In the darkness, flames kept burning in the mountain pass on the west side of the Great Shake Valley.

The sound of footsteps, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of sharp blades piercing into the body, the cries of pain, everything was like hell.

Countless figures loomed behind the flames, and it was unknown how many people had lost their lives.

More than ten miles away, the West Tuguhun camp at the eastern entrance of Shule Nanshan.

Seeing the flames of the Great Shake Valley soaring into the sky, the sentry immediately sounded the gong frantically.

Under the dim moonlight, the Tuyuhun soldiers who struggled to escape from the Great Shaking Valley ran all over the mountains and fields, everywhere.

I don't know how many people died in the stampede.

Among the military camps on the east and west sides of the Great Shaking Valley, less than half of the tens of thousands of soldiers were able to escape alive.

More than 2,000 of them crossed the Tuolai Nanshan Mountain and successfully rushed into the Tuyuhun camp in the eastern section of the canyon on the north side of the Shule Nanshan, but it caused chaos in an instant.

A few miles away, Murong Zhi, who was following closely after him, stopped his war horse, turned to look at Li Xuan on the side, and respectfully bowed his hand to ask for his life: "Lord Wang, do you want to rush?" ”

"Don't rush!" Li Xuan shook his head calmly and said, "We only have two thousand people, even if we take advantage of the current chaos to rush over, we will be controlled by the Tubo people who have eased up, and even fight back." ”

Two thousand against seven thousand, maybe you can still fight, but in the face of ten thousand seventeen, if you still have the idea of taking advantage, you will only die miserably.

"And what if they kick back?" Murong Zhi looked at Li Xuan seriously.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said calmly: "They won't." ”

"Won't?" Murong Zhi's face was incredulous, he couldn't believe Li Xuan's courage to hand over the initiative to others on the battlefield, this was ridiculous.

"See for yourself." Li Xuan pointed to the back very calmly.

In the distance, at the west entrance of the valley, two flags were already flying high.

One is Li Xuan's cyan Jiaolong King Flag, and the other is Tuyuhun King Flag.

"Herald." Li Xuan turned sideways.

Li Zhu immediately stepped forward and bowed his hand.

"Immediately contact General Weihua and General Weijiang of the right leader of Ganliang Dao, and ask them to send troops to support immediately." After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "Order, transport firewood from the valley on the back side into the middle of the valley overnight, and pile it all together. ”

"Obey." Li Zhu immediately gave up his hand, and then turned to leave.

Murong Zhi looked at Li Xuan with some surprise and asked, "Lord Wang, shouldn't you spread out all the firewood?" ”

"The entire Great Shake Valley Canyon is more than 20 miles long from east to west, how much firewood does it take to spread the entire valley?"

Li Xuan glanced at Murong Zhi angrily, then looked at the Qilian Mountain Pass on the north side, and said softly: "Divide the troops, this king will lead people to the north to hide in the Qilian Mountain Pass, and General Murong will take the others to the east side of the Nanshan Gorge, and as soon as the flames are ignited, we will immediately raid." ”

"Obey." Murong Zhi immediately agreed.

The people of Xituyuhun will definitely fight back, but now that it is dark and there is no way to find out the situation, they will not act rashly.

But once they wait until dawn and figure out the reality on their side, the Xituguhun people will immediately fight back fiercely.

More than 10,000 cavalry attacked them in such a narrow valley, and there was not even room for manoeuvre between the two sides.

Once they collide head-on, no matter how brave Li Xuan is, these thousand cavalry will have to be buried inside.

Murong Zhi's heart was full of doubts, although he was on the east side of the canyon and could withdraw at will, he didn't dare.

Once Nan Li Xuan has an accident, then he will be finished.

However, now Li Xuan is extremely confident, is it really because of the reinforcements of Datang Ganliang Dao?

Hua Dazhi, or Liu Xianli?

……

"Uncle Shi, General Hua." Li Xuan stood at the Qilian Pass and sincerely saluted Liu Xianli and Hua Dazhi.

On his side, countless soldiers poured into the Great Shake Valley, and then lined up solemnly.

Liu Xianli is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and the prince of Pengcheng County, and Hua Dazhi is the general of the right leading army.

At dawn, the two of them had already led thousands of elite guards to the Qilian Mountain Pass.

And in the rear, more soldiers poured up.

At this time, the flames at the west exit of the Great Shake Valley had just been extinguished.

The cavalry scouts of the Tuyuhun people had already quickly rushed towards the back of the mountains on both sides, trying to find out how many people Li Xuan had brought with him on this trip.

"I've seen the prince." Liu Xianli and Hua Dazhi returned the salute to Li Xuan at the same time.

"The two of you are coming sooner than the king originally expected." Li Xuan stretched out his hand and asked the two of them to climb the mountain rock on one side.

This place is higher than the south, and at a glance, the distance of more than 20 miles of the entire Great Shake Valley is only in the bottom of the eye.

Even looking from the valley mouth, you can clearly see the location of the valley mouth on the north side of Shule South Mountain, and the thousands of Tuyuhun cavalry are being assembled.

In their rear, 2,000 Tibetan cavalry were already armed with swords to supervise the battle.

The corners of Li Xuan's mouth slightly sneered, the Tubo people have always liked sheep driving tactics.

Drive the Tuyuhun people to the front line and rush to kill like cannon fodder, while the Tubo people cut in at the most critical moment like calm hunters, and then snatch the fattest piece of meat.

But sometimes, once the sheep are rolled upside down, the two thousand cavalry will be directly trampled by the sheep.

"Originally, I received the official letter that the prince was coming to answer, and I expected it to be a little later, but Liu Gong said that the prince might come sooner than expected, so I waited on the mountainside, but I didn't expect it to come really quickly." Hua Dazhi glanced sideways at Liu Xianli.

I have long heard that the Ministry of Industry Shangshu has some relationship with the King of Nanchang, but I didn't expect it to be true.

Liu Xianli shook his head slightly, and said: "The prince has always done things unexpectedly, Wuzhou is like this, Qingnan is also the same, and now when he comes to Qingbei, it will be no exception." ”

Li Xuan stood on the rocks and looked towards the north side.

Between the lush mountains and forests, a one-zhang wide mountain road stretches up gracefully from the bottom of the mountain.

According to rough estimates, it is about fifty miles long, but the straight-line distance from here to the foot of Qilian Mountain is only twenty miles.

Twenty miles in a straight line, but it was forced to stretch for fifty miles, which shows the steepness of the mountain road.

Li Xuan's elevation rose at least 500 meters from Hezhou to Qingnan, and the elevation in the area around Delingha was six or seven hundred meters higher when Qingnan went west.

The altitude here is 300 meters higher than Delingha, which is almost the same as Wuhai.

Zhangye in the Qilian Mountains is about the same altitude as Linhe.

From Zhangye to here, I climbed at least 1,500 meters.

No wonder they never climbed it, and even if they did, they would be killed quickly because of exhaustion.

The Ganliang Dao army is like this when it attacks Qilian Mountain, not to mention them, they will also attack Wuhai in the future.

It's more difficult than anyone thinks.

It's not something that the group of people in Chang'an can imagine by patting their butts.

The war with Tibet must be fought under the Wuhai Sea, and must not be killed above the Wuhai Sea.

It is necessary to destroy all the combat strength of the Tubo people in one battle in Dafeichuan, and then land on the Wuhai Sea in one fell swoop.

"By the way, Uncle Shi, how is the situation over there in Ganliang Road, the Tubo people have gathered 8,000 cavalry and 10,000 Tuyuhun cavalry to block over there?" Li Xuan glanced at the Tuyuhun cavalry that was about to depart from the valley in the distance, and asked about Li Dan's situation with a surprisingly calm expression.

Liu Xianli shook his head slightly, and said calmly: "They are not blocking the Shasu Dao army, but trying to rush into Dunhuang at any time and capture the Xiangwang. ”

Li Xuan's breathing was slightly suffocated.

This is the same method as Taozhou, except that Li Xian's arrival in Taozhou was much earlier than Li Dan's arrival in Shazhou.

Therefore, when the 3,000 elite cavalry of the Tubo Gar family were buried in the Tao River, the 10,000 cavalry of the Tubo people in Qilian Mountain immediately stopped.

After all, the 10,000 Tubo cavalry and the 20,000 Western Tuyuhun cavalry here, their task is to prevent the Tang Dynasty from killing from Shazhou and Suzhou.

Once Dunhuang is also a trap, then as long as they lose too much in Dunhuang, there will be a danger of the fall of Qilian Mountain immediately.

With Qilian Mountain's advantages in hand, why should they take risks.

There were 8,000 Tubo cavalry and 10,000 Tuyuhun cavalry staring at any time, and Li Dan was afraid that he would not be able to sleep even if he wanted to.

"How is the march of Shasu Dao, if I wait to reach the Qilian Mountain Pass on Shazhou, when will they be able to reinforce them?" Li Xuan said a word, and the expressions of Liu Xianli and Hua Dazhi suddenly became solemn.

Liu Xianli opened his mouth and asked: "Is the prince sure that he will solve the 10,000 Tubo cavalry and the 20,000 Tuyuhun cavalry?" ”

"No, it's 10,000 Tubo cavalry and 12,000 Tuyuhun cavalry." Li Xuan shook his head calmly and said: "Last night, there were three thousand Tuyuhun cavalry who died in the hands of the right guard and the left Xiao guard cavalry, and more than 3,000 people died under the trampling of their own people, and more than 1,000 people did not know where to flee into the mountains and forests in a panic, and in the end, only more than 2,000 people returned to the military camp in Shule Nanshan, dozens of miles away. ”

Li Xuan said in a word, Liu Xianli was fine, Hua Dazhi was directly stunned, and he subconsciously asked: "The prince only has three thousand people in his hands, right?" ”

"Three thousand cavalry raided at night, if it weren't for the narrow mountain road, worried about being counterattacked by Tuyuhun, otherwise Xuan would have continued to kill towards Shule South Mountain last night."

Li Xuan smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "There are only 3,000 people under his command, and on the west side of the north valley of Shule South Mountain, there are 10,000 Tubo cavalry and 5,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, they have enough time and space to counterattack, and the military camp on the east side of the north valley of Shule South Mountain has also reacted one step ahead, and there is not much chance." ”

Hua Dazhi smiled reluctantly and said, "No wonder the prince is sure to deal with all the Tubo and Tuyuhun cavalry. ”

"Now with a thousand foot guards on the right and a steady stream of backup, the chances are much greater." Li Xuan smiled very calmly, didn't pay much attention, and then asked, "By the way, what about General Quan, why don't you see General Quan?" ”

Quan Shancai was relegated to serve in front of the Ganliang Road marching formation before, and Li Xuan originally thought that he would be able to see Quan Shancai at the first time.

"General Quan Da was transferred to Shazhou to preside over military affairs." Liu Xianli looked at Li Xuan straight and said: "The general of the left guard, Qi Bi He Li, is in poor health, and before the arrival of General Quan, the general of the left guard, Qi Bi Ming Dynasty has been carrying out military affairs, but Qi Bi is too young next year, so the lower official sent General Quan over. ”

Li Xuan's eyes were stunned, and the emperor sent Quan Shancai to Ganliang Dao because there were five thousand Zuo Weiwei soldiers in Ganliang Dao, and Quan Shancai was more effective here.

Did Liu Xianli have an enmity with Quan Shancai, and why did he send him to Shasu Dao?

Even if he is sick, he also has the right to march in the Ming Dynasty of the Left Guard, and even if he is young, he is also assisted by the right Wuwei general Xian Yu Shijian.

Li Xuan immediately remembered that Qi Ming was young, and Xian Yu Shijian was not much older.

Xian Yu Shijian is the son of Xian Yu Kuangji, the late general of Zuo Xiaowei, and led his 5,000 Xianbei warriors.

Although Qibi He Li was a native of Tiele, he married the lord of Lintao County.

The county lord of Lintao is the granddaughter of Li Shentong, the king of Huainan, and the daughter of Li Xiaoyi, the prince of Fengjiaoxi County.

Li Xiaoyi, the prince of Jiaoxi County, is Li Xuan's cousin, the county lord of Lintao is Li Xuan's cousin, and Qi Ming is Li Xuan's cousin and a relative of the royal family.

General Kwon Dae and Kwon Lianzong, Kwon Yi, a son of Kwon Yi, married Princess Yiyang.

General Quan - Qi Bi He Li - General of the Left Guard - Prince.

Li Xuan suddenly lowered his head and asked softly, "Dare to ask Uncle Shi, how is the health of Liang Guogong?" ”

Liu Xianli shook his head slightly, and said calmly: "It's not very good. ”

Li Xuan's breathing suddenly stopped.

He has a keen intuition, this Ministry of Works, I am afraid that he is a supporter of the crown prince Li Xian.

(End of chapter)