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.    This seems to be an unreasonable dispatch of troops

    The distance from the Yinsijia River to the Zishan Pass is long, and there are many checkpoints along the way. There are many countries, big and small, and even if it is a waste, even the 50,000 horses of Qinling will be exhausted.

    Guo Yuanzhen would not think so. What he is best at is strategy. If he really wants to go into battle, he may not be as good as Tang Xiuhao, but his military vision is something that few rising stars can match.  Lun Qinling broke through his own level, and when he reached the rear, he recruited some more powerful soldiers from the Western Regions to support him.  These countries are very small, which also gives the Tibetan people a chill. Psychologically, they are very frightened when they see the Tibetan people and cannot stop them at all.  As for some checkpoints guarded by the Tang army in the rear, after several deployments, the number of troops was very small and unable to stop the army of Lun Qinling.

    Once they entered Fulochuan, the Tang Dynasty pursued a peaceful policy, allowing Qinghai to receive a large amount of food, and Lun Qinling had no worries about supplies. As long as the Tubo people acted quickly, Qinghai would be destroyed.  Moreover, this person was very good at using troops. He could march quickly in front, and he could use the Tang Dynasty army's eagerness to rescue Qinghai to ambush and destabilize Qinghai.

    Therefore, no matter what, Lun Qinling cannot be allowed to successfully move eastward.

    But the terrain of the Western Regions is different from that of Qinghai. Qinghai is mountainous. Often, if you build a checkpoint in an important place, one person will be able to block it, and ten thousand people will be able to open it.  The topography of the Western Region is with Kunlun Mountain in the south, Jinshan Mountain in the north, Tianshan Mountain in the middle, and the abdomen is very flat.

    Of course, the middle is mostly uninhabited and difficult to fly desert, but the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains have many oases that can be supplied by the melted snow water, and even have developed agricultural systems.  These roads are very flat. For example, from Tingzhou to Xizhou, the roads that can be found on the map include Huagu Road, Yimo Road, Sahan Road, Breakthrough Road, Dahai Road, Wugu Road, Ta Tun Road, Baishui Diao Road, Yin Road  Mountain roads, nine roads.

    It is difficult to put the army in one place and hold it for a level.

    On the east side of Qinling Mausoleum, a tough battle is bound to begin.  However, Guo Yuanzhen was very smart and did not directly criticize Qinling's military front. He only followed closely and waited for the arrival of Hei Te Changzhi's army more than 20 miles away.  Lun Qinling led his army to counterattack and set up a large camp to hold on.

    The two papers were entangled for more than two days. Lun Qinling constantly sent out scouts to conduct reconnaissance. When he moved, Black Teeth Changzhi also moved.  But the march was very steady, unhurried, and even slowed down. It was difficult to find any flaws with the grain load.  Then he looked at Guo Yazhen's military camp dozens of miles away and frowned secretly. There were still people in the Tang Dynasty, especially Guo Yazhen. In the Battle of Qinghai a few years ago, he was just a general and he actually turned out to be a few years later.  , growing up like this.  Thinking again about Wang Fangyi in Khorasan and Tang Xiuhao in Suiye City, I became even more troubled.

    In the evening, we set up camp.

    No Tang army dared to attack the camp, but it was different from Li Jingxuan who was blindly arrogant at first and as timid as a mouse later.  This is a clear understanding. Li Wei also said repeatedly that Qinling should not be underestimated, and few people in the Tang Dynasty could match him in terms of handsomeness.  Don't blindly try to take advantage of him. If you have such thoughts, your cleverness will be misled by your cleverness.  But we should not be timid. When we arrived in the Western Regions and were placed in the Lunqin Mausoleum of the Tianshan Mountains, we would be a ferocious tiger, or more or less a sick tiger.

    This is strategic contempt for the enemy and tactical respect for the enemy.

    It is exactly the opposite of Li Jingxuan.

    This is the most troublesome part of talking about Qinling. This Tang Dynasty army is entangled behind them and they dare not advance rashly. The various checkpoints on the road ahead are not of concern to all countries, but as long as they are not careful, the Tang army beside them can hit them hard.  Take a bite.

    This problem has also been solved.

    Not far from where Qinling camped, there was a nameless small lake in Poshanhai. However, except for some life around the lake, the area around Poshanhai for more than a hundred miles was a flat Gobi desert with hard gravel.  This is the favorable terrain given to Lunqin Mausoleum by God.

    The next day, Lun Qinling led his army to set up camp and arrived at Poshan.  Suddenly, ten thousand cavalry were sent out and rushed towards Guo Yazhen's army.  In this empty Gobi Desert, it is difficult to find a suitable place to camp.  But after Guo Yuanzhen arrived here, he had ordered the entire army to be on alert.

    Seeing the Tubo cavalry rushing over, they pushed out the archers and fired with arrows and crossbows.  But in extremely cold weather, the effectiveness of bows and arrows is greatly reduced.  Then they scattered Juma and Tiejicai to lay a simple line of defense, then launched the trebuchet and dropped gunpowder.

    But without an effective fortification, the effect has been very weak.

    Lun Qinling also led the main force to fight back.

    Guo Yuanzhen's commanding ability was slightly weak and his troops were weak, so he gradually fell into a disadvantage.  However, under his command, it actually struggled for nearly two days.  By the evening of the next day, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Lun Qinling took the opportunity to overwhelm all the reserves and rushed over at once.  The Tang Dynasty coalition forces were exhausted and finally defeated.

    In this battle, Lun Qinling killed more than 10,000 Tang troops.  But after two days of delay, Hei Te Changzhi gradually caught up behind him.?On Qinling, it is impossible to expand the fruits of victory.

    But after this battle, Lun Qinling suddenly made a decision and fled south instead of east.

    Mainly Guo Yuanzhen also made Lun Qinling suffer enough. More than 5,000 Tibetan soldiers died in two days of fierce fighting.  If Hei Te Chang's main force were to attack him again, even if he won, he wouldn't have many people left.  Also, Mo Chu had disappointed him.  If they cooperate, even if a large number of their troops are sacrificed, the Tang Dynasty will lose the entire Western Region.  Besides, the Hu people in the Western Regions still have a force that cannot be ignored. After a long battle, they have been silently refusing to cooperate. If they are bitten, can they escape to Volo" It is still a question mark. Considering the domestic opposition,  Under pressure from the enemy, Qinling retreated.

    When Qin Ling fled to the south, Hei Te Changzhi was closely chasing after him. Guo Yuanzhen once again gathered the defeated troops. Some soldiers actually fled to Tianshan in a hurry.  But he was still asked to gather more than 19,000 people and follow Hei Te Changzhi in pursuit southward.

    In terms of Qin Ling's speed, it was beyond the expectations of generals such as Hei Te Changzhi and Li Jinxing. At this time, Mochui was still attacking and plundering the Wudu Lu tribe unscrupulously. The Tubo people did not lose many soldiers. In terms of Qin Ling's speed,  With Ling's intelligence, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to escape back.

    Therefore, Li Jinxing in front was unable to stop him. After hearing the emergency report, he had to let Jiang Sijin lead 3,000 light cavalry to Yulannan Mountain (the junction of Kunlun Mountain and Karakunlun Mountain) to intercept him. He also ordered all Yulan ministries to send troops to support, and then the army  Going up from the southeast, they attacked Lunqin Ling with Heiji Chang's army from two sides.

    Lun Qinling fled southward quickly along the Yuhe River.  At this time, the Yuhe River was not as dry as the later Yuhe River. Although the Tarim Basin was desertified, the Yuhe River had become a seasonal river However, the entire Yuhe River was rich in water resources. There were many large and small oases on both sides of the river, scattered here and there.  Small nations and tribes.  In order to gain speed, Lun Qinling had no choice but to learn from Li Wei, put down unnecessary baggage, and killed all the more than 2,000 Tang Dynasty army prisoners captured.  They burned, killed, and looted all the way along the Yuhe River, and rushed towards Yu Lan at high speed.

    When Jiang Sijin arrived at Yulanan Pass, he only had time to summon three thousand and hundreds of Yulan soldiers. After hastily organizing a simple defense line, Lun Qinling's army also arrived.  Jiang Sijin was so anxious that he suddenly thought of something Li Wei had said.  The soldiers were ordered to urgently build an earthen wall more than one foot high. It was not intended to be strong, but to be tall and thick. After the building was completed, the snow water was melted and poured on the earthen wall.  At this time, the terrain of Nanshan Pass was high and the weather was extremely cold. As soon as the water poured on it became cold, it immediately turned into solid ice.

    Lun Qinling hurriedly arrived at Nanshan Pass, only to see a large silver wall blocking the way.  They were stunned, but had no other choice. They could either take a detour from Congling Road and enter Dabolu, but in that case, they would be overtaken by Li Jinxing's army, and the ghost of Hei Te Changzhi's army was still lingering behind them.

    We had no choice but to order a strong wave.

    After attacking for more than nine days, the Tang army behind the Silver Wall ran out of ammunition and food, and was defeated by the Tibetans. All the more than 6,000 Tang Dynasty allied forces were exhausted, but the Heijianzhi army behind them also came over.  Kill all the way.  Then Li Jinxing's army also rushed over.

    It was not until tens of thousands of troops from Yang Xi and Da Bolu came over that the two Tang armies left the plateau and withdrew to the north.

    In this battle, both sides suffered heavy losses. Although Qinling came in excitement, it failed to achieve the effect. Instead, only 20,000 people were left, and they fled back to Luoxue City in embarrassment.

    But the Tang army, including the army in the Western Regions, lost more than 70,000 people in his hands. After the Tang army participated in the war, it also lost nearly 40,000 troops, more than half of which were real Tang troops.  Countless people in the Western Regions were killed by Tubo.

    But strategically speaking, the Tang Dynasty was victorious.

    Li Wei has said this many times before. When fighting against the Tubo people, we cannot rush for success. We must fight them slowly. This country has a large territory, but its population is small and poor.  Even if it is a tragic victory, it is also a great victory.  As long as the Tubo people failed to succeed after several battles, the domestic pressure on Tubo would increase, conflicts would intensify, and Tubo would not be far away from disintegration.

    Whenever possible, 400,000 Tang troops were exchanged for the lives of 300,000 Tibetan soldiers. This account was all converted.  The Tang Dynasty sacrificed 400,000 soldiers. The country was full of conflicts and the people would be under a lot of pressure.  But once Tubo actually sacrifices 300,000 soldiers, it will not be far from destroying the country.

    But the bad news came at this time.

    When the news arrived in Luoyang, it was already over.

    Not only did the news come from Tibet, but the Turks in the north heard about Qinling's escape to the south. They immediately took a large amount of plundered wealth, cattle, sheep and people, and evacuated all the way to the northeast despite the severe cold weather.  All the elite troops of the Tang Dynasty were in the south, fighting against Lun Qinling, and had no time to pay attention to him. They could only watch as he escorted the people, cattle and sheep, and continued to burn, kill, and plunder unscrupulously, and retreated to the desert.  For a few months, the West was filled with joy and sorrow.  Khorasan andSestan withstood the pressure of the cannibals and not only fought back the two cannibal armies, but also created a combatable Persian army.  At least this aspect made Li Wei very satisfied. He knew that managing Persia was a bit wishful thinking given the current conditions. Therefore, he only wanted the Persians to be the western watchdogs of the Tang Dynasty.  It can be a watchdog, but it cannot be a Tibetan dog, a Caucasus dog, or a Napoleon dog, but at least it must be a shepherd dog, not a Yorkshire terrier, Maltese, Pomeranian, or Chihuahua.

    Li Wei was also satisfied with the Tianshan South Road, which suffered heavy losses, but only more than 20,000 Tang soldiers were actually sacrificed. Compared with the nearly 30,000 soldiers sacrificed by Rang Lun Qinling, this price was well worth it.  As for the deaths of people and troops in various tribes in the Western Regions, was Li Wei really concerned about it?  In his heart, he probably wishes that the various ministries in the Western Region would become weaker so that they could be easier to manage and control.

    " However, Tianshan North Road and Suiye City suffered heavy losses due to unexpected events and no advance preparations.  In Suiye River and Suiye City alone, more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians died in battle.  Tuqi Shi and Wu Duo Lu suffered countless losses.  Some small tribes were swept away by the silent coalition forces, and their entire tribes disappeared in the long river of history.

    At the same time, the East Turks also became the biggest winners, capturing countless properties, more than 700,000 horses, cattle and sheep, hundreds of thousands of people, and other wealth.  But because of the cold weather, only half of the Eastern Turks could be brought back.  The Turks fled, and at this time Wang Fangyi also led his army to Suiye City.  In anger, he retaliated against Chebishi and Geluoshi.  The population was divided and the losses of various ministries were compensated.  In addition, from the wealth brought by Moufu City, a large amount of wealth was used to compensate various ministries.

    It is also a smarter approach.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that it didn¡¯t want to run a business, it wanted to run the Western Regions, so the Tang government began to formally levy taxes. Although the tax levy was very light, it was very light. The ministries were still concealing the population and paid less than half of the tax.  But the Tang Dynasty must shoulder the responsibility of protection, so that it can speak with authority in the Western Regions.

    There was a desolate scene in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. However, after more than two million yuan of wealth was distributed, the complaints finally subsided.  The subsequent war against the Chebi Shi tribe and the Geluolu tribe lasted until June of the next year. Some tribes fled to the northwest of Xuanchi and Qingshan, and the Tang army caught up with them and killed them.  The tribesmen were brought back and divided into various tribes.  Suiye City also divided some, but instead of asking for men, they took the women among them.

    Having women will increase the reproduction of the population and facilitate the assimilation of the nation.

    Then a majestic checkpoint was built on the Nanshankou main road, in which a large number of allied troops from Yulan and the Tang Dynasty were stationed.  The establishment of Yedao Xiongguan means that the Tubo people were completely expelled from the Western Regions, or entered the Western Regions from the more distant secret-protecting road.

    Overall, the war in the Western Region gradually came to an end and the crisis was resolved.

    But the bad news came out at this time.

    A rumor suddenly arose in Luoyang that the emperor showed bravery and went to Nanshan Pass in person, but Nanshan Pass was not defended and the emperor was killed in that tragic fierce battle!
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