Chapter 286: Battle Plateau
In Tibet, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, about 2,000 miles away from Songzhou, a team of more than 100 people walked slowly on the empty meadows.
There were about a dozen camels in the procession, and the rest were horses, but these horses didn't seem to be well adapted to the environment that followed, and they walked with their heads down, without much energy.
This group of people is in a good state, they wear the clothes of the Tibetan people, and learn the way of speaking or communicating of the Tibetan people, but most of the time, they still communicate in the original Guanzhong dialect.
These were elite soldiers sent to Tibet, and because the goal of a thousand people was too large, they scattered across the land in units of 100 people.
After coming to Tibet for more than two months, they have gradually been able to adapt to the climate and environment here, although they are still a little panting after strenuous exercise, but it is much better than lying down after walking two steps at the beginning.
The soldiers' faces were tanned like those of Tibetans, flushed plateau red, and their skin was a little cracked, and they felt uncomfortable, so they poured a little water and smeared it on their faces.
Although the conditions were difficult, no one complained, but everyone happily chatted about what they had seen along the way.
Someone took out a pen and paper and recorded the topography and scenery along the way, as well as the culture of the people, as an important military intelligence record.
Tibet has always been a magical place for the people of the Central Plains, because of its high terrain and because of its strange climate.
But when they adapt to the environment here, they find that it is so close to the sky, as if they can reach out and touch the clouds in the sky, the starry sky here is so bright, there is a sense of freedom floating in the sky, which is probably the sense of freedom that everyone who has been to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will yearn for.
At ten o'clock, the soldiers caught an antelope, skinned it and roasted it directly on the shelf.
The antelope is very fast, almost as soon as it sees a person, it is impossible to shoot without super high archery, today is also lucky, I met an antelope that is lame and can't run fast, so I have been here for so many days, they have eaten this game for the first time, each soldier can get a piece of meat the size of a baby's palm, and the rest should be stored as dry food.
The soldiers ate meat and drank mare's milk, and it was a small half of the day.
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed soldier saw a man catching up from behind, he shouted, and the whole team stood up with a "hula", drawing swords or bending bows and arrows to guard against it.
After all, if you are in a foreign land, any disturbance may bring misfortune to yourself, so it is always right to be careful.
The person who came rode a horse, was this horse brought from the Tang Dynasty, like a horse produced in Tibet, so everyone unconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands, if it was an enemy, then it would ......
Suddenly, the man who came on horseback shouted in Guanzhong dialect: "Prepare the goods!" Buying and selling! ”
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and put down their weapons.
When the riders approached, the leader of the group stepped forward to talk.
"I don't know what to buy, how to do it?"
The rider dismounted, poured a mouthful of water into his mouth, and then said, "Find the nearest tribe to do, and if the deal fails, leave quickly, and someone will come to inform you when the trade is over." ”
The general nodded, and said, "Do you keep one hand, or don't you keep it?" ”
A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of the messenger, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said fiercely: "Don't stay!" If you can do it, you can do it! You guys start right away, and I'm going to go to the next team. ”
So saying, he turned on his horse again and ran in the other direction.
The general turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him, "Big guys, cheer up!" We're going to get to work! ”
The soldiers clenched their weapons in response to the general's shout, and soon, the army no longer moved forward as loosely as before, but formed a small battle formation, slightly accelerated, and began to explore the Tibetan villages.......
In a small herdsman village with only a dozen households, the men had just set up their tents, and the women and children were tending to the flock, when the soldiers of the Tang Army slowly approached them.
Someone saw the Tang soldiers from a distance, but because they were wearing the clothes of the Tubo people, they did not distinguish it, and thought that the army had returned, thinking that his son might also be in this army, the old man stood up happily, waved to the soldiers from a distance, and cheered their return.
"Huh!" The knife slashed through the old man's neck, and before he understood what was happening, he only saw a flash of silver light, and then his neck was cold, and the strength of his whole body was gradually being withdrawn.
"My... What about the son? The old man's eyes were confused, and he spit out this sentence before he died, and then fell to the ground without a sound.
When the villagers saw the old man killed, they finally panicked, the women screamed, the men roared, and the children cried.
It's a pity that the soldiers passing by have no mercy and mercilessly harvest their lives.
This small herdsman village of a dozen people was slaughtered, cattle and sheep were slaughtered, horses were taken away, and tents were burned.
Some soldiers couldn't bear to see this scene and wanted to stop it, but they opened their mouths but found that they had no reason.
The same thing happened in more than one place, and the other nine hundred-man teams all received the same news.
"Buy-and-sell" is a code word that means looting Tibetan villages, and the soldiers who received the order bared their fangs and raised butcher knives at the innocent villagers.
Some people may feel cruel and raise a butcher's knife against innocent villagers is unkind, but when the city of Songzhou was broken, the Tubo people were not benevolent to the tens of thousands of people in the city.
Maybe this is what the Buddhists call a retribution and a retribution, maybe even Songtsen Gampo himself doesn't know that retribution will come so quickly.
However, because there were few adults in Tubo, the Tang army did not kill too many people, but their actions attracted the attention of the Tubo garrison.
Because so many villagers in this area have been killed, it is difficult for the remaining troops not to notice.
So the first Tang army inevitably met with the left-behind army, the number of the two sides was about the same, the Tubo people were slightly less, only about eighty, and the weapons they brought were tattered in the eyes of the Tang army.
However, it was these eighty troops who actually assembled with the battle array, and the Tang army, which was superior to them, was killed by equal ranks!
Tang Jun suffered a big loss in physical fitness when they fought, they just could adapt to the environment here and would not faint easily, but it did not mean that they could do strenuous exercise for a long time, especially in battle.
During the battle of a stick of incense, several Tang soldiers were stabbed to death by the Tubo people because of symptoms such as asthma and dizziness.
With the passage of time, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army became worse and worse, and the physical strength declined greatly, and many people were panting and almost in shock, but they still gritted their teeth and fought.
On the contrary, the morale of the Tibetan people is getting higher and higher, and now they are completely pressing the Tang army.
Seeing that this Tang army was about to collapse......
"Whoosh!" An arrow hit the center of the Tubo man's eyebrows, and his excited expression didn't have time to rein, so he stiffened, and fell straight to the ground and died.
Immediately afterwards, one arrow after another was shot, and the Tubo people who were caught off guard were hit by arrows to the end, and the Tang army seized the opportunity to make up for it and counterattacked.
In the distance, the same hundred-man Tang army appeared, and the new combat effectiveness increased, and soon the Tubo people were scattered and fled.
But the Tang army was not happy, because they found a very serious problem: on the plateau, they could not defeat the Tubo people!
I'm so busy today that I almost forgot to upload it.,Don't say it.,Crying and coding another chapter.
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