At the beginning of the winter of the fourth year of Xingzhi, after a series of momentum and showing the enemy's weakness, the 90,000 elites of the left route army of the Tang Western Expeditionary Army, under the leadership of Li Yu, the deputy marshal of Xingtai and the head of the march, fought a decisive battle on the shore of Taoshui with the 140,000 troops of Tubo and the four inner tribes led by the Tubo Minister.

For more than a month before the war, Li Yu integrated all the cavalry into one unit, led by himself, and gathered the Mo swordsmen of the whole army into one unit, which was led by Bai Zuwang, the general of Fengxiang. The rest of the infantry formed a large formation according to the lancers, swords and shields, and archers, and met the short-term and short-standing positions that were determined to win.

It was a beautiful day, and only the gentle north wind made people feel that the cold was coming. * Put the Liu Shu division of the Baoyi Army in front of the battle and take on the task of luring the enemy. After repeated temptations, the short Lizang who immediately went out of the city to meet the battle was only 40,000 horses at most, and the annoyed short Lizang stared at Kang Pingcuopa, the envoy of the Wusheng army, who had been claiming that he was strong and opposed to the attack across the river, and immediately ordered the newly arrived general to settle the wrong way:

"Make a mistake, let your warriors prepare, go and tear the Tang people's battle flag!"

At the same time, he did not forget to instruct:

"Let your people pay attention, don't hurt that big liar Li Yu - I'm going to cut off his head myself!"

Jienacuo was a famous brave general in the Tibetan army, who had just arrived with 20,000 elites, and at the same time brought the good news that Huoqi Lasongtsen and Bo Xibu Bo Langjia Beji Yundan and Niang Dingai Zeng had given up and Tang Yuan, and were determined to fight with Tang. He also told him that Zampu had ordered the requisition of the Shang Ta Zang Hui Division, which was attacking the Hui in Beiting, to the east, and was expected to arrive within three months, which greatly boosted the morale of the Tibetan army. The Qiang people, Dangxiang and Tuyuhun people, who were panicked because the old nest was swept by the * cavalry, were also in high spirits, gearing up, and expressing their willingness to fight with *. Since the four inner tribes are willing, the Tibetan people will naturally not let the Tubo people take the lead. Qiang led Daru and his 1,000 tribesmen to the front.

Wearing leather boots and stepping on the solid ice on the Taoshui River, Daru roared and led his people to rush to the opposite bank, Daru's tribe was in the south near the Great Snow Mountain, and he thought that with the blessing of the mountain god, even if the Tang people were defeated in the battle of Tibet, they would not go to him, but the day before yesterday his younger brother came to the outside of the barracks with a howl, and said:

"Brother, let's go back quickly, our clan has been ruined by the Tang people!"

After the younger brother stopped crying, Daru learned the details, it turned out that ten days earlier, in the middle of the night, when the wind was raging, a group disguised as a Tibetan army* suddenly attacked the tribe's residence, killed all the men left behind in the tribe, robbed them of all their land, cattle and sheep, treasure and grain, and let all the slaves go. In the cold winter, there is no food, and Daru knows very well that in ten days, more than half of the people in his tribe have died of cold and starvation. After hearing the news, Dalu's Qiang army was in an uproar, but they were not allowed to go back to save their families, and said:

"Zamp has sent Lord Horns to clean up this*. If you insist on going back, with our strength, we are afraid that we will not be able to stop the devil on the other side who has destroyed your home, and when the time comes, you will go home with your front foot, and he will rush into your house with his back foot. Think for yourselves whether you will avenge your people here, or go home and be a sheep and cattle to be slaughtered. ”

All the Qiang leaders and party leaders agreed to stay and avenge their families. Now, the time has finally come.

The only sound on the empty river was the shouts of the Qiang people and the sound of leather boots stamping on the ice, and there was no movement on the other side. Although Daru was burning with raging anger in his heart, he was calmed down by the cold wind at this time, but he couldn't guess why the Tang people didn't release the arrows, did the Tang people want to let themselves climb the river bank?

The answer is no. When the Qiang army was about to rush to the opposite bank, they heard the sound of the bang on the other bank. Then, it got dark.

It was a feather arrow that covered the sky and the sun, a feather arrow that killed death.

A few feathered arrows were stuck in Daru's chest, and he was pushed up by several powerful crossbows as he rushed to the front. With his eyes becoming more and more distracted, Daru seemed to see the faces of his sons. There seems to be a story in my ears that my mother told me when I was young:

"A long, long time ago, the Han people had a demon-like general named Ma Yuan~~~~~~"

None of the Qiang people who attacked in the first wave made it to the other side alive, and the Qiang soldiers who were lucky enough to rush ashore had just shown their heads, and they were picked up by the * guarding the shore with a long lance and carried back into the river. A * soldier jumped down the river, reached the corpse of Daru in the best dress, beheaded him with a sword, and returned to the shore with a lance, leaving behind the rain of arrows of Tibetan revenge. * Soldiers mock their enemies with their own cheers.

The Tubo army standing on the south bank had never seen such a dense rain of arrows, and the generals were all standing there for a while. Although there was no intention of crossing the river for the first attack, such casualties had a great impact on morale. Looking at the shocking scene, he reluctantly smiled at the short Lizang:

"The Tang people will rely on the sharpness of the bow and arrow. Come and see our Tibetan warriors avenge the Daru Tou and their people! ”

"This kind of thing Qiang people won't let others do it for them!"

A leader who had always been at odds with Daru shouted, and the samurai of his own tribe carefully descended the river with his shield in hand. The other Qiang leaders sighed secretly:

The people of Daru are his.

This time* they were greeted by a dense rain of arrows, but the short Lizang sent more men across the river, and the frontal attack was only to contain them*, and soon after, the banner of the wrong was on the flanks of *, and then there were the men and horses of Kang Phuntsokpa, who were bent on making meritorious contributions.

The morale of the Tibetan army, which had been slightly low, rose again,* and they were forced to divide their forces to protect the two wings, and the frontal resistance weakened, and the Qiang soldiers began to climb the river bank. On the side of the short Lizang, the leader of the party couldn't help it, and said:

"Second Minister, let our party's iron rider clear the way for you!"

More and more Tubo soldiers crossed the Taoshui and broke into the * formation, but * still fought to the death, Liu Shu discharged a hedgehog formation covered with thorns, and fought bloodily with the Tubo army.

However, in front of the morale of the Tubo army, the Baoyi army, which was known for its good fighting, only held out for two hours before showing signs of wavering, and after the Dangxiang and Tuyuhun people entered the battlefield, the Baoyi army's military formation was pressed and began to slowly retreat. On the short Lizang, he also suspected that there was fraud, but the weapons and armor were lost, and the resentful Qiang people, Dangxiang and Tuyuhun people chased after them, and wanted to pay tribute to their relatives.

When Kang Phuntsokpa left a captured * officer in front of and behind the hiding place of the short li, the short of the mountain immediately made up his mind to chase after him. The officer, who had been hard-mouthed at first, said:

"The person who presided over the military affairs of Lintao was Liu Shu, the envoy of the Baoyi Army. Li Yu Xianggong (Li Yu has the official position of inspecting the school Shangshu Zuo Servant, so he can be called Xianggong) went to Shanzhou with the main force of 50,000 people ten days ago, intending to join forces with the king of Baoding County to cut off the retreat of your army and annihilate your army. All that was left here was the Baoyi Army and the 72nd Army, more than 30,000 people. ”

On the short Lizang angrily said:

"Are you a husband and I'm a three-year-old child? Why did Li Yu think that he could resist my 150,000 with 30,000 people? ”

The officer said:

"Li Xianggong thought that although your army was numerous, it was just a rabble, and it was not worth wasting time on your army, he said,"

"Say what?"

On the short Lizang said angrily. He spoke very well in Tibetan and Chinese, and he had been an envoy to the Tang Dynasty several times, and he also knew Li Yu's reputation. The officer looked at him with fear, but finally said:

"Li Xianggong said that even 150,000 rabbits are enough for our army to catch for a few days."

The other generals didn't know much Chinese, but they also knew that this man was not speaking well. On the short Lizang sneered and repeated this in the Tibetan dialect, the Tubo army was angry, and Kangba Pingcuo said:

"Let's be a warrior blessed by the gods, and let the Tang people on the other side know who the rabbit is."

On the short Lizang remained calm and asked in Chinese:

"Is that all?"

Facing the angry eyes of the Tubo generals around him, the officer was no longer afraid, and said:

"Not for that. Li Xianggong also said, I heard Qi Guogong say, you are just a mediocre talent, you don't need to be afraid! So this time, General Liu brought all the elites to the river, hoping to defeat you in one battle. ”

Hearing this, Lun Lizang's face was pale and uncertain, and he smiled instead of anger:

"Today, I will let Li Yu see and understand, we are the mediocre talents of Tubo, or the geniuses of the Tang Kingdom!"

The Baoyi army slowly retreated towards Didao City, and along the way, Liu Shu commanded with the beat of the drum, trying to maintain the retreating formation. However, from the river to Didao, the five-mile road is extremely difficult to walk.

Finally, Liu Shu saw a colonel holding a command flag and ordered him to lead his army to retreat to the left flank of the army.

Beads of sweat dripped down from the short Rizo.

Under the city of Didao, there are densely packed with *, as many as 100,000 people. It is really Li Yu's banner.

Under the dim sky, it seemed that he saw a row of steel teeth shining at him.