In the face of Guo Rong's inquiry, several people in the room instantly looked very dazed, obviously not understanding what Guo Rong said......

At first, Guo Rong was very confused, and then soon Guo Rong reacted, the coal is what Guo Rong heard from Chang'an, but it may not be the coal in Fugu.

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Then Guo Rong began to explain to a few people what was black and combustible......

"Is it Jiaoshi that General Guo is talking about?"

"Scorched stone?"

Hearing these two words, Guo Rong was confused.

Seeing Guo Rong's bewildered look, while speaking, the patriarch of the Zhe clan also instructed Zhi Muyu, and then Zhi Muyu turned around and went out with the same dazed, and then took out a piece of black and autumn in his left and right hands and walked in.

"General Guo, are you talking about this thing?"

After taking the thing handed over by Zhi Muyu's left hand, Guo Rong suddenly became excited, took a look, smelled it, and made sure that this thing was the coal he knew, Guo Rong was much more relaxed.

"Is there a lot of such things?"

"Yes, it's all over the mountains to the north, but it's not easy to light up, so we usually use this ......."

Zhi Muyu handed another black, round cake-like thing in his right hand to Guo Rong.

After taking it, Guo Rong touched it, it seemed to be a bit like the material of honeycomb coal used when he was a child before crossing it, but there was no honeycomb, and it felt thicker than honeycomb coal.

"What is this?"

"It's a scorched stone!"

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As if seeing Guo Rong's doubts, the patriarch of the Zhe clan began to explain to Guo Rong in detail.

"General Guo, this scorched stone cake is processed into powder after the coke stone is powdered, which is easier to ignite than the direct scorched stone, the smoke is smaller, and it is more resistant to burning! Other than that,......"

Listening to the old patriarch of the Zhi clan, Zhe Yun Peng, gushing about Fugu's use of coal, which is what he called scorched stone, Guo Rong felt that his cognition had been refreshed fiercely, and not only did he make the briquettes, but he also began to study coking and smelting......

According to Zheyun Peng, this land has had the habit of burning with these black stones or scorched stones since ancient times, and the Zhe clan did not care about it after migrating here.

However, as young and middle-aged people joined the army, there was a shortage of strong labor, and there was no way to cut wood for wages, and the old and weak women and children had to ......, and gradually some of the old soldiers in the clan returned to their hometowns

Listening to Zheyun Peng's words, Guo Rong sighed, but it was also an unexpected joy, and Guo Rong believed that similar situations were absolutely common in all coal-producing areas.

Looking at the coal blocks and briquettes that he took from Zhi Muyu's hands, thinking of coke and smelting, Guo Rong felt that his blood was burning.

Unconsciously, Guo Rong saw a vigorous industrial revolution movement, which would kick off in Datang.

After accidentally obtaining the information from the Patriarch of Zheyun Peng, Guo Rong did not go north directly with Zhe Muyu that day as originally planned, but chose to stay for a few more days.

Although Li Yu trusts himself enough, he trusts you and trusts you, what he knew before crossing is only the past, and he must also see it for himself.

At Guo Rong's request, Patriarch Zhiyun Peng took Guo Rong and his group around Fugu Town for two whole days, and although they did not find the large area of open-pit coal they expected, they actually collected some coal blocks as evidence for their field investigation submitted to Li Yu.

After completing this, Guo Rong left Fugu with the scattered pieces of coal that he picked up from the vicinity of Fugu Town, the briquettes processed by Fugu Town, the coke that had been preliminarily fired, and a total of four young people from the Zhe clan, including Zhi Muyu, left Fugu and headed north.

Compared with when he set out from Fengzhou, he ran all the way and traveled more than 100 miles a day, and when he returned, the speed slowed down a lot, and at the same time, Guo Rong's thoughts were more focused on the future.

Heading north from Fugu, he ran on the side of the river again, and came to the place that reminded Guo Rong of the name Shenfu.

Looking at the surging Yellow River, Guo Rong suddenly had an idea, if he could use this section of the river to transport, the current Guannei Road and Hedong Road, that is, the coal in the junction area of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia in the future, would go south along the river, then it could only be described as perfect.

It's a pity that this thought passed away in a flash, but it's a pity that even in later generations, the current big river, the Yellow River in later generations can only be navigable below Mengjin.

Although the thought passed away in a flash, what Guo Rong did not pay attention to was that in a sense, he had begun to slowly stand in a higher position to look at everything, instead of only focusing on the war itself as before.

After all, from Li Chen's point of view, a commander in command of the army with macro thinking and strategic vision is far stronger than a reckless man who only knows how to fight.

There is coal in the gods, but it is not only in the gods, and it is extremely important to have an optimal transportation route.

Since water transportation can only be said to be the flower in the mirror and the moon in the water, then the only transportation route that can be chosen is the land route, and if the matter of selecting the route is handed over to the six departments or places to do Guo Rong, it is really not at ease.

By default, Guo Rong can only beat the idea to the power in his own hands, and the Changying Army needs to replenish a large number of scouts, since this is the case, let the new scouts who have passed the selection and receive training do it.

When he returned to Shengzhou or Fengzhou, he wrote a letter to Han Yu and sent it back, asking Han Yu to find alternative scouts in advance and formulate training plans and subjects.

After completing the subject training and assessment, they put their field training on this plateau in northern Shaanxi, and let them find a route with a small drop and a gentle way to support large-scale marches, as the direction of future coal transportation.

Of course, that's all Guo Rong can do, there will only be more things, and it can only depend on Li Yu, Li Chun and the prime ministers in the court, such as Wei Guanzhi.

After determining his train of thought and leaving the flowing river to move on, Guo Rong turned his thoughts mainly back to the so-called steam engine and the industrial revolution.

If you directly put forward a theory of a steam engine, there is a high probability that it will be regarded as a neurosis, and if you are careful to rely on it, Guo Rong still decided to start with his own Changying Army first.

Tell Lan Miao the principle of the steam engine, and let the engineer battalion study it, no matter what research comes out, it can be regarded as within its own jurisdiction in the end.

Just arrived in Shengzhou, Guo Rong met a messenger sent by the Emperor Taishang, and after dividing his troops from Huai'an Fort, the news of the cavalry going north had been transmitted, allowing Guo Rong to return to Fengzhou as quickly as possible.

In the case that the preparation is not very sufficient, it was originally a risky thing for the army to attack Mobei, if it weren't for Li Xuan's condition was really bad, Li Yu really didn't prepare to let the core force under his command go north.

It's just that now, after Guo Rong's strategic sheep movement was misled, Ren Dijian under Fengzhou City was completely lost by Emperor Li Yu.

Now Ren Dijian was killed on the spot by Guo Rong, and the power that Ren Dijian worked hard to manage was uprooted.

Not only that, the 20,000 elite Tiande soldiers that Ren Dijian painstakingly managed were bloodless, and it was an unexpected surprise that they fell directly into his hands, and the value of the two elite mobile forces in this position was immeasurable.

Now the remnants of the Tiande Army are being integrated with the forbidden army left behind in the plan, once the integration is completed, Fengzhou, which was originally the most deadly northern defense line, will once again become the bridgehead of the Tang Dynasty facing the grassland, and the northern defense system of the Tang Dynasty will be re-established.

With the re-restored Anbei Protector Spear, the eastern, central, and western three surrendered cities as shields, and the Shuofang Army, Zhenwu Army, and Hedong Army as the strategic rear.

Although the Shuofang Army had the strategic task of defending Tibet, and the Hedong Army also had the responsibility of monitoring the Hebei Domain, the total strength of Shuofang, Hedong, Zhenwu, and Anbei combined exceeded 200,000.

The establishment of such a defensive system, which has both strategic depth and sufficient troops, and is capable of both offense and defense, will bring about a qualitative change in the strategic situation in the entire north.

Unless the three towns of Tibet, Uighurs, and Hebei attack at the same time, the defense line in the north will be as stable as Mount Tai!

Although the messenger did not directly state the situation of the Uighurs, it was clear that the cavalry heading north had already joined Princess Li Xuan's tent.

The well-equipped and well-trained, 5,000 Tang cavalry could defeat at least 10,000 elite Uighur cavalry head-on, and even against 20,000 Uighur cavalry, they would definitely not suffer.

What's more, there is a big killing weapon in these five thousand cavalry - a full two thousand heavy cavalry!

Once such a team successfully arrived in the hinterland of the Uighurs and entered the tent of Princess Li Xuan, the life of the eldest princess would not need to be worried.

What's more, the general under Princess Li Xuan is the old fox in Zheyun Valley!

The ghost knows how much of a role these five thousand Tang elite cavalry can play under the command of the old fox of Zheyun Valley.

With more than 10,000 Uighur cavalry, they can completely annihilate 5,000 Tibetan elites, and with these 5,000 real Tang Dynasty, it is difficult to say what kind of tricks the old fox of Zheyun Valley can play.

However, Guo Rong judged according to the existing situation, no matter how bad the situation is, Princess Li Xuan's life is worry-free.

In this strategic situation, entering the grassland has turned into an armed parade, although the risk is still there, but it has reached a controllable range.

According to the information revealed by the messenger, although Guo Rong has made a basic judgment on the situation, judging from the fact that he specially sent people to wait for him in Shengzhou, it is likely that Comrade Taishang Huang has other ideas, and only what the Taishang Emperor wants to do can only be known when they meet.

So, after receiving the order, Guo Rong did not dare to delay, non-stop, day and night, in less than two days, ran 300 miles, and returned to Fengzhou City at noon on the third day when he met the messenger of the Emperor Taishang.

After returning to Fengzhou, Li Yu did not rush to beat the drum and gather the generals, but first let Guo Rong understand the news from Saibei in detail.

First, the Sijie tribe, one of the three pillars of the Uighur tent, was besieged by ten times as many cavalry, slaughtering adult men and dividing up the women and children among the besieging tribes.

The main force of the Uighur coalition army had begun to return, and the news of the preparations for the siege of the Tooth Tent reached the eastern part of the steppe, and the other two pillars of the Tooth Tent, the Qibi Division, did not even say hello, and withdrew all the 8,000 cavalry that had stayed near the Tooth Tent overnight.

After informing Princess Li Xuan, he directly withdrew sixty percent of the soldiers and horses, leaving less than 5,000 people to guard the tooth tent and protect Li Xuan's safety.

The Uighur coalition was frenzied with slaughter, and it was not only Chebi and Bayegu who were shocked.

In addition to the tribes that were friendly to the Tang Dynasty such as Lu Kang, the former veteran of the Beiting Army, other small tribes who had previously sought shelter from the tooth tent were also frightened and fled from the area where the tooth tent was located overnight.

The withdrawal of the two pillar tribes has drastically reduced the soldiers and horses in the hands of Zheyun Valley, who commanded the battle instead of Li Xuan! The flight of many small tribes made the forces of Zheyun Valley, which was already at an absolute disadvantage, even more stretched.

More than 50,000 Uighur troops were raided at Sijie, and more than 30,000 troops remained in the hinterland of Mobei and confronted Ya Tent, adding up to more than 90,000 Uighur forces.

Moreover, many small tribes who fled from the tent turned around and began to defect to the coalition army, and the total strength of the coalition army exceeded 100,000 only a matter of time, not to mention that the other side also hijacked the power of a great victory.

And after the great loss of strength, the soldiers and horses in the hands of Zheyun Valley did not exceed 20,000 horses!

If we wait for the main force of the Uighur coalition to return, Zheyun Valley will definitely be powerless even if Han Xin is alive.

In the face of the unfavorable situation, when the reinforcements from Datang had not arrived for a long time, Li Xuan and Zheyun Gu made a desperate bet and decided to lure the enemy deep and break through each one.

After the number of troops in the Tooth Tent was no longer reduced, the strategy formulated by Zheyun Valley began to be implemented.

Early one morning in mid-July, the remaining Uighur coalition forces were shocked to find that the Uighur tent that had been confronting them for half a year seemed to have disappeared in one night!

However, where the tent disappeared, a clear mark was left in a southeasterly direction.

At most, half a month, the main army will return, and at this time, the tent that Ke Dun was defending suddenly withdraws, and naturally there is only one possibility that Ke Dun took people - ran away!

Seeing this, the minds of several tribal leaders who had stayed behind and maintained a confrontation with the tooth tent and did not obtain the spoils of the Sijie Division instantly became active.

Almost unanimously, the remaining Uighur leaders agreed to pursue, and then the Uighur coalition army that remained behind to monitor the tent began to follow the trail of detail!

At first, the pursuing cavalry was able to maintain a general order, but as the pursuit became longer, the retreat of the tent was no longer in order.

Looking at the messy trails along the way, the scattered belongings, and the fallen war horses, everything proves that the hearts of the people are scattered, the ranks are in chaos, and the once remarkable Uighur tent people are completely scattered!

All of this drove the pursuing Uighur cavalry into a frenzy!

In order to gain the upper hand and seize as much loot as possible, after half a morning of pursuit, the pursuing Uighur cavalry began to spared no horsepower, and the order and order began to be messy.

More than 30,000 cavalry, the scene of running wild all over the mountains is extremely shocking!

However, this is their final madness.

People will be tired, war horses will be tired, half a morning's pursuit, half an hour of galloping, and some pursuers who are left behind and feel that there is no hope have slowed down.

Of course, there are more people who continue to pursue frantically, but this does not mean that they or their war horses are not tired, what can support them in pursuit is the spirit of being stimulated more and more excitedly under the clearer and clearer traces.

After seeing a few fleeing creatures in disarray, the Uighur cavalry went completely mad, and they completely lost their minds, no longer discerning their direction, and began to frantically whip the tired horses to extract their potential, so as to keep up with the desperate ones in front of them.

However......

After crossing a high slope, a full 10,000 cavalry awaited them!

And on their wide flanks to the left and right, three thousand cavalry each are also beginning to outflank!

At this moment, the pursuer becomes the pursued, and the offense and defense are mutually exchanged!

Half a morning's pursuit, coupled with an all-out sprint of nearly an hour, under the pressure of the horsewhip, the potential of the war horses has long been exhausted, and when the pursuers hold the reins, or turn the horses' heads, a large number of war horses fall on the spot!

People are sleepy and tired, and the pursuers who have relied on spiritual strength collapsed almost instantly, and for a while, the chasing soldiers all over the mountains and fields became a rout all over the mountains!

Defeat is like a mountain!

Although he had the advantage, Zhiyun Valley did not rush to kill, the order to pursue Shili was accurate enough, in the final analysis, although he won, but Zhiyun Valley did not have a reckless capital, and he could not bear any losses with a total of only more than 10,000 people.

The most ancient tactics of luring the enemy into the depths of the valley worked enormously, with at least 10,000 Uighur cavalry killed, more than 10,000 completely lost, and only more than 10,000 returned to the camp before the pursuit.

In the face of absolute adversity, a big victory made the tooth tent to which Princess Li Xuan belonged to burst morale!

With the news of this great victory, although it did not cause a large number of small tribes to join as before, it also made these wall-grass not dare to bet at will before the real duel is over, which is already a victory for the bad situation of the tooth tent.

Of course, there is also a variable that Li Xuan and Zheyun Valley did not expect, after the collapse of the Sijie Division, the evacuated Baye ancients returned, and it was not only the people who were summoned back who came back.

The wolf lord of Bayegu gathered all the young adults of Bayegu and brought them here, and handed them all over to Li Xuan and Zhiyun Valley, which was equivalent to completely pressing the future of his tribe on Li Xuan. ………………………………………………………………………………………………

After destroying the Sijie Department in one go, the alliance formed by Tengli Khan and the Yaoge Luo Department was in full swing, and the large and small tribes on the grassland came to vote one after another, and in less than a month, the original team of less than 60,000 people quickly swelled to 80,000 people, and it had the potential to sweep the grassland!

Some even began to call Tengli Khan "Heavenly Khan"!

led the army to win and returned, and the originally enthusiastic Tengli Khan was ready to hold the power of the great victory hostage, and destroyed the original tooth tent in one go, turning Princess Li Xuan from his father's Kedun to his own Kedun.

However, upon returning to the camp, the half-empty camp and the dejected remnants of the camp were defeated, and Tengli Khan was stunned.

When he learned that the waste left behind not only let go of Princess Li Xuan and the tooth tent, but also almost wiped out the whole army in the process of pursuit, Tengli Khan was furious.

After calming down, Tengli Khan found the leader of the Yao Ge Luo Division, Yao Ge Luo Dali Pei Pot, and discussed the next step.

Facing Li Xuan, who was likely to regain momentum, soon, the two reached an agreement.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of scouts scattered in all directions, with only one goal, to find the belonging of Li Xuan, who was suspected of having escaped.

However, it didn't take long at all, and the scouts of the brigade did not attack for even two days, but the scouts who were sent out had already sent back the news:

The predecessor of Huaixin Khan, Khotun Li Xuan, and his subordinates did not rush all the way to the southeast, but re-established their accounts on the grassland between the Qibi and Baye Ancient Divisions less than a hundred miles away from the annihilation war.

The target was determined, and under the order of Tengli Khan, nearly 60,000 original coalition troops, more than 20,000 tribes that had been subordinated, more than 10,000 remnants of the beaten and scattered soldiers, and nearly 100,000 cavalry all went out to march in the southeast direction, in the direction of Li Xuan's tent.

In less than five days, the huge cavalry group of the Uighur coalition army had faintly surrounded Li Xuan's tent, which had been re-established.

This time, however, in the face of the overwhelmingly superior Uighur forces, the movements of the Kedunya tent were beyond the expectations of Tengli Khan and Yakugaro Dalipei.

There was no panic, no wolf rushing, no waiting, no capture, on the contrary, when the Uighur coalition troops approached the city, under the command of Zheyun Valley, they slowly left the camp and lined up.

This abnormal performance gave Tengli Khan a feeling that the soldiers and horses to which the Kedunya Tent belonged were waiting for his arrival.

Although he didn't understand, Tengli Khan, who had the chance to win, rejected Yaogro Dali Peiguo's proposal to attack directly, and he wanted to see what the other party was going to do.

It wasn't until the other party finished arranging that he saw the soldiers and horses of the Bano Gubu who were going and returning in the opponent's queue, feeling the other party's appearance of wanting to have a dignified duel with him, and thinking of his own goal, Tengli Khan, who was originally angry, smiled playfully.

Women seem to be like this before they are conquered!

Although the nominal father's Kedun is his mother, he is not a Tang person, and the woman who has made his eyes hot for a long time can become the Khotun of Huaixin Khan, or the Kedun of his Tengli Khan!

Conquer this army first, then conquer that woman, and make that woman submit to her crotch!

With the auxiliary of that beautiful and wise woman, he can defeat Yaogelo Dali Peiguo to conquer the grassland under his feet, he can cross the Great Wall, conquer the Tang Dynasty, and finally become this grassland, continent, mountain, and plain, and become the real "Heavenly Khan"!

Looking at the Kedun subordinates who had completed the array, Tengli Khan also began to mobilize his troops and horses, and began to form in front of the other party, he wanted to use his powerful strength to completely conquer the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

However, just as the self-righteous Tengli Khan mobilized the Uighur forces, two cavalry armies of mounted cavalry, heavy cavalry, and light cavalry appeared on the high slopes at both ends of the valley floor.

"Did you send a signal?"

"Not yet, I'll have to wait a little longer to see the posture!"

"I waited ten days before I came, this ***** Uighur miscellaneous! How can the eldest princess be desecrated! General Guo, how do you say that? ”

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