It is said that victory and defeat are common things for soldiers, but how many people in the world can really face the outcome of defeat calmly, no matter what others do, Bai Suxin asked himself if he could not do this, in the face of the failure of the city and the loss of soldiers, Bai Suxin was so angry that he could not control himself, and he was scratched by the Tang Army's suspicious tactics all night, Bai Suxin was even more angry, and he couldn't wait to immediately send troops to level Gaochang City, but unfortunately the military strength was exhausted at this time, and Bai Suxin was not so mediocre as to take the tired division to attack the city, and he was helpless, can only order the whole army to rest for a day, and the day after tomorrow to attack the city. Of course, the order is the order, but Bai Suxin knows very well in his heart that with his existing strength, he is afraid that he will no longer be able to attack Gaochang, without him, one drum, then drummed and weakened, three drums and exhausted, this is the holy rule of the soldiers, the Qiuzi army that has lost its sharpness can no longer have the courage to attack the city on the first day anyway, it is almost impossible to take Gaochang, unless the defenders make a major mistake, but this hope is too slim, Bai Suxin is not idiot enough to pin his hope of victory on this, therefore, Unwilling to fail, Bai Suxin had to turn his thoughts to other aspects, and after some contemplation, he sent someone to invite the deputy marshal Bai Suyahe to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Dashuai." Bai Suyahe hurried to the big tent of the Chinese army, and as soon as he entered the tent, he saw Bai Suxin with his back to the camp gate, standing in front of a large map hanging behind the commander's position, pondering, couldn't help but hesitate, lightened his steps, stepped forward, and called out in a low voice.

"Oh, Suakh, you've come just in time." Bai Suxin heard the movement, turned around, glanced at Bai Suahe, greeted him very calmly, and made a gesture to sit down.

Bai Suyahe was not polite, grabbed a handful of Mazha and made it, and arched his hand to Bai Suxin: "Is there something important for the marshal to summon the last general?" ”

"Hmm." Bai Suxin replied expressionlessly, did not sit down, and paced back and forth in the Chinese army's tent for a few steps, then paused, glanced at Bai Suyahe and said: "Yi'er, can our army break Gaochang?" ”

Bai Suyahe didn't expect Bai Suxin to ask this question so directly, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he really didn't know how to speak for a while, and his face kept changing.

"Don't worry, but please speak up." Bai Suxin saw that Bai Suyahe had not spoken for a long time, and waved his hand impatiently.

This question is not easy to answer, a careless will have to be buttoned up to shake the heart of the army, Bai Suyahe and Bai Suxin have never been on good terms, but they don't want to have any handle fall into their hands, at this time seeing that Bai Suxin is impatient, and it is not good not to answer, so he considered his tone and said: "Marshal, although the fortified city is urgent and difficult, but the Gaochang garrison is insufficient, it may not be able to last, and it can be ...... slowly."

"Humph!" When Bai Suxin heard all the nonsense that Bai Suyahe said was not very nutritious, he suddenly became impatient, snorted coldly, interrupted Bai Suyahe's words, and said unceremoniously: "There is no need to say such nonsense in front of Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai only asks, do you think this city can be broken?" ”

was reprimanded by Bai Suxin, Bai Suyahe's old face couldn't help but turn red, but he recovered in an instant, coldly glanced at Bai Suxin, who was extremely impatient, took a deep breath and said: "At present, the main force of the Tang army is fighting fiercely with the Western Turks, although there is no news yet, however, it is expected that this battle will not last long, if the Western Turks win, it will not hurt for Gaochang to slowly figure it out, if the Tang army wins, I am afraid that our army will not have much time left." ”

Although Bai Suyahe did not say whether Gaochang could be won, the meaning of the words was very clear, that is, it was difficult for the Qiuzi army to take Gaochang before the Tang army and the Western Turkic army were divided. After a pause, he continued: "Ben Shuai thought that the Tang army should win, but even if it wins, it is destined to be a tragic victory, and he will not be able to save Gao Chang, I am afraid that Li Zhen Xiaoer has already calculated this in advance." ”

"Oh? Why? Bai Suyah didn't expect this, frowned and thought about it, but he was still at a loss, so he had to ask.

"Hey." Bai Suxin smiled and said: "The Tang Army Anxi has only six battalions of soldiers and horses, Li Zhen Xiaoer led five battalions to attack, but put all the battalions in Gaochang, this is not clear is to prevent our army from taking advantage of the situation to take Gaochang, but what is so strange to say, and now Gaochang is in a hurry, but Jiaohe and other places are very empty, if our army takes advantage of the situation to take it, what will happen?" ”

"I'm afraid this ...... is inappropriate?" Bai Suyahe is the deputy marshal, and he knows the overall strategy set by the king of Qiuzi - first take Gaochang, and then quickly send troops to the grassland, and make a situation of flanking the Western Turkic army with the Tang army, so as to force the Western Turks to withdraw, and rely on this to rely on Gaochang's hometown as a reward, which not only limits the development space of the Tang Anxi army, but also forms a three-legged balance situation of Tang, Western Turk and Qiuci Kingdom, and now Gaochang has not yet been captured, but Bai Suxin plans to sneak attack Jiaohe City, which is completely contrary to the will of that classOnce this is the case, the bloody revenge of the main force in the Tang Pass will be summoned - Jiaohe is the location of the Anxi Protectorate, and it is the fundamental place of the Tang Army in Anxi.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Bai Suxin waved his hand and said anxiously: "You also know that the battle between Tang and the Western Turks is only afraid that the victory will be divided soon, before that, if our army can't rush to the grassland, everything will be over, no matter which side wins completely, the next step will be to take my turtle as a method, now Gaochang can go down overnight, if our army is trapped under the fortified city, once things change, won't it be all done?" It's better to fight, take Jiaohe first, and immediately send troops to the grassland, according to the original plan, as for Jiaohe, our army can occupy it, but it will not damage its grass and trees, and after the war, it is not impossible to exchange it with the Tang army for Gaochang! ”

That being said, but once Jiaohe City is broken, how to restrain the rebels? Bai Suyahe asked himself if he didn't have that ability, once the rebels grabbed the addiction and injured the people of the Yue Palace, how could Li Zhen sit idly by and ignore it? In Bai Suyahe's opinion, Bai Suxin's words are just self-deception, he doesn't want to go to this troubled water, but he knows better that Bai Suxin is a stubborn guy, once he makes a decision, others can't be convinced, in desperation, he swallowed his saliva vigorously, pierced his eyes, and quickly used his brain to think for a moment, and then said with difficulty: "If the marshal wants to go, he is willing to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to stay here and monitor the movements of the Gaochang Tang army." ”

"It doesn't have to be such a fuss." Bai Suxin sneered and said: "In the battle the day before yesterday, although our army suffered a lot of losses, the Tang army was just afraid that it would be just as uncomfortable, and it was an indisputable fact that more than half of the losses were lost. My lieutenant? ”

When Bai Suyahe heard this, he finally understood Bai Suxin's true intention of calling himself to talk about a big chase - the country of Qiuzi sent more than 15,000 troops this time, of which 10,000 horses were led by Bai Suxin, and the other 5,000 people were dispatched by Bai Suyahe, the day before yesterday, Bai Suxin thought that Gaochang City would be broken as soon as it was attacked, and in order to grab the merit, most of the troops sent were his own descendants, but he didn't expect that stealing chickens would not lead to a loss of rice, and more than 3,000 people who were lost at once were now planning to seize the troops in Bai Suahe's hands.

The general is a real general if he has soldiers, and a general without soldiers is not a fart, this is a universal truth, no matter when and where it is, the reason why Bai Suyahe can have the capital to confront Bai Suxin is that he relies on the five thousand men and horses under his hands, at this time, listening to Bai Suxin say it so lightly, he planned to pull away most of the troops in his hands, and immediately sank his face, but in the face of Bai Suxin's strength but he couldn't resist hard, after rolling his eyes several times, he reluctantly said: "Dashuai, the Tang army is fierce, If the marshal leaves, the Tang army takes advantage of the weakness to attack, and takes Puchang and Yanqi two cities, cutting off the return of our army, I am afraid that there is an unforeseen danger, and if the last general is a small number of soldiers, I am afraid that he will not be able to stop the Tang army. ”

Since there is an offer, then there is a counteroffer, Bai Suxin naturally knows that the so-called counterattack of the Tang Army is just a lie, but it does not break Bai Suyahe's intentions, without him, in Bai Suxin's opinion, as long as Bai Suyahe is willing to bargain, it can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence in his own command, then Bai Suxin is not very happy for himself, the corners of his mouth curled, and he smiled and said: "This is reasonable, this is good, Ben Shuai left 2,000 men and horses for you, and it is enough to use it." ”

"No, without 4,000 men, the last general is really not sure to cover the back of the army." Bai Suyahe saw that Bai Suxin was about to pull away most of his troops as soon as he opened his mouth, how could he be willing, and hurriedly shook his head and said.

"Two thousand five, that's it." Bai Suxin didn't want to talk nonsense with Bai Suyahedo anymore, so he waved his hand and said: "This commander will immediately lead the army to set off, and this Gaochang City will be handed over to the elder brother, come here, blow the trumpet and gather the generals!" As soon as Bai Suxin's voice fell, the guards outside his tent blew the horn of the general, Bai Suyahe was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't want to say anything more, so he could only retreat to the side, but the resentment in his eyes was very strong.

On February 20, the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, fine, shortly after noon, the Qiuzi army camp outside the city of Gaochang suddenly sounded a tight trumpet, suddenly, the camp door was wide open, a group of cavalry lined up neatly out of the fish, the movement was not small, the Tang army that was originally on the head of Gaochang City was immediately alarmed, the whole army of more than 500 people together with more than 1,000 young people in the city who assisted in the defense all rushed to the city, each holding their posts, a scene of intense preparations, What the Tang army did not expect was that after the army of Qiuzi Kingdom left the camp one after another, it did not rush towards Gaochang City, but went around the city and rushed straight to the direction of Jiaohe.

Seeing that the Qiuci people did not launch a tragic siege battle again, the Tang officers and soldiers at the head of the city were all relieved and thunderous with joy, but in this excitement, He Dacai's face looked extremely bleak, and regardless of what the soldiers around him thought, he turned around and rushed into the city gate tower, strode to Mo Li, who was silently looking at the sand table, and said restlessly: "Mo Changshi, the main force of Qiuci has moved, it seems that it is heading towards Jiaohe, and now there are only seven hundred garrison camps in Jiaohe City, how can it be held, in case it ......, alas, How should this be explained to His Highness? ”

"Oh? That's it! Mo Li raised his head from the sand table, not only did he not have a trace of worry, but seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mo Changshi, what are you talking about? Jiaohe City is in danger! When He Dacai saw Mo Li say this, he was immediately dissatisfied, and hurriedly said.

"Not really." Mo Li smiled indifferently, and said with an unfathomable look: "Jiaohe City is as stable as Mount Tai, but Bai Su's heart is in danger!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" He Dacai thought for a while, but still found nothing, and had to ask suspiciously.

"If Bai Suxin blindly attacks Gaochang, with his strong troops, he may not be able to break through, but it is a pity that after the first battle the day before yesterday, he has been frightened, if he stays here, he may still be able to get a glimmer of life, once the army is sent to the river, it is his own death! His Royal Highness has already made proper arrangements, General He doesn't need to pay attention to this matter, just guard Gaochang, if something is not bad, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow at the latest, is the time for our army to counterattack! Mo Li didn't tell the story, but his words revealed a strong self-confidence, although He Dacai couldn't see which play Mo Li was singing, it can be seen that Mo Li said so surely, he was a lot relieved, so he didn't ask more, answered the promise, walked out quickly, and busily settled his sergeants.

In front of He Dacai, Mo Li's words were extremely certain, but well, it was only used to stabilize the morale of the army, after all, at this time, Gaochang City was besieged, internal and external news was cut off, Mo Li could not be 100% sure that the reinforcements had arrived at the designated position, and there was no guarantee that the battle would definitely go according to plan, of course, at this time, even if Mo Li had a thousand strategies and abilities, he could only sit and wait, facing the large sand table in front of him, Mo Li muttered a place name - Tuoxun River Valley!

Tuoxun, the ancient Turkic language, meaning nine times ten, that is, the meaning of ninety, its name is derived from the Liuding River (the ancient desert inland river, one of the tributaries of the Baiyang River, now dried up) when it flows through the territory of Tianshan County when it suddenly slows down, forming a wide shallow-shaped river channel, the desert is washed out of a river valley that is about more than ten zhang below the desert horizon, the poplar forest by the river is a piece, the green grass is full, and an oasis with an area is not small in the desert, so it is named Tuoxun, which means a wide place, there is a small city, called Tuoxun City, It is the main road that Gaochang must pass through to Jiaohe, but because Zhenguan was destroyed in the battle of Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty in 14 years, it has not been rebuilt so far, and the whole Tuoxun City has no garrison except for more than a dozen households, which is considered a desolate place.

The desolation of Tuoxun City is really not desolate in the ordinary sense - a small city within a radius of nearly ten miles is overgrown with weeds, and there are not even a single intact house, and the only remaining dozen or so families are not actually natives of their hometown, but those wanderers on the grassland who look at this place is barren and populated, and there is no government jurisdiction to disperse here, and the old and young add up to only sixty or seventy people, who generally live on the side of the east side of the city near the river valley, and live by fishing and hunting, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, although the life is relatively stableThese days coincide with the estrus period of the beasts, the beasts gathered in the Tuoxun River Valley are a lot more than usual, and the amateur hunters are very profitable, and the whole city is full of joy, and before it gets dark, they light a bonfire early, and the captured prey is cleaned, and it is cooked in laughter, and the aroma of meat ripples with the smoke of the cooking, dispelling the chill of early spring, It's a pity that the Tuoxons still didn't have the opportunity to enjoy this feast that was extremely rare for them - just as the sun was about to set, a rumbling horse's hooves sounded, and everywhere the smoke and dust passed, a long and invisible cavalry galloped along the Tuoxun River valley, and its speed was very fast, and the Toksuns, who were alarmed by the sound of the march of the army, were first sluggish, and then someone exclaimed on the ruined wall: "The Turtles! Suddenly, the people of the city did not care about the various delicacies they were cooking, nor did they care about cleaning up the little softness in their homes, so they rushed out of the city in a panic, and fled to the depths of the dense forest outside the valley with the old and the young.

The Qiuzi cavalry came quickly, and hundreds of rangers rushed into the city like a whirlwind along the broken city gate, and after the soldiers quickly patrolled around the ruined Tuoxun City, several rangers rode out of the city and rushed towards the large army array parked outside the city, and in front of Bai Suxin, who was sitting firmly on the horse, a leader-like ranger rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, clicked on one knee, and reported in a loud voice: "Commander, no Tang army has been found in the city, and there are no residents, only a few campfires left by a small number of escaped residents, and dozens of game, and the rest were found nothing. ”

"Hmm." Bai Suxin replied noncommittally, raised his hand to signal the ranger to retreat, looked up at the sun in the distance, which had fallen to most of the horizon, and waved his hand: "The whole army will enter the city to rest, and tomorrow the troops will be sent to the river!" As soon as he spoke, he rushed into the ruined city of Tuksun......

As the last trace of the sunset dissipated, the night slowly fell, but the originally desolate Tuoxun City became lively, nearly 10,000 horses crowded in the ruined city was busy, but there was nothing to say, but at the same time, there was a slight commotion in the dense forest outside the city that was originally rampant with wild beasts, although the sound was not too small, but under the cover of the noise in the city, no one could detect it, but a faint murderous aura slowly rose from the dense forest, and it became thicker and thickerTonight's Toxon City is destined to be a sleepless night......

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