The encirclement and suppression war began, Li Xiancheng took the lead, leading the Yulin army to attack the bandits in the middle, and the tiger battalion was also led by Guo Ziyi, and also launched an attack on the bandits.

The encircled bandits were about 1,000 people, and the Tang army that participated in the encirclement and suppression, not counting the reserves, also had more than 10,000 people, and there were more wolves and less meat.

In the eyes of a group of soldiers, what was surrounded was not a fierce bandit, but a piece of military exploits and a gold ingot.

In the dark night, the eight Tang armies were like eight fire dragons, rushing straight to the center with a rainbow momentum, and soon collided with the bandits and began to fight to the death.

Seeing that Ah Jun kept looking left and right, his right hand never left the hilt, and he looked uneasy, Zheng Peng said with a smile: "Ah Jun, don't be nervous, those bandits are turtles in the urn, it is only a matter of time to take them, I estimate that the battle can be solved in half an hour, think about going back and eating something to celebrate." ”

The bandits are just a few people, besieged by ten times as many enemies, they can't beat them, they can't run away, they are unlucky.

Ah Jun frowned and said, "Young Master, for some reason, I always feel that this matter is a bit abnormal. ”

"Anomalous? Where is the anomaly? ”

"Young master, previous intelligence showed that most of the bandits were in small combat mode, but this time they came out of the nest, and the place where they appeared was Pangong Fault, there is nothing worth attacking here, or there is no target worthy of attacking the nest, and besides, it borders on Tubo, which is a bit unusual."

Zheng Peng nodded and said, "It makes sense, could it be that they are just gathering here and waiting for the opportunity to move?" ”

"There is this possibility" Ah Jun said with some hesitation: "Tang Zhenshou is a veteran of a hundred battles and is an experienced general, and Ma Jian, the Anxi Zhenshou envoy, also dispatched, and there is no way to take this gang of bandits for nearly a year, which shows that they are by no means good, they are easily surrounded by us, and their luck is too good." ”

After thinking about it, Ah Jun added: "Young master, have you noticed, there are obviously fewer scouts of bandits. ”

Zheng Peng nodded and said: "It's indeed a little too smooth, but don't worry about this, as the so-called one force will drop ten times, the bandits are just such a few people, and there are nearly 15,000 elite Tang Army here, and any conspiracy and trickery are vulnerable in front of more than 10,000 people." ”

Ah Jun nodded and said no more.

The strength of the Tang Army is here, and there is really nothing to be afraid of.

Zheng Peng's mouth was relaxed, but there was a little more worry in his heart.

The progress is a little too smooth.

The battle continues, you can see that the Tang army continues to divide the bandits into small pieces, and then gradually encroach, in the telescope, Zheng Peng can clearly see that Li Xiancheng is holding a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, like a killing god, and the corpses are everywhere he passes, and he and Guo Ziyi are like an arrow, straight into the heart of the bandits.

Among the Eighth Route Tang Army, it was the Yulin Army that went deepest, and it was about to cut off the bandits.

Li Xiancheng and Guo Ziyi are both tiger generals who are one in a hundred, the two of them seem to be competing, killing and charging one by one, everywhere they go, it is like a no-man's land, and the Yulin Army is also the elite of the elite, and the performance is extremely eye-catching.

At this rate, it would take another quarter of an hour to end the fighting.

When everyone felt that the overall situation had been decided, all of a sudden, countless torches appeared on the left and right sides of the battlefield, heading straight for the central battlefield.

"It's not good, it's the army of Tibet." Tang Kuan, who was also standing behind, put down the telescope in his hand and said with a look of disbelief.

Tang Kuan had dealt with the Tubo people for decades, and as soon as he looked at the outfits of those soldiers, he knew that they were the Tubo army.

Still elite.

In the dark, I don't know how many people there are on the other side, but the shouts and killings of the Tubo people reverberate back and forth in the valley, and the momentum is huge.

Ma Jian said violently: "It's the Tibetan thieves, it's the opposite, it's the opposite, when did these Tibetan people touch it, what about the people, the scouts, and the troops guarding the border." ”

Tubo called himself a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, this is the Pangong wrong area, but the battle was in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tubo army suddenly appeared here and launched an attack on the Tang army, indicating that there was a great change.

Someone replied, "If you go back to the town of Huima, the one in charge of the defense of the west is the one of Qarluq." ”

Qarluq?

Zheng Peng felt a stirring in his heart, and said in a lost voice: "It's not good, there is a problem with the Qarlu tribe. ”

Kuro can't get in touch for a long time, the drudgery of suppressing bandits, others can't hide, and the Qarlu clan has increased by 2,000 people, and the place of battle is the border between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, Tang Kuan must also guard against Tubo, because everyone wants to rush up to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, some of the unpopular Qarlu tribesmen serve as the second echelon and the vigilance of Tubo.

The Tibetan army suddenly came out quietly, and there were so many of them, this matter must be related to Ge Lulu, and then thinking of Ge Lulu's abnormal marriage with the Tuqi Shi, Zheng Peng was shocked into a cold sweat on the spot.

At this time, a cavalryman covered in blood rushed from a distance, shouting as he ran: "The cavalry of the Geluo tribe attacked the Tuqi Shi Division, and the Tuqi Shi Division suffered heavy casualties. ”

Another cavalryman rode over to report: "The Qarlu tribe raided the catapult position and robbed all the catapults. ”

Tang Kuan gritted his teeth and said: "Damn, Ge Lulu really ate the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, and dared to collude with Tubo to rebel?" ”

"No wonder this gang of bandits just can't be exterminated, I thought they could pinch and calculate, and they could fly to the sky and drill into the ground, but now I finally understand, it turns out that there are people from the Geluo tribe to do internal response, it is really day and night defense, and it is difficult to prevent thieves." Ma Jian was also very angry.

The four important military towns in the Western Regions have excellent soldiers and food, and the entire Western Regions are under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and even the Hezhong region is also trembling in the shadow of the Tang Iron Cavalry, controlling a territory larger than the Central Plains.

Unexpectedly, the appearance of a group of bandits broke the tranquility of the Western Regions, and the bloody cases were like a slap in the face of the soldiers in the Western Regions, and a holy decree of reprimand was like a sharp knife hanging above the heads of the soldiers in the Western Regions.

Let the last Tubo attack on Dabolu, the west gate of the Tang Dynasty was in an emergency, that is, it was solved by transferring 3,000 cavalry from Khotan Town.

I couldn't have imagined that everything was a small move behind the back.

Not only do small movements, but also stab people in the back with knives.

Ma Jian gritted his teeth and said: "Ge Lulu, Ben will remember you, after this battle, Ben will personally lead his troops to wipe out the Ge Luo clan from the territory of the Western Regions. ”

When he spoke, Ma Jian's face was hideous and his tone was resolute, even Zheng Peng, who was standing next to him, could feel his murderous aura.

Zheng Peng looked at the chaotic battle situation and didn't speak, but his heart was turbulent: the butterfly effect was powerful again, history was deviated again, and what he had been worried about not only happened, but also greatly advanced.

The Western Regions are vast, vast and sparsely populated, but there are many kinds of forces, these forces survive in the gap between the two empires of Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, and in order to survive, many forces are like grass on the wall, which side gains power and which side falls, and the Qarlu clan is no exception.

The Qarluqs were originally a nomadic people in the southern Altai Mountains, and in the middle of the 8th century they migrated to the Syr Darya Valley, the Seven Rivers Valley, the Ili River valley and the Ferghana Basin, where Sukant, Isfijab, and Talas became the centers of their activities, and some of them were distributed in the Ghaznavid, Balkh and Tocharistan regions. There are three surnames in its department: Mou La, Po Qiang, and Tramp Strength.

After the rise of the Turkic Khanate, the Qarluqs belonged to the Turks. After the rise of the Xueyantuo Khanate, it turned to submit to Xueyantuo. In the 50s of the 7th century AD, the Tang Dynasty general Gao Kan cut down the nose of the car, and Ge Lulu belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but the name of the Ge Lulu people belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it was only the Tang Dynasty, not the actual control.

According to the original trajectory of history, Gelulu's betrayal of the Tang Dynasty was in the Battle of Talas, an encounter between the Tang Anxi Protectorate and the Abbasid Dynasty of the Arab Empire and its Central Asian countries in Talas, and finally the Tang Dynasty ended in a fiasco, and the most direct reason for the defeat was that Gelulu suddenly aimed his knife at the Tang Dynasty at the most critical time.

The intersection between Zheng Peng and Ge Lulu is the beginning of the sworn with Kuro, Zheng Peng has been worried since then, but the battle of Talas took place in the tenth year of Tianbao, and there is still a long time before then, thinking that his appearance will make Datang stronger, maybe through his own efforts and the silent submersion of Kuro, this situation will be avoided.

Unexpectedly, Ge Lulu still betrayed and betrayed in advance.

I don't know if Zhang Xiaosong pushed him too quickly.

"Tang Zhen Guard, the enemy is rushing up, what should I do?" A subordinate asked anxiously.

Ma Jian looked at the crowd in the middle of the battlefield, and then at the Tubo army pressing up on both sides, gritted his teeth, and said with a painful face: "Send someone back immediately to ask for reinforcements, and then... Breakthrough. ”

The Tubo army suddenly joined, and Ge Lulu stabbed him in the back, the good situation just now has been exhausted, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are constantly being scattered, divided and harvested by the enemy.

Ma Jian never dreamed that just exterminating a group of bandits who disturbed the people would cause the betrayal of Tubo and Qarlu, and now that the defeat is decided, all he can do is to break through.

You can run as much as you can.

When making this decision, Ma Jian was in pain, breaking through was to run away, and running away without anyone to cover was equivalent to selling his back to others and letting others slaughter him.

Fifteen thousand Tang elites, no, excluding the traitorous Geluo tribe soldiers, it is 12,000 Tang elites, I don't know how many can see the sun rising tomorrow.

Tang Kuan pulled out the horizontal knife in his hand and said to Ma Jian: "Brother Ma, you escort Zheng Qian's cavalry envoy back to Khotan Town, and lead someone to help Li Qiancai's envoy break through." ”