Chapter 245
Here we got the news that Monk Yuantong's Tubo army was assembled, and the inner guards ambushing Fangguan's mansion also sent back news that the Tubo envoy wanted to bribe Fangguan to attack Zhangye through Wuwei!

Li Yan immediately summoned the accompanying [Military Advisor] players.

Now there is a staff of military advisers and players beside King Jianning, most of whom have real-life experience in the army.

The staff department is responsible for formulating combat plans, and is responsible for the rewards and punishments and training of the army on weekdays. It is the core department of the Bafu.

In times of war, these staff officers are also King Jianning's think tank.

After worrying about the staff, Li Yan sat in the seat and said: "Information came from the inner guards on the front line, and the Tubo host said that Shang Qixin'er has raised troops and intends to use Wuwei to attack Zhangye."

Nowadays, many of the staff officers around Li Yan are unfamiliar faces.

The players who fought with Li Yan in the first test and the second test are now on either side. These staff members are all players who entered the game after the fifth test and the sixth test.

Li Yan's chief of staff is named Xu Jun, a comrade-in-arms of Yu Chixin and Qin Chuan, and has been working in Bafu since entering the game.

Xu Jun himself was also a staff officer in the army. Relying on his status as a second-test player, he got into the current position of chief of staff.

Now that King Jianning's convoy is on its way back to Shazhou, Xu Jun took out his military map and immediately drew on the map:
"Wuwei City in Liangzhou is the gateway to Hexi. There is Yanzhi Mountain to the west of Wuwei City. There has been a city defense fort since the Han Dynasty, and it is the gateway to the Hexi Corridor."

"From the Qilian Mountain Pass in the Tuyuhun area, you can enter Liangzhou. Taizong set up the Chishui Army in Wuwei City to guard against enemies on the plateau."

Li Yan also looked at the map. To the west of the fortress of Yanzhi Mountain is the flat Shandan Racecourse, where the water and grass are luxuriant, which is very suitable for large armies to fight.

I have to say that Tubo is a good strategy!

Now Longyou is mainly setting up defenses at Dangjin Pass to guard against the Tubo host's army going north.

When the river valley of Jinshankou had been controlled by King Jianning's troops, Qin Chuan built many fortresses in the valley of Jinshankou.

If the Tubo army wants to recapture the Dangjin Pass, it must pay a huge price.

And if the Tubo people can bypass Wuwei City and drive straight to attack Zhangye City, then the section from Yanzhi Mountain to Zhangye City will be safe to defend.

The Tubo people drove straight in, and there was no danger to defend Zhangye City. Even if the Tubo couldn't attack Zhangye, they could cut off the connection between Longyou and Datang.

Xu Jun said: "Judging from the number of soldiers mobilized by Tubo, this time Tubo is preparing for a long-term war."

Li Yan also nodded. Historically, it was ten years later that Tang Longyou began to encroach on Longyou. ready to move.

At that time, Datang tacitly agreed to give up Longyou, and then it was divided up by Tubo and Uyghur.

But history still has a bifurcation. Now that the Tang Dynasty has not regained the two capitals, Tubo is actually planning to seize Zhangye.

For this sudden war, Li Yan was also caught off guard.

Xu Jun said: "According to the information sent by Yuantong from Tianzhu City, Tubo Dongdao mobilized all the laurels, and let each household give a small animal, and each household gave two livestock. It is estimated that the mobilized force is about [-]."

Fifty thousand, hearing this number, Li Yan also took a deep breath.

Now Longyou's total strength is no more than [-], of which there are [-] Beiting troops who need to deter the Uighurs and the Western Regions, and cannot move around casually.

Fifty thousand is not a small amount, even if it is a cannon, but last time the Tibetans were caught off guard and did not understand the power of the cannon.

This time the Tubo people must have thought of a way to deal with it, and even using cannons may not be able to achieve the previous results.

Xu Jun said again: "And this time Shang Qixin'er attacked Zhangye, it was a desperate gamble with the intention of dragging Tubo into an all-out war."

"Drag into a full-scale war?"

Xu Jun said: "If Shang Qixin'er really cuts off the channel between Longyou and the Central Plains, what will Tubo Zanpu Royal Court think?"

Li Yan was stunned. Tubo's ambitions for Longyou had been evident since the previous Zanpu was in power, and they also launched many tentative attacks against Longyou.

If Shangqi Xin'er really cut off Hexi, then Tubo Zanpu would never let go of this big piece of fat.

And maybe Tubo Zanpu was already mobilizing troops to attack Longyou, so Li Yan would have to face more than [-] troops.

Thinking of this, Li Yan also trembled in his heart, but he quickly concealed his expression and asked:

"Since Staff Officer Xu has already thought of this step, what is the countermeasure?"

Xu Jun was a little excited. After staying with King Jianning for so long, he finally had a chance to stand out!
Xu Jun graduated from military command and retired as a professional staff officer.

This time, he finally had the opportunity to make a plan!For this day, Xu Jun has been waiting for a long time!
Xu Jun already had a draft, and he simply said: "My strategy is very simple, take down Wuwei immediately!"

Taking down Wuwei, now Li Yan hesitated.

Wuwei is the seat of the Hexi Jiedu envoy, and it is also the prefecture and county adjacent to the four Hexi counties and the Central Plains.

Li Yan occupied Dunhuang, Jiuquan and Zhangye, and the court could turn a blind eye.

But if Wuwei is occupied, then Liangzhou, which enters and exits the Hexi Corridor, will be mastered. What will my cheap father think at that time?
To know how important the location of Liangzhou is, to the west is the Hetao area, that is, the towns of Shuofang, which are now the hometown of the Shuofang army who recovered Chang'an by the imperial court.

The location of Liangzhou is so sensitive, once Liangzhou is captured, it means that Li Yan's forces will fully intervene in the war in the Central Plains.

For Li Yan, continuing to develop in Longyou is actually the best choice.

As long as he climbs out of the "tech tree" of the firearms age, he can push the Central Plains flat.

But the development of the situation is not always satisfactory. I don't want to take Liangzhou, and the Hexi Jiedu envoy Fang Guan actually wants to collude with the Tubo people. If Liangzhou, the Hexi portal, is not in his pocket, wouldn't Hand over to Tubo?

You must know that a barbarian foreign country like Tubo has no credibility at all.

It is said that Fang Guan retreated three houses, maybe it is to attack Guo by false means and occupy Liangzhou by taking advantage of the chaos.

If Tubo really took over Liangzhou, then Li Yan would be blocked in Longyou.

What's even more disgusting is that in the future, Tubo can double-team attack Longyou from the east and the west. At that time, Li Yan will really have trouble sleeping and eating.

After thinking briefly for a while, Li Yan said to Xu Jun: "The staff department first formulates a plan to quickly take Liangzhou, and then dispatches internal guards to Wuwei City to keep an eye on the movements of Fang Guan and the Tubo people."

Finally Li Yan said: "The whole army is mobilized, prepare for battle!"

(End of this chapter)

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