Chapter 321 (1/2)
”This can't be absolutely guaranteed. After all, I'm not the main attacker. Unless Zhao Xuanqing leaks this person over and asks me to pick up a great merit. But you did a good job. There is a rift between Qixia sword sect and Kongtong sect. Maybe I will have a chance in the future. ”
Wei Ran thought that if the righteous leader of Qixia sword sect didn't take the initiative to help Chang Xuanyi, the small sect in Yigan pass would certainly not come forward casually. At that time, he would have a chance to fight with this guy.
He went back to his room and opened the letter sent to him by Zhao Xuanqing.
First of all, it shows that she will fulfill her promise to make the dare to die camp become an army, and Wei Ran is the main general of the army. According to the formal establishment, Wei Ran is now called a general, which is worthy of the name. In the past, as a battalion officer, he was called a school captain at most. He was the highest grade of school captain - Zhaowu school captain. Others called him a general, and he admitted that he was thick skinned enough.
The newly formed first army was named Fenglin army, because Zhao Xuanqing thought that the first battle of the dare to die camp led by Wei Ran was at Fenglin pass, so he took Fenglin as the name.
Since this army is not recognized in the Tang Dynasty, it can only be regarded as a private soldier under the Hexi Jiedu envoy, so there is not so much emphasis on the designation and name. Even the miscellaneous general Wei Ran didn't give him the miscellaneous number. Others can only call him general Wei.
Zhao Xuanqing asked Wei Ran to take the military flags of kuozhou City, Dahua County and jishijun castle and the body of the general to michuan county within ten days, and take 4000 military horses there at the same time.
Wei Ran thought to himself, since there are only 4000 troops and horses, there are 3500 troops and horses. Are these all his own? What if you can't feed yourself without enough food and grass?
Regardless of him, with so many military horses, the soldiers in the army can be one person, or the elite of the cavalry can be two people, and can play the tactics of long-distance attack. In short, no matter how you use it, it's good news. Although it costs a lot of money, you can talk about it later.
Wei Ran sent 500 soldiers. General Ma and Zhao Xuanqing sent all the things they wanted. He sat in kuozhou City, which completely blocked the way of Tibet's retreat to the West.
If the Tubo army dare to retreat here, both sides of the Yellow River are good ambush terrain. As for other paths, there are also some, but Wei Yan has scouts and reconnaissance trends. No matter how, he can arrange them in advance than the other party. Moreover, the path is difficult to walk, the speed is slower and more convenient, and the heart is not big enough. I absolutely dare not take the path.
Zhao Xuanqing received 4000 troops and horses, and his cavalry immediately expanded to 8000. With 22000 infantry, his combat effectiveness increased greatly.
Then he threw the flag and bodyguard sent by Wei Ran to the main force of Tubo in michuan county. In addition, the small force sent by Wei Ran did come from the West. This kind of information immediately shook the main force of Tubo in michuan county.
After a winter, it snowed heavily from December to March. For almost four months, there was no food supply, and the stored grain in the city had been consumed almost.
If there is no more food and grass support from kuozhou City, the main force of Tubo can only give up military discipline and begin to plunder the people in the city. In fact, the surplus food of the people in the city is not much. After all, like the Tubo army, they can't be replenished for four months.
Many people have long starved to death. Only some rich families still have some grain in the basement of their houses in the city. They live on a frugal diet until now.
After the Tubo army knew that the back road was blocked, it tried to send someone to break through and find out the truth. The three thousand outstanding riders were almost wiped out by Zhao Xuanqing's ambush, leaving only hundreds to ride under the kuozhou city.
The flag of Fenglin army has long been changed at the head of the city. Well, the flag was designed by Wei Ran himself recently. It is very concise.
The big flag has black characters on a red background. Fenglin is written in a powerful seal script to indicate the serial number. On the yellow background and black characters of the sub flag, there is a word Wei, indicating the surname of the general of the unified army.
The flag of Fenglin army was silly. The Tubo elite cavalry came to investigate. It turned out that what the Tang army said was not a lie. They really attacked the whole kuozhou in winter. Only michuan County knew nothing!
At this time, Wei Ran personally led a thousand cavalry to rush out of the mountains and forests on the bank, cutting off the road for hundreds of people to retreat to michuan county.