Tanggula is a mountain on the plateau, wind and snow all year round, Tanggula Pass is the only way for the Tibetan people to go out of Tibet and enter Tibet, and it is the natural dividing line between Tibet and Qinghai.

The altitude here is higher than that of the Kunlun Pass, the temperature is lower, no one can live in the pass all year round, and there is no Tubo army stationed in the pass, only in the north of the Tanggula Pass, there is a Tubo army checkpoint.

Zhao Ziliang and his entourage spent four days on this plateau running 900 miles day and night, and forced more than 200 miles a day, and finally arrived at the foot of Tanggula Mountain on the afternoon of March 23.

It's getting dark soon, and the temperature is even lower after dark, and the weather will have unpredictable results, and it is too risky to climb up the mountain in the dark to attack the Tubo army checkpoint.

After encamping at the foot of the mountain, the army cordoned off the nearby village to prevent news from leaking.

Soon after Zhao Ziliang's series of orders were issued, Brehan came to report: "General, we killed the Tubo slave owners in the Tubo village, and the slaves explained that there were 500 people stationed at the Tubo army checkpoint halfway up the mountainside, and the checkpoint defense facilities were complete and heavily guarded.

Zhao Ziliang took the sheepskin and looked at it, this level is really built solid and precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, according to the number of troops in the checkpoint, and the other party has a condescending natural advantage, if you want to win this level, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people may not be able to beat it.

Originally, I was going to let the soldiers rest for a good night tonight, and the plan to attack the mountain again tomorrow morning would not work, and such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack level must not be attacked, and if it was attacked, more than 2,000 people would not be able to attack it.

After thinking and weighing for a moment, Zhao Ziliang decided to take a dangerous step and attack the Tubo army checkpoint halfway up the Tanggula Pass overnight, and he immediately said to Brehan: "Order the first battalion to get ready, attack the mountain overnight with this general, and the others will be led by Ma Lutong to stand by in the camp, and at the same time guard against the Tubo army coming from behind!" ”

"No!" Brehan agreed, and quickly passed on the order.

The first battalion of 1,000 people all dismounted to do infantry, under the leadership of Zhao Ziliang, slowly climbed up to the Tubo army checkpoint halfway up the mountainside in the north of Tanggula Pass.

Zhao Ziliang walked in the front with the handle of the chopping knife, but he had been calculating and controlling his speed in his heart, letting the soldiers rest for three minutes every quarter of an hour, as if not only allowing the soldiers to recover their physical strength quickly, but also allowing the soldiers to adapt to the altitude and height, without the phenomenon of altitude sickness.

Zhao Ziliang's time was well controlled, and as soon as nightfall, the army climbed to a distance of only two hundred meters from the Tubo army checkpoint, at this distance, after the sky darkened, the Tubo army in the checkpoint could not see the Tang army soldiers who were climbing the mountain.

The altitude of the checkpoint of the Tubo army in the middle of the mountain is about 4,000 meters, and the Tubo army can fully withstand this altitude without having difficulty breathing.

The checkpoint of the Tibetan army is set up on a flat land, a wooden walled wall is horizontal above the road leading to the Tanggula Pass, if you want to go to the Tanggula Pass, you must pass through the lower part of the wall, there is an arrow tower on the left and right sides of the wall, the arrow tower can be arranged with four archers on each side, the attack and defense of the arrow tower is obviously much worse than the arrow tower, this arrow tower can be arranged for archers to arm, and can be used as a watchtower, the two arrow towers are connected by the wall, and under the wall is the passage leading to the mountain pass.

Although it was already night, the light brought by the surrounding silver wrap allowed Zhao Ziliang to see two teams of Tibetan soldiers walking back and forth against the cold wind with spears under their armpits on the wall, and one sentry standing still on the arrow towers on the left and right sides.

Zhao Ziliang did not ride a horse either, he walked at the front of the team, and a thousand people walked on both sides of the road in two teams, and the middle was vacant for maneuvering and dodging.

Everyone knows that if they make a noise and are discovered by the Tibetan army on the level, a large number of stones and rolling logs will roll down, and the arrows will not be shot continuously, and there will definitely be heavy casualties at that time, and if you want to take this level at the minimum cost, you can't be discovered before the battle.

When Zhao Ziliang was only about two hundred meters away from the checkpoint, the leader of a team of Tubo soldiers on the wall of the checkpoint stopped walking and shouted: "What person? ”

Zhao Ziliang was startled, and immediately pressed his hand back, and all the Tang soldiers immediately lay on the hillside and did not dare to move.

Another Tubo soldier squad leader B on the walled wall ran over and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The Tibetan soldier who spoke out just now pointed to the hillside and said, "Just now I saw something moving on the hillside, and there was something shining!" ”

Another Tibetan soldier couldn't help but turn his head to look at the hillside, didn't find anything abnormal, and said, "You're dazzled, there's nothing!" ”

Captain A eagerly explained, "No, I really saw something moving and something glowing!" ”

Captain B, a cautious man, thought for a moment and instructed one of his soldiers: "Go and say hello to the brothers on the arrow tower, and say that there seems to be an abnormal situation sixty zhang away from the hillside, and let each of them shoot three arrows down the hillside!" ”

The soldiers promised to turn around and run, the two arrow towers soon came to the sound of whizzing arrows, the arrows were shot on the slope of two hundred meters, the Tang soldiers did not dare to make any sound with the arrows, even if someone was hit by the arrow, they could only grit their teeth and stiffen up, the pain was so painful that the muscles were bruised, and the forehead was sweaty, and some of the Tang soldiers were shot at the vital point and died silently, fortunately, there were not many Tubo soldiers who shot arrows on the arrow tower, only a few people.

The Tubo soldiers on the walled wall saw that there was no movement on the hillside after the arrows were fired, and Captain B patted Captain A's shoulder: "Looking at this white expanse all day long, your eyes are really spent, don't make a fuss about it in the future, you will be scared to death if you are so startled, you know?" Alright, let's keep patrolling! ”

After this thrill, Zhao Ziliang gestured to the soldiers behind him, and all of them climbed up on their stomachs, and they couldn't stand up anymore, so the soldiers of the Tang Army slowly climbed up the hillside with their hands and feet.

When Zhao Ziliang climbed to a hundred meters away from the checkpoint with the soldiers, the captain of the Tubo army patrolling on the walled wall finally found out that something was wrong, although the reflection of the weapon was weak, it was obvious at night, coupled with the light of the surrounding snow, the hillside was crowded with people and crawling, these were definitely not dazzling, he immediately shouted: "There are enemies, there are enemies on the hillside!" ”

At this time, Zhao Ziliang knew that he could no longer pretend to be a grandson, the distance was so close, as long as the people on the checkpoint sent someone down to take a look, they would find that something was wrong, he immediately took out the treasure eagle bow from his back, pulled out three arrows and shot them together, after shooting out, he didn't look at the preparation, and drew three arrows in a row to shoot the bow, just shot out, there was a scream on the opposite level, three people were hit by arrows and rolled down the arrow tower, one of them let out a scream, the wall quickly became noisy, and one by one the Tubo soldiers appeared on the wall.

Zhao Ziliang immediately made a decision, took out the slashing knife at his waist and shouted: "Soldiers, only if you rush up with me can you live, kill!" ”

"Kill—" All the soldiers of the Tang Army got up with their weapons and rushed towards the checkpoint, and at this time no one could care about hiding their tracks.

"Whoosh ······" There are constantly arrows shooting from the level, more and more Tubo soldiers climbing the wall, and the arrows are becoming more and more dense, Zhao Ziliang rushed towards the level, and waved the slashing knife in his hand impenetrable, but all the arrows that came were knocked out by him, and the arrows that occasionally missed were set on him, and they were also blocked by the thick armor of the god of war.

"Kill, rush, don't stop, stop is death, only by rushing up can you live again!" Zhao Ziliang used both hands and feet, and his mouth was not idle, and he did not forget to cheer up the soldiers behind him while charging by himself.

Only about a hundred meters, although it was rushing up, Zhao Ziliang's speed was still extremely fast, and the Tubo soldiers on the wall of the wall only shot two rounds of arrows, and he rushed to the bottom of the checkpoint.

A thick wooden gate blocked the front, Zhao Ziliang roared, smashed on the wooden door with a fist, the thick gate was punched a big hole, the bolt behind the door was broken, Zhao Ziliang raised his leg and kicked hard, the door was not kicked open in an instant, and the wood behind the door against the gate also fell to the ground.

A row of Tibetan soldiers rushed over with spears and stabbed at Zhao Ziliang's body, Zhao Ziliang carried a slashing knife to meet him, left and chop, one knife cut off their spears, and then another knife cut off their bodies, simple and neat, extremely fast, this kind of battlefield killing action has already penetrated into his bone marrow, instinctively used it, the Tubo soldiers who rushed up were constantly cut down by him, he moved forward step by step to kill a passage into the level for the soldiers behind.

Some of the Tang soldiers rushed to the wall along the wooden staircase, and the other part of the Tang soldiers followed Zhao Ziliang to the depths of the inside of the checkpoint.

The battle for the checkpoint lasted for a whole hour, and the 500 Tubo troops stationed here were all killed, and the Tang army also paid the price of more than 100 people, mainly because after these elite cavalry dismounted, their combat effectiveness was not much stronger than that of ordinary infantry.

On the morning of March 24, Zhao Ziliang stood on the Tanggula Pass and looked around, the snow was drifting non-stop, and sometimes hail fell, the field of vision here was much wider than that of the Kunlun Pass, and the rivers that had been roaring and raging in the distance were quietly sleeping, condensing into crystalline glaciers, and the waves had become silent ice sculptures. (To be continued.) )