Nanzhao, the geographical location is roughly equivalent to Yunnan in later generations, and Longwei City is roughly equivalent to the southwest corner of Dali City in later generations. Speaking of which, although this place was described by the Tang people as a dangerous place full of miasma, after the 20,000 Tiance army arrived, they found that the climate here was actually quite pleasant.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in the middle of summer, if you are in Luoyang, marching and fighting, you should be so hot that you sweat, but here, it is very cool, even if you wear armor to march and fight, you will not feel unbearable heat.

The biggest disadvantage is that there is too much rain and too much humidity in summer, but fortunately, the wind is strong, and it will not feel stuffy.

In short, the 20,000 Tiance army and the thousands of businessmen and craftsmen who came with the army felt that they had been completely deceived, where was there any miasma?

After spending the first few days of unaccustomed to the water and soil, everyone now feels refreshed, even if there is a little discomfort, it will be fine to eat a Zhuge marching army.

Many businessmen even think that this is simply an excellent place to build a leisure resort, but unfortunately the road is a bit far, and it is not easy to walk, otherwise there must be a lot of people to build a few resorts here.

The weather was wonderful, after a thunderstorm, the sun came out, and every Tang businessman was in a leisurely mood, while directing the craftsmen to build temporary housing and shipyards, while enjoying the scenery of Erhai Lake.

Relaxed and happy, it's like a vacation, and many businessmen can't help but feel like this.

With the same scenery and different moods, these Tang businessmen are relaxed and happy, and they are good at traveling. The mood of Ge Luofeng, who was in Longwei City, and a group of generals and strategists under him. But it's terrible.

These days. The 20,000 Tiance army has been advancing to the east coast of Erhai Lake, and has successfully set up camp and started to build a shipyard.

Ge Luofeng somewhat understood the intention of Xiao Qu to let Duan Mingyi come back, and obviously wanted to tell himself through his mouth: Lao Tzu will tell you the battle plan clearly, and you can't stop me, there is no way to take Lao Tzu!

There really is no way. At least for now, the other party even had to send 5,500 soldiers and horses to protect the thousands of merchants and craftsmen who had no combat effectiveness behind, and they were fighting while marching, and they were not affected by the Nanzhao soldiers at all.

Harassment is useless, there are often several eagles hovering in the sky, and they will take the initiative to attack without waiting for each other to get close, and a rain of arrows will strike; Night raids are even more useless, and they will also know about them in advance; It's useless to create obstacles on the road, the other party is to open the road in the mountains and build bridges in the water; Even the dispatch of war elephants is useless. The opponent's bow and crossbow were too strong, and a round of rockets came down. The war elephant went mad before he could meet the enemy; I thought that the other party's bow and crossbow would be useless in the heavy rain, because the previous Tang army was like this, but as a result, eight thousand Luo Tho rushed in, and more than half of them were shot into hedgehogs.

Not injured by the miasma, nor unaccustomed to water and soil, the combat effectiveness of this Tang army was not affected by the climate at all, even if the water was polluted, it was useless for them, and after marching and fighting for so many days, few of them got sick, and their spirit was better than that of the local natives, so they swaggered and drove the army to the east coast of the Erhai Sea with thousands of merchants, craftsmen and men.

The shipyard was only thirty miles away from Longwei City, and 20,000 troops were camped under their noses, cutting wood and building ships. It's just a blockage, it's just a naked ~ naked ~ naked slap in the face.

But there is nothing to be done on his side, the reason is that this army is too strong!

First of all, each of their soldiers was very fanatical but very calm, and the desire to fight was very strong, and when they saw the enemy attacking, they were simply ecstatic, and the team sent out to meet the enemy formed a military formation in the blink of an eye, and after two rounds of arrow rain, they carried spears and chased after them with a roar, like a mad demon, but still kept the formation undisturbed!

Secondly, the opponent's weapons and equipment are too good, each soldier has two strong crossbows, a single shot of 200 steps can kill the enemy, 120 steps can break the shield; One hundred and fifty steps with three shots can kill the enemy, and the shield can be broken within eighty steps. In addition to their strong bows and crossbows, their armor protection is also very tight, and ordinary swords can't hold them at all;

On the other hand, on his own side, the range of his own wooden bow is far inferior to that of the other party, and the bow and crossbow of the captured Tang Army are too heavy and soft because of the moisture, and the bow power is greatly limited, and he can't send a few arrows, and the armor is not good, it is too heavy, and he doesn't like to wear it.

Again, the other party didn't have to cook when he was marching, he carried dry food and water on his back, and he ate while walking, and his physical strength was very good, if he didn't have to take care of the accompanying merchants and craftsmen, walking a hundred miles a day was the same as playing.

Ge Luofeng couldn't help but sigh, this is the real elite soldier, his own Luo Thozi is a scum compared to the other party, no wonder Na Xiao Qu dared to swagger to block the door with only 20,000 troops, no wonder he created so many brilliant achievements before, is it his turn this time......

Just as he was sighing, his eldest son Feng Jiayi and the general of the Navy Wang Lekuan came back, and Ge Luofeng hurriedly greeted him: "How is the situation?" ”

"Father, the Tang Army has eight oxen crossbows, we can only watch from afar, these Tang Army craftsmen are very efficient, the shipyard has almost been built, and now they are using the materials they brought to lay the frames (keels) of two battleships that we have never seen before, and they are now beginning to take shape."

Ge Luofeng took a simple schematic diagram handed by his son, which depicted the frame of the Tang Army's warship, and at the bottom was a long piece of wood, from both sides of which grew many horizontal woods, giving people the feeling of human ribs or fish bones. The schematic diagram also indicates the approximate size, with a length of nearly ten zhang and a width of nearly three zhang for two ships of this size, and it will only take one day to be laid?

"My lord, the last general has seen that if this new type of warship is launched, our warships will not be opponents. With the speed of these craftsmen, there is no problem at all to build more than a dozen such large warships and a hundred ordinary wooden ships in a month, and the king of Lanling has pacified the South China Sea before.

These craftsmen are experienced old craftsmen, and the general can clearly see that they are very skilled and fast in their work, and many of the components have been built long ago, just put them on. ”

Wang Lekuan looked very worried, he was completely convinced, and he no longer had the confidence he had before.

"Father, we can't let them build the ship! Our sailor is not an opponent at all, and in a month, the Tiance army will be able to enter Taihe City! ”

Duan Quange, the general of the army, said: "No wonder the king of Lanling brought so many craftsmen and materials to Nanzhao, it turned out to be this idea......"

Duan Quange's brother Duan Jianwei said: "I heard that the king of Lanling holds the Four Seas Trading Company, and he is a rich country in the Tang Dynasty...... Yang Zhao's waste hit our Nanzhao with human life, but he Lanling King smashed it with money! Not to mention bringing so many craftsmen and supplies, let's just say that the weapons and armor of each of his soldiers are unimaginable money. ”

Duan Jianwei resonated with everyone, and the eyes of all the generals present lit up, obviously everyone was very envious of the equipment of this Tang army.

Ge Luofeng's brows furrowed tightly, he let out a long sigh, and said: "King Lanling is pressing step by step, if you can't help it, what kind of countermeasures do you Aiqing, let's talk about it." ”

As soon as Ge Luofeng's words came out, more than a dozen civil and military ministers began to talk in a whisper, saying that there were all kinds of things, some said that they attacked the shipyard at night, some said that fortresses and fortresses were built along the coast to prevent the Tang army from landing, and some said that they surrounded each other from four directions...... But there are few that really work.

The confidant minister named Yang Zifen chuckled in his heart, didn't the king want to seek peace? As early as when Xianyu Zhongtong led an army of 80,000 to attack Nanzhao, the king sent three envoys to apologize for his sins and ask for peace, explaining the reason why Zhang Qiantuo was killed, and expressing his willingness to return the plundered and reattach himself to the Tang Dynasty, two of which were sent by himself.

After the total annihilation of the 80,000 Tang army led by Li Mi last year, the Tang Dynasty had been wiped out three times in Nanzhao, with 200,000 casualties.

When the whole country celebrated, the king was ready to set up a "Dehua Monument", detailing the causes and processes of the previous wars, indicating that his rebellion against the Tang Dynasty was out of necessity and the desire to reconcile with the Tang, the inscription was almost written, and was about to stand it, the king of Lanling came again, in order to avoid hitting morale, this was temporarily hidden.

Looking at the appearance of the king at this moment, it is clear that he has the desire to seek peace again, Yang Zifen bowed and saluted: "The king wants to seek peace again?" ”

Everyone looked at Ge Luofeng together, but Ge Luofeng didn't speak, and closed his eyes as a tacit acquiescence.

Everyone exploded at once, and Duan Quange, the general of the Nanzhao army, said loudly: "King, you can't make peace, in just a few years, 200,000 Tang soldiers died in Nanzhao, how can Datang reconcile with us?" ”

"In the future, I can only fight to the death, what else can I do?"

"We just need to drag until the Tibetan reinforcements come......"

Yang Zifen said against the crowd: "King, the Tang Dynasty is strong, but Tubo is in civil strife, and now it has been divided into three, and it has to ask us for a lot of grain and tea every year. Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan are both famous generals in the world, but I am afraid that it will not be long before Tubo will be wiped out by the Tang Dynasty, and returning to the Tang Dynasty is indeed the only way out for Nanzhao.

But we can't just sue for peace, we have killed too many Tang soldiers, and this hatred is too great. ”

Feng Jiayi asked, "Mr. Nayi, what should I do?" ”

"We can only force peace by war, if we can burn the warships and shipyards of the Tang army, or capture the king of Lanling alive, or wait until the Tibetan reinforcements come, we may be able to force the king of Lanling to negotiate peace with us......" (To be continued. )