Chapter 32: Little Bo's Phobia of Thunderstorms

  Li Changguo took the lead and was the first to enter the territory of Little Baozhong.

  "A small country like this, with a narrow territory and weak people, actually dares to exhaust the great army of the Tang Dynasty!"

  Li Siye followed closely behind, his face full of disdain and contempt.

  The territory of Little Bo is small, not to mention that it has many high mountains and dense forests. Looking around, there are peaks everywhere, and flat land is very rare. However, this small country has a very important strategic position, and it is the only passageway for Tubo to enter the Western Regions.

  Otherwise, a small country like Bhutan would not be taken seriously by anyone.

  Xiaobu law compared to Tang Dynasty is like an infant versus a giant. How could Li Siye look down on Xiaobu law?

  Don't say that Li Siye looks down on Xiao Bolu, whether it's Li Changguo or ordinary Tang soldiers, who takes Xiao Bolu seriously?

  "Haha!"

  Li Changguo smiled slightly and nodded in approval.

  "Brave Colonel, Vice Commander, please go over to discuss the matter." Just then, one of Gao Xianzhi's personal guards rushed in on horseback, delivering Gao Xianzhi's military order.

  "What's there to discuss?" Li Siye raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised: "We've already fought our way here, with one more push we can take down the city of Su Shi, what's there to discuss? I'll use my saber to negotiate with Su Shi!" He swung his saber, looking like he was ready to kill Su Shi.

  Li Changguo was also somewhat surprised, raised an eyebrow, turned his horse's head, and went with Li Siye to see Gao Xianzhi.

  When they arrived, only Duan Xiushi and others were there, waiting for the two of them. Gao Xianzhi smiled as soon as he saw the two arrive, delighted from the bottom of his heart with these two beloved generals.

  "You must be muttering to yourselves, having reached the borders of Xiaolu, what are you discussing? Gao Xianzhi glanced at Li Siye with a hint of intention and smiled: "Siye must be shouting that your saber is the best for discussion, right?"

  Gao Xianzhi is indeed Gao Xianzhi, worthy of being a famous general, and he can actually guess people's thoughts so well. Li Siye's face turned red with embarrassment, feeling ashamed and speechless.

  "Gao Xianzhi smiled and said: 'I've been thinking, should we attack or surrender the city of Ye Du Cheng?' He then got straight to the point."

  "Surrender?" A burst of noise erupted, and the generals were greatly astonished.

  The generals were furious and opposed, saying: "Deputy Grand Protector, Xiao Bolu is a treacherous and unrighteous person who betrayed the Great Tang. He should be severely punished and cannot be surrendered! We must use Xiao Bolu's blood to sacrifice our brothers who died in the previous southern expeditions!"

  After Xiao Bolu betrayed the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack many times. Due to the high mountains and dense forests of Congling Mountain, it was extremely difficult and none of them succeeded, and they had to withdraw halfway.

  Like this under the elephant's eyes, troops are approaching the border of Little Brewster, it is the first time since Little Brewster's betrayal.

  The warriors were outraged by the treachery of the Xiao Bolu, and their words were full of indignation. If possible, they would not hesitate to slaughter all the Xiao Bolu people.

  Gao Xianzhi's proposal was surprisingly not supported by anyone, even Li Siye opposed it, only Li Changguo hesitated and remained silent.

  The opposition was so strong that Gao Xianzhi was somewhat unexpected, and he looked at Li Changguo and asked: "Xiaoyong school lieutenant, what do you think?"

  "Deputy Commander, I think this can be done!" Li Changguo agreed.

  "Brave Captain, you can't be soft-hearted!"

  Li Changguo's words had just fallen when they were drowned out by a wave of cheers.

  Li Siye's face turned ugly, and he rebuked, "Brother, a treacherous rat like Xiao Bolü must be severely punished! Otherwise, who will know the majesty of the Great Tang!"

  "That's right!"

  The crowd nodded in unison and echoed loudly.

  "Oh!" Gao Xianzhi was slightly surprised, stunned for a moment, and a smile spread across his face as he asked: "Tell me your thoughts."

  "Surrender is not equivalent to letting off minor offenses!"

  Li Changguo spoke fluently, saying: "Xiao Bolie must be severely punished, otherwise who will know the majesty of the Tang Dynasty? The purpose of surrender is to defeat the enemy without a fight! With our bravery, it's not difficult to take down the city of Mochuo, at most it would only take half a day."

  Li Changguo's tone turned solemn: "On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes. Even if we are weak and small like a tiny spark, it will still cause us some casualties, big or small, three to five hundred is inevitable. If we can surrender without fighting, and defeat the enemy without suffering any losses, why not take down Mocheng City?"

  With the strength of the Tang army, it's not a big deal to take down the city of Bolu. If they can hold on for half a day, that would be good enough. The problem is, even if they do, Bolu will still inflict some casualties on the Tang army. It's unlikely to be a large number, but a few hundred is possible. On the battlefield, swords and arrows are flying everywhere, and it's easy to get injured or killed, even for high-ranking generals.

  If they can surrender without a fight, the Tang army will be able to achieve its goal without shedding blood, which is the most perfect outcome.

  The generals were speechless and had nothing to say.

  Gao Xianzhi was overjoyed. Li Changguo not only was brave, but also understood the way of a general. He knew when to use force and when to use strategy, which is the way of a general: "Xiaoyong Colonel, you deeply understand the heart of this general. This matter will be handled by you. Siye, you go with Xiaoyong Colonel and listen to his command."

  These two brave generals together, even with variables, cannot be stopped by anyone. Gao Xianzhi's arrangement is perfect.

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  The city of Yedu is small, with a circumference of no more than three or five miles.

  Not only is it small, but it's also very crudely built. To say nothing of comparing it to the city walls of the Tang Dynasty, even compared to Lianyun Fortress, there's a significant gap.

  There aren't many houses in the city, just a thousand or so. These houses are low and short, both in style and quality, they are very poor.

  The largest house in the middle is the palace of Little Bao.

  Xiao Bolu Wang Su was not tall and slender, his appearance was not handsome, although he wore a king's robe, he didn't look like a king, it really matched an old saying "not the right material, even if you wear dragon robes, you're not a prince".

  Moreover, the king's robe on his body was rough in workmanship, single in style, and had no aesthetic appeal, just like the clothes of a rural landlord.

  He faced a beautiful woman with a tall and slender figure, quite elegant. Although she was not very pretty, she was the Princess of Tubo.

  The princess of Tibet is not rare, like the small Balu king who has no real power, he is just a pawn in the hands of the Tibetan Zanpu, and Zanpu will not marry his beautiful princess to him.

  Two people were drinking and eating, having yak meat and Qingke wine. The Princess of Tibet was savoring the food, but Su Shi thought it tasted like chewing wax, extremely bland.

  "Alas!" Su Shi secretly sighed in his heart: "The wealth and goods that the Tang Dynasty gave me at first were much better than those of Tubo! Not to mention the delicious food, just the shiny armor is a good thing. Why did I get on Tubo's pirate ship with a muddled mind?"

  At first, Tubo Zanpu wanted to win him over and said he would marry the princess to him. He was infatuated and thought he could marry a beautiful princess, betraying the Tang Dynasty. Who would have thought that Zanpu was playing tricks on him? The princess did indeed marry him, but she wasn't as stunning as he had imagined, and it was too late for regrets.

  "Your Majesty!"

  Just as he was reminiscing, a trusted aide rushed in hastily and reported loudly, "The Tang army has arrived! The Tang army has arrived!"

  "Don't spout nonsense!" Su Shi hadn't spoken yet, but the Tibetan princess was already berating him: "The Tang Dynasty is separated from us by many cities, a thousand waters and ten thousand mountains. How could the Tang army possibly come here? Do they have wings?"

  "The Queen, the vanguard of the Tang army's Xíngyǒng jiào wèi is already at the city gate!" The Imperial Guard loudly stated the fact.

  "Clang!" Su Shi's hand lost its grip on the wine cup, which shattered on the ground, spilling wine everywhere.