On 16 November, Li Sheng convened the generals to discuss the matter, and decided to send troops south on the grounds that Linqiong was in danger.

The Nishikawa Army is the vanguard.

Yesterday, Li Sheng and Xishan Chu Shuai, Duzhi soldiers and horses made Han Tan set a marriage between their children, and Li Xun will marry the daughter of the Han family in the near future.

With this relationship, Xichuan and the generals felt a lot more at ease, and Han Tan even took the initiative to ask for orders to be the striker to share the worries and solve problems for the imperial court, and at the same time took the opportunity to express his support for Li Sheng with practical actions.

After all, everyone can see the importance that the emperor attaches to Li Sheng, otherwise he can't give him the title of a general and control the generals, which is equivalent to a marching general in the early Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, Li Sheng is now the number three person in the Shence Army, if he has a meritorious service in breaking the enemy, after returning to the dynasty, the honor and favor will inevitably be greater, which is also of great benefit to the Han family.

Li Sheng did not refuse Han Tan's initiative to show goodwill, he needed a stable rear.

……

The next day, an army of 30,000 marched south.

The north wind is as cold as a knife, blowing the flag hunting, in the distance

The mountains seemed to be bent over by the bleak cold wind, and the occasional chirping of birds and beasts was even more solemn.

"Alas!"

Li Xun, who was walking in the middle of the team, suddenly sighed, attracting Guo Ying next to him to look sideways, and asked, "Wulang, why are you lamenting?" Could it be that the girl of the Han family was born with five big and three coarse, which is not to your liking? ”

"Of course not! The marriage is all in the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker, how can I influence it.

is that the girl of the Han family is really like what you said, as long as she is virtuous, I will admit it. Li Xun replied softly.

"Then why sigh?"

"It's just that when I saw the sergeants in high spirits, and thought that there would be a big battle in the near future, I don't know how many brothers in Paozawa will be buried on the battlefield, and I can't help but feel a little sad in my heart."

Li Xun is a military marquis in charge of military discipline, and the chores in the battalion, such as ghostwriting letters for the soldiers, recording military exploits, and counting the captured casualties are all his jobs.

Although these soldiers are insignificant in the history books, for Li Xun, they are living, flesh and blood, ordinary people who can laugh and anger, and worry, not just cold number symbols.

Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream.

Guo Ying was silent for a while, patted Li Xun's shoulder, and said with relief: "According to the news from Linqiong, half of the Southern Road Alliance Army is the Southern Zhao Army, and the Tubo Army only has more than 1,000 people from the Zanpu Garrison. ”

"I hope so......"

Li Xun smiled reluctantly and did not reply again.

……

Four days later, news came from the Chinese army that the Tang Army's forward and Xishan Army won a small victory and defeated a grain team of thousands of people in Nanzhao.

The morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted.

And the news also spread to the Nanzhao army.

"Tang Jun, come so fast!"

The face of Nanzhao King Yimu Xun was extremely gloomy, and he kept pacing in the tent, chattering endlessly.

Yi Mu Xun and Li Shi hope also succeeded to the throne this year, he is the grandson of the former Nanzhao Wang Ge Luo Feng, because his father Feng Jiayi died of illness three years ago, and inherited the throne as a king and grandson.

This time, the Tubo Nanzhao coalition army invaded Jiannan, which was led by him, and the purpose of Yimu Xun was also very simple, that is, he wanted to fight a big victory to strengthen his monarch's prestige and deter hundreds of thousands of barbarians in the country.

It's just that he expected to march into Chengdu Mansion, but Jiannan's dream was not easily realized, but he was trapped under Linqiong City with 100,000 troops.

Linqiong is just a state city, and it is difficult to conquer, Chengdu is an important town of Tianfu, and Nanjing of the Tang Dynasty is arbitrary?

As a result, a large number of generals suggested that they should withdraw their troops in order to plan for the long term.

"The king, Linqiong City is tall and strong, and its state assassin Shi Yuan has been aware of the state for 12 years, and it has won the hearts of the people, and the defense is tight, I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer for a while!"

The army general Duan Fuke took the lead in admonishing.

Duan Fuke was born in the Xi'er River "Baiman" indigenous surname, more than 20 years ago he led the army to break the Tang Army, and in the capture of Tang Prefecture County, the war of conquest of Zhujiao made great contributions, and was deeply respected by the people of Nanzhao.

As soon as he opened his mouth, a large army general immediately echoed: "The last general agrees with General Duan's opinion, we have lived in Yunnan for a long time, and we don't know the mountains and rivers of Jiannan, this rush to promote the army is already a taboo for soldiers, if we wait for the Tang army reinforcements to arrive, I'm afraid it will be ......."

"The Tang army broke through the two roads of soldiers and horses in Dafan, the soldiers were strong, and they were marching on the momentum, and my Dameng (Nanzhaoguo) soldiers attacked the city day after day, and they were already tired, how to resist? Think twice! ”

"King, withdraw the army, the Qiongzhou walled city, wherever it can be captured, the sons and daughters have all broken through, but it is also stretched thin to supply 100,000 troops to hold on to the Tang army!"

Nanzhao has a standing army of 30,000, led by twelve generals, and seeing that they are all persuaded to withdraw their troops one by one at this moment, Yi Mu Xun became more and more irritable in his heart.

How could he not understand what the generals were saying?

It's just that asking him to withdraw his troops at this time is tantamount to making him lose face, raising 100,000 troops and losing 10,000 people, but he can't even capture a single Linqiong, where does he have the face to see his ancestors and subjects.

He is only twenty-five years old, he has just ascended the throne, he is ambitious, and his vision is very high, so he naturally refuses to withdraw without a single shot.

Besides, this time he took the initiative to contact Tubo to attack Tang, if he withdrew like this, how should he explain to his ally Tubo?

Now that Dameng has hated the Tang Dynasty, if he hates Tubo again, it will really be a loss to his wife and a soldier.

As soon as he thought of this, Yi Mu Xun gritted his teeth, dispelled the idea of withdrawing troops to the back of his mind, and shouted: "I don't understand, why everyone is talking about withdrawing troops, as if this Tang Army is an invincible existence for us."

Twenty years ago, the Tang Dynasty sent a large army to invade our country twice, all of them were annihilated by our Dameng soldiers, and then, the first king sent heavenly soldiers to take Tangzhou County, and the army went all the way north like a bamboo, and even fought and won successes.

In just 20 years, our soldiers of Dameng have even fought with the Tang Army

Don't you have the courage to fight? ”

The more he spoke, the more intense his tone became, and at the end he almost roared.

The generals of the army who had originally advised were suddenly dumbfounded, looking at each other, obviously, no one could have expected that the attitude of Yi Mu Xun would be so resolute.

"No matter what, the battle strength is 100,000 against 30,000, and the advantage is mine."

Yi Mu Xun looked around, softened his tone, and then said: "Besides, the widow has no intention of setting up a dignified formation and fighting a bloody battle with the Tang army. ”

When everyone heard this, they were surprised.

"Listen to the king's meaning, is it to outwit the Tang army?" Duan Fuke asked suspiciously.

"Not bad!" Yi Mu Xun nodded, his eyes flashed with coldness, and said: "I want to follow the strategy of the first king to break Xian Yu Zhongtong and Li Mi, lure the enemy deep, and then wipe him out." ”

"The Great King Takami!" The generals will praise one after another.

Luring the enemy deep and dividing and encircling it, this is the trick that Nanzhao uses the most against the Tang Dynasty, but it is often tried and tested, and every time it is used, there must be a success.

If Yi Mu Xun's plan really works, then even if the Tang army is not completely annihilated, it will be greatly damaged, and at that time, even if the Tang Emperor sends troops to help, it will be too late.

"It's just the king, where are we going to lead the Tang army?"

Yi Mu Xun smiled confidently.

"There is a valley in the south of Dadu River, which can hide 100,000 soldiers, and the widow wants to let the Tang army have 30,000 soldiers, all of whom are buried here."