After the knight left, Qin Zhan's face instantly became a little gloomy. No matter how powerful the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry is, no matter how good the Lingzhou Iron Cavalry is, when Mani's army and Lu Dongzan will reconcile, the number of Lu Dongzan's army will reach as many as 50,000, and they will only have 24,000 people, which seems to be only half of the enemy, so even if Lu Dongzan is besieged at that time, it is estimated that he may not be able to capture him alive.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhan's heart became even more anxious.

In the middle of the ring, Xue Na and Li Jingxuan sent a message at the same time, asking Qin Zhan to follow Lu Dongzan, don't get close to Lu Dongzan, don't attack, and continue to wait for news.

Although Qin Zhan commanded an army of 10,000, his official position was much lower than that of Xue Na and Li Jingxuan, and in this case, he could only obey Li Jingxuan's orders. Li Jingxuan, as the prince's protector, his official position is the highest among the three, and all three of them are now subject to his control.

After receiving the order, Qin Zhan was not anxious, so he patiently rode on his horse and watched the chaotic scene in the Tubo camp in front of him.

The best way is to ride a horse to kill, so he doesn't want to think too much, he just wants to rest as much as possible on the horse, so as to meet the requirements of fighting later.

He believed that Li Jingxuan would not let him wait too long, and he would definitely give him a satisfactory order later. Lu Dongzan is in front of him, what a great credit for capturing Lu Dongzan, he doesn't believe that Li Jingxuan and Xue Na are not blushing.

In the Tibetan camp, Lu Dongzan woke up after falling into a coma and was treated by a Tibetan witch doctor. When he opened his eyes and found that there was calm around him, and there was no shouting and killing as he imagined, he asked a little surprised, "Haven't you started a war yet?" ”。

"Back to the prime minister, the Tang army seems to be very afraid of us, and there is no sign of an offensive yet." Takumi replied. He is in a very conflicted mood now, thinking that Lu Dongzan can be well, but also thinking that Lu Dongzan will die like this. If Lu Dongzan is good, he hopes that Lu Dongzan can promote him and reuse him. If Lu Dongzan was so angry, he wouldn't mind surrendering to Datang immediately. Anyway, he already knew that the king had reached an agreement with the prince of the Tang Dynasty, as long as Lu Dongzan died, he returned to Tubo to be loyal to the king, and it was estimated that he would not be oppressed too much. Even if it is not reused, at least the glory and wealth can still be guaranteed.

"Then what are we doing in a daze, why don't we leave quickly?" Lu Dongzan immediately opened his mouth and ordered.

Zhuo Mi said with a sad face, "Daxiang, the Datang army did not attack us, this does not mean that we can leave here safely, now we are surrounded by no enemy except for the right side, that is, in the direction of the east, there are Datang's elite cavalry in the other three directions, and to the east is the border of Datang, we are seeking our own death, and we must break through the defense line of the Datang cavalry if we break through from other directions..."

Zhuo Mi's later words have not been finished, but Lu Dongzan can understand it, which means that it is difficult to break through.

Lu Dongzan's face became a little ugly again, and he muttered, "Then what should we do now?" ”

He seemed to be asking Zhuo Mi, and he seemed to be talking to himself, so that Zhuo Mi could not answer him, so he could only be silent.

At this moment, a fast horse woke up Lu Dongzan, and immediately the knight rushed to Lu Dongzan, ignoring the rudeness in front of the army, and shouted loudly, "Great Minister, General Mani has led a large army to support you, and he is only ten kilometers away from us now." ”

"Really?" Lu Dongzan suddenly straightened up and asked the panting knight in front of him, "Are you sure?" ”

"Yes." The knight said, "We've got word from General Mani's scouts. ”

"It's wonderful." Lu Dongzan was overjoyed and said, with Mani's 40,000 elite cavalry, he can now feel a little at ease, no wonder the Tang cavalry did not attack him, it turned out to be guarding against Mani. After getting this good news, Lu Dongzan came back after walking around the ghost gate, his spirit instantly improved a lot, and his voice was much louder, "Zhuo Mi, Mani is less than ten miles away from us, he came to support us, how can the Tang army behind us not know?" I guess they've given us a way now, and we're going out at once to make peace with Mani. ”

Lu Dongzan didn't want to stay here for a moment, he only thought that he would make peace with Mani immediately, and only then did he feel safer.

"Yes." Zhuo Mi bowed down to receive the order, and went down to give the military order.

In an instant, Lu Dongzan, the guardian of the Tubo Elite Horseman, continued to gallop towards the northeast.

"General, we're just watching them leave?" Looking at the direction Lu Dongzan left, an adjutant general beside Qin Zhan asked. Qin Zhan said in a low voice, "Without a military order, what can we do?" Besides, with our strength, can we beat Lu Dongzan's army? ”

"Just because you can't beat them, just watch them leave?" The lieutenant general said rather unhappily. Qin Zhan said in a calm tone, "Wait, there will be news." ”

Sure enough, after a while, Li Jingxuan sent someone to deliver the news, asking Qin Zhan to lead the army to meet him. Qin Zhan received the order, and under the guidance of this knight, he rode a horse and galloped for three kilometers before coming to Li Jingxuan's camp.

When he got here, he found that there were more than six thousand iron horsemen in the camp, and it was obvious that Xue Na had already arrived.

Qin Zhan dismounted and followed the knight to the big tent of the Chinese army, where he found that in addition to Li Jingxuan and Xue Na, there was also a military general with a majestic figure and simple clothes, but dressed in the Western Regions.

Seeing Qin Zhan enter the big tent, Li Jingxuan hurriedly got up and said, "General Qin is here, come and sit, rest first, and then talk about military affairs." ”

Qin Zhan was rude to Li Jingxuan and Xue Na in turn, and in the face of this unfamiliar Western Regions general, he opened his mouth and asked, "Li Zhonghu, who is this general?" ”

"He is the deputy general of the Governor of the Western Regions, called Aman, and he was ordered by the Governor of the Governor of the Empire to come to deliver a letter to us." Li Jingxuan replied. There is only one governor of the Western Regions, and that is Wang Fangyi, the cousin of the queen who has been imprisoned in the cold palace. Therefore, when Qin Zhan heard that it was Wang Fangyi's lieutenant general, he bowed his hand and said, "Look up for a long time." ”

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time." Ah Man also returned the salute.

Because neither of them knew each other, and they were not familiar with each other, the etiquette ended here.

Seeing Qin Zhan sit down, Li Jingxuan opened his mouth and said, "General Li, are you dissatisfied that I didn't give you the order to attack Lu Dongzan's army?" ”

Qin Zhan didn't hide the thoughts in his heart, but nodded slightly.

"Actually, I also thought before, with the more than 20,000 cavalry of the three of us, if you want to besiege Lu Dongzan and Mani, you may not be able to achieve victory, but you will not be able to move your troops after receiving the order of the governor of Wang." Li Jingxuan said.

Only then did Qin Zhan understand why Li Jingxuan chose to back down when facing Lu Dongzan this time, "What does the Governor of Wang mean?" ”

"Annihilate the entire army of Ludong Zan and Mani, and not let any of them escape." Li Jingxuan said word by word.

Qin Zhan was shocked, he had thought of uniting Xue Na and Li Jingxuan to attack Lu Dongzan, at most, to defeat Lu Dongzan and Mani, and then find a way to capture Lu Dongzan alive, but he never thought of annihilating more than 50,000 Tubo elite horsemen. Now that he heard Wang Fangyi's plan, he realized how unwise his idea was just now. Indeed, when the Tang Dynasty has enough strength to be able to completely annihilate the Ludong Zan and Mani armies, why do you have to rush to take the means of quick success and quick profit?

"But if we want to annihilate more than 50,000 cavalry in Ludong and Zan all, we seem to be lacking in troops!" Qin Zhan said.

"General Qin, don't worry about this, the Metropolitan Governor has already commanded 100,000 Western Regions elite cavalry on the way to this side, I believe that we will be able to get here soon." Aman said suddenly. He blurted out fluent Chinese, but Qin Zhan was shocked. There are many merchants in the Western Regions who can speak Chinese, which is to make money and deal with the merchants and people of the Tang Dynasty. But the deputy general of the Western Regions spoke such fluent Chinese, which made Qin Zhan a little puzzled.

"General Qin, isn't it strange why I speak Chinese so fluently?" Ah Man laughed.

Qin Zhan nodded slightly, "Yes." ”

"I'm not the only one, it is estimated that in a few years, the people of the entire thirty-six countries in the Western Regions will be able to speak Chinese, and all the thirty countries in the Western Regions should use Chinese characters." Ah Man said a little proudly. For the nobles of the Western Regions, they admire the Tang culture, and prefer to wear Tang clothes, learn Tang characters, celebrate Tang festivals, and be Tang people.

"What's going on?" Qin Zhan asked without borrowing. Xue Na, who didn't care about anything on the side of his face, also showed curiosity in his eyes.

"This is the meaning of the Metropolitan Governor, and the first order of the Metropolitan Governor to the Western Regions this year is to let the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions that submitted to the Tang Dynasty begin to learn to speak Chinese and learn Chinese characters." Ah Man said, quite sadly, "At first, many people opposed this, and they even rebelled against the orders of the Grand Duke, but after being bloodily suppressed by the Grand Duke, they did not dare to disobey the orders of the Grand Duke. ”

Qin Zhan was not stupid, he knew that Wang Fangyi's governor of the Western Regions was arranged by the crown prince. In this way, let the people of the Western Regions learn to speak Chinese, and let the 36 countries of the West Lake use Chinese characters. Is this what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant? However, seeing the look of pain in Ah Man's eyes when he said the bloody suppression, Qin Zhan could imagine what kind of cruel methods Wang Fangyi used to force the people of the 36 countries of the Western Regions to speak Chinese and use Chinese characters.

Qin Zhan knew the gap between his thoughts and Wang Fangyi's plan, and then thought that from now on, it seemed that Wang Fangyi had taken over the command of this big battle, so he didn't say anything anymore.

In the big tent, the four of them had a simple meal, discussed some details, and Ah Man left in a hurry.

As soon as Ah Man left, Xue Na asked, "Li Zhonghu, is this Ah Man credible?" ”。

Li Jingxuan pondered, "I have read his seal letter, and there is no problem. ”

"Let the people of the Western Regions act as messengers, and the governor of Wang Dadu really dares to think about it!" Xue Na laughed. Li Jingxuan said, "It's much safer to send people from the Western Regions to meet us, and you send our people to see us." ”

"Yes." Xue Na replied, "However, the governor of Wang Dadu is really powerful, not long after crossing the Western Regions, he completely controlled the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, and suddenly mobilized 100,000 elite horsemen of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions. ”

Li Jingxuan said with emotion, "If he didn't have such a little ability, it is estimated that His Highness would not have taken the risk of provoking him at the beginning." ”

"Yes." Xue Na said.

Qin Zhan was by the side of the two, but he didn't participate in the chat, but after listening to what the two said, he knew that this battle had changed, and it was not as simple as he imagined.