Moliyi, on the east side of Dafeichuan, is now the base camp of the Tang Dynasty's vanguard army. Thousands of Youyi scouts use this as a starting point to patrol and infiltrate the heart of Qinghai. While investigating the enemy's situation, they are also constantly sweeping and eliminating some uncertain factors inside and outside the battlefield. Most of these so-called uncertain factors refer to the Tuqiang and Xianbei tribes living in the Qinghai region.

These migrant tribes are naturally not extremely strong if they are single-wheel individuals. Even a team of two or three hundred elites is enough to sweep away several Tuqiang tribes scattered in the wilderness. However, once these tribes have a tendency to organize and assemble, it will become a variable that cannot be ignored in the future battlefield. Especially when the front line is lengthened and the war is in a stalemate, this variable may affect or even determine the direction of the war.

After all, the reason why Tubo tried his best to annex Tuyuhun in previous years was that in addition to the direct expansion of territory and territory, another important point was the control of the original Tuyuhun population. After Tubo annexed Tuyuhun, in the subsequent battles with the Tang Dynasty, half of the troops came directly from Qinghai. Especially in the Battle of Dafeichuan, Qinling even applied the home field advantage tactics to the extreme.

The father and son of the Gar family are among the people. They ruled the Qinghai area for decades, and naturally established a very meticulous rule model. However, in the trend of historical trends, even if the individual abilities are strong, they will appear weak and powerless.

Qinling's past powerful military achievements naturally made the whole world dare not underestimate him. However, when he faced the two most powerful regimes in the world, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, pressing forward step by step, he also seemed powerless and difficult to turn the decline.

In the past few years, the Gar family's ruling foundation in Qinghai has been continuously compressed and destroyed, and its control over Qinghai's territory and population has been continuously weakened, making the binding force of its government orders increasingly weak.

To this day, even if the Tang army marched straight in again, it would be difficult for Qinling to organize an army of hundreds of thousands to fight the Tang Dynasty, repeating the glory of the Dafeichuan battle in previous years.

Of course, although the influence of the Tang Dynasty continued to penetrate into Qinghai, the time was still short and it had not reached the point of completely replacing the Gar family.

Therefore, Qinghai is currently in a state of disorderly chaos, except for the Haidong region actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty and the Haixi region where the Gar family has always occupied. These tribes in Qinghai are also fortunate to enjoy a short-term freedom of not being enslaved by rule because of this confrontation and tug-of-war.

But this so-called freedom brings people not carefree transcendence, but rather a kind of helpless panic. Especially when the Qinghai War is about to begin, since these tribes do not have a clear ownership and will be subject to military orders from which side, the two sides of the war naturally do not have the obligation to protect them.

There was no absolute justice in the war, the only difference was the different positions. The Tang army entered Qinghai, and it was absolutely impossible to say that it was a benevolent and righteous army who was afraid of harming people's lives. In order to strengthen their strategic advantages, they naturally had to strengthen the collection and control of personnel resources around the battlefield. Before the army of both sides had officially encountered and had lined up to start the war, the Tuqiang tribes that were wandering and migrating were the main targets of these Youyi scouts.

No matter when, weak urination is the original sin. The Tuqiang tribes discovered by the scouts of Youyi of the Tang Dynasty have long been destined to have their fates, and there is only limited choice. Those who follow me may not prosper, but those who go against me will definitely perish.

When the Tang Dynasty Youyi officially launched military activities, the base camp of Moliyi suddenly became lively. Every day, many Tuqiang people were driven here. Although the Tang army may not necessarily rely on their manpower to accomplish things, they must not tolerate indulging the population of these tribes.

Although the main force of the army has not yet officially entered Qinghai, logistics supply will become extremely important after the army is departing. Even if these Tuqiang tribes do not obey Tubo, they will be afraid of taking risks and disturbing the supply along the Tang army. Naturally, the sooner they are to clean up, the better.

However, how to deal with and manage the people of Qiang and Hu were driven to Moliyi was also a big trouble for the Tang army. Although the war was imminent, we should not do our best to do good deeds, but we should not kill innocent people indiscriminately and eliminate these Qiang herders from the flesh.

In fact, when it comes to the custody and management of the Hu people in the border areas, the Tang Dynasty naturally had rich experience. In the past years, the disrespectful regimes to the surrounding areas launched many wars of destruction. The war brought more than a huge number of prisoners, and the number was far from comparable to the Qiang people gathered at Moli Post. They were either bound in the border areas or attached to prefectures and counties, and were basically properly resettled.

But the Tang people gathered by Mo Liyi is the elite of Youyi, the vanguard, and its functionality is more reflected in combat. There are not many measures to control the region and population, which inevitably makes it a little overwhelmed.

"Report to the general that he returned from the Chishui camp's patrol and seized more than 3,000 members of the six Qiang disciples. Please send troops to guide him to the camp!"

In the Moliyi Forward Camp, Wu Guiying, who returned from a tour, reported the harvest. Guo Zhiyun, the vanguard leader who sat in the camp to listen to the report, had already lost the initial ease and comfort. After hearing this, he just nodded impatiently: "I understand!"

Then he ordered the military officials to go and organize the books and place the characters separately. While handling these miscellaneous tasks, Guo Zhiyun's eyes still did not leave the documents on the desk. Even if he couldn't sit up, there was still fine sweat on his forehead, which showed that mental labor was also very heavy.

Not long after, another camp soldier hurried into the tent and reported: "General, more than 30 Qiang people in the Western Camp are making trouble..."

"how so?"

After hearing this, Guo Zhiyun frowned and stood up straight from the middle of the mat, holding the sword in his hand and shouted in a deep voice, with a murderous aura overflowing.

"That Qiang people and the newly resident troops of Zuo were in a feud, and they were afraid that the other party would give them food, because they were making trouble..."

After hearing the explanation of the camp soldiers, Guo Zhiyun's murderous aura remained unabated. After pondering for a moment, he ordered: "The people involved were all rushing to the outside of the camp, and they would not punish the food and tents. If there was any more noise, they would shoot and kill them all, and they would be sent to the camps!"

The camp soldiers took the order and left, but Guo Zhiyun was not feeling much relieved. He asked a clerk to join the army and asked, "How many places are left in the camp? How many things are left for the gift?"

After hearing this, he reported the relevant data in detail. After hearing this, Guo Zhiyun frowned even tighter because the containment capacity in the camp was about to reach its limit. However, You Yi from all sides was still driving the Tu Qiang tribes continuously.

"Immediately check the plan, and the storage in the camp can be used for a few days, and the letter will be reported to the rear."

Hearing the order of the general, the army nodded, and immediately checked the bill in the account, and soon submitted a result.

Guo Zhiyun was quite satisfied with his subordinates' work efficiency. After taking the document, he nodded to encourage him. At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh that the power of border affairs is indeed very full of strength than that of his early years. The sages value martial arts, which has led many young talents in the country to go to the border to pursue their achievements.

For example, the army in this camp, named Du Xian, was very organized in processing various official documents. Almost half of the documents in the camp were regulated by him. Guo Zhiyun also benefited a lot from this and could simplify the handling of the camp.

In previous years, even if such talents were silent, they would often only wait for opportunities in the two capitals and rarely appear in the border areas. This would undoubtedly be a huge waste of talent and naturally have no benefit to the country. It would also make these talents lose their ambitions and become decadent during the long wasted years.

However, the subordinates' ability has limited improvement in the situation of the vanguard camp. Guo Zhiyun briefly browsed the accounting results submitted by the army, and was still thinking about how to write a word to report to the rear. Another camp soldiers came to report to Li Yi, who was going to recruit the Qiang people, who had returned. After hearing this, Guo Zhiyun ordered Li Yi to be introduced into the account as soon as possible, intending to understand the situation of the Tuqiang people's reunion and report back to the rear together.

Soon Li Yi entered the tent and reported the trip in detail after giving a brief greeting.

After hearing that the Mumao tribe had collected quite detailed geographical information from Qinghai and presented it, Guo Zhiyun also became interested in it for a while. He quickly summoned several generals and civil servants to join the army to test the authenticity of the geographical information Li Yi brought back.

The Tang army is about to enter Qinghai again to fight, so there will naturally be no less relevant information collection work. Especially after the ease of relations with the Haixi Gar family last year, a very careful investigation of the current human and geographical situation in Qinghai was conducted.

The geographical information presented by the Mumao tribe brought back by Li Yi was indeed very helpful. It not only verified and supplemented with the information held by the Tang Dynasty, but also part of it was information around Fuqi City, Haixi that the Tang Dynasty did not have clearly grasped, and even some of them included military stations in some Gar families.

The in-depth verification of the information was carried out by others. Guo Zhiyun signaled Li Yi to the other side and asked: "According to what you see, is it necessary to arrange for the powerful troops to guide this Qiang people from the east?"

"After such a big plan, I dare not assert, only what I saw in this trip. The people who are scattered are extremely powerful, and there are more than ten thousand tents to gather. There are also such pictures and books to offer. It can be seen that the plan is quite large. If only troops are sent to guide you, it may not be enough to fill this desire. What's more, what's going on with tens of thousands of people, the Gar family will definitely not turn a blind eye..."

Although the chief of the Mumao tribe was so humble that he was a little humble, Li Yi still had his own opinions on this trip. He explained some of his feelings and guesses in detail, and felt that the Mumao tribe still had great reservations about surrender.

One of the most direct manifestations of this is that when Li Yi suggested that the Mumao tribe send members to follow him to return to the Tang army camp to discuss the Tang army's surrender, the leader of the Mumao tribe only sent a daughter, but was not a legitimate son or other important member.

Although the leader of the Mumao tribe gave a reason, it was that his daughter had served as a female official in the Qinling Mansion of Fuqicheng, and was quite familiar with the customs of the Tang people. As for the sons, they were vulgar and rude, and were worried about the abrupt and powerful people of the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Yi still reserved this statement, because even if the hostages were defeated, it would not have much impact on the Mumao tribe's control of its clan.

"The thief, Qiang, is cunning, and cannot be said to be loyal and righteous!"

Guo Zhiyun agreed with Li Yi. Even without these reasons, he did not have any kind opinion on the Qiang people in Qinghai. Now, in the confrontation with Tubo, the Tang Dynasty has a certain advantage, but in previous years, the Tang army was blocked east of Chiling, and the elderly people of the Heyuan army such as Guo Zhiyun launched a fierce confrontation with the other side around Chiling. A large number of Qiang people appeared in the Tubo army, helping the evil.

However, the Tang Dynasty is about to re-rule Qinghai, and the Tu Qiang will definitely not be completely killed. Not to mention the strong dragons who have passed through the border, even Tuyuhun, which has ruled Qinghai for hundreds of years, they are still actively ruling with the Western Qiang.

The Mumao tribe of the Qiang people is not small, and it is also an indigenous force with the information of the Tang Dynasty. In particular, Li Yi's return to his troops has increased its power. Guo Zhiyun, the vanguard general, had difficulty in deciding how to deal with it, so he simply summarized it with the military affairs just now and prepared to report it to the rear and hand it over to the saint to decide whether to accept his troops.

As for the Mumao tribe girl who returned with Li Yi, Guo Zhiyun did not intend to meet her. The old Heyuan army had prejudice against the Qiang people and became even more disgusted with the famous Qiang people.

However, the messenger from Moliyi Camp has not been sent out yet, and the army headquarters in the rear of Shanzhou has already arrived.

"The vanguard is leading for more than a month, and the general and others think they have made great achievements!"

As an envoy of the special mission of the saints in Shanzhou, when Guo Yuanzhen led a team outside the Moliyi camp, he looked at Guo Zhiyun and others who were out to greet him and said with a smile.

After hearing this, Guo Zhiyun and others looked a little embarrassed. Originally, they thought that they and others were fortunate to be selected into the vanguard team and could advance to the heart of Qinghai first. This was a rare opportunity to make achievements. With the strategic advantages and strong morale of the Tang army, they could achieve the first achievement.

However, after they sent troops, they found that this was far from the situation. Faced with the fierce Tang army, Haixi did not make any offensive and defensive arrangements to resist. The troops directly belonging to the Gar family even contracted and retreated in an all-round way. Even small-scale scouts encountered frictions.

The vanguard troops sent troops for more than a month, and the achievements on the front battlefield were insignificant. The main result was that they gathered a large number of local Tu Qiang tribes. Although this can also be regarded as a kind of combat result, these Tu Qiang tribes were extremely low in terms of combat effectiveness. No matter how many they gathered, it was really difficult to make these elite Youyi soldiers feel any sense of honor.

Guo Zhiyun, the chief vanguard general, complained even more. The soldiers of the camp were only responsible for patrols, but he had to handle the vanguard affairs and also be responsible for giving these Qiang people basic living supplies and sanctioning them to avoid large-scale uproar.

In short, the experience of the forward troops in the past month is really unreasonable, which is contrary to their previous imagination of killing thieves and expanding their ambitions.

There were many people outside the camp, which was not suitable for long-term discussions. After returning to the army's tent, Guo Zhiyun said impatiently: "Is there a new holy intention to convey the vanguard's military operation this time? What is the vanguard's military operation? The previous report has been detailed. The last general is mediocre, and it is still difficult to find a turning point. All the difficulties are even more serious..."

After hearing Guo Zhiyun's complaints, Guo Yuanzhen sighed and said, "The saint is well aware of the situation in this place. This time I sent me here to solve several troubles."

Speaking of this, he pointed to the outside of the tent and said with a smile: "When I entered the camp, the tents were stretched, the Qiang people gathered, and the generals were not too humble. This is already a real achievement for a weak thief to strengthen me. The foreign land is farther away from the western frontier, and I want to make a big spy to make a big spy. The locals have a lot of help. Now they take their minions and start war in the future. Dayi military!"

"The last general is not afraid to boast, just for fear that there is something else in it."

After hearing Guo Yuanzhen's words and this section, Guo Zhiyun's expression became solemn: "The last general confronted the thief in Chiling for a long time. He knew that Qinling was arrogant and dangerous, and was definitely not a thief who could stand by his hands. Now my king's army is advancing westward. There is no minion outside the thief, and no discussion of surrendering inside. He is only depressed and unmoved. It is really strange. The last general suspects that the thief left me with the minions. One is that we use this to be redundant our military operations and exhaust our military strength. The other is that I am weak and arrogant, and we only wait for our army to be rash and arrogant, and we are good at advancing and retreating, and then we make repeated dangerous plans..."

Guo Zhiyun's suspicion makes sense, and similar speculations and discussions are also full of voices in the base camp of Shanzhou. When Guo Yuanzhen heard this, he asked seriously: "The general suspected that there is a personnel dangerous plan arranged by Qinling among these Qiang people who were pampered?"

After hearing this question, Guo Zhiyun shook his head: "The Qiang people traveled in the spring and autumn, and their livelihoods were forced to accumulate customs since the times. Nowadays, the Tu Qiang collected by Moli Post is mostly free small tribes, and there are few strong tribes. Nowadays, the troops in Haixi are scarce. If Qinlingguo has the ability to integrate and drive these small tribes, he will never lose the roots and put them in our place.

What we really worry about at the end are those Tu Qiang tribes that are already powerful. These tribes are proficient in geography and are accustomed to cunning and seeking honor, without loyalty and integrity. They will inevitably have the strange changes of deceitful surrender and turn against each other in the battle..."

Although the Tu Qiang population collected by Moli Post was quite large, it belonged to many small groups, and there may be complex conflicts and conflicts between them, and even the most basic communication was a problem. It can be said that it is the real barbarian and mixed barbarians at the bottom. If you want to effectively integrate and organize, it is difficult to achieve it without a long time and hard work. Although there are tens of thousands, if the Tang army really wants to start a large-scale killing, a thousand well-equipped people will be enough.

But most of the Tu Qiang people who were organized and orderly were different. They were the overlords in the region and were planning not just survival. If the Tang army wanted to recruit and accept it, they would have to be more cautious, otherwise they might be backfired.

Having said this, Guo Zhiyun summoned Li Yi and asked him to report to Guo Yuanzhen about the previous process of recruiting the Mumao tribe of the Qiang people.

After listening to this, Guo Yuanzhen first pondered for a moment, and then said, "You are the pioneers of the king. You can still be greedy and not be rude and make decisions with caution. You are indeed loyal to things. But if you use these few signs to assert that the Mu Mao tribe is not worthy of trust, it is difficult for me to agree.

The thief Qiang is indeed an unrighteous person. For this reason, what is the reason for the loyalty of the Gar family? Now Qinling is in poor power, what great profits can win people's hearts? According to what I see, the fact that his troops are contrary to Haixi is true, and it is true to seek surrender to me. Any hesitant attitude is sold for the price. Even if they do not vote for me, they must vote for the west to Fan."

Guo Yuanzhen's judgment was also very reasonable, which made Guo Zhiyun realize that he was influenced by inherent prejudices and subconsciously felt that the surrender of the Mumao tribe could not be easily accepted.

But Li Yi, a young man, was a little more energetic. After hearing Guo Yuanzhen's opinion, he said: "What you see is indeed detailed. But the last general thinks that all odds are worse than one strong. Now my saint is here in Longshang, and the 300,000 troops are ready to go. What kind of thieves cannot be defeated? But if you can go out in large groups and conquer Fuqi City, why should you stick to the rebellion of this thief Qiang? What's more, regaining Qinghai is our country's plan, so how can you allow this thief Qiang to benefit from it!"

Hearing Li Yi say this, Guo Yuanzhen clapped his hands and praised, and said without hesitation: "Youthfulness is a blessing for the country and the country. The lieutenant has such a strong voice, no wonder even the saint praised this man as a master. But..."

Speaking of this, Guo Yuanzhen first paused, then raised his hand to instruct his followers to disperse and separate the space in the tent. Then he looked at Guo Zhiyun and said, "The sage came to Longshang, and his goal was not only to gain or lose in Haixi. It should be noted that in addition to Qinghai, Xikang was also the leader of Xikang, and he was still robbed by foreign thieves. A unit of the Gar family was not enough to resist our king's army. But if it was eliminated quickly, the foreign lord would definitely not go forward and go to Xikang. If our army seeks progress again, it would become a tired army, and the thief would support themselves and wait for the benefits of hard work."

After hearing Guo Yuanzhen say this, Guo Zhiyun realized that the saint's vision was not limited to the recovery of Qinghai or not, but to rise to the overall national strength of the foreign countries. In other words, the saint wanted to use Qinghai as bait to attract the army of the foreign countries to Qinghai for a decisive battle.

Seeing Guo Zhiyun appearing in a daze, Guo Yuanzhen also smiled slightly.

The demise of Tuyuhun did have a profound impact on the Tang Dynasty, not only greatly damaged the border defense layout and surveillance order of the Tang Dynasty. Later, the Tang Dynasty was defeated in Qinghai, not only suffered heavy losses, but also directly interrupted the Tang Dynasty's pace of expansion to the outside world. Therefore, regaining Qinghai can be said to be an obsession between the Tang Dynasty and the people.

However, if you just recover Qinghai, it will not be enough to fully compensate the losses and the price you have suffered here. Moreover, such a simple strategic goal is not worthy of the saint's personal pursuit.

Since the saint came to Longyou in person and took charge of the Qinghai war, it would be necessary to win and lose with the Tubo, a regime that rose on the plateau and repeatedly provoked the majestic Tang Dynasty.

However, the Gar family that occupied Haixi was incompatible with Zampu, and was even rejected and abandoned by the country. If the Gar family was simply eliminated and regained Qinghai, it would not be enough to cause substantial damage to the national strength of Tubo, nor could it be said that the Tang Dynasty defeated Tubo.

Therefore, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to achieve the greatest strategic results in this war, it was necessary to attract the Tubo local army to Qinghai and fight a decisive battle with each other.

If the Tang army destroyed the Gar family before the main force of the foreign country arrived in Qinghai, this would undoubtedly greatly reduce the strategic significance of this battle. The Gar family was squeezed by the double expulsion of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and it was at the end of its strength. However, even so, the Tang Dynasty still had to invest in such a strong army, and even the saints personally fought. The Gar family could be said to be honored even though they were defeated, while the Tang Dynasty won without force, and it was difficult to create a powerful deterrent force through such a battle result.

In terms of Tubo, although objectively, although Qinghai has lost its important territory, it is actually not managed by Zanpu himself, and its long-term control is like a separatist in the hands of the Gar family. Even if it is lost, the actual losses will be very limited.

Although the foreign ruler was young and vigorous, he might not continue to march towards Qinghai. What is more likely to be to use this to create an atmosphere of unity in the country, defend the Tubo local area and continue to digest the Xikang that was lost again. Even if it is weak for a while, the foreign land is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Tang army paid a price to effectively attack its local area, which was too high, which was enough for Tubo to strive for a strategic turning point.

As long as you keep the Tubo local area, Qinghai will be a place where Tubo rulers and ministers work together. After all, the gains and losses of Qinghai are related to the future of the Tubo regime, and the Gar family's experience of annexing Qinghai's rise will also become the example of the countless wealthy chiefs who dream of making a name for themselves.

It can be said that if the Tang Dynasty could not use the battle of Qinghai to cause an effective blow to the local forces of Tubo, not only Xikang, who had worked hard before, will be completely lost, but Qinghai, which has been lost and regained, will also become a bottomless pit consumed by war, and will be constantly plagued by the enemy from Tubo, and become a useless place to go in a dilemma.

"However, it is well known that the Tubo monarch and ministers have lost peace. The foreign lord can separate the Gar family from a corner of Qinghai. It can be seen that his human rights plan is good. Now our army gathers here and sieges without attacking. It is obvious that the intention is clear. Will the foreign lord really raise troops to rescue him?"

After a little silence, Li Yi spoke again.

After hearing this, Guo Yuanzhen smiled and said, "Qinling is still a foreign minister. He has the merit of opening up the border and supporting the auxiliary. He has such great achievements. If the foreign ruler is not saved, how can he maintain his dignity? What is the kindness? What's more, our king's army is moving forward slowly. If a soldier in the foreign country is not sent out, he will be timid and abandoned the land. He will surely destroy his prestige in Qinghai. The righteousness of the people will be cut off, so that the Tu Qiang dare not take care of each other and respect the Tang Wei."

"Yes, the old Tuyuhun King was weak and could not defend himself. He abandoned his country and the people. Even if he returned, there would be no loyalty and righteousness in the world to welcome him..."
To be continued...