The Yellow River comes from the west and flows down gently, but suddenly a large slope goes down, and the river flow speed suddenly accelerates.

Li Xuan and his entourage rode westward along the south bank, uphill, and the speed was not fast, but all the water conditions of the Yellow River along the way were under their sight.

"At present, within three or four months, the northeast wind prevails, occasionally there will be a north wind, a very small number of weather will have a southwest wind, after August, the southwest wind will become more, in September it will be more southwest and northwest wind, the Yellow River down is OK, the Yellow River up is more difficult, unless we wait for the entire river to install a waterwheel, otherwise we can only honestly walk the mountain road, but the mountain road is narrow, two horses in parallel is acceptable, no more, it will block the road." Jiang Qi couldn't help but shake his head, the situation will be even more difficult in winter.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and the northwest road was naturally windy and difficult to control in winter.

At that time, of course, the waterwheel was not easy to use, but the windmill was usable.

But alas, at this time, no one has thought of windmills.

Li Xuan will not easily use this big killing weapon, unless he can serve as the Qingdong Thorn History,

Then the banks of the Yellow River are full of waterwheels, and the mountains are full of windmills, and the powerful power can create a clean and pure new world.

Li Xuan lowered his head and hid his mind completely, and then looked at the rafts and rafts on the gentle river, and said in a low voice: "Xunhua this section of the Yellow River is okay, although the water is not deep enough, but the willow boat can also be easily used, and food and ordnance can be transported from here to Jianzha, so that time can be saved all day." ”

"In any case, although the prince's plan takes a lot of time, if it is in the long run, it is absolutely feasible." Jiang Qi was unequivocal in his support for Li Xuan's views.

Xu Ling glanced at Jiang Qi, and then said seriously: "Lord Wang, Xia Guan does not object to Wang Ye's idea, and Xia Guan is also quite supportive, but if you want to complete these projects faster, it is best to be able to call a large number of people and craftsmen from Taohe Erzhou." ”

"Can be recruited." Li Xuan shook his head, rejected Xu Ling's idea of recruiting people's husbands, and thought about it and said: "The transformation of the grain road will be completed one day sooner, which will greatly facilitate the transportation of military rations, and will save a large amount of military rations."

In this way, we can use the savings in advance to recruit the people, and the people will have food, we will have time, and naturally everything will be convenient. ”

"The prince loves the people like a son." Xu Ling and Jiang Qi both gave their hands in admiration at the same time, with compliments in their voices.

Li Xuan waved his hand slightly, and said: "This is not a matter of loving the people like a son, forcibly recruiting, the people will inevitably work and not contribute, only recruit, let them have income, so that they will do their best, as long as a reasonable reward and punishment system is formulated, then the construction of the entire project will inevitably be carried out at a speed that we can hardly imagine." ”

"The prince is wise." Xu Ling and Jiang Qi really listened to it now, and their faces were solemn.

Xu Ling is a young craftsman, and Jiang Qi is a young eunuch of Dushui, and both of them are not very bureaucratic, and it is not so natural to compliment them.

"Let's draw, draw all the maps of the mountains and rivers in the recent days, and then make careful calculations." After Li Xuan finished speaking, Xu Ling and Jiang Qi gave up their hands at the same time: "Wow! ”

Li Xuan's words, the two of them can fully understand them, unlike others, who don't understand what they don't understand.

Li Xuan is really not a master of painting, he is just good at a little fine brushwork.

In fact, what he really mastered was the mapping of mountains and rivers.

In this regard, no one in the world can compare with him.

Both the general supervisor and the metropolitan water supervisor have quite high requirements for drawing, and there are many things in common.

Li Xuan's gaze swept over Xu Ling and Jiang Qi, and he had to admit that with the help of these two people, he could do more elaborate drawing work.

Calculate the exact amount of work, the number of engineering materials, the budget cost, and the number of labor to be called, and you can get the most accurate figures.

In this way, the maximum time savings can be achieved.

……

The huge sound of water flowing came from the front, and the Longwu River, which flowed down from the south of Tongren, directly merged into the Yellow River, making a huge roar.

Li Xuan led everyone to ride up to the top of the mountain from the old city of Dingwu behind and looked west.

The Yellow River hits here to form a U-shaped mountain pass, with steep mountains and rivers and steep cliffs.

At the junction of the west bank of the Longwu River and the south bank of the Yellow River, a huge camp stands solemnly, with thousands of soldiers in leather armor going back and forth.

A huge black flag stood tall with a Tibetan script written on it that Li Xuan did not recognize.

"It was originally the territory of our dynasty, and then it was occupied by Tubo, this section of the terrain is steep, the valley in the middle is deep, plus the ambushed crossbow archers, from the south bank can not be killed at all, so I am here, the narrowest part of the Yellow River Gorge, build a bridge, directly across the north bank of the Yellow River, and re-establish the camp opposite the Tubo camp.

The Yellow River is wide, more than 130 zhang long, and it is not easy for us to attack it or for them to attack it, so we have a stalemate with each other. ”

Jiang Qi looked at the camp in front of him, and his eyes were calm.

It was precisely because of the location of the camp on the opposite side that they had to set up a camp here, hoard thousands of soldiers, and surround the retreat and grain routes.

Otherwise, whether it is the new city of Jianzha or the old castle behind it, once it is captured by the Tibetans, the retreat route is destroyed, and the grain route is cut off, the army in front will immediately fall into an isolated and helpless situation, and everything will be extremely difficult.

Li Xuan's face had completely cooled, and the cruel terrain completely told him that if he wanted to kill his colleagues, there was no second way to go, and he had to completely capture the camp opposite, so that he could have any hope of winning his colleagues, otherwise, all plans would be empty and on paper.

Turning over and dismounting, Li Xuan led the horse slowly across the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge of nearly 200 meters swayed very much.

Two quarters of an hour later, the group had completely crossed the bridge.

Standing on the top of the hill on the north bank of the Yellow River, Li Xuan looked under the suspension bridge and said in a low voice: "If there is a large group of people, horses, grain, grass and ordnance passing through, do you want to cross the river by boat bridge?" ”

Jiang Qi nodded directly and said: "That's true, after the people and the grain and grass, the boat bridge is dismantled to prevent the Tubo people from hitting the boat bridge with wooden stakes." ”

"They really don't want us to cross the bridge." Li Xuan nodded slightly, Tubo's mind is not difficult to guess.

Jiang Qi asked in a low voice: "I don't know if the prince has any other way, so that I can wait to cross the river smoothly?" ”

"Yes, but are you sure it can be used now?" Li Xuan's eyes looked at the camp in the southwest, where someone seemed to have caught a glimpse of Li Xuan's arrival.

Li Xuan couldn't help but shook his head and said: "I'll wait for this side to be just built, and that side will be able to learn to cross the river immediately. ”

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he immediately walked towards the military village on the north bank of the Yellow River in front of him.

The deputy marshal of the Taohe Road March, the head of the march, the general of the right leading army, and Li Jinxing, the Duke of Yanguo, are now in the barracks.

After listening to what Li Xuan said, Jiang Qi and Xu Ling looked at each other, and their faces showed disbelief.

What the king of Nanchang said just now is to take the camp opposite.

This should be just casual talk.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qi and Xu Ling didn't show subtle uneasiness on their faces, but the two just glanced at each other, and then followed Li Xuan towards the camp.

There was a hint of excitement in the depths of his eyes.

……

On the north bank, across the Longwu River, the army village stretched all the way to the north, until it was several miles away, at the foot of Jianzha County.

The farther the Yellow River went west, the wider the river became, and the Tubo people could not easily rush out of the important places on the north bank of the Yellow River.

On the contrary, it means that Datang is also unable to rush over.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Jinxing looked at the sand table in front of him, his eyes fell on the mouth of the Longwu River into the Yellow River, and said calmly: "In this place, the general has organized a large army to fly across it several times, but the distance of one hundred and thirty-three zhang is too far, coupled with the turbulent river, every time I cross the river, it is like committing suicide."

From here further to the west, it is all steep, up to hundreds of meters of peaks, after this section of the peak, is the Jianzha Valley, both sides of the Yellow River belong to me, but to the Cambra Lake, the mountain is steep again, only the north bank is slightly easier, and then to the west, is the land of Tubo Guide. ”

Speaking of this, Li Jinxing paused, looked up at Li Xuan, and asked directly: "I don't know the benefits of winning my colleagues, but once I pay a huge price to take it, how can I resist the Tubo army in the west."

The prince said that he could win his colleagues with thousands of people, and the terrain was like this, so please ask the prince to give advice? ”

Li Jinxing looked at Li Xuan coldly, his eyes calm.

Li Xuan nodded slightly with an indifferent face, and then said: "There are three ways to take the enemy village on the opposite side. ”

Three roads, Li Jinxing's face changed slightly, and now the other generals in the army camp were also shocked.

They want to take the enemy village on the opposite side, and now they can't even have one road, how can there be as many as three roads.

Many people are suspecting that Li Xuan is actually bragging and deceiving people.

Now in the big tent, all of them are Li Jinxing's cronies, including Li Duozuo, who was named by Li Xuan.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, and then continued: "Three roads, east, middle and west. In the east, take the old city of Zongwu, go over the mountains and mountains, and go straight to the back of the Zhanjia village on the south bank; Walking Zamadang in the west, it also crosses the mountains and mountains, and goes straight to the back of the village; Finally, there is the middle lane, the front, and the strong attack to occupy the village. ”

Li Xuan turned his head, and everyone's faces looked at each other for a while.

It's not that there are any amazing ways to do this, it's that everyone here can figure it out at once if they think about it a little, but the problem is that everyone knows what is going on with these three roads.

The east and west roads are the extreme cliffs, and there are hidden archers of the Tubo people in them, where is the Tsing Yi through.

As for the front of the middle lane, the storming of the south bank of Zhanjiazhai, who did not think about it, who did not do it, but it all ended in failure.

At this time, Li Jinxing calmed down, in his eyes, although Li Xuan's thoughts were ordinary, fortunately they were not out of line, and nine times out of ten, there was more important information to hide.

But even if there is a mountain path that has never been discovered, it is discovered by the king of Nanchang, who has never come here, it is a ghost.

Restraining his thoughts, Li Jinxing said lightly: "The prince mentioned Zhanjiazhai three times, but he thinks that Zhanjiazhai is always incomparable?" ”

Li Xuan glanced sideways at Jiang Qi and Xu Ling, and then said calmly: "Before coming, the right guard strangled two teams of Tubo Guang Army, 600 cavalry, and forcibly killed 100 light soldiers who came over the mountains and mountains, and finally killed hundreds of their own casualties, until 93 Tubo Guang soldiers were killed in battle. ”

Tubo Light Army.

Everyone present immediately whispered, most of them knew the existence of the Tubo Shadow Army in front of them, but they knew that the Shadow Army was the Light Army, not at all, not to mention that the right guard had also fought with the Light Army.

"Linxia, Linxia." Li Jinxing's gaze crossed the Linxia Pass, although the ridges are undulating and the cliffs are numerous, but a straight line can still be seen faintly, from the colleagues directly into Linxia, Li Jinxing was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Xuan slowly: "The prince wants to follow the example of the Tubo Guangjun and attack the Zhanjiazhai behind his back." ”

(End of chapter)