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Chapter 609: The survival wisdom of the Tubo people
Qingyi Jie Guizhang looked at Xige City under the sunset.

The setting sun on the plateau illuminated the distant mountains, and the cold wind blew against his body.

At the foot of Xige City in the distance, they attacked the city again, but were repelled by a rain of arrows from the defenders.

Hundreds of corpses were dumped under Xige City.

Qingyi Jie Guizhang looked at all this and was extremely irritated.

Although he knew in his heart that even if Xige City was an isolated city, as long as there was no civil strife in the city, it would be impossible to defeat the city simply by attacking it in less than ten days and a half.

What's more, the reinforcements from the Southern Barbarians had already arrived and drove away the soldiers and horses he had placed on guard in the east of Xige City.

Then, they drove arrogantly to a mountain about fifteen miles away from Xige City, camped with the mountain behind them, built a simple camp in just three days, and then confronted his soldiers and horses.

Qingyi formed a ghost chapter and tried to expel the Song army that came for reinforcements.

But the result is very bad!

Extremely vicious and insidious!
why?
Because if a person is shot, as long as it is not a vital part, or at most injured, he will usually recover quickly, and it will not even affect the battle.

Especially on the plateau, grassland is scarce and resources are scarce.

"Did Liang Yibu activate it?" Qing Yijie Guizhang thought anxiously.

Animals like horses are actually timid and pitiful. They are easily frightened and will become stressed at the slightest pain.

Every Tibetan person knows that this must be a disaster.

At a distance of fifty paces, once a horse is hit, it will react in severe pain.

Everyone has a bright future.

In this way, he could capture Xige City in Xibawen's despair, bring this damn traitor back to Qingtang City, and hand him over to Zanpu for punishment.

This hesitation allowed the Song army to gain a firm foothold and build a camp.

By the way, he sent his troops to Fugong City, taking advantage of the emptiness in the southern barbarian rear, and headed straight towards Hezhou and Xizhou.

Even if it doesn't work, you can still take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.

They never aimed at the rider, but at the horse.

If you have the time, wouldn't it be good to raise cattle and sheep?

Therefore, after testing it once, Qingyi Jie Guizhang hesitated.

But Nanman's ability to send reinforcements was beyond his imagination.

But horses are different.

But they are fierce and elite, and their fighting will is very high.

In such a season, they move to the plateau with tens of thousands of young people and hundreds of thousands of livestock.

At the same time, his shooting skills are very good, and he can often form a dense rain of arrows at a distance of about fifty steps to intercept his cavalry.

Although their number was small, less than three thousand.

Not many people died after one trial.

If possible, few herdsmen would raise horses, let alone war horses.

Because war horses not only need careful care, but also feed them with concentrated feed, and even eggs when fighting.

What's even worse is that these guys have very rich combat experience.

On the other side, at Zhuoluo Henan on the south bank of the Yellow River, they gathered a large army and waited for the Yellow River to freeze to attack Lanzhou, forcing the southern barbarians to divide their troops and urgently call back the troops rushing to aid Xige City and Miaochuan City.

Especially the horse's legs, once injured, there is no way to save them.

According to the reports of the people below, these southern barbarian soldiers and horses cooperated tacitly, and they could serve as cavalry and fight on foot.

This made him very uncomfortable.

Then, he can only withdraw his troops.

Because he was afraid, Liang Yibu sold him. If this is the case, then once the Nanman reinforcements arrive in a steady stream.

If I can get one tenth of my life back to the sacred Qinghai, it will be with the blessing of the Buddha.

Less than three thousand soldiers and horses were like nails, nailed outside Xige City, forming an angle with Xige City, and at the same time blocking the main exit of the area where Xige City was located.

A few days ago, a Nanman reinforcements arrived, which made him extremely nervous.

Because in the agreement between him and Liang Yibu, after he mobilized the Southern Barbarians, Liang Yibu should immediately launch an attack out of Tiandu Mountain and attack the Southern Barbarians' Dingxi City.

This makes Qingyi Jie Guizhang extremely painful!
Horses, especially war horses, are very valuable and difficult to raise no matter where they are.

In this way, Liang Yibu got Lanzhou and he got Xizhou.

However, twenty or thirty horses were killed and hundreds were injured. Most of them were injured and had to be slaughtered after they returned.

Fortunately, after investigation, he found that it was just a team composed of local militia and soldiers from the Inspection Department, not the elite Song Army who had fought in old wars, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The Song Army still used the Divine Arm Bow, a powerful crossbow specially designed to break armor.

His current mood is extremely complicated.

Therefore, a wounded horse in the army is equal to a dead horse.

However, after the war began, except for the initial vision, it was in line with his expectations.

Everything else was completely different from what he had imagined.

First of all, Xige City in Xibawen actually has such defensive equipment as the Nanman Divine Arm Bow and Fangzi Crossbow.

This was beyond his expectation.

Nanman actually sold such a sharp weapon to Xibawen? !

How can this be?

The treasure that the great Zanpu Xisiluo never got even after sending envoys many times to plead for it has now appeared in Xige City.

Incredible!

Then, there was the Nanman army. After they arrived, according to the plan, if a fire broke out in Lanzhou in a few days, they should immediately leave Xige City and go back to put out the fire.

In this way, he can take advantage of the situation to cover up, or even pursue and annihilate.

Just like the battle in Tabaicheng.

However, more than ten days have passed, and not only have they not left, they have even built a complete defense. There are also reinforcements coming to help and guarding their back roads and food routes.

This was really beyond his expectation.

It made him worry that he might have been sold.

This is not surprising.

Back then, Xian Zanpu Dong Zhi sold Nanman's Li Xian - before the Five-Road Expedition to Xia, Nanman had agreed with Xian Zanpu to jointly attack Dangxiang Zhuoluo and Liangzhou, the core of the Nanjian Army Division.

However, after Xian Zanpu agreed, he continued to attack Qingtang. Not a single soldier crossed the Zhuanglang Valley and watched the entire war.

He was even ready to pick peaches - if Li Xian ignored logistics and continued to attack.

So, when Li Xian captured Liangzhou, it was time for Zanpu to send troops to Lanzhou, cut off his retreat, and cut off his return route.

Unfortunately, Li Xian held back.

It is also a very reasonable choice for the party members to sell him.

"Wait another two days. If there is no envoy from Zanpu, Liang Yibu has already launched the Battle of Lanzhou..." Qingyi Jieguizhang looked at his son Jiewahao beside him: "Then, you will immediately Go back and lead your troops back to the plateau from Longyang Gorge!"

"Then don't stop, take most of them and move to Qingtang City."

"Go to Qingtang to spend the winter!"

This was something he could have planned and deployed before he chose to go on an expedition.

Anticipating victory before expecting defeat is what any qualified general will do.

Qingyi and Gui Zhang traveled across the river, Huang, Qing and Tang Dynasties for decades, and could always dance on the two eggs of Song and Xia. Is this a wasted reputation?
"No!" Jie Wachan certainly knew the seriousness of this matter.

No matter where they are, once the tribe's members and livestock are lost, it's hard to know how long it will take to recover.

only……

"Father, what should you do?" Jiewa looked at his father.

"Me?" Qing Yijie Guizhang smiled.

"Until then, I will serve as your rearguard, delaying and delaying the Southern Barbarian army."

"It really doesn't work..." He raised his head and said, "The worst case scenario is surrendering!"

Jie Wahan was completely stunned.

"Surrender...surrender...surrender?" He looked at the long-dried human head hanging on his father's saddle.

The head belonging to the Nanman general Jing Sili.

Will Nanman accept his father's surrender?
Qingyi Jie Guizhang looked at his son, patted his shoulder and said, "Are you trying to say that Nanman won't accept it?"

He laughed: "They will definitely accept it!"

In this regard, Qingyi Jieguizhang is confident enough.

"As a father, you can even get a high-ranking official from the Southern Barbarians!"

Jiewa was stunned.

Qingyi Jiegui Zhangze looked at him sternly and said, "Don't you believe it, Jiewa Zhan?"

Jiewa nodded.

Qingyi Jie Guizhang laughed and looked at him: "Because of you!"

"As long as you can take your troops and retreat to Qinghai."

"Then, in order to recruit you, Nanman will accept my surrender and give high officials generous salaries!"

"As for him?" Qing Yi Jie Guizhang looked at the withered head, his former enemy.

"Dead people cannot speak and have no value."

"As long as Nanman still has sense, they will never do anything extraordinary for this dead man."

"What's more, he died in the battle!"

It was common for warriors to fight and die on the battlefield.

It is normal to have someone's head cut off as a trophy.

Everyone should have this awareness when they step onto the battlefield.

"Also, don't forget Jie Wazhan..." Qingyi Jie Guizhang pointed at himself and said, "I have an official position and seal canonized by the late emperor of the Southern Barbarians!"

In the tenth year of Xining, the old emperor of the Southern Barbarians sent envoys to appoint him as the governor of Kuozhou. He has kept the edict and official seal.

Just for today.

"But... Zamp's side..."

Qingyi Jie Guizhang laughed: "Zanpu?!"

"At that time, Zanpu will also send envoys to the court."

Since Wang Shao of the Southern Barbarians opened the border, the Tubo Zanpu of Hehuang and Qingtang and the Han uncle of Bianjing have been in love and killing each other.

Everyone has long been used to it and has adapted to the process of starting a war today, stopping the war tomorrow, and sending envoys to pay tribute the day after tomorrow to seek canonization.

"Then we can have an excuse."

"It's all the party members' fault!"

"We are all loyal ministers, we just fell into the trap of the party members and misunderstood my uncle from the Han family."

"Now that we know we were wrong, we apologize and compensate."

"Uncle Han has always been magnanimous and will definitely forgive us."

The routine is already familiar, and I know how the process goes with my eyes closed.

This was the first time that Jiewa Zhan knew that there was such an operation in this world, and the young man was dumbfounded.

"What should you do, Father?"

"What should I do?" Qing Yijie Guizhang smiled: "Of course I will learn from Yu Longke!"

Pretending to be loyal and being obedient is not that difficult.

(End of this chapter)