Chapter 51: The Death of the Tibetan Military God
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The Chinese nation, since ancient times, has occupied a pivotal position in tackling tough problems. Just like the cavalry archery of the grassland peoples, attacking fortified positions is a skill that the soldiers and generals of the Central Plains must master. However, there were no decent fortified cities in Tibet, and it was rare to encounter tough battles during battles, and the training for offensive and defensive battles was limited. Even if you have a strong city in your hand, you won't defend it, and it's in vain.
Not to mention the 5,000 guards, against the 20,000 soldiers of Shangluotong plus Zhang Liang's 50,000 army.
With the strength of the Tang Army, 70,000 against 5,000, how can there be a reason not to win?
In just one night, the city of Luo was already under the control of the Tang army.
On the other side, Du He led a large army to drive straight into the Tubo Qinling Department. As the god of war in Tibet, the combat effectiveness of the Qinling Department is not inferior to the main force of Songtsan Gampo, and the Qinling is both civil and military, in history he is like Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, the same figure as the military and political affairs of Tubo, not only led the troops to break the Tang army twice, but also once compared with the Tang Dynasty in Tubo governance, becoming another empire. Of course, he is still a little young, but he has gradually become an indispensable arm of Songtsen Gampo, and it will be a terrible thing when he takes shape.
Therefore, Du He chose to come here to meet this Tibetan god of war in person for a while to see if he was worthy of his name or in vain.
In this battle, Duhe did not play any tricks, nor did he plan to use any tactics and strategies. Just because you have an absolute advantage, there is no need to play any tricks. From the very beginning, among the strategies he decided was a quick solution.
When a large force of Tang troops appeared in the rear of the Tubo army, there was an uproar in the Tubo military camp, and they were defenseless.
Du He smiled dumbly, feeling that he had overestimated Qinling's strength, and he couldn't imagine that Tubo would be so vulnerable.
Take advantage of his illness and ask for his life.
Du Heling waved the flag and directly sent Xi Junmai's selection army. Since becoming Duhe's bend team, the Chosen Frontier has always been one of the ace troops, always serving as a task to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy. In Duhe's words, they are a short, sharp blade that will bring immeasurable damage to the opponent as long as the opponent reveals a flaw.
And now Du He directly sent the selection army, which shows how flawed Tubo is at this moment.
The front army was selected as the front, Niu Jinda and Xin Fang'er were the left and right wings respectively, and the Tubo army was attacked on three roads.
The battle situation did not need to be calculated at all, and in the face of the offensive of the Tang army, the Tubo army could only barely rely on its own ability to make some subtle resistance, and there was no reasonable and effective counterattack at all.
The whole battle situation is completely one-sided......
Du He felt that something was wrong, and he could see that this group of Tubo troops was not weak, and in terms of the quality of individual soldiers, they were not much inferior to the Tang army, and they could be called strong soldiers. But the strange thing is that they counterattacked in a non-organized manner, and most of them fought on their own, lacking effective command, as if they had lost their backbone.
Maybe Qinling is a bit of a wasted name, but he is not a fool, otherwise it is impossible to leave a famous name in history, let alone defeat a general like Xue Rengui, and it is impossible to even fight an effective counterattack.
Du He looked at the battlefield carefully, his expression was stunned, and he found that the Tubo army was actually missing thousands of people.
According to the information of Tayue Liuxiang, there are 20,000 people in the Qinling Department, but now there are only more than 10,000 soldiers in the Tubo military camp, not less than 20,000 at all......
Thinking of the previous Tibetan camp, Du He's heart suddenly dawned, no wonder the Tubo military camp was full of flaws, it turned out that more than 10,000 people were used as more than 20,000 people. The barracks, which were saturated with 20,000 people, were filled by 10,000 people, and naturally looked empty and full of flaws.
This is a suspicious tactic.
Qinling was not in the barracks at all......
"Could it be that he had already prepared his equipment in advance and deliberately lured our army?"
"No, no......"
The thoughts in Du He's mind were racing, and he vetoed this idea of his own, even if Qin Ling had the heart to calculate himself, it was impossible to use an army of more than 10,000 as bait, how many soldiers and horses did he have, and he dared to play like this?
"Is it ......?"
Du He had a thought in his heart. An idea came to his mind, and he said in a deep voice: "The whole army is pressed up, and the battle is quickly resolved." ”
In the face of the Tang army, which was more than three times larger, the Tubo army, which was already empty and unbuilt, was even more difficult to hold onto.
In just half an hour, the Tubo army completely defeated Du He.
Du He found some generals and asked them where the Qinling was going.
Without rigorous training, not everyone has the same integrity as Liu Hulan. It didn't take long for the question to be asked.
Twenty days ago, on the night, Qinling disappeared with 8,000 soldiers and horses, and no one knew where he went.
Du He asked Niu Jinda to take over the Tubo camp, let Xin Fang'er deal with the matter of the Tubo prisoners, and took more than 100 cavalry to the Pingdu Pass, where he identified himself.
After Yao Chi personally confirmed Du He, he asked the three armies to put on a grand welcoming ceremony.
"Yao Chi has seen the chief manager......"
The envoys of the Celestial Empire are equivalent to the kings of the lower kingdoms, and Du He is certainly not considered an envoy, but his status is equivalent to that of the kings of the Zhangxiong Kingdom, and his status is one level higher than that of Yaochi.
Du He was careful about the matter of the mausoleum, did not stick to etiquette, dismounted and came to the front and said: "The princess does not need to be polite, it is important." I would venture to ask, what have been the recent changes in Tibet? ”
Yao Chi also had some understanding of Du He's character, and knew that there must be a reason for him to ask like this, so he immediately said: "There doesn't seem to be anything abnormal, the only abnormality is that it's too quiet." Na Qin Ling is much more difficult to deal with than Songzan Xiruo, and as soon as he arrives here, he conspires and conspires, and constantly uses it. Once, he even set fire to his own military camp, pretending that your Tang army was coming to attack, and I was almost going to go to war to join you inside and out. In the end, I thought of the reminder and endured it. Fortunately, otherwise I, Yaochi, would have become a sinner in the Xiangxiong Kingdom. I heard that there were shouts and cheers from the Tibetan camp, and I thought that they were repeating their old tricks. Recently, I have been a lot more comfortable in the past half a month, and I haven't done anything out of the ordinary. ”
"Half a moon...... Du He counted the time, his expression moved.
"What's wrong?" Yao Chi didn't know why, and he was confused.
Du He said in a deep voice: "When I broke the Tubo military camp just now, Qinling was not in the military camp at all, and there were about 8,000 soldiers and horses who disappeared with him...... According to the news from the torture, they left twenty days ago, just in time for most of your moon. I guess he tried everything he could to lure you out, and he was already dead. But in order not to sit still, he plans to take risks. ”
Yao Chi couldn't understand what Du He was talking about.
But Xi Junmai, who was behind Du He, heard it, and said suspiciously: "Is the chief manager saying that Qinling is following Deng Ai's example to destroy Shu?" ”
Du He nodded solemnly and said: "That's it, Qin Ling is a person who understands, he can understand how important it is for the Tubo army to destroy the Xiangxiong Kingdom, and it is not surprising that he chose to take risks." Although there is no second road that leads to the interior of Zhangxiong except for the Pingdu Pass, it is important not to forget that there is no road in the world, and when people walk more, there will be a road. More than 8,000 people, as time permits, may not be able to open up a road. ”
Yao Chi's expression changed drastically, and he shouted in a low voice: "Isn't my father very dangerous? ”
Thinking about it, Yao Chi immediately ordered some of the soldiers and horses under his command to rush to Qionglong Silver City, the capital of Zhangxiong, in case of accidents.
Duhe's Tang soldiers arrived, and Pingdu Pass was not worried about the shortage of troops.
Slow......
It's always slow.
Before Yaochi's reinforcements arrived at Qionglong Silver City, they got the news that Qinling had broken through Qionglong Silver City, occupied the royal city, and captured King Zhangxiong alive.
When the news reached Pingdu Pass, Yaochi was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the whole person was stunned. She believed in Du He's judgment, but she did not think that Qinling could succeed, because man could not fight against the miracles created by nature. However, the facts prove that man can overcome heaven.
Chin Ling did just that.
Du He, who was on the side, also secretly admired: "This Qinling is indeed worthy of the name of the Tubo military god......
There is no such thing as a god in the world, but there are people who are called gods because they have done things that ordinary people cannot do......
"It's a pity......" Du He shook his head and regretted that such an excellent general was defeated by fate.
Du He put his hand on Yao Chi's shoulder and smiled calmly: "Leave it to me, I will save your father intact." ”
Yao Chi was relieved, the hand on his shoulder was not big, but it was very powerful, making people feel so down-to-earth in their hearts, as if they could rely on him and rely on him for big things. If it weren't for the fact that there were people around, I really wanted to hug him tightly and not think about anything.
Soon, Qinling's letter of persuasion reached the Pingdu Pass.
Du He asked Yaochi to ignore it, and together with himself, he led 20,000 Tang troops to Qionglong Silver City.
When I came to Qionglong Silver City, the four gates of the city were wide open, and there were no defenders at all.
Du He understood that this was the news that the other party could not get extra soldiers, and Qinling's soldiers could only control the entire palace and occupy the palace to force Yaochi to surrender, which was his purpose.
The army arrived at the gate of the palace, Du He asked the excited Yaochi not to come forward, and rode alone to the gate of the palace, and said loudly: "Qinling, do you remember me?" "Du He and Qin Ling still had a relationship, that was three or four years ago, when the brave competed.
"You, ......" Miyagi's voice came from an exclamation, and the voice was full of horror and disbelief.
Du He had forgotten Qin Ling's voice, but it was not difficult to guess that the other party was Qin Ling, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's me, Du He." You have lost, Songtsen Gampo has also lost, and our army has now broken through the law. The camp you left outside the Pingdu Pass also made me pull it out, don't make the last struggle, give up...... It's good for you, and it's good for the soldiers around you. ”
Miyagi was speechless for a long time.
Qin Ling smiled miserably, nodded and said, "Yes, I lost, please be kind to the soldiers under my command, they are innocent......"
Then a figure rushed down from the palace city, it was the Qinling of the Tubo God of War who had just completed the feat.
Because he was humiliated, and even more unbearable to become a prisoner of the ranks, he chose a path that he thought was the most glorious.
No one could have imagined that this would be the case, and everyone was stupid. I don't know what the charm of Du He's words can force Qinling to be desperate and choose to jump off the building.
But Du He had a natural expression, because he and Qin Ling were smart people with each other, and there was no need for smart people to talk around the bush.
Duhe's words are simple, but they convey a meaning.
He came, and he came with the army of the Tang Dynasty, and he had already mastered sovereignty.
Yaochi can no longer control everything, Qinling's purpose is to make Yaochi give up resistance for his father, so that the soldiers of Zhangxiong Kingdom know that their king has been captured and lose their fighting spirit, and he can easily take Zhangxiong Kingdom. But now, even if Yao Chi agrees, what will happen?
Now Du He has 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he is the strongest, he is the biggest, what is it, he says.
Even if Yaochi agrees to surrender and send the Zhangxiong Kingdom to Tubo, can Du He agree?
King Zhangxiong can affect the morale of the soldiers of Zhangxiong State, but it has no impact on the Tang army, even if the head of King Zhangxiong is cut off, these Tang soldiers who have experienced the baptism of life and death on the battlefield will not blink an eye.
As long as Du He gives an order, let alone pinching them, even if the entire palace city is slaughtered, it is a matter of one sentence.
Du He didn't explain, but secretly gave Qinling two choices, first, release King Zhangxiong, and then surrender; Second, regardless of the life and death of King Zhangxiong, slaughter them cleanly.
In this situation, Qinling had no choice.
In order to open up a road in the absence of a road, the 8,000 people led by Qin Ling suffered a lot, and the whole 5,000 people died on the way because of his bold and terrible decision, and now there are only 3,000 exhausted Tubo soldiers beside him, he is not afraid of death, but he does not want to see his soldiers again, because of his trapped beast fight and sacrifice in vain.
"Buried it......"
Du He didn't have any joy, he could be said to have picked up a bargain in this battle.
Qin Ling was not defeated at his hands, but by fate.
Qinling is very good, very powerful!
Duho now has to admit it as well.
Because of his own instructions, Qinling could not lure out of Yaochi. Decisive choice to take risks, take the road that others have not taken, and do things that no one dares to do, this courage is enough to indicate his achievements.
It's just that Qinling is not a god, he is not as fast as Songtsen Gampo was defeated, and he can't think that he will attack him so quickly, this accident made his feat and accident the reason for his failure.
If it weren't for his own appearance, Qinling would have created a miracle of using troops like Deng Ai, and Tubo would have room for maneuver because of this battle.
It's just that there is no if, and Qinling is still defeated.
Du He had some regrets, but he was glad that he couldn't have a big battle with such a strong opponent, and he was also glad that he couldn't have a big battle with such a strong enemy.
As a man of blood, it is a happy thing to have an evenly matched opponent, and as the commander of the three armies, I wish all opponents were stupid hats, so that he would win more easily, and the casualties of the soldiers would be minimized.
Qinling is dead, and all that remains is Songtsen Gampo.