The information about the Heaven Sacrifice Festival continued to reach Zheng Peng through various channels:

On 17 February, Pibocheng escorted 83 Tang slaves north, with the destination being Namu Lake;

On 18 February, 36 captured Tang soldiers were escorted to Namu Lake in a prisoner cart in Doma;

On 21 February, eight Datang Xiaozuo were escorted by heavy troops and marched from Bowo to Namu Lake;

On February 25, a six-foot-high altar was built at Namu Lake, and thousands of craftsmen are now working day and night.

On the seventh day of the third month, a large number of slaves from the Tang Dynasty were held by Zhangxiong, Niboro, Doma City, Sun Bo and other places and arrived at Namu Lake;

On the eighth day of the third month, Master Gongbigang, the holy monk of Zizhu Monastery with the title of Great Achiever, set out from the sacred mountain ----- Zizhu Mountain, and under the protection of the disciples and the Tibetan army, he went to the holy lake Namu Lake.

In the barracks of the Zhengxi military camp, Zheng Peng, Guo Ziyi, Lu Jin, Cui Xiyi, Song Chong, Lan Duo, and Pu Bajia, the commander of the new army, closed the door to discuss major matters. ~with~dream~small~say~щww~suimеng~com

Zheng Peng stood up, pressed his hands on the map spread out on the table, and said with a stern face: "Now it is certain that in order to reverse the situation, Ku Dating, Sinuo Luo Gonglu and others will hold a festival to worship the heavens at Namu Lake, and the time will be around March 20. ”

After a pause, Zheng Peng continued: "To be honest, I don't think that holding a so-called festival to the heavens can strengthen the country and the army, a country to be rich and strong, it needs political communication and harmony, and the top and bottom work together, if a festival is held, it can be strong, why do you have to do so much effort, just hold the festival every day, they hold the festival It has nothing to do with us, but they take the lives of the Tang people to sacrifice to the sky, I must not agree to this matter, we must prevent the holding of this festival to the sky, otherwise, it is to take Tubo, although the victory is still defeated." ”

Thousands of lives, many of them are still Tang soldiers who threw their heads and spilled their blood for the Tang Dynasty, there are meticulous works that go deep into the tiger's den and collect intelligence for the Tang Dynasty, and more are innocent Datang people, Zheng Peng has always thought that his ability is limited and he can't manage so many injustices in the world, but he knows some things, and if he doesn't care, he feels uncomfortable.

Guo Ziyi hesitated for a moment, and said with some worry: "Holding a Heaven Sacrifice Festival at this time, I always feel that it is not so simple, and I am afraid that this so-called Heaven Sacrifice Festival is a trap. ”

It is also a coincidence that the venue of the festival was held at the juncture of the confrontation between the two armies, and the location was chosen at Namu Lake, which is not far from the city of Luoqi.

Zheng Peng said with a domineering face: "If you don't rule out this possibility, you can see the bandit rebellion on the border of the Tang Dynasty, Ku Dating is not a simple person, he is as cunning as a fox, as fierce as a wolf, and as insidious as a poisonous snake. ”

With powerful grenades and fire bombs in his hands, the Western Army has stepped into the era of hot weapons with one foot, and the Fan Army is still in the era of cold weapons.

In the face of absolute power, all conspiracies are paper tigers.

Cui Xiyi echoed loudly: "That's right, you can't watch them scourge the people of the Tang Dynasty, Namu Lake will break into the tiger's den even if it is Longtan." ”

Guo Ziyi nodded and said: "The last general agrees with the general's proposal, we will have a battle with Ku Dating sooner or later, and this time is also appropriate, for three reasons, one is that Ku Dating's and Sinuo Luo Gonglu form an alliance, the longer they cooperate, the more tacit understanding they have, beat them before they have a tacit understanding, it is best to break them up; The second is that we have captured some cities, Chide Zuzan was forced to death by us, and a large number of high-ranking people have also been captured by us, so it can be said that their morale is low, and they cannot be allowed to take the opportunity of the Heaven Sacrifice Festival to raise their morale; The last point is that the lives of so many compatriots are obviously capable of saving but cannot be saved, and they are ashamed of their relatives, and they don't want to leave here with regrets. ”

The analysis was reasonable, everyone nodded in agreement, and Pu Bajia also said: "General Guo's analysis is too good, they refuse to attack some cities, and the grain and grass in the city are also limited, there will be a battle sooner or later, taking advantage of the Namu Lake where they are concentrated, just wipe them out, and the new army is willing to go out with the army to serve the Tang Dynasty." ”

Lan Duo was encouraged by the atmosphere on the scene and took the initiative to speak: "It is necessary, Zheng Peng, you can call the personal guard of this county lord." ”

There was a surprisingly unified opinion, Zheng Peng punched the location of Namu Lake on the map, and said loudly: "Very good, since we all agree to fight, let's fight." ”

As soon as they heard that Zheng Peng had decided to snipe at Tubo, everyone present was in an uproar, and Lu Jin and Cui Xiyi even began to fight over who would be the vanguard.

Everyone talked about it, Zheng Peng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's be quiet for a while." ”

After calming down, Zheng Peng began to assign tasks: "County Lord, I'm going to work hard for you again, let General Jin go to the area of Namu Lake to reconnoitre, it's best to figure out the enemy's troop layout, with the cunning of Kun Dating, there must be a lot of back-ups, especially pay attention to whether there is an ambush army, and share it with General Cui immediately after getting the information." ”

Usually Lan Duo likes to raise the bar with Zheng Peng, but when it comes to serious matters, he agrees very happily: "No problem, the county lord will let the bird slave fully cooperate." ”

Zheng Peng nodded with satisfaction, turned his head to Cui Xiyi and said: "General Cui, we must pay close attention to intelligence, the battle of Namu Lake is related to the life and death of the Western Army, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Cui Xiyi is the chief intelligence officer of the Western Army, the scout team and the assassination team are all in the battle sequence of the right army under his command, Zheng Peng also knows that Cui Xiyi is still serving as a bad general in the bad guys, and he is fully responsible for the intelligence about Tibet, and most of the details are to listen to his orders.

"General rest assured," Cui Xiyi said confidently: "The last general will definitely do his best." ”

"General Lu, how is the morale of the soldiers?"

Lu Jin hurriedly said: "Back to the general's words, the brothers are fine, they have long wanted to go out of the city to teach those soldiers a lesson, and now someone takes the initiative to ask for war every day." ”

"General Song, is there a problem with the grain, grass and horses?"

"No problem" Song Chong immediately responded: "The grain and grass are well prepared, at least it can support more than half a year, and the horses are also very sufficient, and after a winter of careful feeding, they have grown fat." ”

"Pu City Lord" Zheng Peng set his eyes on Pu Bajia: "How is the new army?" ”

When Pu Bajia heard this, he immediately stood up and said respectfully: "If you go back to the general, there are four thousand eight hundred and sixty-two people in the new army, all of whom are carefully selected warriors, and they are all willing to fight for the Tang Dynasty and for the general. ”

After a pause, Pu Bajia continued: "Both the Gong clan and the Bangbi clan have given permission to speak, as long as the general speaks, they can lead the entire clan to surrender to the general at any time. ”

"Very good" Zheng Peng patted Pu Bajia's shoulder, turned his head and asked Guo Ziyi: "General Guo, how about the stock of grenades and gunpowder?" ”

The firearm is too important, it is a secret among secrets, and Zheng Peng handed it over to Guo Ziyi, who trusted him the most.

"It's been very economical in front, and now there is still more than half of the inventory, so it's no problem to play a hard game." Guo Ziyi said confidently.

Zheng Peng clapped his hands and said, "Very good, now we can discuss the battle plan." ”