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On the west bank of Zhaling Lake, Wang Zhongsi and Ge Shuhan's 80,000-strong army had been trapped here for two days. Faced with this dilemma, it was difficult for Wang Zhongsi to make a choice.

Waiting for the weather to be cold and the quicksand ground to harden is an option, but after the cold weather, it will be unknown whether the army will be able to cope with the cold and harsh climate of the Gobi Plateau. Wang Zhongsi knew that his decision at this time would be related to the life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command. He can't make hasty decisions lightly.

In the midst of several days of anxiety, Wang Zhongsi and others received the good news that the left-hand army led by Li Guangbi from the east of the Ngoling Lake had captured Antelope City, which somewhat relieved Wang Zhongsi's pressure. Li Guangbi is a good example, living up to his years of promotion and trust, after the rear will build the bridge to build the timber, Li Guangbi successfully built a bridge on the mud and sand river, broke through the blockade of the Tubo army on the opposite bank and waved the army in one fell swoop, and captured Antelope City.

But with this good news comes bad news. In building bridges across the river and even attacking Antelope City on high slopes, Li Guangbi's Left Route Army paid a huge price, with more than 16,000 soldiers killed and wounded. Among them, more than 5,000 were killed and tens of thousands were wounded. The final annihilation of the Tibetan defenders in Antelope City was only 6,000 people. More than 10,000 Tibetan soldiers and horses escaped when Antelope City was broken. Although the city of Antelope was captured in this battle, the losses of its own soldiers and horses were more than three times that of the Tibetan soldiers and horses.

Wang Zhongsi could not ignore these losses. Counting the losses of the attack on Doma City and Antelope City, the two cities were captured, and the 150,000 army was killed by tens of thousands, and the wounded were 18,000, which was equivalent to the loss of nearly 30,000 troops, while the loss of Tibetan soldiers and horses was less than 9,000. The one-to-three battle loss ratio made Wang Zhongsi feel unacceptable. Although the overall number of soldiers and horses is superior, they also won two cities. But Wang Zhongji felt as if he had fallen into the trap of the Tibetans. Perhaps the Tibetans wiped out their own living forces in this way and narrowed the gap between the strength of the two sides.

It's not that Wang Zhongsi thinks too much, he has done this kind of tactics himself. When he led his army to fight against the soldiers and horses of the Turkic Yehu tribe, the number of soldiers and horses he led was less than that of his opponents. However, Wang Zhongsi annihilated more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers and horses with small encroachment battles, and finally conducted a large-scale decisive battle when the strength of the two sides was equal, defeating the opponent in one fell swoop and cutting off the head of the Usumish Khan of the Turkic Yehu tribe.

That battle was a miserable victory, and in hindsight, if there was no small-scale encroachment battle in advance that wiped out more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Yehu tribe, if the final decisive battle was more than 10,000 soldiers and horses against the opponent, he would have been defeated. At present, this situation is very similar to the situation of that day, the Tibetans are not too obsessed with holding the city, but use the city as a fortress to kill and wound a large number of their own soldiers and horses. On the surface, the Tubo people lost the city and fled in embarrassment, but in fact, the Tang army suffered a loss.

Now there are still 70,000 troops in the north of Tibet, and there are still 120,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and the strength of the two sides is still unequal, but it is no longer as big as the gap between 150,000 and 80,000 at the beginning of the war. Moreover, the two cities captured will also be garrisoned, which will divide part of the troops. Perhaps this is exactly the trick of the Tibetan people.

Wang Zhongsi suddenly felt that he was very indecisive, and since he entered the territory of Tibet to fight, there seemed to be an invisible thread leading his nose. I seem to be following this line step by step, and everything is not going well. It's hard to make the right choice.

But now fortunately, two of the three cities have been taken, and the only stone castle city to face is to face, at least I can not be distracted by other things, and concentrate on the things in front of me. Wang Zhongsi thought about it and decided to accept Ge Shuhan's suggestion, set up a large camp on the west bank of Zhaling Lake, and wait for the cold weather to come, so that he could take Shibao City in one fell swoop. So Wang Zhongsi ordered Li Guangbi to leave 5,000 soldiers and horses in Antelope City to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses to reorganize and go north to join forces. When the land of quicksand hardened, he took Stone Castle City in one fell swoop with 100,000 superior troops.

After finally making this decision, Wang Zhongsi breathed a sigh of relief. Although he still felt that this was not very practical and that it was inappropriate in his heart, Wang Zhongsi put aside the hidden worries in his heart and made up his mind to proceed according to this feasible plan. The correctness of the decision is left to the facts. Sometimes manpower is limited, vision is short, and seeing things is like seeing flowers in a fog and can't see the final direction clearly. Maybe it's best to leave it to God to give the ending.

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The Buffalo City Defender Lu Xizan has been unhappy lately, and a few months ago, he thought his fortune was turning. Because two high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty accidentally got into the oasis next to Bison City, they were caught by themselves and cut off their heads. It was later found out that one of the two was Wang Jie, the Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty Criminal Department, and the other was Shi Luo Xizao, the servant of the Imperial Historical Observatory.

Lu Xizan was happy that he didn't sleep for a few days, and after sending the heads of two Tang Dynasty officials to the city of Luo to ask for merit, he waited for the commendation notice of the Great Tibetan State Zampu. He originally thought that the high-ranking officials who killed the Tang Dynasty would be promoted, so that he would leave this bison city where birds do not lay eggs, and be transferred to a big city in the south of Tubo to become a city lord or something. Bison City is so boring, an oasis made of sand bricks, and there is no place for fun in the city. Although there were also liquor shops and brothels that were set up specifically for the soldier's business, to be honest, the women in the brothels were all old and had no appetite. And the soldiers frequented it, and it was disgusting to think about sharing these ugly women with these filthy soldiers. Therefore, Lu Xizan can't wait to leave this city quickly and go to a good place to relax.

However, his dreams were shattered by an official letter from the city of Logos. The official document not only did not praise Lu Xizan's merit in killing the Tang Dynasty minister, but instead scolded him for cutting off the head of the Tang Dynasty minister without permission, so that the contradiction between him and the Tang Dynasty could not be reconciled, which would lead to bad results. He also said that if he hadn't remembered his meritorious service in defending Bison City, he would have been demoted and deprived of his position, and Yunyun would be severely punished.

Lu Xizan scolded, a great achievement turned into a floating cloud, the royal family and the prime ministers were as timid as mice, and they were actually afraid of the retaliation of the Tang Dynasty. Outside the city of Wangzhou, the 30,000 troops who were killed by the Jiannan Army of the Tang Dynasty did not think of revenge, and they killed the Tang Dynasty officials in retaliation but were scolded, which is simply unreasonable.

But scolding and scolding, Lu Xizan had no choice, and he was depressed for many days, until more than a dozen new prostitutes came to the brothel in Bison City. Female, I was in a better mood.

A month ago, the news that the Tang Dynasty had gathered troops and horses to attack the three cities of Baihai in the north of Tubo Kingdom came, and Lu Xizan was even more silent. The letter of belligerent sent by the Tang Dynasty clearly mentioned that it was precisely because he killed two high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty in Bison City that this retaliatory military action was triggered. Lu Xizan shrank his head and didn't say a word, and ordered someone to go to Luo Some City to do some things for himself, and got a reassuring word from the prime minister Yi Xiang Yele, saying that he had already prepared for this Tang army's attack, and he would not punish Lu Xizan for this, so Lu Xizan gradually settled down.

A sandstorm raged outside the city, and Lu Xizan drank in the back hall of the city lord's mansion in Bison City. Sitting next to him were two prostitutes who had been summoned from a brothel in the city. Woman. Lu Xizan learned to be obedient, the new batch of prostitutes. As soon as the woman arrived at the brothel in Bison City, Lu Xizan picked two good ones to enjoy alone, and stayed in the city lord's mansion. Although this move would cause dissatisfaction among his generals, Lu Xizan could ignore it. In this lonely city in the desert, the only thing that can make Luxizan happy is to hold the two women around and drink when the sandstorm is rampant outside, and then vent on their bellies.

It was late at night, and the wine was drunk and hazy. Two half-naked prostitutes. The ordinary appearance of the woman also became coquettish and cute in Lu Xizan's drunken eyes. Their protruding big yellow teeth also became playful like rabbit teeth, and their huge foreheads became smooth and reflected with halos. The duck-like voice also became tactful.

Lu Xizan burped and stood up, shook his body and laughed: "Is it better than waiting for General Ben to collapse?" Tonight, General Ben wants to have a double flying swallow stacked Arhat, and he also wants to come with a trick and a flute and a double product, but don't let General Ben down. ”

Two prostitutes. The female didn't follow the words: "The general loves to play these tricks, and we can't stand it." ”

Ruxizan rude in a prostitute. The woman's chest was pinched, and she laughed: "Can't stand it? General Ben has spent your wallet, and you will be happy with General Ben, who you are serving. Why don't you change General Ben's clothes? ”

Two prostitutes. The woman hurriedly hugged Lu Xizan left and right, and undressed him, revealing his hairy chest. After a while, two women and a man were all naked. Rusizan began to enjoy the wonderful night of his life.

Just when Lu Xizan was overjoyed in the battle against the two prostitutes, on the oasis of calm after the sandstorm, the black-pressed Tang soldiers took advantage of the night to touch the Bison City along the Jinchuan River. After the sandstorm, the Tibetan defenders were a little slack. This is also the time when they can rarely be lazy, because after the sandstorm is the safest time, everything in the desert is swept away, and there is nothing to worry about at all.

Therefore, when the black-pressed Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses touched the city and began to lay siege pontoon bridges on the Jinchuan River, which flowed around the city, the defenders at the head of the city unconsciously discovered the movement. When they threw down a torch to the city, they were stunned by what they saw. The heads of the black-pressed people were wriggling under the city, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses there were. The moat seemed to be clear, and countless elevated ladders were reaching the head of Bison City, and people were already climbing to the top of the city.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The terrible shouts resounded through the quiet night, and the soldiers and horses guarding the city were hurriedly draped in surprise and came to the top of the city.

With a warning. The horn sounded, and on the big bed of the city lord's mansion, lying on the two prostitutes. Lu Xizan, who was sleeping on the woman's belly, was also startled and sat up.