The three forts are the military fortresses built by Li Guangbi's Hejiao Governor's Mansion in the most marginal area of Tuyuhun's hometown, and the north of the fort is the territory of the Tubo people. That is, the boundary guarded by the Gyatso Ministry, with a radius of four or five hundred miles, with the Shaliu River as the central town.

The three cities of Triangle City, Wuhai and Buha are guarded on the periphery of Shaliuhe City. It's like a main city, in relation to three acropolis.

This time, although Stanley, the new king of Tibet, issued a death order, ordering Gyatso to lead the main force of 10,000 people south to attack Liangning Prefecture, but in fact, Gyatso did not take Stanley's military order to heart, but only sent 5,000 people to respond to the story, 3,500 people were stationed in the triangle city to stand by and observe, and 1,500 people rushed to attack the non-Sichuan fort to test the movements of the Tang army.

Gyatso is considered a local separatist force in Tibet, and the nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses are not much, but they are not too little. If you include the private soldiers and domestic slaves of the Tibetan nobles and tribal leaders in several cities such as Shaliuhe, the military and horse forces that Gyatso can really mobilize should be close to 30,000.

For a warlord like Gyatso, his own power and strength are the most important. He would never risk the annihilation of the entire army to stupidly work for Stanley.

In Gyatso's view, it is still unknown whether Stanley can sit firmly in the position of Tibetan Zampu.

Gyatso's front troops took the three non-Sichuan forts with little effort, and returned with a great victory.

Hundreds of Tang troops were either killed in battle or fled back to the camp.

The so-called fortress can actually be understood as a small city.

The three forts in front of them are basically similar, covering an area of about 1 square kilometer, rectangular, divided into three layers inside and outside, building a ground warehouse under the building, the fort wall is built with sandstone plates, and in the meantime it is tied with a tamarisk trunk, the wall is 4 meters high, 3 meters wide, and the beacon tower of about 10 meters high is set up. The bottom layer is stationed on horses, the middle level is stationed, and the top floor is watchout, constituting a complete fortress.

In the reflection of the snow, Zhang Xuan straddled his horse and looked down at Nanjiyun's army to attack the Feichuan Fort occupied by the Tubo army at night.

The 5,000 cavalry rushed down with a rainbow of momentum, concentrating their forces on a garrison in the middle.

Zhang Xuan turned his head and smiled lightly at Xiao Shisanlang, "Brother, Nanba is very smart, he didn't divide his troops to attack the three forts at the same time, but concentrated his forces on hitting the middle one first...... Among the forts, the Tibetan soldiers and horses are only 500 people, and the south is 80 times the enemy's army, so it should be very quick to take the fort! ”

Xiao Shisanlang smiled and nodded, "Well, it's not a big problem÷ the people can't keep it...... Look, the Tibetans are fighting! ”

Zhang Xuan turned his head to look, only to see the Tubo soldiers and horses rushing out of the battle, holding torches in one hand and wielding scimitars in the other, shouting and rushing towards the cavalry team of Nanjiyun.

This heavy snow concealed the movement of the Nanjiyun cavalry, and when the Tubo people found that the Tang army had counterattacked the fort, it was too late to retreat, so they could only rush out of the fortress and engage the Tang army.

To tell the truth, the Tibetan military horses were not good at defending the city, and they liked to fight head-on, because most of them were cavalry.

Kill!

Swords and guns collided with people and shouted horses neighing, and the screams suddenly broke the silent night sky ↓ The Tubo cavalry of 100 people was divided and surrounded by Nanjiyun's 5000 cavalry in an instant.

"Flank the wings, rush and kill! Fight to the death and serve the court! ”

Nan Jiyun shouted, waving his spear, and struggled to knock off a Tubo soldier who rushed over.

The cavalry of the Shence Army automatically divided into formations, covering the past like a torrent of steel, drowning hundreds of Tibetan cavalry. Looking from Zhang Xuan's direction, he could only faintly see the figures of three small regiments of Tubo cavalry being cut by the rain of guns and knives like mountains and seas, killing one person on his back.

Zhang Xuan let out a sigh and smiled lightly, "Brother, if the Tubo people don't fight and stick to the fortress, they can still hold out for a while, and now they are killing themselves by rushing out." ”

"The Tubo people are not good at defending the city, and they rushed out to make it easier to escape." Xiao Shisanlang laughed, "A certain family is watching the battle here, but it is a little itchy, and I can't wait to rush down and kill a few Tubo people to vent the hatred in the heart of a certain family!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled silently.

Of course, the movement at the middle fort was known by the Tubo military horses in the two adjacent forts, and in the two forts, a Tubo cavalry of several hundred people rushed out to reinforce in the middle direction.

However, by the time these two Tibetan cavalry galloped over, the battle had basically ended in Nanjiyun's department, and all 500 Tibetan cavalry were ambushed, bleeding like a river, and the white snow was full of fallen corpses, horse corpses and scattered cold moon scimitars, which was terrible.

And the casualties of the Shence Army were few.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two Tibetan cavalry turned their horses and fled in the direction of the triangle city.

Nan Jiyun took an arrow and drew a bow, and shot three arrows in succession, shooting the three Tubo soldiers off their horses.

He put his bow behind his back and shouted abruptly, "Divide the troops into two ways and cover the past!" Archers ahead! ”

The 5,000 cavalry of the Shence Army was suddenly split into two phalanxes, Nan Jiyun led 2,500 people to pursue the Tubo cavalry on the left, and on the right, another Lang general Ma Ping led the army to chase and kill the defeated Tubo soldiers on the other road.

Because Nan Jiyun is a marksman, the cavalry unit he leads is well-trained in archery, and almost all of his soldiers are good at shooting, although they can't reach the point where Nan Jiyun's arrows are not false and can be used to hit whichever is clever.

A thousand archers rode in front of them, galloping in pursuit, and drawing arrows like rain on arrows. The fleeing Tibetan soldiers screamed and fell from their horses, while the remnants desperately risked their lives to escape, trying to escape into the defense of the triangle city.

It is a hundred miles away from Feichuan Fort to Triangle City.

At night, Nan Jiyun led the army to chase and kill for dozens of miles, then stopped the horse's head, and led the ♀ army back along the way, the corpses of the Tubo people fell on the snow in twos and threes, and there were probably not many people who really fled back to the triangle city.

That night, the snow stopped. Despite this, the entire wilderness was still covered with snow, and the snow layer was as thick as half a meter in some areas, almost drowning out all the traces of the tragic and bloody battlefield of last night.

Because the snow covered the road, Guo Ziyi's 15,000 soldiers and horses were still half a day late despite their hard work, and did not arrive at Feichuan Fort until early afternoon.

Zhang Xuan stood on the lookout platform of the fort in the middle, and saw a Tang army flag behind him that was fierce for several miles, marching slowly, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Nanba, Guo Ziyi is here!" ”

Nan Jiyun smiled lightly, "Dashuai, the heavy snow covers the road, but it is difficult for Guo Linggong." Marshal, at this moment, our army is converging, should we stay in place and wait for the snow to melt or continue to move forward and strive to take the Triangle City? ”

Zhang Xuan looked left and right at the vast thatched fields and laughed, "In this kind of weather, it will take at least half a month to wait for the snow to melt." There is no need to wait, our army will rest here for a day, and tomorrow morning, march to the Triangle City! When the triangle city is taken, it is estimated that Gyatso of the Shaliuhe River will not be able to sit still. ”

Not long after, Guo Ziyi took Lei Wanchun and other generals to quickly climb to the fortress lookout and greeted Zhang Xuan, "The last general will meet the marshal, congratulations to the marshal on his victory in the fort, and win again in Tibet!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, walked over and patted Guo Ziyi's shoulder cordially, and then glanced at Lei Wanchun, who was full of depression, and said: "It's just more than 1,000 Tubo soldiers and horses, and the victory is not martial, there is no ∮ ceremony, you and I will join forces, and the 20,000 army will advance into the Triangle City early tomorrow morning, and the future will be gone-I can enter the Triangle City to drink the celebration wine!" ”

And said: "Wanchun, why are you so depressed? ”

Guo Ziyi smiled, bowed down and said, "The handsome is wise, there are only less than 5,000 Tubo defenders in the triangle city, and the heavy snow buries the road, although our army is difficult, but the Tubo people are also unable to rescue." Besides, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Shancheng Wei Zhang Tong, if our army's 30,000 people can't take this small city, wouldn't it be a big joke! ”

Lei Wanchun smiled bitterly and said loudly, "Dashuai, if it weren't for this unfortunate snowfall, a certain family would have led an army to rush over, if a certain family led an army over, how could this kid Nanba take the lead alone?" ”

Nan Jiyun pursed his lips, "You don't know each other - okay, don't be like this, there will be several big battles in the future, and there will be times when your old Lei will show his life!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled silently.

Guo Ziyi and other generals laughed loudly.

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The remnants of the Tibetan fort were defeated and fled into the Triangle City, reporting to the Triangle City Lord General Raba.

Raba was taken aback when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Gyatso, the coach of Shaliuhe. Although many of his subordinates proposed to temporarily evacuate the triangle city to avoid the Tang army, how dare Raba abandon the city and flee without Gyatso's order.

And at this time, in the direction of the east side of the triangle city, a large number of Tang troops meandering in the snow field entered, which was the Heyuan Shancheng guards and horses that crossed the Chiling, and the 10,000 people commanded by Zhang Tong, the commander of Shanzhou Thorn Shi and Qinghai soldiers and horses.

Raba's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly led his people to the top of the city, looking southeast, and seeing that the Tang army was huge, obviously not less than 10,000 people, Raba's face became extremely pale.

It is reported that there are nearly 10,000 Tang troops on the front line of the non-Sichuan fort, and if the Tang army from the east is added and attacked from the left and right, how can the Triangle City be able to hold it? Moreover, the Tibetan military horses were not good at defending the city.

The news of the Tang army's attack soon spread in the Triangle City, and the slaves and civilians in the city were fine, but the Tibetan nobles and lords who were usually high in the city panicked and began to pack their wealth and belongings, ready to flee the Triangle City at any time. It's just that the city gate is blocked by the defenders, and they can't get out for a while.

The cars and horses in the city were sparkling, and people shouted and jumped dogs, and there was a mess.

The partial general Nima bowed his hand and said hurriedly, "General, the Tang army is coming from two directions, and our army is outnumbered, why don't you temporarily withdraw from the triangle city, retreat to the Shaliu River, and join forces with Lord Gyatso to resist the Tang army?" ”

Raba ignored Nima's words, and just frowned and muttered to himself, "Could it be that the 40,000 Tang troops in Liangning Prefecture have been dispatched?" No, Stanley's army is approaching the line of Jishi Mountain, and it is unlikely that the Tang army will abandon the frontal defensive line. So, where did these two Tang armies come from......"

The corners of Raba's mouth twitched suddenly, "Could it be the people of Hexi Brother Shuhan?" ”