Early the next morning, Guo Song began to send troops, the Jin army currently has a total of 250,000 troops, of which 150,000 troops are deployed everywhere, and Chang'an has 100,000 troops, this time Guo Song is ready to personally lead 70,000 troops to the south, leaving 30,000 troops to guard Guanzhong, but leaving 30,000 troops may not be enough, considering that there are 80,000 militia soldiers in Guanzhong, Guo Song ordered them to be recruited and transferred into the defense of Guanzhong, and the general Yao Jin personally sat in Tongguan.

The defense of Chang'an, Guo Song handed over to Zhang Qianyi, although Zhang Beiyi was a civilian official, but he knew the art of war, and had experience in defending Tubo in Shazhou.

The soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass went first, the Jin army began to prepare for the attack on Bashu as early as last year, and a large number of grain and grass materials were hoarded in Hanzhong, and they will use Hanzhong as a logistics base to advance to Bashu step by step.

Before dawn, Guo Song set off with an army of 70,000, and at the same time set off with 10,000 camels, which were in charge of a thousand camel drivers, and the camels were loaded with dry food and forage, following the 70,000 army, and marched towards the direction of the Meridian Valley.

While secretly going to Hanzhong, Guo Song publicly announced that he would go to Longyou to inspect, and sent thousands of cavalry to Longyou under his banner.

This was also a kind of strategic deception, which caused the Southern Tang spies in Chang'an to miscalculate.

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Jiannan, Yazhou, Shang Dongzan, who is quite strategic and experienced, immediately withdrew 20,000 troops from the city and hid after capturing Yazhou, leaving only 5,000 soldiers in the city, which created a false impression that the Tubo army was only 5,000 people.

At the same time, he also caused a large number of rumors to spread that Tibet suffered a severe famine last year, and Shang Dongzan also sent more than a dozen grain teams to loot grain and livestock in Lushan, Mingshan, Baizhang and other counties, which frightened the people from all over Yazhou to flee to Qiongzhou one after another.

At this time, Shang Dongzan got the information that a 20,000-strong Tang army entered Qiongzhou, and he immediately ordered the grain team to enter Qiongzhou to grab grain and livestock.

Wang Qingyang, the chief general of the Tang Army, is also a member of Dou Wenchang's faction, after Jiannan Jiedu made Hun Xuan killed by the eunuchs, Wang Qingyang was promoted to the general of Zuo Xiaowei, and served as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, you must know that he was under Li Sheng, and he was only a Lang general, after Li Sheng was seized power, the army was reorganized into the Shence Army, and all the generals were promoted to one level, and he was promoted to Zhonglang General.

But Wang Qingyang judged the situation, and when everyone still despised the eunuch in charge of the army, he took refuge in Dou Wenchang in time, and was exceptionally promoted to general by Dou Wenchang, becoming Dou Wenchang's right-hand man in controlling the Shence Army.

Although Wang Qingyang's status is high, it is the first time he leads the army to fight as the commander, but Dou Wenchang promised him that if he defeats the Tubo army this time, he will be canonized as the king of the county, which makes Wang Qingyang, who was originally a little nervous, look forward to it again.

This time, Wang Qingyang led a total of 20,000 troops, including 15,000 Shence troops, 5,000 Jiannan troops, plus Zhang Meng, who had retreated from Yazhou, and his 2,000 troops, a total of 22,000 troops, all of which were stationed in Linqiong County.

Linqiong County is also a large county with a large population, but the county city wall is relatively dilapidated and low, and its defense capability is far inferior to that of Yazhou.

What really annoyed Wang Qingyang was that he commanded the Shence Army as the commander of the Jiannan Army, and the officers and men of the Shence Army generally didn't buy his account very much.

At night, Wang Qingyang came to the East Camp to inspect, the East Camp is also the Shence Army Camp, and the Jiannan Army Camp is the West Camp, the two armies are treated differently, and there is a big gap between the food and the food, of course, they can't live together, otherwise it will cause serious contradictions.

The Shence Army is a monthly salary of three times, doubled during the war, and eats meat every three days in peacetime, and must be guaranteed meat every day in wartime, while the Jiannan Army has a monthly salary of 600 Wen in peacetime, and it has increased to a consistent amount in wartime, and can only be half full in peacetime, and can be full in wartime, as for meat, the soldiers of the Jiannan Army cannot see it, and it is very good to have a bowl of broth to drink occasionally.

There was silence in the eastern camp, and many soldiers were asleep, and when he passed a large tent, he suddenly faintly heard his name mentioned in the large tent, and he immediately took the reins and listened carefully.

"I think Wang Qingyang's kung fu is first-class, leading troops to fight! Which of you has seen it? I haven't seen him fight anyway, haha! ”

"That is, when he was under General Li Sheng, he was just a partial general, and now he has become a general, and he has worked hard!"

The soldiers in the big tent ridiculed and ridiculed unscrupulously, full of disdain for Wang Qingyang, Wang Qingyang's face was so angry that his face turned pale, he clenched his fists, and finally snorted heavily, turned his horse's head and left.

After walking a long way, I faintly heard the shrill laughter coming from the big tent.

Back in the big tent of the Chinese army, Wang Qingyang kicked the stool over, he was so angry that his eyes were on fire, is his evaluation in the army so unbearable?

At this time, the soldier reported at the door: "Commander Qiqi, General Zhang Meng asks to see you." ”

Wang Qingyang let out a long sigh and ordered, "Let him in!" ”

After a while, Zhang Meng walked into the big tent quickly, hugged his fists and bowed down: "See the big handsome!" ”

Wang Qingyang glanced at him, and when he saw that he didn't kneel for himself, he asked coldly, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Zhang Meng's official rank is from the third rank of General Yunlu, and Wang Qingyang's official rank is the third rank of the champion general, the difference between the two official ranks is only half a level, but the title is the same, they are both county dukes, and Zhang Meng is the righteous son of Dou Wenchang, and his status in Dou Wenchang is slightly higher than Wang Qingyang, so Zhang Meng does not kneel in front of Wang Qingyang.

Zhang Meng said: "The humble post has just received the news that hundreds of Tibetan troops are looting grain in Linxi County, and the humble post begs to lead troops to encircle and suppress them. ”

Zhang Meng lost Yazhou, the responsibility is heavy, he knows that Dou Wenchang will definitely not be able to spare himself after returning to Chengdu, so he is eager to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes.

Zhang Meng's words reminded Wang Qingyang, temporary, Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming repeatedly told him to find out the truth of the Tubo army, before Zhang Meng told him that the Tubo army had 20,000 or 30,000 people, but Wang Qingyang asked the soldiers who fled together, only to learn that Zhang Meng did not see the other party at all, but heard that the south city gate was lost and fled.

In order to escape the crime, Zhang Meng will of course exaggerate the number of the enemy army, and even say that the enemy army has 100,000 people, so Wang Qingyang did not believe Zhang Meng's nonsense at all, and in the past two days, he inquired clearly from the people who fled from Yazhou City, and the Tubo army only had 5,000 people, and it was because of the severe famine in Tubo that they came to grab food.

Wang Qingyang originally planned to write a military report to Dou Wenchang, but since Zhang Meng proposed to encircle and suppress the Tubo army that was robbing grain, he could take this opportunity to test the reality of the Tubo army.

Wang Qingyang agreed, "I will give another 1,000 soldiers, together with your 2,000 troops, a total of 3,000 people, and go to Linxi County early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhang Meng was overjoyed, and immediately bowed down and said: "The humble position will never disappoint the coach!" ”

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Early in the morning, Zhang Meng led 3,000 people to leave Linqiong County, running all the way, murderously rushing to Linxi County, fifty miles away.

As soon as I entered the territory of Linxi County, a grain convoy composed of more than 200 ox carts was greeted on the official road in front of me, which was full of grain and other property, followed by thousands of livestock, and 500 Tibetan soldiers followed on both sides of the ox cart.

Zhang Meng deceived the other party with few people, waved his sword and shouted, "Kill!" ”

"Kill—"

The 3,000 soldiers of the Southern Army of the Sword shouted and rushed towards the Tubo soldiers, and the 500 Tubo soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and ran for their lives, throwing away their armor and even their weapons, lest these things hinder their escape.

Zhang Meng didn't expect that these Tubo soldiers were also afraid of war, he was both proud and a little remorseful in his heart, he knew that he should send spies first, and after discovering the enemy army, and then ambush the other party, he could completely annihilate 500 enemy troops, and he would atone for his crimes.

Seeing that the Tubo soldiers ran away like rabbits, Zhang Meng had no choice but to order the soldiers to put away their armor and drive the oxen convoy back to Linqiong County.

Wang Qingyang never expected that Zhang Mengqi would be victorious, seized a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep, and defeated 500 Tubo soldiers who robbed grain, which really made him moved, if he could defeat the Yazhou Tubo army in one fell swoop and recapture Yazhou, not only could he be crowned the king of the county, but more importantly, no one dared to say that he would not lead troops to fight, and he Wang Qingyang would become the first meritorious general of the imperial court with this battle.

He immediately wrote a detailed report and sent someone to Chengdu immediately, in which he proposed that the opponent's strength was only 5,000 people, the equipment was weak, and the training level was low, and they should all be recruits, and he asked Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming for permission to send troops to Yazhou to completely annihilate this invading enemy.

On the afternoon of the next day, Wang Qingyang received a reply from Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming, and there was only one sentence in the letter: 'Send troops to Yazhou and annihilate the enemy's army. ’

Dou Wenchang and Huo Xianming were also convinced that the other party only had 5,000 people from the flying pigeon message from the Yazhou officials, and they carried out a bandit-style plundering of Jiannan, so that they could indeed fight.

That night, Wang Qingyang ordered Zhang Meng to lead 2,000 men from his headquarters to guard Linqiong County, and he led 20,000 troops to Yazhou City.

Shang Dongzan had already received the news from the spies, and the 20,000 Tang troops in Linqiong County were coming towards Yazhou, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his plan to show weakness to lure the other party's arrogant soldiers was successful.

He immediately led an army of 25,000 to attack, and set up an ambush in a forest on the border between Yazhou and Qiongzhou, the ambush was two miles away from the official road, and could not play the role of ambushing the other party, but it could not let the other party find out that he was fooled and retreated, Shang Dongzan immediately ordered 5,000 cavalry to detour behind the enemy army and cut off the enemy's retreat.

The next morning, 20,000 Tang troops came from the official road in the distance, and suddenly, the drums in the woods in the south were loud, and a large army of Tubo came out of the woods.

Wang Qingyang thought that he had encountered an ambush, and immediately ordered the army to line up to meet him, but when he saw the number of the other party, he had a 'buzz! With a bang, a heart fell into the abyss, and he knew that he had been fooled.