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

Chapter 1263 The Empress Dowager of Tubo greets you

Outside the north gate, a black figure hung outside the city gate and above the water. The moment the soldiers appeared on the city wall, he clenched the long knife in his hand, pierced it directly into the gap in the city gate, and then slashed hard.

There was a "bang", and something seemed to collapse under the inner city gate.

In an instant, the city gate opened directly inward, and a huge amount of flood rushed into the city gate in an instant.

All the soldiers in the city were stunned at this moment.

"Quickly retreat, go up to the south wall." An anxious and calm voice sounded, and in an instant, almost all the soldiers of the Light Army rushed toward the south wall frantically.

There was only one newly opened road leading to the northern city wall, but they had just arrived at the southern city wall.

With the sound of "rumbling", huge waves directly hit the entire city gate and rushed directly to the southern city gate.

But at this time, the southern city gate had just been closed by Tibetan soldiers.

The huge waves hit the city gate hard, and for a moment, the entire city wall shook slightly...

"Bang!" Countless mud bags fell directly from the city gate opening, hitting the ground hard, and then were rushed directly to the city gate by the torrent. In an instant, the south city gate was completely blocked.

After a moment, everything stopped.

There was not much torrent rushing out of the city outside the north gate. Even if there were no people in the city who could not escape to the city wall in time, it was only submerged to the point where they just reached their chests. What really harvested their lives were the traps around them.

Trap pits, covered with tripwires, chains, trenches, spikes, and rocks all over the ground...

Under the impact of the flood, hundreds of people disappeared in an instant.

On the south city wall, looking at the white water, the leader of the Light Army was stunned. What is going on?

Why is there so much water outside the city of Anduo?

It's late autumn now, when did they start playing this trick of water accumulation again.

Or rather, the people of Tang Dynasty had already known about their coming here today.

No, maybe half a month or even before, they had already started to store water, waiting for the impact.

The light army leader's eyes quickly sobered up.

With the shrewdness of King Nanchang, it is impossible that he could not discover the key point of Anduo, so it is normal for him to make arrangements.

But he can accurately deploy the light army...

Suddenly, the leader of the Guang Army suddenly looked outside Guancheng to the south, and couldn't help but immediately issued an order: "Go quickly, go quickly..."

The sound of panic had just started, and the next moment, the sound of countless thunderous hoofbeats had already sounded, and thousands of cavalry had rushed out from the left and right sides, heading towards the place where the Guang Army was ambushing.

The light army on the ground stood up in an instant. They did not choose to escape at all, but rushed towards the incoming cavalry.

Countless arrows flew into the air in an instant, and all fell in an instant.

"Duoduoduo!" In the blink of an eye, hundreds of lives were lost directly to the arrows.

But more cavalry turned directly towards the distance in a sudden moment, and more bows and arrows flew into the air at the moment of turning...

"Turks." On the city wall, the leader of the Guang Army could not help but grit his teeth when he saw this scene.

Only the Turks are the best at this kind of kite-flying cavalry tactics.

If it were the Tang army, they would just be stupid and charge directly, which would make it easier for the Guang army to perform. But when they encountered the Turks, they seemed to have encountered a natural enemy...

The leader of the Light Army forced himself to calm down and quickly analyzed the situation in front of him.

Of the five thousand Guangjun, two thousand remained outside the city, and three thousand were in the city. Among them, more than a thousand were on the south wall, a thousand were on the north wall, and several hundred were inside the city. How many people died? It’s not known yet.

Where they are is not important. What is important is where are the Tang people?
Five thousand Turkic cavalry have appeared outside the south city, but what about the others? Where are the more than a thousand soldiers of the Tang Army who were originally stationed here?
The leader of the Light Army turned his gaze to the north.

There are more than a thousand soldiers stationed in Amdo, but there are five to six thousand in the entire Tanggula Mountain pass.

When the Guangjun captured this place, they had reinforcements heading south to intercept Cona Lake and reinforcements heading north to intercept Tanggula Mountain.

After all, the Tang army in the Tanggula Mountains was weaker, but the distance was too long and their troops were too few to control them all.

Their original purpose was to occupy Anduo, intercept from the north and south, and then cooperate with the army to move around and kill the main force of the Tang army. Finally, they captured Nagqu in one fell swoop, and even intercepted and killed the entire Tang army here.

But unexpectedly, their purpose was discovered from the beginning.

Five thousand Turkic cavalry were arranged to intercept and kill them outside. With such a mess inside, the Guang Army's ability to move was immediately restricted.

The most important thing now is to escape from this predicament in time.

The five thousand cavalry in the south are there, but what about the north?

There must be endless means in the north, and entering Tanggula Mountain is definitely harmful to them.

The most basic point is that they will be farther and farther away from Luozhao and Naqu. No matter how strong they are, they will eventually die.

And they couldn't escape far to the north. The key was seeing so much water in the city, and they knew that the Tang people had also prepared a naval army.

The best way now is for everyone to immediately evacuate Anduo Pass from the south and join the two thousand people below.

It's easy for the people on the south wall to just climb down, but for those on the north wall, as soon as they enter the water, the Tang people will immediately rush into the water and use boats to kill them.

When the time comes for the north and the south to join together and strangle, they will be dead.

Therefore, we can only sacrifice the people in the north.

Decisions are made in an instant, communicated in secret whispers.

The next moment, one thousand soldiers on the north wall were already stationed on the city wall, and nearly two thousand soldiers on the south wall had quickly climbed down from the city wall, and then quickly joined the two thousand soldiers outside.

Countless densely packed feather arrows fell, and by the time the two forces came together, there were less than 3,000 people left standing.

At this time, the Turkic cavalry suddenly moved away and stopped sniping at them.

The leader of the Guang Army was immediately confused. He couldn't understand why the Turks left like this... It was a horse!

An idea suddenly flashed in the mind of the leader of the Guangjun Army. He really thought about snatching the horses of the Turkic cavalry.

Whether it is using cavalry to protect, hiding the army, or evacuating wounded soldiers...

The leader of the Guang Army paused and couldn't help cursing in his heart: Damn Turks.

In just a moment, there were already tens of thousands of arrows falling in turn after a fierce battle.

Now, more than a thousand soldiers have fallen directly into a pool of blood, but many people can actually be saved.

However, as long as these injuries occur, these people will immediately be seriously slowed down in their departure speed.

At that time, they will only be killed by Turks like flying kites.

"Leave three hundred men and bring the wounded soldiers into the city... If you are unable to do so, surrender." The leader of the Light Army said this. The next moment, he had taken less than three thousand Light Army and left directly towards the east. .

The west is vast and sparsely populated, making it easier to be hunted down. On the contrary, there are several cities in the east. Even if they sneak into one of them, there will be countless ways to leave.

……

The sky is getting brighter and clearer.

At the eastern foot of Tanggula Mountain, more than a thousand soldiers were running away frantically, but behind them, thousands of Turkic cavalry were chasing and killing them. From time to time, hundreds or even a thousand cavalry rushed up and fired arrows, effectively killing and injuring thousands of people. After a hundred people, they quickly evacuated.

Wave after wave, constantly taking turns.

There are no more than 2,000 Guang soldiers left.

It was even due to their constant use of mountains and forests to escape in the mountains and fields, which prevented the Turkic cavalry from fully utilizing their bows and arrows.

But even so, the Turkic cavalry had already blocked their way out of the mountains and forests, and they were ready to chase them all the way.

Bleed all the way and scrape off layer by layer until they are all dead.

Looking at the village not far away, the leader of the Light Army rushed in with his people without thinking. However, as soon as he entered the village, he found that no one was here.

There was even no food in the entire village.

After running away all the way, Guangjun lost all the food he brought, and now he can only find some drinking water from the village...

"Fire!" A horrified voice sounded at the entrance of the village, and the leader of the Light Army suddenly showed endless regret and pain on his face.

He should not leave Anduo. As long as he stays in Anduo, he can use Anduo as a defensive place to deal with the Tang people.

However, he could also imagine that kind of scene. The Tang people would not attack at all. They only needed to trap them in Anduo for three days, and they would be trapped to death.

The lonely army goes deep and attacks for thousands of miles. As long as they are discovered by others and then clear the country and fall into a trap, they will have only one way to die.

But who would have thought that they would set fire to it.

The leader of the Guang Army could only rush out of the village with his soldiers and continue to fight to the east.

In the distance, a river appears at the end of the field of vision.

Dangqu River.

Following this river, they could kill all the way to Nie Rong, but they also knew that Nie Rong must have been on endless alert.

What they need is to cross from Nierong County and then go straight to the Nagqu River. As long as they cross the Nagqu River, they can join the army.

But I also knew that their group would encounter continued pursuit by the Turkic cavalry, and it was hard to say how many of them would escape in the end.

……

It's almost noon, at the top of Nagqu City.

Li Xuan looked at the few Tibetan cavalry on the south bank of the Nagqu River. He couldn't help but shake his head and asked, "Where are the Guangjun people?"

Yang Zhirou immediately stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "I just reported that three hundred light troops are already arriving at the Nagqu River."

"Three hundred?" Li Xuan asked in surprise: "Are there only three hundred people left?"

"Yes, the Turkic cavalry looted and killed more than 3,000 people along the way, and only 300 were killed." Yang Zhirou's face showed infinite wonder.

He finally understood how terrifying the Turks were. Once there was no solid base, everyone would be a lamb to be slaughtered by the Turks.

"The Guang Army is very strong, but the problem is that they have to travel long distances and carry a serious shortage of food, grass, ordnance, and armor." Li Xuan raised his eyes slightly and said with an indifferent expression: "If they didn't enter the city at all last night and just lurked quietly. And leave, then not many people can do anything to them, but it's a pity that they entered the city."

Yang Zhirou fell silent. He understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words.

The greatest advantage of the light army is its ability to lurk. Once it emerges from the darkness, it will immediately lose its foothold.

"The subsequent escape was actually wise. If they hadn't encountered the Turkic cavalry, they might have escaped, but the Turks are the best at this." There was a sneer on Li Xuan's lips. The Tubo people met the Turks People are like encountering natural enemies.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty is now the natural enemy of the Turks.

"Then why didn't they disperse directly into the mountains?" Yang Zhirou asked a question that was puzzling.

Li Xuan glanced at him in surprise, shook her head, and said: "If it were in other places, there would be no problem in escaping into the mountains, but that's Tanggula Mountain. Not to mention the difficult environment, the key is that there aren't many supplies... It's late autumn now, and there is no way to escape into the mountains. The local people have already plundered all the food to eat. Maybe three to five hundred people can do it, but there are thousands of them..."

After a slight pause, Li Xuan said with emotion: "When the time comes, there is no need to chase and kill them. They only need to block the exits. They will starve to death themselves, and even kill each other. These five thousand light troops can be regarded as dead in Zan Xiruo." In my hands."

"Then the remaining three hundred people, Commander-in-Chief?" Yang Zhirou looked sideways at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "Send someone to put a small boat in the Naqu River, and put a letter on it."

With that said, Li Xuan took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Zhirou.

Yang Zhirou took it and looked at it, and saw the words on it: "The Queen Mother of Tubo respectfully expresses her gratitude."

(End of this chapter)