Li Xian did not rush to continue the pursuit after the withdrawal of the army led by the Garqin Mausoleum, because he knew that after all, the Garqin Mausoleum still had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the victory in this battle was mainly a surprise attack launched by the other party without guard, if it was a frontal battle, it would be very difficult to defeat this famous Tubo general, even if he could barely win, it would definitely bring unbearable losses to his side. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he has not had a record of defeat in his battle with Garqinling so far, Li Xian never dared to have a little underestimation of the other party, because he knew that as long as he had a little underestimation of the enemy, he might go from the glory of victory to the abyss of defeat.

"Pass the order, the army is encamped outside the city, and Shancheng forms a corner of the momentum, joint defense and defense, hehe, although the Garqinling army retreats, but it may not be impossible to attack Shancheng again, we only need to hold Shancheng, we can be a battalion step by step, accumulate small victories for big victories, such a battle must not be impatient, as long as we force the Garqinling to retreat little by little, our goal has been achieved."

Li Xian took a deep breath so that he could keep a clear head.

Then his soldiers began to get busy in an orderly manner, first extinguishing the fire, and then starting to deal with the battlefield, burying the bodies of the burned and killed soldiers of the Tibetan army.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, if it is not properly handled, it will cause a plague, and if this is the case, I am afraid that this operation will have an extremely adverse impact on the Tang army, so there are many things that must be considered when sending troops to fight.

Of course, when cleaning up the battlefield, Li Xian did not forget to let the soldiers line up on guard, which is a procedure that cannot be ignored at any time, especially in the face of a famous general like Garqinling, he must be more cautious, no matter how careful he is, it is not too much.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Xian found another open area as a camp, and began to set up camp, establishing various defensive measures, so that the army could be stationed in the camp.

It was only then that Li Xian sent someone to inform the Shancheng garrison that reinforcements had arrived.

Wang Fangyi, who was stationed in Shancheng City, did not know the news that Li Xian's army had arrived, but he saw the billowing smoke coming from the direction of the Garqinling camp, and knew that it must have been a fire, but he did not send troops to fight, because he was afraid that this was the trick of the Garqinling, after all, the pressure brought by the Garqinling was too great, and when facing him, he was simply walking on thin ice, and the slightest carelessness could lead to the loss of the city, so although the smoke was billowing in the direction of the Tubo army's garrison, Wang Fangyi still just can't hold on, in his opinion, no matter what conspiracy the other party uses, as long as he can't hold on, he will be helpless.

Although Wang Fangyi's thinking is a little conservative, it is precisely because of this strategy that he was able to hold on to Shancheng for two months, no matter how angry and instigated the Garqin Mausoleum, he tried every possible means to never be able to go out of the city to fight, so as to hold on to this line of defense, so that the attack of the Tubo army was stopped, otherwise, perhaps at this time, the Tubo capital had already captured Liangzhou.

Of course, Wang Fangyi did not forget to send out a few spies to inquire about the news, and these spies did not return until nightfall.

However, before the spies returned, the envoy sent by Li Xian had already come to the city of Shancheng, but no matter how these people shouted the door, the city gate was never opened, and they could only wait silently under the city until the sky was dark, and they happened to see the spies sent by Wang Fangyi return.

Because those spies knew that the army of Garqinling had retreated, and the Tang Dynasty reinforcements had arrived, it was impossible for the Tubo people to cheat the city at this time, and they saw that the person who came was dressed as the Tang military, so they accosted a few words as ordinary villagers, and found that it was really their own people, so they shouted open the city gate, and told their true identities, and brought them into the city to see Wang Fangyi.

Knowing that at this time, Wang Fangyi knew that Li Xian's reinforcements had arrived and that Garqinling had been defeated and fled, so he apologized to the envoy again and again, and then personally led the soldiers in the city to visit Li Xian's camp overnight.

"The last general, Wang Fangyi, saw the chief manager, and the chief manager rushed to the army in time to save the soldiers and people of my city, and the last general expressed his sincere gratitude to them."

"Wang Tingshi quickly invited, there is no need to be polite in front of Xiao Wang, but Wang Tingshi led the army to block the continuous attack of the Tubo Garqin Mausoleum for two months, not only to keep Shancheng, but also to prevent the situation in my Tang Dynasty from further deterioration, Wang Tingshi's achievements can go down in history, so that Xiao Wang should thank Wang Tingshi for his father, for my Tang Dynasty soldiers and people, please rest assured, Xiao Wang will definitely come to his father to ask for credit."

Li Xian saw that Wang Fangyi actually came to the barracks in person, without the slightest look of pride, but was humble and polite, and immediately felt good and respectful, so he stretched out his hands to help the other party up, and said sincerely.

But seeing Wang Fangyi gently break free of Li Xian's hands, he said with a wry smile: "It doesn't matter if you ask for merit or not, anyway, no matter how you ask for it, it's the same, in fact, as long as you can kill the enemy for the country and protect Li Shu, the last general will be content." ”

Li Xian was stunned when he heard this, and then he remembered that Wang Fangyi was actually the cousin of the late Queen Wang, because the matter of Queen Wang was involved, although he had made a lot of military achievements in the past 20 years, he had not been promoted in the slightest, and the depression in his heart could be imagined.

Li Xian understood the reason why Wang Fangyi spoke like this, and he also knew that because he was the son of his cousin's great enemy, Wang Fangyi would not have a personal friendship with him at all except for official business.

But Li Xian really admires such a talent, and sincerely feels sorry for such a talent, not to mention that the relationship between Queen Wang and his cheap mother Empress Wu is actually just a fight, and it cannot be regarded as hatred, but Empress Wu has done too much, and even let Queen Wang die of "bone drunkenness", and give her family the surname "Python", which is really excessive.

But no matter what, after all, Empress Wu is Li Xian's biological mother, and he can't openly criticize what Empress Wu did when guarding so many people, because if he does this, he will be charged with unfilial piety, and this charge is really unbearable for Li Xian.

Therefore, Li Xian can only let Wang Fangyi express his faint dissatisfaction in front of him and pretend not to see it, but this does not mean that Li Xian will not take the initiative to find a way to resolve the suspicion and win over such a good general. (To be continued.) )