In the sixth year of Taiping, on May 29th, Hong Chenghao led an army of 80,000 to Shanzhou, and faced off with a Tibetan army of 60,000 stationed at Lange Wadide. Neither side acted rashly.

The Tibetan general Delong Jiankan, who was in Huizhou, also learned about the defeat and killing of Gewa Mo Rong at dusk the next day. Delong Jiankan had two choices: to retreat immediately and join forces with Gewa Bide and Zampuni and Songmagon joined forces, and there are still more than 200,000 troops. If they can defeat the Shanzhou Jin army, in the end, if they cannot capture the city, they will have to retreat and return to Tubo, or else they will continue to attack Bicheng. The outer city of Bicheng had been captured, and Yu Wenzhen led his last 16,000 soldiers to retreat to the last inner city.

After pondering over and over again, Delong Jiankang finally chose to continue attacking Bicheng. Yu Wenzhen suffered a great loss, and he suffered an even greater loss. In just five days, more than 30,000 people died in the battle. If he returned without success, , Nisongmagon will definitely take the opportunity to remove him from his official position and seize his military power. How can Delong Jiankang wait for death? Capture Bicheng, march into the pass, surround Wei to rescue Zhao, and force the Jin army in Longyou to return to reinforcements. This is also a good idea. select.

May 30th, night.

A group of five thousand soldiers from Langzhou, with a large number of chariots and horses, approached Broken Dragon Fort.

When Li Zhong heard the news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The arrival of the grain transport team was one day later than scheduled, but it finally arrived.

"Commander, give the last general three thousand soldiers and horses, and I will destroy this Tibetan army."

Upon hearing the arrival of the Tibetan grain transport team, Lieutenant General Ma Wen immediately called for orders.

Li Zhong shook his head: "Don't worry, it's not the time to take action yet."

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Three hours later, the grain transport team loaded enough grain at Duanlong Fort, then left Duanlong Fort and returned to Langzhou overnight.

The leading general was called Zha Dongzeren. He originally wanted to rest for a night at Broken Dragon Fort and set off back to Langzhou after dawn the next day. However, the deputy general Cai Cheng persuaded him. The famous Han lieutenant was very trusting and followed his advice. He left Duanlong Fort overnight, transported a large amount of food and supplies, and headed towards Langzhou.

After leaving Duanlong Fort for a hundred miles, Li Zhong led the army and attacked at night. Five thousand Tibetan soldiers were defeated. In just half an hour, the entire army was destroyed.

Cai Cheng took Zha Dong Zeren's head, found Li Zhong, knelt down and said, "Cai Cheng pays homage to the commander-in-chief."

Li Zhong stepped forward to help him up, glanced at the head in his hand, and said quietly: "Is this the head of Zha Dongzeren in your hand?"

"It was the leader of the army, Zha Dongzeren, whose head was taken by the last general himself."

Cai Cheng quickly offered Zha Dong Zeren's head with both hands. This was his surrender, which meant that from now on, he would completely break with Tibet. There was no way back and he could only loyal to the Jin Dynasty wholeheartedly.

Li Zhong nodded, with a smile on his face, and asked his soldiers to take over Zhadong Zeren's head, and then said in a warm voice: "General Cai, thank you for your hard work. I will ask the court for credit."

Cai Cheng hesitated for a moment, then said: "The last general may be able to help the commander take down the Broken Dragon Fort."

The reason why he hesitated was that although he already had a plan in mind, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to capture the Broken Dragon Castle. However, just relying on the merit of Zhadong Zeren's head, he would not be able to get any big official position. If Being able to help Li Zhong win the important town of Broken Dragon Castle would be a big difference. For the sake of future glory and wealth, Cai Cheng was ready to give it a try.

What I'm waiting for is your words.

Li Zhong was shocked and said loudly: "If you can help me take the Broken Dragon Fort, I, Li Zhong, will protect you as the governor of a state."

Cai Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He raised his hands and said loudly: "I am willing to serve the commander-in-chief."

A governor of a state is a high-ranking official of the third rank, half a rank higher than a general. He is in charge of the military affairs of a state, and is only slightly inferior to a military governor.

The night is dim, and in another hour it will be daybreak.

Duanlong Fort is built two thousand meters above sea level, with only a winding path less than three feet wide.

On the path leading to Broken Dragon Castle, a few lights were looming.

"General, look quickly, there is a situation ahead."

On the tower of Broken Dragon Castle, a sharp-eyed soldier saw the light on the path and immediately screamed.

The night deputy general, Dorje Dawa, looked in the direction of the soldier's finger and saw a few lights on the path a mile away, slowly walking this way.

The lights came closer and closer, and after a while, they arrived at the bottom of the city. Dorje Dawa waved his hand to signal the soldiers to be on guard with bows and arrows, and then shouted down: "Who is coming? Please tell me your name quickly."

"General Dorje, it's me! Open the city gate quickly."

It's Cai Cheng's voice. It's strange. Didn't he send food to Langzhou?

Duoji Dawa asked suspiciously: "Cai Cheng, didn't you go to Langzhou with General Zhadong to deliver food? Why are you back again? Where is General Zhadong?"

Cai Cheng said with a smile: "Don't mention it! Halfway through, the brothers in the army found that the food was missing by more than three hundred stones. General Zhadong's fire was very big, so he ordered me to come back to replenish the food. General Duoji, open the city gate quickly. It's late.

If you don’t, you won’t be able to keep up with the troops.”

The food was all uniformly counted and loaded by the Sishan Camp. How could there be so much less than three hundred stones? Just when Duoji Dawa was full of doubts, a subordinate next to him whispered: "General, is it possible that there is a shortage of more than three hundred stones?

Have you forgotten? Any general who comes to transport food will bring a few hundred stones of extra food to prepare for use on the way. Otherwise, if the wrong amount of food is found when transporting it to the front, he will be punished."

Dorje Dawa frowned and said: "Those people in Sishan camp are very smart! How could they count the weight wrongly?"

The subordinates sneered and said: "Those bastards from Sishan camp, when they go to get food from them on weekdays, it's like cutting their flesh. Unless Zamp comes in person, it doesn't matter how big or small you are.

If you don't give them some benefits, you can't hope to get the food happily. How can Zhadong Zeren be willing to suffer a loss himself? If he paid to send the gang of brats from Sishan camp, he will definitely ask for more food to make up for his losses."

"So that's it." Duoji Dawa suddenly realized and understood immediately. He was promoted to one of the five lieutenants of Broken Dragon Castle in the past month, and he still didn't quite understand some of the rules here.

Dorje Dawa was about to order the city gate to be opened when a questioning voice suddenly came from behind him.

"what's going on?"

Duoji turned around to look, quickly bowed his hands in a military salute, and told Cai Cheng's purpose.

This man's name was Slang Tsoma, who was the chief general of Broken Dragon Castle. He walked to the top of the city, glanced down, with a sneer on his face, and said loudly: "In another hour, it will be dawn.

, you wait below, and we will let you go into the city to get food when it gets dark."

"what's the situation?"

Ma Wen, who was behind Cai Cheng, asked in a low voice. The Broken Dragon Fort is located in a dangerous area and is extremely difficult to attack. Although there are only five thousand defenders, if it is a strong attack, even with a hundred thousand troops, it may be difficult to capture it in a short time. Therefore,

It can only be outsmarted.

"The speaker is named Slang Tsoma. He is the general of Broken Dragon Castle. He has some personal grudges with Zhadong Zeren. He is deliberately making things difficult for him."

Marvin said anxiously: "It will be dawn soon, think of a way quickly."
Chapter completed!