Li Yu's worries were not unreasonable, because this most elite corps had few men and horses, the main combat force was only a hundred ironclad artillery vehicles, and the various transport vehicles were only equipped with two drivers, so it was really impossible to divide the extra troops to take care of these prisoners. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After the last victory, the cavalry from Minzhou was dispatched overnight to help, and this time, it is unrealistic to mobilize forces from Minzhou in a short period of time, which will seriously hinder the next action of this elite army of soldiers and horses.

Li An had already thought about taking care of the captives, but he already had a countermeasure and could solve this problem well.

"The king of Guangping is too worried, now our team has consumed a lot of baggage, there are a hundred transport vehicles have become empty cars, let these empty cars be responsible for transporting the Tibetan prisoners, and transport them to Minzhou, it is the most suitable, in addition, a large number of our baggage is concentrated in Minzhou, these vehicles transporting the Tibetan prisoners, after arriving in Minzhou, will return here with all kinds of baggage, in order to supplement the needs of the army."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to explain.

"What Li Shilang said is that instead of letting these empty cars run back in vain, it is better to let them be responsible for transporting the prisoners, which is really good, but with so many prisoners, will they make trouble on the way! If it causes chaos, I am afraid that these soldiers driving will not be able to control it. ”

Li Yu had another layer of worry, he was worried that the Tibetan captives would make trouble halfway and threaten the lives of the drivers of the cars.

Li An smiled and said: "It is indeed possible for the Tibetan captives to cause chaos, but before leaving, Ben will order that all the hands and feet of these Tibetan prisoners be tied with ropes, and in addition, after the prisoners get on the train here, all the carriages will be locked, so that they will not have the ability to make trouble." ”

"Just let these 100 transport vehicles return to Minzhou, do you want to send escorts and horses?"

Li An shook his head and said: "No need, there are no Tibetan soldiers and horses on this road, so there is no need to be so careful, we will focus on how to block the main force of Tubo next." ”

"Haha! There is no need for Li Shilang to persuade him to surrender, the white flag has been raised in Shibao City, and the Tibetan barbarians finally can't bear it. ”

Li Yu found the white flag above Shibao City through the high-powered telescope, and said with a smile.

"The order went down, and the ironclad artillery truck immediately stopped the shelling, shouted, and told all the Tibetan prisoners to leave Shibao City, throw all their weapons, and assemble outside the city."

Li An also saw the Tibetan soldiers raising the white flag, so he decisively gave the order to stop the shelling.

The shelling soon stopped, and the ironclad reconnaissance vehicle in charge of shouting immediately stepped forward and told the Tibetan soldiers to throw away their weapons and surrender out of the city, otherwise they would continue to shell until the stone fort city was completely destroyed.

This time, it was the Tubo soldiers who took the initiative to raise the white flag and surrender, so the shouting quickly played a role, and several Tubo generals, with the wounded soldiers under their command, helped each other out of Shibao City, and walked towards the position arranged by the Tang army one after another.

"There are only more than 500 people, and the rest are all dead?"

Li Yu looked at these Tubo surrendered soldiers who came out, and felt that there were too few, Shibao City is a very important strategic location, this Li Yu is very clear, but how could Tubo deploy such a small number of soldiers and horses in such an important strategic place? It's kind of weird.

Li An carefully observed for a long time, and said: "Stone Castle City is not very large, and there is a large area to store rolling wood and stones and all kinds of firewood and grass, so that the place where people can live is very small, it is estimated that at most more than 1,000 soldiers and horses can be stationed, after the round of bombardment we just now, it is already very good to have five hundred legs and feet left, so there are already a lot of five hundred people, and it is estimated that there are no living people with good legs and feet in it, but we still can't take it lightly, and we must always be vigilant." ”

"Li Shilang, all the Tubo soldiers have run out and surrendered, do you want to let the soldiers enter Shibao City immediately."

Guo Yang ordered some of the soldiers to guard the Tibetan soldiers who surrendered out of the city, and planned to lead some of the soldiers into the city to clean up the battlefield.

"The stone castle city is too steep, the ironclad artillery car and the ironclad command car are difficult to board, you lead the three hundred soldiers into the city on foot, remember, you must be extremely careful, once the situation is not right, you must withdraw immediately, in addition, the three hundred soldiers must not be too scattered, to find out the whole situation in the stone castle city, you can't let go of the slightest."

Li An said.

"Yes, Li Shilang, I understand."

Guo Yan responded, and led his three hundred soldiers to take over Shibao City in full armor.

According to Li An's observation, there should be no more Tubo soldiers inside Shibao City, after all, after a round of artillery bombardment just now, Shibao City suffered great damage, and the Tubo soldiers must have been frightened, and it should be the main force that ran out to surrender, and the rest were either killed and seriously injured, or secretly hiding, in short, there should be no Tubo formed troops in the city, let Guo Yang be careful, just in case.

In addition, the main forces of the Tang army were all assembled outside the city and were on alert at all times, so even if something unexpected happened, it could not change the fact that the Tang army had already won.

"Li Shilang, aren't we going to Stone Castle City?"

Li Yu asked.

Li An shook his head and said, "Don't worry, let Guo Lushuai enter the city to find out the whole situation, and then, let's go into the city to have a look, but the city is already in ruins, and it can't be inhabited, and we still have to live in the wild tonight." ”

The fire in Shibao City was still burning, Guo Yang led 300 soldiers, lined up in a neat formation, entered Shibao City, and divided the troops into three routes, and carried out a careful inspection of Shibao City to ensure that all the Tibetan soldiers inside Shibao City had come out and surrendered.

"Li Shilang, Shibao City is empty, there are no Tibetan soldiers in ambush, only some seriously injured Tubo soldiers who can't move and are killed."

Guo Yang asked the soldiers to check back and forth inside the not very large Stone Castle City to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the Stone Castle City.

"Okay, let's go to Stone Castle City to see how it goes."

Li An led the main generals to Stone Castle City, and stood on the tower of Stone Castle City, looking around.

When I stood under the Stone Castle City, I didn't think much of how dangerous the Stone Castle City was, but when I stood on the gate tower of the Stone Castle City, I obviously found that the Stone Castle City was very dangerous.

In the era of cold weapons, as long as you occupy the position of Stone Fort City, you can control the passage below, and any army that passes through this passage cannot ignore the existence of Stone Fort City, otherwise, it will be attacked by rolling wood and stones and various fireballs above Shibao City, resulting in heavy losses.

After careful investigation, Li An confirmed his speculation, the stone castle city did have a large number of rolling logs and stones, these stocks are enough to annihilate tens of thousands of attacking troops, and the stone castle city is built on the mountain, when the defense materials are scarce, the stone can be mined at any time to defend against the enemy's attack.

Fortunately, Li An invented artillery, and flexibly used the mobility of the ironclad gun carriage to sneak attack Shibao City from behind, so as to easily take it.

Shibao City is still a sea of fire, and the living conditions are quite bad, so after admiring the city gate tower for a while, Li An returned to the bottom, and found a relatively high place to build a large tent of the Chinese army.

"Li Shilang, the ironclad reconnaissance vehicle found that a Tubo baggage team came from the southwest, with 2,000 men and horses, and all the escorts were grain and fresh livestock."

The soldier reported loudly.

"It's great that the Tibetan baggage brigade is swaggering over, we can improve the food, order the first brigade and the second brigade of the ironclad artillery trucks, immediately prepare to meet the enemy, and capture all the Tibetan baggage troops."

Li An gave a military order domineeringly.

Along the way, Li An found that he was really going well, winning the battle in minutes, and there were no casualties on his side, he had just captured Shibao City, and Tubo came to deliver food again, which was simply too intimate.

The result of the battle was undoubted, how could the two thousand Tubo logistics troops be the opponent of the Tang army's ironclad artillery vehicles, they were quickly surrounded, and under the persuasion of the defenders of Shibao City, who surrendered one step earlier, they obediently surrendered, and the various materials they carried naturally became the trophies of the Tang army.

Yak meat is very delicious food, this time the Tang army captured two thousand Tubo logistics men, captured thousands of yaks, in order to reward the soldiers, let the Tubo prisoners slaughter fifty on the spot, so that all the horses of the Tang army, including the logistics people and horses, can eat yak meat, and even, even the Tubo prisoners can share a cup of soup to drink.

Eating fragrant yak meat, Li An felt that this battle was not interesting at all, as soon as the Tang army made a move, the Tubo army would be defeated and urinate, and there was really a feeling of loneliness seeking defeat.

Of course, the mood is the mood, when it is time to fight, it is still necessary to command carefully and prudently, and must not be careless, after all, Li An pursues zero casualties, which is higher than that pursued by any Tang general.

At the same time as the fire broke out in Shibao City, there was also a lot of smoke, so the main army of Tubo in front still found out about the accident in Shibao City, and immediately sent a cavalry of 10,000 people to rush towards Shibao City.

Of course, Li An had already guarded against this, so he lined up the ironclad artillery carriages in two rows and blocked the only way for the Tubo army to return, preparing to meet the impact of the Tubo cavalry head-on.

There were 10,000 cavalry in Tibet, but the flesh and blood of the cavalry could not be compared with the ironclad artillery carriages, so there was no doubt that the Tang army would eventually achieve a complete victory.

In order to prepare in advance and prevent a sneak attack by the Tibetan army, Li An sent all the ironclad reconnaissance vehicles out to carry out reconnaissance and vigilance within a radius of fifteen miles, and at the same time, many sentries were also dispatched nearby to further enhance security.

After some preparation, all the captives were tied hand and foot, and put on the empty transport car, rushed to Minzhou in the Tang Dynasty, in order to prevent them from escaping, all the carriages were sealed, and, after this meal is full, along the way, they will hardly get much food, at most a small piece of meat and a bowl of water a day, to prevent these captives from eating and drinking, and have the strength to resist, of course, it is also to be able to return to Minzhou as soon as possible, to prevent the road from being delayed for too long, resulting in the evil consequences of long nights and dreams.

The 10,000 cavalry of Tubo moved relatively quickly, but it still took a whole night to reach Shibao City, which was much slower than the ironclad artillery car.

"Li Shilang, the Tubo cavalry is here, and there are 10,000 troops."

Early in the morning, before Li An woke up, Guo Yang ran over excitedly to report the situation.

"It's only 10,000 cavalry, it's really not enough for you Guo Brigade Marshal to fight, and Tubo is too boring, the smoke is billowing from Shibao City, they actually sent 10,000 cavalry back, how about it, are you sure to eliminate it?"

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

"I really don't dare to guarantee that it will be annihilated, but it is still certain that it will be severely damaged and defeated."

Guo Yan grinned, looking very confident and sinister.

"Okay, let's go to battle! The battle was quickly resolved and 10,000 Tibetan cavalry were wiped out. ”

Li An ordered lightly.

"Yes, I understand."

After two battles, Guo Yan didn't take the Tubo soldiers to heart at all, after all, the gap in weapons was too big, and the Tubo soldiers were simply unable to confront the advanced ironclad artillery vehicles of the Tang Dynasty, and they were simply beaten up.

After returning to his ironclad command vehicle, Guo Yang issued a military order to attack on all fronts.

The ironclad artillery wagons of the two brigades lined up in two straight lines, and pressed towards the assembled Tubo cavalry, and the power of the machinery made the whole earth tremble.

The Tubo cavalry had never seen such a powerful ironclad force, and they seemed a little overwhelmed, but Guo Yang would not give them time to prepare and adapt, and after the distance was close enough, he gave the order to open fire.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A hundred artillery pieces were fired one after another, and a large number of shells exploded among the Tibetan cavalry, which plunged the Tibetan cavalry into chaos, and the casualties instantly became very large.

And while the Tibetan cavalry was still panicking, the artillery of the ironclad artillery brigade was still firing continuously, and inflicted greater losses on the Tibetan cavalry.

Looking at the Tubo cavalry team in the distance, Li Yu looked relished, while Li An put down the binoculars, feeling bored in his heart, this kind of confrontation with equipment in different eras is not much to see at all, the ironclad artillery car fighting the cavalry is completely crushing, which is more exaggerated than opening and hanging.

After the ironclad artillery truck bombarded the Tibetan cavalry for a while, it immediately opened full horsepower to let the Tibetan cavalry rush over, because in the usual tactical training, in addition to bombarding the enemy with artillery, the ironclad artillery truck can also adopt the tactics of impacting the enemy and crushing the enemy to death, and this tactic is more reliable and cheap, which can cause greater psychological panic to the enemy.

Seeing the torrent of iron armor of the Tang Dynasty coming, the soldiers of the Tubo cavalry could no longer control the panic in their hearts, and without an order, they all fled, and those who were injured and died of horses fled on foot to save their lives.