The Tibetans liked to build their cities on top of mountains, and even their capitals were no exception, and with the geographical location of Gongtang, it was natural that defense would be the top priority to deal with threats from both Zhangzhung and Nibhara.

However, it was a hundred years ago, with the rise of Tibet, which gradually became the only powerful state on the plateau, the original threats slowly disappeared, and the functions of these important towns also changed completely.

The nomadic tribes that defended the capital, maintained trade routes, and guarded the Zang River valley became its new duty, garrisoning thousands of people all year round, and the city lord was also the convener of this tribe, a man in his forties, named "Jilong Zongga".

"Xi Dongzan? Didn't he escape, how could he be here? The man looked at the person who had come to report the news, and his face was a little unkind.

"Big boss, we were defeated in the east and retreated to Zhangxiong, not a flee."

The person who came was a close confidant of Xi Dongzan, who had followed him to Nepal, and of course he would not tell the truth at this time, but only told the Tang people that they were so difficult to defeat that they had to fight and retreat, and they were defeated all the way back.

Jilong Zongga's face was cloudy, Xi Dongzan was nothing, but the family behind him was powerful, and he could speak in front of Zampu, and it was not cost-effective to offend him.

"You mean the Elephant Male attacked you? Why didn't I get the message. ”

"It came too suddenly, and we were unprepared, but the news is true, and now they are following, Gongtang is the first to bear the brunt, the big leader, if nothing else, just for the Tang envoys we brought, there is no room for loss." The cronies pleaded bitterly.

"What did you say?" Jilong Zongga was taken aback: "Didn't Shang Jiezan say that the envoy of the Tang people would be waiting in the Qionglong Silver City?" ”

"It turned out to be there, but the attitude of the Xiangxiong people is unknown, for the benefit of Tibet, we can only escape with him, is this reason enough?"

Jilong Zongga can't calm down, Xi Dongzan is just that, if the envoy of the Tang people has something in his jurisdiction, in order to calm the anger of the Tang people, Zampu can only send his head over, the other party is right, now it is not a question of whether to accept or not, but how to ensure that they pass smoothly.

"You must know that there were originally 3,000 garrisons in this city, and because they had to deal with the offensive of the Tang people, half of them were transferred, and the people I can gather now are only 500 at most, and most of them also went to the front, and according to what you said, more than 5,000 people from Xiangxiong came, what should I do with Gongtang?"

"We Dongben said that if we lose the envoy of the Tang people, not only Gongtang, but also the entire Tubo will not be protected, big boss, please make a decision quickly."

The persuasion of his cronies worked, and Jilong Zongga first sent a messenger to the capital to report the news, and now it is not the distant Qinghai that is threatened, but the large rear that is close at hand, if Gongtang cannot guarantee safety, it means that the Zhangxiong people may be connected with the Tang people, if that?

A chill rose from Jilong Zongga's back, like snow on a mountain, which could not be dissipated.

In order to allow his cronies to ride alone to report the news, Xi Dongzan took out a horse from the group, but they could not do the same unless they discarded all their equipment and gave up half of their men, which was unacceptable to a Tibetan warrior.

Behind them, countless Zhangxiong people swept along the Zang River like locusts, attacking every tribe that had no time to escape, killing all the people inside, eating up their cattle and sheep, and reveling all night right under their noses, Xi Dongzan had to do his best to suppress the anger of his subordinates, in case they went to steal the camp alone, and perhaps the untouchables were waiting for them to do so.

Can't blame him for thinking too much, the actions of the Xiangxiong people are completely unexplainable by logic, knowing that Gongtang is not far ahead, where there are thousands of Tibetan defenders, how can they rush over with these unorganized people?

So what are they doing for, just to humiliate themselves?

If it weren't for the envoys of the Tang people in the team, Xi Dongzan was not afraid of fighting with them, even with a hundred or so people under his command, he was not afraid, he was able to break out of the encirclement unprepared, and now he can face it head-on, he really doesn't believe that these people can withstand his full impact.

The safest way is to send someone to contact the city and ask them to send troops to meet them, while he himself takes these elephants and males down the river to find a suitable burial place for them.

As long as a thousand people came, he dared to guarantee that none of these Xiangxiong people would go back, and for Gongtang, who had 3,000 defenders, there was no reason to shirk the dispatch of one-third of his troops to protect the envoys of the Tang people.

The behavior of the Zhangxiong people successfully aroused the anger of Xi Dongzan, which is already the territory of the Tibetan people, the Zang River valley, if they are allowed to invade and kill their own people, the Tubo people will not only lose this ancestral land, but also cause those large and small conquered to rebel, perhaps that is enough to kill.

If they can't even stop a team of ordinary people.

However, what he never expected was that two days later, about half the way from Gongtang, what they were waiting for was not their own people, but a bright red flag!

Xi Dongzan couldn't describe how he felt, like a person who was about to drown, suddenly grabbed a branch, and before it could float up, the branch broke at once.

He distinctly heard the rapid breathing of his men, a nightmare that he had been unable to get rid of for months.

Tang people, how could they suddenly appear on the shore of the Zang River!

The moment he saw the Tubo people, Yang Yu's eyes were red, and he even made a non-standard tactical move, which is strictly forbidden on the battlefield, that is, changing horses before the battle.

Yang Pre used the horizontal knife in his hand to cut off the lanyard of the reserve horse with his backhand, and the reserve horse that lost control immediately sped up, and when it was side by side with him, he turned over, jumped over from the horse, and cleanly realized the action of changing horses, and at the same time copied his hand, and put the arrow on the original horse in his hand.

Returning the knife into the sheath and drawing the bow in his hand, Yang Yu was in an urgent situation, his legs were on the horse's belly, and the war horse under his crotch neighed, roared and raised his hooves, and rushed into the river beach.

The light horsemen behind them did the same, and changed their horses to meet the enemy, but they did not care in the slightest that the enemy was outnumbered, and they did not care that the two sides were separated by a river, and they stepped into the water together, and rushed without hesitation in a way unimaginable to the enemy, and everyone shouted from their mouths.

"Kill the thief!"