Tibet

Chapter 771: Dark Clouds Overcome the City
  Yang Yuhuan hesitated and said: "Actually, there is a girl. Nanny Wu asked the eldest sister if she wanted to adopt her."

Wu Nanny is the new nanny of Li Ye's youngest daughter Yaoguang. She is a local and is responsible for taking care of the child at night.

Li Ye also became interested, asked her to lie down, hugged her and asked, "What's the origin?"

"She was Wu Wen Niang's former employer. She was a posthumous child. Her father was killed by the Tubo people and her mother died in childbirth. The child was just three months old and was taken care of by her uncle and aunt. But her uncle already had three children and didn't want to think about it. If I want this child, I want to find a rich family to adopt it. It is said that the little lady looks very good and looks very similar to Yao Guang."

Li Ye immediately understood that the families who could hire a wet nurse would not be poor. The child's uncle and aunt must have swallowed up the property, but did not want the child. Li Ye nodded, "Since it is very similar to Yao Guang, I have no objection. You and Xinyue discuss it. The war has been tense recently and I don’t have time to take care of family matters. Anyway, as long as you like it, I like it!"

Yang Yuhuan was really moved. She suddenly felt something. Her heart trembled. She bit her lower lip gently and whispered in Li Ye's ear: "Husband, I still want it."

"it is good!"

Li Ye hit the mountain with one move, inspired Yu Yong, and started to make clouds and rain again.

In the blink of an eye, in late November, a blizzard swept across the land of Longyou. After heavy snowfall for a day and night, the entire Longyou turned into a world covered with snow.

Although this is a very suitable season for winter, it is an extremely difficult winter for the Tibetan general Ma Chongying. He has received a message from Feiying, ordering him to return to Luo after spring to report on his duties, and Shang Jiezan will take over. Deputy Commander Helong, in charge of military affairs.

Just such a sentence, without any unnecessary explanation, made Ma Chongying feel tremendous pressure.

He knew very well that when he went back to report on his duties, he was going back to review. After the review, he would not have the chance to come back. If he was removed from his post, what would happen to the generals he had just promoted?
  Your prestige and credibility will be completely damaged, and even your subordinates will not be able to protect themselves. Who will dare to follow you in the future?
  The only way was to make great achievements, seize Jincheng County, regain the property swallowed up by the Tang army, and add a large amount of new loot, so that he could come back straight.

Ma Chongying had no choice, he could only bite the bullet and fight.

Of course, Ma Chongying had his own strategy. Once the Yellow River completely froze, his troops and supplies could bypass the Yellow River, successfully avoid the first two defense lines, and march directly to the city, catching the Tang army by surprise.

In the tent, Ma Chongying looked at the sand table. It was about seventy miles from Taoshui to Jincheng County. If the soldiers marched on the ice the entire journey, the soldiers would definitely not be able to bear it. The best way was to bypass the two lines of defense and continue on the ice. There is no harm in marching on land, and marching on ice with baggage.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Lun Mangre walked in and said: "Commander, I have two pieces of news. The first is that the Yellow River is completely frozen and solid. Our soldiers crossed the Yellow River on horseback and came back on horseback. The ice is very solid. "

Ma Chongying nodded, "Where's the other news?"

"Another piece of news is a bit strange. Our spies discovered that the mobilized Taohe defense line was empty."

Ma Chongying was startled, "Are you sure?"

"It's true, there is indeed no Tang Army, not a single person, even the Tang Army's camp is empty."

This news made Ma Chongying feel a little bad. How could there be no one? What does Tang Jun mean by this? Has he discovered his intention?

"Let's go see the other side!"

Ma Chongying immediately led a thousand men to the other side of the Tao River. The fortifications were intact and covered with heavy snow. There was not a single footprint on the thick snow, indicating that no one had been there for a long time.

Ma Chongying carefully inspected the fortifications. These sandbag walls were frozen very solid and were one foot high. If straw was spread on them, thousands of people could be shot with a crossbow. Moreover, there are two such sandbag walls. In the eyes of any military commander, they are a qualified and complete defense line. Although he can eventually capture these two lines of defense, he will have to pay a price of at least [-] to [-] people. .

Why did the Tang army give up such a powerful fortification?

While other Tubo generals were still confused, Ma Chongying had already found the answer.

He rode to the Yellow River a few miles away and found that it was very easy to get ashore here, and the terrain was very flat. The terrain was like this for several miles, and the Tang army could not stop the Tibetan army from getting ashore.

Then the reason why the Tang army abandoned the Taohe defense line is obvious. The Tang army was afraid that they would take their retreat and attack from both front and rear. The defenders of the Taohe defense line would be completely destroyed.

Ma Chongying was speechless for a long time. It turned out that Tang Jun had discovered his intention, and he wanted to catch Tang Jun off guard. It seemed that it was another fantasy.

Ma Chongying returned to the camp with worries. At this time, the spies came to report, "Commander Qi, the Tang army has not given up on Huilong Pass, and there are still a large number of defenders above!"

Ma Chongying nodded. This was what he expected. There were gates before and after Huilong Pass. He was not afraid of them taking the back route. Of course there would be troops stationed there.

He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked the deputy general Lun Mangre beside him: "Is there any news from Shanzhou?"

Lun Mangre shook his head, "There is no news!"

Ma Chongying set up an intelligence point in Jincheng County, which could send eagle letters to report the Tang army's deployment in Jincheng County. However, the eagle letters were sent to Huangshui County, Shanzhou, and then the Huangshui County Governor's Office sent people to send the intelligence to Taoshui.

Looking at the current situation, there must have been an Eagle message, but I did not receive it. If the intelligence point was cracked by the Tang army, then there should be other news from Hexi and Shuofang, but now there is no news. There is only one explanation. Shang Jie Zan retaliated against himself by withholding all the information and not sending anyone to give it to him.

Lun Mangre whispered: "Commander, if the situation is not good, we might as well retreat back to Shanzhou first!"

Although Mangre was not under pressure from Ma Chongying, he actually did not want to fight this battle. He knew in his heart that their chances of winning this battle were not great.

But Ma Chongying still shook his head slowly and ordered decisively: "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent. Otherwise, there is no other way to go. Send my order, the army will start to pack up, and send troops to Jincheng early tomorrow morning!"

The next morning, [-] thickly dressed Tibetan troops left the camp and marched across the Taoshui River towards Jincheng County.

Behind them on the Yellow River is a larger sled transport team. This has been prepared long ago and is pulled by yaks. The speed is slow, but the momentum is spectacular. You can't see the tail at a glance. Each cow is riding a Tubo. There are tens of thousands of soldiers.

After arriving at Huilongguan, the Tubo army went down the Yellow River again, walked on the ice for more than ten miles, bypassed Huilongguan, then went ashore again, and continued to kill in the direction of Jincheng County.

That morning, the Tang army was patrolling the city as usual. Suddenly, a group of cavalry rushed from a distance. They were the messengers from Huilong Pass. They rushed forward and waved their hands and shouted: "The Tubo army is coming to kill! The Tubo army is coming to kill." !”

The soldiers at the top of the city were shocked and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell, ‘Dang! when! when! when! ’ The rapid sound of alarm bells spread throughout the city.

(End of this chapter)