Emperor Li Ke of Tang was assassinated in Liangzhou. He was furious and decided to march westward. The news exploded like a thunder in the northwest. It spread to the sea in a moment. People in the world were circulating, and a big drama slowly opened on the plateau.

With Li Ke's order, the emperor marched westward and mobilized not only the hearts of the people in the world, but also famous generals and millions of soldiers and civilians from the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. The Tang Dynasty divided the soldiers into four groups and headed straight for the Tubo capital like a hungry tiger pounced on food.

The core ruling forces of Tubo were south of the plateau, with four Rus, namely Wu Ru, Ye Ru, and Rula, and Li Ke's four armies rushed here.

On the north road, Pei Xingjian, the governor of Liangzhou, temporarily led the general manager of the Baihai Road, led 30,000 troops from Liang, Lan and Shanzhou, and met 30,000 troops from Tuyuhun, combined with 60,000 troops. He passed Xingsuchuan and defeated the Tubo defenders at Heyuan, intending to break the northwest barrier Ye Ru;

On the east road, Li Daozong, the governor of Yizhou, was appointed as the general manager of Duomiadao's military. He led the entire Shu area and 40,000 border troops in the surrounding prefectures and counties. He left Victoria, crossed the western mountain, attacked the Lusachuan, and took the promise of the former capital of Tubo from the east.

On the west road, the governor of Yaochi Ren Yaxiang was the general manager of Yang Tongdao, leading the northwest border troops and 60,000 Turkic troops, crossing Qiemo City to the southwest, heading to the southwest, taking the road to Khotan, and cooperating with the situation of Xiangxiong in the west, aiming to break the southwest of the Lunar;

The central army was commanded by General Su Dingfang, and Emperor Tang Li Ke personally took charge, leading 300,000 troops from the Xidu City to move troops, taking Supi, and with the cooperation of four other armies, heading straight to the heart of Tubo, and heading straight to Wu Ru, where the capital city is located in Wu Ru.

In addition, in addition to these four routes, in addition to Siru, Li Ke also issued an order in the name of Tiankhan, to restore Supi, Xiangxiong, Nibharu, and the title of princes of the Tang Dynasty, and to raise troops to resist the Tubo soldiers stationed in their territory;

At the same time, in Tubo, Li Ke also pardoned the old noble families in Niangbo, Dabo, Gongbu and other places who were convicted of the former Tubo Zanpu abandoned Zong Nongzan, and even became the Duke of the County and Marquis, encouraging them to rise up and resist Tubo Zanpu and regain power.

Now that the Tang Dynasty army is approaching, the middle of the country is already in panic and panic. In addition, when Qi Zong Nongzan, who was so resolute and vigorous, committed many murderous crimes when he pacified the plateau, he formed many blood feuds.

After Li Ke's several imperial edicts came to attack outside and inside, soon except for Wu Ru, where the royal capital was located, the other three Rus, especially the strongest Yiru, the old nobles, had begun to war in the local area, and Lusie's control over Siru was gradually worse than before.

Just as wars broke out on the plateau and bloomed everywhere, the main force of the 300,000 army led by Su Dingfang finally arrived in Xidu City and met with Li Ke's Northern Imperial Army.

"Last general Su Dingfang, pay homage to Your Majesty." In the imperial tent of Xidu City, Su Dingfang leaned over in front of Li Ke and bowed to him.

Li Ke helped Su Dingfang up and said with a smile: "After waiting for nearly a month, my commander-in-chief of the West has finally arrived."

Su Dingfang stood up and said, "Chang'an is thousands of miles away from the Western Capital, and it takes a long time. It will be too late in the future. I just hope that your Majesty will not delay your Majesty's major affairs."

Li Ke shook his head and said, "Not too late, no too late, just like my meaning. It is not easy for my son to travel far. After coming to Xidu, we will repair it for two days. Two days later, the army will set off. We will march slowly and take Lushe City to the southwest."

Li Ke has been waiting for Tubo in the west for a year or two. Su Dingfang originally thought that Li Ke would probably be impatient to launch his army after he led his army to Xidu City. So in order to avoid the soldiers being too tired, Su Dingfang also slowed down the speed of the march in recent days, allowing the soldiers to rest for a while, and they were too tired of the army. However, Su Dingfang did not expect Li Ke to make such arrangements.

Su Dingfang asked in confusion: "Soldiers are more important than speed. Isn't your Majesty in a hurry to lead the army south?"

Li Ke smiled and said, "Of course I'm anxious. I wish I could face some troops at the city of Luo and fight to the death with the Tubo people tomorrow. However, the march was not urgent, so I'd better let the soldiers rest first."

Su Dingfang nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty is the commander-in-chief after all, and he is not ordinary. He should take steady steps and take every step forward."

Su Dingfang didn't know what Li Ke meant, and only thought that Li Ke was the emperor and was inconvenient to visit the dangerous place in person, so he acted like this in order to act steadily, and that was the only thing he said.

But in fact, Li Ke did not mean that. Li Ke said: "I am not just trying to be steady. The three armies fight and use troops as a complement to each other. Although I promised that the prime ministers would not go to the dangerous places in person, they would not give up the opportunity to use strange weapons because of conservatism. The reason why I marched slowly was to take care of the health of the soldiers. I was worried that they would not accept the situation."

During the Western Expedition to Tubo and the Plateau battle, Li Ke was never worried about the Tubo athlete who was rumored to be ready to die, because he had absolute confidence in the combat power of the unparalleled Tang Erlang, and Li Ke was worried about the terrain and climate of the plateau.

Because no one knows the horror of the plateau better than Li Ke. The Tang army mostly comes from the plains. For the Tang army soldiers born on the plains, once they really climbed the plateau, not to mention fighting, even daily marching is difficult. There is no good way to do this after more than a thousand years, let alone now.

However, if Li Ke went to talk to Su Dingfang about any altitude sickness, Su Dingfang must not understand it. Li Ke thought about it and said: "Tubo is located on the plateau, and the terrain is thousands of meters higher than that in the Central Plains. Once people in the Central Plains climb to the plateau, the mildest part is not breathing smoothly, the chest is weak, and the severe part is swollen, and even bleeding from the internal organs, which may cause life to be lost."

Li Ke was very concerned about Tubo and did a lot of research on Tubo. Su Dingfang had no doubt about Li Ke's interpretation of Tubo. Su Dingfang asked: "Although this matter sounds serious, since Your Majesty dared to send troops to fight the west, he must have had plans."

Li Ke said: "In recent years, I have spent a lot of effort on Tubo, not only to penetrate into Tubo, but also to find ways to relieve this disease. I have ordered famous Chinese doctors to go to the plateau to find medicine, which is considered to be a gain. Although I cannot avoid this disease, it can also be slightly relieved. As long as we march slowly and ask the soldiers to slowly adapt to the plateau climate, those who are fit and those who are not fit stay, in the end, most people can follow me all the way to the city of Luoshe."

When Su Dingfang heard this, he asked in surprise: "Why are you so cautious, can you only have more logic?"

Li Ke said: "On the way south, someone will be uncomfortable with the plateau. These people can no longer force their march. If the mild ones are cured, they will go south. If they are severe, they will quickly retreat to Xidu City."

Li Ke led 330,000 troops south and dividing away the troops who were going to stay on guard along the way. In Li Ke's vision, there were at most 200,000 troops who could walk with him to Luoshecheng, but this 200,000 troops were enough for Li Ke.

Of course, this is a better situation. Even in the worst situation, there are only 100,000 troops. With Li Ke's current arrangement of Tubo, Tubo is surrounded by enemies on all sides. As long as the troops at the end are not only his army under the city, he is still sure to win against Tubo if he holds the imperial guards in the Northern Yamen.

Li Ke let out a light breath, looked at the surprise on Su Dingfang's face, patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder, and smiled and said, "Dingfang, our monarchs and ministers wore armor to fight together last time, when we destroyed Xueyantuo. At that time, we destroyed Xueyantuo, pacified the northern land, and became famous all over the world. In this battle, we should work together to fight to determine the plateau!"
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