Chapter 214: The princess is a concubine, Jiancheng people city

"General Qili Xu, my sister played the flute, why are they so careless?" Shang Zanduo said standing on the top of the mountain, just in Tubo.

Seeing the Tang Dynasty army heading up and heading towards the southwest, Shang Zanduo was very dissatisfied. Logically, this fortification built on the Longchuan River would play an important role. Even if it could not defend, it would seriously weaken the strength of the Tang army.

But what about now?

After a night of victory, the Tang Dynasty won a great victory, and the number of soldiers died would not exceed one hundred, but instead it would be a waste of time for people to train their troops. The soldiers of the Nanzhao tribe ignored their lives and deaths. The 500 soldiers from Tubo were probably able to escape safely, and there would not exceed one hundred.

"This prince of the Tang Dynasty is not simple. Meng Yedong and Jiaxuebaqu are not his opponents," said Qi Xuli. He also overestimated Li Wei, and the one who actually gave the greatest contribution to the advice was Pei Xingjian.

"Let her come back," Shang Zanduo was a little scared.

"Shangzandurelagin, have you ever heard a Buddhist story? There is a country called Mahalatannon in Nanzhanzhou, and the king has three princes. The little prince Mahasattaka is born with compassion. The three princes went on a trip and met a mother tiger to feed the two little tigers. The mother tiger was hungry, and in order to satisfy the hunger, it seemed that she wanted to eat the little tiger. The little prince couldn't bear to see this scene. After his brother left, he came to the hungry tiger and threw his body into the tiger's mouth without hesitation. When the two brothers found it again, there was only a pile of bloody bones left. But the little prince was able to enter the heavens because of this."

Shang Zanduo said without refuting, but he was saying in his heart that this prince was insane!

Qi Xuli said again: "For Tubo, the princess also gave up the tiger. The princess of Tang heard that he was very kind and was almost at peace. He was just very smart, and the princess might not be able to hear useful information. However, as long as she keeps the princess close, it would be a credit. No matter what else, we are only responsible for protecting the princess' safety. Military affairs will be arranged by Gar Mangninda Zhabu. Moreover, the princess is extremely smart, and it is difficult for the Tang people to see through it."

Although he said this, he was a little worried. He was about ten years older than Shang Zanduo and knew more. Even if he was secretly accompanying him to protect him, he did not dare to get too close because the scouts sent by the Tang army day by day. The princess also reminded them by playing the Qiang flute.

I wouldn't worry about this. I watched it several times along the way. The army sent by the Tang Dynasty this time was the strictest discipline, almost completely unjust to the people, and there would be no greed for lustful women. As for the prince, he was also polite to the princess.

What I was worried about is the princess herself, who was elegant and knowledgeable. When she was a child, the princess admired the culture of the Central Plains and invited slaves from Han people to teach her to learn Chinese characters. This is irrelevant. Her ex-girlfriend Zanpu Songzan Gampo also said to learn from the Central Plains. But the princess was very unfair to the prince herself. When she came, she often asked someone to bring back the poems written by the prince. Besides, Zanpu was older after all, and the prince of Tang was only in his early twenties...

This sentence is in my heart and cannot be said. Zanpu is also spoiled, so she actually comes. Fortunately, the generals sent by Zanpu this time are loyal to the royal family and will not make any trouble in this matter. If other people from the Lun family come over, the princess will be very informed of the words, even if it is for Tubo.

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The great victory of Qiulongdu was shocked.

The victory was extremely glorious, and the Tang army sacrificed only more than 30 soldiers. However, overnight at Qiulong Ferry, counterattack and pursuit, they killed the Tubo thousand-man commander Jiaxuebaqu, killed more than 5,600 rebels, captured two thousand people, and the rest of the *** hurriedly fled into the mountains and forests. It is estimated that the next time they put the knife on their necks, they would not dare to be enemies with the Tang army. Less than one person who could safely follow Meng Yedong back. Not only that, they crossed the river, Heichi Changzhi, Xue Ne, Liang Jishou and others divided into four divisions, led three thousand cavalry, intercepted the enemies at other ferries. They killed nearly two thousand again and captured more than one thousand.

And there is also the danger of Longchuan River.

As for the soldiers brought by Luo Shengyan, because they were not organized well, the casualties reached seven or eight hundred people in a row, and no one was concerned about this kind of strong combat power, and some soldiers fled back, not to mention seeing the Tang Dynasty pretending to be a god, but to say that there were ghosts and gods helping the Tang Dynasty. One by one, ghosts and gods, flying in the clouds and fog, came from the Longchuan River to help the Tang Dynasty... Finally, the rebel tribes began to be afraid of timidity.

Li Wei didn't care what each unit thought. After cleaning the battlefield, the Tang army suddenly became faster and it took only two days to reach the city of Yaozhou.

When they heard the arrival of the Tang Dynasty army, they were afraid that all the nearby rebel troops entered Yaozhou City to take refuge. It was getting late and there was no siege and the camp was trapped. Li Wei and Pei Xingjian stood on a slope to watch, and they all frowned.

Yaozhou is very important in the southwest, and it directly communicates the traffic between Erhai Lake and various parts of the Tang Dynasty. Controlling Yaozhou is equivalent to controlling the business roads of Erhai Lake and remotely controlling the Erhai Lake tribes. Therefore, the imperial court established the Governor's Office here, and the original city foundation once again raised the city walls. The city walls were very tall and strong, and the shortest place was nearly three meters high.

This is not the reason why the city is difficult to attack. There is also a Qingluo River. When the city was built, it divided the Qingluo River into two, which was just used as a moat. The scenery is beautiful, because of the alluviality of the river, there are many ponds and small lakes, and there are some lotus roots and reeds. In February, the weather gradually became warmer, and the reeds were green and the lotus roots also grew tender lotus leaves. The water color was even crystal clear, like a bright glass mirror. But in this way, it was difficult to get close to the city wall, and it was unlikely to even siege the city.

If there are few soldiers guarding the city, they can still attack forcibly, after all, their morale is strong. But the rebels became frightened birds, all huddled in Yaozhou City. It is unknown how many rebels were, but the scouts came back to report that there were at least 20,000 people. There were many soldiers guarding the city and plundered a lot of supplies, including food, which could keep the rebels for a long time. What was bad was not the case. It turned out that the Tang Dynasty had a warehouse in the city, and a large number of weapons were left in the armory. These weapons were not hoes, bamboo arrows, but were all standard weapons.

Seeing the arrival of the Tang Dynasty army, countless rebels immediately surged out of the city, holding weapons and preparing to defend the city. It seemed that there were experts to give guidance. When the Tang army arrived, they brought many stones and cut a large amount of wood from the mountain to make rolling stones and wood.

After looking at it, Li Wei cursed: "Foke."

The princess asked curiously: "What is Fok?"

"It means it's very difficult to attack," Li Wei naturally didn't say the truth.

The little girl looked up and said, "Well, it's very Fox."

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Pei Xingjian had no doubts. When he came to the south, he heard many strange dialects, thinking that it was a dialect from a certain place, so the prince heard it. Even if he did not, he thought that the prince misunderstood it.

Liang Jishou stood by the side and lowered his head in shame again.

Pei Xingjian said, "It's difficult, Your Highness, food."

When Li Wei heard these two words, he remained silent. After arriving in Yaozhou, these rebel barbarians came to the farmland like a group of hungry and cold locusts, almost swept away all the people and things. The people were sent north of the Jinsha River and rewarded them to the Shunman tribes, or were taken back to the Lucheng City. As for the goods, valuable items were also sent away, and the food was sent to Yaozhou City. There are basins around the city and summer grain, but it has to wait two or three months to harvest. Either transporting grain from a distance, the cost is high. This is more than 10,000 soldiers. How much materials can they consume in a day? How long can it be delayed?

Pei Xingjian said again: "Where are there experts in Tubo?"

Meng Jian would never come up with this way to strengthen the walls and clear the country. Only some "experts" in Tubo could come up with it.

"These people are really useless," said Princess. There are still 20,000 people in the city, and the Tang Dynasty army has only 10,000 people, but they dare not go out of the city to fight. It is a bit useless. But it can be understood in this way. She hopes that the enemies of Yaozhou City will leave the city without fighting. Once the battle is fought, the result can be imagined. Then she can enter Yaozhou as soon as possible, and then the army will enter Erhai Lake to find her family.

"It's not useless, it's a wise approach. We can't think of a good way to capture the city. In just one and a half months, we took the initiative to withdraw the food and grass." Li Wei explained. In the past two days, the two sisters have worked very hard, and there are many injured soldiers, not the Tang army, but Luo Shengyan's subordinates, but also friendly forces.

"Is there nothing the prince can do?"

"There will always be a solution, and I won't have it yet to come up with it."

After hearing this, the girl's eyes felt disappointed.

Heichi Changzhi said: "Please use prisoners to attack the city. Your Highness, you should not be too kind at this time. There are also rebellious troops in Erhai Lake and Yangbi River, and even Tubo people. Even if you attack, our army will not be able to afford casualties."

"No, General Black Toothed, war is just a means, and the continuation of politics is mainly governance. Once the prisoners are used as shields for arrows, the one who leads is not the royal army, which is no different from the Tubo people." Li Wei immediately rejected.

"Your Highness is very true," Pei Xingjian praised. However, Heiqi often disagrees with it. What kind of king's army is the real king's army? And because the situation is forced, time cannot be delayed, and he cannot attack with great sacrifice. He can only use prisoners as cannon fodder. There are very few Tubo soldiers guarding the city in Bijian, most of whom are soldiers from various divisions, with their tribes, colleagues, and even relatives below. Although there are many weapons on the top of the city, they can't bear to throw them down? The lawyers are also human.

"Think about it again," said Li Wei suddenly "huh". Everyone followed his eyes and saw a wisp of smoke coming out of a village not far away. Li Wei said: "Go and take a look."

The group walked over and saw everyone coming. An old man "Putong" knelt down and cried, "Several generals have finally come to the imperial army."

Li Wei helped him up and asked, "Why are you the only one family in the village?"

"A bunch of beasts," the old man burst into tears. As the crying sounded, another woman came out, with two children, but all of them were yellow and hungry.

"Old man, speak slowly."

Then he told the whole story. Shortly after Meng Jian conquered Yaozhou, he began to plunder the people. When he arrived in their village, one night, the old man saw the opportunity and hid in the calamus bushes behind the house with his daughter-in-law and two grandsons, and then escaped. However, his son wanted to go back to the house to grab some things, but he was discovered and captured without knowing his life and death. Then a terrible scene happened. The older person had no effect in capturing them, so these people caught all the elderly in the village, killed them behind the village, and took away only the young and middle-aged people and babies.

As he said that, he led the group to the end of the village. Several months after the incident, only a pile of bones were left. The old man and his family fled to the mountains and forests in the west after the soldiers left. He did not come out of the mountains until he heard that the imperial army had arrived.

Li Wei asked the guards to bring some food, comforted him for a few words, and then left. He had also heard of the situation that the old man said. Along the way, not all villages were washed away, but many villages were indeed washed into empty villages. But that was to be heard, this was seen with his own eyes, and he felt differently. He didn't speak even after returning to the camp.

The camp was about to be built and started to cook with fire. Li Wei suddenly said, "I have an idea."
Chapter completed!