The first time, the Tang government's reaction was caught off guard.

In the original strategy, the Tang Dynasty used the "Tianzhu Army Jiedushi" as bait to instigate the Dongshan of Dangxiang, and the Pingxia and Weibei tribes killed each other. The father of the Pingxia tribe, Tuoba Chaohui, died in the hands of Si Qi, the chief of the six governments.

But why is this happening now?

The surprised emperor quickly asked the Tang army and Qiang cavalry in Weibei, Qingzhou and other places to strengthen their reconnaissance.

By the time of summer, the situation seemed to be even more serious: the Qiang in front of Baiyu Mountain, Qiang in the back of the mountain, Luziqiang and other foreign lands also arrived in Yanchuan in the north of Yanzhou, and continued to gather with the six governments Dangxiang. Their formations continued to cross Huanglong Mountain and reached the west bank of the Yellow River, which was equivalent to cutting off the four towns of the Tang family, Weibei, Lingyan, Xiasuiyin and Hedong - especially Xiasuiyin. Now they are surrounded by the various ethnic groups of Dangxiang. The Jiedushi Han Tan only had three thousand soldiers and horses, and the urgent documents flew to Chang'an City like snowflakes.

The emperor adopted the suggestion of Dou Shen and Jia Dan, and urgently ordered Gao Chongwen, who was stationed in Yanzhou and the Shence Decisive Army to whom Luo Yuanguang, to send 7,000 troops to the east to cross Youzhou and get closer to Hantan. However, nearly 10,000 square meters of Xia tribe Qiang people rode war horses and camels, and suddenly attacked Liuboling at the junction of Yan. They built camps here and blocked the Tang army's route.

According to Gao Chongwen's report, the camps of the Dangxiang in Pingxia are densely spread in Changzejian, Liuboling and Wuyankou areas, and control the most important Wuding River in the north of Baiyushan (this section is called Hongliushui). Due to the lack of waterways, the Shence Decisive Army did not dare to go deep into the east, nor did they dare to conflict with the Dangxiang opposite Pingxia. The connection between Lingyan and Xiasuiyin was equally cut off.

At the same time, 30,000 to 40,000 Dangxiang Fanluo in Lishi, Hedong suddenly crossed Mengmenjin in Menghe, and westward, blocking the passage between Baiyu's eastern end and the Yellow River - Sheyanshui, which threatened Suizhou (now Suide) and Yinzhou (now near Mizhi). For a time, Xia Suiyin in Hantan was enemies on all sides, Xiazhou was invaded by Pingxia Dangxiang, and Suizhou and Yinzhou were blocked by Lishi Dangxiang. Hantan had no choice but to retreat to the northeast and retreated all the garrison soldiers and households to the boundary of Linzhou (now Shenmu, Shaanxi), hoping to get support from Zhenwu Army in the north.

At that time, the three surrender cities system in the Hetao area was originally in the Tang Dynasty. The Tiande Army on the west side was already in a state of dissolution, but the Zhenwu Army on the east side was still strong. The Jiedu governor Li Jinglei hurriedly sent two thousand cavalry to support Hantan. However, at this time, the forces of the Dangxiang of Pingxia were instantly filled with Xia, Sui, Yin, and Yuzhizhou, and the north of Baiyushan to the south of the Yellow River Hetao, and the Taiban area was lost.

Only then did the emperor react: Xiang Fanluo, under the oppression of the Tang Dynasty, awakened something and quickly moved towards unification.

If Dangxiang in Weibei, Pingxia and Lishi really united, he could occupy and control the Baiyushan Mountains that had 500 miles away, not only would he have cut off the Lingyan and Hetao area, but it would also pose the most serious threat to the capital and the Weibei Plain.

On June 14th, even more shocking news came: among the Dangxiang in Weibei, the chief of the Niye tribe, "Prince Nixiang", suddenly led Pingxia, and several foreigners in Lishi gathered more than 1,700 elite cavalrymen to raid another large clan entrenched in Yanchang area. Siqibei died in battle. All his clan members were captured and plundered. His son Siba Daye led dozens of remnants and fled to Baijingshu at the junction of Yan and Qing, and publicly asked the Tang family for help.

After the Si family was defeated, Prince Nixiang immediately cut off the head of Siqi, made it into a bare skeleton, and then painted it, making a wine vessel ingeniously, presented it to Pingxia's chief Tuoba Chaohui, who claimed that he avenged Chaohui's father and invited Chaohui as the leader of the entire Dangxiang to confront the Tang family.

In the Zichen Hall, the panicked emperor immediately summoned the priest, and the first thing he asked was: "Where is Gao Yue?"

Because Li Mi was seriously ill, Jia Dan, Dou Shen, Ban Hong and Dong Jin were present, he told the emperor that the generals of the Dingwu Army had been stationed in Fengtian City, west of the Jingjing, and Gao Yue's illness was cured and he was getting up from Xingyuan Mansion.

"The situation is urgent now. Dangqiong's troops have crossed Baiyu Mountain like a tide and moved towards Yanzhou!" The emperor said, pointing his hand at Fuzhou and Fangzhou in the south of Yanzhou, saying that if Dangxiang was asked to cut off the post road between Yanzhou and these two states, then Yanzhou would be in danger. If Yanzhou was lost, the capital would be in danger!

Jia Dan and Ban Hong immediately made a statement: "It is urgent to ask the Holy Lord to now give Gao Yue the flag and command the various troops and horses of the Imperial Camp to go to Weibei to destroy the rebel Qiang."

"I took Jia Pushe as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp and Gao Yue as the chief of the commander-in-chief..." Before the emperor finished speaking, Dou Shen stepped forward, "Your Majesty, Dangxiang occupied Baishan from the north and south, such as from Qingzhou and Bining to conquer, the terrain was unfavorable. It can be imitated by the route of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroying Xia (Helian Bobo) in the previous era, so that it can be directly plundered to Xiazhou and brushed against the back of Dangxiang's rebels."

Dou Shen means that the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty was in Pingcheng, which is now Datong City, Shanxi Province; and at that time, the Helian Bobo's Daxia regime was divided into northern Shuofang. Although the Tongwan City he built caused severe oppression to the Guanzhong regime, after Helian Bobo's death, the Northern Wei Dynasty was able to cross the Yellow River westward, easily reaching the back of Tongwan City, and destroying Daxia.

Based on this idea, Dou Shen suggested that this time use Li Jingluo, the governor of Zhenwu Army, Li Ziliang, the governor of Hedong, to join the Shanyu Protectorate, the governor of Yunzhou, the guards of Cha, Shuo, Xin, Dai, and Kelan, and other troops, to enter the Linzhou River Valley, meet with Hantan, and then go to the Xiasuiyin area to fight against Pingping Xia Dangxiang; Hun Yu, the governor of Hezhong, leads 20,000 troops to cross the river, meet with Dai Xiuyan, the governor of Weibei, to fight against Dangxiang of Dangxiang of the six prefectures.

In this way, Gao Yue would not need to take action. Dou Shen now strongly suggests that Hun Yu should be used as the recruitment envoy, and Zhang Pang should be the Northern Water Transportation envoy, so he would be able to supply the needs of the northern and southern military horses. Even if Liu Xuanzuo was not reliable, I could not let Gao Yue make this merit again.

"How to serve the army on behalf of the Northern Water Transportation Commissioner?" the emperor asked.

Dou Shen hurriedly replied that Sanggan River can be used, and after buying grain from various towns in Heshuo, transporting it to Shuozhou in Hedong, he can cross the Yellow River from Junzijin, and then transport it from the flat road between Fugu and Fugu to Linzhou to hoard the army. It can be used as military funds for the northern route recruitment army (Li Jingluo, Hantan, Li Ziliang); and to the south, he directly takes money and grain from the granaries of the capital, goes north along the Luo River, and transports it to the ancient city of Diaoyin in Fuzhou to hoard the army, and then transports it to the southern route recruitment army (Hun Yu, Dai Xiuyan).

Another prime minister Ban Hong disagreed: "Your Majesty, the boats and ships of the Jingyuan Water Transport (Yellow River Water Transport between Lingwu and Feng'an) that Gao Yue used to set up were complete and could transport grain from north to south. Now, Lingwu, Jingyuan, Fengxiang and other troops were also well-equipped because the land was abundant, so there was no need to buy it from Heshuo along the Sanggan River. I suggest that Gao Yue still recruits Dangxiang envoys, and the rule of the military rule was Ming, Gao Chongwen, and Wu Xianfu, and marched from various western paths. It would be difficult to quell the Dangxiang Rebellion."

Dou Shen was angry and refuted Ban Hong that if the rebellion of the six palaces and Lishi, the rebellion of the Dangxiang of Pingxia, the six palaces and Lishi, would inevitably lead the Western Fan invasion, and Gao Yue's troops should still be guarded against the Western Fan west of Longshan.

The two prime ministers refused to give in and argued, and Dong Jin kept silent on one side.

However, Jia Dan suddenly had a police officer and quickly said to the emperor: "Please quickly close the markets between the five cities in Hewai to prevent the traitors from taking the opportunity to cross the river, enter Longyou, Hexi, and join the Western Fan to invade!"
Chapter completed!