Gao Yue entered and arrived not far from the southwest of Huating City and began to set up camps.

He and the main force of the Yining Army led by Zhang Jingze were in stalemate between the Yishui and Lun Xu Li's besieged army. However, between Wenzhen and the eight battalions of the 8th battalions led by Su Pu, Gao Yue ordered the selection of the fourth battalions, and every ten miles from the northern boundary of Fengshui to Longzhou, the first battalion established a small village every ten miles, and Su Pu led the other four battalions of the siege soldiers to serve as the roaming army, guarding everywhere, and protecting the supply routes.

"The traitors besieged Huating more than we expected." Gao Yueyuan looked at Lu Xu Li's formation, and there were almost 20,000 people opposite Xinnian, while the original information was more than 10,000 people, almost doubled.

It is not possible to attack and rescue Huating City for a strong attack. Xu Li had more troops than me. Will Shang Jiezan, a soldier from Pingliang, suddenly come to support and join the battle group? In addition, Gao Yue also looked at the Tiehua Mountain with two peaks facing each other in the east of Huating City. There was also a red flag of Xifan on it. There was Xu Li's eyes that looked down at the entire battle situation and did not dig it out. Every move of our army was in its vision, which was extremely unfavorable.

"My back ten camps and Zhang Jingze's front ten camps were joined together, and they were on the hillside of Wunian Mountain. They dug two trenches, cut wood and set up fences to guard against enemy raids. Huating City's defense and people's hearts are firm, so there is no need to urgent rescue, wait." Gao Yue paced back and forth in the tent, thinking so.

"Who are you waiting for?" Zhang Jingze, who came to receive the order, asked.

Gao Yue said in a deep voice: "Waiting for the Dingwu Army from Xingyuan."

Then he added: "I'm waiting for the possible Shang Jiezan."

In Xu Li's besieged camp, "As far as Tiehua Mountain saw, there were less than 10,000 Tang soldiers coming to aid, and our army had an advantage in its situation. If Da Lu went south to reinforce, we would probably be able to swallow this Tang soldiers. The command was that our army would now cut wood and set up a fence along the side of the water bank. After Da Lu led the Dongdai imperial troops to come, first attack the Tang reinforcements and then trap Huating City." After the deployment was completed, Xu Li sent three bird envoys again, holding an urgent letter of arrow feathers, asking Da Lu not to attack Pingliang again, but to come here to create a "besiege to attack the reinforcements."

In Huating City, "The well is open again!" With this cheer, the military and civilians all lay on the edge of the well, watching the spring water coming out again. Then they became more careful and used wood to build a "dome"-style barrier around the water well, filled it with yellow mud, bricks and stones, and supported it with triangular wood inside, and opened a mouthful for a single person to draw water with a bucket. In this way, the enemy's flying stones can resist it again, and there will be no more tragedy of the well being blocked.

At the Diaoke Gorge, when Lun Xu Li's birds arrived at the entrance of the gorge, they saw Shang Jiezan who was coming in line, and led eight thousand strong Dongdai imperial soldiers. "Hurry back and tell Lun Xu Li that once this Lun arrives at Huating, you will be ready to attack."

Shang Jiezan had already decided at this time: first attack the reinforcements, then attack the city.

After capturing Huating, the entire transportation hub was active. He could directly exit Zhimoyuan in the northeast of Huating, attack Panyuan along the Weishui River Valley, destroy the Tang army's camp and fields here, force Hun Yu to come out of Danzheng Gorge, and fight his iron cavalry in a flat area.

Once in this terrain, Shang Jiezan and the entire Xifan army would not be afraid of any enemies.

When crossing the canyon, the scout came to report that a Tang soldier appeared in the original area of ​​Zhimo.

"But there is no need to worry about the enemy's suspicious soldiers in the direction of Jingzhou." Shang Jiezan made such a judgment.

However, this Tang soldiers were the ten battalions led by Fuyuhuai, which Gao Yue sent out in advance.

After that, Fuyuhuai arrived, he immediately contacted Liangyuan City in the southeast and Lianyun Fort in the northeast, and told them that "the military strength of the foreign soldiers in Pingliang had gone south to Huating."

After receiving the news, Xing Junya, the general of the Shence Right Army of Liangyuan City, immediately led five thousand Shence troops to go back to Hei Shui to meet Gao Yue.

In Jingzhou, Liu Haibin, the new governor of the army, immediately asked Zhang Yufei and Liu Guoguang to select 3,000 light cavalry, quickly left Lianyun Castle, and came to meet with Fuyuhuai. He personally led 5,000 Shooting soldiers out of Jingzhou City, and went to Danzheng Gorge to prepare to meet with Hun Yu, preparing to encircle Shang Jiezan.

At this point, on the boundary line of the Tang and Tibet, all the troops were frequently mobilized around the small Huating City in Longdong, and the war was about to begin.

On November 2, Shang Jiezan arrived at the city of Huating and met with Lun Xu Li.

For a time, Xifan's troops here reached about 30,000, with a strong army, excellent equipment, and food and supplies...

"Why haven't the food and grass from Xiaolongshan been transported here yet?" Shang Jiezan was furious.

The original transportation route of Xifan was Dazhen Pass in the south and Liupan Pass in the north. Since the besiege of Huating, Shang Jiezan asked Feibi to pass through Longshan and sent orders to Shan, Qin and other prefectures and counties: the food and grass were concentrated in Shuiluo City (now near Zhuanglang, Gansu), and then used hard-working cattle to transport it over Xiaolongshan to supply the army.

However, Lu Xu Li told him with a frown that there had been no niu team on the side of Xiaolong Mountain for four days, so I don’t know why.

In addition, the tactics of "fighting with war and plundering and replenishing supplies" that Xifan was successful could not be exerted: the previous Ju Wenzhen's wandering army had defeated many foreign cavalry and killed many captives.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Shang Jie praised the fear and the food and grass in the camp can only be used for ten days.

"Could it be that the Tang army cut off the grain route in Xiaolongshan?"

Hell, why did the Tang army cooperate so closely this time, and it was elusive and everywhere!

"What a great statement is worse than letting go of Huating, Pingliang and retreating back to Longyou?"

Shang Jiezan was both angry and unwilling to accept such suggestions from his generals. "You are all warriors of Dafan. Don't you know that Dafan has been a warlike cavalry nation since ancient times. We have never obtained military food and fodder from the enemy." After speaking, he bounced the whip that was originally rolled up and pointed to the sand table and said, "It's very simple to solve this problem. There are hoarded wheat in Huating City, and there are also mountain-stacked supplies in the Tang army reinforcements camp opposite. You can either capture Huating or defeat Tang army reinforcements. Idiots, my Dafan elite cavalry could travel thousands of miles in the past and attack the Tang family Chang'an City for a long distance. Isn't it like this?"

"What is the great admonition is!" Everyone, I hope that the enemy's defense envoy, the commander of thousands of men, and then apologize quickly.

"In three days, a decisive battle will take place." Shang Jiezan pointed at the location of Gaoyue Camp on the sand table, and then moved the whip to Huating City, "I asked the Han army to pile up firewood and grass under the city to force the city to surrender, otherwise they would pour tinder oil on the city to burn the city."

At the same time, Shang Jiezan, who is good at psychological tactics, also took action, standing on the north bank of the Fengshui River, shouting to the other side, asking the commander of the Tang army to come out and talk to him.

Because Xu Li told him fearfully before that the strange black and white beast war flag appeared again.
Chapter completed!