The large army went all the way to the west.

Out of Gyeonggi Road, along the border of Qizhou and Longzhou all the way to the west, through Wudu County, arrived at Jincheng County, Lanzhou after more than ten days, I don't know what the reason, Tubo did not have the idea of taking Jincheng County, Qin Huaidao took a large army into the city to rest, all the way to eat and sleep, the sun and the moon, the team was exhausted, and urgently needed to rest.

The governor stationed in Jincheng County was single-handedly promoted by Li Jing back then, so naturally he would not be embarrassed, settled everyone down, and provided a batch of grain and grass supplies.

Jincheng County and Xining, Wuwei County form a triangle, Xining is the bridgehead to the north of Tuyuhun, there is a large army stationed, and you can transfer troops to support at any time, it is not easy to attack, even if you take it, it will fall into three sides of the encirclement, Qin Huaidao and Li Jing, Cheng Yanjin deduced and decided to give up.

After resting for two days, the large army continued to march westward and went straight to Wuwei County.

Wuwei County has been recaptured by the imperial reinforcements, but this position is too dangerous, to the west is Zhangye County, there are 100,000 troops of Tubo to defend it, to the south is Xining and Fu'ai City is at an angle, there are Tubo and Tuyuhun coalition forces eyeing the tiger, the imperial army can only be on the defensive and waiting for further support.

Stubborn Sili was ordered to support, and after a long attack on Zhangye County, he suffered heavy losses, and had to withdraw his troops from Wuwei County, and heard that Qin Huaidao was coming, and excitedly took his subordinates out of the city for ten miles to greet him, and shouted when he met: "Hahaha, King Han, you can be regarded as looking forward to you, and take your brothers to clean up those Tubo dogs." ”

Thinking of the beginning of following Qin Huaidao to conquer Goguryeo, the battle was called a cool, and thinking of the current grievances, the expectations in my heart are even higher.

Qin Huaidao stopped, looked at the stubbornness that had obviously aged for a few years, and was also full of emotion, and asked, "Old general, are you ...... I'm getting older. ”

"There's no way, I'm worried, Lao Tzu has never fought such an aggrieved battle." Stubbornly said depressedly, and immediately said hello to Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin, wondering, what are these two people doing here?

Li Jing returned the salute and said with a smile: "An Guogong, your department is good at riding and shooting, coming and going like the wind, Tubo can't defend the city, it's really difficult to wait for you, what's the situation in Tubo now?" ”

"Wei Guogong, this is?" Zhi Sili asked rhetorically, he had not received the holy decree, and he was not sure of Li Jing's origin, so he naturally would not easily reveal the military situation.

"Just ask." Li Jing smiled and stopped talking.

Cheng Yanjin said unhappily: "If you ask you, tell the truth, so much nonsense." ”

I didn't answer the phone, they were all national princes, and they would not be inferior, they looked at Qin Huaidao, and had a heartfelt respect for Qin Huaidao, and made an invitation: "King Han, let's go to the city." ”

Cheng Yanjin was suddenly annoyed and wanted to get angry, but was glared back by Li Jing.

Qin Huaidao didn't pay attention to this detail, and walked side by side with Zhi Zhi Si Li, while asking about the battle situation, Zhi Zhi Si Li knew everything about Qin Huai Dao, and he said everything, Li Jing followed behind and listened carefully.

After some talking, Qin Huaidao learned that the battle situation was worse than expected, in addition to the 100,000 Tubo army in Zhangye County, there were 50,000 in Xining, there were 50,000 in Fuai City, and there were also 50,000 Tuyuhun tribal cavalry in Xiping County in front of Xining, and 30,000 Tuyuhun tribal troops were also stationed in the three places of Cihan, Xunhua, and Douhe along Xiping County.

This means that there are 240,000 troops of the Tubo and Tuyuhun coalition army west of Wuwei, plus Zhangye County, the total strength of the enemy is as high as 340,000, and there are more than 100,000 reserves in Tuyuhun City in the rear, plus other adjustable forces, the Tubo and Tuyuhun coalition army rushed to 500,000.

Zhifu Sili only brought 10,000 forbidden troops, 30,000 government soldiers from various states along the way, plus the original border army of Jincheng County, the total strength is only 50,000, and it would be good to be able to hold it.

The disparity in strength is too great for the coalition forces to deal with, and once the Turkic army is killed, the consequences are even more unimaginable.

Qin Huaidao inquired about the details, while thinking about countermeasures, the Turks suddenly sent troops, even if they took Zhangye County, it was not safe on the way to the west, and a large number of people and materials who followed could not rush to Hanzhou safely, and they needed to be escorted.

Unconsciously, the large army came to the gate of Wuwei County, the eyes were in ruins, there was no hope on the faces of the soldiers, the earthen city wall was full of devastation, and there were many arrows that had not been cleared, and the ground was stained with blood.

The arrival of the large army also attracted the attention of the defenders in the city, and they came out to watch, and when they saw that there were only a few thousand soldiers and horses, the disappointment in their eyes was even stronger.

Stubbornly lost his strength and settled everyone in a school field, arranged for people to prepare meals, and brought Qin Huaidao and other important people to a restaurant to set up a banquet to catch the wind.

After the meal, everyone stayed in the guest room of the restaurant.

Qin Huaidao settled the involution, came to a private room for receiving guests, let people come in Li Jing and Cheng Biting Jin, spread out the map, on the oil lamp, the three of them gathered together to discuss countermeasures, the enemy is outnumbered, the situation is dangerous, the more you move forward, the more difficult it is, every step must be cautious.

After discussing for a while, Li Jing suddenly changed his words and sighed: "Virtuous nephew, there are 100,000 troops in front of you to intercept it, there are hundreds of thousands of coalition troops on the side of the couch, Wuwei County is like a torrent reef, it may be submerged and collapsed at any time, the situation is worrying, there are no soldiers and no generals, the old man has nothing to do, what do you have to do to solve it?" ”

Qin Huaidao pointed to the north of Wuwei County on the map and said: "Shibo, if the Turks make a detour, avoid Longyou Road, and kill from the grassland in the north, then Wuwei County will face a three-sided encirclement, and it will definitely die." ”

"Shhhh

Li Jing gasped, he really didn't think about this problem, he quickly looked at the area north of Wuwei County, and said solemnly: "Tubo stuck Zhangye County, it can be regarded as cutting off the waist of Longyou Road, Tubo and Turkic are not friends, cooperation is just to take what they need, Tubo has no reason to let the Turks in, so the Turks are most likely to attack from the north, and may even take Lanzhou directly, and it is necessary for the nephew to worry." ”

"Won't the two tigers fight?" Cheng Yanjin wondered.

Li Jing said solemnly: "No, if I guess correctly, Tubo only needs Longyou Dao and Tuyuhun, once they succeed, they will be stuck in Yumen Pass and Wudu County, and they will be impregnable, so that the Turks and our dynasty will fight, and it is best to lose both, and the Turks will rely on their strong strength to attack Chang'an from the north, and even if they fail, they can recover the Eastern Turks. ”

It is worthy of a generation of military gods, and he thinks of a lot in an instant, far away.

Qin Huaidao heard that it made sense, his eyes swept around the map, and he said: "The Eastern Turkic rebellion has only been calmed down for a short time, and it can't withstand a big war, a large number of troops in our dynasty have been pinned down by Tubo, and they have no time to support the northern grasslands, and the Western Turks have a high chance of winning. ”

"Dongdong, Dongdong!" There was a knock on the door.

"Uncle, An Guogong is here." Luo Wu's voice rang out outside.

"Please come in!" Qin Huaidao responded.

It didn't take long for him to come in a hurry, carrying some sauce beef and a jar of wine, and said when he entered the door: "King Han, I didn't drink well just now, I want you to drink again, yo, the two princes are also there." ”

"I'm looking for you." Qin Huaidao said, motioning for Luo Wu to bring a stool.

"Something?" Obsessed with curiosity asked.

Concerning the fate of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Huaidao did not hide his selfishness, he said the judgment just now, and he became anxious when he heard it: "In this way, my tribe is in a catastrophe, no, I have to send a message back to Chang'an." ”

The tribe that has lost its thinking power is in the northern grassland, and it is normal to worry, Qin Huaidao comforted: "Don't worry, it's not that step yet, it's not too late to send someone back to Chang'an early tomorrow morning, I want to hear your opinion on something, I'm going to attack Zhangye County." ”

"No problem, listen to you, we can fight how you say, anyway, you never fight uncertain battles, and you never endure hardships when you fight." Stubbornly losing his thinking and agreeing, he didn't ask whether the specific tactics were feasible or not, and Goguryeo had a deep understanding of the first battle.

Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin looked at the stubborn thinking force with some surprise - are they so convinced?

"See what?"

Stubbornly looked at Li Jing: "Wei Guogong, you fought well, I used to be the most convinced of you, but after seeing the ability of the King of Han, if you are not afraid of your mind, you are not as good as the King of Han." ”

"Oh, what's the better point? Let's hear it. Li Jing knew that he was obsessed with his upright personality, and he was not angry, but became interested.

"It's not as good as anything, if you don't accept it, just wait and see." Zhi Sili said unceremoniously, looked at Qin Huaidao after speaking, and continued to ask: "King Han, there are still 50,000 troops in Wuwei County, and there are still 40,000 to fight if you throw away the wounded, including 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers, all under your command from me, how do you say how to fight?" ”

"This king is not a commander, are you not afraid that the court will punish you in the future?" Qin Huaidao reminded.