readx; In mid-May, 100,000 Anxi troops after nearly two months of long-distance travel, finally arrived in Longyou, and at this time, Ma Chongying, who was hiding in Jiuqu of the Yellow River, had obtained the information that something had happened to Luo, he immediately led 70,000 troops to break through from Jishi Mountain back to Luo, Li Guangbi expected that he would have this move, and immediately led the army to rush to aid Li Shengbu, the two sides had a fierce battle in Jishi Mountain, the battle was three days and three nights, under the desperate interception of the Tang army, Ma Chongying finally failed to break through the interception of the Tang army, lost 30,000 soldiers, and retreated to the Yellow River Jiuqu, And the Tang army also suffered more than 10,000 casualties in this battle, which was the most tragic casualty since the start of the Tang and Tibetan Wars. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the early morning, the surface of the Yellow River was shrouded in a thin layer of white mist, which flowed on both sides of the Yellow River like milk, at this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves shattered the quiet morning, and a group of black Tang cavalry appeared in the white mist, about more than 100 people, they galloped like lightning on the bank of the Yellow River, and galloped to the south.

In this group of cavalry, the leader of the general is about 40 years old, with high eyebrow bones and deep eyes, he is dressed in the bright armor of the Tang army, carrying a sword and a bow, looking majestic, he is the main general of the Tang army in the Hezhou-Weizhou line, Wang Sili, who rushed to discuss the military situation on the order of Li Qing'an.

The 40,000 troops led by Wang Sili were actually Li Heng's Guanzhong army, and in order to show his support for the battle of Tangbo, Li Heng ordered Wang Sili to lead 40,000 troops to fight in Longyou.

But Wang Sili from entering Longyou to the present, there has not been a battle with the Tubo army, which makes him feel an unspeakable pressure and nest, especially the Anxi army with 40,000 people to intercept the retreat of 70,000 people, but also at the cost of nearly forty percent of the dead and wounded Tubo army back to the Yellow River Jiuqu, this kind of tragic battle made Wang Sili even more ashamed, he knows very well in his heart that his 40,000 Guanzhong army, I am afraid that even 20,000 Tubo troops can not resist.

So when Li Heng asked Wang Sili to withdraw to Guanzhong immediately, and at the same time, Li Qing'an's main force also arrived in Longyou, ordering him to come to the camp immediately to discuss the military situation, and when the two orders arrived at the same time, Wang Sili still chose Li Qing'an, not only because Li Qing'an had saved his life in Tongguan that year, but also because there was a general choice, between Li Qing'an and Li Heng, he was not optimistic about Li Heng.

For Wang Sili, as a soldier, strength represents everything.

Wang Sili whipped the war horse violently, and the war horse sped up and galloped towards the Tang army camp dozens of miles away.

．．．．．．．．． In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Qing'an has recovered his reason from the joy of Tochar's victory, at this time, Tubo is no longer the focus of his consideration, the country of the plateau Tubo has been destroyed, his gaze swept from the Amu Darya River to Tocharo, across the entire plateau, and finally his gaze was fixed on the east, which is the root of the world, the Tang Dynasty, where he belongs.

Years of political struggle have cultivated his rational and careful thinking, and years of war and killing, and his blood also has a unique wolf surname of nomads, which makes his heart more ruthless and colder, at this time he is thinking about a plan, this plan has been thought of a long time ago, but the time is not ripe at that time, but since Li Qing'an got Yang Guozhong's secret report, Li Longji has secretly passed the decree to Li Heng, and will also pass the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty to him, so that the time that Li Qing'an needs finally appeared.

At this time, a soldier's report came from the door: "Report to the general, General Wang Sili has arrived." ”

"Let him in!"

Li Qingan immediately put away his thoughts, this Wang Sili is very important to him, and he is a very important chess piece in his whole chess game.

After a while, Wang Sili walked in quickly, he knelt down on one knee, hugged his fist to Li Qing'an, and saluted: "The last general, Wang Sili, see the general!" ”

Li Qingan hurriedly helped him up, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "General Wang has worked hard all the way. ”

"The last general only walked a few hundred miles, how to talk about the word 'hard', but the general marched tens of thousands of miles, from Tocharian to Longyou, this is hard."

Li Qingan nodded, this Wang Sili is very good at talking, he hurriedly smiled and said to Wang Sili: "Come!" Sit down and talk. ”

The two sat down, and the soldiers served them tea, and Li Qingan asked him with concern, "How is the morale of the 40,000 brothers?" ”

"It's not high, but it's not sluggish, the general should know that the Guanzhong Army lacks the training of big wars, and my biggest regret is that I haven't fought a war until now."

"There's always a chance to fight! In the future, General Wang is likely to fight with An Lushan. ”

"Really?" Wang Sili's eyes lit up, his greatest hope was to fight with An Lushan, in the battle of Tongguan that year, he was almost wiped out, that became the shame of his life, if you want to wash away this shame in blood, it is to fight with An Lushan's army again.

"There should be this opportunity, An Lushan has now established a pseudo-Tang dynasty in Youzhou, and he has proclaimed himself the state of Zhongshu Xiangguo, he has actually rebelled, the reason why he has not gone south on a large scale is because he has insufficient troops, and he is still recruiting troops on a large scale, once the troops are enough, he will inevitably go south in a big way, and march into Guanzhong under the pretext of crusading against Li Heng."

Wang Sili nodded silently, he believed that what Li Qingan said was true, and the truth was true, at this time, Li Qingan said again: "But it is also possible that you will not have the opportunity to fight with An Lushan." ”

"Why?" Wang Sili was a little stunned.

Li Qingan stared at his gaze and said word by word: "I'm worried that you will enter Shu." ”

Wang Sili was silent, he understood what Li Qing'an meant, Li Qing'an was already choosing for him, whether to continue to be loyal to Li Heng, or turn to Li Qing'an, this can be said to be the biggest decision in Wang Sili's life, but he was silent for a moment before making a decision, he knelt down on one knee again, and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates are willing to serve the general!" ”

In fact, Wang Sili has been thinking about it for a long time, he was squeezed out by Chen Xuanli and lost most of his military power, if it wasn't for Chen Xuanli's arrogance too early, I'm afraid he would have been idle at home at this time, Li Heng was suspicious and mean, which had already made Wang Sili cold to him.

He had long wanted to take refuge in Li Qing'an, but he couldn't open his mouth, and today Li Qing'an took the initiative to ask, how could he let go of this opportunity.

"Good! Good! ”

Li Qingan said two 'good' words in a row, he helped Wang Sili up, and said to him sincerely: "When we fought side by side in Tongguan back then, I knew that we would come together sooner or later, because we were the same people. ”

"The last general understands that it is the greatest honor of the last general to join the Anxi army."

Li Qing'an walked quickly to the sand table, pointed to the Jiuqu area of the Yellow River with a wooden pole and said: "At present, there are still 40,000 people in the Tubo army, and they are huddled here, and now that my 100,000 troops have arrived, the final destruction of the Tubo army is just around the corner." ”

"But my subordinates are worried that Tibetan reinforcements will come."

Li Qing'an smiled slightly, "You don't have to worry, some cities in Tubo's old nest have been captured by Feng Changqing, Tubo Zampu died in Tocharo, and their main officials have all surrendered." ”

Wang Sili was stunned, he couldn't believe what he heard, Tubo was over, so the annihilation of the Tubo army of Jiuqu was the last battle.

Li Qingan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You only need to do one thing now, your 40,000 troops cut off the back route of the Tubo people and prevent them from escaping to Chengdu, this is very important, you must not be careless." ”

"The general understands, I'll go."

Wang Sili hugged his fists and saluted, then said goodbye and left, as soon as he left, Li Guangbi hurried over.

"General, is General Wang Sili gone?"

"Is there anything you're looking for him?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"I think the general must have asked him to intercept Tubo and flee to Bashu!"

"You're right, that's exactly what I arranged."

Li Guangbi hesitated for a moment, he walked to the sand table, looked at the back road of the Tubo army, and said: "There is a saying, I don't know if I should talk about my humble position?" ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "That's what you say." ”

"I was thinking, why can't we let Ma Chongying enter Shu? Once his army enters Shu, Shu will inevitably be in danger, Li Longji is either to ask the general for help, or to summon Li Heng's army into Shu, I heard that the relationship between Li Longji and his son is quite easing, and the likely surname of calling Li Heng's Guanzhong army into Shu is the largest, as long as Li Heng's army enters Shu, and Wang Sili's army returns to Guanzhong, isn't Guanzhong the general's palm at that time? ”

"You call it a plan to drive wolves into Shu, I thought about it at the earliest, but I've given up on this idea now."

"Why?" Li Guangbi was a little puzzled.

Li Qing'an smiled, slowly stepped forward and pointed to the Jiuqu area with a wooden pole and said: "This is a pocket we arranged, and Ma Chongying's Tubo army was loaded into it, he now knows that something happened to Luo, he tried to return to Luosome several times, but unfortunately he was unsuccessful, but he was not reconciled, now that my 100,000 army is coming, he will inevitably be unable to withstand the pressure, and he will once again think of escaping back to Luo, so his army is the only hope that Tubo can turn around, in this case, I don't want to take risks, If Jiannan is still Gao Xianzhi holds the military power, maybe I will try it, but Gao Xianzhi has been deprived of military power, and the military power at this time is held by Li Wan, the king of Rong, Li Wan knows him very well, he is by no means Ma Chongying's opponent, once the Jiannan army is defeated, the Tubo army will occupy Chengdu, the Han people I am not worried, but I am worried about the Qiang people, worried about the Nanzhao people, worried that they will be used by Ma Chongying, and reorganize an army of 100,000 people to kill back to Luo, at that time, we will regret it too late. ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan straightened his waist and said proudly: "As for Li Heng's Guanzhong Army, I have never taken it to heart, can they compete with my Anxi Hundred Battles Division?" ”

Li Guangbi was very ashamed, he thought he had thought of a clever plan, but he didn't expect that this plan was likely to be self-defeating, Li Qingan was right, he had an army of 100,000 Anxi, there was no need to use this kind of trick at all.

"The subordinates understand, but the subordinates are still a little worried that Wang Sili's army will not be able to stop Ma Chongying."

"Don't worry! I just gave Wang Sili a chance to fight, in fact, I didn't expect him to be able to stop the Tubo mourning army, I have sent Li Sheng to lead 30,000 troops to the Xihun Mountain area, which is the only way for Ma Chongying to enter Shu, I believe that Li Sheng will stop the Tubo army from retreating eastward. ”

．．．．．．．． On May 16, the main force of the 80,000 Tang Army crossed the Yellow River from Feiyun and went straight to the area of Dushan City, where the Tubo army was located, just as Li Qing'an's judgment said, when 100,000 Anxi arrived in Longyou, Ma Chongying knew that the general trend had gone, and now there was no way to retreat in his north and south and west, only to retreat to the east to Jiannan Xichuan, and from there to make a detour back to Luo, although the risk was very great, but he only had this way, although he could not beat the Anxi army, but he may not be able to do the Jiannan army, it was best to go to Nanzhao, get the support of Nanzhao's army, and help him restore the country.

When Ma Chongying heard the news that the main force of the Tang army had crossed the river, he immediately made a decision and led the army to retreat eastward.

From Dushan City, where the Tubo army is located, to crossing Taoshui as the first stage of eastward expansion, there are thousands of miles in between, as long as you can reach Minzhou on the east bank of Taoshui, the eastward strategic transfer of the Tubo army can be regarded as a success.

But Li Qingan spent a lot of effort to win this Tangbo war, and he even did not hesitate to rush thousands of miles, how could he let the Tubo people turn the tables at this most critical time, how could he not know that the Tubo army had the possibility of fleeing eastward.

Ten days later, when the Tibetan army fled to a valley called the Valley of Death, the news that Ma Chongying was most reluctant to hear came, and an unknown number of Tang troops choked the narrow valley road.

This is the remnant vein of Xihun Mountain, the surrounding mountains are high and steep, stretching for hundreds of miles, only this valley road that is less than three miles wide and about thirty miles long can pass through the mountains, if they don't want to go from here, they have to retreat hundreds of miles, and then go around to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and from there they climb over the Jishi Mountain, of course, they can go back directly from there, but their food is already insufficient, and the Tang army has arrived, and the Tang army is in front and back, and they are all finished.

"Dashuai, what should we do?" Several generals asked anxiously.

Ma Chongying's brows furrowed, he didn't know how many troops the Tang Army had intercepted now, if there were not many of them, maybe they could rush over.

"Pass my orders! The army is attacking, and the whole army is pressing, and if I can't rush through, I will all die here. ”

The golden drum of the Tubo people was loud, rumbling through the plateau, 40,000 Tubo troops fought against the water, 40,000 troops were overwhelming, shouting and killing like thunder, and the ** who wanted to survive made them rush to the valley desperately.

The Tang army had already built fortifications in the narrowest part of the valley, where the valley was only one and a half miles wide, and 30,000 Tang troops had built a simple city wall with huge stones, and the valley road was so narrow that it could not accommodate so many troops to defend at the same time, so Li Sheng only deployed 15,000 crossbowmen.

The city wall is about ten miles away from the mouth of the valley, and the deafening shouts echo in the valley, and the Tubo army is like a flood that bursts the embankment, roaring, sweeping towards the city wall, only one mile away from them, and the black pressure covers the sky.

The Tang soldiers half-squatted behind the fortifications, they calmly pulled the strings and arrows, and 15,000 Tang crossbows were raised at the same time, pointing forward at a 30-degree oblique angle, and the 15,000 Tang crossbowmen were divided into three rows, each row was about ten steps apart.

This is only the first line of defense, Li Sheng has laid a total of three lines, if this line of defense is lost, they will retreat to the second line of defense three miles away.

But as a young general, Li Sheng will never take a step back unless he is forced to do so.

Two hundred steps..... One hundred and eighty steps.... The Tibetan army is getting closer and closer, and even their hideous faces can be clearly seen.

One hundred and fifty steps! With a wave of Li Sheng's hand, the Tang army suddenly fired ten thousand arrows, and the powerful arrows were like an impenetrable rainstorm, directly hitting the Tubo army, the arrows pierced their shields, shot through their armor, and the thousands of Tubo troops who rushed to the front suddenly sounded a wailing and screaming, and pieces of Tubo soldiers fell to the ground...... After the first round of Tang army shooting, they immediately sat down and pulled the string with their feet and arm strength, the Tang army was a single soldier giant crossbow invented by the Anxi Bow and Crossbow Bureau last year, which is somewhat similar to the divine arm crossbow invented during the Northern Song Dynasty Shenzong, the bow is three feet three, the string is two feet five, and uses a crossbow and two arrows, the range can reach three hundred steps, after the old crossbow of the Tang Army was sold to Byzantium, the Broken Leaf Crossbow Army took the lead in replacing this powerful single crossbow.

The firing range was 300 paces, and the effective killing distance was 220 paces, but in order to increase the lethality, the Tang army did not release the arrows until 150 hours.

After the first round of shooting, the second round of 5,000 Tang Army crossbowmen fired 10,000 arrows again, and the overwhelming arrows covered the sky of the valley, followed by the third round...... The whole valley was full of the corpses of Tibetan soldiers and war horses, layer upon layer, blood flowed like a river, the bloody smell permeated the valley was pungent and unpleasant, the Tang army only carried out two shots, 60,000 arrows were fired, and the serious injuries and casualties of Tubo were more than 9,000 people, and the wounded were carried back at all, and in the end there was only one way to die.

Ma Chongying was terrified, this was just the beginning of the charge, his 40,000 army was only 30,000, he began to realize that the Tang army had a heavy army in the canyon, did he really want to retreat, just now he had thought of attacking smoke with fire, but the surrounding area is hundreds of miles around the Gobi, the mountains are bare, only snow and cliffs, and there is not a single tree in sight.

Ma Chongying squatted on the ground, holding his head in pain, what should I do? Luo Qi has been captured, Tibet has perished, where should his remnant army go?

At this moment, there was a rumbling thunder in the distance, and Ma Chongying couldn't help but raise his head in surprise, is it going to rain? As long as it rains, the Tang Army's bow and crossbow will not be used, but what he sees when he looks up is the bright sun, where is the thunderbolt on a sunny day?

"Dashuai, look!"

A soldier pointed in horror into the distance, Ma Chongying slowly stood up, his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, only to see that the western sky was covered with overwhelming flags, and a long undulating black line appeared on the Gobi Desert ten miles away, there were at least more than 50,000 cavalry, and the pursuers of the Tang army arrived.

He only has 30,000 Tibetan soldiers, the country is ruined, morale is low, the men and horses are exhausted, there are tens of thousands of crossbow troops of the Tang army in front of him, a dead end, and the chasing soldiers have arrived, they have no way to go to the sky, no way to go down.

At this time, a Tang soldier rushed to the scene and shot a headless arrow from a hundred paces away, and a soldier picked it up and handed it to Ma Chongying, who opened the letter and found it written to him by Li Qingan.

'Tang Anxi Jiedu made Zhao King Li Qing'an, to the last army commander of Tubo General Ma Chongying, I fought with the general Shibao City for the first time, it has been nearly ten years, during which dozens of battles with Tubo have been won and defeated, and the end of the Tocharian battle, 230,000 Tubo troops were annihilated, Zampu died, the Anxi army crossed the Snow Mountain, attacked by the mud Luo Po, the Tubo vitality was all annihilated, and some hundred officials have surrendered, now the general is at the end of the road, the country is ruined, if you want to leave the soldier's life and reunite with your family, you can surrender immediately, I promise to mine for three years, If the general resists to the end, Li Qingan will order no prisoners of war to be left and all of them will be killed! Tubo will no longer be young and strong, please think twice. ’

Ma Chongying looked back at his soldiers again, all of them were panicked and their morale was low, so what was the need to fight in this battle, as Li Qingan said, it was better to leave a little young man for Tubo!

He sighed and ordered: "Lay down your arms and surrender the whole army!" ”

．．．．．．． In late May of the second year of Zhenzhi of the Tang Dynasty, with the surrender of Ma Chongying's last 30,000 troops to the Tang Army, the Tang and Tibetan Wars, which lasted for more than half a year, came to an end, and Tubo withdrew from the political stage of the Tang Dynasty with an almost tragic ending and officially became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty........

(To be continued)