"Governor, Nanzhao obviously knew that we would attack Nanzhao from here, so he destroyed the pontoon bridge in advance."

In Hezi Town, seeing the destroyed pontoon bridge, Yue Changxu could only look at the river and sigh, so he could only order people to hurry up and find the boats, and if they couldn't find it, they would build rafts and wait to cross the river.

"Sima Yang, do you have any good ideas?" Seeing Yang Ru in front of him, Yue Changxu asked.

Yang Ru, like him, was a former Xichuan general, who had been unknown for more than ten years, but because of the initial establishment of the Zhennan Governor's Mansion, he was appointed as the Sima of the Jianchang Governor's Mansion of the Lower Governor's Mansion.

"There is a way, it may take some time, but if it succeeds, my vanguard army will not only be able to capture the Mozha Pavilion, but also take the opportunity to capture the Garbi Pavilion." Yang Ru said.

From the end of the gate to the city of Nongdong, there are three important passes along the way, namely the end of the gate, the Gabby Hall (now Yongren County) and the Yangli Hall (裒, pou, Ersheng, now the eastern part of Dayao County), after which is the city of Nongdong.

The Gabi Pavilion and the Mozha Pavilion are only more than 100 miles apart, so take this place and march in a hurry, and you can reach the Suzha Pavilion in less than two days.

"What's the solution?" Yue Changxu was also a little curious.

"Here." Yang Ru pointed to the Lushui River nearly a hundred miles away from Hezi Town, "The last general heard that there is a small ferry here, and there are usually fewer people crossing the river from here. Therefore, the last general planned to cross the river from here, and then raid the Gabi Pavilion, and then cooperate with the vanguard army to attack the Zhaza Pavilion.

Storming the Mozha Pavilion, the loss must be not small, the river is wide, and the wind is strong, although the range of the Fuyuan crossbow and the Zhang crossbow we are equipped with can be reached, but due to the influence of the wind, the effect may be somewhat weakened.

When the frontal army is attacking, if there is a partial division attacking the Mozha Pavilion from behind, it is bound to get twice the result with half the effort and achieve miraculous results. ”

Yue Changxu said in a solemn tone, "Sima Yang, how many soldiers and horses do you need?" ”

"Governor, the last general only needs one of the troops." Yang Ru said in a deep voice.

"Okay, then the governor of Bendu will give you a capital of soldiers and horses, I hope that Yang Sima will not disappoint the governor of Bendu."

"Don't worry, if you fail, the last general will come to see you!" Yang Ru can be regarded as having made a military order.

After deciding how to fight, Yue Changxu asked the army to build boats and rafts for the use of the army behind.

While preparing, he was also waiting for Yang Ru's action.

The arrival of Yue Changxu's vanguard army in Hezi Town was also discovered by the Nanzhao defenders on the other side, and then the defenders of the Mozha Pavilion spread the news to Nongdong City.

"Grand Governor, the pontoon bridge on the Lushui River must have been destroyed by the Nanzhao defenders, without the pontoon bridge, and there are not enough ships, it is not easy for Yue Dudu to take the Mozha Pavilion.

Is it to send Tiance artillery or artillery support? ”

In the army in the city of the Governor's Mansion of Huichuan Governor, hundreds of miles behind Yue Changxu, Link couldn't help but say to Cui Anqian.

"Don't worry, if you need the support of this envoy, he will send someone to ask for help." Cui Anqian shook his head, obviously not planning to dispatch the secret weapon so soon.

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"Yang Sima, the army has been assembled, and more than 20 soldiers are missing, I don't know if they are lost or washed away by the river. It was a little dark, and we couldn't find any trace of those people. ”

Shen Shi, at this time, the sky was just dawning, the line of sight was not very good, and the jungle on both sides of the Lushui was dense, so it was still a little difficult to find the two dozen or so people who were missing.

"Register those who are missing, mark them when they leave, and follow them if they see them." Yang Ru said in a deep voice.

"Yang Sima, according to the map, we still have to cross the Longchuan River in the west, and then walk dozens of miles to reach the Gabi Pavilion."

The maps they held in their hands were all drawn by Jinyiwei in recent years, based on the maps of Nanzhao's country, plus their field exploration and the feedback of the caravan.

As for the level of detail, it is certainly not as accurate as the military maps of later generations, but it is more accurate than the domestic maps of Nanzhao.

The map of Nanzhao is actually more accurate on the Tang side, which can be imagined. There is no mistake

Of course, these maps are mainly in the Erhai area, Nongdong, Tuodong, Tonghai and other places, and the other towns are not so detailed.

"Then give the order to go down, march westward, and cross the Longchuan River as soon as possible."

Just as Yang Ru was heading west with the soldiers and horses of this capital, suddenly several scouts on the periphery of the team were shot and fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack!"

I don't know who shouted, and there was chaos in the whole team, and after a short period of confusion, a group of soldiers kept on guard against the jungle.

"What's going on?"

Yang Ru, who came to the scene of the incident under the cover of his soldiers raising shields, saw several soldiers who had fallen on the ground, two of whom had been killed, and their lips were black.

"Yang Sima, the arrow is poisoned!" will all say in a deep voice.

"Come, send three teams of troops, raise shields for cover, and go in to find the enemy." Yang Ru ordered with a fierce expression.

Soon three groups of soldiers left the group, dozens of paces apart from each other, and entered the jungle, the front and left soldiers holding shields, and the middle ones holding bows and arrows or drawing their swords carefully guarding the surroundings.

Suddenly, several more arrows came from the jungle, and all but one of them hit a soldier, but the others were blocked by their shields.

"In the front right, I saw three people."

A sharp-eyed soldier shouted when he saw several attacking natives running through the jungle.

"Archers cover, sword and shield soldiers charge me!" As the team finished giving the order, they glanced at their wounded men and immediately ordered, "Carry him out!" ”

For a while, the sound of sharp arrows whistling in the jungle came to mind, and at the beginning, the natives could also use their familiarity with the terrain to hurt the Tang army.

However, the Tang Army's cooperation and combat experience were not bad, and soon through cooperation, most of the attackers were shot dead.

Soon a group of soldiers came out of the jungle, and when they saw the scene in front of them, they were still a little surprised.

Because in front of them was a village, a tribe to be exact, a small tribe.

At this time, hundreds of young men gathered on the periphery of this tribe, holding various weapons in their hands, carefully guarding against these Tang troops who suddenly killed.

There were still a few of them who were talking to the old men in the tribe, and from time to time they looked at these Tang soldiers with hatred.

"Send someone to report to Yang Sima!"

Just as the team that was the first to break out of the jungle was considering whether to break through the village, the indigenous village was the first to attack.

At the command of the old man, these indigenous men covered their mouths and cheered and slaughtered towards the Tang army of this team.

"Team Zheng, what now?" Seeing the indigenous man killed, a soldier suddenly asked.

"What to do? Kill me! If these barbarians want to die, they will be fulfilled! ”

A group of rabble, who dare to attack first, really don't take their well-trained army seriously.

Just when the fierce battle broke out here, the Tang troops of the other two teams also rushed out of the jungle, and when they saw that their comrades were besieged, the two teams immediately ordered to help.

This tribe thought that it was just that group of Tang troops, but they didn't expect so many to suddenly come out.

At this time, it's too late to regret it, not to mention that team of Tang Army, they may not be able to beat it, but two more teams of Tang Army came out, and the result can be imagined.

The tribal soldiers, who were still menacing at the beginning, were soon surrounded and killed by the three Tang armies, and the blood stained the entire tribe red.