Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 174
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Gu Wu and Ma Liuzhi approached at this moment, pushed Li Ke, and woke Li Ke up from his astonishment.

Li Ke handed over the letter and asked them both to read it too.

When these two people saw it, their faces immediately turned pale and they opened their mouths in shock.

"This...how is this possible?"

Gu Wu woke up first. He frowned and looked at Li Ke blankly.

Li Ke smiled awkwardly and shook his head: "I don't know either..."

At this moment, he felt sweat on his back and his mouth was dry, and he was really shocked.

Because this letter is not to report the situation of the civil strife in Tubo, but the situation of the mobilization of the Tubo domestic army.

According to detailed investigations, the Tubo general also entrusted him to lead an army of 20 to the eastern border a few days ago, and the destination was the military town of Dajianlu.

"With an army of 20, how can we mobilize so many troops?"

Ma Liuzhi's eyes widened with shock.He paced back and forth with the letter in his hand, looking like he was deep in thought.

"Don't leave... Walk around, can you come up with an idea?"

Gu Wu pulled him back and cursed: "Don't disturb His Highness' thoughts..."

Li Ke could only smile wryly, he was in a daze at the moment, where did he have any thoughts?
He had no choice but to try to stabilize his mentality and said in a deep voice: "On weekdays, the defenders of this Dajianluo are only tens of thousands, or at most one hundred thousand. Now that a new army of 20 has been deployed, there must be a reason..."

He thought for a while, and sighed: "I'm afraid our siege plan will have to be re-planned..."

Li Ke never imagined that the other party would have such a big plan to mobilize troops.

Datang and Tubo are still on good terms, and there is turmoil in Tubo, and the Southwest is fighting again, so Tubo's military strength is already stretched...

Why do you still have to send such a heavy army here to fight the arrow furnace?

Thinking of this, Li Ke was immediately frightened. It seemed that the news that he was going to attack Tubo had been leaked...

But... There will never be any traitors on his side, how did he know it?
Li Ke was puzzled, so he had to check the matter again.

The person who knows this news, the new king of Nivala, the special envoy and king of the Zhang Zhung Kingdom...

After counting and counting, there are only so many people. Could it be that there is something wrong here, is the news accidentally leaked?

For these allies, Li Ke still believes that these people have deep hatred against Tubo, and they will not deliberately leak information.

But it would be unrealistic to say that they did not intend to leak it. They have little connection with Datang on the surface, and they don't usually mention themselves. How could they leak the news that they intend to attack Tubo?
Li Ke thought so hard that his head was broken, but there was still no result.

But now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be fired. If you say you want to fight, you can't just stop fighting because the opponent is on guard, right?
Besides, if this great opportunity is missed, Tubo will grow stronger, and it will be even more difficult to make a move.

Thinking of this, Li Ke looked at Gu Wu: "The previous battle plan needs to be adjusted. You should send someone to explore the arrow furnace again, find out the general situation, and then make a plan later!"

Gu Wu quickly took orders, since the matter was serious, he personally led people westward to find out.

This exploration lasted all night, and it was not until noon the next day that Gu Wu returned to Yazhou with dark circles under his eyes.

"How about it?"

Li Ke didn't have time to let him rest, so he asked first.

Gu Wu's complexion is not very good, which is naturally the reason why he has not slept all night, but Li Ke believes that the more important reason is that the news he found on this trip is not very optimistic.

Sure enough, Gu Wu clapped his hands and said: "The army has already entered the city, blocking the city wall completely, a lot of sentry posts have been set up outside the city, roads have also been blocked, and people have been sent to interrogate. The entire Dajian furnace is now on high alert ..."

Li Ke's heart sank. He worried all night, fearing that such a situation would happen, but it turned out to be the case.

Li Ke asked again: "How is the strength of the troops in the city?"

Gu Wu shook his head: "There is no way to enter the city, the other party's interrogation is extremely strict, ordinary people, etc., cannot enter the city."

At this time, Ma Liuzhi rushed over and said, "Usually this city has only 8 to 20 people, and if you add [-], that should be the number..."

Li Ke calculated that it was 25 to 28...

I have more troops than the opponent, but most of them are reserve troops with insufficient combat power, and there are only 27 people who can really fight.

"Damn it, is Songtsan Gampo crazy? How many people does he have in Tubo? He actually sent 20 people to guard a city!"

Ma Liuzhi cursed and greeted Songtsan Gampo's family all over the place.

Li Ke smiled wryly, the other party already knew that we were going to attack the city, and there was such an important military town to the east, so of course they had to gather heavy troops to defend the city.

Now we are going to fight, the two sides have almost the same strength, and the opponent is defending, and our own is attacking. Naturally, the opposing side has the advantage.

And without the biggest advantage before——surprise attack, now it is even more difficult for him to attack the city.

But Li Ke didn't want to miss the precious opportunity, so he went back to the marching map and asked Gu Wu to look at the map, mark out several sentry posts, and set up a battle plan.

Gu Wu pointed at the map, and marked several points one after another within the range of [-] miles to the south of Dajian Furnace.

"These... are the sentry posts of the other party. These sentry posts are connected with each other. The last sentry post is five miles away from the city, and there is a quick horse report..."

Li Ke looked at the map and couldn't help but shake his head in his mind - judging from the density of this sentry post, the opponent would definitely deploy their defenses in advance if they hit it.

He looked at several other roads, thinking about countermeasures from time to time.

"Let's go directly to the army to fight! Let's fight him!"

Ma Liuzhi kept pulling out the steel knife and inserting it back again and again, until the blade was sharpened to clang.

Li Ke paused for a moment, then turned around and said, "Since the opponent is ready, we can only fight recklessly. Everyone, take a rest today and fight tomorrow!"

Early the next morning, the army opened up its formation and lined up at the Tibetan border.

Li Ke was riding a white horse, wearing armor and hanging robes, and holding Fang Tian's painted halberd, and walked slowly to the front.

He looked at his soldiers. This time, he brought 27 troops, but left the reserve troops in Yazhou for support.

The flags are fluttering and fluttering in the wind.

All the soldiers were fully dressed, all holding up their swords and guns, shining cold light in the sun.

Everyone held their breaths, their fighting spirit high.

They have been looking forward to this battle for too long.

After so many days of hard training, from the comfortable plains to this bitter cold plateau, the purpose is to fight for the country and the King of Shu.

After winning the plateau, there will be no crisis behind the Shu land, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty will once again expand... Every time they think of this, the soldiers will raise their chests higher and raise their swords and guns higher.

At this time, the sun has risen, and the red sun casts brilliance, illuminating the faces of everyone...

(End of this chapter)