After Zhao Ziliang issued an order to transfer 300 cavalry from outside the north gate and the west gate to the east gate, he said to the herald: "Give Ma Lan an order, let him lead the first cavalry regiment to ambush the bank of the Datong River in the east of the new city, just wait for the Tubo cavalry in the city to escape there in the middle of the night, and then lead the army to kill, how much he can win depends on his ability!" ”

The herald clenched his fists and bowed in agreement: "Yes!" ”

After the herald left, Zheng San asked extremely incomprehensibly: "Brother Liang, do you think that the Tubo army in the city will break through from the east gate tonight?" No, you don't have any troops outside the south gate, if they want to break through, they should kill from the south gate, and then kill our army guarding the Datong River crossing, and flee into Changning County (now Datong)! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and smiled: "The Art of War: The real is virtual, and the virtual is real!" As long as the Tubo garrison in the city knows a little about military affairs, he will not dare to kill from the south gate at will, because he knows that a certain deployment is to encircle the three and one, isn't he worried that a certain ambush is set up somewhere outside the south gate just waiting for him to throw himself into the net? The north gate is a certain Chinese army tent, and to the north is a dead end, to the west there is the Baishui River, the main force of our army commanded by the king is rushing to this side, even if the Tubo army in the city escapes, it is a dead end, and we are from the west, the city guards will not be so stupid, the only options available to him are the east gate and the south gate, do they dare to go out from the south gate in the middle of the night? What if the bridge to the south of the Chase River is cut by our army? The Tubo general would not fail to take this into account, so his only choice was to forcibly break through from the east gate, and then kill along the southeast to the Datong River, and follow the Datong River all the way east to the ferry dozens of miles away into Changning County! ”

Zheng San listened to Zhao Ziliang's analysis and deployment, and really felt sorry for the Tubo lord in the city, if the Tubo army really came out of the undefended south gate, it was entirely possible to escape into Changning County safely, as long as the Tang army at the ferry cut the river bridge before killing the defenders, but if the Tubo army broke through from the east gate, it would definitely be a dead end, because no one would have thought that Zhao Ziliang did not set up an ambush on the road that seemed to be the easiest to escape.

Late at night, on the city wall of Xincheng (now Menyuan), a great body supported the wall battlements to observe the brightly lit Tang army camp outside the city, the camp of the Tang army was very exquisitely arranged, the camp was five miles away from the new city, this distance was not far, but it was not close, if the troops were sent to raid the Tang army camp, the Tang army found that there was enough time to meet the enemy in time.

"Let's go, go to the South Gate!" The Tibetan general turned around and went down the city tower as he spoke, followed closely by several guards behind him.

This person is the Tubo general Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo who was shot in the shoulder socket by Zhao Ziliang with an arrow outside Fanhe County, and the second prince of Tubo last time Lang Zhidu was killed by Zhao Ziliang as the main general, and the Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo was killed as a deputy general and the Tubo army was defeated, and he was lucky enough to escape back with more than 400 cavalry.

Although he escaped with a life, but because of the death of the main general Lang Zhidu, he could not escape the blame, he was also considered a big fate, and his backers in Tubo had a lot of power to speak, and he was saved by the backers with all his might, but he was demoted three levels in a row and became a thousand-commander, and was left in Xincheng to become a cavalry commander under Dazaru Gong.

Ironblade Siloro came to the south gate tower with some followers, and the south wall was guarded by only two hundred men, and the other three gates were each with only two hundred men, and two hundred men were in reserve.

After ascending the tower, two centurions greeted him, "I've seen a thousand masters!" ”

Iron Blade Sinoro waved his hand and asked solemnly, "Is there any movement outside the city?" ”

One of the centurions shook his head and said: "There is no movement, the subordinates have sent people out to investigate, and after they arrived at the ferry, they were discovered by the Tang army defenders and forced to retreat!" ”

Iron Blade Sinoro asked, "How many Tang troops are there at the ferry?" ”

"Only fifty cavalry!"

A guard next to him couldn't help but say: "General, since there is no Tang army outside the south gate, and there are only fifty Tang army guards at the ferry, why don't I kill from the south gate, then kill the Tang army guards, and retreat to Changning County through the bridge?" ”

When the two centurions heard this, they also said: "Yes, general, we only need a thousand people, and they are cavalry, the enemy army has come no less than four thousand, and there may be more soldiers and horses tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and the new city is ironclad and cannot be defended, why don't I withdraw from the south gate at this time to kill the Tang army at the ferry and rush into Changning?" ”

Iron Blade Sinoro sighed: "Why do you say that the leading general of the Tang Army deployed troops outside the three city gates of the east, west and north, but did not deploy troops outside the south gate?" In the Tang Dynasty's art of war, the purpose of 'encircling three and one' is to weaken the defenders' will to hold on, but at the same time, they can also secretly set up an ambush outside the gate where there are no troops on the surface, and only wait for the defenders in the city to withdraw and kill them immediately, which is equivalent to falling into the pocket arranged by the enemy. Now it's dark outside the south gate, even if you send detectives to investigate, if they really want to hide, the detectives can't detect it, if we rush to the south gate, I'm afraid that we will fall into the trap, and the whole army will be wiped out in front of us! ”

Ironblade Sinoro said as he observed the situation outside the city, and even though it was dark outside, he wanted to see something.

After observing for a while, he really saw something unusual, because it was too quiet outside the city, this kind of silence was simply frightening, and he couldn't help but say to the two centurions and a few guards around him: "It's the end of August, and it stands to reason that there should be frogs and insects in the middle of the night in the wild at this time, but you listen, there is no movement at all, is this normal?" ”

One of the centurions said to himself: "There must be people outside the city, and only when there are people will the frogs and insects cease to chirp!" ”

Another centurion exclaimed: "There is an ambush of the Tang army outside the city!" ”

As soon as the centurion said this, the guards and others who had just proposed to retreat from the south gate broke out in a cold sweat.

Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo said at this time: "General Ben estimates that tomorrow the main force of the Tang Army will arrive one after another, and now there are four or five thousand people outside the city, and we only have one thousand troops, the difference in strength is too great, tomorrow they will attack the city, and we will not be able to hold it at all, so if we want to survive, we must forcibly break through tonight!" ”

One centurion asked, "General, when will we break through tonight, and from which gate?" ”

Iron Blade Sinoro said: "After an hour, break through from the east gate!" ”

"East Gate?" Everyone was puzzled, and another centurion asked, "General, why did you break through from the east gate?" ”

Iron Blade Xi Luo pointed to the outside of the city and said: "The Tang army is from the west gate across the Baishui River, there must be the main force of the brigade behind, we go to the west gate to find death, there is an ambush of the Tang army outside the south gate, and there is the battalion of the Tang army pioneer general Zhao Ziliang outside the north gate, this person is brave and invincible and cunning like a fox, do you dare to attack his camp?" ”

A few servants escaped from Zhao Ziliang with the iron blade Xi Nuoluo, and they had already been frightened by Zhao Ziliang's bravery, where did they dare to confront Zhao Ziliang head-on? They shook their heads in horror.

"So, we can only break through from the east gate! I hope that the surname Zhao did not deploy attitude troops outside the east gate! Iron Blade Sinoro sighed as he spoke, and his expression was shocked, and he said in a deep voice: "Order all the soldiers and horses of the four gates to quietly withdraw from the city wall, quietly assemble outside the east gate, open the east gate after half an hour, and our army will be forcibly killed from the east gate, whether they can survive or not is here in one fell swoop!" ”

Everyone immediately agreed: "Yes, General!" ”

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Zhao Ziliang camped in the tent, and several people sat in the tent and chatted while drinking.

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Do you think the guards in the city will be fooled?" ”

Zheng San shook his head and said: "General, this is hard to say, if the brains of the guards in the city react half a beat slowly, it is that kind of foolishness, I am afraid that it will really be killed from the south gate, and then the general's plan will be in vain!" ”

Wang rarely smiled: "It's a pity that the guards in the city are afraid that they will really kill from the east gate and fall into the trap of the general!" ”

The crowd was puzzled, "Why?" ”

Wang rarely bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, there is a news that I forgot to report to the general, and the prisoner confessed that the defender in the city is our old friend - Iron Blade Xinuoluo!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang laughed, "I can't imagine that after the iron blade Xi Nuoluo was shot by an arrow, he will be alive again a few months later!" Tonight, I'd like to see if he still has that good luck! What about Noor? Call Noor".

The black giant Nur who was outside the tent heard Zhao Ziliang's call, and immediately walked into the big tent to salute: "Master! ”

Zhao Ziliang instructed: "You go outside the east gate and block the Tubo army that escaped from the city with General Zhang Shouyu, and kill one by one!" ”

"Yes, master!"

Not long after Nur left, a large number of Tibetan shouts came from outside the east gate, "Kill, you can survive if you get out of the encirclement······

Everyone in the big tent stood up, Zhao Ziliang smiled slightly, and pressed his hand: "It seems that this iron-bladed General Xinuoluo really gives face!" Sit down, it's no big deal, even if Iron Blade Zenoro is lucky this time and can still escape, but his soldiers and horses will stay, and Xincheng will still fall into our hands! In addition to the east gate, the other gates sent people to turn into the city to open the city gate, and the army entered the city, in case the iron blade Sinoro found out that something was wrong and retracted back, it would be troublesome! ”

Everyone stood up and said, "Yes, General!" ”

However, it is said that after the iron blade Xi Noluo led all the 1,000 cavalry in the city to rush out of the east gate, he was stubbornly blocked by the Tang army, and after losing most of the men, he only led more than 300 people to fight out of the encirclement from the Tang army's interception, but he himself was also injured a lot.

Iron Blade Sinoro fled all the way to the Datong River with the remaining more than 300 horsemen, and quickly withdrew eastward along the Datong River, and after walking for less than two quarters of an hour, a large number of shouts and killings suddenly came from the mountains and forests on the left, and the overwhelming rain of arrows shot out from the mountains and forests and fell on the heads of him and the remnants of the defeated generals behind him, and only three rounds made his more than 300 horsemen lose more than half of them.

Seeing that the whole army was about to be annihilated, the iron blade Sinoro immediately shouted: "Jump into the river and escape from the river!" ”

The Tibetan people live on the plateau, there are many people who do not necessarily take a bath once in their lives, let alone swim in the water, most people are afraid when they see the river, but at this time, in order to survive, where can they take care of so much, the remaining more than 100 horsemen have to ride their horses to the river, but many people are swept away by the turbulent river after riding a horse into the water, and the iron blade Xi Nuoluo is desperately saving the horse's neck, how do you know that his horse is a BMW that can swim, and he actually carried him tenaciously to swim across the river. (To be continued.) )