Finally conquered the Tanggula Pass, Zhao Ziliang led more than 2,000 officers and men of the Tang Army on the morning of March 24 to find a slightly flat place on the southern slope of the Tanggula Pass and the halfway up the mountainside that came into contact with the Tibetans to build fortifications and checkpoints

It took more than 2,000 people only one day to build the prototype of a heavy defense level, the shelves have been erected, and they can wait for the future to be slowly improved, Zhao Ziliang can not stay here for too long, on the morning of 26 March, after leaving 300 people on the north slope and 300 people on the south slope to garrison, he immediately took the remaining 1,800 people to quickly descend the Tanggula Pass and march south.

On the march, Brehan asked in confusion: "General, isn't our next stop going to raid the Chawula Pass?" You should march east, why go south? This is already the heartland of the Tibetan people, and if you are not careful, you will be in danger of being wiped out! ”

At that time, Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng entered Tibet from Qinghai and walked to Chawula Pass, the elevation of the pass is as high as 4,900 meters, and Tanggula Pass, it is the boundary between Qinghai and Tibet.

Zhao Ziliang had a calm face and said: "It's not a hurry to go to Chawula Pass, after entering the territory of Tubo, we killed all the people we met along the way, the news should not have reached Luo, we still have time to make a fuss in the stomach of the Tubo people, General Chuan Ben ordered, along the main road all the way to the south at full speed, our goal is Heihe, an important town in the north of Tubo!" ”

Heihe, an important town in the north of Tubo, is the Naqu of later generations, here is the most important military grain and grass and war horse production area in Tubo, Zhao Ziliang's purpose is to attack here, now is the season of sowing and war horse breeding, if at this time in Heihe to come suddenly, Tubo people will definitely be greatly injured.

At night on March 26, the army entered the lower area of Heihe, the lower area pointed to thousands of Tibetan people, Zhao Ziliang was not polite, directly led the troops to launch an attack on the lower area, the peace on the grassland was broken, since Songtsen Gampo unified all parts of the plateau, the establishment of the Tubo country, there has never been a war here, it has been calm for more than a hundred years, people have long forgotten what war is, people will never think that suddenly one day war will come to their surrender, without any preparation and preparation, war happened.

Although there were only 1,800 horsemen, in the case of two horses per person, this 1,800 horsemen managed to make a momentum of five or six thousand horsemen when charging.

The Tibetan camp was in a panic, the army was completely unorganized, the adult soldiers were scattered to the stables to lead the horses, the old people, women and children were looking for their children, and the cattle, sheep and horses were frightened by the sudden battle formation.

"Whoosh・・・・・・" The Tang soldiers and horses had not yet arrived, and the overwhelming arrows were like locusts and raindrops on the camp of the Tubo people, a large number of screams sounded, and one tent after another was knocked down and overturned by the panicked crowd, and the tents that fell to the ground were lit and burned by oil lamps, and soon, the camp was full of flames.

"Boom ・・・・・・Boom" Tang army army rushed into the camp, like wolves rushed into the sheepfold, in the blink of an eye, the Tubo people in the camp were killed and wounded, a group of Tang cavalry shuttled between the camp tents, one by one the heads of the Tubo people were cut off, blood flowed all over the ground, everywhere screaming, screaming, crying, begging for mercy.

The Tang army came and went as fast as it came, but in two quarters of an hour, the Tang army disappeared into the distance, leaving only corpses all over the ground and a mess of thick smoke, some tents nailed to the ground and small triangular colored flags hanging on the ropes were still floating in the cold wind, and they were also stained with red blood, and between the corpses and the tents, occasionally a few baby cries could be heard.

After leaving the lower area, Zhao Ziliang touched the blood on his face, rode his horse to the side of the road and stopped and took out the map, a small tent was set up in a short period of time, the oil lamp was lit, Zhao Ziliang walked into the tent and went to the oil lamp to study the map, nodded on the map with his finger, and said to the servant standing next to him: "It is said that the army is going straight to the south, until it encounters the lake, and then send someone to report!" ”

"No!"

The order was quickly conveyed, and the whole army marched quickly for an hour before encountering a large lake, and several tents were erected around the lake.

After torturing the local Tubo people, Zhao Ziliang learned that this place is not far from Heihe, if you march overnight, you can definitely arrive before dawn, Zhao Ziliang found that the soldiers after a day of high-speed marching, and launched a surprise attack on the way, the spirit is very tired, but the news of the Tang army's appearance in the hinterland of Tubo will soon spread, and it is necessary to capture Heihe before the Tubo people react, destroy everything there, and deal a heavy blow to the Tubo people.

Zhao Ziliang said in a deep voice to the chief of the guard, Brehan: "Order the whole army, set off to Heihe overnight, set off immediately, Marshall people do not stop, rush to Heihe at full speed, launch an attack before dawn, and only rest after destroying Heihe!" ”

"Understood!" Although Brehan knew that the soldiers were very tired, he also knew that this time period was the most dangerous time period, once the news reached Luo, and when the upper echelons of the Tibetan people reacted, then the Tibetan armies would be surrounded from all directions, and it would be very difficult to evacuate safely.

After the order was issued, the officers and men of the Tang Army insisted on continuing to advance southward, and the horses changed again and again, and the people on the horses grabbed the reins and the saddle bridge, and closed their eyes and let the people in front of them pull forward.

Many soldiers fell asleep on horseback on the march, and I don't know how long it took, the team suddenly stopped, and the soldiers on horseback all woke up at this moment, and there was news from the front, saying that they had arrived at the northwest edge of the Heihe River, and the front sentry had gone to inquire about the situation, and Zhao Ziliang's order was conveyed, so that the soldiers dismounted to eat, drink, and feed the horses, but the weapons were not allowed to leave their hands, could not unload their armor and sleep, and were on standby at any time.

The spring water that Zhao Ziliang fetched at the hot spring had an effect at this time, and buckets of spring water were distributed to each group of soldiers, and the soldiers took turns holding the buckets and drinking water one by one, and then took out the bread and steamed buns while gnawing while taking out horse feed from the blanket on the horse's back to feed the horse.

At dawn, the sentinel returned, Zhao Ziliang heard the report and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, the soldiers who had already finished eating and drinking had already mounted their horses and formed a team, and in a few minutes, the whole army was lined up in a rectangular neat formation.

Zhao Ziliang rode a horse in the first year of the team, waved his arm forward, the army began to move forward slowly, the soldiers trotted behind Zhao Ziliang, and it didn't take long for a glimmer of dawn to appear in the sky, a hill appeared in front of the Tang army, the army slowly climbed up the hill, and a white river under the hill came into the eyes of the Tang army soldiers.

On the edge of the river is an endless array of red, green and white tents, the top of which is tied by ropes, and the other end of the rope is nailed to the ground, and the ropes are all colorful triangular buntings, which flutter in the wind.

Zhao Ziliang made a gesture, the soldiers of the Tang Army slowly dispersed, lined up in a long row on the entire hill, and the camp by the river was quiet, and suddenly several dog barks came from the camp at the same time, the dog barking was extremely powerful, and soon several black shadows rushed from the camp to the hill.

"Whoosh・・・・・・ Several sharp arrows shot over, and the black shadow that was still running wildly just now instantly fell to the ground and rolled far away, and let out a few screams.

"Don't wait, the barking of the dog just now has alarmed the Tubo people in the camp, and the order is given, and the whole army is ready to charge!" Zhao Ziliang said as he pulled out three more sharp arrows from the quiver.

The herald flag was shaken by the herald, and the order was quickly conveyed, Zhao Ziliang put three arrows on the bowstring and shouted: "The soldiers charge with me, kill all the people in the camp, the whole army will rest, eat meat and drink everything, kill!" ”

"Kill-" The soldiers agreed with a bang.

The rumbling horses' hooves sounded, and slowly became urgent, and the Tubo people in the camp finally discovered it, and in an instant, the whole camp boiled, and in the blink of an eye, it became a mess, and in the chaos, the arrows of the Tang army fell from the air without stopping.

Screams rang out one after another, and a relentless rain of arrows fell like a relay race, and the Tubo people who rushed out of the tents fell as if they had been cut wheat.

After several waves of arrows were fired, the soldiers of the Tang army put away their bows and arrows one after another, took out their weapons, and just entered the camp of the Tibetans at this time.

There were no protective measures around and inside the camp, and the Tang cavalry entered the Tibetan camp without any hindrance, and when they passed through the tents, heads flew up, and headless corpses fell in pools of blood, and panic, fire, and fear soon spread to the entire camp.

Zhao Ziliang made a gesture with his left hand, and the cavalry behind him was scattered into several teams interspersed in the entire camp of the Tubo people, the thousands of Tubo camps had a population of about 16,000 people, and they could not organize an effective resistance after being rushed into the camp by the Tang army, even if someone organized a small team in a short time, it was very open and was killed by the Tang cavalry.

The next morning, when the morning light rose, the fog gradually dissipated, the Tubo camp on the side of the Heihe River was full of corpses, human corpses, horse corpses, cattle and sheep, the remnants of the tent that had been burned to ashes were still rising on the ground, the Tang cavalry was cleaning the battlefield everywhere, counting the casualties, a large number of vultures in the sky were constantly circling, they were waiting for the Tang army to leave and prepare a meal. (To be continued.) )