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Yang Xi's deployment received an effect that surprised everyone, and when Kushan was captured and hundreds of thousands of troops swarmed into the hinterland of Qinghai through Kushan and Chiling, Yang Xi received news from the Ministry of Fugu Huaien and Wang Sili, and they took Niuxindui and Mantou Mountain lightly.

At this point, the gateway from the direction of Shanzhou to the hinterland of Qinghai was wide open, and several so-called fortresses were all captured by our army.

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, when Li Jing led the army to attack Tuyuhun, he also fought a fierce battle in Niuxindui and Mantou Mountain. However, this time the men and horses who attacked Niuxindui were crossed from Laji Mountain, although the Fugu Huaien Department encountered a lot of difficulties, and some sergeants were discounted when crossing Laji Mountain, but most of the men and horses still succeeded in crossing Laji Mountain, copied the back road of the Tubo army of Niuxindui, and annihilated 15,000 Tubo people in Niuxindui with a surprise attack.

The Tubo people in Mantou Mountain were also easily wiped out by Wang Sili, and the Tubo people who were not prepared for the Tang army to launch a large-scale attack in this weather situation had no defense at all, and it was the same as the battle in Niuxindui, which was one-sided. 、

The ease of the war was something that no general had ever imagined, even Yang Xi was like this, almost like a group of soldiers with swords in their hands dealing with a group of unarmed civilians, the Tubo people were wiped out without even decent resistance, and many people ascended to heaven directly in their sleep, and they did not even taste the fear and pain of death.

Yang Xi's decisive choice has had a miraculous effect. The generals who were not very respectful to him, such as Fugu Huai'en, Hun Shizhi, Li Baoyu, Hao Tingyu, Chen Huiguang, etc., all changed their minds. Of course, they don't think it's luck, if Yang Xi hadn't commanded a campaign before, then they might think so, it's a blind cat touching a dead mouse, but Yang Xi has already achieved a number of brilliant victories when quelling the rebellion in An Lushan, and once he entered Qinghai, he reaped huge victories with his own layout, which can only show that Yang Xi's command strategy is very good.

The performance of the Tubo people in this battle was shocking, and under the surprise attack of our Tang army, there was almost no decent resistance. This made many Tang army generals feel contempt. They feel that the current Tubo people's combat strength is not as good as Erer, and they are not the opponent of the Tang Dynasty army at all. This kind of pride is also permeated in the hearts of those generals who are still following Yang Xi, such as Hun Shizhi, Hun Mu father and son, Liu Guangting, Gao Fucheng and other generals. But Yang Xi also warned them that although our Tang army had won an overwhelming victory in this battle. But there must be no carelessness. Otherwise, you are likely to suffer unnecessary losses. He also sent orders to the other tribes. They were told to be cautious and always keep an eye on the movements of the Tibetans.

However, Yang Xi himself was also a little proud, and he knew that his adventurous deployment had achieved miraculous results. As long as the Tubo people in Dafeichuan do not receive the news of the rout in the direction of Kushan, Mantoushan, Niuxindui, etc., they will still not make a tight defense, and it is still possible that our army will surprise the Tubo people in Dafeichuan.

And in order to do this, the speed of each department must be fast, and it must race the speed of the Tibetan rout to escape, so that the defeated Tubo remnants will not have the opportunity to report to the Tubo people in Dafeichuan that our Tang army has launched a large-scale attack, so that Shang Jiexi will not have time to prepare.

As long as the speed of our army is fast enough, and the soldiers of the special task force can clear the Tibetan scouts in front, the miracle will continue to happen.

Although there were no armored vehicles during the Tang Dynasty, Yang Xi was able to launch a blitzkrieg with iron horses.

This time, the army of the people of Xikaidao is equipped with nearly 300,000 war horses, and there are enough war horses for the soldiers to transfer, so as to reach the fastest level, even if there are losses, they can be replenished when they defeat the Tubo people and horses-

Hun Xuan, a young general who was particularly regarded by Yang Xi, was leading the marshal to lead the forwards and gallop quickly at the eastern foot of Nanshan in Qinghai. It was past noon, the weather was clear, and the warm sun shone down, so that the soldiers felt a little warm, which was the most suitable time of the day to march, and he ordered the soldiers to march as fast as possible.

Yang Xi sent an order, asking his troops to march as fast as possible, strive to travel another eighty miles before dark, and arrive at a place thirty miles away from the Tubo camp and then rest. In the second half of the night, a large-scale attack will be launched against the Tubo people in Dafeichuan, and whether or not they can reach the vicinity of the Tubo camp before dark is the most important factor in whether or not today's surprise attack can be successful.

Attacking the enemy at night was Yang Xi's favorite strategy, and he was also supported by most of his generals. Before dawn, people were the most sleepy and wanted to sleep the most. This must also be the time when the Tibetan people's defense is the most lax, our army is difficult to find the opponent when it advances at night, and launching a sudden attack while the Tibetan people are still asleep will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the Tibetan army.

One of Yang Xi's beliefs is to avoid fighting tough battles with opponents as much as possible, why do you have to fight hard with opponents if you can make strange moves? A fire can burn the Tubo people and cry for the mother, why did he let the soldiers fight the Tubo people head-on?

Yang Xi's decision is naturally to raise his hands in favor, Hun Mu is not a few years older than Yang Xi, it is the most adventurous age, this expedition, Fugu Huai'en, Wang Sili, Pang Zhong and other generals have already made great achievements, he has not gained anything in front of the marshal in front of the vanguard, he is full of strength, ready to prove his ability with a huge victory, in order to show that he has not lived up to Yang Xi's trust.

"Then pass on the general's order, the whole army must speed up the march, and must arrive at the target before dark, otherwise military law will be engaged!" The silent and vicious words made the guards around him shudder-

The headquarters led by Yang Xi was nearly a hundred miles away from the dense forward army.

It is still far from Dafeichuan, there are still more than 200 miles away, and the enemy situation will change at any time, although Yang Xi has already issued an order to attack the Tubo base camp in the second half of the night today, but the specific attack will be formulated according to the analysis of the intelligence transmitted back by the scouts.

Improvisation is a must, but the basic tactics will not change, that is, to launch a surprise attack on the Tubo camp with 5,000 men and horses of the Hun Xuan Department as sharp knives, and then take advantage of the chaos to swarm into it, and defeat or annihilate the 120,000 Tubo people in Dafeichuan.

There are 120,000 Tibetans stationed in Dafeichuan, and this is the situation that the special operations detachment found out before the start of the war, and there will be basically no major changes.

In this battle, Yang Xi wanted to create the miracle of war in the ancient weapon era again, and attacked the enemy for two hundred miles.

The weather is clear, it is still a full moon night, the terrain ahead is not undulating, as long as the direction is good, you can let the horses run wildly, and the army has enough to change horses, this is the reason why Yang Xi dared to make such a decision.

Traveling two hundred miles in one day and one night was an impossible task in the eyes of most generals, but Yang Xi made such a decision. All the generals who received the order did not dare to hesitate and carried it out to the letter.

Judging from the speed of the march in the afternoon, it is entirely possible to travel 200 miles in a hurry in one day and one night as long as there are no special circumstances, and there will be sufficient time to rest and recuperate before launching an attack on the enemy.

Judging from the information sent back by the scouts, there is no sign that the Tubo people have discovered the whereabouts of our army, which makes Yang Xi very satisfied and surprised, it seems that the swiftness of our army's actions is not expected by the Tubo people, which is a great thing. The role of the special task force in the war was once again fully reflected, and without this group of brave Tang sergeants, Yang Xi felt that the results of the battle he commanded would be greatly reduced.

At least the surprise attack will be much less effective.

There must have been many difficulties encountered during the journey, most of which were caused by the cold weather and high altitude, as well as the wrong direction. Some of the sergeants collapsed due to physical reasons and lay to rest on the plateau.

The coast of Qinghai is still icy and snowy, even if it is not a high mountain, you can see the snow, although the soldiers wear thick winter clothes, but when they march quickly, the cold wind blows very cold. Fortunately, before the war, all the military supplies were fully prepared, and each of the soldiers had knee pads and gloves, which was also Yang Xi's invention. After entering the plateau, these two simple things also play a very big role.

However, with the increase in altitude, the number of soldiers who fell due to cold and could not withstand altitude sickness increased, and the number of non-combat attrition has reached thousands.

Traveling all the way from Lanzhou, the altitude is slowly rising, and there are already more than 3,000 meters near Qinghai, which is the information that Yang Xi has mastered, mainly from the memories of later generations, he knows that ordinary people must not move as freely as in the plains under this altitude environment, and there may be light or severe altitude sickness. Li Jing had already led the army to fight in Qinghai once, and since then, many generals have used troops in this area, and they have a lot of experience in dealing with altitude sickness, so they took many preventive measures before the war, and the imperial court also collected a large number of drugs that can resist altitude sickness such as rhodiola rosea.

The altitude of Lanzhou and Shanzhou is not very high, and it is also a gradual process from low altitude to high altitude, and the soldiers gradually adapt to the increase in altitude in the slow trek, which is also an important reason why altitude sickness is not expected to be serious. There were also many people who were unwell and could not continue their march, and all of them stayed and waited for the follow-up baggage men and horses to come and meet again, and it was impossible for the advancing army to stop and wait for them.

The difficulties are all caused by their own reasons, and the difficulties caused by the Tibetans to our army are very few, and along the way, they rarely encounter scouts sent by the Tibetans, which is a very difficult thing to believe.

The morale of the soldiers was still good, it was slowly getting dark, and the speed of the army's march slowed down.

From early arrival to before dark, they had traveled 1,300 miles, and only 80 miles away from the Tibetan base camp they had explored, Yang Xi ordered the generals to rest for a while, and then continue to march after the moon came up.

At this time, the news came from the Hun Silent faction that they had arrived at their destination as planned, about thirty miles away from the Tibetan camp, and did not encounter any Tibetan scouts and scouts. (To be continued......)