Three days later, at noon.

The sky is high and the clouds are wide, and the cool breeze is blowing.

In a valley, the army marched slowly, out of breath, without blushing, and for three consecutive days, the soldiers had basically adapted to the alpine climate and were in good spirits.

A scout galloped over and said a few words to Duan Zhan, and from then on, Duan Zhan did not delay, came to Qin Huaidao and said: "My lord, the scouts who scattered out found that there was a hidden valley ahead, and there was a gang of horse bandits in it, more than two hundred people, the mountain bandits have always been vigilant, and they will arrange secret sentinels to be vigilant around, so we have to detour." ”

Qin Huaidao was about to agree, and encountered many tribes and bandits along the way, in order to avoid exposure, they all chose to detour, and suddenly thought that the brothers had been on the road for three days, and they urgently needed to take a good rest and recover their strength.

As soon as his heart moved, Qin Huaidao immediately said: "Arrange some people, surround them on all sides, take down the den, and then send people to scatter for ten miles around, pull out the secret clothes, don't rush to the road today, take a good rest, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

Duan Zan looked at the large army, although he was in a good mental state, but something would happen after the state, which meant that he really needed to rest and recuperate, and immediately agreed: "Obey the order!" ”

At the sound of an order, a large army broke away from the main force and accelerated its advance.

The main force continued to move slowly, and after half an hour came to a hidden valley, surrounded by mountains, only a narrow canyon could enter, the canyon was a ray of heaven, fortunately the carriage could pass, but there was a cave in the valley, the waterfall splashed, the grass was lush, and there was a huge cave, which could be called a paradise.

The attacking troops were carrying the corpses of the mountain bandits, and Duan Zan came over to report after understanding the situation: "My lord, none of them have missed the net, there is a big pit in the cave, just to throw the corpses, and there are also some food, cattle and sheep and biological supplies hidden, which are enough for the army for three days." ”

"How many horses are there?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"More than 300 horses, some were wounded in battle, and more than 200 can be used."

"It's still not enough, our war horses on the plateau can only be transported, they can't run fast, they must ride horses from Tibet, take your time, equip all the horses to the scouts, increase the number of scouts, starting tomorrow, the scouts will be scattered for twenty miles, the army needs to march in a hurry, take a good rest today, remember, the water must be boiled before drinking, who dares not to obey, military law is engaged." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Duan Zan didn't understand why Qin Huaidao repeatedly emphasized this, but he ordered Rushan to hurry up and make arrangements.

"Let's find a place to rest." Qin Huaidao looked at Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui nodded, the road was opened, and the group came to a thatched house and stopped, the carriage gathered together, half of the people stayed to guard the carriage, and the other half rushed into the room to clean up and cook on the fire.

Qin Huaidao sat down on a stone at the door of a thatched house, looked at the busy army, and kept issuing orders to Shan Duanzan, and said with a smile: "10,000 people are like an arm, the order is prohibited, orderly, and there is really the style of a father, Brother Xue, learn a little, and you will be able to use it in the future." ”

"There is indeed a set, and I have learned a lot along the way." Xue Rengui said with emotion.

The two chatted with each other, and not long after, a soldier sent three sheep, Xue Rengui asked someone to come over and borrow it, and after the other party left, he asked, "Young master, or roast?" ”

"Let's find something to stew, haven't you eaten enough roast along the way?"

"It's fine." Xue Rengui smiled and arranged to go.

Qin Huaidao took out the map to check, but the drawing standards were too obvious, and he couldn't find his location at all, so he could only roughly estimate, estimating that it would take a month to go around the mountains and mountains, and the road behind him must be accelerated, and he must ensure that he marched at least two hundred miles every day, and strive to reach the royal city within twenty days.

Not long after, Duan Zan hurriedly came over and said, "My lord, when the troops around the search returned, they really found the hidden piles, all of them were killed, and no one escaped, let's really rest here for a day?" ”

"You're worried about death here?" Qin Huaidao saw that the other party was worried, asked bluntly, and after seeing his nod, he continued: "There is no one around, no one has come back, and besides, the whereabouts of our army have not been exposed, and the Tubo army will not come, what are you worried about?" However, be careful, the scout changed into the clothes of the mountain bandits, disguised the mountain bandits and scattered around thirty miles to be on guard, and found that someone was approaching, and killed them directly. ”

"This method is good, and the end will arrange it here." Duan Zhan's eyes lit up and he hurried away.

Xue Rengui came over with a pot of stewed mutton dignifiedly: "Young master, eat some, General Duan is a little timid." ”

"No, he just abides by his duty and comes to ask for instructions, but he actually has a plan in his heart."

"Is that so?" Xue Rengui was a little skeptical, but didn't say anything more.

The two chatted about the journey behind while eating, eating and drinking to their heart's content, and found a random place to lie down and rest.

……

Early the next morning, the army, which had rested for a day, was full of energy, resurrected with full blood, fed and drunk, and set out with the food captured by the mountain bandits, and headed straight for the west.

More than 400 scouts scattered out 30 miles away to reconnoitre, and news came like an assembly line, and the army tried to bypass the tribes and villages encountered along the way.

In order to reduce the risk of exposure, the army marched at night after two days, found a shelter to rest after dawn, and continued to march after dark.

Five days later, the army encountered another group of horse bandits, killed them all, captured thousands of horses, rested for a day in a hidden mountain bandit den, and after recovering their strength, continued on their way, and the terrain ahead became flat and vast, and the speed of the march increased again.

Ten days later, the army was only three days away from the Tubo royal city of Luoqi, and there were more and more large and small tribes along the way.

It was supposed to take only three days, but the army traveled for two more days, and under the cover of night, they marched thirty miles outside the city of Logos, rested in a valley, and waited for dawn.

The battle was about to begin, and a murderous aura permeated the army, indifferent, silent, and the soldiers began to wipe their swords, feed the horses, and prepare for the battle.

Duan Zan took the generals around him, Zhonglang will find him, there will be a big battle at dawn, no one can still settle down, Duan Zan did not hide it, and said directly: "My lord, how to fight this battle?" ”

Along the way, Qin Huaidao didn't say anything about his battle plan, not because he didn't want to say it, but because he was uncertain, there was too little intelligence to make arrangements, Lhasa in later generations had been there, but the city of Luo in this life was not Lhasa, and the ghost knew what the terrain was?

Qin Huaidao understood everyone's mood, and said bluntly: "Tonight, the soldiers have a good rest and recover their strength, I will take someone over to see the terrain in person, and I will decide when I come back, Brother Xue, come with me." ”

"No problem." Xue Rengui agreed.

"My lord, are you going to investigate yourself?" Duan Zan was anxious.

Qin Huaidao interrupted: "The key to this battle, you must go and see it in person, when you return after dawn, the army will be handed over to you, it is dark, no one should come over, someone will come to kill the mouth directly, Brother Xue, go, don't ride a horse." ”

The two left in a hurry and soon disappeared into the night.

Duan Zan and the others didn't know what to say when they saw this scene, they said they weren't responsible, they ran to investigate in person, and said they were responsible, how could there be any reason for the commander of the army to personally investigate, what should I do if something happened?

"Okay, each doing his job, but it's not foolproof tonight, wait for the adults to come back." Duan Zan admonished.

When everyone saw that Duan Zhan said this, it was not good to discuss it again, and they dispersed one after another.

……

On a mountain beam, two black shadows moved quickly, and Xue Rengui, who was following closely behind, couldn't help but say, "Young Master, what did General Duan mean just now?" ”

"They are in a hurry, but they can understand that the army has arrived at the destination, sleeping all the way, and suffering all the hardships, but there is no way to play, it is strange if they are not in a hurry, can they still speed up?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"No problem."

The speed of the two of them increased suddenly, Qin Huaidao was worried about being exposed, so he personally led the way, picked a place where no one was around, and took advantage of the mountain-shaped landform to cover it, and unconsciously came to a hillside, and the front was really open, and a city appeared, which was rammed into mud, but it was built on the mountain, and there was only one way to go up.

There are a lot of earthen city walls built on the periphery of the city, and there are some fortresses, and the terrain is steep, giving people a sense of majesty and solemnity, it is not easy to attack into it, the front of the city is a large open field, and in the distance are some low thatched houses, which are scattered and dense.

Feeling the direction of the wind, it is blowing in the southwest, and there are also slopes in the southeast direction that can be used, the hot air balloon flying up is not a big problem, Qin Huaidao has a bottom in his heart, and continues to observe Luo Some City by the moonlight, while whispering: "Brother Xue, look at the defense in the city, how many soldiers and horses are expected?" ”

"It's hard to judge, but looking at the scale of the city, and considering that there are a lot of nobles in the royal city, twenty or thirty thousand troops are about the same, no matter how much it can be accommodated, this is the royal city, and it has never encountered a foreign enemy, so it is impossible to station too many troops."

"Twenty or thirty thousand?" Qin Huaidao saw that it was about the same as he expected, thought about it, and continued: "Duan Zan knows the situation in Tubo best, he said that the standing army of Tubo is about 500,000, and some time ago because of the capture of Lu Dongzan, he increased his troops by 100,000 in an attempt to deter the Tang Dynasty, so that the border troops reached 300,000, and 200,000 troops were also stationed north of Tubo, and there were still 100,000 troops that should be distributed west of Tubo to prevent a sneak attack from the west. ”

"Isn't it true that 600,000 troops are on the border?" Xue Rengui asked in surprise.

"That's right, the terrain of Tubo is high, the air pressure is low, outsiders are not adaptable, no one can get in, the domestic emptiness is not a big problem, if you are the king of Tubo, you will be deployed like this, and it is a complete waste of troops in the country."

"It makes sense, the 20,000 or 30,000 troops in the city should be forbidden troops, if they are taken, wouldn't they be able to put the high-level Tubo in a pot?" Xue Rengui said excitedly.

Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up, he really hadn't thought about this problem, he was just thinking about bombarding some cities before, forcing the other party to surrender through precise strikes, looking around and reminding, he suddenly moved, and secretly sighed in his heart, this Xue Rengui is worthy of a generation of military gods, with unique vision and great courage, and said with a smile: "Tell me what you think." ”

"Really?" Xue Rengui looked at Qin Huaidao, saw Qin Huaidao smiling and silent, he became bolder, and said excitedly: "When I came, there was a valley, the terrain was dangerous, which was conducive to ambush, let's take a detour to the southwest, and then raise the hot air balloon with the wind, and control the direction after the air attack on the city, you can land in that valley, the enemy will definitely send troops to chase and kill when he sees the hot air balloon, and then it will be a pot." ”

"How many do you expect the enemy to chase?" Qin Huaidao asked.

Xue Rengui heard the sound outside the strings, thought about it carefully, and said with a wry smile: "It's a bit difficult, the enemy can chase out up to 10,000 people, after all, the nobles in the city are also afraid of death, and they will leave a large army, even if they kill 10,000 people, it's useless, they can't take the city." ”

In the end, it was the first time to go to the battlefield, and the heat was still a little worse, Qin Huaidao gave some pointers, and said in a low voice: "What if you attack overnight?" ”

"Overnight attack?" Xue Rengui was taken aback, flying in the night sky was not a joke, but after thinking about it, he was sleeping at night, if he launched a terrorist attack, a large area would be blown up, and the destructive power would be more than twice as strong as during the day.

However, it's useless to kill half of it, and you still can't take it, unless you ......

Thinking of a possibility, Xue Rengui was taken aback: "Young Master, do you mean that the army attacked the city overnight?" ”

"That's right, war, be bold, be bigger." Qin Huaidao smiled with satisfaction.

"Shhhh

Xue Rengui was still frightened by Qin Huaidao's audacity, and asked, "Can it work?" ”

"If you plan it well, of course it works." Qin Huaidao said solemnly, full of confidence, pointing to the surrounding terrain and explaining: "Originally, I only planned to sneak attack from a high altitude and force the opponent to surrender, but this city is not strong enough, and it is unexpected, so it can be used to take them by surprise." ”

"How?" Xue Rengui increased greatly every week, and his eyes were shining, like stars.

"If it is a kind of Xiongcheng like Chang'an, if it can't collapse, it can't be attacked, everything is in vain, and it can only be forced to surrender, but you look at this city, it is all mud and dirt, and it is difficult to attack it normally, but the explosive package can, I overestimated the productivity of Tubo, thinking that it is also a masonry structure of the Xiongcheng." Qin Huaidao said with emotion.

"Barren land, even the level of weapon building is very average, it all depends on grabbing, how can it be possible to build a male city."

"yes, overestimate them, let's go back." Qin Huaidao was overjoyed in his heart, turned around and ran.

Xue Rengui hurriedly followed.

The two of them rushed all the way back to the camp, tired and panting, sat down to drink water, panting, Duan Zan heard the news and hurried over with someone, Qin Huaidao signaled not to ask first, let people bring paper and charcoal, and quickly drew it, everyone gathered around to watch, only to see a picture on the paper, they were all stunned, this Danqing level is incredible!

After the painting was finished, Qin Huaidao hung the picture, erected two torches next to it to illuminate it, so that everyone could see it, picked up a slender stick as a baton, and said solemnly: "Sit down in the front row, stand in the back row, make sure you can see it." ”

Everyone immediately did the same, knowing that the critical moment had come, and became excited.

Qin Huaidao pointed to a position and said: "Leave the baggage troops to guard the supplies, and the army will rush overnight, and come here before dawn to lurk and stand by." ”

Seeing that this location was the closest mountain range to Luo Qi City, it was not a big problem to rush to Luo Qi overnight, and they all nodded, Qin Huaidao continued: "My people will fly to the sky and attack Luo Qi City from the air. ”

"My lord, I'm going to interrupt you, and your people are flying into the sky?" Duan Zan asked incredulously.

"This is a military secret, don't ask too much, listen first." Qin Huaidao refused to explain, too sensitive, too complicated, and continued: "Remember, my people will blow up the entrance of Luoqi City, so that you can kill it, and my people will not attack for too long, so once you attack, you must rush out of the ambush point, and when you arrive, my people will just finish the attack, and you take the opportunity to cover up and kill and take Luoqi City." ”

"What, take it?" Duan Zan was taken aback.

The other generals were also dumbfounded, and they were all stunned for a while.

It's not that everyone is timid, but this matter is too unbelievable, and they will take some cities in one night, who will believe it?

Qin Huaidao frowned and glanced at everyone, and his cold gaze fell on Duan Zhan: "Do you have a problem?" ”

His eyes were like knives, hitting people's hearts, Duan Zan couldn't help but shudder, realized that he was out of shape, and hurriedly said: "My lord, there is no problem, resolutely obey the order." ”

"What about you?" Qin Huaidao looked at the others.

Everyone shook their heads, although their hearts were unconvinced and full of doubts, but they were used to obedience, and no one dared to say it.

How could Qin Huaidao not see through the doubts in everyone's hearts, thinking that everyone needed to fight, and saying something would help improve morale, he asked in a cold voice: "You and others are all battle-hardened generals, Lord Ben asks you, if countless houses in Luoqi City collapse, fires spread, countless casualties, chaos becomes a mess, and the city gate also collapses, can it be taken?" ”

"That's absolutely fine." Duan Zan said solemnly.

"That's right, if there is such a good thing, it will not be wasted." Other generals also took a stand.

Qin Huaidao nodded with satisfaction: "Then let's make a bet, my people are responsible for making some cities into a mess, blowing up the city gates, and you are responsible for taking it, if my people can't do it, you will withdraw the army immediately and return to Chang'an overnight, if you can't do it, military law will do it." ”

"Okay, if the city is in chaos and can't be taken, no need for adults to say, the last general will cut off his own head." Duan Zan said solemnly, his eyes became fanatical, if he really won Luo Some City, it would be a peerless achievement.

Other people also thought of this and became excited, anyway, there is no chaos in some cities, everyone has no big deal to withdraw their troops, and there is no loss, but if it is really a mess, the merit of pouring the sky is at your fingertips, and everyone can leave a name in history.

For generals, isn't it just to expand the territory and leave a name in history? !

At this moment, the morale is boosted!

Qin Huaidao saw that the effect of the radical general was good, and he was determined in his heart, and said solemnly: "This battle should be as fast as lightning, come from Chang'an at the fastest speed, and then take some cities overnight at the fastest speed, therefore, this battle is also called blitzkrieg, whether you can settle the situation in one battle and create a miracle, it depends on you." ”

Later generations of blitzkrieg warfare with the latest high-tech weapons with minimal losses, suddenly, quickly achieve the goal of the war, their own hot air balloons, explosives package compared to Tibet, is also the latest high-tech, but in the end it is a little worse, whether it can hit the enemy like lightning, it depends on the ground forces!

Now that the military heart is available, the chances of victory are much greater, Qin Huaidao solemnly reminded: "Everyone, this battle must be fast, and it must hit the enemy like lightning, so the attack must do a good job of division of labor, how to arrange it for you to agree on your own, after entering the battle, capture more high-level Tubo as hostages, and the team will set off after resting for two hours." ”

The army is not familiar, and it is a wise move to hand over the deployment to Duan Zhan.

Duan Zan nodded knowingly, and solemnly agreed: "Please rest assured, it will be foolproof, but can you give the drawings to the general for deployment." ”

"Take it." Qin Huaidao handed the drawings to the other party absently and added, "In addition, two hundred people need to be arranged to help carry some supplies." ”

"No problem." Duan Zan agreed, and hurriedly went to the Chinese military tent with people.

Xue Rengui asked uneasily, "Young Master, is it appropriate to hand over the command to them?" ”

"No problem, don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people, not to mention that we are not familiar with this army, we don't know the general's personality, ability, etc., it is not good to command rashly, you can also see the ability of General Duan along the way."

"Yes, there is indeed a hand in leading soldiers." Xue Rengui agreed.

"Tell us to go down and rest for an hour before leaving, we have to arrive first."

"Understood." Xue Rengui hurriedly went to make arrangements.

Qin Huaidao sat in the coachman's position, leaning back against the carriage and closing his eyes to recuperate, this battle is like dancing on a tightrope, once he fails, he will face endless pursuit, encirclement and suppression, I am afraid it will be difficult to squint at ease and have to nourish his spirit.

The army gradually fell silent, and everyone closed their eyes and rested.

The moonlight was like water, softly scattered on the faces of the soldiers in the camp, calm and silent.

An hour later, the team woke up, opened the carriage, took out the packages one by one, and lined up with the two hundred people who were arranged by Duan Zan to carry the supplies.

The package is tightly sealed, and I still can't see through what's inside, and there are wooden barrels, and I don't know what they contain, but the stove is not packaged, but everyone is more and more curious, what is the stove doing with the war?

All the supplies were distributed, and the order was given, and they quickly left the camp.

Qin Huaidao didn't have to carry supplies, he walked in front with two swords on his back, accompanied by Xue Rengui and a team, who were responsible for opening the way, and the team walked quickly.

The wilderness was terriblely quiet, but it was late at night, no one came, and the team went well.

Marching all the way, unconsciously came to a hillside, Qin Huaidao felt the direction of the wind, and after making sure that there was no problem, he asked the large army to stop, unload the supplies, and let the team that helped carry the materials return on their own, the hot air balloon and the explosives bag are too sensitive and important, and they must not be easily exposed.

Qin Huaidao gathered everyone together, and by the moonlight, he drew a brief sketch of the city on the ground with stones, and admonished: "Everyone, after a while of liftoff, the flight path cannot be absolutely accurately controlled, and there will be deviations, so I will not name and deploy the mission, everyone is very careful." ”

Everyone looked stunned and pricked up their ears.

Qin Huaidao pointed to the sketch and continued: "At the gate of the city, the fortress hides enemies, the larger rooms may be camps, they are all important targets, whichever is convenient, just blow up, the people living in the low small rooms are not of high value, don't waste the explosives bag, only the top of the city, that is the palace, it can't be fried, the king of Tubo has to keep it as a hostage, otherwise we are very dangerous, and we can't go back to Chang'an, understand?" ”

"Understood." Everyone nodded.

Qin Huaidao felt the wind and advised: "I will fly ahead in a while, you follow me, pay attention to the altitude and speed, and when you reach the sky above Luoqi City, try to control the speed, the slower, the lower, the longer we stay in the sky above Luoqi City, the more we can see the target, but we must maintain the height of an arrow, don't look for death." ”

Everyone nodded their heads and wrote them down.

Everyone in Chashan has done countless simulated attack training, and they all know it in their hearts.

Qin Huaidao explained some details again, everyone took action, opened the package, installed and debugged the hot air balloon, the airbag was full of wind and opened, erected, and almost set fire, and then distributed the explosive package, fire oil, and coke that had been soaked in fire oil and flammable dry firewood.

Ten explosives packets per person, and a hundred people are a thousand.

The royal palace of the city of Les is so big, a thousand explosive bags are dropped, and it is a night attack, there is no reason not to destroy it.

Everything is ready, calculate the time, the large army should also arrive at the designated position, Qin Huaidao said uneasily: "Remember, after the lead is ignited, throw it hard, you must throw all the explosives into the city as quickly as possible, and then follow me, don't fly away, if you fly away and get lost, go to the previous camp to gather." ”

"Obey!" Everyone solemnly agreed.

"Is there a problem?" Qin Huaidao's eyes were like torches, sweeping over everyone.

"Nope." Everyone shook their heads, their eyes determined.

Qin Huai raised his head again, the moonlight is good tonight, the wind is not strong, it is suitable for lift-off, even if it is off, it can correct the direction to keep up, it is not a big problem, and said: "Everyone, this battle will create a precedent for air strikes, there is no one before, you will also become the first person to fly into the sky, and you will be famous in history forever." ”

A gaze became feverish, and the fighting spirit burst out.

"Ignition!"

At the sound of the order, the oil was poured into the coke, and the fire sickle was rubbed, and the sparks splashed and burned.

It didn't take long for the charcoal to burn red, and the flammable wood was thrown into it, and the fire was even bigger.

Hot air balloons soared into the air, like deadly gods and demons flying towards the city.