The next thing was as Zhao Ziliang expected, the Tubo army in the Yushu area did not expect that a Tang army would kill them from behind, they had no defense at all, after being attacked, the Tubo army in all parts of the Yushu area was defeated and scattered and fled.

In the next few days, Zhao Ziliang took this army and horses all the way from the Chawula Pass along the original Tangbo Ancient Road back to Dafeichuan, passing through the Tongtian River along the way, and captured the Bayan Kala Pass at the fastest speed, after this pass was occupied, the Tubo Army that was fighting head-on with the Longyou Army on the front line suddenly cut off the back road, and on the west side, there were the Tang Army stationed in Xituguhun and the main force of the Tang Army in Xihai County, wanting to break through from the west, but worried that the Kunlun Pass would be cut off, after all, the Tang Army could appear behind him, You can only go to the Kunlun Pass to intersperse the back.

Zhao Ziliang led this Tang cavalry of more than 1,000 people to firmly garrison the Bayan Kala Pass, and learned that the Tubo army, which had been cut off from the back road, attacked the Bayan Kala Pass regardless of casualties in order to survive, but suffered heavy losses, and there was a joint attack by the Tang Army's Xihai County Army and the Longyou Army in the front.

Soon, the Tibetan army, which was blocked north of Bayan Kala Mountain and Jishi Mountain (Animaqing Mountain), had to surrender under heavy casualties and no hope of breaking through.

The Tang army quickly collected prisoners, occupied the area north of Bayankala, and attacked to the south, and the Tubo army in the Yushu area, which had long been defeated from behind, was already unable to organize an effective defense, and now the Tang army has once again killed back from the north, and the Tubo army has fled again.

In just a few days, the vanguard of the Tang army advanced to the Chawula Pass, and launched a fierce battle with the 10,000 Tubo troops transferred from the hinterland of Tibet in the area of the Chawula Pass.

On the tenth day of the first month of April, the control of the Chawula Pass fell into the hands of the Tubo army again, after all, the Tubo army was fighting on the ground, and it was much easier to mobilize troops and horses, while the Tang army fought fiercely for more than a month, and traveled a long distance deep into the hinterland of Tubo, and the altitude sickness made the Longyou Tang army's combat strength drop too much, and finally failed to capture the Chawula Pass.

The war slowed down a little, Huangfu Weiming and Zhao Ziliang respectively sent 800 li to send a war report to the imperial court, and put forward the same views and suggestions, if the Tubo people asked for anything, they could also divide the border according to the actual occupied area now, otherwise they would fight until one side surrendered or compromised, on the demarcation of the border, Zhao Ziliang and Huangfu Weiming also put forward a suggestion, Chawula Pass can not be, after all, it is still in the hands of the Tubo army, but Kunlun Pass, Tanggula Pass and Bayan Kala Pass must not be let out! ”

In fact, the war has been fought so far, the Tang army is also exhausted, the consumption of strategic materials is extremely serious, not to mention, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army has also been weakened greatly, mainly because it has not yet adapted to altitude sickness, Zhao Ziliang's Western Navy is better, especially Huangfu Weiming's Longyou Army has not undergone anti-altitude sickness training before, and has not equipped relevant medicines, and now even if you want to fight again, I am afraid that it will be difficult.

Zhao Ziliang's Western Navy can hold on, but the weakness is that the troops are too small, plus the total number of troops in the Great Dou Army is only 17,800 people, which is too small compared to the Tubo army, and the Tubo can concentrate most of the troops in this area, but the Tang Dynasty cannot.

At the beginning of May, I don't know how the Tibetan mission operated, and the imperial court finally reached an agreement on peace talks, and the 800-mile expedited horse was rushing from the capital to the Tangbo war area day and night.

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On both sides of the upper reaches of the Lachu River (now the Lancang River), the south bank is the prayer flags flying, the colorful flags are fluttering, and the Tubo cowhide tent is everywhere, and the north bank is the Daxu in the middle, the flag is displayed, and the Tang army generals are standing in a forest. The battle has been fought so far, the two sides have confronted each other across the river in the upper reaches of the Lachu River, and they have not retreated from each other, and the ice of the river has begun to melt, and the Tang army can no longer step on the ice to attack the opposite Tubo army.

Zhao Ziliang, Ma Lu, Brehan and others rode horses along the river to inspect the deployment of defenses in various places, although the current situation is that the Tang army is in an advantageous and offensive situation, but the corresponding deployment can not be left out.

After inspecting a section, there is an old tall statue erected by the river in front, which is the statue of Princess Wencheng, who crossed the Lachu River over the Chawula Pass more than a hundred years ago and entered Tibet.

Coming to the statue, Zhao Ziliang and others dismounted and bowed their heads to face the statue. After a long time, everyone looked up after saluting, Zhao Ziliang looked at the statue that had been somewhat weathered and covered with moss, sighed in his heart, and sighed to the generals behind him: "I think that Princess Wencheng and Her Royal Highness Princess Jincheng did their best to mediate and dedicate their lives to the peace between our dynasty and Tubo, but for so many years, the war between Tubo and our dynasty has never stopped!" ”

Ma Lan said: "General, now that the situation is favorable to me, we should fight through Tanggula Mountain in one go, enter the hinterland of Tubo, and destroy the Tubo country, once and for all!" ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "I hope so!" ”

Now Ma Luan has a lowly military position and shallow knowledge after all, but Zhao Ziliang is now a senior general of the Tang Dynasty, and the official worships the governor of Xihai, Taishou, and General Xuanwei from the four products, and has a clear understanding of the understanding and cognition of the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty and the strength of the Tubo State.

In the hearts of the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo State has always been a barbarian, but the Tubo also has a kinship relationship with the Tang Dynasty, which makes the Tang Dynasty emperors and ministers have always regarded themselves as elders in front of the Tubo, and now the Tubo State has visited the Tang Dynasty as a nephew and begged for peace, which made the vanity of the emperor Li Longji and the ministers of the court greatly satisfied, coupled with the fact that the envoys of the Tubo State took out a large amount of gold and silver treasures to bribe a large number of ministers including Li Linfu, and the Tang Dynasty also thought that this war would be fought here. How much to give the nephew of the Tubo State a little face, on the other hand, because the emperor Li Longji has become more and more indulged in pleasure over the years, the royal family has spent a lot of money, which occupies military spending, this battle has been fought until now, the imperial court has almost used up the military spending on Tubo, and there is no military budget to fight again, it is better to accept it when it is good, Zhao Ziliang has eyeliner in Chang'an, although he is not familiar with what happened in Chang'an, but he is also very clear about these things, he just hopes that the peace talks will end later, At the very least, it is not too late for the Tang army to end the war after the Tang army drives the Tibetan army to the south of Tanggula Mountain and captures the Chawula Pass.

Leaving the river, on the way back to the barracks, Zhao Ziliang asked Ma Lu: "How are the things about the step bow, Fuyuan crossbow, bed crossbow and arrows prepared?" ”

Ma Lan hugged his fists and said: "General, after these days of raising and the people's day and night work, we have raised 800,000 arrows and crossbow arrows, and we have transferred 20,000 pairs of infantry bows, 2,000 pairs of Fuyuan crossbows and 400 pairs of bed crossbows, just waiting for the general's order can come in handy, the last general believes that under the blow of so many bows and arrows, Fuyuan crossbows and bed crossbows, the Tubo army on the opposite side can still hold on?" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and rode his horse back to the camp.

Back to the camp, Zhao Ziliang came to the big tent of Huangfu Weiming, although he is not directly under the control of Huangfu Weiming, but Huangfu Weiming's official position is much larger than him, according to the convention, even if the Hexi Jiedu makes Wang Qi also subject to the control of Huangfu Weiming, so this war, the commander is still Huangfu Weiming, and the command is mainly based on Huangfu Weiming, and now Hexi Jiedu makes Wang Qi's main focus on the northern Turks.

When he walked into Huangfu Weiming's big tent, Huangfu Weiming was discussing the battle deployment with some of his generals, and when he saw Zhao Ziliang coming back from his inspection, he asked, "General Zhao is back?" What were the results of the inspection? ”

Zhao Ziliang hugged his fists and said: "Marshal, there is no problem with the fortifications of our army, the soldiers are very vigilant, and the Tubo people on the opposite side have not relaxed, there are patrols everywhere by the river, and it is almost impossible for us to sneak attack."

Huangfu Wei clearly motioned for Zhao Ziliang to take a seat, and asked: "Now that the war has reached a stalemate, just now Ben Shuai was discussing with the generals how to break this deadlock, I wonder if General Zhao has a good plan?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and arched his hand: "Dashuai, in fact, the last general has been thinking about this matter these days, and now there is the Lachu River to block our army's attack, which is not good for us and beneficial to the Tubo army, if we want our army to rush across the Lachu River in one go, on the one hand, we must prepare enough boats and rafts, and on the other hand, we must provide enough cover for the soldiers and horses crossing the river, the last general has ordered the deployment to mobilize 20,000 pairs of foot bows, 2,000 pairs of Fuyuan crossbows and 400 pairs of bed crossbows. The Fuyuan crossbow and the bed crossbow carried out long-range strikes against the Fuyuan crossbow on the other side of the river, providing fire support for the river-crossing army, and preventing the Tubo army from attacking our river-crossing army half-crossing·······"

Huangfu Weiming stroked his long beard while listening, nodding from time to time.

Just when Huangfu Weiming was about to adopt Zhao Ziliang's battle plan and deployment after listening to it, a shout suddenly came from outside the camp tent: "Eight hundred miles in the capital is urgent, eight hundred miles is urgent!" ”

Huangfu Weiming, Zhao Ziliang and all the generals in the tent were shocked when they heard this voice, and after a while, a tired and panting knight walked into the tent and bowed to Huangfu Weiming: "Cavalry commander, the army department is eight hundred miles in a hurry!" ”

The long bamboo tube on the knight's back was quickly taken to Huangfu Weiming's hand, a roll of silk cloth was pulled out of the bamboo tube, and when he unfolded it, Huangfu Weiming only felt weak and collapsed on the backrest.

When everyone saw Huangfu Weiming's performance, they all sighed in their hearts, and a bad feeling came to their hearts, Zhao Ziliang said eagerly: "Dashuai, what does the court say?" ”

Huangfu Weiming said with a decadent face: "From now on, the army will be stopped and the war will be stopped, and the envoy will come to read the emperor's will." (To be continued.) )