Chapter 36: After the War
On the third day of August in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, in the canyon twenty miles north of Jianchuan, the Tiance army camped.
In one day, King Lanling had died of pain nineteen times.
Zhu Ling'er cried into a tearful person, the soldiers of the camp were all red-eyed, and the anger was pressing, like a vicious wolf who only chose people to eat, the camp went south, and the barbarians of Jianchuan were all trembling and panicking.
The decisive battle a day ago, the situation on the side of the Tiance army was very good, the left, the center and the right three route armies all took a great advantage, with a battle loss of less than 100 people, annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, and saw that these Dali Prefecture white barbarian soldiers and Jianchuan barbarian soldiers who were watching the battle in the rear were dumbfounded, and called the real heavenly soldiers.
After that, Xiao Xiao, the king of Lanling, personally led three guards and a hundred light horsemen, suddenly returned to the middle road from south to north, and beheaded the Tubo commander Enlan Dazaru Gong, one arrow made his soul scatter, and the second arrow would take his life, but at this time, a sudden change occurred.
This Tang God of War, an immortal disciple, suddenly convulsed inexplicably, and fell off the war horse and flew out, and then a decisive battle with a good situation instantly turned into a battle between the two sides for the King of Lanling.
The Tibetan side wanted to kill him at all costs, and the Tiance army wanted to save him at all costs.
Fortunately, at the time of the incident, the thirty personal guards of the king of Lanling were the closest, and after Xiao Qu fell ill, he regained a trace of consciousness, and finally under the escort of thirty personal guards and one hundred Tiance cavalry, with the cooperation of the Tiance Central Army and the Right ~ Wing Army, he successfully killed the Tubo army that blocked the way and fled back to his own position.
After that, Xiao Quzhi went crazy in pain again, tore his hair, and scratched his cheeks. was stopped by dozens of guards. However, the power of the Lanling King is endless. These guards were thrown out at once, and every Tiance sergeant was worried, and there was chaos on the battlefield.
Tubo Dazha Lu Gong was overjoyed, personally went into battle, commanded more than 50,000 Tubo troops to attack, Li Sheng, the first general under the command of the King of Lanling, made a quick decision, personally shot the head of the King of Lanling unconscious, and then calmly commanded the Tiance army to counterattack with Ma Sui, another favorite general of the King of Lanling.
More than 50,000 Tibetan troops frantically attacked for half an hour without progress. Instead, tens of thousands of people went in vain, and then the Tiance army took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and the Tubo army had no choice but to retreat, and more than 14,000 Tiance troops went crazy and chased twelve miles in the rear, until they reached the east coast of the Lashi Sea.
The Tubo army had to retreat to the Shenchuan Governor's Mansion, and then, escorted by 26 guards and 300 cavalry to the Lanling King to retreat to the previous camp, the Tiance army blocked the narrow road between the Shenchuan Governor's Mansion and the Lashi Sea, and after the 40,000 Dali Prefecture and Jianchuan barbarian armies began to clean up the battlefield, the army slowly retreated. More than 40,000 Tibetan troops did not dare to pursue.
After returning to the camp, the truth soon came out. King Lanling is the most vicious, cruel, and unsolvable brain-devouring Gu who has fallen into the edict of Luo Zhi.
The 14,000 Tiance army and 20,000 Dali soldiers immediately angrily threatened to wash the barbarians of Jianchuan in blood, leaving no men, women and children, and then burning this place into a white ground, and the leaders of the barbarians of Jianchuan were all frightened and knelt on the ground and begged.
At this time when the situation was extremely urgent, the king of Lanling, who had fainted in pain, woke up quietly, and after asking about the situation, he stopped the behavior of his soldiers, called the leader of the Jianchuan barbarians into the handsome tent, and said that the Jianchuan barbarians would find out and hand over the murderer in one day, and the oath was still there, otherwise the blood would wash the Jianchuan.
At this time, the lord of the edict took her baby daughter Ah Youduo to the Tiance camp to confess her guilt, along with the leaders of various tribes.
But what will happen in the end, the barbarians of Jianchuan don't know, no one knows what crazy things the angry Tiance soldiers will do after the tragic death of King Lanling, and whether King Lanling's words can still be binding on them.
Even if the Tiance Army really wanted to wash the Sword River in blood, they would have nothing to say.
Only now did they know what kind of person King Lanling was, how lofty his status was among the soldiers of the Tiance Army, how many lives he saved in Datang, and how many places he benefited from the Tang Dynasty......
Originally, hundreds of thousands of barbarians in Jianchuan could also live a better and better life because of King Lanling, but it turned out to be like this, not to mention that the Tiance Army wanted to kill people, even the other barbarians in Jianchuan wanted to rush over and slaughter the edict.
Eldest sister, if you want to find death yourself, don't pull us up!
There are already people secretly packing up their things and preparing to flee into the mountains, but more people are watching and praying, not praying that the king of Lanling will not die, but praying not to be affected by the edict of Luo Zhi, Bai Man of Dali Prefecture said that if Tiance Mansion wants to kill them, even if they flee to the mountains and are found, they have money and can use money to buy heads.
“…… He said that the king of Lanling was the worst person in the world in the Tiance Mansion, and after defeating Tubo, he would kill half of the men in Jianchuan, and then use the remaining half as slaves to dig gold for the Sihai trading company...... He also said that Tiance Mansion and Sihai Trading Company relied on this method to keep killing people, robbing money, and then getting richer and richer......"
When the barbarians of Jianchuan were apprehensive and panicked, the big tent of the Chinese army of the Tiance Army came to their senses, and Xiao Quai, who was wrapped in zongzi on his head, listened to the story of Ah Youduo who was kneeling on the ground with Li Sheng, Zhu Ling'er and others.
Xiao Quzhi was quite speechless and said, "So, you believe him?" Would you rather trust a stranger you've known for less than a month, or trust your daddy? ”
Ah Youduo has also cried into a tearful person, after the analysis and explanation of the lord of the edict, she finally realized what kind of catastrophe her behavior would bring to her own clan, and finally saw clearly that Zhang Xiancheng was deceiving and using herself from the beginning.
"Zhang Xiancheng is what he said, you dare to believe it...... Liangqi, tell her what kind of person Zhang Xiancheng is. ”
"Zhang Xiancheng, the former famous general of the Tang Dynasty, the son of Zhang Shouqi, the envoy of Youzhou Festival, his father has fought for the country for many years, and has made many meritorious contributions, Zhang Xiancheng is the son of a meritorious hero, but he does not want to serve the country, but he helps the rebellion, and becomes the henchman of Youzhou Zahu Lushan, and does all kinds of evil for him.
Tubo was defeated by Wang Zhongwu, the heir of Wang Zhong, and Zhang Xiancheng assassinated General Wang together with the Tang Assassins; Later, he set up a snake tooth organization for An Lushan Zahu, bribed Jiangyang thieves, robbed homes and houses, killed people and did all kinds of evil; Annexation of bandits on the Silk Road. Raiding and traveling to and from business. assassinating the general of the border town of the Tang Dynasty; Later, a bounty was released. Hunt down and kill King Jianning of the Tang Dynasty with party bandits; and then bribed the assassins to assassinate Princess Lanling.
If you want to talk about robbers and thieves, Zhang Xiancheng is the biggest robber and thief, a dog that bites people under Youzhou Zahu, and now there are 270,000 soldiers in Youzhou Zahu, for the disaster of Hebei, looting, killing people and setting fires, and countless Hebei people have left their hometowns. Displacement, this is the information from Luoyang with a letter eagle, you see.
That Youzhou Zahu wanted to rebel, but he was afraid of the king of Lanling, so he traveled thousands of miles to Yunnan to assassinate the king of Lanling, otherwise Zhang Xiancheng came to Jianchuan inexplicably, isn't it strange to find A Youduo inexplicably?
As soon as the king of Lanling dies, the Youzhou miscellaneous will rebel, and then tens of millions of lives will be catastrophic, and millions of people will die at the hands of Youzhou beast soldiers. Youduo, you are the murderer who killed these innocent people!
At that time, our Tiance army will also return to the Central Plains to quell the chaos, and the land of Yunnan, which has already achieved peace, will also be rekindled. The war is not going on, how will the Tibetan army deal with you, I don't think I need to say more, you are not only harming others, but also harming yourself! ”
The lord of the edict and several other tribal leaders naturally understood as soon as they heard it, and after reading the information, they were even more terrified when they thought of the bad consequences of this incident.
Ah Youduo burst into tears: "I didn't know it was like this...... It was Zhang Xiancheng who said that King Lanling was the worst person in the world...... I'm just ......"
Chen Dahai clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were almost bloody, and he yelled at her: "Master is the best person in this world, do you know how many poor people he has saved who have no food, no clothes to wear, who have been chased and bitten by dogs, and who have been bullied by the rich?"
Millions, I tell!
My sister Alain and I used to be orphans begging along the street, anyone could be bullied, and we had to be chased by dogs every day when we were hungry, even if we were beaten to death and bitten to death by dogs, no one cared. But Master took us in, gave us a place to live, gave us something to eat, and arranged for us to read and write.
Master has always taught me to learn to be grateful, to give back to my neighbors when I grow up, to build Datang into a more prosperous and powerful country, to respect the law, and to protect my homeland.
In addition to my sister, there are more than 200,000 orphans who have been helped by the master, as well as Xiao Xuan, Xiao Huang, and so many soldiers in Tiance Mansion, which of them is not because the master has lived the best life, but now the master is going to be killed by you as a bad woman, I can't wait to kill you! ”
Chen Dahai's vicious eyes pierced Ah Youduo trembling all over, if she hadn't been pulled, Chen Dahai might really rush up and bite her to death.
The Tiance soldier who was pulling Chen Dahai's eyes were also red: "What the sea said is right, I am a farmer who was robbed of land by the powerful in the Tang Dynasty and wandered around, if it weren't for the King of Lanling, our family would have starved to death."
But now our family has our own house and land in Luoyang, my wife works in the workshop, and our children study in the primary school, all because of King Lanling.
The king of Lanling was very good to everyone who was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and the king of Gyeonggi Province and Guannai Province suffered from drought, and it was the king of Lanling and the king of Jianning who brought food from the Nanhai Sea to organize local people to rescue and relieve the disaster, not only to manage the food, but also to pay each person who did the work two buckets of rice every day, so that millions of people affected by the disaster were saved from starvation.
There are also Youzhou and Dangxiang Qiqiang, which were conquered by the king of Lanling, in the past, they didn't freeze and starve to death in winter, and there was nothing but cattle and sheep. But now the shepherds in these two places, not to mention freezing and starving to death in winter, under the overall management of the Four Seas Trading Company, even the lambs did not freeze to death and starved to death.
You Jianchuan barbarians have rejoined the Tang Dynasty, and you will soon be organized into households, and your life will be better and better at that time. But you actually played a trick on King Lanling, even so, King Lanling strictly ordered us not to retaliate against you, otherwise Jianchuan would already be a sea of blood at this moment! ”
An executive named Qin Yan of the Sihai Trading Company ordered someone to bring a loom driven by water power, and said to the lord of the edict: "Zhang Xiancheng's dog framed our Sihai Trading Company's good things are all robbed, just ask, from the group of savages in the South China Sea, you can grab gold and silver, jewelry, and mahogany."
But can you grab the crystal cup? Can you grab crystal lights, lighters, and music boxes? Can you grab silk and beautiful clothes with tight textures, bright colors, and beautiful patterns? It was a group of half-savages dressed in animal skins and leaves.
See, this is the loom developed by the Engineering Bureau of our Sihai Trading Company, which can be driven by a water turbine. The efficiency of weaving can be more than fifty times faster than that of someone like you.
It is by virtue of these advanced technologies. There is also scientific management. We can produce so many things, be so rich, be so rich, and make so many lives better.
That's right, our Tiance Mansion also robbed things and let some people be slaves, but I only robbed the enemy and only captured prisoners of war as slaves. Never robbed his own people.
The King of Lanling is allied with your Jianchuan barbarians, but you are secretly Gu, you have already become the mortal enemy of our Tiance Mansion, even if you kill all of you, it will be difficult to atone for your sins, but the King of Lanling has forgiven you, as long as the murderer gives an explanation. ”
The edict lord raised his head and asked tremblingly, "King Lanling doesn't kill our Jianchuan barbarians?" ”
Xiao Qu was weakly held in Zhu Ling'er's arms, and Ai Lian raised her hand, wanting to wipe away the tears from the corners of Zhu Ling'er's eyes. But her tears grew more and more.
Xiao Quzhi sighed and said: "This king's lifelong pursuit is to protect the Tang Dynasty. Since you have returned to the Tang Dynasty, you are the people of the Tang Dynasty, even if you are wrong, it is also done by Ah Youduo alone, as long as you do not betray the Tang Dynasty, you will never be innocently slaughtered......"
When he said this, the hearts of the other tribes who were accompanying the lord of the edict to bear the guilt of Jing finally put into their stomachs, and at the same time they wanted to cry with gratitude.
"But the culprit of this incident, Zhang Xiancheng must die, and the remaining Tubo army must be wiped out, I can't let my career go to waste...... The edict of Luo Zhizhi can't be easily let go, and the people of the whole clan will have to work hard for three years......"
At the same time, when the Tang army camp was in mourning, their opponent, the Shenchuan Governor's Mansion in Tibet, was also gloomy and miserable.
They didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Tiance Army would be so high, the weapons would be so advanced, and a decisive battle that had been planned for a long time and thought it was inevitable would be fought like this in the end.
The battle was not at all as they had rehearsed before the war, first of all, the time when Xiao Qu's sick brain had an attack of Gu worms was more than half a quarter late, and as a result, in just over half a moment, the 70,000 Tubo army was defeated by the 15,000 Tiance army;
Secondly, the monks Enlan Dazarugon and Monk Jiezan, Nasang Shangjiesi Xiuting and others did not expect that these Tiance infantry, who were farmers and homeless people two and a half years ago, would have such a strong combat effectiveness, which is simply incredible;
Again, although Xiao Quzhi had an attack of Gu worms, instead of being chaotic, the Tiance Army became more fearless and crazy. In the end, he defeated his side miserably, killing more than 30,000 people, while the battle losses of the Tiance army were estimated to be no more than 1,000, or even less.
What's even worse is that today, an urgent report came from Luo, the Longyou Army of the Anxi Army, under the leadership of the Subi Department and the Zhangxiong Department, had already invaded the vicinity of Gechuanyi (now Nagqu), which was only more than 600 miles away from Luo, and the Tubo regime was in danger, and Zampu urgently transferred himself back to repel the Tang Dynasty coalition army.
Shang Jie praised: "Comment, Gechuan Station has the advantage of terrain, and there are 70,000 heavy troops to defend, as long as there is no internal chaos, it is no problem to hold on for half a year."
As long as Xiao Qubing is really dead, the king of Dongping will rebel, and the Anxi army and the Longyou army will inevitably go back to quell the chaos, we can go over the mountain in advance and ambush on the road, intercept layer by layer, and turn defeat into victory. ”
Enlan Dazarugon was silent, playing with Xiao Quai's sky-shaking bow and a carved arrow and an ordinary crossbow arrow in his hand, they didn't seize the opportunity to kill Xiao Quai, but they grabbed this sky-shaking bow.
Sure enough, it was a nine-stone treasure bow, and neither of him nor that Sang Jies Xiuting could pull it apart, and the carved arrows were also made of golden eagle feathers and ironwood, but what he cared more about was the ordinary crossbow arrows.
The equipment of this Tiance army is simply excellent, each crossbow arrow is actually made of point steel, extremely sharp, and the armor-piercing effect is at least thirty percent stronger than that of ordinary arrows.
In addition, the morale of this Tiance army is so high and the will to fight is so tenacious, even if Xiao Qu dies of illness, Li Sheng is also a famous general in a hundred battles, and he led the Tiance army to Luoyang to quell the chaos, and An Lushan's Youzhou soldiers still ended up quickly annihilating.
We must find a way to eliminate this army.
Zhang Xiancheng's thoughts are the same as Shang Jiezan's, he only cares about whether Xiao Qubing is really dead: "Da Theory, even if you want to return to Tubo, why not wait for four days to confirm Xiao Quai's death, maybe there will be a chance during this period." ”
Na Nang Shangjie Si Xiuting said: "The best thing is that the Tiance army moves to anger the barbarians of Jianchuan and fights between the two sides. ”
Enlan Dazarugon stood up: "Commander Zhang, this matter still has to fall on you, you have been exposed now, and you are the one that the Tiance Army hates the most." ”
"So?"
"It's up to you to find a way to provoke the Tiance Army and lure the Tiance Army all the way to the ...... of Iron Bridge City" (To be continued.) )
PS: I wanted to break out continuously, but it backfired, maybe I used my brain too much a few days ago, or my body was overdrawn, and my head hurt badly today, so I only coded out this little bit, and then I simply looked at the computer in a daze, and went to sleep first.
In addition, I would like to thank the book friend Eldin for his monthly ticket and evaluation votes, and thank Tang Guoqiang for his reward.