Xiping Pavilion, the Tang Army camp of Longyou Road.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the fifty-year-old Huangfu Weiming sat on the main seat with a straight face, and the left and right sides were full of civil and military officials and generals, but there was anxiety in the eyes of Huangfu Weiming, but there was anxiety that ordinary people could not see, since entering December, the Tubo general Mang Buzhi was ordered by Tubo Zampu Xi Dezu and Da Lun Ku Dayan to lead an army of 30,000 to attack, these ten days, the two sides have fought several battles on the battlefield more than ten miles west of Xipingting, and they have not taken advantage.

For the Tang Army, fighting in the snowy plateau in this winter is very unaccustomed to it, and many people have the phenomenon of altitude sickness, and for the Tubo Army, they themselves live on the plateau, and they are accustomed to cold weather all year round, and there is no such thing as altitude sickness at all, and the confrontation has lasted for so long, if it is not for the well-trained and sharp armor, the Tang Army is only afraid that it will not be able to resist, and if it drags on any longer, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable to the Tang Army.

Huangfu Weiming was dressed in bright armor, his hands were propped on his knees, he looked at the civil officials and military generals on the left and right, and said in a deep voice: "In the last two battles, our army has suffered a lot of casualties, although the Tubo army has also lost a lot, but the weather is favorable to them, our army is not tolerant to ice, snow and wind cold, and there are not a few people who lose their combat strength due to frostbite, what can you do to repel the Tubo people, and then make plans in the coming year!" ”

The Chinese officials and generals of the big tent talked in a low voice, but no one stood up to offer advice, which made Huangfu Weiming's heart begin to sink slowly.

At this time, Zhang Boji, the judge of the festival, bowed his hand to Huangfu Weiming and said: "Marshal, a few days ago, didn't General Zhao Ziliang, the governor of Xihai Prefecture, the Taishou of Xihai County, and the envoy of the Hexi Dadou Army, send someone to say that he had led his troops from Xincheng to the south to approach Changning to cooperate with our army?" In the opinion of the following officials, it is better to ask General Zhao to lead his troops to attack Changning, as long as Changning is taken, Zhao Ziliang can cause oppression to Mangbuzhi from the north, so that Mangbuzhi will be attacked on both sides, and the army will inevitably be flustered and demoralized. ”

After listening to Zhang Boji's words, many of the civil officials and generals in the tent nodded, and discussed in a low voice with their colleagues on the left and right, Huangfu Weiming thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "This is not a bad strategy, but it depends on when Zhao Ziliang can capture Changning and lead the army south, and Ben Shuai has no right to control Zhao Ziliang, this matter is not under my control, Ben Shuai has no bottom in his heart!" ”

Zhang Boji suggested again: "The marshal might as well send an urgent letter to Liangzhou to Lord Wang Qi, asking him to temporarily transfer Zhao Ziliang's power of moderation and return it after this battle!" ”

Huangfu Weiming stretched out his hand and touched his long beard, thought for a while, nodded and said: "This matter is feasible, let's do it, Lord Zhang, I will bother you to draft a letter for Ben Shuai!" ”

"No!" Zhang Boji agreed.

At this time, a long signal came from outside: "Report-"

As soon as the words fell, I saw a small colonel walking in quickly and bowing to Huangfu Weiming, who was sitting on the main seat: "Qiqi Marshal, a general from outside the camp gate, claiming to be the general of General Zhao Ziliang, the governor of Xihai, the Taishou, and the envoy of the Great Dou Army, said that he was ordered by General Zhao to report to the marshal in person if he had an urgent military situation!" ”

"Oh?" Huangfu Weiming and Judge Zhang Boji looked at each other, and immediately waved their hands and said, "Bring this person in!" ”

"No!"

After a while, the little colonel just now walked in with a strong man in armor and murderous spirit, and shouted to see the emperor Fu Weiming sitting on the main seat, and immediately bowed down and said: "Villain Xuanyi, come to meet the emperor at the order of my general!" ”

Huangfu Weiming listened to Xuanyi's words, looked at the Heyuan military envoy Wang Rare, who was sitting second on the right hand, and asked, "General Wang, you used to be the deputy envoy of the Great Dou Army, and you were the deputy of General Zhao, have you ever seen this person?" ”

Wang rarely looked at Xuanyi carefully for a while, and said to Huangfu Weiming: "Dashuai, the last general recognizes him, this person is indeed General Zhao's general, Hu Congxuanyi."

Huangfu Weiming was relieved and asked, "Xuanyi is right?" You're from New Town? ”

"Definitely, the villain is from Stone Castle City?"

The tent immediately fell silent, and then a burst of laughter erupted, and one of the generals laughed and said, "Aren't you stupid?" Shibao City is now in the hands of the Tibetan army, but where do you say you came from? Are you crazy, or am I crazy? ”

Huangfu Weiming's expression was awe-inspiring, and he said coldly to Xuan Yi: "Zhao Ziliang didn't send you here to let you tease Ben Shuai, right?" Do you want to taste the disadvantage of the knife and axe hand under this commander's account? ”

Xuan Yi raised his head and licked his chapped lips and said: "Dashuai, the villain is not nonsense, at dawn yesterday, Shibao City and the surrounding ancient Yingpan and Dingrong City have been recaptured by my general with a thousand soldiers and horses, after recapturing Shibao City, my general sent the villain Pegasus to report this important military situation to the marshal, hoping that the marshal will seize the fighter plane and defeat Mangbuzhi in one fell swoop!" The villain went all the way down, but he never rested for a moment, and ran and killed three horses in succession before arriving here! ”

"Haha, this is impossible, absolutely impossible, Shibao City is in the rear of the Tubo army, how did Zhao Ziliang bring the soldiers and horses over? Unless he has the ability to fly to the sky! ”

The generals in the camp chatted one after another, and they all shook their heads and didn't believe that Shibao City had been taken by Zhao Ziliang.

Huangfu Weiming looked at Xuanyi, frowned, and asked, "Xuanyi, didn't Zhao Ziliang lead the troops to attack Changning in the north?" And how did he appear behind the butts of the Tibetans to attack Stone Castle City? ”

Xuanyi arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, it is not my general who is leading the troops to attack Changning now, but the new deputy envoy General Liu Gong, with General Gao Xiuyan and General Ge Shuhan as the deputies, my general ordered General Liu Gong to march to Changning and attack Changning with great fanfare under the banner of my general, the purpose is to attract the attention of the Tubo people, so that the Tubo people believe that our general is in the army, in fact, my general took 3,000 elite horsemen from Qilian County all the way over the mountains and mountains five days ago. The long-distance rush to the West Sea attacked the two thousand Tubo troops stationed in the hometown of the original Longqi City, and wiped them all, the morning before yesterday, the general left General Ma Lan to lead two thousand troops to garrison Longqi City, personally led a thousand soldiers and horses to the north again to stage a long-distance attack on the east coast of the West Sea to the south, and arrived at the Chiling Pass late at night the day before yesterday, at dawn yesterday, the general led us to attack the Stone Fort City, when the weather was very cold, the Tubo army was not strictly defended, and was greatly panicked after the sneak attack by our army, and was quickly killed by our army, and our general laid out a plan to help, Ambushed the Tubo army of two sources in the middle of the way, so that our army successfully captured the ancient camp and Dingrong City again, the process of the matter is like this, now the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Tubo general Mangbuzhi on the opposite side have actually been surrounded by our army, once the Mangbuzhi army knows their situation, they will inevitably be in turmoil, and the marshal can take the opportunity to wave the army to attack, and he will definitely be able to break the Mangbuzhi! ”

The civil officials and generals in the tent saw that Xuanyi had a good name and an eye, and they couldn't see any falsehood at all, so they immediately believed it for seven or eight points, and many people kept snorting, obviously not believing that this thing was true.

Especially Huangfu Weiming, he asked: "How long did it take Zhao Ziliang to lead his troops from Qilian to the hometown of the original Longqi City on the north shore of the West Sea?" How long did it take to get from the north shore of the West Sea to Stone Castle City? ”

Xuan Yiyi: "It took three days from Qilian County to the original Longqi City on the north shore of the West Sea, and one day from Longqi City to Shibao City!" ”

The tent suddenly became silent, and everyone was stunned by these two times, you must know that it has been snowing heavily for several days in a row, not to mention whether there is a good road from Qilian County to Longqi City, even if there is, how to march when such a heavy snow falls? Even if you march forward, you're afraid that you'll move like an ant, right? Zhao Ziliang led 3,000 men and horses, and walked nearly 500 miles over the mountains and mountains in three days? What kind of army is this?

Many people in the camp couldn't help swallowing their saliva, which was really unbelievable, but they couldn't help believing that Zhao Ziliang's cronies Hu Congjia was here, and it was rare for Wang to testify that this person was not a fake.

At this time, Zhang Boji said to Huangfu Weiming: "Marshal, if this is true, Mangbuzhi must have gotten the news at this time, after all, a day has passed since this matter, Longqi City has been captured for two days, if he hasn't gotten the news, the lower officials will wonder how he sat in the position of marshal, and from the lower officials, Mangbuzhi in order to prevent the news from leaking and causing chaos in the army's mind, exposing flaws to our army, he must have blocked the news, he may have done a good job, on the one hand, hiding from our army and his own people, On the one hand, he sent people to attack Ma Lu's 2,000 men and horses stationed in Longqi City, only by defeating Ma Lan and recapturing Longqi City, he Mangbuzhi would have a way to live, otherwise it could only be a dead end! ”

Huangfu Weiming nodded, and said in a deep voice: "So what our army has to do now is to contact our army in the Tubo army, and let the fine work walk in the Tubo army The fact that Shibao City and Longqi City have been captured by our army, on the other hand, our army will immediately launch a full-line attack on the Tubo army tomorrow, so that the soldiers will shout that Shibao City and Longqi City have been taken by our army while attacking, and the Tubo army will hear this news, and then compare the rumors they heard in the army, and they will inevitably believe that they will definitely be in turmoil when the time comes, Our army took the opportunity to cover up and kill! ”

Zhang Boji and all the civil and military generals in the tent stood up and saluted Huangfu Weiming, and said loudly together: "Handsome and wise!" ”

Huangfu Weiming stood up and said with a solemn expression: "I will leave the matter of contacting Mr. Zhang to do, and order the whole army to make food tomorrow on the fourth watch, and launch an attack on the Tubo army on the opposite side on the fifth watch!" Explain the matter of shouting while the soldiers are attacking, and leave it to the marching master Sima Wu."

Everyone said in unison: "Yes!" (To be continued.) )