Chapter 77: The Battle of the Jinsha River

Li Zhonghua didn't know that the imperial court had already decided to send troops, and Niu Jinda's vanguard army was already on the way to come.

At this moment, the 180,000 troops of Tubo Zampu Songtsen Gampo have arrived at the border of Bailan.

Beforehand, Li Zhonghua ordered Xue Rengui to scatter the land he had occupied, and re-defend the place where Bailan and Tubo meet, with the Jinsha River as the defensive line.

However, the place that had been occupied ordered the entire tribe to move into Bailan, and the territory of the party was never left to Tibet.

Most of these peoples live a nomadic life, and they are accustomed to these migrations.

Although many people did not want to migrate, the sons of many families had already joined the Songzhou Army and continued to stay there, fearing that they would be retaliated against by the Tibetans.

The reason why Li Zhonghua wanted to withdraw from the place he had occupied was, of course, because he had his thoughts, after all, the imperial court and Tubo had not yet turned their faces, and he made the first move to rob the place of Tubo, after all, it was a bit rude.

Now that he has withdrawn from the occupied places, Ningwei is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Bailan and Party Departments attached to the Tang Dynasty are much higher than the status of Tuyuhun, and the officials appointed by the states are all sealed by the Tang Emperor, and the imperial court not only levies taxes on them, but also draws Ding into the army.

Although these are only symbolic, it cannot be denied that Bai Lan and Dang Xiang do belong to the territory of Datang.

The soldiers of Datang protect the territory of Datang, and they are justified wherever they say.

If Tubo brings troops to attack, it will be your Tubo blatant provocation of the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, and at this time, the imperial court will send troops to attack you Tubo, then it will be justified.

Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo led the troops to the Jinsha River, and saw that the large area of land was already deserted, and he was angry in his heart!

After setting up camp, the two armies were separated by the Jinsha River, which was not very wide, and the powerful warriors could shoot an arrow to the opposite bank.

In the big tent of the army of Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo, the other side attacked Bailan on the other side, and the opinions were very unanimous.

Many ministers are opposed to attacking the other side, believing that this is a blatant provocation of the Tang Dynasty, and the consequences are very dangerous.

"Ben Zampu is determined to capture Bailan and the party in order to retaliate for the invasion of the Tang Dynasty." Songtsen Gampo announced in a deep voice.

"Never! The power of the Tang Dynasty is not something that I can compete with in Tubo now, Tuyuhun three years ago, how strong the military strength was, but in a year, it was destroyed by the Tang army, and the old minister was willing to ask Zampu to think twice and take back the king's order. ”

"Hugh wants to grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, how can Tuyuhun be comparable to Benzanpu's Tubo, if you don't defeat Datang, how can you let Datang see our strength."

"Zampu, you insist on going your own way like this, you want to bury the whole of Tibet."

"Bastard, come on, drag this old thing out and cut it down."

"Slowly, don't Lao Zampu send someone to do it, the old minister himself will make a decision, I just hope that Zampu Mo will show a momentary courage and bury the good foundation that he has saved so hard."

After speaking, the old minister took out the knife on the waist of the guard next to him, wiped it on his neck, and the blood gushed wildly, and he fell to the ground.

After one of the ministers fell to the ground, Songtsen Gampo immediately ordered the body to be dragged out.

At this time, several ministers stood up at the same time, willing to beg Zampu not to start a war with the Tang Dynasty.

Songtsen Gampo had already made up his mind, so naturally he would not agree to these old ministers.

Songtsen Gampo gave an order and began the battle to cross the river.

Although the Jinsha River in this place is relatively wide, the river is not deep, and it is not a problem to cross the river on horseback.

It's just that the Songzhou Army and the Subi Restoration Army will not be able to watch the enemy cross the river, and the archers have already been prepared.

After the Tibetan soldiers and horses entered the firing range, thousands of arrows were fired, and the Tubo soldiers who could not dodge were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

When charging on the battlefield, falling off a horse is basically no different from death.

While crossing the river, the Tubo soldiers were also counterattacking with arrows on horses, but compared to the Songzhou army on the shore, they were obviously in a weak position.

Of course, Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo knew in advance that crossing the river would be very unfavorable to his side, but the other side only had 50,000 or 60,000 horses, and his side had 180,000 horses, so he was not afraid at all, and he believed that the final victory would definitely belong to him.

Soon, Songtsen Gampo saw that the soldiers and horses who crossed the river in front had begun to go ashore, and they had launched a charge to defend the Tang Dynasty, and Songtsen Gampo's face showed a smile of victory.

Suddenly, a team rushed over from the left side of the Tibetan camp.

Immediately afterwards, Youji also rushed out of a group of men and horses and began to charge and kill Tubo.

The Jinsha River was full of Tibetan soldiers and horses crossing the river, and there were already 20,000 or 30,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses rushing to the other bank.

At this time, from the rear of the Tibetan battalion, a group of soldiers and horses were also killed.

Although the Tibetan forces still had an advantage, they were all gathered in the large camp and could not exert their combat effectiveness at all.

Just as Songtsen Gampo was busy directing the battle and ordered to stop crossing the river, the Songzhou army began to shoot arrows with fire.

The rocket was fired into the Tibetan tent, which quickly caught fire and burned.

Although the Tibetan soldiers and horses had basically left the camp tent at this time, there was still a large amount of grain and grass in the camp tent, so Songtsen Gampo had to order people to extinguish the camp tent where the grain and grass were stored and rush to transport the grain and grass out.

The fire is blazing, and at this time to extinguish the fire and rush to transport grain and grass, it is necessary to fight for your life.

The Tubo soldiers were unwilling, but Songtsan Gampo was also ruthless enough, who dared not to rush to transport grain and grass, and ordered someone to kill a batch, who would dare not go this time.

If you don't go, you'll die immediately, and if you go, there's still a chance of life.

For a while, the smell of barbecue wafted by, but instead of enjoyment, it gave people a desire to gag.

Some Tibetan soldiers, carrying a bag of food on fire, finally came out, but eventually fell.

The Tubo soldiers who rushed to the other side, although there were also 20,000 or 30,000, but they were surrounded and beaten by 50,000 or 60,000 Songzhou troops, which was enough to choke.

Worse still, they have lost their support and have stopped crossing the river on the other side.

It was too late to retreat, and the Songzhou army had already cut off their retreat.

"Surrender or kill! Surrender or kill! The Songzhou army that surrounded them suddenly shouted loudly.

"We are the Restoration Army of the Subi Kingdom, the warriors of the former Subi Kingdom, don't help Tubo anymore, join our Restoration Army!"

The warriors of the Restoration Army of the Subi State conscripted the warriors of the Central Plains of the Tubo Army and persuaded them to surrender.

Soon, the warriors of the Central Plains Subi Kingdom of the Tibetan Army put down their weapons and chose to surrender.

Immediately afterwards, most of the people laid down their arms, and those who did not lay down their weapons were besieged and killed.

In the end, all the Tibetan soldiers and horses who crossed the river and went ashore chose to surrender except for those who died in battle.

After ordering some of the people to surrender and take them to Yazhou, the rest of the people launched a friendly operation to cross the river to support the friendly forces on the other side.

At this time, the Tubo soldiers had no time to take care of it and prevent the Tang reinforcements from crossing the river to fight.

Songtsen Gampo finally stopped letting people rescue the grain and grass in the camp, and now he knew that the general trend had gone, and the situation had been decided, so he hurriedly ordered to rush out of the encirclement.

If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to go.

Tubo Dalunlu Dongzan, Kaqinling father and son, led a Tibetan elite, protecting Songtsen Gampo and a group of Tubo ministers, desperately trying to rush out of a bloody road.

Nazajilie wielded the sledgehammer in his hand, killing with joy, and when he suddenly looked up, he found the figure of Ka Qinling, and was immediately overjoyed.

Last time, he let this guy use tricks to escape, and Zajilie was always unhappy in his heart, and when he met again, he would not be allowed to escape.

Although Na Zajilie said that he was killing very happily, but he was not very enjoyable, although this guy escaped with a trick last time, but he fought with him, the other party could barely be regarded as his opponent, and the last time he fought, he was very enjoyable.

Finally, there is an opponent who can make him enjoyable, of course, he can't miss it.

Ka Qinling soon discovered that the person who was chasing him was Na Zajilie, who made him have no chance of winning, and he couldn't help but get nervous.

Protecting Zamp from danger was the most important thing right now, and he didn't want to be entangled by this guy.

Ka Qinling was anxious, and rushed to kill even more ruthlessly, wanting to open a passage as soon as possible to escort Zampu from the battlefield.