Li Xian did not continue the pursuit rashly after Garqinling led his troops to withdraw, because he knew that after all, Garqinling still had an absolute advantage in numbers. The victory in this battle was mainly because the opponent was not alert.
If a sudden attack launched under such circumstances, it would be very difficult to defeat this famous Tibetan general if it were a frontal battle. Even if we could barely defeat him, it would definitely bring unbearable losses to our own side.
Although he has not had a record of failure in his battles with Gar Qinling so far, Li Xian never dared to underestimate the opponent because he knew that as long as he underestimated the enemy, he would win.
It is possible to go from the glory of victory to the abyss of defeat.
"After the order is passed, the army will camp outside the city, forming a corner with Shancheng, and jointly defend and attack. Hehe, although the Gar Qinling army has retreated, it may not launch an attack on Shancheng again. We only need to defend Shancheng.
If we build the city, we can build a camp step by step and accumulate small victories into big victories. We must not be hasty in such a battle. As long as we force the Garqin Mausoleum to retreat bit by bit, our goal will have been achieved."
Li Xian took a deep breath to keep his head clear.
Next, his soldiers began to get busy in an orderly manner. They first put out the fire, and then began to deal with the battlefield and bury the bodies of the burned and killed Tibetan soldiers.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, if it is not handled properly, it will cause a plague. If this is the case, I am afraid that this battle will have an extremely negative impact on the Tang army. Therefore, before sending troops to fight, you must consider many things that must be done.
things.
Of course, when cleaning the battlefield, Li Xian did not forget to ask the soldiers to line up and be on guard. This is a procedure that cannot be ignored at any time, especially when facing a famous general like Gar Qinling, one must be even more cautious.
, no matter how careful you are, you can never be too careful.
After cleaning the battlefield, Li Xian found another open area as a camp, began to set up camp, established various defensive measures, and stationed the army in the camp.
It was only then that Li Xian sent someone to notify the Shancheng garrison that reinforcements had arrived.
Wang Fangyi, who was stationed in Shancheng City, had no idea that Li Xian's army had arrived. However, he saw the billowing smoke coming from the direction of the Garqin Mausoleum Camp and knew that there must be a fire, but he did not
He refused to send troops to fight because he was afraid that this was a trick of Garqinling. After all, the pressure brought by Garqinling on him was too great. When facing him, he was simply walking on thin ice. If he was careless, he might
As a result, the city was lost. Therefore, despite the thick smoke billowing in the direction of the Tibetan army's station, Wang Fangyi still just couldn't hold on. In his opinion, no matter what conspiracy and trick the other party used, as long as he couldn't hold on, there was nothing he could do.
Although Wang Fangyi's thoughts are somewhat conservative, it is precisely because of this strategy that he was able to hold on to Shancheng for two months. No matter how Garqin Ling scolded and instigated him, and tried every possible means, he was still unable to leave the city.
Fighting, thus holding on to this line of defense, stopping the offensive of the Tubo army. Otherwise, Tibet might have captured Liangzhou by this time.
Of course, Wang Fangyi did not forget to send out several spies to find out the news. These spies did not return until nightfall.
However, before the spies returned, the envoys sent by Li Xian had already arrived at Shancheng City. However, no matter how these people called for the door, the city gate was never opened. They could only wait silently under the city until it was getting dark.
I happened to see the spies sent by Wang Fangyi return.
Because those spies knew that the army at Garqinling had retreated and reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty had arrived, it was impossible for the Tubo people to deceive the city at this time. They also saw that the visitors were dressed as the Tang military, so they pretended to be ordinary villagers.
After chatting with each other for a while, they found out that they were indeed one of their own, so they opened the city gate, revealed their true identities, and took them into the city to see Wang Fangyi.
At this time, Wang Fangyi learned that Li Xian's reinforcements had arrived and that Gar Qinling was defeated and fled. So he repeatedly apologized to the envoy, and then personally led the soldiers in the city to visit Li Xian's camp overnight.
"General Wang Fangyi met with the General Manager. The General Manager arrived in time with his troops and saved the soldiers and people in my city. General Wang Fangyi will express his sincere gratitude to them."
"Hurry up, Inspector Wang. There is no need to be polite in front of Xiao Wang. Instead, Inspector Wang led the army to block the continuous attack of the Tubo Gar Qinling tribe for two months. Not only did he save Shancheng, but he also made the situation on the border of the Tang Dynasty averted."
In case of further deterioration, the merits of Governor Wang are enough to be remembered in history. In this case, Xiao Wang should thank Governor Wang for his contribution on behalf of his father and the soldiers and people of the Tang Dynasty. Please rest assured, Governor Wang, Xiao Wang will definitely go to his father to plead for his subordinates.
achievement."
When Li Xian saw that Wang Fangyi came to the military camp in person, without the slightest arrogance, but rather being courteous and courteous, Li Xian immediately felt good about him and was in awe, so he stretched out his hands to help him up and said sincerely.
But Wang Fangyi gently broke away from Li Xian's hands and said with a wry smile: "It doesn't matter whether you ask for credit or not. Anyway, it's the same no matter how you ask for it. In fact, as long as you can kill the enemy for the country and protect the common people, you will be the last general."
I’m satisfied.”
Li Xian was startled when he heard this, and then he remembered that Wang Fangyi was actually the cousin of the late Queen. Because Queen Wang was implicated in his affairs, although he had made many military exploits in the past twenty years, he had not received the slightest promotion.
The frustration is understandable.
Li Xian understood very well why Wang Fangyi spoke like this, and also knew that because he was the son of his cousin's biggest enemy, Wang Fangyi had no personal friendship with him except for official business.
But Li Xian sincerely admired such a talent and truly felt sorry for such a talent. What's more, the relationship between Queen Wang and his cheap mother Empress Wu was actually just a fight, not hatred, but Empress Wu did too much.
It was really too much to let Queen Wang die of "bone drunkenness" and to give her family the surname "Mang".
But no matter what, after all, Empress Wu is Li Xian's biological mother. He cannot publicly criticize Empress Wu's actions when guarding so many people, because if he does so, he will be charged with unfilial piety, and this accusation will
But Li Xian really couldn't bear it.
Therefore, Li Xian could only let Wang Fangyi express his vague dissatisfaction in front of him and pretend not to see it. However, this does not mean that Li Xian will not take the initiative to find ways to resolve the dissatisfaction and win over such a good general. (To be continued.)
