Chapter 444: The shadow of the curtain moves

When Xue Ne and Cao Huaishun attacked Chengfengling, Li Wei realized that he had missed that point, but he had not paid attention to it at that time.

When I thought of balloons, the load capacity of hot air balloons is low, which is far less than that of hydrogen balloons. Of course, the safety is very good. In this era, only hot air balloons can be used, and hydrogen can be raised, and they dare not use them.

There are many factors that make him ignore that the load capacity is low, and even if he brings it, he can't bring much gunpowder. He must use the wind to blow the hot air balloon over the target, which is difficult to determine. It is hundreds of meters above the ground, one centimeter above, and dozens of meters below. The balloon itself is erratic, and the gunpowder is ignited and thrown down, and the fuse is difficult to control. It is too early to explode in the air, and it falls on the ground later, and is extinguished by the enemy. Not only that, if thrown down at such a high level, the wind at its high altitude can blow the gunpowder pack away from the target.

So, it is better to use a trencher to shoot it honestly.

However, after a suicide breakout, Pei Xingjian used animal skins to tie gunpowder to prevent water, which provided him with inspiration. However, he still didn't remember that after all, his energy was limited and he couldn't consider so many things.

Later, many people in Tuyuhun fled to various mountains and lived in danger and guarded them. This matter was in his mind. Not only Tuyuhun, but also Bailan Qiang and Dongnu Qiang had more similar terrains. So he thought about it again. It seemed that in modern wars, airships played an important role for a period of time. But they were definitely not made. He also made an idea on the hot air balloon, and the lower hanging blue was divided into two parts, one was carrying a soldier, and the other was carrying a tin blue, which contained about one hundred kilograms of gunpowder. This was the largest load capacity, otherwise the hot air balloon would be too large. When putting it on, ignite the main fuse, cut the rope that was tied to the iron bucket with a knife, and put it down.

The iron bucket is divided into two parts, part of which is the main body, gunpowder. A thin iron sheet outside is covered with flammable fuses, with four or five thick fuses that separate these fuses. When thrown from high altitude to the ground, a huge vibration shakes away the sparks of the thick fuses, quickly ignite these fuses and explode immediately.

Moreover, the weight is large, which reduces the deviation caused by some wind force and can better hit the target accurately. It is easy to say but difficult to do. After a period of debugging, it will take approximately to form.

Xue Rengui is here and just shows off. General Xue doesn't know much about this stupid hot weapon.

The guards carried three more hot air balloons, looked at the wind direction, and slowly rose to a high altitude.

Seeing this thing, all the working people in the field stopped their work, came over to watch, and asked Li Wei to send soldiers to isolate them.

Three hot air balloons slowly approached the top of the mountain, and then three iron blue fell from the air. They soon landed on the mountain, and immediately three huge earth-shaking sounds came out. The guards took the hot air balloon back, and Xue Rengui said: "Okay, this is the real thunder."

I don’t know how much lethality it has. But standing at the foot of the mountain made the ears roar with three loud noises just now. If it was placed nearby, it would be killed by the bomb, not necessarily, but at least the ears would be deaf.

Li Wei was not too happy. He thought of the tragic scene in Fuling again. After a while, he said, "General Xue, let's go up and watch."

When I walked to the mountains, two of them were thrown off and exploded elsewhere. Some trees were blown down by huge shock waves, and there was a deep pit on the ground. Without stopping, I came to the simulated village. Most of the stone walls were shaken down. This was not counted. The stone walls of the real village were stronger than this. Many scarecrows were also shaken down, some were stuck firmly and still standing, but their bodies were splashed with some iron nails and iron sheets.

"General Xue, how about using this to conquer various parodies?"

"Okay!" Xue Rengui replied.

It is unlikely to siege the city, but it is possible to attack the mountain village. The area is small. As long as one is thrown in the middle, it is fatal. It really doesn't work. If you come a few more, this solves the defect of some ridges and trenchers that cannot be pushed up by the trek.

"But although it's good, you need to check carefully in your daily life. There must be no holes or places with threads." After roughly explaining the principle, it is not very difficult. As long as you understand that the hot air is lighter than the cold air, you can just carry people to heaven with this principle.

After saying that, he said, "Let's go back and discuss."

Several members will sit down and discuss.

Li Wei did not take care of the affairs of the Western Regions and had no right to take care of them. Even if he had this right, he would not be able to use troops. Qinghai could mobilize a large amount of material support from the Central Plains and had terrain to guard them. The Western Regions are different, and the supply of materials is difficult and many areas are vast. Even in the Western Regions, few people in the court were opponents of Lun Qinling. Moreover, after fighting, they will always be a harboring area, and sometimes rebelled.

The main battlefield is still in Qinghai.

After a long discussion, they all dispersed, but Xue Rengui called Xue Ne and Zhang Qianxu.

The two of them were a little distorted. Some time ago, they had a quarrel again. Then they started fighting and fought in close combat. Xue Ne suffered a considerable loss. Then they got up, without saying a word, ran to the camp and took out a bow and arrow, and shot Zhang Qianxu in the helmet with one arrow. Zhang Qianxu wanted to dodge, but rushed closer and then hit him, and another arrow drilled through his crotch. He was so scared that he dared not move. Xue Ne wanted to fire the third arrow again, but he didn't know where to shoot. The guards were afraid of something, so they forced him back.

Xue Na was not convinced, and went back to the camp and shouted, "Boy has a talent, don't just go alone."

Our fists are not as tough as you, but their archery skills are ten times better than you. No matter how hard your fists are, they must be close to you to exert their power. I will shoot arrows far away from you to deal with you.

After hearing this, Li Wei dragged the two to the gate of the military camp and each beat twenty military sticks. But he had no way to convince them to reconcile.

After a while, the two arrived. Xue Rengui strode forward, twisted Xue Na's ear, beat him up, and ordered him to admit his mistake to Zhang Qianxu. Given such great face, Zhang Qianxu had to admit his mistake awkwardly. But Li Wei knew that the hatred between them had not been resolved, so he had to pay attention to the employment in the future. The two could not be transferred together to prevent the incident between Xue Rengui and Guo Zhifeng from happening again.

In August, harvesting is the main focus, and then building the city. The roads that can be destroyed were almost completely destroyed in July. However, the castles have not been completed, and Tubo is now too big to defeat it, and it is impossible to defeat it in one or two years. Therefore, this stalemate may last for a long time.

Therefore, the city wall must be built very tall and strong, otherwise it would be better not to repair it if the Tubo people were hit by a car crash. Many people were intercepted, and Dangxiang had a lot of labor, but many castles were built one after another. They did not want to complete the construction until mid-September.

This city must be built. If it is not built, leave a gap, Lunqinling will fight back. However, when each castle is built, Lunqinling has to continue to appease the internal affairs. This drag may take several years. Without this person, Tubo or Qiang people, there are only a group of miserable masters.

But in August, we still have to fight, not Bailan or Qinghai, but in Songzhou to the south of Jishi Mountain, there are Chongmeng, Misang, Baigou Qiang and other Qiang people.

Qinghai divided 20,000 Dangxiang soldiers and remained cautious about Li Wei, a Dangxiang man. From Songzhou to Dangzhou, Taozhou and to the south of Jiuqu, almost all of them lived in Songpan grasslands except for the Songpan grasslands where the Red Army later crossed the grasslands. Not only that, the Eight Dangxiang people in the Dangxiang people had a lot of contact with the people in the Central Plains and had always been very good at the Tang Dynasty. Even the Chou Nu Qiang, the Dangxiang people in the Snow Mountain, were not evil to the Tang Dynasty. This branch of Dangxiang people mainly lived on the west side of Jiuqu and the Yellow River, and the north of Dajishi Mountain. Half of the area could not be covered this time and had to be moved on a large scale. But this is not the point. There is also a Dangxiang people living in the northwest of Jishi Mountain, south of Liemo Sea, and northeast of Baihai. Heishan Qiang has a large population and fierce people, and rarely interacts with the people in the Central Plains.

Not only did the clan move, but the place needed to be resettled, but it was also very rebellious.

In short, although I am using it very well, I can't feel at ease.

It is their nature to make them go on a constant battle, and it is also their nature to distribute wealth according to their merits and make them like it. It is their nature to reduce some of the warriors through sacrifice.

In addition to the 20,000 Dangxiang people, there were also 11,000 Tang troops, which were those prisoners of war. Those who were captured had low morale and needed some practical training and some victory to restore confidence. However, two important generals, Heichi Changzhi and Li Jinxing, were sent to assist Xue Rengui, as well as thousands of soldiers from the two prefectures under Xue Rengui, plus 10,000 soldiers from the court. Nearly 50,000 troops attacked the Qiang and revenge their hatred for invading the three states of Jiannan. The depth was 150 miles, mainly engaged in practical training, wealth and population, and did not listen to surrender.

The pain will be hurt first, which will make them afraid to reflect.

But this time, the population will be captured, and there will be tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people in Jishishan. We will continue to send it back through various channels. Except for some soldiers who reward slaves, the rest will be exchanged for some land and tribes to the wealthy families. This is the worst part of the Tang Dynasty system. The tribe is slaves. Many wealthy families have a large number of tribes. If they cannot kill prisoners, there will be Confucian officials in the court. They have to use this method to block their mouths. But there are many benefits, enrich the population of the Central Plains, liberate some tribes, and become ordinary people. The court can get some normal taxes.

The battle started again.

The combat effectiveness of the Qiang people was relatively weak. It was also related to the loose relationship between the various tribes, but not without them. Moreover, the environment here was harsh and the people were in trouble. Therefore, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was just a ban, and even lower than the degree of ban in the Western Regions. It was mainly poor and was afraid of dragging the court down, so it was better not to do so, including the Dangxiang people. But I didn't expect to become the biggest accomplice of Tubo.

This is a good opportunity. The Tang Dynasty recently won a great victory, and the Qiang people were frustrated. There is also a tactic of throwing huge gunpowder bags from high altitudes to reduce the difficulty of attacking dangerous villages.

It's not that easy, but the three generals in the leader are veritable gods of killing, one of which is more ruthless than the other. Not only is they more murderous, but they are also more capable of commanding than the other. It can be said that these three people are definitely among the top ten among the generals of the Tang Dynasty.

Wherever the three armies passed, they were all invincible.

Li Wei stayed in Qinghai and did not move. He continued to handle government affairs with Pei Xingjian. The people's settlement, which promised, Jiuqu would have to set up some areas for Dangxiang people and grain. Almost every 100,000 Tuyuhun was detained for a month. The food consumption was very serious. It was estimated that the harvest was probably not enough and there would be a shortage. But this didn't matter. Dangxiang surrendered and Jishi Road was reopened. A batch of grain could be transferred from Songzhou and other prefectures for emergency response. A lot of property was also captured, including grain, which could be supplemented.

He also asked Qi Bi Ming to lead a 40,000 army to support Wang Fangyi to destroy the Western Regions. In fact, it was a bluff, and in some sense it was also support. In fact, it was not the intention. Then he sent some scouts to monitor the movements of the Tubo people, and Qinling had to guard against the use of troops. But if he returned the horse and tens of thousands of people went north, it was unlikely that he would hide the scouts.

He also did something shocking. He secretly helped the soldiers and did not ask Nuohebo for people. It was difficult for people to satisfy his heart. He gave him so much help, but only withdrew some people, making him feel like he was owed his debt.

However, among the Tuyuhun people who were detained, many women, some of whom had lost their husbands, and some had not married. They discussed with the elders of Dangxiang to choose some girls from their clans and get married to the soldiers. For this, at present, Dangxiang people are willing. Only when they are married to each other can they be closely linked. Li Wei was afraid, and Dangxiang people were afraid that the Tang Dynasty would regret it. After fighting Tubo, a rabbit and a dog would cook it.

Soldiers are also willing. Many soldiers have poor families and are still single. Children of aristocratic families should pay attention to their own bloodlines and be a good match, and be ashamed of getting married to the Hu girl. There is something to eat, but it is not enough to eat, and porridge is also good. At least it is better than being a bachelor.

Through marriage, the Dangxiang people are further tied together.

Then at the end of August, I wrote a letter asking my parents to agree to conquer all the soldiers in the Qin, Wu, Wei, Dang and Yi. Anyway, in October, the autumn harvest ended, all the soldiers began to train, just to treat them as practical training. They gathered in Songzhou. They dare not write too early, and the spies in Qinling had all arrived at the second son. In the morning, they wrote to the Tubo people to prepare in advance.

However, when the letter arrived at the court and went to various places, the government soldiers would not arrive in Songzhou in at least October. However, in September, when the Tang army turned its guns, Lou Shide and Zhang Qianxu and other generals led another 20,000 troops from Li Wei's snow-capped mountain road to Wuhai. Xue Rengui's three armies gathered in Chongsang and rushed into Bailan Qiang, one east and one west.

A series of dazzling marchs, Lu Zanpo dared not move. Qinghai's troops were not empty. If necessary, Dangxiang and other bastards could immediately mobilize tens of thousands of troops to reinforce. By the end of September, all the castles were finally built, and a larger-scale military operation was launched again.

After obtaining a lot of spoils, the Dangxiang soldiers were high and 15,000 soldiers were sent. Xue Rengui's troops were divided into 20,000. In addition, the 15,000 soldiers, led by Heichi Changzhi, killed Bailan Qiang again from Bailan Qiang to Baihai and Wuhai, and then entered Dafeichuan. After the 40,000 troops of Qibiming arrived in Suzhou, they suddenly broke into Fuluochuan. This time, it was fatal to the remnants of Tuyuhun. Seeing the Tang army was clearing and plundering the Qiang people, it was definitely not a solution to stay on the mountain. Finally, they walked out of various mountains and valleys and came back to various grasslands. The Tang army came over.

Xue Rengui and Li Jinxing took the remaining troops and more than 20,000 newly arrived government soldiers, and turned their heads to attack the Qiang. The depth was still 150 miles, but all the Qiang people who were close to the border area were cleared. However, this time they agreed to surrender, but if they had the conditions, they could surrender and had to make some compensation. The chief's biological children were sent to the court as hostage.

There are some plans behind that, winter is coming, and in winter, the military march will stop. To see the situation in Tubo next spring, it is possible to continue to launch a series of military operations, which shocks the Qiang people and destroys the foundation of Tubo.

If Lun Qinling sent a large army to come, and did not fight, they used various castles to hold on. However, if the news leaked, it would be impossible to build a city at Zishankou, but it didn't matter. They destroyed all the Qiang people, so that the place where they lived would become poor mountains and evil valleys, and could not communicate with the outside world. They forced Lun Qinling to increase the exploitation of the Western Regions and create more conflicts. Then they counterattacked in one fell swoop, and then led the army of the Western Regions to clear out the Tuyuhun people in Qiemo or southwest of the Qilian Mountains. They made Qinghai truly a purgatory on earth. The Tubo people could not gain a foothold and could only give up in the end.

Lun Qinling once said, "If you pass the Baihai, your Tang army will not be able to do it." Let you stay on the Tubo Plateau, but it is really easy to stay. If the Qiang land is lost, the way of salt in the southwest will be lost. If Qinghai is lost, the way of salt in Qinghai will be lost. Then you will block the original Tubo salt in the Kunlun Pass salt in the Western Regions. If you don't even have salt, it depends on how you keep the plateau?

The thoughts later were a bit far away. In fact, some soldiers sacrificed one after another in three months of thunderous actions. They only used war to support the war, which did not consume the treasury very seriously. Doing so would be forced. There is a saying that Li Wei never said that before leaving, Wulu said something that would create some conflicts for Lun Qinling and make him in a difficult situation. Doing this himself is considered "cooperation"? If you give birth to a boy, then talk to him about peace in exchange for Lun Qinling's support. It depends on the will of heaven. If you give birth to a boy, this time period will only be left to the Tang Dynasty for two or three years.

But unexpectedly, there was a good news coming from the Western Regions. After Wang Fangyi was to procuratorially, he immediately rushed to Anxi. Like Li Wei, he built a big city with twelve city gates, which was quite spectacular. It was very fast and was repaired in just 50 days. He gave a name, "Suye City", which was a heavy city to protect Anxi, and then recruited nobles from all sides. It happened that Qi Bi Ming led 40,000 Tang troops to Suzhou. Hearing this news, the Western Regions were frustrated, and Li Zhefu was quickly isolated. Wang Fangyi took the opportunity to use a strategy and captured Li Zhefu alive without bloodshed.

Li Wei was shocked. This was not easy. Until now, he had no ability to capture Lunzanpo alive. He said to Pei Xingjian: "I have another famous general in the Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, this person is good, but I have thought of a plan."

"What's the plan?"

"Your Highness, you can send a scout to the vicinity of Tuyuhun City to make a sound. We said that our Tang Dynasty will give Tuyuhun tribes another chance. Anyone who can capture Lunzan Po alive will not investigate the plan, but will give a heavy reward."

"A good plan. After several attacks, some nobles may be really moved. Even if not, the suspicion of the zodiac would be. This is the strategy of Cao Cao defeating Ma Chao in Weinan and Han Sui."

"But your Highness, you are going to go back."

Until now, he has made military achievements. Originally, he went to Qinghai to avoid the dispute between the Queen Party and the Yongwang Party, but Li Xian didn't work. The queen was ruined in a few moments and held the fatal evidence of King Yong in his hand. Zhang Wenguan died, and Dai Zhide recovered from illness and could not last long. If he didn't go back, the court might be controlled by the queen. This avoidance would be too much.

"Yes, but why are you going back?"
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