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Li Xinzhong's eyes turned hard, and he made a secret decision in his heart, and did not send reinforcements, because he heard that the Tang Dynasty had magical weapons that could hit twice the distance of the catapult, and that there were countless thunderstorms in the Tang Dynasty, so Tubo's increase in troops was no small matter. In vain.

However, he sent his confidant team, a team composed of dead men from the Li family in Longxi, with all the high-explosive gunpowder, to the official road in the Sanli Canyon west of Pibo City.

Three days later, the invincible [-] troops of the Tang Dynasty came to the only official road to the west. The plateau was bitterly cold, and the sparsely populated cities in Tubo were few and far between. There was not even an official road between many cities. This also resulted in the geographical advantage of Tubo, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is how the Tang Dynasty is now. After conquering half of Tubo, it was blocked by a three-mile-long official road. There is really no other way. It is surrounded by dangerous mountains and forests. Forge a new path elsewhere.

Li Yuanji raised the horse spear in his hand and stopped the whole army. The whole army stopped, and the scouts spread out to find out the reality of this place.

The art of war says that no one can enter the forest, and be careful when encountering the valley. These places are perfect places for the enemy to ambush and set traps. As a famous general, how could Li Yuanji not know how to be cautious.

Yuchi Baolin personally led a small team skilled in climbing and reconnaissance to the top of the Sanli Canyon. After searching for an hour, they did not find any scouts from the tenth team of the ambush army scattered for twenty miles, and did not see anything unusual.

The mine-detecting sappers have also checked carefully, and there are no mine traps on the ground.

"Military Division Camp, have you ever done an analysis on this place?" Li Yuanji called Hong Qianli back and asked.

Hong Qianli made a military salute and said: "The terrain here is narrow and long, although the official road can parallel five carts, it is still an excellent place for an army to ambush.

I deduced that it was impossible for the enemy not to make an ambush, especially since our journey was so smooth that we didn't even see the enemy's reinforcements, unless the enemy escaped in advance. "

Cheng Huaimo continued: "Could it be that the power of our ballista frightened them, and they were caught off guard and dared not set up an ambush?"

"This is unlikely. The reason why the enemy did not set up an ambush is unknown. Everything we did was to break the enemy's ambush, and now it has all come to nothing.

If I were the Li brothers, at worst, I would blow up the entire canyon to delay our march, but the current situation is really incomprehensible. "

Li Yuanji nodded and said: "Even if the enemy has not set up an ambush, we must not be careless in the slightest. We must pass quickly to avoid long nights and dreams."

To be honest, Li Yuanji felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart today, which was derived from the intuitive sensitivity of a military commander, but he had already sent people to check every inch of the place three times, and there was indeed no movement in the three miles.

"Marshal, the military division battalion suggested that for safety reasons, the canyon highlands should send scouts to guard the march.

And make two-handed preparations, use the way of ants to move quickly through the passage here, so as to prevent the enemy from having any unknown tricks. "

Hong Qianli convened the army division battalion, and finally made an optimal plan. It is not that the people of Datang are timid and dare not go openly when they know that there is no threat, but that only the 120 troops of Datang can go to the plateau to fight, and they are [-] points cautious. Not at all exaggerated.

"Third brother, let me accompany the army to protect you all the way. I am strong, and I can deal with it when there is an emergency." Li Yuanba drew out his peerless sword and said.

Li Yuanji was very unwilling to let his fourth brother take the risk first, but at this time the army was in front of the battle, and it was really irrefutable. After all, the soldiers behind him were also robes, and the general had the responsibility to share weal and woe.

"Okay, the [-] army will be divided into [-] teams of [-] people, and quickly pass through the canyon in the way of ants moving."

Li Yuanji gave an order, and the army moved quickly. Li Yuanba immediately held his sword and followed the first thousand-man team all the way through the valley.

"Okay, third brother, there is no danger in passing the level smoothly, so you can speed up later." Li Yuanba came back quickly.

So the [-] troops began to march in quickly in teams. What they didn't know was that on the walls of the valley on both sides, about a dozen meters away from the top of the mountain, people were actually hiding. Two teams of elite soldiers sent by Li Xinzhong.

This was Li Xinzhong's poisonous plan. Since blowing up the canyon could delay the Tang Dynasty's advance, why not make the best use of it and destroy the Tang Dynasty's [-] troops in one fell swoop. In this way, there is no need to ask for help, and the danger of Tubo will naturally disappear.

It was only after studying the marching operations of the Tang Dynasty that Li Xinzhong knew that he basically had no chance to ambush and injure people, so he finally thought of the story Li Mingxin told him about the Tang Dynasty's opening of mountains to blow up stones to build roads. People's caves don't need to be too deep, as long as they are hidden and safe.

When the Tang army passed through the valley, they detonated the high explosives on both sides of the valley, blowing up the valley and destroying the army.

Although two teams of loyal soldiers need to be sacrificed, all sacrifices are worthwhile for the safety of Tubo.

The captain of the dead soldiers hidden on the mountain wall looked at Datang so cautiously, why did the ants move?How to do this?My teeth are itching with hatred in my heart, we are already ready to sacrifice our lives in exchange for 5 of you, who knows that you are not willing to do this?

After much deliberation, seeing that Datang was passing more and more, the captain of the dead soldiers decided that the most threatening team to blow up Tubo was not the Hongtianlei transport team, but the ballista transport team of Datang. The things with complicated institutions must have caused Tubo to suffer a lot this time. As long as this is destroyed and the [-] army is cut off at the same time, so that it cannot be both head and tail, then Tubo's crisis can be solved.

After figuring it out, the man watched the ballista transport team enter the valley and reach the ambush area, and ignited the high-explosive gunpowder around him first.

boom!There was a loud noise that shook the earth, rocks rolled, and then there were hundreds of loud noises again and again. It was the other dead soldiers who saw the captain's signal to light cigarettes, and followed suit.

"No, damn it, fourth brother!" Li Yuanji exclaimed. Li Yuanba, as the guard general, would be his guard every time the team went through. With this master, the soldiers could feel more secure.

Yuchi Jingde, who was patrolling as a scout on the top of the mountain, saw that there was a faint green smoke coming out of the mountain wall, he was startled, and was about to shout for warning, but before the shout came out, the mountain wall exploded.

Chapter 838 Indomitable Li Yuanba

The roar didn't last long, but the smoke and dust billowing from the mountains and rocks in the valley filled the sky, and it lasted for a long time.

The screams, rescue sounds, angry shouts, exclamations, and other sounds were all drowned in the constant explosions.

Li Yuanji was about to gallop his horse into the canyon to rescue Li Yuanba, but Li Ji, who was beside him as the supervisor, had quick eyesight and quick hands, jumped off the horse and pinned him tightly.

The three-mile-long canyon official road, not only the [-] troops inside were ambushed and damaged, but also two teams of elite scouts led by Yuchi Baolin himself. Rolling down the mountain, life and death are unknown.

The worst thing is the sergeant of the Thousand Ballista Battalion led by Li Yuanba. The Ballista has been commanded by Cheng Huaimo and Yuchi Baolin. Yuchi Baolin is investigating this time, so Cheng Huaimo is in charge of leading the Ballista Battalion. With this ambush, Cheng Huaimo had just entered first-class kung fu, and it was basically impossible to escape the overwhelming rocks on both sides of the mountain. Among the soldiers at both ends of the canyon, the eyes of the soldiers were tearing apart, and the 1000 people were directly covered by dust.

When everything was silent and the gunpowder smoke cleared, the two ends added up to a total of more than 4 troops. They stared blankly at the clogged valley, stunned for a long time. How could there be such a terrible danger? alive?The valley of tens of meters was filled with falling rocks to a depth of ten meters.

At this moment, a sword light lit up in the valley, and then there were several explosions, and the rocks flew, and Li Yuanba, who was holding Cheng Huaimo in one hand, broke the rock with his sword, and flew out of the pile of rocks.

Seeing this, everyone was overjoyed, well, well, just live and live.

But before everyone could shout, Li Yuanba's sword light went out, and he fell straight down from the Qinggong flight. He and Cheng Huaimo just fell on the pile of rocks, motionless.

"Fourth brother!"

"Big Brother!"

Many people were anxious and rushed towards the rocks, but the rocks blocking the valley were impassable for the army, and the rocks were rough, more than ten meters high, and ordinary soldiers could not climb up, let alone save people.

Therefore, the first-rate masters such as Li Yuanji and Qin Huaidao could only rush forward, and the second-rate masters were much slower than them.

It wasn't until everyone rushed to the front that they could see the situation clearly. Cheng Huaimo's disheveled face was broken, his legs were broken, and there was a wound on his head. Li Yuanba didn't see any external injuries, but the corners of his mouth kept bleeding.

Li Yuanji yelled at each other for a long time but there was no movement, so he and Qin Huaidao each carried one on their backs, flew off the pile of rocks and returned to the army formation.

"No name, hurry up, save people!"

Du Wuming stepped forward to check his pulse, shook his head after a long time and said: "Cheng Huaimo is fine, although his legs are broken, but the internal injuries are not serious, they are all external injuries, Master and Jian Zhi can connect both legs, but Brother Yuanba is difficult." Forcibly resisting mountains and rocks with force, except for Jian Jian, no one else in this world can do it, so the internal injury is very serious, and it even caused the internal force to eat back the brain, yes, yes..."

Li Yuanji shouted anxiously: "What's the matter? Tell me quickly..."

"It's possible that you won't be able to wake up, or your mind may be damaged after waking up. This depends on God's will."

"No, no, absolutely not. The fourth brother finally came to his senses. It's only been a few years. Are we going to return to the muddled state we were in before?"

Li Ji asked from the side: "Since Yuanba has suffered a backlash, why can he still save people?"

Du Wuming shook his head to express that he didn't know, he had to ask the two fallen people about this, it's possible that Cheng Huaimo knew.

Qin Huaidao was about to shake Cheng Huaimo to wake him up, but Du Wuming stopped him and said, "Don't wake him up, the broken legs are excruciatingly painful, it's better to fall asleep than to be awake."

But it was a coincidence that Cheng Huaimo moved his fingers slightly and slowly opened his eyes.