Chapter 127: On the Volga!
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The Broken Leaf Palace has been destroyed, and Zhang Mai did not build a palace again, but just set up a big tent in the city, fortunately, Shulu is also used to it, although there is not too much inconvenience when she is pregnant.
Ge Lan knelt down fifty steps away from the big tent of Longxiang, crawled all the way in, and saw Zhang Mai calling the sky khan, Zhang Mai ignored his sycophants, and asked: "You said that there is news about my general Yang Dingbang, is it true or false?" ”
At this time, the generals of the West Lodge in the tent gathered, all of them had stern eyes, if Ge Lan's answer was untrue, I was afraid that the generals would have a seizure.
"It's true, it's true" Ge Lan said: "This matter is the clue I got when I listened to Satuk's confidant Horan suggest to Satuk that day. ”
"Advice, what advice?" Yang Zhuo asked on the side. Yang Dingbang is his own uncle, and he has the deepest relationship with Yang Dingbang here.
Ge Lan said: "After Satuk remarried his wife and concubine, although he gave birth to a son, he has been sick, and the generals in the army are uneasy, so Huo Lan once suggested that it is better to send someone to the northwest general Yang Dingbang...... General Yang Dingbang captured him in order to exchange for his two evil seeds. ”
Satuk's two sons, the eldest son Musa, and the second son Ilik are still in Zhang Mai's hands, and Zhang Mai has not played this card, and then he remembered when he was mentioned by Ge Lan.
"But Satuk vetoed it at the time, and Holland stammered, and I didn't know what to do at the time," said Geran. However, since the words were revealed from the conversation between the two of them, it was expected, so I also inquired in many ways later to know some clues. ”
"What's the clue?" The generals in the tent asked in unison.
Ge Lan said: "I heard that when my Tiance Army started that day, there was a battle between Talas and Satuk. ”
"Not bad." Zhang Mai said leisurely: "That...... It seems like a long, long time ago. ”
At that time, the Tang Army was not called the Tiance Tang Army, but the Anxi Tang Army - it was a little reluctant to even call the Anxi Tang Army, at that time they were just a group of weak border generals from the New Broken Leaf City, and they went south to the Broken Leaf Desert and captured Talas and Julan City with a strategy, but after all, they could not compete with the army of the Hui people.
When Satuk was about to press, Guo Shidao and Yang Dingbang led the partial division to stop Satuk, while Zhang Mai and Yang Dingguo led the main force to take the mountain road and enter the Ningyuan area, which was still known as a sparse place at that time.
It was in that war that Guo Shidao died and was martyred, and Yang Dingbang also disappeared, and that incident has become a mystery that Tiance Tang Jun is concerned about.
Yang Zhuo hurriedly said: "Don't talk about the past, you only say what you inquired about"
Regarding Yang Dingbang's matter, Tang Junzhong had already received some rumors, but these news were not accurate, so this time Yang Yi asked Yang Zhuo to follow Zhang Maixi, one of the reasons was to ask Yang Zhuo to see if his uncle Yang Dingbang was alive or dead.
At this time, Ge Lan said: "Yes, the criminal general heard that after General Yang Dingbang escaped from the city that day, the road to the south was blocked, and he seems to have other reasons, deliberately left many clues, and went all the way to the desert in the north. ”
Guo Luo and Zhang Mai glanced at each other, and both of them immediately thought that Yang Dingbang was buying time for their main force
At that time, the Anxi Tang Army was very weak, not only limited combat effectiveness, precarious supplies, but also very unstable morale, a wandering army without a rear, as long as it fought a defeat, it might face the doom of falling apart. The process of the main force marching into the Ningyuan region was actually smooth, but Yang Dingbang was uncertain in the Talas area, so Zhang Mai and Guo Luo guessed Yang Dingbang's thoughts
"Uncle Dingbang must be afraid that he will flee to the south and will be followed by Satuk, so he let them find our main force, or Satuk guessed our intentions from Uncle Dingbang's actions, and actually crossed the green ridge with a flying division, at that time, even if we crossed the false tracks, I am afraid that we will not be able to cross the Tuoyun Pass."
The difficulty of flying birds in Tuoyun Pass is not a place that can be attacked by troops. If it weren't for Shule's lack of precautions, how could Zhang Mai and others be able to deceive the past so easily? If Satuk could have gotten the information earlier and learned of the intentions of the Anxi Tang Army, there would be no need to send a large army, as long as there was an order to fly to the sentry post at the Tuoyun Pass and order them to defend it strictly, I was afraid that the Anxi Tang Army would have to be intercepted and unable to advance and retreat west of the Green Ridge
Although it was a long time ago, Guo Luo couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he remembered the danger in the meantime - it would be terrible if things were like that.
However, Satuk's pace of continuing to go south was slower than Zhang Mai and others expected, among which Guo Shidao's strict defense dragged him down, and later, if Yang Dingbang really did not flee south but went north as Ge Lan said, and deliberately left some clues to let Satuk be fooled, then it must have bought a lot of time for the Tang army.
The Long March of the Tang Army in Anxi has now spread all over the world, and in hindsight, everyone here knows that the Tang Army of Anxi was originally heading south, but as far as Satuk is concerned, it is necessary to think that Zhang Mai dared to go south to take advantage of the rare traces to take Shule - such a bold strategy is beyond the imagination of the vast majority of people, on the contrary, the Tang Army retreated to Xinshaoye City under the condition that it could not hold Talas - such an action is "reasonable", so if Yang Dingbang actually retreated into the Dengxia Valley at that time and left traces, it would have disturbed Satuk's audio-visual even more.
Zhang Mai also thought of this, and was even more grateful to Yang Dingbang in his heart, thinking: "Although we left a secret mark for the broken fathers and brothers, in fact, they didn't plan to follow them from the beginning, and they did a thing to create a condition for us to escape, and even their own lives were not spared for this purpose."
Thinking of this, Zhang Mai felt even more awe for the martyrs who had passed away
At the beginning, the strategy of tossing and flying was very dazzling in the "Anxi Tang Army's Long March Variation", everyone praised Zhang Mai's art of war, but few people noticed that the reason why many strange strategies could be realized was because there were a group of people behind them who actually used their lives as a price If they lacked this spirit as the base, those so-called strange strategies were just on paper
"If General Yang Dingbang is still alive, then no matter how much it costs, we will definitely find them," Zhang Mai secretly made up his mind
In today's world, finding Yang Dingbang is no longer to find a living force, but for a spirit, the dead martyrs can only be remembered, but the heroes who are left behind should be found back to receive the highest respect of Tiance Datang
"And then?" Zhang Mai asked.
In fact, Ge Lan provided very little information, but this little bit of information could vaguely echo and connect with the memories in their hearts, which made Zhang Mai and Guo Luo feel more credible.
Ge Lan said: "After these people entered the desert, Satuq also sent people to search, but the desert is vast, and it is not easy to find a few hundred people. Before anyone could find it, news came from the southeast."
Zhang Mai and the others thought that it was Shule who was in a hurry.
As soon as Satuk heard that Shule had an accident, he couldn't care about General Yang Dingbang, and hurried to Green Ridge. So this matter was never mentioned again, until he was defeated by the marshal and retreated to the Talas region, at this time he thought of colluding with the fire seekers, and he not only wanted to offend the marshal, but also had ambitions for Arslan, so he also had a strategy against Broken Leaf from a very early age. ”
"It's from the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River, that is, the old site of the new Broken Leaf City, to invade the east and disturb Arslan." Guo Luo said, "Then he pretended to be my Tang soldier and said that General Yang Dingbang was invading the lower reaches of the Shaye River." ”
"No, that...... Not entirely fake. Ge Lan said: "Actually, this is what I learned later, it turned out that Satuk secretly ordered Huo Lan, with some Heavenly Sect preachers and elite people, into the fire search, and led the fire search people to the upper reaches of the Broken Leaf River, but met the rest of the Tang army there. ”
Yang Zhuo snorted and said, "Could it be ......?"
"It must be like that, if what you say is true." Shi Ba said: "It is impossible to stay for a long time in the valley under the lamp, General Yang has not been able to go south, so he can only return north." ”
Ge Lan said: "The sin general also guesses like this, but there is not much news that the sin will get, and some of it is just speculation, but what I just said is true, and there is no half a lie." ”
Guo Luo said in his heart: "The so-called groundless wind must have a reason. Uncle Dingbang led the rest of our army to wander in the upper reaches of the Shaye River, and must have marched eastward to harass and plunder, and Satuk later took advantage of this to take the opportunity to play the banner of the rest of the Tang cavalry. However, the number of people taken away by Uncle Dingbang is not large, and without the help of the Zheng family, the repair of weapons and other weapons is very problematic, this team is only afraid that it will shrink more and more, and when he meets Huo Lan, he has the elite of Satuk plus the fire to find people, then Uncle Dingbang must not be an opponent. ”
Zhang Mai also had the same idea, and hurriedly asked: "How happened to General Yang Dingbang after meeting Huo Lan?" ”
Ge Lan said: "I heard that the two sides met near the ruins of New Broken Leaf City and fought, and the situation was unfavorable to General Yang......
The generals also guessed that if there was a war, Yang Dingbang would definitely not have a good result, and Yang Zhuo shouted: "Then my Uncle Dingbang can ...... Are you alright? ”
But he heard Ge Lan say: "Although Huo Lan was victorious, General Yang Dingbang was very alert, and even let him retreat and retreat further north. Until recently, I heard from some nomadic tribes in the mountains and forests that there seemed to be a group of people moving among the mountains, forests and grasslands more than a thousand miles away, but they did not dare to get too close to the fire and seek the sea, and did not dare to come back, but gradually turned to the northwest. ”
"Further north?" Yang Zhuo shouted: "The New Broken Leaf City is already a bitter cold place, if it is further north, then it will ......"
A look of worry crossed his face.
After letting Ge Lan go down, Zhang Mai consulted with the generals again, and after everyone carefully scrutinized Ge Lan's words, they all said: "This Ge Lan doesn't look like lying, but if he doesn't lie, then General Yang is only afraid that he will be more auspicious now." ”
Zhang Mai said, "No, General Yang should still be alive." He didn't speak loudly, but in a slow tone, giving the impression that he had full confidence
"Is the marshal saying that Uncle Dingbang is still there?" Yang Zhuo said.
"Yes, it must still be there" Zhang Mai said: "The further north of the new Broken Leaf City is also a bitter cold place, and the further north you go, the worse the environment becomes, and you can't support many people." But don't forget, after General Yang Dingbang was frustrated several times, there will definitely not be many men and horses under his command, and if there are hundreds of people, relying on the mountain and forest resources in the north and all the abilities of General Yang Dingbang himself, the chance of survival is very great. But because they've been isolated for so long, they may not know we've risen, so they haven't returned. ”
Hearing this, several Lingxi generals stood up almost at the same time, and said in unison: "Marshal, please allow me to take a group of men and horses to the northwest to search, and I must take back General Yang Dingbang."
Zhang Mai was silent, others may not know what the situation is further northwest, but he knows.
"You won't be careless, let's get there......"
That cold Eastern European Loba Continent is not yet the direction of Zhang Jinjun's troops, and the current gathering point of the contradictions between the Tiance and Tang armies lies in the east and the river, and the northwest direction, and there is no motivation to go there.
But now it's different.
If Ge Lan hadn't lied and Yang Dingbang hadn't gone far, then he would have heard about the conquest of Lingxi by Tiance's Tang Army at this time, as long as they heard about it, what else could stop them from returning east? The only explanation is that they were so far away that they were cut off from the news.
If we use the geographical concept of later generations, the new Broken Leaf City is already located in the west-central part of Asia, and further west and north, it is the junction of Asia and Europe - if we go further, there is another vast plain, and a civilization that is at the opposite extremes of China, if Yang Dingbang really goes to Europe......
It wasn't enough to send a few hundred people to find him, and the search would be extremely difficult.
However, for the lost brothers, for the lost heroes, how can the Tiance Tang Army ignore them?
"Europe? USSR? Russia? Zhang Mai's world history is only worse than China's history, but he also vaguely remembers that Eastern Europe in this era should not be such a powerful country - at least the polar bear that dominates the world in later generations has not yet risen, that is, if Yang Dingbang really went to Europe, then he and the search team had to face just a group of barbarians.
With the rotation of his thoughts, Zhang Mai gradually had an idea, of course, the strategy of the army cannot be changed because of Yang Dingbang's matter, but the thing Yang Yi said may be able to make arrangements based on this.
"Volga, ah......" no one could hear the river that came out of his mouth.
And at this time, a young general stood up.
It's Yang Zhuo.
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