Thank you for the reward of the wheat field in the memory of the book friend, thank the book friend for the advice given by the bleak wind and snow, and thank you to every friend who pays attention to this book, thank you.

I ask for the next collection and recommend it.

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Ma Lan nodded, squinting at the road below, and no other Qiang people approached, and it seemed that no one would come for a while.

The Anxi athletes who were brought here to ambush this time are the elite of the elite, there are more than 100 people, and under such terrain, more than 100 people are enough to guard this road.

The two brothers Ma Yong and Ma Qiang were ordered to continue to squat with more than a dozen athletes, while Ma Ling and Cen Shen returned to the felt tent.

There is a sand table on the table, which is improvised by Ma Lan according to his own memory, and the mountains and rivers and valleys above are vivid. Ma Ling pointed to the east side of the uninhabited area of Qiangtang on the sand table and said with a smile: "Master, do you know where this is?" ”

"This is the source of the river, which is the hometown of Tuyuhun, and it is also the only way for Tubo to enter Anxi from the east, and now General Geshu is fighting with Tubo here repeatedly." Cen Shen has been studying this sand table for a long time, so he can naturally know it at a glance.

Ma Ling smiled and nodded, "It's Heyuan." Next year, General Geshu will make a big move here, and I have come to cut off the Nanshan Qiang people this time to prepare for this matter. ”

Cen Shen listened, and his face showed excitement. For a literati like him, who aspires to make a contribution, it is the most joyful to hear such a thing.

"General, General Geshu sent someone to Anxi a few days ago, could it be that this is for this matter?"

Ma Lan nodded and said, "Hmm! General Geshu sent a generous gift, saying that he was thanking me for my kindness to his people. But the gift I gave him in return was more than ten times more valuable than what he gave me. I heard that he was going to make a move in Heyuan next year, so I gave him a steel crossbow winch and loaded several wagons! Master, do you know why I did that? ”

Cen Shen said with a smile: "Rampant Qinghai night with a knife, West Tu Stone Fort to take a purple robe!" Although Ge Shuhan is brave, he is a general in the end, and he refuses to spare the lives of his subordinates. Although the battle of Shibao City was won, tens of thousands of Han family sons died under the city, which is really a success! The general gave him a hard crossbow winch for the sake of the life of the Han family's sons, hoping that he would die a few fewer Han family athletes when he went out again. ”

Ma Lan nodded and sighed: "Hundreds of Tibetan soldiers held the Stone Fort City, but they injured tens of thousands of Tang Erlang's lives when they captured this city!" However, the battle of Stone Castle City was as tragic as this, but it was worth it after all. Occupy this city, you can approach the source of the river step by step, and restore the old realm of the dragon as soon as possible. At the beginning, General Wang Zhongsi also knew the importance of this city, but he couldn't make up his mind after all. Don't say General Wang, I'm in Longyou, I'm afraid it's the same, those who can take Stone Castle City, only Brother Shuhan also! ”

"Ci is not in charge of the army, in this regard, Lord Wang Zhongji is not as good as Ge Shuhan, and I am also inferior to him. General Geshu will send troops next year, and victory is certain, but with his temperament, it is inevitable that he will suffer heavy casualties. I gave him a hard crossbow winch, but it only slightly alleviated some of the damage of the Han family's sons. The most fundamental method is to contain the forces of the Tibetans on the Western Front. If we can attract 30% of the Tibetan troops to this side, the number of athletes killed in the battle by General Geshu will be reduced by half. ”

"What does the general mean is to send troops to Qiangtang?"

Ma Lan nodded and said with a smile: "Anxi has Doctor Feng in charge, so naturally he has no worries. In the east, General Geshu's troops pressed the border, attracting most of the troops in the Tibetan country, even if it was not to help General Geshu at this time, we should do something here and make a good military achievement. Recently, there have been no Turkic tribes in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, except for this time they came to Nanshan to sweep the Qiang people, the athletes have been idle, and it is time to move their muscles and bones. ”

Cen Shen nodded, and said: "The general thinks well, but after all, Anxi has few soldiers and cannot face the soldiers of the whole country in Tubo." If General Geshu wins, it will be fine, in case General Geshu misses in the source of the river, we will be entangled by the Tubo people, but even if we can not advance or retreat. ”

Ma Lan smiled and said, "General Geshu will definitely not be defeated." ”

"Why is the general so sure?"

"Feeling."

Cen Shen smiled bitterly, and seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with Ma Luan's answer.

Ma Lan smiled, and his confidence in General Geshu's battle was greater than his confidence in sending troops to Qiangtang this time.

Next year will be the twelfth year of Tianbao, and in the original history, it was the time when Geshuhan won a great victory in Heyuan. Although there is one more him in this era, it is only Anxi who has changed, but there is no change on Longyou's side, and Ge Shuhan will definitely win next year.

Shibao City is in hand, don't say that it is Ge Shuhan, it is to change a person to hold the right of the festival, as long as it is not a corpse vegetarian, relying on the military strength of the Tang Dynasty, it is not easy to defeat.

He could only keep these words in his heart and couldn't tell others.

"Master, you still owe me a poem, think about it!" Ma Lan smiled and walked out of the tent and took a deep breath.

Strong physique, the same everywhere. In the past, it was effortless to climb over the green mountains in winter, but now it is extremely easy to come to this place close to 5,000 meters above sea level, standing under this mulberry tree Daban.

The new army of Anxi stationed in Pishan Town and divided its troops to encroach on the Qiang tribes in Nanshan, in addition to eliminating the Tibetan tribes at the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, there was also a meaning, that is, to let the soldiers gradually adapt to the battle on the plateau.

These athletes are all specially selected, and they are the elite of the elite of the Han soldiers in the four towns, and they are all strong. Ma Lan was originally worried that they would not be able to adapt to the air epidemic on the plateau, but now it seems that their ability to adapt is still good.

When the athletes fully adapted to the climate on the plateau, they waited for Geshuhan to march to the source of the river, and then crossed the Sangzhu Daban and marched to the plateau. It was the home of the Tubo people, and the Tubo people won more than 100,000 troops on the plateau, and at that time, it was the real test for the new army of Anxi.

While training the new Anzai army, the scout team selected secretly is also undergoing hard training. Now they have crossed the Bingdaban and reached the other side of the Kunlun Mountains. In order to train these people, Ma Lan has spent too much effort, and Ma Lan has no bottom in his heart about what step they can do.

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The originally quiet Khotan South Mountain has now become even quieter. One valley after another was completely swept away by the new army athletes, and all the Qiang people were killed.

The Qiang people were brave and plundered the natives of Khotan as slaves to graze and raise horses, but the king of Khotan knew that he was helpless. Today, thousands of Khotanese slaves are rescued from the Nanshan Valley and returned to their homeland every day.

Since the Qiang people have died, it is needless to say that the plundered livestock belong to the soldiers of the new army. Most of the sheep, horses, and yaks were sold to the local Khotanese people, and the best yaks and horses were concentrated in the town of Pishan as military supplies to be used in the march through the ancient road to Qiangtang next year.

Feng Changqing sat in Qiuzi and continuously transported all kinds of materials to Pishan Town. His greatest achievement in Anxi was that when Gao Xianzhi sent out the army, he was the queen to ensure the military needs of the army, and now he is still in this role, but the main general is no longer General Gao Xianzhi, but has been replaced by General Zuotunwei, the Marquis of Fufeng County, and the four towns are all known as soldiers and horses.

Ma Lan will be the main side of Anxi after Wang Zhengjian, which is a matter that everyone knows. In fact, everyone understands that if it weren't for Wang Zhengjian's short time in Anxi and the transfer was not in accordance with the rules, Ma Lu would have been the chief general of Anxi now. The position level of the envoy of Anxi Jiedu is not as good as Ma Lan's fictitious title of General Zuotunwei, and Wang Zhengjian, as his boss, is not a marquis, and his identity is no longer comparable to Ma Lan.

The New Army repeatedly swept through the foothills of Nanshan Mountain, cleaning up every Qiang person it could encounter. In the later period, the Khotanese royal family finally dispatched military horses to cooperate with the actions of the new army of Anxi. Originally, it was to send elites to carry out a sneak attack after reconnaissance, but now it is no longer needed at this stage. Several of the largest Qiang tribes in Nanshan have collapsed after being attacked by the new army of Anxi, and the remnants have become lost dogs, and when they encounter the soldiers and horses of the Khotanese royal family, they have lost their previous arrogance, which makes the Khotanese soldiers feel extremely happy.

The first reaction of the Nanshan Qiang people after being attacked was to go to the plateau to report the news, so more than 100 athletes led by Ma Lan made gains every day under Sangzhu Daban. In fact, there is another way to go to Tubo to report the news, that is, to the north through the Green Ridge to capture the Green Ridge, and then turn south through Xiao Bolu and finally enter the Tubo, this road is more spacious, and it is not easy to be blocked, but after all, the road is too far. There are very few Qiang people who have walked this road, and even if there are such Qiang people, they will not think of taking a long road.

The location of Ma Lan's ambush was extremely hidden, and none of the Qiang people who went to report the news had escaped, and the traces of the battle were cleaned up extremely clean every time. In fact, now, even among the Anxi New Army athletes in Pishan Town, none of them know where their generals have gone these days.

It is already September of the eleventh year of Tianbao, and in a little more than two months, Li Linfu, the minister of power of the Tang Dynasty, will die, and Yang Guozhong will be on top. Ma Lan stood on the edge of the snow stream, thinking that Du Huan should be about to return to Anxi.

The biggest trouble between Anxi and Chang'an is the distance, and Ma Lan now also wants to know whether Du Huan has succeeded in angering the Yang family, and whether the Yang family has regretted marriage. The Yang family's regret of marriage is naturally the best situation, if there is no regret of marriage, I don't know if Kang Qingqing has succeeded at this time.

Li Linfu has been in power for decades with the way of Legalism, and the Tang Dynasty has at least maintained a superficial prosperity, and its martial arts have reached a peak. When Yang Guozhong ascends to the throne, because his qualifications are too shallow after all, various problems will immediately surface.

Ma Lan knew all this, but he couldn't change anything. The quagmire in Chang'an, he didn't want to touch it at all. The best case scenario is to give him enough time to complete his dream of seizing the land in the river.

However, the political situation in Chang'an still has to be considered, after all, a holy decree can make all his efforts come to naught. The Anxi Army is from the Tang Dynasty, not from his Ma Lan, even if it is the Anxi New Army. An Lushan has been in Hebei for decades, and he can order the Hebei army to work for him, which he can't do at all.