bastard seizes tang

Chapter 872
Subi Kingdom is in the north of Tubo, facing Tubo across Dashuishui. To the north of Dashuishui is Subi, and to the south of Dashuishui is the important city of Tubo, which is also one of the northern barriers of the capital, Damu City. But between Damu City and Subi, Li Ke and his elite troops encountered the biggest challenge since the Western Expedition.

Just as Li Ke had been worried before sending troops, what Li Ke was most worried about in this personal conquest was never the so-called elites of Tubo, nor the famous Tubo generals who could be called famous. In his eyes, Li Ke was worried about the terrain and climate on the plateau.

Subi is in the north of Tibet, and Tubo is in the south of Tibet. What distinguishes the north and the south of the plateau is the "Nyainqentangla Mountain" in the population of the plateau.

"Nyainqentanglha Sacred Mountain" is the widely known Tanggula Mountains in the future. The Tanggula Mountains stretch across the northeast and divide the north and south. Because of the extremely high terrain, it is covered with snow all the year round. A natural barrier for birds.

There are only two ways to go from southern Tibet to northern Tibet. Either detour from east to west for more than [-] miles and bypass Nyainchen Tangla Mountain, which is time-consuming and laborious, or take the road at the port where Nyainchen Tangla Mountain connects, which is faster. There are many, as long as ten days.

At first glance, it sounds natural that it is faster to go to the gap, but Tangla Mountain is closely connected, and there is only one such gap suitable for marching, and that is Gechuanyi, which is still north of Damu City.

Gechuan Station sounds like the name of a post station, a place for merchants to rest, but this is the current name. In the past, when Subi was still facing Tubo as an enemy, it was called Gechuan. Guan is the place where the two countries must fight to control the key to the north and the south.

Gechuan Pass was owned by Su Pi in the past, and Su Pi relied on this pass to reject Tubo from the door, but later because of the civil strife between Queen Su Pi and Queen, Gechuan Pass fell into the hands of Tubo, and Su Pi was passively beaten again and again. In the end, the country was wiped out, and everyone had to look at Tubo's face and act.

Gechuanyi built a city at the break of the mountains, according to the danger of the mountains and rivers, and Gongri Gongzan also knew the importance of this pass, so after learning the news that Li Ke was going south, he immediately ordered the national general Xionggu to lead the two troops. Wan Bei went up to defend the city, vowing to block the main force of Li Ke's Tang army to the north of Tangla Mountain.

Gechuan Station is an extremely dangerous place, and the famous generals have enough soldiers and food. It should not be difficult to defend Gechuan Station. If it weren't for this natural danger, he would never dare to confront Tang Jun head-on.

The middle section of Tangla Mountain, north of Gechuan Station.

Su Dingfang, the coach of the Tang Army, led the army to the south, followed behind Li Ke, and headed towards Gechuan Station. He looked up at Li Ke, and there was more admiration in his eyes.

He didn't know why Li Ke had so many precautions early on, but he knew that it was Li Ke's precautions that allowed Tang Jun to come here smoothly.

Since he led the army to go south, as he went deeper into the plateau, Su Dingfang understood Li Ke's previous intentions more and more. 30% of the [-] government troops in the army have been sick, and now they are resting on the spot. Even he himself felt a little unwell for a while.

This is from Li Kezhi's order to walk slowly all the way. If there is no other preparation for the rapid march, I am afraid that the number of people who will fall ill or die will be several times that of now, and the final result will be even more unimaginable.

"This Gechuan station is backed by the river valley and leaned against the snow peak. It is really a dangerous place on the plateau." Just when Su Dingfang sighed, Li Ke looked at Gechuan in the distance. Yi, also sighed lightly.

Wang Xuance, who was beside Li Ke, looked at Gechuan Station and said: "When I was young, I traveled all over the world, and I have also been to the Jiange, which is called the natural danger of Shu. If you only look at the steepness, this Gechuan Station is not inferior to the Jiange. , even more so.”

Although Jiange is dangerous, it is only on the mountain after all, but Gechuan Station is on the plateau. Compared with attacking Jiange, attacking Gechuan Station will face much more difficulties. Physical strength alone is a challenge. big problem.

Li Ke pointed to Gechuan Station and asked Su Dingfang: "At the moment of Xiongguan, can Dingfang have a good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

In fact, about Gechuan Station, Su Dingfang actually noticed it early in the morning when he was studying the map of Tubo, and Su Dingfang had already thought about this city.

Su Dingfang replied: "This city has natural dangers, and it is not easy to attack by force. If it is attacked by force, even if it is captured, it will definitely lose troops. The best way now is to first pretend to attack the city with the main force, to attract the attention of the Tubo army, and then use partial divisions to find another The small path is expected to be able to go around and attack Gechuan Station, and attack from both sides, so it can be broken."

Li Ke said with a smile: "Cultivate plank roads in the open, and keep Chen Cang in secret. This is the way that Lord Yaoshi used to surprise Tieshan when he conquered the Turks in the north. Dingfang is worthy of being a disciple of Lord Yaoshi, and he is familiar with the way of Lord Yaoshi when he uses troops."

Su Dingfang cupped his hands and said, "I'm going to make a fool of myself and make Your Majesty laugh."

Li Ke waved his hand and said, "I think what you said is very appropriate. There is absolutely no possibility of a strong attack on such a fortress. Your idea is the same as mine, and you can only use it out of your wits."

Listening to Li Ke's words, Wang Xuance nodded, but he was still a little worried and said: "This Gechuan station can only be outsmarted, but only looking at the snow-capped mountains on both sides, soaring into the clouds, I'm afraid it will be very difficult. It's not easy to find a mountain road here, I'm afraid it's much more difficult than Duke Wei's surprise attack on Eyang Ridge."

Back then when Li Jing attacked Eyang Ridge unexpectedly, he knew that there was such a place, and it was targeted. Although it was difficult, there was always a place to go. But now what Tang Jun has to do is to find a needle in a haystack, to find a way to bypass Gechuan Station in this vast snow mountain. The trail is naturally more difficult.

Li Ke said: "This snow-capped mountain is endless, like a vast ocean. If people who don't know the situation find their way in it, not only will they not be able to find it, but they will even be in danger of their lives."

Wang Xuance asked, "Then what are your majesty's plans?"

Li Ke thought for a while, and replied: "This place used to be owned by Supi, and there must have been many people from Subi who moved out from here. Immediately, you order people to go to Dashuishui to find the mountain people who used to live here. Let them lead the way, and you may gain something."

Although Li Ke and the others are many, they are all outsiders. No matter how many people are put into the wayfinding, they may not be as good as a few mountain people who know the way. If they lead the way, it will naturally be much more convenient. At least life can be guaranteed.

Su Dingfang heard the words and replied: "In this case, from tomorrow onwards, the last general will order people to go into the mountains to find the way, and at the same time, he will order people to set up sentry towers outside the city, as if attacking the city, and paralyze the defenders in the city."

(End of this chapter)