readx; The two wounded who were found by the Tang soldiers were the surviving Tang soldiers who escaped from Wulan Lake, they had escaped a total of three people, and one more person was shot in the pursuit of the Tubo army, and finally only two people remained, they fled back to the city of Sabi, but found that the city of Sabi had been burned, the Tang army did not know where to go, they went to the end of the city again, but the end of the city was in full swing, they could not return to the city, so they had to turn around and crossbow the city, and finally lost their strength and fainted in the wasteland, fortunately the Tang army scouts found out, otherwise they had become a good meal for wild wolves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than a dozen soldiers carried the two Tang army patrol posts, who were covered in blood, into the Chinese army's tent on stretchers, and the two patrol posts had woken up at this time, and when they saw Li Qing'an, they struggled to get up and bow down.

Li Qingan stepped forward and held them down, saying, "If you two are injured, don't get up." ”

"Thank you... General, we are the patrol posts of the city of Sapi, and there are... Important information. ”

The two of them spoke in low voices, and they spoke very hard, Li Qingan nodded and said: "Tell me important information first, and I will treat your injuries immediately, and I will reward you for your merits." ”

"Let's not give a reward... It's just that intelligence is very important, don't tell it to your face... General, I'm sorry .. Dead brethren..."

One soldier was speechless, and another soldier continued: "Ulan Lake is the logistics center of the Tubo army, and they have 20,000 heavy troops to support and end the city, please send troops to Ulan Lake quickly." ”

"I know, you go down to rest first, heal your wounds, and then talk about your experience."

Li Qing'an waved his hand, and his soldiers carried the two down, Li Qing'an quickly turned around and returned to the sand table, and found the Wulan Lake that the soldiers said, about one hundred and eighty miles away from Sabize, at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, located at the edge of the Qaidam Basin, and it is the only way for Longyou to go to Anxi at the southern foot of Qilian Mountain.

Li Qing'an and the Tubo army fought for many years of war, he knows the Tubo people's surname very well, the earliest Tubo people are tribal, a war will be participated by the whole tribe, men fight in the front, women and the old and weak follow the rear not far away, once the Tubo army is defeated and retreated, the rear women and children are often too late to escape and become the prisoners of the Tang army, 'heavy and weak' has always been the pain of the Tubo people.

In recent years, he also heard that some reforms have been carried out within Tibet, and the establishment of full-time personnel in military logistics such as 'slaves', although they are also herding and following, but they are no longer the former family members of the army, they are actually the slaves of the Tubo people, most of them are young and strong, some of them are Han slaves taken from the Tang Dynasty, but more are young and strong people of ethnic minority tribes such as Tuhun, Di, Man, Qiang, and Dangxiang.

But in any case, the Tibetan expeditionary force set out from Luo, across the plateau, without a strong logistics team to follow, they could not go on an expedition at all, it can be said that the logistics support of the Tubo people is their lifeline, which is why the Tubo people are eager to seize Tochar as a logistics base.

Li Qingan pondered for a moment, then beckoned to An Baozhen, who was standing by the tent, An Baozhen strode up, bowed and said, "The end will be!" ”

"General An, I'll give you a mission."

An Bao was really overjoyed, he knew what was going on, and immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Li Qing'an couldn't help laughing, and before he could say anything, he obeyed the order, so he nodded and said: "I'll give you five thousand fine horses, you immediately go to Wulan Lake, copy the lair of the Tubo army, and if you encounter a supply team on the way, you will be killed, and you will not be allowed to let go of the living mouth." ”

"The last general understands, and sets off immediately."

An Baozhen made a military salute, got up and hurried away, and then Li Qingan said to the other generals: "Pass my order, and the army will set off for the third watch!" ”

．．．．．．．．． Although it was already dark, but the fierce battle in the last city was still going on, Shang Jiasu had already invested 30,000 troops to attack the city, although it was late, which was not conducive to the night battle between the two sides, but the battle was going on to a white-hot moment, and no one could stop them.

Nearly 25,000 Tibetan troops had all crossed the moat, and the corpses under the city had piled up, and the blood gushing out of the corpses flowed into the moat like a stream, dyeing the river red.

The Tubo army under the city also fired ten thousand arrows, the arrows above and below the city were like dense rain, intertwined into a network of arrows, the Tubo army held high the shield, the top of the rolling wood and stones, stepped on the corpses of their companions, climbed the city ladder and attacked the city frantically, every moment, every moment there were Tubo soldiers were shot by bows and arrows, hit by boulders and rolling logs, smashed their heads and bloodied, screaming and falling or rolling down from the city ladder.

At the head of the city, more than a dozen Tang soldiers were defending a battlement, three or four people were fighting with the Tibetan soldiers who wanted to enter the city, and other soldiers were shooting arrows at the sides of the Tibetan army on both sides, perhaps lifting boulders and smashing the screaming Tibetan soldiers down.

At this time, a Tang soldier screamed, he was shot by an arrow under the city in the face of the door, fell on his back, another Tang soldier quickly stepped forward to fill his position, after nearly an hour of hard fighting, the Tang army also suffered heavy casualties, more than 1,000 dead and wounded, most of them were killed by arrows, and some of them were killed in the battle with the Tubo army that rushed up.

At this time, a Tang soldier found a long iron fork, forked the city ladder and pushed it outward, "Come and help me!" He yelled.

More than a dozen Tang soldiers gave up archery and stepped forward to help him, and everyone shouted together: "One, two, three!" ”

The heavy city ladder was pushed up, slowly pushed outward, the city ladder gradually leaned back, the center of gravity shifted outward, nearly 100 Tubo soldiers on the ladder let out a long series of screams, some jumped from the ladder, most of them fell out with the ladder, 'Boom! With a loud bang, the ladder was broken apart, and more than 100 people on the ladder were killed or wounded, unable to move.

But at the west end of the city, the Tang army has a crisis, the city wall of nearly 100 zhang long in this area is the trebuchet place, the Tang army is not much, mainly guarded by 300 Tang troops and more than 1,000 people, the commander of the siege of the Tibetan general found this defensive loophole, he immediately ordered three city ladders to quietly change from here to attack, and mobilized 600 of the most elite Tubo red card army, that is, the Tubo Zampu's Praetorian Guard, they are 30,000 people selected from hundreds of thousands of troops, all tall and powerful, fierce combat, this western expedition, The Tibetan Zampu also sent 8,000 red-card troops to follow, of which 2,000 participated in the attack and the end of the city.

The night was dark, in a melee, He Lou Yurun did not find the attempt of the Tubo army, hundreds of elite Tubo soldiers quickly climbed upward, and the people guarding the western section of the southern city began to be confused, some of them threw stones downward, and some stabbed them on the city ladder with spears, shouting and screaming, and panicked.

In a moment, more than a dozen Tubo soldiers appeared at the westernmost head of the city, the first Tubo centurion was extremely fierce, he faced a sword, split the heads of two people, his face was painted with black sand, fierce and hideous, several other people at the battlement mouth were frightened, threw down the spear and fled, there was a gap in the city, next to several Tang soldiers saw that the situation was critical, and rushed up together, but the Tubo centurion seized the opportunity of a short moment, jumped on the city, he held a shield in his left hand, swung his sword with his right hand and slashed, and in an instant three more people were hacked to death, When he saw the Tang soldiers rushing up, he roared, jumped off the battlements and fought with the Tang army.

At this time, there were more than a dozen Tibetan soldiers rushing to the city from this gap, these Tibetan soldiers were wearing chain mail, tall and powerful, and had a fierce appearance, they rushed into the crowd of people, like a tiger into the flock, in a moment, forty or fifty people were killed, the people were so frightened that they turned around and fled, and the city wall was suddenly in chaos.

This section of the city wall defense was in charge of the Lang general Luo Shengjun, who was leading more than 1,000 Tang troops to fight against the Tubo army on more than 30 ladders to the city, when he suddenly heard a scream and exclamation, and some Tang soldiers shouted: "The Tubo people have boarded the city." ”

Luo Shengjun turned his head, in the night, he saw the Tubo army surging like an ant colony in the westernmost city, more than 2,000 people were killed and scattered and fled, only dozens of Tang soldiers were fighting with each other, he was suddenly shocked and angry, and shouted: "The first battalion of Tang troops follow me!" ”

He waved his spear and led more than 400 Tang troops to rush forward with a roar, at this time, the Tubo army had already landed nearly 200 people from the westernmost gap, and a large number of Tubo troops were constantly ascending from here, but the Tubo army also made a mistake, they did not immediately go to support the Tubo army in other battlements after they landed in the city, but focused on destroying the trebuchet.

Ten heavy trebuchets were deployed here, and the Tibetan army had enough of the pain of being thrown by the boulders during the attack, so they boarded the city and threw themselves at the ten trebuchets, slashing with swords, smashing with stones, pushing down hard, and in a moment, seven trebuchets fell down in succession, and fell straight down the city, and the Tubo soldiers cheered.

Of course, being able to destroy the trebuchet was very beneficial to the subsequent attack, and there was nothing wrong with the Tibetan soldiers' approach, but everything had a priority, and at this critical moment, destroying the trebuchet was tantamount to sacrificing the original and seeking the last thing.

At this time, Luo Shengjun led hundreds of people to kill, they slashed and shot arrows, and caught more than 200 Tubo off guard, Luo Shengjun's spear danced, like a pear blossom, and instantly pierced the throat of three Tubo soldiers, the first to climb the city of Tubo Centurion shouted, from the side of the battlements to Luo Shengjun swooped down, from high to bottom, like an eagle Bo rabbit, but Luo Shengjun flashed, spear backstab, the tip of the spear pierced through the gap next to his shield, a shot pierced his chest, a miserable hiss, The huge body of the Tubo centurion was actually lifted high, and Luo Shengjun shook the barrel of his gun, "Go to death!" ”

The Tibetan centurion was thrown out of the city with a long scream, 'Boom! The ground fell into the moat.

The death of the Tibetan centurion gave the Tang army high morale, and they fought bravely to kill the enemy, killing the Tibetan soldiers to the point of defeat, and the Tang army quickly blocked the path of the Tibetan army's expansion in all directions, blocking them in the corner west of the city.

．．．．．．． He Lou Yurun learned that the Tibetan army had landed in the west of the city from the trebuchet, and he was furious when he landed, and the fourth day had not yet arrived, and it was difficult to understand and the end of the city was about to be captured.

"Where is Luo Shengjun's dog mongrel?"

He roared angrily: "Go and tell him that if you don't kill the Tibetan army within a quarter of an hour, I want his head!" ”

At this time, the situation was already very unfavorable to the Tang army, the 50,000 Tubo army had all been pressed, of which 30,000 Tubo troops attacked the south of the city, although there were heavy casualties, but more than 20,000 people had already attacked the city, and the other 20,000 Tubo troops were eyeing 700 steps north of the city, and they were about to be pressed by the army at any time, which made He Lou Yurun have to divide 2,000 people from the 7,000 Tang army to the north city to defend, and the Tang army in the south city has been killed and wounded more than 1,000 people, only less than 4,000 people are struggling to defend, 4,000 people resist the crazy attack of more than 20,000 Tubo army, in the night, The Tang army's archery was not accurate, and it was even more difficult to suppress the attack of the Tubo army, if it were not for the tall and strong city wall, the Tang army would have failed at this time.

He Lou Yurun hated not only the lack of troops, but also the gang of bastards in the Broken Leaf Political Affairs Hall, a group of rotten Confucians! He applied for a batch of earth-shaking thunders more than a month ago, and Li Qingan also sent back an approval from Chang'an, approving him a hundred sky-shaking thunders, but the matter was bad in the hands of the bastards in the Broken Leaf Political Affairs Hall, especially Pei Mian, who was in charge of ordnance, delayed Li Qingan's approval again and again, and so far he has not seen the shadow of the earth-shaking thunder, if there is a sky-shaking thunder, even if there are 100,000 Tubo troops, why is he afraid?

"Kill me! Kill a Tibetan soldier and reward 20 silver dollars! ”

His anger turned to the Tubo army, but the Tubo army was not enough to calm his anger, and when Li Qing'an arrived, he must complain.

．．．．．．． He Lou Yurun's order came to the west of the city, and Luo Shengjun couldn't help but smile bitterly, how could he fight, and drive the Tubo army off the city within a quarter of an hour, is this possible?

Luo Shengjun's brows furrowed, although the Tubo army was suppressed in a corner by the Tang army, but as the Tubo army continued to pour into the city, their sphere of influence expanded, not only that, the west corner of the southern city has become a gap in the defense of the Tubo army and the end of the city, more and more Tubo troops are pouring to this side, and there are no reinforcements on his side, the situation is already quite dangerous, if the Tubo army expands three or four steps outward, then they can pour up to a hundred people, at that time, the balance of power between the two armies will change, Once a breach is breached by the Tibetans, it will be like a breach of the embankment, and the flooded Tibetans will be uncontrollable, and the last city will likely be breached from here.

The fight is still going on brutally, in the dark night, the two sides are mixed up, chaotic, both sides hold their shields, holding horizontal knives and long swords, shields against shields, horizontal knives and long swords are striking, you press me and squeeze, roaring, the battle is white-hot, the corpses on the ground press the corpses, some people are not dead, they are trembling living flesh, trampled under the feet of both sides, suffocated in the pleading, in the densest city walls, the two sides can no longer use their swords, they can only use the handles of knives, stab with daggers, smash with fists, swords and swords, make a sonorous sound, The clatter of knives slicing human bones, the groans of the wounded, the terrible gurgling of the dying came and went.

The red-card Tubo army was extremely strong, forcing the Tang army back step by step, but the Tang army counterattacked in the Jedi and pushed the Tubo army back, and the two sides were like wind blowing fluctuations, ups and downs.

At this time, Luo Shengjun's sweat had already come out, he was racking his brains to think of all methods, it was impossible to shoot with a bow and arrow, the two sides were too dense, and there were shields, and the bow and arrow could not be shot, unless it was splashed with water, maybe it could be poured in.

"Water!"

Luo Shengjun's mind was like lightning, and he suddenly thought of a way, they have it! But because the people fled, they didn't take it out.

Luo Shengjun immediately whispered a few words to a team leader, and the team was waving his hand, "Follow me!" ”

More than two dozen soldiers immediately followed him to a small stone house dozens of paces away, where some trebuchet parts were placed, and it was guarded by the people, because the people had fled, the trebuchet was also useless, and the stone house was empty and unattended, but there was still something in the stone house, which was originally intended to be used for projection.

The soldiers took out a leather bag from the stone house, the leather bag was quite heavy, it was filled with shaking liquid, they rushed forward, holding the leather bag to the Tubo army and squeezed away, only to see a black liquid sprayed out of the leather bag, spraying the dense Tubo soldiers to the end, this black liquid is naturally the fire oil, although the use of earth-shaking thunder is strictly controlled, but the fire oil is the basic configuration of the Tang army, there are in every city, and the last city was originally used to make incendiary bombs, but it was too late to use, the Tubo army attacked, it has been idle, and in the midst of intense battles, no one can remember.

But Luo Shengjun suddenly remembered its role in the crisis, and in a moment, a hundred bags of fire oil had been sprayed into the Tubo army, and the pungent smell made the Tubo soldiers begin to twitch, and the Tang army was a little unable to resist and began to retreat step by step.

At this time, a torch was thrown into the Tibetan army, 'Boom! With a bang, a raging fire broke out in the Tibetan army, this kind of fire oil is not directly mined crude oil, this is the Tang army from the Byzantine Empire smelting technology extraction, more light and flammable, although not as good as Greek fire, but far better than crude oil.

The fire burned all over the west corner of the city in an instant, four or five hundred Tubo soldiers fled desperately like a nest, at this time the Tang army could not stop the survival of the Tubo army**, was rushed open a gap one zhang wide, countless Tubo soldiers who were covered in fire wailed and ran out of the gap, they were no longer for fighting at this time, the fire was burning on their heads and bodies, many people opened their arms, only ran a few steps, and fell to the ground, the fire burned them to the ground, and dozens of Tang soldiers were also affected by the fire, They fell to the ground and rolled around, screaming.

More than half of the four or five hundred Tibetan troops were set on fire, and near the corner of the city ladder, some of the Tibetan soldiers who had not been poured with fire oil were terrified, seeing that the fire had spread, they tried to go down the city from the city ladder, and in the chaos and crowding, people were constantly squeezed down the ladder, screaming and falling down the city.

The sudden change in the west of the city stunned all the soldiers, the raging fire was particularly bright and dazzling in the night sky, the fire oil reversed the situation in the west of the city, and also reversed the entire battle situation, first more than a dozen city ladders in the west of the city were ignited by the fire, and then dozens of city ladders near the middle of the city wall were also ignited by the Tang army's fire oil, the fire burned in the city and under the city, the fire soared into the sky, and the night was illuminated into day, at this moment, the bell of the army was heard in the Tubo camp.

In the dull and piercing bells, the Tubo army retreated like a tide, the Tang army on the head of the city was jubilant, He Lou Yurun was so excited that tears flickered, and he muttered to himself: "Three days, only three days, Lao Tzu is going to be promoted!" ”

(To be continued)