Li Su sent someone to call Du He of the Flying Tiger Army, and together they discussed rescuing the caravan that had been seized by the Tibetans.

Li Su briefly introduced the situation to Du He and asked him if there was any way?

Without waiting for Du He to answer, Hou Junji said: "Du He, you quickly send troops to Tubo to rescue the people." ”

Cheng Yanjin also said: "That is, your Flying Tiger Army has to play a role at this time." ”

Du He shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it is the duty of the Flying Tiger Army to rescue the hostages held by Tubo.

However, with such a large number of people detained, and the places where they were detained, they were not in the same place, so they could not be saved at all. Even if some of the hostages were rescued, the roads in Tibet would be difficult to navigate, and it would be difficult to bring them back safely. ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "Then you have to save it." The caravan where my family was seized was led by my brother-in-law, and my wife messed with me all day long.

Duhe, no matter what, you have to get my brother-in-law out. ”

At this time, Cen Wenwen said: "Commander Du's opinion is right, sending people to Tubo to rescue is not the way. The minister's opinion is that we will also detain the Tubo people in the Tang Dynasty and exchange with them. ”

Hou Junji said: "This is a good way, they can detain our people, and we can also detain their people, I think this method will work." ”

Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said: "Not at all, Tubo is so poor that it clangs, their caravans in Datang are pitiful, you just arrest them all, and there are few people, how can you exchange them with others?" ”

Hou Junji said: "This is not easy to do, if there are not enough people, go to arrest it, if there is no one in the Tang Dynasty, go to the territory of Tubo to arrest it, and catch more people with heads and faces, are you still afraid that you will not be able to change our people back?"

The emperor and his ministers suggested that the Flying Tiger Army should be sent to the territory of Tubo to raid and capture more hostages to exchange hostages with the Tubo people. ”

Li Su nodded and said, "Lord Hou is right. Du He, you Flying Tiger Army will do this, just follow what Lord Hou said, arrest more people with status, the more people the better. You can organize a few more small units and spread them out.

In addition, in the name of the imperial court, you sent people to notify the local governments and garrisons on the border with Tibet to prevent the Tibetans from crossing the border to kidnap the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Du He said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

Then, Du He said happily: "Your Majesty, the minister has good news to report, among those Japanese slaves who were killed not long ago, there is a Japanese prince who has slipped through the net, and he is the younger brother of the Japanese slave king. At this time, the men of the Japanese slave royal family were completely dead. ”

Hearing the news, everyone was happy and diluted the anxiety caused by the hostage issue.

Back at the Flying Tiger Army camp, Du He and Wei Chi Baoqi briefly discussed and called Deputy Chief of Staff Wang.

Du He briefly introduced the situation and said: "This matter is not trivial, many of the businessmen who were arrested are relatives of court tycoons. Our Flying Tigers must do a good job.

Therefore, it was decided to send you to carry out this task personally. ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Wang said with a smile: "Two commanders, my subordinates think it's a great thing, this task is too simple." Killing people and setting fires, grabbing people and stealing things, this is originally the strength of our Flying Tiger Army.

You can rest assured, your subordinates will do a good job. ”

Du He said: "You can simply pack up and set off tomorrow." ”

The so-called heroes see the same thing. What the Tang monarchs and ministers can think of, the Tubo monarchs can also think of.

When Songtsen Gampo ordered the seizure of the Tang Dynasty's caravans, he had already thought about the various countermeasures that the Tang Dynasty would take. The government and garrisons in various parts of the Tibetan border also received notices to strictly prevent the Tang army from crossing the border to take hostages. This invisibly increased the difficulty of the tasks carried out by the Flying Tiger Army.

After arriving in Ganzhou, Longyou Province, Deputy Chief of Staff Wang learned from the commander of the local garrison about the situation of the Tubo people near the border, and immediately organized the Flying Tiger Army to carry out a surprise operation.

On the night of April 22, the Flying Tiger Army organized a total of 26 squads of every 100 people, and according to the terrain that they had already reconnoitred in advance, they entered the territory of Tubo separately and advanced towards the predetermined goal.

The border between Ganzhou and Tibet is a mountainous area, and there are no natural obstacles such as rivers, which is convenient for the entry and withdrawal of the Flying Tiger Army.

The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Brigade of the Flying Tiger Army took advantage of the night to enter the border of Tibet.

The Tibetan Plateau is vast and inhospitable, with high altitude terrain and thin air, and the moon seems to be brighter than at lower altitudes.

The officers and men of the first company of the Flying Tiger Army, led by a guide, rushed towards a manor in Tibet. The estate they were going to was about 15 miles from the border, where a local slave owner lived.

At about 2 o'clock in the morning, the Flying Tiger officers and soldiers crossed a small hill and saw the black buildings at the bottom of the mountain, which were the locations of their targets today.

It is not a small manor house with dozens of houses inside and high courtyard walls outside. However, this is not an obstacle for the Flying Tigers.

Just as the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army were approaching the courtyard wall, suddenly, there was a dog barking, and then many figures appeared on the courtyard wall, and bows and arrows were also whizzing.

"There's an ambush!" The company commander hurriedly gave the order to let the fighters hide!

In fact, the Tubo people did not know that they had come to attack today, they had just received a notice from the government and strengthened their precautions.

Every night when I was sleeping, some people were left undressed and slept with weapons. When something happens, you can react quickly.

The company commander of the Flying Tiger Army, after observing for a while, found that the defenders in the manor were not regular soldiers, and the number was not very large, so he decided to attack.

The Flying Tiger Army was well-trained, and their crossbowmen and crossbowmen were extremely accurate in shooting, and they quickly suppressed the Tubo people on the wall, and then, the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army quickly rushed to the edge of the wall.

The wall of the Tibetans was also a wall on their houses, and the Tibetans stood on the roofs of their houses, which was very conducive to defense.

Since the Flying Tigers are a long-distance attack, they only carry a few simple assembled ladders, which can be used for sneak attacks, but it is inconvenient to storm them.

The company commander of the Flying Tiger Army, seeing that it was difficult to attack from the wall, ordered the archers to suppress the Tibetans on the wall, and then sent several warriors, armed with shields, to rush to the gate of the manor, they lit a bag of explosives, and then quickly left.

With a loud "boom", the gate of the manor was blown open, and the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army rushed in!

Despite their heroic desperate fighting, the Tibetans were just ordinary people, and their resistance was quickly broken down in the face of the well-trained Flying Tiger Army.