There is no suspense in the exchange of hostages and money and goods, everything is completed according to the design of the two, when the Tang army finished counting the money and goods and handed over the hostages, nearly 3,000 horse bandits suddenly swarmed out of the mountains, and the Tang army who came to hand over saw that the situation was not good, immediately abandoned the money and goods and fled, but did not flee far, ran for a while, and stopped to watch from a distance, like a jackal who has not hit a blow, waiting for another opportunity to start.

The people and the money were returned to the hands of the horse bandits intact, it was too easy, it seemed to be a bit of a child's play, the bandit leader Li Fei Yuanli had a solemn face, and he did not feel the joy of success at all, countless questions rolled in his heart, he first settled the old mother, and urged the horse to rush to Li Fei Shouyu's carriage.

At this time, Lifei Shouyu was coming out of the carriage, waving to Tang Jun from afar and laughing, "Go and tell your governor to thank him for his hospitality." ”

"Second brother, what does Tang Jun mean by this, is he going to attack our Qingyang Mountain?"

Li Fei Yuanli is eight feet tall, with a bruised face, born with a bloody mouth, and a clump of hard beards exploding like a hedgehog, if the night owl sees him, I am afraid that he will also change his habits and come out during the day.

Li Fei Shouyu looked back at his eldest brother and said with a solemn expression: "I guess it's the same, look at this formation, is it really here to exchange?" If I'm not mistaken, as soon as I walked on the front foot, they went to Qingyang Mountain on the back foot. ”

Li Fei Yuanli was taken aback, "Then how is this good, these money and things are as heavy as a mountain, how can they rush back, and those hundreds of cavalry are eyeing each other, and there is no place to hide." ”

"It's okay!"

Li Fei Shouyu immediately shook his head and said, "Destroy the car." They can't take away the money and goods, they can't take away the money, we want the land is time, and now we will send troops immediately, but it is not Qingyang Mountain, but Dunhuang, we will go with great fanfare, I don't believe him Li Qing will not look back! ”

Li Fei Yuanli was silent for a while, and also said: "What if there are defenders in Dunhuang." We don't have siege engines, so if we can't attack it, and the officers and soldiers are killed from behind, what will we do if we suffer from the enemy on our backs? ”

Li Fei Shouyu sighed, he looked up at the endless sky with his hands, and said slowly: "Big brother." I actually have another idea, I'm afraid you won't agree.

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The sky had been dyed golden yellow, and before I knew it, it was sunset, and in the far southwest, the mountains were gradually melting into the afterglow of the setting sun, casting a long shadow on the earth.

'Woo-' The low, solemn sound of the horn sounded twenty miles away in the Ganquanshui River Valley, and a neat group of Tubo soldiers appeared on the vast plateau, the battle flags fluttered, the soldiers were as dense as ant colonies, and the cavalry marched through the infantry formation. No one spoke, only the sound of dense and uniform footsteps could be heard rising and falling rhythmically on the ground. It's not fast, but it's immense enough to crush anything in its way.

This is the thousand-strong force of the Tibetan army. Although there are infantry, but the distance from the front army is only 100 miles, the unique physique of the plateau men allows them to carry nearly 100 pounds of armor and supplies, across thousands of miles of rapid march, beyond the endurance of ordinary people and fearless courage to death, to create a strong combat effectiveness of the Tubo army, every battle, are lined up. If you retreat, you will be killed.

The main general, Iron Blade, had a gloomy face, he had just been reported. His former army was ambushed by the Tang army in Ganquan, the whole army was annihilated, victory and defeat were a common thing in soldiers, he didn't care, but what surprised him was that the Tang army actually knew about his sneak attack, and in the original incomparably seamless plan, at this moment suddenly was torn open a big mouth, it seems that things are not as simple as Zampu thought.

At this time, a scout galloped over, and jumped off his horse from afar, "Report to the general, there are traces of the Tang army thirty miles ahead, about 3,000 people, and the banner is 'Gao'."

'High? Could it be that this is the Anxi Army? ’

Iron Blade Xi Noluo was wondering that Zampu's information was inaccurate, and the Doulu army didn't seem to be decreasing, and suddenly heard that it was the Anxi army, and he suddenly became suspicious, but another kind of uneasiness came to his mind, how many soldiers did the other party have?

"Pass the order, the army will camp on the spot, and let more scouts out!"

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Although it is the height of summer, the dawn on the plateau is unusually cold, as if the heat accumulated by the day has been sucked away by the boundless universe overnight, and the eastern sky has been slightly covered with a trace of fish belly white, Li Qing sat on a large rock, looking at the snow in the distant mountains in the south, but at this time they were still gray and black, as if Muslim women were covered with black scarves.

At this moment, he is thinking about another woman, thousands of miles away in the south, she should return to her mother's side, her belly should also bulge like a curtain, which is his own flesh and blood, it has been four months since she was separated, she has no news, I don't know if she will come north to find herself after giving birth to a child, she should be, she is also a strong and persistent woman.

"What is Yang Ming thinking? Sitting here alone. ”

I don't know when, Li Siye has quietly come to his side, and he smiled side by side: "I can't sleep either, tomorrow's battle will be a severe test for us." ”

Speaking of this, he stared at Li Qing, "Especially you, this will be your first official battle between the two armies, and the success or failure of this battle will be crucial to your future achievements." ”

Li Qing frowned slightly, "I'm really a little worried, I'm worried that I won't be able to command this battle tomorrow, and I will fight more with less." ”

Li Siye smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said: "This is not a battle, the real battle is behind, logistics, grain and grass, materials, and troop mobilization, one battle after another, it will take at least half a year, and tomorrow is still an encounter, the same as the battle you fought in the east, but there are a little more people, so you don't have to worry." ”

Li Qing smiled, he stood up, shook the frost on his body, stretched out his arms and straightened his waist, and said with a smile: "Hearing you say this, I really can't wait." ”

He took a long breath of biting cold, looked up, and the distant mountains on the other side of the river were smeared with a glimmer of light, and the day dawned. Behind the dark mountain beams, a red sun has emerged, the shadows of the night have melted, the earth has awakened, and the weather is myriad: the vast wasteland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is thick with thick grass mats; The valley is foggy and shimmering; To the east, Shule Mountain and Qilian Mountain stand side by side, the blue-purple light reflects each other, and the top of the mountain is like a piece of black jade, covered with white snow, and it is colorful and brilliant in the red morning light.

Li Qing exhaled the biting cold air, and his mind immediately became extremely clear, and he shouted loudly: "Order all the soldiers to get up and throw away all the sundries!" ”

The sky emitted ten thousand rays of light, the east wind was blowing strongly, and Li Qing stood at the front of the army, only to see that he was burly and majestic, and his long black hair was high

Flowing with the wind, the corners of his mouth stretched into a straight line, like a granite hard face full of strength, unyielding, fearless.

"Woo-" The loud and high-pitched horn sound echoed in the river valley, this was the order of the Tang army to set off, and other horns also sounded, and the rumbling drum sounded, one by one, one by one, straight to the hearts of people, urging people to forge ahead, and making the soldiers morale high.

"March, march to the Tibetans!"

He shouted, the war horse jumped and flew out, behind him, the battle flag of the Anxi army was covered by the wind, a group of Tang soldiers pulled up, and drove straight into the distance, Li Qing galloped on his horse, his white mane was flying, floating on his helmet, and the guards on both sides roared forward, like surging waves running towards the coast.

The weather was clear, with a few light clouds floating in the sky, and the wind was turning to a westerly wind, and the wind speed was increasing.

The Tubo army stood quietly on a wide hill, at the highest point of the hill, the Tubo lord on a high horse, the iron blade of the iron blade Xi Nuoluo thug curtain stared into the distance, suddenly, he saw, about five miles away appeared a wriggling black line, slowly towards this side, more and more clear, the flag into a cloud, the armor is cold, 'Three thousand! He has only three thousand men at most, and he will surely win this battle.

The Tang army stopped two miles away, three thousand troops, one thousand crossbowmen as a garrison, in front of the crossbowmen, one thousand heavily armored Mo swordsmen integrated into a phalanx in the front, standing in three rows, as if three thick iron walls, and at the back of the team were a thousand light horses. Holding a long lance in his hand and a horizontal knife in his saddle, the war horse has already realized the impending murderous aura, and is bowing his head and roaring, ready for battle at any time.

The two armies faced each other, both sides were accumulating strength, waiting to attack, and the strength of the Tibetan army was armor. They are not like the Tang army with Mingguang armor, but most of them wear padlock mail, exquisite workmanship, fine, ordinary swords are difficult to cut into, in addition, the Tubo sword casting technology is also high. Therefore, the main equipment of the Tubo army is the long sword, but the weakness of the Tubo army is the bow and crossbow, his bow and crossbow technology is backward, the range is not far, and it is difficult to penetrate the armor of the Tang army, and the equipment is very few, they set out from Luo (now Lhasa), equipped with half of the infantry and half of the cavalry, but the 2,000 cavalry of the front army was ambushed by Li Qing in Ganquanshui, and the whole army was annihilated. At this time, the structure of the Tibetan army was 4,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, but the momentum of the Tibetan army fighting to the death was their magic weapon for victory.

The Tang Army is different. Well-equipped, crossbows, armor, and knives are the three treasures of the Tang army. Especially the Anxi army, brave and good at fighting, the army is many Hu people, tall and mighty, equipped with heavy armor Mo knife hands, but also makes its opponents fearful, the battle of Rus, 20,000 Anxi army expedition thousands of miles. Against the 270,000 coalition army of the Great Eclipse, tens of thousands of enemies were killed. A brilliant record of 800 wounded.

A gust of wind blew across the empty battlefield, and the flying sand and dust dyed the sky smoky gray, but the two armies still did not move, and the Tubo lord general Iron Blade Xinuoluo was waiting, waiting for the Tang army to go out first and weaken the power of the Tang army's crossbow arrows.

Li Qing, the chief general of the Tang army, was also waiting, waiting with the same patience of the ages, and the Tubo army went out first, and then used the crossbow to weaken the enemy's vital force.

Time passed little by little, moment by moment, half an hour passed, Li Qing's pupils had become a straight line, but there was no expression on his rock-hard face, his expression was grim, and no one in the Tang army was allowed to move without an order. Iron Blade's face was cold and cold, and there was no reaction, and finally, his fingers moved, his arms were slowly raised, and three words popped out of his tense lips: 'Infantry!' ’

The Tubo army, which had the advantage in strength, finally attacked first, 'Boom! The sound of the leather drum sounded, shocking, and the Tubo army of ten people started slowly in a row, forming a phalanx of fifty rows, filled with a monstrous murderous aura, each soldier's eyes were dead gray, the shield in his left hand, and the long sword in his right hand, step by step towards the Tang army, the faster and faster he went, the shield was raised high, and the long sword flashed with cold light.

Faster and faster, denser and denser, the ranks are neat and not chaotic, such a phalanx is an effective means for infantry to deal with cavalry, in front of a dense defense, the impact of cavalry is of no help at all, the only way is to shoot with archers to disarray the formation, expose the gap, let the cavalry break in.

Li Qing silently calculated the range, the Tubo army had already reached three hundred steps, and entered the range of the Tang army's Fuyuan crossbow, he suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

The commander's order seemed to be a thunderclap in the ears, the dense banging sounded, a thousand Tang troops were divided into three rows, taking turns to release arrows, overwhelmingly through the armor arrows whistling and shooting, the Tubo army held their shields high together, resisting the rapid arrival of the deadly arrows, the arrows were nailed to the shield, and the hands of the Tubo soldiers were shaken to pain, but the Tubo army was too dense, and the arrows were pervasive, shooting from the gaps between the shields, shooting on the legs, shooting on the head, and constantly having the arrows of the Tubo soldiers fall to the ground, but the giant shield blocked most of the arrows, And did not inflict much damage on the enemy troops.

It was already two hundred steps, Li Qing saw that the opponent's formation was tight, the crossbowmen could not shoot the corners, and it would be disadvantageous to use cavalry to fight, he did not hesitate, and gave a low order, "Out of the Mo Sword!" ”

Like a dragon's roar, Li Siye let out a long roar, and his mountain-like body pressed towards the Tubo army, only to see his huge head like a lion, huge and terrifying, the iron armor on his body weighed like a thousand catties, and the whole body was wrapped tightly, only a pair of eyes shining with terrible light were revealed under the helmet, and a long Xueliangmo knife flew in his hand, the blades on both sides were abnormally sharp, with spikes in front, which could be split and stabbed, and behind him, rows of Tang Army fronts were arranged impenetrably, like a cliff of thousands of feet, all wearing heavy armor, With a huge shield on his back, he danced with a Mo knife, and Leng Sensen's eyes shot a terrifying gaze.

Fifty steps.

Like two huge waves, the infantry of the two armies collided violently, stirring up thousands of evil waves, hitting the waves and waves, crashing into terrifying waves, the Tang army Mo knife swept forward like a splash of wind, rushed and slashed, the swords collided, and the sound of Ke Chang and Ke Chang sounded, the Tang army was tall and long-armed, and the special training made him skillful in swordsmanship, powerful and mighty, this is the trump card of the Anxi army, the sharp knife will split the shield in half, cut it on the iron armor, or the head, or the shoulder, and suddenly the blood arrow rushed to the sky, crying, ** suddenly, the blade will be dense Tubo army row by row to chop down, Like mowing grass, the violent Tang Army vanguard team was like a storm, trampling everything, overwhelming everything, and invincible everything.

Although they were at a disadvantage in the battle, the Tubo army relied on the number of several times that of the Tang army, stubbornly resisted, one row fell, and the other row topped, maintaining the array without chaos, and fighting with the Tang army in one place.

The two Tubo thousands of people in the camp saw Tang Jun's Mo knife

Siye is arrogant and abnormal, such as a fierce god descending on the world, where he passed, he split the bloody head all over the ground, the two of them shouted, one left and one right struck up, Li Siye had already caught a glimpse of these two people, his eyes shimmered, he took a step back suddenly, let go of a desperate sword, shouted, the hand Mo knife stabbed like lightning, the spike cut the throat of the other party, and the corpse was knocked to the ground, another thousand-person-long sword had been cut, said that it was too late, it was fast, he backhanded a knife, facing the opponent's sword and slashing away, the sword was cut off, the knife was still fast, From the right head with shoulder strap arm split this thousand-man length in half, the Tang army suddenly thundered with joy and morale.

At this time, the Tubo general Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo saw that the Tang Army's Mo Dao team was powerful, and he was shocked to defeat his own 3,000 infantry, but he was a veteran of the battlefield and was not flustered, and the purpose of sending the infantry into battle first was to lead out the opponent's Mo Dao team, so as to give his cavalry a chance, since the goal had been achieved, it was time for his cavalry to fight.

He carefully searched for the loopholes in the deployment of the Tang army, and suddenly, he found that the Tang army's bow and crossbow team was too close to the infantry, less than a hundred paces, and the Tang army's main general did not retreat in time to give up the distance, so that the Tang army's long-range shooting power would be greatly reduced.

Discovering this loophole, Iron Blade Xi Noluo sneered, and with an order, a thousand Tubo cavalry galloped out and rushed towards both sides of the Tang Army's Mo Dao Team, and then, he personally led a thousand infantry, under the cover of a thousand cavalry, to quietly attack the Tang Army garrison from the side.

Li Qing, the commander of the Tang army here, saw that the cavalry of the Tubo army had been dispatched. Attempting to impact the ground of the Modao team from the side.

He gave an order: "Order the cavalry to attack!" The 1,000 cavalry behind the Tang army was immediately divided into two columns, and under the leadership of the cavalry commander Bai Xiaode, they went to meet the Tubo cavalry.

Suddenly, one of the soldiers screamed loudly. "Governor, look!"

When Li Qing heard the sound, he saw a Tibetan cavalry and an infantry quietly approaching this side along the edge of the battlefield, which was difficult to detect due to their slow speed.

'Not good! The Tibetans wanted to storm their garrison. Li Qing immediately guessed the other party's purpose, and his failure to order the garrison to retreat was not due to his negligence, but because the stalemate lasted too long. I am afraid that if I retreat, it will affect the morale of the soldiers.

But this was also found by the other party, at this time, if you shoot with crossbow arrows, you will hurt your own cavalry, Li Qing ordered without thinking: "One to four battalions form a sword and shield army, and line up to meet the battle!" ”

Almost everyone in the Tang army wore a horizontal sword and a huge shield on their backs, and the commander gave an order, and the eight hundred crossbow troops immediately turned into a sword and shield army, forming a large phalanx to resist the sneak attack of the Tubo army. At this time, the Tang Army's Modao Army had the upper hand. As long as they hold on for a while and a half, the Modao army will be able to defeat the Tubo infantry. In turn, I support it.

But between the sword and shield phalanx, the fifth battalion is still crossbowmen, they use 300 steps (about 450 meters) to ambush the crossbow, to the rushing up of the Tubo cavalry arrows, the arrow is through the armor arrow, the tip of the arrow is thin and long, pervasive, this is the most effective weapon against the Tubo chain mail. The arrows were strong, and the more than 100 cavalrymen who were galloping at the front were immediately shot to the ground. But the distance was too close, and the Tibetan cavalry immediately rushed to the front.

In front of the well-organized infantry phalanx, the light cavalry could not take advantage of it, they could only look for opportunities to break the formation, and once the phalanx collapsed, the cavalry became the nemesis of the infantry.

The Tibetan cavalry rushed left and right around the periphery of the Tang Army's sword and shield army, trying to find loopholes, but the arrows inside the sword and shield army kept whistling, shooting the cavalry one after another and falling to the ground.

At this time, the Tibetan lord Iron Blade Sinoluo led a thousand infantry had arrived, he roared loudly, cursed angrily, and commanded the Tubo army to rush towards the Tang army.

Li Siye's Mo army has been in a stalemate with the Tubo army, although the Mo knife army is powerful, but the enemy army is three times its own, and all of them are not afraid of death, and they are entangled with the Mo sword army with a flesh and blood array.

The cavalry of the Tang army was relatively the weakest of the troops, and the 1,000 cavalry and the 1,000 Tibetan cavalry were able to fight to a draw, and they were unable to support the Tang army.

The situation on the battlefield is confusing, the Modao army still has the upper hand, the cavalry and the other party do not distinguish between victory and defeat, the most tragic part is still the sword and shield army temporarily changed from the bow and crossbow army, and the flesh and blood are flying, the corpses are piled up like a mountain, and they are being pressed down step by step to shrink and change.

A thousand infantry desperately resisted the crazy onslaught of the other party's two thousand people, but no one took a step back, Li Qing, the commander of the Tang Army, was guarded by three hundred guards between the camps, he saw the faces of each soldier, that was a face that had no hope, but begged to die, inspired the courage in their hearts to fight and die for the nation, tears unconsciously slid down Li Qing's face, he had never been so moved as at this moment, personal honor and disgrace, the battle of the court, all left him at this moment, He only had the determination to shed blood and die for the sake of this country and the nation.

He resolutely snatched a huge horn, raised his head to the sky and blew it, the horn sounded sad and indignant and desolate, echoing on the battlefield for a long time, echoing in the hearts of every Tang army soldier, killing until the last person.

Suddenly, in the distance, as if it should be peaceful, one by one the horn also sounded, a cavalry brandished variegated weapons, wearing mottled clothes, covering the sky and killing all over the world, in the yellow dust in the sky, their eyes revealed the same murderous aura as the Tang Army, what flowed on their bodies was the blood of the same country as the Tang Army, although they were horse bandits who killed people without blinking, but in the face of defending the honor of the nation and the country, they were all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

The head of the sword is as sharp as a man, and he always keeps his eyes on it.

The iron cavalry chased the captive, and the gold was tied to the gang.

In the first month of high autumn, Hudi was early in the wind and frost.

The man does not hesitate to die, and he dares to taste with you.

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In August of the fourth year of Tianbao, the Tubo Zanpu sent the general Tie Jian Xino Luo to lead 8,000 soldiers to attack Shazhou, in an attempt to disrupt the strategic deployment of the Tang army, and win the opportunity for the subsequent Longyou Campaign, but in the territory of Tubo near the Great Snow Mountain, it was blocked by the 3,000 Tang army led by Li Qing, the governor of Shazhou, the battle was fierce, and finally with the support of the horse bandits led by the Li Fei brothers, the Tang army won a great victory, and the 8,000 Tubo army finally only had less than 1,000 people fleeing back to Luo, and the main general Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo was seriously wounded, and the Tang army was also killed and wounded, and half of the 3,000 people were lost.

But this battle officially established Li Qing's position in the Tang Army, and the prestige of Li Dudu of Shazhou spread throughout Hexi and throughout the Tang Dynasty.