over ten thousand people

After setting the general direction, the next thing to discuss is the details, such as the distribution of troops, the dispatch of generals, weapons and formations.Cui Ying is more familiar with the specific operation, so I just listen to his arrangements, and occasionally Xie Jingyu can speak for me if I have an opinion.When everything was settled, everyone went back to bed.

All night.

Early the next morning, according to the pre-plan, the ministers and soldiers rushed to the front line in three ways.I'm going to the middle road, of course, Xie Jingyu, Cui Ying and Chu Hairui are still accompanying me, plus Li Yuan.

Just as Chu Hairui predicted before, it only takes one day to go from Mao Mansion to An Rong City.But the closer it is to Anrong City, the denser the forest and the more difficult the road.It wasn't until nightfall that a group of people entered the east gate of Anrong City.

Unlike Xingjing, which has a curfew all year round, Anrong city is brightly lit even when it is dark.The streets are full of patrolling soldiers, many people are carrying weapons and other things, and there are still many stones and speculators standing in the open space; voices of urging and shouting come from time to time, a scene of tense response to the enemy.

I have never seen such a battle, I can't help but look around, and the horseshoes are slow.

When entering the city, Li Yuan showed his fish charm.The messenger galloped to the city lord's mansion to report, shouting "Jiannan Jiedu envoy is here", everyone knew now.Both sides of the street quickly knelt all the way, and there were whispers——

"Emissary Li Jiedu is here! Are reinforcements coming too?"

"Isn't this for sure? Senior officials are more regretful than us!"

"That's good. I was scolded for two days and couldn't move. I thought I was going to hide in the city!"

So many kinds, and so on.I deliberately did not allow Li Yuan to remind Anrong City guard and General Yunhui Xu Yingxiao in advance, just to hear some words that I might not hear.It seems that Li Yu's prediction was right, our army could not hold out, Tubo guessed that the reinforcements were coming, and the longer the delay, the worse it would be for them, so they resorted to aggressive tactics.

"Your Majesty," Li Yan said in a low voice, carefully controlling his horse's head not to surpass me too much, "It's not good to say it at this time..."

I waved my hand.The soldiers knelt down, but he didn't know that the emperor was there, so he must be afraid. "Just lead the way."

But of course, I am not so easy to be ignored as a living person.A few raised their heads boldly, and immediately lowered their heads.

"Why are the people under Li Jiedu's leadership so easy to face?"

"Hey, don't you know all the big officials?"

"If you haven't seen it, you should have heard of it, but these few don't seem to match up..."

In fact, I really want to continue listening to these unreliable comments, but the horse quickly stepped over, and Xu Yingxiao quickly came out of the city lord's mansion to greet him. "Envoy Li Jiedu," he called when he was still about twenty steps away, a little excited, "Why didn't he know that he would say something before he came? Xu wants the elite soldiers to welcome him personally!"

General Yunhui is not as high-ranking as Jiedushi, but it is not a complete subordinate relationship. Xu Yingxiao obviously welcomes Li Yu when he says this.On the other hand, Li Yan couldn't express his suffering, so he could only show his eyes desperately.

Xu Yingxiao's excitement was not responded to, and his eyes naturally turned to Li Yu's back.His position is enough for him to seek a front position in the Tai Chi Hall during the Yuan Ri Great Court Meeting, so when he saw Zhen, he was instantly shocked. "Your Majesty..." In the middle of speaking, he suddenly realized why I shook his head, and quickly swallowed the back, almost biting his own tongue. "Everyone has come from afar, so hurry up to the City Lord's Mansion and take a rest."

A moment later, the City Lord's Mansion.

After ensuring that the doors and windows of the meeting hall were closed, Xu Yingxiao knelt down and gave me a big gift. "Your Majesty's holy car is here in person. I have lost my way to welcome you. Please forgive me."

"Get up." I ordered, "Hurry up and tell me about the latest situation."

The situation is basically the same as what I heard when I entered the city.The next day after the harassment by the small team that Li Yu said, Tubo began to yell and curse in the city, with vulgar and ugly words, and the guards could hardly bear it.If it wasn't for Xu Yingxiao's delay with the arrival of reinforcements, there would definitely be chaos in the army right now.

"The reinforcements will arrive the soonest." Cui Ying said as soon as he heard it, "General Xu just stick to it for another day or two."

Xu Yingxiao heaved a sigh of relief. "One or two days, I should do what I can, and there should be enough reserves in the city." Then he looked at me and then at Cui Ying, "May I ask how the arrangement is now? I can also order people to prepare and cooperate. Big picture."

Seeing me nodding, Cui Ying roughly described the deployment of troops.Xu Yingxiao nodded frequently when he heard that my army was several times larger than Tubo; and when he heard that Murong Qi was in charge, he frowned.

Seeing him like this, Cui Ying said: "Only Murong Qi is familiar with the terrain, this matter must be done by him. But he is the original Tuyuhun general after all, and the eight thousand soldiers may not be convinced by him, so His Majesty ordered General Xiang Ningxiang to go with him. "

Hearing that Xiang Ning was also going, Xu Yingxiao's complexion turned cloudy.

I looked at it interestingly, and thought that my generals love to write their thoughts on their faces one by one, which is really easy to understand. "General Xu, how do you plan to prepare?"

Xu Yingxiao bowed his hands respectfully to me before starting to answer.He had already vaguely expected that Tubo would come, otherwise he would not have stationed himself in Anrong City; therefore, all his preparations were made according to the standard that the Tubo army might invade the border at any time, and I am very satisfied with this.

"...Your Majesty led the army to come, even if it rained with swords, guns and swords, I will take back the head of Tubo Zanpu for Your Majesty!" Xu Yingxiao finally swore like this.

I know that his loyalty is commendable, although I don't really want Songren Songzan's head at the moment. "You all heard General Xu's words. I hope that everyone's determination will be like General Xu's. But I have made such a big move for one thing—" Facing the slightly puzzled eyes of the ministers, I said slowly : "I just want the people in the frontier to live without fear."

Several people in the hall looked at each other, then knelt down and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty's benevolence is the blessing of all people!"

Because Tubo has been yelling and scolding for two days, it is very likely to take a real strong attack tomorrow, so I didn't keep the ministers for too long.Running all the way, I should be extremely tired and fall asleep; but it may be the first time I am on the front line in person, so I don't feel sleepy at all.Tossing about on the couch is also a waste of time, so I get up again and let Xu Yingxiao's personal guards take me up to the West Tower.

Anrong City is located at the throat, where three roads meet.The northeast side leads to Longyou Road, and the Songfu and Longzhou garrisons must take this road when they arrive.On the south side is the road leading to Mao Mansion and Yi Mansion. Tens of thousands of troops are coming in the starry night.As for the mountain road outside the west gate, it went directly to Bailanqiang at first, then to Tuyuhun, and now to Tubo.

"Where is Tubo stationed?" I asked the attendant.

The personal guards didn't know my real identity, they only said that I was a high-ranking official in Xingjing City, and their tone was quite tense. "It's about fifty miles away from the city gate." He pointed to the vast darkness ahead, "but you can't see it right now."

I stared intently, then lowered my head to look at the ever-burning lanterns stretching for miles outside the city gate.It was Xu Yingxiao who ordered people to risk their lives to hit it after dark, in order to avoid being attacked without knowing it.Of course, apart from the lights, there are still a large number of scouts outside, and the Tubo people will not be stupid enough to turn off the lights to make us vigilant. "Where are the Tubo troops?"

The personal guard hesitated for a moment. "Not necessarily," he explained, "the scouts we sent out only found out about one-third of the troops in Tubo. As for the remaining two-thirds, according to General Xu's guess, they may still be hidden in the dense forest. Wait until Tubo When attacking from the front, the left and right wings complement each other."

Tubo had always been good at cavalry, and it would be embarrassing for them to hide all their horses in the woods.This also shows from another aspect that Songren Songtsan is determined to win - if he had no plans, why did he work so hard?

With a powerful enemy close at hand, worry is inevitable; but for me, it is more emotional——

In the dark night, alone, I stand on the gate of the city, but I still can't suppress the pride and desire to make achievements and start the country; maybe Wei Ji is right, I have indeed inherited the blood of my father, the emperor, and I have met the right time There is only one way out...

This time, if you don't break Tubo, you will never return it!

"His Majesty."

Just when I swore to myself, Xie Jingyu's voice suddenly came from behind me.I turned around in surprise and saw him standing a few steps away, while the original soldiers were gone. "How did you come?"

"I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to see if His Majesty was asleep, but I happened to meet His Majesty going upstairs to look into the distance." Xie Jingyu explained, stepped forward a few steps, shook off the cloak he was holding in his hand, and carefully put it on for me. "Although the time sequence is May, Anrong City is far from being comparable to Xingjing. Your Majesty should pay attention to the cold when going out late at night."

I looked at what he was wearing, and then at what he had just put on for me. I couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm younger than you. How can I be less resistant to cold than you? Don't be kind to me when you thank me." ah."

"Your Majesty's golden body, how can I compare with Your Majesty?"

I am most annoyed by his old sayings. "If you want to say that again, I can only give you this cloak."

Xie Jingyu really didn't speak.He still maintains a half-step difference in stature from me, looking far away at the direction I was looking at just now.After a while, he whispered: "Your Majesty is looking at the place where the Tubo army is stationed?"

I nodded, and was about to say that it's a pity that I couldn't see anything at night, but I noticed the unusual look on his face when I took a wrong look. "What?" I vaguely had some unpleasant guesses, "Could it be that you want to go to the battlefield?"

"I didn't want to. After all, if you do a good job of supervising the army, you can share your majesty's worries." Xie Jingyu lowered his voice, "However, after hearing what General Xu said today, I couldn't help but imagine that if I could personally Present the head of the enemy to His Majesty..."

"No!" From the moment I heard "I didn't want to", all I could think of was this sentence, "I don't allow you to go!" After I said it, I realized that the tone was too strong, so I hurried to make amends: " Everything has been arranged, which general do you want to take over? Besides, you are the supervisor of the army, and what you should do is to take care of it! Other things are not your business, don't let me think about it!"

Xie Jingyu seemed a little surprised, but also not too surprised. "Your Majesty's words are very true, but I just suddenly had a whimsical idea."

Although he deserves it without a trace of reluctance, I am still afraid that he will miss it. "What did you promise me, have you forgotten? Also," I swallowed involuntarily, "If you go in person, I will be distracted. If I fail to command at that time, it will be your fault!"

The last sentence can be described as harsh and gentle, and I can feel it myself.Xie Jingyu must have noticed it too, because there was a faint smile on his face. "Your Majesty, you..."

"Jingyu, I don't allow you to go." I emphasized for the third time.

The name change was just a brainstorm, but Xie Jingyu seemed to have been greatly shocked.He looked at me without blinking, his dark eyes were even brighter against the background of the night.After a while, he promised lightly but solemnly: "I said before I set off that as long as I'm by your side, I won't let you hurt a single hair——A Qian, I will do what I say."

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