Songtsen Gampo went back to conquer Yangtong, although the troops were more urgent, but the preparations were very sufficient.

Except for Lu Dongzan, who guarded the Tuyuhun junction and did not return, the people he brought with him were all veterans in the army, and his guards were all veterans of the battlefield, which can be said to be elite soldiers, not only the 10,000 people who came with him were selected elites, but even the weapons were carefully selected.

Thanks to the craftsmen brought by Li Yuntong from the Tang Dynasty, the iron art in Tubo has developed rapidly in recent years, and the spears, spears, knives and guns quenched are sharper than before, and the shields are much stronger than before. Moreover, this time I came to Yangtong, and I also brought a lot of siege equipment such as flying ladders, goose carts, wooden donkeys, etc., plus special bows and arrows made in Tibet, which were light and hard, short and sharp, and had a long range......

Sheep with many mountains, weekdays are generally more infantry, less cavalry, and Songtsen Gampo brought the people and horses, with the cavalry is the most elite, along the way to fly like a rush to kill, basically meet the gods to kill the gods, meet the Buddha to kill the Buddha, provoke the sheep with many soldiers to be frightened, plus the response of Saimaga's men, sometimes help quietly open the city gate, let people in, so that although the soldiers and generals fought bloodily, along the way to attack the city and cut the land, but also quite smooth.

Because they only attack the city and do not defend the city, they will run after the fight, as long as it is not a necessary city, they will not pay attention to it at all, ride lightly all the way, and go straight to the royal city of Yangtong, Qionglong Silver Castle, and when Li Mixia learned the news, the men and horses of Tubo have arrived in the hinterland of Yangtong country, Li Mixia had to urgently send someone to send an order to call back the people and horses originally sent to attack Tubo, and this back and forth lost the opportunity.

When Li Mixia reacted and went to find Sai Ma Ka as a hostage, he found that the shore of Ma Pan Yongcuo Lake had been emptied.

Even so, Songtsen Gampo still did not dare to take it lightly, after all, the reason why he was able to win frequently before was because he was fast, ruthless, and urgent. But at this time, there is a sheep army driven to this side, and there is a strong sheep and a royal city in front, and the difference in strength between the two sides is really too great, if he can't break through the city gate as soon as possible and take Li Mixia down, the enemy will be on his back, I'm afraid the victory will be unsustainable.

Songtsen Gampo wanted a quick victory, and what Li Mixia in the Dome Silver Fort needed was to stall for time and wait for reinforcements from the periphery to arrive.

Unlike the sheep and the city captured by the Tubo people in the past, the city of Qionglong Yinbao has thick walls, sufficient grain and grass, complete weapons, and enough troops to guard the city gate, Songtsen Gampo knows very well that if the siege cannot be taken in the first three days, it will lose the opportunity, if it cannot be taken within ten days, the rapid attack will become a long-term tug-of-war, and he cannot afford it.

As soon as the 100,000 troops on the periphery arrive, it will be difficult for them to return to Tibet.

……

Noah Mo felt aggrieved.

Along the way, in addition to killing hundreds of soldiers stationed at the border of Yangtong, the men and horses he led changed from the forward to the rearguard, and he could only deal with the aftermath in the back.

Of course he knew that this was not what Zampu meant, after all, there was no need for Zampu to worry about such a trivial matter. I'm afraid that someone in the army deliberately took this opportunity to squeeze him out, who called him the prime minister, even the prime minister was squeezed to the border side of Tuyuhun to garrison the army, not to mention him.

Even though he knew that this was a normal factional dispute, and Zampu was also trying to weigh the forces of all parties, Noamo still felt that it was not worth it.

Even the rivers and mountains of Tibet were fought down with the help of the Great Minister, but Zampu listened to the words of others, worried that the Great Minister's Gong would be high, and sent him to garrison the border.

Even with these great men and horses, except for the hundreds of sheep and soldiers, they did not make any contributions.

It has been more than a month since they entered the territory of Yangtong, and they don't even have a chance to go back to the battlefield to cut down the enemy, and they can only wipe the swords, guns, swords and spears repeatedly on weekdays, which is really not interesting at all.

Is it possible to just go back like this?

Looking at the sheep and the sturdy royal city, Noah felt that his chance had come.

As long as the people of Tibet approached, they took arrows on the city wall and shot them repeatedly, so that they did not get close to the city wall, but killed and injured many people and horses.

Noamo touched the plan given to him by Ludong in the purse, and said to the guards guarding the king's tent: "Please spread the word Zampu, I have a good plan to attack the city." ”

……

On the night of the first day of the third month, when there were no stars and moons, and he couldn't see his five fingers, Yang Tongwang Li Mixia boarded the city wall, looked at the lights of the tents of the Tubo people in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what tricks the Tubo side uses, you just need to guard the city gate, and they are not allowed to attack it, as long as they hold it for another five or six days, those soldiers outside will rush back, and they will be dead." ”

The leader of the forbidden army beside him said: "Zampu rest assured, in the past two days, Tubo has continuously attacked the city, but they have returned in vain, and we have shot and injured a lot of people and horses, everyone knows that as long as it is consumed, the Tubo people's grain and grass will not be able to keep up, and they will starve to death by hunger." ”

Li Mixia nodded, "No matter what, you still have to be careful, there are only seven or eight thousand troops in the city, although the bows and arrows are sufficient, you have to save some use, you must wait for them to get closer before shooting, don't waste it." It's cold these days, change two more posts, let them all cheer up, don't be negligent......"

Soon after Li Mixia returned to the palace from his inspection, the defenders of Yangtong in the city heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Someone said: "Don't the Tubo people want to take advantage of the dark moon and high wind to attack the city again?" ”

The people next to him laughed, "It doesn't matter how he attacks, when he comes, we just shoot arrows, and the locusts and stones in the temple, no matter which one they hit, they will die anyway, they just come." ”

"Hey, speaking of which, our weapons are not as good as the Tibetan side, I can see the last siege of the city, the bows and arrows of the Tibetan people actually shot on the city wall, and even our royal flag was almost shot down, and it is such a night where nothing can be seen, how much effect can a blind shot play? Why don't you say reinforcements have come yet? Isn't it General Lin'er, they want to support their own troops and set up another mountain? ”

Someone immediately interrupted him, "Nonsense, General Lin'er is the most loyal to Zampu, you think it's you, someone else's arrow hasn't even hit him, and he is so scared that he wants to pee his pants......"

The soldier couldn't listen to it, so he tore it up, and the one who had spoken before stopped them, "Don't make a fuss, prepare to draw your bow, listen to the sound, as if you are going to the city gate......

In such a dark night, the people who came to attack the city did not light torches, and the two sides shot indiscriminately in the dark night, regardless of whether they hit or not, anyway, they kept hearing the sound of something falling to the ground.

When it was almost dawn, the Tibetans withdrew. The sheep army took advantage of a glimmer of light in the sky and looked faintly, as if they had dragged back those who they had shot dead and wounded.

Anyway, when the day dawned, I saw that the city gate was clean, and not even a few arrows fell.

So, the next night, when he attacked the city again, some people felt that something was wrong and reported it.

"The last general sees that something is wrong, even if not a single arrow shot by our men misses, they will carry back all the wounded and dead, and it is impossible to carry back even the dead and wounded horses, right?"

Yang Tong's argument sneered, "How is it impossible? When the Tibetan people came to us, the grain and grass could not keep up, and the horses died, but the meat was still edible. Hmph, I think they can attack a few times, even if they can't shoot people, they can't escape even if they want to...... Anyway, let's do what Zampu said, come and hold on, see what they can do to us? ”

The person who came to report was ordered to prepare to go down, Li Mixia thought for a while, raised his hand and said, "Gurtai." ”

"The last general!" Gurtai hurriedly turned around and stepped forward......

Li Mixia ordered: "You arrange for a competent person to bring a thousand soldiers tonight, with shields, out of the south gate to the city, fight with them, and take a closer look at what is going on." ”

Hartung hurriedly stopped, "Zampu, don't-"

Li Mixia waved his hand.

Gurtai clenched his fists and said: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

Gurtai took the order to go down, and Li Mixia Fang said to him: "This king suspects that Songtsen Gampo deliberately used up our bows and arrows, and maybe he also picked up the arrows back to their camp for those two nights, otherwise how could it be that the dead and wounded Tubo people and the dead and wounded Tubo horses would not be seen at dawn?" Linza's side is mostly infantry, and he is slow to come, if we don't wait for him to come, our arrows will run out, wouldn't it be a bad thing? ”

Hartung said worriedly: "But this makes Gurtai go out of the city to meet the battle, in case he can't come back, or the Tubo people chase too quickly, and follow him into the city gate......

Li Mixia's eyes showed a fierce look, "You send Maletta to keep an eye on it, and if it's too late, let Gurtai close the city gates." ”

Hartung's eyes widened, and he said in surprise: "Then what if the people sent by Gurtai don't come back in time......"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Mixia waved his hand impatiently, "As long as Gurtai is still there, what are you afraid of?" Besides, isn't there still this king? Do you think that this king is old and can't hold a knife? ”

Hartung hurriedly laughed and said: "Where, Zampu is extraordinary, known as the god of war, where will he be old?" ”

Li Mixia snorted coldly, "Don't think that this king doesn't know, that Songtsen Gampo is a killing god." In fact, this king has always wanted to go out of the city to fight him directly, and wanted to see who was stronger than this king. ”

"Zampu, no." Hartung hurriedly stopped, "You must not be fooled by him, Tubo is now looking forward to us going out of the city to fight them, you must not go out of the city." ”

Li Mixia said in a sullen voice: "This king knows that you can't be rash at this time. ”

On the night of the third day, when the sound of horses was heard again, Gurtai sent his men to quietly open the gates of the city and leave the city with his men and horses.

There were no torches on the walls, and it was dark under the city, and both sides were silent.

Gurtai is one of Yangtong's many military exploits, and if it weren't for the garrison of the city gate, such a major event would not have been handed over to him, but I don't know if it was too quiet, he was a little short of breath and his palms were sweaty.

In the silence, the men and horses on both sides seemed to be approaching, and only the swishing sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air, the muffled sound of arrows being shot, and a few scattered neighing of war horses.

There are also human voices, but they are all shouting from the sheep, and they haven't heard a word of Tubo.

Could it be that the siege of the city is coming, and all the Tubo people have learned the same language?

Gurtai felt that something was wrong.