Amid the violent roar, the foreign army was set up in the upper reaches of the Chishui River. The dam that had been struggling for many days finally collapsed. The long-standing river water suddenly rushed out like a beast. The rolling waves slapped on the rock wall and made a deafening loud noise. For a moment, this world seemed to be full of the power of destruction.

At this time, the flood discharge fortifications built by the Tang army on the other side of the embankment played a great role. The surging river water was leaking high, and if there was no sufficient diversion and potential energy evacuation, it would inevitably flood the four fields, turning the plains under the cattle heart into a country of marsh.

However, now, the capacity of the widened and deepened Chishui River has increased significantly, and the flood storage ditches diversion from both sides of the river have well derived the surging potential energy contained in the river. Although some of the flowing water has spread out of the river, the momentum is no longer as violent as it was at the beginning, and it has not had any impact on the Tang army camp in the plain.

The river was still running down unscrupulously, while the Tang army soldiers went up against the trend like another torrent, and soon occupied the Niuxindui camp. Before the sun had completely moved to the hollow, Guo Zhiyun had already stood on the top of the Niuxindui slope that had been far away for many days.

“What a pity…”

Guo Zhiyun took a deep breath of the air filled with water vapor on the slope, and sighed with regret.

As the water surged, some of the relatively low slopes of Niuxindui were flooded by uncontrolled rivers. There were still some tents that had not been demolished and the foreign military soldiers who had not been evacuated were also swallowed by the flood. There were some foreign soldiers holding driftwood on the water, shouting for help in a hurry.

The battle was still going on between the mountain road on the west side of Niuxindui, and some of the foreign soldiers intercepted by the Tang army still wanted to desperately break out of a way to escape. However, more foreign soldiers directly threw away their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.

After several days of stalemate, the Tang army finally broke down the obstacles of the British army's hindering the water flow, but Guo Zhiyun was still a little dissatisfied. Because the British army collapsed so quickly, his series of structures and arrangements did not achieve the greatest effect.

As the Tang army conquered the fortresses and strongholds around them and completely isolated Niu Xindui, the main purpose of the Tang army was no longer to break through the Niu Xindui stronghold of the Fan army, but to attract more Fan troops to join this doomed stronghold.

However, the British army only carried out one round of troops to increase. After trying to attack Langjueshankou but failed, they actually began to abandon Niu Xindui and evacuate, which inevitably greatly reduced the effect achieved by Guo Zhiyun's plan.

"Did our army show too bravely and make the foreign army too scared to evacuate early?"

Guo Zhiyun couldn't help but mutter to himself and review. Judging from the manpower investment of the foreign army in Niu Xindui and Chishuiyuan, they were implementing this obstacle plan as an important tactic, and they should not give up the execution of this tactic so quickly.

Moreover, from the subsequent evacuation of Niu Xindui's Fan Army, it was completely unorganized and chaotic, and it was not planned or organized. This was also a bit strange, because the Tang army did not launch an attack on Niu Xindui at all and did not carry out frontal military oppression. Logically speaking, the Fan Army would not even have such a bearing capacity.

Guo Zhiyun is still reviewing the fact that his soldiers were too brave and did not know how to restrain themselves, so that the foreign army collapsed too early, which made the results of the battle worse than expected. The Tang army soldiers who rushed to Niu Xindui in advance and seized the beacon castle had already cleared the personnel in the beacon castle and came to report.

Putting aside the pictures, equipment and other objects seized in the beacon, one of the captured foreign soldiers was quite eye-catching. The man was not old and limped, but he didn't look like he was injured in the battle. Although his robes were a little messy, they still remained glamorous.

But this is not the most noticeable part of the prisoner. The other prisoners were either dejected or trembling, but this cripple was not. Although there was a look of horror on his face, he kept looking around and chatting during the escort, trying to communicate with the Tang soldiers who were escorting them.

Although the Tang and Tibet were enemies for many years, most of the British people still did not understand the Tang language. Those who could communicate in the Tang language were basically not ordinary people in the Fan Kingdom.

Seeing this scene, Guo Zhiyun waved to take the prisoner. Before he could ask, the foreign prisoner could not help but lit up his eyes. He crawled in front of Guo Zhiyun's foot and shouted: "General must be a senior official of the Tang Dynasty! Tell the general that I am a noble family in our royal family, and the general of the Niu Xindui army. Please do not imprison me and those lowly soldiers..."

After many days of confrontation, Guo Zhiyun also had a little understanding of Niu Xindui's military personnel. When he heard the prisoner's call, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Are you Wei Donggong?"

After hearing this, the captive was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, no, how could I be the Wei family's fox dog! I am not, my name is Mangbao, but I am the Wu Lu family... And, there are also, all the people who resisted the Tang Dynasty's Heavenly Army before, and I did not attack the Tang army, I just..."

This guy was also smart, worried that General Tang might take his anger out of the previous battle damage, so he hurriedly confessed his identity and briefly told about his conflicts with Wei Donggong and the seizure of power: "I have a grudge with Wei Shi Zi. He hates me to seize his power and incites the generals of the camp to not obey my orders. If, if I had not driven Wei Shi Zi away, those thieves would be despised and abandoned me because of my disability, it would be difficult for the general to easily attack the camp..."

Now, in order to survive, Wu Lumangbao is also doing everything he wants, and even exposes his own candid nature to show that he has the merit of gaining power to the enemy.

This man's tone was rapid, and the Tang Dynasty was mixed with mess. Guo Zhiyun finally understood the general idea, and then he understood the reason why the situation had evolved. For a moment, he was curious and funny.

"So it's you, the dog, who is trying to make a plan!"

Guo Zhiyun was originally upset that he could not do his best. At this moment, he finally found the culprit who fled and killed the enemy. He could not bear it. He stepped forward and kicked the prisoner over, and then he called him up with fists and feet: "Da Fan is as stupid as a pig, but he is also obsessed with power! What qualifications do you have to lead the army to fight with me! I am very good at strategy, but I was ruined by you, the thief, and I was less than tens of thousands of beheadings. The thief, the thief!"

Wu Lumangbao thought that one of the best sells might get a better treatment, but he didn't expect that he would greet him with an old boxing. He hurriedly bowed his waist and hugged his head and face and screamed and begged for mercy.

After venting, Guo Zhiyun saw this general so shameless and cowardly again, and his anger was reduced a little for a while. He raised his hand and ordered: "Prepare this dog to interrogate. If the invincible love is revealed, he will be killed with one knife and will no longer waste food!"

"I, I'll call me, I'll call me! I'm a close relative of Zanpu, and I know many military aircraft..."

When the Fan general heard these vicious words, he hurriedly howled again, which made the Tang soldiers around him laugh. Since the war between the Tang and the Tibet, they have also been captured many times, but it is rare that they are as timid and have no bottom line as this Fan general.

Although Guo Zhiyun was still a little dissatisfied, after taking down Niu Xindui, the Chishui River flowed again, the Tang army's obstacles were eliminated, and the war naturally entered the next rhythm.

After capturing Niu Xindui, Guo Zhiyun did not order the vanguards to continue moving forward. After all, since the war started, the vanguards have fought one after another, opening up roads for the rear army. In particular, the attack on various beacons a few days ago also caused many casualties and were already quite exhausted.

Therefore, after conveying military information to the rear, the passers-by in front of Guo Zhiyun's troops temporarily stationed near Niuxindui for rest and preventing the foreign army from making a comeback.

Due to the lack of water sources, the main force of the Tang army led by Meng Lingqing, the chief general of the Central Army, was extremely depressed during this period. After learning that the river was unobstructed, he immediately ordered the branch general manager Hei Chijun to lead 10,000 light cavalry to accelerate the march. It took only one day and night to reach Niu Xindui, which had been taken down by the sect in the future.

At the same time, the main force of the army also accelerated its march. Although the military period was blocked before, the foreign army also stored water and subsequent flood discharges, the water flow of the Chishui Source increased by more than twice, and it already had the basis for water transportation, greatly reducing the delay of logistics supplies on the entire army's itinerary.

The army was divided into two routes during the journey, one of which was directed toward Jiyu City along the Chishuiyuan. The Tuyuhun servants led by the King of Qinghai Murong Wan, marched along the north bank of Dafeichuan to prevent the Gar family army that might appear in the direction of Fuqi City in Haixi.

Without the restrictions on water sources, the Tang army was no longer hindered during the journey. Soon, the troops and horses met in Niuxindui, and a total of 150,000 troops crossed mountains and ridges and advanced towards Jiyu City.

At this time, there was also a tense atmosphere of war coming in Jiyu City. Originally, after Wei Donggong abandoned his army and returned, Zanpu was already in a state of great frenzy and was waiting to severely punish the general who had originally placed high hopes, but soon the news of Niu Xindui's loss was passed back to the city. Some of the Fan generals who saw the opportunity and returned first naturally blamed all the mistakes on Wulu Mangbao, the candid.

In comparison, although Wei Donggong suffered consecutive defeats, he finally fought several tough battles and defended Niu Xindui for a period of time. However, as soon as Wu Mangbao, a close relative of Zanpu, took over, Niu Xindui changed hands, causing the British army's trap and delay strategy to go bankrupt completely.

Therefore, under Wei Qilixu's activities, Wei Donggong did not suffer severe punishment. After Wei expressed his willingness to offer a large number of cattle and horses and a farming and animal husbandry, he was not even exempted from military positions.

As for the slut, Wu Lu, who was a fool, it was a miserable person. Wu Lu Mangbao was trapped in the Tang camp and did not know how to live or die, but his father Shang Qiusang was unlucky. Zanpu did not give this cheap uncle a chance, and directly asked someone to lock Shang Qiusang into the cow pen and eat with the beasts as a humiliation punishment.

Putting aside all kinds of punishments, the most important thing at the moment is to deal with the Tang army's attack. After breaking the shackles, the Tang army came extremely rapidly. Almost the day after the news of Niu Xindui's loss came back, Tang army's Youyi scout appeared among the mountains east of Jiyu City, wandering between the valleys to explore the defense arrangements of Jiyu City.

Jiyu City is located at the entrance of the northern foot of Jishi Mountain. It is an important passage for Tubo to enter the Qinghai area. Therefore, this city is also very dangerous and the city is high and the pool is wide. Moreover, as the base camp of the British army, there are more than 100,000 Tubo soldiers and civilians stationed inside and outside, but there is no danger of losing it for the time being.

But if it is just not the danger of losing, Zamp can naturally not feel at ease and satisfaction.

It should be noted that he recruited the Chinese army's armored soldiers this time and advanced eastward in a fierce manner. In order to win Qinghai with the Tang army, he wanted to kill the Tang army without leaving any armor. However, there have been many disagreements since the war started. Now he has not moved yet, the Tang army's soldiers have been at the city before they can move. It is tolerated, but who is unbearable!

Moreover, although Jiyu City is still very popular in the military and civilian city, the proportion of this personnel is already very unoptimistic. Originally, the foreign army had high hopes for the big obstacle plan, so it also invested heavily in the Niu Xindui defense line. In the early stage, it invested more than 10,000 troops and more than 20,000 soldiers, and then sent 10,000 soldiers and 30,000 soldiers.

Putting aside those soldiers who were not very combative, the French army invested more than 20,000 people in Niu Xindui's field. With Niu Xindui's loss and being defeated, although some of the 20,000 soldiers fled back, most of them disappeared without a trace. Even if they were not directly eliminated by the Tang army, it would be difficult for the fleeing French soldiers to return to the battle formation.

If we add to the previous defeat of passers-by, the foreign army has lost more than 30,000 troops since the war started. Such an astonishing injury is enough to cause the army to be damaged and its vitality is severely damaged.

Although there are still more than 100,000 people in Jiyu City, the number of ordinary herdsmen has exceeded that of the war soldiers. Moreover, a considerable number of these war soldiers are composed of private soldiers from the Eastern Region’s wealthy clans and Bailan Qiang tribes. If you really want to fight with the strong Tang army, how much combat effectiveness can this part of the private soldiers be able to be exerted is worrying.

"I ordered the troops of Shannan, Xiangxiong and others to accelerate their advance. They arrived at Jiyu City one day before June and were awarded a first-class merit!"

In desperation, Zamp no longer cared about the standard of rewarding favors. In order to motivate the people behind the scenes to arrive as soon as possible, he offered an extremely generous reward.

However, the issuance of this reward directly aroused the sensitive nerves of the powerful people in the northern mountains such as Wei Qili and Xu. The foreign countries did not have a well-known official title system like the Tang Dynasty. The so-called title is a real population, land and other title reward. One level of title is a farm with a radius of hundreds of miles and hundreds of serfs and herders in sects.

When they heard that Shannan, Houzang and other forces did not even need to fight hard with the Tang army. They just accelerated their journey a few minutes, and the fiefs of hundreds of miles were within their reach, which naturally made other foreign powers and nobles who were already in Jiyu City jealous.

"The rear army is still on its way, so there is no need to discuss the reward too early. Besides, if you get this special reward, how should you repay the reward for killing the enemy? It is better to wait until the army has gathered in this territory, Zanpu will order a heavy reward and encouragement. At that time, the soldiers will be excited and use their lives to defeat the enemy!"

As the representative of the powerful people in the north of the mountain, Wei Qili and Xu advised Zanpu unwillingly, and then said: "Our army is indeed a little weak at present, but it still has this strong terrain. Although the Tang army has a huge army, it is difficult to shake this strong terrain. Moreover, there are still some partial troops in the Gar family in Haixi who can recruit the city and defend together. In previous years, Qinling was the only one who abducted power in Qinling. In the face of life and death, the Gar family may not have no intention of loyalty and seeking life. I am willing to donate the 300-li Zhuang town to be given to Zanpu for several loyal members of the Gar family to Zhuanyan's descendants."

In order not to let Shannan and other forces enjoy great benefits, Wei Qilixu even wanted to open the door to the Gar family. Of course, Qinling and his direct blood relatives must be killed.

Hearing Wei Qilixu's advice, Zanpu also realized that his reward was indeed a bit out of line. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Although he has a brief defeat, with the assistance of a loyal minister like Qilixu, why should I be afraid of the evil of the Tang thieves! The Gar family's crimes will not be destroyed, and it can be given a glimmer of hope, so that those who are still loyal in it will make meritorious!"

From Zamp's heart, he certainly hoped that the whole family of Gar family would be the best, but the troops were insufficient and needed to be replenished in urgent need of replenishment, so his passionate killing intention could only cool down a little and summon the soldiers of Gar family to coordinate their defense. As long as Qinling could firmly control it, he was not worried that the rest of the Gar family would dare to cause any storm.

So Jiyu City then carried out a series of defense reorganizations. According to previous habits, tens of thousands of servants from Bailan Qiang and Miyao were arranged in front of Jiyu City, and the elites of Zanpu Guards and the foreign troops defended the city. Even the strength of those miscellaneous labor service was selected, and a little reorganization was given to some simple weapons to make up for the shortcomings of their troops.

While the defense of the foreign army was adjusted, the Tang army also marched quickly and arrived in front of Jiyu City within tens of days. Tens of thousands of troops were lined with flags, covering the sky and the sun, directly covering a large area of ​​mountains on the east side of Jiyu City.

However, the main force of the Tang army is still unable to directly launch an attack on Jiyu City. Not to mention the tens of thousands of maid servants stacked on the camp outside the city, as early as when the foreign army was in obstacles, the rivers near Jiyu City were also stored in water. Now the embankments have been dug out, and the rivers are overflowing, forming large tidal flats between the valleys and depressions outside Jiyu City, which is not conducive to the military formation rushing to break through the enemy.

Of course, this is not a big problem. Since the army is at the city, it is naturally splitting mountains and filling rivers. Many rocks and soils are transported from all over the place. In a few days, a wide road was piled up between the Sawano and officially launched an attack on the Fan camp outside Jiyu City.

The miscellaneous servants under Jiyu City were also pitiful. The outcome of the war between the Tang and the Turkish city was not much related to them, but because they were weaker than others, they had to be driven to join the war. They were arrayed outside the city and were directly exposed to the iron hoofed blade of the Tang army. However, their parents, wives and children were still detained behind Jiyu City. They were hostages, but they also had to work hard to produce and provide supplies to the foreign troops in the city.

Fortunately, the Tang army came from a long journey and needed some rest. Therefore, they did not directly put the main elites into battle, but also used the servants to fight.

There is not much difference in equipment and combat effectiveness between the two sides, and they can fight back and forth for a while. However, as a strong advance, the morale of the Tang army's servants is obviously higher than that of the foreign servants, so in this continuous battle, the foreign servants are also constantly being eliminated.

Seeing that the battle outside the city was weak, the Tubo monarchs and ministers in Jiyu City were also full of anxiety. In order to drive these servants to fight more bravely, they simply threatened their relatives. If a certain part of the battle was unfavorable and retreated, more than a dozen bloody heads would be left on the head of the city next time, all of which were the relatives of these retreating troops.

Under such a threat of forced punishment, the servants outside the city had to do their best, and temporarily maintained the war situation without letting the Tang army directly approach the city.

Time passed by the strangling of servants from both sides. After every day, the hearts of the foreign troops in the city were a little relaxed because they knew that there were still reinforcements from most of the troops in the middle of the country. As long as the reinforcements arrived at Jiyu City, the strength of the foreign troops would be several times faster, and they could rush out of the city without restraint and kill the Tang army in the mountains.

However, after a few days, this expectation was suddenly broken by a news: after arriving in the Eastern Region, the people from Shannan did not continue to move forward, but instead stationed on the spot, using the excuse of escaping money, grain and livestock on the spot. Not only were many common people and herdsmen in the Eastern Region suffered damage, but even the fiefs of wealthy families such as Wei were not spared.

"It's unreasonable! These dog thieves in Shannan are so bold and reckless!"

After learning the news, Wei Qili and Xu were furious. He understood that the reason why the forces in Shannan dared to do this was most likely because he learned that he had persuaded Zanpu to take back the super rewards to the Shannan army. After all, these Shannan clans have a long history. Although they could not occupy a high position in the core of power in the middle of the country, it was not difficult to arrange a few eye-to-ear spy secrets.

The powerful people in Shannan were all bold and reckless, and even the king dared to kill them. It was a normal operation to take revenge on Wei Qilixu, who destroyed their good deeds.

The wealthy clans of the Eastern Region also knew that the Shannan army was destroying their hometowns and came to Wei Qilixu one after another, hoping that he could make a statement in front of Zanpu and prevent and punish these bold Shannan heroes.

However, while Wei Qili and Xu were angry, he secretly regretted that he had performed too hard when suppressing the Shannan forces before, and he knew that Zanpu had regarded the Shannan army as the key to winning the decisive battle with the Tang army.

If he shakes his tongue in front of Zamp at this time, Zamp will not only not favor him, but may even take him down directly and give it to the wealthy chiefs in Shannan to vent their anger.

So Wei Qilixu simply hurried into his own army, and even Zanpu was summoned several times but refused to go to the hospital. He didn't expect that this great head would be given to the people of Shannan as a gift for apologizing.

The news that the Shannan Haoqiu was garrisoning in the eastern region had not spread yet, and the ordinary soldiers of the foreign army were still looking forward to it. In addition, there was another good news, that is, the other troops from the sea west were about to arrive.

Because the Tang army occupied the road on the Chishui line, the Haixi people walked around the Tulun River on the southwest side of Fuqi City. The Golun River was not growing for hundreds of miles. After receiving the call of King Duty, the Haixi people did not dare to neglect them. They killed the horses and drank blood, crossed the Goji River, and retreated to Jiyu City as fast as possible. The scouts who were exploring the way in front soon arrived at Jiyu City, entered the city to pay homage to Zanpu, and reported to the military period.

In addition to being quick and sincere in his attitude, the troops in Haixi were also very considerable. Originally, there were only thousands of people left by the Gar family to stay in Fushicheng, but because Zanpo, who led his army out, quickly solved the betrayed Fumao tribe and other Qiang tribes, and after annexing their troops, the troops increased to 20,000.

According to the Haixi envoy, they originally planned to rush down to Dafeichuan and attack the Tang army's flank rear route, but after receiving the order from Zanpu, Zanpo and others returned to the west without hesitation to fight for the king.

"The news in previous years was not clear, and there were many misunderstandings. Now it seems that Zan Po is also a loyal man. After Qinling, this person can serve as the master of the Gar family and continue to serve the country!"

Zanpu was so angry that he was furious because of the delays of the Shannan army, and was very pleased with the rapid return of the Gar family. Of course, he also understood in his heart that the reason why the Gar family retreated so quickly was not necessarily that they were really loyal to him and were eager to make meritorious contributions. More often than not, they were worried about Qinling's safety. After all, Qinling was the real core leader of the Gar family, and the prestige of Zanpo and others was not as good as his brother.

In any case, the rapid return of the Gar family to aid always temporarily alleviated the shortage of military strength in Jiyu City, and also made Zamp breathe a sigh of relief. He sent people to send a lot of military supplies and arranged the Gar family to aid the helping troops on the north side of Jiyu City.

At the same time, he generously asked the Gar family envoy to come to Qinling to inform the news that the Gar family members were still safe now, so that the remnants of the Gar family could defend the city with their lives.

As the Gar family arrived, the spirit of the foreign army in Jiyu City was immediately boosted, and the reputation of the Gar family was quickly reversed. In previous years, due to the power struggle of the upper class, the Gar family's reputation was very bad in the country and was regarded as a separatist rebellion with ambitions.

However, when the Tubo destiny was really in danger, the warriors of the Gar family were determined to serve the king and rescue the emperor, and the delayed troops in Shannan were inevitably pale in comparison.

For a time, the old deeds of the Gar family and Dalun Qinling were frequently mentioned, and even among the middle and lower-level generals and soldiers, there was a saying that only Dalun Qinling could regain military power to lead them to defeat the Tang army!

The war between the Tang and the Turkish Republic was not once, and in the previous few wars, the British army had never been so passive, and even the king was blocked in the city and had no choice but to do anything. Several brilliant victories made the Tubo's strength reach a peak.
To be continued...