The Tibetans were taken aback, paused slightly, and then continued to rush over by virtue of the advantage in numbers.

The commander of the Flying Tiger Army ordered free shooting, and the soldiers' shooting was more accurate, and the Tibetans fell off their horses one after another, and the offensive stopped suddenly.

Seeing that the Tibetans were in chaos, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army immediately commanded the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Army and launched a counter-charge.

When the Tibetans saw the Flying Tiger Army charging, they also brandished their scimitars to meet them.

At the moment when the two sides looked at each other, the Tubo people were surprised to find that the Flying Tiger Army was holding a crossbow and facing them, at such a close distance, the Tubo people couldn't dodge, and hundreds of people were killed in an instant.

The front row of the Flying Tiger Army and the Tubo people engaged in close combat, and the back row continued to attack with hand crossbows.

The Tubo people are ordinary cavalry, compared with the Flying Tiger Army, there is a big gap, coupled with such an unguardable tactic, the battle is only five minutes, and no less than 300 people have been lost, such huge casualties, the Tubo people can't bear it, they turn their horses' heads and desperately flee.

The Flying Tigers did not pursue and continued to march eastward. When they galloped forward for more than ten miles, they then turned north and headed towards the border.

At this time, She Yebo led the main force of the Tubo army and rushed to the battlefield.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Su's office.

At this time, the news of Nuo Haobo's surprise attack on Tibet had reached Chang'an City.

Generals Li Jing, Hou Junji, Wei Chigong and others discussed countermeasures with Li Su.

Chang'an City is not too far away from Tibet, and everyone is relatively familiar with the situation in Tibet compared to the Western Regions.

The Overseas Intelligence Bureau provided them with a lot of information about the military and political changes in Tibet.

Li Jing pointed to the map and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Nuo Haobo raided Tubo and chose the Eagle's Beak Pass of Qilian Mountain as a breakthrough, although it can achieve the effect of a surprise attack, but the risk is also very large.

The entry and exit of the entire army depends on this valley, and once the retreat route is cut off by the Tibetans, the army is in danger of being annihilated! ”

Hou Junji was more optimistic, so he said: "The battle report doesn't say that the target of their attack is to reach Rique City, which is only 200 miles away from the border, and the Tubo people mobilize their troops, and they can't build so many forces in a short period of time to besiege the Tang army." It shouldn't be a big problem. ”

Li Jing shook his head and said: "However, if the Tang army's attack on Dariquecheng does not go well, and they stay here for a few days, the Tubo people will send a strong force to cut off the Tang army's retreat, and then the Tang army will gather, and the Tang army will be very dangerous." ”

Li Jing is worthy of being the god of the Tang Dynasty, and his analysis and prediction of the battlefield situation are almost consistent with the situation on the scene.

Li Su has made great progress in the military over the years. He nodded and said, "What the general said is extremely true. This time to send troops to Tibet, if the commander is only Ashinahong, his attack on Dari Bird City will not go well, and he may withdraw his troops directly.

However, the command of the Noho bowl is different. He has just joined the Tang Dynasty, and he is eager to make meritorious contributions, I am afraid that he will not be able to defeat Dari Bird City, and he will not withdraw his troops easily. ”

Hou Junji said: "Oh, when the emperor said this, this possibility is extremely high, and the Tang Army may really be in danger." ”

Wei Chigong said: "How is this good? If it doesn't work, let Longyou Dao send troops to deal with them? ”

Li Jing said: "It's too late. It seems that this Tubo is very difficult to deal with, and Longyou Dao may also encounter accidents when he sends troops.

The emperor must strictly order all units not to attack without authorization, and to fight against a big country like Tibet, there must be a unified battle plan for the whole army.

The minister suggested that Su Dingfang be given the right to cut first and then make decisions on the spot, so as to avoid similar unauthorized troops. ”

Li Su nodded and said: "Okay, I will draft the decree that the entire army of the expeditionary force must obey the unified dispatch of the expeditionary force headquarters, and those who violate military law will be engaged in it." ”

Wei Chigong asked, "What should they do?" ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "I can only resign myself to fate." ”

Everyone was depressed, and no one spoke for a while.

Li Su said: "These are just our guesses, maybe the situation is not so bad." ”

What the Datang top brass didn't know was that the situation was even worse than they imagined.

After She Yebo led the main force of the Tubo army and rushed to the battlefield, the comparison of the forces of the two sides has undergone a qualitative change.

At this time, the total strength of the Tang army was less than 40,000, and the total strength of the Tubo people who arrived on the battlefield was close to 100,000. The officers and men of the Don Army have been fighting fiercely for a long time and are exhausted. And the Tibetan people have a steady stream of new forces to join.

She Yebo ordered the troops newly arrived on the battlefield to immediately plunge into the attack on the Tang army.

When Nuo Haobo saw the place where the banner of Sheye Bodi appeared, he knew that the general trend had gone, and he said to Ashinahong, who had already woken up:

"General Ashina, we have fallen into a heavy siege, and the 2nd Division has not rushed to reinforce, it seems that we have not received an order for reinforcements. We are isolated, and there are so many Tibetan people, today, I'm afraid we have to explain here. ”

Ashinahong nodded and said: "The only way to do this now is to fight to the death, break through to the north, and rush out one by one." ”

"Okay, so be it." ”

He sent people to call the main officers at all levels and said to them: "Everyone, the situation on the battlefield is already clear to everyone, I will not say more, there must be no reinforcements, we can only count on ourselves."

The north is our hometown, and after everyone goes back, tell the soldiers that only by fighting to the death can we return to our hometown. ”

An officer asked: "We have so many wounded, what should we do?" ”

Nuo Haobo said decisively: "All the materials and equipment, all the seriously injured are abandoned, and the lightly injured are not taken care of, they can keep up with their luck." The situation on the battlefield is clear, do not have any scruples, go all out, and break out of the encirclement. ”

The officers nodded and silently went back to prepare.

The Tibetans surrounded the Tuyuhun people, and according to the general situation on the battlefield, they would persuade them to surrender. However, the Tubo and Tuyuhun people are feuding, and there is absolutely no room for compromise in between, and if they catch each other's captives, they will be brutally killed.

The Tuyuhun people know this very well, so they can only fight to the death.

Looking at the officers and soldiers who were ready to go, those seriously wounded knew that they had been abandoned, but they also understood that at this time, they could not get rid of their comrades.

The seriously wounded took out their belongings and entrusted them to their comrades-in-arms to take back to their hometowns. If you don't have any belongings, you also asked your comrades-in-arms to leave their last words to their relatives in their hometown.

At this time, the order came, and the whole army broke through to the north.

The nearly 1,000 seriously wounded who were left behind, watching their comrades-in-arms leave, and seeing the Tubo people approaching step by step, knelt down towards the north, looked at their hometowns from afar, and committed suicide one after another.

Nuo Haobo and Ashinahun brandished their weapons and led the remaining 20,000 Tang troops to rush over.