Because the Great Song Dynasty implemented heavy defense in this front, if the Xia army attacked from the front, it was bound to suffer heavy losses, so Li Liangzuo wanted to continue to implement the Great Detour strategy, and the place of the analysis is one of the important strategic fulcrums, which is located in the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and can directly overlook the Chengdu Road of the Great Song Dynasty from the place of the analysis of the branches, but the road in the middle is very dangerous. \ A few days later, the summer palace of Xingqing Mansion, in the imperial study.
Li Liangzuo summoned the sixth prince Li Qing, the seventh prince Li Xing and the veteran Hua Ma and Mu Zheng, Li Liangzuo pointed to the map and said: "This is the land of Xizhi, which has been occupied by a group of Tubo people. ” "Father, son" Li Qing's words were not finished, and he was met with a blank eye from Li Liangzuo; Li Qing hurriedly changed his words and said: "Father, what the child means is that it is not enough to recover the land of the Zhizhi, we will come to rob the Tubo people if we occupy it, and such a small place will drag us down an army, which is not good for the overall situation."
"That's what you mean," Li Liangzuo continued.
"If my father wants to completely solve the trouble of Tibet, the only way is to completely conquer Tibet."
Li Qing said to Li Liangzuo.
"Conquer Tubo" Hua Ma and Mu Zheng said with some surprise: "Your Highness, Tubo is located in the depths of the plateau, it is not easy to get there, although Tubo is now divided into several regimes, but it is not easy to completely conquer them, and even if you conquer them, it is not conducive to the long-term rule of my Great Xia Empire." ” Li Liangzuo nodded and said: "The old general is reasonable, it is basically impossible to completely conquer Tubo, the purpose of this battle is to make it submit to my Great Xia, as long as they are willing to our Great Xia Empire can start with it."
Li Liangzuo told the three of them his thoughts, Li Liangzuo didn't look down on the territory of Tubo at all, it was an independent geographical unit, and it was impossible for the Xia army to occupy it for a long time, what Li Liangzuo wanted was for the Tubo tribes to surrender to him, and to solve the Silk Road threat of Tubo to the Hexi Corridor.
"Qing'er, if you are asked to lead the troops, how many soldiers and horses do you need to conquer Tibet" "Father, only 30,000 elite soldiers are enough, but the sons must be equipped with enough horses, grain and grass and weapons, and the children must have the right to act cheaply."
Li Qing said to Li Liangzuo.
"Okay, I'll give you 30,000 elite soldiers."
Li Liangzuo ordered: "Li Qing listened to the seal, and named Li Qing as the general of Zhengyi to lead 30,000 troops to conquer Tibet, Hua Ma and Mu Zheng as the deputy marshal, and Li Xing as the vanguard. ” "The sons and daughters are the commanders."
The three of them knelt down and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ” "Let's be even," Li Liangzuo said: "The journey of this expedition is difficult and dangerous, the three of you must be more careful in everything, and I will not set a time limit for you." ” "Emperor Xie" "If you have any other requests, just ask."
Li Liangzuo said.
"Erchen has no other requirements" "Do a good job, don't let me down again."
"My son understands" Half a month later, the 30,000 elite cavalry to conquer Tubo has been prepared, under the leadership of Li Qing, the 30,000 troops left Xingqing Mansion, arrived at Xining Mansion ready to go south at any time to conquer the place of analysis, this battle is of great significance to Li Qing, in fact, this is also an opportunity for Li Liangzuo to Li Qing, if Li Qing wins this battle, he can return to his previous position, and may even be promoted one step higher, so Li Qing is very cautious in this battle.
Xining Mansion, inside the camp of the Xia Army.
In Li Qing's big tent of the Chinese army, Li Qing asked Hua Ma and Mu Zheng: "Old general, if the commander is not mistaken, the old general's prestige in Tubo should be very high."
"It's okay," said Hua Ma and Mu Zheng.
"Old General, look at this."
Li Qing handed a piece of information to Hua Ma and Mu Zheng and said; "This is the information that our spies have found from the land of Xizhi, according to the intelligence, this tribe has more than 10,000 cavalry alone, and the combat power is fierce, if we fight with it, it will inevitably increase a lot of casualties."
"Your Highness means that you want them to surrender."
Hua Ma and Mu Zheng asked tentatively.
"Yes, if Ben Shuai can recover them without spending a single soldier, this is the best start, and this is a plateau operation, the elite of my Xia army is not very adaptable, with them we have an extra new force" "Your Highness, the old minister can only say try it, and the old minister is not sure if it can succeed."
"Okay, as long as they are willing to surrender, as long as the conditions are not too excessive, Ben Shuai can agree to them."
The land of the separation, in the big account of the Tibetan tribe.
The atmosphere in the whole tent is very tense, they have heard the news that the Xia army sent troops to come to conquest, and they have a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Xia army, although the Xia army only has 30,000 iron horsemen, but this group of Tubo people does not have the courage to deal with it, everyone feels very depressed, in their eyes Xia Jun is a group of devils who came out of hell.
"You all talk about it, what to do now, what to do now" A middle-aged man let out a heart-rending roar: "At the beginning, this king said, don't provoke the Great Xia Kingdom, you have to listen, now it's okay, the 30,000 elite soldiers of the Xia army are pointing directly at us, what should I do now, what do you tell me what to do, are we the opponents of others?"
This man who is roaring is the leader of the Tubo tribe, Lawang Maozan, the reason why this Tubo tribe came here is also forced to be helpless, originally Lawang Maozan's tribe is also a great force in Tubo, but just a few months ago, in the process of fighting with other tribes, Lawang Maozan's tribe was attacked by someone, and it was beaten with farts and urine, and the cattle and sheep in the pasture were basically lost.
Lawang Maozan left his hometown with the remnants of his subordinates, cleaned up a few small tribes on the road, and then came here to settle down, this thing is simple to say, but it is not so easy to do, tens of thousands of people eat and drink Lazar is not a trivial matter, seeing that the tribe is about to run out of food, everyone has no choice but to rush to Lawang Maozan to rob the Great Xia country, in order to let the tribe survive on the few votes, although the harvest is not small, but the loss is also very large, and now it is even more troublesome, The Xia army has already begun to conquer this tribe.
"Don't say anything, you guys give the king an idea."
"Either we run or stay here or die," one of the generals suggested.
"Yes, yes, yes, run, it's still too late" "Run, run there" Rawang Maozan said: "I can't go back to my hometown in the south, the north and east are the territory of the Great Xia Empire, and the west is an endless snow-capped mountain.
Lawang Maozan said sadly.
The current Tubo tribe is basically dead, and the army has no fighting spirit, and it has wilted in the face of the Xia army before it has attacked, and the prestige of the Tubo army has been lost, and the current Tubo tribes are no longer the Tubo Dynasty of the year.
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