8. Enter the siege worry-free city
At this time, news of the fall of the Black Water Castle had spread throughout the Western Fan dynasties, including the city of Lusie where Zamp was located.
"When the Tang army attacked the city, they used huge artillery projectiles and a kind of self-dumping artillery cart."
When I learned about this situation, whether it was Shang Qixiner from the host or Lumangre from the south, or Chisong Dezan from the Lussen City, I was in a different mind: "The one who fought against Hei Water Castle and attacked Songzhou was indeed Gao Yue's main force Dingwu Army..."
At this time, when Shang Qixin'er knew that the Qiang cavalry of the Baoyi Army on Gaoyue's right side appeared in Dangzhou and Diezhou areas with the battle flags raised, she quickly "called" Luoshecheng, saying that Gao Yue's plan was to enter Taoshui along Songzhou and then attack our Shanzhou sideways!
However, Mangre insisted that Gao Yue's troops were in Songzhou, and would immediately incite the local Qiangluo and cooperate with Wei Gao to siege Wuyou City. He also said that in the battle of Taideng City, the troops of Nangong, Lacheng, and Hong and other towns in the south of our country were covered with casualties. Wuyou City had few troops, so he repeatedly asked Zanpu to devote his whole country to the Pengpo Mountain Pass and take the Pingrong City Road to defeat the Tang army in the direction of Victoria.
Lundebo, who was originally a reserve army, was even more shocked and didn't know how to do it.
"Ben Yongzhong only made one serving of cheese and barley glutinous rice cakes, but now Wei Gao is here to eat them, Gao Yue is here to eat them. What should you do if you call Ben Yongzhong?" Zamp was also helpless and angry, not knowing which aspect of the general's military strength should be allocated.
At this time, Zanpu realized that most of the Dongdai Imperial Guards in the entire plateau were allocated to Shang Jiezan to fight against the Uighurs, and there were only tens of thousands of people on hand who could move.
With so many people plus 15,000 people from Qinghai Road, if they really come out of Pengpo's mouth, if Wei Gao and Gao Yue approach the team, they may not have a chance of winning against each other.
Just when Zanpu was anxious and hesitant, Queen Cai Bang and her tribe members begged Zanpu that no matter whether they send their military power to the south or the host, they cannot form an advantage for the Tang army in front of them. They must recover the 20,000 injunctions brought by Shang Jiezan so that they can be properly allocated.
"But if Dafan didn't break the Tang army first, the situation would be passive step by step." Zanpu was worried.
Queen Cai Bang persuaded, even if Shang Jiezan defeated the Uighurs, the main forces of the Tang family Gao Yue and Wei Gao were still unscathed, and Shanzhou and Victoria were still in danger. The strategy of the god Zanpu, you are looking far away and it is impossible to defeat the Tang army's offensive.
Zanpu pondered endlessly, and many Cai Bang family and close ministers who were dependent on the queen and the guards chatted endlessly, saying that Zanpu could no longer hesitate, Shanzhou and Victoria were the gateways, and if any of them were lost, Helong and even Qinghai could not be preserved.
Zanpu, who had uncertain five elements, could only send three waves of bird envoys, carrying the silver falcon's command board, and quickly asked Shang Jiezan to bring the team back.
On the Double Ninth Festival, Gao Yue's shogunate moved forward from Wuzhou City, passed Wenzhou along the Qiang River, crossed the towering Hongya Pass, appeared in the territory of Songzhou, and met with Dingwu Army and Yining Army.
The snow-capped mountains in Songzhou are towering, with a vast blue world, and large areas of grass and wilderness that are boundless. Gao Yue felt that breathing was difficult. He knew that this was caused by the reaction on the plateau. However, the morale of the entire army was still very high, and war horses could also be provided with sufficient forage. He also robbed more than 2,000 war horses raised by Xifan in Songpan. This is indeed the large backyard of Xifan South Road.
As soon as he arrived at the camp, Zhang Fen, a general under Wei Gao, led the Fengcheng Army's 3,000 men, to defeat the Jiqi, which was set up in Maozhou and Songzhou in Xifan. The old man's two fortresses were also at the boundary of Songzhou. He met with Gao Yue's main force in amid cheers.
"You mean, there are two routes from Songzhou to Longyou?" Gao Yue asked this question when several Wudu Qiang chiefs knelt in front of Gao Yue to indicate the geography.
The chiefs nodded, then pointed to the eastern front and said that they could just follow the way Ji Gong marched, and their destination was to Huaidao in Dangzhou, and then to Minzhou and Weizhou.
"Is this road easy to walk?" Gao Yue asked.
The chiefs shook their heads and said that the mountains and rivers are beautiful, but the passages are rugged and winding, and most of the caravans who used to sell tea passed by.
"Where is the Western Front?"
The western front is from Zhangla City in the northwest of Songzhou. After passing Huangsheng Pass, you can reach the Hechuan area in Diezhou. Except for crossing the Yangbo Ridge, there are flat plateaus and no obstacles. "Thousands of cavalry can gallop calmly." When you go to Hechuan and walk 180 miles northwest, you will be Taozhou and Taoshui.
Hechuan?
Isn’t the destination of the Baoyi Army traveling along the Bailong River this place?
At this time, the choice was also in front of Gao Yue. In his current strategic situation, he had two choices. One was to go south to cooperate with Wei Gao to attack Weizhou Wuyou City, and the other was to go north from Songzhou, take the so-called Hechuan West Line, and force it to Taoshui area, then take Taozhou, Diezhou, Dangzhou, Minzhou, Weizhou areas, and even enterprising Lanzhou and Hezhou, forcing Shang Qixin'er to fight him from Shanzhou, so that most of the prefectures and counties in Longyou could be restored.
"Will Zamp's reserve force go to Victoria? Or to Shanzhou?" Gao Yue looked at the map, and was also anxious to make choices.
Finally, Gao Yue paved back and forth for a long time before he made up his mind to say, "In this battle of Tang, there were only three armies. The key to the war was to attack and attack. In any case, two groups of troops had to gather together in each battle to form an advantage over the enemy in front of him. I lived in the middle and supported him from both sides. I passed the orders of this road, so that Liu Haibin and Xiong Qi army could build a barrier in Qishan, stabilize the Cheng, Qin and Wu front line first, and sent branch troops to Zhangla City and Huangsheng Pass in Songzhou to monitor the movements of Yangboling, and contact Ye Shiliangbi and Siba Daye's Qiang cavalry at any time. If they successfully captured Hechuan, they would cooperate with them to protect him. This road was with Dingwu, the main force of the Yining army, went south across Yizhou to fight Wuyoucheng with Weichengwu."
After quickly making up his mind, Gao Yue asked the entire army of cavalry and Zhenyuan Army to be in front, infantry and vehicles, cannons and tents to be in the back, and after four days, he entered the boundary of Yizhou. After another four days, he went to the camp of Dinglian Mountain ten miles east of Wuyou City in Weizhou, and echoed the Wei Gao army opposite.
At this time, Gao Yue's military supplies were difficult to supply from Bailongjiang, and they could only be distributed to Wei Gao's Fengcheng army.
At this time, there were 70,000 Tang troops surrounding Wuyou City, all of which were supplied by Xichuan. Both Gao Yue and Wei Gao felt that the pressure was huge, because there was no waterway to transport the canal, so they could only rely on human and animal power to deliver them from the mountain roads and rope bridges in various parts of the Xishan Mountains. Ten stones of grain had to be consumed on the road for seven stones.
Chapter completed!