Chapter 207 Breakthrough, Breakout! 2

Finally, you can retreat, and you must retreat. If you don't leave, you won't have a chance to leave - Yu Tan is an important gateway for Tubo to enter and out of the Western Regions. With the righteousness of Fu Zhaxiong, the only gate in the hands of the Tubo people has been closed, and the Tubo defenders huddled in Shule and other cities are now in the urn. The turtle has no more strength to struggle. It is not too late for the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty to clean up after next spring. As for the main force of the Tubo army in Tuyuhun, except for sitting and watching the destruction of the various parts of Anxi Tubo, there is no ability at all. The reason is very simple. As winter approaches, Kunlun Mountain When the snow has closed the mountain, traffic needs to be restored in March and April next year. At that time, the Tubo army in Anxi has long been extinguished. Besides, the Tubo people have been so noisy by Li Xian, and they are sad this winter. There will be a famine in ten or nine out of ten in the spring. How can there be much effort to mobilise troops to attack the Western Regions? I'm afraid that I'm worried about Tang. The army took the opportunity to launch a spring offensive, and the defenders thought they were not strong enough, so they didn't say that they would move the army to attack the Tang Dynasty.

In a word, the Tubo people don't want to go abroad after several years of health care. However, they say it again. It is precisely because they are worried that the Tang army may launch a spring offensive next year that the Tubo people are more and more eager to hold such an important hostage as Li Xian as a barrier. In other words, Fuzhang is righteous. Once the news reaches Fuyan City, it is bound to stimulate the gar Qinling to launch all the main forces at all costs to annihilate Li Xian's troops. At that time, Li Xian did not dare to guarantee that his troops could escape smoothly.

Retreating is inevitable, but how to retreat? It is very particular about retreating on that route. It must be carefully calculated. Generally speaking, there are five ways for Li Xian's troops to return to the territory of the Tang Dynasty:

First, take Songpan into Sichuan. This road is far away, and it is difficult to travel quickly. In terms of the present time, even if the Tubo people do not block along the way, Li Xian's troops can't rush back to the Tang Dynasty before the snow is sealed. Obviously, this road is not possible.

The second road is to take the Tangbo Ancient Road, through the valley of Tangzhou (now Xining) to cross the river and return to Tianshui. This road is relatively flat and easy to walk, but unfortunately it is very difficult to pass. Because today's Danzhou is being besieged by the Tubo army, although there are more than 30,000 troops under the general of the left prison guard, Gao Yu, he can only barely It's just a guarantee. It's really difficult to separate the troops to take over Li Xian's troops who returned to the east. The consequence of going alone can only be to send credit to the Tubo people.

The third road is the way to return to Lanzhou through Babaochuan. This route is the most familiar to Li Xian, and it is also the most convenient to walk. However, the Tubo army in this direction is the strongest. With such a little force in Li Xian's hand, there is no hope of breaking through at all. If you want to go, you can only be spit out. The natives made dumplings, and even a horse bone may not be left.

The fourth road is the most dangerous, just because this road to Zhangye is a rugged mountain road. In strange and dangerous places, people and horses trek through it. If you don't pay attention, you will be crushed to your bones. There are not many Tubo troops on this road. As long as Li Xian's troops can quickly bypass Fuluochuan City, they can escape into the Mian Mountains and Tubo army. It is difficult to catch up. This path was originally the last way to escape left by Li Xian - this road is a mountain road for drug pickers, and the locals know very little about it. The reason why Li Xian can know it is that when Li Xian was in college, he was a "Donkey friend". When he visited ancient times, he walked this road with people along the way. With some understanding of the situation, it is very likely to achieve an unexpected effect. The premise is that Li Xian can break through the encirclement of the Tubo army on the front line of the Volo River. Although this is difficult, it is not completely impossible. It is possible to plan carefully.

As for the fifth road, there is no doubt that it is the Kunlun Mountain entrance that has just been taken. You can just bypass the dangerous place of Dafeichuan and go straight to the entrance of Kunlun Mountain. Although this road is a little difficult to run, it is better than the main army of Tubo along the road. Li Xian's troops can completely run wildly. , rushing all the way to Yutan, of course, this means that before the Tubo people reacted, according to Li Xian's view, once such a wise general as gar Qinling learns that Yutan has rebelled, nine times out of ten will mobilize troops to block this passage. Obviously, if you want to go this road, first, you have to grab time, and second, you have to plan carefully and create some. The illusion is to confuse the Kar Qinling, and it is only possible to realize it.

To sum up, except for the success of the fourth and fifth roads, the rest are dead roads. Only the Tangfan Ancient Road seems to have such a trace of hope, but basically it can be ignored. The four roads are the same as the first half of the second road, and they have to cross the river, and To take the fifth road, you need to cross the Buha River. The two rivers have different roads. The latter is located on the northwest side of Qinghai Lake, while the former is located in the southeast corner of Qinghai Lake. Both rivers belong to the inland rivers of Qinghai. Fortunately, it is the dry season here. The water of both rivers is very shallow, and people and horses can wade through the water. There is no need to build an pontoon bridge. It is different It is the front line of the full river near the city of Voluochuan, and the guard is relatively tight, while the Buha River is close to the Wuhai Sea. Just after a big war, the guard force is relatively weaker.

"Report, Your Highness, more than 10,000 people of pan dogs were found in the west, less than 20 miles away from our army."

"Report, Your Highness, nearly ten thousand enemies from the north have reached Xiaoling, 18 miles away from our department!"

Without Li Xiansi's thinking about the specific route and steps of retreat, the two newspaper horses had sent back the news that the pursuers were about to come. In desperation, Li Xian had to interrupt his thinking and ordered the whole army to quickly clean up the camp and prepare to continue to play the cat-and-mouse game with the Tubo people. Although the order was quite hastily issued, all the troops had long been used to it. With these rules of the game, the action is also very fast. In less than a quarter of an hour, more than 4,000 soldiers are ready to go.

"The whole army obeyed the order. In addition to leaving seven days of rations, they discarded all the heavy rations and rushed to the mouth of the Buha River. Let's go home. If you dare to block the way, kill!"

Taking advantage of the sergeants tidying up his clothes, Li Xian finally made up his final decision. First, he released the eagle for communication, and then issued a withdrawal order in front of the whole army.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

After more than half a month of hard fighting, a group of soldiers have already returned home like arrows. At this time, they can finally go home. They are all excited, and the passionate shouts of killing sounded, rushing straight to the sky...

The Buha River is located in the northwest of Qinghai Lake. It originates from the northern foot of the Rigeng Peak of Shule Nanshan Mountain, which is a branch of the Qilian Mountains. It is roughly northwest-southeast. It is extremely beautiful. It is like a green silk belt winding on the desert grassland. The grassland on both sides of the river bank is a famous summer pasture in Tuyuhun, which inters with each other every spring and summer. At the same time, the tribes gathered here. The green grass is like grass, and the cattle and sheep are everywhere. There is a beautiful scenery of "the wind blows and the grass and see the cattle and sheep". Of course, the beautiful scenery can only be seen in summer. The harsh winter is coming, the vegetation withers, the faction on both sides is dead and silent, and there is no smoke for thousands of miles. Only the piercing cold wind roars, how can it be desolate. Well, but, this uninhabited scene is what Li Xian, who has been fighting all the way here, most wants to see. Just because after crossing this river, it is already a smooth road, and there are no other obstacles except Kunlun Yakou.

It's not easy. It's really not easy. Looking at the gurgling Buha River, Li Xian's eyes couldn't help but get a little wet - from the moment he decided to withdraw, it's only three days now, but what a difficult three days it is, not to mention turning thousands of miles. The journey was so hard, and it didn't mention how dangerous the battle was all the way. He said that in order to confuse the gar Qinling, Li Xian didn't know how many brain cells he had died - Li Xian's army first rushed to the mouth of the mouth like a rainbow, and broke through two Tubo thousands of people who came to intercept at the cost of his own casualties. , and let Gao Yu's troops who stuck to Shanzhou pay the price of more than a thousand casualties, forcibly launched an offensive and made the illusion of taking over Li Xian's troops. Later, Li Xian's troops turned halfway through the cover of the night, at the expense of nearly half a horse, ran more than 400 miles a day and night, and finally jumped out of the encirclement cage of the Tubo army, which was difficult. It was extremely difficult to rush to the mouth of the Buha River. At this time, there were only 3,200 remnants left in Li Xian's army, and there was only one person and one horse left. Such sacrifices and such costs can only be described in one word, which is tragic!

It's really too tragic. Although he knows that "not taking care of the soldiers" is the most famous saying of the soldiers, after all, people are not machines, and their hearts are always fleshy. Looking at the robes all the way down, Li Xian's heart is as heavy as if it were filled with lead. Fortunately, all this is finally coming to an end. He can successfully get back Anxi and drag it. Delaying the rise of Tubo, Li Xian has nothing to regret. As for the bloody feud of the robes, Li Xian believes that there will be one day to get it back. At present, there is only one important thing, which is to cross the river!

"Woo-woo..."

The river was obviously not so good. God seemed to be joking with Li Xian. Just as Li Xian was about to order the whole army to rush across the Buha River, a sad horn suddenly sounded. Even if the smoke rose behind a mountain beam that was not high, thousands of elite Tubo cavalry roared towards Li Xian's troops. .

It's not good, it's an ambush! As soon as he saw the Tubo cavalry rushing over the mountains and fields, Li Xian's heart suddenly sank. However, nowadays, people and horses are tired. It is impossible to get rid of the cover of the Tubo cavalry. Only now, there is only one way to go. That is war, to kill and kill, and kill a bloody way!

"The two armies meet the brave to win, children, follow me to kill the thief, kill, kill, kill!"

You can't hesitate, and there is no time to hesitate. In the face of the surging Tubo cavalry brigade, Li Xian took off the Qinglong Yanyue knife on the winning hook, raised it high, and issued the most exciting battle declaration...