In the southwest of Hezhou, countless mountains are undulating, and above the vast clouds and mist, there seems to be another world.

Under the clouds and mist, among the mountains, among the steep mountain walls, hundreds of people are moving forward at a rapid pace.

The black hook claw threw forward hard, and the hook rope that was dozens of meters long extended, and the hook claw had already grasped a big rock in front of it, and the hook rope was instantly tightened.

In the blink of an eye, a black figure flew by, landing on the mountain wall in the distance.

Immediately after, one figure after another had already crossed the rock wall, appeared hundreds of meters away, and quickly disappeared.

The line of sight is raised, and from then on, looking to the southwest, between the countless cliffs, there seems to be an invisible line, which comes from the Tubo Plateau, extends to here, and then spreads towards Linxia in Hezhou, and goes straight to Hezhou City.

High in the sky, a goshawk followed closely.

……

In the afternoon, Li Xuan opened her eyes, and a hint of gloom flashed in her eyes.

In the huge tent, there was a trace of fragrance, which made people feel comfortable, but Li Xuan couldn't relax at all.

After the curtain, Li Xuan had already sat up, he just took a little rest at noon, and he routinely explored everything in Hezhou, but he didn't expect it, but he was lucky to see an unexpected situation.

However, he was not too lucky, now that the entire River State was under his gaze, as long as those people entered the River State, they would immediately fall into the eyes of the eagle flocks all over the River State.

According to calculations, these people will be able to reach the state capital within two or three days.

Maybe even faster.

"I have long heard that there is a shadow army left by Songtsen Gampo in the hands of the Qinling, and it is strong, but I didn't expect to see it today." The corners of Li Xuan's mouth sneered slightly, these people should have come for the matter of Brenzan's blade.

As for the situation of this shadow army, it was passed back by Princess Wencheng back then, and at that time, there were not many confirmed by the DPRK, and even many people did not believe it.

According to Princess Wencheng, Songtsen Gampo fought in the east and west, moved the capital to Lhasa, pacified the civil strife, subdued the Yangtong tribe, and unified Tibet...... Behind these feats lies an unusually mysterious and warlike force, which hides like a shadow behind Songtsen Gampo.

No one knows the name of this unit, and perhaps even Songtsen Gampo did not rise at all.

According to the secret letter, Princess Wencheng also found it by chance after she arrived at the Tubo Palace, but after several searches, only a handful of wars had appeared in this shadow army, and with clues, more things were found out.

Most of the troops established by Songtsen Gampo himself were selected from the Goba tribe of the Twelve Rock Gang of the Former Zhangzhung Dynasty.

Its people are martial and good at fighting, not afraid of death, the people are strong, good at using poison, and their nature is like a wolf.

This shadow army is short and capable, with an organization of between 10,000 and 20,000 people, learning various plateau tactics and ranger kendo techniques, and at the same time, it also learns some Qimen secret methods of the local religion of Tibet, and is very powerful.

Songtsen Gampo deliberately incorporated all the young and strong men of the Goba tribe into the secret shadow army, did not announce it to the public, did not set up numbers, and trained secretly, and could not go out unless there was a particularly important task; And as soon as these people are dispatched, they immediately chisel through everything, quickly end the battle, and then disappear without a trace,

Therefore, even many of the ministers of the Tibetan court were unaware of their existence.

When the news reached Datang, many people were interested at first, but these were all confidential in Tibet, let alone Datang.

Even the secret guards and the Ministry of War were finally confirmed after encountering them very occasionally.

In the Battle of Dafeichuan, although Guo Beifeng was suspected of disobeying orders, he himself was also a general who should not be underestimated, so he was surrounded and annihilated so easily.

Guo Beifeng is the second son of the famous Zhenguan general Guo Xiaoke, when Guo Xiaoke was alive, he was a close general of Li Wei, and he once captured the king of Yanqi in the Western Regions and captured the city of Qiuci Wang.

Guo Zhifeng is a Jinshi in the period of Xianqing, and later waited for the Zhaohong Wenguan, with the battle to worship, in the first year of Qianfeng, the third eastern expedition of the Tang Dynasty to Goguryeo, Guo Beifeng was appointed as the head of the march of Jili Road, under the control of Li Tao, led the boat division to cross the sea and went straight to Pyongyang, and the official to the general of Zuo Leopard Taowei, with outstanding merits.

In the first year of Xianheng, the emperor attacked Tubo and sent Xue Rengui as the general manager of the Luo Suo Road march, with Ashina Daozhen and Guo Beifeng as the deputy commanders.

Guo Beifeng, the deputy commander, is somewhat similar to Li Xuan now, both of whom are ordered to escort military rations.

Although the grain transport soldiers under his command are similar to Li Xuan's subordinates now, how can the Tang Dynasty soldiers be so easy to provoke, but they are still defeated by the mysterious troops that suddenly appeared in a very short time, and finally led to the defeat of Dafeichuan.

This mysterious force is very secretive, outsiders have no idea of their existence, and most of the time, they lie dormant around the Tibetan palace, guarding the Tibetan king.

Therefore, even if the Qinling family is strong, it can only be the prime minister of Tubo.

However, when Tibet encounters an important crisis, the Tubo lord will still send this secret army to dispatch.

This was the case in Dafeichuan back then, and it is still the case today.

Li Xuan didn't expect that for the sake of Brunzan's blade, on Qinling would actually dispatch these people.

You must know that even in the hands of Non Qinling, the number of these people will probably not exceed a thousand.

I am afraid that there are only a few hundred people who climb high mountains like this, but now that there are 30,000 troops in front of Qinghai Lake, he has sent out a hundred people, which really attaches some importance to Li Xuan.

"This is treating me as Guo Zhifeng!" The corners of Li Xuan's mouth flashed a slight sneer, although he was the same as Guo Beifeng, he sent grain and grass by fate, but he was completely different from Guo Beifeng, he acted as a person, but he was much more cautious than Guo Beifeng.

Grabbing the eight-sided Han sword placed on the soft couch, Li Xuan wore a black-on-gold silk robe and walked out of the big tent directly.

In the big tent, the 3,000 foot soldiers were divided into several areas, some resting, some training, and had begun to return to their usual rhythm.

After the long journey from Chang'an and the beginning of rest at Huangniwan, the group of soldiers under Li Xuan began to quickly recover their combat strength.

However, these Hangzhou soldiers, and those Yongzhou soldiers in the original right guard, are still separated from each other.

Li Xuan did not forcibly let the Yongzhou soldiers and the Hangzhou soldiers become one, everyone only killed people for military merits and food and salary, not to make friends on the battlefield.

Moreover, Li Xuan also has different ways of using Yongzhou soldiers and Hangzhou soldiers, and forcibly combining them together will only mislead others and themselves.

At the gate of the camp, teams of cavalry rushed out of the camp quickly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Li Xuan's big tent is a little behind, after all, he is only a deputy marshal.

The commander of the big tent was in the center of the army, and after Li Jinxing left, Li Xuan handled the official affairs of the right guard here, commanding 1,400 right guard cavalry, 1000 Niu guards, 100 gold guards, and 3,600 foot soldiers.

……

The big tent was opened, and behind the tent, a huge sand table was laid flat in the center of the tent.

Taozhou, Hezhou, and Lanzhou have been completely presented on the sand table.

Around the city, more than a dozen people joined the army, and the staff officers and clerks were constantly busy.

Yu Ze and He Zhizhang were standing in the corner, as if they were arguing about something, and when they saw Li Xuan, the two of them were about to come over immediately, Li Xuan waved his hand, motioning for them to discuss his.

Li Xuan walked to the westernmost part of the sand table, and his gaze fell on a certain position in the southwest mountains, which was the location of the group of shadow soldiers in Tubo now.

At the pass where the southwestern mountains entered Hezhou, there were already hundreds of cavalry waiting for them.

In other words, in the western mountains, 500 right guard cavalry were patrolling back and forth, their purpose was to block all the spies who tried to rush into the mountains, cross the mountains, and transmit secrets to the Tibetan army, but they did not expect to encounter the shadow troops of the Tibetans.

"The order is that the cavalry of the third battalion will withdraw from the southwest mountain pass tomorrow, patrol south for a day, and return to the mountain pass in the evening."

"The herald orders that the cavalry of the fourth battalion will move to the southwest mountain pass tomorrow night, join up with the cavalry of the third battalion, and exchange defensive lines the day after tomorrow."

Li Xuan's cold voice sounded in the big tent, and soon, Yiwu Qianniuwei had already left the herald.

"Order, the day after tomorrow ......"

One order after another was conveyed in an orderly manner, and the whole battalion began to run slowly like a machine.

Li Xuan's eyes finally fell on Bingling Lake in the northwest, which is the impact lake formed by the Yellow River rushing down from the backyard.

"Bingling Lake is vast and the lake water is clear, which is more suitable for Hangzhou soldiers to be stationed than the state city."

Yu Ze and He Zhizhang walked up from behind, followed by Yuan Wei.

After Yu Ze finished speaking, Yuan Wei immediately continued: "The student has been to Bingling Lake more than once, to the west of Bingling Lake, although the Yellow River course is steep, it is quite smooth, but after thirty miles, the river immediately becomes crooked, nine bends and eighteen bends, which is still less. ”

"Nine bends and eighteen bends, coupled with the undulating terrain and the rapid river, it is indeed not a good place for boating." Li Xuan nodded slightly, then smiled and said, "The Ministry of War deliberately transferred Hangzhou Wei to the Yellow River, I am afraid that this idea will be wrong." ”

"But there is always hope, no, it is better for southerners to transport grain and grass along the Yellow River than for northerners who don't know water." Yu Ze shrugged indifferently.

"The soldiers of Hangzhou came to the plateau, not just to transport grain and grass." Li Xuan sighed lightly and said: "Guo Zhifeng must have thought like this back then, and this was taken advantage of by the Tubo people. ”

"That's why the court transferred the prince over, because the prince is a rare cautious and stable person in the court today." He Zhizhang gave his hand seriously.

Li Xuan glanced at He Zhizhang with some amusement, waved his hand and said: "Brother Ji Zhenxian, there is no need to be so hard-hearted, there are many old and stable generals in the court, but the foolish brother still knows the severity, and now in the big war, it is still necessary to put grain and grass first, and this king will not do risky things." ”

Li Xuan was much more sober than Guo Beifeng, because he knew that so far, the real difficulties of the army's expedition to Tibet were far from coming.

Glancing at the eager Yuan Wei, Li Xuan asked in surprise: "Brother Yuan Xian, don't you also want to go to the front line, this king can't be the master of this matter." ”

Yuan Wei immediately smiled bitterly and arched his hand, and said: "Lord Wang, the student has discussed this matter with his father Jiaci, but the second elder is not too opposed, but he is ......."

Li Xuan asked with some curiosity, "Just what?" ”

Yuan Wei took out an invitation card from his sleeve, handed it to Li Xuan, and said solemnly: "My father wants to invite the prince to come over tomorrow night." ”

Tomorrow night, at the banquet, Li Xuan's brows furrowed slightly.

The next moment, he had already taken the invitation.

When he lowered his head and opened it, a trace of coldness flashed in the depths of his dark eyes.

The Tubo Light Army is a real shadow army

(End of chapter)