Chapter 103

"Tell me, how is the war situation with Great Tang?"

Qin Mu looked at Zhang Juzheng with a majestic gaze.

Zhang Juzheng was the Chief Grand Secretary of the court; any matter inquired of him would naturally yield a general understanding.

Before leaving Yunzhou.

Qin Mu had already sent Yu Huatian to ride at full speed and inform Zhang Juzheng of all his deployments.

It had been a month since Li Er declared war on him.

Troops, horses, and provisions should all have gathered in Jiannan.

With his current strength, wanting to fight Great Tang to the death was indeed a bit difficult.

However, Tibet had always been easy to defend and hard to attack.

For Li Lao Er to want to break in was an impossible task!

It was precisely because of this.

That Qin Mu had been so daring and reckless in Changancheng.

He just loved seeing Li Er in a state of exasperation while unable to reach him!

Just thinking about it made him happy!

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Great Tang monarch personally led three hundred thousand troops and arrived outside Jiannan yesterday. Grand General Yue Fei has also deployed troops to the border, and they are currently in a standoff."

"Besides that, our Great Qin soldiers have had many small skirmishes with Great Tang, but the scale has not been large, and casualties have been relatively low."

"According to Great Tang's usual combat style, this should be to test the strength of our Great Qin."

Zhang Juzheng slowly recounted the situation on the front lines.

"Very good, order Yue Fei: if the enemy does not move, we do not move!"

"Anyway, Great Tang has come from afar; we can afford to wait, but they cannot."

Qin Mu nodded, issuing the plan he had long since conceived.

"Your humble subject obeys!"

Zhang Juzheng nodded respectfully in agreement.

Subsequently.

Qin Mu inquired about some domestic government affairs and then went back to rest early.

The exhaustion from the journey meant he truly needed to recuperate properly.

Outside Jiannan, the Great Tang camp.

Inside the command tent, Li Er was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brows knitted into a knot.

This expedition to Tibet was not his intention at all.

It was truly a last resort.

After arriving here, Li Er truly felt what despair was.

The Tibetan border was exceptionally steep, filled with high plateaus and broken cliffs everywhere.

To fight them, one first had to learn how to climb mountains.

Besides that.

There was the plateau climate here that one could not adapt to.

Many soldiers, upon arriving here, fell ill due to the climate and could not recover.

Before the two sides had even engaged, he had already lost the initiative.

"Good brat! It seems you have anticipated everything I would do!"

"You knew full well that Great Tang could not attack Tibet, which is why you were so reckless in tricking away the Princess and abducting the Empress!"

"It is truly abominable!"

Li Er gnashed his teeth, wishing he could charge into Tibet single-handedly and fight Qin Mu to the death.

"Your Majesty, General Cheng Yaojin has returned!"

Just then, a guard walked in to report.

"Quick! Let him in!"

Li Er impatiently summoned Cheng Yaojin into the tent.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's state, Li Er's heart sank by half.

Cheng Yaojin was covered in soot from fire, looking utterly disheveled and wretched, as if he had suffered a crushing defeat.

"Your Majesty, the Tibetan thieves are truly abominable!"

"They had already anticipated that Your Majesty would launch a sneak attack in the middle of the night; they left an empty camp and set a fire inside."

"This humble general did not foresee it and fell into their trap."

Cheng Yaojin knelt on one knee, hanging his head in shame.

"I see, you may go."

Li Er waved his hand listlessly.

Sigh!

What is to be done?

He had thought that by using some methods, he might avoid a direct assault, reduce casualties, and use surprise tactics to enter Tibet.

But now it seems...

That was nothing but wishful thinking!

That brat Qin Mu is extremely clever; wanting to win by strategy.

It is difficult!

Over the next few days.

Li Er attacked the Tibetan border like a madman.

And Yue Fei, as the commander of Great Qin, strictly adhered to the strategic guidelines Qin Mu had given him.

Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, remaining unmoved! ===== CHAPTER 105 =====