Looking at the remaining more than 3,000 soldiers not far away, ?en ???. Together, they set their sights on the supreme commander of the attack. After feeling the inquiring gaze of these people, he saw the general standing in the middle, his face changed a little at first, and then he glanced at the more than 3,000 soldiers who were still attacking the city.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw!" When he said the moment he retreated, it was as if his whole body collapsed in an instant. He knew that not only would he not get credit for going back this time, but he would even be punished very severely, and if he didn't do well, his official title would be revoked. After all, they came out this time to look for the two Tibetan soldiers who disappeared a few days ago.

After all, that letter is very important, and once it is known by certain forces, it will be related to the safety of their Tibet. Otherwise, they would not have been able to send so many people to find the two messengers.

But a few days ago, some soldiers reported that they unexpectedly found a city in a valley at the junction with the Tang Dynasty. At first, the general didn't believe it, but it wasn't until they came to attack a few days ago that he was shocked to find that there really was a city in this place where there was no village in front of the village and no land in the back.

After discovering this city, his first reaction was that even if he couldn't find the two missing messengers, as long as he occupied this small city, he would still be able to get a merit when he returned. It was with this intention that he led his army to attack.

And only then did he understand. Since this small city dares to be located here, it must have a certain hole card. However, it was too late to understand that more than half of his soldiers had already suffered casualties. He could predict how their higher-ups would react when they learned that instead of capturing a small city, he had suffered more than half of the casualties.

While thinking desperately, this Tibetan general had already led the remnants of less than 3,000 defeated soldiers to withdraw from the valley.

And Lu Chen, who was in the city, saw that the other party had withdrawn, and did not act rashly immediately, but waited in the city for about half a day, and after seeing that there were indeed no Tubo soldiers in this valley, Lu Chen sent out five hundred city guards to disperse and go around to investigate.

The reason why he was so careful was mainly because Lu Chen was afraid that this might be a trap. After all, Lu Chen's heart knew that the reason why they were able to defeat each other so easily was completely relying on various hole cards that the other party had never seen. If the two armies fought against each other on flat ground, with the strength of the two sides before, Lu Chen and they might not be able to win. Even if there are two hole cards, the gun, the crossbow, the crossbow and the bomb, as long as the opposing soldier rushes forward, these two hole cards immediately lose their effect. Moreover, as soon as the two sides were melee, the artillery became even more unusable.

The more than 500 soldiers sent out by Lu Chen did not return to the city until dusk. They inspected all the large and small caves in the valley and the mountains, and found not a single Tibetan soldier. It seems that the other party really retreated this time, after all, if the other party wants to set a trap, it must also be arranged in the valley. If they set traps outside the mountains, it won't do much. Because as long as the people in the valley notice that there is something strange around them, they will run to the holy city as soon as possible. If the trap of the Tibetans was set outside, there would be no time to stop the people in the valley from returning to the holy city.

So, after hearing that there was no sign of each other in this valley and on the surrounding mountains. Lu Chen immediately secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he did not explicitly say that the danger had been lifted, but asked these soldiers to still maintain this high degree of vigilance. After all, he wasn't sure if the Tubo people really went back here, or if they went back to move the rescuers.

Although he didn't know what the movements of the Tibetan army were, it was impossible for Lu Chen to stay here all the time. Because he also had to go to Luzhou City, improve the defense system there, and then return to the capital, let Song Cai secretly make a batch of bombs and shells. In the previous battle, nearly half of the bombs in the Holy City had been consumed.

Taking advantage of the fact that it is still an era of peace, it is more convenient for Lu Chen to find various raw materials, and he wants to save some more goods. Otherwise, once the civil strife began, it would not be as convenient for him to collect all kinds of raw materials as it is now.

Lu Chen stayed in this holy city for another three or four days, and just wanted to leave this place and go to Chang'an City. But on the morning of the fourth day, I heard a report from the guards outside, saying that a group of Tibetan soldiers had come outside. Hearing this, a cold glint flashed in Lu Chen's eyes, if this Tubo person still didn't know what to do, this time he would definitely give them an unforgettable lesson.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen asked, "How many people did they come this time?" ”

Hearing Lu Chen's inquiry, the soldier bowed his hand again and said, "They came here with a total of more than 100 people this time, and they also came with things, saying that they wanted to apologize to the city lord." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen sighed lightly in some surprise, he had also thought that before the war, the Tibetan side would send someone to negotiate peace. However, after the previous battle, after he wiped out more than 3,000 people, Lu Chen no longer thought about negotiating peace. After all, more than 3,000 elite soldiers were lost, how could the Tibetan side swallow this secret loss?

Therefore, now I heard this guard say that the other party actually sent someone to negotiate peace. After Lu Chen was a little surprised, his first reaction was that the other party was playing some conspiracy. However, no matter how Lu Chen wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of what the other party's plot was.

In desperation, Lu Chen immediately stopped thinking about it, and said, "Let's go and have a look first" After hearing Lu Chen's words, the soldier immediately responded to the promise, took the lead in front, and led the way for Lu Chen.

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In the base camp of the Tibetan army, some generals were arguing with anger on their faces, as if something was dissatisfying to them.

"General, you just let that little city go? Could it be that the 3,000 strong men of Tubo were sacrificed in vain!? ”

"General, if this matter spreads, the face of our Tibetan army will be lost!"

After hearing the words of these two generals, he saw that the other Tubo generals also nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the Tibetan general standing at the forefront said in a deep voice, "I know everyone's mood now, but this is Zampu's order." Moreover, these are extraordinary times, and there is no room for error until the night of the next full moon. As for the small city that everyone is talking about, let it exist for a while longer. When we're done with that on the night of the next full moon, it's not too late to come back and clean up the town! ”

Hearing that their top generals had spoken, the other generals immediately saluted and promised no more. They also knew that Zampu seemed to have a secret agreement with a general of the Tang Dynasty, and as for the specific content, even they didn't know.

(To be continued.) )