to rectifying the accumulated shortcomings, reviving the reputation of my Guiyi Army, restoring the great achievements of my grandfather and grandfather in the previous generation, dominating the northwest, and creating a bright future for us and other Han people." ”

"Yes, at that time, the lord was high-spirited, and I was even more arrogant, thinking that the heroes of the world were just Suo Xun's generation, and we would be able to achieve what we wanted under the unity of our hearts and minds, and even at that time, I was still thinking that if the Central Plains continued civil strife, we might not be able to rely on the benefits of the Northwest Iron Cavalry to drive the mainland to help me in the Tang Dynasty and achieve eternal achievements." Li Yichang's chatterbox opened with a glass of wine, and a look of remembrance appeared on his face, and he said with a smile: "Although I am only vulgar, I also want to assist the lord to achieve the great cause of Han Liu Bang after Xiao He." ”

Li Yichang's words made Zhang Chaofeng's face obviously painful, Li Yichang's words obviously reminded him of the events of the year, Li Yichang remembered him, didn't he remember, he finally brought down the powerful minister Suo Xun, and was thinking about rectifying it, reinvigorating the reputation and strength of the Guiyi Army, and then sweeping Hexi, subduing the surrounding tribes, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to occupy Heshuo, and fighting for the world with the sharpness of the northwest elite cavalry, it may not be without a chance. It's just that what everyone doesn't know is that when they eradicated Suo Xun, the Central Plains had been unified, and Li Xuanqing sent troops to the northwest with the strong strength of the unified Central Plains, disrupting everything, and the Wen Mo people, the Tubo people, and the Uighurs, one after another, fell on the way of the Tiance army's charge, and the new Tang Empire appeared in the east like a rising sun, and the efforts of his own people came to naught.

Time is not waiting for me, Zhang Chaofeng and Li Yichang thought of this sentence at the same time, they have ambition, foundation and strength, but in the end they lost to time, if God can give himself five years, then the Guiyi Army will inevitably be able to compete with the Tiance Army in Hexi, at that time it is absolutely unknown who will die. But now, the field has entered Guazhou, and Zhang's century-old foundation is left in a corner of the sandbank, and the situation is extremely critical, but if the Guiyi Army is united and sincerely united, then with the support and assistance of all ethnic groups in the northwest, it may not be impossible to fight with the Tiance Army, but if the army is still in Guazhou today, it will be chaotic first. Cao Rengui went to a foreign country and turned his back on himself, and his teacher, who was also the most trusted person, knew that Cao Rengui's crime did not tell him, did he lose confidence in himself? Do you also want to protect yourself at a critical moment? Zhang Chaofeng also heard about it during this time, and Datang was actually very worried about his teacher, and he knew no less than five groups of people to lobby. In the past, Zhang Chaofeng scoffed at these things, and he was not even willing to interrupt these lobbyists, but now it seems that he is afraid that his teacher may not be unmoved.

Zhang Chaofeng's thoughts, how did Li Yichang not know? So he took a sip of his wine glass and said with a smile to himself: "The lord is here to ask why I didn't tell you about Cao Rengui?" ”

"Lord, what kind of juncture has the situation on the sandbank reached now, I think the lord should know, right?" Li Yichang smiled slowly, he has nothing to hide until now, his students themselves know that they are talented and capable, but this suspicion has never stopped, and even if he is not his teacher, then there is absolutely no way to sit on the position of ten thousand people under one person before.

"There is a strong enemy on the outside, eyeing the tiger, and there is a disaster of Xiao Wall inside, which can erupt at any time." Zhang Chaofeng's voice was low, and his eyes burst with infinite murderous aura, "That's why do you want to hide Cao Rengui's matter from me, teacher?" If I had known about this matter and would not have allowed Cao Rengui to abscond, I would have had enough time to clean up the internal troubles, as long as there were no internal troubles, even if the Tiance army attacked the sandbank, it would definitely not be so easy to succeed, and when the Uighurs and the Tubo reinforcements were together, I would be able to fight him back with the drawback of the Tiance army's labor expedition. Zhang Chaofeng's eyes were full of unwillingness, and his eyes when he looked at Li Yichang also became gloomy, like a lone wolf in the night.

"Alas, my lord, you are smart and foolish for a while." Now Li Yichang didn't have anything to say, sighed and said: "The lord also knows that there is a strong enemy on the outside, and there is a disaster of Xiao Wall inside, but do you know why I didn't tell you?" I, Li Yichang, became your enlightenment teacher when you were five years old, you can doubt my ability, but have I ever doubted my loyalty to the lord of the Guiyi Army? ”

Zhang Chaofeng shook his head silently, Li Yichang knew how he was doing, but before he could answer, Li Yichang said to himself: "I was already staring at Cao Rengui after thinking of his thoughts before, but now I am in danger waiting on the sandbank, if the lord and the minister do not agree, then how can I persist in the great cause of returning to the righteous army?" I'm afraid it's really going to be scattered in an instant? Although Cao Rengui has selfish intentions, his master's home is in Shazhou, and his foundation is also in Shazhou, as long as we don't persecute him, he will at most just leave a way back for himself, but he will definitely persist when my Guiyi Army can hold on, and stand with the lord to face the oppression of the Tiance Army. But now that the lord has made this matter clear, the matter has been clarified, and the layer of paper between us and Cao Rengui has been pierced, and only the fish die and the net is broken. Li Yichang put down his wine glass and sighed: "And don't you understand, lord?" The Uighurs and Tibetans had come to support Cao Rengui rather than the Guiyi army. You must know that the original relationship between the Uighurs and the Tubo people was the Cao family, and now the Anxi Uighurs have also been moved by Cao Rengui's words, so they came to Shazhou to listen to you or Cao Rengui. ”

After this sentence was spoken, Zhang Chaofeng had not yet spoken, Li Yichang continued: "As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, the Cao family is the barefoot, my lord, what conditions can you give to the Uighurs and Tibetans, I believe that the Cao family will definitely not frown, and will agree to double the price." Now it's almost the lord who is forcing the Cao family to rebel. The loss of the Cao family and Cao Rengui is the loss of the biggest foreign aid. I believe that Cao Rengui had already left Shazhou City at this moment, either to Datun City in Anxi or to the mercenary territory of the Tubo people in the south. My lord, it's too late to say this. I've been hiding it from my lord, but doesn't my lord want to think about why he received information at this juncture? Isn't this the Tiance Army doing the trick? Lord, I'm afraid that this time I will return to the righteous army to the last moment, and it is time for the Zhang family to consider retreating in the northwest for a hundred years. ”

Zhang Chaofeng didn't speak for a long time, and now he also understands the cause and effect, whether it is Cao Rengui's idea or Li Yichang's plan before, or even the design of Zhao Si of Tiance Army, but as Li Yichang said, it is too late now, and every step of the people on his side is under the design of others. Especially for their own understanding, even if the other party is already ready, even if it is exposed, it will not affect the effect, so the yang plot is punished, there is no room for struggle at all, once the suspicion is pointed out, it is equivalent to releasing the dark side of people's hearts, Zhang Chaofeng can't deal with all this at all. Originally, Li Yichang was able to block it, at least Zhang Chaofeng would not have pierced this layer of window paper if he didn't know it. Now—

"The lord doesn't have to delay time with me here, the old minister was also entrusted by the old lord at the beginning, but it's a pity that he fell short for the mountain. The lord should take advantage of the time now to think about how to protect the Zhang family, right? Li Yichang looked at Zhang Chaofeng in front of him as if he saw the former student.

"Don't worry, teacher, I'll let you out immediately, please sir, and see how I get back into the picture. Cao Rengui can bring back reinforcements, but I don't know if Zhang Chaofeng can't pull them back? There should be news from my aunt's side, too. Zhang Chaofeng suddenly bowed deeply to Li Yichang and said: "Please also ask Mr. to stabilize the rear for me, after this crisis, I will be guilty of pleading in front of Mr." ”

Li Yichang watched Zhang Chaofeng walk out without looking back, and after staying for a long time, he sighed, so he will accompany you to the end when he is near.

When Li Yichang came out of the prison, Zhao Si also happened to pass by, looking at Li Yichang's appearance, Zhao Si shook his head, and the last trace of hesitation in his heart also left. This is the end of the sandbar matter. It was also at this moment that Su Xiaohu's side also began to act, and the Flying Eagle Brigade followed his own commander, and all the killings also began at this time.