People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 803 The biggest problem is solved by the enemy
On the fast-flowing Yellow River, countless densely packed rafts are spread out in a row on the fast-flowing river.

The horizontal and vertical ones are all connected into one large area, and the river water cannot wash them away at all.

It was full of Tibetan soldiers, and people behind them were pulling the rafts flat with ropes.

Getting closer and closer to the Tang military stronghold on the north bank.

All the rafts were connected with ropes, and countless soldiers stepped on them. The rafts were completely immersed in the water.

If a fireball hits it, it will not cause any flames at all.

The wide rafts connected together were as dark as a huge and heavy ship.

No matter how strong the Yellow River water is, it cannot wash it away.

"Rolling stones, rolling stones, use rolling stones, hit them hard." Li Duozuo wore a black fish scale armor and waved the long knife in his hand vigorously, urging the catapult on the side to throw the rolling stones quickly. He was really anxious now. .

If the Tibetan people were allowed to do what they did on the river, it would not be long before these rafts spread directly to the other side of the river.

Even as long as they enter the range of their own bows and arrows, they will immediately pose a huge threat to the North Bank military camp.

……

Round rolling stones passed through the air and hit the paving directly, creating a huge hole in an instant, but the rolling stones immediately fell into the river.

The Tibetan soldiers on the raft were unusually indifferent, and rafts were brought up one after another, continuing to cover Goulian, regardless of the rolling rocks above their heads.

They are not believers, but they are more indifferent and fanatical than believers.

Rolling stones fell one after another, and the raft overturned, but it was followed by another in an instant, as if there was no end.

Li Duozuo was shocked and angry when he saw the scene in front of him, clenching his fists tightly.

He didn't expect that the task assigned to him by the King of Nanchang suddenly turned into this ugly situation.

As for assisting the King of Nanchang to win down his colleagues, or even taking down his colleagues as the main general, Li Duozuo had long known that his name had fallen into the emperor's eyes.

As long as he succeeds, he will have a bright future, but once he fails, he will immediately hit rock bottom.

Even in the future, as long as there is a war that falls in the eyes of the emperor, he will not be used again.

"Send the order, bring up all the catapults..." Li Duozuo gritted his teeth, turned around and immediately issued the order, but at this moment, a calm voice sounded from the side: "No need."

Li Xuan calmly walked out of the darkness, wearing red clothes and golden armor, which was extremely eye-catching.

He stood under the sentry tower, looking at the rafts on the Yellow River in the distance, and said calmly: "Brother Gaichuan, haven't you noticed? What they are doing now is to cover the entire mouth of the Longwu River with rafts." .

Such a big deal would require the use of at least a thousand rafts. Preparations for this kind of thing probably began half a month ago and a large number of people were mobilized.

So right now, there are at least three thousand soldiers in the Tubo military camp opposite, and there may be more further back. "

"Your Majesty!" Li Duozuo immediately turned around, raised his hands solemnly to Li Xuan and said, "The general was negligent."

"It's none of your business." Li Xuan waved her hands directly and said thoughtfully: "Even I have always thought that the Tubo people did not have any good means of crossing the river, but I never expected that they would use such a stupid method. .

The terrain here is special. If you use rafts to cover the riverside, and then lock them tightly with hooks and hooks to one side of the river, you can indeed build a stable pontoon bridge.

I can also use this method. I felt a little embarrassed in some places before, but now it seems that I have a solution. "

"Your Majesty!" Li Duozuo knew that Li Xuan was changing the grain route, but it was not about the grain route now. It was these rafts that threatened the camp on the north bank.

Li Duozuo handed over his hands with an ugly expression: "Your Majesty, if they are allowed to continue like this, then by dawn, they will be laying on the north bank."

Now there are only a thousand soldiers in Longwu Village, but there are more than 3000 people on the opposite side.

In the past, they had been relying on the terrain to calmly support them, but now that the terrain advantage was gone, they were about to enter a difficult struggle.

Li Xuan smiled softly, looked up to the west, farther upstream, and said softly: "Look, what is up there?"

Li Duozuo was stunned and subconsciously looked towards where Li Xuan was looking.

Suddenly, in the light of the fire, round objects were seen rising and falling with the waves in the Yellow River.

The next moment, those round objects had hit the raft hard.

There was a "crash" sound, and in an instant, more than a dozen rafts were violently knocked away, and the impact of those round objects was completely dissipated.

A large number of the Tibetan soldiers above fell directly into the water, and were then carried by the rushing Yellow River water and rushed further downstream.

Li Duozuo subconsciously looked upstream. More round objects kept rising and falling in the Yellow River water, constantly impacting the raft.

"Wooden stakes?" In a very short period of time, Li Duozuo had already clearly seen the methods used by Li Xuan.

He did not expect that the best way to tear apart these rafts would be wooden stakes.

He even didn't expect that this method, when Li Xuan arrived, just took a look and already figured it out. Arranged in an afternoon, it would be so effective.

……

Li Xuan looked sideways at Li Duozuo and said calmly: "There are a hundred cavalry behind, and they are ready. There are at least [-] Tubo soldiers on the Yellow River. Even if [-]% of them are killed or injured in the Yellow River, [-]% or [-]% will survive and fight to the north bank." . Go ahead and clear out all these hidden dangers."

"Follow the order!" Li Duozuo's eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of scarlet murderous intent. He cupped his hands and strode away immediately.

Standing under the sentry tower and looking at Li Duozuo's back, Li Xuan nodded slightly with satisfaction.

Compared with Li Duozuo, Qiu Zhenmu is much worse.In terms of decisiveness in killing, Qiu Zhenmu was even worse than 01:30.

In the final analysis, the number of lives on his hands is far less than that of Li Duozuo, and may not even be comparable to a fraction.

When Qiu Zhenmu met an ordinary person, he probably thought about how to kill him; when Li Duozuo met an ordinary person, he probably thought more about how to avoid killing him.

I hope Qiu Zhenmu can experience it soon.

Li Xuan raised her head and looked at the center of the Yellow River. More wooden piles rushed fiercely from the upstream, tearing apart the rafts one after another.

The Tubo raft array was completely destroyed.

Although the Tibetan soldiers who fell into the river kept rising and falling in the rapid water, they struggled hard and did not fall into the water for a long time. Instead, they went downstream along the current, and they were quite aware of the nature of water in their movements.

"You are well prepared!" Li Xuan's eyes crossed the Yellow River and landed on the opposite bank. It seemed that there was a person hidden in the darkness of the sentry tower on the opposite side, crossing the Yellow River and staring at him.

"This is a replacement!" Li Xuan's eyes flashed with solemnity.

Although the Tibetan generals had also attacked the north bank before, they mostly focused on harassment.

Now that the overall situation has changed, in addition to the fact that Li Jinxing has already reached Guide City, forcing the Tibetan defenders on the opposite side to step up their attacks, what's more, the Tubo people are changing generals, and the ones they change are good ones.

Li Xuan lowered her head and sneered softly: "You can control yourself not to be anxious, and you can control the people to know nothing, but you can't control your generals not to be impatient. The initiative is no longer in your hands."

On Qinling.

Li Xuan raised her head and looked in the direction of Wu Hai, with a slight sneer in her eyes and a solemn expression on her face, which was very strange.

……

In the early morning, when the sky was bright, groups of soldiers returned to camp one after another under military orders.

On the Yellow River, near the south bank, there are still large intact rafts connected together.

But at this time, the soldiers above also disappeared.

But in the camp behind, figures can still be clearly seen shaking from a distance.

The number of soldiers inside is definitely not less than three thousand.

If we include the Tibetan soldiers outside the camp who have just arrived and cannot enter the military camp, there are at least 5000 people on the other side.

Did the Tubo increase their troops?

A familiar sound of footsteps sounded behind him. Li Xuan turned his head slightly, and Li Duozuo's voice followed closely: "Reporting to the prince, a total of 170 three Tibetan soldiers were captured downstream, and 94 were killed. The rest were all floating in the river. Bodies in the river.”

Li Xuan nodded slightly. Although the Tubo people used extremely rare water pawns, the danger was too great in the fast-flowing Yellow River, and nearly half of them were killed or injured.

"Brother Gaichuan, why do you think the Tubo people suddenly crossed the river with such force?" Li Xuan raised his head and looked at Li Duozuo.

"It's because the general has arrived at Guide City!" Li Duozuo looked solemn and said sternly: "The Tubo people are oppressing us, trying to get us to reduce our support to Guide and destabilize the army's retreat, so as to gain access to the front line. victory."

Li Xuan nodded slightly and continued: "What else?"

"He is spying on our army's strength, food, grass, supplies, and the impact of plateau miasma on the army?" Li Duozuo looked a little embarrassed as he spoke.

Plateau miasma is altitude sickness.

When people who are accustomed to living on the plains come to the plateau, it is easy to suffer from panic, palpitations, and general weakness.

Of course, this is caused by lack of oxygen and low pressure, causing the body to lose control.
Plateau Miasma is the biggest enemy of the army in the conquest of Tibet, because he does not know when he will come.

People's bodies have different strengths and weaknesses. For those with weak bodies, the plateau miasma may come to them as soon as they reach the plateau, causing panic, palpitations, depression, general weakness, and even bleeding from the seven orifices, as if they have seen a ghost.

Those with strong bodies will resist for a while before the attack occurs, but by this time, people have already penetrated deep into the plateau and a fierce battle is raging. Sudden onset of illness is the most fatal.

In Dafichuan back then, Xue Rengui was the first to go deep into Wuhai, and the last to escort the grain and grass was weak, but Guo Daifeng was the one who recovered.

The situation today is quite similar. Li Jinxing at the front is the former, and Li Xuan at the back escorting grain and grass is the latter.

"So how often has plateau miasma broken out among the army now?" Li Xuan asked casually.

Li Duozuo frowned slightly, and then said: "Back to your lord, under Guide City, [-]% of the soldiers can no longer support their bodies."

"[-]% is not a lot, but if you go further west, this number will increase rapidly." Li Xuan looked sideways at Li Duozuo, and then asked: "How long does it take for the general to capture Guide?"

Li Duozuo immediately raised his hand and said: "I will report back to the prince, it will take half a month. The general wants to see if the reaction of Plateau Miasma is as the prince said."

Li Xuan can be said to be the person who knows the most about altitude sickness in the court.

The memorial he first wrote was actually used this time.

Li Xuan raised her head, looked at the other side, and said softly: "Then we have to be careful. Be careful that the other side will come to look for our flaws in this half month. If we don't move, we will be gone. If we move, I'm afraid they will kill us at any time." Life,"

Li Duozuo suddenly felt horrified and asked subconsciously: "Does he intend to completely capture Jianzha and completely cut off our army's retreat?"

"Isn't that what it is now?" Li Xuan turned around, glanced at Li Duozuo calmly, and then said calmly: "As long as our retreat is cut off, the army of ten thousand troops along the way will collapse immediately, and even Black Teeth Changzhi will Over there, they will be forced to go back."

Li Duozuo had calmed down and said with a sneer: "His abacus is really loud."

Li Xuan smiled, waved her hands, then looked at the opposite river bank and said softly: "This is not a bad thing. This at least proves that the commander-in-chief of the Tibetan army opposite has never thought that we would take the opportunity to break through them and take advantage of them. Colleagues, this is our greatest advantage.”

(End of this chapter)