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As a veteran of a hundred battles, Zhang Liang has experienced no less than 100 battles in his life, whether it is a tough battle, a defensive battle, or a field battle, he has his own experience. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the face of the unique terrain of Zhonglongyi, he dispersed the formation of the Tang army into hundreds of squads, with foot soldiers holding latte shields and heavy armor to take the lead, and the flexible jumping soldiers followed behind.

The jumping soldiers were one of the most courageous soldiers in the Tang Army, and they were called commandos in later words. They are equipped with round shields and short knives, light armor, and relatively strong personal ability, which is a sharp weapon for melee killing.

Zhang Liang's idea is good, the jumping soldiers are good at hand-to-hand combat, and the long-range battle is the target of the arrow, and the heavy foot pawns cover the forward, which is to take advantage of the advantages and disadvantages between the foot soldiers. Taking advantage of the weakness of the defense facilities of the Dragon Station, he forcibly took this treasure land that was very harmful to the Tang army.

It's just that as soon as the two sides came into contact, Zhang Liang found that he had miscalculated.

The Tibetan army did not hold out as imagined, and when the Tang army was about to storm the camp, countless enemies emerged in the same squads, and they directly chose to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Tang army.

The soldiers on both sides collided together, and the contact between the blades and the body brought blood and limbs to fly.

The soldiers encountered between the dwarf trees and the shrubs, and fought fiercely.

Zhang Liang miscalculated for a while, but he did not panic, calmly waved the command flag, let the heavy foot pawn stop, and blocked the impact of the Tubo soldiers with his own defense, and the jumping soldiers detoured from the left and right flanks, and killed them from the left and right sides of the heavy foot soldiers.

The fact that the Tibetan army was able to dominate the southwest and become a hegemon was by no means just a false name.

Songtsen Gampo was indeed a rare hero, and the Tibetans, like the steppe people, were tempered by the climate, they may not be so tall, but they were strong and strong, and had an innate advantage in strength. Songtsen Gampo trained these brave men strictly, and their strength could not be ignored.

They wielded their hidden knives, their eyes were red, and they fought bravely.

Of course, the Tang army is not inferior, perhaps in terms of physique, the Central Plains people do have some congenital weaknesses, but in terms of excellent equipment, exquisite skills and combat skills, they are not comparable to the Tubo soldiers.

The strength of the two sides is directly proportional, and this is the most terrible thing on the battlefield.

Because this kind of stalemate in which no one can help anyone, it will bring extremely huge casualties to both sides.

The casualties of each other rose geometrically, and in less than half an hour, more than 4,000 soldiers disappeared into this cannibalistic hill. Although the other party suffered more casualties, it was almost uncommon for the Tang Dynasty to inflict such a huge number of casualties in a short period of time in front of the invincible Tang army in the world.

"What a tenacious Tibetan soldier." Xue Rengui, who was watching the battle on the heights, couldn't help but snort.

The other generals also nodded their heads one after another. Even if they have been in battle for a long time, they rarely encounter such an enemy.

Du He squinted his eyes and looked at the fluttering flags of the enemy army on the opposite side in the sun, at this time his face was like a cooper, and he could not see the slightest change in expression, but his heart was not optimistic.

On the surface, the Tang army had the upper hand, but fighting on the plateau, because the air was thin, the physical consumption of the soldiers was one or two times that of normal times. The Tang Army, which was able to fight for three hours in the Central Plains, was able to sustain an hour and a half on this plateau, which was very remarkable.

The Tibetans lived in higher and thinner air, and although this situation had some effect on them, it was much better than that of the Tang army.

Maintaining a long period of combat was originally the strength that the Tang army was best at, but here it became a weakness.

Therefore, a quick battle is the primary key to Du He's ability to defeat Tubo and achieve victory.

"If you can be strong and sacrifice your life to be the enemy's edge, then the enemy's brave will not be as angry as me, and the enemy's wise man will not be able to seek me, and I will be born and the enemy will die."

Du He recited the golden and jade words of Wu Qi, the master of the art of war, and thought about the current situation: "Send the order to Deputy Governor Zhang, let him press the soldiers up, regardless of any casualties, and end the battle in a short time." ”

In the face of this situation, not caring about any casualties and ending the battle in a short period of time will be more able to reduce casualties, and at the same time, it will not expose this weakness of the Tang army.

Zhang Liang received the order, hesitated a little, but quickly gave the order.

He also lacks that kind of blind trust in Duhe, but he is Duhe's deputy. As a veteran of general knowledge, he will not take the lead in undermining Duhe's authority as a coach when he does not make decisive mistakes.

This is also the reason why Du He asked Zhang Liang to fight this battle.

Zhang Liang accepted the order, paused, and said sharply with red eyes: "Send an order to General Wang Li, let him lead the jumping soldiers to kill immediately and seize the opposite camp!" Behind every ravine, every hillside, every bush and dwarf tree on the way...... Every corner of the enemy must be cleaned up! Speaking of this, he pointed to the enemy flag floating on the hills in the distance: "Tell the front-line soldiers that in an hour, the general's feet will step on that banner and count the enemy's heads!" The place where he pointed was the Chinese army where Songtsen Gampo was located.

The Tang Army was the most powerful army in the world, and there was no one. Once they launched a madness, they attacked and killed fiercely, and the power caused by them was beyond the strength of ordinary people to resist.

Obviously, Tibet can't do it either.

This battle also fully demonstrated this.

Although the Tubo was able to stalemate with the Tang army before, once faced with the death order and the Tang army desperately retreated, the fierce offensive of the Tubo army was immediately seriously hindered, so that it was suppressed, and gradually retreated to the rear.

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The drums of war that shook the sky were beaten for the first time, and a new offensive began.

Under the banner of the Tibetan army, Songtsen Gampo was also looking at the battlefield, looking at his brows and frowning in one place: although the enemy on the opposite side did not have outstanding strategy, but the kind of hard attack and desperate fight without any fancy was really terrifying. They were constantly engaged in the maximum force that the terrain allowed, and this continuous attack was so fierce that they had to be constantly consumed, consumed, and consumed again.

It's so strong!

Songtsen Gampo only had this one thought in his heart, when he lost to the Tang Dynasty, he was still a little unconvinced in his heart. felt that the Tang Dynasty was able to defeat him, not by strength, but by strategy. In terms of the courage of the soldiers, the Tang soldiers may not be stronger than them.

Now this battle made him truly realize the horror of the Tang Army.

The shouts of killing are approaching.

Under the hills, Tang soldiers dressed in leather armor and leather pockets and holding shields and short knives in their hands, waving the banner of "Zhang", like fierce tigers, quickly shuttled between the hills and ravines. Although some of them continued to fall, they were numerous, fearless of death, stepping on blood and dead bodies, and gradually advancing step by step. At this time, looking from above, it seemed that the entire hill had moved, and the earth was shaken by the brave aura displayed by the Tang army!

The Tibetan general Geldan rushed over at a gallop and said in a loud voice: "Zampu, the brothers in front of me can't support it anymore, give me a team of soldiers and horses, and let me go to support." I, Geldan, will definitely be able to suppress this offensive of the Tang army......"

Songtsen Gampo shook his head and said: "It's useless, you can't suppress it......" He saw Geldan's color change, and explained with a smile: "Because the other party has a very remarkable character, whether it is Duhe or who, I don't know." But it was obvious that he had already sensed the weakness of the Tang army and could not fight for a long time. What they are fighting for is attrition, fighting for their lives, where are they suppressed? There is only one outcome for continuing to fight, and both sides will lose. Their forces are superior to ours, and they will suffer if they fight hard. What's more, if the battle continues, they are defeated and can come back. But when we lose, there is nothing. Anyway, what I want to get, I've already gotten it, there's no need to consume it for nothing, let's withdraw it...... What we have is a chance, as long as everything is as I expected, it is not impossible to defeat the Tang army and break the myth that the Tang army is undefeated. ”

Songtsen Ganbu smiled, smiling very happily.

His smile also gave great confidence to the generals beside him, and they all looked at Songtsen Gampo with respect. In their eyes, Songtsen Gampo, who led the rise of Tibet, is the god in their hearts.

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Under the powerful offensive, the Tang army spent an hour and a half, lost nearly 10,000 brave soldiers, and successfully took the Dragon Station, forcing the Tubo army to retreat.

Although the Tibetan army was defeated, the retreating formation was not chaotic.

The officers and men of the Tang Army all knew the truth of the poor Kou Mo pursuit, and did not continue the pursuit.

Zhang Liang was very annoyed and angry when he got the number of soldiers killed, feeling that all this was due to Du He's wrong order, if he hadn't ordered the attack, the Tang army might not have paid such huge casualties, and planned to go to Du He alone at night.

But soon after the idea arose, he immediately gave up.

When he visited the wounded soldiers, he found that many of the wounded soldiers were not seriously injured, but all of them were like having the plague, and they did not survive.

Most of these tired and prostrated people were the first to go into battle, and they fought for the longest time.

Zhang Liang is not a dull fool, he has already sensed Du He's intentions, and his heart is suddenly clear. If it weren't for Du He's order to attack, once the Tang army's physical exhaustion transitioned, it would not be Tubo who would have been defeated, and their casualties would have been even more serious. For a while, there was a certain recognition of Duhe's strategy.

Du He looked at the retreating figure of the Tubo army from afar, couldn't help but shake his head, and said in a low voice: "This Songtsan Gampo has great ambitions......

Xue Rengui was closest to Du He, and when he heard this, he looked puzzled and asked in a low voice.

Du He smiled and asked, "Do you think that Songtsen Gampo is a little stupid?" The treasure land of Zhonglongyi, as long as people with a little foresight can see his value. If I were Songtsen Gampo, even if there was no battle between Tang and Tu, I would build a fortress here to prevent it from happening. Our army was stationed in Qinghai for a month, which was enough time for Songtsen Gampo to build a fortress in Zhonglongyi. But he is indifferent to this treasure land, isn't it stupid? ”

Xue Rengui heard something in Du He's words, and he didn't really mean that Songtsen Gampo was stupid.

Du He said lightly: "I thought it was strange at the beginning, Songtsen Gampo couldn't be so short-sighted. Now I understand that he wants to defeat us completely and eat us in one bite. ”