On March 1st, Cui Tao was waiting for his tutor to come online in the "Newbie Village" outside Shazhou City.
A younger version of the mentor appeared among the new players, and Cui Tao immediately greeted him.
"Director Fang! I'm here!"
Fang Guoshou, deputy director of the History Department of Yanda, an expert on the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Cui Tao’s mentor.
After Fang Guoshou entered the game, he felt the same feeling as when he was young again.
Endless energy, full of curiosity, healthy and flexible body, this feeling is really great!
Cui Tao is a young man and does not understand the meaning of having a young body in this world.
For elderly people like Fang Guoshou, they are willing to pay any price to regain their youth.
It feels so good to be young!
And I heard that in this game world, three days is only one day in the real world. Fang Guoshou couldn't help but feel excited. This is equivalent to extending his life span!
"Director Fang, I will take you to the city to settle down first. There are big tasks in the game recently."
Fang Guoshou asked: "What big task?"
"Fight the Tubo!"
On February 1st, Li Yan received a notification that the system’s luck points were updated.
[The balance of luck points last month: 321 points.]
[Income from luck points this month: 600 points.]
[Total remaining luck points: 921 points.]
"Summon 300 players!"
At the end of last month, the game forum announced the list of players for the sixth test, and new players also received gaming glasses.
After this summons, the total number of players finally reached 1085!
But this time there was no time to guide new players. Li Yan put on his armor, erected a banner representing the county king, and assembled an army outside Shazhou City.
Including the fifth test players, all the 500 adventure players in Shazhou were recruited into the army.
The three hundred players in the sixth test served as the logistics team, leading the civilians to follow the army.
In addition, 500 Moli troops were mobilized, and the streamlined 2,500 Doulu troops, all wearing armor and holding swords, formed an array outside Shazhou City.
After swearing the oath, three animals were sacrificed to the flag, and Li Yan left one section to Jia Sishun and said:
"Jia Sishun, I have given you the battle of war, and the civil affairs of Shazhou City will be decided by you on my behalf."
Jia Sishun respectfully took over the battle and expressed his allegiance to Bafu.
Then Li Yan said to Jiang Lun, a player in Shazhou who joined the army and judged salt and iron affairs:
"Jiang Lun, when the army is dispatched, food and grass will go first. I will add a position of grain envoy to you, who will be responsible for the logistics transportation of the army."
Jiang Lun stepped forward and crossed his hands in agreement.
"Cui Tao, Shang Bo, will join my Ba Mansion as a Marching Sima, and will assist the military aircraft."
promise!
Finally, Li Yan took off the sword from his waist and said: "Yu Chixin, I order you to be a general and lead the army!"
Yu Chixin took Li Yan's sword, mounted his horse and said, "The auspicious time has come, let the whole army attack!"
As the drum beat sounded, the players, the 3,500 native troops, and the 3,000 Shazhou civilians recruited, all moved towards the Dangjin Pass south of Shazhou.
This time was the largest battle since Li Yan entered this world, but he also knew that he was not the material to lead an army in battle, so he entrusted the command of the army to Yu Chixin.
However, this battle is extremely important to the development of Li Yan's power. If the army that intends to invade Longyou Road can be defeated, it will bring several months of stable development to Longyou Road.
According to the strategy Cui Tao formulated for Li Yan, he could move north to Beiting and west to Anxi, completely controlling the entire Longyou Road.
If the battle is defeated, there will be no future.
The Tang court sent Li Yan to mobilize Longyou's last troops, and it was clear that he wanted to give up Longyou.
Fang Guan and other ministers even proposed to exchange the land of Longyou for Uighur and Tubo mercenaries to help the Tang army retake the two capitals.
If Li Mi, Guo Ziyi and other ministers had not strongly opposed it, my father might have agreed.
However, after meeting the people of Guazhou and Shazhou, Li Yan was determined to protect this land.
No matter what, there is always a fight!
At the same time, the two hundred players at the forefront broke away from the army on horseback. Under the leadership of Qin Chuan, they rushed towards Dangjin Pass.
Qin Chuan touched his bald head. Players like him shaved their heads overnight and put on monk robes.
Qinchuan escorted the Tibetan spy Soma, disguised as a monk from Leiyin Temple, and prepared to defraud the Tibetan castle at Dangjin Mountain Pass.
According to Cui Tao's plan, occupying Dangjin Mountain can control the initiative in the war against Tibet, because Dangjin Pass is a strategic location. It is the only mountain pass on the Longyou East Road of Shazhou that can accommodate the passage of large armies on the Tang-Tu border.
Shang Qixin'er wants to seize the Longyou East Road, so his attack on Shazhou and Guazhou must pass through Dangjin Pass.
Now at Jinshan Pass, Tubo and Tang Dynasty built fortresses respectively and faced each other across the mountain pass.
On the Tang side, there was a battalion of 200 Doulu troops stationed in rotation, while on the Tubo side, there was a commander of a thousand and 300 Tubo soldiers stationed there.
The two sides tested each other at Dangjin Mountain Pass, but no large-scale conflict has broken out at Dangjin Mountain Pass since the Tang Dynasty broke off the border.
In order not to alarm others, Shang Qixin'er stationed his army fifty miles south of Dangjin Mountain Pass. Just waiting for good news from the front, he immediately set off to Shazhou and occupied the most important city in Longyou in the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, the Tubo commander Jiacuo in the Jinshankou Castle was also gathering troops to prepare for battle.
According to Soma's plan, as soon as a thousand monk soldiers captured Shazhou City, they would immediately forge King Jianning's letter and mobilize the Tang army at Jinshan Pass out of the castle.
Then they would raise the white flag in the castle on the Tang side, and Commander Jiacuo would immediately lead the Tibetan soldiers into the Tang army's castle, thereby controlling the entire Dangjin Pass.
Then Jiacuo would raise the smoke, and Shang Qixin'er, who was camping at the rear, would immediately mobilize 20,000 troops and attack Shazhou City, thus completely occupying this city, the core of the Tang Dynasty on Longyou East Road.
Jiacuo was gearing up. He had ordered all the soldiers to put on armor and be ready to capture the Tang Army's castle opposite.
The castles of Tubo were built with small stones, so they were called small stone castles.
The castles of the Tang Dynasty were built with large rocks, so they were called big stone castles.
The technological gap between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty can also be seen here. Because the Tubo fortress is not as strong as the Tang army, the Tang army only needs to station 200 people, but the Tubo army has to station 300 people.
The Tubo captain Jiacuo dreamed of capturing the Tang army's castle opposite, but the Tang army's castle was built very dangerously. Jiacuo tried it several times and could only return in frustration after throwing away several corpses.
This time I finally have a chance, the opportunity to make a meritorious deed has finally arrived!
The Tibetan warriors' salary was determined by military merit, and their desire for military merit was very fanatical.
As long as they can win the battle, they will have slaves, cattle, sheep, and territory. Even if the warrior dies in battle, he can still earn glory and bring a lot of wealth to the family.
After the Bon priests danced for a while wearing strange masks, the five Han slaves were dragged into the military camp of Xiaoshibao.
Amid the screams of the slaves, the Bon priest cut the hearts of the five slaves with a knife and prayed for the Tibetan soldiers with their heart blood.
During the cruel ceremony, the fanatical Tibetan soldiers finally saw the white flag raised on the big stone fort opposite.