The mountains are undulating and the plateau is flat.

Under the blue sky, a team of soldiers escorted grain and grass out of the Dongshan Gorge and quickly headed northwest.

Everyone's hands were pressed on the hilt of the knife, and their eyes looked around vigilantly, and the knife in their hand could be pulled out at any moment.

Li Xuan rode at the front of the army, dressed in black clothes and black racks, compared to others, he was much calmer.

From time to time, two Jin Wuwei rushed from the plains in the southwest and whispered a few words to Li Xuanyu.

Li Xuan waved his hand slightly, and the two quickly turned around and left.

The herald of the left guard, who followed Li Xuan's side, looked at the scene in front of him with some surprise, which had been repeated more than once.

Since the departure of Da Momen City, Li Xuan has scattered all the 1,000 cavalry in his hand, leaving only 1,000 foot soldiers to drive mules and horses to escort grain and grass.

The strange thing is that until now, I don't know why, the Tubo cavalry that infiltrated from the direction of Xinghai did not appear in front of them once.

However, they didn't ask Li Xuan what was going on, after all, although they were the heralds of the Chinese army, their official ranks were too far from Li Xuan, and they didn't know each other.

Li Xuan ignored the feelings of the herald of the left guard behind him, and now he was trying his best to remember the surrounding mountains and rivers.

There is also the location of the Tibetan army.

After leaving Da Momen City and entering the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the first thing Li Xuan needed to face was a completely unfamiliar terrain.

To the east and to the north, there are endless mountains, undulating mountains, and you don't know the edge as far as you can see.

They were now marching at the foot of the mountain, in the direction of the valley of the Chapcha.

Today, the main force of the Lanshan Dao army is stationed in the valley of the Chapcha River.

The destination of Li Xuan's grain and grass transportation is also the Qapcha River Valley.

The further you go, the more you enter the Qingnan Basin.

On top of the vast Qingnan Basin, a Shazhuyu River divides the entire Qingnan Basin into two regions, north and south.

Today's main forces of the Tang Dynasty are almost all assembled on the north bank of the Shazhuyu River.

The main force of the Tibetan army was almost scattered on the south bank of the Shazhuyu River.

The armies confronted each other from afar.

……

On Qinling should have left Wuhai at this moment and went down to the Qingnan Basin to observe the combat strength of the Tang army with his own eyes.

It's a pity that I don't know where the Qinling Tomb is now.

Li Xuan turned to look at the south side, between the undulating hills, a Yellow River came from the south, suddenly turned around at Longyang Gorge, turned west, and entered the Qingdong mountain range.

On the west bank of the Yellow River, the valley of the Yellow River, which rushed down from the upstream, was where the eastern army of Tibet was located.

To the northwest of the Yellow River, is the Qingnan Basin, in the center of the basin, a Shazhuyu River directly flows into the Longyang Gorge, and then goes east with the Yellow River.

When the Tibetan army retreated from the Nanshan Gorge, it left a lot of strongholds on the north bank of the Shazhuyu River, hiding among the hills.

On the south bank of the Shazhuyu River, from time to time, some people forcibly crossed the Shazhuyu River and entered the north bank to watch the movements of the army, and even blocked the grain route.

What they are blocking is the grain road that Li Xuan is opening up now.

Outside Li Xuan's line of sight, several groups of Tubo cavalry came from the south bank of the Shazhuyu River, quickly rushed through the northern mountains and rushed forward, however, suddenly, countless crossbow arrows flew up from between the hills, and then fell into the brigade of the Tubo cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, most of these cavalry had fallen.

The sound of huge horses' hooves roared out from behind the hills, and in the blink of an eye, two hundred cavalry had rushed directly from the east side of the Tibetan cavalry.

The next moment, there were not many Tibetan cavalry left in the same place.

Such a scene was staged on the entire Shazhuyu River on a wide area of dozens of miles on the north bank of the river, and not many people saw it.

Only the eagle eye in the sky transmitted everything to Li Xuan's brain.

Before you know it, the grain and grass have been delivered to Moran Station.

According to the military order, Li Xuan left 300 stones of grain and grass in Molanyi, and then continued to move forward.

The follow-up cavalry also converged back at this time.

……

Ten miles away on the north bank of the Shazhuyu River, in the valley of the Chapcha River, a large battalion rose from the ground, and countless soldiers went back and forth in an orderly manner.

Li Xuan escorted the grain and grass, and at dusk, arrived at the Chapcha River Valley.

The torches had been lit, and when they saw the arrival of the military rations, the soldiers in the camp were almost excited.

"Today's army is stationed in Qugou, the Chinese army is stationed in the valley of the Chapcha River, the rear camp is in Molanyi, the grain and grass are transferred from the Sun Moon Mountain, and it needs to pass through the thirty miles of Nanshan Gorge Road to Molanyi, and finally the front line of the transfer road, the road is rugged and difficult to travel, and there are even Tubo people hiding in the mountains, which is full of dangers. Now that the prince has run the military grain here, I feel extremely relieved. ”

Xiao Siye, the general of the left guard, wearing blue and black armor, led Li Xuan towards the depths of the camp, followed closely by Qian Niuwei and Jin Wuwei.

"General Xiao doesn't have to be polite, this king and Xiao Xian, the son of Song Guogong, are cousins, and the Lanling Xiao family is not an outsider." In just a few words, Li Xuan had already skillfully got closer to Xiao Siye.

Xiao Siye is a descendant of the Lanling Xiao family, and even a relative of the former Empress Xiao of Sui.

Xiao Xian is the grandson of Xiao Yu, the Duke of Song Guo, Xiao Yu and Empress Xiao are brothers and sisters, and they are compatriots.

Counting, Xiao Siye is still Xiao Xian's uncle, and Li Xuan's uncle.

"Don't dare." Xiao Siye was very polite, and put Li Xuan and his subordinates Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei into several big tents, and then said with some apologies: "The marshal is busy with military affairs now, and he can't see the prince for the time being, and I ask the prince to wait a while, the marshal will definitely meet the prince tomorrow." ”

"General Xiao doesn't have to be polite, just let people prepare the water and food properly, and this king knows the severity." Li Xuan personally sent Xiao Siye away, and then took people back to the camp.

After arranging the Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei people, and rushing to the garrison of the cavalry and foot soldiers of the right guard, Li Xuan returned to his camp after all the grain, grass, drinking and other matters were properly handled.

Cui Ding, who had been following Li Xuan's side, had been frowning since he entered the camp.

After Li Xuan arranged the night duty, he came back to look at Cui Ding, and asked a little funny: "Is there anything you want to say, ask now?" ”

"Whoa!" Cui Ding's face was a little ugly, and he hummed with his hands: "Lord Wang, it is not the heart of the villain, but after all, Lord Wang is the king of the county, the deputy marshal of the Taohe Road March, the deputy general of the right guard, and now he is escorting the army to urgently need food and grass, but Pei Shangshu has always avoided it, which is too much." ”

"Huh!" Li Xuan smiled indifferently, waved his hand, and said, "You, although people have some thoughts, they don't think much. You just have to remember that you have to rest well, prepare for battle, and all your doubts will be solved tomorrow. ”

Cui Ding was slightly stunned, he found that Li Xuan really didn't care, was there anything he didn't know.

But soon, Cui Ding's attention shifted to preparing for battle, and then hurriedly asked, "Lord Wang, there will be a war tomorrow?" ”

"Alright, alright, you'll find out tomorrow." Li Xuan waved his hand again, and Cui Ding left the big tent with some reluctance.

Li Xuan smiled faintly, and then took a deep breath.

Tomorrow, it's all about to begin.

……

In the camp, Li Xuan sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, Cui Ding and Su Baotong were on both sides, and ten Jin Wuwei and Qianniu Weiwei stood on both sides.

I don't know why, Cui Ding was a little restless, and looked at Li Xuan after the big case from time to time.

Li Xuan didn't pay attention to him at all, his gaze swept over Cui Ding, and then he looked outside the big tent.

Outside, the right guards are under the command of their respective captains, assisting in the distribution of grain and grass to the left guard and the right guard army.

Last night, the various departments already knew that the grain and grass transferred from the Tao River had arrived, and many people were so excited that they didn't sleep in the middle of the night.

The left guard and the right guard were the main force of the army, and they had already come to Lanshan Road very early to deploy and adapt.

I also know the danger of this battle from the mouths of many veterans who participated in the Battle of Dafeichuan, especially the grain and grass.

Even with Xue Rengui's ability, he was able to withstand the plateau miasma, but in the end, he was not able to carry the grain road and was cut off.

Therefore, when the army went out, the soldiers were most worried about the cutting off of the grain route.

Now that the Taohe River grain road has arrived, and even delivered it to their own hands in person, everyone's hearts are completely stable.

This is the purpose of the commander of the army and ordering Li Xuan to transport grain and grass.

Retracting his thoughts, Li Xuan looked down at the map in his hand.

Last night, he asked Xiao Siye for a map of the Qingnan Basin, but it was not until this morning that the maps were delivered to him.

The original map in Li Xuan's hand was provided by the Ministry of War, but the map in the hands of the Lanshan Dao army was drawn by scouts on the spot, which was more detailed.

Li Xuan's expression had already become solemn.

Whether it is the Qingnan Basin, Tuyuhun, the Qaidam of later generations, the current land of Qiangjiao, as well as Dafeichuan and Wuhai, they are all strange worlds for Li Xuan.

Whether it was in Jiangnan or Qingdong before, Li Xuan had the most powerful support from the imperial court behind him.

Coupled with his own covert power, there has never been a problem with intelligence, but now it is different.

In the midst of tens of thousands of troops, he himself only has a meager right to speak, which is not enough, the key is the opposite, on the Qinling army gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, Li Xuan even if he has some means, he does not dare to use them easily.

In their own army, as well as in the opponent's army, who knows how many capable people there are, and if there is a slight change, the self may be exposed.

As a result, Li Xuan knew very little about the situation on the south bank of the entire Shazhuyu River.

The intelligence is unknown and the vision is dark, which is Li Xuan's biggest problem now.

Under this method, it is not advisable to attack, and the defense is the main thing, cutting off the possibility of the Tibetans crossing the river......

"Knock knock" A rapid warning drum suddenly sounded outside.

Li Xuan immediately raised his head and said solemnly: "Order, all soldiers wear armor and carry swords, bow and crossbow are wound, and the cavalry is on their horses, and they will attack at any time." ”

"Obey!" Everyone was immediately awe-struck and surrendered their orders.

Cui Ding's eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Li Xuan.

Today's events, Li Xuan actually expected everything in advance.

……

Dressed in red clothes and gold armor, with an eight-sided Han sword in his hand, Li Xuan climbed the sentry tower on the left side of the camp.

Under the sentry tower, 2,000 right guard soldiers were already on standby, and as long as the order of the Chinese army's big tent came, they would immediately kill them.

On the sentry tower, the captain and sergeant of the Right Tun Guard saw Li Xuan's arrival, and immediately bowed his hand and said, "I have seen the prince." ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

The lieutenant of the Right Tun Guard immediately turned to look at the south bank of the Shazhuyu River in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Just half an hour ago, 10,000 cavalry from Tubo appeared in the place of Tiegai Ridge twenty miles to the southeast. ”

"It's the eastern flank army of the Tibetans." Li Xuan nodded.

Tiegai Ridge is a series of low hill locations, with Longyang Gorge on the east side and the army of the Tubo Xinghai East Road in the rear, and now they are dispatched.

"After that, an army of 10,000 appeared on the other side of the southwest Qugou."

"That's the main force in the middle of the Tibetan people." Li Xuan's mind immediately outlined all the terrain of Tibet.

The Tubo people claim to have an army of 300,000, but not all of the 300,000 troops are on the south bank of the Shazhu River, but are widely distributed in Tongde, Guinan, the south bank of the Shazhu River, Chaka Lake, Fuqicheng, and the northwest mountainous area of the entire Qiangtang Basin to the west.

Correspondingly, it is the vast area of the Tang Dynasty from Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Shazhou, Dunhuang, and then to the four towns of Anxi, the Green Mountains, and the large and small Bolu.

In addition, there are Dafeichuan and Wuhai in the rear.

Scattered at any time, and can be gathered at any time, greatly dealt with.

But there is no doubt that now opposite Li Xuan and them is the main force of the army that came from Wuhai in the Qin Ling.

Naturally, Qin Ling also came in person.

(End of chapter)