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Chapter 818 The Messenger Arrives
In front of the Tubo official road in the southwest, Li Ji had already started to get angry. There were constant mines on the road, and the forced march suffered a lot of losses, which greatly weakened the confidence of the soldiers. Several groups of demining teams were organized, but the enemy laid mines very methodically. You don't need to doubt it, it must be the new Li Mingxin's countermeasure.

Even if Li Ji had a good temper, he couldn't hold back his anger at this time. He thought that Bai Fan would send a helper, but unexpectedly, he sent an enemy, no less than Li Xinzhong's enemy. If he went to the front line at this time, Sealed the memorial to the emperor, saying that Bai Fan was an enemy without any dispute.

Seeing that it has already entered autumn, if it enters winter, the severe cold on the plateau will make it impossible to fight, but the attack is not good right now, even if it is to ask for help, the transmission of information is extremely inconvenient, and it will take forty days at the fastest to go back and forth.

The 20 troops of the Tang Dynasty wandered in place for [-] days, and a person came to the camp. He was the messenger sent by Bai Fan, the boss of Huluwa, Hong Dali.

"The last general, Hong Dali, pays his respects to the commander in chief."

Hong Dali still had a position in the army, so he didn't dare to be disrespectful when he met the current number one man in the army.

Seeing that it was an old man in the army, Li Ji thought it was the reinforcements sent by Bai Fan, and his dissatisfaction eased, he nodded and said: "Well, General Hong came at the right time, the army is now in a stalemate against Tubo.

It's time for your kind of support. "

Hong Dali said loudly: "Report to Commander, it will be sent by our teacher..."

Before Hong Dali could finish speaking, Li Ji laughed and interrupted: "Okay, I know that Jane has the country in mind, and won't watch the soldiers die, and won't let the thieves run rampant..."

Hong Dali was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but interrupted: "Marshal, the last general came here to deliver a letter to Li Mingxin under the order of his teacher.

The family teacher has passed down the words, the disciples of the academy are not allowed to kill each other, so please forgive me, the general, the last general left after delivering the letter, unable to participate in the war. "

Li Ji seemed to be stuck in the throat by a fishbone in an instant, and he was sluggish for a long time, his face turned from red to black, as if the clouds were thick and the sky was about to roll.

"presumptuous!
What kind of bullshit is this?
Hong Dali, you are bold, this commander asked you, are you my fifth rank general in Datang? "

Hong Dali was a little embarrassed by Li Ji's tantrum, which meant that Li Ji had a hard relationship with his master, and it would not be an exaggeration for him to be taken down by a strange general.

After hesitating for a while, Hong Dali said weakly: "Back to Commander, the final general will be the Fifth Rank General of the Tang Dynasty."

"Okay, it's fine if you accept this, although you don't have any armor today, but as a general of the Tang Dynasty, if there is a war in the Tang Dynasty, you are obliged to do so.

This Commander is the Secretary of the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty. Now I order you to be the vanguard of the former army and be responsible for attacking the main force of the Tubo former army. "

With Li Ji's command, Hong Dali's feet softened in fright, and he said with embarrassment: "But, Commander, Master..."

"Bastard, Bai Fan is only a general in the army, how can he command a general?
On the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty, how dare you not obey the command of the commander, but take the order of a private teacher?Do you know military law? "

I, I... Hong Dali felt that he was at a loss for words, his face flushed red with anxiety and he didn't know how to refute.

"Marshal, before the last general takes orders, can you report to Master first?"

"No, don't delay the strategy, this place is at least [-] days away from Datang, once you finish asking for instructions, the opportunity to fight will be gone long ago.

Besides, I am the Marshal, not Marshal Bai Fan. "Li Ji scolded.

This meant that Li Ji bullied Hong Dali for his bad words and forced him to arrest the strong men. If Hong Qianli came over instead, he would definitely be able to use his tongue to excuse him.

"No, no, Marshal, this time I brought you an artifact by order of my master, so I can send letters back and forth with my master on the same day."

With that said, Hong Dali brought a radio station with him when he went out. For the convenience of front-line command, reinforcement facilities have been arranged in Yizhou along the way, otherwise the signal may not be able to reach Chang'an if the signal is not good.

Li Ji watched Hong Dali fiddle with it for a while, doubtful, and asked about the working method of the telegraph. When Hong Dali got Bai Fan's reply, Li Ji hardly believed it.

After several twists and turns, Hong Dali finally convinced Li Ji of the authenticity of the telegram communication. After Li Ji believed it, the first thing he did was to send a long letter of complaint to Bai Fan. Hong Dali sent the telegram for an hour.

After reading it, Bai Fan frowned. He obviously didn't expect Li Mingxin to have many hidden abilities. After thinking twice, Bai Fan agreed to keep Hong Dali in front of the army, and at the same time provide mine clearance methods. Li Ji was just doing justice.

To break through the minefields in Tubo, one is to train engineers to clear mines slowly day by day. Obviously, the Tang Dynasty cannot have so much time, and must invade Tubo before winter comes.

So Li Ji chose an effective method, that is, the Fire Bull Formation. Since the official road is not wide, and the Tubo landmines are limited, so a group of cattle or yaks are collected, and they will walk in front of the mines one by one, so that they can be effectively cleared. obstacles, the army advances smoothly.

Sure enough, after three waves of minefields, the front was finally safe, and the army rushed all the way straight to the city of Yuji.

Unprepared by the Tubo people, Datang's [-] troops easily captured Yuji City. This city, which had been in prosperity for three years under the management of Datang, fell into decline again after the baptism of opium, because the people were infected with Too many drugs.

So Li Ji left [-] people to guard the city, and sent people to purchase antidote medicinal materials to rectify the drug affairs in the city.

The other [-] soldiers were extremely quick and pushed them all the way.

After breaking through three cities in a row, Tubo was finally alerted. Li Xinzhong was furious after he reacted. He took out the [-] thunderbolts in stock to defend, and copied Datang's catapult assistance method, which made Datang unable to deposit.

The two sides fell into a confrontation again, and at this time, winter on the plateau came, and the mountains were covered with heavy snow, so it was obviously impossible to fight again.

The military report was transmitted to the palace by telegraph, and Li Er was overjoyed. After all, he was a fledgling boy, not as experienced as Li Ji, and Tubo's defeat was already set.

The Li Xinzhong brothers also seemed to know that if you defend for a long time, you will lose, so taking advantage of the cold four or five months to breathe, the two stepped up to discuss the way to survive.

"My dear brother, how much gunpowder and Thunderbolt can you make in one winter?"

Li Mingxin shook his head and said: "Tubo is remote, and the products are scarce and the resources are insufficient, so the output is not enough. Even if we use the greatest manpower and material resources, we can only produce [-] thunderbolts in five months."

Li Xinzhong shook his head and said: "No, too few, Datang can easily crush us.

It seems that we can't do it recklessly, we can only increase our tricks, just as the new season of poppies is harvested. "

Li Mingxin frowned, and began to persuade: "Brother, poppy is too poisonous, it will harm the harmony of nature, why don't you think about it again."

"Hmph, pedantic, what do you mean by hurting Tianhe? Too poisonous? Thunderbolt makes people's bones disappear. In terms of poison, we are not as good as Bai Fan.

Now people are making it impossible for us to live, are you still a woman?Don't take revenge on the family? "

　Today's Chapter 2, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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