In addition, the annual tax and silver money from the state treasury of Tibet had to be paid tribute to the Song State according to a certain proportion. At the same time, the army of the Song State had the right to enter Tibet at any time.

If you can agree to these conditions, then I will withdraw my troops and return home. ”

After saying that, a faint smile appeared on Zhou Tianci's face again, and he looked at the Tibetan envoy.

After listening to Zhou Tianci's conditions that were close to the destruction of the country for Tubo, the Tibetan envoys were dumbfounded, and after being stunned for a long time, they came back to their senses, and shook their heads violently to say that these conditions were really unacceptable to Tubo......

Then, the Tibetan envoys once again reluctantly put on a smile on their faces, and on the basis of the original conditions they proposed, they increased the amount of compensation to the Song army, and persuaded Zhou Tianci to negotiate on the conditions acceptable to the Tibetans.

But what made him desperate was that Zhou Tianci's attitude was extremely resolute, saying that if Tubo could not accept the conditions he said, then everything would be avoided!

As a result, the peace talks could not proceed in the end. The Tibetan envoy walked out of Zhou Tianci's big tent and returned to the Tubo capital with a depressed face.

Looking at the Tibetan envoys who were gloomy and depressed, Zhou Tianci's face was still full of calm and composure.

Although Tubo seems to have shown great sincerity to negotiate peace, Zhou Tianci knows very well in his heart that Tubo is not a good man and a woman, and they are just forced to make some concessions due to the situation at this time.

If Zhou Tianci really agreed to them and took some compensation and returned to the country, then once Tubo eased up, or the northern countries freed up their hands to send troops and horses into Tubo to help, then he and the Song State would be in big trouble again.

Yes, this time, Zhou Tianci is determined to take Tubo in one fell swoop, and he will not agree to any other conditions!

The Tibetan envoys returned to the national capital, and Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda unceremoniously led the troops to continue westward.

In the capital of the Tibetan State, after receiving the news of the failure of the negotiations, the Tubo Emperor couldn't help but feel despair on his face again. But when he learned of the conditions proposed by Zhou Tianci, his heart was even more angry at the same time!

According to the conditions put forward by Zhou Tianci, depending on what he meant, he wanted to completely incorporate Tubo into the territory of the Song Kingdom, and wanted to make himself the emperor have nothing to do!

The Tubo Emperor was furious, and in today's situation, whether the Song State asked for money, people, or even some cities, he was able to give in. However, if he wants his throne and his entire country, then he will definitely not be able to give in!

As a result, the angry Emperor Tubo suddenly had the courage to face the battle again, and he called Gurry and ordered him to organize all the remaining armies in the country and lead the army to block Zhou Tianci with all his might.

At the same time, the Tubo Emperor ordered conscription and planned to form a new army in a short period of time, and at the same time asked for help from the surrounding Dali, Xia Xi and other countries.

Five days later, Gurry led a patchwork army in Tibet and marched eastward to stop Zhou Tianci.

At this time, Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda had already destroyed all the fortified cities in the east of Tibet and entered the hinterland of Tibet.

On this day, the Song army led by Zhou Tianci and the army led by Gurry met in the city of Motuo in south-central Tibet.

Gurry's army is known as a 150,000-strong army, but in fact there are less than 100,000 people, and most of them are old and weak.

For Gurry, he didn't want to do the drudgery of leading his army to stop Zhou Tianci. Because he has fought with the Song army many times, he knows the power of the Song Kingdom's heavenly soldiers, not to mention that Zhou Tianci has now entered the sainthood, he doesn't want to be like Qinling, before being cut by his sword.

However, if he doesn't do it, he can't do it, because in today's Tubo, except for him, there is almost no one who can take it

Finish.

As a result, Gurry led his so-called '150,000 army', consisting of more than 90,000 remnants, into the city of Metuo, preparing to defend it to the death.

Because of the fear of death, on the day when Zhou Tianci's army came to the city, Gao Rui retreated in the city and did not dare to show his face in the city. He sent several of his right-hand men to the city to command the enemy, and ordered them to only defend the city and not take the initiative to fight.

Gurry felt that his troops were twice as large as those of Zhou Tianci, and as long as he held on without fighting, it would be very difficult for the Song army to take the city.

I was entrusted by the emperor, and I didn't want to defeat Zhou Tianci, but I wanted to be able to hold on for as much time as possible. If it can be dragged to the surrounding countries to help, or even until Zhou Tianci has to withdraw from the army, it would be the best!

However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is desperate for Gurry.

After Zhou Tianci led the army to the outside of the city of Motuo, he immediately flew into the sky to check the situation in the city. Looking at the banners scattered all over the city, and looking at the enemy army twice as large as he was, Zhou Tianci suddenly understood that this time, Tubo had also staked the only remaining old book.

Zhou Tianci smiled coldly, flew back to the top of the military formation, and waved his hand to order people to push the six artillery pieces in front of the military formation!

Zhou Tianci led the army from the east, except for the first few cities that wasted some strength, the subsequent cities were almost effortlessly obtained. Either the defenders led their troops to abandon the city and flee, or they were pitiful and vulnerable to a small number of defenders.

Therefore, the six guns were not used much later, and there is still a lot of ammunition left.

This time, since Tubo put together the last old book, Zhou Tianci was not polite, he ordered people to push six artillery pieces in front of the military formation, lined up, aimed at the head of the city and the city gate of Motuo City and began to bombard!

The Tibetan defenders at the head of the city obeyed Gurry's orders and defended to the death. However, after the artillery of the Song army began to roar, they soon couldn't defend this city!

The city tower soon collapsed, the city wall was bombarded to pieces, and the Tubo soldiers shrank behind the city wall in panic to avoid shells under heavy casualties, and they were unable to counterattack the Song army at all.

And the specially reinforced heavy city gate didn't last long, and it was smashed by the Song army's artillery in a rage!

Outside the city of Metuo, the artillery fire of the Song army kept roaring, and on the city of Metuo, almost all the defenders of Tubo retreated behind the city wall to hide from the cannonballs, and they could not fight back at all

Hit.

The city wall was soon shattered by the artillery of the Song army, and the heavy city gate did not last long before it was directly bombarded into pieces!

After blasting open the city gate, with Zhou Tianci's order, Wei Chi Jingda took the lead and led the Song army to launch a fierce attack on Motuo City!

Gao Rui, who was shrinking in the city, heard that the city gate was broken by the Song army in less than an hour, and he couldn't help but be dumbfounded on the spot.

After being stunned for a moment, he did not hesitate to gallop out of the city with the cavalry of his personal guards and flee from the city.

Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda led the army into the city of Motuo, and soon defeated the Tibetan defenders, killing more than 90,000 Tibetan soldiers!

Wei Chi Jingda led the army to chase the defeated Tubo army all the way out of the city, beheading tens of thousands of enemies, and killing the more than 90,000 troops that Tubo had managed to put together, scattered and fled like a lost dog!

After defeating the enemy army and taking the city of Motuo, the Song army did not chase the remnants of the Tibetan army too far, and withdrew back to the city.

Because Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda both knew that it didn't matter whether the 90,000 Tubo army was completely annihilated or not. After this battle, the last bit of old money that Tubo managed to piece together is gone, and the little morale left of the Tubo army has been completely dispersed!

In the future, there will be no more decent resistance on the way of the Song army to continue its westward advance.

The news of Gurry's defeat soon reached the capital of Tibet. The Tubo Emperor, who had just had the courage to face the enemy because of anger, sat down on the dragon chair again, his eyes full of despair.

And the civil and military ministers in the Tubo court were also panicked, and they no longer had the courage to resist Zhou Tianci, and they began to persuade the emperor to agree to Zhou Tianci's conditions and surrender to the Song Kingdom.

The Tibetan government and the opposition were in despair, but Zhou Tianci and Wei Chi Jingda still led the army to advance westward, and everywhere they went, it was like entering a no-man's land!

When Zhou Tianci led the army to leave the Song State to conquer Tibet, in the northern theater, the commander Qin Yannan also convened a military meeting of the generals in Taiyuan City. At the meeting, Qin Yannan took a report of exploration, his eyes swept over Chai Shirong, Yang Si and several major generals in the army, and said: "Everyone, I just got the report, the scouts of our army have explored the largest grain and grass hoarding land in the army, Lincang, which contains nearly one million grains and grass

Stone.

I can be sure that this place is the most important grain and grass hoarding place for the food army, and it is the lifeline of more than 300,000 food army!

If we can send a cavalry to attack this place and burn their grain and grass with a fire, then the more than 300,000 food troops who came to attack our Great Song Dynasty will definitely retreat without a fight! ”

After saying that, a smug smile appeared on Qin Yannan's face, and his gaze swept to the generals attending the meeting again.

Yang Si looked at Qin Yannan and frowned: "Having said that, but Dashuai, since this place is the most important place for the food army to hoard grain and grass, then Yelu Changge must send heavy troops to guard it, how can it give us the opportunity to surprise attack." ”

Qin Yannan smiled faintly and said, "On the contrary, according to the report, the defenders of Lincang are less than 10,000 people, and they are only an extremely ordinary army in the army, not a good one

Sharp. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Yannan's gaze fell on Chai Shirong, who had not spoken, and he stared at him and continued: "If we can send a brave general of the Heavenly Soldiers to lead six thousand Heavenly Soldiers to ride out of Taiyuan and attack this place by surprise, we will definitely succeed!"

General Chai, what do you think of the nickname? ”

Seeing that Qin Yannan's words were pointing directly at him, Chai Shirong looked up at him expressionlessly, paused, and then spoke: "Marshal, the last general thinks that this move is probably a little inappropriate and too risky."

First, although there are not many defenders in Lincang, it is not far from Fengzhou, Fengzhou Chen has a heavy army of the food army, once the food army comes to help in time, or our cavalry is found in advance, it will be over.

Second, Yelu Changge is different from Yelu Hongcheng, he has always been a person who pays great attention to logistics and grain and grass support, so it is unlikely that his grain and grass will not be heavily guarded.

So I think that there are less than 10,000 people guarding Lincang now, and it may be a bait thrown by Yelu Changge, waiting for us to take the bait. ”

After Chai Shirong finished speaking, Yang Si, He Jingyun and other heavenly generals all nodded slowly in agreement, but Qin Yannan's face was ugly

Come.

Qin Yannan sneered and said unhappily: "General Chai is too worried, my scouts have already explored this place clearly, and even the route of the surprise attack has been explored, as long as our cavalry is fast enough, there will never be any problems."

The Art of War: All those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Why, doesn't General Chai even understand this? Don't dare to take risks, then what soldiers to bring, what kind of battles to fight! ”

As he spoke, a disdainful sneer appeared on Qin Yannan's face.

"You! ……”

Seeing that Qin Yannan even mocked Chai Shirong, He Jingyun couldn't help but be angry, stood up suddenly, Chai Shirong grabbed him, and looked at Qin Yannan calmly and said: "Dashuai, it's not that I don't dare to take risks, it's just that Lincang is really too much like the bait thrown by Yelu Changge, we can't be fooled."

For our entire northern theater of operations, the best way to deal with the enemy today is still to hold on to the city.

Now that the Song Kingdom has entered summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the rainy season is coming.

What's more, due to the dense crowd and the fact that they were fighting in different places, I heard that there was an epidemic in the allied armies of various countries, and many soldiers fell ill. They can't afford to drag it out, but we have no problem, we just have to hold on and we will definitely win the final victory.