Chapter 972: Defeat with One Blow

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At this time, he was also extremely scared in his heart, the disparity in strength was too great, and the confidence in his heart was too little, but he was a person who didn't like to admit defeat, he gritted his teeth and pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Everyone will charge, and the leader will crush the enemy in one fell swoop!" ”

"Kill-" The men and horses with Moha rushed up with weapons to meet the Western Qin army lined up in a neat formation.

Zhao Ziliang observed it through the telescope, immediately raised his hand, and Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Stop beating the drum!" ”

The 30,000 mixed infantry, who had just been lining up in a neat formation, stopped without hearing the drums. Zhao Ziliang raised an index finger and pointed forward.

Chen Qing shouted to the herald: "Bow! ”

The bannermen quickly sent out the order, and the generals of the 30,000 infantry units of the front army received the order and shouted one after another: "Bow-"

"Boom ???????" The 30,000 infantry soldiers of the front army planted their shields and weapons on the ground, took out the longbows on their backs, and took out arrows, stretched their bows and arrows, and showed a certain elevation angle upwards.

"Draw the bowβ€”put itβ€”"

With a dull sound, countless dense arrows flew into the sky, like a black cloud at an extremely fast speed, shrouding the heads of the Tubo army that was rushing over.

"Ah?????? Ah??????h Countless screams rang out, and a large number of Tubo troops were killed by the arrows that came and fell to the ground, and despite the first round of bow and arrow blows, the Tubo army still rushed quite tenaciously towards the military formation of the Western Qin army.

"Draw the bowβ€”put itβ€”"

Another round of arrows was fired, and the charging Tubo fell down again, and the density of the troops became sparse.

After six consecutive rounds of long-range attacks with bows and arrows, more than half of the 20,000 Tubo troops were wiped out, leaving less than 10,000 people running on the wide flat ground, and the speed of the charge was greatly weakened, and these Tubo troops were already afraid.

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and ordered: "Order the front middle army to split into two, first move to the left and right sides, and then withdraw from the gap between the left and right armies!" Order the Modao military array to prepare for battle, wait for the front army to disperse, and immediately advance to kill the enemy! ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang's order was very clear and unambiguous, the generals in front immediately divided the front army into two parts, the people on the left turned to the left, the people on the right loaded to the right, put away their bows and arrows, picked up their shields and spears and trotted forward, and waited for the runway to stop at the junction of the cavalry on the left and right flanks, and then turned to the left and right respectively, and then retreated to the rear in unison to the gap between the three armies.

The phalanx of the Modao Legion finally revealed the true face of Lushan, "The Modao Army advances-" The leading general pulled out his waist knife and shouted at the Tubo army that was rushing over.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill" The soldiers of the Modao Army roared with every step.

When the Tibetan army rushed over, the leading general shouted: "Stop, beheadβ€”"

"Huh-" A sword flash flashed, and the Tubo army that rushed to the front was split in half.

The Tubo army behind was still rushing over, and the general of the Modao army shouted again: "Enter-stop-cut"

The Modao army under the command of the commander of the army kept stepping and chopping forward, the soldiers all stepped on the corpses and blood water, and the ground was soon paved with a layer of incomplete corpses, and the Tubo army behind finally couldn't withstand this fearful loss speed, and they turned around and ran, and a large-scale rout was quickly formed.

"Order: Cavalry on both wings pursues, infantry sweeps the battlefield, and takes prisoners!" Zhao Ziliang gave the order at the right time.

"Kill-" The Western Qin army launched a general attack, and a large number of cavalry on both flanks rushed out and rushed towards the fleeing Tubo army from behind.

"Defeated! Retreat-" Seeing his complete rout, his face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat, and immediately turned around and fled in the direction of Nian Mai, and the personal guards closely escorted him and fled from the battlefield.

When the battle was over, the pursuing cavalry returned with their captives, and the infantry kept following behind to collect the corpses and collect the booty.

On the same day, the Western Qin army camped at the foot of the nearby mountain, all the prisoners were gathered, and after statistics, more than 6,000 Tubo troops were finally captured, and more than 12,000 people were killed, and only more than 1,000 people fled to Nianmai with the ruler and Moha.

The next day, Zhao Ziliang led 3,000 cavalry with Ma Sui as the vanguard, and marched to Nianmai first, and the main force of the army under his command followed up and attacked the lower valley area of the Nianchu River.

Subsequently, Zhao Ziliang sent Xuan Sitong to lead 8,000 men and horses from the headquarters, 5,000 Tianzhu soldiers and 25,000 Tubo servants to the south along the middle and upper reaches of the Nianchu River, and successively captured Bailang, Jiang Ruo, Zilakang, Xiega, Gyantse, Yangsiduo and other places. At this point, all the Ula region in Houzang was captured by the Western Qin army.

On December 25, Zhao Ziliang led the main army to the periphery of Nianmai, at this time the vanguard Ma Sui had already led his troops to capture Nianmai, and when he attacked, Nianmai had long had no power to resist.

"Congratulations to the king to Nianmai!" Ma Sui led the lieutenant general to meet Zhao Ziliang's army a few miles southwest of Nianmai.

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, "No need to be polite, let's talk while walking, how is the situation of Nian Mai?" ”

"Yes!" Ma then agreed, hit the horse and turned around and followed Zhao Ziliang, a horse head behind, he said: "When Wechen led the army to Nianmai, there was no resistance here, there was no soldier, Wechen heard that there were more than 1,000 people when the ruler took Moha to flee back, but in less than a day, these soldiers fled cleanly, and the ruler took Moha to betray his relatives, drew a knife and killed himself, but when Wechen saw him, his body was already cold, and there was no one around!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This king thought that he would flee to the other side of the Nianchu River with the remnants and hide in the sphere of influence of the Luo Dynasty, but I didn't expect this guy to find a short-sightedness, forget it, if you die, you will die, it is not a pity to die!" How did the Tibetan people of Nianmai react to the arrival of our army? ”

"So far, there has been no reaction, neither hostility nor intimacy towards us! The last general has ordered the soldiers to be restrained and not to violate military discipline! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, turned his head and instructed Chen Qing: "Pass on the king's military order, outside of entering the New Year's Mai, do not disturb the local people, you can trade with the local people, but you must trade fairly, and you can't take it by force!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky, and said to the officials and generals around him: "Today is the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, and in a few days it will be the New Year and the Spring Festival, it seems that we have to rest for half a month, and the soldiers can't go home to reunite with their families for the New Year, so we can only give them the New Year here!" Zheng San, prepare more wine, meat and food these days, and let the soldiers eat well during the New Year and Spring Festival! Although the king is not worried about their loyalty and wants to guard against them, since they are fighting for us, we must also let them eat and drink enough, and if we want them to work hard, what is it to pay more food, wine and meat? ”

Zheng San hugged his fists and said: "Yes, Weichen understands!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Chen Qing again: "During the New Year and the Spring Festival, the soldiers cannot be allowed to eat and sleep all the time, and ordered that each department prepare some programs, and on the day of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, each department will produce several programs, and the whole army will hold a party to make everyone happy!" During the Spring Festival after the New Year, each ministry should hold some activities on its own to enliven the atmosphere during the Spring Festival. Xuansi also has to send people to convey instructions and let them prepare on their own, in addition, the vigilance during the New Year and the Spring Festival cannot be relaxed, and the sentinels must always keep an eye on the surrounding forces, we can't capsize in the gutter! ”

Chen Qing hugged his fists and said: "Yes, the king, the ministers will convey the king's instructions to the ministries later!" ”

Nianmai is worthy of being the largest population concentration in the Houzang region, and it is also the largest business area, with a permanent population of 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the layout and scale of the houses have been quite the scale of a town.

This small city has no city walls, there are many stone houses in the city, and the Tibetans have no tiles to cover the roof, so they can only put beams on the roof to cover the animal skins, and then lay a layer of dry thatch.

The people of Nianmai were quite curious about the arrival of the Western Qin army, and many people opened their doors to watch. Zhao Ziliang saw the corpse of the ruler Mohe in the Marshal's Mansion in Nianmai, this guy was about to cut off his neck, the blood on the ground had been cleaned up, and the corpse was still in the room.

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to Ma Sui and said, "Order someone to bury him!" ”

"Yes, King!"

According to the customs of the Tibetan people, there are many funeral ceremonies of the Tibetan people, and he was cremated in the identity of the ruler with Moha! Cremation in Tibet is a relatively noble funeral ritual. The top is Tazang, followed by cremation, and then sky burial, most of the Tubo people use sky burial after death, which is more common; Then there is the water burial, which is used by those who cannot afford to hire a lama, and the worst is the burial, only those who suffer from infectious diseases will be buried.

The corpse of Juba was also disposed of in the same way as that of the ruler Moha, and the ashes were cremated and then put into the golden pagoda, which was considered a relatively noble ritual among the Tibetan lords.

"See the King!" Zhao Ziliang came to the backyard after handling official business, and Zhuoma came forward to greet him in a full costume, looking a little haggard.

Zhao Ziliang saw it and asked, "What?" Still grieving over your father's death? It doesn't have to be that way, in your words, he has passed away in bliss, and you should be happy for him! ”

"Yes!" Dolma saluted and said, "Thank you, Great King, for burying my father!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "No need, in a few days it will be the most important festival of the year for our Han people, we call it the Spring Festival, be happy, this is the first few days of the year, be happy, and then you can always be happy, and be auspicious and festive!" ”

"Yes!"