Because of injuries on his body, Yang Hao did not leave Feng'an during the Battle of Poyang Valley. One night before the decisive battle, he had a dream. In his dream, he lived in a straw shed, mud bed, mud bench, and a broken wooden door was sultry at night. At night, a dazzling light shone out from the wooden door. When he pushed open the dilapidated wooden door, he was stunned by the scene in front of him: this is a place that only exists in fairy tales, green hills, streams and lakes, flowers on the green lawn, and in front of the towering white castle, obedient ministers and beautifully dressed female slaves lined up to welcome their arrival...

Yang Hao woke up with a smile. Lu Rui, who was sleeping beside him, was very curious and kept asking him what he saw in his dream. W㏏w    W√.

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CoM Yang Hao didn't know how to explain such an illusion to her, and he concluded that it was a good omen. Sure enough, the military report of the victory of Poyanggu came at dusk that day. Two thousand six hundred enemies were annihilated, fifty thousand enemies (including 36,000 horse slaves), sixty thousand one hundred and eighty oxen horses and two thousand two hundred Hexi horses. The number of cattle, sheep, food, and weapons was very large, and it has not been counted yet.

The Xining Army suffered 1,728 casualties, including a heavy armored knight. This victory was both expected and unexpected. Yang Hao was full of confidence in the victory, but he did not expect that he would win so quickly and perfectly. One of the four main forces of the Tianlang Army was instantly destroyed. If anyone was excited, he would be crazy. This is a glory that has been famous in history. Yang Hao personally drafted the commendation order with an excited mood and signed the Great Seal of the Defense Envoy, he asked Mulanqing to transfer it to the General Staff Department and the Military and Political Department, and asked the two departments to sign the signatures later.

"Do you have anything to say?"

When Mulanqing received the commendation order, his lips moved slightly, as if he had something to say.

"No, no, no." Mulanqing hurriedly denied.

"Tell me." Yang Hao was in a very good mood today. He had been observing Mulanqing for a long time. He always felt that this person had a bit of an unfathomable taste, but his cautious personality was not what he admired, so he always wanted to find an opportunity to have a good talk with him and encourage him.

"This, I..." Mulanqing hesitated for a while, and finally plucked up his courage and said, "I think this reward order is not appropriate."

"Oh," this view is very novel. Yang Hao suddenly became interested. He put down the pen in his hand and raised his head to look at Mulanqing. Mulanqing was nervous, and his eyes dodged and did not dare to look directly at Yang Hao.

"Speak, speak freely, it doesn't matter if you say it wrong." Yang Hao leaned his fingers crossed his hands on the chair, posing in a very relaxed position.

Mulanqing licked his lips and said, "The Tang Dynasty and the Uighurs are allies. The Hu Guard stationed troops to break Yanggu. Although it poses a great threat to Fengzhou, they are in their own territory. The general is in their own territory and should do so, but this is not on the table. If this commendation order is issued in the name of the Defense Envoy, wouldn't the general recognize the fact that he crossed the border to attack his allies? If the court in the future asks the general, how would he reply?"

This was the first time Mulanqing had expressed his opinion in front of Yang Hao, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, so he said stutteringly, but the general meaning was clearly expressed. Yang Hao frowned and pondered. Mulanqing became more and more nervous, swallowing saliva and rubbing his hands.

Finally, Yang Hao stood up and took the commendation order from him and tore it into pieces. He said to Mulanqing: "Thank you for your reminder. I almost gave someone a handle." A strange smile appeared on Mulanqing's face, which was the look of wanting to laugh but suppressing her but not daring to laugh.

"Just laugh if you want to. Isn't it very tiring to be my library?"

Mulanqing shook his head in panic at first, and then nodded again when he saw Yang Hao's encouraging eyes.

"Do it well. If you have any good opinions in the future, you will boldly say them. Yang hid in the inner study alone and became a lonely person. You need someone close to him to remind yourself frequently."

It is naturally a pleasant thing to be regarded as a confidant by the coach. Mulanqing responded softly with a "yes". Although his voice was still very light and small, it was much more calm.

On the second day after the victory of the Battle of Poyang Valley, the 50,000 Tianlang Army stationed in Mi'echuan suddenly passed through Langshan and went straight to the Giant Rock Fort. Yang Hao had expected this, so on the eve of the decisive battle of Poyang Valley, the main force of Xiaofeng Camp had retreated into the Giant Rock Fort. Chen Mingyi had stored enough food in the fort for a year. There were three deep wells dozens of feet deep in the Giant Rock Fort, and the water source was sufficient.

Yang Hao allocated 200,000 feather arrows to the Giant Stone Fort, 500 mechanical crossbows improved by the Ordnance Division, seven heavy artillery vehicles and fifteen large winch crossbows, plus the original weapons and equipment of the Giant Stone Fort, the Giant Stone Fort is now full of poisonous stings. No matter who dares to get close, he will be covered in blood.

What Yang Hao was most worried about was that these 50,000 people would bypass the Giant Rock Fort and directly attack the three counties of Shannan, Yinshan and Ningbian, and then cross the river to attack the hinterland of Fengzhou. That was both fatal and unpredictable. Therefore, the battle to defeat Yanggu had just stopped, so he urgently ordered Yu Chongchong to lead his troops north to fight the enemy near the Giant Rock Fort. At this time, Yu Chongchong's troops were no less than 10,000 people, and his morale was strong, so he was very sure to defeat the enemy's spirit in one go.

Yu Chongchong suggested that his troops be moved into the Uighur territory for mobile warfare. His reason was that he concentrated his main force to fight the enemy with the decisive battle at the Giant Stone Fort, and he had no confidence in winning. Even if he was lucky, he would have a miserable victory. Fengzhou's elite lost all his troops, while the Tianlang Army only hurt the skin. The future offensive and defense will inevitably be extremely unfavorable to Fengzhou. On the contrary, although the Tianlang Army is known as 300,000, it is very prepared. He usually defends a vast area of ​​nearly 10,000 miles east and west, and the fewer than 1,000 troops near the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Concentrating troops to raid these unfortified tribes has a very high chance of winning. Moreover, most of the tribes west of Langshan are Zhangxin Khan's relatives. If they hurt them, it would be like they hurt Zhangxin Khan. The two countries will have the possibility of stopping their troops and quitting the battle.

Yang Hao asked Huang Yiliang: "If you attack the hinterland of the Uighurs, will it anger the Uighur Khan and cause greater revenge?" Huang Yiliang said: "The Uighur Khan seems to be powerful, but the evening is already heavy, and the domestic crisis is everywhere. If he hurts him, he will only calm down and stop the army and seek peace. He is unlikely to raise troops to retaliate."

Yang Hao agreed to Yu Chongchong's request and ordered him to be the commander of the Western Expedition Army, leading tens of main forces out of Langshan to attack the former Uighur territory. While the Western Expedition Army attacked, Cheng Keling, Yu Yanlu and Sui Wohu, who had been training in Daqingshan, also received strict orders and led his troops out of Qingshan to enter the Uighur territory and conquer the various divisions in the northeast of the Uighurs. The relationship between the Uighurs and the Wang Ting has always been inconsistent with each other and has always had a rebellious intention, which is a weakness of the Uighur Khanate. Therefore, although the number of people traveling in Qingshan was small, the shock it brought to the Wang Ting was not inferior to that of the Western Expedition Army.

The five members of the Manhei discovered the emptiness within Fengzhou and quickly gathered a 7,000 army, with Man Lao Fu as the commander, Gu Duoli as the deputy commander, led his troops to advance eastward, and divided into two units in Datong Sichuan. One was led by Man Lao Fu to cross the river to the south to capture Feng'an, and the other was led by Gu Duoli to attack Ningbian, Shannan and Yinshan counties south of Yinshan. Ningbian County Magistrate Zhu Yong escorted the people across Henan to seek refuge, but was taken by Man Hei's vanguard cavalry. The Man Hei forced him to surrender. Zhu Yongning refused to die and was suffocated to death by Gu Duoli on a blanket soaked in water.

Mr. Man did not choose the Tongling Dudu River with a relatively slow water. Yang Hao urgently dispatched a part of the Tiande Navy to block the river surface, and then dispatched three police battalions to set up defenses along the river. Mr. Man did not force the river to cross the river, and suffered huge losses. He changed his strategy to advance westward along the river, echoing the north and south of the Guduoli tribe, looting Ningbian and Shannan counties. The Shannan County Magistrate Zhu Xiangnan implemented a strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, and withdrew all the population, cattle, sheep, and food into the newly built Shannan County. In order to resist the invasion of the Guduoli army, Zhu Xiangnan carried out a general mobilization. Men and women over 14 years old and under 60 years old in the city were all given to swords and guns to defend against the city walls.

Guduoli's army rushed to the foot of Shannan County first, and then Man Laofu also led his army to the foot of the city. There were more than 7,000 soldiers besieged in the city, and there were 6,800 defenders in Shannan County, most of whom were women and half-grown boys who had never passed the battle formation. Zhu Xiangnan led the officials, yamen runners, catchers, and prison soldiers to garrison the city walls together, and also selected 800 heroes to help.

The black man did not have heavy siege weapons such as artillery vehicles, so they used cloud ladders to attack Shannan City. The black man obviously had practiced how to attack the city in advance. The archers used rain of arrows as dense as rain, and the defenders on the city were lying on the top of the city and did not dare to look up. The black man soldiers in the brigade abandoned their horses and fought in siege. They set up cloud ladders to attack the city in turn, and the formation seemed quite organized.

The main force of the city guarding in Shannan City is a cavalry battalion of Feng'an Camp. This was specially sent by Zhu Xiangnan to Yang Hao to prevent a small group of enemy troops from harassing Forage. Most of the soldiers on the cavalry sentry were surrendered from Tiande Army. They were used to fighting in the wild immediately and always felt awkward to defend the city. However, it was related to life and death, and the soldiers dared not not to work hard. The city guard was very hard, but they still defended it. After all, the black man was not used to climbing cloud ladders to attack the city. After suffering a series of failures, the black man lost his confidence and left the cloud ladders and retreated like a tide.

Zhang Yan, the cavalry commander of Feng'an Camp, asked to take the initiative to attack and burn the lost ladders of the barbarian blacks. Without the barbarian blacks, you can't ride a horse to jump on the city wall. Zhu Xiangnan flatly rejected his request. Burning the ladders would be equivalent to destroying the barbarian blacks' confidence in siegeing the city. If they fail to attack the city, they will plunder everywhere and burn the pastures. Villages are all trivial matters. Zhu Xiangnan was worried that they would go west and meet the Uighurs. If they crossed the river from Yongfeng to the south, the entire Fengzhou would become a scorched earth.

Facts proved that Zhu Xiangnan's judgment was accurate. On the night when the siege failed, Man Lao Fu and Gu Duoli had a dispute. Man Lao Fu insisted on breaking Shannan City and capturing Zhu Xiangnan alive. Gu Duoli believed that Shannan City was not easy to break in a short period of time. It was a taboo for military strategists to station troops under the strong city. It was better to attack Yinshan County immediately and then meet with the Uighurs. In the end, Man Lao Fu had the upper hand. One of the reasons was that Zhu Xiangnan did not burn the cloud ladder, which proved that the guards of Shannan City did not know how to fight at all, and breaking the city would not be as difficult as imagined.

Old Man did not siege Shannan City for seven days and seven nights with hope. During this period, no reinforcements came from Fengzhou.

During these seven days, Yu Chongchong conquered the fifteen Uighur tribes west of Langshan. When the army was at its peak, it was only two days away from the Uighur royal court, forcing Zhangxin Khan to urgently transfer the Longwei stationed in the northeast of the royal court to the south of the royal court to set defenses.

The Giant Stone Fort was besieged by 50,000 Uighur troops, but the Uighurs did not take any advantage except for the mountain of corpses that were growing higher and higher outside the castle. Commander An Yunhe received a golden order from Khan Changxin to withdraw his Miechuan in pain and confusion.

Qingshan troops swept across the southeastern Uighurs in three groups, forcing ten nobles to abandon their territory and flee to the royal court. With the help of military victory, the intelligence office entered these areas in large numbers to support and fund seven other troops, including Neitule, who were dissatisfied with the royal court, to expand their military power and erode the royal court's directly under the territory.

On the same day, Zhangxin Khan's secret envoy, a furry merchant who had been walking between the Uighurs and Fengzhou for many years, secretly arrived in Feng'an and conveyed his intention to stop the military and negotiate with Yang Hao.
Chapter completed!