Three days later, at noon.

The Hanzhou army came to a stop five miles away from the west gate of Hezhou, set up camp, and was not in a hurry to attack.

Qin Huaidao took the guards to check some distance forward, and saw that the city was densely packed with Tibetan soldiers, one by one, they were stretching their bows and arrows, looking nervously, and the flags were swaying in the wind, crackling, as if they were provoking and declaring war.

At this moment, the gates of the city were opened, and a junior general rushed out, followed by a thousand cavalry.

"Prepare for battle." Luo Wu suddenly shrank and shouted.

The men of the Guards Regiment picked up their crossbows one after another and waited solemnly.

Soon, the young general rushed up a distance, signaled the entourage to stop, and slowly stepped forward alone, not like he had come to fight, Luo Wu signaled that the guards did not make a move, and was on guard.

Qin Huaidao shook the reins, and the horse stepped forward to stop some distance, looking at the other party without saying a word.

The person who came also stopped, looked at Qin Huaidao, and said, "But in front of King Han? ”

"Who are you?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"There are more than the four princes of Tubo, I heard that the king of Han has unparalleled combat power and uses soldiers like a god, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary, I wonder if you can tell me how the third brother died?" The other party asked politely.

Qin Huaidao saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant, confident, calm, and Tang Yu spoke very authentically, revealing a bit of extraordinary, so he said: "Lu Dongzan has cultivated a few good sons, your third brother Zanpo died very miserably, his head was cut off and piled up at the highest place in Jingguan, this time he came over and lost his head, and it is estimated that he was taken away by wild dogs." ”

"You?" The other party's face changed drastically.

Qin Huaidao said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, I will give you the same treatment, for the sake of Lu Dongzan's face, I will give you a chance to choose, where do you want to be buried?" ”

"You are worthy of being the King of Han, and your words are sharp, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so."

The other party was not angry but laughed, looked at the Hanzhou army settled in front of him, orderly, and majestic, and praised: "The Hanzhou army is really extraordinary, but it must be with the great Tubo army, almost meaningless, my father asked me to bring a sentence, as long as you are willing to surrender, the generalissimo of the Tubo soldiers and horses is waiting for the vacancy." ”

"This king doesn't need you to speak, it's just a dead man." Qin Huaidao said unhurriedly, but there was a solemn aura that made people shudder.

"King Han is so determined?" The other party asked unconvinced.

"At the beginning, your third brother also asked this king, go back and eat whatever you want, after tonight, there will be no chance." Qin Huaidao pulled the war horse back, too lazy to talk nonsense with a dead man.

"The city of Hezhou is tall and strong, guarded by a large army, countless grains and grasses, and mountains of feathers and arrows, this prince will see how you break the city." The other party yelled unwillingly, and also turned the horse's head back.

Luo Wu came up and asked in a deep voice, "Uncle, do you want me to lead the troops to chase and kill and enter the city?" ”

"There are too many Tibetan archers, they have already been prepared, and every one of the guards regiment is an elite, so they can't be sacrificed in vain, let's talk about it when we go back." Qin Huaidao vetoed, but there was some emotion in his heart.

The group hurriedly returned and came to the Chinese military tent that had been set up.

Qin Huaidao asked people to inform Fang Yiai, An Guogong, and Luo Ying to come over and prepare to discuss offensive tactics, but they heard the neighing of war horses outside, and soon, Luo Zhang opened the curtain and came in.

"Come quickly, sit down and talk." Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up.

Luo Zhang also sat down by the bonfire, and saw that there was a water bladder by the bonfire, no matter who it was, he picked up a few sips of Meng, and felt more comfortable, so he said: "Uncle, there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jincheng County, and the attack went smoothly, so he left Liu Wei with a division to garrison, and brought the others over directly, and hurried overnight, and it was not too late." ”

A division of nearly 7,000 people, defending the city is not a big problem, unless the other side has explosives bags.

"Five thousand?"

Qin Huaidao was a little surprised, twice as little as expected, quickly spread out the map, and said after thinking for a moment: "The main force of Tubo is in Qizhou, and it is okay to use troops in Qinling, and I learned that there are only two choices for our army to come, one is to return to help, and the other is to bypass Qizhou and raid Chang'an, the latter is more likely, on Qinling's determination to attack Chang'an, how many soldiers and horses do you say will be left in Hezhou?" ”

"There will definitely not be much, it is not easy to attack Chang'an, and you need enough soldiers and horses." Fang Yiai said.

An Guogong thought for a while and said: "But it will not be less, although Tubo and Tuyuhun are allied, they must also be guarded, especially a city like Hezhou must be held in your hands, you see......"

As he spoke, An Guogong picked up a branch and pointed to the three locations on the map, and continued: "Wuwei, Jincheng, and Hezhou are garrisoned by Tubo, which is equivalent to forming a circular defense line in the east and north of Tuyuhun to block Tuyuhun. ”

In the end, he is a veteran, experienced, and has a unique vision, and he will look at problems from the perspective of human nature and interests.

Fang Yiai nodded in approval and looked at Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Zhang.

Luo Zhang said knowingly: "In my opinion, it won't be too much, not too little, about 20,000, in addition, there is another thing that needs to be reported, all the old people in Jincheng County were slaughtered, and the children, young men and women were gone, and they were all taken away as slaves by the Tubo army." ”

"What, these brutes, I'm not done with them." Fang Yiai exploded when he heard it, and he was angry.

The other people's faces also turned gloomy, this is killing the light, robbing the light, it is ruthless enough.

Qin Huaidao didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of coldness when he looked at the location of Hezhou on the map, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Tonight's night attack, a battle in Hezhou, remember, if we don't leave one, we don't have food to feed the livestock." ”

"Obey!" The crowd agreed.

"At night, it is difficult to see friend or foe, so in order to facilitate identification, everyone ties a white cloth around their necks to show the difference." Qin Huaidao continued, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

When fighting, they are all cut on the head, and the white cloth on the neck is easy to identify.

"King Han, I'll take the lead." Fang Yiai shouted, his eyes were fanatical.

"Don't fight, listen to Uncle." Luo Ying shouted.

"In tonight's battle, there is no headline, and the four gates will launch the main attack at the same time, rushing in, and the battle will be resolved quickly." Qin Huaidao shouted coldly, his sharp gaze fell on Luo Wu, and added: "Arrange three teams of people, bring enough explosives bags, and quietly infiltrate under the city gate with the help of night cover, and as soon as the war drums sound, blow up the three city gates in the east, west and south for me." ”

"Understood!" Luo Wu excitedly agreed.

"An Guogong, you are in charge of the south gate, assemble three miles away from the south gate after dark, the war drums sound, beat the torch and rush in, Luo Zhang, you are in charge of the north, you can't be exposed before the general attack, Fang Yiai, you are in charge of the west gate, and after you go in, arrange people to be responsible for clearing the enemy on the city wall."

"Obey!" The three people whose names were called clenched their fists in agreement.

Luo Ying reminded uneasily: "The three major armies have entered the city, what if the Tubo army arrives?" ”

"There will be no reinforcements from the army, and Tubo must be busy attacking Chang'an." Qin Huaidao said confidently.

"So, Uncle didn't send someone to block the east gate, this is deliberately letting them go?" Luo Ying asked.

"No, don't even think about running."

Qin Huaidao said murderously, pointing at Qizhou with his finger and explaining: "There is the main force of Tubo in Qizhou in the east, once the Tubo army in the city finds that there is no one at the east gate, their morale will definitely plummet and they will flee from the moving gate. ”

"Understood, let's go to the East Gate, shall we?" Luo Ying's eyes lit up.

"How are you going to fight?" Qin Huaidao took the school road.

Luo Ying was overjoyed when he saw that he was really on it, and immediately said: "It's not difficult, the steel wire is a tripping horse, how many rush out and put down, the army is surrounded in a ring, made into a big bag, shoot with a repeater, don't want to run." ”

"Yes, let's get ready." Qin Huaidao said with satisfaction.

"What about us?" Luo Wu saw that there was nothing wrong with the Guards Regiment, and he was a little anxious.

"Except for the people who blew up the door, the rest of the guards stayed to guard the camp and prevent sneak attacks."

"Obey!" Luo Wu was a little excited, but he didn't dare to disobey the order.

The people got up and left, and arranged to go.

Not long after, Li Jingren came in, his face was a little heavy, and Qin Huaidao asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The Turks gave up attacking the Great Wall and headed east, for unknown purposes."

"To the east?" Qin Huaidao was a little surprised, his eyes fell on the map, and he gradually had some guesses, but he was not sure, and advised: "Let the spies follow, I suspect that the Turks can't please the Great Wall, and I am ready to give up going south to enter the customs, go east to fight the grass valley, and evacuate after looting enough grain and grass population, in addition, I ordered Wei Guogong to let go of the main force and focus on logistics, even if I can't get it back, I have to destroy the grain and grass, as for the population, try to rescue it." ”

"Obey."

Li Jingren hurriedly agreed and was about to leave.

Qin Huaidao shouted, "Wait a minute. ”

"What else does King Han command?" In the Chinese military tent, the title should naturally be formal.

"Notify the secret spies in Chang'an City, find out if the saint is really crazy, and in addition, find out why General Niu Jinda is reused, I'm afraid it's not easy."

"Understood." Li Jingren's eyes lit up and he hurried away.

"I hope I think about it."

Qin Huaidao looked at the beating bonfire, and his mood was inexplicably a little irritable.