During this time, Li Jingjing, the general of the Right Guard, was killed because he did not respect the system of Wu Zhou, Luantai Shilang and Pingzhang Shi Le Sihui were also implicated and killed, and more than 40 people, including Si Liqing and Ouyang Tong, were killed. This case continues the case of Wu Changqian and Zhang Qianxuan, all of which were brought down by Junchen and others, and is the largest case in the Great Zhou.

Soon, Luantai Shilang and Fu Youyi, the same Zhangshi, informed their relatives because they dreamed of visiting Zhanlu Hall at night, but they were accused and were imprisoned by Lai Junchen, and committed suicide that night.

In this way, the hundred officials felt like a thorn in the thorn again.

At the same time, Di Renjie worshiped as a local official and judged Shangshu, and Wei Yuanzhong reinstated the appointment of the right Su Zhengtai to serve the imperial history, and soon became the middle of the imperial history. The empress hoped that he would be able to contain the power of Zuo Su Zhengtai, led by Yushi Zhongcheng, but apparently she underestimated Lai Junchen and overestimated Wei Yuanzhong's ability.

After the empress allowed it, he dispatched 8,000 Zuoyu Lin Wei and a total of 100,000 soldiers from the Nanya army to Liangzhou to join the Wuwei army, preparing to attack Tubo in the four towns of Anxi after the spring of the next year.

So, in the second year of Tianzhu, Wu Qing led the army to Liangzhou. The empress also gave Wuqing the greatest authority, but those who violated the order in the army could be cut first and then played. As a prince, his power is at its peak.

On the road to Liangzhou, there was a slightly smaller soldier in the big tent of the Chinese army in Wuqing, who entered the military tent every night and went out at dawn. Careful people found that this little soldier was convex and backward, very unusual, except for the pro-soldier, no one knew whether she was a woman or not, except for Fan Lihua, of course.

The army braved the wind and snow. Moving forward with difficulty, by the time we arrived in Liangzhou, it was almost the end of the year.

Wang Xiaojie, the head of the Wuwei Army, led the generals to greet Wuqing. Wu Qing encouraged, then set up camp outside the city of Liangzhou, Wu Qing entered the city to rest, but Wu Qing refused to drink the banquet, and strictly ordered to drink during the army.

Because of the wind and snow recently, the weather is a little cold, and there are no pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, a few dogs barked, indicating that it was a family. Because of the cold in the north, most of the adobe houses are made of loess. So when I walked into the room, there was a charcoal fire burning in the room, and I immediately felt a lot warmer.

It would be nice if there was a fire kang, and you could sleep beautifully with Minkatsu Shizuko in your arms. Shizuko Genchu wears a thick cotton coat. His long eyelashes kept blinking, and his little face was a little red from the cold.

Wu Qing smiled: "If you don't come, you have to come, now you know that it is cold." ”

After Yuan Chu Jingzi became a Wuqing woman, she was happy every night, and she was almost inseparable from Wuqing, so she followed her to the army and wore leather armor every day. Pretending to be Wuqing's personal soldiers, he makes bold and unrestrained movements at night.

Wu Qing noticed. This widow girl looks extremely shy on her face, but once she gets into bed, she can burst out with a passion that a woman in the Tang Dynasty can't reach, just like this Yuan Chu Jingzi, she will devote herself wholeheartedly, as if she has dedicated herself. Wu Qing was greatly stimulated, he was happy for so long, he was still happy, the body of the "goddess" was really wonderful.

Looking at Yuan Chu Jingzi, who was a little trembling, Wu Qing looked at the bed again and said, "Let's do exercise, it will be hot in a while." ”

Yuan Chu Shizuko looked at the man who had captured him, then stood up and said: "Your Highness is so interested, on weekdays, His Highness serves the slaves, tonight, let the slaves serve His Highness." ”

As soon as Wu Qing's heart moved, he knew that this widow must have a trick that he didn't use, so he immediately agreed.

Sure enough, the tricks played by Yuan Chu Jingzi were even more wonderful than the one hundred and eight styles in the palace, and Wu Qing couldn't help but sigh, in terms of men and women, this widow really has a unique talent. It also made Wu Qing finally see what "play" is!

The Wuwei army had 10,000 people, so the entire army had 110,000 people stationed in Liangzhou. Wu Qing sent secret agents through Xizhou to inquire about information from Anxi.

Beginning on the second day, the 110,000-strong army will begin to train in the bitter cold, with meat a day and charcoal for heating, so that the soldiers will work hard but not have the hardships and hunger they used to be. Wuqing divided the 110,000 army into an army of 50,000 people, Wang Xiaojie led the Wuwei army, Guo Zhiyun led 10,000, Xue Ne led 10,000, Gao Sheji led 10,000, Fan Lihua led 10,000, and Li Duozuo led 10,000 to escort grain, grass and equipment. Wu Qing led 60,000 troops as the middle army, and the rest of the armies were the forward flanks, and ordered Ashina Zhongjie to lead 5,000 people to lead the tribesmen as foreign troops.

The army practiced endlessly every day, familiar with the new environment, and the army's grain and grass were also quietly transported to Xizhou.

In the battle with Tubo, naturally only cavalry can be used, originally Wu Qing wanted to train the Mo sword soldiers, but only half a year, unless Wu Qing is an immortal, otherwise he will definitely not be able to train. Therefore, Wuqing had to rely on cavalry, and used large bed crossbows, as well as improved feather arrows, because the armor of the Tubo soldiers was fine, and it was difficult to penetrate with ordinary bows and arrows. This is also the reason why in the battle of Tang and Fan, the Tang Dynasty won fewer and lost more.

If Wu Qing hadn't learned that Tubo's armor was somewhat different from that of the Tang Dynasty, he might not have improved the feather arrows. Therefore, he ordered the weapons supervisor to produce 300,000 special feather arrows, that is, to make the arrows slender like the tip of a needle, so that each arrow was fed with poison, as long as it touched the skin, then the Tubo soldiers would at least lose their combat effectiveness.

In order to be able to take the four towns of Anxi, Wu Qing's preparations did not stop there, such as the bed crossbow, which Wuqing re-improved, changed to three consecutive shots, and installed a base with wooden wheels under the bed crossbow to facilitate transportation. Also carried a secret weapon! Just in case.

The War in the Western Regions gradually kicked off with the spring breeze coming to Yumen Pass, and the 110,000 army slowly stepped out of Yumen Pass.

There are three roads to the Western Regions, northern, central and southern. The northern road starts from Guazhou and passes through Yiwu, Tingzhou, and Yili to reach Broken Leaves. The middle road starts from Yumen Pass, passes through Gaochang, Yanqi, Yuli, Qiuzi, Gumo, Shule, and ends in Dawan. The southern road starts from Yangguan and follows the southern edge of the desert, passing through Shanshan and Khotan, until the Green Ridge.

Wu Qing chose to go west out of Yumen, also in order to fight steadily, and also to prevent a sudden sneak attack by the Eastern Turks. The Tang Dynasty established Xizhou in the ancient city of Gaochang, and all the grain and grass have been transported to Xizhou. So Wu Qing thought about the way to play early in the morning.

It is to take every step of the way, with a strong logistical force, to consume the opponent. This is also the consistent style of the American imperialists in the previous life. Now Da Zhou has this strength, and there is plenty of grain and grass!

Yumen, formerly known as Xiaofang City, was later transported from the jade of Khotan to the Central Plains, and after passing here, it was called "Jade Gate". Anyway, Wu Qing looked at the desolate Gobi stall outside the Yumen Pass. It was also covered with a thin layer of snow, and I suddenly felt a sense of desolation in my heart. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and a poem appeared in my mind.

"The Yellow River is far above the white clouds. A lonely city and ten thousand mountains. Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate. ”

In short, this poem best shows Wu Qing's state of mind, so it was stolen. This poetic conception is lofty. It's not a feeling in the heart. It can't be written.

The poems of the King of Wei were immediately recorded.

Seeing that the soldiers were all sad, Wu Qing also felt that this would affect morale very much, so he said: "This king will teach you to sing a song." ”

Wu Qing thought about the very angry songs during military training in his previous life, so he shouted loudly: "Unity is strength, unity is strength"

Of course, Wu Qing changed a lot of words. What kind of democracy, what kind of fascism, etc., this era is impossible to understand. You can only change it, but you can't change the tune.

It's just a dozen sentences, short and powerful, but in a moment, all the generals have learned, but in half an hour, the entire army will sing, so Wuqing gave an order, and the 110,000 army sang "unity is strength".

The passionate words were shouted out one by one, and the mountains and rivers shook for it, and the momentum came to the face. The sunspot roared deafeningly, and Wu Qing covered his ears helplessly.

This is the momentum, after shouting a few times in a row, the faces of the soldiers finally showed a resolute look, and they could no longer see pessimism and loss.

Wu Qing sighed, the songs of the revolutionary ancestors are inspiring, and it seems that they will have to learn more in the future. There are not many military songs in Datang, and there are no such inspiring songs. It's not as good as those military songs of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The Tubo people had apparently discovered the Great Zhou army, so they stationed 30,000 troops outside the city of Yanqi and prepared to fight a cavalry battle with the Great Zhou.

Wu Qing got a report from the spies of the Western Regions early in the morning, so he knew what to expect. He ordered the army to move slowly, and the scouts released thirty miles, with the Wuqing Central Army as the core, and the four armies marched slowly like limbs, moving forward for a hundred miles every day, one to keep the soldiers in shape, the other could also make Tubo anxious, and the logistics of the three could also be guaranteed. There were only 30,000 cavalry outside Yanqi City, and it is conceivable that Tubo wanted to use the technique of delay to mobilize Tubo's native cavalry to participate in the war. Wu Qing really wanted to fight a quick battle, but for him, the result was that he drove away the Tubo soldiers in the four towns of Anxi, and was wiped out by the Tubo reinforcements.

Wuqing's step-by-step and steady battle plan made many soldiers not understand, but the military order is like a mountain, who dares to disobey it?

Ten days later, the Wuqing army, which had eaten a lot of sand, finally saw the dwarf Yanqi City, Wuqing looked through the monoculars, only to see that the walls of Yanqi City had collapsed a lot, and the Tubo soldiers seemed to be in bad spirits, but they got on their horses one after another and killed the Wuqing army.

Wu Qing was stunned, is this Tubo soldier at this level? Immediately he ordered a defensive formation, and the bed crossbow was ready!

This is the benefit of a telescope, which is many times better than the human eye, but the cost of this telescope is 100,000! It can be said that the price is very high, because it is not easy to grind out crystal lenses. So there is only one in the entire Datang. It is dedicated to Wuqing. It was used to see the beauties of the Tang Dynasty in the teahouse, but later because there were too many beauties, they were put on the shelf. Now that he was on the march, he took it out again.

The soldier was very energetic because he had kept his body in shape, and soon he erected a simple wooden wall, and then hid the bed crossbow behind the wooden plank, and fixed it. When the sound of horses' hooves rushed in, I saw a black dust rising in the distance. This is the Tibetan cavalry! It's tough!

Every soldier's face was full of fear, and Wu Qing shouted, "Unity is strength!" ”

So the nervous soldiers began to shout loudly, but in a few moments, the singing filled the barracks.

The Tubo generals who were galloping in the distance couldn't help but be shocked, was this a spell from the Great Zhou army? Do you have to roar when you fight?

However, when the Tibetan army crossed the 300-step line, the drums beat loudly, and then there was a "release"! The soldiers picked up their hammers and knocked off the circlip of the bed crossbow.

Whoosh!

Countless crossbow arrows shot out, and the thick crossbow arrows pierced the bodies of the Tibetan soldiers and horses. For a while, people turned on their backs. But the ferocity of the Tubo soldiers also came out at this moment, they trampled on the corpses, and continued to sprint towards the Great Zhou army. The speed has not slowed down in the slightest.

The soldiers of the Great Zhou finally realized that the Tubo soldiers were not simple!

But what Wu Qing brought this time was a three-shot bed crossbow, one hammer is three arrows, a total of nearly three thousand bed crossbows, fired in three sections, so the bed crossbow fired crossbow arrows almost non-stop.

A quarter of an hour later, the Tibetan soldiers were still pressed at the 200-meter line. Not an inch in the slightest!

The generals also finally realized that Wuqing's battle of bed crossbows could have such an effect. Who would dare to use a bed crossbow against a cavalry in the wilderness? There is only Wu Qing, this enigmatic man.

Yuan Chu Shizuko held her chin in her hand and stared blankly at the battlefield, she never thought that the war of the Celestial Empire would be so magnificent. It's like the endless Gobi Desert. It made her feel a little excited, and in a moment, she actually had a feeling of wanting to love. She never thought that she would come to the Celestial Empire and become so lewd, is it because of that man? And in such a scenario!

The corpses of the Tibetan soldiers covered the Gobi in front, and the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty also began to treat them calmly, no longer looking flustered, and often dropped their hammers with a loud roar. Give vent to your fears.

Wu Qing saw the trembling body and frightened eyes of the Tubo soldier from the binoculars, so he ordered loudly: "Fan Lihua." Listen! ”

Fan Lihua was able to go on the expedition, which was also Wu Qing's request to the empress, after all, Fan Lihua likes the military, so his husband must fulfill her dream, so she will fight at the beginning of the battle.

"The last general!" Fan Lihua was wearing a bright armor specially made for her, and behind her was a red cloak, which was very sexy, and she knelt on one knee.

Wu Qing said in a deep voice: "Lead your troops and horses to attack the enemy from the flank, so as to annihilate them!" Otherwise, spank ass! ”

Suddenly, the generals burst into laughter, Fan Lihua's eyes were white, there was some anger in her eyes, she stood up and led the troops.

Wu Qing was a little embarrassed, but still ordered in a deep voice: "Guo Zhiyun listened to the order, led the men and horses of his department, and made a detour to attack Yanqi City, when my army arrived, I wanted to see that Yanqi was already in the hands of my Great Zhou army.!" ”

Guo Zhiyun received the order, and then added: "Governor, you won't beat the last general's ass, right?" ”

Wu Qing was furious, "Get out!" ”

The generals laughed, so much trouble, the generals on the battlefield actually felt a sense of relaxation, and the bed crossbow was even more handy.

When the 10,000 elites of the Great Zhou led by Fan Lihua crashed into the Tubo soldiers, the Tubo soldiers finally couldn't resist and began to flee!

Fan Lihua held a pear flower gun, the gun was like an electric snake, fast and sharp, but in a moment of incense, the Tubo soldiers were divided and surrounded, which is exactly the cavalry tactic!

Seeing that Fan Lihua was so ruthless, the generals couldn't help but weigh their own strength, and at the same time, they couldn't help but guess how the Metropolitan Governor surrendered this woman.

It was Xue Ne who smiled, after all, the two had also been a nominal couple for a while. This time, Wu Qing was able to point him, which surprised him, but his martial arts have never fallen. And he also likes to stay in the army. The three sons of the Xue family all served in the army, which was also the way Wu Qing took.

Now that Da Zhou is short of major generals, who else will be allocated if such a person does not mention it? In order to be able to recapture the four towns of Anxi, the empress agreed.

Seeing that Fan Lihua's army began to have casualties, Wu Dan waved his hand, and the army slowly crushed over. In just half an hour, after leaving behind nearly 10,000 corpses and thousands of prisoners, the Tibetans completely dispersed.

The scouts released thirty miles and ordered people to clean up the battlefield. Fan Lihua's subordinates will come to restore their lives.

Wu Qing smiled and encouraged, and then asked, "No statistics, how many soldiers and horses have been lost." ”

Fan Lihua said: "More than 30 people died, 50 were seriously injured, 300 were lightly injured, and 80 horses were lost. ”

Wu Qing pondered, such losses are still within the range of bearing, but this is an almost one-sided war, and as a result, there are such losses, it seems that there is a problem with the way of fighting.

"You go to rest first, and when you return to Yanqi City, you write a reflection and analyze the gains and losses. Do you understand? ”

In fact, Fan Lihua wanted to say that she didn't understand, but she also knew that her husband was always a little weird, so she agreed, and while others were not paying attention, she whispered: "You don't beat my ass?" ”

Wu Qing smiled and didn't answer, Fan Lihua is nearly forty years old, this age is like a wolf and a tiger, he doesn't dare to provoke lightly, and if he is shot, it will still be a little troublesome. The great cause of the Western Regions is important!

Fan Lihua didn't get the information, so she retreated with some resentment.

A few hours later, when the sun was about to set, the Wuqing army drove to the outside of Yanqi City, and the city head had been planted with the Great Zhou Red Flag.

Immediately, Wuqing ordered the camp outside the city according to the four elephants, and the camps must be separated by wooden stakes to prevent the Tibetan from attacking at night.

Wu Qing regretted that he did not adjust the black tooth Changzhi, the black tooth Changzhi is extremely good at night fighting, but it is a pity that the pirates around the Ryukyus attacked frequently, and the black tooth Changzhi led the troops to resist the pirates effectively. And there were no generals in the Ryukyus, so they had to leave the black tooth Changzhi.

The Western Regions at night is very cold, it can be said that the cold wind is biting, but fortunately there is logistical support, and the supply of coal is sufficient, otherwise you have to freeze to death on the Gobi Desert.

When night fell, the sound of tamping was heard uninterruptedly in the big tent of the Chinese army, and when it lasted for more than an hour, a small soldier came out of the big tent, and then entered the tent with food.

Fan Lihua had already written her "impressions", she walked outside the military tent, and her personal soldiers stopped her and said, "General Fan, you are not allowed to enter without the order of the metropolitan governor." ”

Fan Lihua was stunned for a moment, then guessed that the widow was in the tent, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know who I am?" ”

"You're General Fan?" The soldier said.

Fan Lihua knew that these two personal soldiers must be Zuo Yu Lin Wei's, so she didn't know her, so she said patiently: "Do you know my relationship with the Grand Duke?" ”

The two soldiers still shook their heads, but Wu Qing's voice came from the tent.

"Alright, let her in." (To be continued......)