Datang's free and easy concubine

Chapter 1458 Caution
The interior of Xinghai City has already been demolished, but it is also more convenient for the army to set up camp. Otherwise, if it is full of houses, the [-] troops stationed together with the horses and supplies will be really crowded.

After the armies entered the city, they started camping and cooking rice. Not only the smell of rice wafted in the city, but also the smell of stewed meat.

In today's battle, many horses died, and these dead horses cannot be wasted, they can only be eaten.

Cooked rice, stewed horse meat with wild vegetables, and mare's milk, for the soldiers on the battlefield, this meal can be said to be very rich, and it can just replenish the physical strength that has been consumed for a day.

Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin, Yu Chigong and other generals also ate these. Although it was not rich or delicious to them, they all ate them with big mouthfuls, regardless of the image of the Duke.

Because at the end of the day, I was really tired and hungry. I didn’t feel it when I was in the big battle. Now when I stop, it’s like the front belly is sticking to the back belly.

Although they ate meat and rice, they still had one thing in their hearts, that is whether Songtsan Gampo escaped or was killed.

A general strode in and reported in a deep voice: "Duke Qi, I have identified all of them, and it is confirmed that there is no head of Songtsan Gampo, and a surrendered prisoner confessed that he saw Songtsan Gampo's personal guards. Breaking through a gap and breaking out, he wanted to follow behind to break through, but the gap was quickly blocked."

Li Ji felt a little regretful after hearing this, "Sure enough, Songtsan Gampo escaped!"

Cheng Yaojin slapped the table, annoyed: "You really let this old boy escape! You managed to surround this old boy, and you actually let him escape!"

Yuchi Gong yelled: "Who would have thought that this old boy would be so timid and afraid of death? He even changed his skin!"

Su Cheng looked calm, and said with a smile, "I hope the chasing cavalry can find Songtsan Gampo!"

Li Ji, Yu Chigong, and Cheng Yaojin didn't speak after hearing this, because they knew that the possibility of chasing Songtsan Gampo was not high.

Li Ji said in a deep voice: "Since this battle is over, let's send the victory report to Chang'an as soon as possible!"

The record office of each army joined the army had already drawn up the victory report, and they all drew up two copies directly, one was that Songtsen Gampo was beheaded, and the other was that Songtsen Gampo was not beheaded.

Now that the war has been settled, the only thing that is still uncertain is whether Songtsen Gampo was killed or not.

Confirming that Songtsan Gampo had escaped, Ji Shijun hurriedly sent up the victory report he had drawn up a long time ago.

Su Cheng, Li Ji, and Yu Chigong each received the good news, and after looking over it, they felt that there was no problem, so they directly stamped the big seal.

"Send it to Minzhou Governor's Mansion overnight, hand it over to Minzhou Governor, and ask him to expedite it to Chang'an!" Li Ji said in a deep voice.

While Su Cheng and Li Ji were munching on meat and discussing the news, Songtsan Gampo was also sitting and eating.

In fact, he didn't want to stop at all, but he was tired and hungry after fighting for a day, so he could only stop to rest and eat. Even if he and his personal guards didn't need to rest, the war horse couldn't stand it anymore.

The night had already enveloped the land, but they didn't dare to light a fire at all, for fear that lighting a fire would reveal their whereabouts.Fortunately, a round of bright moon hangs in the night sky, so that the night will not be too dark.

They gnawed highland barley flour cakes and drank mare's milk, while the war horses were looking for food beside them. From time to time, they took out food from the pockets of the war horses to feed the war horses. They had to let the war horses regain their strength as soon as possible.

Songtsan Gampo Tang Zanpu was also eating barley flour cakes and drinking mare's milk. He hadn't eaten such shabby food for many years.

Of course, what troubled Songtsen Gampo most now was not the poor food, but the very large army when he set out for the expedition, and now there were only a thousand personal guards left.

How desolate it is!

What a miserable failure!

Since he inherited the position of Zanpu, conquered the north and south to dominate the plateau, and then continued to expand, he has experienced failures, but he has never experienced such a tragic failure!
He has always had great ambitions and is the most outstanding hero in the world. If he was not born on the plateau but in the Central Plains, then he must be able to do better than Li Shimin.

Unfortunately, it was born in the wrong place.

Even if he was born in the wrong place, God will send talented people to assist him anyway!
Why did the Tang Dynasty have such an outstanding talent like Su Cheng, but they did not have it in Tubo?

At this moment, when Su Cheng was mentioned, his feelings became more complicated, including envy, fear, and hatred.

Before going out again, he had thought that he would return without success, but he never thought that he would be defeated.

He had heard about the power of firearms before, but this time he finally experienced it himself.

If it wasn't for firearms, if it wasn't for Su Cheng, how could he have been defeated?
Who would have thought that Su Cheng would be the bait?
Who would have thought that Su Cheng would dare to preserve his strength and pretend to be helpless when he was surrounded by a large army. Could it be that he was not afraid that Xinghai City would really be breached?

It was simply too insidious, too cunning, too conceited!

Will Su Cheng, who is so insidious, cunning and conceited, let him go willingly?

Definitely not reconciled!

Su Cheng will definitely send cavalry to chase after him overnight!

"Rest for another half an hour, and then we will continue to set off!" Songtsen Gampo ordered in a deep voice.

"Zanpu, I don't know if the battlefield over there is over yet, and it's already dark, so it's impossible for Tang people to come after him?" the guard hesitated.

"That's right, Zanpu, although the lowly ranks are not tiring, I'm afraid that the war horse will not be able to bear it!"

Songtsan Gampo slowly shook his head and said: "The Tang people should have cleaned up the battlefield by now, and they should have confirmed that we have broken through. Su Cheng and the others are insidious and cunning, and they will not let it go. They will definitely pursue cavalry overnight. The city is still very close, here is too dangerous! Therefore, we must set off overnight, we can go slowly and save horsepower, but we must not stop!"

"Zanpu, where are we going? Should we find a place to gather the troops who broke out from the siege, or go directly back to Tibet?" the guard asked quickly.

Songtsan Gampo shook his head decisively after hearing this, and said, "It is not appropriate to gather soldiers and horses now, because it will reveal their whereabouts and be watched by the Tang cavalry, and the cavalry who broke out will return to Tubo on their own."

Facing the danger of being chased by the Tang army, Songtsin Gampo was very cautious, as long as he made a wrong step, it might be lost forever.

Therefore, no matter how cautious we are, Songtsan Gampo murmured: "We can't go back to Tubo directly. If we go back directly to Tubo, we won't be able to get rid of Tang's pursuers. It's too dangerous! We don't have many troops, so we can find a Take a detour on the difficult road for the army!"

(End of this chapter)