readx; In order to defend some cities, the Tubo army poured out, 18,000 people, this is the last bit of Tubo's family background, or these Tubo Zampu selected the rest of the army, most of them are old and weak, and the elite soldiers and strong generals have been taken away by Zampu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

A hundred years ago, a Tang envoy had borrowed a thousand Tubo soldiers from there to Tianzhu, and a hundred years later, a Tang army of nearly 10,000 people was killed from Tianzhu, and history played a cruel joke on the Tubo people.

The commander of the Tubo army was the Da Yan Shangchen clan, and he finally reached a consensus with Nang Dongzan, no matter whether the Tang army wanted to fight or make peace, if they did not fight with the Tang army, they could not explain to Zampu, nor to the people of Tubo.

Nang Dongzan also handed over his 5,000 troops to the Shangchen clan, if the Tang army loses this battle, then they will become the heroes of Tubo, if they are defeated, then even if Tubo dies, they will have a clear conscience.

Shang Chen urged the soldiers to go all the way, and there was still a trace of luck in his heart, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army on the plateau would be greatly weakened, although his soldiers were old and weak soldiers, but fighting on the plateau, maybe the Tang army was not even as good as the old and weak army.

It was this glimmer of hope that inspired Shang Chen's courage and also inspired the Tubo army to move forward bravely and fight against the invading Tang army.

A cavalry scout galloped over, and shouted from afar: "General Feng, urgent military situation!" ”

The shouts of the scouts made all the soldiers vigilant, and the soldiers who were sitting and resting stood up one after another, Feng Changqing strode up and asked loudly, "What military situation?" ”

"General Hui, a Tubo army of about 20,000 people has driven twenty miles away and is about to arrive here."

"How's the military?"

"The cavalry and infantry were mixed, mostly old and weak, and many of them did not even have armor."

Feng Changqing nodded, he turned over his horse and shouted, "Prepare for battle!" ”

"Woo~"

The low sound of the horn resounded throughout the field, and in an instant, all the horns in the team immediately sounded, one after another, like an orchestra ensemble, and the sound of the horn sounded like a storm in the field and thunder in the mountains.

Eight thousand Tang troops got on their horses one after another, and Feng Changqing waved his sword, "Let's go!" ”

His war horse leaped out, behind him, the banner fluttered in the wind, the war horse galloped in the green field, Zuo Junlang galloped He Yansi on horseback, his white mane flew and floated to his helmet, and he led his subordinates to roar forward, like a raging wave rushing to the shore.

"Gallop! Conquer the city of Logos! ”

Excited shouts echoed in the ranks, their faces were filled with longing and excitement for war, and the fanaticism for war in their bones burned in their blood like a flame.

In a moment they rushed out of the rugged hilly terrain and into a vast field, their pace of progress slowed gradually, and a few miles away they saw a black army appear on the other side of the field, which was simply a natural place for battle, a thick meadow, and the ground was flat, which was extremely conducive to the impact of both sides.

The Tubo army on the opposite side also saw the Tang army, they also stopped advancing, the two sides were three miles apart, looking at each other, at this time, the second scout galloped from the slope, ran to Feng Changqing and hugged his fist and said: "General Feng, the other party is indeed about 20,000 troops, and there are no reinforcements behind." ”

"How's the fight?" Feng Changqing confirmed again.

"More than half of this Tubo army is old and weak soldiers, the armor is not complete, and the war horses are not more than half."

After two confirmations, Feng Changqing finally believed in his judgment, this is a weak Tubo brigade, because of this, they are reluctant to fight, until they get to the Luo, they are forced to fight, it seems that the base camp of Tubo is very empty, all the troops were taken away by Tubo Zampu, thinking of this, Feng Changqing's eyes flashed with a decisive look, he rushed out of the team, raised his sword and shouted: "The time has come to decide our fate, we have no way back, win this battle, we will become the heroes of the Tang Dynasty, Eight thousand soldiers of Anxi, let the Tubo people tremble under our iron hooves and war swords, victory belongs to us! ”

"Victory is ours!"

The 8,000 Tang troops shouted and roared, and the shouts resounded through the field.

"Kill!"

With a wave of Feng Changqing's sword, the 8,000 Tang cavalry swept away towards the Tubo army with an unstoppable momentum, like a flood that burst the embankment, and like a tornado storm sweeping across the field.

"Kill!"

He Yansi shouted like thunder, he waved the big knife, a horse in the lead, the Dawan war horse under the crotch was vigorous, running like flying, the two thousand sons behind him all fought bravely, shouting and killing shook the sky, they were like a sharp spear, straight to the Tubo army.

Shang Chen didn't expect the Tang army to launch a strong attack at the beginning, he secretly complained in his heart, he originally wanted to drag down the physical strength of the Tang army through a protracted battle, and give full play to the plateau advantage of the Tubo soldiers, but the Tang army was not fooled, they obviously wanted to fight quickly.

Shang Chen didn't have time to think about it, the cavalry of the Tang Army had already rushed a mile away, and he immediately ordered: "Bow and arrow ready!" ”

Two thousand archers strode out, stretched out their bows and arrows, and aimed at the advancing Tang army, waiting for them to enter the firing range.

"Archers!" He Yansi shouted, and all his men raised their crossbows, and the people lay on their horses.

"Shoot!" The Tang army took the lead in rushing into the killing range of one hundred and twenty paces, and two thousand crossbow arrows left the string, they immediately hung up the horned crossbows, took the round shield with their backhand, blocked the front chest of the war horse, and the person crouched behind the horse's neck, and the other hand held a spear, and the movements were in one go, clean and neat, showing the superb training level of the Tang army.

Two thousand arrows roared towards the Tibetan archers, the range of the Tang army's crossbow arrows was much greater than that of the Tibetan army, they had not yet entered the range of the Tibetan bows and arrows, but their crossbow arrows arrived first.

The Tibetan archers were caught off guard, and the powerful arrows shot densely into the formation of the Tibetan archers, only to hear a miserable scream, the Tibetan soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and hundreds of people were killed and injured in an instant.

The sudden shooting disrupted the formation of the Tibetan archers, they were so frightened that they retreated, some of them looked for shields, forgetting their duties, Shang Chen was furious, waved his long sword and shouted: "Shoot! Shoot! ”

At this time, some of the Tubo soldiers woke up like a dream, they should have released arrows, but it was too late, the black pressure of the Tang army had already rushed to sixty paces away, the sound of hooves was like thunder, the earth was trembling, the strong impact of the visual senses and the monstrous murderous aura aroused by the rush of nearly 10,000 cavalry, so that everyone was frightened, their legs trembled, and the entire Tubo army's position began to move backwards.

"Hold on! Form a spear formation! Shang Chen shouted hoarsely.

The Tubo army in the front row cowered and raised their spears, many people shouted in fear, at this moment, the Tang army was like a storm rushing in the face, and rushed into the Tubo army formation in an instant, the strong momentum and impact force of the Tubo army rushed to the back of the horse, the Tang cavalry waved the war knife and slashed, the blood spilled, the head rolled to the ground, the cry and moaning suddenly rose, the spear stabbed in the dense Tubo army to kill a bloody road, the violent Tang cavalry was like a storm, trampling on everything, overwhelming, and invincible on this bloody road.

The Tibetan soldiers couldn't resist it, and they dodged to both sides, and the 20,000 troops began to be in chaos....... Feng Changqing is worthy of being a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, he judged the situation and quickly judged the advantages and disadvantages of the Tang army's Tubo army, the Tang army's war horses are tall, the cavalry is strong, and the morale is high, which is extremely suitable for rushing and killing, but the number is only half of the Tubo army, and they are fighting on the plateau, and their breathing is not smooth and affects their physical strength, which is their disadvantage.

Most of the Tubo army were old and weak soldiers, their horses were short, most of them used long swords, and there were fewer long weapons, so it was difficult to match the Tang army in a strong collision, but their advantage was that they had more troops, adapted to plateau operations, and were suitable for long-term fierce battles.

Feng Changqing quickly made a decision, impact the enemy formation, with the bloodiest and quickest way to end the battle, before sending troops, he made a detailed battle plan, their goal is to impact the commander of the Chinese army of the Tubo army, Feng Changqing knows that the commander of the Tubo army is generally in the northeast corner of the team, which is convenient for commanding the army to fight, and today's situation is indeed the case, the flag of the Tubo army is on the northeast corner, so that the Tang army has created extremely favorable conditions for the division and encirclement of the commander of the Chinese army.

The left Fenglang took He Yansi as the main force of the impact, like a sharp knife, cut the connection between the Tubo Chinese army and other armies, and the right Fenglang led Jiang Zaixing to lead 2,000 cavalry from the north, and He Yansi's troops were one north and one south, like a sharp big scissors, to strangle the Tubo Chinese army, while Feng Changqing personally led 4,000 cavalry to resist the impact of the Tubo army behind for He Yansi's troops.

He Yansi's army was like a thunderbolt through the forest, successfully breaking through the Tubo army formation, they were like a very spiritual poisonous snake, the team turned, straight to the handsome banner a hundred steps away to cover and kill, He Yansi brandished a big knife, left and right, killing people, step by step towards the Tubo handsome banner.

The position of the Tibetan army was in chaos at this time, the soldiers scattered in all directions, the ranks were scattered, and many soldiers were at a loss, just desperately running to many places.

And Shang Chen was just a civil official, he didn't see Feng Changqing's tactics, and he was still desperately shouting: "Don't mess up, return to the team!" ”

At this moment, there was chaos in the north of him, and the soldiers shouted: "The Tang army is coming!" ”

Shang Chen found that another Tang army had copied from the north, like a fierce tiger, invincible, he hurriedly turned his head to look south, and the other Tang army rushed to the south of him, which was getting closer and closer, less than sixty paces, and his Chinese army had less than 4,000 troops, which was difficult to resist the north and south attacks of the two armies.

And the soldiers of his brigade to the south were overwhelmed by the impact of another Tang cavalry, and they couldn't take care of his side at all, Shang Chen was taken aback, he finally understood the Tang army's intention, and it was to destroy him first.

Shang Chen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said to several soldiers: "Quickly go and let the general support me, go quickly!" ”

Several soldiers rushed to the south, at this time, He Yansi had already noticed this middle-aged Tubo officer, although this Tubo officer was dressed the same as an ordinary officer, but He Yansi still keenly judged that this person was the commander of the Tubo army, seeing that he sent soldiers to ask for help, which strengthened He Yansi's judgment, he quietly pulled out an arrow, under the cover of several soldiers, quickly found a vacancy, he opened his bow and arrow, aimed at the Tubo officer.

As soon as the string was loosened, the arrow shot like a meteor, this arrow, the power was strong, silent, an arrow grazed the top of the horse's head, shot through Shang Chen's chest, Shang Chen's snort, his hand pressed his chest, his war horse was frightened, his hind legs stood up, his body stood tall in the air and struggled desperately, He Yansi's second arrow arrived, this arrow pierced through the head of the war horse, the war horse neighed, suddenly turned to the ground, Shang Chen's fallen horse was pressed under the horse, and he couldn't live.

The boss's fall caused chaos in the middle, the right striker Jiang Zaixing had been killed under the battle flag, he spurred, the war horse rushed forward, a shot pierced the chest of the flag bearer, he immediately pulled out the horizontal knife, cut off the flagpole, and the handsome flag of the Tubo army fell.

The commander was shot, the flag fell, the old and weak army no longer had the fighting spirit, they began to think about their families, they didn't want to die on the battlefield, and the Chinese army collapsed first.

Like an avalanche, the dispersal of the Chinese army triggered the rout of the other Tibetan armies, and fear gripped them, and they fell to the ground one after another, angry horses' hooves galloping past them, and the vast field was full of scattered and fleeing Tibetan defeated soldiers.

Feng Changqing issued an order to chase and slaughter with all his might, the Tang army fought hard to chase and kill, the blood of the Tubo army flowed like a river, the corpses were all over the field, the sun of victory began to shine on the earth, and the figure of the Potala Palace in the distance was clearly visible under the sun.

．．．．．．． On March 28 of the second year of Zhenzhi, as the last Tubo army left behind in the city of Luo was defeated by the Anxi Expeditionary Force, the Shangchen clan was killed, and the general trend of Tubo itself was gone.

In the afternoon of the same day, the commander of the Tang army, Feng Changqing, led the army to arrive outside the city of Luo, at this time there was no soldier in the city of Luo, the people were panicked, there was no way to escape, the family was closed, and the big talk of Dongzan was helpless, so he had to lead Jisang Jiagong, Chisang Yala, Dazan Dunsu and other Tubo officials who stayed behind to go out of the city and surrender.

In the camp, Feng Changqing was discussing with several generals about the future of resettlement of Tubo, Feng Changqing said to everyone: "Although we defeated the last Tubo army, it does not mean that we can relax our vigilance and enjoy ourselves, the tribal strength of the Tubo people is still strong, and we can't eliminate them for a while, the Tubo people will fight back against us at any time, and I am not sure that Chang Zhanluo will be some, once the Tubo Zanpu returns, or Ma Chongying returns, we will all encounter a fierce battle, so I ask the soldiers to continue to maintain high morale, Military discipline must be strict, no one is allowed to leave the camp without permission, and no one can be indulged as he was some time ago, and as for the rewards, I will give generous rewards to the brothers from the Tibetan warehouse, and I will also record all the military exploits of all people, do you remember? ”

"The Admiral remembers!"

At this time, He Yansi asked again: "General, I don't know what we need to deal with urgently?" ”

Feng Changqing said: "Our top priority is to weaken the power of the Tubo people to the greatest extent before the Tubo Zanpu returns, plunder their property, destroy their workshops and pig iron, kill the anti-Tang Tubo nobles, and establish pro-Tang forces, in short, we don't have much time, we want to weaken the power of the Tubo in the shortest possible time, so that they will not be able to attack the Tang Dynasty within a hundred years, this is the general's instructions, we must follow." ”

Everyone nodded, and at this time, Jiang Zaixing suggested: "General Feng, I heard that there are many Han slaves in the vicinity of Luo, and they are oppressed, so it is better to take this opportunity to liberate them, they will be grateful, and we will recruit Han troops from their Chinese army, so that our forces can grow." ”

"Yes, that's a great suggestion!"

Feng Changqing smiled happily: "I just want to liberate the Han slaves, but I haven't thought about recruiting soldiers from among them, which is a good way." ”

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the tent: "General Feng, Tubo has led hundreds of officials to surrender." ”

Feng Changqing stood up and said, "Okay, now it's time for us to harvest." ”

．．．．．． In the tent of the Tang army, a surrender ceremony was held, and Nang Dongzan presented the golden sword and golden crown symbolizing the Tibetan Zampu to Feng Changqing.

He knelt on the ground and begged with tears in his eyes: "The Tang Heavenly Soldiers are here, and Tubo can only prostrate and look up, begging the Heavenly Soldiers to stop fighting, and Tubo is willing to worship the Tang Sect Master from generation to generation." ”

At this time, the old host Ma Zangzhi, who came from Jiapu Temple, also stepped forward to plead and said: "Tubo has no power to resist, surrender to the Tang Dynasty, I hope the general will be merciful, do not harm the people of Tubo, the old monk is willing to chant for the general for 9981 days, and pray for the general to pray for the golden body." ”

Feng Changqing sat on the handsome chair and said coldly: "The Tang army can not slaughter the people, but I don't want to see the surrender without actual action, within three days, all the Tubo nobles in Luo Some Cities will come to my camp to concentrate, and at the same time, the Tubo Cangyu will be handed over to the Tang Army, and all the captives, regardless of men, women and children, will be released and sent to my camp. ”

The next day, more than 100 Tibetan nobles were sent to the Tang army camp, and more than 100 nobles, including the three brothers of Trisong Dezan, were sent to Dunhuang by the Tang army under the pretext of sending them to Anxi as hostages, but they were all executed by the Tang army halfway.

The more than 40,000 Han slaves returned by the Tubo people were all released as civilians by Feng Changqing, and the Han slaves all wept bitterly, and they knelt on the ground, grateful to the Tang army for saving themselves.

Feng Changqing was kind enough to appease, gave them cattle, sheep and houses, and let them live in Tibet temporarily, and he selected 9,000 strong slaves to form the New Tang Army, and armed them with Tubo armor and weapons, so that the Tang Army had more than 16,000 troops in the hinterland of Tibet, and firmly controlled the city of Luo and the surrounding areas.

But Feng Changqing also knew that it was not time to abolish the Zampu system at this time, and only after the Tang army increased its troops in Tibet and completely controlled Tubo, could he officially abolish the Zampu system and establish a country with Buddhism.

At this time, everyone didn't know that Trisong Dezan had already died in Tochar, and the Tocharian war was about to break out.

(To be continued)