Stanley was so angry that he had lost his mind.

What secret agreement with Zhang Xuan, what the throne of Tubo, all left behind, he is now a thought, at all costs, even if it is to give up this life, he will reorganize the remnants of the army and fight to the death with the Tang army led by Zhang Xuan, who pursued him.

Ang Ren and other generals tried to persuade them to no avail, so they had to lead the order to reorganize the army, and set up a formation on the Chiling line overnight, preparing to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army.

Early the next morning, more than 10,000 remnants of the Tibetan army under Stanley formed a formation on the Red Ridge, preparing to fight to the death with Zhang Xuan's subordinates to defend ∧the glory of the Tibetan army and the prince of Stanley.

However, Stanley's whole army waited for a long time, but he heard the Malay report that the Tang army had set up camp under the Red Ridge and did not chase after him.

Stanley roared in shame and screamed for a long time, and finally under the persuasion of his generals, he slowly retreated from the camp in Tibet.

As soon as the Tubo soldiers and horses started, the Tang army began to pursue.

When Tubo got the news that the whole army was ready to fight, the Tang army retreated and kept a distance of thirty miles from the Tubo soldiers and horses.

Stanley was annoyed and angry, and simply led the army to meet it, but the Tang army immediately retreated when he heard the news. Stanley led the army to chase for dozens of miles, but did not dare to chase again, and turned around and retreated again.

When the Stanley military horses began to retreat, the Tang army chased after them unhurriedly, maintaining the same speed and frequency of action as the Stanley military horses.

If the Stanley army is in a hurry, the Tang army will march in a hurry, and if the Stanley army is slow, the Tang army will also be slow.

This cycle went back and forth several times, and the Stanley military horses were extremely tired and miserable, and the soldiers complained.

Stanley had a stomach full of resentment and anger, but he had nowhere to vent, so he had to grit his teeth, no matter what the Tang army was, and ordered the army to march towards the city of Luo with all his strength.

The Stanley army marched in a hurry, and the Tang army behind him pursued it intensively.

For more than ten days, Zhang Xuan's Tang army penetrated hundreds of miles deep into Tibet, wantonly destroying all the way, constantly attacking Tubo tribes or population settlements, feeding the war with war, and replenishing itself by robbing the Tubo people of grain and grass, causing a lot of movement and shaking the entire Tubo country.

The news of Stanley's defeat only reached the headquarters of the Tubo army on the front line of Hejiao after Zhang Xuan led the army to attack Tubo÷ and the commander of the Tibetan army, Jia Sang, was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately transferred half of the 50,000 soldiers and horses from Suotun through Tuyuhun's hometown and went straight to Chiling, preparing to intercept Zhang Xuan's 30,000 Tang army.

The soldiers and horses of Tubo on the first line of Jiannan and Hexi were even more nervous, for fear that the Tang army on the two routes of Xiannan and Hexi would suddenly enter the territory of Tubo.

For a time, the name of Zhang Xuan, the governor of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty, spread throughout Tubo, and the Tubo people remembered this name deeply.

Beyond Chiling and then to the southwest, there is the city of Luo, and the straight-line distance is about 800 miles. And Zhang Xuan led the army to pursue Stanley's headquarters nearly 500 miles all the way to attack the city, and the Tubo people were frightened and galloped across the country, and they did not encounter a decent resistance at all.

It can be said that Zhang Xuan's timing of this attack was very good, and the total number of troops in Tubo was insufficient, and half of the troops deployed along the borders had already been accounted for, and more than 50,000 people had gathered on the Hejiao line, and Stanley led an army of 40,000 people to defeat on the Qinghai line, and the loss of troops was as high as more than 20,000.

In other words, Zhang Xuan's real opponent, Tubo, currently has only 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized, and most of these soldiers and horses are scattered all over Tubo, which cannot pose a powerful threat to Zhang Xuan's army.

On the Gobi, more than 100 miles south of Golmud, Stanley's more than 10,000 remnants of troops met with the rapidly retreating Gyatso Army, with a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses, but Stanley could no longer care about entanglement with Zhang Xuan, and led his army to Luoshu City, preparing to return to the city to usurp the throne.

He didn't have much time left, the king of Tubo was seriously ill, and he could return to heaven at any time, and if he didn't rush back in time, the throne would definitely fall into the hands of other princes. And although he only had 15,000 henchmen and horses left, it was enough to take the city of Luo.

As long as Stanley ascends to the throne of Tibet and has the support of Dong Zebu, the whole country of Tubo can only accept him as the new king. When that time came, Stanley ordered the whole country to fight against Zhang Xuan, and it was Stanley's mind to be ashamed ♀.

The weather on the Tibetan Plateau is much cooler than in Longshuo, and although it is the height of summer, the daytime temperature is not high. It's just that the temperature difference between day and night is huge, which makes Tang Jun somewhat uncomfortable. Fortunately, Zhang Xuan was prepared and ordered the army to carry thick uniforms.

The sun fell westward, the Tang army marched to a Tubo tribe settlement called Yanzijing, this not too big Tubo tribe has already abandoned the walled city, drove the expansion of the emperor to flee, and when Zhang Xuan led the army here, there was an empty village in front of him.

The army rested on the spot.

In Zhang Xuan's big tent, his subordinates led by Guo Ziyi sat on both sides, talking and laughing. Su Hudong was also here. On this march, Su Hudong hesitated again and again, but still led the army to follow.

This way to chase and kill, deep into Tubo, such as into the realm of no one, snatching grain and grass to break the Tubo walled city, the Tang Dynasty military flag arrived, the Tubo people fled in despair, which is very

At the time of the expedition, no one in the Tang army had carried ten days' dry rations, which had been exhausted so far, and all the needs of the army were from the Tibetan walled cities and military cantonments on the marching route.

Zhang Xuan looked at everyone with a smile, raised his glass and said loudly, "Everyone, I'll have a drink!" Respect to all of you! ”

"Don't dare to wait! The last general will wait for the Governor! ”

"The Metropolitan Governor, the last general thinks that our army has penetrated deep into Tibet, and has won great victories one after another, shaking the entire Tibet, and it should be enough to stop, and it is time for the division to return to the dynasty." Guo Ziyi is cautious, he actually wanted to propose to Zhang Xuan yesterday that the class teacher return to the court, but seeing that Zhang Xuan was very energetic, he didn't speak.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan was in a good mood today, drinking and having fun with the generals, he took advantage of the situation to put forward his own opinions.

"Governor, I'm here. It is less than 400 miles away from the cities of the Tibetan king's court. More than 20,000 troops have been transferred to meet our army through the Tuyuhun homeland, and if our army is still stranded in the territory of Tubo, it is very likely that it will fall into the encirclement of the Tubo army, and the time will ......."

Guo Ziyi got up and pointed to the map hanging in the banner, and her expression became very solemn.

Su Hudong also opened his mouth and echoed, "Metropolitan Governor, Su Hudong thinks it's time to retire." Although our army has more than 30,000 people, it is deeply trapped in Tibet, and if one is not careful, it will be besieged and there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated. Moreover, our army has been living in Tibet for a long time, and the supply of grain and grass cannot keep up, and sooner or later there will be major incidents, and the army's morale is unstable. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, slowly got up and looked around at everyone, and said indifferently, "Everyone, the Tubo military horses are claimed to be 200,000, but they are not to be afraid. ”

He strode to the map, raised his hand and threw it on the map, "Tubo is stationed on the first line of the Western Regions, the first line of Paro, the first line of my Tang Jiannan, and the first line of Hexi, with a total of more than 100,000 people ♀ and 100,000 people Tubo will never dare to move." ”

"This time, the Tubo people gathered 50,000 troops to annex Hejiao, and they are eyeing our Tang Dynasty" That is to say, the Tubo can only mobilize less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they are scattered everywhere, and it will take time for the Tubo people to send troops over. ”

"Our army moves quickly, it is a strange army÷ it is difficult for the Tibetan people to grasp the movements of our army, and it is not easy to form an encirclement and flanking situation. So, you don't have to worry too much. ”

"Today, it is necessary for Ben Shuai to be honest with you. Do you know why Stanley led an army of 40,000 to attack the front line of my Tang Dynasty and Qinghai? Zhang Xuan looked at Guo Ziyi and the others with blazing eyes.

Guo Ziyi was stunned, shook her head and said nothing.

Zhang Xuan smiled loudly, "Stanley led the army to attack the Tang Dynasty, intending to destroy the peace between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. To put it bluntly, I just don't want Trisong Detsen to return to Tibet. And he, so as to take advantage of the chaos to take the throne and replace Tubo Zampu. ”

"At present, Tubo Zampu is seriously ill in bed, and the power of the Tubo royal court has fallen into the hands of the powerful minister Dong Zebu, who is Stanley's uncle..."

"Therefore, Ben Shuai attacked and harassed all the way, the enemy advanced and I retreated, the enemy retreated and I advanced, the enemy stopped and disturbed me, and the enemy was tired and I fought, not because he was afraid of Stanley, but the purpose was to force Stanley to return to the city of Luo as soon as possible to usurp the throne."

"As long as Stanley usurps the throne of Tubo, civil strife in Tubo will start, and in this way, the Tubo people will have no time to take care of anything else, and even the national strength will be greatly damaged, and they will no longer be able to pose a threat to our Tang Dynasty."

"Therefore, our army cannot retreat for the time being.

At present, the situation in Tibet is not chaotic enough, and our army, the catfish that stirs up the pond, will need to stay in Wang for some days. ”

"As for the supply of grain and grass, this commander has always advocated fighting to feed the war, and the Tibetan soldiers and horses burned, killed, and plundered in the territory of our Tang Dynasty, and our army can also follow suit. It's just that the army of my Celestial Empire puts benevolence and righteousness first, and only grabs grain and grass to feed and does not kill indiscriminately. ”

"Look here, this is a military fortress of the Tubo people, called Namuqi City, with less than 2,000 people guarding the western gateway of the city of Tingluo, the king of ∏ Tibet, and it is also a baggage supply point set up by the Tubo people to invade the countries of the Western Regions." Zhang Xuan's voice suddenly raised an octave, his face radiated with a clear divine light, and he said solemnly, "As long as our army takes Namu, it can not only coerce some cities, but also get a lot of supplies and relieve worries!" ”

"General Guo, under the order, tomorrow the third watch will make food, the fourth watch will raise troops, go around the northwest, attack Namusome City, and strive to take Namusome in the shortest possible time! ,,

"Our army pursued Stanley all the way, and the Tubo people must have thought that our army intended to attack Luo, and the Tubo soldiers and horses pursued by Hejiao were already galloping to the aid of Luo, and at this time, our army suddenly detoured to the northwest, jumped out of the encirclement of the Tubo people, and caught the Tubo people off guard! ”

"When the Tibetans reacted and pursued Namuchi again, our army could rest calmly and then make a decision. With the strength of our army, stir up the whole country of Tibet and make it even more chaotic..."If the time comes, our army can calmly retreat without losing a single soldier, wouldn't it be wonderful? ”

Zhang Xuan laughed loudly, his eyes shining with confidence and determination. (To be continued.) ）