After the city gate was smashed by a rushing car, the Tibetan soldiers and horses began a great rout. They were already leaderless, but they were able to reluctantly organize to defend the city because of a large number of soldiers and horses and a strong city. However, the exposure of the cause of death before the siege of the city has shaken the morale of the army, coupled with the cruelty of the siege methods of the Jiannan army, the Tubo soldiers and horses have already been greatly afraid, and the city gate is not broken, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Jiannan army, not to mention that the city gate has been broken, and a large number of Jiannan troops have poured into the city.

The Tibetan soldiers at the head of the city lost their fighting spirit, and they began to flee in all directions or throw down their swords and surrender on their knees. The Jiannan army quickly cleared the enemy at the head of the city, and then joined the soldiers and horses who attacked the city to occupy the streets and alleys of the city. Several Tibetan generals led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to escape from the West Gate and fled for their lives, but Wang Yuan did not order them to be pursued. In fact, there is no point in chasing and killing without cavalry, in such a high mountain place in the river valley, the foot strength of the Jiannan army is not faster than that of this group of enemies who fled for their lives, and it is not as good as saving effort.

The sporadic fighting in the city continued until dark, and the city finally fell silent, and the entire city fell into the hands of the Southern Army. It is a bit strange that a city defended by nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses fell in a single day.

Although Bison City was captured in half a day, it was understandable, after all, during the siege of the city, Wang Yuan used Shenwei Cannon to launch thunderbolts. In addition, Bison City is just a small city with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, so there is such a result. The city is very different, this city is heavily garrisoned, and it has always been an important place in the east of the Tang Dynasty and the Nanzhao State for the Tubo State to send troops, and the city's defense facilities are also extremely strong. But such a city still failed to withstand the attack of the Jiannan Army, and it is not much higher than the opponent in terms of combat power. If you really want to find the reason, it can only be said that the strategy of the coach played a key role, relying on the interlocking plan to successfully take the city.

The post-war clean-up work was not almost finished until midnight, and on the square in front of the city lord's mansion, the black and oppressed captured Tibetan soldiers sat in the cold night wind. Around the dozens of bonfires around the square, the captured armor and weapons were piled up into several hills. Soldiers continued to arrive with prisoners, horses carrying captured supplies and weapons, but there were not many of them.

Wang Yuan stood on the steps in front of the high City Lord's Mansion with the hilt of his sword in hand, his black cloak fluttered slightly in the night wind, and he looked at the situation in the square with a serious face, waiting for the final results to be summarized. Not long after, Song Jiangong came on a flying horse, came to the bottom of the stairs and turned over and dismounted.

"Report to the marshal, the battlefield has been cleaned up, and the lowly post has come to report."

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Very good, hard work General Song." ”

Song Jiangong said with excitement on his face: "It's not hard, this battle killed 11,000 enemy soldiers, captured more than 6,000 people, captured countless horses, blades, armor and other materials, and the humble post has not yet had time to count, I am afraid that the results will only be achieved tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Together with the 5,000 Tubo cavalry archers who were successfully ambushed and annihilated the night before, more than 20,000 enemies were eliminated in the Battle of Lvqi City. That's a big win. ”

Song Jiangong laughed and said, "Dashuai, are you kidding?" What is a big win if this is not a big victory? Annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, our army only had more than 4,000 casualties, and I never expected that the city would be taken down so easily. I thought I would have to pay a lot of money this time. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "What happened to the Tubo soldiers who were attacked by the poisonous miasma on the city? ”

Song Jiangong frowned and said: "The poisonous miasma poisoned more than 2,000 people, and more than 3,000 people were poisoned, so it is inconvenient to describe the situation to the marshal, it is really miserable." According to the orders of the commander, the lowly people relieved them of their suffering. ”

Wang Yuan sighed and nodded: "You did a good job, don't mention this matter in the future." Although I had to use this vicious siege method in order to attack the city, it was against heaven and earth after all. I don't want to hear about it from now on. ”

Song Jiangong arched his hand and said: "I understand my humble position. ”

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In the early morning of the next day, on the mountain road sixty miles west of the city, a 20,000-strong army and horse were rushing to the city. The leader of the army was the lord of the castle, Alajiang, who was sent by the general of the Kamigawa Metropolitan to lead the army from the city of Metuo, hundreds of miles away, to support the castle.

A few days ago, news was sent from Ritsu Castle that Shenchuan was a soldier and a horse envoy, and the lord of Ritsu Castle, General Iron Blade, was killed in an ambush outside the city, and ** was approaching the city with the intention of attacking the city. When Alajiang heard the news, he immediately gave the order to travel day and night.

The city is about to be attacked, and his mission is to reinforce the city. In any case, you must arrive before ** captures the city. This is not only the military order of General Enargu, but also related to the safety of his own Motuo City. Because the next target after capturing the city is his own city of Metuo.

On the road leading from the city of Lyre to the city of Logo, there is only his own city of Murtuo and the city of Pibo, which is heavily guarded by the general, and if the city is lost, his own city of Murtuo will fall nine times out of ten. Because in terms of city defense and military strength, his own Motuo City is not as strong as the Lyre City. The only advantage of the city is its location. Although some people say that their Motuo City is a level that cannot be opened by a husband and a woman, and it can only be crossed by a bird, Alajiang does not think so. If it is inevitable to fight with **, then he would rather lead his army to fight them in the city of Lyria than in the city of Metuo.

After three days of rapid travel, the soldiers and horses of Alajiang were sleepy, but they were finally able to arrive at the city today, and Alajiang was still very happy. This journey was full of hardships, and the march along the mountains on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River almost cost him his life, but fortunately, it was all over.

The sentinel came from the front, and reported that he had spotted a soldier and horse facing the army. Alajiang suddenly became nervous, climbed a mountain next to him and looked ahead. Sure enough, on the mountain road ahead, a dense brigade of soldiers and horses was swarming in, but there was no banner, and it was too far away to see the outfits.

Alajan immediately ordered the march to be halted and sent archers to ambush on the hillside ahead, in case of contingencies. However, when the swarming soldiers and horses arrived, Alajiang was dumbfounded. It was the Tibetan soldiers and horses who retreated from the city of Law, they escaped from the city overnight, they did not dare to stop for a moment this night, all the way along the mountain road to the west, at this moment all the faces are like the earth color and embarrassment, where is still the army of Tubo, it is simply a group of lost dogs.

Seeing the reinforcements of Alajiang, more than 10,000 Tubo soldiers and horses who were defeated from the city of Lyria seemed to have been wronged and saw their mother's children, and several generals surrounded the horses of Alajiang and cried with tears and cried about the ferocity of the Jiannan army. Speaking of the scene when the siege was a poisonous miasma attack, everyone still had palpitations and their teeth chattered.

Alajiang was also shocked when he heard this, but this is not the time to listen to this, Alajiang is worried that ** will follow these defeated soldiers and horses to pursue, so he won't hit the tip of the knife. The top priority is to retreat to the city of Metuo as soon as possible, and hurry up to prepare for the next ** attack on the city of Metuo, and don't say anything. Thinking of having to turn around and return in vain after six or seven days of driving, Alajiang couldn't help but curse angrily. But thinking about it again, if he arrived at the city in time, it was difficult to say whether he would be able to retreat in the face of such a ferocious and vicious siege method. Maybe it was my luck that made me this step late. If you can collect these more than 10,000 remnants of soldiers, then there will be more than 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the city of Metuo. The latter is backed by the hoarding of 80,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not so easy to capture the city of Metuo.

With this ambivalence of both chagrin and rejoicing, Alajiang ordered the soldiers and horses to turn around, and the deputy soldier and horse envoy of the Shenchuan Prefecture, who had been ordered to rescue the Ritsu Castle, did not even look at the walls of the Ritsu Castle.

The Jiannan army rested in the city for three days, not so much to rest and recuperate, but to wait for the construction of the rope bridge over the river that would allow the heavy cavalry to cross the river. The bridge took much longer than expected, as it was not easy to get a heavy wagon loaded with the assembly parts of the Shenwei cannon to pass through the rope bridge over the river. It is necessary not only to ensure the stability of the rope bridge, but also to ensure its sufficient load-bearing capacity. Yes

Some things can be crossed in batches, but it just takes a while. But there are some things that can't be separated. For example, the boulders weighing thousands of catties that are fired as the counterweight of the Shenwei Cannon, as well as the overall base of the unusually heavy Shenwei Cannon, etc., these are all parts that cannot be separated, and if they are discarded, the Shenwei Cannon will lose its effectiveness. So there is no way.

After a carriage loaded with heavy loads and men and horses turned into the canyon, the Jiannan army had to strengthen the rope bridge with all its might, adding hundreds of thick ropes between the two banks to ensure the width and stability of the bridge deck, and finally carried all the heavy equipment and materials across the river three days after the capture of the city.

Of course, in the past three days, Wang Yuan has not been idle. The next target was the city of Metuo, three hundred miles to the west. It was the only way to approach the city from the east. To the west along the Grand Canyon of the Brahmaputra River, there are only two roadblocks on the plateau of the valley that lead to the city of Raksha, one is the city of Motuo and the other is the city of Pibo.

The question is not whether to attack westward, the answer is yes, because only by approaching the city of Luo can the forces of the Tibetan state be dispersed and the pressure on the other two lines of troops and horses can be relieved. At least relieve the pressure on Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army. In a sense, now that both himself and Gao Xianzhi can't stop, whoever doesn't move will be tantamount to harming the other party, because the Tubo soldiers and horses will concentrate their forces against the other side.

It's like two ends of the scale, maintaining the oppressive power of the east and west, but not provoking too much hatred, it's a delicate balance. Wang Yuan neither wanted Gao Xianzhi to be besieged by the heavy Tubo troops, nor did he want his Jiannan army to be besieged and beaten by the Tubo people.

But attacking westward is also a problem. The terrain for hundreds of miles to the west is complicated, and the supply lines are getting longer and longer. The closer you get to the river valley plateau, the more densely the Tibetan army is stationed, and the danger factor soars. If you think that capturing a few cities means that the Jiannan army can be unimpeded, that is the beginning of defeat.

Wang Yuan definitely didn't think that with these three roads and more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, he would really be able to hit the city of Luo, and even destroy the Tubo Kingdom. If Xuanzong really thought so, it would be too stupid. The imperial court should negotiate with the Tibetan state at the appropriate time to make peace and reap some benefits, which is the best strategy. However, so far, the pressure on the Tibetan state is not enough, and the conditions for peace negotiation are not yet ripe, so it is necessary to exert greater oppression. Wang Yuan decided that the imperial court needed to be reminded to make this decision at a critical time. He didn't want to be buried by Xuanzong's great achievements.