Zhangye County, here is the ruling center of Tubo in Hexi, but also the bridgehead of Tubo to attack the Tang Dynasty, there have always been heavy troops stationed, but from the thirteenth year of Qingzhi, the strategic focus of Tubo gradually moved to Anxi, in the tug-of-war with Hui Hui for the North Court, the Tubo army in Hexi is basically concentrated in the first line of Dunhuang County, with the northern attack of the Anxi Tubo army, at this time Zhangye County only 20,000 garrisons.

However, at the end of the second year of Xuanren of the Tang Dynasty, when Zhang Huan of Wuwei County attacked Longyou, Zhangye's Tubo army quietly changed, and the 50,000 Tubo army in Anxi and the 30,000 Tubo army in Dunhuang County arrived in Zhangye, and the Tubo army in Zhangye County had reached 100,000.

Shortly after the New Year of the third year of Xuanren, that is, on the same day that the Tibetan envoy Shang Zanpo entered Beijing to formally establish an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, Tubo Zanpu Trisong Dezan quietly arrived in Zhangye County.

Ten years ago, Trisong Dezan decided to conquer Tianzhu and Tocharo in the west, and temporarily relaxed the attack on the Tang Dynasty, but with the unsmooth southern expedition of Tubo to Tianzhu, and the Great Food sent troops to obstruct Tubo from conquering Tocharo, Trisong Dezan's eyes turned to the east again, but at this time, Tubo and Hui broke out a war for the north court, which made Trisong Dezan once again slow down the plan to attack the east, that is, at this time, Zhang Huan occupied Wuwei County.

However, with the changes in the domestic political situation of the Hui and the retreat of the two countries, Trisong Dezan once again raised the sword to cut at the Tang Dynasty.

In order to paralyze the other party, Tri Song Detsen planned a conspiracy for nearly a year, he proposed to ally with the Tang Dynasty, it seems that Tubo is unable to carry out a three-line war helplessly, during which Ma Chongying, the governor of Hehuang Du, sent troops to Huixi Fort without authorization, almost ruined Trisong Dezan's plan, and was recalled to Luo Some and reprimanded him fiercely.

While alliing with the Tang Dynasty, he secretly transferred troops to Zhangye to prepare. Trisong Detsen himself arrived in Zhangye County, and he wanted to personally command this war to capture Longyou.

There is a castle ten miles west of Tianbao County, Wuwei County, called Jiao Castle. It is the westernmost castle of the Tang Dynasty at present, far away is the steep peak of the Yanzhi Mountain, which is a branch of the Qilian Mountains, it is connected with the Qilian Mountains covered with snow, only at the southern foot of the mountain range there is a canyon two miles wide, and the Jiao Castle is held at the southernmost end of this canyon.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the Battle of Hehuang on March 15, it was supposed to be a full moon night, but it was covered with dark clouds and no light on the stars and moon. The pitch-black mountains were like a sleeping dragon, and most of the eight hundred garrisons of the castle were also asleep, and only a dozen or so sentries on duty looked boredly at the dark clouds in the sky, indeed, the days of calm had been several years, and an ordinary night was insignificant compared to years of calm, and the soldiers had long been numb. No one would have thought of it. A 3,000-strong Tibetan army was quietly sneaking towards the castle under the cover of night and the shape of the mountain, and had reached a hundred paces away, and on the other side of the canyon a few miles away, a hundred thousand Tibetan troops were lined up, boundless, and the flags were overwhelming, as if it was their murderous aura that covered the stars and moon.

Tri Song Detsen is almost forty years old this year, and he has half of the noblest blood of the Han people in his body. His mother is the princess of Jincheng of the Tang Dynasty, he is not tall, he speaks softly, and even seems a little weak, but he is the ninety-five supreme of Tubo. One sentence of his words can decide the life and death of millions of people in the world.

He was the most outstanding Zampu in Tibet after Songtsen Gampo. In order to sweep away the old aristocracy and consolidate their absolute rule. Trisong Detsen introduced Buddhism and finally determined Buddhism as the state religion of Tibet, changing the situation in which the old aristocracy controlled the people's beliefs.

In his hands, Tubo's national strength once reached the most powerful peak, but he was ambitious, and he was so happy, and the invasion of the Tang Dynasty was also the most violent in a hundred years.

At this time, the supreme ruler of Tibet was sitting on a cart drawn by fifty majestic horses, and behind him a semicircular white tent like a bright moon, he stared at the mouth of the valley, and waited with a thousand years of patience for the news to come.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the night, and a centurion galloped up and knelt down in front of Trisong Dezan, "Report to Zampu, the castle has been taken." ”

Trisong Dezan nodded slightly, he turned back to the army and whispered: "You take the first step and tell the Wuwei army and the people, those who surrender to me can be the subjects of Tubo, I will not commit any crimes, but if there is the slightest resistance, even if it is an ant in Wuwei County, I will cut it into pieces." ”

After speaking, he closed his eyes tightly and didn't say a word, and after half a ring, his eyes opened slightly, and he still whispered softly: "Command the army, march into the army." ”

The 100,000 Tibetan army slowly started, accompanied by the sound of heart-wrenching low footsteps, they were like a demon army from the region, pointing to the east, killing everything, devouring everything!

Fifty miles north of Jincheng County along the Yellow River, the deputy envoy of the Jiedu who stayed in Longyou, He Lou Wuji, was inspecting the beacon tower, the governor of the west expedition to Hehuang has been half a month, all the way to the battle and successive victories, very smooth, the latest information is that the army has taken Huangshui City, so far, most of the Hehuang has returned to the Tang Dynasty, although the road is a big victory, but He Lou Wuji always feels a little restless, maybe it is too smooth.

He Lou Wuji stood on top of a mound, with a trace of worry looking in the direction of Wuwei County, he was not worried about the battle situation in Hehuang, there was a full scout in advance, there should be no problem, he was a little worried about Hexi, before Zhang Huan sent troops to Hehuang, he had always been the main general of Hexi, and there was always a special concern for Wuwei, he couldn't help but think of what Pei Mingyuan said when he opposed sending troops to Hehuang, we don't know the situation in Zhangye County.

It should be said that the governor also considered this possibility, so not a single soldier of Wuwei County went out to fight against Hehuang, 20,000 garrisons, and a high-walled city, it should be enough to deal with the 20,000 Tubo troops in Zhangye County, but He Lou Wuji still had an inexplicable worry, he shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, did he want to go back to Wuwei again?

Suddenly, a soldier behind him pointed into the distance and shouted, "General, beacon fire!" ”

He Lou Wuji turned his head violently, and one of his hearts seemed to fall into the abyss. I saw that dozens of miles away, two straight wolf smoke went straight into the sky, which was an alarm from the west side of the river. Tubo has attacked Hexi!

Without thinking, he turned his horse's head and rushed down the hill, "Assemble the army, return to Wuwei immediately!" ”

"But General, what about the Governor's side?" The words of the pro-soldier were like a basin of water head-on, and he immediately woke him up, yes, before leaving, the governor handed over the entire Longyou to him, instead of just letting him be in charge of the Wuwei domain.

He Lou Wuji pondered for a moment. He resolutely ordered: "Order the troops of Hue, Yan'an, Pingliang, and Suide counties to rush to Hui County, and then order the ships of Hui County to go west to meet the fleeing people to cross the river." ”

With that, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards Jincheng County.

The battle in Wuwei City was extremely fierce, with corpses strewn all over the city inside and outside the city, blood staining the earth red, and the fire in front of the city wall soared into the sky. The sound of wailing and screaming was incessant. The arrows were as dense as a torrential rain to the head of the city, the moat had already been filled, hundreds of ladders were erected on the head of the city, and on the city wall, the soldiers slashed and shot arrows, and the Tubo soldiers who were constantly rushing up the city had a bloody battle.

Not only soldiers, but also tens of thousands of people spontaneously threw themselves into the battle, the old man struggled to lift the stone and throw it down, and the woman put her head on her head and picked up a wooden stick and smashed it at the Tubo soldiers who rushed to the city. The boy was shot dead on the battlements, and more than half of the 10,000 Tang soldiers had been killed or wounded, but they had no way to retreat, and in the face of the overwhelming Tubo army, they had to fight to the death.

The heaviest part of the battle was in the west of the city. A wall collapsed under the onslaught of the siege, and a large hole collapsed. Thousands of Tibetan troops roared and rushed towards the collapse like ant colonies, and more than a thousand Tang troops under the leadership of Lin Delong were desperately resisting.

Lin Delong rushed to Wuwei from Kaiyang County to treat an epidemic that had occurred in Guzang County. At this time, Li Hengqiu, the general of the Dizhong Lang who guarded Wuwei County, had been killed in the battle to defend Tianbao County, and the 5,000 Tang Army was annihilated.

At this moment, the corpses at the entrance of the cave at the collapse have been piled up more than a foot high, Lin Delong was hit by three arrows, covered in blood, but he is still extremely strong and fierce to fight with the beast-like enemy army, under his big knife, more than 200 enemies have been killed, but there are too many Tubo troops on the surging ground, the cave entrance of the collapsed place has changed hands three times, and there are only more than 400 people left in the more than 1,000 Tang army, but none of them escaped, even Lin Delong's weak son and his daughter Pingping also fought to the death with their father.

"Daddy!" Lin Zhiyu suddenly let out a wail, a wolf tooth arrow pierced his chest, he glanced at his father with great nostalgia, his body weakened, and he fell to the ground and died.

"Brother!" Lin Pingping was crazy, she swung her knife and killed three Tubo soldiers in a row, turned around and rushed to the side of her eldest brother, picked up his soft body and shook desperately, but Lin Zhiyu was already dead, Lin Pingping couldn't help crying bitterly, "Brother, you can't die, don't you still have to participate in the imperial examination next year?" ”

Lin Delong stared blankly at the death of his eldest son, at this moment his heart was gone, burning with bitter hatred, at this time, he saw that dozens of Tubo troops had broken through the defense line, and raised his knife to cut his daughter with hideous eyes, he roared wildly, rushed up in a few steps, slashed with the knife, and suddenly the head was rolling, and the flesh and blood were flying.

Lin Pingping screamed, jumped up and fought desperately with his father against the Tubo army, and the four hundred Tang army soldiers also burst out of their last potential under the encouragement of their father and daughter, and killed thousands of Tubo soldiers out of the cave in one go

Two miles away, Chi Song Dezan watched expressionlessly as the two armies fought for the offensive and defensive battle of Wuwei City, he had invested 40,000 troops, and the bloody battle lasted for most of the day, with nearly 10,000 dead and wounded, but the city was still not taken, he turned his head and glanced at the general Shang Xi Dongzan, and said coldly: "Throw another 20,000 troops, I will give you another hour, if you still can't take Wuwei, you bring up your head to see." ”

Shang Xi Dongzan's face was swollen red, he knelt down and said: "The Tang army has no way to retreat, so fight to the death, I implore Zampu to agree to let go of the east gate, the enemy has a way to live, and he will no longer resist desperately, I will chase and kill with cavalry, and none of them will be able to escape." ”

"It's your business how to fight, I'll only give you an hour." Trisong Dezan's eyes closed, and he could not say a word.

Shang Xi Dongzan stood up abruptly and roared, "Order the east gate to withdraw from the siege, and then pass on my military order, if you can't take the city in half an hour, the centurion and above will be beheaded!" ”

The Tubo army invested 20,000 new troops, the drums rumbled, the shouting of killing shook the sky, the Tubo army pressed the attack with all its might, with the evacuation of the siege of the east gate, a large number of people began to flee from the east gate, and the defense line of Wuwei City gradually collapsed.

The Tubo army at the collapse of the West Gate attacked the most fiercely, nearly 10,000 Tubo troops took turns to attack frantically, and finally 400 Tang troops formed a human wall with their flesh and blood, in order to defend the dignity of the Tang soldiers, carrying out the last resistance.

Lin Delon knew that the general trend had gone, and the news of the opening of the siege of the East Gate had also reached him, looking at his daughter's stubborn and lonely back, he suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she always carried a frying pan to fight with boys, and his father's loving heart filled his heart for the last time.

He grabbed Pingping's arm and ordered: "You quickly go to Jincheng County to report the news and tell them that this is not an ordinary Tubo attack, but Tubo Zampu personally led the troops to attack Tang and asked them to ask the court for help." ”

Lin Pingping shook his head stubbornly, "Daddy, if you let someone else report the news, I will fight to the death on the battlefield today." ”

"!" Lin Delong was furious, he slapped his daughter hard, "It's okay if our father and son sacrifice their lives for the country, if you die, who will take care of your mother, do you want me to die without turning a blind eye?" ”

"Daddy!" Lin Pingping kowtowed to her father with tears, she wiped her tears, turned over and ran towards the east of the city.

Lin Delong watched his daughter walk away, he raised his head and roared, "Brothers, the time has come to be loyal to the country, follow me and kill it!" ”

A few miles away, Lin Pingping immediately stood on a high post, she looked at Wuwei City blankly, suddenly, there was a muffled bang, and a thick smoke rose into the sky, which was the explosion of the powder magazine of Wuwei City, which meant that the Tubo army had entered the city.

A crystal tear slid down Lin Pingping's face, she turned the horse's head, whipped hard, and galloped eastward.

On March 16 of the third year of Xuanren, Wuwei County fell.