The 'southern fire' is getting more and more vigorous, and the military reports that Song Yang often receives are no longer even 'how many enemies have been found in the front' and 'the soldiers in that city have gathered to stop our army', but have become the vanguard to clear a certain place and seize military funds; The patrol wing on the right found that the feudal lord had an important grain storage town, which was now sealed and guarded; The stone guy found a herd, and there were few herdsmen and countless sheep......

The battle was fought too smoothly, and when it first entered Tibet, it often encountered fierce resistance from the enemy, but after fighting deep for a while, the southern border of the plateau with empty defense was completely exposed to the 'southern fire'

Originally, Song Yang was still a little worried, afraid that the soldiers would lose their fighting spirit if they were used to the sweetness, but Zheng Ji, the leader of the Cicada Yasha, disagreed, shook his head with a smile and said: "If you don't rob or rob, what kind of aggression and revenge will you talk about, don't worry, the team that won't set fire to and won't loot can't become a real tiger wolf." This scene of Nanhuo now is far worse than the style of our Dahong Taizu who slaughtered the city at every turn and let the soldiers go out to rob and kill when he was in the war, but since ancient times, the most ferocious team in the world of Middle-earth is not the male soldiers under the command of Taizu? ”

Song Yang didn't dare to agree with this truth, but Zheng Zhuan had a sentence to the point: Nanhuo is here to take revenge. The hardships that Nanli endured not long ago will now be returned to the plateau, as long as you are careful not to fall into the trap of Fanzi, let the sons and daughters let go of their courage to be bandits.

What kind of generals have what kind of soldiers, the incarnation demon star led 80,000 fierce southern barbarians, and entered Tubo in a mighty way, and the place where they passed was a mess.

There is nothing peculiar about the war, and it is worth mentioning that only after the 'Southern Fire' entered Tibet, the king of Zhenxi who was exiled on the plateau was also rescued, and first quietly joined the army, and then Song Yang sent an elite team to escort the secret return to Dayan.

Although the two palm pearls are married to Song Yang, what can be any more dissatisfied with such a son-in-law, the old prince? King Zhenxi is an 'old-school' figure. Nan Li Kingdom is the inheritance left by his ancestors, and his status in his heart is far above everything else. This time he failed to hold the country, and was driven straight into the bitter water by the soldiers, Nanli faced the great difficulty of destroying the country, if it weren't for the red wave guarding the old man, I am afraid that he would have already apologized for his crimes, but he didn't expect Song Yang to turn the tide, and the big broken army was not counted as counterattacking on the plateau, and the war of revenge arose...... The king of Zhenxi had nothing to say. When he met with Song Yang, he didn't say a word 'thanks', but if Song Yang really died on the plateau, maybe the prince would really let Cheng He and Xiao Yu widow Song Yang, even if they hadn't really passed the door yet.

Count the days. It was almost when Yan Ding set off to leave the Chai Cuo Tata and return to Dayan to see his son, Song Yang received the report from his own soldiers, and after reading it, he snorted coldly.

Seven up and eight times were ordered to come to the plateau to meet the king of Zhenxi, and now that the prince has returned to China safely, the two of them returned to Song Yang's side, seeing the generalissimo's strange expression, of course Qi Shang had to ask: "What's the matter?" ”

Two events were reported, one of which was the celebration of the 10th spirit child's ascension to the throne of the Living Buddha in early September. The plateau is not small, and the place where the southern fire is located is still far away from Rinka. The Holy City has been arranged for many days, and Song Yang has just received the news here.

Even if you can't guess the heavy arrangement of the national teacher, at least you can think that Tubo's move is to unite people's hearts and boost domestic morale, Qi Shang also sneered when he heard this: "Kill the spirit child, any celebration will be in vain!" ”

Song Yang was laughed at by him: "Good idea, do you go or do I go?" ”

Qi Shang was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Let's both... No, it's no fun for us to go together. ”

'Killing the spirit child' is purely Boss Qi's cheap mouth and casual words. The identity of the spirit boy is so important, even Liu Erye can imagine how strict the guards will be during the ascension ceremony, sending a master to assassinate a pure idiot.

At this time, a group of 'idle people' from Yanziping were in the tent, and Ayigo heard the words to help come up with an idea: "Let Master Luo go, he has great skills and can shoot arrows." ”

Luo Guan glared at her, not polite at all: "I don't remember that I offended you." ”

Ayi was really aggrieved: "Great merit, show majesty." I can't even go if I want to. ”

Song Yang waved his hand helplessly, quickly interrupted the boring nonsense of these people at home, and took the initiative to report the second news without others asking, pulling everyone's minds to serious matters: "It's going to be a war." ”

Aigo was stunned: "Isn't it a war now?" ”

Without Song Yang to speak, Qi Shang smiled and said: "Every day, I robbed the east family and burned the west family, but no soldiers dared to stop it." What kind of war. After speaking, he turned his eyes to look at Song Yang: "So, there are troops gathered in front of you and blocking the road?" ”

At this time, a loud voice suddenly sounded outside the tent, and the Chinese language was a little blunt, and took Qi Shang's words: "Yes, there are soldiers blocking the road in front... Otherwise, why do you think we would go so smoothly before? As he spoke, the curtain of the tent door was raised, and Ananda Jinma sat on a sliding pole and was carried in by two stone guys.

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In terms of political system alone, the structure of Tibet was much looser than that of the Han dynasties of Dayan and Nanli, and different places on the plateau were ruled by different feudal lords, large and small, all of whom worshipped the Great Living Buddha of Tantric Buddhism, forming a unified large Tubo. Where the southern fire is now is the territory of their great enemy. The younger brother of the lord of the domain here was burned to death in Yanziping by Song Yang's fire

The commander of the army, who was burned to death with the marshal, was the son of the feudal lord.

The brother and son both died in Nanli, and the hatred between the two sides was irresolvable; And more importantly, with the destruction of the army of the expedition to Nanli, this family has become the sinner of Tibet, although the sanction of Chaitso Tata has not yet fallen, but everyone understands that this former prominent position, one of the best nobles in Tibet, is not far from decay.

In order to avenge the loss of their loyalty and attitude to Chaitso Tata, the feudal lords were unwilling, unable and did not dare to flee like their neighbors, and they had to organize all their forces to snipe at Nanhuo in order to atone for their crimes.

In addition to the clan army of the feudal lord and the garrison in the territory, the feudal lord also sent people to various places in front of him to persuade the small feudal lords who were willing to resist the southern fire but were weak and weak, and asked them to bring their troops and horses over and join forces to deal with the strong enemy. Many small feudal lords have followed their advice, which is why Nanhuo's recent advance has been so smooth, and even a small force of resistance has been encountered.

Now the Tibetans have gathered more than 40,000 soldiers and stationed in the city of Dolan, sixty miles in front of Nanhuo, ready to meet the expeditionary force of the Southern Barbarians.

You must know that there are only more than 80,000 people under Song Yang's command. Of course, the enemy city with 50,000 troops stationed on it could not be bypassed, otherwise as long as the front was slightly intercepted, the rear would be flanked by the enemy, and it would be a catastrophe for the entire army to be annihilated.

As for the city of Dolan, regardless of its scale, solidity or material reserves, it is only stronger than Qingyang, and it can be regarded as one of the best cities in the southern part of the plateau, otherwise Fanzi would not have gathered here to resist.

With 80,000 men, they attacked the well-prepared city garrisoned by 40,000 determined soldiers. It is unknowable how long it will take, whether it will be able to win, and even if it will cost to win the Southern Fire, the only thing that can be determined now is that this battle will not be easy.

At the same time that Song Yang had reported the military situation, the main generals of the Southern Fire also received the news, and they rushed to the marshal to prepare to discuss the military situation without the Chinese army's order. But what is a little surprising is that Zheng Ji, the chief officer of the Yaksha, who has always been the most active in fighting and is eager to lead the team to go out after receiving a little bit of trouble, is too late this time, Jinma, Alihan, and other Nanli generals have all arrived, and he has not yet been seen, and Song Yang sent people to invite him at the same time, and at the same time, he will no longer wait, please sit down and talk first.

Jin Ma was the first to speak, and the mountain people spoke straightforwardly: "The matter is obvious, or we will withdraw the troops now." Everyone went back to Nanli, anyway, they came to the plateau for a turn, and when they returned to China, they could give an explanation to Long Live and the people; If you are still reluctant to leave, if you want the southern fire to continue burning in the dog country, and if you want to go deeper into the plateau, you will have to break Dolan... And it has to be fast, from the beginning of the plan to ......" said. Jin Ma frowned, and his mouth was silent for a moment before continuing: "It's almost half a month, if you haven't been able to break the city in half a month, the battle behind you will basically be unfought." ”

The generals nodded together, so that the marshal was embarrassed to ask why, 'If you can't fight for half a month, you will be in trouble', fortunately, there are still fools in the account who don't understand, and there is a fool among the fools who is not ashamed to figure things out, Aigo pursed his black lips and asked Jinma: "Why?" ”

Golden Horse was unceremonious. glared at Heikou Yao fiercely and ignored her. Discussing the military situation is such a big thing, it doesn't count that the idle people are waiting in the tent and refusing to leave, they are still interjecting indiscriminately, there are really no rules, and the old general can't see this.

Fortunately. A Nanli general was clear-minded, ostensibly to solve Aiguo's doubts, but in fact, he explained to Song Yang: Nanhuo is now fighting deep into the enemy's territory, and there is no absolute advantage in terms of numbers alone, that is, because of the limitation of the size of the team, it is difficult for them to have too strong deterrent power on the Tubo people, and with a tiger and wolf madness in front, they have repelled and scattered the enemy again and again, but once they encounter a big obstacle and cannot be turned over in a short time, the stragglers from all directions will gather again, and the longer the time drags on, the more difficult it will be to fight.

On the other hand, when the Tubo people invaded Nanli, there was no need to worry about this situation, because the scale of the army, not to mention the stragglers, even if the soldiers from all over Nanli were gathered, they might not be able to gain too much of the upper hand.

The reason is very simple, but it is just a layer of window paper, and Song Yang will understand it after a little explanation, Ananda Jinma waited patiently for General Nanli to finish speaking, and then continued: "You can't delay, you can't go around, you have to launch the most fierce offensive as soon as you fight Dolan, and the mountain stream barbarian stone guy and the cicada yaksha have to rush to the front, and they can't care about casualties." ”

At this point, I can only fight and watch, send troops to move the formation, siege battles, big and small things have their own generals to preside, the generalissimo has nothing to worry about and nothing to say, when the time comes, it will still be the same as before, carrying the dragon bird sword to be the leader of the formation.

At this time, the curtain of the big tent flickered, and the leader of the cicada yaksha finally arrived, and after entering the account, he smiled and said: "It's late, it's late, don't be surprised, everyone don't be surprised, when I win the battle, I will drink wine, good wine!" ”

"You don't need to ask, just hit Dolan and I'll please drink, flower wine!" After speaking, he was about to laugh a few times, when Song Yang's eyes suddenly widened, and he reacted... The one who walked into the tent was indeed the main general of the Cicada Yaksha, and it was the main general, not the temporary agent, the big leader of the Cicada Yaksha, Zheng Zhuan actually came back.

Zheng Ji followed behind his brother and smiled.

Zheng Zhuan followed the etiquette of his subordinate generals to the generalissimo, meticulously and seriously saluted, and then laughed with a group of acquaintances in the fiefdom.

Greet. He had just returned to the team, and Zheng Ji had just left the tent to pick up his brother, and it was a little late.

The brothers had already read the military newspaper on the way when they came, and they knew what everyone was discussing, so they didn't say much at the time, and waited for everyone to disperse. Zheng Zhuan stayed alone, and when he walked for a long time, he always had to have a decent report: "When the envoy disappeared from Inurong, the Cicada Yaksha was ordered to go west, His Majesty meant that we wanted to make trouble, and we could cause as much trouble as we could, and at that time I was thinking that it was the 'old road', so I ......"

Song Yang coughed. Temporarily interrupted Zheng Zhuan: "You don't always have to respect the long and make the short, it sounds too awkward, just call me by name, and besides... Brother Zheng should know my background. I never dared to waver in my desire to restore the country, but the elders in my family died suddenly, and I didn't have time to tell me many things about my homeland, and I couldn't run to ask the saints. ”

Zheng Zhuan could understand what he meant, looked at Song Yang quietly for a moment, and then nodded with a smile: "Then I'll start from the beginning, Emperor Taizu has a good mind, and what his old man left to future generations is more than a cicada yaksha and a treasure map." Three large cities, two gates and an old road were also built on this plateau. ”

Song Yang cheered up: "What do you say?" ”

Zheng Zhuan didn't rush to explain anything, but asked Song Yang rhetorically: "The reason why the Uighurs broke the army in Tianguan is respectful... You already know, right? ”

After Song Yang nodded, Zheng Zhuan continued: "Let's talk about Tianguan first, the history of this Xiongguan is more than 700 years, and it was not a living Buddha who built this pass, but His Majesty Taizu. ”

Hong Taizu unified the four corners. Achievements and national strength have never been seen before, you must know that at that time, what desert, plateau, grassland or southern wilderness, all are the territory of the Great Hong, the plateau and the desert people are the people of the Celestial Empire, there is no need to guard against each other, but Hong Taizu did not hesitate to spend huge manpower and materials, and built a majestic 'Tianguan' at the junction of the two places. It's a pointless thing.

Zheng Zhuan ignored the puzzled expression on Song Yang's face, and said to himself: "Tianguan is ready-made, coupled with the important and abnormal geographical location, after the plateau rebelled against me, all dynasties have been stained with the light of Taizu and guarded the ready-made Xiongguan. Constantly reinforced, constantly repaired, to resist the danger of sealing the northern land," said, Zheng Zhuan sneered: "But how can the fans on the plateau know that Taizu is clever, and he has long expected that this will be the case, how can the land left behind by my Great Flood be stolen by traitors and thieves; How could they know that the Xiongguan left by Taizu was used to kill them; How could they know that the water veins flowing through Tianguan had already been touched by Taizu! ”

Three 'how would they know' in a row, mixed with Zheng Zhuan's sneer that was louder than the other, also completely confused Song Yang, but vaguely guessed that the Tianguan fiasco of the Fan army was probably related to the thousand cicadas led by Zheng Zhuan and left on the plateau.

Fortunately, after Zheng Zhuan sneered, he quickly returned to the topic and continued to explain the matter: the water veins of Tianguan led directly to the Daxue Mountain hundreds of miles to the southwest. In fact, not only the water veins on the plateau, but also the largest rivers in Middle-earth originate from the snow-capped mountains on the plateau of the Western Regions, rushing all the way into the East China Sea, which is not uncommon.

Just the source of the water vein that flows through the Tianguan is very close, there is a heavenly pond on the top of the snow mountain, the huge mountain pass is endless, the lake is quiet, it is a rare wonder in the world, but it is a pity that it is hidden in no man's land, and few people know it... But Hong Taizu knew, so he had this calculation, secretly transferred a large number of manpower, and built a large gate in Tianchi, when the gate was not moving, nothing happened, as long as the gate was opened, the water of Tianchi would flow into the water vein, so the water in the river soared, rushing all the way to Tianguan, even if there were millions of troops in Xiongguan, only the share of being destroyed by the flood!

Of course, the river channel hundreds of miles from the source of the water vein to Tianguan has also been specially repaired by Hong Taizu to ensure that the flood water will not be unloaded in advance.

Song Yang's heart was shaken when he heard this, repairing the gate for Tianchi and letting the big lake discharge into the river, such a calculation would not be an easy project even if it was placed in the 'previous life', and if the 'ancients of today' did it, the manpower and material resources spent would be immeasurable, this Hong Taizu was really a big deal!

After talking about the Tianguan, the water vein and the Tianchi gate, Zheng Zhuan changed the conversation and said back to the plateau:

Although they are of the same race as the Eastern Tuhan family, the Tubo people are a separate ethnic group.

And 700 years ago, at the height of the Great Flood, the Tibetan people were also the most powerful ethnic group in the territory except the Han Dynasty, which was much larger than the grassland and desert herdsmen at that time. It is not difficult to guess that one day if the Great Flood is really torn apart, the plateau will definitely return to the hands of the Tubo people and become an autonomous country.

Having said this, Song Yang finally understood the approximation: when Hong Taizu built Tianguan, it was to leave a fortress and a barrier for the independent country of Tubo in the future, but this is a Xiongguan that can be broken at any time.

Things are in front of you, you don't even need to 'imagine', there is a ready-made strong fortress, the plateau people will naturally use it, no one will abandon it, there is no need to make another big investment, re-site construction of Xinguan, and with Tianguan, all the defense strategies of the Tubo people in the north will be deployed around Tianguan.

But how could Fanzi have imagined that the Xiongguan left by Hong Taizu was hidden in the back door.

A Xiongguan that may be broken by the descendants of the Hong Dynasty at any time, Tubo is a strong fortress for the gateway.

At this time, Song Yang remembered another thing, first showing surprise and admiration, and then suddenly laughed out loud, overjoyed: "Great! ”