Li Rui lived a very hard life in Basu.

Basu is located at the junction of the eastern section of the Tanggula Mountains and the Boshula Mountains in Hengduan Mountains. The mountains are high and the valleys are deep and the conditions are harsh. But it has to be said that it is a good place for Tibetans. Li Rui has been hiding here for several months, but the outside is not noticed at all.

However, in order to hide their whereabouts and not be exposed, the price they pay is unbearable for ordinary people. During the day, they never set fires. Even if it was extremely cold some time ago, the soldiers strictly enforced this discipline. Only at night will the soldiers raise fires, eat a hot meal, and drink a sip of hot water. I am afraid that the smoke produced by the fire will be discovered by those who are interested and infer what it is.

The entire Grand Canyon is more than ten miles long and about a few miles wide. There are warning sentries at the entrances at both ends, and this is a natural hiding place. Thousands of people stationed there, and they are not visible or watery at all. Not to mention the Tubo people, even in Changdu, those who knew that this army existed were only a very small number. During that period, Li Rui's main response was not the enemy, but the severe cold.

Some time ago, there were quite a few soldiers who were frostbite and sick due to the severe cold. Fortunately, before leaving, Li Rui had a full expectation of this situation. The clothes and bedding for keeping cold were the top priority among the supplies he carried. Xue did his best at that time, and used almost all of his secret power to transport these special supplies for the Tang army for Li Rui.

Now, the most difficult time has long passed, and they are about to usher in the best season of the year.

In March, the canyon is still cold, ice and snow can be seen everywhere, and the ice has not completely melted in the pools and streams. There are shacks everywhere in the woods, and among these shacks, there are simple horse sheds formed by cutting down branches, vines, etc. relying on big trees. The war horses are fed in it.

The soldiers were running around the garrison. Outside the entire garrison, a road about several feet wide was opened by the Tang army. When they came in, one was to give the soldiers something to do, and the other was to facilitate everyone to walk, Li Rui took everyone to shovel the snow, then found stones, and burned them in the fire while the fire was roasting at night. The hot stones were easily broken, and the soldiers lay on it to sleep and resist the cold. In the daytime, they paved the broken stones on the road they opened. Thousands of people worked together, but it didn't take long to make such a road around the entire garrison. Then this road became the best place for everyone to run.

Now, the Shiseed Road, which was originally somewhat undulating, has been trampled smoothly by the soldiers' boots. Because the soldiers are moving on it every day, even the snow has not been accumulated.

Some people run, there are naturally boxing, sword dancing, and some people clench their fists and bow their backs, hitting trees one by one. Anyway, in order to pass the time and to endure the body, these people each have their own tricks.

Li Rui was playing mahjong with three other officers in his shack.

This item, which was originally created by Li Ze, and asked me to retire and the guys who resigned to him and then retired to retire, has become popular in the north. As a member of the Li family's side, Li Rui was naturally one of the first to come into contact with this kind of game. When he returned to the village at the foot of Daqing Mountain to participate in the ancestor worship, he was lucky enough to accompany the elderly Li Anguo, Li Anmin, and Wang Duo to find mahjong.

But that time it beat Li Rui to the face of earth.

The old comrades have a lot of fun.

It was not until he got on the table that Li Rui understood why so many brothers and sisters all recommended him to come up to play with the elderly. It turned out that it was not because he played well, but because he was away from home for many years and did not know the details here. Judging from the expressions of those people, it was obvious that he was summed up by these old comrades who had been cheated by them.

A game of cards made Li Rui feel thrilled.

I dare not have the cards with Li Anguo, that is my son's son.

I didn't dare to have the cards with Li Anmin. He was the young master's uncle, and he was the chief who was in charge of these people and could not afford to offend him.

The only one who dares to get along is Wang Duo.

But this guy is so sophisticated and cunning as a loach. It's so difficult to catch his cannon.

After a game of cards, Li Rui lost a year's military pay and borrowed 50 taels of silver from Li Anmin before paying the debt.

Originally, it was impossible to bring mahjong plaques in the army, but Li Rui was bored here, so he took several officers to cut a simple and crude mahjong plaque with his knives. In his spare time, several people played cards and entertainment at Li Rui.

It is absolutely impossible to gambling in the army.

Li Rui still clearly distinguished this point.

He is also completely different from his subordinates' gambling.

Li Rui bets on cards and only gambles with people who are similar to his own identity. In this way, he can enjoy his gambling and enjoy his gambling. The card game in Daqingshan is still fresh in his memory.

So here, they bet on beans, the beans for feeding horses.

Just treat it as just passing the boring time.

Mao Feng has been losing for several days. Seeing that the eight laps today are about to end again, there are not many beans in front of him, and naturally the most beans in front of Li Rui.

It wasn't Mao Feng and the others who gave in to him. In the army, everyone was competitive and no one wanted to lose. Naturally, they played very seriously. However, Li Rui's skills were indeed superior to others. After a few laps, the one who lost the most would be miserable, because the other losers did not need to win others, they just needed to stare at the person who lost the most.

Mao Feng has lost seven or eight games in a row.

He was extremely nervous at this moment because he was holding a huge deck of cards in his hand.

There was only the last card left on the table. Mao Feng reached out with a trembling hand and touched the last one. When he saw it, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, one card turns over, one card turns over, everyone, everyone, you all, you can open the bar and get five stars, hahaha!" He put the card on the table and slapped it, laughing to the sky.

"Is that true?" The remaining three people leaned over at the same time.

"General Li!" A burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the walpad, and an officer rushed in.

"Urgent military information!" the officer shouted.

The remaining three people stood up immediately.

"Hey, hey, I'll all beside me, I'll open the bar and get five stars!" Mao Feng shouted. "You guys look at the cards!"

Bloomberg, beside Mao Feng, reached out and squirted the cards on the table, "Urgent military information, emergency military information."

Mao Feng was furious. If he calculated on the current table, he would lose again. He was about to refute, but the officer who rushed in completely diverted his attention with just one sentence.

"General Li, Mangeba broke through Bianba, and the defender of Bianba was completely wiped out. The defender Xue Renyong was killed in battle, and all three thousand subordinates were wiped out. Now the Mangeba troops are already advancing towards Lewuqi."

"Why is it so fast?" Mao Feng jumped, "Are you wrong?"

The officer shook his head slowly: "No mistake. Mangeba sent an army to climb over a secret path in the Tanggula Mountains, and suddenly appeared in Lazi, breaking the rear of the Bianba defenders. He attacked two times and one by one. The morale of the Bianba army was in chaos. Although Xue Renyong struggled to break through, he was defeated under the siege of the elite troops of Mangeba and died bravely."

Li Rui's face was slightly dark: "It took only five days for the war to start, and the border dam was lost. The speed was too fast. The key was that Xue Renxiao of Ding Qing was about to fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides."

"If Xue Ren only knew the news, he could still quickly retreat to Lewuqi." Bloomberg said.

"I'm afraid it's too late. Mangaba is also a veteran in using troops. I'm afraid that after sending troops to capture Lazi, there will inevitably be another army to pick Ding Qing's retreat. Xue Renxiao is also in danger. If he goes to Lewuqi, he will probably hit Mangaba's thoughts, and he may not say that Mangaba will wait for him halfway."

"Then Xue Renxiao has only two roads. One is to go to Jiqu, and then find a way to go to Yushu, and the other road can only be stuck, but the second road is probably a dead end. The first road is not that easy to walk on." Luo Yongkun, the inspector of the army, said solemnly.

"If I guessed correctly, Xue Renxiao would choose to defend Ding Qing to the death and drag down the army of Dai Encuoba. Ding Qing County has a very good geographical location. Unlike Bianba, Mangeba could not send another army to attack him. He could only wait for Xue Renxiao to escape. Xue Renxiao did not escape, the best choice."

"It's possible that Dingqing County's strength will not last long." Luo Yongkun shook his head and said.

"This time, Xue didn't want to survive." Li Rui knew some of the inside story and said, "So he would choose to stick to it without hesitation. After all, the border dam was thrown too quickly and it has a great impact on our plan."

"General Li, what should we do?" Mao Feng said: "If we go out at this time, will we make a better view of the overall situation?"

"Impossible!" Li Rui said coldly: "If Mangaba doesn't go to Changdu City, and if he doesn't fight Xue Renzhong to the death, we will never attack. Remember, we only have 3,000 people, so we can only use it when the investment of 3,000 people can change the situation. How could it be that Xue Renxiao's only a few thousand people attacked rashly and ruined the overall situation?"

The few people in the shack fell silent.

The reason is correct. But seeing the friendly forces being defeated and eliminated one by one, it is still a bit unacceptable to the feelings.

"That's it, strengthen your inquiries and keep a close eye on Mangaba. At the same time, the perimeter provocateurs should be more careful and must not let the enemy see our trump card."

"Yes!" The officer turned around and left.
Chapter completed!