Like Lingnan, Guazhou has also ushered in the biggest test in history.

The battle between the Tubo people and Guazhou lasted for many years, and this time they sent troops, so they were naturally the first to find Guazhou.

In the past, only some tribes attacked Guazhou, but this time, it was most of the Tubo troops who attacked Guazhou.

Facing the tidal wave of attacks from the Tibetans, Zhang Shouqi couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat.

Fortunately, the city wall of Guazhou has been strengthened and raised a lot not long ago, otherwise it may not be able to resist in the face of the Tubo people who are not afraid of death.

Under the city wall of Guazhou, the corpses of the Tubo people have been piled up in three or four layers.

The Tibetans were brave by nature, and as long as the leader gave the order to attack, even if they stepped on the corpses of their comrades, they would not retreat.

Seeing that there were more corpse layers under the city, Zhang Shouqi couldn't help but ask Li Jing: "Wei Guogong, don't we use gunpowder weapons yet?" ”

Since Li Jing arrived, he has handed over power and retreated to the second line, and in the face of such a war situation, he can only ask Li Jing.

Li Jing admired Zhang Shouqi very much, so he said: "It was still earlier, the courage of the Tubo people was at its peak at this time, and although the lethality of gunpowder weapons was great, it was not enough to shatter the confidence of the Tubo people. ”

Zhang Shouqi nodded, the courage of the Tubo people is a big problem, the ethnic groups on the plateau and in the ice and snow are not born with much fear, and their fierceness is not afraid of death, which is famous around the Tang Dynasty.

It can be said that all the people in Tibet are dead soldiers.

A warrior who puts life and death aside is even more terrifying.

The sun shifted from east to west, and the siege lasted all day.

Seeing that the frequency of the Tubo people's attacks began to decrease, Li Jingcai ordered: "Throw thunder, thunder and arrows ready!" ”

Finally waiting for the order, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and began to light the fuse, throwing the thunder that had been prepared long ago off the city wall.

Boom boom boom ....

Thunderous explosions rang out incessantly, and blood splattered from the city like a fountain of hell.

The city wall, which was already hideous, was dyed most of it blood red at this moment.

The appearance of gunpowder weapons stunned the Tibetans.

There were no gunpowder weapons before, and it was so difficult for them to attack Guazhou, but now that gunpowder weapons have appeared, how can they fight?

After a day of fighting, they were already exhausted, and the Tang army, now from now on, does not need to shoot arrows and push ladders, but only needs to toss lightly, and can take away two or three of their companions.

"Withdraw your troops!"

Lu Dongzan, who was watching the battle in the rear, almost gritted his teeth before he said this order.

It's not that their Tibetan soldiers are not brave enough!

It's not that they don't have enough troops!

What if the city wall of Guazhou is repaired and reinforced? They can still conquer Tibet.

However, with the addition of gunpowder weapons, it is different.

It was also a whole day of fighting, and both sides were exhausted, but no matter how hard the Tang army worked, they still had the strength to throw thunder.

And the Tang army, hiding in the city walls, was not afraid that gunpowder weapons would blow themselves up at all.

What a despicable one!

A soldier beside Lu Dongzan asked angrily, "Prime Minister, why did you withdraw your troops?" We have killed so many people, and after we withdraw our troops, those people will die in vain! ”

Lu Dongzan was already angry, and when he heard the soldier's words, it was like adding fuel to the fire.

"Idiot! See that exploding thing? With that thing here, no matter how many people we go, it's a dead end! Even if we win Guazhou, how many people do you think we can have left? ”

What's the point of such a lose-lose war?

Tubo tore up the friendship with the Tang Dynasty, if you can't get a large piece of land, it will be too unworthy.

This time, the whole world attacked Tang, and all the countries around Datang took action. After defeating the Tang Dynasty, how much land you can get depends on the strength of each country. That Yuan Gai Suwen assured that Lu Dongzan didn't believe a word.

Don't fight hard just yet!

Ordering the barracks to retreat, Lu Dongzan decided to switch to a harassing attack to see if Guazhou could show its flaws so that he could break through it at a smaller cost.

"Wei Guogong, the Tubo people have really retreated!"

On the city wall, Zhang Shoujue's eyes were full of disbelief.

The indomitable Tubo people retreated this time.

Li Jing smiled: "It's just that I'm temporarily frightened, don't forget, we haven't revealed our strength on this battlefield yet, and other battlefields need us to relieve their pressure." The order goes down, and tomorrow I will take advantage of the time to go out of the city to clean up the corpses, and bomb the Tubo people again! ”

Li Jing's decision was right, because only about seventy percent of the Tubo army attacked Guazhou.

The remaining thirty percent are basically in Dafeichuan!

Here in Dafeichuan, the altitude is high, the climate is cold, and other places are just in autumn, but there is already a layer of goose feather snow here.

In the simple city wall of Dafeichuan, Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin were sitting in front of the fire, shivering under a quilt.

It's so cold! If it weren't for the fact that they didn't lack cotton, they would probably have frozen to death here.

A few days earlier, they had an encounter with the Tibetans, and the battle lasted only a pillar of incense before it ended hastily.

There is no way, both sides are freezing to death, and if they fight directly, tens of thousands of people will be frozen into ice sculptures.

Wei Chigong opened the teapot and poured a cup of warm water for Cheng Yanjin: "This place is really evil, obviously the water is boiling, but it is not hot at all, there is no hot water to drink, I am afraid that I will freeze to death here sooner or later." ”

Cheng Yanjin drank a cup of tea and said: "Be content, we don't lack warm clothes tents or anything, Shuzhong also sent us a lot of meat, can we have such treatment when we sent troops before?" ”

After drinking tea, the faces of the two people were much better, and they ripped off the quilt and walked out.

Dafeichuan did not have a decent city defense, so they could only build fortifications based on the terrain here.

The only good news is that Dafeichuan is really a traffic artery, and it is the only shortcut in the passage for Tubo and other countries to invade the Tang Dynasty.

A battleground for soldiers.

This must be guarded.

Walking out of the tent, Cheng Yanjin shuddered, and when he saw that the soldiers outside had prepared gunpowder weapons, he said, "Let's do it." ”

Since Dafeichuan didn't have a city defense, they had to build one.

In such a cold place, it is very difficult to build a city defense, but at this time, if the city defense is not established, as long as the troops on the Tibetan side are tilted over, they will be in danger.

It would be foolish to build a city in this bitter cold time, but in order to get better in the future, they had to bite the bullet.

The thunderbolt was buried in the cliff wall, and after an explosion, the stone shattered to the ground.

There is nothing else here in Dafeichuan, there are stones everywhere.

If it weren't for the toughness of the cliff stones, they wouldn't have wasted gunpowder weapons.

The appearance of gunpowder weapons frightened the Tubo people in Dafeichuan, who had no binoculars and could not see the movements of the Tang army, but could only hear the terrifying explosions.

What frightened them the most was that not long after the explosion came from the Tang people's side, the mountain avalanche on their side!

Cheng Yanjin didn't know that the loud sound of gunpowder weapons was the most likely to induce avalanches, and unintentionally, it brought a lot of casualties to the Tubo people.

Not long after, the Tibetan side began to spread the Tang Army's witchcraft, which could invite the god of the snow mountain to rain down an avalanche.

That's not the point, the point is, the god of the snowy mountains is their god....

The Tubo people stationed in Dafeichuan burst into tears....