Standing on top of the sentry tower, Li Xuan raised his eyes and looked south.

In the vast plateau basin, the Shazhuyu River comes from the northwest ten miles away and flows into the Longyangxia Yellow River in the southeast.

In the upper reaches of the Shazhuyu River, the Left Guard Front Army was stationed in the ancient city of Qugou, close to the Shazhuyu River, guarding the Shazhuyu Bridge.

In the middle, the main force of the left guard and the main force of the right guard were stationed in the valley of the Chapcha River, ten miles away from the Shazhuyu River.

Downstream, the rear army of the Right Tun Guard was stationed at the Moran Station, which was twenty miles away from the Shazhuyu River.

From Li Xuan's position, the front, middle and rear armies of the army formed a parallel straight line, while the Shazhuyu River, which came from the northwest and flowed into the Longyang Gorge in the southeast, was an oblique line.

The two lines intersect at the ancient city of Qugou, and then quickly move away, but in the northeast, between the Molanyi and the Shazhuyu River, there is a large area of triangular clearing.

Li Xuan saw the endless killing machine from this triangular clearing.

If the Tubo people really dare to cross the river and come, then they will immediately face the main army of the Tang Dynasty, and they will definitely die if they are attacked from three sides or even four sides.

This hidden dangerous trap makes people feel the ferocity of the commander of the Tang Army.

Coupled with the elite Tang soldiers, if Qinling really dares to fill in his soldiers, I'm afraid that hundreds of thousands are not enough.

……

Li Xuan looked across the river again, and in the center of the Tubo army, a huge red flag painted with a lion and elephant appeared at the end of his sight, and then came slowly.

A burly figure, surrounded by countless soldiers, came towards the bank of the Shazhuyu River.

Although Li Xuan couldn't see his face clearly from a distance, he also knew that that person was Lun Qinling.

Now, he is leading the main force of the Tibetan army in the middle.

Although the Tibetans claimed to have an army of 300,000, they did not exceed 200,000 at most, and perhaps even less.

Among them, the Tuyuhun people occupy the majority, and there are soldiers of various ethnic groups in the rest.

The Qingdong Army on the Eastern Front was dominated by the main force of Tubo, supplemented by Tuyuhun cavalry infantry; The western front, dominated by the Tuyuhun cavalry, was commanded by a small number of Tibetan nobles.

The main force of Tubo did not exceed 70,000 or 80,000 at most, 20,000 main forces were distributed on the eastern front, and more than 50,000 were scattered in Wuhai, Dafeichuan, and the vast area of Shazhuyu River.

On the eastern front, 10,000 cavalry from Qingdong had already reached the opposite bank of Shazhuyu, and in the west, 10,000 Tubo's main force had reached the opposite side of Quchi Ancient City.

Now, 10,000 Tibetan cavalry came from the front, followed the red lion and elephant banner of the Qinling, and killed the south bank of the Shazhuyu River, only ten miles away from Li Xuan.

Behind this 10,000 cavalry team, I don't know how many Tibetan cavalry are running back and forth, ready to kill the front line at any time.

……

Li Xuan's gaze suddenly turned to the southwest.

There is not much difference in military strength between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and it is the Tuyuhun people who can really decide the outcome of the two.

"Da Da Da!" Fifty Tibetan cavalry waded directly into the water and rushed directly from the Shazhuyu River, which was twenty zhang wide.

Today's Shazhuyu River is in the dry season, but even so, the cavalry crossing the river still barely crossed the horse's head.

Seeing this group of cavalry rushing to the north bank, the atmosphere of the entire Tang Army camp became more and more solemn, but no one acted rashly.

Like a prostrate giant tiger, ready to rush out at any time.

Fifty Tibetan war horses surrounded a young Tibetan general, and quickly rushed to the front of the Tang Army's central army camp, and then stopped at a stone's throw in front of the camp.

The Tibetan general rode forward slowly, and then came alone to the gate of the barracks.

The young noble general, who wore a sheepskin felt hat, a neat and tidy fur robe, and a small braid with blue-green orbs and gold and silver ornaments, took out a thick golden parchment scroll from his bosom, held it high, and then shouted loudly: "Tubo Great Minister Gar Qinling, respectfully to the commander of the Tang Dynasty:

The land of Qingtang was owned by me more than ten years ago.

Six years ago, Tang Xing's unrighteous division returned defeated, and now he is intruding again, it is really immoral, there is a spirit in heaven and earth, and he will be punished again.

If he didn't want to, Qinling had no choice but to set up a formation in the thirsty wave river tomorrow.

Tubo Qingbei Protector Shang praised, Tubo Qingxi Protector and Gui led the army, welcoming the Tang Dynasty generals to teach. ”

After speaking, the young nobleman of Tubo threw it hard, threw the golden sheepskin roll directly into the camp, and then shouted loudly: "Please Commander of the Tang Dynasty, sign and draw a charge, and the last general will go back to restore his life." ”

For a while, countless people's eyes fell on the young Tibetan nobleman, with endless killing intent in his eyes.

Afternoon.

The war letter issued by the Tubo people to the Tang Dynasty.

The Tubo State discussed the war letter issued by Qinling to the commander of the Tang Dynasty.

This is Chi Guoguo's provocation.

Standing on top of the sentry tower, Li Xuan looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.

After so long, the tomb was finally discovered.

Li Xuan's gaze turned to the direction of the camp, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

The former lieutenant of the army had quickly sent the battle book to the big tent of the Chinese army, but almost in the blink of an eye, the former lieutenant of the army had already run out quickly.

The golden sheepskin roll was immediately thrown out, and immediately, the former lieutenant shouted loudly: "The commander has a word, if you want to fight, then fight!" ”

"Fight, fight, fight......" Countless shouts sounded throughout the thirty miles of the Shazhuyu River, and for a time the momentum of the Tang army camp was extremely high.

At this moment, a large red flag was raised high, and the battle flag was embroidered with a word: "Liu." ”

The entire army of the left guard, the entire army of the right guard, in an instant, the sound suddenly stopped, and they all became solemn.

Like a beast standing proudly.

……

Li Xuan, dressed in red clothes and gold armor, walked calmly in the camp of the Chinese army, followed by Su Baotong and Cui Ding.

Cui Ding wanted to ask something, but he couldn't.

In front of the big tent of the Chinese army in front, two guards stepped forward, stopped Su Baotong and Cui Ding, arched their hands at Li Xuan, and said, "Lord Wang, please!" ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly and walked into the big tent alone.

The voice of the guard in his ear shouted: "The deputy marshal of the march of Taohe Road, the deputy head of the march, the general of the right guard of the inspection school, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang!" ”

In the big tent of the Chinese army, more than a dozen fierce generals on both sides stood solemnly at the same time, and a cold and solemn handsome minister wearing black fish scale armor sat behind the big case.

Li Xuan stopped, then solemnly bowed his hand, bowed his head and said, "The last general, Li Xuan, has seen the handsome!" ”

"King Nanchang is hard, please take a seat." A familiar voice came from above, and Li Xuan, who bowed his head, couldn't help but sigh softly.

Raising his head, Li Xuan looked at Liu Renliang, who was sitting behind the big case, with worry and solemnity, and arched his hand: "The last general will take the order." ”

Li Xuan was not polite, and walked directly to the chair under the table on the left side and sat down.

Liu Renliang smiled lightly, and it could be seen that Li Xuan had known his existence for a long time, and he also knew that Li Xuan knew his existence.

Liu Renliang, Shangshu Zuo pounced, Generalissimo of the Northwest Road March, Taohe, Lanshan, Ganliang, Shasu, Jiannan, Generalissimo of the Northwest Ten Road March, and the Grand Governor.

The generals present had long known about Liu Renliang's existence, but in the army, except for the generals above the rank of captain, they didn't know much.

Not many people in the outside world know that when has the head of the Lanshan Road march been replaced by Pei Xingjian to Liu Renliang?

Liu Renliang is here, where did Pei Xingjian go?

What exactly are the DPRK and China plotting?

The generals present knew very well about the relationship between Li Xuan and Liu Renliang, and even sent people to Chang'an to celebrate Liu Jinyu and Li Xuan's wedding when Xiao Siye and Sun Renshi were married.

No one raised any objections to Li Xuan sitting on one side.

What's more, Li Xuan is the deputy marshal and deputy chief of the Taohe Road Marching Army, and the only people who can sit on an equal footing with him in the entire big tent are Xiao Siye, the deputy general of the Lanshan Road March, and Sun Renshi, the deputy general of the march.

If Li Xuan is polite, he is the fourth person in the entire big tent, and you are welcome, his status is below Liu Renliang, ranking first.

However, Liu Renliang asked Li Xuan to sit aside, not to show his status, but to tell the generals present that Li Xuan came to deliver grain and grass to the army.

He is not involved in any other combat matters, and he does not have to worry that he will come to snatch military merits.

Li Xuan responded without the slightest hesitation.

……

Liu Renliang's fierce gaze swept over the faces of the generals present, and then said calmly: "The war book of the Tubo people, you have all seen it, tomorrow's battle, how to fight, you can talk about it." ”

Everyone present glanced at each other, and their eyes revealed a rush of excitement.

On Qinling's war letter, if it were changed to peacetime, Liu Renliang would not have read it much at all.

How could he pay attention to such a shallow agitation method.

But it's a pity that on Qinling took out a very tempting bargaining chip, or bait-Su and Gui.

Tubo Qingxi is a protector and noble, and a former Tuyuhun nobleman.

More than ten years ago, because of the conflict with Murong Nuo, Su Hegui told Tuyuhun all the secrets and truths to Tubo, so that Tubo leveled Tuyuhun in one fell swoop.

Su Hegui has been attached to Tubo since then, and while becoming a high-ranking official in Tubo, he also has a large number of Tuyuhun cavalry alone.

With a large number of Tuyuhun people staying in their hometown, every time the Tang Dynasty and Tubo went to war, Su Hegui would lead the crowd to attack the Tang Dynasty.

Especially in the first battle of Dafeichuan, it was he who raided Guo Beifeng's logistics army from behind.

Not long ago, Li Zhi personally opened his mouth and asked Non Qinling to exchange Su and Gui's head for the safety of his younger brother Blunzan, but unfortunately, Non Qinling refused.

said that Datang hated Su Hegui, but there was one, but it did not reach the point where the emperor himself spoke.

The reason why Li Zhi participated was because of Su Hegui's key position in Tuyuhun now.

If he dies at the hands of the Tubo people, it will be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty to digest the forces of Tuyuhun next.

So in this battle in front of them, they can't fight it.

Xiao Siye, the general of the Left Guard, took the lead in standing up and said: "Marshal, the Qinling Tomb has always been known for its conspiracy, the thirsty wave river is bordered by Qinghai Nanshan in the north, and the Shazhuyu River in the south, although the terrain is mostly flat, but there are several rivers in the middle from the Nanshan Mountain, cutting off the Qingnan Basin, and at the same time, the more west, the more hills and mountains, and there are many places to set up ambushes, so they have planned for a long time, the enemy situation is unknown, and it is easy to go out of battle, I am afraid that the loss is not small." ”

"But steady and steady won't work." Sun Renshi stood up from the other side, looked at Liu Renliang and Li Jinxing and said: "Most of them are cavalrymen, and they come and go like the wind, and if they hesitate a little, they will travel a hundred miles and miss too far. ”

"If you want to arrange the tactics, you first need to figure out, what is the real purpose of the Qinling?" Liu Renliang's eyes looked at the generals below, and finally said by name: "Xiaojie, you can talk about it." ”

Zuo Wei Zhonglang walked Wang Xiaojie out and arched his hand: "Return to the handsome ......"

Liu Renliang was supposed to be transferred to Northwest Province a year later, but now that it has changed so much, he was transferred in advance; Wang Xiaojie will already be the general of the Left Guard at this time next year, and he will be the general of the Left Guard this year.

(End of chapter)