Because of his injuries, Yang Hao did not leave Feng'an during the battle of Poyang Valley, just one night before the decisive battle, he had a dream, in the dream he lived in a grass hut, mud bed and mud bench a broken wooden door, the night was hot and abnormal mosquitoes swarmed, suddenly the wooden door released a dazzling light, when he pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, he was stunned by the scene in front of him: this is a place that only in fairy tales, verdant hills, streams and lakes, green lawns with flowers, towering white castle in front of it, Deferential ministers and well-dressed slave girls lined up to welcome their arrival......

Yang Hao woke up with a smile, Lu Rui, who slept next to him, was very curious, and asked him what he saw in his dream, Yang Hao didn't know how to explain such an illusion to her, he concluded that this was a good sign, and sure enough, the military report of the victory in Poyang Valley came at dusk that day, destroying 2,600 enemies, capturing 54,000 enemies (including 36,000 horse slaves), seizing 61,180 oolong horses, 2,200 Hexi horses, cattle, sheep, grain, and ordnance The number is very large, and it has not been counted for a while.

The Xining army suffered 1,728 casualties, including a heavily armored knight, this victory was both expected and unexpected, Yang Hao was full of confidence in the victory, but he didn't expect it to win so quickly, so perfectly, one of the four main forces of the Sky Wolf Army was wiped out in an instant, and whoever was replaced would be excited and crazy, this is a glory that will go down in history, Yang Hao personally drafted the commendation order with an agitated mood, and after signing the big seal of the Defense Embassy, he asked Mu Lanqing to transfer it to the General Staff Department and the Military and Political Department, Let the two divisions also sign at the back,

"Do you have anything to say?" Mu Lanqing's lips moved slightly when he received the commendation order, as if he had something to say,

"No, no, no." Mu Lanqing hurriedly denied it,

"Say it."

Yang Hao is in a very good mood today, he has been observing Mu Lanqing for a long time, and he always feels that this person has some unfathomable taste, but his cautious personality is not what he appreciates, so he has never had a chance to talk to him.

"This, me." Mu Lanqing hesitated for a while, and finally had the courage to say: "I think it's better not to issue this commendation order." ”

"Oh." This point of view is very novel, Yang Hao suddenly became interested, he put down the pen in his hand and looked up at Mu Lanqing, Mu Lanqing was nervous for a while, his eyes dodged and he didn't dare to look directly at Yang Hao,

"Say it, speak freely, it doesn't matter if it's wrong." Yang Hao leaned back on the chair with his fingers crossed and put on a very relaxed posture,

Mu Lanqing licked his lips and said: "The Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs are allies, and the Tiger Guards are in Poyang Valley, although they pose a great threat to Fengzhou, but in the final analysis, he is in his own land, and the Lord will preemptively eliminate the disaster, Yu Li should do this, but this is not on the table after all, if this commendation order is issued in the name of the Defense Embassy, wouldn't it be that the Lord recognized the fact of crossing the border to attack the allies, and how would the Imperial Court reply if the Lord asked him in the future." ”

This is the first time Mu Lanqing has stated his proposition in front of Yang Hao, and his mood can't help but be a little nervous, so he stumbles in his words, but the general meaning is still clearly expressed, Yang Hao twisted his brows and pondered silently, Mu Lanqing was even more nervous, swallowing saliva again and again, and his hands kept rubbing,

Finally, Yang Hao stood up, took back the commendation order from his hand and tore it to pieces, and said to Mu Lanqing: "Thank you for the reminder, I almost gave someone a handle." Mu Lanqing's face squeezed out a strange smile, which was a look that wanted to laugh but suppressed and didn't dare to laugh,

"Laugh if you want to, isn't it very tiring to be my bookseller?"

Mu Lanqing shook his head in a panic at first, and when he saw Yang Hao's encouraging eyes, he nodded again,

"Do it well, if you have a good opinion in the future, you can boldly say it, Yang is hiding in the inner study alone, and he will soon become a lonely person, and he needs to have someone close to him to remind him often."

It is naturally a pleasant thing to be regarded as a cronie by the coach, Mu Lanqing answered softly "yes", although the voice is still very soft and small, but it is much calmer,

On the second day after the victory of the Battle of Poyang Valley, the 50,000 Heavenly Wolf Army stationed in Mi'e River suddenly passed through the Wolf Mountain and arrived at the bottom of the Boulder Fort, which Yang Hao had expected, so on the eve of the decisive battle of Poyang Valley, the main force of the Xiaofeng battalion had retreated into the Boulder Fort, Chen Mingyi hoarded enough food to support a year in the fort, and there were three deep wells dozens of zhang deep in the Boulder Fort, and the water source was very sufficient.

Yang Hao allocated 200,000 feather arrows to the Boulder Fort, 500 machine crossbows improved by the Ordnance Division, seven heavy artillery carts and fifteen large winch crossbows, plus the original weapons and equipment of the Boulder Fort, the current Boulder Fort is like a body full of stingers, and he will be covered in blood if anyone dares to approach.

Yang Hao was most worried that these 50,000 people would bypass the Boulder Fort, directly attack the three counties of Shannan, Yinshan, and Yongbian, and then cross the river to attack the hinterland of Fengzhou, which was both deadly and unguardable, so the war in Poyang Valley had just stopped, and he urgently ordered Yu Chongchong to lead his troops to the north and fight a decisive battle with the enemy near the Boulder Fort.

Yu Chongchong suggested that the headquarters be maneuvered into the Uighur territory for movement warfare, his reason was to concentrate the main force on the Boulder Fort and the enemy for a decisive battle, and there was no certainty of victory, even if it was a fluke victory, it was a tragic victory, the elite of Fengzhou was lost, and the Heavenly Wolf Army was only wounded, and the future offensive and defensive momentum was bound to be extremely unfavorable to Fengzhou, on the contrary, although the Heavenly Wolf Army claimed to be 300,000, it was very reserved, and it was usually guarded in the vast area of thousands of miles from east to west and thousands of miles from north to south, and the various departments near the border of the Tang Dynasty were less than a few thousand, and many were not more than 10,000 people.

Concentrating forces to attack these unfortified tribes has a considerable chance of victory, and most of the departments west of Wolf Mountain are the old branches of Zhangxin Khan, and if they are injured, it is equivalent to hurting Zhangxin Khan, and it is possible for the two countries to strike a truce.

Yang Hao asked Huang Yiliang: "If you attack the Uighur hinterland, will it provoke the Uighur Great Khan and invite greater retaliation?" Huang Yiliang said: "The Uighur Khanate seems to be strong, but the twilight is heavy, and the domestic crisis is lurking, which hurts him, and he will only calm down and strike the army to seek peace, and it is unlikely that he will raise troops to retaliate." ”

Yang Hao agreed to Yu Chongchong's request, and ordered him to be the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and led the main force of 10,000 people out of Wolf Mountain to attack the Uighur homeland.

The five departments of the barbarian black explored the emptiness inside Fengzhou, and quickly assembled an army of seven thousand, with the barbarian Lao Bu as the main commander, Gu Duoli as the deputy marshal to lead the troops eastward, and the Wubald Department of Datongchuan soldiers were divided into two parts, one led by the barbarian Lao Hao to cross the river to the south to capture Feng'an, and the other was led by Gu Duoli to attack the three counties of Yongbian, Shannan and Yinshan in the south of Yinshan, Ningbian County ordered Zhu Yong to escort the people to cross the river to the south for refuge, and was held by the barbarian vanguard cavalry, and the barbarian blacks forced him to surrender, Zhu Yongning refused to die, and was suffocated alive by Gu Duoli wrapped in a blanket soaked in water,

Yang Hao urgently transferred the first division of the Tiande Army to block the river, and transferred the three battalions of the police to deploy along the river, and the old man forcibly crossed the river, and the loss was great, so he changed his strategy to move west along the river, sacked Ningbian and Shannan counties, Shannan County ordered Zhu Xiangnan to implement the strategy of clearing the wilderness, and evacuated the population, cattle and sheep, and grain into the newly built Shannan County, in order to resist the invasion of the Guduoli army, Zhu Xiaonan carried out a general mobilization, and men and women over 14 years old and 60 years old in the city, In addition to the sick and disabled, all the pregnant women were sent to the sword and spear on the city wall to defend,

Gu Duoli's army rushed to Shannan County in advance, and then the barbarian Lao also led the army to the city, the siege of the city soldiers in more than 7,000 people, the defenders in Shannan County have 6,800 people, most of them are women and half-grown teenagers who have never been through the battle array, Zhu Xiangnan led the officials, officials, catchers, and prison guards to garrison the city wall together, and selected 800 strong men to respond in the center,

The barbarian blacks did not have heavy siege weapons such as artillery carriages, they used cloud ladders to attack Shannan City, the barbarian blacks obviously practiced how to attack the city in advance, the cavalry archers used dense arrows like raindrops to press the defenders at the head of the city lying on the head of the city and did not dare to raise their heads, the barbarian black soldiers of the brigade abandoned their horses and fought on foot, they set up cloud ladders to attack the city in turn, and the formation appeared quite orderly,

The main force of Shannan City is a cavalry battalion of Feng'an Battalion, which is Zhu Xiangnan in order to prevent a small group of enemy troops from harassing the pasture grass specially asked Yang Hao to be stationed, the soldiers of the cavalry post are mostly the soldiers of the Tiande Army, they are used to fighting in the field immediately, and they always feel awkward about defending the city, but it is a matter of life and death, the soldiers dare not use their strength, the city is very hard, but in the end it is still defended, after all, the barbarian blacks are not used to climbing the ladder to attack the city, after suffering a series of defeats, the barbarian blacks lost confidence, Throwing down the ladder and falling down like a tide,

Zhang Yan, the cavalry commander of the Feng'an battalion, asked to take the initiative to attack and burn the ladder lost by the barbarian blacks, without the ladder, the barbarian blacks could not ride a horse and jump on the city wall, Zhu Xiaonan categorically rejected his request, burning the ladder was equivalent to cutting off the confidence of the barbarian blacks to attack the city, they would plunder everywhere if the siege failed, burning the pastures and villages was a trivial matter, Zhu Xiaonan was worried that they would go all the way west to join the Uighurs, if they crossed the river from the direction of Yongfeng and went south, the whole Fengzhou would become a scorched earth,

Facts have proved that Zhu Xiangnan's judgment is accurate, on the night of the defeat of the siege, there was a dispute between the barbarian old man and Gu Duoli, the barbarian old man insisted on breaking through Shannan City and capturing Zhu Xiangnan alive, Gu Duoli thought that Shannan City was not easy to break in a short period of time, and it was a taboo for soldiers to camp troops under the fortified city, so it was better to immediately attack west to take Yinshan County, and then rendezvous with the Uighurs, and in the end the dispute was that the old man had the upper hand, one of the reasons was that Zhu Xiaonan did not burn the ladder, which proved that the defenders of Shannan City did not know how to fight at all, Breaking the city won't be as difficult as imagined,

The old man besieged Shannan City for seven days and seven nights with hope, during which no rescuers came from Fengzhou.

During these seven days, Yu Chongchong defeated the fifteen Uighur tribes west of the Wolf Mountain, and at the height of his army, he was only two days away from the Uighur royal court, forcing Zhangxin Khan to urgently transfer the dragon guards stationed in the northeast of the royal court to the south of the royal court.

The Boulder Fort was besieged by 50,000 Uighurs, but the Uighurs did not take advantage of it, except for the mountains of corpses that were piling up outside the castle, and the commander An Yunhe received a golden order from Shoshin Khan to withdraw to Mi'e River in pain and confusion.

The Qingshan Brigade swept through the southeastern region of the Uighurs in three ways, forcing the ten nobles to abandon their territories and flee to the royal court, and at the same time funded the disgruntled Netul and other seven tribes to expand their forces and encroach on the territories directly under the royal court.

On the same day, Zhangxin Khan's secret envoy, a fur merchant who had been walking between the Uighurs and Fengzhou for many years, secretly arrived in Feng'an and conveyed to Yang Hao a proposal to strike the army.