At the foot of Jishi Mountain, a long procession was slowly moving, all of which were cavalry, so long that there was no end in sight. This is Lu Dongzan's 200,000 Tubo elite horses, they are in pairs of 10,000 people, slowly walking, the destination is Hezhou and Liangzhou in the Tang Dynasty.

Liangzhou is the gateway of Datang to the Western Regions, which is very important to Datang, and Hezhou is the gateway to Datang, which is also very important to Datang.

Therefore, Lu Dongzan sent troops this time, and after passing through Jishi Mountain, he prepared to divide his troops into two routes, all the way to Liangzhou City, and all the way to Hezhou City. As for the two sides of the soldiers, what are the number of soldiers and horses on the other road, and who the leading generals are, it depends on Lu Dongzan's plan.

"How far is it from Liangzhou City? How far is it from Hezhou City? Lu Dongzan asked in a deep voice.

"If you hurry up, there are about six days left before Liangzhou City, and four days from Hezhou City is enough." Another person beside Lu Dongzan replied respectfully, this person's name is Mani, he is Lu Dongzan's think tank, and he is also a general who leads 10,000 troops.

"Order, rest overnight in Jishi Mountain, and tomorrow we will divide our troops and hurry-!" Lu Dongzan thought for a while and said, then asked, "Where is Li Hong now?" ”

"Probably just out of Chang'an City." Mani replied.

"Are you sure that Li Hong will go to Hezhou City first, and then go to Liangzhou?" Lu Dongzan asked.

"That's what our secret agent in Chang'an said, I don't know the specifics." Mani said cautiously.

"You say, do we regard Liangzhou City as the main force, or Hezhou as the main force?" Lu Dongzan asked, then he turned over and dismounted, and walked straight to the tent that had been set up not far away. Mani and several generals immediately dismounted to follow Lu Dongzan's footsteps, and replied at the same time, "I think our first task is to capture Liangzhou City and cut off the connection between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, so that we can garrison Liangzhou City and prevent the Tang Dynasty from rushing to the Western Regions, and then we can march to the Western Regions with great fanfare." ”

"It's not easy to fight in the Western Regions!" Lu Dongzan said with a sigh.

Mani didn't dare to question Lu Dongzan's words, so he could only remain silent.

Everyone walked to the tent, Lu Dongzan sat in the first place, the generals sat down separately in turn, the soldiers served milk tea, Lu Dongzan and everyone took a sip, and then asked, "Do you know why Benxiang said that?" ”。

The generals shook their heads slightly, it was not that they didn't know, but they didn't dare to say it, for fear of being reprimanded by Lu Dongzan, because Lu Dongzan's power in Tubo was monstrous, and killing a general like them was just a matter of one sentence.

Only Mani asked, "Prime Minister, Su Dingfang has returned to Chang'an City, Pei Xingjian has been transferred to Liangzhou, the Western Regions are no longer the original Western Regions, why is it difficult to talk about it?" ”

"The Han people's military book says that only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles. Mani, you don't know your opponent too well. Do you know who the protector of the Western Regions is now? Lu Dongzan asked.

"It's a person named Wang Fangyi, I heard that he was just a talkative civil official before, not like a person who can lead the army to fight!" Mani whispered.

"Wang Fangyi, it's not easy!" Lu Dong exclaimed, "How bad can a person who can enter Li Hongfa's eyes be?" If you want to say that Pei Xingjian focuses on strategy and can be a handsome talent, then Wang Fangyi is a general, and he is also a brave general, we can't underestimate him. Besides, Su Dingfang left 10,000 Western Regions Iron Cavalry in Wang Fangyi's hands, which shows that he has already calculated that we are going to attack the Western Regions. This old fox is scheming and calculating, and the art of war is weird, and we can't help but guard against it. ”

Even though Lu Dongzan is the prime minister of Tibet, he has been in Tibet for decades, and he has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, but he still doesn't dare to be careless when facing Su Dingfang. Because he led the army to attack the Tang Dynasty several times, and when he marched into the Western Regions, Su Dingfang was ruthlessly cleaned up, and he retreated to Tubo in disgrace.

"Prime minister, tomorrow the army will be divided into two ways, how should we make a plan?" Mani asked.

"Liangzhou City must be taken, it is the key to our attack on the Western Regions, but Benxiang cares more about Hezhou City, because there is Li Hong in Hezhou City, and it means more to us to capture the Tang Dynasty prince alive than to take Liangzhou City." Lu Dongzan said.

"So, the prime minister is ready to focus on Hezhou City?" Mani asked.

"There are now more than 20,000 defenders in Liangzhou, including 9,000 Western Regions Iron Cavalry, and Pei Xingjian is in charge, we can't underestimate it." Lu Dongzan pondered, "Under the command of this prime minister, you are the only one who can rest assured that you can lead an army to deal with Pei Xingjian, tomorrow you will lead 80,000 iron cavalry to Liangzhou and capture Liangzhou City within ten days, do you have any confidence?" ”

Lu Dongzan's words surprised Mani, but then he showed a look of joy, and hurriedly got up and said, "Don't worry, Mani will definitely complete the task you gave me." ”

Let him attack Liangzhou with four times the force, even if Pei Xingjian's ability to command the troops made Mani a little jealous, he felt that he could capture Liangzhou City.

"As for Hezhou City, let the prime minister personally go to meet Li Hong!" Lu Dongzan said that Li Hong insulted the mission he sent to Datang, and also detained the six hundred elite cavalry he sent to Datang, this breath Lu Dongzan couldn't swallow, his target this time was Hezhou City, and he wanted to find Li Hong to settle accounts.

After a brief discussion, Lu Dongzan finished deploying tomorrow's march plan, and the generals did not dare to disturb him, so he took his leave and withdrew from the big tent.

When everyone left, only Lu Dongzan and a middle-aged man in black were left in the big tent. The middle-aged man is not a Tubo, his outfit is more like a Tang person, but his bright head reveals his identity, he is a monk.

"Prime Minister, you have arranged a plan for tomorrow's march today, aren't you afraid that someone will leak it out?" The middle-aged monk asked lightly.

Lu Dongzan laughed and said, "In the face of real strength, all conspiracies and tricks will be vulnerable. Master, do you think that someone leaked the plan just now, what can Li Hong do with his appearance? Now that Datang's forces are all concentrated in the northeast battlefield, their defenders in the northwest are less than 50,000, and they are not the opponent of the 200,000 iron horsemen of the original phase, so why should the prime minister hide and hide his morale? ”

"Isn't the prime minister afraid that Li Hong knows that the prime minister is going to Hezhou for him, and he will change his route halfway to Liangzhou City?" The middle-aged monk asked worriedly.

Lu Dongzan laughed again, "If Li Hong is really such a person, he doesn't deserve to be impressed by him." Master, you are eager for revenge, and this is also very clear, and your help to us in Tibet, this is also in mind, but this march and war does not bother the master to worry, what does the master think? ”

"Since the prime minister said so, the poor monk doesn't want to say more, so he will leave, the poor monk will send someone to Hezhou City to do internal response, once the prime minister's army attacks the city, there will be people inside to open the city gate for the prime minister, and then the prime minister will wait for the news!" After the middle-aged monk finished speaking, he took his leave and left. Lu Dongzan looked at his back as he left, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The reason why he dared to be so sure that he could capture Li Hong alive in Hezhou City was because there were middle-aged monks who acted as internal responses. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to bet on Hezhou City and Li Hong.

Thinking of Li Hong and thinking of this name, Lu Dongzan's face became very gloomy again. Because he already knew that Princess Gesang had entered the East Palace, he had already guessed that Princess Gesang might have reached some kind of agreement with Li Hong. So in Lu Dongzan's heart, even if he can't eradicate Li Hong this time, he will remove Li Hong from the position of the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, when Li Hong is strong or ascends to the throne of the Tang Emperor, his life will not be easy.