Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 211
"What way?"

When Ma Liuzhi heard Li Ke's words, he jumped up first. He looked excited and seemed to be ready to fight.

Li Ke shook his head and pressed Ma Liuzhi down: "This matter has nothing to do with you!"

Regardless of Ma Liuzhi's interference and opposition, Li Ke looked at Gu Wu: "I watched it last time, and the opposite camp is very close to the Tibetan River..."

Gu Wu let out a "hmm", bowed his head and said, "It should be to prevent our army from going up the river, and prevent our army from using fire attack..."

Li Ke asked again: "How is the preparedness by the river?"

Gu Wu pondered for a moment: "It's definitely not as strict as on land..."

Li Ke had thought of a sneak attack on the first day, but he dismissed the idea just considering the opponent's tight defenses.

However, the view on the river is wide, and the possibility of a surprise attack is unlikely, so the Tubo people did not take strict precautions against the river. They just sent people to watch along the river to prevent the Shu army from coming up by boat.

Li Ke thought for a while and said: "Then, we can try to approach the enemy camp from the river, sneak attack and set fire to it."

"Set fire?" Gu Wu and Ma Liuzhi were taken aback.

Li Ke nodded. Although he was closer to the water, setting fire may not have a big effect, but it would be good to burn more of his tents.

Besides, with the recent east wind, the other side might not be able to control the fire in time, and it could burn the tents along the river bank all the way to the inside of the Tubo camp.

"Okay, let's set it on fire!"

Ma Liuzhi has already yelled: "My old horse can't do anything, so I can only watch Gu Wu and the others make a move..."

He patted Gu Wu's shoulder several times in a row, as if he was concentrating his energy on Gu Wu.

But Gu Wu didn't reply right away, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and finally raised his head slowly with a serious expression on his face.

Shaking his head, Gu Wudao: "Your Highness' plan may not work..."

"What?"

Ma Liuzhi stared wide-eyed: "How can His Highness' plan fail?"

He was so angry that he gasped, pointed at Gu Wu and hummed: "What a boring gourd, Your Highness has raised you for so long, and when you encounter such a trivial matter, you procrastinate in vain. Are you afraid of death?"

He slapped his chest again, and hummed to Li Ke: "Your Highness, if you don't want to get rid of this stuffy gourd, I'll go!"

Li Ke watched this idiot perform with a smile, and then patted Gu Wu sympathetically: "What do you think, you might as well tell me..."

Gu Wu nodded, frowned and said, "If you want to use fire to attack, you have to use kerosene, and you have to get close to the enemy's camp..."

"You are not talking nonsense..."

Ma Liuzhi interjected, but Li Ke quickly stared at him.

Gu Wu continued: "Close to the camp, all my subordinates have this ability. Even if the opponent's defense is tight, we can still dive through the water and get close to the river bank..."

"But it will be difficult to bring kerosene... We can only bring a warship to transport kerosene..."

Ma Liuzhi jumped again: "Take the boat there? The Tibetans are not blind!"

Gu Wuyin nodded with a stern face: "But how can we bring kerosene when we dive there?"

Li Ke smiled: "Are you worried about such a small matter?"

He brought out another kerosene tank, and the sackcloth blocked the mouth of the tank: "Here, this thing won't sink, you can tie it with a rope and float on the river. Such a small thing, The Tubo people can't find it..."

Ma Liuzhi was already praising him, and then criticized Gu Wu with a stern face.

But Gu Wu's expression did not ease. He shook his head and said, "Your Highness, we are dragging this oil tank underwater, and we cannot control the direction of this oil tank. This linen is not waterproof, as long as one side of the tank body is soaked in water , the kerosene leaked out. Water entered, and the kerosene was diluted, so the effect might not be good..."

What he said made sense, but Li Ke didn't panic at all.

He took out a sheepskin bag from behind, looked at Gu Wudao: "What if I wrap it in this thing?"

The sheepskin sac can float on the water when it is inflated, so it is naturally waterproof.

Wrap the fire oil tank with sheepskin, and then blow some air to make it float on the river, so that it will naturally not enter the water.

Gu Wu was shocked at this time, and slapped his head: "Yes! This is a good idea!"

He cut the sheepskin again along the thigh, put the oil can in it, gestured, and immediately laughed.

"Your Highness is really clever! Now, we will definitely burn down his camp!"

Li Ke actually thought about wrapping the fire oil tank with sheepskin and letting them carry it with them, which would make it easier to hide.

It's just that the sheepskin with the mouth open has a somewhat compromised airtightness. Li Ke chooses to float on the water for the sake of prudence.

Anyway, the sheepskin is covered with wet mud, and it floats across the river in the dark, so no one can find it.

It was getting dark, Li Ke didn't hesitate anymore, he quickly ordered someone to find some sheepskin bags, and then stuffed the fire oil tank into them.

After blowing enough air, he floated the sheepskin bag on the surface of the water, Gu Wu found a rope and tied it to himself.

The killer team behind him also followed suit, and everyone tied a sheepskin bag.

Then, all of them buried themselves in the water and swam all the way to the center of the river.

In the dark night, one by one special soldiers swam to the north, fighting all the way to the Tubo camp.

In the Tubo camp, Songtsan Gampo once again assigned his subordinates to attack.

A few days ago, he sent a total of nearly [-] people and divided them into several teams, but they still failed.

That night, Songtsen Gampo simply sent another 1 people, divided into [-] teams, and planned to set off at the same time.

These twenty teams approached the big tent of the Shu army together, no matter how well-prepared the Shu army was, it was inevitable that they would lose sight of the other.

As long as someone successfully approaches and sets fire to the camp, then his sneak attack strategy will be considered a success.

In this way, the morale of the Tubo army will be strengthened.

Moreover, with the help of Dongfeng, once a fire broke out in the army, it would inevitably spread, and the Shu army would suffer great losses.

"Zanpu's plan is very clever, I think it will be effective today!"

The Tubo generals gathered around and offered flattery one after another.

Songtsan Gambo chuckled twice: "As long as it can be done once, it will disturb the Shu army!"

He walked up to the leaders of the [-] squads and pointed them, focusing on the other party's food and grass tents, so as to burn the other party's food and grass.

Several generals also came up and gave some advice.

All of a sudden, the high-ranking officials in Tubo all had confident smiles on their faces, as if they were sure of winning the operation tonight.

Only the leaders of those squads who were going to the expedition all showed bitter expressions.

Before sending 1 people there, none of them came back safely.How many of them can come back this time?

The war is cruel. Songtsan Gampo has leveled the plateau in recent years and made great achievements.But how many people remember those soldiers who died in the battle?
"Okay! Listen to the order!"

Songtsan Gampo declared loudly again: "Your [-] teams will definitely succeed in one fell swoop tonight and burn down that big tent of Li Ke. No matter how bad it is, we will destroy its food and grass and cut its foundation."

He clenched his fist again, with a stern look on his face, he raised his head to the sky and said:
"This time, Ben Zanpu will burn that little Li Ke alive in the tent!"

(End of this chapter)