The cavalry behind the Qing Tubo people did not know what was happening in front, but in the high-speed impact, they could not stop at all, they squeezed each other, and were stopped in front of the barbed wire, and there was chaos.

Many Tibetans took big knives to cut the barbed wire fences, and then they found that these barbed wires were soft and elastic, completely powerless, and could not be cut at all.

At this moment, the Don army behind the barbed wire began to attack.

Tens of thousands of bows and crossbows shot countless arrows. The arrows of the arrows of the Tang army were all three-edged armor-piercing arrows, and except for a few generals, the rest of the Tubo people were wearing simple leather armor, which could not resist the arrows of the Tang army at all.

In less than a minute, the Tang army fired no less than 100,000 arrows, causing casualties to the Tubo people, and there were no less than 10,000 people.

The Tibetan hedgehogs gathered together and were in chaos.

Then, an even more terrifying blow came.

The Tubo people saw that behind the barbed wire, the Tang army pushed out the legendary cannon, and after a loud bang, the Tubo people were beaten to broken bones and tendons, and flesh and blood flew sideways, and they finally collapsed and retreated back in chaos.

The Don army continued to attack them with bows and crossbows and artillery. At the same time, the gap in the barbed wire was opened, and the two heavily armored cavalry battalions of the Tang Army chased after them.

The Tubo people were completely in chaos, the cavalry ran fast, and gradually broke away from the blow of the Tang army, and the infantry who took pity on the Tubo people were shot by the rain of arrows from the longbow falling from the sky, and they were killed and wounded countless times.

The heavy armored cavalry of the Tang army broke into the infantry group of the Tubo people, and after a burst of slashing, the Tubo infantry began to doubt their lives.

Immediately after, behind the heavily armored cavalry of the Tang Army, the rest of the Tang cavalry, also through the gap in the barbed wire, joined the pursuit.

The Tibetans were defeated.

The heavy cavalry of the Tang army could only fight at close range, and they were helpless to see the Tibetans fleeing. The rest of the cavalry of the Tang Army, who were about to pursue, heard the order to collect their troops, escorted the heavy armored cavalry, and returned to their positions.

Hou Yingjie's guard battalion commander Tian Hao, who is now the commander of the cavalry corps, said:

"Commander, why didn't you chase it? I have already seen the banner of the Tubo Grand Governor, if I kill their Grand Governor, won't it be better to fight the battle in the future? ”

Hou Yingjie said: "As the saying goes, the poor don't chase, and now the enemy situation and terrain are not clear, I am worried that you will be ambushed." ”

In this battle, Lou Xianzhi had no problem judging the enemy's situation, there was no problem with the command of the battle, and there was no problem with the tactics adopted by the Tubo cavalry, but they were defeated in front of a roller barbed wire.

The vanguard of the Tang army continued to monitor the movements of the Tubo people, and after the main force of the Tang army crossed the river, handed over the ferry to other units of the Tang army, replenished supplies and ammunition, and continued to march westward.

Lou Xianzhi had not yet found a way to break the enemy for the Tang army with advanced equipment, so he decided to lead the main force of Tubo to retreat across the Nu River first, and then think of countermeasures.

Tian Hao led the cavalry to open the way in front, and when they arrived at the filled area, the scouts in front came back and reported that they had encountered a castle in front, which was unusually tall and strong, and was guarded by Tibetans.

Tian Hao came to the place where the scout said, and sure enough, a huge castle appeared in front, the castle was built on the mountain, and the city wall was more than two zhang high, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The castle is very famous in the local area and is the manor of the great lord Midaha within a radius of 100 miles.

The estate has been under construction for many years, and it has been strengthened over the years. The manor covers an area of no less than 100 acres and can accommodate more than 3,000 people.

When Songtsen Gampo launched a war to unify Tibet, he sent troops to besiege this castle for a year, but he was still helpless. In the end, Songtsen Gampo agreed to Midaha's conditions, which caused Midaha to surrender to Songtsen Gampo.

Lou Xianzhi led the army to retreat, and when he passed by the place, he rested in this manor for one night. Before leaving, he persuaded Midaha to retreat with him.

Midaha was full of confidence in sticking to the castle and refused Lou Xianzhi's persuasion.

Not long ago, Midaha heard the news that the Tang Dynasty was going to attack Tibet, and he sent people to repair the wall of the castle again, and the top of the wall protruded outward, which was a disaster for those who used cloud ladders to attack the city.

The gates of the castle, which are 5 meters high, are made of a compound of elm and pine wood 1 foot 2 inches thick, reinforced with iron bars and copper nails, and built with fireproof water tanks.

Now, the castle is guarded by more than 1,800 local Tibetan militias, and Midaha is confident that it is impregnable.

When Midaha heard that the Tang army was coming, he went up to the city wall and looked out.

Midaha saw that the Tang army was a stone's throw away, there were about thousands of people, pointing at the place, but did not see the soldiers carrying the ladder, he thought that probably the Tang army saw that the castle was too strong and was not ready to attack the city, but just passing by.

Soon after, he found that many Tang soldiers were holding tall door shields and walking towards the castle, and behind them, there were many Tang soldiers pushing something, and they couldn't see clearly.

The Don army came to a stop 50 meters from the gate of the castle, and then, under the cover of the shield man, pushed out some guys with black holes.

Midaha had never seen these things, and Lou Xianzhi mentioned them to him, but Lou Xianzhi just said that the Tang Army had fire-breathing weapons, and he didn't know how powerful it was, so he didn't tell Midaha in detail.

Midaha thinks that even if your weapon can breathe fire, it will be useless to my stone castle. There is no fear in the heart.

At this time, someone on the position of the Tang army shouted with an iron horn: "Listen, the people inside, immediately lay down their arms and surrender, otherwise, they will bear the consequences." ”

He still spoke very politely, and didn't say anything about killing people and setting fire to them without surrendering.

Midaha was very arrogant, and he sent a house slave with a loud voice to shout: "Don't talk nonsense, if you have the ability, you can attack it, this is the burial place of your Tang people." ”

The artillery of the Don army was on fire when they heard this, and several cannons fired at the gate of the castle in unison, and a volley of shells passed by, and the solid gate of the castle was shattered.

Midaha was on the city wall, he couldn't see the situation of the gate, looked at the surroundings and didn't react, and felt that the Tang Army was nothing remarkable, and couldn't help but laugh proudly.

At this moment, someone behind him shouted, "Oh no, lord, the gate has been broken." ”

Midaha hurriedly went down to take a look, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, such a strong and thick gate was broken up and fell to the ground, and the gate had been opened.

Midaha did not panic, he ordered an emergency plan, and sent people to bring six or seven ox carts, the ox carts were piled up with sandbags, stones, etc., after they drove the ox cart into the doorway, the Tibetan people who drove the cart cut the throat of the cow with a knife, and the dead body of the ox and the ox cart blocked the gate hole.

200 Tibetans armed with bows and crossbows were ambushed on both sides of the gate hole, waiting for the Tang army to come in and strike.