The hard bone of Motuo City was finally gnawed, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info this pass city is indeed sturdy. If Wang Yuan hadn't found the slightest flaw in the city's defenses and successfully implemented the plan to disrupt it, it would have been difficult to take the city.

Of course, part of the reason is that the city defense has been added to the snake. The Tibetan people know what it is, but they don't know why, and blindly piling up city defenses is not a good policy, but it should be more reasonable to adapt measures to local conditions. The Tibetan people really did not grow up under the influence of the Central Plains culture, and they did not know the truth of overreach.

But in any case, Motuo City should be regarded as the most difficult bone to gnaw when the Jiannan army attacked and killed along the way. Since the start of the war, Wang Yuan has swept a large area in the southeast of Yak City and Lyre City, and has been invincible. But it only took longer before the city of Metuo, and he was injured in the city of Metuo. Moreover, although the city of Motuo was captured, the number of enemies destroyed was only more than 10,000, and the loss of the Jiannan army was nearly 4,000, and the results were actually very average.

However, for Wang Yuan and the generals of the Jiannan Army, everyone understood that the strategic significance of taking Motuo City was greater than the actual results. More than 100 miles northwest of Motuo City is the city of Pibo. It was a large city close to the capital of Tibet, the city of Luo, and it can be understood as the city of the arch of the city. After taking the city of Motuo, the threat of the Jiannan army to the city of Luo has become infinite, and the Tubo army in the city of Pibo can no longer move, they can only stay in the east of the city of Luo and defend the east gate of the capital of Tibet.

The Jiannan Army was not in a hurry to leave the city of Metuo and march westward, but stayed in the city to rest. Because the army needs to replenish supplies, waiting for the soldiers and horses who transport grain and grass materials to come to replenish. Grain, grass, horse feed, arrows and other consumables were almost exhausted, and Wang Yuan was unwilling to fight an unprepared battle. And Wang Yuan's injuries also need to be recuperated, and the arrow almost penetrated his shoulder socket, but fortunately it didn't hurt his bones. Although he was treated and recuperated in time afterwards, it was enough for Wang Yuan to drink a pot.

Wang Yuan knew what the biggest danger was after being injured in this year. These days, there are no drugs such as penicillin and erythromycin, and there are no anti-inflammatory tablets that can be shown to work wonders. has been leading troops to fight for a long time, and Wang Yuan also understands. The biggest killer of injuries in the military is inflammation of the wound and infection. Even a small wound can be fatal. Although there are anti-inflammatory and antiseptic ingredients in the gold sore medicine in the army and the herbs of the military doctors, the effect is not good after all. Wang Yuan didn't want to be killed by inflammation and infection because of an arrow.

Fortunately, under Ah Luo's careful service, Gongsun Lan also used the medicine she made to treat Wang Yuan, and after five or six days, Wang Yuan's wound gradually began to scar. In order to speed up the healing of Wang Yuan's wounds, Liu Jun took people to the mountains every day to catch wild things, and heard from the military doctor that stewed pig's trotters were extremely useful for the healing of external injuries, and Liu Jun had to go to the mountains almost every day to shoot a wild boar and come back. However, Wang Yuan, who ate the pig's trotters, was disgusted, and the generals benefited from it, and they ate a lot of fragrant roasted wild boar meat and feasted on it.

On the eleventh of May, the long-awaited supply of the Great Army finally arrived in the city of Metuo. These materials transported from Jiannan can be said to have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers. Many of the supplies started from Chengdu, and after arriving in Yaozhou, they were sent from Yaozhou to Luqicheng and then along the high and low mountain roads, which was extremely difficult. The thousands of barbarian soldiers and thousands of Jiannan troops who escorted the grain and grass materials were also tired one by one, and they really suffered a lot in order to be able to deliver the materials in time along the way.

Hundreds of thousands of arrows compensate for the consumption of arrows. Nearly 200 truckloads of grain and grass can also support the 50,000 army until the next delivery of grain and grass. In addition, five truckloads of important materials specially explained by Wang Yuan also arrived with the trip. That's two thousand thunderbolts. In accordance with Wang Yuan's request, the military factory in Chengdu is producing these thunderbolts day and night, and this batch of 2,000 thunderbolts was made just over a month after the departure of the army. According to Wang Yuan's order, all the 2,000 thunderbolts were delivered to the army.

Wang Yuan was overjoyed, with these 2,000 thunderbolts, plus the more than 600 thunderbolts still in the army, he had the capital to fight with the main army of Tibet. Think of what it would be like if these 2,600 thunderbolts were to explode in a city. Song Jiangong and others, who had seen the power of thunderbolts, were also smiling when they saw so many thunderbolts being transported.

Along with the arrival of grain and grass materials, there were also some Wang Yuan's personal belongings, which were some food and clothing sent by the wives and concubines of the family. Li Xin'er wrote a letter on behalf of Lan Xinhui, Qingyun'er, Ziyun'er and other wives and concubines. The content is nothing more than to inform the situation of his wife and daughter at home, so that Wang Yuan should not worry about things at home, and everything is as usual. The letter specifically told Wang Yuan that the eldest lady Shunhua was already able to stagger under the care of people. The letter said that one day, the eldest lady suddenly came up with a sentence of 'Daddy', which was very surprising.

Wang Yuan was silent for a long time after reading the letter, and his mood was very complicated. I missed the formative years of the eldest lady, and I didn't even hear her call herself for the first time. I don't know how much of her growth will be missed in the future, and I can't help but regret it. But he couldn't help himself, he had to spin like a spinning top, and he could never stop. As soon as it stopped, I don't know what kind of disaster happened. In order for his wife and daughter to grow up happily and safely, these regrets can only make it regrets.

Supplies arrived, and Wang Yuan gave an order the next day the army marched northwest to approach Pibocheng. On the morning of the next day, when the whole army was in a hurry to prepare to leave the city, another group of people arrived at the city from the mountain road to the west.

This group of people actually came from the capital to deliver the decree, and a messenger attendant arrived from the capital with more than a dozen entourage. After capturing the city of Lüji, Wang Yuan immediately sent a fast horse into Beijing to report the victory, informing the imperial court of the offensive route and results of the Jiannan army. A month later, the court finally heard back.

Wang Yuan immediately led people to greet the messenger attendant, who was so tired that he couldn't even sit on horseback, Wang Yuan ordered someone to let them into the city, and the messenger attendant drank a large scoop of water, and then gasped and shouted: "Please accept the decree." ”

Wang Yuan led the generals to kneel down to receive the decree, and the attendant took out the decree and read it aloud, the content of the decree was lackluster, nothing more than words of praise and praise. It can be seen that Xuanzong is very satisfied with the results of the Jiannan Army, and has made many promises to the officers and men in the army, saying that they will be rewarded one by one after the victory. But Wang Yuan listened for a long time and didn't hear any actual content. What Wang Yuan wanted to hear most was actually the final attitude and bottom line of the imperial court in the Holy Decree towards this crusade against Tibet, but now it seems that Xuanzong did not seem to have taken this into account, and there was no instruction in the Holy Decree.

After receiving the order to thank him, the chamberlain pulled Wang Yuan aside, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Yuandao: "This is a letter from Yang Zuoxiang to our family to Wang Jiedu's envoy, and we will rest assured that our family will hand it over to you." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly thanked him, he knew that there would be the answer he wanted to know in this letter. The attitude of the imperial court regarding this battle Yang Guozhong will definitely tell himself in this letter. So he hurriedly led the messenger to rest, ordered them to take good care of them, and returned to his lodgings to open the letter and study it carefully.

"Brother Wang Taijian, when I heard that you won two cities in a row, I couldn't help but be overjoyed. After the good news of His Majesty, His Majesty also couldn't sleep at night. His Majesty even called you my good general of the Tang Dynasty, and he was full of praise for you. His true appearance was also stained with your light, and he was rewarded with a sumptuous royal feast by His Majesty's grace. When my brother returns to Beijing, he will return you a favor and invite you to a meal. ”

Wang Yuan smiled, he could imagine Xuanzong and Yang Guozhong's happy looks. Xuanzong's happiness came from the bottom of his heart, and Yang Guozhong's happiness was because his success or failure directly affected him, and he needed his own success as his confidence in the court. But in any case, the joy of these two is not fake.

"But there's one thing I have to say to you, brother. I have read the letter you wrote to me more than ten times, but I do not agree with some of the words in your letter. You hope that the imperial court will negotiate peace with Tibet at the right time, but the prime minister cannot speak to your majesty for you. I'm afraid you don't know the situation of the whole battle, so I'll tell you about the situation of the soldiers and horses from all walks of life. At the time I write this letter, the Anxi army of Gao Xianzhi on the western road has already taken the Qionglong Silver City in the western border of Tibet, which is only more than 300 miles away from the city. The Hexi Army of the North Road and the Longyou Army also won a great victory, and 50,000 soldiers and horses broke through the main army of 80,000 in the northern border of Tubo, and had already taken Shibao City and was advancing southward. Brother, not only your Jiannan army has won a great victory, but the other two soldiers and horses have also achieved a great victory. Now the whole station is extremely beneficial to my Tang Dynasty, the three-way army is approaching the capital of Tubo, just as Your Majesty is concerned, this is the best time to destroy Tubo, at this time, you want to propose peace with Tubo to the imperial court? Isn't this pouring cold water on Your Majesty's head? ”

Wang Yuan's brows furrowed into a pimple, this was the first time he had learned about the battle situation of the soldiers and horses of the other two armies. Since the beginning of the war, the three soldiers and horses have been fighting separately because they are far apart, and there is no way to know the news of each other. Now I finally know that the Western Route Army and the Northern Route Army have also achieved great victories. This was excellent news, but for some reason, Wang Yuan felt a hint of worry.

Wang Yuan frowned and continued to read the letter.

"Now that the Tang Dynasty occupies my overall advantage, it is absurd to propose a peace proposal at this time. Your Majesty has already given the other two soldiers and horses an order to attack some of the cities, and at this time you should also march with all your strength to approach the capital of Tibet. Benxiang told you bluntly, Benxiang doesn't want you to lose in the battle of the war to destroy Tibet. The current situation is very clear, the Western Route Army, the Northern Route Army and your Jiannan Army, whoever captures the city first will be the greatest hero. Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan Li Guangbi are trying their best to grab this first merit, but you are still thinking about how to negotiate peace with Tubo, what do you say about you? In short, it was a good policy to negotiate peace with Nanzhao in the past, but now it is foolish to negotiate peace with Tubo, and I hope that you will abandon these ideas and attack the city with all your might. I want you to be the first to take the city of Raksha, which will be of great benefit to you and me. Don't say too much, my brother is a smart person, so he shouldn't need to bother with his words. ”