The battle situation in Longyou has now formed a very strange situation.

Li Zhong led an army of 20,000 people and disappeared. Huang Zhen abandoned Langzhou and led more than 47,000 soldiers to retreat to Taozhou to prevent Tibet from entering the pass from the east. Yuwenzhen also abandoned Shanzhou and led Shanzhou and Luzhou. The 10,000 defenders, plus the 20,000 soldiers in his own hands, a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, went to Huizhou and joined the local 10,000 defenders, a total of 40,000 troops, to guard the city and prevent the Tubo from going south into the pass or Bashu.

Ma Wu led his 30,000 troops plus the 30,000 soldiers left by Li Zhong. A total of 60,000 troops retreated to Zhike County, 300 miles east of Liangzhou, to prevent the Tubo from going north to Anbei. After all, Mobei The Hu people have become unified, powerful, with strong soldiers and horses. In recent years, they have been eyeing the Central Plains. Li Zhong took away 50,000 people, leaving only more than 100,000 people stationed in Anbei. Once Tubo gets in touch with the Hu people in Mobei, Form an alliance and attack from both front and back, Anbei is in danger.

Ma Wu led an army of 50,000 men and stationed themselves in Zhike County. While strengthening the defenses, he sent out a wide range of rangers to closely monitor Tibet's every move.

Li Xun, on the other hand, led his 10,000 troops to escort hundreds of thousands of people back to Yunzhou.

Shanzhou.

Gewa Morong had an army of 100,000 in his hands, and he himself led 20,000 soldiers to garrison the city of Shanzhou. The remaining 80,000 soldiers were led by his deputy general and his nephew Gewa Bide, who set up camp ten miles outside the city.

In the Chinese army tent, a man in his thirties was walking back and forth. He was short in stature, with a small face and small eyes. He looked ordinary, but the left side of his face was covered with scars, making him extremely hideous and terrifying.

This man was none other than Gewapide. He had lived in Fengjing for many years as a boy and could speak fluent Chinese. It was not until the eleventh year of Guangyuan, when Gewapide was twenty-one years old, that he won the title of Emperor Zhao of the Jin Dynasty. With the approval of Zhizhi, he left Fengjing and returned to Tufan, and the scar on his face was given to him by the powerful children of the Jin Dynasty during a banquet. Therefore, Gewapide hated the Jin Dynasty deeply. He always wanted to take revenge on the Jin Dynasty to avenge the humiliation he suffered.

Not far from Gewadide, there was a Han Chinese in his fifties sitting. This man was Gewadide's confidant, named Lai Zonghan. He was dismissed from office and exiled to Longyoulangzhou. He was oppressed and tortured by local officers and soldiers. He suffered several life and death attempts. Later, he fled to Tufan and became a slave. His fate was discovered by Gewapide. The two had a long conversation, and Gewapide was shocked. Because of his talent, he bought his body with money, and he has kept him with him since then, and he has become his confidant and obeys his advice. However, Lai Zonghan was grateful to Gewa-pide for saving his life, and he also followed him wholeheartedly and gave him advice. Gewa-pide was able to help him. In less than ten years, Lai Zonghan stood out from the family and mastered military power and status second only to his uncle Gewa Morong. Lai Zonghan played an extremely important role in this.

The entire Tufan has a population of about six million, and there are three million-strong families, that is, families that control a population of more than one million, including the army and the people. The Gewa family is one of them.

In fact, the current political structure of Tufan is somewhat similar to that of the Jin Dynasty. The decline of royal power and the rise of family power have reached the point where they can influence the entire country's politics. More than half of the country's population is directly controlled by the three major families. Taxes are not as good as those of the imperial court. Half a million Ninety percent of the army is in the hands of three major families. If it were not for the Tibetan Buddhist leader, Panchen Erdeni, who has always been on the side of the Zampu royal family, I am afraid that the Zampu royal power in Tufan would have changed dynasties long ago.

"See General."

A soldier rushed directly into the tent and knelt down to salute.

"What did Zamp say?"

Gewapu pulled up the soldiers and asked urgently.

"Whatever Zamp wants to say is written on it."

The soldier took out a piece of brocade silk from his arms, handed it to Gewadide, and then withdrew.

Gewapide opened the brocade silk and looked at it carefully. The look of anticipation on his face slowly turned into disappointment. After reading the contents, Gewapide tore the brocade silk into pieces and threw it to the ground with force, shouting angrily. He shouted: "A bunch of rats who only care about power and profit."

Lai Zonghan's expression changed, and he hurriedly stood up and came to the door of the tent, and said to the guarding soldiers: "Everyone retreat thirty feet, and no one is allowed to approach the tent."

"yes!"

Upon hearing this, hundreds of soldiers immediately spread out and retreated a hundred meters away.

"My lord, be careful that the walls have ears, so be careful what you say!"

Lai Zonghan walked up to Gewadide and persuaded him bitterly.

"So what if someone hears me? What can Zamp do to me?"

Gawadide roared angrily.

"If Gewa Morong hears these words, I'm afraid he will be dissatisfied with his lord."

Lai Zonghan shook his head, didn't say anything more, and just talked about the key points. Sure enough, after hearing this, Gewarzide's face changed slightly, he groaned twice, walked to the side and sat down, but his face was still ugly.

Although Gewadide was born in the Gewa family, his parents' status was not high, and the same was true for Gewadide himself. The young man was sent to Fengjing as a hostage and almost died. Over the years, through hard work and many After hard work, he climbed to his current position with great difficulty. Even so, Gewa's foundation in the family is not very deep. The top few in the family completely control his future and destiny, such as Gewa Moron, if you want to deprive Gervadide of his military power, you only need to say one sentence.

Lai Zonghan walked up to him, poured him a cup of tea, and said quietly: "Zanpu disagrees with your lord's suggestion?"

Gewarpide had a cold face and did not say a word. Not only did he not agree, but he scolded him in a very severe tone, scolding Gewapide for being frivolous, arrogant and arrogant, and for discussing military matters.

Gewapide received a report from Tanma three days ago that the Jin army stationed in Liangzhou retreated to Zhike County. Gewapide immediately advised his uncle Gewa Morong to lead an army to attack Zhike County, and at the same time contacted the Hu people in Mobei to let him They marched into Anbei, leaving them unable to go south for rescue. After annihilating the Jin army in Zhike County, they joined forces with the Hu people in Mobei to attack Anbei from both front and rear.

Such a good suggestion was categorically rejected by Gewa Morong, and only five thousand troops were sent to Liangzhou, while the remaining troops continued to garrison Shanzhou and remained stationary.

Then Tanma came to report again. Hundreds of thousands of people who had retreated to Zhike County, escorted by 10,000 Jin troops, were marching slowly towards Yunzhou. Gewapide again advised Gewamo Rong to let him Leading an army of 30,000 people, they took a detour to intercept this team. Gewa Morong led an army of 50,000 people to lie in wait. When the Jin army from Zhike County came to rescue, they could take the opportunity to make a surprise attack and win a complete victory.

This suggestion was categorically rejected by Gewa Morong, and he told Gewa Pide clearly that by capturing the four states of Longyou, great gains had been achieved, and there was no need to take risks to fight the Jin army. Once defeated, Zan Puding would use this as an excuse to deprive him of his military power. The meaning was very clear. Everyone knew Zanpu's intention in sending troops this time. Gewa Morong just wanted to keep his military power and gained Shanzhou and Liangzhou. Surprisingly, he was very satisfied and didn't want to take any more risks, so he stood still in Shanzhou and watched the situation. He watched with cold eyes as Zanpu and Delong Jiankang attacked Huizhou. They succeeded. He took the opportunity to gain profits for himself, but failed. There is no loss to him.
Chapter completed!