On the vast grassland, the hoarfrost has been clouded.

Countless horses' hooves stepped across the Xinghai grassland, and finally crossed the Shazhuyu River and went straight into the new city of Qugou.

Standing in front of the city gate, which already looked a little, Li Xuan slowed down his horse, and then, thousands of black-clothed and black-armored cavalry slowly entered the city and began to head towards the barracks.

Qugou New Town did not intend to build a city wall from the beginning, so when Qugou New Town expanded north to the Chinese army camp, although it was forced to stop, it seemed that the Chinese army camp was still included.

The camp of the Chinese army has become the northernmost piece of Qugou New Town, and the north gate of the camp is also the north gate of the new city.

The long streets around the camp were unusually wide, and with the long streets on all sides, thousands of soldiers could pour out at the same time.

When winter comes, the most troublesome thing is heating and accommodation.

It's okay in the city, the crowd gathers in one place, it's already warm, and outside the city is the trouble, especially the grassland.

No one knows that a creek there will freeze and slip horses.

Once a war horse is fractured, the consequences are extremely serious.

Those are the worst enemies of the winter war.

In front of the south gate of the Chinese army's camp, Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, and a group of black-armored cavalry returned to the camp separately.

Li Xuan walked towards the Chinese army camp with a solemn face.

Qianniu guarded outside the door, saw Li Xuan, bowed slightly, and opened the curtain.

In the big tent, more than a dozen generals were gathering in front of the sand table, discussing the next marching plan.

Surrounded by everyone in the center, dressed in a purple robe, it was none other than Liu Renliang, the generalissimo of the Northwest Road March.

The left and right are: Xiao Siye, the general of the Left Guard, and Wang Xiaojie, the general of the Left Guard.

General Zhenguo, General Xiaowei of the Right Inspectorate, Shi Xuan; The right Xiao Wei Zhonglang will be benevolent.

The right leader Wei General Li Jinxing, the right leader Wei General Li Qing, the right leader Wei Zhonglang will Li Duozuo, and the right leader Wei Zhonglang will be Hei Tooth Changzhi.

Sun Renshi, the general of the right Tunwei, Jin Mulin, the general of the Zhonglang of the right Tunwei, and Murong Zhong, the general of the right leopard Taowei.

There are also more than a dozen military officials around, each Cao joined the army, Changshi, Sima and others.

Li Xuan opened the curtain and entered.

The cold wind blew in, and everyone immediately turned their heads and looked at Li Xuan.

"King of Nanchang, what have you gained?" Liu Renliang asked directly.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and arched his hand: "Returning to the commander, I haven't found any hidden troops of the Tubo people. ”

Liu Renliang nodded, looked at the people present and asked, "The king of Nanchang proposed a few days ago that Qinling may have secret troops involved in the mountains, what do you think?" ”

Murong Zhong couldn't help but take the lead in asking: "Could it be that the prince is mistaken, there is no secret hand at all in the Qin Ling." ”

Xiao Siye, the general of the left guard on the opposite side, shook his head and said: "On Qinling's cunning, although he has been away for nearly a month, I believe that the news of the Wuhai front line will be transmitted back every few days, and we spent a month laying ice on the mountain road, even if we didn't perceive our intentions at first, now we should understand it, how can we not react." ”

"Yes, we can't hide the matter of attacking Xinghai, and this is even more true of the ice road shop. The only thing that the Tubo people are not sure about is when our army will start, after all, they can't send troops to fight us as soon as there is a stir. Li Jinxing spoke, he looked at the sand table and said: "Ma Jixue Mountain is four hundred miles long, and there are a few mountain roads and trails in it, and it is too normal for Tibetans to be there. ”

Except for Murong Zhong, no one said that Li Xuan's recent series of actions were unfounded.

Whether it is the war in Qingxi or the strategy of laying ice roads in Qingnan, what Li Xuan has done is convincing enough.

"The ice road on the mountain road may still be of some use this year, but next year, the Qinling Tomb will be able to come up with a way to crack it." Li Xuan shook his head slightly.

This winter, taking advantage of the fact that the Tubo people did not know the situation, they sent troops to fight into the Wuhai - Dafeichuan Mountain Road.

The Tubo people originally had the intention of luring the enemy deep into and stretching the Tang Grain Road, so they also fought and retreated along the entire mountain road, until they withdrew to a hundred miles away.

It was at this time that the Don Army began to lay waterwheels at the forefront.

The Tubo Wuhai garrison immediately sensed that the Tang Dynasty was trying to use the waterwheel to transport grain, and immediately organized its soldiers to counterattack, but they were directly ambushed by the Tang army.

Datang's laying of waterwheels is just an attempt to use waterwheels to spread water on the mountain road, and the effect is not very large, so before starting, I don't know who thought to pay attention, and directly used the waterwheel as bait to ambush the Tubo people.

After the Tibetans completely withdrew, they began to use waterwheels and began to pave water on the mountain roads.

A waterwheel every ten miles, controlling the amount of water from below, carefully spread it to the top, and then using boats, it was dismantled from the upstream and buried in the mountain.

By next year, once the sea is attacked again, these waterwheels will immediately come in handy.

The Tang army has always been harassing at the front line, making the Tubo people think that the purpose of the Tang Dynasty is Wuhai.

It wasn't until half a month ago that the Tubo people suddenly attacked and broke the Tang army under Wuhai City, and then they discovered the true intentions of the Tang army.

But the two hundred miles of mountain roads are already full of ice roads, and people are barely walking, let alone horses.

In the Wuhai Sea in winter, even during the day, the temperature is below zero, and even if you use manpower to shovel ice, you don't know how long it will take.

Originally, at the beginning, Li Xuan and their worst concern was that the Tubo people would desperately use manpower to de-ice the mountain road, but no.

The Tang army set up a military camp of 500 men thirty miles from the foot of the mountain, but the Tibetans never fought there.

They didn't even come down from the mountain with the help of boats, and Li Xuan originally wanted to knock the Tubo soldiers who didn't have war horses, but unfortunately the Tubo people didn't give him this opportunity.

Seeing that the time to attack Wuhai was getting closer and closer, Li Xuan was inexplicably uneasy.

He suspected that somewhere they couldn't see, there was a backhand arranged by Qin Ling in advance, but unfortunately Li Xuan couldn't find it after looking for a long time.

The sound of "cough" immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Liu Renliang coughed lightly, and everyone immediately gave up: "Handsome." ”

Liu Renliang, who was dressed in a purple robe, looked at the sand table and said in a deep voice: "When marching and fighting, everything needs to be careful and repeated. ”

"Whoa!" Everyone bowed their hands at the same time.

Liu Renliang's gaze fell on Xinghai, and then he said: "Xinghai, where the Tubo Qingdong Protectorate is located, there are 10,000 Tubo cavalry and 20,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, which are equivalent to our troops, and have a slight terrain advantage. ”

The northern part of Xinghai is an open grassland area, and to the south is a hilly and low mountain area, and beyond the hilly and low mountain area is a Xinghai Valley.

The Yellow River flows down from the eastern side of Majixue Mountain and flows into Longyang Gorge on the east side of Xinghai.

There are also many streams that flow down from the mountain and finally join the Yellow River.

The abundant water volume has made Xinghai the most fertile place for aquatic plants in the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, except for Golmud and Fuqicheng.

Liu Renliang said calmly: "In this battle, with 10,000 left guard cavalry as the main force, they broke through from the north side and killed any Tubo cavalry immediately. ”

Xiao Siye, the general of the left guard, and Wang Xiaojie, the general of the left guard, stood up at the same time, and said: "The last general will take the order." ”

"The right guard infantry each has 2,000 guards to guard Dafeichuan and the camp of the army, and the remaining 4,000 cavalry are the central army, and they will follow the commander."

Sun Renshi, the general of the Right Tun Guard, and Jin Mulin, the general of the Right Tun Guard, stood up at the same time, and arched his hand: "The last general will take the order." ”

Liu Renliang looked up at Ren Enci and Murong Zhong, and said directly: "Three thousand right Xiaowei and three thousand right leopard Taowei are each moving forward from Dafeichuan and the west bank of the Yellow River. ”

The right Xiaowei Zhonglang of the inspection school will be benevolent, and the right leopard Taowei general Murong Zhong stood up at the same time, and arched his hand: "The last general will take the order." ”

Liu Renliang turned his head to look at Shi Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "General, the Turkic cavalry, as the rear army, immediately rushed forward as soon as there was a military order. ”

"The last general commands." Shi Jian accepted the order without the slightest hesitation.

Although Liu Renliang looked at Li Jinxing, he said in a deep voice: "Be careful, the right leader Wei army passed through the Yellow River and went straight to Guinan. The Black Tooth Changzhi Department came out of Zeku and rushed straight to Tongde, so that the military strength of the two counties must not be loosened, and it is best to directly break through the two counties. ”

"The last general commands." The right leader of the army is the general Li Jinxing, the general Li Qing, the Zhonglang will be Li Duozuo, and the Zhonglang will be the black tooth Changzhi at the same time.

Liu Renliang nodded, his eyes finally fell on Li Xuan, and said directly: "The right guard is a mobile cavalry, and if there is an accident, it will support it." ”

"The last general commands." Li Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and gave up his hand.

This time to attack Xinghai, Li Xuan was not the main force, not because his men were too strong, but because Li Xuan said that if he was the Qinling, he would definitely be prepared for an accident.

In today's battle, Qingxi was lost, and Wuhai-Dafeichuan Mountain Road was blocked by the Ice Road, and the Tubo people were left with only Xinghai Road.

Although the possibility of Qin Ling thinking of this situation is very low, once he thinks of it, he will inevitably make a backhand arrangement in it.

Liu Renliang is doing this now to prevent all accidents that may occur.

And among all the accidents, the most frightening and worrying thing is that the Qinling Tomb did not return to Luo at all, but was still hiding in the Wuhai Sea.

The news of Luo Ji spread from Luo to Songzhou, and then from Songzhou to Chang'an, and then Chang'an to the front line, and I don't know how much time was delayed in the middle.

"If the Qinling Tomb really did not return to Luo, then the Tubo Dafeichuan Ice Road may be broken through by the Tubo.

At that time, it is very likely that it will be ours if it is attacked by two sides, so general, King of Nanchang, you must be ready to attack at any time. ”

Liu Renliang said the final confession.

Li Xuan and Shi Xuan gave up their hands at the same time: "The last general will take the order." ”

At this time, Liu Renliang looked up at everyone and said, "Everyone, after this battle, once we win, we will be able to live peacefully until the New Year." When the time comes, the generals who are closer to their homes, Ben Shuai can also let you go home to visit your relatives at his discretion, but if this battle is lost today, then it is very likely that we will not be able to go back. ”

"The army goes out to fight, and there is no defeat in victory." More than a dozen generals present surrendered their hands at the same time.

Liu Renliang nodded solemnly and said coldly: "Okay, each of them will return to the army, and they will prepare separately, and in the next three days, each department will attack according to the scheduled plan." ”

"Whoa!"

……

Li Xuan walked out of the big tent, Wang Xiaojie walked to the side, and said with a low smile: "It is rumored in the DPRK that the prince will be the next Xinzhou assassin history, I don't know if it happens?" ”

"Brother Xiaojie is well-informed." Li Xuan glanced at Wang Xiaojie in some surprise, and then shook his head and said: "The affairs of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China are all empty talk without a formal official appointment. ”

Li Xuan was very calm and relaxed, and the emperor said that he should be the king of the northwest, but it was just the emperor's words.

When the time comes, the court and the central government are opposed, the ministers are opposed, and Li Xuan can't say anything.

Although Wang Xiaojie understood the truth, he still said "hehe": "If they don't give the prince this assassination history, then with the prince's military exploits, I'm afraid they will have to go to Honglu Temple, right?" ”

Li Xuan followed with a smile, his biggest hole card is his military exploits, if he doesn't give him this Xinzhou assassin history, then he has to find a suitable position in the court.

The whole world is watching.

Li Xuan retracted his thoughts, looked at Wang Xiaojie and said, "Brother Xiaojie, after this battle, you, the Zhonglang general, should also be promoted." ”

Although Wang Xiaojie grinned, he still said modestly: "It is better to be a lieutenant general in Zuowei than to be a general in other places." ”

Li Xuan nodded, Zuo Wei is the head of the sixteen guards other than Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei, where is the false name.

"Humph!" A cold snort sounded next to him, and the right leader Wei Zhonglang will Li Duozuo, and Zhonglang will pass by the black tooth Changzhi.

(End of chapter)