About half an hour later, Li Hao felt the ground tremble, as if a large group of men and horses were galloping over, and they were within seven miles, because they could not see whether they were friends or enemies in the dark night, Li Hao ordered all the staff to be on guard with bows and crossbows.

When he was close to Sili, he had heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, and then Li Hao saw a scout rushing over first, turning over and dismounting: "Chief Li, General Xue has returned victorious!" "After that, Xue Rengui's order flag was also transmitted.

"Good!" Li Hao laughed heartily and said loudly, "Welcome General Xue!" ”

The army lined up to greet them, but they did not relax their vigilance at all, this is the iron military discipline of the Tang Dynasty, the reason why the Tang army is strong is not that the Tang people are stronger than those barbarians, but because the Tang army has an iron-like military discipline.

Soon, Xue Rengui's bright armor was the first to appear in the light, Li Hao drove the horse forward ten zhang, Xue Rengui also drove the horse forward alone, both of them dismounted, only to see Xue Rengui holding the Fang Tian painting halberd, carrying the iron back bow, and said happily: "Poetry madness, thank you for giving me these two divine weapons, they are really treasures in the world!" ”

Li Hao knew that what he was talking about was Fang Tian's halberd and iron-backed bow, and asked with a smile: "How about it, make it easy, right?" ”

"Extremely handy! Unstoppable! Xue Rengui said excitedly, "Especially this steel-tired iron-backed bow, which is nearly four stones, I shot an arrow, and the arrow was coherent and the momentum was not stopped, haha, even if there is a supreme treasure in the world, I Xue Rengui will not change it!" ”

"If you like it." Li Hao stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "What is the result of this sneak attack on Tubo grain and grass?" ”

Xue Rengui smiled and said: "It's very smooth, although there are many of them, they can be negligent, when we went in, they were still sleeping, we not only burned their grain and grass camp, but also killed more than 6,000 people, and the rest fled in the dark night, I originally planned to chase and kill them, but I was afraid that something would happen, after all, the poor Kou Mo chased it, so he came back." ”

"You're doing the right thing." Li Hao nodded and smiled, "Our task is to burn grain and grass, as long as there is no grain and grass, the morale of the Tubo army will inevitably be greatly damaged. ”

"Hmm." Xue Rengui nodded, "Although this is my first time fighting, I still understand these truths." ”

Li Hao said: "Let's go, go back to the camp, let's discuss the next strategy." ”

Xue Rengui arranged for the troops to set up camp, and then went back to the camp with Li Hao.

When he arrived at Li Hao's tooth tent, Xue Rengui took off the telescope and returned it to Li Hao, and said: "Poetry madness, is your telescope really a magic weapon of the immortal family, it is really amazing, not only can you see things in the distance, but you can also see people and animals at night." ”

Li Hao took the telescope with a faint smile and changed the topic: "Don't talk about this, come, let's discuss the next action, how do you think this battle should be fought next." ”

Xue Rengui said: "Now that the Tubo army has lost grain and grass, they must be in a hurry, and they only have two choices at the moment, either withdraw their troops, or go to borrow grain and grass from the Western Turkic army or Xue Yantuo's army." ”

Li Hao nodded and said: "That's right, but we are guarding their rear and cutting off their back route, so they can't retreat, so they can only choose to borrow grain and grass." ”

Xue Rengui said: "Since they borrowed grain and grass, they will inevitably divide the forces into two groups, we have your immortal magic weapon to help, we can see their division of troops, and when the time comes, we can attack, either sneak attack the army, or intercept and kill their troops who went to borrow grain and grass." ”

Li Hao thought for a while and said slowly: "Your method is good, but I have a better method." ”

"Oh?" Xue Rengui said curiously, "Poet, do you have any ideas, let's listen to it." ”

Li Hao said: "Although your method just now is good, but it can only deal with the Tubo army, you know, I am a greedy person, I want to cripple the Western Turks, Tubo and Xue Yantuo army at the same time, so I think we should divide the army into two ways, while the Tubo went to borrow grain and grass from the Western Turkic army, I led people to intercept and kill the Tibetan grain borrowing team halfway, and then I disguised myself as the Tibetan food borrowing team to borrow grain from the Western Turkic army, and then suddenly attacked, and the Western Turkic army was caught off guard, as for you, is responsible for leading troops to attack Xue Yantuo, but you must be careful, Xue Yantuo and the Hui army add up to 50,000, you only have 15,000 people, you must not act recklessly, after all, the main force of the Tubo army and Xue Yantuo's army are only more than ten miles apart, and they may support at any time. ”

"Okay." Xue Rengui nodded, and then asked suspiciously, "Poet, how do you know that Tubo will definitely borrow grain from the Western Turkic army instead of borrowing it from Xue Yantuo?" ”

Li Hao smiled and said: "This place is not far from the Khan Futu City of the Western Turks, and their grain and grass can be continuously sent from the Khan Futu City, so the Western Turks have the most grain and grass, and the commander of the Tubo army will definitely ask the Western Turks to borrow grain, not Xue Yantuo." ”

"I see, the poet is crazy and admired." Xue Rengui sincerely admired, when it came to the art of war and tactics, Xue Rengui thought that he was not much worse than Li Hao, but when it came to strategy and calculation, he sighed to himself.

"Don't admire." Li Hao said, "From tonight onwards, you are ready at any time, I will send someone to closely monitor the movements of the Tubo army with binoculars, as long as their food borrowing team sets off, we will start to act,"

"Order!" Xue Rengui led the order.

Li Hao said with a smile: "Get a fart order, you and I are both marching commanders, on an equal footing, but after this battle, I am afraid that I will become the new military god of the Tang Dynasty, and I will really win the position of marching commander, and at that time, you will get the order again." ”

Xue Rengui smiled and nodded when he heard this: "With your talent as a poet madman, the name of the god of war is well deserved, a total of seven countries participated in this battle, a total of 170,000 enemy troops, and they suddenly attacked, showing a situation of encirclement, they are bound to wipe us out, in exchange for any famous general of the Tang Dynasty, they can't deal with it, even General Li Jing is probably helpless, but as soon as the poet madness you move to fly to seize Xizhou, the situation is completely reversed, and we have also changed from prey to hunter, I, Xue Rengui, have never served anyone in my life, so I will serve you alone." ”

Li Hao waved his hand and said modestly: "It's too early to say that the situation is reversed, if our next action can be successful, we can really reverse the situation, and now the 40,000 troops under the general management of the Su Dynasty are still trapped in Tingzhou City, and I don't know how many days their grain and grass can last, this battle cannot be delayed, it is advisable to fight quickly." ”

Xue Rengui nodded: "That's true, I hope that General Manager Su can hold on for a few more days." ”

Just when Li Hao and Xue Rengui were discussing tactics, in the tooth tent of the Tubo Chinese army, the commander Tenzin Jiangcuo received an urgent report from the rear, and was so angry that he overturned the general's case to the ground, and then kicked over the herald who came to deliver the letter, glaring and shouting: "Rice bucket!" It's all a bunch of rice buckets! 10,000 people can't hold the grain and grass, and without the grain and grass, what do you let the 40,000 army of Ben Shuai eat! ”

"Big ...... The handsome man spared his life...... Spare ...... The subordinate is just a herald ......"

"Murzan, this rice bucket! Come! Tenzin Jiangcuo gritted his teeth and called out loudly.

Immediately outside the door, a personal guard walked in, gave a Tibetan military salute, and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

Tenzin Jiangcuo gritted his teeth and said: "Pass on the military order of the commander!" Murzan neglected his duties, causing the grain and grass of the army to be burned by the enemy, and the crime was unforgivable, and he was captured, and the commander wanted to cut off his head with his own hands! ”

"Yes!" The guard immediately received the order to retreat.

Tenzin Jiangcuo drove away the heralds, paced back and forth in the tent for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Someone! ”

"The subordinates are here!" Another guard entered the tent.

Tenzin Jiangcuo said in a deep voice: "Pass on the military order of the marshal, and order General Yahr to come to see the marshal quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

Not long after, a voice came from outside the tent: "Dashuai, Yahel asks to see you." ”

"Come in."

A stout and bearded Tubo military general walked in, and when he saw him, he saluted Tenzin Jiangcuo: "Yahr see the marshal." ”

"No need to be polite." Tenzin Jiangcuo said, "Yahr, news has just come from the rear, our grain and grass army was attacked by the Tang army, and all the grain and grass were burned, and now Ben Shuai suspects that Xizhou may also be recaptured by the Tang army, and that group of Tuyuhun waste is really embarrassing." ”

Yahl was shocked when he heard this: "What, all the grain and grass are gone, and Xizhou has been recaptured?" Aren't we going to starve to death in the desert! ”

"Panic what!" Tenzin Jiangcuo said, "This matter must be kept secret and not made quiet, otherwise the army's heart will be shaken, so you will take the commander's warrant later, and then take 10,000 left troops to the Western Turkic army, and borrow 3,000 stone of grain and grass from them to solve the urgent need." ”

Ahr asked suspiciously, "Will they borrow it?" ”

"If they don't borrow it, they're going to die!" Tenzin Jiangcuo said coldly, "Now we are all people in the same boat as the countries participating in the war, only by working together can we deal with the Tang Dynasty, if our Tubo army is defeated, how long can their Western Turkic army last, and also, here is only a few hundred miles away from the Western Turks, if the Tang army wins, it can completely take advantage of the victory to pursue, directly attack the Western Turkic border, maybe even hit their royal court." ”

Yahr nodded: "Marshal, the subordinates understand, and the subordinates will immediately go to borrow food." ”

"Hmm." Tenzin Gangcuo immediately wrote down a warrant and handed it to Yahel, who took the warrant out of the tent and immediately began to transfer troops.

As soon as Li Hao finished talking with Xue Rengui, he walked to the high hill outside the camp and used a telescope to check the situation of the Tubo army camp, and saw that the Tubo army was full of fire, as if it was mobilizing soldiers and horses. ”

In the distance, Xue Rengui hurriedly ran over when he heard the sound and asked urgently: "Poetry madness, what's wrong?" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows excitedly: "The enemy army has moved, it may be necessary to borrow food, you are also ready to act, remember, if things change, I will use signal arrows to inform you." ”

Xue Rengui nodded: "Okay!" After saying that, he hurried back to his barracks to integrate the people.