Shibao City is a beacon castle located in the Chiling Mountains. The reason why it is famous in later generations is that during the Tianbao period of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the famous general Geshuhan attacked the city and sacrificed tens of thousands of troops to capture only more than 400 Tubo people.

Because of such exaggerated results, the battle between Shibao City should be fought, and later generations have polished their teeth for eternity. Even at that time, the poet Li Bai wrote a poem to ridicule him: You can't learn from Geshu, and you can walk rampant in Qinghai with a knife at night, and slaughter the stone castle in the west to take a purple robe. You think that the battle between Shibao City is just a meaningless war for Geshu Han to gain fame and fortune.

Of course, just listen to what the literati and poets say, even if he is a poet. It should be noted that before, Li Bai also praised Ge Shu Han for "her husband is like this, and he is invincible when he calls him. Wei Qing became a general, and Bai Qi became a son." In front of Ge Shu Han, Wei Qing and Bai Qi became small characters who are not worth mentioning.

This means that in ancient poetry and literature have its own lofty status. If it were placed in later generations, this is a standard way to say anything, and do nothing, and only take advantage of the popularity of the traffic.

He said he had a high character, he followed King Yong's Eastern Tour to cause rebellion, and sang to cheer him up, he said he had strong abilities, but he failed in the rebellion. He didn't know what he did in the chaos army. Anyway, the set of "The Song of King Yong's Eastern Tour" became the ironclad evidence of his chaos.

There are countless discussions about the Battle of Shibao City. There is also a saying in later generations that Geshuhan should bear important responsibility for the failure of the Battle of Talas. Because the Battle of Talas took place in the third year of the Battle of Shibao City. Some people believe that the tens of thousands of Longyou soldiers who died in Talas were thrown into Talas without fighting Shibao City at that time, and this battle would not be defeated.

This statement is really hard to comment. It is probably believed that Talas is next to Longyou, and tens of thousands of Longyou troops can reach the war with their feet lifted. If this is feasible, just lift An Lushan over and drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf. Not only can the Battle of Talas be won, but the Anshi Rebellion will be avoided.

The Battle of Stone Castle City naturally should not be fought in the future, because even if it is fought, it cannot fully tap into the important strategic value of this battle.

Because in the next few years, Yuyang Feng came to the ground, shocking the colorful song of the colorful clothes. The outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion completely disrupted the various layouts of the Tang Empire. The army of the border retreated to suppress the rebellion, and even the entire Longyou was swallowed by Tubo, let alone a mere stone fort city.

But people are born to wait for death, and they cannot say that any behavior from birth to death is meaningless.

The strategic significance of Shibao City is absolutely crucial. After years of continuous attacks in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has basically completed a strategic blockade of Tubo from Lingnan to Central Asia, extending nearly ten thousand miles. The capture of Shibao City is a preparation for the next counterattack of Tubo.

Li Tong was naturally very concerned about such an important beacon, but when he asked this question, all the Heyuan Army generals and the accompanying Heyuan Army were confused. After pondering for a while, Heiyuan Chang said, "I don't know where the beacon castle you said? What is its location?"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Tong vaguely felt that his problem seemed to be a mistake, but he still followed his memory and told the terrain and environment related to Shibao City.

The generals were silent for a moment, and suddenly a soldier raised his hand and said, "The terrain of the throne that Your Highness mentioned seems to be the Baishuigou in the northeast, but although the terrain there is dangerous, there is no beacon setting!"

The battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo was fierce, and the situation changed rapidly. When Li Tong saw that the generals of the Heyuan Army had never heard of the name of Shibao City, he realized that this beacon may not exist yet.

Therefore, after hearing what the commander said, he was not surprised, but he couldn't help asking: "Maybe the speaker was wrong, and the listener remembered it wrongly, but it is not convenient to take a look at Baishuigou?"

With a specific location, Heiqi Changzhi's memory became vivid. After hearing this, he nodded and said, "Baishuigou is located on the eastern foot of Chiling. It is not originally a Tubo-youyi realm. It is safer than the ridge. Naturally, you can go and take a look."

After saying that, he raised his hand to signal the commander who answered just now to lead the way, which was also a chance to show his vigilant and knowledgeable commander to the King of Yong.

The soldier led the way and was very familiar with the surrounding terrain. Although there were many rugged forks between the mountains and even Li Tong was fainted, he could choose the way without thinking.

Goodbye, the other party was more than seven feet tall, taller than the capital of Hei-Toothed Chang. Even among the mighty and brave generals of Heyuan Army, they were quite eye-catching. They climbed high and jumped into the stream like walking on flat ground. Li Tong also felt a loving talent for a moment, so he asked, "What is the name of the lieutenant?"

The soldier was a little excited when he heard this, and stood up. He turned around and said, "I am not aware of Guo Zhiyun, and Guo Yi, the Qinzhou Military Mansion, and now he is the leader of the Xixiangling Beacon Castle in the Heyuan Army."

"Guo Zhiyun?"

When Li Tong heard this name, he was shocked. He was very surprised that the Heyuan Army, who was on the front line of the battle against Tubo, was really hidden and lying on the tiger. He just pointed to a soldier commander and became a famous hero in Helong in the future!

In order to make more confirmation and avoid the person who is a duplicate name, Li Tong quickly asked Guo Zhiyun about his specific life experience, and then he confirmed that the young man in front of him who was big and thick and had a simple attitude was indeed Guo Zhiyun, the governor of Longyou who suffered several defeats in the Kaiyuan period!

After learning about this, Li Tong's love for talent became even more intense, and he asked Guo Zhiyun about his resume since joining the army. While leading the way, Guo Zhiyun answered respectfully. Because of the huge gap in identity between them, he seemed a little restrained and nervous.

"Don't be ashamed of being humble. The thieves in the western ridges are like weeds in river valleys, and cannot be cut all. They are all the achievements of our Tang Dynasty warriors!"

Seeing that Guo Zhiyun was quite uncomfortable, Li Tong stopped showing too much and patted the other person on the shoulder to encourage him.

Then he asked the names of other people with anticipation, but he never found such a well-known person as Guo Zhiyun. However, he did not regret it. Whether a person can achieve success in the time and be famous in future generations is very important. His own quality is also very important.

The soldiers of Heyuan are brave. Since they have already won the control of the Longyou army, of course they have to create opportunities for them and spare no effort to discover the talents of the generals and not allow these athletes to make a contribution!

When they crossed a mountain ridge and everyone was resting on the ground, Li Tong saw many soldiers patrolling around the left and right without carving, and was alert to the Tubo Youyi Team wandering in Chiling Mountains. He couldn't help but sigh: "My husband spared no will and donated his own life as a country. How could the court be stingy to rebuild Lingyan Pavilion and make good use of merit! The boastful words may be absurd and cannot be realistic, but I will hold Longyou for one day and never let the armored people be hungry to prepare for war!"

When the soldiers around him heard this, they all smiled and crossed their hands to thank him. The eyes of His Highness Yong looked even more admirable.

But Li Tong felt guilty about the respect for the soldiers. His noble birth and glory were built on the struggle of these frontier soldiers to sacrifice their lives and shed their blood. Otherwise, Longyou and Guanzhong were almost bandits, so how could he be at ease to launch a coup in Shendu?

Compared with the efforts of these soldiers, I still do little to them, but the rest of my life is still long. Since I feel this meaning, I should work hard and live up to each other!

The group walked around the foothills of Chiling for nearly an hour, walked out of the ridges and crossed the valleys and leased their horses from the nearby beacon, and continued their journey. Finally, they arrived at a mountain pass in the evening, which was Baishuigou, as Guo Zhiyun mentioned.

When he was at the foot of the mountain and watched the mountain for a while, Li Tong understood why the stone castle city, which had been built to fight against the Tang Dynasty and Tubo countries, had not yet been built.

The Chiling Mountain is abrupt, and the peaks and ridges suddenly rise and fall. The Baishuigou is still open and flat, and the Chiling Pass facing it is also quite open, which can accommodate several vehicles in parallel. It is obviously a passage for entering and leaving Chiling.

According to Heichi Changzhi, this is indeed the case. The imperial court has launched a large-scale military force several times before, and the mountain pass is an important entry and exit passage. On both sides of the mountain pass, there are peaks and ridges that are hard to climb. Judging from the terrain, it should be the beacon castle that Li Tong remembered that was conquered by the Tang Dynasty.

As for the moment, there are no beacons on the mountain ridges. It is not that Heiqi often ignores the dangers here, but because the dangerous place of the mountain ridge is located on the eastern foot of Chiling, the mountain pass is still under the control of the Tang Dynasty. Even if you want to beware of Tubo entering the river, you have to set up defenses on the western foot of the back of the peak ridge. Setting up beacons on the peak ridges is exhausting, and there is no need to use manpower and material resources to guard against one's own principles.

After learning this, Li Tong was very pleased, but then felt a lot of pressure.

As a natural barrier between the two places, if anyone knows, he will take the initiative in offense and defense on the battlefield. At present, the Shibao City is still under the control of the Tang Dynasty, but it is just a dangerous mountain pass that is not worthy of defense.

However, during the Tianbao period of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, this place was owned by Tubo, and the Tang army even had to pay tens of thousands of people to open this beacon and regain the passage in and out of Chiling.

From this we can see how fiercely the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were fighting around Chiling, and how many soldiers of the two countries were everywhere, with their corpses and the sky high! Don’t you see that in Qinghai, no one has ever collected the bones!

"In recent years, Qinling returned to Qinghai and pushed Chiling even more and gradually penetrated Chiling. In previous years, there were more than 70 Heyuan forts, which could still ensure that Chiling was well prepared. But now, there are more than 150 beacons added, but it is still inevitable that Tubo will travel around the mountain and plunder without any robbery!"

Having said this, Heichi Changzhi couldn't help but sigh again, and said the sentence he had said several times today: "If Tuyuhun is not lost, Tubo will be in a difficult position, and it will not be a problem. The border feelings will not be so ill!"
Chapter completed!