Chapter 1054 Let's Go Home

From Liangzhou to Lanzhou, you have to go through Gulang, then cross the edge of Guzang South Mountain, reach Wucheng Shouzhuo, and then go down the Wucheng River, defeat Guangwu, and then Lanzhou. Huo Qubing conquered Hexi along this road. East to west, and now, Shen Long will lead the army to go back to Chang'an on the road that Huo Qubing walked back then.

Gulang, Guzang Nanshan, and Wucheng guards couldn't hold too many defenders, so Shen Long and the others were relatively relaxed along the way. They didn't even need Tang soldiers to fight. Solved it with the servant army.

The same is true for Guangwu, who encountered much fewer obstacles than originally expected, but Shen Long and Guo Xin did not relax their vigilance because of this, but became more vigilant.

"Tibetan will definitely not let me wait to return to the Tang Dynasty. If Hexi and Longyou are re-opened, the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions will be able to train together, continuously sending troops to the Western Regions, and the merchants who come and go can also provide Datang. Taxation, the Tubo people are unwilling to see these happen no matter what!" Guo Xin said.

Shen Long nodded in agreement. Originally, the Western Regions had been almost wiped out by Tubo. They almost didn't have to worry about the problems in the Western Regions. They could deploy their troops to a place close to the Tang Dynasty and continue to threaten Chang'an. But now, the Anxi Governor The government and the Beiting Duhufu have risen again, and Tubo will face the situation of being attacked by the Tang Dynasty again. Chisong Dezan will definitely do his best to prevent them from returning to the Tang Dynasty.

"Don't worry too much about the chief protector. Now Tubo is also facing the threat of Nanzhao in the south, and the threat of Tang Dynasty in Jiannan Road, and the road inside Tubo is difficult. Even if they want to, they probably won't be able to mobilize too many troops. In the future, we can only transfer troops from places adjacent to Hexi and Longyou." This was Li Mi's strategy for the Tang Dynasty, uniting Nanzhao and Uyghur to contain Tubo.

Nanzhao attracted the attention of Tubo in the southwest, the Uighurs kept suppressing Tubo from the north and the western regions, and the Tang Dynasty launched an attack from the generation of Jiannan Road and Fengxiang Army. , can also keep them out of Datang.

It's a pity that Tang Dezong kept thinking about the grievances with the Uighurs, and he was reluctant to join forces with the Uighurs, which made Datang miss the opportunity. When he finally figured it out, Li Mi's time was running out. It has already returned to Datang.

"Moreover, the general thinks that the more troops Tubo sends, the better. Sooner or later we will have a fight with Tubo. Instead of us attacking Dafeichuan, it is better for the Tubo people to come down from the plateau and fight us in Lanzhou! "Altitude sickness is the best weapon for Tubo to resist Datang. Once they come to Lanzhou, this factor that restricts the combat effectiveness of Datang soldiers and horses will no longer exist.

The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty can fully display all their combat power. Under such circumstances, it may be difficult for the Tubo people to win; previous battles have also proved this point many times. Most of the disastrous defeats happened on the plateau, while most of the defeats of the Tibetans happened after they came down from the plateau.

Tibetans are like a strong football team at home,

They can often achieve good results at home, but once they come to an away game, they immediately kneel down; the home dragon and the away game probably mean them.

"If there is no miasma, why should I be afraid of Tubo?" Guo Xin also deeply agrees. People in Datang don't understand the principle of altitude sickness, and they explain all kinds of discomfort after people go to the plateau as miasma.

"Weizhou is too close to the Tang Dynasty. If there is a big battle, I will definitely get news from the Tang Dynasty. At that time, as long as there is a soldier from the rear, Tubo will definitely be defeated. Therefore, Lanzhou has become the most suitable battlefield!" Shen Long Pointing to the map and analyzing, large-scale combat is also not possible anywhere.

It was not easy for the Allied Forces of the Tang Dynasty to transport food and grass, and the same was true for the Tubo people. Only a big city like Lanzhou could collect so much food and grass for the Tubo army. In addition to the influence of distance, this decisive battle will inevitably take place in Lanzhou.

So after taking Guangwu, Shen Long stopped and rested for a few days. After the soldiers washed away the exhaustion of the march, they slowly approached Lanzhou City. Explore the situation ahead to avoid being suddenly attacked by the Tubo people.

The Tubo people didn't intend for them to reach Lanzhou so easily. Small groups of troops kept harassing them along the way, but Shen Long could use the ability of the skinchanger to possess the eagle bird in the sky and conduct a large-scale search. The fog of war is such a thing It became unilaterally transparent in front of Shen Long.

This is tantamount to opening up for the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty can find the enemy army within a radius of tens of miles at any time, but those enemy soldiers have no idea that they have been discovered, and they are still doing it to successfully attack successfully. However, every attack happened to fall into the siege of Datang and was easily resolved.

After coming and going, Tubo's harassment not only did not slow down the marching speed of the Tang coalition army, but also lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Although the number of each harassing team was not large, the total number of so many people was not a small number.

Seeing that the harassment didn't work, the Tubo people had no choice but to give up, while the Tang soldiers continued to advance steadily, and finally arrived at the edge of Lanzhou City, where they saw the Tubo army who had been waiting for a long time.

"Ha, Chisong Dezan has spent a lot of money this time! All the soldiers and horses of Hexi and Longyou generations should be here, right?" Shen Long said, looking at the Tubo camp from a distance.

"This is almost 200,000 troops!" Guo Xin couldn't help sighing, since the Anshi Rebellion, he has never fought against such a large-scale enemy army.

"Hehe, the number of our army is far inferior to that of the Tubo people, are you afraid?" Shen Long looked at Prince Bahan, Gu Dulu, Kang Guangde and others and asked.

Shen Long's Eastern Expedition had a total of 12,000 people in the Han Navy, including white-haired soldiers, Chang'an youth soldiers, Datang citizens rescued from aliens, and servants loyal to Datang who were selected.

The remaining 30,000 Uyghur troops were led by Gu Tuolu, Wei Yuanfang, and other Uyghur Yehu nobles; the Shatuo army had more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 servants, excluding those stationed in Suzhou and Gansu along the way. There are barely 50,000 soldiers and horses from Lanzhou, Liangzhou and other places who have come to Lanzhou to fight the Tubo people.

In terms of numbers, the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are only a quarter of the Tubo people. The situation seems to be not optimistic, but the Tang army under Shen Long is not nervous at all. What is there to be afraid of?"

"Okay! Then we will go home after winning this battle!"