Chapter 137: Three Bitter Fruits

When Gesang heard this, he only felt that his eyes were black: he led an army of 200,000 to wait here for four months, but he didn't get anything, and he lost more than 20,000 people in vain!

"And then they just put you back?" At this time, Gesang's words already revealed a murderous aura. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Mang Guerqing obviously sensed this murderous aura, and hurriedly said: "Child, no, Erchen was really forced to give up resistance, and then Wang Hanxin said that he said that this time the Tubo soldiers mutinied, thanks to him was able to calm down, and now I don't know how many rebels are still mixed in the Tubo army, he must carefully screen and never let anyone slip through the net." Before the screening is completed, only Erchen can be let go back. ”

"It's a naked kidnapping!" Gesang roared.

Mang Gurqing was so frightened that he hurriedly retracted to the ground.

Gesang shouted loudly outside the tent: "Order the three armies! Immediately pull out the camp and set up the village, and target the Flying Eagle City! Advance! ”

Zampu gave an order, who dared to disobey the Tibetan army! Besides, everyone has been holding back in this ravine for four months, and they are already eager to try. finally has the opportunity to make a contribution, who would think about whether this battle should be fought? Even though some of the generals may have been skeptical about the success of the attack on the Flying Eagle Fort at this time, they still believe that it is better to fight than to retreat without fighting, especially when they learn of what happened to Prince Manggulqing.

The 200,000 Tibetan army marched straight to the Flying Eagle Fort. Although Gesang was furious, he did not lose his mind as a commander. The 300-mile road to the Flying Eagle Fort is not a smooth road, to be precise, it is a rugged mountain road, and the surrounding mountains are dangerous, and the army cannot use any tricks on this terrain. Therefore, he divided the remaining 175,000 troops into five armies, four of which were 30,000 men each, and were deployed in the front and rear of the middle route army to deal with security, while he commanded the most elite 55,000 men in the center. Gesang understood that Wang Hanxin would inevitably take precautions against himself if he did such a thing, and if he was so steadily arranged, then he could force Wang Hanxin to be unable to quickly defeat any of the five troops, so as to advance safely to the city of Flying Eagle Castle. Once Wang Hanxin is forced into the Flying Eagle Castle, then he can be besieged by using the advantage of troops. Gesang was not a paranoid, he knew that it was an impossible goal for him to take the Flying Eagle Fort at this moment, but it was still possible to force Wang Hanxin to release his 25,000 detained soldiers through the threat of force. It can be said that Gesang did this to earn back face, rather than really wanting to meet Wang Hanxin to the death, but the articles on the surface still have to be sufficient.

Originally, Gesang thought that there were two excellent ambush sites and four better ambush sites within three hundred miles, and Wang Hanxin should have set up an ambush in one of these places to prevent himself from advancing, but all these six Tibetan troops were successfully passed, and he did not even see the shadow of a soldier of the Silk Country.

This thing is really strange, and the more Gesang walks, the more suspicious he becomes: judging from his understanding of Wang Hanxin's person, he will never be the kind of master who hides in the Flying Eagle Fort and waits for him to attack, but he has not taken any active countermeasures, so what kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd?

With a stomach full of questions, Gesang walked for another day, and this night Gesang slept until midnight, suddenly woke up, and hurriedly called a meeting of the generals without even putting on his coat. At the meeting, Gesang only raised one question, that is, before Mang Guerqing returned, the entire Flying Eagle Fort area did not reveal a trace of information at all, so during this time, did anyone detect the movement of the Silk Country army in the Flying Eagle Fort?

Gesang's question blinded everyone. Indeed, in the fifteen days that Mang Gulqing went to the Flying Eagle Fort, there was no news from the vicinity of the Flying Eagle Fort. This meant that all the spies sent to the region by the Tibetans had been purged, and the actual movement of the Silk Country's troops during this time became a mystery.

After seeing the reaction of the generals, Gesang's heart sank to the bottom - it seemed that he had made a big mistake, that is, he mistakenly thought that Wang Hanxin would inevitably rearm for war immediately after sending away Mang Gurqing, but this idea was wrong from the beginning. Because Wang Hanxin's behavior was obviously not improvised, but premeditated, and he had planned today's actions even four months ago. Then the nature of the matter is completely different, on the day of the Flying Eagle Fort mutiny, there were indeed a large number of Silk Country troops in the fort, but who can tell how many of these troops there are? Wang Hanxin's troops are indeed an order of magnitude less than that of Tubo, but if Wang Hanxin had planned carefully early in the morning and secretly mobilized the army in the fifteen days of eradicating the Tibetan spies and cutting off contact, then he might have plunged headlong into the ambush set by Wang Hanxin!

At this time, Gesang really regretted it, he was angry because of the defeat of Mang Gurqing, so he lost his calm judgment and decided to send troops, but he ignored that the enemy's preparations for this possible war were far more than he imagined; Much more fully. It is taboo for a soldier to rashly launch a military operation under the premise that the quantity and quality of intelligence are insufficient, and he has made this mistake himself!

What's worse is that at present, his troops have approached the city of Flying Eagle Castle, and they have been deep into the enemy's territory for a full ten days, and if they retreat without firing a single arrow at this time, the fool can also see that he is following Wang Hanxin's way. Gesang knew that he had been deceived, but he couldn't tell this point in front of the generals, so he had to order the generals of all departments to immediately send a large number of scouts to closely search for the enemy's movements, and at the same time send the forward to take the lead and go straight to the Flying Eagle Fort, the left and right wings were each spread out in two directions, and the Chinese army did not move for the time being, and at the same time ordered the rear army to retreat from the position where the camp was set up for a day's journey, and strictly ensure the safety of logistics and supplies.

To say that Gesang is indeed an excellent commander, it is a pity that the time for him to wake up is a little late, and the balance of victory has begun to tilt at this time. The day after he gave the order, a day after all the armies began to operate, the rear army came with the news that all the Tibetan troops had heard of it - the rear grain storage in Tubo had been burned by Wang Hanxin!