Tibet

The sky gradually dawned, and the valley became quiet. The first attack was over. The Tang army retreated more than 300 steps. However, for these 300 steps, the Tubo army paid the price of 3,000 deaths. The air was filled with an unsettling feeling. The nauseating stench and pungent blood.

The ground was covered with limbs, heads, corpses and blood. Behind them, things were a little better. There were Tibetan soldiers who had been killed by arrows. At least there were intact corpses.

"Woo——"

The horn sounded, and a Tang army general rushed forward and shouted: "Retreat one mile!"

The heavy armored infantry turned and retreated, and the crossbowmen also came out of hiding and retreated.

Several Tubo soldiers rushed to the valley to have a look, and immediately rushed back and whispered a few words in Lunmangre's ear. Lunmangre nodded and said to a Tuyuhun general: "Go and clean up the corpses, the Second Army Get ready to enter!”

All three thousand people were killed in the battle. In Lun Mang's heart, he was like a bunch of dead ants. He didn't care about the life and death of these Tubo Han slaves. Not only the Han slaves, but also the Tuyuhuns, Turks, and Qiang people. The stepping stone for the Tibetan army.

It can be said that all the victories of the Tubo army were achieved by the heavy casualties suffered by the servant army. First, the servant army and the Tang army were beaten to exhaustion. Then the elite Tibetan army suddenly came out, and the Tang army was naturally unable to resist.

It's a pity that the battlefield cannot be opened in the big fight, otherwise I really don't know who will win.

The 3,000 Tibetan Han soldiers of the Second Army were already lined up. A Tibetan cavalry rushed forward and shouted: "The Fourth Army annihilated 2,000 Tang soldiers. They all received military honors and their families will be free. Next is you." Opportunities to make meritorious deeds!”

Three thousand Tubo and Han soldiers raised their spears and shouted in unison, and everyone's eyes were filled with the desire for military glory.

Not long after, the war drums of the expedition sounded, "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The second batch of 3,000 soldiers rushed into the canyon. The corpses in the canyon had been cleared away by the Tuyuhun people, leaving only plasma on the ground. The soldiers rushed into the valley on the blood.

This is a tacit understanding that has been battle-tested for a long time. The Tang army withdrew its troops appropriately and gave the opponent a chance to clean up the corpses before fighting again. Li Ye also needed this opportunity to train his soldiers.

The heavy armored infantry he sent into battle were all recruited from Longyou and had some experience, but they had not killed enough enemies. All the heavy armored infantry needed to be sharpened with bloody killings in order to become a qualified Mo Dao hand.

The 300 heavy armored infantrymen in the first round were not killed, but seven were slightly wounded. In the second round, a new 300 heavy armored infantrymen came on stage.

This time the hillsides on both sides were slightly steeper, making it impossible to ambush the crossbowmen, so Li Ye replaced them with 3,000 archers, arrayed behind the heavy armored infantry.

"Woo——"

The sentry blew the horn, and the second batch of 3,000 Tibetan troops came to kill.

They were like an erupting flash flood, rushing towards the Tang army soldiers, desperate, like a pack of hungry wild dogs on the grassland, just wanting to tear their prey into pieces. Even if someone fell, they could not get up again and were instantly killed by those behind them. People were trampled to death, and three thousand Tibetan soldiers had already rushed 150 steps away.

"Prepare bows and arrows!" Guan Pei gave an order, and a thousand archers raised their bows and arrows at an angle of thirty degrees.

The canyon was too narrow and there was no way to line up three thousand archers. They had to take turns shooting arrows. Each archer team shot fifteen arrows, then retreated and another thousand people came on.

"emission!"

A thousand arrows flew into the sky densely, moved instantly, and shot at the Tibetan soldiers like raindrops. These poor slave soldiers didn't even have shields, so they had to lower their heads. The Tang army's arrows fell to the ground in large areas. This was all Shot in vital parts of the head and chest.

But if it is a soldier shot in the legs, shoulders, or arms, they still cannot fall and must continue to charge.

"Kill--"

Xin Changwu, the leader of the Mo Dao Army, shouted, and three hundred Mo Dao hands wielded their gleaming Mo Dao and struck at the Tibetan soldiers who were charging at them. In an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and blood mist filled the air.

At noon, the Tubo army finally reached the gates of Sanshui Pass at the cost of 12,000 soldiers killed.

As a famous Tubo general, Shang Jiezan certainly knew the consequences of being captured by the Tang army in Dadou Bago, which meant that the Tang army had a sharp dagger on Shanzhou's back. As long as he dared to march eastward, the dagger on his back would be cruel. Stab into the back of his heart.

He will be completely unable to move. Not only that, the loss of Dadou Bugu will also seriously threaten Tuyuhun's safety, which is also unacceptable to Tuyuhun.

For Shang Jiezan, it would be best if he could capture Dadou Bago. If he couldn't capture it, he would also capture Sanshui Pass, where he would have a base where he could station heavy troops to fight against the Tang army.

Of course, if he really couldn't capture Dadou Bago, there was nothing he could do. He could only vigorously strengthen the defenses of Dadou City and Xincheng, and use these two cities to resist the invasion of the Tang army.

On the top of the city, Nan Jiyun looked at the Tuyuhun soldiers who were being driven from a distance, and asked in confusion: "Your Highness, I have never understood this. Aren't the Tuyuhun people not Tubo people?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Although they are both surnamed Tu, their races are completely different. Tuyuhun was actually a country established by the Xianbei people and ruled the Qiang people."

"Haven't the Xianbei people been Hanized by the Sui and Tang Dynasties long ago?"

Li Ye shook his head, "I'm afraid you can't imagine the impact that the Xianbei people have had on history."

Nan Jiyun smiled and said: "I am willing to listen attentively!"

Li Ye thought for a while and said slowly: "Initially Xianbei was divided into North Xianbei, East Xianbei and West Xianbei. North Xianbei was the Tuoba clan who established the Northern Wei Dynasty. Murong clan in East Xianbei established the Qianyan and Later Yan. East Xianbei Another large clan, the Yuwen clan, split into two parts. One part evolved into the Khitan and Xi people, and the other part established the Northern Zhou Dynasty. All of them, including our current Sui and Tang Dynasties, continued from the Yuwen clan.

Western Xianbei is also divided into two parts. One part is the current Tuyuhun people, and the other part is the Dangxiang people living in Qingzhou and Yanzhou. I estimate that they will also establish a country in the future. "

Nan Jiyun sighed and said: "It turns out that the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Khitan people are of the same origin. It's really unexpected!"

Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "Actually, there is another Mohe people north of Liaodong. They are Donghu people with a very long history. They established Goguryeo and the Bohai Kingdom. There is also a group called Jurchens, and another group formed the The Mongols are said to be very powerful, and I estimate that they will threaten the Central Plains in the future."

"In this case, it is better to destroy them in advance and not give them any chance."

Li Ye smiled and said nothing.

At this moment, Guan Peiben came up and said: "Your Highness, the cyclone cannon is ready, and the sulfur, charcoal, fire mud and kerosene are also ready."

Li Ye nodded, looked at the Tubo army in the distance and said coldly: "Let's make a fire and let them fall into hell!"

At this time, there was a constant sound of horns in the distance, announcing that the Tibetan army general Shang Jiezan had arrived at Sanshui Pass.

Nanguan City in Sanshui is taller and stronger than Beiguan City. The city wall is three feet high and two feet wide. It can garrison three thousand soldiers. It was built by the Tang Dynasty in the early years of Tianbao and very effectively withstood the Tibetan army for nearly ten years. attack.

At this time, three thousand elite Tang troops and fifty cyclone cannons have been deployed at the top of the city. The cyclone cannon is a small trebuchet that can throw five or six kilograms of heavy objects two hundred steps away.

Of course, what Li Ye wanted to throw was not stones, but sulfur and charcoal fire clay. This firearm invented in Chang'an has never played its role. It is suitable for water warfare, attacking ships, arson in cities, and use in narrow spaces.

And Dadou Bugu is exactly where it exerts its power.

In addition, Li Ye also deployed a kerosene team on a platform halfway up the mountain. This platform was very long, not only within the city, but also extended to more than a hundred steps outside the city. Standing on the platform, you could attack the kerosene attack from a high position.

More importantly, the Tang army sprinkled hundreds of large cans of kerosene within a hundred steps outside the city. They wanted to repeat the scene in Wengcheng, Jincheng County.

In the distance, Shang Jiezan drew his sword and coldly ordered: "Attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

War drums sounded fiercely, and thousands of Tuyuhun people rushed towards Guancheng carrying rafts tied up by the Tang army.

These rafts were originally the ladders Li Ye planned to use to attack the Great Dou City, but unexpectedly they were used by the Tibetan army to attack the Sanshui Pass.

Tang Jun nailed a lot of wooden strips on the raft to become the footrests of the ladder.

A raft was set up on the top of the city. Under the city wall, there were densely packed Tuyuhun soldiers, as many as three to four thousand people.

"emission!"

Li Ye gave an order, and fifty cyclone cannons projected bags of ignited sulfur charcoal clay, like stars in the sky, overwhelming the crowd.

At the same time, burning fire oil cans were thrown down halfway up the mountain.

The attacking Tibetan army was caught off guard, and the kerosene on the ground was instantly ignited, and the outside of Sanshui City suddenly turned into a fiery hell.