Five days later, 20,000 Tibetan light cavalry suddenly arrived like the wind, and entered the Red Stone Fort, twenty miles west of the Lingtai, and set up camp. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As Jing Yuncong expected, Tuji, the commander of the Western Route Army, was accidentally assassinated by Lai Xing'er in Jingzhou, giving the Tubo general Na Ximo, who was on fire in the backyard, a chance to regain military power. Although Master Gongga was assigned by Da Yan Lange to serve as the two-way army and horse receiving envoy for the large-scale dispatch of troops in Tibet, he had never been in the battle formation before, and he had no idea in the face of the sudden killing of Tuji.

The whole army has been launched, and the remnants of the puppet Yan in the north and the Nanzhao in the south have launched an attack on the Middle Earth court on the agreed date.

In desperation, Master Gongga had to temporarily beg Nasimo to unify the command of the two roads, unite the 50,000 troops of Tuyuhun, and march eastward in two ways according to the agreement.

Although Nasimo was dissatisfied with Lange's practice of unloading and killing donkeys, when he thought of the embarrassing situation he was currently facing, he had no choice but to accede to Gongga's request to temporarily act as the commander of the whole army.

However, Na Sima knew very well in his heart: the Linyi Dongman tribe had changed, and he had invisibly cut off the retreat of himself and the Scorpion Army, and the more than 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the western Xinjiang were the last hope for him to gain a foothold in the Tubo Dynasty in the future. Therefore, in order to preserve his own strength, he and Gongga agreed to temporarily take the post of deputy general of the Western Route Army, Shedu, as the temporary commander-in-chief, and Ren Xiao, the former commander of the Western Route Army, and strictly ordered the whole army of the Western Route Army to immediately launch a comprehensive attack from west to east to Lingtai, open up the passage to Fenning from the north road, and within half a month, join the garrison of Naxi Mojing Prefecture to jointly launch an attack on the Jingyun Cong Department stationed in Fenning, and strive to capture Chang'an for the second time within a month. At the same time, despite Gongga's opposition, Nasimo insisted on transferring 50,000 horses from Tuguhun to the aid of Jingzhou, and unified them under his command and dispatch, so as to serve as the first echelon of the attack on Fenning and cover for the few remaining Scorpio troops.

Gongga knew that Nasimo had become wary of his nephew Lange, and did not dare to say anything about Nasimo's troop adjustment, but only asked Nasimo to bring Tuji back to the Tubo homeland for proper burial, and asked Nasimo for Tuji's headless body, and returned to Shanzhou in embarrassment with a knee injury.

The deputy general of the Western Tubo Route Army, Shedu, is only in his early thirties, is a fierce general with a violent temperament, he followed Tuji to the western border of Tubo a few years ago, when he was still a small hundred people, after many years of bloody fighting with the big food, he made great achievements, and was promoted by Tuji all the way to the position of the deputy general of the whole army, and has always been like his own brother. Now, he and his benefactor and the main general Tuji were separated for only three or five days, and when they met again, Tuji didn't even know where to throw his head, and she couldn't help but be grief-stricken, angry, he wept bitterly and took over the handsome seal of the chief general of the Western Route Army from Gongga, and roared on the spot and ordered him to lead 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard of the whole army, and immediately launched a surprise attack on the Lingtai, intending to use the head of the Lingtai guard to pay tribute to and comfort Tuji's dead.

Lai Xing'er almost cut off Tuji's head under the nose of Bu Rang, which made Bu make him feel very ashamed, as soon as he received the order of his own chief general Shedu to immediately lead the army to attack, he didn't care about his knee injury, took the general order from Shedu, strode out of the tent, ordered the most powerful cavalry team in the 20,000 West Route Army, took the lead, and led the army to rush out in the direction of Lingtai.

Lai Xing'er received a report from a scout in his own Chinese military camp in Lingtai Town, claiming that the vanguard of the Tubo West Route Army, 20,000 elite lightly armed cavalry, had broken through to the Red Stone Fort less than 20 miles away from Lingtai Town.

Prior to this, although Lai Xing'er had been in battle many times, as the chief general of the whole army, he commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and confronted the main force of Tubo head-on, which was the first time in his life. Therefore, although he rushed back to Lingtai four days ago without stopping, and was ready to fight with the Tibetan army, once he received the report and the Tibetan army arrived in advance, he could not help but feel a trace of excitement and uneasiness in his heart.

"Deputy Marshal, a year ago in the destruction of the sand castle outside the city of Shanzhou, his subordinates and the Tubo cavalry formed an indissoluble enmity, now is a good time to avenge the thousands of brothers who died in the destruction of the sand castle, please give the deputy marshal an order, allow me to lead 5,000 men and horses, rush to the Red Stone Fort, intercept and kill the Fan Kou." Luo San'er was the first to come to Xing'er and ask for orders.

"Big brother, this leading messenger has to leave everything to me. I only need 1,000 cavalry, and I can rush into the Tibetan camp tonight, and take the head of the Tibetan general and come back to see you. Jiang Zhongshi defiantly competed with Luo San'er.

"Brother Qian, in your opinion, how should our army meet the enemy?" Lai Xing'er knew that Qian Dashun had always acted steadily, ignored Jiang Zhongshi and Luo San'er, and instead asked for his opinion.

"According to the scout's report, the opponent's forward troops are as many as 20,000 people, and they are all blue and blue lightly armed cavalry, and our entire army is only more than 14,000 people. You must know that once this Lingtai falls into the hands of Tubo, the northern line leads to Fenning, and there is no danger to rely on, and the Fenning fortress is in danger. Therefore, it is hoped that the deputy marshal will use his troops prudently. ”

"Brother Qian, you have to be careful." Jiang Zhongshi squinted at Qian Dashun, and didn't take it as he said, "Lingtai Town is not like an ordinary state city, there are deep ditches and high walls to defend, as you said, when the Tubo cavalry rushed over as a whole team, we had to fight them with a knife and a gun, rather than this, it is better to take the initiative to attack happily." ”

Luo San'er nodded frequently, and was about to echo Jiang Zhongshi's second request to Xing'er to fight, but when he saw Lai Xing'er standing up, he said resolutely: "You don't have to argue anymore. Sun Tzu Youyun: Anger can be drummed, but it cannot be vented. What Brother Qian said was indeed too serious. I have made up my mind, the generals will listen to the order, Qian Dashun, you will lead 4,000 brothers from Liangzhou to stick to the Lingtai Central Army, no matter whether the front is victorious or defeated, you must not send troops to rescue, as long as you can defend the Lingtai without losing, you will be regarded as a great achievement. ”

Qian Da complied with the order, strode forward, took the token from Lai Xing'er's hand, and wanted to open his mouth to dissuade Lai Xing'er, but listened to him continue to pass the order: "Luo San'er listened to the order, ordered you to lead a thousand cavalry, immediately gallop to the Red Stone Fort, and make an appointment to fight the Tubo army, remember, only defeat, not to fight, once you clash with the enemy, you will quickly retreat, but you can keep the number of dead and wounded in the whole army below 100 horses, it will be regarded as your credit." ”

"A thousand? Or only allowed to lose, not allowed to win? Luo San'er's eyes widened and she looked at Lai Xing'er in disbelief.

"What, this token, do you take it or not?" Lai Xing'er held the token high in his right hand, looked at Luo San'er with a frosty face, and asked coldly.

"Come on, deputy marshal, you want to lure the enemy, and Luo will be a bait, what should I do?" Luo San'er took the token stupidly and muttered in a low voice.

Lai Xing'er picked up another token and instructed Jiang Zhongshidao: "I handed over to you 3,000 cavalry to ambush in the red pine forest between Hongshi Fort and Lingtai Town, but when I saw a red flag raised in our army, you led the army out of the forest and rushed straight to the enemy's army." This time you are different from the two of them, as long as you do not get the head of the enemy's vanguard commander, it will not be counted as your meritorious service, do you dare to take the order? ”

Jiang Zhongshi heard that Xing'er had handed over the heavy task of ambushing halfway to him, and he was full of joy, smirking with his mouth wide open, and when he heard Lai Xing'er's last words, his smile suddenly condensed on his face. However, he relied on his own courage and strength, and never looked at the fierce general of the Tubo army, only hesitated slightly, then snatched the token from Lai Xing'er's hand, and argued loudly: "If I bring back the head of the Tubo general, big brother, we can speak first, and this head will be mine." ”

"Okay, it's up to you." Lai Xing'er readily agreed, "Ben Shuai personally led 6,000 men and horses, and immediately went out of the camp ten miles to meet the enemy." (To be continued.) )