Li Yunze knew very well that what he wanted to do was what the Tubo people were desperately trying to stop.

It is indeed convenient and fast to walk at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but the Tibetan people also think so.

He even had a rough inference about the arrangements of the Tibetans.

After the reinforcements arrived in Qiuzi, the Tibetans would continue to come to try to fight, step by step along the Tianshan Mountains to the west to intercept layer by layer, and try their best to attack the huge convoy.

This is a typical lure of the enemy to go deeper, and when they have traveled more than 1,000 miles to the west and are exhausted, the real main army of the Tubo people will flank and surround Li Yunze's troops in front and back.

To the south is the Hanhai Sea and to the north is the Tien Shan.

The Tang army, exhausted and having lost most of its supplies, will be attacked by a much larger army than expected.

Most of the Tang troops who were attacked by the enemy on their backs were recruits, and even if they were white, they were helpless.

The equipment of the Tang Army is indeed very good, but the source of strength is still the people who use the equipment.

He even deduced the decisive battlefield preset by the Tubo people, and it must be in Gumo country.

Now that he knew the enemy's strategy, he naturally couldn't follow the enemy's arrangement, so Li Yunze had his own plan.

Speaking of which, the strategic plan formulated by Li Yunze is very simple, that is, to borrow the terrain to form a huge encirclement within a wider range.

The Tubo people want to use the Tianshan Mountains and the Hanhai, which is really a coincidence, and Li Yunze also wants to use it.

Blockade the mountain passes in the Tianshan Mountains, and leave heavy troops in Yanqi to lock the pocket exits. The reinforcements marched south across the Hanhai Sea, cutting off the logistics of the Tubo people, and finally arrived at Shule to relieve the siege silently, while locking the entrance to the pocket array.

Again, there are not enough supplies, and no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, it is a dead end.

Even the more soldiers and horses, the faster they will die.

As long as Li Yunze can cut off the supply line of the Tubo people on the south side of the Hanhai Sea, the Tubo army trapped at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains will be dead.

And along the way, you can also use the Tibetan defenders to train new soldiers, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

A simple, counter-encirclement carried out on a larger scale is nothing more.

The captains were dumbfounded, they never thought that Li Yunze would be able to resolve the crisis so easily.

From north to south, the width of Hanhai varies from hundreds of miles to more than 1,000 miles, as long as a few specific routes are blocked, it really can't get out.

At least strategically, the lieutenants are submissive.

Next, it's up to the tactics to execute successfully.

After explaining, Li Yunze's face sank, "The general only said this time, who dares to question the general from now on, then come and see you!" ”

In this world, he does not have the great martial arts of Li Jing, nor has he ever been mixed in the military system, and he has no intersection with the soldiers and horses under his command at all.

It is precisely because of this that in order to maintain the morale of the army, he had to explain his battle plan to the captains.

In the Ming world, who dares to question him has long been engaged in military law.

Next, from the captain to the sergeant, they all saw Li Yunze's ability.

The huge army, and even the even larger transport fleet, still marched in the environment of Hanhai, and the difficulty of its dispatch can be imagined.

However, Li Yunze arranged everything in an orderly manner, and all kinds of orders were issued in a flowing manner, and the marching army was maintained vigorously.

What's even more exaggerated is that with only a small number of local guides who rely entirely on experience, Li Yunze was always able to find the most suitable route for the march, avoiding the dangerous and difficult desert environment, and walking on the strong Gobi suitable for marching.

The oases along the way, in particular, are almost unmissed.

What is the most important thing in the desert?

Water, of course!

If you don't eat, you can carry it for days.

But if you don't drink water, you will be thirsty for a day and can't stand it.

This is especially true in an environment where the sun is scorching and the body water is evaporated on a large scale.

Li Yunze was able to find the oasis, not because he opened his third eye... on the forehead. Instead, he used drones to conduct super-large reconnaissance from the sky.

After all, in the open environment of the desert, it is not very difficult to find the traces of the oasis at high altitude.

Tens of thousands of horses and tens of thousands of four-wheeled vehicles avoided all dangers, including sandstorms.

Along the way, you can stay near the oasis almost every night, then use quilts and blankets to resist the cold of the night, and get up in the morning to eat and drink enough to fill the precipitated water before setting off.

Because of proper scheduling, this huge Tang army, under the leadership of Li Yunze, only spent more than ten days all the way south to the west bank of Lop Nur.

In later generations, Lop Nur was synonymous with dry land.

In the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian once said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "Loulan, Shiyi has a city and is near Yanze." ’

This Shiozawa is Lop Nur.

Two hundred years ago, after the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed Loulan, it was gradually abandoned and barren.

At this time, it still has a basin area of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

Of course, now it's not called Lop Nur, it's called the Peacock Sea.

Looking at the vast smoke and waves in front of him, and the beautiful scenery of water and plants, Li Yunze shook his head again and again.

Because he knew very well that the scene in front of him was purely because of the short-term prosperity caused by the inflow of rivers such as the Tarim River and the Peacock River.

As these desert rivers cease to flow, they quickly wither and become small, saltwater lakes that are habitable for two or three months a year.

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There is only drinking water available for two or three months, and it is destined to be impossible to live here for a long time.

This is also the fundamental reason why the people of Loulan finally gave up here.

After all, for most of the year, there are only saltwater lakes left, and there is no even saltwater at all, so there is no way to live in it.

Li Yunze naturally didn't stay here for long, and after two days of repair, he quickly moved west and arrived at Dianhe City.

Without the slightest surprise, the city of Dianhe was already occupied by the Tibetans.

Seeing the appearance of the Tang army, the Tubo people were obviously shocked, and closed the city gate in a panic and prepared to defend it.

The city is an adobe wall, and the walls are not high.

Li Yunze was in a hurry, so he naturally didn't do any complicated large-scale siege equipment, just made some long ladders and started to attack the city.

There is no siege of three missing one, that is, there are only a few hundred Tubo people who bully and defend the city, and they are very simply besieged on all sides.

The Tang army came too suddenly, and the defenders did not make any preparations at all.

It can only be in vain to stand at the head of the city and shoot arrows and dance knives.

The Tang Dynasty armorer, who was dressed like half of an iron can, completely ignored those bows, arrows, knives and guns, and rushed up the ladder stubbornly.

Just like Li Yunze thought before, he took the opportunity of the march to train those recruits into veterans.

And the biggest difference between a recruit and a veteran is whether or not he has been on the battlefield.

Most of the soldiers and horses who besieged the city this time were new recruits.

Li Yunze, who was sitting on the Maza, quietly watched the Tang army attacking the city on the side of Dongcheng.

He saw a member of the Tang Army, stretching his bow and arrows under the city, shooting more than ten arrows one after another, each arrow hitting a defender.

Such a wonderful archery technique made Li Yunze can't help but nod and applaud, "Good archery!" ”

There are many people who are good at archery during training on weekdays, but those who can shoot well on the battlefield are all archers.

Because this is very demanding for mentality, Li Yunze himself is a master of archery, so he naturally knows this very well.

He paid attention to the Tang Army armorer, silently watched him put away his bow and arrows, and climbed the city wall step by step with a horizontal knife in his mouth.

"First on! There are Mengshi first~~~"

The cheers of the Tang army sounded all around, and the merit of ascending first is always the first of all merits, which is a perfect display of courage and strength plus luck.

And the merit of ascending first is also the fastest way for ordinary sergeants to cross the steps and get ahead from ordinary sergeants.

Of course, it is also the most dangerous.

Normally, nine out of ten men who ascended first would die at the head of the city.

Fortunately, the opponent this time was too weak, and the Mengshi who ascended first successfully protected the breakthrough and received the support of the follow-up brothers.

More and more Tang troops climbed the top of the city everywhere, and began to advance everywhere, and the defenders gradually became overwhelmed and began to collapse.

Seeing this, Li Yunze simply got up and picked up Maza, "It's over, ready to enter the city." ”

The ability of the Tubo people to defend the city is not bad, but it is a pity that this time they are completely defenseless, and their strength is too weak to be directly drummed down.

After repairing here in Dianhe City for two days, and when the follow-up convoys of soldiers and horses arrived one after another, Li Yunze selected a group of 3,000 soldiers and horses to stay in the garrison, and left them enough supplies to use for several months.

"Repair the city walls, prepare materials for defending the city, and cut down all the poplar forests outside the city."

Li Yunze's order to the defenders was very clear: "Cut off the supply line here and hold it!" ”

The Tang army soon set out to the west again, and seven or eight days later the advance arrived at the end.

In the Han Dynasty, it was the end of the country, and it was discovered by Zhang Qian.

When it came to the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty set up a county here, and sent prisoners to come here to the border of Tuntian.

In history, when Xuanzang returned to Chang'an City, he also passed by here.

When Cheng Biting Jin traveled west before, he had sent Cheng Chumo to capture this place.

When Cheng Chumo left, he left less than 1,000 people stationed.

There was no surprise that the Tibetan army drove over and occupied this place again.

This time, the Tibetan defenders were somewhat prepared, and the number of defenders was even higher, reaching two or three thousand.

Not surprisingly, it was still a siege battle.

This time, Li Yunze did not rush to start fighting, but set up camp outside the city, cut down trees to make siege equipment, and waited for the arrival of follow-up soldiers and horses before attacking the city.

It's just that that night, there was an accident.

There were shouts of killing in the city, and the flames were soaring, and even the city gate near the Tang army camp was opened.

A lieutenant asked Li Yunze what to do, and Li Yunze simply said, "What else can I do, the city gate is opened, of course, I will kill it immediately!" ”

The lieutenant asked anxiously, "What if it's a trap?" ”

"Where did you get so many traps, this is an old and dilapidated town, and there is not even an urn city. Don't miss out when the opportunity arises and rush right in! ”

As the Tang Army's iron cavalry roared into the city, this night battle also ended early.

By dawn, the truth of last night's chaos was finally revealed.

Moreover, the residents of the city were basically remnants of the former Sui Dynasty, and the brutal oppression of the Tubo people after they came aroused their anger and resistance.

Yesterday, it was learned that the main force of the Tang army had arrived outside the city, and they launched an attack on the Tibetans that night, and they even released the Tang army that had been defeated and captured before.

Li Yunze, who learned about the cause and effect, received the local leaders in the city.

Hearing this, he was appeased, and said, "You are the people of the Tang Dynasty from now on, and you have the protection of the Tang Dynasty." You deserve to be rewarded for your efforts in seizing the city. ”

When the leading figures left happily, Li Yunze summoned the captain who was scheduled to stay behind and instructed, "When the Tubo people come, they must watch these people." If you can betray the first time, you can betray the second time. To find a way to divide them, those who are available should be absorbed as soon as possible. And at the end of here, you must hold it! ”

"Yui!"