The Tang army set up a cannon and aimed at the north gate for a fierce blast, and soon blasted the city gate open.

A cavalry regiment of the 11th Cavalry Division immediately rushed into the city.

The cavalry rushed into the city, only to find that there was an urn city inside. The cavalry was beaten with bows and arrows and rolling wood and thunder stones on the urn city, and suffered great losses.

The officers and men had no choice but to retreat, losing more than 100 men.

Xue Rengui couldn't figure out the situation in the city, and he couldn't even catch a prisoner at this time, so he thought about it for a while and ordered the city to be attacked on all sides.

The original battle plan was that in order to reduce casualties, all units of the Tang Army would feint in all directions except for the North Gate to disperse the forces of the defenders. Concentrate the artillery of the Tang army at the north gate, give full play to the advantages of artillery, and reduce the losses of the siege to the greatest extent possible.

After receiving this order, all units of the Tang Army were very excited, and this gave everyone an opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

In this way, the Tang Army could only deploy four divisions of troops in front, and the rest of the troops could only be white-eyed.

The troops who participated in the siege of the city were all holding back their strength, wanting to snatch the first credit for breaking the city.

Each division of the Tang Army had a battalion of flying thunder artillery units, and everyone basically used this weapon of mass destruction first.

When a large number of thunderbolts fell on the city wall, there was basically no trace of the defenders on the city wall and in the surrounding area. The officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty carried the ladder and smoothly climbed to the top of the city.

The fighting will of the army of the Kingdom of Jieri was far inferior to that of the Tubo, and in less than 4 hours, the Tang army took control of the whole city, and most of the defenders surrendered.

Xue Rengui rested in Keze City for a day, and the next morning, he continued to march towards Qunu City.

The two troops of Xue Rengui and Gao Xianzhi started a competition, both wanting to snatch the first credit for the city of Qunu.

The Tang army was strong and well-equipped, and with high morale, it went smoothly all the way.

In just one month, Xue Rengui's subordinates connected eight cities and approached Luodong City, which was only 400 miles away from Qunu City.

Here, Xue Rengui's department encountered stubborn resistance.

When the Tang army launched the war against the kingdom of Jieri, it sent a large number of rangers and tightly blocked the road to the interior of Tibet, and by the time Songtsen Gampo received the news, 40 days had passed.

Songtsen Gampo knew the seriousness of the matter and had the intention to send troops to flank the Tang army, but most of the main forces of Tubo were pinned down on the northeast front far away from the Jieri Kingdom, and they had more than enough strength to do so.

Li Jing was also surprised when he received Xue Rengui's report. He and other generals in the headquarters studied Xue Rengui's report, and after repeated study, they felt that there was a great possibility of success.

Li Jing reported the situation to Li Su. On the one hand, he ordered all the front-line units to launch a feint attack on Tubo to contain the main force of Tubo and prevent them from withdrawing from reinforcing the Kingdom of Jieri.

When the king received the report of the Tang army's invasion, his first feeling was regret, thinking that he should not covet the benefits of Tibet and provoke the Tang people. It's a pity that it's too late to regret it.

The king of the Ring of the Sun summoned the vassal states to send troops to war.

The Kingdom of the Ring of the Sun has a total of 24 vassal states. Xue Rengui and Gao Xianzhi had already defeated 7 vassal states on the way to the army. After receiving the news, many vassal states did not dare to send troops to participate in the war. As a result, the king of the Ring Sun finally waited for the armies of 12 vassal states, a total of 110,000 people.

With 80,000 descendants and 110,000 troops of the vassal states, the prince of the Ring Sun went to Luodong City to meet Xue Rengui.

On February 28, Xue Rengui's army of 150,000 and the army of the prince of the Ring Sun faced off in the fields north of Luodong City.

Xue Rengui and the prince of the king of the ring of the sun once had a relationship, and Xue Rengui came to the front of the battle and asked the prince of the king of the ring to come out to meet.

The prince of the Ring Sun was originally riding an elephant, but when he saw Xue Rengui riding a horse, he also changed into a horse and came to the front of the battle.

Xue Rengui said: "Your Royal Highness, don't come unharmed. ”

The prince of the Ring Sun said: "General Xue, I missed you very much when I said goodbye, and I always wanted to compete with you again, and I just got what I wanted today." ”

Xue Rengui said: "Your Royal Highness, you are a hero I respect, you are my friend in my heart, standing in the position of a friend, I have a proposal." ”

The prince of the Ring Sun said, "Tell me about it. ”

Xue Rengui said: "The two countries have come to this point, what is the reason, let's not say."

However, I don't want to be your enemy, do you think that will work?

I'm waiting here, you attack with the team, let's fight, if I lose, I will return to the Tang Dynasty with the team, and if you are defeated, I will descend to the Tang Dynasty. I will protect your father as a county king in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and I can also guarantee you a future. ”

If someone else said such a thing, the prince of the Ring Sun would definitely be furious. However, the prince of the Ring Sun believed in Xue Rengui's sincerity.

The prince of the Ring of the Sun said: "General Xue, I have received your wishes, but I will not agree to your request, in order to defend the sacred Kingdom of the Ring of the Sun, I can only fight to the end." ”

Speaking of this, Xue Rengui had nothing to say, he arched his hand and said, "Your Royal Highness, take care." After saying that, he returned to his main formation.

After the prince of the Ring Sun returned, he sent 5,000 cavalry and rushed over. Behind these 5,000 cavalry, followed by 20,000 elephant soldiers. Then there was a cavalry force of 20,000 people.

Xue Rengui had studied the characteristics of their operations and knew that this was their usual tactic.

The elephants move slowly, and it is relatively difficult to maintain a formation, so in order to be able to maintain the formation and approach the enemy, a cavalry unit should be sent in front of the elephant troops to cover.

These cavalrymen did not rush into formation, they rushed to the front of the enemy line and fired arrows, disrupting the enemy's formation, and when the elephant troops had reached a range of 80 paces, they flashed to the sides and continued to cover the elephant troops with bows and arrows.

When the elephant troops entered the enemy line, the rest of the troops followed.

The formation sent by Xue Rengui was that the front was ordinary crossbowmen, the second row was artillery, and the third row was longbow troops. On the two flanks were cavalry units, and in the middle were other units of the infantry.

The Longbow Corps was the main fire support unit of the Tang Army, and they used to be at the forefront, taking advantage of their range advantage to inflict massive casualties on the enemy before engaging him.

This time, Xue Rengui placed them in the third row, which had his own intentions.

At this time, the enemy's cavalry rushed over, and the ordinary crossbowmen of the Tang army fired arrows at the Tang army, and the first row of crossbowmen of the Tang army returned fire at the enemy.

When the prince saw that the elephant army had approached the enemy, he was very happy, and he was full of confidence in the army.

It's no wonder that the elephant troops are almost invincible in battle armor.

The cavalry of the Kingdom of the Ring, who was in charge of covering, retreated to both sides.

The elephant troops began to charge.