Li Qing led an army of 40,000 to set off from Xizhi City, the road was rugged and very difficult to walk, after more than ten days of long-distance trekking, the Xia army arrived at Maoergai, this is a small city, only a few hundred households, here is only more than 200 miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, and can threaten the rule of the Great Song Dynasty in Shu at any time.
The place where the army passed was basically no man's land, and the natural conditions were harsh, there were many soldiers who couldn't help but be frozen to death by the cold, this is still in the case of a guide to follow, if there is no guide, it is very likely that the Xia army will be trapped here and unable to get out; After a month of arduous marching, the Xia army finally arrived at Chawagang, which Li Qing turned into a strategic fulcrum for his rear, hoarding a large number of grain and grass materials.
After returning to Saban and Pasipa and immediately returned to his lair, he gathered 30,000 troops and Li Qing to join forces, a total of 70,000 troops; Although the Sasgar faction and the Bali faction also had the intention to send troops, it was impossible for the two factions to send troops to aid west of Tibet, and these two factions were also suspected of watching from the sidelines.
But now Li Qing can't take care of so much, because the two largest forces in Tibet are ready to jointly resist the Xia army, these two factions are the Kadan faction and the Kagyu faction, these two factions are the largest faction forces in Tibet, and the two factions occupy the most fertile land in Tibet with the Yarlung Zangbo River as the boundary, as long as Li Qing can exterminate these two largest forces in Tibet, it is equivalent to gaining control of Tibet, but in order to fight against the Xia army, these two factions can be said to have taken out their old foundations, and gathered a total of 200,000 Tibetan troops, In such a big battle, Li Qing must be cautious.
Chawagang, inside the camp of the Xia army.
Li Qing said to everyone: "According to the intelligence, the two divisions of Tubo Kadan and Kagyu have gathered 200,000 troops in Metuo to prepare to organize our army to enter the Brahmaputra River valley.
"Of course it's a fight, take the initiative to attack, and kill his grandson."
The Seventh Prince Li Xing said.
"The seventh brother is in favor of taking the initiative to attack, what about you, the old general," Li Qing then asked.
"The old general tells me your reasons" "Our army is only 70,000, but the Tubo coalition army has 200,000, nearly three times that of our army, and our army does not occupy any time and place, if you want to take the initiative to attack, you must first cross the turbulent Nu River, once our army crosses the river more than half of the Tubo coalition army attack, then this battle will be undoubtedly lost."
"What do you two think?"
asked Li Qing again to Saban and Paspa.
Saban replied: "I agree with the old general, it is safer to defend as an attack. ” "Let's all go down, you let Ben Shuai think about it alone."
Li Qing said; "Seventh brother, you stay."
After everyone left, Li Qing asked Li Xing: "You just said that you took the initiative to attack, can you tell me how to attack, what do you think?"
” "How else can you attack, the army will directly cross the Nu River, and the decisive battle with the Tubo coalition army will not be over."
"It's not as simple as you think."
Li Qing said with his hands behind his back; "After our army crossed the river, it said that there was no way to retreat, although our army looked like there were 70,000 troops on the surface, in fact there were only 30,000 elite cavalry of our own, you dare to guarantee that in the process of our army's attack on the Tubo coalition army, Saban, Basipa and Rawang Maozan will not turn back."
"Then we'll stick along the river."
Li Xingyou said.
"How long can we hold along the river, we are now alone, and now the grain and grass raised by the army are only enough for twenty days, and what to do after twenty days These two grasses are not even enough for us to go back."
Li Xing was in trouble now, and said with some annoyance: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?"
"Seventh brother, you remember that as a general, you need to be calm at all times, because chagrin will not solve anything."
"Little brother understands, thank you for the teachings of the sixth brother."
"Follow me."
Li Qing brought Li Xing to the map and said; "Seventh brother, you see, this is our position, this is the position of the Tubo coalition army, according to the scout report, the Tubo coalition army has already opened up to the Nu River; There is only one way to resolve the battle in a short period of time, and that is to send elite troops to take the initiative; Before the Tubo coalition army reached the Nu River, it sent an elite army to cross the river, and then bypassed the marching route of the Tubo coalition army to the west to attack the city of Luo, which is the capital of the Kadan Department and the economic and cultural center of the Tubo Dynasty. ” "It's a good idea, Sixth Brother let me lead the troops."
"You can't."
Li Qing directly refused; "I will personally lead the troops to go forward this expedition, and the army will be handed over to you at that time, if there is no news after fifteen days, and the Tubo coalition army has not retreated, you will kill all the surrounding Tubo tribes for me, plunder enough food and retreat south to Dali; I have a marriage alliance with Dali, and Dali should take you in, and when the time comes, I will write a letter asking for help to my father, and let my father send troops to the rescue, understand?"
"I don't understand."
Li Xing wiped his tears and said; "Before leading the troops, my father said that I am the forward general of the army, why do you honestly keep me behind, why don't you let me lead the troops to kill the enemy."
"With your three-legged cat kung fu, do you think you can be qualified for the position of forward general," Li Qing said with some anger; "The first thing a soldier has to do is to obey orders."
Li Xing is too tender, for a long time, Li Xing knows very little about leading troops to fight, and he has never studied the art of war in depth, and he is influenced by his mother to learn the Confucian set, and he is proficient in all kinds of poetry, but he basically doesn't know anything about leading troops to fight, and the reason why Li Liangzuo sent Li Xing to General Qianfeng this time is to train him and let him know how the rivers and mountains of the Great Xia Empire came about.
On the other side, the Tubo coalition army is marching eastward, and the two commanders who lead the troops are the Kaldan faction's Garqinling and the Kagyu faction's Lu Dongzan, this time the two gathered 200,000 troops can be said to have poured out, facing the Xia army, the two are also very worried, after all, the current Tibetan tribes are no longer the powerful Tubo Dynasty of the year; These 200,000 troops were actually improvised, all of them were gathered from various tribes, and they fought with each other.
At night, in the big tent of the Chinese army of the Tibetan coalition army, Garqinling and Lu Dongzan were discussing the military situation, and Garqinling asked Lu Dongzan: "How many soldiers and horses have been found in the Xia army?"
"Not yet, but the Xia army is strong, our army can't confront it head-on, just deploy along the Nu River, don't let the Xia army cross the river, the Xia army will automatically retreat once it can't attack for a long time."
"It makes sense."
Garqinling sighed: "I didn't expect that the Dangxiang tribe that was beaten by our Tubo army hundreds of years ago has now become the Great Xia Empire that swept the world."
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