The early winter is coming, the north wind is howling, and the cold in Tibet, which is located on the plateau, seems to come earlier than the Tang Dynasty.

In the deserted suburbs, a team of people and horses that stretched for more than ten miles braved the wind and snow, and were silently advancing, the shoes on the soldiers' feet were tied several times with hemp rope, so that it was not easy to fall, and the horses' four hooves were also covered with a special small sack to prevent slipping, in addition to the horses, there were many yaks and mules used to transport materials in the team, these animals could not only transport materials, but also kill and eat meat when there was a shortage of food, which can be said to be walking food.

The road is not easy to walk, some places are rough, some places are muddy, some places are steep, and some places the horses can't climb up at all, but as long as you use your brains, there are always more ways than difficulties: each person carries a small bundle of hay and a few planks, and in the muddy places the hay and planks are laid forward; Steep places cooperate with each other, and the strength of the people is great, and they are pulled forward and carried back; When you come across some places where the horses can't climb up, find a few logs to make a simple lever and hang the horse up......

Zheng Peng and his entourage set off from the end of the city, it took three days to reach the border of Tibet, and it took five days to cross the Karamilan Mountain, and the tenth day of departure was considered to officially enter the territory of Tibet.

Marching in the suburbs in winter, in order to penetrate into the hinterland of Tibet as soon as possible and deal a fatal blow to Tibet, under Zheng Peng's strict order, the Western Army only did three things: eating, sleeping, and rushing.

To Zheng Peng's surprise, Lan Duo, who seemed to be pampered, followed silently and did not fall behind a single step.

A few falcons raised by the finch slaves, they can't be promoted to spirit eagles like General Jin, but there is no problem with using them to send letters, and there are eagles that can spread their wings in the wind and snow in such a cold day, although it is not as convenient as the wireless telephone in later generations, but the connection between the vanguard army and the large army is very close, and Zheng Peng can also issue new instructions to Cui Xiyi at any time.

It was another evening, Zheng Peng took Lan Duo to a house made of stones and looked pretty good: "County Lord, this house belongs to you, I will let people change the bedding inside, and someone will bring hot water and a bath bucket in a while, you can take a bath, have a good rest, and you will have to hurry tomorrow morning." ”

"Can I take a bath?" Lan Duo's eyes lit up, and he immediately said excitedly: "Great, I haven't taken a bath for a few days, and I'm uncomfortable, or Zheng Peng, you have a way, by the way, what is this place called?" It looks like it's a small tribe, why don't you see people, people? ”

Every day is in a hurry, hurrying, most of them are in the wild, in order to save medicine time, there is a sheltered cave is a luxury, most of them find a leeward place, set up a simple tent, spread the cloak they carry on the ground, put on a sheepskin quilt and sleep, how can there be time to take a bath, this is simply torture for Lan Duo who likes to be clean, at least Lan Duo who has not taken a bath for five days are a little disgusted with himself, hearing that he can take a hot bath, he is simply overjoyed.

Zheng Peng said calmly: "This place is called Wuluo Mountain, there is a small tribe called Wuluo who lives here, we arrived here without any hindrance, resting here, replenishing grain and grass, it is all the credit of my second brother Cui Xiyi, didn't I tell you that day, he didn't run in front to grab military merits and show off, he was doing dirty work." ”

Lan Duo had a sudden realization on his face, nodded and said: "Seeing that the outpost in Tubo in the Karamilan Pass was flattened, I guessed that it was General Cui's means, and the county lord also saw it, this way, it seems to be a little tortuous, but in fact, it is the safest and best shortcut, and there seems to be no road in some places, but you cross left and right, and you just walk out of a new road, and you haven't met a Tubo patrol for so long, this General Cui is really good." ”

No need to ask, this small group called Wuluo must have been conquered by Cui Xiyi, those people from the Wuluo tribe were either killed or captured as coolies to open the way, and it was really confusing to ask such a simple question by themselves.

With Zheng Peng, Lan Duo has been highly nervous in the first few days, for fear that the Tubo people will suddenly come out, but after setting off for so long, he has not encountered any danger at all, and entering the territory of Tubo is as comfortable as entering his own back garden, Lan Duo admires Cui Xiyi a little.

Well done.

Zheng Peng shook his head and said, "County Lord, what you said is wrong. ”

"Wrong, what's wrong?" Landuo asked, a little puzzled.

"It is undeniable that General Cui has made a lot of contributions to the smooth march this time, but when it comes to credit, General Cui's credit can only be regarded as a small credit."

"Zheng Peng, what do you mean by that? General Cui is your second brother, don't you want to say that most of the credit belongs to you, and you want to rob your second brother of the credit, right? ”

As he spoke, Lan Duo's eyes were a little disdainful, as if he was very dissatisfied with Zheng Peng's behavior of grabbing credit, although most of the credit for the war should be attributed to the main general.

The reason is very simple, if the war is lost, it will also be the main general.

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "I have the credit, but it is not a big achievement, I said that General Cui can only be regarded as a small credit, that is before he set off, the Tang Dynasty has been placed in Tubo over the years, and the eyeliner has made a lot of efforts for this marching route, especially in the early days of the formation of the Fourth Army of the West Gate, the eyeliner and the fine work have not been explored on this line many times, the outposts on this marching route, the deployment of troops, the various trails, the rules of border patrol, the residences of the people along the way, etc., including which path can be walked, Where to supply grain and grass and other information, has long been marked on the map, it seems that there is no way, but in fact, I don't know how many times I have been searched, can there be any problems. ”

Lan Duo suddenly realized at this time, and said with admiration: "It's amazing, I didn't expect your preparation to be so good, it's really breathtaking." ”

If Tuqi Shi had half of Zheng Peng's intentions, he would not have been plotted by others.

Zheng Peng looked at Lan Duo, hesitated, but still spoke: "County Lord, live here, are you afraid?" ”

Along the way, in order not to expose their whereabouts, the big tribes bypassed, and some small tribes were not so lucky, and it didn't matter if they had done evil before, whether they had committed crimes against the people of the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of secrecy, they could only clean them up.

The news brought back by the falcon, Cui Xiyi pulled all the young and strong of the Wuluo tribe to open the road and do coolies, and the old and weak were forcibly cleaned up, the reason is very simple, as the vanguard of Cui Xiyi, there are only 2,000 people in his hands, and he really can't divide the extra troops to take care of the prisoners, and the large army is several times more people, but he has to escort a large number of supplies, there is no extra manpower to take care of them, and there is no excess food to support them.

Those Tubo people who died in the butcher's knife of the right army in the west can only be regarded as unlucky.

These Tubo people are pitiful, and those Tang people who died in the grass valley of Tubo and were captured and tortured by Tubo are even more regrettable.

The Tang woman who died under the tyranny of Sanchai, after the right army of Zhengxi who acted as the vanguard saw it, many iron-clad men couldn't help but cry secretly, Cui Xiyi saw that the effect was so obvious, and finally changed his mind, let people not bury it first, let the brothers in the back also see the tyrannical side of the Tubo people, when Zheng Peng and others saw the scarred, skinny, and miserable Tang woman, they all went crazy and vowed to let the Tubo people pay a painful lesson.

Zheng Peng, who has always been a little soft-hearted, was also extremely shocked in his heart, and then the anger in his heart became more and more intense, and now when it comes to cleaning up the people of the Wuluo tribe, he also says it lightly.

The relationship between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty was good and bad, hostile for so many years, when the relationship was good, a small group of people ran to the territory of the Tang Dynasty to burn and kill, and when the relationship was not good, most of the people went to the territory of the Tang Dynasty to loot, I don't know how much blood debt has been accumulated, and now it is an endless mortal enemy, only to kill wrong, not unjustly killed.

The house that was cleaned the day before yesterday, there was a faint smell of blood in the air, and Landuo was a girl, even if she was afraid, she could understand it.

Lan Duo glanced at Zheng Peng, and quickly said: "The main reason in this county is that I am afraid, did Zheng Pengjun say that he was righteous and came in to sleep with the county lord?" ”

"Hee-hee...."

"Haha, the county lord is so daring."

As soon as the words fell, some of the guards on the side couldn't help laughing, and some people whispered, you know, this is too much... Ray.

Zheng Peng was also a little speechless, this Lan Duo is also a county lord, in front of everyone, he dares to say anything, can't he pay attention to the impact, you are not afraid of rumors, I am still afraid of gossip.

"The county is really joking," Zheng Peng said with a wry smile: "I mean, if the county lord is afraid to live here, he can arrange a military tent for you." ”

"Afraid?" Lan Duo said without changing his face: "The lord of this county dared to pour wine from Abba's wine vessel made of skulls at the age of five, shot a little wolf cub at the age of eight, and went to the battlefield with Abba at the age of twelve, tying the enemy's head to the saddle, what is there to be afraid of, underestimate people." ”

After Lan Duo finished speaking, he raised his head high, strode in, and slammed the humble door shut.

Zheng Peng turned around and looked at the group of guards, either snickering eating, or unnaturally holding back a smile.

It was as if they were happy to see themselves suffocated.

"Okay, seeing that you are in good spirits, the task of duty tonight will be handed over to you." Zheng Pengpi said with a smile.

A group of guards froze instantly.

Zheng Peng can sleep on Wuluo Mountain to replenish his strength, and Cui Xiyi, who led the vanguard to Qiangtang at this time, is in a mountain lamp, and is studying the map with an oil lamp.

In the area from the Karamilan Mountains to the Qiangtang, there are only individual herdsmen and small tribes, which can almost be said to be a blank area, and the army of the Tang Dynasty cannot set foot on the land of Tubo, but the Tang Dynasty has been operating here for decades through the dispatch and purchase of fine work and eyeliner, a large number of accurate intelligence, elite and capable scouts and the Lingying Jin General trained by the bird slaves, Cui Xiyi's advance is very smooth, seeing people killing, seeing the outpost destroying the outpost, it is like destroying the corruption and decay to reach Qiangtang.

When he arrived in Qiangtang, Cui Xiyi encountered a problem: to go in that direction.

There are two ways to march to the city of Luo, and from the intelligence, the distance and road conditions of the two roads are similar, and the difference is the enemy to be encountered: if you go from the left road, there is a high chance of encountering the Qarluq tribe who have taken refuge in Tibet; Walking to the right road, there is a good chance of encountering the elite of Tubo, the Zhenbei army led by Sun Bo Qianhu Ulun Yama.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Gelulu clan died a group and scattered a group under the pursuit of the Tang Dynasty, and it is said that it has reduced a batch because of the unsuitable climate, but its strength should not be underestimated, Cui Xiyi also knows that the new patriarch of Gelulu Kuluo is also a ruthless character, as for the Zhenbei Army, its position in Tubo is equivalent to the Yulin Army of the Tang Dynasty, and the quality of personnel and equipment are much better than the ordinary Tubo army.

After looking at it for a while, Cui Xiyi put the oil lamp in his hand and said, "Everyone." ”

As soon as the words fell, several teams who were still sitting on the ground immediately stood up straight and said in unison: "General." ”

Cui Xiyi motioned for everyone to sit down, and then asked directly: "General Zheng asked us to keep a low profile, if we can not cause trouble, we will not cause trouble, and go as deep into the heart of Tubo as possible before the other party notices, but this time we can't be low-key, we have two enemies in front of us, one is the Qarlu clan, and the other is the Zhenbei Army led by Sun Bo Qianhu of Tubo, these two enemies we must face one, the reason is very simple, if you take a detour, it is too far, it is not cost-effective, and the detour will also pass through many defense areas of the Tubo army, you all say it, Let's go to fight Qarluq, or go to destroy the northern soldiers of Zhenbei. ”

Thinking about it, Cui Xiyi directly called several henchmen to discuss, one person counted the short, two long, and the three stinkers to Zhuge Liang to see if there was a good way.

Of course, for such an important matter, Zheng Peng must be consulted, but before consulting Zheng Peng, he must also have his own opinions and suggestions.

Wu Qiang, who was standing on the left, was the first to say: "General, persimmon picks up soft pinch, subordinates propose to the left, after the Ge Lulu clan betrayed the Tang Dynasty, it has long since lost its former glory and has become a lost dog, I heard that it is not welcomed in Tubo, let alone any rewards, and even refuses to ask for some additional weapons, and there are people who secretly capture the people of Ge Lulu as slaves, just taking advantage of its illness and killing it, and can also clean up the portal." ”

"Wu team Zheng, you don't dare to agree with your words" A team surnamed Liang standing on the right retorted: "The Glolu clan is decaying, but its foundation is still there, the intelligence says that the Gellu clan still has 50,000 people who control the strings, not that the 2,000 people of the right army in the west are afraid of him, we have gunpowder in our hands, and there are grenades, the people of Gelulu dare to come, come one to kill one, come to two to kill a pair, the problem is that there are many of them, it is difficult to kill them all at once, let them spread the news of our arrival, so that Tubo has precautions in advance, and the Zhenbei army is different." , there are only 3,000 people, as long as they are properly arranged, they have the opportunity to eat them in one bite. ”

"I agreed with Wu Teamzheng's proposal, the further south you go, the more people there are, and there will be more and more outposts and patrols, and the actions of tens of thousands of people can't be concealed, so you will first sacrifice the heads of the rebellious to the sky, and then go straight to some cities."

"I think Liang Teamzheng's proposal is good, as long as we don't get discovered for one more day, we can fight Tubo by surprise, doesn't it mean that the Zhenbei Army is the elite of Tubo, Lao Tzu is the elite."

.......

As soon as everyone said a word, I said a word, and the cave became lively for a while.