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An He snorted, put on a stinky shelf, and said angrily, "General Cheng, what are you doing here?" ”

"How much grain and grass do these thousands of Western Turkic prisoners of war consume our army every day? If we don't kill them, it will be a heavy burden for our army. Cheng Zhijie sneered.

"Prisoners of war cannot be killed or abused, this is the military discipline set by this commander, doesn't General Cheng know?" The corners of Bifeng's mouth twitched slightly, "If all the generals follow General Cheng's example, how can military discipline exist?" What's the use of me as a marshal? ”

"So, what should the marshal say? Our army's food and grass supply line is long, and Changhu is spent on the front line, and it is still difficult to supply our soldiers and soldiers, how can we feed these Western Turks? If the marshal gives me plenty of food and grass, I am willing to keep them. Yicheng Zhijie actually grinned.

An He glanced at him coldly, and thought, I don't need to take my army, I already have a move. He waved his hand, "Wei Chi Xunyu, pass on the order of the commander, and all these thousands of Western Turk soldiers will be released on the spot." ”

Cheng Zhijie exclaimed, "Marshal, how can this work?" Our army fought a bloody battle to capture them, will you release them and let them go back to fight against our army? ”

"General Cheng, do you think these soldiers can still go back to the war? After this battle, their fighting spirit has long been lost, and most of them have to regret Mobei Laolai on their own. And even if some returned to the Western Turkic barracks, they would not necessarily be welcomed. An He smiled faintly, "Wei Chi Xunyu, what are you still doing in a daze?" ”

"General Cheng, go to the front line with Ben Shuai to see the enemy's situation." An He's face was slightly pale, looking at Cheng Zhijie.

Cheng Zhijie was stunned, "But listen to the marshal's orders." However, this line is also nothing to look at, currently. There is a great river running between our army and the large camp of the Western Turks, and I am mobilizing civilian boats. Prepare to cross the river in one fell swoop. ”

"Let's go." An He took the lead and drove away.

The soldiers hurriedly brought the horses, and Cheng Zhijie and Wei Chi Xunyu, who had finished passing the military order, took a few cavalrymen and chased them in the direction of An He's run.

Sure enough, within a few miles, a large river appeared in front of him, which seemed to be a tributary of the Yellow River. The water is turbulent and the water surface is wide. The water is unfathomable. On the opposite bank, the Western Turks dug an artificial river about several meters wide and led it all the way to the Lingzhou camp. Ann and the horse. Looking at the Western Turkic military camp in the distance. "General Cheng, the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of people in this Western Turk probably depends on the water in this river, right?"

"Not bad. The Situs is very cunning and digs a hole in the river. The introduction of water, the construction of a moat outside the city of Lingzhou, the army, horses, people and animals are both this river, very trouble-free. I sent people to secretly block the embankment several times, but the Western Turks would dig it up immediately, and I didn't bother to get it. Cheng Zhijie laughed a few times, "Let's let them drink a little of the river water of the Tang Dynasty for the time being, and in a few days, the marshal will give an order, and our army will cross the river, so that the Western Turks will leave the price of blood!" ”

An He suddenly smiled gloomily, "Is the river water in Datang so delicious?" Wei Chi Xunyu, you come here......"

Wei Chi Xunyu hurriedly stepped forward, An He whispered in his ear for a while, Wei Chi followed Yu's orders, and saw that the direction of the horse galloping was to return directly to the Yanzhou camp.

"General Cheng, send 500 cavalry to Liangzhou with me." An He turned over and threw a stone in his hand into the river with a swish, splashing a small wave, and then it was swallowed by the rushing water.

Liangzhou, with a long history, is an important town on the ancient Silk Road. More than 5,000 years ago, there was human activity here. In the year of B.C., Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the hussar general Huo Qubing to expedition to Hexi, defeated the Xiongnu and established Gang County. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up Hexi Siying, the successive dynasties Cao set up a county here, the Sixteen Kingdoms in the East are, the former Liang, the Later Liang, the Southern Liang, the Northern Liang and the late Sui Dynasty have built their capitals here, becoming the metropolis west of Chang'an, the throat of the Chinese and Western Communications, the important town of the Silk Road, and the melting pot of ethnic integration.

Wei Chi Xunyu led 20,000 people to bring a large amount of limestone from Yanzhou Dachang, piled it up by the river, and piled it up into a hill. This batch of limestone was mobilized by Xue Yi from all over Datang for backup, and it was only a few days ago that it was escorted to Yanzhou Daying by local governments.

Cheng Zhijie gasped, "General Wei Chi, who are you?" ”

Wei Chi Xunyu said with a smile, "Guogong, Wei Chi Xunyu acted on the orders of the marshal, I don't know why I want to." With that, Wei Chi Xunyu commanded his soldiers to load the lime on ships and transport them to the other side one by one, and then sent people to block the mouth of the river dug by the Western Turks. Sergeant Tang worked for more than an hour, and finally blocked the opening.

Wei Chi Xunyu took a long breath and waved his hand, "Put lime!" ”

Baskets of limestone were poured or pushed into the waterway leading to Lingzhou by the Tang army, and with a boiling sound, the water surface began to feel like it was boiling. On the surface of the water, bubbles are dense and steaming.

In the early morning, there was a chirping sparrow outside the window.

An He smiled, got up and put on his robe, and pushed the door out. Rumble! A flock of sparrows rose into the sky, and in the dark and oppressive large area of the sky, he was surprised, so many sparrows!

"Inside and outside the city of Liangzhou, there are many birds and birds, flying in the sky and covering the sun, it is terrible! Sometimes, when the army is cooking, a flock of birds flies by, and they can peck clean the freshly prepared meal. Wei Chi walked out of another room.

"Oh, that's it......" An He groaned, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Feiyu, today, send someone to catch sparrows, the more the better." ”

"What are you doing with these?" Wei Chi Xunyu said confusedly, "No, you want to eat finch meat?" ”

"Eat, if the sparrow is fried in oil, it will still taste delicious. After a while, let them send a few over, and I will personally cook them for you and Lan'er to try. However, not only should we eat, but we should also send some to the Western Turks. Ann and Haha laughed.

Wei Chi Xunyu sent thousands of people to catch sparrows, and it took a day to catch thousands of sparrows. An He arranged two teams of soldiers, each team was like a man, and each of them held a live sparrow in his hand.

Then, on the sparrow paws in the hands of the first group of soldiers, a small paper bag containing sulfur and gunpowder was tied with tin foil, and incense sticks were tied to the sparrow paws in the hands of the second group of soldiers.

The two teams of soldiers galloped to dozens of miles away from the Western Turkic camp in Lingzhou and lurked. I waited for two days.

The northeast wind is blowing, and the dust is flying, covering the sky and the sun. An He looked up at the yellow sky and waved his hand, "Release the first flock of sparrows!" He sneered again, "Light the incense on the sparrow's paws and let them fly!" (To be continued.) )