The city of Logos, the royal palace.

Lu Dongzan, who had a majestic face, sat on the head, looked at the hundred officials quietly, his mind was not obvious, the city government was deep, and the hundred officials had already learned Lu Dongzan's methods, and they didn't dare to come forward, and he lowered his eyebrows and complimented something, which can be described as an upward and downward effect, the government decree is accessible, and a group of harmony, no one knows what to think behind it.

I have to say that this kind of harmonious court atmosphere brings extremely high efficiency, Tubo since Lu Dongzan took the throne, a change of twilight, become vibrant, those ace old nobles have become honest after being fired a few times, Lu Dongzan is unparalleled, no one dares to challenge.

"Newspaper—"

An officer hurried in, and the hundred officers stopped communicating and looked at the comer.

After saluting, he said: "Great king, I just received a message from the Flying Eagle of the Northern Defense Line, the commander of the Northern Route Army was killed in battle, and none of the 30,000 horses were spared, so that the Jita tribe was destroyed. ”

"What?"

There was an uproar in the hall, and whispers erupted.

Lu Dongzan panicked inexplicably, but he didn't show it, and looked at his son on Qinling.

On Qinling stared at the visitor and asked: "The 30,000 elites of the Northern Route Army, and the pass is in hand, how can it be defeated so quickly, is the news true?" ”

"Back to the second prince, the news has been verified, the seal letter, and the code are all true."

"What about the Guitar Tribe? There are 50,000 households, more than 50,000 soldiers who can fight, 30,000 standing elites, and a cumulative strength of more than 80,000 troops, how can they be defeated? He asked.

As soon as the others heard the reason, it was 80,000, not 8,000, and even if they lost, they wouldn't be so fast.

The person hurriedly explained: "Back to the second prince, the patriarch of the Geeta tribe led 30,000 elites to assemble in the open area, and the enemy fought a decisive battle, not low, the whole army was annihilated, the young patriarch of the Geeta tribe led the troops to ambush in the pile of rocks, trying to hit the other party by surprise, but they did not know that it was exposed, 10,000 ambushes were destroyed, and the enemy army took the opportunity to rush to kill the tribe. ”

"Bastards, yaks are all smart to them." On Qinling scolded angrily, and quickly took out the map to check.

The eldest prince took the opportunity to ask: "There are 30,000 elites in the Northern Route Army, 30,000 standing elites in the Guitar Clan, and 50,000 warriors, even if they are defeated at all levels, the Hanzhou Army should also suffer heavy losses, right?" Second brother, you are most familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Hanzhou Army, let's talk about it. ”

"It's hard to say how the losses of the Hanzhou army were." On Qinling did not want to openly talk about the Hanzhou army to cause panic, the court was in chaos, and the consequences were very serious, so he looked at Lu Dongzan and said: "Great father, the son proposes to increase the army by 300,000 to the north, and the Hanzhou army must be blocked." ”

"What do you think?" Lu Dongzan asked quietly and rhetorically.

"The Hanzhou army can defeat the Northern Route Army and the Jita tribe so quickly, the number of troops will not be small, continue to go south, it will threaten the royal city, when the enemy is rejected outside, Erchen is willing to lead the troops to the north, and the Hanzhou army will fight a decisive battle north of the Tanggula Mountains, if you don't win, you will never return to the dynasty, and I implore my father to complete it."

"Wouldn't 300,000 be too much?" The eldest prince asked.

On Qinling understood the subtext behind these words and pondered. The soldiers of the royal city cannot be dropped, otherwise the royal city will be difficult to protect, and the other troops are under the control of the imperial court on the surface, but in fact they are secretly controlled by the tribes and nobles, and the transfer must pay for the benefits, and the food must be borne by the imperial court.

The dynasty is newly established, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, where is there so much food?

If you don't fight, you can't do it, when the Hanzhou army arrives, who knows if those usually amiable aristocratic lords will jump out and backstab? Only by rejecting it will the court be stable.

Thinking of this, he nodded solemnly at Qinling, looked at Lu Dongzan and said: "Father, this battle is crucial, Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose, of course, this battle is also an excellent opportunity, Erchen suggested that I be transferred to the young talents of the dynasty to make meritorious contributions." ”

Transferring all the young juniors of the ministers and nobles of the DPRK and the central government to the top of the court, to put it mildly, is to give everyone the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but in fact, it is to be a hostage to prevent people from making trouble behind their backs.

Lu Dongzan is an old fox, a little thorough, and said with satisfaction: "Title you as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, transfer the Southern Route Army and the Western Route Army to the Northern Expedition, and accompany the young talents of the DPRK, praise if you coordinate the affairs of grain, grass and equipment, if there is a delay in the military aircraft, behead!" ”

A calm and unwavering sentence, but with a strong killing intent.

No one dared to doubt Lu Dongzan's methods, and no one dared to resist.

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Geeta tribe.

A wisp of rising morning glow shrouded the Jita tribe after the war, full of corpses, dilapidated yurts, blood stained the ground red, the thick smell of blood was pungent, and the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield in an orderly manner, collecting available weapons, and seeing the undead mending a knife.

As for those who survived, they were all driven together to await execution, not daring to raise their voices or even cry out loud for fear of being shot.

Qin Huaidao, accompanied by the generals, inspected for a while, came to the vicinity of the prisoners, and finally couldn't do it with a very vicious heart, so he cut down all the old and young, and said after a moment of silence: "All of them are beaten into slaves, and labor is exchanged for food, just don't starve to death, the men are separated, put into the atonement camp, and exchange their military exploits for food, and those who do not fight will be killed, and the prisoners will be executed accordingly in the future." ”

"Obey!" Everyone suddenly received the order, and no one felt bad, but felt that Qin Huaidao was too benevolent.

When the Tubo invaded the Tang Kingdom, all the old people were cut and killed, and the women, children, and men were taken captive, so why couldn't he kill all the old people in the Tubo captives, wouldn't it be a waste of precious food to keep them?

But no one stupidly stood up against it and challenged Qin Huaidao's authority.

Qin Huaidao continued: "Tubo must already know the news here, and will raise troops to the north, but our army is tired and can't fight anymore, rest in place, recover your strength, and look at the situation. ”

"Obey!" Luo Wu replied solemnly.

"Luo Zhang, go ten miles south and station, take 5,000 tribal men to trap the horse trench in Dowa in front of the battle, to prevent the enemy from rushing and killing on a large scale, these tribal men are easy to have trouble if they don't find something to do, go."

"Obey!" Luo Zhang hurriedly responded.

"Liu Hongji and Xue Wanche, you two lead the troops to the left and right for ten miles, camp on the ground, and also take 5,000 men to dig the horse trench, there must be no mistake, Luo Ying, send someone to guide the excavation."

"Obey!" The three people who were named hurriedly agreed.

Qin Huaidao swept over Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai, An Guogong and Luo Ying, and continued: "Cheng is silently guarding the two directions in the southeast of the tribe, An Guogong is guarding the northwest two directions, Fang Yiai is in the center, guarding the prisoners, supplies, treating the wounded, etc., the special operations army protects the Chinese army tent, in addition, the armies send healthy women from the captives to cook, go." ”

"Obey!"

Everyone took their orders and returned to their own army.

The army quickly moved into action and rushed to their respective positions.

Qin Huaidao put on a permanent posture and waited for work, but in fact he didn't want to burn the flames of war to the Tubo royal city, not because he was afraid, but because there were a large number of captives of the Tang people in the royal city.

It was still a little far from the royal city, and it was impossible for the Tibetan army to bring prisoners here to be cannon fodder.

As long as a large number of the main forces of Tubo are killed, the battle in the future will be much easier.