This battle of ambushes was almost a one-sided slaughter. Li Mi and Ge Luofeng's ambush soldiers, who had advantages in geography, troops, and surprises, won the battle without any suspense. Of the 6,000 Tibetan cavalry archers, only more than 1,000 escaped back to the city, and the remaining 5,000 or so were shot dead in the ambush field.

The Tang army and the Nanzhao soldiers suffered less than 800 casualties. Most of them were because they forcibly blocked the deserters at the mouth of the valley in order to cut off the retreat of the Tibetan soldiers back into the valley, and they were killed and wounded by the desperate Tibetan soldiers and horses. A small part of the casualties were caused by the indiscriminate shooting of the Tibetan cavalry archers into the woods. But for such a small loss and such a large result, it was already an overwhelming victory.

The sky was getting bright, and the Tang army was hurrying to clean up the battlefield. The bloody corpses of the Tibetan soldiers were stripped of their armor and thrown into the Jinsha River, which was suspected of polluting the river, but the Tang army did not have time to dispose of the corpses. The practice of piling up and burning corpses is not advisable in the mountains and forests, and it is not good to cause a fire, so it is better to throw them into the river and feed them to the fish and turtles.

The grass slopes of the battlefield were stained red with blood, and the streams of blood under the grass slowly seeped into the cliffs by the river, where they flowed into the river beach and soaked the river. The scene is horrific.

The battle was fruitful, with more than 2,000 horses captured and thousands of sets of armor and weapons. The armor and weapons of the Tubo people are no worse than those of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tubo cavalry archers who were ambushed tonight are the elite of the regular army of Tubo, and the full-body scale armor they wear and the longbows they use are all exquisite weapons and equipment, which are of great value.

Wang Yuan crossed the river to the south bank, Li Mi and Ge Luofeng stood happily on the riverside bank to greet them, Wang Yuan laughed and congratulated him.

"Congratulations to General Li, congratulations to the lord of the country, this battle was fought beautifully, and the two of you should take a credit."

"Where, where, it is the master's subtle strategy. I didn't expect these Tubo people to be really fooled, and they just got into the net we laid down, hahaha, it's hard to win. Li Mi said with a smile.

Ge Luofeng stepped forward and said, "Brother-in-law, can you give me some of the captured loot?" In this battle my men were the most courageous, blocking the slope leading to the valley mouth, and blocking more than 2,000 people in a circle, for which more than 400 of my men died, but I must be compensated. Look at my people, most of them are still naked. ”

Wang Yuan was speechless, Ge Luofeng was also very snobbish, and he came to ask for loot as soon as the war ended. However, Wang Yuan didn't mean to blame him, Ge Luofeng didn't say a word, it was not easy to take 10,000 soldiers and horses to assist him in this expedition, and Wang Yuan didn't intend to treat him badly. Increasing the strength of Ge Luofeng, in fact, is also good for himself, giving him benefits, and if he is useful in the future, just a call, Ge Luofeng will lead the army to come, and it is definitely worth giving some small favors for this. Besides, Ge Luofeng is Ah Luo's brother, and he should also be given benefits for Ah Luo's sake.

"I will leave the war horses, and the armor and longbow will be given to your soldiers and horses. Uncle, I am favoritism to you, it stands to reason that these captured booty need to be reported in a book, and I will give it to you directly if it is decided by the imperial court. Fortunately, General Li is not a man of many tongues, otherwise I am afraid that I would have suffered from the imperial court for this. Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Li Mi opened his hand and beckoned in his ear: "Huh? What are you talking about? Why am I suddenly deaf and can't hear anything? ”

Ge Luofeng laughed, patted Li Mi's shoulder and said: "The old general is interesting enough, I didn't say it, I will solve the matter of the manpower of the city and the city for you." How about sending you 3,000 middle-aged men from my Nanzhao Kingdom to help? ”

This time, Li Mi was no longer deaf, stroked his beard and smiled: "Thank you, the lord, that's a matter of my heart." ”

Li Mi ordered the establishment of a feudal mansion in Langdong City and Anding City, which was destroyed before and is being rebuilt, but it is suffering from insufficient manpower. After begging Ge Luofeng a few times, Ge Luofeng turned a deaf ear, and this time he finally agreed to send someone to help. You must know that in the land of Anding City, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, without the help of the barbarian people of Nanzhao Kingdom, it can be said that it is difficult. Of course, Li Mi was very happy to get such help.

Ge Luo Feng happily went to report the good news to his own people, and took them to the piles of loot to collect the distribution. Wang Yuan and Li Mi walked slowly in the direction of the battlefield, and Li Mi suddenly remembered something and stopped talking.

"By the way, Dashuai, this battle has an unexpected joy."

Wang Yuan said: "What kind of surprise? ”

Li Mi said: "Some of the captured Tubo captives said that the Tubo guard who guarded the city of Lyri, the Iron Blade Sinoro, died here. ”

Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "Iron Blade Sino? That's a familiar name. ”

Li Mi said: "Have you forgotten? Last year, outside the city of Wangzhou, when the 30,000 troops of Chongdao and Tubo jointly attacked Wangzhou, the general who led the army was this iron-bladed Xinoro. ”

Wang Yuan patted his forehead and said, "I remember, it's him?" ”

Li Mi said with a smile: "The commander of the big man is defeated, presumably the big man has no impression of him." This time it was him again. ”

Wang Yuan said: "He died in this battle? How can it be? He was the commander of the city, so how did he personally bring his troops here? ”

Li Mi said with a smile: "The old man doesn't know what he thinks, maybe it's because he thinks it's important to stop my army from crossing the river, so he personally leads the army here." The body has been identified, and it looks like he is indeed the waist card and attire, but I haven't seen him in person, so I'm not sure if it's really him. Dashuai had been to the camp in Tubo when he was in Wangzhou, and he might have recognized it. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "I did meet him, take me to take a look." ”

Wang Yuan and Li Mi walked quickly to the edge of the hillside, where the corpse of the iron-bladed Sinolo lay on the grass softly, the corpse was trampled by the horse's hooves, and blood oozed everywhere in the cracks of the armor. But fortunately, the iron-bladed general's helmet was very hard, and when he died, his face was downward, and his face was not trampled on too much, and his original appearance could still be recognized after being cleaned.

Wang Yuan recognized this person as Iron Blade Sinoro at a glance, with a big disc face, a pile of oily horizontal meat, and dozens of small braids with yellow messy hair, who else was he? The name and position of the Iron Blade are also written on the waist plate: Kamigawa Metropolitan Soldier Envoy Iron Blade Sinoro.

"It's him, hahaha, it's a bonus. We just wanted to lure the enemy into annihilating one of its soldiers and horses, but we didn't expect this guy to send it to the door himself. Wang Yuan laughed.

Wang Yuan was very happy, the mysterious death of this iron-bladed Sino was really inexplicable, he didn't expect that this battle not only killed 5,000 enemy troops, but also killed the enemy's main general defending the city, which can be described as a greater gain than annihilating 5,000 enemy troops.

Li Mi smiled and said, "Yes, it's really him, then it will be much easier for us to break through the city." Marshal, taking advantage of the chaos in the city, we should immediately launch a siege. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "That's right, the army can all cross the river by noon, but I didn't sleep all night last night, and I need to rest for half a day, and I can officially attack the city early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Mi arched his hand and said, "Follow the orders of the marshal." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said: "But there is a problem that the pontoon bridge cannot allow siege equipment and horses to cross the river, and the bridge needs to be rebuilt." If there is no siege equipment to attack the city, there will be more casualties. ”

Li Mi said: "Don't worry, I brought some equipment from Yaozhou, although the number of catapults is not much, but it is just to cover the siege." But the key is that we can't delay too long, if the Tibetan reinforcements arrive, it will be bad. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "That's it, there must be some casualties, and I have to bite the bullet." In this way, immediately organize people to build a rope bridge on the cliff, and the rest of the soldiers and horses immediately rest and prepare for battle. It can be used to cut down trees and make some siege equipment temporarily, such as simple catapults, rushing vehicles, etc. These things can't be too few, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the city defenses in one fell swoop. You must know that there are still more than 30,000 defenders in the city. In addition, no matter what, find a way to transport dozens of Fuyuan crossbows on the opposite bank before the siege. There are too many arrow towers at the head of the city, and the Fuyuan crossbow is their nemesis, and I don't want my brothers to attack the city with a dense barrage of arrows. ”

Li Mi nodded and said, "Don't worry, the old man will definitely find a way to do it." ”

In the afternoon, more than 20,000 infantry all crossed the pontoon bridge on the Jinsha River, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left on the opposite bank, 5,000 were Liu Jun's cavalry, and the rest were artillery battalions and baggage vehicles that could not cross the river.

Li Mi organized thousands of soldiers and began to build rope bridges between the cliffs. Thanks to the pontoon bridge on the river, the progress is also very smooth, just drag the rope across the river and build a dense rope ropeway between the cliffs. With the experience of building a flying bridge, it was only a matter of time before a rope bridge was built on the cliff wall. As for the more than 30 Fuyuan crossbows in the army, the problem of transporting them was solved after the ropes on both sides of the strait were erected. You only need to tie a few ropes and hang them under the ropes, and pull them one by one with a wooden winch. The Fuyuan crossbow is also not heavy, and it is not too difficult to operate. In the same way, all the siege ladders were transported.

Ge Luofeng's brute soldiers also began to get busy, cutting down trees to build catapults and other large siege equipment, although shoddy, but always better than nothing.

Busy until dark, thousands of soldiers who had finished their afternoon rest were sent to the front to stand on guard, and the rest of the soldiers were tired and sleepy in the forest camp to recover from the fatigue of last night. Wang Yuan summoned Song Jiangong, Li Mi and more than a dozen other generals in the army to discuss the details of tomorrow's battle in the big tent, and it was not until the second watch that they dispersed and went back to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, the army marched and pressed under the city, and arrived at the valley plain two miles east of the city at three o'clock in the morning. Nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses lined up in hundreds of squares, overwhelming the sky and pressing a piece of darkness. Under the sun, the dragon flag rolls up, the swords and guns are like a forest, the armor is shining, and the momentum is really impressive.