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Songtsen Gampo's plan was not bad, and the layout was carried out in view of the characteristics of the long and narrow front of the Tang army. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but completely ignore one thing, the plan can never catch up with the change, especially when the initiative is not in your hands.

So after he got the news that Tang Jun appeared outside the decisive valley, he was completely dumbfounded.

"How is that possible? How did Tang Jun know about this place, and how did he come here? Songtsen Gampo exclaimed.

The Valley of Decisive Victory is rarely visited, and even the locals are rarely known. Just in case, he also specially sent some shrewd soldiers to spread them all over the villages and towns around the decisive valley, and reported to them whenever there was any trouble.

But now he didn't get any news, but Tang Jun appeared in front of him......

Songtsen Gampo couldn't understand why, but he knew that although he had already regarded Duhe as very high and strong, he actually underestimated him, and he was stronger than he imagined.

Songtsen Gampo really underestimated Duhe, who is the best at analysis, especially good at grasping human nature and speculating on people's hearts. Therefore, even if Duhe could not be like a god and fully understand Songtsen Gampo's strategy, he could detect abnormalities in subtle circumstances.

What's more, Songtsen Gampo didn't know at all that Du He still had the mysterious power of stepping on the moon and lingering incense in his hands.

There are not many of them, but all of them have strength beyond ordinary people, and they can do things that ordinary people can't do.

"How many people are in the Tang Army outside the valley?" Songtsen Gampo was panicked, he believed that even if the Tang army fell from the sky, it would not be possible to have many soldiers and horses, and they would still have a chance.

"About five or six thousand people ......" The Tubo general, who had already sent someone to investigate, answered this question at the first time.

"Gentlemen......" Songtsen Gampo stood up solemnly and said in a deep voice: "I believe that you all know about the current grim situation. A small number of soldiers and horses of the Tang army have blocked our way, giving us only one way to go...... That's the breakout. I believe that the Tang Dynasty army is on the way to come, but at this moment, our strength is far superior to the Tang army guarding the valley mouth, as long as we can break through before their army arrives, even if the Tang army has thousands of troops, it will not take us. ”

Songtsen Gampo will be "a small number of soldiers and horses" here, and he will say it very seriously, in order to ignite the survival of the Tibetan soldiers and do the final battle of the trapped beasts.

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The dense rain of arrows was accompanied by bursts of bows, piercing through the armor, and the Tubo soldiers who were hit by the arrows shot brilliant blood flowers, with the desire for life, with the unwillingness to die and fell to the ground.

Liu Boying looked at the battlefield coldly, and his heart was full of respect for Du He.

He is also a veteran of the Tang Army, and like other veterans, he has his own pride. For Du He's boss, there is instinctive resistance. But as the war changed, I also put away the contempt in my heart. Especially the appointment the day before yesterday, he was even more convinced.

The key to this battle lies in whether or not the decisive valley can block the breakthrough of the Tubo army with a small number of troops.

If it is blocked, Tubo will also mean destruction, and if it is not blocked, that is, the bridge will return to the bridge, the road will return to the road, and everything must start from the beginning.

In the face of this crucial battle, Du He did not send the experienced Zhang Liang, did not send the brave Niu Jinda and Xin Fang'er, and did not send his henchmen Xue Rengui and Luo Tong, but chose the inconspicuous him.

This is enough to convince Liu Boying.

"If the Grand Administrator thinks so highly of me, how can I disappoint him?"

Thinking that Liu Boying put his eyes on the battlefield and continued to command the battle calmly.

Du He led the real army to the outside of the Valley of Victory, and as he expected, the battle was in full swing.

Songtsen Gampo was not able to break through the defensive line laid by Liu Boying.

As a commander, the first requirement is to understand the strengths of your subordinates and be able to play to their strengths on the battlefield.

Liu Boying is a veteran who has already worked for Li Tang before Li Tang founded the country. Before the world was basically settled, because of the narrow-mindedness of Gaozu Li Yuan, he killed Dou Jiande, who had a very high prestige in the north and won the popularity of the people, so that Liu Heimin took advantage of the death of Dou Jiande to take advantage of the situation and defeated Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, Li Yi, the governor of Youzhou, and Li Shiji, the governor of Lizhou, the three Tang Dynasty generals.

At that time, Li Yuan had to send his most capable second son Li Shimin to conquer Liu Heimin, even if Li Shimin was a soldier of the army, this battle was not smooth sailing, and he was in trouble for a time. The most crucial part of that battle was the city of water.

Whoever can occupy the city will be able to grasp the initiative of the battle situation. At that time, the commander of the city was the brave and invincible Luo Shixin, and the deputy general was Liu Boying. In order to take the city of water, Liu Heimin's troops attacked the city with ten times the force for eight days and seven nights, but Ren did not shake the city in the slightest.

According to Li Shimin's strategy, as long as the city can hold out for a few days, the battle situation can be locked. It's just that it snowed heavily, and the Tang army could not march, which delayed the time, so that the reinforcements could not arrive immediately, Luo Shixin was killed in battle, and Liu Boying was captured. In the end, Li Shimin defeated Liu Heimin and rescued Liu Boying.

Li Shimin knows that Luo Shixin's courage is no less than Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Jingde, but he is good at attacking but not good at defending, and he can defend the small city of Zhushui for eight days and seven nights, Liu Boying can be called the first merit.

There are countless generals in the Tang camp who are good at attacking, but there are not many who are good at guarding, and Liu Boying is one of them.

The key to this battle is to defend, and Liu Boying is the first choice.

After arriving at the battlefield, Du He decisively ordered Niu Jinda and Xin Fang'er to divide their troops and launch an offensive, and then let Xue Rengui and Luo Tong gradually take over Liu Boying's camp. Their army arrived, and their strength was firmly superior to that of Tibet, and there was no longer any need to continue to defend it.

"Hard work, General Liu, being able to block Songtsan Gampo means that you can finish the net and end the war in advance, and the merit of this battle is indispensable...... Du He won the victory and rewarded Liu Boying with a smile.

Liu Boying was a little high-spirited, and replied respectfully: "It's the chief manager who has a good command, and the general will not dare to take credit." This battle gave him a feeling of raising his eyebrows.

Liu Boying is a talent, but he was born at the wrong time. The early Tang Dynasty was an era of attacking from all sides. Only the qualifications of the Tang Dynasty to send troops to fight people, no one else dares to use force with the Tang Dynasty, what is needed is generals like Su Dingfang, Hou Junji, and Xue Rengui to conquer the city, not generals who are good at defending, making it feel that heroes are useless.

This battle made him let go of his hands and feet, regained the feeling he had lost for a long time, and the whole person looked radiant.

Du He looked at the terrain of the Valley of Decisive Victory, and with just one glance, he knew that everything was a foregone conclusion.

The Valley of Decisive Victory is an inaccessible valley with only one exit, and when Songtsen Gampo was digging a grave for the Tang army, he accidentally stepped into it with one foot.

When he learned that Songtsen Gampo was hiding in the Valley of Decisive Victory, Du He had a faint insight into Songtsen Gampo's intentions.

This decisive valley is located in the northwest of the city of Luoqi, and does not penetrate deep into the Tibetan Plateau.

This is a small but crucial piece of information.

The place where Songtsen Gampo hid was not in the depths of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which was difficult to find, but a hidden valley where troops could be sent to attack the city of Luo at any time and cut off the return route of the Tang army. It is conceivable that Songtsen Gampo is definitely ill-intentioned.

It's just that Du He couldn't understand what medicine was sold in Songtsen Gampo's gourd, and he didn't know why he was so confident that he could turn defeat into victory in a desperate situation.

Du He couldn't figure it out, so he simply didn't think about it. Because it was completely unnecessary, the foundation of Songtsen Gampo's comeback was established on the premise that he did not fail, as long as Songtsen Gampo's hole cards were not revealed, he was destroyed. At that time, no matter how clever Songtsen Gampo's hole cards were, what was the use?

However, Du He knew that Songtsen Gampo was not very human, and since he was hiding in the decisive valley, he would naturally make sufficient defensive preparations. In order not to startle the snakes, he specially let the Tang army be broken into pieces, and let them disguise themselves as the Tibetan people who had escaped, and gather little by little.

The cavalry, which had been out on the cruise, also dropped from time to time, gathered in a hidden place outside the Valley of Decisive Victory, and did not move until the number of troops reached 5,000.

He used Liu Boying's ability to hold on to block Tubo in the decisive valley.

The Valley of Decisive Victory has already reflected his name, but it is contrary to the intentions of Songtsen Gampo, which is the decisive Valley of the Tang army, not the Tibetan.

In the case of material shortage, the Tibetan army was unable to compete with the Tang army, and although they defended very tenaciously, it was still difficult to resist the Tang army's offensive.

Under the impact of Xue Rengui, Luo Tong, Niu Jinda, and Xin Fang'er, the Tubo defense line was officially broken......

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Pyongyang City.

The army of the Northeast Road led by Li Daozong has been marching all the way since taking Anshi City with the help of the strange soldiers left behind by Du He.

Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen in the north led an army of 120,000 to block it.

Li Daozong made a decisive attack, Su Dingfang, Zhi lost Sili, Ashina Sheer, Xue Wanche, Guo Xiaoke, five generals successively marched into the army, divided into the Fifth Route Army, and defeated the 120,000 army of Goguryeo in one fell swoop with the method of wheel warfare.

The Tang army took advantage of the victory and went straight to Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.

Goguryeo was defeated on all fronts, and Quangai Suwen had no choice but to defend the city of Pyongyang, relying on the strength of the city to block the Tang army.

In a month, the Tang army attacked the city three times a day, but the city of Pyongyang was really strong, and the climate in the northeast was cold, so it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was really difficult to capture in the short term.

Faced with this situation, Li Daozong saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, he had already received the news that Du He had sent troops to Tibet, and he also knew that Li Shimin only gave him half a year to deal with Goguryeo. There are still ten days, and after these ten days, he will have to retreat.

Unwilling, victory is imminent, Goguryeo is defeated on all fronts, and only one isolated city in Pyongyang remains, how can he be willing to let him withdraw his troops at this time?

It's just that Pyongyang City is really an insurmountable natural danger, blocking the road to victory, so that he can see the victory, but he can't catch it.

Looking at the towering Goguryeo, a snow sculpture flew over and disappeared from the end of sight......

"How nice it would be if you had wings and be able to fly over Pyongyang......"

Li Daozong muttered unintentionally, but his heart was beating wildly, and he remembered the miracle created by his precious son-in-law many years ago......