Under the cover of the heavy night fog, more than a dozen cavalrymen galloped into the camp of the Tang army, and Zhang Huan was urgently woken up by his own soldiers.

"Trisong Dezan is dead!" Zhang Huanteng stood up, he couldn't believe his ears, looking at the few Tang soldiers with serious faces, he was sure that he was not dreaming, Tubo Zampu was indeed dead, but his intuition told him that things might not be so simple, he sat down slowly, and asked in a deep voice: "How did you get the news, tell me in detail, you must not hide it at all." ”

A Tang soldier stepped forward and reported: "Governor Qiyu, this is what his subordinates have seen with their own eyes. ”

"Wait!" Zhang Huan interrupted him, he looked the soldier up and down, and suddenly asked in surprise, "Aren't you Guan Ying, who was promoted to Guoyi Lieutenant after defending Zhang Sancheng?" How did you become a soldier again? ”

Guan Ying lowered his head in shame, "His subordinates left the camp without General Cao's consent, and led the army to attack Dashicheng, and they should be beheaded according to military law, but they almost captured the enemy chief alive and found out the news of the death of the enemy chief, so General Wang will be guilty and only remove his subordinates from their military positions." ”

"I see." Zhang Huan smiled, he didn't say anything, and asked him again: "You said that you almost captured Tubo Zampu alive, what is going on?" ”

"My subordinates were lucky enough to find out the whereabouts of the enemy chieftain." Guan Ying told him how he got the news, how he followed him, and finally found out that it was Trisong Detsen hiding in Dashi City, he led the enemy army out, and then entered the city and the bloody battle with the Tubo army told in detail, and finally he sighed. said regretfully: "The subordinates are about to succeed." But at this time, Tubo Zampu was poisoned and died, and Tubo reinforcements also arrived, and his subordinates fell short and failed to take the head of Tubo Zampu. ”

"Did you see the death of Tubo Zampu with your own eyes?" Zhang Huan asked again.

"My subordinates didn't see it in person. But there were brothers under him who knew Tibetan, and two of their doctors shouted in panic. It is said that Zampu died of illness, and the captives captured by his subordinates afterwards also said that they Zampu was poisoned by a poisoned arrow in Tocharo, and he died of poison. ”

Zhang Huan smiled slightly. "I see!"

He paced slowly in the tent with his hands behind his back, and in general, the commander of the enemy army was killed. The soldiers no longer have the will to fight, but they can take advantage of the situation to defeat them in one fell swoop, but there is another possibility in the middle, that is, Tri Song Detsen is not actually dead, the so-called mourning soldiers will win, in the case of the balance of power is not in favor of his own land, he took the opportunity to release a wail, which not only confuses the enemy, but also stimulates the fighting spirit of his own army. And maybe turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop. Don't be careless about it.

Zhang Huan stopped, looked at Guan Ying and said with a smile: "Can you accept General Wang's punishment?" ”

"The subordinates are convinced!" Guan Ying said without hesitation: "Although his subordinates have been dismissed. However, the brothers who attacked Dashicheng with his subordinates were all rewarded, and General Wang's rewards and punishments were clear, and his subordinates had nothing to say. ”

"If you think like that, it means that you really know that you are wrong." Zhang Huan nodded and smiled: "Since General Wang sent you to report to me, then you can stay as my personal army captain!" ”

Guan Ying was so excited that he knelt down to Zhang Huan and saluted, "My subordinates are willing to die for the governor!" ”

Zhang Huan only smiled and did not answer, when Guan Ying retreated, he immediately walked to the sand table, carefully inspected the situation of Tang, Tubo, and Da Shi, the news of Da Shi's occupation of Shule has passed for five days, regardless of whether all the follow-up troops from other places have arrived, but as far as their prince was captured by the Tang army, it is impossible for them to sit firmly in Diaoyutai anymore, judging from the fact that their scouts have not yet detected the situation of the Da Shi army, they are at least four or five days away from here, four to five days away, and when they arrive, The battle between himself and Tibet should have ended.

At this time, Zhang Huan's eyes moved to a small city on the sand table, above the city of Jubiluo, the main force of the Tubo people is currently staying here, Wang Siyu's army is ten miles west of them, and he is still twenty miles away from them, the small city to the north is the most precipitous and majestic section of the Tianshan Mountains, and to the south is also the middle of the Tulun moraine, the sand sea is long, stretching for two thousand miles, the Tubo army can not get out alive anyway, so their only way out is to fight the Tang army.

"The time is ripe!" Zhang Huan straightened up and muttered to himself.

The autumn wind is severe, and under the cold August sky, the vast grassland is silent, and a goshawk glides downwind, hovering lonely under dense layers of clouds.

The 80,000 Tang army was divided into three huge phalanxes, less than two miles apart from each other, distributed parallel to the endless vast grassland, they stepped on a huge and heavy drumbeat, rhythmically marched westward, the Tang army, whether it was Modao infantry or crossbowmen, all of them rode war horses, each of them had a grim gaze, a clenched lip, and a straight waist, although he or he was only a small soldier among the 80,000 people, but they knew that this battle was directly related to the results of their conquest in the Western Regions in the past six months, and related to the honor and rise of the empire, Even when it comes to their lives, they also have no way out, either kill the Tibetans or be killed by the enemy, it will be a battle to decide the outcome with life and death, everyone, even their commander has left a suicide note,

In the north phalanx of the Tang army mixed with three hundred thunderbolt chariots, this chariot after the battle with the Qarluqs, the Tang army has found that its gunpowder power is far greater than the effect of crossbow arrows, so its use to a single development, the chariot will no longer hide crossbowmen, so that it greatly reduces its load, so that it can be fired in the run, or stone or crossbow, in addition to each chariot will have three hundred cavalry guards, in order not to startle the horses, the Tang army specially for 10,000 cavalry adaptive training, The war horses were accustomed to the loud sound and flames of gunpowder explosions, and at the same time, a batch of war horses' head guards were specially made of leather and thickened on the ears, all of which greatly reduced the fear of gunpowder among the Tang army's war horses.

Zhang Huan's Iron Guard was located in a phalanx in the middle, and the most elite cavalry of the 3,000 Xiliang Army was closely guarding the commander, and at this moment, Zhang Huan's eyes were focused on the goshawk soaring in the sky, a bird of prey endemic to the grassland. Feeds on hares and prairie rats. Most of them inhabit the dense forests at the foot of the Tien Shan Mountains, and many experienced herders use them to determine their direction.

The army was less than ten miles away from Kubiluo City, and a scout came galloping from the front and reported to Zhang Huanyu: "General Wang Siyu is facing the Tubo army in front, waiting for the order of the governor!" ”

"You can attack!" Zhang Huan gave a short but powerful order. The soldiers behind him immediately released more than two dozen red-stained goshawks.

Dozens of red dots rose into the air and flew along the wind towards the northwest of Kubila City.

On the grasslands north of the city of Kupila. Wang Siyu's 20,000 cavalry was like a longbow that was gradually full, with arrows on the string, ready to attack, two miles in front of them. The 40,000 Tibetan troops were ready to fight, and like the Tang army, even the infantry rode on horseback. However, by this time the infantry had dismounted and formed a phalanx of 40,000 men, a total of 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry.

This is also an army fought hard in Tochar, with extremely strong combat effectiveness, although the news of Zampu's death made him immersed in grief, but their will was not depressed, on the contrary, the survival ** burned in their hearts, which inspired their fighting spirit even more. The biggest characteristic of the Tibetan army is that it is tenacious and brave, and does not retreat to fight to the death. In their numerous battles, despite the obvious superiority of the enemy forces. But it was their fierce battle to the death that caused the enemy army, which was still above them, to collapse first.

So whether this scene will be repeated today, 100,000 Tang troops vs. 40,000 Tibetan troops, let's wait and see.

Due to the popularity of long-distance weapons in modern warfare, it is difficult to have tragic hand-to-hand combat at close range, and even after a battle is over, the soldiers on both sides do not even fight each other, but in ancient wars, especially on the flat grasslands, the war relied on cavalry attacks and spectacular marches to show epic heroic deeds.

Wang Siyu's eyes had gradually narrowed into a slit, and he saw several red eagles flying over Kupila City, which was the signal to attack.

"Attack!" He roared, the low horn sounded suddenly, the Tang cavalry seemed to have accumulated to the extreme flood, the dam collapsed, the flood rushed, the white waves were surging, and it was like a storm in the field, 10,000 cavalry divided into two teams, roaring and swept towards the two wings of the Tubo army.

The Tubo army was obviously frightened by the momentum of the Tang army's attack that was like a landslide, and their position gradually moved back, but under the orders of the experienced commander Xi Zhizang, they finally held on to their position in the face of the furious Tang attack.

"Shoot the arrows!" Xi Zhizang coldly gave an order, and five thousand Tubo archers fired arrows at the Tang army together, and the rain of arrows turned into a black mist, densely flying towards the Tang army, mixed with the launch of several stones, and several black and swarthy boulders were also smashed towards the Tang army.

At the same time, the crossbow arrows of the Tang army also began to shoot, thousands of arrows roared towards the Tubo army, in the rain of arrows shuttled, there were constantly Tang soldiers planted from their horses, screaming and being swallowed by the rolling horses' hooves, and the Tubo also fell in pieces, as if the wheat had been cut down.

"Attack!" Although the 5,000 cavalry was not necessarily the opponent of the Tang army, it could effectively weaken the offensive momentum of the Tang cavalry, so that the Tang army could not break through the large array formed by the Tubo army.

Xi Zang is a veteran, as early as the beginning of Tang Suzong's accession to the throne, he led the Tubo army and the Nanzhao army to jointly attack the Jiannan of the Tang Dynasty, so that the emperor Taishang who was still taking refuge in Shu County at that time was frightened, decades of conquest to him has accumulated rich experience, he knows that the 20,000 cavalry of the Tang army is not the real main force of the Tang army today, the main force of the Tang army should be behind him, waiting for the moment of his own chaos to kill, he knows that the death of Zampu has caused a huge blow to the psychology of the soldiers, once the Tang army is disrupted, it is very likely to be defeated.

In any case, you can't mess up, this is the bottom line of Xi Cheek hiding at the moment.

A hundred steps away, the vigorous right-wing Tang army and the Tubo cavalry collided violently, the war horses screamed, the flesh and blood flew, the Tang army and the Tubo army fell into a close-range white-knuckle battle, they caught and killed, the lance and spear striking, the horizontal knife and the long sword collided, and people were constantly picked off the horse, screaming and being trampled into meat by iron hooves.

To the north, the left flank of the Tang army rushed to the side of the infantry formation of the Tubo army without any resistance, and saw the cavalry of the Tang army pressing like a mountain. The front rows of Tibetan troops shouted in despair. They closed their eyes one after another, and stabbed at the Tang army with their spears.

But the accident happened at this time, the Tang army did not attack the position of the enemy's phalanx, but rushed towards the Tubo army archers who had retreated to the rear, and the general Cao Hanchen took the lead. Wielding a broadsword, he instantly slashed into the group of archers.

In all classes. The defense of the crossbow army is undoubtedly the weakest link, not only because they do not have long weapons, but also because they have been trained for many years to shoot arrows, especially in the fight against enemy cavalry. They are undoubtedly a flock of sheep at the feet of the tiger.

Under the stormy impact of the Tang cavalry, the 5,000 archers began to mess up their formations and turned around and fled backwards.

That's when it happened. The Tang army's passionate charging horn sounded again, the drums sounded loudly, Wang Siyu had already discovered the enemy's commander's local formation, he immediately made a decision, led another 10,000 cavalry, and rushed towards the southernmost infantry phalanx.

Wang Siyu rode the divine horse Blizzard that Zhang Huan had just rewarded him, this is the purebred Arabian horse that haunted his dreams, and he dedicated it to his lord. Zhang Huan gladly accepted. but he was given back to him as a reward for his occupation of the Turtles.

With this magic horse, Wang Siyu is like a tiger with wings. He rushed to the front of the enemy army, shook the big iron spear, roared wildly, and the war horse jumped up high, and jumped into the enemy formation like a cloud from the head of the Tibetan army.

He brandished an iron spear, sweeping everything like a storm, and in front of him there were corpses and rivers of blood, and he actually opened a bloody path in the iron array of Tibet, and went straight to the commander of the enemy army.

Seeing that Wang Siyu descended from heaven like a god, single-handedly slaughtering in his own camp, as if he was rampaging in a no-man's land, he was so frightened that he retreated sharply under the protection of his own guards, and roared loudly, "Kill him!" Kill him! ”

The Tubo army was also enraged, nearly a thousand Tubo soldiers swarmed up, slashed their swords and spears, and killed Wang Siyu and his war horse, but his war horse deserved to be a BMW horse, it was extremely agile and psychic, and suddenly accelerated its speed, dodging the attack of the Tubo army on it in the gallop, Wang Siyu saw that the enemy commander had disappeared, his eyes squinted, and he saw a high white flag.

As soon as he pulled the reins, the blizzard carried him to the banner to cover up, Wang Siyu was like a thunderbolt through the forest, only an instant rushed to the front of the Tubo flag, he trembled with a big gun, stabbed the two flag bearers through, and then swung it, the corpse on the tip of the gun flew out horizontally, Wang Siyu pulled out the long sword, cut three swords sideways, and then cut off the flagpole, and the banner painted with snow mountains and lions fell down violently.

With the fall of the Tubo banner, the Tang army was like a rainbow, killing the Tubo army and retreating, and the position of the Tubo army began to be chaotic.

At this moment, the earth began to tremble, and there were two black lines in the distance, one left and one right, like two long black dragons, rushing towards the Tibetan army, and when they approached, there were hundreds of strangely shaped black carriages, each of which was pulled by eight horses, and six wheels were galloping under the long carriage.

There were three hundred cavalry guards around each carriage, and the Tubo army watched in amazement as the two long convoys of horses galloped past them, especially the rapid withdrawal of the Tang cavalry, which made the hearts of countless Tubo soldiers begin to feel faintly uneasy.

Suddenly, there was a strange sound from the carriage, and hundreds of swarthy balls fell densely on the top of Tubo's head, and some of the Tubo soldiers saw the fuse burning on the ball, and began to shout in horror, "Thunder!" Thunder! Desperately fleeing to both sides, a violent explosion echoed in the grassland, deafening, the red flames burst out, connected into a sea of fire, the huge shock wave carried countless broken porcelain pieces to fly in all directions, the stumps and broken arms flew horizontally, the sound of wailing and fear was endless, since Ma Chongying's department was completely wiped out for the first time with the help of gunpowder, gunpowder has become a nightmare for the Tubo people, and even Trisong Dezan remembered this powerful weapon before he died.

At the moment of the explosion of the porcelain bomb, the phalanx that the Tibetan army had been struggling to maintain quickly collapsed, and the Tibetan soldiers fled frantically in all directions, screaming hysterically and trampling on each other, just to avoid the wrath of the thunder god, and they had completely lost the courage to resist in their hearts.

The Thunderbolt chariots passed by the Tibetan army, and they turned around again and galloped eastward, launching a new round of throwing, and after only two explosions, the 40,000 Tibetan army was routed.

"Kill!" Wang Siyu's spear raised to the sky, 20,000 Tang cavalry like a raging wave rushing to the coast, overwhelming the defeated Tubo army to cover up, the green grass rolled under the horses' hooves, the Tubo army was wailing, fear enveloped them, they scrambled for their lives, they fell to the ground one after another, angry horse hooves galloped past them, the lance pierced their chests mercilessly, the Tang army fought bravely to kill the enemy, the blood of the Tang Dynasty men burned like a flame in their bodies, driving away the dark and humiliating history of the Tang Dynasty.

At the end of August of the sixth year of Xuanren, the Tang army defeated the last 40,000 main Tibetan troops in one fell swoop in the city of Kubiluo, beheading more than 35,000 people.

The Tang army was non-stop, and the cold sword once again pointed at the Great Food Army that had invaded Shule.