People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1230: "Dangerous Life" on Qinling Mausoleum

The wind howled and corpses littered the fields.

Countless black cavalry were galloping back and forth.

The Tibetan soldier who made any movement on the ground was immediately stabbed gently in the throat.

Above the city gate, the pale-faced guard looked at the black banner in the distance and couldn't help but gnashed his teeth and cursed.

Because just a few seconds away, his city gate was blocked and entered from behind.

Fortunately, he closed the door in time.

But precisely because of this, countless Tubo soldiers on the city wall just watched thousands of their comrades under the city wall being easily slaughtered by the Tang army.

Even if someone abandoned their weapons and surrendered, they were still killed mercilessly.

Cold eyes looked from under the black banner, and all the soldiers on the city wall shivered unexpectedly.

Li Xuan withdrew his gaze and waved his hands slightly. The next moment, countless cavalrymen quickly recovered behind Li Xuan, and then followed him towards the north.

When the black banner completely disappeared from sight, the guard on the city wall breathed a sigh of relief.

Shaking his head, the guard immediately ordered: "Send scouts from between the two mountains to investigate the reality of the Tang people, send people to hang from the city wall to collect the remains, and send people to find the Prime Minister. Where is the Prime Minister now?"

……

The broken long branches were inserted diagonally into the bodies of several Tubo soldiers, and the city gate on the side had been broken into two armies.

Two Tang soldiers in black clothes and armor were carrying the body. Behind them, two black city gates were being moved.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded.

In the distance, countless black cavalry rushed over like a torrent, but before reaching the city gate, they inadvertently slowed down.

The black banner was erected high, and Li Xuan, dressed in black and wearing black armor, appeared in front of the army.

"Send an order to set up camp at the old Tibetan camp in Nancheng tonight. Each army will transfer some of their men to Wei Shaofu's command to organize the city gates." Li Xuan waved his hand and the order was quickly issued.

Soon, the left guard, the right guard, the right leading guard, and the right guard all sent out manpower to organize the city gates.

The entire city gate was densely packed with corpses.

Bloody mud.

It is impossible to move in until these corpses are disposed of.

The other armies began to clean up the Tubo camp.

Fortunately, they didn't destroy this place when they charged before, otherwise they would have to camp tonight.

In the big tent, Li Xuan was looking at the map.

At this moment, Li Zhu came in from outside and held his hands in his hands: "Your Majesty, Xiao Changshi wants to see you."

"Please!" Li Xuan nodded, Li Zhu retreated, and Xiao Siye followed in.

"Commander, today's merit book has been compiled. Please read it, Commander." Xiao Siye placed the merit book on Li Xuan's desk.

Li Xuan took a look at it, confirmed that the first credit belonged to Cui Ding, and looked no further.

He raised his head and looked at Xiao Siye and said: "My lord, please take a seat. Although everything is in order now, it is a pity that Lun Qinling's body has not been found, and the checkpoint behind Tubo is tightly guarded, so we cannot rush through."

"It's already quite good. After taking over the city gate at the highest point of Tanggula Mountain, we will have the advantage of the entire Tanggula Mountain in our hands. As for Lun Qinling, although he may have escaped, tens of thousands of Tubo cavalry will fight Death is enough to break his muscles and bones." Xiao Siye felt a sense of relief in his heart.

There were originally 10,000 people stationed in this city gate. Later, when Lun Qinling returned, he brought 5,000 more reinforcements.

But under a fire, people fell into a coma.

And at a critical moment, when Qinling was assassinated, the Tubo people became a mess.

Afterwards, the city gate suddenly opened and elite cavalry attacked.

Under the rewind, more than 10,000 cavalrymen became lambs to be slaughtered, even trampling on each other, and finally the ground was full of casualties.

The Tubo people fell into Li Xuan's hands again this time.

Even Lun Qinling himself was shot several times by the assassins. Unfortunately, the armor blocked it and there was no poison on it. Later, he was desperately rescued by his personal guards. Only then did Lun Qinling escape with his life.

But just because he escaped, the whole situation collapsed completely.

The army covered them up, and then Li Xuan was the best at it.

Behead, cut, drive, trample.

Cannibalism.

By the time these people had run for more than twenty miles, even if they did not die from exhaustion, the cavalry chasing after them would have been enough to kill them all.

But the guard at the next level was stunned to hold on to the city gate. Even though he watched his colleagues being slaughtered, he still refused to open the door.

Li Xuan, who wanted to take the opportunity to rush in, jumped into the air.

Simply, he let go, and all the Tubo soldiers in the city were cleared away.

The ground was full of corpses, so he didn't have to worry about Tibetans attacking him at night.

"No matter what, write a memorial to report the victory to Chang'an." Li Xuan couldn't help but laugh heartily, and sighed: "This time I won this pass and killed nearly 10,000 Tibetan elites. This is enough for Your Majesty." Been happy for a while.”

"Yes!" Xiao Siye bowed slightly and couldn't help feeling happy.

Xiao Siye and Wei Hongji both contributed to this great victory.

Although they have been dismissed from their respective positions now, their past resumes are still there, so as soon as the credit comes, they will be directly promoted without restrictions.

Of course, it is not easy to rise back to the original level. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, only one person has accomplished this feat. This person is Xue Rengui.

Other Guo Daifeng had no idea where his bones were buried.

It is not easy for Xiao Siye and Wei Hongji to see hope of recovery now.

"In addition." Li Xuan leaned forward slightly and looked at Xiao Siye and said, "Now that we have the upper hand, we are not in a hurry to attack. The most important thing right now, besides repairing the city gates, is to store water."

Xiao Siye looked stern and raised his hands: "Your Majesty, are you talking about the water channels dug by the Tubo people in the mountains before?"

"Well, send people to take them all back. Those waterways will eventually be used by me." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said quietly: "Now, the most important thing is the pass at the exit of Tanggula Mountain. After the pass, there are Tens of thousands of Tibetan troops were stationed to destroy them in one fell swoop.”

"Here!" Xiao Siye's expression immediately became solemn, and he looked at Li Xuan with solemn eyes.

In his life, he had followed Yang Guang, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Ashina Mishe, Ashina Buzhen, Liu Rengui, Liu Shenli, Xue Rengui and other commanders, but only Li Xuan was so fond of using water and fire to fight.

Think of a fire in the city.

It was only after they captured the city gate that they discovered that although some of the food and grass in the city had been burned, it was only a handful.

What really caught fire was the wooden house behind where the soldiers rested and ate.

I don't know when the house was filled with fodder. Once a fire broke out, it would be difficult to clean up immediately.

Not to mention that tung oil was sprinkled all around.

The rise and fall of the granary immediately shook the hearts of the Tibetan people, not to mention the deliberately created thick smoke and the sudden south wind...

In a fire, the Tubo people suddenly lost their initiative.

Later, Lun Qinling was assassinated and the city gate was opened, completely pushing the Tubo people into the abyss.

"Your Majesty, those two assassins?" Xiao Siye looked at Li Xuan nervously.

It's not a good thing that Li Xuan is so good at using the assassin's skills.

"Those two people are from Supi and are proficient in the Tubo language, so they were able to successfully blend in with the Tubo army. Now they stay with me as guards to prevent Lun Qinling from following my example again and using assassins to kill me. "Li Xuan smiled worriedly.

Xiao Siye turned his head, but when he raised his head, he still said gently: "I'm afraid Qin Ling can do anything when he's angry."

"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded and said, "I'll have to ask the Duke to arrange everything in the army now... I think it won't be long before Wang Dezhen arrives."

"Yes!" Xiao Siye nodded slightly, but his expression couldn't help but become serious.

Wang Dezhen, the minister of household affairs, is the deputy commander of the army in front of the garrison.

Xiao Siye was just used by Li Xuan to inspect the school's military commander Shi. His true identity was still in white.

Xiao Siye's eyes fell on the memorial. Only when this memorial was sent to Chang'an could he have a chance to turn around.

……

A narrow inner room was hung with blue silk, and the lamp oil was lit, making it calm and clear.

Zabala, dressed in a black robe, came quickly from outside and walked into the room. He immediately saw Lun Qinling lying on the bed.

Zabala breathed a long sigh of relief, and then handed over his hands: "I have seen the Prime Minister."

There was a smile on Lun Qinling's pale face, and he nodded to Zabala and said, "Thanks to the envoy. If it weren't for the envoy, Qinling would have died on the front line."

"The Prime Minister has God's blessing." Zabala quickly handed over his hand and said: "Originally, I have the responsibility of protecting the city, but I didn't expect that the King of Nanchang would come so quickly."

"It doesn't matter." Lun Qinling smiled, waved his hands nonchalantly, and said, "Losing the city is not a big deal."

"Ah!" Zabala raised his head in disbelief. He couldn't believe that such a huge defeat was so lightly described by Lun Qinling.

You know, in this battle of Tanggula Mountain, they not only lost the checkpoint at the highest point of Tanggula Mountain, but also lost important strategic points, and even lost tens of thousands of elites.

Even Lun Qinling himself would have died on the front line if Zabala hadn't led his troops to fight out at the last moment and rescued Lun Qinling.

For such a big thing, talking about Qinling turned out to be an understatement.

Lun Qinling smiled and said very calmly: "The battle between Tang Dynasty and Tubo has never been decided by one level. This is not the case for Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Supi, let alone Tanggula Mountain."

But after all, Tanggula Mountain is the northern barrier of Tibet. Once it is breached, the consequences will be disastrous.

The words just came to Zabala's lips, and he swallowed them back.

"This gate was going to be lost." Lun Qinling's calm eyes fell on Zabala's unbelievable face. He smiled softly and continued: "With the ability of the King of Nanchang, I am afraid that the gate has been found long ago. He found a flaw and sent people to sneak in and set fire to the food. The only person he is afraid of is me, but I will leave sooner or later."

Zabala frowned slightly, he didn't understand something.

"Not just that one pass, the entire Tanggula Mountain, except for the last Anduoxiong Pass, will basically be thrown away. The key depends on how much manpower it can destroy the King of Nanchang." When it comes to the word manpower, Lun Qinling is particularly special. Use force.

Zabala vaguely seemed to understand something. Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Lun Qinling in disbelief: "Is the Prime Minister trying to lure the enemy deeper?"

"Haha!" Lun Qinling smiled calmly and said: "The only way to kill the jackal is to put him into a circle, and the same goes for the King of Nanchang. Besides, apart from his tens of thousands of people, there may be no reinforcements behind him."

"So Ando Guan..." Zabala was a little confused again.

"It's not Anduo, it's Naqu." Lun Qinling couldn't help coughing twice and said: "On both sides of Anduo Pass, I am ambushing 20,000 cavalry on each side. Once the King of Nanchang attacks Naqu, then 20,000 cavalry will be ambushed." The cavalry will immediately attack from behind on both sides..."

"That's...awesome!" Zabala suddenly took a breath of cold air.

Lun Qinling smiled and said: "The truth will soon be clearer. Please help the envoy to keep an eye on the matters related to An Duo, and inform him of the truth at all times. At the same time, he will look for it. The King of Nanchang is here." , what else is there to make a killer?"

"Here!" Zabala bowed his head, but a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes the moment he lowered his head.

(End of this chapter)