Datang Library

Chapter 836
The Western Turkic envoy tried hard to persuade him again and again, but Li Xinzhong was also a master who didn't see the rabbit and didn't scatter the eagle. If he hadn't been beaten to the door by Datang, he didn't want to compromise with the Western Turkic barbarians at all.

In the end, the two sides agreed to form an alliance to fight against the Tang Dynasty together in this hall. Li Xinzhong handed over the poppy seeds and [-] Hongtianlei, and agreed that if Tubo was saved this time, the production method of Hongtianlei would be the same. Send it over as a follow-up cooperation project.

The special envoy of the Western Turks went back to return, and his face was not so relaxed. In fact, the Western Turks simply took advantage of the fire and wanted to do business without money. They did not plan to save Tubo, because they were beyond their power.

The Western Turks have only 20 soldiers, and they can't stop the thunder of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Chen Bing's frontier and so on are all lies. A difficult problem for the Turks.

After sending off the Western Turkic envoys, Li Xinzhong didn't have time to explain much to his younger brother Li Mingxin, because the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were extremely fast, and they were probably attacking non-stop all day long, so they had to come up with a plan to stop them.

Li Xinzhong's eyes turned hard, and he made a secret decision in his heart, and did not send reinforcements, because he heard that the Tang Dynasty had magical weapons that could hit twice the distance of the catapult, and that there were countless thunderstorms in the Tang Dynasty, so Tubo's increase in troops was no small matter. In vain.

However, he sent his confidant team, a team composed of dead men from the Li family in Longxi, with all the high-explosive gunpowder, to the official road in the Sanli Canyon west of Pibo City.

Three days later, the invincible [-] troops of the Tang Dynasty came to the only official road to the west. The plateau was bitterly cold, and the sparsely populated cities in Tubo were even rarer. There was not even an official road between many cities. This also resulted in the geographical advantage of Tubo, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is how the Tang Dynasty is now. After conquering half of Tubo, it was blocked by a three-mile-long official road. There is really no other way. It is surrounded by dangerous mountains and forests. Forge a new path elsewhere.

Li Yuanji raised the horse spear in his hand and stopped the whole army. The whole army stopped, and the scouts spread out to find out the reality of this place.

The art of war says that no one can enter the forest, and be careful when encountering the valley. These places are perfect places for the enemy to ambush and set traps. As a famous general, how could Li Yuanji not know how to be cautious.

Yuchi Baolin personally led a small team skilled in climbing and reconnaissance to the top of the Sanli Canyon. After searching for an hour, they did not find any scouts from the tenth team of the ambush army scattered for twenty miles, and did not see anything unusual.

The mine-detecting sappers have also checked carefully, and there are no mine traps on the ground.

"Military Division Camp, have you ever done an analysis on this place?" Li Yuanji called Hong Qianli back and asked.

Hong Qianli made a military salute and said: "The terrain here is narrow and long, although the official road can parallel five carts, it is still an excellent place for an army to ambush.

I deduced that it was impossible for the enemy not to make an ambush, especially since our journey was so smooth that we didn't even see the enemy's reinforcements, unless the enemy escaped in advance. "

Cheng Huaimo continued: "Could it be that the power of our ballista frightened them, and they were caught off guard and dared not set up an ambush?"

"This is unlikely. The reason why the enemy did not set up an ambush is unknown. Everything we did was to break the enemy's ambush, and now it has all come to nothing.

If I were the Li brothers, at worst, I would blow up the entire canyon to delay our march, but the current situation is really incomprehensible. "

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Even if the enemy has not set up an ambush, we must not be careless in the slightest. We must pass quickly to avoid long nights and dreams."

To be honest, Li Yuanji felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart today, which was derived from the intuitive sensitivity of a military commander, but he had already sent people to check every inch of the place three times, and there was indeed no movement in the three miles.

"Marshal, the military division battalion suggested that for safety reasons, the canyon highlands should send scouts to guard the march.

And make two-handed preparations, use the way of ants to move quickly through the passage here, so as to prevent the enemy from having any unknown tricks. "

Hong Qianli convened the army division battalion, and finally made an optimal plan. It is not that the people of Datang are timid and dare not go openly when they know that there is no threat, but that only the 120 troops of Datang can go to the plateau to fight, and they are [-] points cautious. Not at all exaggerated.

"Third brother, let me accompany the army to protect you all the way. I am strong, and I can deal with it when there is an emergency." Li Yuanba drew out his peerless sword and said.

Li Yuanji was very unwilling to let his fourth brother take the risk first, but at this time the army was in front of the battle, and it was really irrefutable. After all, the soldiers behind him were also robes, and the general had the responsibility to share weal and woe.

"Okay, the [-] army will be divided into [-] teams of [-] people, and quickly pass through the canyon in the way of ants moving."

Li Yuanji gave an order, and the army moved quickly. Li Yuanba immediately held his sword and followed the first thousand-man team all the way through the valley.

"Okay, third brother, there is no danger in passing the level smoothly, so you can speed up later." Li Yuanba came back quickly.

So the [-] troops began to march in quickly in teams. What they didn't know was that on the walls of the valley on both sides, about a dozen meters away from the top of the mountain, people were actually hiding. Two teams of elite soldiers sent by Li Xinzhong.

This was Li Xinzhong's poisonous plan. Since blowing up the canyon could delay the Tang Dynasty's advance, why not make the best use of it and destroy the Tang Dynasty's [-] troops in one fell swoop. In this way, there is no need to ask for help, and the danger of Tubo will naturally disappear.

It was only after studying the marching operations of the Tang Dynasty that Li Xinzhong knew that he basically had no chance to ambush and injure people, so he finally thought of the story Li Mingxin told him about the Tang Dynasty's opening of mountains to blow up stones to build roads. People's caves don't need to be too deep, as long as they are hidden and safe.

When the Tang army passed through the valley, they detonated the high explosives on both sides of the valley, blowing up the valley and destroying the army.

Although two teams of loyal soldiers need to be sacrificed, all sacrifices are worthwhile for the safety of Tubo.

The captain of the dead soldiers hidden on the mountain wall looked at Datang so cautiously, why did the ants move?How to do this?My teeth are itching with hatred in my heart, we are already ready to sacrifice our lives in exchange for 5 of you, who knows that you are not willing to do this?
After much deliberation, seeing that Datang was passing more and more, the captain of the dead soldiers decided that the most threatening team to blow up Tubo was not the Hongtianlei transport team, but the ballista transport team of Datang. The things with complicated institutions must have caused Tubo to suffer a lot this time. As long as this is destroyed and the [-] army is cut off at the same time, so that it cannot be both head and tail, then Tubo's crisis can be solved.

After figuring it out, the man watched the ballista transport team enter the valley and reach the ambush area, and ignited the high-explosive gunpowder around him first.

boom!There was a loud noise that shook the earth, rocks rolled, and then there were hundreds of loud noises again and again. It was the other dead soldiers who saw the captain's signal to light cigarettes, and followed suit.

"No, damn it, fourth brother!" Li Yuanji exclaimed. Li Yuanba, as the guard general, would be his guard every time the team went through. With this master, the soldiers could feel more secure.

Yuchi Jingde, who was patrolling as a scout on the top of the mountain, saw that there was a faint green smoke coming out of the mountain wall, he was startled, and was about to shout for warning, but before the shout came out, the mountain wall exploded.

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

　　
　
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