Chapter 269: The enemy

It takes about two days to go from Liangzhou to Zhangye.

Originally, Luo Yunsheng planned to take advantage of the new victory of the army and his momentum was high, but unfortunately the weather was not good, and even if there were snowmobile, it would be difficult to achieve the goal.

It was really too low at night, and in the middle of the night, a kind of hail-like particle began to fall into the sky, making people unable to see the sight in front of them at all.

If you march blindly, there will definitely be only one fate, that is, the army will be lost.

Even the arrogant Luo Yunsheng dared not to end up with the unlucky Li Guang.

When I discovered this situation, even Luo Yunsheng, who was very prepared, had to sigh. This is really a matter of human calculations, because after this kind of hail, there will inevitably be heavy snow.

This is a nightmare for the Tang Dynasty and the Tuyuhun army.

The original combat plan is likely to change.

Sure enough, the next day, before the sky was bright, heavy snow fell from the sky. Even with sufficient winter clothes, it caused great obstacles and damage to Luo Yunsheng's soldiers.

In this case, not to mention using tricks on Tuyuhun people, even how much one can survive will become a problem.

"God is not open to his eyes!"

At that time, Luo Yunsheng was sitting on the war horse, looking at the heavy snow in front of him, and was not sure he was upset.

According to the professional analysis of the Imperial Heaven Supervision and the skills taught by his teacher Li Jing, it is logical that God shouldn't have snowed so much.

There is a reason why he is so upset.

Because based on the information obtained by Cui Xiong, we learned that there was a very suitable city in the border area between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun, Hemen Mansion.

According to Cui Xiong and Luo Yunsheng's explanation, this Homen Mansion is not permanent, but its terrain is dangerous and it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It is undeniable that if Shancheng is lost, this is one of the important defense lines. If it really hits the city, Luo Yunsheng will definitely not be able to afford the political cost.

Now it is obvious that Luo Yunsheng cannot reach this place because the heavy snow is too bad, and it is possible to delay the road for more than ten days.

The key is where Luo Yunsheng has more than ten days of effort.

He must quickly arrive here before Tuyuhun gave up attacking the Tang Dynasty, or before he really attacked the Tang Dynasty.

Otherwise, the food and grass problem alone of the march on the road would be enough for Luo Yunsheng to suffer.

A few days later, Luo Yunsheng led the army into Zhangye and temporarily stationed the army here.

Zhangye is a defensive city of the Tang Dynasty, but it has not been overly repaired, and judging from the current situation, it is still very large.

"This is a military fortress, and the local garrison is still difficult here. How can our army stop?"

Luo Yunsheng looked at Zhangye from afar, his heart kept getting upset.

Although he really hoped to find a place to cover the wind and snow on this snowy day, Zhangye in front of him was a bit too dilapidated.

Luo Yunsheng even felt that not to mention his own army, it was a question whether Zhangye’s own army could be self-sufficient.

Cui Xiong saw Luo Yunsheng's face looked embarrassed, and stepped forward and quickly explained: "Watching Feng, this house is more than ten miles away, and only Zhangye can be used for our army to stop temporarily.

I realized that the Tang Dynasty had conquered Tuyuhun before, and he stopped here several times."

Cui Xiong has been in Longyou for a long time and has a better understanding of Longyou than others.

Of course, Luo Yunsheng did not expect that Cui Xiong had done so much homework.

Cui Xiong couldn't help but smile bitterly, "There is no way. Everyone wants to make great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and that's the same.

In fact, watching the wind makes you not worry so much. Zhangye, as a clumsy place, is an important military fortress of the Tang Dynasty. The materials stored in it are actually quite sufficient. They don’t fight and cannot be used at all. We can use them locally."

Luo Yunsheng glanced at Cui Xiong with doubts, and then reluctantly entered the ancient city. After all, it was a friendly city. At least it had a city wall that could temporarily hide from the wind and snow, so as not to freeze everyone to death or starve to death.

"You have been a guide with the army before?"

"Yes," Cui Xiong nodded without hesitation.

"No wonder Wei Zheng said you have no problem as a guide."

Luo Yunsheng knew what was going on, so he led the Tang army into Zhangye Shuancheng.

When passing by the city gate, looking at the city wall that was about to collapse at any time, Luo Yunsheng asked in ancient times: "Now there are signs of nobles and nobles in literature and martial arts. At least it is a perfect match, why don't you repair it?

How to defend against the enemy?”

Cui Xiong hesitated for a moment and explained carefully: "This is in the territory of the Tang Dynasty after all, and I think no bandits dare to come here to invade! Besides, the real thing is the area in Shanzhou, so the repair should be done with the other side first."

Luo Yunsheng was stunned when he heard this. He thought this idea was very ridiculous. He felt that someone should have attacked in Liangzhou. As a result, he still had a lot of battles.

But he realized another problem, the bandit.

"Are there any bandits here?"

"You don't know about the wind?"

Cui Xiong widened his eyes and replied in surprise: "There are many horse bandits in Zhangye."

Luo Yunsheng turned his head and looked at Li Daliang, but saw Li Daliang shrugging. Obviously, this general who has been fighting with the saints for many years is not clear about these things.

It can be seen that Cui Xiong had made sufficient preparations for the military to fight, and was a very smart person. Seeing that Luo Yunsheng and Li Daliang were not clear about the situation here, he began to explain without waiting for everyone to ask questions.

Indeed, Zhangye Shuzhu is a very broken city, but after all, he is Shuzhuo City. It is one of the first things that have troops stationed here, and the second things that have people here.

Of course, ordinary people must not dare to live in such places. The people living here are thieves and Dangxiang.

In addition, this is also a trading place for some smugglers.

I have to say that Luo Yunsheng was surprised to hear Cui Xiong say this. He asked in surprise: "What do you mean is that my merchant from the Tang Dynasty transported the products of the Tang Dynasty here to trade with the outside world?"

"According to what the officials know, this is indeed the case."

Cui Xiong nodded.

"Are you trying to cheat me!"

Luo Yunsheng said curiously: "You know, the currency between us and Tuyuhun and Tubo is not unified."

"Whether it is Tuyuhun or Tubo, they all have gold, silver and jewelry," Cui Xiong explained.

"oh!"

Luo Yunsheng nodded completely and thought to himself, it seems that no matter what era it is, there are many merchants who are doing business with conscience.

Any gold, silver and jewelry are not liked by merchants in that country.

Obviously, most of the smuggling merchants in the Tang Dynasty collected food and cloth from the Tang Dynasty, went to Tuyuhun or Tubo in exchange for their gold, silver, salt, and even cattle and sheep, and then sold them to the Tang Dynasty to obtain huge profits.

"Did they sell things directly to Tuyuhun's king Fu Yun?"

Cui Xiong shook his head and said, "It's not just Fu Yun, but also many famous kings under Fu Yun."

"Famous King?"

Cui Xiong continued to explain: "You may not know much about Tuyuhun. The so-called famous kings are tribal leaders, and their famous kings are definitely much more than you think."

"oh!"

Chu Xing nodded and said, "There is also this good thing. If we had known our Luo family's caravan, we should have driven over. Our Luo family's goods are the real hot goods."

Cui Xiong sighed and said, "If it were in the past, the lord could still do it, but it is probably not possible now."

"Why is this?"

Cui Xiong looked embarrassed and whispered: "Now they are selling slaves they have snatched, including women from various tribes, and some Kunlun slaves."

Cui Xiong said it very simply, but he also understood what was going on.

No wonder there are so many alien slaves in the Tang Dynasty. It turns out that this is a chain of interests!

After a while, Luo Yunsheng changed the subject and said, "By the way, in addition to rice, flour and cloth, what else do we merchants from the Tang Dynasty sell to Tuyuhun and Tubo?"

Cui Xiong naturally dared not hide it and continued: "In addition to these things, there are some iron ore and weapons."

When he heard the iron tools, Luo Yunsheng was already angry enough, but it was understandable. The grassland people do not need iron tools to cook, which is normal, but when he heard that there were weapons, Luo Yunsheng became completely angry.

He actually dared to sell weapons.

Even though Luo Yunsheng thought he had seen strong winds and waves, he still couldn't recover for a long time.

Li Daliang, who was beside him, also looked at Cui Xiong with a look of shock.

"What a joke?"

Luo Yunsheng's face looked very ugly.

In his opinion, it’s okay to sell some daily necessities, but why do you have weapons? This is to completely support the enemy.

“Is it true?”

Luo Yunsheng asked with his eyes narrowed.

When Cui Xiong heard this, he said very seriously: "I dare not assert that if I do not believe it, I can wait until I attack Tuyuhun and go to Tuyuhun to see if they have the weapons of our Tang Dynasty! In fact, it is not only Tuyuhun and Tubo, but even our weapons have already left the East and went to the Western Regions.

I used to hear from merchants from the Western Regions that the weapons of our Tang Dynasty were also very popular in the Western Regions countries.”

Luo Yunsheng glanced at Cui Xiong and believed it in his heart.

After all, Cui Xiong was the first person he contacted after coming to Liangzhou, and he was kind to him, and he was sincere to him. He had no need to do something wrong to deceive himself.
To be continued...