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Li Yunze put away the machine crossbow and left with the scouts.

The panic and yelling on the other side didn't appeal to him at all, so he didn't know how to take another look.

Since it was impossible to cross the river, the only option was to find another entrance.

The Karakoram Mountains running east-west and the Hindu Kush Mountains running west-east almost completely cut off the possibility of going south.

There are Tubo soldiers and horses stationed on the steep mountain passes everywhere. Attacking such steep and steep mountain passes is almost tantamount to suicide.

Flipping through the map already in his mind, Li Yunze made a decision in the shortest possible time.

The army quickly galloped towards the southeast along the Karakoram Mountains.

When encountering Zahu tribes or sporadic Tubo people along the way, they all went up and wiped out, and then looted the supplies, disposed of the cattle and sheep as food, and took away all the horses as pack horses.

The Karakoram Mountains are so majestic and majestic, and the white glaciers and snow above the snow line made many soldiers from Datang, Hebei and other places stunned.

In Xue Rengui's words, "I have never seen such a high mountain in my life!" '

It is indeed high, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is straight into the sky.

Especially under the highest mountain, Li Yunze said to the soldiers, "This is K[-], it should be said that it is the prototype of Mount Buzhou." '

The soldiers looked up, and under the blue sky, a white snow-capped mountain pierced into the sky, which was particularly conspicuous among the tall mountains.

"Is this Buzhou Mountain?"

"West Kunlun, Queen Mother of the West. This is West Kunlun~~~"

"Do you want to worship the gods?"

"This mountain is so high, who can climb it?"

"Stupid you, gods use flying."

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Except for K[-], almost every mountain in West Kunlun is a high mountain. Among the dozens of highest-ranked peaks in the world, one-third are here.

There are as many as four of them above 8000 meters above sea level.

The reason why Chogori is so special is that apart from the altitude, the pure mountain height is above 4000 meters!

A four-kilometer-high mountain is in front of you, and it is vaguely the Buzhou Mountain that connects the heaven and the earth in the legend. The excitement of the Tang army officers and soldiers is understandable.

Just like what is said in Shan Hai Jing, the environment here is really too barren.

I dare not say that there is no grass, but it is definitely not suitable for human habitation.

This is the real plateau, and the soldiers of the Tang army often did not cook well when they ate.

As for the physical reaction, it relies on rhodiola and saffron to suppress it.

If it doesn't work, return to Shule early.

The biggest advantage of taking such a route is that no one knows where they are, and no one knows where they are going.

Li Yunze knew where he was going, so he continued to go south to the Karakoram Pass.

The former Suole River, crossing the river is the Little Bolu Kingdom. If there is no accident, Cheng Yaojin's headquarters is there.

The Karakoram Pass that we are going now is the Dabolu Kingdom.

Going northwest all the way along the Dabolu Kingdom, you can reach Xiaobolu by walking on the other side of the Karakorum Mountains at this time.

Compared with other places, the Karakoram Pass is spacious enough.

When I came here, it was no surprise that there were Tubo soldiers and horses stationed here.

Li Yunze also wanted to laugh, the Tubo people really invested a lot of money this time, and they can be seen almost everywhere.

The Karakoram Pass is very spacious. Although the Tibetans took advantage of the plateau terrain, Tang Jun's altitude sickness was far less serious than imagined with the help of medicine and food.

Of course, this thing is called miasma in this era.

Thousands of cavalry of the Tang army defeated a similar number of opponents in one charge, and then passed through the mountain pass to the other side of the Karakoram Mountains.

Coming here is completely different from the other side of the mountain.

There is a big river meandering among the high mountains here.

The name of this river is Shiquan River, and in later generations it is called the Indus River.

The water of Shiquan River is extremely clear, pure and cold. After all, it is the melting of alpine glaciers and snow.

After finding this river, the rest of the journey is much simpler, just walk upstream along the river.

The road in the valley is fairly flat, and the villages, towns and cities of the Dabolu Kingdom along the way surrendered in addition to being shocked when they faced the Tang army.

The ones who really choose to resist are the places where the Tibetans are stationed.

From this, we can see one of the weaknesses of the Tubo people's operation, that is, the troops are too scattered.

Put a few thousand here, and a few hundred there. When the combat power is far inferior to the Tang army, it is basically free.

Li Yunze did not attack the villages and towns along the way, but only asked for some supplies.

Dabolu Kingdom is very obedient, basically giving what it wants.

After more than half a month of fast marching, they finally arrived at Neduo City in Little Bolu Kingdom.

A hundred years later, during the Tianbao period, the Anxi Protectorate will set up the Tianbao Guiren Army here, and it will become one of the military towns under the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, this is the capital of Xiao Bolu.

Little Boluguo also wanted to cry but had no tears. Datang came and beat him violently, and even the country was robbed.

The Tubo people came again, and they beat Tang Jun back and forth in Xiaobolu territory. It was the locals who were unlucky.

Now that Tang Jun's reinforcements have come, the outside of Nie Duo City has really become a place like purgatory on earth.

There were tens of thousands of Tubo troops besieging Neduo City, and Cheng Yaojin's troops lost a lot when they crossed Congling. Afterwards, they fought all the way to the line, leaving only 9000 people who lacked supplies to garrison There are many evils in the city.

The most important thing here is the vertical and horizontal river valleys and continuous mountains.

Its road is difficult, and it is difficult to give full play to the equipment advantages of the Tang army.

On the contrary, here in Tubo, not to mention being good at mountain warfare, there is no problem of miasma.

But after the reinforcements came, it was different.

Li Yunze, who was marching along the river valley, directly stabbed in from the back where the Tubo people were most vulnerable. Thousands of cavalry galloped and charged, destroying the Tubo people's barracks.

Naturally, Cheng Yaojin was not idle, he opened the city gate to attack and cooperate, which can be regarded as breaking the siege of Nieduo City.

"You are here!"

Cheng Yaojin, who was very sad in appearance, let out a long sigh of relief when he saw Li Yunze.

"I've been trapped here for several months, and all the dogs in the city have been eaten up. If you come half a month later."

Needless to say the following words in too much detail, Li Yunze signaled to enter the city to speak.

After entering the city, there were not many locals in the city. Cheng Yaojin explained, "When I heard that the bridge was broken, I knew something was wrong. Immediately drive away all the people in the city, leaving only food, which is still in the city. A wave was collected outside the city, and this can last until now."

As for how those city people should live after being driven away, Cheng Yaojin didn't say, and Li Yunze didn't ask either.

"It's not that we can't fight." Cheng Yaojin was still explaining, "Although there are many Tubo people, I am not afraid. It's just that the army is plagued by epidemics, and many soldiers are weak because of the miasma. They can only barely hold on to the city. Waiting for help."

The average altitude in Bolu Kingdom, big and small, is above 6000 meters, and even in the valley area, the average altitude is above 4000 meters.

For most of these Tang troops who came from the Guanzhong Plain, the impact of miasma was very serious.

"Didn't you take the pill developed by Daoist Sun?"

"Of course I ate it." Cheng Yaojin shook his head repeatedly, "I just didn't expect it to be so high here, and it has always been so high! I ate a lot when I passed the Congling Ridge, and I ate it all up here."

This is for cognitive reasons.

At this time Xuanzang had not yet returned to Datang, and the information he had collected in the Western Regions and various parts of Tianzhu had not yet been known to Datang.

Before Cheng Yaojin set off, he knew that there are high mountains in the big and small Bolu countries, and he also specially brought the medicine that Sun Shenxian used to treat miasma.

But he didn't expect that there would be such a high place in this world, and he didn't expect that the logistics line would be cut off.

When the medicine is finished, they can only barely defend the city.

"Repair for a few days." Li Yunze said, "The soldiers set off immediately after regaining their strength."

"go back?"

Cheng Yaojin looked gloomy and uncertain, "Thousands of soldiers threw down their lives for this, and just left?"

"You can come back after you leave." Li Yunze warned, "This time the main battlefield is not here. The main battle determines the fate of the country. This is just a remote branch line. Originally, I didn't intend to waste time to save you."

Li Yunze looked at the listless soldiers not far away, "I came here for them."

"The old man can't decide on this matter."

Cheng Yaojin simply shook his head, "It is His Majesty's will to attack the big and small Bolu kingdoms, and I have to ask His Majesty for instructions."

This is another side effect of the telegram.

In the past, the battle situation on the front line was naturally determined by the generals who commanded the troops.

But after receiving the telegram, Li Er stretched out his hand across thousands of miles.

This is due to Li Er's outstanding ability and being an excellent emperor on horseback.

It would be unimaginable to be an emperor who is better than a woman in the deep palace.

But Li Yunze didn't care, he only did what he wanted to do, as for whether the emperor after the Tang Dynasty would become a master of micromanagement like a diary expert, he didn't bother to care about it.

Li Er's reply to the telegram was extremely fast and concise.

The telegram clearly requested Cheng Yaojin to abandon the previous order to attack the big and small Bolu countries, and return to Anxi with Li Yunze's reinforcements.

Li Er also specifically asked Cheng Yaojin to discuss with Li Yunze more often when he encountered problems.

This is a kind of euphemistic rhetoric, which essentially means 'I will listen to Li Yunze in everything. '

To save face for Cheng Yaojin, he naturally understood it.

Li Yunze brought supplies, especially a large amount of rhodiola saffron and other medicines that are effective against altitude sickness.

After receiving supplies, Cheng Yaojin's troops gradually recovered their strength.

A few days later, the two Tang armies began to pack their bags and set off for the return journey.

This time, there is no need to detour for thousands of miles and return from the original road of the Karakoram Pass, and go directly north to the Saleser River, where the Tubo people are dispersed, and the captives are driven to rebuild a temporary bridge.

Congling is across the Suolese River, and Shule is hundreds of miles north of Congling.

Cheng Yaojin's conquest of the big and small Bolu kingdoms can be regarded as returning in vain, but he captured the king of the little Bolu kingdom before leaving.

In his words, after running so far and losing so many soldiers, it is impossible to return without success.

Regarding the capture of the king, Li Yunze didn't object, and it was just like adding a new member to Li Er's King Khan Choir.