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As early as November 6, 25,000 cavalrymen of Winchishi and Nebsong marched to Gaolan, and on the same day, they set up a large camp in Wuli south of the city, cutting down wood to build siege equipment, revealing their intention to siege the city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In fact, the Tibetan people are not good at attacking fortified positions, Wen Qishi deliberately made a big move, in order to force Xuan Chongwen to lead the troops out of the city for a decisive battle, to solve the problem of this road of troops, and he also had to go south to support Zhuo Luo Zunli.

Because Zhang Yue's main force was stationed in Dingxi Fort in Huizhou, the momentum was huge, and it was not clear how many troops, although Zhuo Luo Zunli defeated Liang Zhongjiaye, but when Zhang Jianxiong helped Liang Zhongjiaye defend the city, he couldn't achieve it for a long time, and he also felt great pressure, so he asked Wen Qishi for help.

Gaolan county is not big, the city wall is in disrepair and very dilapidated, the defense facilities are not complete, there are a thousand households of Tibetan people living in the city, there are more than 20,000 people. The layout of the residential areas of the street is still in its original form, but the style of the houses is a bit chaotic.

Ordinary herdsmen live in strange houses, with large and spacious courtyards with tall tents, which are inhabited. There are wings against the courtyard wall, but they are stables, cattle pens, and sheepfolds. There were also Sogdian buildings with steeple vaults and large columns, which were often the residences of wealthy tribal chiefs or chieftains.

The only Tang-style building with a high pedestal and wide eaves is a large group courtyard house of the county government, which has a high platform foundation and is very troublesome to demolish and rebuild, so it has survived to this day.

The layout of the house is the same, but it is decorated with a lot of Tibetan people's flags and large stone statues, which makes the smoke obstructive, like a temple. After Xue Wenqian seized the city, and after Zong Jingcheng led his troops into the city, he dispatched soldiers to dismantle and burn all the things of the Tibetan people in the city, and repair the city defenses.

He drove all the Tibetan people to the northeast corner of the city and set up camp to supervise them to prevent them from causing chaos. You must know that this is an enemy-occupied area, not only must you divide troops to garrison the logistics and grain routes, but also ensure the safety of the city, if the hostile herdsmen set fires, it will be a big trouble.

When Xuan Chongwen led Li Duofu and Song Lingguang's Changsong army, and Shen Nian's and careful Wucheng army, a total of 5,000 soldiers, rushed to join the division, with a total strength of 12,000 people, it was not uncertain to meet Wen Qishi.

Xuan Chongwen's official served as the assassin of Liangzhou and the regimental training envoy, the position was higher than Zong Jingcheng, and Zhang Yue's intention to promote him, he ordered Xuan Chongwen to be appointed as the chief general of the North Route Army, and Zong Jingcheng had to hand over the military power in the county government station with a little unwillingness, and was officially commanded by Xuan Chongwen.

In the face of the enemy's pressure, Xuan Chongwen held a military meeting at the county office, and as usual, he first laid out a map to explain and mark the location of the distribution of troops on both sides of the enemy, and then the officers at all levels spoke freely.

The subordinate armies of Hexi were rebuilt not long ago, and they were able to exercise for a few months, and the Zhenyuan Army came from the same system, among which the Changsong Army adopted the number of the Hexi Army externally, and the second reinforced regiment of the Zhenyuan Army was subordinate internally, while the Wucheng Army, the Ya Army, the Shenwu Army, the Tonggu Army, the Baiting Army, and the Tianbao Army were internally more than half of the officers were transferred from the Huining Training Battalion, and the thinking and training mode of army building were no different from those of the Zhenyuan Army.

Of course, Hou Zhang knew what Xuan Chongwen was doing, but when Zhang Yue said hello, he opened one eye and closed one eye. He has also spent three or four years in Hexi, and he has long exceeded the usual term of office, and he may be transferred away at any time, of course, he is happy to be a favor.

And Zhang Yue's thoughts, Hou Zhang is somewhat aware of it, but in this troubled era, who still puts his eggs in a basket and does not leave a way back for himself is destined to not be able to stand in the officialdom of this troubled world. Hou Zhang is an old senior, an old marshal with several ups and downs, and he sees the world more thoroughly than others, so he is indulgent.

What's more, Cheng Yachan was a kabuki in his house, and she was transferred to Zhang Yue after being considered a righteous daughter, and it is said that she is also very good, with this vague and unclear kinship, Hou Zhang is also happy to see it.

The situation is very clear, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the forces are not superior. They have logistics and food routes to take care of, while the enemy Winchish is driving cattle and sheep and basically does not worry about the rear. The military discussion was quickly completed, and Xuan Chongwen led the Zhenyuan army for a long time, and everyone obeyed his orders, and now they stuck to the city, sent scouts and cavalry, and paid close attention to Wen Qishi's movements.

dragged on for three days, and on the ninth day of the first month, Wen Qishi saw that Xuan Chongwen was guarding the county seat, only sending detectives to spy on him, and he did not go out of the city, and he didn't even attack and disturb him, so he couldn't sit still. There are not many auxiliary grains such as barley and wheat, and the cattle and sheep also have to feed the grass, otherwise they will starve to death piece by piece, and a large mountain of meat will not rot completely, isn't that stupid?

It was also on this day that Tanma finally found out that the Zhou army had three grain routes, one in the north was from the Liangzhou Liugu Department from the Kara River through Guangwu to Gaolan to send cattle and sheep, there were Huining in the northeast, and there were two grain roads such as Huining Pass in the east.

Wen Qishi heard that Guangwu was too far away, and the grain road and the Huining grain road converged in the north and went south to Gaolan, and if you want to attack, you have to bypass the county seat, so that the Zhou army will definitely find that it is difficult to really succeed, but it can lure the enemy out of the city to fight. The east side of the Huiningguan grain road is also to cross the Yellow River, there is a pontoon bridge there, seize the Yellow River pontoon bridge and then go north, cut off the other two grain roads, the road is easy to walk.

At four o'clock in the morning of the 11th, when the sky was still cloudy, Wenqi sent Nebson to lead his headquarters with 5,000 horsemen, taking advantage of the cover of the night before dawn, and quietly drove out of the camp and entered the hills and mountains southeast of Gaolan County.

And in this mountainous area, there are hundreds of scouts such as Feng Jianjie lurking, Nebusong 5,000 horsemen rode through the valleys, and the war horses trampled on the frosty road, making a burst of "creaking" sounds, which attracted the attention of the scout soldiers of the Zhenyuan Army, Xuan Chongwen soon received the report, but he did not move.

At dawn, the Yellow River was covered with fog and visibility was extremely low, but the river wind was cold and the fog had a tendency to blow away. Nebson led his troops to the mountain depression near the bank of the Yellow River to temporarily rest, took more than 100 followers, quietly approached the fence of the Zhou army's camp, and personally climbed a small hill to watch the enemy.

I saw that about a mile away on the bank of the desolate river is the camp of the Zhou army, the camp is relatively simple, there is only a large wooden fence erected on the periphery, and on the muddy beach under the river bank behind, there are big trees to build a series of bridge piers, and the raft on the river surface is connected with thick ropes, and flat big logs are laid on it, which can be used by three people side by side. Horses should not be a problem, and vehicles should not be able to pass.

Looking at the scale of this pontoon bridge, Nebusong muttered in his heart, and asked the soldiers who visited the horses and asked: "Are you sure that this is the pontoon bridge where the Zhou army transported grain and grass and baggage?" Did you see a horse-drawn carriage passing over the pontoon? ”

"Return to Lord Nebuzon! The small ones only saw the soldiers leading the horses through, but did not see the carriages, it should be the Zhou army's heavy pontoon bridge! The stout soldier affirmed.

"The sentry stays on guard, go back and prepare for battle!" Nebusong hesitated, but when he arrived at the battle point, he saw all kinds of clanging sounds coming from the Zhou army camp from a distance, as if the soldiers were getting up early to eat, and if they didn't do anything, they would miss the fight. (To be continued.) )