At the beginning of spring, the more than 10,000 forward troops led by Su Dawei finally passed through Longyou and settled in Wuwei.

Departing from Chang'an in September, it has lasted nearly half a year by this time.

It was only here that the army settled down.

Su Dawei also had the opportunity to sort out the intelligence information collected in his hands.

Now the Tang Dynasty has arranged the entire front in Hexi, Pei Xingjian is the protector of Anxi, and he leads the army to be stationed in Qiuzi.

In the first year of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court sent Wang Ming, the envoy of Zhizhou County, Tocharian Dao, to inspect the west of the Green Ridge.

In the sixteen countries west of Khotan and east of Persia, sixteen governors were set up, governing eighty states, one hundred and ten counties, and one hundred and twenty-six military offices, and a monument was erected in Tocharian to record this matter.

Since then, the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has included the four towns of Anxi, Mengchi, Kunling Metropolitan Protectorate (the former place of the Western Turks), Zhaowu Jiu, Tocharian and even the Persian Governorate, which is roughly equivalent to the sum of the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan in later generations.

Because the territory controlled by the Anxi Protectorate has expanded dramatically, the available soldiers in Pei Xingjian's hands are stronger than Su Dawei's memory.

There are 24,000 town soldiers, including 12,000 town soldiers in the Beiting Metropolitan Hufu Han Navy, 5,000 town soldiers in Tianshan Army, and 3,000 town soldiers in Yiwu Army.

These soldiers and horses together formed a military network for the Tang Dynasty to control Hexi.

In the history of later generations, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate was not established until the second year of Chang'an in Wuzhou, and there were still decades ago.

But I don't know if Su Da flapped his wings for this butterfly.

The Tang Dynasty's conquest of Liaodong was several years ahead of the original history.

The control over the Western Regions has also been greatly enhanced.

Beiting, Kunling and other capital protectorates were established in advance, and they were unified under the control of Pei Xingjian, the capital of Anxi.

This group of town troops can be called the western army of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, for the entire vast Hexi and Western Regions, for the vast space of hundreds of thousands of miles.

With these tens of thousands of people, the significance of deterrence is greater.

Except for Pei Xingjian's soldiers and horses, Su Dingfang is now in Jiuquan County.

It is said that he is still very ill.

However, with him sitting in Jiuquan, he can protect the defense line from Dunhuang, Guazhou to Jiuquan and Ganzhou, and will not be infiltrated by the Tubo people.

As for today's Wuwei County, it is Xue Li, who is a close friend of Su Dawei and has been out to fight for many years.

"The imperial court now named me the general of the right Weiwei, and the history of the Liangzhou assassin, the situation was critical, I was ordered by the general manager of Su Dingfang, and led the Guazhou town soldiers to march day and night, and finally arrived before the Tubo people broke the martial arts."

Xue Rengui, who was standing in front of Su Dawei, was dressed in bright light armor, and his face was full of wind and frost.

The two met after Su Dawei's vanguard arrived in Wuwei County this afternoon, and the two sides exchanged seals before meeting.

After a few years, there is a taste in my heart.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Su Dawei and Xue Rengui were both dressed in bright light armor, like the two Optimus Pillars supporting the Tang Army.

If you want to talk about the difference in detail, it is Su Dawei's bright light armor that shines even more, and the heart shield on his chest is shining brightly, and it is spotless.

And Xue Rengui looks much more decadent.

The armor on his body has many obvious knife marks and arrow wounds.

There are even traces of rust and blood in it.

All this shows that the previous battle was so tragic and urgent that Xue Rengui didn't even have time to maintain his armor.

Su Qingjie, Guo Beifeng, Li Wei, Cheng Wuting, Lou Shide, Heizhi Changzhi, An Wensheng and other generals were listed around.

Inside the entire military tent, the atmosphere was calm.

As the commander-in-chief, Su Dawei and Xue Rengui didn't even have time to describe their feelings after parting.

"Open the map!"

With Xue Rengui's shout, the guards around him unfolded the march map near Wuwei County.

"Wait."

An Wensheng spoke: "We have more detailed maps in our army. ”

Glancing at Su Dawei and seeing that he had no objection, An Wensheng beckoned.

Some guards brought in the sand table they had made earlier.

Xue Rengui's eyes lit up, and he praised it first: "This picture is actually like a miniature martial arts, it is simply a sharp weapon in the army, this must have been thought up by Ami." ”

"Haha~"

The crowd laughed a few times.

Xue Renguixuan's face sank and said: "The military situation is urgent, Chief Su, I will explain the current situation to a few people." ”

"Xue Tingshi, please."

Su Dawei hugged his fists.

Xue Rengui walked to the map, stretched out his finger, and nodded a little in Wuwei: "This is our current defense line, but compared to the original border between us and Tuyuhun, we have lost a lot of places. ”

When these words came out, everyone's hearts sank.

The generals who followed Su Dawei from Chang'an, such as Guo Beifeng, Gao Chongwen, Li Wei and others, had not yet fought with the Tuboans.

It is natural to feel that the Tang Dynasty is invincible, and the Tubo people just took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's eastward advance to play a game of stealing chickens.

Quietly annexed Tuyuhun.

As long as the Tang Dynasty deploys troops to attack, it will be able to kill the Tubo people without leaving a single piece of armor.

But now I heard Xue Rengui say that Datang actually lost the land.

This is the arrogant Tang generals, who can't bear it.

"King Tuyuhun was originally in Fu Qi City, although there is not much place left, but he occupies Fu Qi City, and he still occupies the righteousness. It's a pity that in the third year of Longshuo, Tubo suddenly invaded and took Fuqi City in one fell swoop.

King Tuyuhun and Princess Honghua had no choice but to flee.

They fled to Shanzhou, where they were protected by Zheng Rentai. ”

Xue Rengui told the ins and outs of the war.

When the Tubo people annexed Tuyuhun, the Tang Dynasty did nothing.

At least the following things were done.

The first is to send secret spies to create a divisive plan within Tibet, causing the newly attached Baima, Qiang Ling and some tribes of Zhangxiong to rebel.

However, these were quickly suppressed by Lu Dongzan's troops.

The second is to help the king of Tuyuhun occupy the city of Fuqi, in order to demonstrate the existence of Tuyuhun, and at the same time make the Tubo people lose the legal principle of encroaching on Tuyuhun.

The third was to issue an edict in the name of the Heavenly Khan to reprimand the Tibetan Zampu and order the Tibetan people to stop.

Apparently, the Tibetans swelled and did not listen.

Finally, the fourth piece is to put a patch on Tuyuhun.

In Shanzhou, Wuwei, Liangzhou, Guazhou and other strategic military areas, they all focused on deployment, and sent Zheng Rentai to command.

Then he also sent Su Dingfang, the god of war who had great achievements in war and destroyed countless countries, to dominate the overall situation.

This arrangement is already very thorough.

But man is not as good as heaven.

First, Zheng Rentai died violently.

Then Su Dingfang became seriously ill.

These two important people have been in trouble one after another, giving the Tubo people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In addition, at that time, the Tang Dynasty was still using troops in the direction of Goguryeo, and there was no concern for the west for a while.

As a result, 400,000 troops from Tibet invaded.

"Shanzhou is lost, King Tuyuhun and Princess Honghua have not escaped......"

Xue Rengui's voice was low, and even a little hoarse.

His cheeks were already thin, and he had been in charge of Wuwei defense for more than half a year, which made him tired, and his cheeks were deeply sunken.

Su Dawei followed Xue Rengui's direction and went to look at the map.

He was no longer Wuxia Amon now, and he immediately saw the problem at a glance.

"Shanzhou is Xining!"

"What Xining?"

Xue Rengui asked curiously.

"Ahem, my mouth is scooping for a while, I mean, we originally occupied Shanzhou?"

"Of course, it's been many years."

Now, not only Xue Rengui, but other generals also looked over.

Su Dawei held his forehead with his hand: "Let me think about it." ”

Nima, still influenced by habits, thinks that the border is similar to that of later generations, Gansu is the Tang Dynasty, and Qinghai is the Tuguhun of Tuguhun.

But I didn't expect that Datang had always held Shanzhou.

Shanzhou, that is, Xining City, Qinghai in later generations.

Of course, it wasn't originally a Tang place.

However, during the Taizong Dynasty, the Tuyuhun people were not convinced, so Li Shimin took his brothers over to smoke Tuyuhun up.

After that, Tuyuhun became a hardcore little brother of Datang.

And this piece of Xining has also become Datang's.

It is equivalent to that Datang stretched out a hand, took out a knife, and pressed it against the heart of the Tuyuhun people.

From Xining, it is useless to go to Tuyuhun King City and Fu Qi City.

Tang Ride is just around the corner.

This is a huge advantage at the strategic level.

Just like the strategic nodes occupied by the Central Plains and Ah San.

The steel torrent can drive into the royal city in minutes, so that a new star of the three moving capitals to Delhi.

Just ask if you're afraid.

"The situation that Taizong worked hard to create was lost in our hands, I don't accept this breath!"

Xue Rengui punched the table beside him.

There was a "thump" sound.

Xue Rengui came to prominence when Taizong Li Shimin conquered Liaodong.

When Taizong returned to the court, he stroked his back with his hand on the road and said that he didn't like Liaodong, but Xue Rengui.

This sentence is the highest moment of Xue Rengui's life.

He is always remembered.

At this time, here, Taizong worked hard to achieve the situation of the Tang Dynasty, and actually lost a piece here.

This made Xue Rengui's eyes blood-red, and he felt a sense of shame.

Su Dawei stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice: "If we lose Shanzhou, we will lose the intersection that opens up Tuyuhun, as well as the forward base, and we are passive." ”

"Shanzhou is lost, but after thinking about it, I think it can be like this......"

Xue Rengui stretched out his hand and swiped lightly on the map.

"From here, along the Dafei River, over the mountain and leaping into the Tuyuhun, when out of the mountain, it is the flank of Shanzhou and Fu Qi City, it is expected that the Tubo people did not expect, when we attack with a strange army, a blow to knock out the Tubo horse farm set up here, and then break the Fu Qi City.

Taking advantage of this victory, he surrounded the reinforcements and ate the reinforcements of the Tubo people.

At this point, it was time for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive.

Our army is strong, and it will become a sweeping momentum, and the Tubo people will be eliminated in one fell swoop. ”

Xue Rengui slammed the knife down.

In the air, there was a sharp whistling.

"That's a good plan!"

Su Qingjie nodded on the side.

Li Wei even punched in the palm of his hand: "In a decisive battle with the Tubo people on the grassland, under the Tang Iron Cavalry, no one has ever been able to resist, and the Tubo people will regret provoking the Tang people." ”

Cheng Wuting muttered: "Turning over the Dafei River and marching from the flank, it is really good, you can also set up suspicious troops, divide the troops to be horns, even if the war does not go well, you can take Shanzhou when you retreat, and then our follow-up reinforcements will also arrive."

Holding Shanzhou is not a problem.

With Shanzhou, you can attack, retreat can defend, and the initiative is mine. ”

"You ......"

Su Dawei was dumbfounded for a while: "Do you think it's good to jump over Dafei Sichuan to attack Tubo?" ”

"Of course."

Su Qingjie looked at him curiously: "Does the chief manager think there is something wrong?" ”

Of course not.

Su Dawei looked at Xue Rengui, and it was he who proposed Da Feichuan's strategy.

Is history really inertia?

Whether it is Xue Rengui in another time and space or him in this time and space, they all make the same choice.

Even all the generals felt that this strategy was right.

Then why did Datang lose to Tubo at that time and break the undefeated golden body?

Put away these distractions and meet everyone's puzzled eyes.

Su Dawei said calmly: "From the perspective of the terrain environment, it is a good choice to lose Shanzhou, lose the passage to attack Tuyuhun, and jump over Dafeichuan to attack the enemy's flank."

However, here I have a question. ”

"What?"

Su Dawei pressed his hand on the map and tapped it in Shanzhou: "Zheng Rentai, the governor of Daizhou, why did he die violently, do you know?" ”

While speaking, Su Dawei pointed to Shanzhou on the map, raised his eyes and swept over everyone.