Tibet

Chapter 255 Accidental Appointment
Two days later, the [-] troops led by Gao Xianzhi arrived at Suiye City, and set up a large camp outside Suiye City. Li Ye rushed to the barracks, and soon, the soldiers led him to the tent of the Chinese army, and Gao Xianzhi came out to greet him in person.

"Jian Li has worked hard these past few months!"

"The humble job's due responsibility, the report written by the humble job, did Gao Shuai read it?"

Gao Xianzhi nodded, "We'll talk about it after we get paid!"

The two walked into the big tent, and there was a complete map of Anxi on the table in the middle of the big tent. Gao Xianzhi pointed to the map and said to Li Ye: "Feng Changshi returned to Shule from Xiaobolu, and now Xiaobolu's Tubo army has been captured. We wiped it all out, and there are still nearly [-] Tubo troops stationed in Dabolu. If we take Dabolu again, it will basically completely cut off Tubo’s westward advance.”

Li Ye pointed to the Khotan town road on the map: "I remember that there is an ancient Keriya road here, which passes between Kunlun Mountain and Altun Mountain, and this road is also blocked!"

Gao Xianzhi laughed, "Come from the plateau, cross the Kunlun Mountains, you have to walk [-] miles in the Gobi Desert, there is no grass, and [-] miles are barren and uninhabited. Tubo soldiers came here with sheep, and the sheep would starve to death, even with dry food. Heshui, after going through untold hardships to get to Qiemo City, people are basically on the verge of death, and then our defenders give them a head-on blow, no matter how brave the Tubo army is, they will be finished.

The Keriya Ancient Trail does exist, but the premise is that we don’t have troops stationed there. They have worked so hard to get recuperation and replenishment, but I won’t give them this opportunity.

The only way is to come from the Dangjin Pass in the Qilian Mountains, first capture Dunhuang as a logistics supply area, and then go to Anxi, go to Kucha along the Chihe River, or attack Khotan Town along the Qiemo River. The problem now is However, as long as there is a chance in Anxi, the Tubo people will not attack Anxi in a roundabout way, the road here is too difficult and dangerous. "

Li Ye nodded, "I understand!"

Gao Xianzhi waved his hand, "Let's not talk about Tubo, let's talk about Dashi. I have read your investigation report, copied a copy and kept it as an attachment, sent the original to Chang'an, and submitted it to the emperor. After reading your report, It was only then that I realized that the situation in the Hezhong region was really not optimistic, and it turned out that Baiyi Dashi began to infiltrate Tocharia several years ago."

Li Ye smiled and said: "The infiltration of Dashi in white clothes is not terrible. After all, they are already in the late dynasty, and all kinds of conflicts in the country have intensified, and they have no energy and financial resources to expand. It was the time to expand the territory. Their previous plan was to use the Stone Kingdom to annex the nine kingdoms of Khan and Sogdia. Now that their grasping plan has completely failed, their next step will inevitably be to send a large-scale army to directly conquer Hezhong and Tocharia. "

"Then how many troops do you think they will send?"

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "There are [-] elite food troops in Khorasan alone. This will be the main force to annex Hezhong and Tocharo, and will also be our opponent?"

Gao Xianzhi walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "I can only send [-] troops at most, and then Ge Luolu and Bahana can also send out a part of the army, probably more than [-]!"

"There may be a coalition army supporting us from Tocharian."

Gao Xianzhi shook his head with a smile, "Although Bahana is not good at infantry, his cavalry is very sharp. Tocharo wants infantry but not infantry, wants cavalry but not cavalry. We all call Tocharian's army the sheep army. , they only have the fate of being slaughtered."

"But if you use them for logistics transportation, or send them to harass the enemy's logistics, the humble decision is still useful!"

"If it's just a logistics army, it's probably okay!"

Li Ye asked again: "What about the armies of other Sogdian countries? Will they turn against each other at a critical moment?"

Gao Xianzhi sneered and said, "The Sogdians are very smart! They will never make a move unless they are sure of making a profit, so don't expect them to assist us, but even if they are forced to follow the big food army, they will not work hard."

Li Ye nodded and asked, "What's the next step, Commander?"

Gao Xianzhi pointed at the city and said, "This is a strategically important place. If the city is occupied, the food army can only come from Samarkand. They have to transport food and supplies through the Pearl River. On the Pearl River, we must occupy this city.

The second is Talas, from which you can go to Suiye City in a straight line. If the Great Food Army cannot pass Juzhanti, then they will definitely take the northern line, passing through Baishui City, Talas City, Julan City, Ashi If you don't come to Lai City, you will kill Suiye. "

Li Ye said slowly: "At present, Juzhanti City is occupied by the Tocharian Legion of the Great Food Army. They have about 4000 people. Let the humble officials take them down!"

Gao Xianzhi said indifferently: "You have already made great contributions to pulling the sweat, so let me come in person to fight the city!"

Gao Xianzhi patted Li Ye's shoulder again, "Take a good rest for two days, we'll set off immediately!"

Li Ye left the tent of the Chinese Army and immediately found his [-] subordinates. They had no commander and were directly led by Gao Xianzhi. Gao Xianzhi returned the [-] troops to Li Ye.

Everyone was very happy to meet again after a long absence. The 300 people gathered Li Ye into the big tent like the stars holding the moon. Li Ye sat on a high place, looked at the crowded crowd and said with a smile: "I know you will definitely fight against the battle of Khanna!" Interested, but this is just a coincidence, but everyone has a share in the victory of Pull Khanna!"

Pei Ruo smiled and said, "What reward does the general plan to give us?"

"Fifty gold dinars per person, everyone can go to Suiye to relax and have a good meal."

Everyone was overjoyed, and just about to cheer, An Taixuan immediately said: "General, why don't you reward us after you go to Ganzhou! We can't take anything we bought at Suiye, and we have money for food and drink."

Li Ye felt that there was something in An Taixuan's words, he pondered for a while and then smiled: "It's okay! I'll distribute it to everyone when I return to Ganzhou, and I'll keep it for everyone first."

Everyone was full of regret, An Taixuan said loudly: "The general keeps his word, and he will definitely give it to everyone. Let's go back and rest first!"

All the soldiers left one after another, and only Pei Xiu and An Taixuan were left in the big tent.

Only then did Li Ye ask, "What happened? Why can't you distribute it to the brothers now?"

An Taixuan sighed and said: "In Anxi there are rumors that the general made a fortune in Pulling Khan. Of course, this is just a rumor, but it has already made many people uncomfortable. If you give each soldier another fifty gold coins , which is equivalent to confirming the rumors."

An Taixuan lowered his voice and said: "It is said that Shuai Gao is also very uncomfortable!"

"How do you know? Who told you?"

"Hei Mao told us that he and Li Siye have a very good friendship."

At this time, Pei Xiu also said: "General, my grandfather also said that Gao Xianzhi is not broad-minded, has serious thoughts, and is more greedy for money and bribes. Try not to offend him."

Li Ye nodded, and the two of them reminded him in time that if he didn't handle this matter well, it would be a disaster for Bahana.

That night, Li Ye found Gao Xianzhi and put two large bags in the tent. Gao Xianzhi smiled and asked, "What is this?"

"This is [-] dinar gold coins. King Murdo rewarded me with [-] gold coins. I will hand over the [-] gold coins to Gao Shuai. How to use them is up to Gao Shuai!"

Gao Xianzhi nodded with a smile, "As expected of Li Xiangguo's grandson, he is indeed very humane, but I want to remind you, don't forget about the overseer."

"I also prepared [-] gold coins for him."

After a pause, Li Ye continued: "This time, Bahana rewarded the three armies, and the national treasury was empty. King Murdo originally gave me [-] gold coins, but I was really embarrassed and distributed all [-] gold coins to the [-] new army. Hope they continue to fight with us."

Li Ye told Gao Xianzhi very implicitly that the treasury of Bahan was empty, and they still had to work hard for the Tang army, so don't embarrass them anymore.

How could Gao Xianzhi not understand Li Ye's hint, he smiled and said, "Puhan is one of his own people, I will not embarrass them, the three thousand new troops were trained by you, and you will continue to lead them, from now on, You are the envoy of the Broken Leaf Soldier!"

"Thank you, Marshal, for cultivating it!"

Taking advantage of Li Ye, of course he had to express it. Chen Fengzhong's father was old and weak and needed to be taken care of. He had already decided to transfer him back to Kucha. Gao Xianzhi couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while, so he simply asked Li Ye to work for two years.

Of course, there is still an unknown secret hidden in it. Not long ago, Gao Xianzhi received a letter.

(End of this chapter)