"What the marshal said is that we can't fight with those miscellaneous fish, if it is our own brother, we will not be wronged to die in back-to-back battles, and those miscellaneous fish will fight back-to-back, Lao Tzu would rather have his back against a wall."

"What Lao Qiu said is extreme, we are all cavalry, the land of the Western Regions is originally suitable for cavalry combat, the front is in front and the back is behind, the sky and the earth are at our disposal, and the commander is familiar with the terrain of the Western Regions, we can't eat the enemy today, we will eat it in one bite. Thirty-four thousand brothers are enough, and it would be a great deal to kill him. ”

"The Tubo people are indeed brave, brother, I came from Songzhou, those guys gave a rope and rushed to the city to climb, regardless of the stones and crossbow arrows above their heads, killed one, and then came up, and then killed Lao Tzu's hands were soft, these guys still climbed up along the rope, a tendon, do not cut to death and do not look back. Brethren beware. ”

Listening to the discussion in the military tent, Yun Ye waved his hand, and Lai Chuanfeng bowed and left in a hurry, preparing to take the lead in setting off with his headquarters to find a place for the army to rest.

"Marshal, since these people from the Western Regions have received relief from the imperial court, they should quickly move westward and stay in Talas? Aren't they worried that they won't be able to go west after eating up the relief of the victims? Do they think that our Datang will endlessly supply them with supplies?

It takes more than ten catties of grain and grass to transport a pound of grain to Talas, so what are they planning? “

Yun Ye smiled and said: "This is our job, not only to force the people of the Western Regions to go west, but also to ensure that the Tubo people will not take advantage of the situation, those people go west to the Tang Dynasty A lot of benefits, big cannibals, Tocharian people, Shazha people." We have long coveted the Western Regions, and if we drive these scourges out of Talas and let them enter the borders of Tochar, burning and plundering along the way, it will naturally greatly weaken the strength of the Great Cannibals, as long as the flames of war do not burn on our land. What does it have to do with me in someone else's house, not to mention that after this big change, maybe we can change the status between Tocharo and Dashi Shazha, if we can find an opportunity to break through the green ridge, we can find what we need in Dashi, Tocharo, and Shazha.

We have a big goal, and it is not worth it to lose manpower at the hands of these Tibetans, and we can only fight a positional battle with the Tibetans. This time I don't want to use cavalry to assault first, and I will only send cavalry after we have guaranteed that we can effectively kill and injure most of the Tibetans. If you can kill an enemy with a weapon, try not to use hand-to-hand combat. “

"The marshal is right, if we want military merit, we can only find it from the big cannibals, Tocharians, and Shazha people, and from now on we will take the credit of the gate. The children's luck needs to find a reason from these three places. So I don't dare to relax. ”

After discussing the tactics, the generals began to prepare in an orderly manner, and each led the team to slowly press towards the mountain pass. The fifty-mile road took a day to arrive, and Lai Chuanfeng, who arrived early, had already set up a camp, and the baggage camp even had dinner ready, which was the first hot meal the army had eaten in these days.

The desert landscape is so varied. On the other side of the mountain, the yellow sand is full of devastation, but on this side of the mountain is green grass, the high summit is covered with snow, and a small river flows through the foot of the mountain. Yun Ye knew that this river was called the Tarim River, but now it was called the Sihun River.

The river is the result of melting mountain snow and has been diverted countless times in the desert to become a mysterious river. Every spring and summer when the water is abundant, it will flood in the desert, and each flooding will bring an oasis to the desert, it is like an irresponsible mother, once tired of feeding these oases, it will choose the river again, continue to wander in the desert, continue to breed new oases.

Yun Ye's army after a thorough rest by the river for three days, then went north along the Sihun River, no need to cross the river, just need to walk along the river, both sides of the river are full of tall and verdant poplar trees, they grow so huge, so that the whole army marches in the thick shade, this is the best road, feet on the soft ground, soft as if walking on the carpet, Wangcai's favorite thing to do is to roll on the land, four hooves to push towards the sky, it can be seen that it likes it very much.

There is a constant clanging of bowstrings, there will always be a rabbit or pheasant or antelope being carried out of the grass by the sergeants on the periphery, this is their last indulgence, once the Peacock River is crossed, the army will go to drive all those Tubo people into the desert, Yun Ye does not think that the army that has entered the desert without any preparation will have a chance of survival.

Since you want to snipe me at the exit of the desert, don't blame me for driving you all into the desert and dying of thirst. If you don't want to go through the Dina Pass, you can only pass through Baiyang Plain like Yun Ye, or take a detour in the desert for a month and a half from Yuli Country back to the Peacock River. Yun Ye didn't think that those Tubo people would be able to hold out in the desert for a month and a half without water.

After walking on the boulevard for two days, it was once again exposed to the scorching sun, which made everyone feel unprecedentedly uncomfortable. The warriors who did not call in the Aries Plain are crying out here.

Shanshan City by the Peacock River, after more than ten days of fighting, finally calmed down again, Qu Zhuo opened the door of the store that had been closed for half a month and started to do business, the blood stains on the street have been covered by yellow sand, some big men wearing leather armor, announcing the order of the new city lord from door to door.

The tax was increased by two percent, and the people of Shanshan City finally fed the previous city lord into a fat pig, and the tax rate was restored to normal, and now there is a hungry wild boar, his hungry belly, waiting for the people of the whole city to feed him into a fat pig again.

Qu Zhuo habitually brought clean water from the well, put four small wooden basins on the small table, he filled each basin with water, and waited for the whole family to wash their faces together, the children had been nesting in the hole for too long, and the little faces were dirty, and they habitually held the two children for a while, and then put them on the edge of the basin, and the father and son were ready to stuff their heads into the wooden basin to see who held their breath for a long time.

This is the happiest time in their family, as long as Qu Zhuo shouts to start, the two children will immediately put their heads into the basin, Qu Zhuo slowly washed his hands and faces, and found that the children were about to hold back when they put their heads into the basin, and held back for a while before raising their heads in the admiring gaze of the two sons, and then told the children the essentials of holding their breath, coughed and started their day's work in the laughter of the cocoon girl.

Today he is still ready to do this, the child is getting older and older, and more and more intelligent There are not a few years to deceive, just when his eyes swept over the wooden basin, he found that there were ripples on the calm water, his face suddenly changed greatly, he fell to the ground and listened to his ears for a while, then he screamed, clamped the two inexplicable children, and yelled at the cocoon girl who was looking around, "Hurry up, there is a brigade of cavalry coming."

It's still the same, Qu Zhuo locked his wife and children in the hole, he quickly came to the front yard, and blocked the door tightly, he didn't know if it would be useful, he just hoped it would be useful.

A horizontal knife was turned out of the pyre by him, his face turned pale, he understood, this time it may be difficult to escape, the large force of cavalry may only be those Tubo people guarding the Dina Pass, they are the real beasts, they not only rob money, food, women, they also like to kill, slaughtering the city has always been their favorite thing to do, after the army, there will only be a blank land behind them.

The earth began to tremble, and Qu Zhuo felt even more desperate, there were at least 10,000 cavalry with such might. Lying in the crack of the door, he saw the new city lord kneeling on the ground trembling as if he was sifting chaff, there was no need to hide, there was no point in hiding in front of such an army, whether it was escaping or resisting, the final result would not make a difference.

Not only did the city lord come out of the city lord's mansion and kneel on the ground, but the rest of the residents of Shanshan City also walked out of their homes with their children and daughters, and put their heads in the sand, hoping that those people outside the city would be merciful and kill fewer people.

Many people were crying, and the eyes that were not tearing were also empty, everyone was waiting for those people outside the city to come in, Qu Zhuo gritted his teeth, pushed open the door and walked out, since there was no possibility of living today, he didn't want to kneel and wait for death like these people, he tied the handle of the knife to the palm of his hand, hoping to die in battle instead of being slaughtered.

"Qu Zhuo, what are you going to do?" The lord yelled at him in a hoarse voice.

Qu Zhuo took a deep breath, tried hard not to let his legs tremble, and squeezed out a smile that was even uglier than crying and said to the city lord: "City lord, I'm sorry, I'm a Tang person, I can't die on my knees, I can only die in battle!" ”

The city lord wanted to say something more, but the trembling of the earth actually stopped, and only a stream of scorching smell wafted in with the wind from outside the city gate, which was the smell of war horses, and every Shanshan person was extremely familiar with it.

Qu Zhuo regretted it a little, why didn't he put that leather armor on? It cost me fifteen silver coins to buy it, it's a waste, it's too late now, so be it.

"I am Qu Zhuo, who dares to fight with me!"

When this sentence got into Qu Zhuo's ears, he almost couldn't believe that this was what he shouted, he had been suffering all his life, and he was still suffering after becoming an official, he couldn't glorify his ancestors, he could only walk in the dark, it was too much of a loss, his name needed to be remembered, at least the person who was going to kill him must be remembered, so he took a deep breath, gathered enough strength and roared loudly.

"I am Qu Zhuo of the Tang Dynasty! Who dares to fight me? (To be continued......)

PS: Section 3