Now Shang Jiezan's deployment is that he personally led 15,000 elites, sat in Pingliang to build a fortress, and then divided the rest of the troops into two wings, 3,000 people lived in the north to destroy the sand castle, and 10,000 people scattered to the south to defend the passes of Longshan.

The deployment of the Tang Army was: most of the Fengxiang Army returned, leaving Zhang Jing with 5,000 troops to garrison Huating, 15,000 troops of the Xing Junya Department of the Shence Army stationed in Panyuan, 15,000 troops of the Baicao Army stationed in Lianyunbao, and more than 20,000 camps in Jingyuan to garrison various passages in Jingzhou as a reserve army.

Therefore, Shang Jiezan still thinks that the fierce opponent in front of him is Xing Junya of the Divine Strategy.

At the end of winter, Panyuan until Pingliang, and small-scale scout cavalry battles took place every day.

But on the whole, the main forces of both sides are silent, silently and frantically and actively repairing the barriers, waiting for the opportunity to face off.

Shang Jiezan asked Zampu Trisong Dezan to convene a military meeting in the tent at the end of winter, and sent Zampu's headquarters army, a total of 5 Ruben and 67 Dongdai with a total of 400,000 male soldiers, among which Zampu's Praetorian Guard troops were drawn to support the Pingliang War;

And the Tang army is also asking the imperial court for instructions, now that our army has the advantage in numbers, please allocate abundant grain and clothing, and when spring comes, our army will concentrate on attacking Pingliang and expelling Shang Jiezan from the east of Longshan.

On December 7 of the second year of Xingyuan (784 AD), the scout cavalry of the Shence Army raided the Xifan team that was transporting supplies to Pingliang, intercepted more than ten yaks, and corresponding supplies, and captured two escorted "tongues".

Xing Junya had recognized Gao Yue as the "think tank" of the armies, so he sent the "tongue" to the camp of the Baicao Army for Gao Yue to interrogate.

Gao Yue sat in front of the desk and let Ming Huaiyi stand beside him, because the two captured tongues were all party Xiang Qiang, who played the role of an auxiliary soldier in Shang Jiezan's army.

Ming Huaiyi angrily scolded and questioned these two in Qiang language, after all, he was the chief of the Meiqing clan in the party of the six provinces of Gyeongju, and he knew the mood and language of each party very well.

When asked, the result surprised Gao Yue.

Although these two tongues are both party Xiang Qiang, one is from Longyou Danzhou, and the other is actually from Pingxia Party Xiang.

Longyou fell into Western Tibet very early, so it is not surprising that the local Qianghu acted as a servant army of Western Tibet.

But the Pingxia party, since the internal relocation, has been settled in the area of Xiazhou and Yinzhou controlled by the Tang government, and now it actually appears in Shang Jiezan's team. What does this mean?

"Wait for Pingxia Zhuqiang, have you betrayed the Tang Dynasty and defected to Ma Chongying, the general of Xifan?" Gao Yue couldn't hold back and asked sharply.

Ming Huaiyi immediately pulled out his sharp saber and intimidated the Pingxia Qiang soldier.

This one hurriedly and discusses:

Sure enough, it is not bad as Gao Yue thought, since Ma Chongying gathered 60,000 soldiers and invaded Lingwu and Yanzhou, the Nanshan Party Item, the Liufu Party Item, the Pingxia Party Item and the Shizhou Party Item around the local area, etc., many tribes have defected to Xifan to help the abuse (relatively the Liufu Party in Gyeongju is more stable, because of the respect for Cui Ning and Gao Yue's former prestige), and Ma Chongying reached a dirty deal, and began to occupy the Baiyushan Mountain Range as a coward, with no less than 100,000 people, plundering and killing the people, soldiers and officials of our Tang Dynasty, and driving cattle and sheep, gathering all the men of the clan, Provide the Western Tibetan invading army with maintenance and servant soldiers.

And Xia Yinsui Festival made Han Tan, and the history of Gyeongju was clear, and it could only be held according to the city; The festival envoys of Weibei and Suining are also helpless.

However, Zhang Guangsheng actively asked the imperial court to fight, hoping to lead 10,000 Zhenwu troops south and sweep away the rebels.

However, the imperial court's disposal plan has not been issued for a long time, and it seems that it is still hesitating.

After all, for the imperial court, the focus of the problem was the wrestling between Ma Chongying, the general of the Western Fan under the city of Yanzhou, and the Yanzhou Assassin Shi Duxi - as long as Du Xi could repel Ma Chongying and the Xifan army retreated, then the internal relocation of the party would naturally accept the pacification and calm.

Therefore, in the end, the emperor only ordered Han Yougui and Gao Chongwen, the general of the left army of the Jingxi Battalion of Shence, to lead 20,000 elites to the north, in an attempt to meet with Gyeongju to assassinate the history of Weiming, open the passage to Yanzhou, and reinforce Du Xiquan, who was holding Yanzhou City, to regain the battle situation on the front line of Shuofang.

"What are you still doing with the soothing? Every time Xifan invades, the parties of Shuofang and Hedong, and the Tuyuhun tribes must take the opportunity to swarm up to 'scrape the city gate' to fuel the enemy's fierce flames, according to my opinion, Xifan is the enemy of life and death, and this group of parties is the trouble of the henchmen, after Ma Chongying retreats, don't suppress it, but suppress it! In front of Ming Huaiyi, Gao Yue said indignantly, and the following words Gao Yue said as if to Ming Huaiyi: "Only the loyal and good ones are left, and those with stains can not be left, and seventy percent of the entire Ling, Salt, Qing, Yan, Xia, Silver and other states should be swept away and resolved, and if there is no seventy percent, at least half of it." Gao Yue's words were a little terrifying.

But Ming Huaiyi begged: "Daddy, when we pay the race to fight the clan, our sons are willing to be pioneers." ”

The strategy of using Qiang to control Qiang is always effective.

Ran Gao Yue sighed next, stroked General Ming's back and said, Of course I understand your wishes, it is best that the sister light clan can be the most powerful fan horse for me in the future, but it is better to suppress it or not, the dominance is not in our hands, let's wait for the times to change.

Just when the concern of the envoy Gao Lian was transferred from Jingyuan to Shuofang, the battle of defending the city under the Wuyuan City of Yanzhou did reach a white-hot situation.

Tens of thousands of Xifan troops, around the Yanzhou Wuyuan City for several turns, the red lotus fire tongue emblem of the big flag fluttering, under the flagpole tied a string of red lanterns, particularly eye-catching, under the Xifan general Ma Chongying cold eyes staring at the Yanzhou city wall with a circumference of seven miles, constantly issuing orders, mobilizing the armies under his command to take turns to attack.

There is no north gate in Yanzhou City, only three gates in the southeast and west, Ma Chongying ordered Zhu Xie, the little king of Shatuo, to be loyal to the headquarters of the ten thousand households army, blocking the east gate; Murong Junchao, the king of Tuyuhun, led the headquarters of 10,000 households and besieged the south gate; And Ma Chongying supervised 40,000 soldiers from the headquarters and slammed the west gate of Wuyuan City.

The Xifan soldiers set up several huge cannons, each with hundreds of people dragging ropes, day and night to throw stone bullets at the west gate of Wuyuan City, the sound shook like thunder, the watchtower on the city gate, the horse-faced war shed was ravaged during this time, and seven or eight out of ten were destroyed.

"This Yanzhou City was attacked by my Dafan before, although it was not captured, but it was almost completely destroyed with flying artillery, and now Yanzhou City is only a temporary repair, it is by no means solid, and it will not last long, give me a blow to take it." Ma Chongying is full of confidence.

At this time, countless party items from all over the country fell, driving boundless cattle and sheep, and came to Ma Chongying's camp to assist the Western Fan army in attacking Yanzhou.

In the face of this group of chiefs of the party, Ma Chongying intended to establish his authority, so he smiled and said to them: "With the blessing of our mountain gods of Dafan, and the prayers and cheers of many Bon shamans, Providence tells me that when the crescent moon reaches half a day tomorrow, this Yanzhou city will welcome my victorious entry!" ”

The chiefs of the various parties who were suspicious of the letter followed the hope of Ma Chongying's whip - thousands of Xifan foot soldiers, lined up in a dense formation like sand, flying and tumbling stones overhead, in the sound of shouts and drums, surrounded by more than a dozen siege equipment, approaching the west gate of Yanzhou City.