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

Chapter 971: Making false claims in the east and attacking in the west, secretly assassinating Chen Cang

On March [-]th, the sky was filled with dark clouds and the earth was dark.

At the right time, torches were erected on the wall of Xiaohuashi Gorge, making a "peeping, peeling, peeling" sound.

The soldiers who had been patrolling back and forth all night leaned against the city wall and fell asleep.

The lights on the sentry tower outside the city flickered, and ten corpses lay on the ground, blood flowing.

Li Xuan stood on the edge of the sentry tower, looking at the five-meter-high city wall in the distance, and waved gently.

The next moment, dozens of soldiers in black clothes and armor were already rushing towards the city wall silently.

The rope hook directly grabbed the city head and made a crisp sound. The few sober soldiers on the city head subconsciously went to check.

The moment they saw the rope hook, their expressions changed drastically, but at this moment, the black crossbow arrow had penetrated their hearts.

In an instant, dozens of black-armored soldiers stepped on the knots and quickly climbed up.

The blade flashed and blood spurted out.

At the mouth of the canyon in the distance, the endless sound of horse hooves sounded crazily, instantly awakening thousands of soldiers in the city from their sweet dreams.

……

The guard of Xiaohuashixia sat up suddenly, sweating profusely. He seemed to have had a terrible nightmare.

The Tang army crossed forty miles of extremely rugged mountain roads and directly reached the entrance of Xiaohuashi Canyon, and boarded the city gate at night.

And none of the hundreds of scouts he placed in the canyon made any response.

how can that be!

The guard of Xiaohuashixia touched the cold sweat on his forehead and smiled softly, but at this moment, the raging fire outside the window flashed, and the sound of fighting suddenly filled his ears.

The guard of Xiaohuashixia ran out without having time to put on his armor. At this moment, an incredible voice came from the distance: "The city is broken."

"Kill!" In the endless firelight, the city gate opened wide.

Qiu Zhenmu took the lead and rushed in towards the other side of the city gate.

Countless soldiers blocked the road along the way, but they were all killed cleanly.

Finally, there was a little delay. When Qiu Zhenmu reached the west gate, the Tubo guard had already led hundreds of people to escape.

"Kill." Li Xuan's voice sounded next to Qiu Zhenmu.

Under the firelight, his figure moved forward slightly: "Drive them towards Wuhai, then cover them up and kill them as far away as possible. Get back before dawn."

"Here!" Qiu Zhenmu didn't hesitate at all and immediately led the crowd to rush out.

Li Xuan looked at Yan Tao beside him and said, "Send troops to take over the city gate. This place will be ours from now on. Even if Wuhai falls, this place will still be ours."

"Here!" Yan Tao nodded seriously, and Li Xuan's determination was extremely firm.

Li Xuan took out a blueprint from his arms, handed it to Yan Tao and said: "This is the blueprint for Pengcheng County Duke's operation on the Maji Snow Mountain Road. Li Yi will soon escort the military rations and equipment to catch up. I want you to Transform this place into a killing city capable of burying tens of thousands of Tibetan cavalry."

"Here!" Yan Tao took the drawing respectfully.

Li Xuan turned around and said, "You are on duty tonight."

Yan Tao cupped his hands: "Here!"

……

Twenty miles outside the Huashi Gorge, the flags of the Tibetan army were flying.

In front of the military formation, countless corpses lay on the ground, trampled under the hoofs of horses.

Lun Qinling stood at the front, staring at the Xiaohuashi Gorge Pass at the exit of the canyon in the distance.

Li Xuan, dressed in black clothes and armor, stood on the city wall, calmly looking at the [-] troops in the distance.

At the same time, twenty miles away to the northwest of the Tubo army, Wang Xiaojie also led his army to appear.

Wang Xiaojie led 3 cavalry as the main force to charge the [-] Tibetan army.

In just a few days, the Tubo people had suffered tens of thousands of casualties, while Wang Xiaojie's men had suffered less than a thousand casualties.

Although most of them are Tuyuhun people, it has a great impact on morale.

Originally seeing that there were only 5000 Tang troops, Lun Qinling, who hesitated for a few days, was about to annihilate Wang Xiaojie in one fell swoop. But at this moment, there was sudden turmoil in the rear.

The Tang army came to kill them.

……

On Qinling's distant view above the checkpoint, the familiar figure in black clothes and armor is extremely clear.

He knew that Li Xuan was waiting for him and Wang Xiaojie to continue fighting.

As long as they continue, Li Xuan will come out of Huashixia again and stab him hard in the back.

Qin Ling has already experienced Li Xuan's ability, and the King of Nanchang has this ability.

Now, now is the best time for Qinling to completely strangle Li Xuan and Wang Xiaojie, a new generation of generals from the Tang Dynasty.

As long as he gives the order, a fierce battle to the death will begin completely.

But...he didn't.

Lun Qinling raised his head and looked in the direction of the sea of ​​suffering.

The Tang people had already begun to build city gates, fortresses, and grain and grass transfer stations there.

No one knows when the army hiding inside will come out completely.

Liu Shenli was not a weak hand, and his cavalry might really wait for Lun Qinling and Li Xuan to fight until the critical moment, and then rush out in one breath.

But what really worried him was Wang Xiaojie.

Lun Qinling looked at Wang Xiaojie's troops in Wuhai. He found that even though it had been four days since they arrived in Wuhai, these Tang troops were still strong and showed no signs of weakening.

He couldn't help but wonder, was the plateau miasma really solved by the Tang people?

Since the cooperation with the Demonic Cult was interrupted, Lun Qinling rarely received much internal information about Tang Ting.The west side was better, but he couldn't receive any news from Chang'an.

"Prime Minister." Shang Jiezan came behind Lun Qinling and asked in a low voice.

Lun Qinling spoke softly and said: "You asked me if this would be a game, using Nanchang Wang and Wang Xiaojie to drag Benxiang to Wuhai, and when Benxiang was exhausted, they would pounce on him and strangle him directly. "

This was the worry in Qinling's heart. He was worried that what the Tang people were plotting was the [-] Tibetan main force left in his hands.

"Prime Minister, if this is a trap, just find someone to ask." Shang Jiezan approached Lun Qinling and whispered: "Prime Minister, don't forget, we still have hostages on our hands."

"Yes, hostage." Lun Qinling's face darkened slightly.

Now he doesn't dare to kill them all, because there will be no Yuan Ming.

Although most of the Tubo nobles already knew that Zamp had died of illness, the middle and lower class nobles, as well as ordinary people, really didn't know much.

This time Yuan Ming was ordered to hold a funeral. Although he was controlled immediately, the news spread widely.

This is also the reason why Qinling did not dare to fight to the death with the Tang Dynasty.

"Let's go. We didn't plan to completely swallow them up here. Let's go back to Baihai first. We have plenty of time to waste away." Lun Qinling finally made a decision.

The next moment, the commander's flag turned, and Lun Qinling was already heading towards Dahuashi Gorge.

The Taniguchi Pass is firmly in their hands, and they can attack Wuhai at any time.

……

"With a little repair, in half a month, the general will be able to capture Dahuashi Gorge." Wang Xiaojie handed over his hand and issued a military order.

Ten miles south of Dahuashixia Pass, Liu Shenli led Li Xuan, Wang Xiaojie, Li Jinxing, Hei Te Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Lou Shide and others to observe the pass.

Liu Shenli raised his head and said, "After taking down Dahuashi Gorge, do you want to continue moving forward?"

The corner of Wang Xiaojie's mouth twitched slightly, but he did not say half of the words in his mouth.

After capturing the Dahuashi Gorge, we will naturally continue to charge forward, completely drive the Tubo people out of the canyon, and completely occupy the canyon.

But he also knew that what he did was somewhat redundant.

In the entire canyon, they only have one foothold at the Dahuashi Gorge pass. No matter how deep they go, it will be in vain.

Liu Shenli turned to look at Li Xuan and asked, "What did the prince say?"

Li Xuan slightly cupped his hands and said: "It is inevitable to win Huashixia, but not now."

"When was that?" Wang Xiaojie couldn't help but look at Li Xuan.

"Starting from the Dragon Boat Festival." Li Xuan delayed the time to one and a half months later with one sentence. He turned sideways and looked at the Dahuashi Gorge opposite, and said with a faint look: "The less we take action, the more uneasy Lun Qinling becomes, thinking that we What tricks he will do, his attention will become more and more nervous.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the army suddenly launched.

The summer solstice, minor heat, three days of summer, and severe heat are the best times for us to attack Tubo, and even reach Baihai in one fell swoop. "

Baihai, the source of the Yellow River, at the foot of Bayan Har Mountain.

After crossing the Bayan Har Mountains, you will reach the source of the Yangtze River, the Tongtian River.

"After hearing about the summer heat in Prince's theory of plateau miasma, it seems that Prince is really determined to continue to delve deeper." Wang Xiaojie looked deeply at Li Xuan.

"The Tubo people will definitely harass Wuhai during this period. Let them do what they want. After a month and a half, it will be enough to capture the Dahuashi Gorge and break into the surrounding Baihai." Li Xuan shook his head slightly.

Wang Xiaojie then asked: "Then what if the Tubo people come out again during this period?"

"No." Li Xuan shook her head firmly and said, "Because I will lead my army to attack Maqin eastward."

"It's Guizhou." Liu Shenli calmly interjected.

The Dangxiang people of Maqin surrendered to the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period and were designated as Guizhou by the Tang Dynasty.

Other nearby party gathering places, including Maduo, Dari, Shiqu and other places on the shores of the Bohai Sea, all once surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and were designated as Mazhou, Dazhou, Quzhou, Laozhou, Fengzhou and Yanzhou. , Yuanzhou, Yizhou, Cuozhou and other 32 Jizhou prefectures, with Songzhou as the governor's office.

But unfortunately, after the Battle of Dafeichuan, all these Jisi Prefectures abandoned the Tang Dynasty and surrendered to Tibet.

"I will go eastward from Xinghai, upstream of the Yellow River, to the upper reaches of the Gequ River, over the mountains, and directly attack Guizhou. As soon as I get to Guizhou, I can threaten Dazhou. Two hundred miles west of Dazhou, I will reach Baihai. ." Li Xuan said a clear line.

Wang Xiaojie couldn't help but frowned: "Crossing mountains and ridges like this, the journey is several times longer than before. Even if it can be successful, how much threat will it pose?"

"This is my business." Li Xuan smiled softly and looked up at Liu Shenli.

Liu Shenli nodded slightly. This was the plan they had discussed in the first place, but not everyone knew the full details of these plans.

"Does the King of Nanchang have any other requests?" Liu Shenli said directly.

"One thousand Shu mountain soldiers, one thousand Yangzhou soldiers."

"Okay." Liu Shenli nodded directly, and then said, "Be careful. There are many lakes, swamps, and marshes on the plateau. Your Majesty, please be prepared."

"Yes!" Li Xuan bowed deeply, then stood up and said with a smile: "If we can successfully capture Dari, we can threaten the left wing of Tibet. When the time comes for a head-on battle, I will leave it to Brother Xiaojie."

Wang Xiaojie nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. As long as Your Majesty succeeds, Xiaojie will definitely make it difficult to take care of everything in Qinling Mausoleum."

"This is what we need." Liu Shenli turned to look at Li Xuan and said, "In that case, Your Majesty, please go first."

"Here!" Li Xuan turned to look at Li Jinxing, Hei Te Changzhi and Li Duozuo, and said, "In this case, I will trouble you three to take care of Xiaohuashi Gorge."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Li Jinxing, Hei Te Changzhi and Li Duozuo returned the favor at the same time.

……

Watching Li Xuan's leaving figure, Liu Shenli took a deep breath, turned to Wang Xiaojie and said: "Wuhai will stock up on food and grass from now on, repair the city gates, and lead the military guards on the right to transport food and grass, and at the same time clear out all the Tubo infestations in the mountain roads. spy."

"I will obey the order." Wang Xiaojie, Li Jinxing, Hei Te Changzhi and Li Duozuo all agreed at the same time.

"Xiaojie, Wu Hai will be entrusted to you. If you have any requests, please send a message directly to Dafeichuan. I will be in Dafeichuan to provide reinforcements at any time." Liu Shenli looked solemn.

Dafeichuan was the final place where Datang prepared for this battle, and a lot of preparations needed to be made there.

The most important thing is to completely cover up Xue Rengui's transfer.

Xue Rengui is Datang's sharpest weapon.

(End of this chapter)