Chapter 88: Zhenwu Pass

Wen Shou left Shangjunzhou City with two retinues to see Ge Shuye.

But he didn't rush to Lingzhou directly, Yuwen Feiyang's army attacked Shangjun, and Ge Shuye had no intention of supporting at all, which was already a bit abnormal, so Wen Shou first went to Zhenwu Pass, the northernmost section of the Shuofang Army's front line.

Qian Tongfa, the commander of the Zhenwu Pass garrison, once studied in Longshan, and few people knew about it, but Qian Tongfa always remembered it.

The reason why the three clans of Longshan play an important role in the government and the opposition is that in addition to the children of their own families, a very important point is that there are many disciples and students. Although the number of people has decreased a lot after the Wuzong incident, it is still a force to be reckoned with.

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Qian Tongfa was very surprised when he saw Wen Shou.

"Eldest Prince, why are you here?"

"General Qian, I'm here to see what Ge Shuye wants to do?"

"Eldest prince, fortunately, you didn't go directly to Lingzhou, Ge Shuye is now waiting for the price to sell, and has been watching the direction of the war, the armies of Tubo and Mole outside the city seem to have reached a consensus with him and have been confronting, but the situation is not tense!"

"Hmph! Brother Shuye really has a problem, it's really a good calculation! I'll let his abacus not work!"

Wen Shou said calmly.

Although Wen Shou is a scholar in Longshan, the literati of the Tang Empire have a heroic spirit, and they have never been useless and scholars!

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The literati of the Tang Empire all took Wang Xuance more than 300 years ago as an example!

More than 300 years ago, Wang Xuance, who was then the governor of the right province, was ordered by the emperor to send an envoy to Tianzhu, but because of the rebellion in Tianzhu State, the king was killed, and the traitorous ministers seized power, more than 30 people in Wang Xuance's mission were arrested, only Wang Xuance and Jiang Shiren survived, and after a lot of hardships, Wang Xuance and Jiang Shiren successfully escaped from prison and escaped from Tianzhu.

However, Wang Xuance did not flee back to the Tang Dynasty, but found several countries such as Tubo nearby, borrowed 8,000 soldiers, and a generation of literati Wang Xuance commanded these 8,000 people, defeated Tianzhu's 50,000 or 60,000 troops, quelled the rebellion, and finally escorted the rebellious traitors back to the Tang Empire!

This incident has become the pride of the literati of the Tang Empire!

The national prestige of the Tang Empire is also getting stronger and stronger in this event after incident, and it is powerful!

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Because Wen Shou did not go to Lingzhou, the information of Yanyulou was not conveyed to him in time. Fortunately, when Ma Yu led two hundred Shenwu Army cavalry to Lingzhou, Shuo Fangjun learned the news, Wen Shou knew the relationship between Li Xiaobai and the Shenwu Army, and asked Qian Tongfa to contact Ma Yu and bring the Shenwu Army to Zhenwu Pass.

Hearing the news brought by Ma Yu, Wen Shou decided to act immediately, he had to break the current situation and bring some pressure to Ge Shuye.

"Eldest Prince, have you already decided? After we get out of Zhenwu Pass, it is impossible for us to come back in a short time, once the Tubo army encircles and suppresses us, we can only run to other places!"

"General Qian, rest assured, we only bring cavalry, move quickly, once the Tubo army discovers our traces, we can retreat to the territory of the Anxi Duhufu, cultivate at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, if possible, we can also go east into the territory of the Dajin Kingdom, I hope we can also drag them in!"

"Okay, everything is subject to the arrangement of the eldest prince, and the subordinates will arrange it!"

"General Qian, in fact, you don't have to be in danger!"

"Needless to say, Ge Shuye has now rebelled against the Tang Empire, and it is impossible for me to follow the same path as him!"

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Of the 8,000 Shuofang troops stationed at Zhenwu Pass, 3,000 of them were cavalry, Qian Tongfa took away 2,000 people, and the rest were led by the deputy general to continue to guard Zhenwu Pass.

Wen Shou took Qian Tongfa and two thousand Shuo Fang troops, as well as Ma Yu's two hundred Shenwu troops, and the group came out of Zhenwu Pass in the night and marched rapidly.

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The defense line of the Shuofang army was mainly the two major powers in the Western Regions, the Mole State in the south and the Tubo State in the north.

The countries established by these two ethnic minorities are the most powerful countries in the Western Regions near the Tang Empire, and there have always been times of harmony with the Tang Empire, but there have also been occasional wars.

The 40,000 troops of the Mole State approached the Lingwu Pass near Lingzhou, and the 50,000 troops of the Tubo State were stationed not far from the Zhenwu Pass.

Because of his ambitions, the armies of the two countries are just doing a look, everyone knows that the real change is in the general Xiao Chaotian, in a month's time, no one can predict what will happen!

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The tents of the Tubo army were lined up on the grassland fifty miles away from Zhenwu Pass, and there was an army of more than 500 people on the outermost part, which was walking in the direction of the capital of the Tubo State.

In the darkness of the night, these soldiers suddenly found that there were people all around!

You don't have your own army here, do you?

The officer leading the troops was about to send troops forward to ask, but the other party had already rushed over.

Without any accident, the 500 soldiers of the Tibetan State were completely annihilated by the cavalry of the 2,000 Shuofang army, and only the officer who led the army was captured.

A captain of the Tang Empire next to him raised his knife and was about to kill him, but was stopped by another person.

"Keep him, and you can lead the way near the capital of Tibet!"

As he spoke, the Tibetan officer was blindfolded and taken away.

Not long after, the officer was put in a military tent.

"Watch him, don't let him escape, leak the news!"

"Yes, General, why don't we kill him, in case he escapes, won't our plan to attack the capital of Tibet be revealed?"

"That's why you have to be optimistic about him, besides, what if the news leaks out? The main forces of Tubo are all here, our 10,000-strong vanguard army will be quickly decisive, and when General Li's 50,000-strong army arrives, what is the Tubo army?"

"Yes! The general is right!"

Then the footsteps grew quieter, and the general walked away.

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When this officer in Tibet heard these words, he was like five thunderbolts! He could not have imagined that he had overheard such a big secret, and he had to escape and convey it to the prince.

I moved my hands and feet, but fortunately, it may be because I was too busy just now, and my hands and feet were not very tightly tied.

With great effort, the officer finally got out of trouble, sneaked out of the tent, and ran out!

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By the time the exhausted Tibetan officer was brought before the prince who was leading the army, it was already morning.

"Respect the king, we have been fooled! Ge Shuye deceived us, our five hundred people were attacked by 10,000 Shuofang troops, it seems that there are other armies, their armor is Mingguang armor, which is better than the equipment of the Shuofang army! There are still 50,000 main forces behind, they are going to attack our capital!"

"What? did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, my honorable king, I have seen it with my own eyes, and I am very sure!"

"Ge Shuye, this capricious and despicable villain!"

The prince was enraged and kept roaring!

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As if to verify what this officer said, at noon, news came that the first military town on the road to the capital had been attacked by the Shuo army last night, and 2,000 people had been almost completely annihilated! The prince believed that the fighting power of the Tubo State would have been difficult for the Shuo army to completely annihilate its own 2,000 soldiers and horses without 4,000 men!

Moreover, someone in the vicinity has just been attacked. Not long after, the military town over there was attacked again, judging by the time, it should not be the same group! It is obvious that the main force of the Shuofang army has entered the grassland!

The prince wrote a letter to the marshal of the leading army of the country of Moller, and hastened to lead his army to retreat in the direction of the capital.

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Ge Shuye is sitting in the Lingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and now the situation is getting more and more favorable, maybe in a month, he really has a chance to carve up the world.

Suddenly someone brought news from the front!

"Qiqi Metropolitan Governor, the army of the Tubo Kingdom has retreated, and the army of the Mole Kingdom suddenly attacked Lingwu Pass, and now the battle is fierce, please send troops to support the Metropolitan Governor as soon as possible!"

"How so? What happened?

Ge Shuye was furious.

"No one knows why?

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