Crown Tang emperor

Li Tong, who was sitting in the Wuling Hengbao and was still worrying about the muddy sand table, was taken aback for a moment when he heard the news, and then said to himself, "Is this guy crazy?"

Regarding whether Qinling would enter the land of Jiuqu, in fact, he had discussed with Heizhi Changzhi and other generals before, and basically believed that Qinling would not do so.

The Jiuqu of the Yellow River is still nominally owned by the Tang Dynasty, but in fact its land is occupied by a group of Hu tribes who are used to eating and drinking with the two families.Relatively speaking, Tubo has a greater influence there.After all, Datang has repeatedly lost to Qinghai for decades, and the prestige accumulated in the early years has long since disappeared.

However, it is not easy for Tubo to directly control the land of Jiuqu. One is that the journey is too far away, and the other is that there is a strong army like the Heyuan Army between the Qinghai area that Tubo mainly operates and Jiuqu.

Once Tubo sent troops to actually occupy the land of Jiuqu, if it was resisted by the local Hu tribe, this would give the Heyuan army a chance to go out to Qinghai and cut off its retreat.Moreover, Qinling had to take care of the disputes in the middle school in the past few years, and could not concentrate on trying to annex the land of Jiuqu.

Although Tubo has won some vassals in the land of Jiuqu due to its strength, the effect is not good.For example, Dangxiang Qiang, who had just been wiped out by Li Tong, fled with his family from the land of Jiuqu a few years ago. It can be seen that Qinling really has no talent for engaging in mass relations.

Prior to this, the Heyuan army was still east of Chiling, and Tubo could not send troops to occupy the land of Jiuqu.Now that the Tang army has crossed the border again, the troops stationed in Haidong and Qinling can't even confront the Tang army for a long time, so there is still room to go to the Land of Nine Songs?

So this must be just a bluff, forcing Tang Jun to take the initiative to save the land of Jiuqu.The farming and animal husbandry conditions in Jiuqu of the Yellow River are far better than that of Haidong, and it is more convenient to enter and leave Longyou.

During the period of Zhongzong and Ruizong in history, Tubo gradually occupied the Jiuqu of the Yellow River, which caused great military pressure on Longyou.This problem was not resolved until the later period of Tianbao. The Tang army fought several battles one after another and repelled the Tubo forces to the west of Jishi Mountain.

But this situation did not last long. After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo made a comeback, and it was from the land of Jiuqu that it entered Longyou and cut off the Hexi Corridor.

In view of this, although the main force of the Tang army approached Qinghai from Chiling, Li Tong did not ignore the prevention and control of the land of Jiuqu. Underground.

Therefore, Li Tong subconsciously felt that there was no need to pay attention to Qin Ling's actions.Don't say that this guy is just bluffing, even if he really uses troops in the land of nine bends, he doesn't have to care at all.

Although he already had such an idea, because he was facing an opponent like Qin Ling, Li Tong did not make a decision lightly.

This possibility has been discussed with the generals before. If it is really unnecessary to care about it at all, Hei Chi Changzhi does not have to report the matter so solemnly at this time and ask Li Tong to decide how to deal with it.

Therefore, Li Tong did not make a decision immediately, but bent over his desk and meditated. After a while, his face gradually became serious, and he realized the problem.

He naturally knew that Qinling was just bluffing, and it was impossible for him to actually send troops to the Nine Twist Land, but the problem was, they didn't know about those Hu tribes in the Nine Twist Land!In other words, the level of game between Tang Jun and Tubo has gone beyond their comprehension.

Previously, because of the check and balance of the Heyuan army, the Tubo army stationed in Qinghai did not dare to go south easily to the land of Jiuqu, and those Hu tribes were also happy to maintain a certain degree of independence between the two countries.

But now, the Tang army took the initiative to send troops to Qinghai, but they stopped at Haidong and did not seek a decisive battle with Tubo.On the contrary, Tubo has spare power to invade the land of Jiuqu. In the eyes of those indigenous Hu tribes, it is natural that they are strong and weak, and they will judge by superiors and inferiors. They will think that the Tang army in Haidong is not Tubo's opponent at all.

With this understanding, in order to survive, they may really be conscripted by Tubo to help Tubo attack the Tang army!

In other words, Qinling achieved the goal of integrating those Hu tribes in the land of nine bends by virtue of its invincible reputation and the relatively conservative tactical steps of the Tang army.

He is indeed bluffing right now, but if those Hu tribes in the land of nine bends can't bear the pressure and choose to join the Tubo camp, then they will really become powerful.

Once this happens, even if the Tang army occupies the tasteless land of Haidong, the land of nine bends will completely fall to Tubo.Moreover, after Qin Ling got the support of those Hu tribes in the land of Jiuqu, his momentum became stronger, and if he launched an attack on Haidong, the outcome would be really worrying.

"What a nuisance!"

After realizing this, Li Tong couldn't help but feel a headache, not because he felt that Qin Ling was scheming, but because he was a little annoyed by those Hu Bu who were sitting on the wall in the Land of Nine Twists.

"Report to Duke Yan to regroup and advance towards Moli Station, but there is no need to actually start a war with the enemy. If a thief retreats, he will advance, and if a thief comes, we will leave!"

Qinling's use of these methods was nothing more than forcing the Tang army to go deeper into the Qinghai area and fight a decisive battle on terrain that was beneficial to Tubo.That being the case, you might as well shake him up and send elite Youyi to pretend to attack Mo Liyi, so that Qinling will gradually increase its troops to Dafeichuan, leaving no time for others.

But it is absolutely impossible for Tang Jun to enter Dafeichuan to fight Tubo, not only because this place is unlucky.

"As for the land of nine bends, there is no need to worry about the front line. I will handle it properly in the future and will never let the nine bends interfere with the war in Haidong."

After giving the front line a reassurance, Li Tong then began to think about how to deal with the problem of the land of nine bends.

He killed the small sealing department that escaped from the land of nine bends, which will definitely cause a lot of negative impact in the land of nine bends, after all, the small seal department has been a role model in recent years.

Maybe Qinling also learned about what he was doing from some channels, so he had the plan to intimidate and intimidate Jiuqu Zhuhu to use him.However, Li Tong may not be Qin Ling's opponent on the battlefield, but in the application of elements outside the battlefield, especially in terms of coercion and temptation, Qin Ling may not be able to beat Li Tong.If it were his father Lu Dongzan, Li Tong would be really afraid.

After pondering for a while, Li Tong gave another order: "Leave a message to Shancheng to order Zhang Renyuan to come to see him immediately and accept the order. Tell Xue Na, Taozhou, to gather troops to guard against all borders and prepare for battle in Lintao."

Li Tong didn't have a good impression of the Hus of Jiuqu.

But now that the battle is imminent, he still decided to seek stability first, let Zhang Renyuan negotiate with the Jiuqu Zhuhu in the name of the Xihe Company first, if he can win some of them, of course it would be the best.But if those hubu still have a wait-and-see attitude and want to sit on the ground and raise the price, then fuck it!

In Qinghai, Tang Jun adopted a relatively conservative strategy.However, there is nothing to be afraid of the Hu Hus in the Land of Nine Twists.

Qin Ling was nothing more than clamoring fiercely in words, but Li Tong really dared to send troops.At worst, the collection of inheritance tax from the Hu chieftains in Longyou will be delayed for a few days, and the second- and fifth-year-olds from the Xihe Bank will be dragged to the land of Jiuqu for a walk first.

At present, the main force of Tubo is attracted by the Tang army around Qinghai, unable to interfere with the Jiuqu situation.As for the Hu tribes of the Xihe Club, they had just divided up the inheritance of the Xifeng tribe, and they were almost spending too much, so they needed to find a few new targets.

The Xifengbu was born in the Jiuqu Zhuhu, and with the taste of the marrow, can those strong Hu tribes in Xihexingshe withstand the temptation of those fat sheep in the Yellow River Jiuqu?

Ask Zhang Renyuan to go for a tour of the Yellow River Jiuqu first, contact a few leading parties, and then send those Hu Zu of the Xihe Travel Club to disrupt the situation in the Yellow River Jiuqu.With Xue Na's commanding army sitting in Lintao, he was not worried that the riots in the land of Jiuqu would spread to Longyou.

Once there is chaos in the land of nine bends, it will be much more difficult for Qinling to recruit a group of Hu soldiers to fight for it.

The Hus are afraid of prestige but not of virtue. If the Tang army just stays in Haidong, no matter how nice the envoys say, it may not be able to stop the Jiuqu Hus from taking refuge in Tubo.

But now, the Tang army not only confronted Tubo in Haidong, but also directly sent troops to attack those disrespectful Hu tribes in the land of Jiuqu. They were frightened and dared not rashly intervene in the battle between the two great powers.

Even if there were those who harbored hatred against the Tang army and turned to Tubo for revenge, there would certainly not be too many, and it would not be enough to substantially increase Qinling's strength.

Once the idea of ​​soliciting local aid in the short term fails, and the Tubo Kingdom is too busy with the war in the Western Regions to look east, Qinling will either obediently retreat back to Haixi to lie down and fight again later, or can only attack the battlefield chosen by the Tang army.

Li Tong may not have the ability to fight on the battlefield, but he will try his best to create an environment for the frontline soldiers to devote themselves to the battle without distractions.

Chapter 0626 game confrontation, endless death

Located in a valley several tens of miles southwest of Wang Xiaojie Mizha, there is a team of Tang Jun Youyi with more than [-] people resting and eating.

There are continuous peaks and steep mountains and rocks near the left. Occasionally, some high-altitude snowmelt water flows along the mountain, but it does not flow to the foot of the mountain at all, and only moistens a little green on the halfway up the mountain.

In the team, some climbed mountains to fetch water, some fed the war horses, some collected firewood, and of course there were also those who patrolled the mountains on the left and right.

In this team, some are veterans of Heyuan who have been stationed all year round, and some are elites from Guan who have just entered Long.After running around on horseback for half a day, after stopping, some people couldn't bear the hunger, and they took off the grain and rice from their waist skin bags to eat.

"Wait a minute, eat after fetching water! Haidong is windy and sandy, and there is no drinking water to accompany the food. I am afraid that the skin will swell if the grains are eaten!"

An old soldier from Heyuan stopped his voice when he saw this. Seeing that the new soldier was still looking very hungry, he said: "In the past, there was a soldier with a distended belly, thinking it was due to abdominal qi, and after he died, he had a laparotomy. Look, the grain and rice are all swollen in the stomach, if you don't pay attention to the taste, you can grab it and continue eating."

Hearing this, the new recruit suddenly felt retched, and his desire to eat quickly receded, but he still couldn't help complaining about the poor quality of the military rations in Longbian.

"Be content, Longyou is the same as Longbian. That is to say, His Royal Highness King Yong went to Long this year to gather rice to nourish the army. In previous years, even such meals would not be available day and night."

Hearing what the old soldiers said, the new soldiers also cheered up. At the same time, they couldn't help talking about the many benefits of His Royal Highness King Yong: "Your Highness knows soldiers and loves soldiers, and his deeds are not limited to one or two. The rewards and rewards are unprecedented in recent years, so Both internal and external armored warriors were happy to die for His Royal Highness Yong. In the early days, His Highness led hundreds of armored troops, and he directly shook the palace defenses, rectified and fixed the tripod..."

The old soldiers in Heyuan were also quite curious about His Royal Highness King Yong's majestic deeds, and when they heard this topic being mentioned by the soldiers in the pass, they all came over to ask for details.

"Shut up all!"

At this time, Guo Zhiyun, the soldier commander who had set up sentries around, returned to the temporary camp, and when he heard the topics discussed by the soldiers, he immediately pulled his face and said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness King Yong is the venerable of the Tian family, whether he is mighty or gracious, I'll just wait for the battalion soldiers to receive it respectfully, but how can you use tongue-twisting to relieve boredom with all kinds of deeds!"

Guo Zhiyun is mighty and brave, and has a high prestige in the army. Hearing his reprimand, everyone hurriedly stopped talking, but some people couldn't help laughing and said: "It is said in the camp that His Royal Highness King Yong appreciates Captain Guo. This battle , We, the soldiers, will definitely do our best to help the school lieutenant achieve great feats, and the ranks after the war will be accepted by the governor and the governor!"

Guo Zhiyun has a rigorous personality and doesn't like to discuss these topics, but the soldiers said this because they admired him, and a smile appeared on his face after hearing the words: "It's great merit to be able to control the big thief. We are in the battle. Use your life, not for others, but you can feel the grace, and take advantage of the heroic life of the army to live up to your ambition and future."

While talking, the people who climbed the mountain to fetch water had returned, set up a simple stove on the spot, and lit a fire to cook.In the warmer early summer, there is a lot of moisture between the sky and the earth, and the smoke from the picked firewood branches is not small, soaring directly into the sky.

Youyi is different from mere scouts, scouts are a small number of elite secret operations, mainly spying on military aircraft.And Youyi also undertakes many combat missions, so you don't have to carefully conceal your whereabouts. Sometimes you can't see the enemy after a long patrol, and even take the initiative to reveal the traces to attract the enemy, eliminate the enemy's activities in the area, and suppress them. The mobility of its army as a whole.

After the stove was lit, the soldiers quickly ate and stopped chatting.Soon after, the soldiers on the left sentry sent out a warning sound.

Guo Zhiyun signaled the soldiers to speed up their meal, while he himself looked in the direction of the warning. When he climbed a tall and smooth rock on the hillside, he saw smoke and dust flying behind the slope several miles away, and there were eagles and harriers in the sky above. circling.

After seeing this, Guo Zhiyun gestured to the rear, and the soldiers in the rear quickly finished their meal and checked the saddle, bridle and armor.

The enemy's tracks are getting closer and closer. It seems that they are not passing by, but they are coming just for them.After judging this point, Guo Zhiyun gathered his troops and said loudly: "Transfer the position and prepare for battle."

All the members of the game team got on their horses one after another and retreated along the gentle slope to the rear.At the same time, the military appearance of the Tubo soldiers chasing from the rear was also fully exposed. It was a team of more than 700 people, but they had as many as [-] horses. Quite vast.

The Tubo game is more mobile. The most intuitive thing is that the number of horses allocated to its troops is more. One soldier and two riders are the basic configuration, and sometimes there are even more.

Although Tang Junyouyi is also an elite and high-level matchmaker, he is still much inferior to Tubo in this respect.For example, Guo Zhiyun's team has more than [-] horses, but [-] of them are only pack horses for carrying military equipment and cannot go into battle.

Therefore, Guo Zhiyun's team belongs to the second-tier team in the game. Its main duty is to discover and fight with the enemy, and attract the enemy's forces, so as to create opportunities for other first-tier players to besiege and kill the elite of Tubo.

After all, Tubo's high mobility and its own home court advantage, if it just blindly escaped and avoided the battle, it would be difficult for the Tang army to catch up with the enemy and cause effective damage.

There is a mountain pass ten miles behind that is suitable for the Tang army to fight, but in the process of shifting positions, the distance between the two sides is rapidly shortening.The Tubo army chasing at the forefront even began to attack the Tang army by waving their arms and throwing flying stones.

Tubo armor is excellent, but it is not good at making bows and crossbows, which is very disadvantageous in long-range strikes in field battles.However, the Tubo army also had its own unique means of attack, that is, to attack by throwing stones.

This may seem a bit of a joke, but in the process of running at high speed, those pebbles themselves have the blessing of the horse's momentum. Once thrown out, they can even kill the horse in a short distance, and the lethality is very strong.

Hearing the screams of people and horses being hit by stone bullets from behind, Guo Zhiyun frowned and shouted: "The big archer left the army and killed the bandit army!"

As soon as the words fell, nearly a hundred soldiers of the Tang Army on the left and right wings of the running team left the brigade, each approaching the mountains on both sides, got off their horses and drew their bows and shot.

The armor and armor of the Tubo army are strong, but in this high-speed pursuit, of course, it is impossible to dress neatly. Even if the horse is replaced, manpower cannot withstand the long-distance galloping without armor.

Therefore, when Tang Junqiang drew his bow to reflect, most of the Tubo soldiers who were chasing at the front were shot dead, and the soldiers behind did not dare to chase too close, and slowed down their speed one after another. a meal.

The elites in the field fight, and this is how they test each other. If the Tang army didn't have big archers with strong arms and extremely long range, they might be chased to death by Tubo.But now that the Tang army is equipped, the Tubo army can only let the Tang army move to favorable terrain after losing a few lives.

Seeing that they successfully stopped the Tubo army from pursuing, the archers got on their horses and galloped again to join the large army ahead.

Soon, the team moved to a previously selected alternate battlefield, which was a Taniguchi with a big mouth and a big belly next to a mountain.After dismounting, Guo Zhiyun couldn't bear the armor, so he led a hundred archers to line up outside to wait for the enemy.

As for the other soldiers, they drove their horses to the center of the old place, and then dismounted and quickly put on armor.At this time, the Tubo army also stopped outside Lixu, and also began to put on their armor and charge.

There was no communication between the two sides, and they just raced against time to arm themselves.Time passed quickly, when the [-] spearmen and shieldmen in the rear of the Tang army were ready to take over the positions of the archers in front, the Tubo army was also preliminarily ready, and some of them left the headquarters and rode their horses forward to harass them. Tang Jun's defense.

Compared with the neat ration of bows and crossbows of the Tang army, the long-range attacks of Tubo's charge appeared to be varied, with various utensils, flying stones, throwing cones, and captured and self-made bows and crossbows.

Although such a blow has a certain degree of lethality, the overall coordination is not high enough, so the pressure on Tang Jun's defense is not great.

However, Guo Zhiyun's expression changed suddenly when he saw that the Tubo soldiers on the back road were still armed and had already started to equip their horses.There are not many armored and heavy cavalry in the Tubo army, but once they appear, it will definitely be a nightmare for lightly armed soldiers like You Yi.

"Withdraw, withdraw! Go to the Modao team!"

In fact, the Modao team's lethality against the armed heavy cavalry is also limited, but in this kind of field encounter, except for the Modao team, the rest of the army formation is even more fragile when facing the armed heavy cavalry.

The Tang army in the valley kept shooting and counterattacking, while shrinking back.The terrain at Taniguchi is too flat, and once the enemy's heavy cavalry charge up, it will be even more difficult to stop.

There are quite a few ravines in the valley, which can offset the momentum of the heavy cavalry to a certain extent, but once they completely retreat into the valley, it will create a favorable situation for Tubo, and the Tang army in the valley can only fight to the death.

But under such circumstances, there was no better choice. The Tubo army used a dozen lives to test out the big archers of the Tang army.But now that Tubo has put out such an unconventional unit of heavy cavalry, the Tang army will of course have to pay some price.

When most of the Tang army retreated into the valley to re-arrange, some archers stayed at the entrance of the valley in order to snipe the Tubo Qingqi and prevent them from rushing into the valley prematurely to sweep the battle formation.

A quarter of an hour later, the Tubo heavy cavalry were armed. Although there were only fifty soldiers, they were almost incomprehensible in this small battlefield.At this time, the Tubo Qingqi attacking the Taniguchi became even more ferocious. The Tang Army's bow and crossbow had limited lethality, and now they couldn't even do basic blocking.

So dozens of people from Taniguchi abandoned their bows and changed their guns one after another, and formed a thin but firm line of refusal horse spears at Taniguchi's position.But when the heavy cavalry pushed forward, the spear array was so fragile that it was useless.

"Yuehei geese fly high, Qinling flees at night... I am unlucky, take the first step, and survive. When the horse steps into the city, don't forget to sacrifice..."

The soldiers of the Tang army who stayed at Taniguchi roared, and charged forward with their guns. Soon, this thin battle formation was rushed by Tubo's armored cavalry, and the battlefield at Taniguchi turned bloody.

Seeing that Paoze was going to die, the officers and soldiers of the Tang army in the valley were also red-eyed, and they vented their grief and anger with roars.Guo Zhiyun led [-] Mo Dao fighters to line up on the flanks of the valley, his face was covered under his mask, his face could not be seen clearly, but the knuckles holding the saber were faintly white.

The Tang army in the valley formed an formation according to the situation, and the charge of the Tubo heavy cavalry beat the ground one after another like a hammer, and rushed to the Tang army's horses first. Department of Tang Jun.Disturbed by this, Tang Jun's horses immediately fled to the surrounding Po Ling.

The area in the valley is not small, and more than 400 Tang soldiers did not gather together, 200 of them guarded on the slightly rugged slope with swords, shields and spears.Mo Dao Shou led by Guo Zhiyun formed a group alone, standing sideways on the left side of the slope.

There are also hundreds of great archers who brought all the arrows of the Tang army along the way and divided them into the Tubo army who entered the valley at various points. In this encounter, there is no difference between offense and defense.

The Tubo heavy cavalry rushing into the valley possessed the prestige of dominance on the battlefield. They were the first to disperse the Tang army's horse herd, and then set their sights on the Daoshiunshou on the slope and the Modao array on the downhill.

After a little hesitation, the Tubo heavy cavalry did not attack Po Ling immediately, but handed over their position and let the Qing cavalry charge first.

Nearly a hundred Tubo Qingqi came on horseback, and the target of the charge was Mo Dao Shou under the slope.

Guo Zhiyun led the Mo Daomen to retreat to the left wing flexibly, so that the side of the Tubo army was completely exposed to the sight of the battle formation on the slope, and then fifty spearmen swooped down, harvesting more than a dozen flanks in an instant. People were killed, and the spearman of the Tang army also lost seven or eight people in this charge.

But with this flank disturbance, Tubo's charge became disorganized, Guo Zhiyun seized this brief opportunity, and shouted violently, "Kill!"

Thirty Mo Dao fighters met them head-on, and when they raised their swords, their flesh and blood flew all over the place. Although the armor of the Tubo army was good, they were also vulnerable to the invincible Mo Dao.

Guo Zhiyun's arms were strong, he killed a thief with one sword, then slashed with his backhand, and cut through the abdomen of a war horse, blood and organs flowed down, and the Tubo soldier on the horse also fell down, just about to struggle to get up, But Guo Zhiyun stepped on the front door, and the spurs on the back of the boots directly trampled the pawn into blood and blood, and his face was cracked!

"Withdraw, withdraw! Tang Jun Modao is too vicious..."

Seeing that the Tubo soldiers suffered heavy losses as soon as they came into contact, their fighting spirit disappeared for a while, and they were about to retreat the whole army. Halfway, only dozens of people fled back in the back.

In just one round of contact, people and horses on the side of the slope fell to the ground. Seeing that the Tang army was in a desperate situation but still had high morale, the Tubo soldiers in the valley were also a little scared, and the battlefield fell into a strange calm for a while.

It wasn't completely calm, because the great archers of the Tang army distributed among the slopes were still shooting at the Tubo army in the valley.There is no doubt that the arrows on the horses will die, and the number of people with armor is also mixed. This made the Tubo army deeply trapped by this, and had to shrink their formation again and again.

After a brief stalemate, the Tubo heavy cavalry came out again, ready to attack the slope.Although this terrain is really not conducive to the charge of heavy cavalry, besides heavy cavalry, they really have no other better means of killing the enemy.

Moreover, there are a large number of players in the two countries. Although the Tang army has been pushed into a desperate situation, if the enemy cannot be killed quickly, once the reinforcements of the Tang army from the other road come, there will be another change.

The heavy armor rushed to kill, and the momentum was naturally extraordinary. The iron hooves pawed the ground, shaking the Tang army soldiers above the slope.Only with the restraint of the battle formation and the mutual dependence of the left and right comrades can I feel a little more stable in my heart.

"The Mo knife is here, and the bandits can't go beyond it!"

Guo Zhiyun roared again, bearing down on the slope under the powerful pressure of the Tubo heavy cavalry.In front of the well-equipped heavy cavalry, even if Mo Dao is at the front, it is no different from death, but if the charge of the enemy's heavy cavalry cannot be restrained, once it is allowed to attack the upper battle formation in full force, the battle formation will be destroyed. If it must collapse, it will fall into the siege of the Tubo army.

Thirty Mo Dao hands must follow orders. They no longer swung their swords and slashed, but put their big swords straight on the ground in front of them. They used their flesh and blood and steel swords in their hands to erect a flesh and blood fence. Stepping out, life and death are endless. Ask, this is the only way to inspire the comrades on the slope to fight bravely and die with this heroism!

boom!

When the Tubo heavy cavalry hit the body of a Mo Dao hand, the heavily armored Mo Dao hand was directly knocked into the air, and his life and death were unknown.