At the time of the fourth watch, the Tubo army finally killed the city of Yazhou, Shang Dongzan led the army to stop three miles away from the city, he sent spies to the west city wall to inquire about the news, according to the agreement, the inner Ying Mangjia in the city will dismantle the city bricks at the fourth watch, revealing the big hole in the city wall.

Although it is a bit of a suspicion of a chicken and a dog thief, Shang Dongzan still appreciates this method, after all, there are only a dozen internal responders in the city, and it is unrealistic and unreliable to seize the city gate.

After a short time, the spies came back to report that a big hole had been found in the west city wall, Shang Dong praised it and said to the deputy general: "You lead 3,000 soldiers into the city and seize the south city gate, and I will lead a large army to meet outside the south city gate." ”

"Obey the order!"

Rondosang immediately led an army of 3,000 vanguards to the city of Yazhou, carrying pine and planks that had been prepared in advance, which needed to cross the moat.

After a short time, 3,000 soldiers rushed to the city, only to see that a large black hole had indeed appeared in the middle of the western city wall, which was exceptionally clear in the moonlight, like opening a large mouth.

The soldiers of the Tibetan army immediately put the long log on the moat, fixed it with wooden wedges on both sides to prevent the log from sliding, and laid wooden planks on it, and in a very short time, a pontoon bridge was built.

Mangga was revealed in the black hole, and he beckoned to the soldiers, "Come in!" ”

Three thousand soldiers rushed into the east of the city on the pontoon bridge, and the gates of the courtyard were opened, and one by one they rushed into the city, quickly rallying in the streets.

In just a quarter of an hour, 3,000 soldiers had entered the city gates, and at this time, soldiers on the western city wall shouted in panic, and a patrol found the Tibetan army assembled in the street.

"When! While! While! ”

The alarm bell sounded loudly at the head of the city, and the entire city of Yazhou was alarmed, and at this time, Rondosang shouted, "Kill! ”

Three thousand soldiers shouted and slaughtered at the south gate......

The main general Zhang Meng has been alarmed, heard that the Tubo army is coming, he was frightened, hurriedly put on his armor, turned over his horse, and led two thousand soldiers to the south of the city to kill, less than a mile away from the south of the city, only to see the south city tower fire, shouting to kill the sky, countless soldiers are fleeing to this side in a hurry.

Zhang Meng stopped one person and asked urgently, "How many enemy troops are there?" ”

"There are at least twenty or thirty thousand people, the city gates have been lost, and the enemy has come to kill them."

Zhang Meng was stunned, twenty or thirty thousand people, how could he resist? At this time, the black and oppressive Tubo army in front of him killed, Zhang Meng screamed, turned around and fled, and his soldiers saw that the main general was fleeing, and they all threw away their armor and ran wildly.

The Tubo army did not chase the defeated Tang army, they quickly occupied the city of Yazhou, and took over the warehouse, the reason why the Tubo army attacked Yazhou, what they wanted was the granary of Yazhou, which contained 100,000 stone of grain, which ensured the logistics of Tuzhou.

But before dawn, 20,000 Tibetan troops quietly left the city, and only 5,000 Tibetan soldiers remained in the city.

The news that Yazhou was captured by the Tubo army soon spread to Chengdu, and Chengdu was in an uproar, you must know that the east of Yazhou City is Qiongzhou and Meizhou, and then to the northeast is the narrow Shuzhou, and then the Chengdu Mansion is located in Yizhou, which is only 300 miles apart, and it is a densely populated area all the way.

Ju Wenzhen also knew that the situation was critical, so he hurried to the military office of the Shence Army to discuss with Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang how to defend against the enemy.

He rushed to the military office, but faintly heard the sound of quarrels in the official room, it was the voices of Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang, which made Ju Wenzhen stunned, and hurriedly asked the soldiers at the door in a low voice.

"The two old immortals disagreed on whether to send troops, so they quarreled." The soldier whispered to Ju Wenzhen.

Ju Wenzhen didn't know whether to send troops or not, so he had to come to the hall hard, Huo Xianming and Dou Wenchang didn't quarrel, the two of them drank tea separately, and no one said anything.

"Two old immortals, how is the situation of the Tubo army? How many troops did they come? ”

Huo Xianming put the teacup on the table and said dissatisfiedly: "The question is here, how many Tubo troops have come from Yazhou?" How is the equipment? How is the combat effectiveness? I don't know anything, I have to send troops to meet the battle, if the army is defeated, do you want Chengdu anymore? ”

Dou Wenchang also snorted and said, "Did I say to fight?" I'm just saying that send troops to hold Qiongzhou and Shuzhou, and add two locks to the periphery of Chengdu, otherwise the Tubo army will drive straight into the city and the troops will come to the city of Chengdu, and the city may still be able to hold it, but how to defend the palace? ”

Ju Wenzhen felt that Dou Wenchang was reasonable, the forbidden garden of the palace extended all the way to the outside of the city, and although there was a wall around it, it could only block ordinary people, and it was meaningless to the army at all.

Kill in from the forbidden garden, go directly to the Xuanwu Gate, the Xuanwu Gate has only one gate, on both sides is Gaoque, and then there is a two-zhang high palace wall, it is not a city, there is no moat, there is no suspension bridge, there is no city tower on it, the defense is very poor, the Tubo army can completely use a big wood to break open the palace gate.

Ju Wenzhen looked at Huo Xianming again, "Xianweng, in fact, what Dou Weng said also makes some sense, the defensive nature of the palace is indeed relatively poor, what is the point of us guarding the city, but not guarding the palace?" ”

Huo Xianming saw that Ju Wenzhen was also biased towards Dou Wenchang, so he had to nod and say, "Okay!" I agree to send troops, but I am not responsible for all the consequences. ”

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Dou Wenchang immediately ordered the Jiannan Army to lead Wang Qingyang to lead 20,000 troops to Linqiong County, Qiongzhou, to form the first line of defense against the Tubo army.

The news that tens of thousands of elite Shence troops had gone to Qiongzhou to fight against the Tubo army immediately spread throughout the city, and the people of Chengdu, who had been in turmoil, gradually calmed down again.

And when the news of the fall of Yazhou reached Chengdu, Yang Xiuying, the leader of the Chengdu intelligence point, had already sent an urgent pigeon letter to Chang'an.

Chang'an, Guo Song got the news of Chengdu in the afternoon, and he immediately ordered someone to invite Du You and Pan Liao.

In the military hall, Guo Song stood in front of a map of Jiannan mountains and rivers and Chengji, and said to Du You and Pan Liao: "The purpose of this Tubo increase in Longyou is obviously to attack Bashu, he is to contain our army to the south, it seems that they do not want to loot and leave, but want to occupy Bashu and use Bashu as the foundation for attacking the Central Plains." ”

Du You nodded and smiled: "There is this possibility, since Cui Ning was in Jiannan before, the Tubo army had attacked Chengdu several times, and was defeated by Cui Ning's army, this time they saw the opportunity for the eunuchs to take power, and began to attack Bashu in a big way, in fact, in this way, we also have the opportunity to Qinwang Bashu." ”

Guo Song took a few steps and said: "We originally wanted to lead the army into Shu on the side of the Qing Emperor, but the invasion of the Tubo army gave us another excuse to send troops, but our original plan had to be changed. ”

Pan Liao smiled slightly: "Your Highness's public opinion has been done enough, any excuses and the like are meaningless, the people of the world are looking forward to His Highness's army going south and eradicating the eunuchs!" ”

Du You also said: "Pan Changshi is right, the entry of the army into Shu did not affect our original plan, but first fought with the Tubo army, and then considered the side of the Qing monarch, the key is that public opinion must be done." ”

Guo Song nodded slowly, the time was ripe, and he really didn't need to think about anything more.

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In the evening, Guo Song returned to the harem, he simply packed some books in his study, at this time, his wife Xue Tao walked into the study with a tea cup, she put down the tea cup, Xue Tao looked at her husband quietly for a moment, she seemed to feel something, and asked in a low voice: "Is the husband going out again?" ”

Guo Song nodded, he hugged his wife into his arms and kissed her forehead, "This time it's Bashu, the stakes are high, I must go out in person!" ”

"I know, today's newspaper published that the Tubo army is attacking Bashu, and I vaguely guessed that you would lead your troops south."

Guo Song was stunned, is the news in the newspaper so fast? Get the news before you do.

Xue Tao pursed his lips and smiled, and took a newspaper from the table, "I specially put it here, I guess my husband didn't see it." ”

Guo Song hurriedly took over the newspaper, which was the "Tianxia Xinbao", and the headline on the front page was 'Tubo wants to swallow Bashu and invade Yazhou on a large scale'.

Guo Song nodded secretly, although it was a bit exaggerated, but it also happened to match his strategic intentions, so that his leading army to Bashu became smooth, and the position of "Tianxia Xinbao" stood very well.

"Husband's trip to Bashu this time is to resist the invasion of Tibet?"

Guo Song shook his head, "In fact, it is not only as simple as resisting the Tubo army, but also to eliminate the eunuchs and restore the dynasty, I am ready to move the imperial court back to Chang'an." ”

"I know, when will the husband leave?"

"It's tentatively scheduled for the early morning of the day after tomorrow, but tomorrow night, I may not come back and live directly in the barracks."

"Then when it's time for dinner, husband will tell everyone about it!"

At this time, a maid reported outside the door, "Lord Qiyu, Mrs. Qiyu, dinner is ready, the second lady invites you over." ”

"Let's go!"

Guo Song took his wife's hand, and the two walked towards the dining hall.