Chapter 769: The Death of Tubo
The news of the capture of the city spread like a plague among the army, and even the best efforts of Songtsen Gampo and Ludongzan could not stop the spread.
After hearing the news, the soldiers of Tibet immediately panicked, worried about the fate of their families, and worried about their own fate made them have no intention of fighting, thousands of people fled that night, even this number, it is the result of many soldiers who attempted to escape, in addition, there are many soldiers in the army who just have this idea and do not take action.
It can be said that there are now 50,000 or 60,000 people in the Tubo army, and more than ninety percent of them have no intention of fighting, and only four or five thousand people still have the strength to fight.
"Great Khan, I really didn't expect the morale of the army to be turbulent to such an extent, alas, some of the soldiers who supervise military discipline have moved the mind of fleeing, and now that the country is ruined and the family is about to die, these people do not say that they are united against foreign enemies, but they are thinking about escaping, what is the use of escaping? Haven't they heard of such a thing as a dead lip and a cold tooth, and a nest with no eggs? Once I lose my country, what good life will they have in the future? ”
When Lu Dongzan, the great minister of Tibet, reported to Songtsen Gampo about the escape of the soldiers yesterday, he not only told the results of the investigation, but also expressed such feelings.
When Songtsen Gampo heard this, he was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said softly: "If you resist, you will die, if you don't resist, we will die, we have lost our roots, and our demise has long been doomed, and the sergeants are not unaware of this, in this case, why should they fill in their lives in vain?" Although this will inevitably make the ethnic group perish, but they can pretend to be Han people in the future and integrate into the Han ethnic group, although this is a bit reluctant, but after all, they can save their lives, and then find Han people to intermarry with them, and within 20 years, no one in this world will call themselves Tubo, which means that after 20 years, there will be no Tubo people in the world......"
Both the monarchs and ministers were depressed because of this matter, but the truth was in front of them, and no one could do anything but sigh relatively, but there was nothing they could do.
And Lu Xun, who was chasing the Tibetan army, was already very sensitive to the negative pessimism and even despair in the Tubo camp at this time.
In just one night, he found that the number of cooking smoke coming out of the Tubo camp was much less than usual, and after the Tubo army left, he went to pick up the enemy camp, and found that the stove pit was nearly two percent less than yesterday, and combined with the news that he also got the news that the city of Luo was captured, his heart was suddenly convinced, and a large number of Tubo soldiers fled overnight, and this time Tubo was probably going to end.
Therefore, Lu Xun decided to attack the enemy camp at night tonight and finish his work in one battle!
However, there were still people in Lu Xun's camp who were frightened by this, and one of them, Zhang Wen, a staff officer in his early twenties, was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard Lu Xun's decision, and persuaded him bitterly: "Governor, the situation of the other party is unknown, it is better not to jump to conclusions so rashly, this may be a ploy of thieves, and there is a relevant record in the war book, which is Sun Bin Tianzao's plan to reduce troops." ”
Lu Xun did not obey, but decisively ordered, all the officers and men of the three armies assembled, and led the army to attack at night, without mistakes, and anyone who violated the order was dealt with in accordance with military law, and no one would be forgiven.
Although Zhang Wen was dissatisfied, but the military law was ruthless, he could only helplessly obey it, but Zhang Wen decided to follow Lu Xun closely, once defeated, as long as Lu Xun could escape, he would be able to escape.
In fact, in Zhang Wen's view, today's defeat should be inevitable, and there is no possibility of victory.
At the third watch of the same night, Lu Xun led the army to the outside of the Tubo camp and launched a fierce attack on the Tubo promise.
The Tubo camp was in chaos instantly, the soldiers scattered and fled, there was no intention of resistance at all, after Songtsen Gampo and Lu Dongzan learned the news, they hurriedly organized resistance, but in the face of the life and death crisis, the soldiers did not care, there were few people who obeyed their orders, and Lu Dongzan, the great minister of Tubo, was knocked down by a great knight who came on-demand in the chaos, and was trampled to the ground by the soldiers and war horses who came later, and finally was trampled to death, no one knew in the dark night that their prime minister died tragically like this......
Songtsen Gampo originally thought that Lu Dongzan would soon lead the army to make peace with him, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Lu Dongzan coming, his heart became more and more heavy and bitter, and finally he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lu Dongzan, I really didn't expect that even my great minister would abandon me, it seems that my death in Tibet is really providential." ”
At this time, I saw Lu Dongzan's personal soldier captain rushing over, and said with tears: "Great Khan, Great Prime Minister, he sacrificed his life for the country, before suddenly hearing that the Han army rushed to the system, the Great Minister immediately organized soldiers to resist, but in the chaos was knocked to the ground by a knight who rushed to the ground, and then trampled to death by people and horses, the villain obviously saw this scene in the distance, but he had time to rescue in the future, resulting in the death of the Great Minister, the villain deserved ten thousand deaths, and asked the Great Khan to surrender!" ”
Songtsen Gampo nodded when he heard this, and sighed softly: "After all, the great minister is still loyal to my Tubo, at least at this point, I Songtsen Gampo did not see the wrong person, hehe, I originally thought that I was eloquent and strategic, enough to create an imperial industry like Han Gaozu or Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, but I didn't expect things to develop so unsmoothly, I really think a little highly of myself, just one Lu Xun is difficult to win, if the Emperor of the Han Dynasty personally leads the army to come, the end will be even worse, alas, this is like a flower of the country, the world of flowers, But it's not a stage where my talent is enough to display, not for anything else, just because, Dahan has an eternal master like Liu He, and the iron bucket-like country is really an iron bucket, I am just a little mouse who can jump a few times, and I can still be the king and hegemon in the granary, but in the face of half of the iron bucket, there is nowhere to put my mouth, not only that, but also to break our teeth......"
At this time, a general of Songtsen Gampo's own army rushed to tell him that the Han army was not far away, only a few dozen paces away, and asked Songtsen Gampo to immediately lead the army to break through the siege.
However, Songtsen Gampo sighed: "Even if I can break through, where can I go?" Tibet has perished, although I, the king of the dead country, have no life, but I also have a bit of backbone, I would rather die than steal my life, you each run for your life! ”
After finishing speaking, Songtsen Gampo was about to kill himself, but several quick soldiers rushed forward, hugged him, and said in unison: "Great Khan, I can't help it." ”
Songtsen Gampo had a serious face, and Sen Ran said, "Do you want me to be a prisoner of the Han army?" Then I might as well die! ”
"This ......" The pro-soldiers retreated, and watched with tears on their faces as Songtsen Gampo, who was like a god in their hearts, calmly committed suicide.
"Great Khan, I am willing to follow you underground!" Among Songtsen Gampo's personal soldiers, hundreds of them committed suicide with their masters, and it can be said that at this moment, Tubo is dead!