The road to the top of the mountain is steep and difficult to navigate. The soldiers wore pointed helmets and heavy armor and marched forward with difficulty. The route of the entire team was in the shape of a zigzag that folded upward. The leading troops were already close to the snow line on the mountainside, and the rear of the team was approaching. Still moving forward at the foot of the mountain.
The difference in climate is so significant. The city of Sole at the foot of the mountain is as warm as spring during the day and as cold as winter nights. However, the temperature difference is not compared to the temperature difference caused by the terrain. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are two extremes.
Li Siye put on his mountaineering equipment again, including mountaineering Liuhe boots that were non-slip in the snow, and gloves sewn by Twelve Niangs. There was no need for trekking poles. Everyone moved forward with a horizontal knife.
They led the team to the mountain pass, where the Vasul and Dalkot glaciers met and undulated along the mountain top for dozens of miles. They were like ice and snow forests carved by wind and snow, with cracks undulating in them. Even where the glacier is flat, there are wide and long fault zones on both sides. Looking down from the edge, it feels like the depths are bottomless and lead directly to hell, which is terrifying.
As a general, Gao Xianzhi felt chilled in his heart when he saw this daunting glacier. Of course he himself would not be deterred. Not to mention the glacier in front of him, there was also the mountain of knives in front of him. He also wanted to pursue his life. The pinnacle. But he can't ask everyone as much as he asks himself. The soldiers' desires are very simple, and their fears are also very simple. They have armor as protection when fighting, but once they fall into ice crevices and fracture zones, they will be frozen forever. It became part of the iceberg, and even the ashes could not be taken back to their homeland for burial.
He temporarily decided that the team behind him should stop advancing. He led the people around him and his bodyguards to climb up the glacier to check. There were clouds and mist in front of him, and there were gaps or fracture zones on the left and right sides of his feet. These were not the most dangerous. The most dangerous thing was going down from the top of the mountain. Looking at it, the glacier extends downward for more than 40 miles and is very steep.
He said to Li Siye and Cheng Qianli beside him: "In such a dangerous place, brothers are absolutely unwilling to follow us. But if there are Anuyue people from down the mountain ahead who come up the mountain to greet us, it can dispel the fear of the soldiers. "
Li Siye and Cheng Qianli naturally knew what to say, and they quickly crossed their arms and complimented: "The general really has a trick. When we encounter this kind of situation, we will be helpless."
Gao Xianzhi stroked his beard proudly and smiled: "We have also been promoted from the bottom of the ranks, so we naturally know what they are thinking. In the deserted Jedi, if someone can prove that credit is easily available, they will dare to take risks with us."
He immediately told the guards behind him: "Bai Xiaode, you personally lead twenty people to dress in fur clothes, climb down the glacier first, and then disguise themselves as Anuyue people and climb up the glacier to greet us."
Bai Xiaode crossed his arms and said, "Here."
Gao Xianzhi led everyone back and gathered the soldiers to continue climbing up. But when everyone came to the glacier, the fear in their hearts began to attack. Several grassroots officers asked Gao Xianzhi: "This iceberg is so dangerous and inhabited. Where is the general going to take us?"
As soon as they finished asking, everyone was waiting for Gao Xianzhi to be embarrassed. More than 20 people climbed up from the top of the glacier opposite. They shouted enthusiastically through the crack: "Is this the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty? We are from The envoys from Anuyue City heard that the heavenly soldiers were coming to help Xiao Bolu escape from Tibet, so they climbed up the glacier to greet him, and the vine bridge on the Suyi River had also been cut down!"
When the soldiers of the Tang Army heard this, they immediately dispelled their doubts. If even the vine bridge was cut off, their expedition would be coming to an end. As long as they could enter Niduo City, all their efforts would be worth it. Besides, people
The people of Anuyue can climb up the glacier to welcome us, but why can’t we climb down the iceberg to occupy it?
Gao Xianzhi struck while the iron was hot and loudly ordered: "Brothers, follow me up the glacier, climb down Tanju Ridge, and rest in Anuyue City!"
The troops suddenly became more courageous. They took the hemp ropes used to tie their luggage and tied them to each other's waists in teams. This way, even if someone unfortunately fell into the glacier gap, others could pull him up.
They staggered forward with a horizontal knife, climbing over the highest slope of the glacier, and the slope became even steeper. Some people were sitting on the ice and sliding down, using a horizontal knife to penetrate the ice and snow to brake. This is a dangerous behavior
There were also many dangerous accidents, and some people had their legs broken. Some people used knives to carefully sneak out. They were very cautious, and they had to use the blade of the knife to cut marks on the ice every step they took. But there were still some people who didn't.
Carefully, he slipped and fell to the ground, bringing down a large bunch of grasshoppers in one fell swoop. More than forty people screamed and swooped down, and did not stop until they hit a rocky pillar on the snow slope.
Everyone's eyebrows and beards were covered with snowflakes. They rolled to their feet in the snow and continued to move forward tremblingly, avoiding the cracks and fracture zones blocking the road. They had forgotten everything in the ice and snow.
Danger.
When Li Siye was moving down the frozen snow slope, he led the black and fat horse's hooves into the hard snow shell half a foot deep, making it impossible to pull out the horse's four legs, so he quickly summoned some soldiers to dig with horizontal knives.
If the horse's legs stay in the snow shell for too long, all four legs may become useless.
When all the black fat men were dug out from the snow, the horse's eyes were full of fear, showing humanely the joy of escaping. Li Siye was filled with emotions and looked up to the east. There were undulating snow-capped peaks over there, as if there was one among them.
It is the second highest K2 in the world.
They finally reached the foot of the mountain successfully and marched along the Yashin Valley, with a look of joy on their faces. At this time, some careful people would find that the Anuyue envoys who climbed up the glacier to greet them were missing.
Everything disappeared mysteriously, and even some smart people could guess that this was probably a play directed by Gao Xianzhi alone.
But there is no point in guessing the truth at this time. Now that we have followed the general to the foot of the snow-capped mountains, is it possible to go back? Victory is close at hand, so naturally we have to continue on.
The Tang army marched in the valley for three consecutive days and finally met the real people of Anuyue City. The lord of Anuyue City came with his entourage to greet the king and expressed his willingness to submit to the Tang Dynasty. Regardless of Gao Xianzhi's previous plan
It's not a lie, but what can be proven now is that a lie can also become truth.
Under the guidance of the Anuyue people, they arrived at the city of Anuyue, and received a warm welcome from the people in the city. The city lord also expressed his surrender to Gao Xianzhi, or to be more precise, his surrender to the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers received empty dry food
Bags and empty stomachs both became full.
The city lord entertained Gao Xianzhi, Li Siye and other generals in his simple stone hall. This was the most serious meal they had after leaving Shule. There were delicious argali mutton and yak meat, and locally produced sheep milk wine. I don’t know what to use.
The spices drove away the fishy smell. There were beautiful local women passing the dishes back and forth with trays on their heads.
The locals all used knives and hands to eat. Gao Xianzhi also followed the local customs, holding a short knife in his left hand and beef bones in his right hand while having a friendly conversation with the city lord. In fact, he was inquiring about the situation in Niduo City.
Now is not the time to really enjoy it. Only when they capture Nido City can they start to cheer.
"May I ask, Your Excellency, the City Lord, how many Tibetan troops are still stationed in Niduo City."
The city owner held a wooden cup and said respectfully: "General, although there are no Tibetan troops in the city, most of the officials are close friends of the Tibetans, and some local chiefs have been loyal to the Tibetans. I hope the general can act with caution."
Gao Xianzhi thought about it carefully and already had a calculation in his mind. He smiled and asked the city lord: "Can the lord prepare for me a list of these chiefs who are loyal to Tibet."
The city lord nodded and said: "Since General Gao has given the order, I will naturally do it."
They finished the welcome banquet calmly, and then went down to rest.
Gao Xianzhi invited Li Siye, Cheng Qianli and Wang Zhengjian to the stone hall where he was staying temporarily, discussed with them and asked: "Nieduo City is different from Lianyun Castle and Sole City. Most of the people in the city are local nobles and officials, so naturally they cannot
Please give me some advice on using a forceful attack."
Cheng Qianli and Wang Zhengjian proposed to persuade them to surrender like they did outside Sole City. Gao Xianzhi listened without comment and turned to Li Siye and asked: "Siye, what do you think we should do?"
Li Siye thought for a while and then slowly said: "I remember when the Tubo people stole Xiao Bolu, they lied to King Xiao Bolu and said they just wanted to use the road to attack the Congling area. King Xiao Bolu believed it and ended up luring the wolf into the house. Maybe we can also
The general followed his plan and sent someone to Niduo City to spread a message saying that he came all the way just to attack Dabolu and Tubo. After they relax their vigilance, it will not be too late to settle the score later."