If this kind of tactic is to deal with the Hu people in the Western Regions, it is naturally desirable. But it is simply ridiculous to use it to target the Tibetan people.

In the decades of the Tang and Tibetan wars, there were only Tibetan soldiers and horses who were killed or defeated, and there were very few Tubo people who surrendered as a whole. Even if they are outnumbered, the Tibetan army will fight to the death.

The gate of the Triangle City opened, and a ragtag army composed of serfs and private soldiers in rags and armed with various weapons rushed out of the city in a steady stream, but also fiercely shouted and charged towards the Tang army formation.

Zhang Tong smiled, frowned, and sneered, "A mere rabble, can't you find death?" Pass the order down, the archers prepare, shoot! ”

Marching Sima Zhao Xun waved the order flag in his hand, and a group of hundreds of archers in this direction stepped forward, took arrows and drew bows, and immediately cast them. The arrows rained down and fell into the ranks of the Tibetan miscellaneous army, and suddenly there were screams, and many serfs and noble private soldiers of the triangle city who had just picked up their weapons and had not had time to fight to the death with the Tang army were killed by arrows and fell to the ground.

The corpses that fell to the ground were immediately squeezed and trampled into pulp by the people and horses that poured out later.

Although the lethality of the Tang army's arrow rain was very great, these Tibetan private soldiers and serfs were not afraid of death, and under the expulsion of the regular army of Laba, they braved the rain of arrows to rush over.

"Kill! Killed Tang Jun alone, the lord sealed the land and rewarded the land, and went to the slave household registration! ”

In the ranks of the Tibetan serfs and private soldiers, there were people who constantly raised their arms and shouted, and inspired by this, more slaves and private soldiers rushed over like chicken blood, and gradually formed a momentum.

"These dog-day Tibetan thieves!" Zhang Tong waved his hand angrily, "Rush up to Lao Tzu and kill them all!" ”

In the frontal formation, more than a thousand Tang troops rushed out from behind Zhang Tong, brandishing spears and knives, and stepped forward.

Although the Tubo private soldiers and serf army that were put together temporarily were not afraid of death, their combat effectiveness was not strong, and there was no discipline at all, so how could they be the opponents of the well-trained Tang Army.

Between the two teams, the Tibetan team was quickly routed by the brave Tang army, and became a mess, leaving bloodstained corpses everywhere, and then fled in all directions in a panic.

Zhang Tong laughed, pointed in the direction of the gate of the Triangle City, and shouted, "The whole army has it, rush up to this official and occupy the Triangle City, this official will have a heavy reward!" ”

At this moment, the whimpering Tibetan horn sounded, and the galloping sound of the horse's hooves was like thunder, shaking the earth. Before the Tang army could react, a fierce and fierce Tubo cavalry rushed out of the city.

"Kill!"

Thousands of Tibetan cavalry brandished cold and shining scimitars, and the torrent of steel generally rushed through the Tang army's formation, which had formed a gap in this direction, rushing left and right, unstoppable.

It cannot be denied that the fighting power of the Tibetan cavalry was not fierce.

First, the Tang army was scattered in strength, second, it was already sleepy and lacking in horses during the long-distance march, and third, because of the impact of the Tibetan private soldiers and serfs, the Tang army had been mobilized, which invisibly made an obvious loophole in the iron-barrel-like encirclement.

"Rush to Lao Tzu! Who dares to take half a step back, Lao Tzu will cut off his head! ”

Raba swung his scimitar and spat fiercely into the ground, slashing one of the Tang sergeants who came over from his horse.

More than 100 Tibetan cavalry members were in a team, and 4,000 Tibetan cavalry were divided into several small detachments, waving scimitars side by side, shouting fiercely and killing them, and their movements were neat and uniform, forming a penetrating and offensive power that was almost overwhelming.

Soon, he rushed out of the mouth and rushed to the northeast.

The speed of the Tang army's return to defense was slow, after all, under the siege, the troops facing the frontal attack were insufficient, and when the surrounding soldiers surrounded and reinforced, this Tubo iron cavalry of thousands of people had already desperately rushed out of the encirclement under the leadership of Laba and fled.

The formation of the Tang army was completely disrupted. Some soldiers pursued the Tibetan cavalry, some soldiers stood by, and some soldiers outflanked from the left and right flanks, but they pounced.

Because the Tubo cavalry was determined to break through the encirclement and did not endure the battle, although the Tang army's casualties were not large, but because of this, they let go of the Tubo army, which originally seemed to be caught by the turtle in the urn, and Zhang Tong's face became very ugly.

"My lord, it's not good, the Tubo people went to our army's grain and grass camp!"

A soldier Pegasus came to report, Zhang Tong was shocked, and roared angrily, "Chase, the whole army presses up, and the official catches up, be sure to have thin grain and grass!" Just go! ”

Most of Zhang Tong's Tang army were foot soldiers, and cavalry accounted for only a minority. In this wilderness and snow, the Tang army's formation was chaotically chasing and killing, but in fact, it was getting farther and farther away from the Tubo iron cavalry galloping like the wind.

In less than half an hour, Raba led the army to roar, and in less than half an hour, he rushed to the Tang army's grain and grass camp, and there were only hundreds of soldiers guarding the camp.

Raba yelled excitedly and frantically, "Burn, burn me!" ”

Raba took the lead in throwing the torches he lit in his hand into the Tang army's grain and grass warehouse, and thousands of Tibetan soldiers shouted in unison and projected the torches in their hands one after another.

In an instant, the fire ignited, and the fire burned with the help of the wind, and the fire soared into the sky.

Rabah laughed, "Brothers, withdraw!" Turn back to the northwest and retreat to Wuhai! ”

The Tubo Iron Cavalry was familiar with the terrain, and when the Tang army outflanked it, it had already disappeared along the foot of the mountain without a trace. At the scene, what was left for the Tang Army was a mess of ashes.

Looking at the grain and grass that was burned by the Tubo military horses, Zhang Tong's face turned pale, and his shoulders trembled obviously.

Without the weight of grain and grass, his army and horses became useless waste. Not to mention going deeper into Tibet to fight against the Tibetans, they can only return to the country as soon as possible and get supplies.

That's fine. What's more, Zhang Tong stealing chickens and rice, if it reached Zhang Xuan's ears, he used troops without authorization to cause the whole army to be defeated and the grain and grass were burned, which is not a small crime. If Zhang Xuan holds on, the army will behead him and order the three armies!

Zhao Xun straddled the horse sadly and helplessly, looked at Zhang Tong, and couldn't say a word. And the Tang soldiers who were gathered around the ash grain and grass camp were also a little depressed, and the army's heart was in a mess.

Zhang Tong slowly raised his slightly trembling arm, gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice, "Rush into the Triangle City, slaughter the city for this official, and leave no chickens and dogs!" ”

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Annoyed and angry, Zhang Tong led a large army to rush into the triangle city, which had become an empty city, and burned down the houses and shops of the Tubo people in the city, killing everyone and robbing everything he saw, while those Tubo serfs who were still hiding in the city and had no time to escape, including some small tribal nobles, were killed by the Tang army who mutined wildly.

From the afternoon, to the cold and desolate wilderness of the willow tops on the moon, the smoke billowed in the triangle city, the firelight reflected half of the night sky, and the screams and cries were endless.

The cold air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and under the indulgence of Zhang Tong's military order, the resentful Tang army, which was aroused in his heart, was savage and bloody in his heart, and burned and plundered in groups, slaughtering the Triangle City into an empty city, and the corpses were all over the place and the blood flowed like a river, which is difficult to describe in words.

It is impossible to count how many Tibetan civilians and serfs died under the hands of the Tang Army.

It was a terrible massacre, and the Triangle City was reduced to rubble.

In the middle of the night, the Tang army withdrew from the Triangle City. And after the frenzied slaughter, the hideousness on the face gradually faded, and was replaced by infinite emptiness and wordless fear.

From the generals to the soldiers, their hearts were trembling, and their bloodstained clothes and armor were dazzling in the bright moonlight. The army involuntarily turned their backs, not daring to look at the fire-filled Triangle City again.

The marching Sima Zhao Xun did not enter the city to participate in the massacre, and under Zhang Tong's unreasonable military orders, seeing that the Tang army had gone crazy and lost control, he desperately led more than 100 of his subordinates to flee from the Triangle City and ran in the direction of Feichuan Fort.

At dawn, Zhao Xun led his people to finally rush to Zhang Xuan's camp in the non-Sichuan fort.

Zhang Xuan was woken up in the warm quilt, he dressed neatly and gathered Guo Ziyi and other generals to meet Zhao Xun in the big tent.

Zhao Xun knelt on the ground with a pale face, and reported the cause and effect of the incident to Zhang Xuan in detail with a trembling voice.

Zhang Xuan's face changed suddenly, and his eyes spurted out a fierce light that could kill.

"Zhang Tong thief!" Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, and slammed the table, "It's really damned!" ”

Guo Ziyi and other generals almost couldn't believe their ears∨ and disobeyed Zhang Xuan's military order to use troops without authorization, even if they suffered defeat and let the Tubo cavalry break out, there was nothing, but the army's grain and grass were burned by the Tubo army, and then they connived at the soldiers to slaughter the city and killed countless Tubo civilians and slaves, which is simply ...... It's not a bold thing, it's crazy!

Because of Zhang Tong, Zhang Xuan's overall planning and deployment were disrupted. made this originally confident battle a little uncertain. More importantly, the inhumane act of slaughtering the civilians of Tibet almost ruined the overall military prestige and spirit of the Tang Army.

Zhang Xuan Huoran got up and stood there, his face flushed, and both arms were trembling.

Guo Ziyi had never seen Zhang Xuan so angry and unable to control himself, he hesitated, but still got up and hugged his fists and said, "Marshal, between the last generals, our army should quickly march and advance into the triangle city, so as not to cause another incident in Zhang Tong's army and horses, causing a mutiny, resulting in the loss of more than 10,000 military horses!" ”

Zhang Xuan let out a long breath, glanced coldly at Zhao Xun, who was kneeling on the ground, and said lightly, "Zhao Xun, you get up." ”

"Ziyi, pass on the commander's military order, and the army marches into the triangle city. Nanba, you lead the Shence army first, led by Zhao Xun, and when you arrive at the Triangle City, take Zhang Tong first, and then appease the soldiers and horses, camp in place and stand by, and don't act rashly! ”

Nan Jiyun clenched his fists and bowed to promise, "Yes, the last general will obey the order." ”

"Nanba, if that Zhang Tong disobeys-" Zhang Xuan paused slightly, and immediately said loudly and coldly, "Kill him on the spot, and bring his head to see me!" ”