Iron Dynasty

Songzhou.

Luo Xin is arranging the invasion operation against Tubo.

On the third day after sending the battle report to Qingzhou, he received an order from the emperor. This time, he was authorized to deal with the Tibetan affairs with full power. The ultimate strategic goal was to make the Tibetans completely surrender.

You should mobilize all the hot air balloons in the military region to go to Tibet now, cooperate with the hunting cavalry to investigate the movements of Tibet, and pass on the news at any time so that we can stop the Tibetan cavalry at important points.

Similar to the barbarians, the Tubo is also a model of cavalry and slave soldiers. In recent years, it is precisely because of the high-quality horses on the plateau that the Tubo can easily harass the empire. In addition, the plateau is prone to hypoxia and oxygen deficiency. Yu Guo's counterattack, because the soldiers could not adapt at such a high altitude.

However, the difference is that the Great Yu Kingdom can block the barbarians from the grasslands through the Great Wall, but Tubo has a long border with the Great Yu Kingdom. No one knows where the Tubo will attack, so this time Luo Xin had to use the heat Balloon, hoping to grasp the movement of the Tubo army in advance through the investigation of the hot air balloon.

Yes, Commander Luo! The reconnaissance company commander in charge of reconnaissance responded.

Watching the reconnaissance company commander leave, Luo Xin went on to give several orders. This time, he arrived in Songzhou ahead of schedule in response to the actions of Tubo, but in fact the mobilization of the army had just begun.

Now he is mobilizing the troops stationed in Bashu, Guangxi, and Yunnan to gather here.

According to his plan, there will be 20,000 soldiers in the Southwest Army to participate in this operation. These soldiers are now equipped with Han-style rifles, and the artillerymen also use new guard field guns. Three hundred.

The news of Qi Guangyi's beheading of Dolgo had already spread throughout the army. He, the commander of the Southwest Army, finally had a chance to make a contribution. He didn't want to disappoint the emperor.

In the tense preparations, ten days later, the two elite divisions of the Southwest Army were assembled in Songzhou. Luo Xin did not rush to attack, but let the soldiers conduct adaptive training for half a month on the plateau, and at the same time exercised between arms. cooperation.

Although he was confident that he could defeat the Tubo army, he dared not underestimate altitude sickness, something he had learned from the Army Academy.

At the same time as the large-scale exercises of the Northwest Army, the Tubo Zanpu Tashi Dhondup was also paying close attention to the intelligence of Songzhou.

Inheriting the ambitions of the previous Zamps, Tashi Dhondup also dreamed of building a huge empire like the Golden Horde. For this reason, he just became Zamp and began to peep at the Great Yu Kingdom.

In the decline of the Golden Horde, the troops disappeared from the grasslands connecting Tibet. He finally couldn't help but lead the Tibetan cavalry to control the blank area of ​​power left by the Golden Horde.

Zamp, the Great Yu Kingdom has assembled about 20,000 people in Songzhou. They have been training near Songzhou these days, and they have no intention of attacking us. Ten thousand commander Dengba came to him and reported his reconnaissance. to the situation.

A mere 20,000 people? Hmph, it seems that they are just pretending, they are only worried that we will attack Songzhou. If so, ignore him and directly attack Lingzhou. Tashi Dunzhu laughed loudly, looking very wild .

Dengba nodded. The news on the plateau was blocked. He and Tashi Dunzhu thought that the difference between the Great Yu Kingdom and the previous one was not very big, so they did not pay attention to these 20,000 people. After all, the 80,000 cavalry under his command plus Hundreds of thousands of slave soldiers, even the Golden Horde, must be afraid of three points.

After figuring out the number of Songzhou troops, Tashi Dundup finally felt at ease. Looking at the continuous cavalry team, his heart was full of enthusiasm, and he pointed in the direction of Lingzhou.

If they can occupy the city west of Chang'an, they will be able to control all the grasslands west of Lingzhou with Lingzhou as the boundary.

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Commander, the reconnaissance team has sent the information that the Tubo army is advancing towards Lingzhou. At present, they have reached the low-altitude area, which is about three days' journey away from us.

On the third day of the adaptive training, Luo Xin received detailed information. It was the news from the hot air balloon reconnaissance company. What they saw in the sky was broader, and they would not be noticed by the Tibetans. Because of this , The number of people dispatched by Tubo this time was clearly traced by the reconnaissance.

Lingzhou? Sure enough, it is still Lingzhou. How many people have they dispatched this time? Luo Xin asked.

This city is far away from Chang'an, and it goes deep into the grasslands. It can be said to be an important place to store grain and grass.

After being occupied by the Golden Horde, Tubo did not dare to provoke the barbarians, so it stopped for a long time. Now the barbarians have withdrawn from Lingzhou, where the empire has regained control, and Tubo has made a comeback again.

Report to the commander, there are about 100,000 people in total, including 40,000 cavalry and 60,000 slave soldiers. The commander of the reconnaissance company said loudly.

Eighty thousand people? Since that's the case, we will set up an ambush on their way back to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

For Luo Xin, he doesn't care how many people there are in Tubo this time, mainly because of the current action route of Tubo. After all, the elites of the Southwest Army equipped with Han-style rifles can easily destroy several times the enemy.

As for whether Lingzhou was breached, he was not worried, because now Lingzhou was under the jurisdiction of Qi Guangyi, and the barbarians could not get any benefit from him, not to mention the Tubo army who lived in a closed environment and watched the sky.

Yes, Commander, the generals shouted loudly.

Now the southeast military region of the six military regions has gone to Australia, the northwest military region is fighting barbarians, the Guandong military region is fighting against Russia for Siberia, and Zhu Sansi is preparing to go to North America, only their southwest army and central army do nothing.

The central army guarding the capital city naturally has a task at hand, and their southwestern army holding back like this makes them uncomfortable.

So this time, the war was finally caught, and the generals were full of energy. According to Luo Xin, the generals who did not fight might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

Next, Luo Xin spread out the nearby map, assigned tasks to each general, and prepared to complete this combat mission with the cooperation of the Northwest Army.

Lingzhou.

Feng Dongjin had already assembled 20,000 lancers and cavalry nearby, and the Tibetans were not under their jurisdiction, but they had something to do with the Tibetans attacking Lingzhou northward.

Therefore, these days, they also asked for instructions by telegram. After receiving the order, they began to prepare. On this day, they finally waited for the mighty Tubo army.

At the same time he discovered the Tubo army, Tashi Dundup also discovered Feng Dongjin's lancers.

Looking at this cavalry standing quietly on the grassland, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and this feeling made him feel uneasy.

PS: There is one more chapter.