Ten days later, the army entered Longyou Road.
The Hexi Corridor of this era was not as vast as the desert in the future.
Thanks to the unique terrain, the entire Hexi Corridor was beautiful. Although the land was not fertile, it was definitely not a desolate place. In addition, this was an important passage of the Silk Road, and there were countless merchants coming and going. On the contrary, it showed a strange prosperity.
However, all of this was in the past.
Due to the sudden invasion of the Tubo border, although they had not taken down Shanzhou, which was the Longyou Road, they had taken over several important counties around it and successfully cut off the trade route.
After cutting off the trade route, the Tibetan army sent out a large number of scouts to rob the merchants.
These people came and went like the wind, and once they found something, they would immediately retreat. In these few days, who knew how much property they had plundered.
The Longyou Provincial Army needed to guard Shanzhou, and there were very few troops that could support the surrounding counties. In addition, the Tibetan scouts were trying their best to avoid the battle, so they could not do anything to them for a while.
However, due to military limitations, the Shanzhou garrison could not send out too many troops, or else Shanzhou would be in danger of being lost.
"Damn it!"
In Shanzhou City, Qu Jing slammed his fist on the table.
"Those bastards! How shameless!"
At this moment, he hated the Tubo people who invaded the border. These people were like rats and did not fight the Qi army head-on.
Thinking about it carefully, this wasn't anything strange. The dynasty of the Central Plains at this point in history happened to be the Great Tang, and the Great Qi that replaced the Great Tang was also like the Great Tang in history, in an unprecedented period of prosperity.
A strong country naturally brought about a strong military force.
The Qi army was unparalleled in the field, and the surrounding barbarians were terrified.
Even the prefectural army guarding the area was not much weaker than the elites of the surrounding barbarians.
As long as there was nothing wrong with the Tibetans 'brains, they would not be able to face the Qi army head-on.
"Where are the reinforcements, Your Highness?"
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the deputy general.
The deputy general immediately cupped his fists and bowed." The messenger has come to report that Your Highness 'reinforcements have arrived at Phoenix Feather Pass!"”
Phoenix Feather Pass…
Qu Jing muttered.
Feng Ling Pass was not a pass city, but a narrow mountain stream.
After passing through Fengling Pass, he could directly enter Shanzhou.
Counting the days, the reinforcements would arrive in two days.
"Report-!"
Suddenly, another messenger stumbled in.
"General, the Tibetans are attacking the city again!”
" What exactly are they thinking…" Qu Jing frowned.
He didn't believe that the Tibetans didn't receive news that Bai Musheng's reinforcements were about to arrive. Since that was the case, why didn't the Tibetans retreat?
Although His Highness 'marching route was a top secret, and in order to ensure that the army was concealed, he had dispersed the army from different places and cleared out the Tibetan scouts along the way, but at least the Tibetans must have known that reinforcements were about to arrive.
An extremely dangerous guess gradually surfaced in his mind. Qu Jing shook his head and forcefully suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.
The Tubo people were not a threat to the city. They did not have any skilled craftsmen at all. They could not build siege weapons such as towers and platforms, let alone catapults. The only thing that could be used to deal with the Shanzhou city wall was the simplest weapon, the ladder.
It was simply a fool's dream to rely on the ladder to take down Shanzhou.
"Up the city walls!"
Qu Jing got up and left the Garrison Manor in a hurry with his men. Not long after, they climbed up the city wall.
The Tibetans had indeed started to attack the city.
Standing on the city wall, Qu Jing looked at the Tubo people who pounced on him while screaming. They mounted the scaling ladder and climbed up with their heads lowered. A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.
As expected, barbarians were barbarians. It was fine if the siege weapons were not good, but even the soldiers could not put on armor. Some people were not only shirtless, but the weapons they used were not even iron.
He relied on the bitter cold of the Tibetan Plateau to develop a strong body and rely on brute force to fight.
As he watched, Qu Jing suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
"…Strange, why are there so few Tibetans!？”
After all, he was a veteran who had been in the army for many years. A moment later, Qu Jing discovered something that puzzled him.
The Tibetans who were attacking the city looked aggressive and no different from before, but their numbers were clearly much smaller.
With a flash of inspiration, Qu Jing suddenly thought of something and his expression changed drastically.
"Not good! His Highness is in danger!"
At the same time, Chang 'an, Eastern Palace.
She opened the note in her hand and looked at the contents written on it. Bai Mu Yun released the messenger pigeon that was resting on her fingertips.
"Fourth Bro, whether you can transcend the tribulation or not will depend on your good fortune…."
In front of Phoenix Feather Pass.
Bai Musheng and Zhang Liang stood side by side at the peak of the mountain, overlooking the dangerous terrain below.
The mountain breeze blew, and their black hair fluttered.
Zhang Liang's sleeves fluttered in the wind, while Bai Musheng's cloak fluttered in the wind.
Behind the two of them, Zhu Menghuang, who was peeking her head out, kept cursing in her heart.
Old fox!
All of them were old foxes!
Too treacherous! He was too cunning!
As expected, those who played with tactics had dirty hearts!
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