"Rush!"

"Kill!"

The shouting and killing sound like a wave swept in, because the front was the city wall, the cavalry could not turn around after the attack, and the effect was not great, but it was still in the way, so the Tang cavalry did not move, and the dense Tang infantry rushed to the Tubo army under the city under the leadership of their respective generals.

The real crowd of people, a thousand Tubo troops have already panicked after the death of Si Lang Shen, the six gods have no master, although there are thousands of commanders Kuba trying his best to stabilize the position, but the commander was killed has made these Tubo troops lose their courage, and the army whose fighting spirit was taken away has no combat power at all.

Before the Tang Dynasty rushed over to fight, a thousand Tibetan troops had already begun to disperse, and the commander could only gather more than 200 people into a small defensive formation despite his best efforts, and the other Tibetan troops scattered and fled, being chased and killed by the Tang army.

Although Kuba's ability is limited, he also knows that escaping in a panic at this moment can only be a dead end, and it is impossible to open the city gate at this time, opening the city gate at this time is tantamount to opening it for the Tang army, once the city gate is opened, he will be rushed in by the Tang army, so he can only take more than 200 people who can be controlled to the death at the city gate, but he knows that he and these two hundred people will inevitably die, but they will die better, not being chased and killed from behind.

As the Tang army approached the city wall to chase and kill the fleeing Tubo army under the city, the Tubo army on the city wall began to release arrows sparsely, but the lethality was limited, and many of their own people were injured by mistake.

Wang Qi, who was sitting on horseback and did not move, saw that after the death of the 1,000 Tubo army under the city, they were rushed by the Tang army and scattered on the spot, and only more than 200 people were placed in a defensive formation under the command of a Tubo general, and he sighed: "Send these people on the road!" Herald, archers ready! ”

Thousands of archers were ordered to line up in a neat formation and approach the more than 200 Tibetan troops under the city wall, stopping at a distance of one arrow.

The Tang army issued an order again, and the Tang army besieging more than 200 Tibetan troops all dispersed, vacating an area, because there were Tang troops blocking the line of sight all around, Kuba and his more than 200 subordinates did not understand why these besieging Tang troops dispersed, and they saw dense arrows in the sky like locusts falling from the sky.

Kuba and all his men stared at the boss with horror in their eyes and despair on their faces.

After a round of arrow rain, there was no longer a living person standing under the city, the corpse fell to the ground, the arrows were densely inserted on the ground and the corpse like a seedling, and some of the war horses of the Tibetan army fell to the ground with arrows stuck in their bodies and let out a weak scream.

An hour later, the fleeing Tubo army was either killed or captured, and the pursuing Tang army returned to their own camp one after another.

Wang Qi kept stroking his long beard, and when he saw the soldiers returning with the captives one after another, he asked the generals and colonels on the left and right: "Generals, what should I do now?" ”

Li Hongding, the envoy of Shazhou Thorn Shi and Doulu Army, arched his hand and said: "Marshal, what else is there to say, let's attack the city directly, now the courage of the Tubo army has been lost, and the city wall is not high, as long as our army pounces on it, it will definitely be able to attack the city within a day!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Li's suggestion is good, but just yesterday the marshal also said that the art of war cloud: siege for the bottom, siege for the top!" The last general thought that it was better to send someone to persuade him to surrender, if the Tubo army in the city surrendered, our army could not obtain the canal bend with a single soldier, if the other party did not surrender, it would not be too late to attack the city at that time! ”

Li Hongding was extremely unhappy after listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, and he said: "General Zhao, now when Xi Langshen was killed, didn't you say that you could immediately send troops to defeat the Tubo army, and then attack the city on a large scale, and you will definitely be able to fight down, and now you say that you want to persuade you to surrender first, why have you said everything?" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't care, and said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Li has a deep prejudice against the subordinates, and Lord Li is good, but at this time and then, the situation has changed again, although the Tubo army at the head of the city has been in turmoil, but there has been no loophole in the defense, our army is bound to pay some casualties for the siege of the city, if you can persuade them to surrender, why pay more lives?" In addition, if we persuade the two commanders of the enemy army to surrender, they may have disagreements, and thus there will be internal problems. If we attack the city now, the two commanders and their men will unite against us, and it will not take much time to persuade us to surrender, if the other side does not surrender within the specified time, it will not be too late for us to attack the city again! ”

Wang Qi also felt that Zhao Ziliang's suggestion was not unreasonable, and it was just persuasion, it really didn't take much time, so he immediately said: "Okay, persuade to surrender first, if not, then attack the city!" Who wants to persuade to surrender? ”

The generals didn't move, it was their ability to fight, but persuading him to surrender was not something ordinary people could do, Zhao Ziliang had a way to persuade the Tubo army in the city to surrender, but he didn't want to show himself too much, lest these state assassins and military envoys see that he has made great contributions, and they will be upset with him.

At this time, the judge Wang Wei arched his hand and said: "Marshal, if you can trust the lower official, let the lower official give it a try!" ”

Wang Qi was overjoyed, for civil officials, once they took the initiative to ask for help, they were seventy or eighty percent sure of things, and generally there would be no accidents, because civil officials considered the problems thoroughly, especially the tasks of being messengers and lobbyists, and had thought about the possibilities of facing the other party in advance, and had a way to deal with it, so that they could be sure.

"Hahaha, Mr. will definitely be able to persuade the Tubo people in the city to surrender, then there will be Mr. Lao Wang!"

After speaking, Wang Qi immediately asked people to prepare a scepter for Wang Wei to bring, Wang Wei held the reins in one hand to control the horse, and the other hand held the scepter and walked towards the city.

After Wang Wei walked away with the scepter, Wang Qi asked, "Do you think that Judge Wang can succeed in persuading him to surrender?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, since Lord Wang took the initiative to ask Ying, he must be sure to a certain extent, don't worry, Dashuai!" ”

When the others saw Zhao Ziliang say this, they didn't speak, and at this time it was too early to say whether they could persuade them to surrender successfully, and they could only settle down when the results came out.

The Tang army array was one mile away from the city wall, Wang Qi, Zhao Ziliang and others couldn't hear what Wang Wei said to the Tubo army in the city under the city, and it didn't take long to see that there seemed to be a fight on the city wall, this was a fight within the Tubo army, the scale was not large, some people were killed, but the killing soon stopped.

Half an hour later, I saw Wang Wei returning from his horse.

Without waiting for Wang Wei to speak, Wang Qi asked, "Sir, what's wrong?" ”

Wang Wei arched his hand and said: "Marshal, the Tubo army in the city has the intention of surrendering under the persuasion of the lower officials, most of those Tubo troops are not Tubo people, but Tuyuhun people, but among them there are Tubo people's prison army, just now under the persuasion of a certain Tuyuhun soldiers, the Tuyuhun soldiers killed the Tubo prison army, they promised to surrender, but they have two requirements: first, Xi Qin and Mo Luo, two thousand commanders, to continue to lead the troops; Second, after surrendering, their treatment must be the same as that of Tang Jun, and they cannot be treated differently! ”

These two requests are completely within the scope that Wang Qi can agree, and he doesn't ask for other people's opinions, and directly says to Wang Wei: "Yes, this official has agreed!" I also asked the gentleman to go again, and told them that the official agreed to their request, and the official will play the imperial court and appoint Xi Qin and Mo Luo as guerrilla generals, each with a troop of soldiers and horses! ”

Wang Wei promised: "No! ”

After Wang Wei left, the generals breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Tubo army opened the city gate, even if they wanted to regret it, it was impossible, even now, after they killed the Tubo prison army, they had no other choice, the only way was to take refuge in the Tang army.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Wang Qi: "How does the marshal plan to place them?" ”

Wang Qi smiled slightly and asked rhetorically, "How does General Zhao think they should be placed?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, if Xi Qin and Mo Luo continue to lead the original headquarters, Dashuai's control over them will only be very weak, those soldiers and horses are their clansmen, and they have been under them for a long time, they will only obey the orders of the two of them, and they may rebel again at any time!" The last general has two suggestions for the commander's reference: first, keep their original men and horses still, but they should mix a large number of Han soldiers and Han generals among their respective men and horses, break up the original establishment, reorganize, and send the supervision army to assist on the side, so as to weaken their control over the soldiers and horses under their command, and supervise the army and Han generals, forgive them and do not dare to rebel at will, as long as they keep an eye on it. Second, transfer them out, allow them to take a small number of servants to go to other places, and send another commander to these Tuyuhun soldiers who remained, as long as they promise to treat them the same as other Tang troops, and have the same treatment, the marshal will not be considered to have broken his promise, but this law is obviously suspected of being uneasy about them, and I am afraid that they will feel uncomfortable."

Wang Qi asked the others, "What do you think?" ”

Yang Jingshu, the envoy of the Chishui Army, said: "Dashuai, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different!" Even if there is a suspicion of distrusting them, so what? As long as the marshal does not break his promise, it is best to implement the second method according to General Zhao! If the two of them are disobedient in the future, the handsome can kill them at any time! ”

When the other officials and generals heard this, they all agreed, saying that they could not trust too much, and they should guard against Xi Qin and Mo Luo.

Wang Qi finally listened to everyone's suggestions and decided to use the second method, but this matter could not be leaked out, especially not to be known by Xi Qin and Mo Luo, he said solemnly: "What was discussed just now, you must keep your mouth shut, if you let the official find out who leaked the news, causing unnecessary trouble, the official will not be spared!" ”

Everyone agreed in unison: "No! ”

Xi Qin and Mo Luo finally opened the city gate and led their troops out of the city to surrender, they killed the Tubo prison army and their Tubo soldiers, there was no choice, otherwise it would be intolerable to both sides, and there was no place to die, and the only way to survive was to surrender to the Tang army. (To be continued.) )