Chapter 1054: We go home

From Liangzhou to Lanzhou, go through Gulang, and then cross the edge of the southern mountain of Guzang, reach Wucheng Shoucao, and then go down the Wu River to break through Guangwu, then Lanzhou, Huo went to the west when he conquered Hexi. East to west, and now, Shen Long will lead the army to retrograde Huo to go back to Changan.
Gu Lang, Gu Zang Nan Shan and Wu Cheng Shou can't hold too many defenders, so Shen Long they are relatively easy along the way. They don't even need Datang soldiers to fight. They took the princes of Pa Khan, Gu Lu and Kang Guangde. Solved by the servants.
The same is true of Guangwu, where the obstacles encountered are much less than originally expected, but neither Shen Long nor Guo Xin let their guard down, but became more alert.
"Tuban will definitely not let me return to Datang. If he reopens Hexi and Longyou, Datang and Xiyu will be able to form a unit, continuously sending troops to the Western Region, and the merchants can provide countless merchants to Datang. Taxation, the Tubo people do not want to see this happen anyway! "Guo Xin said.
Shen Long nodded his approval. The original Western Regions had already been swept away by the Tubo. They almost did n’t have to worry about the Western Regions. They could transfer their troops to the critical place of Datang and continue to maintain the threat to Chang’an. Both the Mansion and the North Court have re-emerged, and Tubo will face the situation of being hit by both sides of Datang. Chisong Dezan will definitely do his utmost to prevent them from returning to Datang.
"Daduhu should not worry too much. Today, Tubo is also facing the threat of Nanzhao in the south. Jiannandao is threatened by Datang, and the internal roads of Tubo are difficult. Even if they think, there is no way to transfer too many soldiers and horses. When he came over, he could only transfer troops from the place next to Hexi and Longyou. "This is the strategy formulated by Li Bi for Datang, and he joined forces with Nanzhao and Uighur to jointly curb Tubo.
Nanzhao attracted the attention of Tubo in the southwest, Uighur kept the suppression of Tubo from the north and the west, and Datang attacked from the generation of Jiannandao and Fengxiang Army. Under the attack of three sides, Tubo was bound to resist, even if it could not completely defeat Tubo , You can also block them from Datang.
It is a pity that Tang Dezong kept thinking about the grievances with Uighur, and he refused to unite with Uighur, so that Datang missed the opportunity. When he finally wanted to understand, Li Bi was running out of time. If not, maybe Hexi and Longyou It has long been back to Datang.
"And in the end we think that the more troops sent by the Tibetans, the better. We will have a fight with the Tibetans sooner or later. Instead of attacking the Dafeichuan, the Tibetans will come down from the plateau and fight against us in Lanzhou! "Altitude reaction is the best weapon for Tubo to resist Datang. Once they come to Lanzhou, this factor that restricts the fighting power of Datang soldiers and horses does not exist.
The Datang soldiers and horses can fully exert all their fighting power. Under such circumstances, the Tubo people may be difficult to win; the previous battle examples have also proved this many times. During the years of war between Datang and Tubo, Datang ’s Most of the defeats occurred on the plateau, and the Tubos suffered mostly after they came down from the plateau.
The Tubo people are like a strong football team at home. They often get good results at home. Once they come to play on the road, they immediately kneel; the dragon and away worms at home are probably theirs.
"If there is no measles, why should I Tang Dynasty be afraid of Tubo?" Guo Xin also thought deeply that the people of Tang Dynasty did not understand the reason of the altitude sickness, and they explained the various discomforts after people ascended to the plateau as malaria.
"Weizhou is too close to Datang. If there is a war, Datang will surely get the news. At that time, as long as a soldier is killed from the rear, Tubo will definitely lose, so Lanzhou has become the most suitable battlefield!" Shen Long Pointing to the map analysis, large-scale operations are also not everywhere.
The transportation of grain and grass by the Datang United Army is not easy, and the same is true of the Tubo people. Only a large city like Lanzhou can collect so much grain for the Tubo army to use. With the influence of distance, this decisive battle will inevitably happen in Lanzhou.
So after taking Guangwu, Shen Long stopped and repaired for a few days. After the soldiers washed away the fatigue of the march, they slowly approached Lanzhou City. On the way, they slowed down the march and sent out marching horses. Investigate the situation ahead to avoid a sudden attack by the Tubos.
The Tubo people did not intend to allow them to reach Lanzhou so easily. A small army of troops harassed them along the way, but Shen Long could use the ability of the shapeshifter to possess the eagle bird in the sky to conduct a large-scale search, the fog of war. In front of Shen Long became unilaterally transparent.
This is equivalent to opening a hang for Datang soldiers and horses. Datang soldiers and horses can always find enemy troops within a few tens of kilometers, but those enemy troops are completely unaware that they have been found, and they are still doing a successful sneak attack. 'S beautiful dream, however, each attack happened to fall into the encirclement of Datang and was easily solved.
After two visits, the Tibetan harassment not only did not slow down the march of the Datang Allied Forces, but also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Although the number of each harassed team is not large, so many people add up but it is not a small number.
Seeing that the harassment was not effective, the Tubo people could only give up, and the Datang soldiers continued to advance steadily without any haste, and finally reached the edge of Lanzhou City, where they saw the long-awaited Tubo army.
"Ha, Chisong Dezan has made a start this time! Should all the soldiers and horses of the Hexi and Longyou generations be here?" Shen Long, who looked far from the Tubo camp ~ EbookFREE.me ~.
"I'm afraid there are almost two hundred thousand troops!" Guo Xin could not help sighing. Since the Anshi chaos, he has never fought against such a large-scale enemy army.
"Oh, the number of our army is far less than the Tubo people, are you afraid?" Shen Long asked, looking at Prince Bahan, Gu Lulu, Kang Guangde and others.
Shen Long has 12,000 soldiers under the Han Dynasty. These people include Baifa Bing, Chang'an Junior Soldier, Datang People rescued from aliens, and selected loyal soldiers loyal to Datang.
There are also 30,000 Uyghurs in the rest, led by Gu Denglu, Wei Yuanfang, and other Uyghur Yehu nobles; the Shatuo army has more than 10,000 people, and the remaining servants are 20,000. The soldiers and horses in Zhouzhou, Liangzhou and other places now came to Lanzhou and the Tubos in a decisive battle.
In terms of numbers, the Datang soldiers and horses are only a quarter of the Tubo people. The situation does not seem to be optimistic, but the Tang army under Shen Long is not at all nervous. How afraid? "
"Okay! Then we won this battle and we will go home!"