Chapter 337: The Battle of the Logos (1)
The king of Lhasa, the king of Ali and the king of Yaze gathered in the Potala Palace, if you add the king of Yalong Juea, the top figures who lead Tubo will all expire, Zampu has long ceased to exist, when the Tubo forces were divided, Zampu disappeared, after several years of conquest and fighting, the four kings ruled Tubo, with their own territories, at first they all fought to call themselves Zampu, and then they didn't know why, they also removed the title of Zampu, probably because they felt that they were not qualified enough to call themselves Zampu.
When the Tang army first entered Tibet, it was met with contempt and ridicule, and the special terrain of Tibet was the best protection, including the Tang soldiers stationed in the four towns of Anxi and the Anxi Protectorate, even in peacetime, the casualties were heavy, that is, because they did not adapt to the climate and environment of Tibet, to say that the Tang army that invaded Tibet had not yet appeared, so all this did not attract the attention of the upper echelons of Tibet.
After the Tang army captured Yugan City, killed 3,000 Tubo soldiers, and killed the general stationed in Yucheng City, the king of Lhasa found that the situation was a little wrong, but at that time, he felt that there was a reason for the incident, maybe the defenders of Yucheng were too light on the enemy, which would lead to such a situation, and then the Tang army was like a bamboo, occupying Bowo, Motuo and Luowo and other places, directly threatening Luo, and the king of Lhasa began to panic.
It is precisely because of the occupation of the Luo that the king of Lhasa has always been the most powerful party in Tibet, and it is said that the king of Lhasa received a fatal blow, King Ali, King Yaze and King Yalong Juea will feel happy, and the Tang army helped them get rid of a strong enemy, but the development of things made the four kings feel wrong.
In the place occupied by the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic forces suffered a devastating blow, and the slaves were liberated and had the power of commoners, which the four kings could not tolerate. They also found some clues from it, the Tang army wanted to exterminate all the forces in Tubo and make Tubo the land of the Tang Dynasty.
After realizing this, King Ali, King Yaze, and King Yalung Juea no longer stood by and began to reinforce the King of Lhasa, and they still knew which was more important than the internal contradiction and the external contradiction.
It's a pity that at this time, King Yalong Juea suffered a heavy blow, and the Tang army, which entered Longyou Road on the other hand, gave King Yalong Juea a devastating blow. So that King Yalongjua could not reinforce Rao.
At the beginning of the reinforcements, the kings of Lhasa, Ali and Yaze were all optimistic, although the king of Yalong Juea suffered a heavy blow, after all, it was in Longyou Road, Tubo was different, as long as they united, they would definitely be able to defeat the Tang army that penetrated deep into the territory of Tubo.
Their optimism did not last long, and the army rescued by King Ali and King Yaze was ambushed by the Tang army at Dazi. The losses were heavy, and if it were not for the familiarity with the terrain, it was very likely that the whole army would be annihilated.
This battle completely shook Tibet.
The kings of Ali and Azek decided to personally lead the army to the aid of Raza. They faced the most critical situation, either to perish with the Tibetans, or to defeat the Tang army.
It was at this time that the offensive of the Tang army suddenly weakened.
The great army led by the kings of Ali and Aze. Arrived at Latse smoothly and received a warm reception from the king of Lhasa.
As long as the interests are the same, the men of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It was very easy to get along with, and they were hugging together in Luo, preparing for the attack of the Tang army in the common region.
Several battles in a row let them know the courage of the Tang army, but the Tang army wants to attack Luo Some is different, this is the holy land of Tubo, it is a place protected by the gods, the Tang army will attack here, it will definitely encounter the curse of God, and the soldiers of Tubo will also be favored by God and blessed by the gods, and they will definitely be able to defeat the army of the Tang Dynasty.
Some of the monks were invited to the Logos and began to pray for the blessings of Tibet.
Some places are not big, although this is the holy land of Tibet, but in addition to the Potala Palace, the rest of the places are basically dominated by tents, houses are rare, unless it is the real nobles of Tibet, they are qualified to start a house near the Potala Palace, and this needs to be approved by Zampu, and later it needs to be approved by the king of Lhasa, otherwise no matter what your identity, building a house near the Potala Palace is a blasphemy against the gods, and you will be punished.
It is basically impossible to build a strong fortification in such a place.
Dazi, only sixty miles from Raks, has been occupied by the Iron Army.
Gao Chibang, Zhu Wen, Qin Erhei and others gathered in the temporary Chinese military tent.
It has been more than four months since the conquest in Tibet, and the backwardness of Tibet has surprised them, the people here rarely take a bath, and they exude a bad smell all over their bodies, even if they are nobles, it is the same, and most of the people here are illiterate slaves. Speaking words that the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army could not understand, although when they were in Songzhou, the soldiers had learned the simple Tibetan language, but when they really entered Tibet, they found that the words they learned were far from enough.
The combat effectiveness of the Tibetan army is not strong, but the sergeants are not afraid of death, even if they fail, they are desperately charging forward, and few people will choose to escape, which saves the trouble of the iron-blooded soldiers, and after occupying the initiative, they can fight like chopping melons and vegetables, and they don't have to think too much about what tactics such as outflanking can end the battle in a very short time.
The loss of the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army is also not small, mainly due to the environment and climate, 40,000 troops, after four months of fighting, lost more than 4,000 people, this is a rare situation, these fallen soldiers, were buried in Tibet, forever integrated into this land.
The strategic encirclement of the Logos has been completed in an all-round way.
According to the long-term reconnaissance, there are about 30,000 Tubo soldiers gathered in Luo, and in terms of numbers, the number of the Iron Blood Army and the Tubo Army is about the same, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the Iron Blood Army occupies an absolute advantage.
Four months have passed, and Gao Chibang and others have deeply realized why the Daxing Taifu would propose inexplicable training subjects, and now it seems that these trainings have saved the lives of many soldiers.
The grain and grass of the Iron Blood Army is abundant, especially the vegetables are cooked, and the Xichuan Festival makes Kan Zeyu rack his brains to transport a large number of vegetables and a lot of water, but in this ghost place, the water is always unboiled, and the rice is always undercooked, so the army mainly eats pasta, beef and vegetables, in addition to the indispensable butter tea.
When I first entered Tibet, when drinking butter tea, many soldiers almost gagged, the butter tea here is completely different from the butter tea in Songzhou, there are a lot of cow hair and wool in the butter tea, and there are a lot of cow hair and wool in the mouth, how uncomfortable and uncomfortable it is, and the smell of butter tea is too big, which makes people unbearable, until some soldiers in the army have mastered the production method of butter tea, and after they boil out butter tea, this situation has changed a lot.
Overcoming a large number of difficulties, the officers and men of the Iron Army were able to gain a foothold on the plateau.
July is the scorching summer season, and the mainland should be very hot, but Tubo can't feel it at all, and at night, there will even be cold air currents, so keeping out the cold has become a necessary skill for soldiers.
"General Zhu, General Qin, the encirclement of Luo has been completed, a certain opinion, launched a general attack in early August, the task of this general offensive is to completely wipe out the army of Tubo, the iron-blooded army occupied by Yucheng City, Bowo, Motuo, Luowo, Qusong and other places, the power of the Tubo nobles has been basically wiped out, the next step is to take the Luo some, I am afraid to exterminate the power of the Tubo nobles on a larger scale, so that it is possible to set up Fuzhou County here, this ghost place, it is really strange, it is really a thousand miles of uninhabited, go far away, I can't see a single person. ”
"The subordinates agreed to launch a general attack in early August, and this general attack must capture the king of Lhasa, Ali and Yaze, so as to completely attack the power of the Tibetan nobles."
After Zhu Wen answered, Qin Erhei didn't speak immediately, he remembered very well that Li Rupei's arrangement was for him to be stationed in Tubo for three years after the iron-blooded army conquered Tubo, and now it seems that Li Rupei's original embrace had a profound meaning.
Gao Chibang looked at Qin Erhei, and also knew what Qin Erhei thought, anyone stationed in Tubo will feel the scalp tingle, such a place, the farther away the better, but unfortunately Tubo, which is about to be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, must be guarded by a large army, at least the people here need to be naturalized, and to popularize the culture of the Tang Dynasty here, I am afraid it will take a long time.
"Since you all agree, the attack is set on the fifth day of the eighth month, the Tibetan army believes in the gods, thinking that the iron-blooded army will attack the gods, and it will definitely not succeed, so let them rely on the gods, the iron-blooded army relies on the courage of the soldiers, this battle, there is no tactic at all, bows and bows and arrows will become the main offensive weapons, let the Tibetan soldiers taste the power of bows and arrows again, and see if the gods can help them avoid bows and crossbows and arrows......"
After the arrangement was completed, Zhu Wen got up and left the Chinese military tent, leaving Gao Chibang and Qin Erhei.
Gao Chibang looked at Qin Erhei for a while before speaking.
"General Qin, the prince arranged for you to be stationed in Tubo first, there must be a deep meaning, I believe that after the army captures Tubo, Daxingtai Mansion will have relevant documents, how to be stationed here, I don't know, only the prince knows, as long as it is in accordance with the requirements of the prince, there will be no problem."
Qin Erhei nodded.
"Dashuai, the subordinates are not afraid of being stationed in Tubo, the subordinates are worried that the territory here is vast, sparsely populated, and it is really not good to be stationed, if they can't complete the tasks deployed by the prince, their subordinates will live up to the prince's trust."
"Don't worry, the prince must have a way." (To be continued......)