At noon, two hours after Wang Weiliang's troops arrived, most of the Tang army also arrived one after another, first of all, the Beiting military horse led by Cheng Qianli, more than 3,000 horsemen spread along the banks of the Zang River, and the momentum was amazing.

Immediately afterwards, there was one after another Anxi town army, Tian Zhen's Quy Nhon army in front, Yang He's Khotanese town army on the left, Liang Zai's army on the right, nearly 7,000 people, nearly 20,000 military horses of the huge team, also gave people a very shocking impact, as if endless.

Surrounded by these military horses, there are two side by side Yabian Festival flags, under the big flag, Zhang Boji and Cheng Qianli, Feng Changqing rode side by side, wearing a round-necked regular uniform, a jade belt around the waist, and a shirt on the head, which is very conspicuous among the warriors in military uniform.

"My subordinates have seen two Zhongcheng and I have seen the envoy." Wang Weiliang had already been repaid, and hurriedly led his men out of the city.

"How many Tibetans have arrived?" Cheng Qianli couldn't be polite to him, so he asked.

"There are no less than 20,000, whether there are still in the back, I don't know, they cover both sides of the Zang River, and their subordinates can't get by." Wang Weiliang lowered his head a little weakly, in fact, he had never been out of Gongtang City at all, but only asked for some news from the defenders, but did not confirm it.

Of course, he only has five hundred people, and if he really wants to do something, he can't do it, Cheng Qianli listened, and exchanged a look with Zhang and Feng, in this case, Zhang Boji had no idea, and had to look at Feng Changqing.

"I have to guard against it, after all, this is the place of the Tubo people, although we have taken Gongtang City, the number of people is still far inferior."

Feng Changqing analyzed it decently, not far from Cheng Qianli's judgment, although he was called a "madman", he was not a stupid person, and said in a deep voice.

"Zhangxiong and Nibore, when will they arrive?"

"The Nebrasians have arrived, and they are in this city, but there are only five thousand of them, and it is okay to defend the city, and I hope that they will go into battle, but I am afraid that it will not be possible." Feng Changqing remembered the situation when he set off from the Qionglong Silver City, and continued to say: "The elephant male is also average, just bluffing, no matter how much he comes, it is difficult to do anything. ”

"Don't you just expect them to bravado, so there's no need to go into battle." Cheng Qianli said disapprenously: "Zhang Shaoqing, you are a righteous envoy, a big idea, you have to take it." ”

Zhang Boji frowned, looking at the layers of camp tents in the distance, he was undecided, things must be discussed, and how to do it in the current situation is also clueless.

Directly opposite them, the Tubo people who had rested for two hours moved, and Shang Jiexi stepped out of the camp under the escort of his own soldiers and horses, and the Tubo soldiers and horses behind him also discharged a compelling momentum, and did not let the Tang army in the distance be far away.

"How many Tang people are coming?" Shang Jiexi looked at the overlapping flags on the opposite side, and he felt unsure in his heart.

"It's hard to say, look at their banners, the soldiers and horses of Anxi and Beiting have arrived."

"No, if it's true, they don't have to do it at all, Shang Jiezan told me that the Tang army that invaded Bolu was less than 10,000 people, that is the news he found in the Tang camp, and it should be credible."

Shang Jiexi turned his head and glanced at Gongtang City: "Maybe with the people in the city, they can be equal to us, so it's okay, the two sides can talk, there is room for talking." ”

"Dashang, do you want your subordinates to send someone to ask?"

"No, in this case, whoever takes the initiative first will fall behind, calm down, drag it out, and see how the Tang people react."

Shang Jiexi gave an order, and the army of the Tubo people stopped at a distance of about four or five hundred paces, and the black pressure was like a dark cloud, which made Zhang Boji's heart sway even more.

At the same time, Liu Ji, who was almost on the same level as them, was leading the Zhangxiong people through the Nianqing Tanggula Pass, a large mountain in the heart of the Qingqiang Plateau, which divides the vast plateau in two.

Liu Ji was a little surprised, the scene in front of him was a bit like the prairie of Mobei, several rivers originating from the glacier belt of the snow-capped mountains, meandering into the distance, full of herds of cattle and sheep, and conical tents, dotted between heaven and earth, which was not at all what he remembered.

"Go and ask if there are any Han slaves who are familiar with this area." Liu Ji commanded, Xiao Wu went in response, Xiao Si looked at the bottom of the mountain and asked suspiciously.

"You suspect we're going in the wrong direction?"

Liu Ji didn't answer him, just glanced back at the tall mountains, the main peak of Nianqing Tanggula Mountain is more than 7,000 meters above sea level, at this time most of it is hidden in the clouds, and the part that is exposed is the same color as the white clouds, and the mountain pass they climbed over is at least five thousand meters, if it weren't for these Zhangxiong people who are used to the plateau area, how many people would have to be lost due to disease alone?

The more he gets to this point, the more he has to be careful, the road ahead is unpredictable, he does not have any foresight, the place where the Tubo people negotiated with the Tang people is in Gongtang, whether they made the trip, how many people they brought, and how many defenders there are in some cities, are all unknown, but even if there are not many, with the habits of the Tubo people, it is possible for all the people to be soldiers, and the whole city is a soldier, these words can only be held in the heart, and no one can say it.

On the road, there is no regret, along the way, they broke countless nomadic tribes, rescued tens of thousands of Han slaves, and now the whole team has grown to nearly 80,000 people, just behind him, countless figures are struggling to move forward, among them, there are both strong men, women and children, everyone knows where they are going, but there is no turning back.

Because, apart from their lives, they have nothing left, and life is the least thing they care about in their minds.

It didn't take long for Xiao Wu to bring a few Han slaves over, these people looked no different from the Tibetan herdsmen, from hairstyles to clothing, but their faces still had a bit of the appearance of Guanzhong people.

"They said that it was the fiefdom of the Tibetan nobles, and that those pastures were not allowed to be entered, and even if the Tibetans themselves went to the wrong place, they would be whipped."

Xiao Wu translated the Tibetan dialect for him, these Han people can no longer speak fluent Chinese, and it is not practical for him to translate, Liu Tan can also understand a thing or two, but he did not interrupt.

"Namtso, how far is it from here?" In this case, he simply changed to Tubo.

A Han man looked at him a little nervously, and said, "It must be just ahead, one year the head of the tribe told us to drive a herd of cattle and sheep to pay taxes, so we walked through this pasture, and stayed overnight by the river, and the next day when the sun went down, we arrived at the Namco Lake." ”

"Okay." Liu Tan gave him an encouraging look, and the man's eyes suddenly brightened: "Do you still remember the road?" ”

"Little remember, it was along the river and finally into the lake." The man nodded affirmatively.

Since the direction is not wrong and there is a clear route, Liu Ji has the bottom in his heart and immediately has an idea.

"Want revenge?" He stared at the faces of several Han people and said gently.

A few Han people, you look at me, I look at you, and they all nodded vigorously.

"It's good to have a heart, but I'm afraid that after being a slave for a long time, I will forget who I am." Liu Ji magnified his volume, got up from the slope, and said to the crowd of people who were climbing up the mountain pass.

"How many years have they oppressed you, you will rush up and cut as many knives as you want, and vent all the hatred in your hearts, I don't want to take prisoners, and I don't want to live my mouth, as long as you tell them loudly before killing these so-called nobles, who are you!"

"In Chinese."