Another round of breathtaking bullet rain attacked, fireworks broke out in Wuhai City, and the call for opening the city gate to abandon the city and flee is getting higher and higher.

Gyatso's regular army defending the city clashed with the sī soldiers raised by the nobles of the various Xiti tribes in the city, and by the time Gyatso reacted, it was out of control.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Tang army had not yet surrounded the east and north, the nobles of all sizes shouted and ordered the soldiers to kill the Tudi soldiers guarding the city gate, and then opened the east gate and the north gate, fled from Wuhai City in a hurry, and dragged their families towards the direction of the Shaliu River.

As soon as the clans fled, the civilians in the city began to flee with their families. Gyatso's soldiers couldn't stop it and flew to report Gyatso.

In the middle of the rain of projectiles of the Tang Army, Gyatso got the news, his face became extremely hideous and terrifying, he raised his foot angrily, kicked the soldier who reported the news, and scolded the "waste" more than once.

Raba hurriedly said, "My lord, the big thing is not good, the city gate is open, if the Tang army is allowed to take advantage of the situation to attack the city gate from the northeast, our army will be in danger." ”

As he was talking, there was a piercing sound of breaking the air in mid-air, and the generals of Tuti Zhu's face changed miserably, and they hurriedly covered their bodies with shields and buried them. The roaring explosion sounded again, and above the narrow city tower, the ground had been blasted out of small craters by dense stone bullets and sky-shaking thunder, and the ground trembled obviously.

Samba gritted his teeth, "The Tang army is attacking the city with this kind of weapon, it is difficult for us to defend the Wuhai, it is better to give up the Ukrainian core and defend the Shaliu River...... Please decide! ”

Gyatso suddenly raised his head and glared coldly at Samba Tso, who hung his head a little weakly.

Gyatso actually had already retreated in his heart, but he hesitated. It was easy to evacuate Wuhai City this time, and it was still too late for the Tuti army to abandon Wuhai immediately before the Tang army began to formally attack the city.

But Uga can't hold it, and the Shaliu River can't hold it either.

At that time, the Tang army drove straight in, and then attacked the city with this kind of magic weapon, what did he use to resist?

Gyatso was in turmoil.

Outside the city. Guo Ziyi was preparing to order people to continue to install "ammunition" for the last two rounds of firing. According to the predetermined plan..., in order to truly deter the hearts of the Tibetan army, a total of thunderbolts were to be shot, that is, one for each catapult at a time, and a total of ten rounds were shot by thirty catapults.

However, the Malay newspaper said that Wuhai City was in turmoil, the east and north gates were opened, and the chariots and horses of the nobles and commoners in the city were fleeing from Wuhai City in a steady stream and fled in the direction of the Shaliu River.

Guo Ziyi was overjoyed when he heard the report, and on the one hand, he ordered the catapult to continue shooting, and on the other hand, he ordered Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun to lead 1,000 cavalry respectively to raid the east and north gates of Wuhai City.

The news that the Tang army had divided its troops to outflank the two gates in the northeast reached Gyatso, who was no longer able to control the situation and decisively ordered the whole army to rush out of Wuhai City, and the army retreated to the Shaliu River.

Gyatso led his headquarters of 20,000 troops and horses out of the east gate∝ retreated in the direction of the Shaliu River along a narrow mountain road.

Guo Ziyi led the whole army to press, and pursued it all over the mountains.

The two armies got closer and closer, and just when Gyatso was annoyed and angry, and was about to order his soldiers to form a formation and turn back to fight the Tang army to the death, the rear troops of the Tuti army and horses broke down and fled, directly breaking up Gyatso's army formation.

Gyatso was furious, but he heard the Tibetan soldiers crying wolf and fleeing with their lives.

The sky-shaking thunder has made the Tudi army disheartened and has no intention of fighting. And the vanguard of the Tang Army, which was at the forefront, half of Nan Jiyun's 5,000 Shence troops used strong crossbows and half fired rockets, causing great damage to Samba's wrong troops who were at the end of the formation.

This kind of divine fire flying crow with lightning speed and infinite explosive power rained down on the Tudi army, and exploded violently, overturning people and horses all over the place, making the Tudi soldiers directly frightened.

The so-called defeat is a thousand miles. The army cannot be defeated, this is the truth.

The Don army took advantage of the situation and pursued until Dulan.

The Tudi military horses or trampled on each other and died in the chaos, or were attacked and killed by the Tang army, or took off their military uniforms and fled into the depths of Tudi without a trace, anyway, Gyatso's 20,000 people were reorganized after Dulan, and they had reached less than 10,000 people, and more than half of them were lost.

Without too many casualties, the Tang army easily won a brilliant victory, and at the minimum cost of losing less than 2,000 people, the annihilation of 10,000 people under Gyatso was not too big or small

The odd prostitute.

The Tang army occupied the fortress of Dulan on the morning of the second day and rested briefly in Dulan.

On the wilderness in front of the Dulan fortress, although the cold wind was like a cut and the temperature was very low, the 20,000 Tang troops were still enthusiastic in their hearts, holding high spears and swords and shouting hysterically, and the sound shook the four fields, celebrating this fantastic victory.

Guo Ziyi led the generals to accompany Zhang Hao to slowly climb to the lookout tower of the Dulan Fortress, and when the Tang army saw it, he immediately burst into thunderous cheers.

Guo Ziyi's face was slightly a little excited, of course, Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun and other generals were the same In Guo Ziyi's nearly 20-year military career, he fought with the Tudi people in large and small battles, but this is the first time that he surrendered without a fight, almost without a single soldier to defeat the enemy and destroy more than 10,000 enemies, and the Tudi people were frightened in one case, and this battle has become the glorious pinnacle of Guo Ziyi's life!

"Sons" Zhang Cheng stood solemnly and waved to the army celebrating victory in the wilderness, and shouted loudly, when his words were interrupted by the cheers of the Tang army.

"The handsome is mighty, and the king of Pingxi is mighty and invincible!"

"Our army will win, and we will be invincible!"

"Destroy Tuti and open the way!"

The cheers and shouts of the soldiers rose from wave to wave, bordering on madness.

Zhang Xuān was helpless, so he had to smile and continue to wave to the soldiers. He knew in his heart that this battle had raised the morale of the Longshuo army to a peak, and his personal prestige in the army had also reached its peak, and no one could replace him.

At this time, if Zhang Chang gave an order and said that he would completely destroy Tudi, the Longshuo military horse would not doubt it, and would follow it without hesitation, and then try to make contributions.

It's just that the soldiers, including some generals, are a little fanatical, but Zhang Zuo is very sober.

After he came to Longshuo, he was able to achieve great victories in the Tudi battles one after another, due to the factors of proper use of strategy and tactics, the factor of wielding the power of firearms, and a certain element of luck and chance.

But no matter what, in the end, victory is still in hand, which has become an epic glory that shakes the world of the Tang Dynasty.

Guo Ziyi hurriedly walked into the handsome tent, hugged his fists and said in a deep voice, "Dashuai, the big thing is not good, Tan Malai reported, the Stanley army claimed to be 100,000, and it did not attack the Li Guangbi camp in Liangning Prefecture, but suddenly made a detour to the north on the bank of the Xiyue River.................. There are signs of cutting off the back of our army. ”

Zhang Xuān's face changed when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "How is it possible?" Is the news conclusive? How is Li Guangbi's mother's movements? ”

Guo Ziyi let out a sigh of relief and said respectfully: "The news is correct, at this moment, the Stanley army is less than dozens of miles away from Wuhai City, and it is more than a mile away from our army, as for Li Guangbi, there is no news for the time being." ”

Zhang Xuān's face sank, and he suddenly got up, walked to the map, looked up at the map, and was silent.

The generals were also very surprised, if the Stanley army came from behind, it would be difficult for Zhang Shan to take advantage of the victory to take the Shaliuhe River.

After a while, Zhang Zhan turned his head and stared at the generals, and said indifferently, "What do you think?" ”

Guo Ziyi hesitated for a while, but still resolutely said loudly: "Marshal, although our army has won a great victory and its morale is high, how can our army go deep alone, and it is difficult to fight for a long time in Tubo. Since the Stanley soldiers and horses are pursuing, our army might as well accept it when it sees good, and make a detour to Qinghai Lake to retreat to Liangning Prefecture."

Guo Ziyi's meaning is obvious, anyway, he has already won a big victory over Tuti, and he should return to Liangning Prefecture when he sees it. If you are flanked by the Tudi people, there is a possibility of defeat. If the army is defeated, the results of a brilliant victory ahead will be greatly reduced.

Other generals also had the same attitude as Guo Ziyi, and they all opened their mouths to echo.

Zhang Fu was silent.

After a long time, Zhang Shu suddenly smiled lightly, "Ziyi, of course it's safe to accept it when you see it." Our army Xie won a great victory and returned, one can defend Liangning Prefecture, two can report to the imperial court to promote the prestige of our Tang Dynasty, and third, you have been rewarded for your military exploits, which can be described as the best of all three. ”

Guo Ziyi and the others blushed slightly.

"But that's not what the boss wants. Ben Shuai's mobilization of military horses to attack Tuti was by no means a whim. In this marshal's strategic planning... From the north of Baihai, Triangle City, Wuhai, and the first line of the Shaliu River to the Hexi defense line, this land with a radius of more than five miles, including the entire Qinghai Lake, should be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty......"

Zhang Xuān raised his hand and pointed on the map, circling "This is the purpose of Ben Shuai to mobilize the army to go out of the triangle city, bypass Wuhai and Dulan, and then attack the Shaliu River!" ”

"War costs people and money and consumes national strength, if it is only to defeat the false name of Tibet, why should the war be lightly started? But if this battle can occupy this vast land for yourself, then no matter how hard, difficult, and great the effort is, it will be worth it! ”

"Triangle City and Wuhai have been taken by our army, as long as we take the Shaliu River again and completely wipe out the Gyatso Department, this large area of land will be at your fingertips!"

Zhang Xuān's hand tapped heavily on the map, and he suddenly looked back at the crowd.

Guo Ziyi and the others had a red light floating on their faces, Zhang Xuan was right, opening up the way for the Tang Dynasty again is just around the corner, such a great glory, it makes people feel unbearable when they think about it.

"The handsome and wise, the last general and so on, it is really embarrassing!" Guo Ziyi and the generals bowed down.

Zhang Xuān laughed: "You don't have to be like this. "As for the Stanley Army, Marshal Ma really didn't expect that he would make a false shot and prepare to copy the back road of our army. It can be seen that the commander of the Stanley army is also very human. But our army is on the string, and the Shaliu River is close at hand, so how can we not take it! ”

"If we retreat to Liangning Prefecture, we will lose the opportunity to occupy this land. Therefore, the plan to march into the Shaliu River cannot be changed, but it must be advanced.

"Ben Shuai believes that there will be no movement on Li Guangbi's side. Li Guangbi will either lead an army to come to the aid or—" A strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Zhang Hao's mouth, "Either he will put on a posture of attacking the Tubo royal court, surround Zhao to save him, and force the Stanley army to retreat to some cities." ”

"With Ben Shuai's understanding of Guangbi, he is likely to lead his army to feint and attack some cities to the west to attract Stanley's military horses."

Zhang Hao laughed loudly: "Although Stanley military horses claim to be 100,000, they are actually only 20,000 or 30,000.

Even if Li Guangbi's reinforcements are late, as long as our army takes the Shaliu River and turns back, it is not that there is no strength for a decisive battle with Stanley! Could it be that Ben Shuai is still afraid of the Stanley dog thief? ! ”

"Ziyi, quickly pass the order, the army will be pulled out, and immediately march to the Shaliu River!"

Zhang Xuān waved his hand suddenly, Guo Ziyi and the others bowed solemnly, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

When Zhang Xuān's army left Dulan and marched towards the Shaliu River, Zhang Tong led nearly 8,000 men from his headquarters to arrive at the Shaliu River and launched a fierce attack on the Shaliu River, which was empty in defense.

At this moment, the remnants of Gyatso have not yet returned to the Salyu River, which happens to be a vacancy.

Zhang Tong also took the lead in the soldiers, and personally commanded the soldiers in the battle array to capture the Shaliuhe River at all costs.

Zhang Tong knew in his heart that if he couldn't win a big victory and gain military merits, even if Zhang was good at opening up the net, the court would not be able to spare him.

Tuti's soldiers and horses were not good at defending the city, and under the frantic attack of the Tang army at any cost, they soon became chaotic and the Shaliuhe River gradually fell into the control of the Tang army.

Part of the defenders fled in the direction of Lake Hara and the Great Snow Mountain, and part was annihilated by the Tang army.

After more than two hours of bloody and bitter fighting, Zhang Tong's Shanchengwei finally took the Shaliuhe, but they also paid a heavy price of nearly 3,000 casualties. But in Zhang Tong's view, the price is completely worth it.

The Shaliu River was lost.

The remnants of Gyatso received the news halfway through, and the newly gathered military spirit completely dissipated, and a large number of deserters appeared. Countless soldiers took off their armor and fled in all directions, and Gyatso and his generals could not control it at all.

Guo Ziyi led an army to attack and kill, and Zhang Tong, who had taken the Shaliu River, also led his army to rush out, encircling the Gyatso army, which had less than 7,000 men, in the wilderness east of Hara Lake.

Trapped in the heavy encirclement of the Tang army, the remnants of Gyatso were defeated and swore to fight back, but they were powerless to return to the sky. After an afternoon of fierce fighting, the Tang army finally ate all of Gyatso's troops and captured Gyatso alive.

The news that the Tang army had eaten the Gyatso Ministry and the news that Li Guangbi led a large army to press on the city of Luo shook the whole country. In order to protect some cities and stabilize the situation in Tuti, the Stanley army had to grit its teeth and withdraw. Stanley watched this vast area from Baihai to Shaliuhe being occupied by the Tang army, and his shame in his heart can be imagined.

At this point, this epic and destined to go down in the history of the Tang Dynasty has come to an end and ended perfectly.

Shaliu River.

Zhang Xuān and the generals drank and feasted to celebrate the achievement.

Guo Ziyi and others were elated, but only Zhang Tong lived alone in a taciturn and melancholy look.

Zhang Xuān glanced at Zhang Tong, suddenly smiled lightly, raised his glass and invited to drink, "Lord Zhang!" ”

Zhang Tong was stunned, and suddenly heard Zhang Tong tell him not to get up and bow down respectfully, "Dashuai, the lower official is here!" ”

"Hehe, Lord Zhang, please take a seat. Our army's ability to have such a brilliant victory is inseparable from Lord Zhang's ability to take the Shaliu River in the shortest possible time. Ben Shuai will definitely go to the court to ask for credit for Lord Zhang. Zhang Xiao stared at Zhang Tong and said lightly.

Zhang Tong sighed, and suddenly fell to the ground on one knee, "Dashuai, the lower officials really don't dare to take credit." The subordinate officer disobeyed the military order of the marshal and used the troops without authorization, which led to the defeat of the army and the burning of the grain and leather baggage. ”

Zhang Xuān looked at Zhang Tong deeply, and secretly made up his mind in his heart∨ Tong proved with practical actions that he could be regarded as having some talent and ability. The fact that he was able to take the Shaliu River before Gyatso's troops were defeated and retreated to the Shaliu River was of great significance to the final outcome of the battle☆At least, if Gyatso had fled into the city of the Shaliu River, the war might not have ended by now.

And now Zhang is good at the lack of talents, and it is the time to employ people.

Therefore, he decided not to pursue Zhang Tong's faults, although he would truthfully report Zhang Tong's merits and demerits, but as long as he had his protection, the court would not do anything to Zhang Tong.

Zhang Xuān suddenly got up and walked over and personally helped Zhang Tong up.

This move undoubtedly represents his state. Guo Ziyi and the others knew in their hearts that Zhang Tong had escaped after all.

"Lord Zhang, please get up. The commander is strict in governing the army, but merit is merit, and merit is faulty, and merit must be rewarded and punished. However, Master Zhang's merits are greater than his faults, and Ben Shuai sees it in his eyes, so he should write to the court to protect you. But you disobeyed the military discipline of the commander, and were burned by the Tibetan soldiers and horses, and if you were not punished, you would not be able to convince the people. Therefore, Ben Shuai Ge went to your post of Shanzhou assassin, led the army to stay in the Shaliu River, and waited for the court to deal with it, can you be convinced? ”

"The lower officials are convinced, and the lower officials thank the marshal for his grace." Zhang Tongxin was ecstatic and knelt down again.

Zhang Xuān laughed and turned around and walked back to his seat, facing the generals and said loudly. "Ladies and gentlemen, our army has successively taken several Tuti cities such as Triangle, Wuhai, and Shaliuhe, and more than ten fortresses and fortresses such as Dulan, Huha, and Tianjun, from Baihai to the line of Shaliuhe until the west border of our river, and the land within a radius of 500 miles has entered the territory of our Tang Dynasty, but it is easy to open up territory, and it is difficult to hold on to the country."

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now facing the problem of how to hold this land, and we can't let the fruits of the victory won by the bloody battles of my three armies be taken away by the Tudi people, and the hard work of the war will be ruined!"

"After this battle, our Longshuo forces should be shifted to Liangning Prefecture and here. The order went down, and Gu Xi and Fugu Huaien, who ordered Shuo Fang, immediately led Shuo Fang's army and horses 10,000 westward, striving to arrive in Liangning Prefecture in the shortest possible time: at the same time, he reported to the imperial court that the Hejiao Governor's Mansion was renamed the Qinghai Governor's Mansion, and Li Guangbi was still appointed as the governor and Qinghai general, and the soldiers and horses were commanded, and Fugu Huaien was appointed as the deputy governor of the Qinghai Governor's Mansion and the general of the Qinghai Right Guard, and led an army of 5,000 to guard the triangle city. Gu Xi served as the deputy governor of the Qinghai Governor's Mansion and the general of the Qingwei Guard, led an army of 5,000 to guard Dulan∨ and was also appointed as the commander of the Qinghai Taishou and the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Shaliu River, and led the army of 5,000 to guard the Shaliu River. ”

"Before all the units of our army are stationed in place, Ziyi, you will temporarily lead 10,000 Lingzhou guards and horses, stay in Wuhai City, and carefully defend Tuti, there must be no loss!" Guo Ziyi came out of the ranks, bowed down and said respectfully: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Zhang Xuān nodded, and continued to order, "Order Li Guangbi's Governor's Mansion to move to Wuhai City, expand the city, and build a fort on the first line of the Triangle City, Wuhai, and Shaliuhe: Ordered Feng Chong and Zhang Xun to mobilize the strength of the whole town to transport the grain and leather baggage into the line of Wuhai and Shaliu River, and at all costs, must ensure the logistics needs of the Qinghai Governor's Mansion and relieve the worries of the army. "So far, half of my Longshuo soldiers and horses are all in this Tuguhun hometown to resist Tubo. As long as you can keep this land, you will be able to pay homage to each other in the future! Zhang Xuān got up slowly, looked at everyone awe-inspiringly, and said in a generous voice, "Ben Shuai can work together to strengthen my border defense, so that the Tudi people will be frightened and dare not invade my Tang Dynasty half a step!" ”

"Handsome and wise!"

The generals agreed.

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Hezhou City.

"Report the victory of our army, the victory of the army of the king of Pingxi!"

Dozens of cavalry soldiers galloped into Hezhou, and Li Tan, the king of Jianning, who had returned to Hezhou to wait for Zhang Hao, was ecstatic when he heard the news, and immediately added his own personal report to the good news reported to the imperial court by the Longshuo Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Li Yin never imagined that Zhang Hao led the army to open up the land for the imperial court again, conquered three cities in Tubo, more than ten fortresses and fortresses, and incorporated the paths of Baihai, Triangle City, Wuhai and Shaliu River into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and annihilated nearly 20,000 Tuti military horses!

Although he did not personally participate in this battle, Li Tan was in the Longshuo border defense after all, and he also lived in Li Guangbi's camp. Therefore, Longshuo passed on the good news again, and he was honored.

Li Guangbi led the army back to Tuyuhun and moved his command center to Wuhai City in accordance with Zhang Yi's military order. Wuhai City is a city with relatively complete facilities in Tibet, as long as he slightly expands and transforms, it will soon become the center of the Qinghai Governor's Mansion and prosperous.

Li Guangbi's headquarters has 40,000 soldiers and horses, plus Zhang Tong's 5,000 men and Guo Ziyi's 10,000 people temporarily garrisoned, the strength is as high as 55,000 people.

Because of the occupation of a large area of land of the Tubo people, the border between Longshuo and Tubo has extended to the territory of Tubo and connects with Hexi, and Zhang Shu has placed half of Longshuo's troops here, and there is no strategic problem.

In the next step, Zhang Hao also asked the imperial court to expand the army and transfer troops and horses from other feudal towns into Longshuo, increasing the number of soldiers and horses defending Tudi on the front line of Liangning Prefecture and Baihai Wushao Liuhe to between 70,000 and 80,000. With such a steady operation, it is difficult for the Tudi people to counterattack back.

Fifteen days later, Zhang Shu led 10,000 people of the Shence Army to return to Hezhou, and at this time, it was less than half a month before the Spring Festival of Tianbao's thirteenth year.

Li Tan, the king of Jianning in Hezhou, personally led the soldiers and civilians of Hezhou out of the city for thirty miles to meet Zhang Hao's triumphant army.

Under the banner that covered the sky and the sun, Zhang Xian was wearing armor and smiling, and slowly marched under the crowd of generals, while the two columns of Shence soldiers were solemn and majestic, and an invisible murderous aura rushed into the sky between the horse's hooves.

"King Pingxi is really a hero of the world, and he is rare in his year." Li Tan stood at the front of welcoming the civil and military officials, staring, and a different kind of passionate love gradually floated in his heart