In the past two days, the Tubo people attacked Shibao City regardless of casualties, as well as Dingrong City on the opposite side of the hill where Shibao City was located, day and night. They also fought fiercely on the wide hillside with the soldiers and horses of the Tang army who came to reinforce them, and the combat intensity was very high.

Such a ferocious offensive made Wang Zhongsi a little unbearable, so he had to use the Tianwei Army, which had not participated in the battle before and was a reserve, as the main force, and transferred soldiers from other Longyou armies that needed to be repaired for the time being. Form a new force and grind time with the Tubo people in Shibao City.

There is nothing remarkable about this kind of battle, both sides are relying on brute force, pinning their hopes on "vigorously breaking the skill".

The Tubo army fought on the hillside, with Dingrong City in the west, Shibao City in the east, and the Tang army in the south. However, even in the face of such an unfavorable state, the Tibetan people did not retreat from the battle, and their will to fight was very tenacious.

In two days, the Tibetan army lost its troops and left many corpses on this wide battlefield. However, although the Tang army won a small victory, it made the Tang army's Longyou Jiedu confuse Wang Zhonghe.

What's the point of the Tibetan people playing a war of attrition like this?

Just after nightfall, Wang Zhongsi inspected the wooden village of Anrong City and found that there was nothing abnormal around, so he felt a little relieved. When he returned to the tent, he saw a messenger from the Chishui army coming to pay a visit, and the latter sent a letter from Guo Ziyi, the envoy of the Chishui army, and then withdrew from the tent.

"The soldiers and horses of Hexi have captured the source, no wonder the offensive of the Tubo people on the north road has been suspended, it turns out that the offensive and defense have changed positions!"

After reading the letter, Wang Zhongsi put the letter paper on the table, the wrinkles on his forehead stretched slightly, and tapped the table with his index finger. Guo Ziyi was very cautious and did not inform Fang Chongyong of the roundabout breakthrough with the silver spear Xiaojie army, for fear that there would be too many people and mixed eyes, which would lead to the leakage of news.

In Wang Zhongsi's view, the capture of the source by Hexi soldiers and horses seems unexpected, but it is actually a reasonable thing. In fact, this can also explain why Hexi did not send troops to Shanzhou as a reserve army for the "Teletubbies".

Because of that way of playing, for Hexi Town, the cost performance is too low, and the supply of grain and grass is also a problem.

Now that the Chishui Army occupies the source of the country, the support of the Northern Route Army in Shanzhou has been cut off, and it has fallen into a two-sided attack, and the only way to escape is from the Heilin River Valley Road in the northwest of Datong to the northern part of Qinghai Lake, that is, adjacent to the northwest of Huangyuan County, the Tubo defense area where the Qian'an People's Army is stationed.

The difficulty of this road lies in the fact that it has to rush from a low altitude to the plateau of Qinghai Lake, and it also has to take mountain roads and valley roads, and for an army, the logistical pressure is not ordinarily great.

It's not that you can withdraw all of them if you want to!

Wang Zhongsi could easily judge from this important news that the Tubo Army's North Road Division in Shanzhou had basically been abolished. Now it's not that those people want to attack the Heyuan Army garrison, but they have to worry about being served by the Tang Army!

Topographically speaking, the Datong area is now besieged by the Tang Army on three sides, and is basically in a state of precariousness.

Of course, it is not uncommon to seize this valley that the Tang Dynasty and Tubo have repeatedly contested, the question is only whether they can retain the Tubo field army that has been formed!

It is more important to destroy the enemy's living forces than to occupy the land.

Moreover, after the threat of the northern front was lifted, the Longyou Tang Army could press on the whole line and compete with the Tubo people in Shibao City, and there was no longer any need to divide troops to garrison the back road.

Do it now, or do ...... Wait for the offensive of the Tubo army on the southern front to slow down a little before starting?

Under the light of the torches, the expression on Wang Zhongsi's face was unpredictable, and he looked very entangled. Li Guangbi fought well at the front, the tactical execution was very resolute, and the Tang army clearly had the upper hand.

If you want to relieve your worries, you can only send Li Guangbi to return to the Heyuan Army garrison with the Tianwei Army, and after joining forces, then concentrate your forces to attack the Tubo Army in Datong and pull out this nasty nail!

However, if Li Guangbi and Tianwei's army were transferred, the front line of Shibao City would once again fall into a state of tight troops, which was a strategic risk that Wang Zhongji had to consider.

If Stone Fort City is lost, then even if it occupies places such as Qiyuan and Datong, it will not be able to make up for the strategic losses.

Stone Fort City, from the point of view of details and tactics, it is worthless, occupying this place does not allow the Tang army to gain a tactical advantage, but in order to maintain this place, it needs to waste a lot of manpower and material resources.

Strategically, however, Shibao City is the key to the Tibetan Plateau. If the Tang army loses this key, then Tubo will be invincible, and if he loses outside, he can go home to replenish his blood.

So no matter what the Tang Dynasty thinks, anyway, the Tubo people are very resolute in their will to recapture Shibao City.

To regain the key to the door of one's house, can you not be resolute?

"It's still not good, it's mainly stable."

Wang Zhongsi sighed and burned the letter written by Guo Ziyi directly under the oil lamp. If no evidence is left, as long as Guo Ziyi doesn't say anything in the future, it will be better if this incident does not happen.

Stone Castle City can't afford to lose! Rest of the time!

That's all there is to it!

Thinking of this, Wang Zhongsi had already made up his mind.

"Someone's coming."

Wang Zhongsi shouted, and a personal soldier stepped forward, saluted with crossed hands and asked, "What do you command?" ”

"Take my order arrow, send someone to send a message to Geshuhan, and ask him to send someone to reconnoiter the movements of the Tubo army in the Datong area. Let him judge the situation for himself.

If the Tibetan army retreats, it can be tentatively attacked. ”

Wang Zhongsi thought for a while and said, he didn't make a decision, but gave command to his subordinates.

No one can fault it.

"Oh, let's go."

The soldiers took Wang Zhonghe's order and left.

"I'm so unwilling."

Wang Zhongsi couldn't help but sigh, because of the lack of troops in Longyou Town, this battle has always been to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the battle situation is dangerous.

He was like a fierce man with martial arts, beaten by a group of people, and he was embarrassed.

Sure enough, the two towns of Hexi and Longyou are one, and as long as there is a big battle, the two towns have to work together to defend themselves on the vast front and support each other.

Let Longyou Town resist in front, and the elite soldiers of Hexi Town will fight back, so that it can be said that it is handy, and the attack and defense are worry-free.

One person has two towns, and it seems that this is also an inevitable trend!

Thinking of the "plan for being the second town in the northwest" that Fang Chongyong proposed to him back then, Wang Zhongsi felt that the other party was not talking about it.

It should be said that it is quite predictable.

……

Walking along the Qihan ditch, there will be a very narrow pass, which is called "Qihan Kaixia" by later generations.

After passing through the gorge to the Shatangchuan River, then turning south along the mountain road, you will find that the elevation of the mountain road continues to decrease. The scenery and vegetation in this vicinity are not much different from those of the Hehuang Valley.

In fact, the Datong area, like Huangyuan County, is part of the outer part of the Hehuang Valley, but is divided by local mountain ranges. Regardless of altitude, climate, hydrology, and vegetation, all of them are basically carved out of a mold.

Marching all the way, Fang Chongyong felt like he had hit a big luck, because in the area northwest of Datong that could be deployed, there were no Tubo people stationed at all! These people probably trust the Tibetan defenders in the Boyuan area.

The Silver Spear Xiaojie Army went all the way south along the canyon where the Shatang River was located, and came to an unknown large lake, which blocked their way.

At this point, Chongyong ordered the team to repair in place, not knowing whether to continue with them.

In fact, it is not impossible to continue south, and on the west shore of the unknown lake, there is a mountain road full of footprints, which seems to be often passed by people and animals.

The main problem that Fang Chongyong considered was that, according to the guide, after this paragraph, there would really be no mountains, rivers and lakes to use as a stronghold for defense!

Behind this lake is the last canyon in the northwest of Odori, and further on, there is the Pingchuan River, where you can see agricultural land and grazing grasslands everywhere. In other words, at that time, they will lose the concealment of the team, and when they encounter the Tibetans, they will have to fight with real knives and guns.

When he came, there were less than 3,000 people, and he lost two or three hundred people in a battle with the Tibetan Praetorian Guard.

It's not uncommon for a careless downwind game to turn into shit.

Fang Chongyong ordered the soldiers of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army to camp on the north shore of the lake, and then sent scouts to reconnoiter the way around, and gather the Tubo people's forces to his own place as soon as possible.

A day later, after eating a little dry bread in the morning, Fang Chongyong took a walk along the shore of the lake to change his mood and think about what to do next.

I have to say that the scenery in this area is very beautiful, with blue sky, turquoise grass, clear lake, and white stones.

Fang Chongyong sat on a large rock, picked up a charcoal pen, and drew a simple map according to the guide's introduction. The more I painted, the more I frowned.

The Datong area is the middle ground between the Tubo army and the Tang army, and there is no official map of the Tang Dynasty.

The terrain here, mainly the relatively low slopes and hills, combined with the belt-like plains, is very suitable for cavalry combat, and of course, it also tests the level of command of cavalry generals.

Whether it's an ambush or an encounter, you can play out the flowers, and the terrain is quite complex. For between the hills is not the same as the mountains that we have crossed before, and they cannot be climbed! Fang Chongyong even doubted that he could go up the hill on horseback.

From high to low, he saw that terraces could actually be arranged on these small hills. It's just that Longyou has been in war for many years, the population is sparse, and there is no manpower to develop.

Although the soldiers and horses in Fang Chongyong's hands can be regarded as the top soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the best equipment, and they have also defeated the Tubo Praetorian Guards before, their morale is high!

But he still didn't dare to be careless.

A commander who leads troops can be careless, careless, and play with fire a thousand times and 10,000 times, and win every time.

However, as long as you lose once, you will die, and there is no chance to re-read the file.

If you win in the front, you will lose it all at once!

Fang Chongyong did not dare to leave the chance of victory to the enemy. And they will not pin all their hopes on the stupidity of the enemy.

After a while, He Changqi came back with a few scouts and told Fang Chongyong about what they had detected.

"Fang Jieshuai, directly west of this unknown big lake where we are located, there is a fairly spacious valley road, and after passing through it, it will be the core area of the Datong area. The Tibetan built a wooden fort here, and there were a large number of baggage and troops stationed in the camp, and the number was definitely not less than 10,000 people. ”

One of the scouts said to him.

"What about you? What do you say? ”

Fang Chongyong asked another scout of the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army.

"Hui Jieshuai, if you go south along the Shatangchuan River, you can reach a grazing area of the Tibetan people. They only set up a camp there, probably one or two thousand people, and the army was not large. They seem to have warned the Tang army on the side of Longyou Town to make a detour to attack Datong.

Further south is the Heyuan Army garrison. ”

The scout gasped.

"Fang Jieshuai, now it's a choice to buy big and small, what do you say?"

He Changqi asked helplessly.

If you go south, you can not only eat this Tibetan division smoothly, after all, there are only one or two thousand people; You can also capture a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock, and finally you can successfully join forces with the Longyou Army to ensure your own safety!

Making a small contribution and then walking away with all your body is considered a conservative victory plan.

It's equivalent to taking all the achievements you have made so far and then leaving as a spectator!

If it moves westward, it will face the main force of the Tibetan army in the Datong area.

If it can win, it is naturally good, it can destroy the main force of the northern front of the Tubo army, and the Tubo partial division of one or two thousand people that went south was besieged by the Tang army and could not run.

It can even leverage the battle situation at the strategic level, and there are thousands of people who can win?

This is definitely the best solution for the next battle.

The premise is to win!

To put it simply, "I want them all"!

The Silver Spear Filial Piety Army is to be the most beautiful boy in this battle of Longyou!

But what if you lose?

If you lose, you will lose all the money you earned before, not to mention, it is estimated that even your life will be lost in Chase.

Is it really worth it?

He Changqi felt that their team had been winning and winning since they set off, and they had accumulated more and more exploits! To be honest, this wave wiped out the partial division of the Tubo army, retreated bravely, and just watched the play on the sidelines.

The wave of the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army is already in the limelight enough, but I am afraid that after the war, it will be listed on the side of the Tubo Army, so why take the risk again?

"Fang Jieshuai, we have enough this time, we can be a little more conservative......"

He Changqi cautiously suggested.

"Only children make choices, and the answer for adults is that I want them all!

This is the battle of fame of the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army, there is no advance or retreat!

This section is handsome in one sentence: Wen Wu is the first and Wu is the second! Whoever instigates is the dog!

The order is to go down, and now prepare it, and set out in an hour, and the whole army will go to the mouth of the gorge on the west.

After eating dry food there, cross the canyon and raid the Tibetan army camp! ”

Fang Chongyong ordered in a deep voice.

The idea that a little rich is safe is unacceptable!

The Silver Spear Filial Piety Army is to take advantage of this opportunity to make a name for itself!

What does it mean to have enough! Qiu Ba, who is like a wolf and a tiger, has a requirement for military exploits, that is, Han Xin points troops, the more the merrier!

You can never get enough!

"Move, move! The next wave wins, so that your wives and houses have a lot of sons! ”

"All the armor is carried, the bows and crossbows are all carried, and the Tubo army over there is all fully armed!"

"Unnecessary things are left here, and this section commander will notify Guo Junenvoy to take care of it."

"If you lose, there is no way out, if you don't win, you die! If you win, there is gold and jade, and there is a face like jade! ”

"No one is allowed to coax, whoever coaxes is a dog!"

Fang Chongyong held an iron horn and kept shouting in the camp to cheer up the soldiers.

(End of chapter)