While marching all the way, Datang's legion is not alone, the Yangwei army has always been active in it, and the family clans who participated in it last time formed a team to follow it again, buying booty and prisoners in the hands of soldiers, providing grain and grass to the army, and even participating in plundering operations, making a lot of war profits.

The Tang Dynasty is progressing smoothly, the soldiers are inexplicably excited, feeling that the Tubo people are nothing more than the same, and even feel that the speed of advancement is a little slow, but the generals of the Tang Dynasty are dignified, steady and steady, slowly advancing slightly, sending troops in late August, just over a month, has advanced to the hinterland of Tubo, and now the first army is attacking Yubencheng, the second road army will be in Bowo, and the other two roads capture Doma, ready to send troops to the same area of the original sheep, and sweep the Tubo in a state of overwhelming momentum.

At this time, Liu Yuan led the Yangwei army under his command, on a high ground outside Bowo City, condescendingly watching the two armies play against each other.

As a special operations force, the Yangwei Army does not need to participate in the task of attacking fortifications, and Liu Yuan does not plan to put his troops into such a meaningless white-knuckle battle.

"General, take a saliva." Hou Jun handed a sheepskin bag to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan took a few sips, then threw the leather bag back to him, and then said with a smile: "Why, seeing others attacking the city, my heart moved?" ”

"That's not it" Hou Jun said with a smile: "Just a wave of waves, so many people have been dispatched, so many generals and veterans have been dispatched, even if they go, they can't share much credit, it's better to take a look, the two armies are facing each other, we are watching from the sidelines, see how they attack and defend, these are very important experiences, rare." ”

Big chickens don't eat fine rice, and they can't look down on this little credit, Liu Yuan patted him on the shoulder, nodded and said, "Yes, you can take a look at the demeanor of the famous general." But don't get your hopes up too much, the final battle isn't yet to come. ”

It is easy to see in the clairvoyant eyes that the people in Bowo City are not well prepared, the determination of the Tubo soldiers is not very resolute, and the people in the city have already retreated, that is, some soldiers are also packing up their retreating bags, giving Liu Yuan a feeling: These Tubo people will break through at any time.

Hou Jun nodded and said, "Indeed, these Tibetan soldiers are not in love with war, and many times they retreat at the touch of a button. The army of the Tang Dynasty has been in Tibet for more than a month, and Tubo has not had a decent attack, let alone any bloody battles, but General Hou and General Cheng Lao are really calm, and they are fighting steadily all the way. Don't rush or get bored, move slowly. I'll be the manager. By now, it has already reached the city of Logos. ”

"If you are the boss, then the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty who entered Tibet are in danger." Liu Yuan said lightly: "Now both sides are doing it on purpose, just wait, the Armageddon will come." ”

The subordinates understood that the general's meaning was that Tubo deliberately enlarged the entry of the Tang army. Retreat all the way and lure the enemy deep, anyway, they have nothing to grab, luring the Tang Dynasty's army into the hinterland. Bloody battles again, lengthening our battle lines and supply lines, so that they have more opportunities, and the generals are holding steady and deliberately slowing down the speed of the attack, so that they can also keep the formation and logistics open, right? ”

Liu Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, it can be regarded as borrowing the strategy of Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms, beating the drum heavily, advancing slowly, solving it at one time, and minimizing hidden dangers, so that it will save a lot of effort in the future." ”

Heavy drumming, light advance is Cao Cao's pacification of Liangzhou a strategy, big fanfare but slow march, its purpose is to let the enemy have enough time to transfer troops, concentrate troops, and then clean them up in one fell swoop, lest after the big battle, there are too many remnants, even if it is captured, it has to spend a lot of effort to deal with those fish that slipped through the net, it was aimed at Liangzhou at that time, but now it is also suitable for raising the army, so that Songtsen Gampo can gather the forces he can gather, annihilate in one fell swoop, and annihilate those counter forces in one fell swoop, so that the goal of long-term peace and stability can be achieved.

Hou Jun said with some emotion: "Fighting a war is really not a simple thing. ”

"It is not only not a simple matter, but a profound knowledge, which not only includes the training and establishment of the army, the cooperation and use of the arms, but also takes into account factors such as time, location, people, etc., and finally it is necessary to study a country's economic and logistical supply capabilities, and sometimes it also needs a little luck, and there are many things to learn." Liu Yuan also said with feeling.

Guan Yong also came over at this time, and said a little strangely: "General, didn't the Apo clan take refuge in our Tang Dynasty?" Why haven't I seen any movement from him yet? ”

"There are good goods in hand, and there must be a good time to sell them at a good price, I wanted to enlarge the Tang army's entry into Tibet when we were in a standoff, and finally defected, but I didn't expect Apo. The order received by the color is to retreat, not to fight hard with the army of the Tang Dynasty, this is not the best time to expose your identity from time to time, just wait. ”

"There are strange things every year, especially this year" Hou Jun said with some puzzlement: "Tubo is a nomadic people, good at field warfare, and the Tang Dynasty lives in the Central Plains, very experienced in siege, this Tubo soldiers put such a vast plateau do not use, but shrink into this city and the Tang Dynasty to attack the city, it is really a strange thing." ”

Tubo is good at field warfare, and the offenders usually avoid the high and strong cities with high city walls, and can only go to some market towns and villages to plunder, and rarely offend the interests of the big family, that is, there is a loss, and it is not a big loss, and the second is a little bit of a small fight, so the authorities and privileged classes of the Tang Dynasty do not attach much importance to it, plus Li Er has the idea of Taoguang and obscurity, so Tubo has committed bloody crimes on the border of the Tang Dynasty one or two times, and then two or three times.

Liu Yuan thought for a while, and said lightly: "It is estimated that it is an attempt by them, I want to see the power of the Tang Dynasty's fortification, as well as what kind of strength they can achieve in defending the city, look at it, the good show is ahead." ”

The two nodded.

While the three of them were talking, Yu Chi Baoqing walked briskly and said with some embarrassment: "General, Miss Shama asks to see her, and with her, there is also Queen Subi. Polly's envoy, the little queen Subi. Emma. ”

Little Queen?

Liu Yuan pursed his lips, with some contempt in his heart, there was only an empty shelf left in Subi, according to the information obtained, they were only about 5,000 people, far from the tens of thousands of horses they said, mainly because the previous Queen of Subi was brutal and ruled without a way, and after Subi was conquered by Songtsen Gampo, the Subi people followed Songtsen Gampo to expand their territory. Attacking the city and grabbing the land, he has achieved great honor and interests, and he has been assimilated unconsciously, where to go back to the old road, so strengthening the strength is just an empty word.

Although there are only a few thousand people, there are still big and small queens, Jin Zan and all kinds of officials are also available. Polly loves the one that stands on top.

It's a pity that not everyone is respectful to the so-called queen, just like Liu Yuan. The attitude towards her is average.

"Biography." Liu Yuan only hesitated, but agreed.

That Subi. Polly doesn't care, but Shama's face still has to be given.

After some politeness, Liu Yuan asked directly: "Two, now is an extraordinary time. I don't know what to do with Liu? ”

didn't bother to ink with them, although Liu Yuan was faintly aware of their intentions. But let's get straight to the point.

Sharma was silent. Silently staggered two steps, that Subi. Emma said anxiously: "General Liu, please send troops to support our Subi clan." ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"We waited according to the agreement, after the Tang army marched into Tibet. It was in the rear that it was supposed to be in the area of Sun Boru, but the Yangwei army assassinated General Zanpo, thus attracting the attention of Tubo. Sent a large number of troops to search, after inadvertently exposed, they frantically attacked us, and could only fight in the same area of Yang, but the army of Tubo has been biting to the death, the pressure is huge, but the progress of the army of the Tang Dynasty is slow, general, we can't hold it anymore, not only our Subi clan, but also many other forces that echo the Tang Dynasty, are also in danger, please ask the general to pull me. “

No wonder there are fewer and fewer people at the front, and the front line is so lax, it turns out that it is concentrating on those rebel forces.

This kid is ruthless enough, first stabilize the situation, clean up the troubles, and then concentrate on dealing with foreign enemies.

Liu Yuan looked at Subi. Emma glanced at it, shook her head and said, "Little queen, you can also see that the plan can't keep up with the changes, and Liu can't do anything." ”

"General, general, you can't be untrustworthy, didn't we say it at the beginning?"

"Liu Mou has always made a promise, when did he lose his word?" Liu Yuan's face sank and asked coldly.

Subi. Emma bit her red lip lightly, and then whispered: "I said that Datang was responsible for attracting the main force of Tubo and asked me to wait behind the emptiness of Tubo to enclose the ground, but, but"

Liu Yuan looked at Su Bi. Emma, not bad, a clean little girl, clean, beautiful, temperamental, has a feeling of a girl next door, with an anxious look on her face, it seems that they were bullied by Songtsan Gampo a lot, it is true that the individual is too insignificant compared to the state machine, Tubo is not as weak as she imagined, and there were no major casualties in the war with the Tang Dynasty, cleaning up some people who took the opportunity to jump is easy for Songtsan Gampo, this girl looks very clever, why is the idea so simple?

"This is a mistake, Datang and Tuyuhun have invested a total of more than 200,000 troops, and in less than two months, they have swept more than one-third of the land of Tubo, Liu did not lie to you, as for why Songtsen Gampo gave up resistance, or passive resistance, and specifically dealt with you, the little queen has to ask him himself."

Liu Yuan looked at Su Bi. Emma continued: "Besides, Liu and your queen agreed, how much territory can she hold, then she can get half of the land and population as her fiefdom, but she did not promise her protection, if you want to get more land and population, it is necessary to use strength, not by mouth, if this is the case, we still need to protect, then why do we need to use you?" ”

"But General, can you advance faster? Songtsen Gampo is frantically purging, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that if it's too late, we will all be defeated by him."

"Liu can't wait to come to some cities today, but you also know that the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass will move first, and the grain and grass will be transported from Datang to Tubo, the road is far away, and it can only be fought steadily, if the little queen can solve the grain and grass problem for us, then the iron cavalry of Datang can advance quickly."

"This" (To be continued......