Datang: My identity as prince was exposed by Li Er

The hinterland of Dafeichuan.

Li Shimin's army has been stationed here for nearly ten days.

On the first day, when Li Shimin led an army of 100,000 people deep into the hinterland, he was blocked by Songtsen Gampo.

At that time, Li Shimin knew that he had been fooled.

According to Li Shimin's calculations, Songtsan Gampo currently has no more than 200,000 troops at his disposal.

Datang had the blessing of heavy weapons such as cannons and guns, so it was not difficult to achieve a battle loss ratio of more than one to two.

Therefore, even if Songtsen Gampo had 200,000 troops, Li Shimin was not in vain.

But the fact is that Songtsen Gampo did not mobilize any troops back to Fangluosuo City.

After leaving Dafeichuan, the 100,000 troops quietly turned back.

Songtsan Gampo is making a desperate move, and he doesn’t want the royal city of Tubo anymore!

As long as he eats Li Shimin, Songtsen Gampo will be completely victorious.

At that time, even if the royal city of Losuo was lost, it was not a big deal to Songtsen Gampo.

This move was never thought of by Li Shimin during his planning, and it was impossible to imagine that Songtsen Gampo would use such a radical military confrontation.

In this way, the entire Tibetan people may revile Songtsen Gampo's court for its incompetence.

Even if Songtsen Gampo takes over Tubo again in the future, it will be difficult for him to keep his throne.

Li Shimin really couldn't figure out what kind of person he was that could make such a suicidal military decision.

But now Li Shimin has no time to think about this

"Fang Qiao, how much baggage do you have now?"

Fang Xuanling leaned weakly in front of the small snow mountain bag.

"Your Majesty, the rations can last for one day at most. Li

Shimin looked into the distance with deep eyes, and said to Fang Qiao:"Go down and tell the army to be on guard, and let the scouts in front use their moves.""

Fang Xuanling nodded.

There was a hint of worry in his eyes.

They had been lost in the snow. In the previous confrontation with Songtsan Gampo, the Tang Dynasty lost more than ten thousand soldiers and horses.

Now this The team of 90,000 people will face unknown snow disasters and severe hunger.

In addition, they must maintain the greatest vigilance to prevent being found by the Tubo people.

Under such heavy psychological pressure, Tang Jun The morale of the army has been low to an indescribable level.

These are not what Fang Xuanling is most afraid of.

What Fang Xuanling is most afraid of is whether these Tang troops will rebel if one day they really start to run out of food.

Fang Xuanling understands How could Li Shimin not understand the truth? He said to Fang Xuanling:"Continue to send troops to find Xue Rengui's team."

The armies of Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang have not been found yet.

They should have captured Guo Shifeng's baggage.

As long as they find Xue Rengui's army and the baggage, Li Shimin and his soldiers will have the power to fight back.

Fang Xuanling nodded and let the army continue. Set up camp and rest.

Here, this group of Tang troops have to overcome not only hunger, but also the huge temperature difference between day and night. In the second half of the night, the soldiers' armor can freeze. If you are not careful, you will freeze to death and suffer frostbite. For this reason, Li Shimin ordered the two soldiers to hug each other and fall asleep.

This scene... was too beautiful to look at.

Of course, this was not the most fucked up thing, the most fucked up thing. Li Shimin did not dare to get angry.

It was not that he was afraid of continuing the war with the Tubo people. , Li Shimin is worthy of Songtsan Gampo.

It’s just that the Tibetan people now have strong soldiers and horses, and a large amount of supplies.

Once Songtsan Gampo finds Li Shimin’s army, he will not be stupid enough to confront Li Shimin head-on. He will definitely hold Li Shimin back and watch. Watching Li Shimin's army starve to death

……

In front of a small valley somewhere ten miles away from Li Shimin.

More than 40,000 Tang troops also huddled together.

Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang sat opposite each other wearing cotton-padded jackets.

Neither of them looked very good, and they looked up at the dark night that was about to snow.

Xue Rengui said worriedly:"Your Majesty...may have also gone deep into Dafeichuan."

Su Dingfang nodded.

Xue Rengui said:"Fortunately, we have recaptured the baggage. No matter what, we must find His Majesty's army."

Su Dingfang shouted in a low voice:"Come here! Continue to send troops to spy on intelligence."

……

Let’s talk about Li Yi.

After five days.

Li Yi has arrived at Shibao City.

Behind him are more than a thousand forbidden troops.

Li Yi wanted this group of forbidden troops not to protect himself.

After resting for a night in Shibao City, Li Yi ordered the imperial army to seize all available resources in Shibao City.

Carts of cotton-padded jackets and grain were searched by the Forbidden Army.

Early the next morning, Li Yi adjusted his troops and horses and prepared to head straight towards Dafeichuan.

Just left the city gate.

Suddenly several men stopped Li Yi.

The Imperial Guards immediately became vigilant and looked at these men with unkind expressions.

"metropolitan!"

One of the strong men shouted loudly, then clasped his fists at Li Yi and said:"Sect Master, wait a moment, Deputy Sect Master Ning will be here soon."

Not long after,

Ning Ziqi, wrapped in a black leather mattress, found Li Yi on a fast horse in high spirits.

"Why are you...here?"

Li Yi said overjoyed when he saw Ning Ziqi.

Ning Ziqi turned black and looked more capable. He boasted a waist knife on his waist and wore a forehead wiper. If you didn't look carefully, he really looked like a Tibetan.

When he saw Li Yi and Ning Ziqi also laughed.

"I've known for a long time that you were coming to Longyou, so I rushed here from Luosuo City."

"There are Tibetan troops everywhere in Dafeichuan. If you go there like this, you may not be able to enter Dafeichuan and will be stopped by the Tubo people."

After Ning Ziqi finished speaking, he smiled, stretched out his hand and said to the men behind him:"Go get the Turkic clothes and ask all the Forbidden Army brothers to return them!

Li Yi was puzzled:"What do you mean?" Ning

Ziqi smiled casually:"Disguise yourself as a Turk, so that you can deceive others and enter Dafeichuan."

Li Yi squinted:"Why not pretend to be a Tibetan?"

Ning Ziqi smiled and said,"Can you speak Tubo?" If he really encountered the Tubo army, he was afraid that he would be exposed on the spot. Li

Yi said in confusion:"There is still a gap between Turks and Han people, and our orientation is not like that of Turks. How to explain this?""

Ning Ziqi explained with a smile:"The king of Turks originally had yellow and blue eyes, but that was a long time ago. The noble Turks originally called themselves 'blue descendants', while ordinary Turks were called 'black descendants', because The appearance of these 'black' Turks is similar to that of our Central Plains people.

For hundreds of years, Turkic aristocrats have often had marriages with their own black descendants and other ethnic groups. In addition, many Turkic dignitaries have collected foreign beauties under their banners, so that the appearance of their descendants is very different from their ancestors.

Although there are still people who maintain similar features to their ancestors, there are also many children of the royal family whose appearance is no different from ours. Look at Uzile, who is also a descendant of a Turkic noble. Now he has black eyes. How is he different from me, a Central Plains person?"

Li Yi was surprised when he heard this. Li Yi, who has lived in the Central Plains for a long time, naturally does not know these things, but Ning Ziqi has been in Tubo for some time.

It seems that he has done a lot of homework.

Camels, horses, and ox carts gathered together to form a A long team formed. The knights were all burly and tough. Judging from their charm, temperament, and clothing, they were probably regulars on the Western Business Road. Looking at their weather-beaten and rough faces, it was as if there was a desert breeze. A strong wind blows in the face, carrying endless sand and gravel.

This is the team led by Ning Ziqi and Li Yi to Dafeichuan!