The third day of the sixth month, the night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The Tang Army conquered the main camp of the Western Army.

Here is only sixty miles away from Shanzhou City, Zhao Ziliang ordered to camp at the Huangshui side, the scouts went out thirty miles to the front and the right side to explore, in order to be more safe, another team of scouts also crossed the Huangshui River to the opposite bank along the river bank to search westward, this is the northern foot of the branch of the Qilian Mountain, there are some Qiang people living at the foot of the foothills, they are close to the Jila Mountain in the south, and the Huangshui River in the north, although the area is not vast, but the mountains and rivers are accompanied by the water, and there are still a lot of survival resources.

After the camp was completed, it was getting dark, Zhao Ziliang was preparing to take the generals to inspect the camp, this is his habit for many years, no matter where the army goes, it is necessary to inspect the military camp once a day, most of them are at night, through this behavior on the one hand, let the sentry and patrol team raise their spirits and increase vigilance, on the other hand, tell these soldiers on duty that the high-level soldiers in the army are not lazy, and it is equivalent to telling all the soldiers that there are high-level soldiers in the army to patrol the camp, They can rest in peace.

Just when Zhao Ziliang was about to take the generals to inspect all parts of the camp, Xuan Wu hurriedly walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and hugged his fist at Zhao Ziliang and said: "Marshal, there is the latest military intelligence report from the front, there is reliable news that the Tubo State Zanpu Xisongde has come to Longyou, and he also appeared in Shanzhou City yesterday morning, and the marshal of the Tubo army, Dazaru Gong, personally led people to greet him, but this morning the Tubo army retreated to the territory of Linqiang!" One more thing, we have just gotten the exact military situation, the Tubo army has swept away all the areas south of the Qilian Mountains in these days, and only a few Longyou and Hexi armies have fled to the mountains and forests after they have broken up! ”

"Oh? Tubo Zanpu Sisongde came to the Longyou region and appeared in Shanzhou City・・・・・・ which is really beyond my expectations! But it is not surprising that the Tubo army was able to sweep the area south of Qilian Mountain during this time, they have already hit the hinterland of Hexi and captured Wuwei City, the military garrison south of Qilian Mountain belonging to Hexi cannot get enough support and will fall sooner or later, it is a miracle that they can hold out until now! The point is, why did they retreat from Shanzhou City? Don't they want to fight us? Zhao Ziliang said and came to the sand table.

The generals also came over and gathered in the middle of the sand table, Zhao Ziliang checked the terrain and landform on the sand table and the stationing of Tubo's troops south of the Qilian Mountains and around the West Sea, and then asked: "Li Sheng, why do you say that the Tubo people want to withdraw to Linqiang?" ”

Li Sheng looked at the sand table, thought for a moment and said: "Dashuai, the terrain around Shanzhou is not suitable for large-scale force operations, and the Tubo people are not good at defending the city, and Linqiang is different, Linqiang and Longqi City have a large grassland, and the troops can be expanded, in addition, if we take the initiative to attack, and wait for Xiping, we will have to worry about the right flank being attacked by the Tubo army in the direction of Changning, if we want to eliminate the hidden danger of the right flank, we must divide the troops to recover the cities of Changning, Xincheng, and Qilian, and now the main force of our army is only 100,000, if we divide the troops, There is a danger of being broken by the Tibetan people! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded: "That's half right!" In addition to what you said, Dazarugon must have known that most of the soldiers of our army have never been here and are not adapted to the plateau environment! The more to the upper reaches of the Huangshui River, the terrain is getting higher and higher, the supply of food and grass for our army will become more and more difficult, they are now retreating to the territory of Linqiang, if our army does not leave after entering the city of Shanzhou, they will definitely go and return, the soldiers are in the city, do not let us give the soldiers time to fully adapt to the plateau environment, the city of Shanzhou is not tall and thick, can not stop the offensive of the Tubo people, now we have not arrived in Shanzhou, there are many soldiers in the army have felt the symptoms of breathing pain, dizziness, and so we arrive in Shanzhou, It was impossible to organize the soldiers to go out of the city to face the battle, so they could only be besieged by them in Shanzhou City! Another purpose of their retreat to Linqiang is to lure us to speed up our march and occupy Shancheng! ”

Bai Xiaode said: "In this way, our army really doesn't know what to do, the weakness of our army is that it cannot adapt to the plateau climate in a short period of time, and now thousands of soldiers have lost their combat effectiveness, and further forward, there will definitely be more and more soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Cen Shen, how much medicine is left to overcome altitude sickness?" ”

Cen Shen arched his hand and said: "There is no more, but Xiaguan has already sent someone to urge, but the number of troops is large, the road is difficult, the baggage team needs to transport too many materials each time, and the medicine that can be carried is not very many, and the production capacity of Jincheng is limited, but Xiaguan has already sent someone to urge!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned, the difficulty of this western expedition was beyond his imagination, a plateau terrain pulled the combat effectiveness of the elite army under his command below the passing line, which is why the armies of Hexi and Longyou have been recruited locally for so many years, and they can't adapt to the plateau terrain and cold weather at all.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang said: "Tomorrow we will march for another thirty miles, and then camp on the spot, let the soldiers adapt to it for a few days, I want to see how the Tubo people will react after we are stationed thirty miles east of Shanzhou City!" ”

The generals arched their hands and said, "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Wang Can again: "Is there any news from Chu Ge and Li Siye?" ”

Wang Can handed over his hand and reported: "Dashuai, the road conditions here are not good, the traffic is not convenient, and the news transmission is relatively difficult, and the last general has not yet received news from Chu Ge and Li Siye!" ”

After Chu Ge led the Second Route Army to march in the direction of Hezhou, after entering the territory occupied by the Tubo army, the attack began to go very smoothly, and the five thousand Tubo troops who occupied the boundary of Hezhou did not expect the Tang army to attack Hezhou first, and the Tubo army was not good at defending the city, Chu Ge led the army to besiege the city and broke through the city in only two days, killing and capturing all the Tubo troops in the city.

After recapturing Hezhou, Chu Ge ordered to kill all the Tibetan prisoners, leaving a thousand soldiers to guard the city of Hezhou, and only stayed in Hezhou for one day before continuing to march south in the direction of the Momen army garrison, all the way to the south, although the road condition is not very good, but there is no increase in altitude.

"Pass the order and speed up the march!" Chu Ge stood on the side of the road on a war horse and gave orders to the herald.

"Yes, General!"

The heralds quickly conveyed the military order to the various departments and battalions, the speed of the soldiers on horseback was significantly accelerated, the long-distance march was a great test of the physical fitness, spirit and will of the army soldiers, although everyone rode horses, but riding horses also consumed energy, especially in the case of poor road conditions, the soldiers not only physically exhausted quickly, but also the loss of the horses was large, and many horses broke their feet.

Chu Ge turned his head and asked, "How far is it from the Momen Army garrison (now Lintan)?" ”

The general looked at the map and said, "There are still one hundred and twenty miles!" ”

Chu Ge calculated and said, "According to the current speed of marching, we should be able to reach the Momen army garrison before this afternoon, and make a surprise attack into the city before dark!" ”

"Yes!"

About three days in the afternoon, Chu Ge arrived at the Momen Army with 20,000 horses, although it is called the Momen Army, it is actually a city, before the Tubo people came over, this is the garrison of the Momen Army, in order to prevent the Tubo people from sneaking attack, the garrison built a city here, although the city wall is not high, but it is also an insurmountable city wall for the Tubo army who does not know how to attack the city, but after the Longyou Army was evacuated, there are only a few hundred people left in the garrison here, so it is useless to be strong in the tall city wall and no one to defend it, Without much effort, the Tibetans climbed the city wall and stormed the city.

There are a lot of fertile fields and houses around the city, not only the Tang army was stationed here in the past, but also many local residents, the fertile fields outside the city are reclaimed by the garrison and the common people, and the garrison is self-sufficient in food here. At this time, there were many Tibetan people outside the city who were harvesting the grain in the fields, which were originally for the local people and the garrison, but after the Tibetan army came over, the garrison and the people were slaughtered, and only a few people fled into the mountains and forests, so the crops in these fields were cheaper than the Tibetan people who came with the Tibetan army.

Chu Ge's army stopped ten miles away, and everyone dismounted to rest, while solving their physiological needs, they waited for the report of the reconnaissance and detective post ahead.

After waiting for more than an hour, he finally shook his head and rode back, "General Qiyu, the investigation is clear, there are 3,000 Tubo troops garrisoned, there are more than 5,000 people, there are only hundreds of Tubo troops in the city now, and most of the Tubo people are harvesting crops outside the city!" ”

Chu Ge said with a smile on his face, "It seems that we came at the right time!" The order went down, and the cavalry followed me, and the infantry followed! ”

"No!"

After the order was given, all the cavalry turned over and mounted their horses, lined up in a long snake formation, and followed Chu Ge towards the direction of the city.

After running for less than a quarter of an hour, the city where the Momen army was stationed came into Chu Ge's sight, and the city was surrounded by countless fertile fields, and in the fields there were golden wheat waves, and countless Tubo people were working in it like black dots.

The terrain was not suitable for the cavalry group to charge in a neat formation, which would lose a large number of war horses, Chu Ge rode on horseback and shouted while galloping: "Herald, pass the order, all disperse and attack freely!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The sound of a large number of horses' hooves woke up the Tubo people who were working, and the Tubo people in the fields had both Tubo soldiers and Tibetan people, but in fact there was no difference between the Tubo soldiers and the Tubo people.

"Tang Army, it's Tang Army, Tang Army has killed it!" When the Tibetans found that it was the Tang army that rushed over, they immediately rushed in the direction of the city.

"Bow and arrow shooting-free scattering," Chu Ge shouted, taking out his bow and arrows and shooting arrows at the fleeing Tubo people.

"Whoosh ・・・・・・"

One arrow after another was shot out, and the fleeing Tubo people were shot to the ground, and some of the Tang cavalry pursued on the road, some pursued between the fields, and the shouts of killing and terror spread all around.

The Tubo army that was caught up was cut to the ground, and the Tubo people who were still running were shot down one by one, and the Tubo army in the city finally reacted, and hundreds of Tubo troops rushed out of the city on horseback to meet the Tang army.

"Kill-" Chu Singer's big knife slashed down from the air and split the oncoming Tubo army in half, splashing him with a canopy of blood. (To be continued.) )