Tibet

Chapter 217 The Sea of ​​Juyan
It has been the same since ancient times, everyone likes relatives who are rich and generous.

Li Ye bought a set of jewelry worth nearly [-] guan for each of the three daughters of his uncle's family. Although everyone blamed him for wasting money, he loved this nephew from the bottom of his heart.

So much so that the old lady Li had some kind of idea in her heart, which is unique to middle-aged and elderly women, can they kiss more?It seems to be a matter of course for a cousin to marry a cousin.

It's just that the child is still young, so after a few years, this idea quietly took root in the old lady.

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In the study, Pei Fang put forward his own plan, using the emperor's gold medal in Li Ye's hand to dispatch troops, and then send troops to Juyanhai in the name of rescuing the emperor's envoy.

This is an emergency rescue incident, and An Sishun cannot put the hat on himself for sending troops without the approval of the Jiedu envoy.

It's not that Pei Fang has no right to send troops, such as suppressing horse bandits, suppressing herdsmen's rebellion, resisting small-scale sneak attacks by Tubo, etc., as long as they don't cross the border and the number of troops does not exceed [-], Pei Fang can send troops independently without the need for military envoys approve.

If the number of troops sent exceeds [-], or if troops are sent across borders, they must be reported to the Jiedu Mansion and can only be dispatched after obtaining the approval of the Jiedu Envoy.

But there are exceptions. In case of an emergency, troops can be dispatched first and then reported. Pei Fang took advantage of this exception.

Li Ye agreed to Pei Fang's plan without hesitation, and he used the emperor's gold medal to mobilize a thousand cavalry to go out. Unexpectedly, Li Ye found a chance to solve the crisis in Zhangye. If he didn't force Xue Bu to cancel the reward, he would never have peace.

Of course, all the [-] cavalry were given to Li Ye, and the army might not follow his command, so Pei Fang sent [-] of his confidant soldiers to follow Li Ye to the north, and they could guarantee to obey Li Ye's command.

Accompanying him was Pei Fang's second grandson, Pei Xiu. Pei Xiu was also the third son of his uncle Pei Jia. He was born in the army. Although he was only 20 years old, he had been in the army for four years and served as a school lieutenant.

There are also four school lieutenants, plus Pei Xiu, a total of five school lieutenants, each commanding [-] cavalry, Li Ye temporarily serves as the captain of Guoyi, and Ding Sheng serves as the deputy general.

A thousand cavalry marched toward Juyanhai in the northwest direction in a mighty manner. The team marched along the Zhangye River, accompanied by [-] ships full of supplies.

In fact, after the ice and snow in Qilian Mountains melted, many large rivers converged in the Hexi Corridor, and these rivers eventually flowed into lakes, so many large lakes were formed in the northern part of the Hexi Corridor, such as Xiu Tu Ze and Baiting in Liangzhou Sea, Juyanhai in Ganzhou, Daze in Guazhou, Dajingze in Shazhou, etc., the most famous of which is Juyanhai in Ganzhou.

Juyanhai is located in the northwest of Ganzhou, [-] miles away from Zhangye, and close to the northern grassland. Although it is blocked by the Kipkou Mountains for hundreds of miles, there are many valley roads in the mountains, and it is relatively easy to come from the grassland.

However, it is not easy to go from Zhangye to Juyanhai. There are hundreds of miles of Gobi Desert along the way. Fortunately, you can walk along the Zhangye River and have sufficient water supplies.

Pei Xiu often went to Juyanhai. He had been stationed in Juyanhai for a year and knew the situation there very well. On the way, he introduced the details of the Juyan Rebellion to Li Ye and Ding Sheng.

"Last year when they came, there were thousands of herdsmen, including the old and the weak, women and children, so my grandfather promised them to stay away for a few months and leave after the spring of this year. Unexpectedly, in March of this year, General Wu, the guard envoy of the same city, sent someone to come. I reported that the other party's old and weak women and children were all gone. They were all young and strong herdsmen. They looked like herdsmen on the surface, but they were actually the army. My grandfather understood that they used the old and weak women and children to trick us into agreeing to live here, and then sent troops to directly occupy the place. to Juyanhai Ranch."

Li Ye nodded and asked, "Didn't Ju Yanhai guard the military city? Did they attack the military city?"

"There was none at that time, so my grandfather was more polite to them, and sent people to negotiate with them, telling them to withdraw immediately, but instead of leaving, they began to use force, attacking the Qiang tribe in the south of Juyanhai, killing nearly Hundreds of Qiang people and the Qiang tribe fled overnight in fright.

In May of this year, these nomadic troops began to harass and attack Shouzhuo City. Five patrolling soldiers were shot and killed by them. In order to ensure the safety of the Shouzhuo soldiers, grandfather had to order the withdrawal of [-] garrison troops. They set fire to Shouzhuo City, so they were It is called the Juyan Rebellion.

You also know what happened later. My grandfather wanted to send troops to retake Juyanhai several times, but he was persuaded by An Jiedu. "

Li Ye felt something was wrong. It was not long ago that Ge Luolu made a request to the court. Yang Guozhong was still in Bashu in May and did not return to Beijing!
An Sishun's attitude was very ambiguous in May, did he have any secret contact with the Ge Luolu people?

Li Ye thought for a while and there is another possibility. In the past few months, it has been rumored that An Sishun will be transferred. An Sishun is afraid that the outbreak of war will affect his career, so he wants to suppress the war first. This is in line with the history of An Sishun. Shun has the characteristics of being cautious and cautious. If it were An Lushan, he would definitely send troops to fight and use his military exploits to show himself.

After thinking about it, Li Ye guessed that the reason should be the latter. An Sishun wanted to seek stability at this time and did not want a war to break out.

Just two days after Li Ye led an army of one thousand to send troops, Pei Fang accidentally received An Sishun's warrant. An Sishun allowed him to make his own decision, and Pei Fang would decide whether to send troops according to the specific situation.

An Sishun also received an order from the imperial court to send troops. With the emperor's clear will, if he obstructed the dispatch of troops again, An Sishun would be held accountable, so he kicked the ball to Pei Fang.

Pei Fang immediately led an army of [-] and [-] logistics ships to Juyanhai.

This afternoon, Li Ye's thousand cavalry arrived near Juyanhai. The desert disappeared yesterday. They had been walking for a day in the endless grassland, which was very close to Juyanhai.

At this time, a few cavalry rushed over, and Pei Xiu reported to Li Yehui: "The brother who monitored Ju Yanhai has returned, and there may be important information!"

The soldiers who monitored Ju Yanhai were sent by Pei Fang. There were ten soldiers in total. They had been monitoring the situation of the grassland nomadic cavalry since May. It can be said that their news was very important.

Li Ye immediately ordered the cavalry to rest at the same place for the night, and set off again tomorrow morning.

A small tent was set up by the river, and inside the tent Li Ye, Ding Sheng and five lieutenants gathered in front of a table with a map of Juyanhai and its surroundings.

The person who reported the situation to them was a fire chief named Wang Lian.

"Qi Lieutenant, generals, there are currently about 8000 nomadic cavalry around Juyanhai. According to our judgment, about 3000 are Geluolu cavalry, and about 5000 are Xuebu cavalry. They are stationed in their respective camps. In the barracks, the two barracks are on the north bank of Juyan Sea, about twenty miles apart."

Li Ye asked again: "What kind of equipment are they?"

"The armor is all leather armor, no iron armor. The weapons of the Geluolu people are better, and the Xuebu cavalry is a little worse. We have seen them shoot arrows on horseback. The range is about [-] steps, less than [-] steps. Combat and other grasslands There is no difference between the barbarians, there is no training, there is no formation coordination, and it all depends on each person's own bravery to fight."

Li Ye nodded, and asked again: "Where are their supplies?"

"Reporting to the captain, when it comes to supplies, there is another tribe on the other side of Xiakou Mountain. It should be the tribe that came to hide last fall. They are responsible for providing supplies. I found that they would drive a group of sheep every few days. Come to the barracks.

Pei Xiu next to him asked again: "How is the defense of their barracks?"

"Security is very strict. The barracks used wooden fences and sent a large number of patrolling soldiers, so they couldn't get close at all."

Speaking of this, the fire chief sighed: "We also considered burning down their camp at night, but found that there was no chance at all."

Li Ye stared at the two camps on the map and pondered for a moment, then asked, "How far is the camp from the water's edge?"

(End of this chapter)