At this moment, there are indeed a large number of their troops stationed in the mountains and forests in northern Vietnam, and they are the most elite troops in the entire country. They have been trained to fight in the mountains and forests since childhood.
At the beginning, these people also understood that if they were to confront the Tang army head-on, they would have no chance of winning. Although the neighboring countries were not as militarily powerful as Vietnam, if Vietnam wanted to destroy them, it would probably take more than ten years of war.
But how long did the Tang army take? The actual fighting time was less than a month, and the rest was all the time for transporting supplies. In other words, if the Tang army wanted to attack Vietnam, it would take at most two or three months, so they had to use a surprise attack.
False surrender was the surprise attack they thought of.
If Li Xiang had not had his previous doubts and definitions, many people would have believed these Vietnamese people. However, Li Xiang had said before he left that the people of this country would not surrender so easily, and some things should not be believed. They have done many treacherous things, so when these people came to the Annan Protectorate, Chang Sun Ze began to doubt them.
Nanshan Pass
General Wu Yuanhao looked at the letter in his hand and could hardly believe his eyes. Why would the prince of the Tang Dynasty come to Nanshan Pass?
Did our news leak out? That's impossible. This pass is a purely military pass. Apart from the soldiers here, no one else can be stationed here. There used to be a group of civilians here, but now they have all been relocated.
"Pass the order down. The left and right armies will immediately move to other places. They cannot return without my order. Only the original garrison troops will remain."
Although he didn't understand what was going on, Wu Yuanhao did as the Prime Minister said. If the prince really came, we couldn't let them see any clues.
The whole Vietnamese people discussed this false surrender, and finally they came to a conclusion that if they did not do so, they would not even have the chance to surrender in the future. This time they planned to lure the enemy deep into their territory and wipe out 20,000 to 30,000 Tang troops at one time, which would cause the Tang army to bleed heavily and would not pose a threat to them for at least one or two years.
At that time, they would send an envoy to negotiate with the Tang Dynasty court. For example, when the Tang Dynasty court attacked India, they would promise not to cause any trouble to the rear of the Tang army, and they could even provide some supplies. It is estimated that at that time the Tang army would not attack them.
This is what is called using fighting to promote peace.
They also understood that there were so many countries conquered by the Tang Dynasty. If you didn't have some ability, how could the Tang Dynasty court look upon you?
"Search the surrounding mountains and forests again. If you find any suspicious individuals, kill them immediately. Don't bring them back to me."
Wu Yuanhao still felt a little uneasy. How could the Prince of Tang Dynasty casually propose to come here? He must have heard some other rumors, so he had to clean up the surrounding area.
His men immediately began searching the area around Nanshan Pass. In fact, they had searched the area almost 80 times, and there was no one else here except their own people.
In addition to the original defenders, the other two armies were transferred from the south, and they did not join the local defenders. They just ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides. But when the two armies began to retreat to other places, the original defenders were immediately dumbfounded. They didn't expect that there were so many troops around them, more than 30,000 people, plus the original defenders, such a checkpoint actually required 40,000 people.
For a country like the Tang Dynasty, tens of thousands of troops are nothing, but for a country like Vietnam, a small checkpoint actually requires 40,000 people, which mobilizes almost 1/3 of the country's troops. Although this checkpoint is important, there is no need to ambush so many people.
Just as the southern armies on both sides were retreating, a soldier nodded secretly. This person was the spy of the Tang army at Nanshan Pass.
He had received orders from the Protectorate before, asking them to check if there was anything unusual happening around, such as military movements. He had also searched the entire military camp, but in the end he got no news. Now, seeing the armies on both sides retreating, he was so scared that his heart almost jumped out.
This guy quickly returned to his tent. Most of the people in the tent had gone out to work. He described the situation here in brief sentences, and then quickly came to the mountain behind the tent.
There are no ordinary people on the mountain anymore. If you want to send this message out, you must use an emergency passage.
"Who?"
People who were searching the forest also found him.
In recent times, the Vietnamese army has been very strict in controlling the surrounding area. They also knew that there must be spies from the Tang Dynasty around here, but they did not expect that the spies from the Tang Dynasty would be wearing Vietnamese military uniforms like them.
This man from the Tang Dynasty heard the shouts of people around him, but he was not panicked in his heart. He had walked this road many times. There was a nest of pigeons hidden on the top of the mountain. He had to deliver the message there. Usually, there were people around the military camp to receive the message, but now there was no one in the village, so he had to take this road.
"Who else could it be? Damn it, you don't even recognize me? What are you doing with a knife to me? Are you going to chop me up?"
Hearing the familiar words, the searching army looked carefully. Isn't this Hou Er, who is responsible for delivering messages in the military camp?
"What are you doing here? Aren't you guys searching the mountain today?"
The young officer leading the team said with some disbelief, after all, they were usually very lazy. If there was no mission, who would have the guts to run up the mountain?
"You think I'm willing to come up? It's that idiot Tidagon. He wants to find his brother-in-law to take revenge. Did you see that guy?"
Hou Er knew very well how to deal with these patrols. He had been in the military camp for so many years. If he didn't even have this little ability, then he shouldn't stay here. If he rushed all the way up, he would probably die here once the news got out. The most important thing was that he would alert the enemy.
