The scouts brought the latest information, the 5,000 Tibetan army was still in the col at the back of Shibao City, but the surrounding area was heavily guarded, and the Tang army would definitely be discovered by the sentinels as long as there was a big operation.

"Set up a tent!" Li Qing'an gave a low order, and more than a dozen soldiers immediately set up a small tent, Li Qing'an and several officers got into the tent, lit a candle in the tent, and they quickly spread out the map drawn by the scouts and found the col where the Tubo army was stationed.

"Fuck, it's all in one place!"

Li Fei Yuanli suddenly said excitedly: "Qilang, if we bombard with a gunpowder bag, this is enjoyable!" None of them can escape. ”

Bai Yuanguang struck his fists together and said excitedly: "Yes! Then pour oil on it, and burn it. ”

"Shichiro, let's do it!"

Several people's expectant eyes were on Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an shook his head and smiled: "Of course I want to, but the time given to us by the marshal is to launch the four corrections, and it will not work even earlier, it will affect the entire battle situation." ”

"However, if Shibao City is in chaos, it will light a fire and ask for help, I'm afraid that the Tubo army below will not give us a chance at that time."

Bai Yuanguang was a little anxious, and suddenly, he gritted his teeth and said, "Qilang, why don't we take Shibao City directly, we have gunpowder, blow up the damn." ”

"Impossible!"

Li Fei immediately objected: "The cliff of Stone Castle City is six hundred zhang high, how can you throw gunpowder on it, even if there is a trebuchet, besides, the gunpowder bag will fall down by itself when it hits the cliff and blow up your own people!" ”

"You can secretly send someone to climb up and put the gunpowder bag in the gap." Li Fei Yuanli was not convinced.

"To put it simply, what about the five thousand enemy troops below?"

"Alright, don't fight!"

Li Qing'an drank the three of them, and he said: "The Battle of Hehuang is not my Li Qing'an's battle alone, the 150,000 Tang Army is fighting together, and the Marshal Geshu has been deployed one by one, if I grab the merit to fight, it's okay to take Shibao City, if I can't take it, I miss the overall situation of Longyou, I Li Qing'an can't afford this responsibility, don't say it again, no matter how good the opportunity is, we can't be greedy for merit, and wait for the fourth watch to launch!" ”

He's 'Whew!' Blowing out the candles, picking up the tent curtains, he said to Li Fei Yuanli and Bai Yuanguang: "The fourth watch is launched, we can arrange it in the third watch, and the task of using the gunpowder bag will be handed over to Lao Bai later, Lao Li is responsible for intercepting the Tubo army, I have only one order, no matter what, I can't let a Tubo soldier support Shibao City." ”

"The last general obeys!"

"Lao Li has a number, you can't miss it!"

The two hurried away, Li Qingan slowly turned his head and stared at the north, from here he could see the boundless Qinghai Ice Field, as well as the continuous mountains, as long as his army was launched, Ma Chongying's main force would immediately know, and he didn't know if Dong Yanguang could hold back the main force of the Tubo army.

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At the same time that Li Qing'an's army was inserted into the mountain behind Chiling, Ge Shuhan's 60,000 main forces also arrived at the predetermined position, in addition to the 30,000 Longyou army, there were 10,000 troops each in Hexi and Shuofang, a total of 50,000 troops, preparing to storm Shibao City.

Ge Shuhan stood ten miles away on the bank of the potion, looking at this extremely precipitous fortress covered in snow from afar, it seemed to be a yak god on the Qinghai Plateau, its towering back protruding in the air, holding the only way to cross the Red Ridge.

If he can't capture Shibao City, it will not only be the failure of the Battle of Hehuang, but also the end of his brother Shuhan's career.

No! Even if he dies as many troops as he does, he will take it, and 'one will make a thousand bones dry!' This has been the case since ancient times.

Ge Shuhan's expression became extremely grim, and he turned around and asked, "What time is it?" ”

"Back to the handsome, it's been three shifts."

"Okay, order Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan to attack on time at three o'clock!"

Ge Shuhan stared at the sky to the west, he sighed softly, and said to himself: "Li Qing'an, whether you can intercept the Tubo reinforcements or not, everything depends on you." ”

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In the north of Chiling, a Tubo army stretching for twenty miles is marching northward, in the team, Dazaru Gong is riding on a horse, constantly visiting in the direction of Shibao City, he still feels that there is something wrong, but where the problem is, he can't think of it for a while.

He always believed in his heart that Ge Shuhan's strategic goal should be Shibao City, at least the goal of the first stage, if he was Ge Shuhan, he would definitely take Shibao City first, and then march to Dafeichuan and Jiuqu step by step, and attack Dafeichuan before taking Shibao City, no matter what, it was not a general's doing.

Dazaru sighed, Zampu had completely accepted Shang Jiexi's overall situation, thinking that Dafeichuan was more important than Shibao City, he looked back at Zampu in the distance, he knew Zampu very well, once he decided on something, it was difficult to change, unless it was something that made him gnash his teeth, such as Li Qing'an, who killed his daughter.

Wait a minute! A thought flashed in Dazarugong's mind like lightning, what is the role of the Tang Army on Longju Island, Ge Shuhan will definitely not build a city on Longju Island for no reason, it must have an effect, if you follow the current steps, the Tang Army on Longju Island will not make any sense at all, and the Tang Army on Longju Island is still led by Li Qing'an, the leader of the Anxi Scout Army, who is a Tang Army general who is very good at surprise attacks.

'Surprise Attack! Dazaru Gong suddenly turned his head, his eyes were firmly fixed on Shibao City, he suddenly understood, it must be so, Li Qing'an's role was to attack Shibao City from behind Chiling, and the Tang Army's increase in troops on the northern line of Chiling was to transfer away the Tubo army in Chiling, and there were only 5,000 troops in the mountains behind Shibao City.

Dazarugon suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he seemed to see the scene of Shibao City being captured by the Tang army, and before he could think about it, he whipped his horse fiercely, turned around and galloped towards Zampu's recklessness.

"Zamp!"

Dazarugon shouted loudly, Trizu Dezan had just fallen asleep, and was suddenly awakened by Dazarukon's shrill shouting, he was faintly unhappy in his heart, so he put on a robe, walked out of the big tent and asked, "What is so panicked?" ”

"Zampu, Weichen just thought clearly, the target of the Tang Army is still Shibao City, and Li Qing'an of Longju Island is the strange soldier deployed by the Tang Army."

"Is there any basis for that?" Trizu Detsen didn't really believe Dazarukon's words.

"The minister was anxious to think that it should be like this, the Tang Army's deployment and control of the northern front was just a trick to lure the enemy."

"General Dazarugong, the Tang Army has 100,000 troops on the northern front, but you said that Li Qing'an only has two or three thousand military horses, and you say that I believe in 100,000 people? Or believe two or three thousand? Unless the Tang army suddenly withdraws its troops, then I believe that maybe the Tang army's intention is really not in Dafeichuan. ”

"This ....." Dazarugon was very embarrassed, and he muttered, "Zampu, or I will send five thousand troops to help defend the stone castle city, just in case." ”

"Yes, you can send 5,000 troops."

Dazarugon was just about to go back to transfer troops, at this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and a scout galloped over, he ran to Zampu and Dazarukon and reported loudly: "Report to Zampu and the general, the Tang army went south and suddenly retreated northward, returning to the east of Chiling. ”

"Ahh Chizu Dezan was taken aback, he realized that Dazarugon was right, the Tang army on the northern front was just a decoy, and the real target of the Tang army was still Shibao City, and before Dazarugong could speak, he shouted: "The whole army turned around and headed south, heading towards Shibao City!" ”

The rear of the 80,000 Tibetan army turned into the front team and marched towards the stone castle city two hundred miles away.

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At four o'clock in the third watch, there was still a little more time before the fourth watch, Bai Yuanguang anxiously looked up at Shibao City, the Shibao City was still dark, and in the moonlight that was bright and dark, he only saw its huge figure towering in the air, without a trace of movement.

And the 500 people he led had already prepared ten small trebuchets, which was the pre-selected position of the scouts, a grass nest that could just place ten small catapults, and dozens of steps away, there was a mountain col as deep as 50 zhang, and under the col was a dense Tibetan military camp tent.

Another army of 1,500 men, led by Lifei Yuanli, was responsible for intercepting the Tibetans, and they hid behind a mountain beam 300 paces away on the opposite side of the col, with their bows and arrows, round shields on their backs, and horizontal swords at their waists, waiting for the explosion to sound.

The night was terrifyingly quiet, there was a kind of tension and depression before the big war, Li Qingan stared at the northwest, he had an ominous feeling, Tubo only left 5,000 people to support Shibao City, Ma Chongying could only be negligent for a while, but he could quickly react, he should send a large army to help, the key is whether Ge Shuhan can take Shibao City before noon as planned, and reduce his pressure.

"General, look!"

Suddenly, a soldier pointed to Shibao City and shouted excitedly, Li Qingan looked up, only to see a beacon fire burning on Shibao City, and the red flames rushed straight into the sky, which was clearly visible within a radius of hundreds of miles, this was an alarm, this was a signal for help, and this was the bell from the prologue of a big war.

"Pass my orders, do it!"

The long-stagnant Tang army launched, they lit the gunpowder bag fuse, and ten trebuchets were launched at the same time, throwing ten gunpowder bags down the col,

The lead sneered white smoke, burning wildly in the air, falling straight into the col, at this moment, the bell rang eagerly in the Tubo camp in the col, this is the alarm that the sentry also found the stone castle city, and there was a great chaos in the camp.

At this moment, the gunpowder packets that fell from the sky exploded violently, the earth-shattering explosion almost collapsed the valley, the huge impact force overturned countless tents, the chaotic Tubo army suddenly suffered a large number of casualties, countless people were blown up, stumps and broken arms hung on the treetops and cliffs, gunpowder one after another left the camp, one after another violent explosions, deafening explosions, terrible screams, and wails before death.

The fire began to spread and burn, the tent was set on fire, the fire took advantage of the wind, and the col became a sea of fire, and countless soldiers were covered with fire, and they ran wildly with open arms, but they fell headlong after not running a few steps, and were slowly curled up by the fire.

Extreme terror enveloped the hearts of every Tibetan soldier, making them crazy, and the camp was hysterical and screaming, trampling each other towards the mountain pass, and many Tibetan soldiers who had participated in the battle on Longju Island even screamed, "Heavenly thunder! The gods are angry! ”

The Tibetan soldiers were completely crazy, and all of them had only one thought in their hearts, rush! Rushed out of the mountain col and fled far away from Chiling.

But as soon as they rushed out of the valley, the Tang army, which had been waiting here, fired thousands of arrows in unison, without aim, and shot at the dense Tubo soldiers.

The eyes of the Tibetan lord were red with tears, and the two same encounters made him realize that this was not the anger of the gods, but the thunderbolts of the Tang army, and he shouted desperately, "Don't worry, it's not the gods who are angry, stabilize me!" ”

Unfortunately, his shouts were so faint in the panic screams of the Tibetan soldiers, and they were instantly drowned out by the sound of explosions.

Nearly 100 of the Tibetan weeping soldiers pushed him onto the war horse, they slammed the horse, rushed through the raging fire, galloped out of a gap in the rock cliff, was commanding the interception of the Li Fei Yuanli saw this horse team at a glance, this is the enemy's main general appeared, he roared, led a hundred soldiers to wave a big knife to meet it, dozens of personal soldiers of the Tibetan weeping rushed into the Tang army regardless of their surnames, desperately fighting, Li Fei Yuanli was surrounded by three Tubo centurions, he watched the Tibetan weeping and more than 20 Tubo troops kill a bloody road, They broke through the siege.

Li Fei Yuanli roared and killed the three centurions one by one, and when he chased after him, he was gone.

Despite the Tang army's best efforts to intercept it, hundreds of Tubo troops who were strong in their desire to survive broke through the interception line and fled all over the mountains.

Li Qing'an led nearly 1,000 people to block the road to Shibao City two miles away, and dozens of Tubo soldiers who fled alone were all shot by them.

Li Qing'an turned his head and looked at Shibao City again, the beacon fire was still burning in the sky, burning even more fiercely, and a little spark was shining on the city, which showed that the battle was fierce in front of Shibao City.

Nan Jiyun ran over and whispered, "General, before dawn, we will sneak attack Stone Fort City from behind. ”

Li Qing'an smiled, such a violent explosion in the mountain col, the raging fire, and what kind of sneak attack to speak of, he pondered for a moment, although it is easier to go up the mountain in the back than in the front, it is still extremely steep, especially the Tubo army has been prepared, his 3,000 troops are too small, and he will just die in vain.

At this moment, Li Qing'an suddenly looked in the northwest direction with some feeling, but dozens of miles northwest of Chiling, the dotted fires suddenly lit up, more and more, and gradually converged into a light belt fire stream that was more than 20 miles long.

Li Qing'an's pupils contracted into a line, the Tubo army brigade came back, the number was far greater than he imagined, his hand was tightly pinched on the handle of the horizontal knife, this was the saber of Gai Jiayun, the defeated general of Shibao City, what will this knife bring him today, is it honor or death?

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(To be continued)