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Chapter 95 Three Policies
Cui Tao said: "Your Highness, Leiyin Temple's conspiracy has been exposed. As long as we are prepared, Leiyin Temple's rebellion will not be a worry."

"But Leiyin Temple has only one monk. Even if they occupy Shazhou City, they will definitely not be able to hold it."

"They must have already negotiated with the Tubo army, and they will surrender the city as soon as they occupy Shazhou City! Then the Tubo army must have assembled, and they will attack Shazhou after the Lent Ceremony starts next month! "

After Cui Tao said this, everyone turned their faces aside.

Li Yan looked at the map of Longyou Road hanging on the wall of the inner hall, and fell into thinking.

At the beginning of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Longyou Dao was still the territory of the Turks. At that time, the Turks were still a powerful force in the northwest region. The army of the early Tang Dynasty fought against the Turks many times, with fewer victories and more defeats.

The two dynasties of the Sui and Tang dynasties continued to win over the divisions and provoke conflicts among the various ministries within the Turks, and successfully eliminated the Turks.

However, there were no Turks in the grasslands in the north, and the Uyghurs appeared again. Coupled with the Tibetans rising on the plateau, the Longyou region has been performing the Three Kingdoms Killing.

With the strong financial support of the Wu Zhou Dynasty and Shanghuang Kaiyuan, the Tang army successfully defeated the Tubo and Uighurs, and controlled the entire Longyou Road.

But with the decline of the Tang Dynasty, the Tibetans and Uighurs became interested in Longyou again.

The Uyghurs are a little better. They are nomads who live in grass and are not so fanatical about their territories.

But the Tibetans have been at war with the Tang Dynasty for control of the Silk Road.

The entire Longyou Road is a long and narrow corridor, also known as the Hexi Corridor in history.

Shazhou is at the heart of this corridor, and its geographical location is very important.

Historically, when Tubo annexed Longyou ten years later, it first captured Shazhou, Guazhou, and Shuozhou, cut Longyou Road in half, then continued to annex the four towns of Anxi on the west side of Longyou Road, and finally completely occupied Longyou. .

Cui Tao's analysis is correct, the group of monks from Leiyin Temple alone cannot control Shazhou City.

Once Shazhou City is captured, the Hexi Jiedushi stationed in Liangzhou, as well as the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Suiye, Qiuci, Khotan, and Shule will surely retake Shazhou.

So the Tubo army to support these monks must have already set off, and they will enter Shazhou City when the monks from Leiyin Temple occupy Shazhou.

Spring prevention is coming early!

In the past, the Tubo army would only attack in April, but this time they started in March!
Li Yan's face was serious, and he asked Cui Tao: "Cui Sima, how should we deal with it?"

Cui Tao stroked his beard, which he didn't have, and Dadongong shook a feather fan and said, "Your Highness, I have three strategies!"

Everyone rolled their eyes, is this guy addicted to cosplaying Zhuge Liang, is he going to engage in a Longzhong match?

Recently, I don't know where I got such a broken fan, and I shake it around angrily every day.

Unexpectedly, this "NPC" Li Yan also said very politely: "Sir, please tell me!"

Cui Tao said: "The best strategy is to suppress the Leiyin Temple rebellion first, and then order the Qidoulu Moli Second Army to strengthen the border defense to deal with Tubo."

Jiang Lun, who was in charge of the government's finances, shook his head and said, "To mobilize the army, we need food and grass. Now Shazhou and Guazhou don't have enough food and grass, and we don't know when and where the Tibetans will attack. How to defend against the long border?"

Cui Tao nodded and said: "So this is the worst policy. Lao Jun will lose money and be beaten passively."

Li Yan then asked: "Where is Zhongce?"

Cui Tao continued to shake the feather fan and said: "The so-called medium strategy is to ignore these monks for the time being and wait for them to raise troops. However, His Highness sits in Shazhou City, and the monks from Leiyin Temple cannot attack for a long time. At that time, lay an ambush near Shazhou, and we can wipe out the Tubo invaders!"

Jiang Lun said again: "No, Shazhou is currently plowing in spring. If a decisive battle is fought outside the city at this time, then there will be no food for the autumn tax. Besides, there is a large area of ​​Pingyuan outside the city. If the Tubo army is defeated, it will inevitably ruin the city outside Shazhou. people."

Li Yan cupped his hands and said, "May I ask Cui Sima's strategy?"

Cui Tao stopped shaking his feather fan, walked to the map and said, "The best strategy is for us to take the initiative to attack the bald donkeys at Leiyin Temple first, and then pretend to be the defeated soldiers of Leiyin Temple to open the Tubo Castle at the Jinshan Pass and take the initiative to attack." Invade Tubo!"

Li Yan looked at what Cui Tao Lushan was pointing at, which was the Dangjin Pass where the Tang Dynasty and Tubo fought most fiercely.

Shazhou and Tubo are separated by the Qilian Mountains and Daxue Mountains. Datang and Tubo once demarcated the boundary, which is based on the geographical boundary of the mountains on the edge of the plateau.

And Dangjin Mountain Pass is a mountain pass between Qilian Mountain and Daxue Mountain. Datang and Tubo both built castles on this mountain pass to confront each other.

In addition to Dangjin Pass, there are still many small roads between Shazhou and Tubo. Datang built some beacon camps on the border to prevent small groups of Tubo from entering.

However, after the Anlushan Rebellion, the emperor dispatched the Longyou Dao army to fight the rebellion in the Guanzhong, and they were completely buried after Tongguan. These beacon camps were mostly deserted because no one was guarding them. That's why Jiang Lun said that the long border cannot be defended.

Cui Tao's best strategy is to actively attack Dangjin Pass, which is more strategically significant, and force the Tubo army to give up attacking Shazhou and defend Dangjin Pass.

Li Yan looked at the map and said, "What if Tubo gives up defending the Jinshan Pass and attacks Shazhou to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"

Cui Tao shook his head and said, "Impossible, as long as we attack Dangjin Pass, the Tubo people will definitely save us!"

"Why is this?"

Cui Tao pointed to Dangjin Pass and said: "The south of Dangjin Pass is a natural valley bottom, and the Shule River flows in from the pass, nourishing this warm valley bottom."

"It took Tubo a hundred years to develop the valley bottom of the Dangjin Pass and conscript troops to garrison the fields, which is to build the valley bottom of the Dangjin Pass as an outpost for attacking Longyou."

"Although there are small trails to cross the Daxue Mountain of Qilian Mountain, if the Tubo army wants to cross the mountain to fight, they must repair and set up camp at the Dangjin Pass!"

"So only Tubo still has plots against Shazhou, so Jinshan Pass must not be lost, and it must be defended no matter what!"

Now Li Yan understood that Tubo was on a plateau and the land was desolate.

Dangjinshan Pass is not only a fortress of Tubo, but also the only place within a radius of a hundred miles where troops can be stationed.

This is the important place mentioned in the art of war. No matter who the Tubo general is, it is impossible to bear the responsibility of losing the Dangjin Pass.

As long as Datang occupies the fort built by Tubo at the Dangjin Mountain Pass, the Tubo army will definitely abandon the previous strategy and find a way to retake the Dangjin Mountain Fortress.

Only by taking the initiative to attack can the passiveness of the strategy be resolved and the enemy be kept outside the country!

Li Yan stood up holding his sword and said, "Come on! Gather generals and order troops!"

(End of this chapter)