Hou Junji looked around for a while and finally fixed his eyes on the general Niu Jinda. After pausing for a few seconds, Hou Junji seemed to have made a difficult decision and ordered Niu Jinda: "General Niu Xiu (named Jinda) to obey the order!"

Niu Jinda stepped forward and took a military salute, responding solemnly: "The last general is here!"

"For you 30,000 elite troops, you will sneak lightly into the rear of the Tubo army within five days, forming a closed-door battle formation with our army. You only have one task. After our army fights against Tubo bloody battles, cut off the other party's way back to the Tubo Plateau. You must not let an enemy leave the Tang Dynasty and return to Tubo!"

Hou Junji's military order was like a mountain, and it was pressed on Niu Jinda's heart, because this military order could not be let go. The military strategy was full of military strategy, and the siege of the city was in short supply. He had 30,000 troops, and he had no idea how many Tubo soldiers who had retreated back to his country would face. If one of them was not let go, the fight of trapped beasts would not be beneficial, and he would inevitably have a bloody battle.

But Niu Jinda was also a loyal general who served the country. Thinking of Hou Junji's layout in the Tang Dynasty for twenty years without being troubled by the southwest, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "The last general takes the order!"

The generals in the tent looked at Niu Jinda one after another. Many people sighed, some of them looked excited, and they all wanted to use their own passion to guard the level instead of Lao Niu.

Hou Junji's next order was: "The general Du Shaoqing was transferred to Niu Xiu's command to jointly defend the fleeing soldiers of the Tubo."

"Du Shaoqing got the order!"

Logically speaking, Hou Junji received instructions from Emperor Li Er to protect Du Shaoqing's safety, but why did he call Du Shaoqing to assist Niu Jinda in completing this tragic mission?

Hou Junji was also helpless. He had to prevent the dog from jumping into the wall by closing the door and beating the dog. Therefore, Niu Jinda was bound to face a tough battle. They quietly sneaked into the rear and stuck the other party's throat. There was no support or supplies, so Hou Junji could only provide them with a top military doctor, hoping that they could hold on for a while longer.

It’s not that Hou Junji did not listen to the emperor’s orders, it’s not that Hou Junji had a grudge with Du Shaoqing, but that Hou Junji was first of all, the commander of the army. While winning the war, he had to consider the survival of the soldiers.

Du Shaoqing followed Niu Jinda to become a military doctor, so Sima Du He naturally applied to follow Niu Jinda's army to make the lockdown.

Since he learned that Hou Junji was the prince's father-in-law, Du Shaoqing knew that this person would not be Changsun Wuji's person. Moreover, Du Shaoqing was convinced of Hou Junji's righteousness and arrangements. This was a decision that a qualified Tang marshal should make.

In the Yazhou City of Jiannan Road, Tubo, the king of Tubo, was listening to his subordinates' reports. 50,000 reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty had arrived in Yizhou City. It seemed that the negotiations in Chang'an had broken down. So the Tang Dynasty was not going to hand over the murderer, nor was it going to send the princess to kiss?

"Zanpu, since the Tang Dynasty is so arrogant, why don't we take their Jiannan Road directly and expand our territory and develop and prosper, so as not to settle down in a corner and live in the bitter and cold land of the plateau." A adviser suggested.

Although Songtsen Gampo was a little moved, he knew clearly the true strength of both the enemy and us. Tubo could conquer Jiannan Road in the Tang Dynasty, but the suffering was that he could not defend it at all. Unless he killed all the people in Jiannan Road, it was impossible. Even if you killed too many animals, it would cause riots, let alone more than two million people?

Moreover, if Tubo wants to prosper and develop in Jiannan Road, it must rely on the local residents here to develop agriculture and industry. Without the local people to farm, Jiannan Road has no output income at all. What should Tubo do?

After pondering for a moment, Songtsen Gangbang said, "Send the order to gather all the troops and seize the city town near Yizhou City with all your might. You must loot the local people's food and property and transport it back to Tubo."

What??? "Zamp, don't say what the consequences will be if our soldiers take such a ruthless move. The food and goods they stolen may be a problem,"

"Execute the order! Even if the food is not transported away, we can take it for ourselves and leave it here as military rations. As long as our soldiers can defend the current line of defense facing the Tang army, it proves that our Tubo has taken over most of the territory of Jiannan Road in the Tang Dynasty. This is a phased victory. I believe the spirit of the great emperor in heaven can see it."

Well, I don’t know where Songtsen Gampo’s imaginative thought came from, but I have to admit that he should have seen clearly that he could not defend Jiannandao, so the best way is to plunder all property as much as possible and maximize the benefits.

But he forgot that he was facing Hou Junji, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, a general who extremely hated foreign invaders.

After sending Niu Jinda, Hou Junji learned that Songtsen Gampo had plundered and plundered, and Hou Junji guessed the other party's purpose. So although he had only 70,000 troops on hand, Hou Junji was mobilized on the front line, and he confronted Songtsen Gampo's 200,000 troops five miles away.

This is a very clever move. When the Tang Dynasty increased its troops, Tubo had to take it seriously, because this country in the Celestial Empire has always been famous for its fewer victory and more. Even the extremely powerful Eastern Turks were destroyed, let alone the poor and innocent Tubo?

So Songtsen Gampo did not dare to neglect. He heard that the 100,000 troops on the opposite side were threatening the camp, and Tubo was ready to fight, immediately mobilized 150,000 troops to defend the Tang Dynasty.

But they didn't know that the Tang Dynasty was bluffing. In order to cooperate with Niu Jinda's actions, Hou Junjirang gave the banner and was a 100,000 army. He didn't attack the opponent and stared at him from a distance.

At first, everyone didn't understand. As for the war, they just started to do it. Now, what are you doing when you stare at each other?

But later the scout came to report that there were very few Tubo soldiers who were plundering and invading Jiannan Road. Only then did the generals realize that the commander Hou Junji used 70,000 people to delay the enemy's 150,000 troops, and also covered Niu Jin's hidden mission of 30,000 people. He was really clever.

"Zanpu, Zanpu, it's not good! The Tang Dynasty added another 50,000 reinforcements, and the situation is not good for our army!"

Songtsen Gampo said calmly, "150,000 to 150,000, are we all cowards?"

But when he heard the neat shouts of killing from the opposite side, Songtsen Gampo was silent. It seemed that the Tang Dynasty was preparing to start the war just after the increase of troops.

There is no harm without comparison. The Tubo warriors were indeed not cowards, and the inspiration of the king Songtsen Gampo, but when they saw that the Tang army with more than 100,000 armor and weapons were in full, they were not calm. The Tubo soldiers were not cowards, but they had to admit that all the Tubo soldiers were poor!

We were all dressed without any clothes, with soldiers and no armor, but there were rows of neat leather-armored Tang troops across the street. How could we fight? Our weapons were not enough for everyone to have one hand, what about them? Rows of bright swords and guns were placed in front of us. No wonder the Tang Dynasty could defeat the more with less and be armed to the teeth. This is pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!
Chapter completed!