This is still a one-sided war, and when Li Wei's big red figure jumped over the flames, some of the Tuyuhun soldiers began to flee.

It wasn't for the cowardice of the Tuyuhun soldiers.

The war has been fought so far, all of which have exceeded the bottom limit of patience on both sides, and the Tang Dynasty is not better, so that Li Jingxuan and Liu Xianli tossed for a while, including the casualties of the soldiers brought out by Li Wei, reaching more than 80,000 sacrifices, which is the largest sacrifice since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it is even more tragic than Xue Rengui. In the battle of Dafeichuan, Xue Rengui was 100,000 people, but the regular army was only 50,000. But this time, the casualties of the regular army of the imperial court reached at least 70,000.

It is still on Qinling to focus on Li Wei, otherwise the casualties will be greater.

After Pei Xingjian arrived, in order to involve the Tibetan troops, the war almost never stopped, and the gunpowder, arrows and crossbows, weapons and equipment that were lost, as well as winter clothes and armor, were all piled up with money. But to save the prince, against this righteousness, even Zhang Daan didn't dare to be verbose, otherwise someone in the court would have made a fuss about it.

The sacrifices of Tubo were heavier, including the soldiers killed by Li Wei, amounting to more than 120,000 people, and Li Wei and Pei Xingjian also learned from Tubo, and plundered a large number of people one after another. But the main thing is the Tuyuhun soldiers.

Although Qinghai is not as harsh as Qinghai later, it is a cold place after all. Tuyuhun was not at its peak in the original, with Wuzhou in the east, four towns in the Western Regions in the west, Zishankou in the south, and Shanhe and other prefectures and counties in the north.

Shrunk in half, can you stand such a toss? Of course, once Li Wei escaped, the crisis in Tibet was equally serious, and the tribes were dissatisfied, and seeing that Tibet seemed to have become cowardly, the idea of autonomy in their hearts became stronger. The various nobles will also be dissatisfied, which shows that the Tibetan War is a war of plundering wealth, and the war is for profit, what kind of war is fought without profit?

The Jiuqu war is still going on, and the remaining elite soldiers and fierce generals are all in Jiuqu. Murong Zhu doesn't know much about military affairs, and the soldiers he transferred are not elite soldiers. Besides, the time is so rushed, and there is no time to even choose a good defense location, so where can I have time to recruit elite soldiers?

It's already chaotic, seeing that the Tang Dynasty army is killed, some people are clever, this is not good, you have to lose the battle, or flee first. But there are also some warriors who are very brave, after all, a people who grew up on horseback in such a harsh environment.

There were also some soldiers whose families were killed by the Tang Dynasty army, and their hearts were full of death.

This part of the population continues to rebel.

Won't let the prince take the risk, Xin Chengsi raised his gun, Zhang Qian drew his sword, and jumped into the fence first.

He kept waving the small round shield, blocking the bow and arrow for Li Wei behind, and the arrow hit Zhang Qianqiao's elbow, raised the knife, cut off the arrow with a knife, and slapped the horse again, and the war horse rushed into Tuhun's camp.

Then 6,000 and hundreds of Tang troops rushed in.

That's the real thug.

Along the way, what kind of hardship has not been suffered, after the bad weather like Jishi Mountain, the cold of the Broken Luo Zhen Valley, the Interception River has been almost walking in the ice and snow without people for nearly ten days, and when returning, in the northeast of Dengping City, some of the mountain roads in those mountains are almost only one foot wide, and there are cliffs below, which make people dizzy when they look at it. Don't even count the sinister battles.

It's time to go home!

But blocking their way home, which one soldier didn't bring out all the potential of the body?

One by one, they roared, and the weapons in their hands kept waving and harvesting. It was Li Wei who was caught behind Xin Chengsi and Zhang Qianxuan, kept raising bows and arrows, and killed several Tuyuhun soldiers. There was a Tang army who had one of his arms cut off by the enemy, his teeth were so painful that the bleeding had not yet stopped, and he had a broken arm with blood spurting, holding a large lance in his hand, and shouted: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

He was not alone, one by one, like wild beasts, with fierce eyes, shouting and fighting. Hugh said that Tuyuhun, a group of stragglers who were hastily organized, even if the regular army encountered such a fierce army, they had to retreat. It was only a fierce battle for a while, and Li Jinxing and Li Wei's army had not yet joined in the south and north, and the Tuyuhun army was defeated.

There was no pursuit, not even time to count how many enemies had been killed, looking at the dead bodies in one place, just counting the damage of his own army. After a while, nearly two hundred soldiers fell. The morale is there, the fierceness is there, but the physical strength is a little overdrawn. There were a number of casualties. Asked the wounded soldier to bandage the wound again, Li Wei shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

A round of Emei moon hung in the sky, not far to the right is the vast Qinghai, the southeast wind blew, but also blew the unique smell of saltwater lake, but the army did not delay for a moment, stepping on the moon shadow, and disappeared into the vast dark night for a while.

……

At this time in Suzhou, a person also woke up from the bed.

Wang Fangyi!

This person has never fought in a war so far, and he is worse than Pei Xingjian. It turned out to be Anding County, because he had to mourn for his mother, so he went back to his hometown for a few years. After the funeral, he was transferred to Suzhou. If he doesn't fight, he won't dare to relax.

Suzhou is the throat of the Hexi Corridor, Tuyuhun is lost, a very thin piece, the south is easy to be invaded by the Tubo, the north is easy to be invaded by the Turks. So he trained the army, and had the same idea as Li Wei, to build the city wall.

When he was a child, his father was sick and died, and his mother Li and her mother-in-law were at odds with Princess Chang'an, Li Shimin reprimanded him, and Li had no choice but to move his son from the capital to the countryside to live. Wang Fangyi has been very smart since he was a child, and he saw that there was a lot of land in the countryside, so he took his servants to open up the wasteland, plant trees, and after a few years, he actually got dozens of hectares of fertile land. Of course, this is the transcendent status of the Taiyuan royal family, those land is barren, and you can open it if you want to?

However, with this property, I have some money to spare. Seeing that the people of Suzhou were living hard, he took out his private money and built some water mills and mills by the water, charging a small amount of rice and flour processing fees. Last year, there was a locust plague in the Hexi Corridor, so the money was used to help the victims and build hundreds of houses for the hungry to shelter from the cold. Therefore, it is not easy for the local people to build a monument of merit for him.

From now on, it seems, he is just a good officer, but he also has extraordinary talent in military affairs.

After receiving Pei Xingjian's letter, he immediately opened the map and looked at it.

I don't know, God knows where the prince will break through, but it can't be said that the prince won't return. Once returned, the first hurdle is Fu Qi City, after Fu Qi City, it is unlikely to go east, there must be chasing soldiers behind, and there are some military camps of Tubo people in Haibei. If you can pass the first hurdle, you may not be able to pass the second hurdle. Although there are still Zhangye and other roads. So once you return again, there is a good chance that you will take the Suzhou Road.

Don't dare to be careless, especially Queen Wang is his cousin, if he is like Yazhou Thorn Shi, he is not ready, he does not respond in time, and the prince is on a business trip, you can imagine how the queen will take revenge on herself.

Thinking like this, he had no choice but to send scouts to Fuqi City to keep an eye on the movements.

The scouts had just gotten the information, and the Tuyuhun people were organizing the defense line and mobilizing, and they knew it as soon as they asked, and no one thought of hiding it, and Dafeichuan had let this Tang army kill corpses all over the field, and there was no need to hide it.

Several scouts hurriedly returned, and called the city gate to enter the city overnight to report, and said, "Envoy, you are a god." ”

Wang Fangyi smiled and was silent, what kind of god? Just in case, I didn't expect it to come true.

Hurriedly got up, regardless of the fact that it was late at night, and began to collect troops.

……

Fearing that there would be another mistake in Dafei Chuancheng, Zanpo Province personally led 10,000 vanguard troops to pursue it.

As soon as he came out of Dafeichuan, he met Murong Zhu and fled with the rout.

I have never seen such a brave army, no wonder the Gar brothers are so besieged and not surrounded. The Tang Dynasty army wants to go home from the west, yes, you are ruthless, I will flee to the southeast.

When I saw Ronzanpo, I cried loudly.

"Murong Shangshu, you get up, what happened?"

"Killed, killed," in fact, the Tang army did not pursue to expand the results of the battle, and two-thirds of them escaped. But where does Murong Zhu know?

"What's going on, say."

After recounting what had happened, he said, "You are a pig, and it is obvious that you are piling up firewood and grass to beat your mind, why don't you send someone to set them on fire in advance?" ”

It's such a reason, but just to light firewood and grass, it is possible to sacrifice hundreds of subordinates, and it is still disadvantaged, how does Murong Zhu know? Or dig some deep trenches in the big battalion, and this time can still be pumped out. However, Tuyuhun is an immediate army, let them put down their war horses, supplemented by trenches and fences, and do infantry combat, how does Murong Zhu know?

In fact, at that time, it was impossible to fight immediately, but it was a rout. The best thing to do is to give up the director, hold the position, and wait for the army of Tsampa to arrive.

But Murong Zhu could think that he had already been drawn to the Jiuqu Battle, so why stay in the rear?

A pig scolded Murong Zhu so much that he didn't dare to say anything.

This is polite, otherwise Zanpo would have cut off his head with a single sword. Immediately let these routs dismount, leave the horses to them, and let the scouts go back to inform the army, immediately speed up to catch up, and then, like the Tang army, chase down almost without rest.

……

Fleeing all the way to the northwest, the terrain here is very complicated, there are mountains, salt, grasslands, Gobi, and even further north there are large swamps at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. In fact, it is not only Dadou Road and Suzhou Road, through this terrifying swamp area, but also Jiankang, Sanshui and Zhangye three roads, some roads to the northeast, that is impossible, some roads through the swamp, unfamiliar with this swamp area. And all three are very rugged. The Han Chinese are not familiar with this.

The most walked is the Dadou Road, Suzhou Road also walks, the road is better than Sanshui and other roads, not very easy to walk, the same through a swamp area, but also along the North River over the Qilian Mountain. But fortunately, many of the clansmen who have Qi Ming are in the army. There are a few people passing by here, and they can play a role as a guide.

Under their leadership, continue to run wildly, the scenery along the way is also very beautiful, the snow and water of the tall Qilian Mountain in the north have not yet melted, the ice is clear and jade, and the posture is graceful. But no one had the heart to take a look.

As I approached the mouth of the Kitagawa River, I suddenly got billowing smoke and dust from behind.

Compared with this Tang army, the Zanpo also brought elite soldiers, and they were well rested. After chasing for several days, I gradually caught up.

Li Wei turned his head and glanced at it, and said, "Change horses, and then go!" ”

As long as you reach the Qilian Pass, according to the topography of the Qilian Mountain, Tubo will not be afraid of any more enemies catching up. Is it true that there is not a single Tang army stationed in Suzhou? Moreover, he is very familiar with the name Wang Fangyi, and it seems that he is also a famous general in the Tang Dynasty. Now that he has no military exploits, what he may remember is all great famous generals.

The army was rolling westward, and it was also chasing after it, from morning to afternoon, and it did not catch up, nor did it fall down, so it clenched tightly.

Li Wei was speechless, thinking, grandma, did Lao Tzu kill your whole family a few lifetimes ago, so you don't want to go with me?

That's not, once Li Wei escapes, what kind of pressure will the Gar family face?

The sun gradually turned west, and it took another step closer to the Qilian Pass, and suddenly a thick smoke rose in front of it.

Li Jinxing said: "Your Highness, if it is our army, you can be safe, if it is an ambush of the enemy......"

The following words were not continued, at this time all the Tang troops were exhausted, although they had sharp energy, but they had no physical strength, how to fight on both sides?

"It's a blessing that can't be avoided, it's a disaster that can't be escaped, and you can't stop, when the horse is fast, if it's an enemy, force it to break through, otherwise stop, the consequences will be more serious."

"Whoa!"

The army slammed into the approaching puff of smoke.

Getting closer and closer, suddenly a sharp-eyed soldier shouted: "It's our Tang Army, it's our Tang Army!" ”

For nearly half a year, I didn't eat well, I didn't sleep well, and I only had a little stability in the short time in the north of Jishi Mountain. Finally saw his own army.

Getting closer again, everyone saw two big characters on several big flags: Tang, Wang.

You can even see the armor of the Don Army.

Bursts of cheers.

Li Jinxing smiled and said: "This Wang Fangyi is still good, he actually welcomed him here, and he has a heart." ”

In his eyes, Wang Fangyi is still a literati and is very distracted.

Li Wei also smiled slightly, but at this time, his whole body seemed to suddenly soften, and he shook on the horse, almost carrying it down.

The two armies collided together, and an official in official uniform turned over and dismounted, saying, "The minister Wang Fang Yi is late to save His Highness, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

The first time I saw it, I also turned over and got off the horse, in his fifties, with an elegant appearance, a Confucian general, and helped Wang Fangyi up and said: "What a crime, save it in time, otherwise I won't want to rest tonight." ”

Wang Fangyi smiled, but his eyes were still very respectful, so he didn't know how to escape. Anyway, if you are a prince, you will definitely not be able to escape. said: "Your Highness, you take the soldiers to rest later, and leave it to the ministers to deal with here." ”

There were not many people with him, and time was tight, so he only gathered about 6,000 people, and in addition to the guards in the city, he also recruited some warriors from some local Turkic people, Shatuo people and other Hu tribes. But the difference is that now both the prince's army and the Tibetan army are tired troops, but their own army is an army that is recuperated. does not seek victory, but can protect the prince to evacuate safely.

The Tubo people caught up, knowing that the Tang Dynasty reinforcements had arrived, and they were still unwilling to talk about Zanpo. Chase in front of you, let the army stop, and see if you can fight.

Wang Fangyi rode out on horseback, didn't know about Zanpo, pointed to Tubo *** and said: "Tubo people, listen well, our Royal Highness the Tang Crown Prince has returned home safely!" Since then, the sun and the moon have opened a new chapter. Qinghai will no longer be the world of your Tibetan people. Although Qinghai is good, it is better to return to the hometown as soon as possible, otherwise sit back and wait for destruction! ”

Li Jinxing laughed and said to Li Wei: "Yes, yes, it's better to be a literati, listen, you can talk more." ”