That night, many people in Dunhuang heard the shouting and killing, but no one dared to go out, until the next day, many Dunhuang people carefully went out of the house, they saw no longer Tubo soldiers or Shatuo soldiers, but a Tang army soldiers, the big flag on the head of the city was also replaced by the Tang Dragon Flag.

The people of Dunhuang were finally confirmed to be Tang soldiers, and after nearly 30 years, the Tang army came again, and the whole county was jubilant.

All the people rushed out of their homes, all of them rushed to be the first, and the Tang soldiers were rewarded with pot pulp, and many old people cried with joy, they had waited for 30 years at this moment!

The Tang army wiped out the 2,000 Tubo troops in the city last night, occupied the warehouses of the Tubo army, and the sheep and horse city built along the inner city wall, which contained more than 200,000 sheep, and in one winter, the Tubo consumed nearly 300,000 sheep, and they were also eagerly waiting for the arrival of logistical supplies at this time.

The state government was changed to a temporary line, and Guo Song was discussing with Cao Qingyun, Zhang Feng and more than a dozen other heads of big clans, who were the elite of the entire Shazhou and controlled the economic lifeline of Shazhou.

Cao Qingyun said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many years, I said when I left that I would come back one day, to be honest, we can't believe it, I didn't expect that today I really came back, and I fulfilled the promise of the year, and I really believe in people!" ”

Everyone praised and praised without hesitation, but Guo Song was very calm, he waved his hand and said: "Everyone, the main force of Tubo is still in the north, a vicious battle is inevitable, the reason why I captured Dunhuang City first and did not attack the Tubo army first is to avoid the war to bring disaster to the people of Dunhuang." ”

Jia Zhu Feng said: "The Dunhuang city wall is tall and strong, it is difficult for the Tubo army to attack it, and even if it is attacked, it will pay a heavy price. Or will you wait for the Tibetan grain to run out and retreat to the plateau? ”

Guo Song shook his head, "No, the Tubo army has no siege weapons, they will not attack the city, we will definitely withdraw our troops back to the plateau, but I must not let them go, a fierce frontal battle is inevitable, I gave a military order to the imperial court in this battle, I can only win and not lose." ”

"What does the envoy need us to do?" Cao Qingyun hurriedly said.

Guo Song said without hesitation: "I need you to organize two thousand young men, one thousand men and one women, the man is responsible for transporting the wounded soldiers, and the woman is responsible for bandaging and caring for the wounded soldiers. ”

Cao Qingyun hesitated and asked, "Are they going to the battlefield too?" ”

"Of course not, I won't let them take risks, but this matter is very important, at least half of the wounded soldiers will be killed."

"Understood, we'll recruit young people right away!"

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After meeting with the Dunhuang squire, Guo Song immediately convened the general to discuss the matter, Guo Song said to everyone: "The food in the enemy's military camp can no longer support them to return to Tubo, they will inevitably loot the grain everywhere, just now I discussed with several family owners, they all think that the Tubo army is the most likely to loot Shouchang County and the monastery, which gives us another chance to break through, Liang Wu!"

"Humble duty!" Liang Wu stood up and said.

"The looting of the monastery should be a sporadic Tibetan army, you can lead your headquarters to encircle and suppress these Tibetan soldiers, if you encounter the main force of Tibet, you can't fight with it, withdraw immediately!"

"Obey the order!"

Guo Song glanced at Yao Jin and Li Bing again, "The number of Tubo soldiers who looted Shouchang County will not be small, the two of you will each lead your headquarters to ambush, if the other party is the main force, you must not fight with the other party either!" ”

Yao Jin and Li Bing got up at the same time to receive the order.

Guo Song finally said to Zhang Yun: "I still have to work hard to scout and monitor the Tubo camp, if you find that the main force of the Tubo army is dispatched, you must immediately notify the commander!" ”

Zhang Yun clasped his fists and saluted, "Obey the order!" ”

After Guo Song finished deploying one by one, he got up and said slowly to everyone: "A big battle is coming, and the time to test our training will also come, I hope that you will fully display your talents and don't let me down!" ”

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In the fierce battle with the Tang army, there were Tubo soldiers who used ropes to escape from the city, rushed to the Tubo camp to report, so that the Tubo army got the news after the fall of Dunhuang City for an hour, the main general was shocked and angry, he was to prevent the Shatuo people from sneaking up the camp and robbing the camp, so he put the grain, grass and logistics materials in the city, but he didn't expect to be attacked by the Tang army, where did the Tang army of more than 10,000 people come from?

On Lituo felt a panic, he immediately ordered to check the situation of materials and grain and grass in the camp, the results of the inventory made him feel cold, grain and grass can only maintain the army for two days, even if the army is withdrawn now, it can not support back to Tubo, you must know that the nearest city in Tubo is more than 20 days away from Shazhou.

What can I do? It was impossible to kill horses, and without horses to travel, the soldiers could not go back to Tibet, so they could only get some food nearby.

"General, there are dozens of monasteries in Dunhuang, I'm afraid they have food."

A sentence reminded the Lun Lituo, he hurriedly unfolded the map, the monasteries in Dunhuang are mainly concentrated in the southeast of the county more than 20 miles away near the Mogao Grottoes, there are nearly 20 monasteries, should be able to get some food.

At this time, the eyes of the Lun Lituo were fixed on Shouchang County, which is located in the southwest of Dunhuang and is a small county with a population of only more than 1,000 households, and there seem to be tens of thousands of catties of wheat in the county's official warehouse.

On Lituo immediately sent two grain grabbing teams, each with more than 1,000 people, one went to the vicinity of Mogao Grottoes to loot the monastery, and the other went to Shouchang County to loot grain and occupy Shouchang County.

On Lituo has his own plans, if he withdraws the army back to Tibet now, he will inevitably be punished by the prime minister, he must stabilize the army's heart, insist on ten days and half a month, the grain and grass logistics should arrive, at that time, the Shatuo people will also enter Shazhou, it is better to let the Tang army and Shatuo fight hard, and then come out to clean them up after both are defeated.

Lyrta thinks well, but things often don't change with his will.

1,000 Tibetan soldiers rode along an abandoned official road, their target was Shouchang County, 120 miles away, at this time the sky was just dawning, there was no human figure around the official road, in order to prevent Shatuo spies, Tubo also adopted the method of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and forcibly moved the people living in the countryside into Dunhuang City, but now it is self-defeating, so that they can not get food from the countryside.

This abandoned official road is located in the north of Dunhuang City, about 20 miles apart, in fact, it is to surround Dunhuang City from the outside.

The task of this Tibetan cavalry was to loot the grain of Shouchang County and occupy Shouchang County, so as to make preliminary preparations for the transfer of the army to Shouchang County.

When the cavalry passed through a forest, suddenly the sound of bangzi sounded in the woods, 'Bang! Bang! Bang! The crisp sound of bangs rang out for miles.

Immediately afterwards, the arrows came like a dense rain, and the Tibetan soldiers were caught off guard, and a large area was shot down, at this time, the horn sounded in the woods, 'Woo-'

Yao Jin led two thousand cavalry from the woods to kill, the Tubo soldiers had no intention of fighting, and hurriedly evacuated to the south, at this time, the south also suddenly killed a Tang cavalry, it was Li Bing led two thousand cavalry, cut off the retreat of Tubo, two Tang east and west attack, Tubo cavalry had no power to fight back, less than half an hour, was killed by the Tang army to annihilate the whole army.

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In the afternoon, two pieces of bad news reached the Tibetan camp almost simultaneously, first the army he sent to loot the monastery was surrounded and suppressed by the Tang army, most of the 1,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and only more than 300 people fled back.

The army that went to loot Shouchang County was even worse, surrounded and ambushed by thousands of Tang cavalry in the north of Dunhuang, only a dozen people fled back in panic, and the other soldiers were all wiped out.

On Lituo couldn't sit still, they attacked Shazhou with an army of 15,000 people, and Shatuo's army had a big battle, although they killed 7,000 enemies, but they also killed more than 3,000 people, and the 2,000 troops he deployed in the city were also wiped out, and the two grain grabbing armies lost 1,700 people, and now the army in the camp is only about 8,000 people.

General Gyatso persuaded him: "General, our current enemy is no longer the Shatuo people, but the Tang army, if the baggage grain is transported will also be intercepted by the Tang army, we must retreat to the west, and it is recommended to occupy Shouchang County, it is estimated that we can get more than 100,000 catties of grain and thousands of livestock, and we can also support it for a month, and more importantly, Shouchang County is in the southwest of Dunhuang, and our baggage logistics team can also be directly transported to the county seat." ”

Another general, Sha Mi, also said: "It is also recommended to withdraw the army immediately, if the Tang army occupies Shouchang first, we will be passive." ”

He nodded and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, and the whole army will assemble immediately!" ”