We should be fighting for the Tang Dynasty, not for the Tyuhun people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and had fought against the Tang Dynasty several times before.
He also participated in the Battle of Dafeichuan, and several close comrades-in-arms died on this plateau, so it is surprising that he was willing to sacrifice his life for Tuyuhun.
Li Ji was thinking as he walked forward quickly, and saw that the brigade commander who was responsible for detecting the enemy's situation on the tower had already descended from the tower.
"Brigade Commander Deng, how do you do?"
After Li Ji nodded towards the brigade commander, he raised his hand and unhooked the leather cover from his waist.
I picked up the telescope I carried with me and took a quick look at the enemy camp, but there was still no change or movement.
I heard Brigadier Deng's voice in my ears.
"Commander, you'd better go to the tower and have a look. The general feels that there is something strange going on in the Tubo camp."
"Weird?" Hearing this, Li Ji suddenly felt shocked, and immediately stuffed the telescope back into its leather case.
Then he climbed up on his hands and feet to the tower that was more than two feet higher than the city wall.
After standing firm, he held the telescope up to his eyelids and began to look at the Tubo camp several miles away.
Because the location here is high enough and condescending, and with the help of this telescope, the entire Tubo camp can be seen completely.
Soon, Li Ji realized that something was wrong, why were the Tubo soldiers facing the direction of Naluyi City as usual.
The soldiers in front of the camp were patrolling as they should, but the scout horses scattered around the camp were still wandering around.
But the more this happened, the more Li Ji, a battle-hardened old Yin, um, old strategic master, whose battlefield sense of smell was sharper than a dog's nose, felt something was wrong.
Li Ji was on top, his foot was very stable, but the telescope in his hand kept inspecting the situation in the Tubo camp repeatedly.
He wants to see more and know more.
General Zheng Lang originally wanted to wait for Li Bing's men to come down, and then give some secret advice.
Let's see if we can get Li Bingbu to consider the safety of his brothers and evacuate Naluyi City, even to the royal capital of Tuyuhun.
The city defense conditions there are at least much better than that of Naluyi City, and the Tuyuhun royal family is also in the royal capital, with more than 30,000 Tuyuhun soldiers and horses guarding the place.
If the royal capital is besieged, I believe that the frightened Tuyuhun soldiers will be able to fight with their last resort, otherwise they will be in danger of national subjugation.
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But the problem is, Li Ji and Li Bingbu jumped up to the tower and a full two-quarters of an hour passed, with no intention of coming down.
But General Zheng Lang below was a little unhappy. The tower was not big, so he was not willing to go up.
The main reason is that I am afraid that if I am fat and strong, I will go up on my own. If the weight of two people, this temporary tower cannot bear it.
Maybe he would have to follow the collapsed tower side by side with Li Bingbu, one man on top of another.
But the problem is that Li Bingbu just stood there motionless, holding the telescope and staring at it for a long time without saying a word. What does this mean?
You don’t want to talk to me, right? Liu Lang turned his somewhat unhappy eyes to the hand of Brigadier Deng who was standing below the tower.
Brigadier Deng clutched the telescope in his hand with an uneasy look on his face. You must know that there are only two of these precious telescopes in the entire Nalu City.
I am responsible for detecting enemy camps, so I have the privilege of always using it on the tower.
At this time, Li Ji finally slowly descended from the tower and stood on the city wall made of rammed earth, pursed his lips tightly and stared straight ahead.
"Lao Liu, please hurry up and inform Murongdang, so that the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses who are coming to help will be stationed far away from the city first. Don't let the Tibetan people on the opposite side get any clues."
"Promise!" Li Ji's soldiers promised loudly without hesitation, then ran towards the city with the sword on their waist.
"Commander, why is this?" General Zheng Lang and Brigade Commander Deng both looked at Li Bingbu who issued such a strange military order with confused expressions.
The last time set by the Tubo people is midnight tonight. A large army will come to help at this time. You don't want them to enter the city to strengthen the defense.
Instead, you want them to step back. What do you want to do?
"Changes are happening in the Tubo camp. I have some suspicions. The leader of the Tubo kingdom seems to be intending to withdraw his troops."
"Withdraw troops?!" All the generals and commanders around them exclaimed.
"General, I'll go take a look..." Upon hearing this, the fat and strong Zheng Lang rushed towards the tower like a strong leopard.
But another general had already jumped up like a nimble monkey, and General Zheng looked at the man with a dark expression on his face.
"What are you doing by jumping so fast? You don't have good eyesight. Come down quickly and I'll get up."
"Brother Zheng, your body is too heavy. My little brother, I am light, so it is best to go up there."
"I, I, I have the best eyes..."
Li Ji couldn't laugh or cry as he watched a group of generals in helmets and armors surrounding the weak tower with eager eyes. It seemed that everyone wanted to climb up.
"You guys, don't mess around. Go up one by one and take a look... Come, give him this telescope and let him see the situation behind the Tibetan camp."
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"Commander, I saw some Tibetan soldiers who seemed to be dismantling the camp tents."
"Could it be that the leader of the Tubo Kingdom saw that the elites of the Tang Dynasty were very strong-willed and would never retreat, so he became jealous and retreated?"
"Commander, what's going on? Are those Tubo people scared?"
All the Tang military generals saw the abnormality in the Tubo camp, and everyone suddenly became excited.
Li Ji couldn't help but frown, and slowly shook his head.
"I don't quite understand. Logically speaking, the 80,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses in front of us are fully equipped with siege equipment."
"If you want to take over Naluci City, it's not impossible."
"What's more, this time Tibet has almost poured all its strength into marching northward, so it's time to evacuate..."
"I'm a little worried, it's a ploy to lure the enemy."
After hearing Li Ji's analysis, all the generals frowned and thought hard for a long time, and they all agreed with the resourceful Li Bingbu's analysis.
"Then what should we do?"
"What else can we do? Naturally, we should remain unchanged and adapt to all changes, since the leader of the Tubo Kingdom has put forward a posture of withdrawing his troops.
If you want to induce our army to go to war, you must not want to attack Naluyi City to avoid too many casualties."
I heard the waves of agreement in my ears, but Li Ji's brows still couldn't relax.
If it was to lure the enemy, why was he so sneaky? Could it be that the leader of the Tubo Kingdom knew that he had been on the battlefield for a long time and was by no means a reckless man who would be easily fooled.
That's why he came up with such a trick to make himself think that he wanted to lure the enemy. In fact, he was planning to do it after midnight tonight.
If you just attack with all your strength, you might really catch yourself off guard.