After waiting for so long in anxiety, and finally finding the traces of their opponents, Li Yu and Guo Rong finally put their minds at ease.

All they need to do now is to lead the Changying army and advance slowly in the form of an advance camp, as long as the sixth advance camp is completed before the arrival of the Tubo brigade, everything will be settled.

As time went on, more and more reconnaissance teams returned, and the information about the Tibetan army in the hands of Guo Rong and Li Yu became more and more perfect.

The total number of this Tibetan army should have been about 35,000 men, with a mixed mix of infantry and cavalry, of which more than 8,000 cavalry, and a large number of pack horses.

According to the judgment of the veterans in the reconnaissance team, the armor rate of this Tubo army is more than 40%, and in all fairness, the armor rate of 40% is already considered elite in the Tubo army.

Moreover, this Tibetan army is fierce and has the potential to see no one.

Although they don't know where the enemy army came from, the unusually rampant behavior of this advancing Tubo army is not a bad thing for Guo Rong and them.

Under comprehensive research and judgment, with the continuous advancement of the advancing camp, the reconnaissance team's sortie and supply distance was greatly shortened.

In order to confuse the Tibetans, reduce the speed of the enemy's march, and buy time for the construction of the camp and the laying of defensive facilities, Guo Rong and Li Yu ordered all the scouts who returned to the camp to resupply and recuperate, and then began to strangle all the Tibetan scouts they encountered, and at the same time began to harass the Tibetan army day and night.

However, at this time, something surprising happened to Guo Rong and Li Yu, this Tubo army did not pay attention to the attack of the scouts, but surrounded the periphery of the army with cavalry, and the whole army marched at high speed.

When they arrived at the sixth camp, the two engineer battalions worked together to catch up with the enemy advance before entering Xiao Pass, and the sixth advance camp rose from the ground less than fifty miles in front of Xiao Pass.

What is the concept of fifty miles, it has entered the daily attack range of the infantry, and it is enough for the cavalry to reach it in half a day, which is equivalent to having placed the giant cannon and arrow tower in the opponent's door.

By the time Guo Rong and Li Yu arrived at the sixth advance camp, the advance camp had already been completed.

The inner and outer walls of the camp were thick and strong, with several watchtowers and shooting platforms

Outside the outer wall, a trench nearly a foot deep is covered with long bamboo sticks or wooden thorns.

There is an eight-ox crossbow every dozen steps above the inner wall,

If you add a catapult, it's basically the same as a small fortress.

Looking at the sappers who were frantically laying traps, erecting eight-ox crossbows, and cutting wood to make tools, Li Yu sighed with extraordinary emotion.

"Guo Rong, your idea of a sapper is really very useful, in half a month, six strong camps, with these six camps, even according to Meng Gan's proposal, each camp only puts one battalion of soldiers plus one regiment of engineers, it will definitely make the Tubo people suffer."

"The pockets are ready, just wait for the enemy to come and die!"

"But are you sure you don't let them put the catapult on the frame? I remember Lan Miao saying yes! ”

"It can be, but seriously, with the defense facilities and sufficient supplies, it is absolutely no problem for a battalion of soldiers to hold on for three days, if it is not for the fear of any accidents, I don't even want to stay."

"Accidents? What accident? ”

"How do I know, this Tubo army is a bit evil, I am more or less uneasy in my heart now, and it doesn't hurt to leave the Eight Bull Crossbow just in case......"

"Do you want to move the venue of the meeting from Jingzhou to here, and let the three jiedu envoys see the six camps along the way?"

"Yes!"

It seems that the Changying army began to quietly lay out its pockets, and the Eastern Dao Maben Mutu, who was unaware of his fate, was leading his army forward with pride.

Mutu, who was born as a Tibetan commoner, never thought that he could become a Maben, let alone that he really had a chance to ascend to the sky.

In the past year, in the first battle of Songzhou and Victoria, more than half of the 100,000 troops in Dongjing Province were lost.

The prime minister of the year and the envoy of the five festivals in the east was defeated and captured, and now he still lives in Chang'an City, and from time to time he will perform a Tubo song and dance for the Tang Emperor or something.

The defeat of Reckless was a huge loss to Wei, Dongjingdao, and Tibet, but for Mutu it was an opportunity to change his fate.

At that time, Mu Tu, who had already reached the ceiling of the civilian commander of a thousand commanders, gathered the remnants of his army, successfully blocked the under-armed Jiannan army, and won the favor of Chisu Ren, who succeeded him as the envoy of the Five Realms of the Eastern Territory.

In the battle of the grassland last year, although the Eastern Border Road suffered heavy losses, it was greatly condemned, and Chisu Renxie, who was struggling, relied on himself again.

In order to decompose the power of Chisu Rinche, the Zampu line also began to woo himself who held military power in the Eastern Border Province.

Otherwise, how could he have the opportunity to lead the army to attack Tang Tu.

Both Chisu Renche and the Zampu faction had assured themselves that this time the main forces of the Tang army would be attracted to Jiannan Province, and all he needed to face was the two Jiedu envoys of Jingyuan and Fengxiang in Gyeonggi Province.

Although the strength of Lingwu was strong, it is said that the Tang Emperor had set his sights on the Uighurs, and the military strength of the Shuofang/Lingwu army had begun to tilt to the north.

Of course, there is also the newly formed forbidden army sent by the Tang Emperor.

But the forbidden army, who doesn't know that the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty is a joke, if the Shence army is still there, he is still a little jealous, but everyone knows that the Shence army of the Tang Dynasty has collapsed in the civil strife in Chang'an.

Without the Divine Army, he really wasn't so scared.

Although the scouts he sent suffered heavy losses, the Tang army was frantically building the camp, and was even about to build the camp under Xiao Pass.

The Tang Army's harassment and strangulation have only one purpose, to gain time!

But he didn't care, he carried a large number of craftsmen, he could build enough siege equipment, how strong could a few small camps be?

On the contrary, Tang Jun's behavior made him very relieved, and the delay showed that the Tang Army's troops might have really been exhausted, otherwise the three towns of Lingwu, Fengxiang, and Jingyuan would have more than 100,000 people.

He only has more than 30,000 people, of which 5,000 are recruited from Qinzhou and Weizhou, and even if you add the garrisons of Yuanzhou and Xiaoguan, it definitely does not exceed 50,000.

Now, the Tang army is insufficient, and it is convenient for him to attack Jingzhou if it is possible, he will also try Pizhou, if he has the opportunity, he also fantasizes that he can go to Chang'an again, of course, Chang'an can only think about it, the last time he took Chang'an, it was 200,000 troops......

Chang'an can only think about it, but Jingzhou is indeed his real task this time.

Before the expedition, a certain living Buddha personally secretly arrived in Shanzhou from the city of Luo.

The Living Buddha personally told him that if he could take Jingzhou City and tear a hole in the Tang Army's Longshan defense line, Zampu would, with the support of many big families, divide Yuanzhou, Qinzhou, Liangzhou and other eastern realms from the Tang Dynasty from the five eastern realms, and he would become this new Tubo Longyou Dao Jiedu envoy.

When he led the army to set off from Shanzhou, he would hide his purpose a little, but now as he got closer and closer to the Tang Realm, Mutu's heart became more and more ambitious, and his appetite became bigger and bigger.

Chisu Renxie is indeed very good to himself, but no matter how good he is to himself, it is impossible to give the Eastern Realm Dao Festival Envoy to himself, so he can only say sorry to him.

On the first day of the third month, after a long journey, the army led by Tubo Ma Ben Mutu had already entered Xiao Pass.

On the same day, Fan Xichao, the envoy of Shuofang Lingyan Jiedu, Zhang Jingze, the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, and Duan You, the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu, also came to the sixth advance camp of the Changying Army less than fifty miles away from Xiaoguan at the invitation of Li Yu.

"Fan Shuai, Zhang Shuai, Duan Shuai, I don't know how you feel about the results of my engineer battalion?"

"Yes, it's really good, I was very optimistic about the idea of specialization put forward by Guo Rong at the beginning, and now it seems to be really good, in terms of this degree of solidity, it has been compared with the fortresses of many border armies, as well as your cooking class, I think Duan Shuai should regret letting the Jingyuan Army drive directly to the camp of the Changying Army now."

"Indeed, those boys are already happy, I was worried at the beginning, who would have thought that they would come out to fight with a cook, and the craftsmanship is not bad, especially the braised pork is really enjoyable!"

"Duan Shuai, don't underestimate their cooks, not to mention your soldiers, your tooth soldiers may not be their cooks' opponents one-on-one."

Duan You: "!! ”

Zhang Jingze: "!! ”

"Otherwise, Guo Rong, let your cooking class compete with Duan Shuai's tooth soldiers?"

"It's not quite appropriate, Fan Shuai, this is ...... after all"

"Don't worry, the two Jiedu envoys have worked together to guard Guanzhong for several years, and there is no need to say more about loyalty, once the Emperor Taishang decides to reform according to your Changying Army, outside the forbidden army, Jingyuan, Fengxiang and other border towns loyal to the imperial court will naturally be carried out first, and it is not a bad thing to let the two Jiedu envoys understand first."

"According to Fan Shuai's words, it's just that Duan Shuai ......"

"Since Fan Shuai has Yaxing, it doesn't hurt to give it a try, I will let people be careful, Guo Zhonglang doesn't need to worry."

"I'll send someone to arrange the manpower of the cooking class, Pei Zhi, you go!"

Several people were patrolling and waiting, although Fan Xichao had done enough foreshadowing, but when the people from the so-called cooking class arrived, everyone was surprised.

The moment he saw the person coming, Guo Rong's eyes were even darker.

I saw that the person who came was five feet four inches tall, wearing three percent heavy armor, holding a rolling pin the thickness of an ordinary person's arm in his left hand, and a large iron spoon in his right hand that was one size larger than the armor-breaking hammer, and appeared majestically in front of everyone.

"Why did Aunt Yan come up, shouldn't she stay in Jingzhou Daying?"

Pei Zhi spread his hands helplessly, looking innocent, Guo Rong, Yan Qing, Li Yu, and even the people who the emperor can't manage, can he manage it, just his own body......