Tibet

Huntuoduocheng belongs to the Humi Kingdom, about eighty miles away from Dalongchi. It is located right at the exit of Dora Valley, and its geographical location is extremely important.

The city of Hunduoduo was called the Golden Castle by Sogdian merchants because the big rocks that built the castle contained a large amount of pyrite and shone in the sunlight, especially in the morning and dusk. It was very spectacular, so it was named the Golden Castle.

The Golden Castle is not big. To be precise, it is a military city. It is built on the mountain. It is built high on the mountain. Behind it is a long canyon. Through this canyon, you can go to the Shishi Kingdom, which takes half a month. almost there.

If we don't take this route, we will have to go around to Feiniaozhou like Tianbao did in the sixth year, walking thousands of miles longer and taking at least a month longer.

If it were spring, it wouldn't hurt to prepare more supplies of food and grass and take a long detour, but now it was autumn, and the mountains would be snowed in in more than a month, so they didn't have time.

Taking the Golden Fort was an imperative move for the Tang army.

The Golden Fort is located on the south bank of the Bomit River. A long vine bridge connects the north and south banks. The Tibetan army occupied the Golden Fort three months ago. There are 300 troops stationed here. Although the number is not large, the Golden Fort The fort is located in a commanding position, with a posture of one man guarding the gate and ten thousand men unable to open it.

The Tubo army occupied the Golden Fort, on the one hand, to open up the road to Anxi, and on the other hand, to make money. Tubo launched wars against the Tang Dynasty in successive years, and its finances had already deteriorated. As long as there was the slightest chance to make money or plunder, Tubo would not Won't let it go.

Therefore, in order to make money, the Tibetan army established a checkpoint on the north bank of the Bomi River and forced all transit caravans to pay money, including one gold dinar coin for each camel.

About twenty miles away from the Golden Fort, the Tang army stopped advancing.

In a marching tent, Feng Changqing summoned the generals to discuss strategies to seize the Golden Fort.

To capture the Golden Fort, you cannot rely on a strong attack with more troops. No matter how many troops you have, you can't fill the canyon of Bomichuan. You can only use a sneak attack strategy to catch the Tibetan army by surprise. This is the only way to capture the Golden Fort.

Feng Changqing laid a map on a flat boulder, pointed at the map and said to everyone: According to the scouts' investigation, there are three nodes to seize the Golden Fort. Each node must not be missed. One is the checkpoint on the north bank of the river, and the other is the One of the vine bridges across the Bomit River is the Golden Castle, and the most critical one is the vine bridge. There are defenders on both sides of the vine bridge. Once the vine bridge is cut off by Tibetan soldiers, we will lose everything.

Li Siye pondered for a moment and said: There happens to be a Sogdian caravan. We can blend in with the Sogdian caravan, sneak attack on the checkpoints, and take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to take out the checkpoints in one go.

Feng Changqing nodded, Supervisor Li also proposed this plan, and I agree. It's not difficult to capture the checkpoint. The key is the Tengqiao Bridge. There are Tibetan soldiers guarding both ends of the Tengqing Bridge. If something happens to the checkpoint, the Tengqiao defenders will definitely find out. , if we deal with the defenders of the Tengqiao Bridge on the north bank first, if we make a scream or a soldier escapes, he will be discovered by the soldiers guarding the Tengqiao Bridge on the south bank, and he will definitely cut off the Tengqiao Bridge decisively.

General Li Fei Yuanli said: Isn't it the easiest way to find dozens of fast soldiers and rush over before the vine bridge is cut down?

Everyone laughed, and Li Fei Yuanli said angrily: What's so funny? Are you afraid you won't be able to make it in time? Run with your crossbow, and you can release the arrow when you're halfway there, and kill all the fucking Tibetan soldiers!

General Bai Xiaode smiled and said: It doesn't take much trouble to cut off the vine bridge. It can probably be cut off with one sword. Even if General Li Fei has wings, he won't be able to do it in time.

Li Fei Yuanli was immediately speechless.

At this time, Li Ye raised his hand and said: I am responsible for taking down the Fuji Bridge!

What's your plan?

Feng Changqing was unambiguous, he wanted a clear plan.

Li Ye said slowly: I plan to kill the Tibetan soldiers on the south bank of the Teng Bridge before seizing the checkpoint.

Then how do you get there?

Feng Changqing said with confusion on his face: Don't tell me, you want to climb over from the bottom of the vine bridge. The moonlight is so good. If you climb on the rock wall, you will definitely be discovered by the Tibetan soldiers patrolling the vine bridge?

Li Ye said calmly: I carefully observed the water of Bomi River during the day, and I can directly cross the river to the south bank.

Everyone was in an uproar. The water in Bomi River was very fast and people could not stand firmly in the water. Moreover, there were cliffs on both sides of the river. How to get down and how to get up?

Li Ye smiled lightly and said: We can try it first. If it doesn't work, we will think of other ways!

Seeing the confidence in Li Ye's eyes, Feng Changqing nodded, Then give it a try first!

Li Ye finished packing. He carried twelve flying knives, a bow and arrows on his back and his Qinglong Dao. There were not too many people on the other side, so there was no need to carry long weapons.

Li Ye came to the edge of the cliff, and the generals also followed him out. The cliffs on both sides of the Bomichuan River were not very high. They looked like a ten-story building, about ten feet.

Although there were no plants on it, there were too many places for climbing, which was not a problem for Li Ye. He first threw a large boulder weighing forty or fifty kilograms into the river, and then climbed down very easily. All the generals were stunned. They looked over to see him climbing. Under the moonlight, they saw that Li Ye was as agile as an ape, climbing on the straight cliff as if he were walking on flat ground. Everyone secretly praised him, What a martial artist!

If it is winter or spring, the riverbed below will be exposed, but now there is no riverbed, and the current is still very fast. The biggest difficulty is crossing the river. The river is thirty feet wide and one foot deep. Without extraordinary water properties, it will definitely be submerged. In the river.

Li Ye jumped into the river. He immediately felt the unique feeling of water. It was biting cold. The water flow was like thousands of silk threads wrapping around him. The huge momentum of the water flow and the force of his body falling formed a combined force, instantly pulling him towards the river. Rolling under the water is also the most critical step. He must seize the moment of being swept to the bottom of the river.

Li Ye judged the position extremely accurately, grabbed the large round stone that he had thrown down in advance, slowly held the stone weighing several dozen kilograms in his arms, and walked forward step by step under the water. After walking about ten feet, he came again Clinging to a black rock, I slowly climbed forward, sticking my head out and taking a deep breath.

He had observed carefully during the day that there were two black rocks in the river, exactly ten feet apart. These two rocks were the key to his ventilation.

Li Ye gasped for a moment, took a deep breath, climbed onto the rock and sank down, holding the round stone at the bottom with his feet, slowly picked it up, and walked to the other shore step by step.

After spending a stick of incense and breathing twice, Li Ye finally climbed onto the stone wall on the other side. Crossing the river was extremely dangerous. Without his hard training under the water for a whole year, he would not have been able to do it. It can be said that, except for Li Ye, No one can do it anymore.

He rested for a moment and began to climb up the rock.

On the other side, all the generals' hearts were in their throats. The generals all knew how difficult it was to cross the river. They had never heard of anyone who could cross the Bomit River. However, the generals didn't know how difficult it was.

Feng Changqing secretly regretted it. If he had known better, he should not have let him take the risk. If he had any shortcomings, how could he explain to Gao Shuai? This was Li Xiangguo's grandson.

But it was useless to regret. Feng Changqing could only pray secretly that nothing would happen to Li Ye.

At this moment, a bright light suddenly appeared on the opposite side, and everyone shouted excitedly, There is fire, he has passed!

Feng Changqing was overjoyed, God helped him succeed!

After repeated consideration, Feng Changqing decided to divide his troops into two groups. On one group, General Bai Xiaode led 300 Hu soldiers and a thousand camels to pretend to be a caravan, and attacked the checkpoints. They must kill all the Tibetan troops on the checkpoints and the vine bridge on the north bank. Ye was responsible for seizing the south bank of the Tengqiao and preventing the Tibetan army from cutting off the Tengqiao.

Being discovered by the Tubo army in the Golden City was of secondary importance. Saving the Tengqiao was the top priority.