Shudun City hangs alone on the north bank of the Yellow River, wedged into the front of the Dafei River, once it is cut off by the Tubo to communicate with the camel bridge in the north, the 2,000 men and horses of the Jin Tianjun will become the lone army defending the dead city, and it will only be a matter of time before it falls.

"The bridge, the key is this bridge." Li Ang stood at the head of the Great Momen City, looked at the wooden bridge above the river, and muttered.

This is still the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the river surface is not very wide, about only twenty or thirty meters wide, the surrounding mountains are undulating, lush, this twenty or thirty meters wide river is enough to block thousands of troops and horses.

Therefore, only by preserving this bridge, which can only be combined with two camels, can we preserve a living road for Shudun City in the north.

Li Mi thought for a while and said: "Now it seems that before the Tubo people, they built fortifications at the bridgehead in the north, and sent another army to guard the bridgehead on the north bank, one to protect the river bridge, and the other to think that the Shujin Heavenly Army was the backup. ”

"It seems that this is the only way, let's go, cross the bridge and see." After Li Ang finished speaking, he took Li Mi and others across the camel bridge, and the river under the bridge was surging, but it was relatively clear, not as muddy as the middle and lower reaches of the river.

There were fifty Tang Army soldiers guarding the north bank of the river, and Li Ang looked after crossing the bridge, and the terrain near the bridgehead on the north bank was relatively narrow, but it was not very steep, and it was not very conducive to defense. It is no wonder that Tubo did not build a city and defend the bridge here, of course, there is no need for Tubo.

Subsequently, Li Ang and others climbed the hillsides on both sides of the bridgehead to check, and Li Guangbi said after looking at the terrain: "Li Changshi, if you really want to build a city at the bridgehead to defend, it seems that you can only build it on the hillside on this side." ”

The tops of the slopes on both sides are not open, and if you build a city on the slope, you can only build a small castle, which can't accommodate many troops, so Li Guangbi said that both sides should be built.

Li Ang said: "If you build a city on both sides, and there are not many soldiers and horses in the city, it is difficult to echo each other when the enemy attacks, and it is easier for the enemy to break through each other. ”

Li Guangbi added: "Li Changshi is extremely worried that in order to make up for this shortcoming, he can only station more troops and horses in Damomen City on the south bank, and then cross the river to reinforce when the enemy attacks." ”

Li Ang nodded, and said to Ma Chongzan: "If the Tubo invades, they will first come to seize the camel bridge, and without further ado, the Ma army will immediately transfer two thousand soldiers and horses from the Ningsai army to build fortifications as soon as possible, so that the Jin Tianjun will leave a place for his life." ”

"The subordinate obeys!" After Ma Chongzan received the order, he immediately sent someone back to the Ningsai army to give the order.

The Ningsai army was stationed in Langzhou City, with more than 5,000 troops. After the Tang Dynasty recovered the land of the Yellow River, Langzhou no longer directly faced the threat of Tibet, and it was only a matter of time before these 5,000 people were transferred.

Li Ang is now only sending 2,000 men and horses, mainly because there is no room for too many soldiers and horses here, and at the same time, too many troops are mobilized in a hurry, and the logistics cannot keep up. Now we are competing for time with Tibet, and it will be faster to mobilize fewer troops.

One hundred and fifty miles west of the Great Momen City, Mo Liyi.

The famous Tibetan general Dazaru Gong was reactivated by the ruler with Zhu Dan, and outside the handsome tent with a white dome, the war horses were noisy, and the messengers were galloping, and there was a tense atmosphere of preparation for war.

In the handsome tent, Lang, who was expelled from the country by Leon? Mei Se lost her temper, and the twenty or thirty Tibetan generals present were all filled with righteous indignation. Bright? Mei Se, as a great Tubo theory, is to negotiate peace with the Tang State on behalf of the entire Tubo, and Li Ang humiliates Lang so much? Meise, that is, humiliating the entire Tubo, is tolerable, which is unbearable!

Zha Sang Dongdai took a few cases and shouted: "Li Ang is too deceitful! When we are really afraid of him? He first put forward such harsh conditions, and then humiliated us so much, this time I must give him some color to see, so that he can know that I cannot be humiliated in Tibet. ”

"That's right! This time, I will definitely give some color to Li Ang. ”

"Leon is nothing remarkable, don't be afraid of him!"

"General, give me a thousand elite soldiers this time, and I'll take Li Ang's head back!"

When the generals in the handsome tent talked about Li Ang, they all gritted their teeth, hated to peel his skin, eat his flesh, and scolded. Only Dazarugon, who was the commander of the army, did not speak.

This year, for Dazarugon, it was really a bad year, he led an army of 50,000 to attack Longyou for the first time, Li Ang attacked the city of Fuqi, and he was forced to throw away a large number of baggage and withdraw overnight.

The second time, he led an army of 40,000 to counterattack the Tang army under Shibao City, but it turned out that Li Ang attacked Shibao again, making him defeat and losing 20,000 troops.

For Li Ang, Dazarugon can be described as unforgettable!

He glanced at the emotional generals and said, "Li Ang actually has nothing to fear. I carefully summarized the history of several victories of Leon and found one characteristic. For the first time, Li Ang attacked the city of Ambush, and only fifty men and horses were brought with him. The second time he was captured in Hechuan, there were only more than 100 men under the command of Li Ang. In the third sneak attack on Iron Blade City, Li Ang led only 500 men;

It can be seen that Li Ang is acceptable as a general, but I am afraid that he can't be a handsome. He is a general with a small group of men and horses, but for the commander, the command of the men and horses is often tens of thousands, to coordinate all aspects, by no means an inexperienced person can be competent;

Now that Wang Zhongsi, Ge Shuhan and others are not in Longyou, Li Ang, a literati, has suddenly become the commander of Longyou, and if he wants to command an army of 60,000 or 70,000, he will definitely take care of one or the other, and the command will fail, this is our best chance to win. ”

Dazarugon's words were agreed by the generals in the tent, because everyone knew that it was easy to lead dozens or hundreds of men and horses to fight, because if there were only a few hundred men and horses, they were basically within sight, and they could be like fingers.

But if you want to command an army of sixty or seventy thousand, that's not the case.

Tens of thousands of troops are not seen before and after, and the battlefield may even spread out for dozens or hundreds of miles, and the dispatch is no longer dependent on your roar.

In addition to mastering the application of various flags and drums, it is also necessary to have a clear understanding of the combat strength of each army, and even the personality of the generals, in addition to the deployment of logistics and supplies, etc., which are not something that an inexperienced person can do well.

At this time, a fast horse suddenly galloped outside the big tent, and the Tibetan soldiers on the horse quickly turned over and dismounted and galloped into the tent and shouted: "Report! General, Li Ang appeared in Da Momen City with hundreds of men and horses, and when the small one came back to report the news, Li Ang led people to cross the camel bridge to inspect the terrain......."

Before the messenger could finish speaking, Zasan stood up and shouted, "Great! General, the last general, please bring 2,000 cavalry, raid the city of Damomen, and take back Li Ang's head and present it to Zampu! ”

After Zasang finished speaking, the other generals also got up and asked for battle, Dazarugong was relatively calm, Da Momen City is one hundred and fifty miles away from here, and the messenger came back from Da Momen City to report the news This process took a lot of time, Li Ang just crossed the river to inspect the terrain, at this time I am afraid that he has already returned to the south bank of Da Momen City, if this is the case, it is impossible to capture Li Ang, as long as the Tang army guards the camel bridge, it will not be able to send thousands of troops and horses.

However, the camel bridge is the key to entering and exiting the Yellow River Jiuqu, and it is also the only backup channel for Shudun City, whether it is to attack Shudun City or enter the Yellow River Jiuqu land, the camel bridge is the key.

Therefore, even if Li Ang cannot be captured, if he can raid and capture the Camel Bridge, it will be a major victory.

Dazaru Gong to Lang? Mei Se asked, "What do you think?" ”

Bright? Mei Se had just been humiliated by Li Ang and returned, and when he heard that Li Ang appeared on the north bank of the camel bridge, he naturally wanted to save face, and he said angrily: "Do you need to talk about this? Of course, he sent troops immediately, if he could kill Li Ang, Longyou would definitely be in chaos. ”

"As the big talk wants." Dazarugon stood up, stared at Zasang and said, "Zasang obeyed the order, ordered you to take 2,000 men and horses, and immediately attack the camel bridge, if you can kill Li Ang, you will be credited." If you can't kill Li Ang, you must also take advantage of the situation to seize the camel bridge, otherwise the military law will deal with it! ”

"The last general commands!" Zasang took the military order and immediately hurried out of the account.

In a few moments, Zasang led two thousand cavalry and galloped away in the direction of the camel bridge, kicking up smoke and dust, and countless iron hooves struck the earth like thunder.

After Zasang's departure, Dazarughan sent his general Mosan'er to lead an army of 5,000 to attack Shudun City.

Dazaru Gong has gathered 70,000 troops in Moliyi this time. Seeing that he only sent 5,000 men and horses to attack Shudun City, it was child's play, and immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Dazaru Gong, there are 2,000 Tang troops stationed in Shudun City, and you don't send so many soldiers and horses, and only let Mo San'er bring 5,000 men and horses to attack the city, what does this mean?" Do you think that with 5,000 horses from Moissan, you can take the city of Shudun?

Usually to capture a city, without five or even ten times the number of troops, it is even more difficult to capture it, not only Lang? Meise, the other generals in the tent were also puzzled, but they didn't dare to look like Lang? Mei Se just questioned Dazaru Gong like this.

Dazarugon replied calmly: "There is no need to be in a hurry. Hear me out first. Taking Shudun City too early may not be a good thing for us. Li Ang personally came to inspect the border defense, which showed that the Tang army had strengthened its defenses, and it would be very difficult for us to cross the river and attack the Jiuqu land of the Yellow River. Keeping Shudun City is an opportunity for us, we can wait for work, take advantage of the Tang Army's eagerness to support Shudun City, and constantly attract the Tang Army to annihilate it. ”

Bright? Mei Se suddenly realized, but of course he wouldn't admit in public that he didn't expect this, he sneered: "Since General Dazarugon knows that he will use Shudun City to attract the Tang army to destroy it, but he sent Zasang with 2,000 men and horses to attack the Camel Bridge, I want to ask General Dazarugong, after Zasang controls the Camel Bridge, where does the Tang Army come from to reinforce Shudun City?" ”

Dazarugon replied calmly: "In general, this is a two-handed preparation, if Zasang can really kill Li Ang, or seize the camel bridge, it will naturally be the best." But with Li Ang in Da Momen City, there must be many elite guards around him, and it may not be easy for Zasang to seize the camel bridge. ”

"In that case, what are you still letting Zasan do?"

"Anyway, we have to make a show, so that we can confuse Tang Jun and make Tang Jun unable to figure out our true intentions."

"........." Lang? Mei Se had nothing to say, in front of the generals, he couldn't help but be a little unable to get off the stage, and secretly hated Dazarugon in his heart. (To be continued.) )