The reason why Yuan He has delayed until now is because he has always had a concern, that is, will there be follow-up troops from Tibet?

Now in the main battlefield of Longyou North Road, the main force of the Jin army has been almost completely destroyed, leaving only the isolated city of Shanzhou.

Li Xun's 30,000 troops were the last important military force of the Jin Dynasty in Longyou North Road. As long as Li Xun was eliminated, the entire Longyou North Road would completely fall into the hands of Tubo. Without any worries, the Longyou North Road could be defended when retreating, and the Longyou North Road could be advanced.

You can attack the seven states in the west of Longyou.

The Tibetan military strength in Longyou North Road has exceeded 250,000 troops, which is sufficient. It can mobilize more than 100,000 troops to annihilate Li Xun.

Langzhou's 20,000 soldiers, plus the 50,000 follow-up troops from Broken Dragon Fort, seemed to be far stronger than Li Xun, but they were still far away from Li Xun. If Li Xun had to endure the pain and cut his flesh to protect himself,

Leaving half of the troops behind to stop the enemy at the cost of losing half of the troops will have a great chance of escaping back to Xiaogu County. Therefore, the Tibetan military operation to annihilate Li Xun is not foolproof and has great potential.

loopholes.

Therefore, Yuan He had some speculations that the number of troops Tibet used to annihilate Li Xun might not end there.

The 20,000 troops here in Langzhou and the 50,000 troops coming from Duanlongbao were probably deliberately done by the Tubo people, just to give Li Xun an illusion and a false opportunity to fight back.

However, the scouts explored the road to the vicinity of Langzhou, but did not find the Tubo follow-up army. Could it be that they were overthinking all this? The Tubo people may not have been able to come up with such a clever strategy. Maybe they did not understand Li Xun at all.

Thirty thousand people take it seriously.

Yuan He's worries are actually not wrong.

Ge Wa really didn't think that far, and he didn't take Li Xun seriously. In his opinion, Dezu's 20,000 troops, plus the 50,000 troops coming from Broken Dragon Fort, were enough to deal with Li Xun, even if

If we can't wipe them all out, we can still drive Li Xun back to Xiaogu County.

Ge Wa has no interest in annihilating Li Xun's 30,000 troops. All his thoughts are now on Longyou North Road. Liangzhou and Zhou, the two most important military areas, have been captured, as has Langzhou.

After the successful occupation, only 20,000 remnant troops in Shanzhou are left, still resisting stubbornly, but they are still a turtle in a urn and cannot escape.

In other words, Ge Wa's ambition was to occupy the four states of Longyou North Road, capture Longyou North Road, and annihilate nearly 100,000 forbidden troops. With such brilliant results, Ge Wa gained great prestige from it, and he was already satisfied.

Ge Wa is only thinking about one issue now, which is the counterattack of the Jin Dynasty. Longyou North Road fell, 60,000 to 70,000 troops were annihilated, Jiedushi Xu Chengliang died in battle, and Prime Minister Liu Zhigu was captured. When the news is spread back to the Central Plains, it will definitely cause a stir.

The Jin Dynasty was shaken violently.

Longyou North Road is the hub connecting the seven states in Anbei and western Longyou. Its fall means that Anbei and western Longyou have completely lost contact with the Central Plains. There are still millions of people living in these two places.

As well as nearly 200,000 elite Jin troops, they relied heavily on the Central Plains. If they were isolated for a long time, they would not be able to hold on for too long. This was a vicious cycle.

If the current situation really reaches that point, all the presence of the Jin Dynasty outside the pass will be completely gone. This will be a huge blow and shake to the national power and foundation of the entire Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, no matter what, the emperor of Jin Dynasty and the central court will never sit idly by and ignore the loss of Longyou North Road. A larger-scale war may come soon.

Ge Wa did not take Li Xun to heart, but someone took him to heart. This person was Ge Wa's confidant, the Han Chinese Lai Zonghan. It was he who tried his best to persuade, analyzed and formulated the overall situation for Ge Wa in the future, and finally convinced Ge Wa.

, once again divided the troops into 20,000 elite guards, led by his confidant general and his brother-in-law, Anka Ponggan, who followed Dezui closely, and used the mantis to catch the cicada and the oriole behind, completely annihilating Li Xun and other 30,000 forbidden troops.

, then with an army of 100,000, they attacked Xiaogu County and took advantage of the opportunity to capture the entire seven states in the west of Longyou.

Nowadays, the Western Region is in chaos, and the countries in the Western Region and the Dashi Empire are still in a life-and-death battle. When both sides suffer losses, they can take advantage of the situation to attack and capture the entire Western Region. By that time, Tubo will become a huge and powerful empire no less than the Jin Dynasty.

empire.

It was precisely because of the blueprint and plan given by Lai Zonghan that Gewa's ambition was completely stimulated, and he began to mobilize troops to move westward and move the military center of gravity to the west of Longyou.

Lai Zonghan's plan has to be said to be very clever and far-reaching. As far as the overall plan is concerned, it is very perfect. However, times make heroes, and in times of crisis, God will always give great responsibilities to the people.

This man was the unknown Hu Xian, a low-level officer who had only joined the army for a few months and entered the army through the back door. His official rank was no more than a captain.

Hu Xian was recommended by Liu Jie and joined Xu Chengliang. However, the power of the Liu family in the court was no longer what it used to be. Although Liu Guanghui was the prime minister, he was incomparable to Liu Jie before. Now it is complicated and strange.

In the political situation, we can only barely protect ourselves.

Xu Chengliang did not want to get involved in the political struggle in the court because of Hu Xian, so although he took Hu Xian in, he did not put him in his army.

He was transferred to Zhao Feidu's army and became a captain, leading a hundred troops.

Although Zhao Feidu was not under the control and jurisdiction of Xu Chengliang, he was still a low-level military officer with little respect, so he would not reject it, so he accepted Hu Xian, but he did not take him seriously and just kept him.

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Liu Zhigu ordered Zhao Feidu to lead 5,000 troops to support Yu Heng, the Shanzhou defender. However, Zhao Feidu did not want to go to Shanzhou and did not dare to openly disobey Liu Zhigu's order, so he sent 5,000 soldiers to Shanzhou.

Prefecture, and I led 300 soldiers to Langzhou. Half of the 10,000 troops there were my own troops, and Langzhou is very close to Xiaogu County. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, it is convenient to escape.

, In Zhao Feidu’s philosophy of life, saving life is the first priority, and everything else, go to hell.

After that, the state fell, and Liangzhou Governor Gu Yong led the army to retreat to Shanzhou. On the one hand, he sent someone to inform Zhao Feidu, and on the other hand, he urgently sent the news back to Fengjing.

Just after Gu Yong and Yu Heng integrated their forces and prepared to retreat to Langzhou, Dezui led 20,000 soldiers to attack Langzhou. Zhao Feidu actually fled without fighting, completely disregarding the life and death of Gu Yong and others in Shanzhou.

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As a result, the escape route was cut off and Shanzhou became a truly isolated city. Gu Yong and others could only defend the city and wait for rescue.

Regarding Zhao Feidu's escape, Hu Xian argued hard, but in the end, he was humble and his words were too fierce. Zhao Feidu was immediately kicked out and dismissed from all posts.

Hu Xian was not ashamed of Zhao Feidu's actions, and persuaded his subordinates with his righteousness. He led more than a hundred soldiers from his headquarters, left Langzhou City, and surrounded the city wilderness. While investigating the movements of Tibet, he gathered the scattered remnants of the defeated generals. In the end, he
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