The flames were shining and the smoke was billowing.

Countless Tibetan cavalry rushed out of the mountain road and rushed to the Kuhai camp on the top of the mountain in the distance.

The north wind was howling, the smoke was soaring into the sky, and the Tibetan cavalry couldn't see the road under their feet at all.

In the sea of fire behind, I don't know how many people have been completely burned to death.

……

On the mountain road on the north side of the bitter sea at a high place, on Qinling clenched his fists, looking at the raging fire burning on the mountain road in the distance, the whole person couldn't help but tremble: "How come, how can it be ......"

More than a dozen Tubo generals stood behind the Tomb of Nonqin, all bowing their heads in mourning.

On Qinling's face was ugly and terrifying.

Even he didn't expect that in the mountain road high in this snow-capped mountain, the Tang people would dare to set fire, how could they set it on fire.

"Puff puff!" Suddenly, on the mountain road in the distance, the cavalry at the back fell directly to the ground in batches as if they had been cursed.

"That's ......" On Qinling looked at the strange scene, his breath suddenly sank, and he roared angrily in an instant: "King of Nanchang." ”

At the beginning, in the Qilian Mountains, a similar scene happened.

The flames burned rapidly, scorching out the oxygen in the air, and finally causing thousands of Tuyuhun soldiers to suffocate to death.

More Tuyuhun soldiers, as if they had seen a ghost, retreated frantically.

The king of Nanchang was killed from behind, and most of the 30,000 soldiers were lost.

Especially when they saw the king of Nanchang and his black-clothed soldiers again that day, it was like seeing a ghost.

Qinghai Duhu Shang Jiezan stepped forward slightly, and persuaded in a low voice: "Great Minister, although the soldiers who entered the mountain road have encountered a fire attack, but the mountain road is narrow and the team is very long, now I order the whole army to retreat, at least half of the people can withdraw again, relying on the terrain of the bitter sea, we still have to fight." ”

On Qinling turned his head expressionlessly: "Do you think they will give us a chance?" ”

"The prime minister once said that opportunities are not given by others, but we work hard to win." Shang Jiezan bowed his head, but his words made Yan Qinling's expression much more stable.

"First, we need to figure out what's going on?" On Qinling looked at the mountain road in the distance, gritted his teeth and said: "Yesterday morning, our army suddenly rushed down the snow peak, and entered the mountain road at the peak of Garidang Mountain. ”

Shang Jiezan bowed his head slightly and said: "The front of the army is back, the Tang people are fierce, and thousands of our army are attacking the city, and they are all gone." ”

"That's right." On Qinling gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Xianli, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty, the former general was a master craftsman, he actually took only one month to form a mountain road into a mechanism killing road, which was not expected by the prime minister, so he increased his troops and planned to destroy this level......"

"However, a fire broke out in the middle of the night." Shang Jiezan's tone became heavy.

"The fire spread from the mountain path to the outside of the mountain road, and it was still coming to the heights." On Qinling turned around suddenly, looked at Shang Jiezan, and asked, "Didn't you say that there is nothing to ignite on the mountain road?" ”

"No, no!" Shang Jiezan frowned tightly, he was about to say something, when he suddenly paused, his face was instantly ugly: "It's those dead leaves, there are no in the middle of the mountain road, that's because the original dead leaves were swept under the mountain walls on both sides......"

"No, there shouldn't be so many dead leaves." Shang Jiezan, who was directly interrupted by Qinling, gritted his teeth and said: "It's the Tang people, they spent the whole month secretly burying dead leaves on the mountain road. ”

"But how did they get so many dead leaves?" Shang Jiezan still couldn't figure it out, and asked puzzledly: "There are so many dead leaves, I'm afraid they all have to be transported up from the bottom of the mountain." ”

The temperature at the top of the mountain is very low, and it is almost all bare.

When we went down to the vicinity of the peak of Garidang Mountain, there were more thorns.

Beyond the mountain road, there are more trees.

Dead leaves are more piled up below the mountainside, and it is not a small project to get so many dead leaves to be scattered on the mountain road.

"It's easier than having the soldiers fight hard." On Qinling took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "It's the king of Nanchang, he used a water wheel to get the dead leaves under the mountain. ”

"But the king of Nanchang has never been to the mountain road before!" Shang Jiezan's face was already very ugly, and although the facts were in front of him, he still didn't want to admit it.

Since Li Xuan returned to Changzhou from Chang'an, it has been difficult for them to explore in Xinghai County, but outside Xinghai County, they still have some eyeliner.

Although there was a distance of 200 miles from Kuhai to the bottom of the mountain, and the scouts between the Tang and Turkish sides on both sides of the mountain road were extremely fierce, the Tubo people still managed to send many spies to the bottom of the mountain.

Of course, the patrols of the Tang people under the mountain were more intensive, but relying on some of the arrangements left before, they hid among the herdsmen.

Before the new Yellow Book registration of the Tang people began, they successfully hid.

Hidden on the mountain road from Xinghai to Dafeichuan.

But it's a pity that Li Xuan never left Xinghai to go to the mountain road, not once.

He was more concerned with the internal affairs of Changzhou, grazing cattle, cultivating fields, and repairing roads.

The only thing related to the front line is the transfer of grain and grass from Xinghai, Qugou and other places to Dafeichuan.

"It's not him, it's Li Jinxing." The corners of Qinling's mouth twitched slightly, he regarded Li Xuan as a great enemy, so he put more energy on Li Xuan.

But at this time, Li Xuan passed Li Jinxing and secretly Chen Cang.

Li Jinxing was the deputy marshal and deputy commander of the Taochang marching army, and in the absence of the governor of all roads, he commanded the front-line armies as the general of Yan Guogong and the general of the right leading army.

Changshui Pass was also built by him at the beginning, at least the foundation was his, and the subsequent preparations were also made by him.

After Li Xuan returned from Chang'an, he also went to visit Li Xuan more than once.

After all, Li Xuan's identity is still above him, and he has just received the emperor's order.

Who knew that the two of them had already arranged such an amazing plan after just a few meetings.

"The purpose of the king of Nanchang not coming to Changshui Pass is not only to attract the attention of us and others elsewhere, but also to give up military merit to Liu Xianli, so that he can use the strategy of fire attack without worrying about anything."

On Qinling gritted his teeth and said: "What a king of Nanchang, in order to defeat us and others, he is also willing to do anything." ”

"Prime minister, since we have figured out everything, let's hurry up and repair the soldiers, we still have the strength to fight."

Shang Jiezan said seriously: "Even if we can't hold the sea of suffering, we have to make them pay a huge price, which is our strategy in itself." ”

The Tibetans never intended to defend the bitter sea, which can be seen from the fact that only 10,000 of the 20,000 soldiers who are currently guarding the bitter sea are Tubo.

What's more, among the 10,000 Tibetan soldiers, 5,000 were brought over by the Qinling Tomb after returning from Luo.

Otherwise, before the return of the Qin Tomb, there were only 5,000 Tubo soldiers and 10,000 Tuyuhun soldiers here, although the combat power was quite a lot, but it was somewhat insufficient.

The reason why Qinling was quickly reinforced was because the commander of the Tang Army had changed.

It's not Liu Renliang, it's not Xue Rengui, it's the Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty Ministry of Industry that Qinling has little contact, and the former will be a master craftsman, and Liu Shenli, the prince of Pengcheng County.

On Qinling somewhat looked down on Liu Xianli, after all, he was a civil official.

In the Qilian Mountains before, if Li Xuan hadn't rushed to support, the Tang people's Shasu Dao and Ganliang Dao armies would not have been able to kill Qingxi at all.

Therefore, more attention is paid to Li Xuan.

"No, you're wrong, we don't have any strength to fight." On Qinling couldn't help but shake his head and said, "I forgot, the north wind tonight." ”

Shang Jiezan was instantly cold.

The north wind is howling, and the hot wind is blowing south.

The Tang people didn't have to worry about the fire rolling up at all, they just had to follow the fire and drive away the Tibetan soldiers.

And Shang Jiezan didn't know that high temperature could greatly alleviate the plateau miasma of the Tang people.

But he knew that once he was driven away by the Tang people, then these warriors in front of him were likely to become the sharp blades of the Tang people.

At that time, the entire camp of the bitter sea may not be able to hold it.

"The front camp set up a card, only three people were allowed to pass, and the rear camp left three thousand elites, and after the Tang people attacked, they retreated after shooting arrows." On Qinling raised his head, looked at the mountain road in the distance, and said softly: "The army retreats to Wuhai, divide the three roads, and then sweep the road, let the swamps on this road clean up the Tang people for us." ”

Shang Jiezan's eyes lit up.

The bitter sea and the sea are not small lakes, and in the middle are mostly small rivers and lakes formed by the accumulation of snow and water left on the mountains.

In the summer, the snow and water merge and become one.

In winter, they separated from each other, and there was grass to cover them in the direction of Wuhai.

Once you step down, no one knows whether you are stepping on a meadow, a lake or a swamp.

Even the Tibetan people, without those old people to guide the way, they would not have thought of passing through safely.

Not to mention, sometimes, the current, the lake, the swamp, will change,

Of course, Xue Rengui has suffered this loss ruthlessly.

It took a lot of effort to kill Wuhai.

"If Xue Rengui is here, the prime minister said that he can't leave immediately, but Liu Xianli is here, and the prime minister wants to weigh his weight."

On Qinling's eyes raised, he looked at the mountain in the distance, and said softly: "There is also the king of Nanchang, and the prime minister also wants to weigh his catties and taels, whether it is just an invincible strategy, or the killing is equally fierce." ”

"Prime minister, wasn't the king of Nanchang lured to Xinghai?" Shang Jiezan asked carefully.

"If all this is his game, then the game of the true phase will be broken." As soon as Qin Ling turned around, he led all the soldiers to quickly retreat to the rear camp.

Originally, Qinling planned to have a good competition with Liu Xianli here, but unfortunately, his strategy was broken by Li Xuan.

……

"Everything is the credit of the prince of Pengcheng, this king just proposed slightly, but I didn't expect it to happen." Li Xuan smiled faintly and looked in front of her.

On both sides of the dark mountain road, there are all traces of burning.

The devil knows how many branches they have buried under the dead leaves.

Li Xuan rode on his horse, turned his head and asked, "By the way, how many results are there in this battle?" ”

Liu Xianli was beside Li Xuan, and Lou Shide, who was dressed in military uniform, stood beside him, and said softly: "More than 7,000 beheaded, 2,000 damaged." ”

"Two thousand?" Li Xuan couldn't help but look sideways at Liu Xianli, his eyes were already ugly and terrifying.

The result of beheading more than 7,000 Tubo people is not as serious as damaging 2,000 Tang troops.

"It's not the 5,000 people, it's other soldiers who didn't support it in Shule South Mountain." Liu Xianli smiled and said, "Always let them have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

"The big handsome said earlier." Li Xuan immediately relaxed, the soldiers selected from Shule Nanshan who could withstand the plateau miasma were not yet five thousand, and they could not be easily damaged.

"In the future, this sea of suffering will be guarded by them." Liu Xianli gently urged the horse and said, "Let's go, let's go to the sea of bitterness to have a look." ”

"Whoa!" Li Xuan, Lou Shide, Wang Xiaojie, Xiao Siye and others followed on horseback.

Outside the camp in the north of the bitter sea, Li Jinxing, Hei Yan Changzhi, Li Duozuo and others greeted him.

Liu Xianli took Li Xuan, Xiao Siye and his main generals, rode slowly on horseback, and Li Jinxing and others bowed their hands at the same time: "I've seen the handsome!"

"Where is the Qin Tomb?" Liu Xianli waved his hand and asked in a low voice: "I have withdrawn to Wuhai, and the scouts have already chased after me, but ......"

"What?"

"There are small half-scouts who have been introduced to the meadow swamp." There was a hint of solemnity in the eyes of the black tooth Changzhi.

A grass swamp with grass on the surface and a treacherous puddle of bottomless water below.

Between the bitter sea and the black sea, there are grass swamps everywhere.

Liu Xianli nodded expressionlessly and said, "Use the captured Tubo captives to explore the way." ”

"Whoa!"

(End of chapter)