The hills in the wasteland are not very high, and there is no vegetation on the mountains to cover them.

After Li Qinzai's soldiers and horses occupied the top of the mountain, they were clearly placed in front of them, and everyone could see clearly where they were standing.

Surrounded on all sides, Li Qinzai could only choose to occupy the high ground and defend it.

As if in a dream, from strategic initiative to complete passivity, the turning point is Shanzhou.

Is it worth it?

It's worth it.

If time were to do it all over again, Lee would still make the same choice.

In the face of the life and death of tens of thousands of people, Li Qinzai could not have any other choice, he was born in the powerful, but his soul is still grassroots, he can't use the life and death of the people as a bargaining chip in exchange for victory in the war.

At this time, the remaining more than 3,000 soldiers and horses have been completely surrounded by the Tibetan army.

Li Qinzai occupies the high ground and will not sit still, he still needs to do his best to let the soldiers who follow him survive.

"Do you know how to dig a trench?" Li Qinzai asked Sun Congdong and Song Jintu.

The two nodded, in ancient warfare, there was actually earthwork, and trenches were dug to resist the enemy's cavalry and slow down the enemy's charge.

"We also dig trenches, but not to resist the enemy, but our own people stand in the trenches, echelon trenches, step by step defense, the important thing is the fire gunner, there is no fire gun with a bow and arrow, in short, the defensive battle does not have to charge, just stick to the trench of the position."

"If one trench is lost, let's retreat to the second trench immediately, continue to hold on, and if there is a chance to take back the first trench."

After Li Qinzai explained in detail, Sun Congdong and Song Jintu understood.

"I started digging when I understood, everyone moved, stunned!" Li Qinzai waved his hand, and the two of them quickly conveyed the order.

More than 3,000 people were engaged in earthwork at the same time, and the only small hill in the wasteland was dusty and obscured for a while.

From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, according to Li Qinzai's idea, the trench defense line was built step by step, one after another.

Every line of defense is a chance to survive, and everyone digs hard.

"How far is Su Dingfang's army from us?" Li Qinzai asked suddenly.

Sun Congdong sighed: "At least there is still one day to go, and when they arrive, they will just collect the corpses for us, and they will not end up dying in a foreign land......

Li Qinzai smiled: "I don't pay much attention to this, it's the same everywhere I die." ”

Putting his hand around the purple slave on the side, Li Qinzai blinked: "I'll ask people to dig more pits on the top of the mountain, let's bury them together, I have many brothers, and I can cover you when I get to Huangquan Road." ”

Zi Nu didn't have the slightest fear of death, but smiled sweetly, leaned on Li Qinzai's shoulder, and said, "I listen to you, when you fight to the last soldier, I will go down and wait for you first." ”

Saying that, Zi Nu suddenly hugged him and smiled wildly: "I'm so happy, I can live and die with you, what your wife can't do, I did it!" ”

Sun Congdong and Song Jintu's faces froze, and they turned their heads in amusement.

Sun Congdong smiled sadly: "What did I do wrong, I have to look at the love of others before I die, and I, when I die, am just a lonely ghost ......"

Li Qinzai smiled uncomfortably: "The foreign barbarian mother-in-law, her demeanor is a little unrestrained, don't care about it." ”

The sound of hurried horses' hooves came, and a scout hurriedly reported: "Uncle Li, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Tubo army in the northwest have arrived, and they are only ten miles away from us. ”

Li Qinzai sighed, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely resolute: "Everyone, prepare to fight to the death." ”

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In a handsome tent thirty miles away from the mountain, Lu Dongzan stood behind a low table, staring at a map in front of him with a sinking face.

The tent was full of people, all of whom were brave generals under their command.

On the map, marked arrows point to the same place from all directions. Outside the encirclement of the map, another arrow is still hundreds of miles away from the encirclement of the Tibetan army.

Lu Dongzan stared at the map and said: "Su Dingfang's army is about to arrive, the scout reported that there is still a day's journey from Liangzhou, if we know that we have entered the territory of Tang and surrounded Li Qinzai, Su Dingfang will make the army reroute to help." ”

Raising his eyes and looking at the generals, Lu Dongzan accentuated his tone and said, "The old man transferred all the troops in Tuyuhun in order to annihilate Li Qinzai. ”

"Now that Li Qinzai has been surrounded by our regiments, it is impossible to break through, this battle must not be lost, if anyone's defense line lets Li Qinzai go, the generals will be beheaded and the people will be punished!"

The Tibetan people will be amazed.

Lu Dongzan said again: "Li Qinzai's troops are only more than three or four thousand, this battle should be quickly resolved, remember, we only have one day, one day later, Su Dingfang's army will come to the rescue, then we will be defeated." ”

"Within one day, Li Qinzai will be annihilated, the old man will gamble on the national fortune, and lay out this overall situation, if Li Qinzai dies, Tubo can at least be invincible, even if he is defeated by Su Dingfang's army, the old man also has chips to share Tuguhun with the Tang State!"

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The sky was full of yellow sand, and a caravan was struggling to move forward outside Lanzhou City.

The caravan was the private caravan of the family of Xu Jingzong, the right minister, and was operated by his grandson Xu Yanbo, starting from Chang'an City, loaded with fine porcelain and silk from the Tang Dynasty, and was marching to the Western Regions.

It is said that it is the Xu family caravan, but it is actually a joint stock of three families, the largest of which is Li Zhi, followed by Li Qinzai, the Xu family contributed money and efforts, but it only accounted for a pitiful one-tenth, but the Xu family was willing.

For the Xu family, it doesn't matter whether the caravan earns money or not, and it doesn't matter if the money is posted, what matters is the political significance and reputation.

The caravan was larger than the average caravan, and the camels and horses were twice as large as the normal caravan.

This was an accident, before leaving, Li Qinzai's wife Cui Jie, and an unknown Jinxiang county lord who did not want to be named, each prepared a lot of materials to Xu Yanbo to bring to Li Qinzai, and the materials of the two families could add up to a whole caravan.

Xu Yanbo was willing to help, but he was not willing to be a free logistics brigade, so he had to temporarily add camels, horses and caravan guards to the original scale of the caravan.

So among the items carried by the caravan, half of the things carried by the two women for Li Qinzai, and the other half were Xu Yanbo Zhang Luo's goods.

It's okay to piggyback on things, but you can't make money, right?

Today, the Xu family caravan just set off from Lanzhou, looked at the map, there are still hundreds of miles away from Liangzhou, after walking these hundreds of miles, after handing over the items carried by the two women to Li Qinzai, Xu Yanbo wondered whether to buy goods again in Liangzhou and make up for the logistics losses on the road.

Out of Lanzhou City, the caravan walked more than 20 miles, Xu Yanbo suddenly found that there were more and more people on the road, the people brought their families with their mouths, and looked panicked, some of them carried luggage, and some were just simply carrying a burden.

Xu Yanbo felt strange, so he stopped a few people and asked.

After asking, Xu Yanbo was stunned.

"The Tibetan thieves dare to offend me in Shanzhou? Dog offal, who gave him guts! ”