980 The Fall of Tibet

"General, are we really not involved in the siege?" Guan Yong rode his horse to approach Liu Yuan, with regret in his words.

For him, fighting is his interest, he likes to show off his strength in the way of fighting, wandering on the edge of life and death in battles again and again, and then letting his pride and glory be released in victory after victory, for him, this is a great recognition and praise for him.

His blood is full of belligerence.

Zhao Fu said with some pity: "The city of Luo is the Kyoto of Tibet, which is full of nobles and lords, and there are many shops, it is said that they piled up the looted floating wealth in the warehouse, and the gold and silver goods in the warehouse are piled up, but this time I missed it." ”

Unlike Guan Yong, Zhao Fu, who was born in a poor family, paid the most attention to gold and silver goods, although he gained a lot after entering Tibet, but there was also a lot of quantity, after all, it was a secret operation, and those poor and remote places could not be compared with the Luo Some Cities where the powerful and powerful walked all over the land.

Liu Yuan said angrily: "Don't worry, this time the situation is special, there are too many soldiers and civilians in Luo, in order to prevent the soldiers from looting and delaying the killing of the enemy, several generals have discussed it early in the morning, all the goods will not be taken, and after completely capturing some cities, it will not work to pay less and occupy more. ”

Tubo is known as the whole people are soldiers, Hou Junji through the encirclement, drive the policy, the people to the city of Luo, in this way, the city of Luo is overcrowded, in terms of numbers, the Tang Dynasty is at a disadvantage, in order to prevent the soldiers from only caring about looting so that the enemy one by one to break through, after discussion, all the generals agreed, did not control the city of Luo, do not take nothing. Afterwards, we will talk about meritorious deeds.

In this way, the Yang Wei Army can be regarded as a lot of light.

Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and there are different changes in different periods, and Liu Yuan deeply agrees with this.

Wei Chi Baoqing said with some worry: "General, you say, can we really intercept that Songtsen Gampo this time?" ”

"A lot of things are like this, we don't know if it's right or wrong when we have to do it, what we can do now. It's just to do your best and obey the destiny of heaven" Liu Yuan said with a smile: "Fortunately, Liu's luck has always been good." ”

Hou Jun also chimed in: "Don't think too much, among the hundreds of thousands of generals, you want to win the first prize." That's harder than ascending to the sky, let alone those old generals. All of them are veterans in this field. Follow them behind the ass and want to take advantage? That's unrealistic, because we're too small, and I think there's a better chance of success here. ”

Songtsen Gampo was extremely decisive in cleaning the old nobles, and he still used his sister to the end. For the sake of his own reputation, but the unborn nephew has also become his political bargaining chip, and it can be seen that he is a selfish person. A selfish person usually cherishes his own life.

Liu Yuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, what's the matter, let's talk about it later, we will act according to the original plan." ”

"Yes, General." Everyone agreed in unison.

Liu Yuan looked back at the blazing city, at this moment, this once glorious city has been turned into a huge meat grinder, greed is the nature of human beings, violence and hope are the most unstable factors of human violence, and they are also the inducements for human beings to stimulate their potential and motivation, needless to say, both sides will definitely kill red eyes.

Heaven and earth are big, boundless, people stand between heaven and earth, like a drop in the ocean, in the long river of history, but also a small drop of insignificant, life is only in a hurry for dozens of years, time is like an arrow, some people choose to be vigorous, some people choose to be plain, some people are persistent, some people are free and easy, and what Liu Yuan pursues is a rich and freewheeling life.

Now it seems that the price is quite large.

Forget it, let's deal with the level in front of you first, Liu Yuan shook his head, as if he had thrown those messy thoughts out of his mind, rode his horse and whipped, and rushed forward.

………

"Kill, kill them all."

"Brothers, kill"

"Quick, archers, come soon"

"Seize Songtsen Gampo and seize the first credit"

"The warriors of Tibet, for the sake of Lord Zampu, for the honor of the warriors, kill."

"Fight to the death."

Liu Yuan guessed well, as the last fortress, the Tubo people have no way to retreat, they can only fight to the death with the Tang army, hundreds of thousands of troops in the city, what strategy, what tactics have faded, the most effective, the most practical, is to crush, conquer, whoever can fight to the end, who can have the last laugh.

The Tubo people were not willing to be defeated easily, they fought fierce street battles with the Tang army in every street and every house, it can be said that every inch of land was contested, but the results of the battle were obvious, the Tubo people who were good at field warfare were obviously inferior to the Tang army in street fighting, and they were not ready to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army in the alleys.

In this regard, Datang has made sufficient preparations, bows and arrows, firearms together, encountering hard gnawing bones, direct gunpowder bag waiting, cavalry drive, sword and shield soldiers defense, Mo knife soldiers crushing, archers assisted, soldiers are well-trained, advance step by step according to the plan, progress is very smooth, and the Tubo soldiers are not used to fighting these street battles, secondly, the armor is at a disadvantage, and the most important point is that there are no available generals, and the generals are damaged one after another, and the morale is extremely low.

Now Songtsen Gampo relies most on Lun Chin Ling and Qiong Bo. Bangse, on Qinling fell into the trap set by Li Jing, was seriously injured, and could not go to the battlefield to cheer up, and the only remaining Qiongbo. Bangse, and in the gunpowder explosion to the dead body, this time, not only Songtsen Gampo is in a situation where there are no generals, but also the morale of the army has dropped to the freezing point, and many soldiers in private began to doubt Songtsen Gampo, feeling that this is God's punishment for Tubo, so that there is less heart to work for him.

One victory after another, defeat and retreat, the victory or defeat can be known, but in the face of death, many people have to fight desperately.

For a time, the city of Logos is a veritable purgatory, the sound of killing is earth-shattering, blood is flowing all over the ground, there has always been a smell of blood in the sky above the city, it is now the end of June, the hottest day of the year, less than two days, those corpses have begun to stink, so that to the back, both sides have to send people to bury the corpses, the battle situation can be said to be stalemate and tragic.

"General, General Li's headquarters has captured 100 households in the south of the city"

"General Yu, General Niu has news, early this morning. He killed one head of a thousand households, three heads of a hundred households, and killed and wounded more than 3,700 Tibetan soldiers. ”

"General, General Cheng captured the Thousand Households in the west of the city, captured the Thousand Households Datian alive, and continued to march towards the Imperial Palace."

"General Yu, Songtsen Gampo organized more than 30,000 people to try to recapture Baoguang Temple, General Duan led a team to break Songtsen Gampo, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people of the Tubo army, and Songtsen Gampo could not be attacked for a long time. Flee in a hurry. ”

"General Yu, Tubo's granary in the west of the city was captured, and tens of thousands of stones of grain were obtained, and General Duan asked for reinforcements."

One by one, good news came and reached the barracks of the commander Hou Jun. Hou Junji summarized and analyzed the news one by one, and then arranged the manpower reasonably. Play it safe. Step by step, step by step, Tubo was forced into the abyss of despair.

The advantages of Datang are too obvious, as long as there are no fatal mistakes, there is no possibility of Tubo turning the tables, the more tense the battle, the calmer Hou Junji is.

The Tang Dynasty and the Tibetans exchanged prisoners on June 27. The attack began at noon on the 28th, and with the help of Liu Yuan's brilliant strategy, in less than an hour, the defense of Tubo had been broken. Officially launched the final decisive battle against Tibet, only more than ten days later, by the middle of July, the Tang Dynasty several armies successfully surrounded Songtsen Gampo and his men in the palace, the Tubo people were captured, surrendered, less than half a month, Songtsen Gampo was surrounded into a turtle in the urn.

It was only a matter of time before Songtsen Gampo was taken down, and under the severe blows of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo was killed, wounded, and surrendered, and the scales of victory moved towards the Tang army.

When the imperial army was heavily surrounded, Hou Junji personally issued the final order: "Soldiers, the city of Luo is already in our pocket, and now there is only one thing that has not been done, that is, to catch the culprit of this time, Songtsen Gampo, and charge me." ”

As soon as Hou Junji's words fell, "boom, boom" two huge explosions, the wall of the palace was blown down a large section, and the door of the palace was also blown up, under the protection of the guards, Hou Junji was the first to rush in, the lord will have an order, and it is the first to charge, there is a great merit waiting in the palace, how can everyone not be moved, hearing the words one by one holding weapons, the sound of killing to the palace rushed to the palace.

"Kill"

"Capture Songtsen Gampo alive!"

"Kill"

"Capture Songtsen Gampo alive!"

The roar of the crowd shook the sky and rushed in, to arrest Songtsen Gampo, those Tubo guards, palace maids, maikos, etc. were either killed or captured, the Tang army was invincible, just when they were about to control the entire palace, suddenly a soldier shouted: "Fire, you see, what a fire." ”

Hou Jun and others heard the words and looked towards the firelight, only to see the highest palace and the most luxuriously decorated Wenxian Tower was in flames, and when they saw the fire, they knew that it was not a fire, but someone poured something to support the fire and deliberately set it on fire, and the people present were all feeling uneasy, and several generals first looked at each other, and then led the troops to the fire together.

As soon as I rushed to Wenxian Tower, I saw a circle of Tibetan palace maids and Wenchen generals kneeling on the ground, all of them were crying quietly, and from time to time there were people crying out sadly for Songtsen Gampo, and a school captain grabbed a person who looked like a minister, put a knife on his neck, and asked loudly in Tubo where Songtsen Gampo went, and the Tubo hesitated for a moment, and soon returned intermittently.

"General, it's not good, Tubo Zanpu Songtsan Gampo, together with Juemeng (title, equivalent to the eldest wife) Princess Qizun, Da Lun Chisang Yangdun, and the injured Lun Qinling and others, after being poured with fire oil, they drove out the palace maids and guards, closed the gate, set fire to themselves, and martyred themselves."

What the? Is it really self-immolation?

Looking at the flaming Wenxian Building, Hou Junji and his entourage had a feeling of contusion, they had worked hard for so long, and they were only one step away from catching Songtsan Gampo, and now it was time to self-immolate, which made people feel like chickens and eggs were beaten and imperfect (to be continued......

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