Chapter 2052 The Tibetan horse from the north of the Yak Road
Facing Li Ke's questioning eyes, Cheng Chubi looked at the information carefully and explained a few words.
"It's been a day or two and we haven't seen anyone going south through those three valley roads."
"This shows that those three valley roads are the main marching routes of Tibet."
"As long as we can keep the main Tibetan army in these three valleys.
At that time, wouldn't it be easy to capture Iron Bridge City, which has even pulled out the soldiers and horses guarding the city?"
The messenger from Honglang Prefecture listened silently to the exchange between Cheng Sanlang and Li Ke, and tried hard to remember it in his heart.
"By the way, your Qiang chief sent you here to deliver the message. What else can you do?"
"Returning to Cheng Changshi, the leader of my family, the Great Qiang, asked the younger one to report to His Highness, Cheng Changshi. If there is anything we, the Honglang Qiang, need to do, please give me your instructions."
Cheng Chubi looked at this respectful Qiang warrior and couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
"You can go back. Remember to tell your big Qiang leader not to move.
To avoid arousing the alarm of the Tibetan people, we are unwilling to go south to fight our army, but to cause trouble for you instead."
Hearing this, the Qiang warrior raised his head in astonishment. After making sure that the other party was not joking with him, he had no choice but to bow honestly and leave quickly.
"Brother Chu Bi, in fact, even if they have any changes, the Tibetans will not change their original plan."
"At most, it is just to guard against these Qiangzhao tribes and leave more soldiers and horses for defense."
"I know this, but I really don't trust their fighting power. After all, the Tibetan soldiers and horses are by no means mediocre.
If Cheng personally leads them to attack Iron Bridge City, there may be a chance for them to go by themselves, haha..."
"Okay, Brother Dexian, oh no, Your Highness, I have already laid out the ambush in the three valley roads."
"Now that the date of war agreed with Tubo is getting closer and closer, do our troops need to move to Black Sheep Beach?"
All eyes fell on Li Ke's face. The governor of Yaozhou in the Tang Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the Tang army in the decisive battle of Heyangtan, nodded solemnly.
"Tomorrow, the entire army will move to Heyangtan to wait for Tibet."
"No." Everyone loudly accepted the order, Cheng Chubi added silently in his heart.
Try to prevent the Tibetan barbarians from reaching Black Sheep Beach.
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In the Yak Road, where there is no longer any business traffic, there is a mighty procession that looks like a giant snake described in ancient myths.
Slowly winding along the yak trail towards the south, as the leader of this large army, Lunkel marched in the middle of the team.
Chigui Maben, a veteran general who had been in Iron Bridge City for a long time, led his 2,500 elite troops to defend Lunkel.
"Da Lun, after passing this bend and proceeding twenty miles further, we can reach Heichuotan."
Chi Guimaben, who was beside him, raised the riding whip in his hand and pointed forward towards Lunke Erdao beside him.
Lunkel, who had already led the army and marched all morning, raised his hand to shield his eyes and glanced at the increasingly dazzling sunlight.
"Come here, order the whole army to stop advancing, eat dry food quickly, and rest for an hour. After an hour, we will continue to march south."
"Send another team of scouts to Black Sheep Beach to see the situation of the Tang soldiers and horses."
As Lunkel issued military orders one by one, the entire army gradually came to a halt, and the soldiers got into the jungle on both sides of the road.
Relying on the shade of the trees to block the dizzying sun, the hungry soldiers who had already left took out the dry food they carried and began to chew heavily.
Lun Keer looked at these soldiers who were already looking a little tired. He couldn't help but look a little worried and looked back frequently.
"Are you worried that you two will not be able to go south on time?"
Chi Guimaben, who is nearly fifty years old and still going strong as ever, can't help but understand the coach's thoughts.
"Don't worry, Da Lun. Both of you are also veteran generals in the army. You will definitely not dare to disobey Da Lun's orders."
"They dare not violate it, but I am a little worried. If they delay deliberately and fail to get out of the valley in time, they will attack our army from the north and south."
"In that case, we meet Tang Jun who is waiting for work, then..."
Hearing this, Chigui Maben nodded, but he still said it confidently.
"Don't worry, sir. The general has been stationed in Iron Bridge City for many years, and he knows very well what the various edicts inside and outside Jianchuan City are like."
"This is also the reason why General Shang Duojie, who had already died for his country, dared to use 3,000 elite cavalry to urge the tens of thousands of young men from the Erhai Six Imperial Orders to conquer Yaozhou in the Tang Dynasty."
"Although the Erhai Liuzhao have been fighting frequently for many years, their fighting methods, in my opinion, are like little kids playing house."
After listening to the words of Chigui Maben, a local snake in the southern region, Lunkeer finally felt a little more at ease.
When he came to the roadside, he sat on the couch arranged by his entourage, ate and drank with Chi Guimaben, and waited for the rewards of those scouting horses.
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About five miles after entering the Yak Trail from Heiyangtan, Cheng Chubi was sitting on a small horse. There was a flat stone slab in front of him. Deng Chengxin, Cheng Fa and Cheng Sanlang each sat on a corner.
Cheng Chubi glanced at the bamboo sign thrown by Deng Chengxin with a serious expression, glanced at the sign, and shook his head silently.
Cheng Fa on the side also shook his head, Deng Chengxin laughed and continued to play cards...
There was nothing we could do, after all, we were not regular troops. Besides, we had just eaten before we found any traces of the enemy, so most people would have a certain amount of rest.
However, the energetic Cheng family members like Cheng Sanlang are not willing to take a nap. Finding some time to play bamboo cards and have fun is not a big problem.
Moreover, everyone strictly abides by battlefield discipline and will never make a sound.
If someone looks down from mid-air, they can see groups of Cheng family members scattered on the outside of the yak road ridge.
Except for some people dozing off and a few people on duty staying above, almost everyone else was playing bamboo cards quietly.
Not only on Cheng Sanlang's side, but also on the other side led by Cheng Jie, the leader of the personal soldiers, there were also many people playing cards.
Just when Cheng Sanlang was about to drop the bomb in his hand, a bamboo whistle suddenly sounded like a bird's song. He dropped the bamboo sign in his hand, turned around and rushed towards the monitoring post.
Almost everyone stopped playing cards and all focused on Cheng Sanlang's vigorous figure rushing towards the sentry post.