The sky gradually darkened, but the birds in the forest became extremely noisy and were about to return to their nests, but the arrival of these cavalry broke their tranquility again.

The battle in Lanzhou finally really fired the first shot.

When crossing the Yellow River, Zong Chuke proudly wrote a letter to the court, telling his plans and claiming that the Eight Prefectures would be completely taken back to the court soon. However, in the letter, he told Li Xian that Wang Hua could not rebel in the Eight Prefectures, and he might be angry and anxious, so he ordered the governments of each state to order all the yamen runners and the stationed officers and soldiers to be banned. Otherwise, Wang Hua would be lost and the blood camp would be destroyed, which might make the chrysanthemums bloom one by one.

Li Xian didn't know the military tactics, and he was forced to join forces with Tubo. Although he knew that Wang Hua was a little unfair this time, Wang Hua was independent in the Eight Prefectures and then publicly seized grain in the Three Prefectures, and no longer took him as the emperor seriously. This was especially a matter of fact that he didn't even dare to live in Chang'an, which was something he could not bear.

After hearing the news, the officials were summoned immediately.

Zong Chuke spoke out, but how can he ban it? Could it be that cities across the country have closed the city gates and investigated closely?

If this is the case, the whole Tang Dynasty will be in chaos.

But Wang Hua was so easy to deal with? He didn't see Ke Zanre's 90,000 troops being wiped out in the blink of an eye? Even Ke Zanre himself was forced to surrender to the Blood Camp.

Therefore, I was a little worried and invited Zhang Renyuan and Tang Xiujing, who was basically old and weak. In fact, Old Tang was sick. The doctor reported the situation very unhappy. However, living to his age was worth it.

The two looked at the marching map. Wang Huaxue Camp was unable to mark his marching route because of the blockade. However, before the Silk Road was isolated, Guo Yuanzhen's marching route, Chang Yuankai's marching route, Zong Chuke's marching route, even Mochu's marching route and Sinuoluo's marching route were marked on the map.

In the eyes of ministers who do not understand military affairs, this map is just arrows. But in the eyes of Tang and Zhang, it turned into countless golden swords and iron horses, running on the map.

Judging from the military power distributed by each army on the map, it is not an exaggeration to say that the blood camp can be destroyed into the eighteen levels of hell.

But the two knew that this was not the case.

Just as the ministers were discussing how to prevent the riot of Jumin, the two of them lay on the map. Many places of this battle were unpopular. Sanlipo on the west side of the Yellow River and Mukeling outside Yanzhou City could not be found on the slightly larger map.

Of course, they could see Zong Chuke's intention at a glance, and knew that if everything was successful for the second tactic, Wang Hua's blood camp would be dead.

But Wang Hua is so stupid?

After watching for a long time, Tang Xiujing and Zhang Renyuan raised their heads almost at the same time and whispered: "Yellow River."

Seeing the two people raising their heads, Li Xian asked, "Two beloved ministers, what are the plans for Zongqing?"

In fact, Li Xianxin was also quite worried. Although the three parties joined forces and hundreds of thousands of troops were overwhelming the Eight States, he was still uneasy for Wang Hua's strange record. Moreover, the victory was fine. If it failed, the more than 200,000 troops would be wiped out like Ke Zanre's 90,000 troops, which would be a huge disaster for the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Renyuan did not answer. If he failed, the woman in the deep palace would definitely be extremely resentful to him. If you have the ability, why don’t you take the initiative to ask the court for troops, but sit and watch the imperial army be destroyed by hundreds of thousands of troops? You can vent your anger on him.

Therefore, he did not answer and asked Lao Tang to answer. Anyway, Lao Tang is alive and dead now, how can he lead the troops to fight?

But Lao Tang still thought about it. Although Wang Hua blocked the Eight Prefectures, he still obtained some limited information. Therefore, he gathered the information in his mind and then replied: "Master Zong may not be able to succeed in this operation?"

Old Tang's trembling voice was not loud, but with just this sound, the whole court immediately became quiet.

Lee Xian asked anxiously: "Why?"

"First of all, look at the distribution of the troops of the Blood Camp. The Fourth Brigade of the Seventh Army of the Blood Camp, the regular army is nearly 90,000, plus 50,000 reserves. The Lanzhou battle has not started, but looking at the northeast direction, General Manager Chang has provided a lot of information on the memorial. Although the strange building made of cement in Mukeling is like a roadblock, because there is no big village, the number will not be large, at most seven or eight thousand. Yinzhou is stationed in Kong Heita and 10,000 Yaoguang Army. This is to defend against the invasion of the Turkic people."

Although he vaguely guessed in his heart that the court had made some agreement with the Turks, he still used the word "invasion". He did not know this agreement, but it must be full of content that was full of powerless and humiliating the country.

"The Yaoguang Army is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, and Kong Heita is far inferior to Mochu's military vision. However, Kong Heita has experience in fighting against the Turks many times. At the same time, his task is only defense, and he can take advantage of the dangers of the city wall. He is at a disadvantage, but not at a danger. Ten thousand people are enough. Mochu himself is wandering. He is sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger's fight in order to get the greatest benefit with the smallest loss. With 10,000 Yaoguang Army guarding one side, Mochu's fighting spirit is not strong at the moment, and Lingzhou City is tall and difficult to attack. Then the Kaiyang Army, the rebel general Wukeli, can draw out some of its troops. Use this force to defend at Mukeling. So where did the Yuheng Army in Yanzhou go?"

After saying that, he drew a straight line on the map, rushed from Yanzhou to Nanhetao, and rushed towards Cao Cen's 20,000 troops.

Although there are 10,000 people, Cao Cen only has 20,000 people. For the current blood camp, a one-to-two ratio is enough to fight.

It was just a straight line, and many ministers began to pump up the air conditioner.

Li Xian shouted: "Send a letter to Cao Cen immediately."

I sent a fart letter, and I had a phone call, and I sent it one, two or three times. Zong Chuke's memorial had been in Luoyang for several days, and the Battle of Nanhetao had already ended. It is possible that the Battle of Lanzhou had already reached the time to decide life and death.

But Li Xian, who was stunned, wrote an edict and gave it to Cao Cen and Chang Yuankai.

Old Tang was not in a hurry and sat without saying a word.

When Li Xian saw the imperial envoy leaving, he turned his head to look at Old Tang and said, "Tang Qing, continue."

Tang Xiujing pointed to the map and continued, "Looking at Huizhou again, although General Guo has been marching for many years, Huizhou has the danger of the city walls, and Ulan Pass and Huining Pass. The two passes are like two ghosts slapping the gates, protecting the safety of Huizhou. General Guo thought that the city of Zhou was captured in a short time. Moreover, the blood camp soldiers he faced were strong in combat and had richer combat experience. Maybe some of the troops could be drawn from the Tianquan Army. Look at the south. There were Tubo people in the south, but because of the battle in the county of Shan County, the blood camp won very cleanly and had little loss. This is not the main thing. The main blood camp only dispatched the Tianxuan Army, the Second Brigade, and some militias. Where did the Tianshu Army, which had the strongest combat power, go?"

It was not the case. He also saw that Lao Guo was not determined to fight Wang Hua in a decisive battle, but because of his personal friendship with Guo Yuanzhen, he did not point it out.

Speaking of this, he drew an arrow on the Yellow River, which meant that Zong Chuke sent a large army to cross the Yellow River. But after the drawing, he did not stop and drew a thick line from the middle of the Yellow River again, and cut the arrow into two pieces, marking the Tianshu Army, Tianji Army, and the Second Brigade in Hexi.

Then he said: "The minister in front is not on the front line and cannot be seen. This marching route is just a hypothesis of the minister. With Wang Hua's carefulness, it is impossible to leave this obvious loophole and let General Zong pry open the entire Eight Prefectures. If this is the case, then the consequences according to the minister's plan will be unimaginable."

After saying that, the Second Brigade of the Three Army made a dotted arrow and crossed the Yellow River, but there were troops drawn from Hezhou and Shanzhou on the flanks, which were vaguely aimed at Zong Chuke's army.

After finishing the painting, he sighed: "The God of War, only one step away."

Then he thought about it and added: "If what Xiangchen said about this battle in the Blood Camp can be implemented and succeeded. Wang Hua is the new God of War."

The ministers in the palace were even silent.

There was no ranking for anyone who had nothing to do.

But since Wang Hualei made Dayan once and found the ranking of famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, it has attracted many people's interest. Some boring people ranked the generals of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Hualei ranked the top two, but there is still some controversy. Some like bulldozer-style attacks, some like showing personal force, and some like feather fan and lantern scarf. But no one dares to argue in the top two and three in the top two lists. Li Jing, Li Shimin, Li Ji, who dares to fight? Although he is dissatisfied with Lun Qinling, who dares to fight? Therefore, in the top two, whether it is Lun Qinling's invincible battle or General Xue's unprecedented military power, there is no dispute, but further down, there is controversy arise, mainly the dispute between Pei Xingjian and Liu Rengui and Su Dingfang. Wang Hua valued the first battle with Japan, so Liu Rengui was ranked first, but more people liked Su Dingfang.

However, the top ten people competed for a large position. Even later, considering Wang Hua's status and authority in the military, there would be no idea that the people would have designated Wang Hua's thirty-nine ranks as twenty-eighth ones.

As for the next list, I knew that Wang Hua was making a fool of himself, so there were people on the ranking again, and many people ranked Wang Hua first.

However, these people live in the world, and the right and wrong success or failure are still undecided, and the controversy is even greater.

There are still many good things. After ranking the generals of the Tang Dynasty, they are ranked again from ancient China to the present.

But there are only three people who can truly win the title of God of War.

Sun Wu entered Ying with 30,000 people, and a book called "The Art of War" made countless people a military treasure. Then when he arrived in Wu Qi, although his fate was not very good after he arrived in Chu, no one dared to deny his military talent, and a book called "The Art of War" and "The Art of War" led to the destruction of the Arab Empire and the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire.

There are also a few generals of the semi-God of War, such as Li Shimin, Chen Qingzhi, Liu Xiu, and Han Xin.

As well as generals close to God, Xiang Yu, Sun Bin, Huo Qubing, Wei Qing, Zhou Yu, Wei Rui, Cao Cao, Ban Chao, etc.

Super generals, Zhuge Liang, Liu Yu, Le Yi, Tan Daoji, Wang Meng, Lu Xun and others.

Even Li Ji could only be ranked as the super general, which was infinitely far from the god level. But Lao Tang said this, although he did not characterize Wang Hua as Li Jing, Wu Qi, Sun Wu and others, at least he would sit with Chen Qingzhi and Han Xin.

This is why Old Tang overestimated Wang Hua, the god-level. Wang Hua is still out of reach now, but he can barely be on par with the super generals. This also requires the knowledge of his later generations and the military tactics that have not yet appeared in this world before he can barely enter. Otherwise, with Wang Hua's military talent, he is still a long distance away from Lu Xun and the others.

But Old Tang said this is nothing wrong. The reason why Wang Hua succeeded in bringing out his knowledge in later generations was because he had countless famous generals under him who made up for Wang Hua's misunderstandings.

There is also a benefit of Wang Hua, who is good at learning from others' strengths, so he plays the role of one plus one equals three equals four.

At least in this generation, before the appearance of the gods, Wang Hua's military talent shone on the land of the Tang Dynasty like a sun.

Dou Congyi said sourly: "It's just a weird way of playing."

Others didn't say anything, and their playing style was strange, which was Wang Hua's ability. If you have the ability, you might also use this weird playing style to deal with Wang Hua!

And Lao Tang's words undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Li Xian.

In fact, Lao Tang exaggerated that the three great gods of war were not only invincible in their history, but also left precious military talents to future generations. For example, Sun Tzu's Art of War, which made him one of the gods of war.

Wang Hua's military level is not weak. At least in total, it is several levels higher than what he estimates, but it seems to be very far away from the God of War.

But one thing is that before Geshuhan, Gao Xianzhi, An Lushan, Wang Zhongsi and others grew up, Wang Hua was indeed very dazzling in this mortal era.

Old Tang is indeed very capable. He can judge many of Wang Hua's plans based on just a little bit of information, but he did not guess all plans, nor did he have complete control over the entire battle situation.

After hearing Lao Tang's words, the court immediately notified Zong Chuke to be careful not to mention it.

When the Battle of Kuizishan broke out, Sinuoluo came out of the hole like a poisonous snake.

He has repeatedly seen all the battles with Wang Hua.

Because of his division of troops, Du Dayan was cut by Wang Hua. Last year, Du Dayan lost too badly. So later, whether it was Ke Zanre, Zong Chuke, Chang Yuankai, even the old treacherous Mochu, he dared not easily divide his troops.

But what is the result?

Ke Zanre did not divide his troops, but he lost even worse.

Therefore, he thought for a long time, not the question of whether he was a division or not, and whether he was following the other party's rhythm.

Thinking of this, he was shocked after Wang Hua appeared on Kelan Pass, but he was not scared away by Wang Hua and retreated to Hulu Ridge. It was right or wrong, but it really made Wang Hua very uncomfortable. If he attacked head-on, Wang Hua would not dare to rely on the power in Wang Hua's hands.

Even if there is no war, the stationing of this army also allowed Wang Hua to divide his troops into many forces.

But how could Sinuoluo not fight? But before he could wait for the opportunity, he heard that Zong Chuke began to dispatch a large army to cross the Yellow River. With his keen intuition, he realized that this was a trap. But Wang Hua had to divide the heavy troops after taking over Zong Chuke's 200,000 troops. Even if he appeared at Kelan Pass, he might have bluffed and deliberately scared himself away so that the three states could free up their troops. Including the constant change of defense a few days ago, he also scared himself. But the goal of this change of defense was to withdraw troops and carry out the Lanzhou battle.

Therefore, he decisively launched the attack.

It is not for capturing, not for spoils. But for the entire battle, Wang Hua's troops must be withdrawn. Zong Chuke can be defeated, but not for a big defeat, so as to seriously consume Wang Hua's troops. If Zong Chuke is defeated like Ke Zanre, Wang Hua's blood camp's troops will be retained, and he will be in Jishishan in the future, and he will have a headache.

Not only did they send troops, but they also divided into two groups.

The first route was that his beloved general A Fuzan led 40,000 troops to attack Guangwei County, but in this battle he asked A Fuzan not to make any contributions, but to no mistakes. This force mainly restrained the reinforcements of Hegua two prefectures. The siege was fake, and the siege was real.

Moreover, he believed that all three states were basically empty cities, and even if there were garrison troops, there would not be too many.

This attack was completely tentative.

He attacked Dahua County by himself, and Dahua County was backed by the Jiuqu land, and the products were abundant, which made him covet a long time ago. He also used Dahua County to threaten Guzhou City and cut off everything from Shanzhou and Hezhou. But unlike Zong Chuke's, he really used his army in his hand to inlay a sharp knife between the two states.

But unexpectedly, in the small county town of Dahua County, he also encountered a fierce counterattack. He used all kinds of offensive and defensive methods, and both sides suffered heavy sacrifices. Of course, his soldiers were even heavier.

On the third day of the offense and defense, in Dahua County, Xiao Song looked at his group of generals and said, "Thank you for your bravery, but it's time."

All the soldiers in Dahua County were militias of the Herringbone Division. The number was not large, only 5,000 people. They were mixed with a small number of veterans of the Tianxuan Army. These veterans played a guiding role. Being able to hold on for three days under the fierce attack of the 50,000 troops of Sinuoluo was a miracle.

Although severe casualties also occurred under the fierce attack of Sinuoluo.

But in a strategic sense, it delayed for three days and achieved the goal.
To be continued...