Located on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, Songzhou is the capital of Jiannan Province closest to the Tibetan state.

As a lower state, the population of Songzhou is not large.

However, because it is located at the junction of Jiannan Province and Shannan region of Tubo State, commerce is still prosperous.

This is also the reason why Lu Dongzan suggested that Songtsen Gampo put the site of the invasion in Songzhou.

Persimmon should be pinched softly, but not without oil and water.

"Zampu, now that the army has been entrenched in Songzhou for more than two months, except for this city that has not yet been captured, the others have almost been captured, are you considering withdrawing your troops?"

A few days ago, there were already scouts who came to give feedback that the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty had already set off, and the forward was only three days away from the Tubo army.

Lu Dongzan felt that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, and there was no need to stay and fight hard with Datang, which would increase losses.

"No, wait a little longer, let me meet Tang Jun for a while."

Songtsen Gampo now has a very high prestige in Tibet, and since he ascended the throne, he has not tasted a single defeat.

Although he has cleaned up a lot of people in China, Songtsan Gampo has really never really fought with Datang.

This time, he personally came with the pro-army, and if he heard that the Tang army was coming, he would leave as soon as he heard the wind, and his face was really not good-looking.

The most important thing is that he has always intended to expand in the direction of Tuyuhun, and sooner or later he will face a head-on conflict with the Tang Dynasty, and if he does not confirm the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army in advance, he has no spectrum in his heart.

"I heard that several armies of the Tang Dynasty are coming towards Songzhou, although my Tubo warriors are brave and good at fighting, but if they are besieged by others, they will inevitably be damaged."

Not a single small city of Songzhou was captured, and Songzhou was nothing more than an insignificant state in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Lu Dongzan is actually not very confident in the army of the Tubo State, but it is not easy to say it directly.

"Don't worry, I understand the severity. As long as the advance of the Tang army is destroyed and they are given a dismount, I will immediately order the withdrawal of troops. ”

In Songtsen Gampo's view, the forward battalion is estimated to have about 10,000 people, and there will be no more than 20,000 deaths.

And this time, he claimed to have come with an army of more than 100,000 people, so he wouldn't be able to defeat others, right?

Lu Dongzan was helpless, but although he was worried, he didn't feel that his hundreds of thousands of troops couldn't beat a forward battalion in Datang.

Although the so-called hundreds of thousands of troops, many of them followed to fight the autumn wind, and the real Tibetan elite was only tens of thousands.

……

In a wasteland two hundred miles away from Songzhou, Niu Jinda was stationed here with a striker.

"General, the scout has come to report, more than a hundred miles ahead, I found that the Tibetan army was looting everywhere."

Niu Jinda, as the vanguard of this counterattack against Tibet, was basically the configuration of the cavalry of the whole army, and the march was faster than the Tubo people imagined.

"Pass the order, bury the pot and cook early tomorrow, and raid the Tubo army before the sun sets."

The soldiers are fast, and Niu Jinda also understands this truth.

Especially after watching Li Kuan's two battles in which he won more with less, Niu Jinda's comprehension of the art of war has also reached a new level in recent years.

Moreover, Niu Jinda's personal soldiers were the first troops in Datang to learn new training methods from Xue Li, although there were only about 1,000 people, their combat effectiveness was extraordinary.

In addition, Liangzhou City has been very prosperous in recent years, and this expedition, all the logistics materials are fully prepared.

Niu Jinda is determined to take the Tubo people.

Don't look at Niu Jinda's fame as high as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, in fact, he is also a general trusted by Li Shimin.

Moreover, when he was in Wagangzhai, he and Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were hardcore brothers.

The so-called things gather by like, and people are divided by groups.

If he really didn't have some skills, how could he get Cheng Yanjin's approval?

"General, wouldn't it be too hasty to attack two hundred miles a day and attack immediately without any rest?"

The commander of the army, Shi on the side, reminded him, for fear that this time the forward battalion would be accidentally frustrated.

"No, quite the opposite, because no one could have imagined that we would attack tomorrow night, it would be more effective. Don't look at the fact that Tubo claims to have an army of more than 100,000 people, but many of them are unorganized and undisciplined herdsmen, and they may still be able to play a role when they fight against the wind, but once they fall into chaos, they will only add to the chaos. ”

In the past two years, as the slave catching team in Liangzhou City continued to penetrate into the Tubo country, the northwest trade also had contacts with some tribes in Tubo, and Niu Jinda, the Liangzhou guard, also had a lot of understanding of the situation in Tubo.

Coupled with the fact that all the officers and men in the army have been replaced with swords forged from stainless steel, and their combat effectiveness has reached a new peak, Niu Jinda is fully confident that he will give the Tubo people a blow to the head and let them know that Datang is not something they can afford to provoke.

……

In Songzhou in late autumn, the temperature is already relatively cold in the morning and evening.

There was no green in the mountains in the distance, and the weeds on the ground had turned yellow.

The army of more than 100,000 people of the Tubo State stretched for several miles and occupied a large area of grassland.

The topography of Songzhou has mountains and grasslands.

The large grassland where the Tubo country is located is surrounded by high mountains on both sides, and there is only one road leading to Songzhou in front and only one road leaving Songzhou in the rear.

To put it mildly, as long as this valley is held, it is impossible for any reinforcements to appear outside Songzhou City, and it is impossible for the defenders inside to escape.

As the sun slowly fell, the Tibetan army also began to bury the pot for cooking, curling smoke, shrouding the entire valley in a white smoke.

"Zampu, calculate the time, the Tang Army should arrive the day after tomorrow, do we need to strengthen the military fence?"

"There's no need, we, the warriors of the Tibetan Kingdom, are not good at defending in the first place. In my opinion, offense is the best defense. Once the Tang army appeared, Ben Zampu personally led the army to attack, and he was bound to kill him without leaving a piece of armor. ”

Songtsen Gampo has never tried to fail, no matter how wise he is, after years of success, he will inevitably be a little underestimated.

Historically, he was also defeated by Niu Jinda in this way.

Since then, I have a correct understanding of the strength of Datang, and I began to take the opportunity of harmony to comprehensively learn various techniques of Datang, until Li Shimin's death, the conflict between Tubo and Datang was relatively limited.

Wang Xuance's destruction of a country by himself was also completed by borrowing the army of the Tubo State.

Of course, this is not to say how docile the Tubo State is, on the contrary, after the Tubo found that it could not deal with the Tang Dynasty for the time being, it immediately shifted the direction of attack and began to develop to the Western Regions.

However, in this life, with the butterfly Li Kuan, it is difficult to say whether the Tubo Kingdom can still jump until Li Shimin dies.

A divided Tubo country is the most in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

Similarly, a split Xue Yantuo is the most in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

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