Chapter 228: The Useless Ge Luofeng
"How far is it from Taihe City?"
Shang Xijie was still very helpless about such a marching. He always wanted to defeat the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield, rather than scaring the Nanzhao people with more than 100,000 troops here. In his eyes, the Nanzhao people were really nothing, and even scaring was not worth scaring.
"General, at our current speed, we can arrive in half a day."
"Send the order to rest at the foot of the mountain in front. We don't have to hurry to rush, and let the scouts take a good look and see when the Nanzhao people will come out of the city to greet me!"
He knew that Chisong Dezan would have other arrangements for the Tang Dynasty, because he knew Zanpu very well and would not fight unprepared battles no matter what he did.
In fact, this line is just for the people of the Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao. He knew that no matter what, most people would focus on this, so that the real purpose of Chisong Dezan would be much easier to implement.
Shang Xijie was not in a hurry because he knew that the longer he dragged on, the longer it would attract the Nanzhao people and the Tang generals. Anyway, the result would be the same.
This rest was almost a night. The next morning, Shang Xijie didn't want to wait any longer and directly ordered to go straight to Taihe City, the capital of Nanzhao.
He had already made up his mind. If the Nanzhao people were not proactive, they would inevitably be bloody when they arrived at Taihe City. Anyway, the Nanzhao people were also fences, so they would take advantage of this time to make them feel a little hurt, so that they would not turn against each other in the future.
In fact, Shang Xijie obviously did not fully understand Chisong Dezan's intention. According to the plan set by Chisong Dezan for him before, he had time to arrive at Taihe City. According to Chisong Dezan's plan, he should have arrived in Taihe City at this time, but Shang Xijie was a little too disregarded to take the people of Nanzhao seriously, so that he did not seem to lead troops to fight along the way.
Just as he was about to set off, the scout suddenly reported that it was the two younger brothers of Nanzhao King Ge Luo Feng who had arrived, saying that they were going to welcome Shang Xijie into the city!
"Oh? This guy Ge Luofeng is really becoming more and more disgusting. Since he has decided to open the city, why don't he go out to greet him in person? After entering the city, I'll see if I don't beat this guy!"
As soon as this news came, although they expected it, Shang Xijie was not very satisfied. In his eyes, Ge Luofeng should have come here in person, but now it is not. Obviously, he didn't take him as a general seriously.
Of course, only he knew what Shang Xijie was planning, but Ge Luofeng's two younger brothers showed respect for him when they came to him.
Shang Xijie scolded Ge Luofeng's two younger brothers in Chisong Dezan's tone, and told them that if the Nanzhao people repeated this again, Tubo would really destroy them. No matter what he said, Ge Luofeng's two younger brothers would laugh and listen with him. He didn't say a single rebuttal, and the attitude would be as good as possible.
"Where is your brother now? Why don't you come here in person?" At the end of the talk, Shang Sijie asked Ge Luofeng. After all, Ge Luofeng is so old, it is not good in his eyes. However, he is a good figure in Nanzhao. Many things still have to be told to Ge Luofeng.
"The King of Nanzhao has returned to Taihe City from Yaozhou, and has prepared many rare objects in the city, as well as several beautiful girls collected from Liuzhao, waiting for the general!"
"Hmph! If he is still good at being a good person, if this general goes to find out that those beautiful girls are indeed good, he can avoid the guilt of not coming to meet him. Lead the way!"
When he heard that Ge Luofeng did not take him seriously, he had indeed prepared a lot of objects for him in Taihe City, Shang Xijie smiled.
In fact, the Tubo people in Nanzhao didn’t want it at all. They just wanted the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they didn’t want to consume much people here. After arriving outside Taihe City, Shang Xijie could wait for news from Chisong Dezan with peace of mind.
According to the order given to him by Chisong Dezan before, if Chisong Dezan asks him to attack Jiannan Road, it will definitely be the weakest time for Jiannan Road to guard the Jiannan Road. At that time, they may even take down Yizhou directly, and then join another team of Tubo to destroy Guo Ziyi's troops. Basically, they can do whatever they want in the southwest direction of the Tang Dynasty.
This is obviously a grand plan, and once successful, the territory of their Tubo will be more than just a Hexi land.
In the hearts of generals like Shang Xijie, the few defeated generals in the Tang Dynasty were just a stagnant. Nanzhao was just a tribe that could not help but scare. The current situation was quite beneficial to Tubo.
Under the leadership of Ge Luofeng's two younger brothers, the army became closer and closer to Taihe City.
Although this Taihe City looks quite small and has a wide wall, it is still much worse than the city of the Tang Dynasty. At best, it is just a copy. It was built by the Nanzhao people after unifying the Liuzhao. It was just a mere appearance.
It is precisely for this reason that Shang Xijie didn't bring much siege equipment to him this time, because a mere Taihe City did not need to use any siege equipment to break through.
Soon, Shang Xijie led the army to the foot of Taihe City. When he looked around, he found that there was almost no defender on the city wall. It was the usual style of Ge Luofeng in their eyes over the years, and he was timid and afraid of things.
"General, are you going to bring these men into the city or stay outside the city?"
"Hmph. I originally wanted to bring them all into your Taihe City and wander around, but since Ge Luofeng was so intentional, they would not go in. After all, if all of them enter the city, there will be only a few women in your Taihe City, tomorrow!"
Shang Sijie laughed loudly after saying that, but Ge Luofeng's two younger brothers obviously couldn't laugh, so they could only silently lower their heads.
Chapter completed!