Outside the west gate of the new city.

Under the scorching sun, the three thousand Tubo troops were in a neat phalanx, the banners were weak and drooping, the ground was already dry and cracked, and only the Datong River next to it was still murmuring, bringing some moisture to the new city. These Tibetan troops stood straight, letting the beads of sweat flow but were indifferent, and no one moved, which shows that this army is well-trained and has strict military discipline.

Dazarugon stood in front of the formation on a yellow horse, his right hand gently caressing the horse's mane, but his eyes were fixed on the west.

Two days ago, news came from the canal bend in the north of Qilian Mountain, the Tang army has besieged the canal bend, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses, the city wall is not tall and strong, with the Tang army's siege ability, Si Lang Shen may not last long, he got the news and immediately prepared grain, grass, ordnance, so that the army is ready to support, today the preparation has been completed, he is about to lead the troops to the canal bend reinforcements, just hope that the Si Lang Shen is still insisting, the water canal bend is still in the hands of the Tubo army and was not captured by the Tang army.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped along the Datong River, this was a ranger, this person galloped to stop in front of Dazarukon, saluted: "General, there is still no news!" ”

Dazarugong's face sank, he thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Don't wait, the canal bend side will not support the order for long, the army will set off, and the troops will send reinforcements to the canal bend!" ”

With a shout spreading, the 3,000 Tibetan army slowly marched west along the Datong River under the leadership of Dazarugong, the soldiers wore thick fur mattresses, braved the scorching sun, sweating and marching forward, flags fluttering along the way, and dust rising.

An hour and a half later, the Tibetan army marched forty miles to Qingshiping, and saw that at noon, the hottest day of the day, the soldiers were a little too hot to bear, and Dazarugon was about to order the army to stop advancing and find a shady place to rest, eat and drink, but at this time he galloped from the front and rode to explore the sentry.

The outpost had an arrow stuck in its back, and it was riding on horseback and staggering, and when Dazarugon saw this, he immediately raised his hand and reined in his horse, and the army behind him quickly stopped advancing.

The sentry rushed to Dazarugon and said with a dying breath: "General, Tang ······ Tang Army, there is a Tang Army twenty miles ahead, at least ······ 3,000, 3,000 cavalry······ Also ······ And ······"

Before the Sentry could finish speaking, he fell off his horse and died, and Dazarugon was in a hurry, and immediately jumped off his horse, came to the Sentry, grabbed his shoulder, shook him a few times, and shouted, "What else? What else is there besides three thousand cavalry? Wake up, wake up! ”

Dazarugon was finally disappointed, the Sentinel was dead, he could no longer speak, he could no longer ask what was going on from his mouth, he put down the body and stood up, his mind was unusually clear.

Three thousand cavalry! This news exploded in Dazarugon's mind like five thunderbolts, he originally had 5,000 soldiers and horses in Xincheng, including 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, but this time he wanted to reinforce the canal bend because he had to cross the Qilian Mountain, and the speed of the cavalry over the mountains and mountains was much inferior to the infantry, after all, it would not help the battle situation, and it would become a burden to the army, so he only brought 3,000 infantry.

The three thousand cavalry were in a slightly flat position like Qingshiping, and as long as they were properly commanded, they could crush his three thousand infantry with almost no effort!

Beads of sweat broke out on Dazarugon's forehead and retreated to the new city? There is no possibility, I am afraid that before I have gone halfway, I will be caught up by the cavalry of the Tang Army, and the infantry on the march will definitely be wiped out in the face of the pursuit of the cavalry!

Dazarugong looked around Qingshiping, this used to be just a small village, the population and houses were not much, since the new city was captured by the Tubo army, the Han people here were basically wiped out, leaving only some Tuyuhun people, scattered dozen houses and some herdsmen's tents by the river made Dazha Lugong give up the idea of using houses to resist the Tang army.

The forward of the Tang army is 3,000 cavalry, and I don't know how many infantry there are behind, and the idea of using these houses to defend against the enemy is not feasible, and it is very likely that they will be trapped and die here.

What to do? Cold sweat flowed from Dazarugon's forehead, the situation was too dangerous, his mind was spinning fast, staying here was a dead end, but retreating and dying faster! The only way is to stay here for the time being to block the Tang army, and send people back to Qingcheng to move rescue troops.

But there is not only one road from Xincheng to the foot of Qilian Mountain to the aqueduct, the Tang army may not be more than this, if the Tang army has another soldier and horse from another road to the new city, Dazha Lu Gong thought of this, and the cold sweat on his forehead rose even more.

Thinking of this, Dazarugon immediately called his chief of guard and asked him to hurry back to the new city and bring a thousand cavalry to the rescue, leaving a thousand cavalry to guard the new city.

After sending away the captain of the guard who went to move the rescue troops, Dazarugon immediately commanded the soldiers and horses to move to the Qingshi Ping, and set up a defensive formation on the Qingshi Ping, waiting for the arrival of the Tang army, on the one hand, to save the physical strength of the soldiers, and on the other hand, to calmly arrange the defensive formation, so as to resist the impact of the Tang cavalry.

The bluestone flat is surrounded by bluestone, and the ground is also a piece of bluestone, which is located on the side of the Datong River, and the terrain is slightly higher than other places around, and the military formation can effectively suppress the impact of the cavalry by standing on the bluestone flat.

After setting up a military formation in Qingshiping, Zada Lugong arranged for some soldiers to go to the nearby mountains and forests to cut down some trees, and use these trees to set up horses and fences to block the Tang cavalry's charge.

Just when Dazarugong learned of the arrival of the Tang army, Zhao Ziliang also learned that Dazalugong was about to gallop to the aid of the canal with 3,000 men and horses.

Zhao Ziliang sent people to go back to Jiedu to make Wang Qi report the situation, and on the other hand, he sent a detective cavalry detective post to investigate the situation of Dazha Lugong's department, and first led 3,000 cavalry to Qingshiping quickly, leaving Wang Rare to lead 2,000 infantry and baggage battalions to hurry behind.

As soon as Dazaru Gong set up a military formation, and the Tubo soldiers who went to cut down trees only came back, Zhao Ziliang took Gao Xiuyan, Zhang Shouyu, Ma Lan and others to lead 3,000 cavalry to Qingshiping and blocked them on Qingshiping.

Zhao Ziliang took the lead and stopped not far in front of Qingshiping, and the three thousand elite cavalry behind him completed the process of pausing and forming the team in a few breaths, and the three thousand elite cavalry were neatly placed in front of Qingshiping.

Dazaru Gong, who was standing on the bluestone flat with the hilt of his sword in his hand, couldn't help but gasp when he saw this, this was the most elite cavalry he had ever seen, and no cavalry had ever reached this level, and his face became even more solemn.

Zhao Ziliang stepped forward with a golden nail Zaoyang lance, stopped his horse forty meters in front of Qingshiping, and said loudly: "Zhao Ziliang is here with the Hexi Dadou Army of the Tang Empire, and the main general of the Tubo army will come out to see him!" ”

Dazha Lugong, who was standing in front of the Tubo army in Qingshiping, heard Zhao Ziliang's voice, and said in his heart that this person was Zhao Ziliang who killed the second prince Lang Zhidu and defeated the iron blade Xi Nuoluo, and even the marshal Mang Buzhi was killed by him and lost his armor, returned defeated, and threw himself into face, and wait for me to try his catties and two before talking!

Thinking of this, Dazaru Gong immediately took out the longbow from the bow bag, and took out a sharp arrow from the quiver, and shot it out with the bow aimed at Zhao Ziliang.

"Whoosh!" With a sound, the arrow responded to the sound, Zhao Ziliang reacted so keenly, and as soon as the arrow was shot in front of him, he reached out and grabbed it.

"Hmph, is this the mind of the commander of the first army?" Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly and reprimanded loudly!

As he spoke, he took out the treasure eagle bow from the bow bag, held it in his hand, put the arrow he had grabbed on the bowstring, aimed it in the direction where the arrow had just shot, and shot it, and shouted loudly: "Give it back to you!" ”

This arrow, Zhao Ziliang only used thirty percent of his strength, but it was still extremely fast, and the arrow hit the eye in the blink of an eye, Dazaru Gong was shocked, and immediately waved his knife to block.

With a "ding-" sound, the arrow was knocked off, but Dazarugon's arm was numb from the shock, the tiger's mouth cracked, and the hand holding the knife trembled.

"What a force!" Dazarugon was shocked in his heart, no wonder this person was able to kill the marshal Mangbu and flee away from the army, just this bow and arrow is not something ordinary people can resist, even if he blocks this arrow, he will lose a small half of his combat effectiveness.

After being shocked by Zhao Ziliang's counterattack, Dazaru Gong also knew that his mind was a little too narrow, and the other party came to him generously to answer, but he silently fired arrows at others, which was indeed not a way of hospitality.

As the saying goes, if you lose, you don't lose the battle, Dazaru Gong put away the longbow and put it in the bow bag, and stepped forward and said: "It turned out to be General Zhao Ziliang of the Tang Dynasty, Enlan Dazaru Gong has heard of the name for a long time, I don't know what the general has to say?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said loudly: "General Enlan, since the beginning of Tuyuhun's annexation to my Tang Dynasty, this new city has been the land of my Tang Dynasty, but since the death of Princess Jincheng, the Tubo Kingdom has violated the Chiling Covenant and wantonly attacked the land west of my Tang River, wantonly slaughtering the people of my Hexi and plundering livestock. As long as the general agrees to lead the army to retreat to the south of Chiling, Zhao can guarantee that you will not move a single soldier and let the general leave! What does the general think? ”

Dazaru Gong laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha······ General Zhao, since ancient times, the two countries have been at war, no matter whether they are right or wrong, you and I are just our own masters, without further ado, General Zhao still drew the line, and it is absolutely impossible for me to retreat to the south of Chiling! ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "Since General Enlan is so stubborn, then we just need to use swords and guns to see the truth!" ”

After that, Zhao Ziliang turned around and returned to the army formation and began to organize an attack.

The terrain of Qingshiping is slightly higher, and it will be a loss to rush up with cavalry, and Dazarugon has already set up some fences and rejects horses in front of the formation, Zhao Ziliang observed for a while, in order to reduce losses, decided not to charge Qingshiping, and only used cavalry to perform cavalry tactics in front of Qingshiping. (To be continued.) )