The Tang army mixed in the Tubo army immediately began to act after receiving instructions from the Tang army camp, and the rumors quickly spread among the Tubo army, although the Tubo army high-level did not admit the matter, but this incident quickly caused the Tubo army to fluctuate.

Mang Buzhi got the news not much earlier than Huangfu Weiming, he got the news in the morning, Huangfu Weiming got the news in the afternoon, he tried his best to block the news, and at the same time prepared to order a team of soldiers and horses to recapture Longqi City tonight, but he had not yet taken action on this decision, rumors began to spread in the army, he was furious and wanted to send someone to track down the people who walked the rumors, but he quickly extinguished this idea, the more this kind of thing is tracked down, the more it will make the officers and soldiers in the army suspicious, if Shibao City and Longqi City were not captured by the Tang army, why do you want to track it down? Once you track down the people who are walking the rumors, they will appear to be weak-hearted, and they will respond to the sentence "There are no three hundred taels of silver here".

"Tang Jun is too cunning, too cunning!" Mangbu was so angry that he walked around the big tent, and said as he went: "This must be a trick of the Tang army, and there must be their meticulous work in our army!" Huangfu's only purpose is to use these rumors to disturb the hearts of our army, which is really condemnable! ”

A commander saluted and said, "Marshal, can't you let the Tang army spread the rumors like this?" Or send someone to track down the person who spreads the rumor? ”

Mangbuzhi stopped, thought for a while and said, "Don't investigate openly, secretly send someone to find the source of the rumors." In addition, I will pass on the words of this commander and tell the sons and daughters of the whole army that this is a trick of the Tang army, the purpose is to disturb the hearts of our army and make the sons and daughters not listen to rumors! ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

At this time, a centurion walked in quickly from outside, and this person reported to Mangbu Zhiyu: "Marshal, the big thing is not good, Zhao Ziliang, the general of the Tang Army, is leading the army to attack Changning, Changning is in danger, send someone to report that he will not send troops to rescue, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist, if Changning misses, our army will be attacked by the north and east, and the situation is extremely unfavorable to our army!" ”

Mang Buzhi's face changed drastically, and he asked, "Zhao Ziliang led the army to attack Changning?" Who was it that captured Longqi City and Stone Castle City? Did the detective outposts sent to Longqi City and Stone Castle City come back? ”

"Dashuai, not yet, in this kind of weather, the outpost can't run back and forth for a day!"

Mang Buzhi wanted to immediately send troops over to recapture Longqi City, but he didn't know the specific situation of Longqi City, he didn't know how many people the Tang Army had, as for Shibao City, he didn't expect that it could be fought down again in a short time, and he was now black-eyed, and he didn't know anything about the situation in Longqi City, he also listened to the report of his subordinates, Longqi City has not heard from him for two days, and the direction of Shibao City has also been cut off, so he knows that there is likely to be a problem in these two places, if Longqi City and Shibao City are really captured by the Tang Army, this is also incredible, but now it is clear that something is wrong in both places.

A commander stood up and said: "Marshal, we can't hesitate any longer, we can't wait any longer, now we can only send heavy troops over to recapture Longqi City, otherwise our army's back road will be cut off!" ”

Mang Buzhi asked, "Then how many men do you think you will send over to retake Longqi City?" ”

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Mang Buzhi said with a worried face: "Now that we don't even know the details of Longqi City, how can we send troops over?" Our army of 30,000 horses and the Tang army fought a few battles, lost more than 4,000 people, only 25,000 people remained, and the Tang army did not have an advantage in terms of troops, if you transfer troops to attack Longqi City, the transfer of more troops, this side will be empty, easy to be caught by the Tang army flaw, if the transfer of fewer soldiers, can not take Longqi City, is it not a waste of time? For the sake of today's plan, we can only find a way to figure out the situation of the Tang army in Longqi City, and let General Qili Xu, who is guarding Linqiang County, strengthen the vigilance in the direction of Shibao City and Longqi City, Linqiang County is a place where our army hoards grain and grass, and nothing can happen, as for Changning, wearing the general's military order, he ordered Dazaru Gong to bring 3,000 men and horses over to reinforce, wasn't he injured? Let him go! ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

In the early morning of December 15 in the first year of Tianbao, Huangfu Weiming led the army to launch a full-scale attack on the Tubo army west of Xipingting, and Mangbuzhi immediately led the Tubo army to meet the battle.

The soldiers of the Tang army charged while shouting that Shibao City and Longqi City were captured by the Tang army, and the Tubo army was surrounded by heavy encirclement, and the soldiers of the Tubo army who were preparing to meet heard these shouts were compared with the rumors they heard in the camp yesterday, and they were completely consistent, the morale of the Tubo army plummeted on the spot, and the fighting spirit was completely lost, many soldiers dropped their weapons and turned around and fled, the Tang army took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, and the Tubo army fell into extreme chaos, and countless people were trampled to death by their own people.

The Tubo Marshal Mangbuzhi was in a hurry, but at this time, the whole Tubo army was in chaos, he was unable to control the army at all, and seeing that the whole army was already in chaos and began to collapse, the Hu Cong around him immediately set up Mangbuzhi and fled to the rear.

As soon as Mangbuzhi fled, some other Tubo soldiers originally wanted to fight to the death with the Tang army, but seeing that Mangbuzhi had fled, where did they still have the courage to continue to fight to the death with the Tang army? The Tubo army soon fell into the collapse of the whole line, and the Tang army, led by Wang Rare and other brave vanguard generals, pursued the collapsed Tubo army, killed countless enemies, and only a few thousand of the 25,000-strong Tubo army fled to Linqiang County.

The Tubo general Dazaru Gong, who was ordered to take 3,000 soldiers and horses north to reinforce Changning County, took the army only a third of the way before he heard the news of the defeat of Mangbuzhi in the rear, where did he dare to lead the team in the direction of Changning County? Immediately, the rear army changed to the front army, and the front army became the rear army, and turned around and turned to Linqiang County.

When Dazarugong arrived in Linqiang County with 3,000 men and horses, the terrified Mangbuzhi had just fled here with more than 4,000 men and horses, and the other 20,000 people all fell into the hands of the Tang army, and they were either killed or captured.

At this time, at night, Mang Buzhi and others led the army to flee here for a whole day, and the road was closed by heavy snow on the way, and those who could escape here were lucky, and countless people were chased and hacked to death by the Tang army on the way.

The frightened Mangbu Zhi convened the generals of the army overnight to discuss what to do next, after all, it was a matter of their life and death, this battle had been lost anyway, and the most important thing now was how to escape with more people.

Mang Buzhi looked at the generals on the left and right sides of the stage with a decadent expression and said: "I didn't calculate that the Tang army actually attacked Longqi City and Shibao City for a long time, causing our army to be encircled. ”

Linqiang County guard general Qi Li Xu is a veteran of the same period as the Tubo State Lun Dayan, and has a lot of prestige and seniority in the Tubo army, he said: "Marshal, Linqiang County can't hold it, and now our army wants to escape from Ascension, the only way is to break through to the west, even if Longqi City has a Tang army's heavy troops, we must force a breakthrough!" ”

One of the generals asked, "Why don't you break through from Stone Castle City?" Although the terrain of Stone Fort City is dangerous, it is not difficult for our army to break through, right? ”

Qili Xu shook his head and said: "No, the road to Shibao City from here is too narrow, there is the Yaoshui River next to it, and several fortresses have been captured by the Tang army, if our army wants to pass smoothly, we must pull out these fortresses, not to mention the time and effort, the marching speed is too slow, and the Chiling Pass is narrow, it is difficult for the army to pass in a short period of time, and now our army has become a frightened bird, the Tang army only has a thousand people in Shibao City, after our army passes, if we kill from Shibao City, chase and kill the rear of our army, our army will inevitably be in chaos, how many people can escape back?" ”

The Tubo people in the lobby were in a cold sweat when they heard this, and they were silent one by one, and no one suggested taking the road of Stone Castle City to break through.

Iron Blade Sinoluo asked at this time, "Then what about the three thousand soldiers and horses in Changning County?" Did you send someone to order them to abandon Changning immediately and withdraw here to join us? ”

Dazarugon sneered: "Hey, now that our army is unable to protect itself, we still have to send someone to inform them to come to converge?" How much time does this take? Behind the Tang army of Huangfu Weiming will catch up and swallow us at any time, and now at this moment, we can only let the three thousand men and horses of Changning defend Changning, so that they can withstand the Tang army in the north, so that our army will only have one way to chase the soldiers, if the Tang army in the north is also released, we are afraid that there is no place to die! ”

When the commander Mang Buzhi heard this, he had already made a decision in his heart, he stood up and said: "It's so decided, pull out the camp overnight and set off to the west, and all the things that can be discarded along the way are discarded, so that the pursuit of the Tang army behind him can be delayed, and the interception of the Tang army in the west of our Tubo can win time, you all go back and prepare!" ”

Mang Buzhi and others still underestimated the speed of the Tang army's pursuit, they had just set off with more than 10,000 people, and the Tang army's vanguard general Wang Rare led the Heyuan Army 3,000 cavalry to chase and kill, the Tubo army was suddenly in chaos, and there was a big rout again, and no one could see who it was after the night, and countless people trampled each other to death.

When the panicked Mangbuzhi and other Tubo generals arrived at the bank of the Huangshui River thirty miles east of Longqi City with more than 3,000 remnants of defeated generals, Ma Lu, who had already been ambushed in the mountains and forests, led 2,000 cavalry to rush out, and the Tubo defeated soldiers scattered and fled on the spot.

Ma Lan sent people to chase and kill the Tubo deserters, and at the same time sent people to pursue Mang Buzhi and others, until dawn, the pursuers escorted the captives back one after another, but there was no trace of Mang Buzhi and others.

When Zhao Ziliang was meeting Huangfu Weiming in Linqiang County, he got the news that Mang Buzhi and others had escaped, and couldn't help but scold: "The lives of these guys are really hard!" ”

On the same day, Huangfu Weiming held a feast in the army for Zhao Ziliang and other people to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and also celebrated the breaking of Tibet, after this battle, the strength of the Tubo army was greatly damaged, and it was no longer able to attack the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time.

(To be continued.) )