West of Western Liang, on a plain a hundred miles away.
The Tibetan army set up camp here.
In the tent, a Tibetan man hurriedly ran in and said,""Protector-General Chilun, the news is reliable. The Tang army has already set out for Western Liang!”
In the tent, a burly middle-aged man sat at the head of the table. He was one of the Protector-Generals under the Tibetan Tsenpo who was in charge of his subordinates and external conquests-Chi Lun.
"How many people did the Tang army send? Only ten thousand?" Protector-General Chilun said calmly.
According to the information given by the King of Xi Liang, the number of Tang soldiers participating in this expedition would not exceed 10,000.
This was something that Li Er hadn't mentioned when he sent a letter to the Tibetans.
"Yes, there are only about 10,000 Tang soldiers, and they are not elite soldiers.”the Tibetan said.
Hearing this, the Tibetan generals in the tent looked at each other with ugly expressions.
"Humph! This Tang Emperor is also cunning. He wants our clan to be the vanguard. How can we let him have his way?”
"If it weren't for the Xi Liang King's message to Zampu, I'm afraid we would have suffered a huge loss!”
"Damn Central Plainsmen! Zanpu has shown his goodwill, but I didn't expect them to treat us like this.”
The generals couldn't help but say angrily.
"The Han people have always been like this, but with ten thousand Tang soldiers, even if they are elites, they are looking down on the Western Liang King too much.”Chi Lun laughed.
At that time, the Great Tang was still dealing with the war on the border, but the relationship between the three kingdoms of the Western Regions was still normal.
At the very least, Tuyuhun, Tubo, and the Western Turks had frequent trade with Xi Liang.
Therefore, although the Tubo did not know how many trump cards the Western Liang Country had, they knew that it would not be easy to take them down!
"Protector-General, what should we do?”A general asked.
The goal of this battle was to take down Western Liang!
Li Er was far-sighted, but Tubo did not think so.
As long as he could get his hands on the territory, he would take it no matter what.
As for whether he could keep it or not, that was another matter.
"We will also mobilize 10,000 troops to follow the Tang army.”
"Those Central Plainsmen look down on us barbarians. When the time comes, you can just fall behind the Tang army and preserve your strength to lure the main force of Western Liang!”
"According to reliable sources, the Western Liang King will personally go to war in this battle. At that time, Mo Lan City will be empty, and that will be the time for us to attack Mo Lan!”
Chi Lun said excitedly.
……
The army advanced quickly, approaching the border.
Soon, Mo Lancheng's reaction came!
In the distance, Li Ye looked at the black army and sighed,""Aiyaya, there are so many people. No matter how you look at it, there are more than ten thousand people, right?”
The flag fluttered, and a large "Tang" character indicated the origin of this army.
Beside him, Xiangyu looked into the distance and said disdainfully,""They don't even have cavalry. Ten thousand infantry, and in such a wide area. Is their leader stupid?”
Li Ye laughed and put on his battle robe. He turned around and went down the city tower.
Below, 5,000 cavalrymen were already waiting at the city gate.
Sweeping his gaze over the cavalrymen, Li Ye revealed a satisfied expression.
Everyone was well-equipped, and their warhorses were fat and strong. Just their aura was enough to make people retreat!
"Follow this king out! Stomp the Tang army to the ground!"
Li Ye mounted his horse and took the lead out of the city.
"Tame the Tang army!"
"Tame the Tang army!"
……
"What's that sound?"
As he advanced, Li Daozong suddenly frowned.
There seemed to be a rumbling sound coming from the ground, but it also seemed to be the sound of hooves coming from afar.
No, where did the horse come from?
A bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart. Li Daozong's face turned slightly pale," Could it be cavalry?
This was impossible!
Only the northern grasslands could afford to raise cavalry. Although there were famous Ferghana Horses in the desolate and barren Western Regions, they could not be used to assemble an army!
"Stop!"
Li Daozong ordered the army to stop.
"Marshal, what's wrong?" The vice marshal asked curiously.”
At this moment, the deputy commander had a pretty good guess that Prince Jiang Xia had the intention to rebel!
Thus, there was not much respect in his words.
Li Daozong looked around and found that the terrain was extremely flat. There was not even a single tree.
Damn it, could it really be cavalry?
If they were to fight in such a place, wouldn't they be crushed?
"There might be cavalry appearing in Western Liang. We can't stay here for long.”Li Daozong said in a deep voice.
Cavalry?
Retreat?
The vice commander-in-chief was stunned at first, then he couldn't help but laugh."Marshal, you're too paranoid. How can Western Liang have cavalry?”
"That's right, Marshal. Did you hear wrongly?”
"We can't retreat now. Otherwise, how are we going to fight this war if our morale is low?”
The lackeys of the vice commander-in-chief hurriedly said.
"I said retreat!"
This was a matter of life and death. Li Daozong's sharp gaze looked at the few of them before finally fixing his gaze on the vice commander-in-chief.
"King Jiang Xia, look at this!”
The vice commander-in-chief was not afraid at all and directly took out a token.
"King Jiang Xia, His Majesty suspects that you are colluding with Western Liang!”
"If you retreat in this battle, how will you explain it to His Majesty?”
Seeing the token, Li Daozong's eyes widened. Then, a mouthful of evil energy was stuck in his throat, and he could not breathe for a long time.
So things had already reached this stage?
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