Tubo Tong Gorge well-known Yang Fan really didn't know, so he could only shake his head in shame.
Shen Mu knew that he lived in Nanyang when he was a child, and he went to Luoyang when he became an adult, and he had never been to other places, so he was not surprised to see that he didn't know, so he said: "In this way, you don't know much about the Tubo people, the great enemy of Longyou.
Then I will briefly tell you about it, and finally talk about this Tubo Tongxia. ” Yang Fan said: "Please advise" Shen Mu said: "Speaking of Siyi Di Man, I have always regarded it as barbaric and disdained it in the Central Plains.
But this can probably only be reflected in culture, education and people's livelihood, speaking of the military, hehe" Shen Mu shook his head and said, "Let's talk about the strength first, the population of Tubo is not as good as our dynasty, but all the people are soldiers, and the total number of troops can be at least more than 400,000."
The total strength of our dynasty is about 400,000 to 600,000, and at least 50,000 soldiers and horses are needed to defend the capital, and troops need to be stationed in the vast territory, so when we use troops against Tibet, there are rarely more than 200,000 troops, and Tubo can transfer troops nearby.
Speaking of combat power, the Tubo army is the people, the people are the army, the people are fierce, martial and aggressive, and they are not afraid of death when they fight, and they are often all killed in the front team in each battle, and the rear team is only put into battle, and the bravery is by no means inferior to the army of our dynasty.
Speaking of weaponry, the Tibetans are different from the Turks, their bows and arrows are not powerful, but their armor and weapons.
The elite troops and horses of Tibet will wear chain mail, and their bodies will be covered with armor, only open their eyes, and they cannot be injured unless they have strong blades.
They are not only good at riding, but also good at foot combat, although they may not have learned the art of war of our dynasty, but the method of dividing and hunting that the grassland people have learned from hunting is not inferior to the art of war of our dynasty.
Yang Fan gasped and said in surprise: "They are so powerful" In Yang Fan's imagination, he thought that this Turkic and Tibetan soldiers were a group of soldiers called Huazi, who were nothing more than fur wrapped in fur when they went into battle, holding big sticks and iron forks, compared to the refugees who gathered in the famine years to make a noise, how do you know that they are not inferior to the Tang Dynasty in military affairs, and they have the advantage of military strength and geographical advantage, no wonder the Tang Dynasty has always been cautious about the use of troops in the Western Regions.
Shen Mu said: "It's good to know yourself and your opponent, you can win all battles, if you blindly arrogantly claim to be the Celestial Empire, you will suffer a big loss."
If the Tibetan force is not so strong, how can the Tibetan envoys dare to be so arrogant in front of the Queen of Heaven when you go to the Yuan Festival, and dare to openly ask for the Golden Ou Yonggu Cup" Shen Mu smiled and said, "Of course, they also have their shortcomings, and they are shortcomings that they can't avoid, let's talk about this later."
Today, it is only said that the enemy's strengths, and the Tubo people are not only good at fighting, but also good at using them.
When it comes to barbarism, it always makes people think that they are cruel and have no brute strength, but it is easy to ignore their wisdom.
To put it mildly, Tubo is far more powerful than my scouts, and their scouts, which I just called Tongxia, are a hundred times stronger than our scouts.
Tibet is in their territory, in the territory they occupy, in the territory they want to occupy, the ears and eyes are everywhere, and they are pervasive.
These scouts can be a person, a group of people, a family of the old and the young, or even a small tribe, and they even organize the people of the conquered tribes and regions as scouts, and after controlling their families, they are sent out to act as eyes and ears."
Yang Fan remembered that when he was in Luoyang Xiuwenfang, he inquired about the news from those seemingly inconspicuous villagers, and couldn't help but suddenly say: "I understand, once these people sneak into the places we control, they will infiltrate all walks of life, and even become servants of the government and auxiliary soldiers of the military camp.
It is impossible for any little wind to go without signs, and these pervasive eyes and ears, as long as you hear a little, he sees a little, merge together, it is an absolutely detailed and true intelligence. ” Shen Mu nodded and said: "Yes, but they not only spy on intelligence, but also use their hidden identities to deliberately provoke some conflicts, stirring up contradictions between the army and the local people, and sometimes they will engage in assassinations and ambushes, making a lot of noise, and the grass and trees are all soldiers." ” Yang Fan said: "Just like the scene just now" Shen Mu looked out the window again and said thoughtfully: "I only hope that this is indeed the case."
Otherwise, it will show that the news of your secret hidden Longyou has been leaked."
Yang Fan thought that the next road would be very unsmooth, but they went all the way west, never experienced a war, and went all the way down peacefully.
On several occasions in the sparsely populated barren jungle, they had also seen a few dead people, people who had just died.
But every time they could find a "arrow" sign on the nearby loess wall or tree trunk, once they saw this sign, Shen Mu's people would give up their vigilance and continue to move forward very calmly.
Linked to what Shen Mu had said before that Zhang Yi would personally lead someone to escort them westward, Yang Fan guessed that this arrow must be the mark left by Zhang Yi.
Later, when they passed through some towns to rest and wander, Yang Fan would often hear some business travelers change their voices and change their voices to mention how many goods and how many people Xiao Fei had captured, and how many people he had killed.
It is said that this person is ruthless and ruthless, fierce and ruthless, although there are only more than 300 people under his command, but the big horse bandit gang of two or three thousand people does not dare to provoke him, because Xiao Fei's subordinates are all ruthless roles, and if they really want to fight, the big horse bandit gang of two or three thousand people may not be able to provoke him.
What's more, Xiao Fei has few subordinates, come and go freely, he wants to find you, he wants to hide from you, Longyou is high and wide, hidden everywhere, there is no way to find it, it is a headache, so there are very few people who dare to provoke him, and the symbol of this person is an arrow.
But whenever he does a case, he never hides his identity, and generously leaves a sign of a sharp wolf tooth and arrow cluster.
His nickname of the little flying general is because he has a good archery skill of piercing Yang in 100 steps, but the harmonious beauty of the flying general Li Guang back then, the little flying general can't help but be smug about this, and it is also designed as an arrow to show his identity.
Yang Fan thought secretly: "Maybe this Zhang Yi is the little flying general."
The front is to Huangshui, which is the first stop of Yang Fan's trip to the Western Regions, and it is also the terminal stop of Duoduo and Xiaoqi.
Huangshui looks at Longshan Mountain in the east, connects Chiling in the west, sleeps the Yellow River in the south, connects Qilian in the north, 800 Huanggu valleys are vertical and horizontal, inclusive of thousands of rivers and thousands of streams, and it is the birthplace of the ancient Qiang Yan Emperor.
The car stopped on a hill and you could see Huangshui City in the distance directly.
On both sides are rolling mountains, tower-shaped pine, precious red pine, juniper that has gone through vicissitudes, tall spruce, and countless red birch, white birch, rough bark birch, and tigers, wild wolves, red deer, roe deer, argali, antelope, fox, snow pheasant, stone pheasant and other wild beasts and mountain fowl live in the forest.
In front of him is a green grassland, the grassland is overgrown with shrubs, weaving a green living field, faintly visible groups of white sheep, yellow cattle wandering like clouds in the grassland.
Duoduo stood on the mountain with Xiaoqi in her arms, looking at everything familiar in front of her, she couldn't help but burst into tears, she finally came back.
After the death of her wife, she had a sense of loneliness and anxiety every day and night in Luoyang, and when she returned here and saw her familiar grassland, the feeling of steadfastness finally returned to her heart.
These are tears of joy and tears, and they are also tears of sadness when they think of Ah Lang and his wife, who are gone.
Shen Mu and Yang Fan stood side by side, and smiled happily at one of the guards: "Zhang Yi has done a really good job along the way, call him to come and accompany me to Huangshui." ” "Whoa" The guard agreed, hurriedly retreated, I don't know what method he used to contact, when Yang Fan and the others were on the top of the mountain for a while, about to board the car and continue to move forward, four horses suddenly came out of the low forest next to a jade belt like a river on the slope in front of them, galloping towards the mountain.
Four horses and four knights, one in front of his head is wearing a hair hoop, if you add a crescent moon to the forehead hoop, it is like a head, he wears a knee-high robe on the left side, a belt around his waist, a broadsword with a thick back and a wide blade under his ribs, and a carved bow on his shoulder, which is almost the same length as the height of an ordinary person.
There are three people in the back, all of them don't tie their buns, they only tie their hair with their foreheads, so as not to cover their faces and block their vision, and their hair flutters behind their shoulders, looking very rough and heroic, two of these three people are in their thirties, described as rough and burly, and one is younger, it seems that he is only in his early twenties, with a red forehead, no beard under his chin, and his face is clear and handsome, but his spirit always seems to have a touch of evil spirit.
The four of them all wore bows and arrows, but the person who rushed to the front had the largest bow, looking at his beard, thick eyebrows and wide mouth, looking at the majestic and majestic, Yang Fan couldn't help but say: "Could it be that this person is Xiaofei General Zhang Yi" Unexpectedly, this person galloped to the carriage, rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, and led the horse to the side very neatly, Yang Fan was surprised in his heart: "Isn't this person Xiaofei General Zhang Yi?"
He was about to select another one from the two black-faced men among the remaining three, the young man with a red forehead on his head and a handsome face with a slightly evil aura had already jumped off the horse with one leg on his legs, left the horse alone, walked forward a few steps quickly, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly with his fists: "Zhang Yi has seen the sect master" Yang Fan was secretly surprised: "It turns out that this person is a little flying general, and he can't be a real person." ” Shen Mu smiled and pulled Xiaofei Zhang Yi up, and said: "My brother, what are you doing so politely, you are in Longyou, you have done a really good job in the past two years, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, I asked you to come, come with me to gather in Huangshui, there are some things to explain to you."
Come, I'll introduce you to a friend first."
Shen Mu pulled Yang Fan in front of him as he spoke, Xiao Fei took a look at Yang Fan at Zhang Yi, and his eyes shot out of the wolf-like light, he stretched out his hand and pushed Shen Mu, Huo Ran pulled out the knife out of the sheath, and shouted at the same time: "Ashina Musi, it turned out to be you" To be continued: