The city of Raksha was silent in the moonlight.

A patrol patrol patrolled on the not very wide city wall, looking down at the front, looking relaxed, even tired, the civil strife in Tibet is true, but since Songtsen Gampo came to power, the domestic turmoil has ended, and the army has also been sent to the border to look for opportunities, always ready to bite the Tang Dynasty, and some cities are very safe.

The plateau climate is the invisible Great Wall, an insurmountable chasm, no one would think that the Tang army could penetrate in, the country and the people are safe, and patrolling the city will naturally become perfunctory, before the morning is the most sleepy, some people can't help but look up, yawn, see something flying in the night sky, curiously shouted: "What is that?" ”

Everyone didn't care to follow what they were pointing at, but the distance was still a little far, and they couldn't see it really, and someone said, "It seems that there is something, it should be withered." ”

"It should be, let's go, go back to rest in a circle." Someone said.

Everyone continued to move forward, no one cared, only the first person who discovered it was puzzled, the wings spread out when the wither flew and were flattened, and the thing that flew was obviously round, but what else could there be besides the wither? It may be that he fireworks, blinking, no longer paying attention, and continuing to follow the patrol.

On the watchtower, the soldiers on duty were also a little confused when they looked at the flying things, they didn't look like birds, but what else could they have besides birds? Uneasily, he said to his companion: "The flying thing is strange, do you want to ring the gong to warn you?" ”

"If you want to find death, don't pull me, beat the gong indiscriminately and make the master sleep, and your whole family will not be killed." The companion said impatiently, looked at the hot air balloon floating in, couldn't see what it was, yawned and said: "It should be a night bird, leave it alone, it's not a person anyway, I'll squint for a while." ”

The other party is right when he thinks about it, it is impossible for people to fly into the sky, so it doesn't matter.

Not long after, the hot air balloon flew over, the distance was close, and the observation post could clearly see that it was not a bird at all, but something that he had never seen before, and it was still on fire, and he was suddenly startled, prostrate on the ground, and shouted excitedly: "Quick, all kneel, the gods descend to earth, it is the gods of heaven to descend to earth." ”

The people who patrolled the city wall also saw the hot air balloon flying over, but they also did not recognize it, thinking that it was the gods who had descended to earth, so they lost their weapons one after another, prostrated on the ground, and shouted respectfully: "Gods, it is the gods who have come down to save us." ”

The Tibetan people believe in Buddhism, and they all have a consensus that people cannot fly to the sky, only the gods can fall from the sky, and the huge round object must be a flying machine.

More people found that the hot air balloon flying over was also regarded as a god descending to earth, kneeling on the ground excitedly and chanting words, their bodies were trembling, and they were praying for something.

Until, one item after another fell from the sky.

Everyone thought that the prayer would come true, and the gods were giving it, so they got up one by one excitedly, and rushed up to snatch it like crazy, for fear that it would be too late to become a human thing.

"Mine, that's mine."

"No, it was given to me by the gods."

"No one is allowed to rob Lao Tzu, get out of the way!"

Qin Huaidao was a little accurate, but he missed the religious beliefs of the Tubo people, and under the pious worship of the gods, countless people flocked to fight for the nearest explosives bag, and some people even drew knives and slashed the people around them, just to get the gifts from the gods.

"Boom, boom!"

The length of the lead was calculated by Qin Huaidao, and it exploded when the opportunity landed, and a small number of volleys exploded, raising terrifying fireballs, and the shock wave shook all the people who swarmed up, shattered, and there was no survivor.

One round of attacks, countless casualties!

On the hot air balloon, Qin Huaidao and the others only saw torches, but could not see people, and did not know the reaction of the Tubo people, and continued to throw explosive bags at suspicious target locations.

Huge explosions came and went, and the flames rose into the sky, spreading rapidly, and countless people were ignited by the fire, running everywhere, or falling to the ground and rolling, wailing and screaming, countless rooms collapsed, and the people inside were buried before they could run out.

The quiet city of Raksa turned into hell in an instant.

In the distance, Duan Zan and the others were stunned when they saw this scene, as if they had been struck by lightning.

After a while, everyone reacted reluctantly, their excited eyes lit up, and their fighting intent surged, Duan Zhan's eyes widened and looked at the things floating in the sky above Luo Some City, the distance was a little far, and he couldn't see what it was, but it was not important, Luo Some City was already in chaos, and the fire was rushing to the sky, and he drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, my lord has fulfilled his promise, look at us, take Luo Some City, and make meritorious contributions in this dynasty, keep up and rush up, kill——"

"Kill—"

The soldiers went crazy and crazy, and rushed down the mountain one by one screaming, as if they saw countless military exploits waiting.

"Hahaha, my lord is mighty, I'm Duan Zhan, I'm taking it today!"

Duan Zan didn't rush, looked at the night sky and laughed excitedly, the admiration in his heart was beyond measure, the city gate had collapsed, the flames were soaring, there could be no mistake, as long as the powerful Tang army rushed into the city, the rest was not to worry, Duan Zan was convinced of the combat power of his troops.

The pro-military camp general also said with admiration: "My lord, I feel that Lord Qin is more powerful than the legend, I used to hear that I only took 5,000 people to take Goguryeo, but now I believe in it, they can really fly into the sky, and they can also attack from the sky, it's incredible, it won't be a god descending to earth, right?" ”

"Is it that the gods descended to the earth Lao Tzu doesn't know, but this attack method is comparable to the immortal means, you see, the power of the exploding fireball is harmful, and the room collapses, have you ever seen it?"

The pro-military camp general hurriedly said: "Don't say it, you haven't heard of it, how did Lord Qin do it?" ”

"Don't care how big it is, Lord Qin is a Tang person, this is the blessing of the Tang people, take some cities, Lao Tzu is also a hero who opened up the territory and expanded the territory, the feudal marquis is not a problem, go, follow me to catch that bastard of Songtsan Gampo, Lao Tzu has been fighting with Tubo for so many years, and it is the most painful today." Duan Zan rushed down excitedly.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the pro-military camp shouted excitedly and rushed down with Duan Zhan.

The bombing continued, one by one explosives bags fell into the sky, the bombed city was in chaos, countless casualties were inflicted, countless soldiers woke up from their sleep, rushed out of the barracks to see, they were all stunned, not only did not find a place to hide, but knelt down to pray, some people shouted in a panic: "It's the gods, the gods want to punish us." ”

"The gods have come down to punish us."

"It must be that we have offended the gods, don't run, kneel down and accept the punishment."

Religious ignorance is the most deadly.

Countless people knelt down to pray and beg for forgiveness, but they were engulfed by huge fireballs, but those who were not killed not only did not panic and were not afraid, but thought that their companions had ascended to heaven and were taken away by the gods, and continued to lie on the ground and pray.

In the era of backward civilization, no one believed that people could fly.

The one in the sky must be the gods, and the one who falls from the sky must also be the thunder punishment of the gods, otherwise how can the explosion sound be the same as thunder?

The gods cannot be disobeyed, the gods cannot refuse the punishment, accept the punishment, wash away the sins, and only seek the next life.

The gods and Buddhas of the lama monastery have said that the next life will be better!

When the Tang army rushed to the gate of Luoqi City, they saw that there were corpses all over the place, and there were fires everywhere, as well as ...... The soldier who threw away his weapon and knelt down in prayer.

This strange scene made the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army stunned, and they stopped one after another, not daring to rush to kill, thinking that it was some conspiracy trap, but soon, everyone was stimulated by the military exploits to wake up, and someone shouted: "Kill in, take some cities." ”

"Yes, kill it!"

"Take the city of Raksha!"

The morale of the soldiers soared again, rushed up to cut down the praying people, rushed in without hesitation, and under the leadership of their respective generals, divided their troops according to the plan, and rushed in.

Some of the Tibetan troops who were not pious enough rushed up to organize, and the crossbows rang out, dense like rain, and instantly killed the people who rushed up to the ground, and the soldiers stepped on the bones, blood and fire, all the way to kill, unstoppable.

Duan Zan also rushed up with the pro-military camp, seeing that the offensive was smoother than expected, he was overjoyed, and led people into the city, rushing forward along the main street, all of them were corpses along the way, most of them were blown up, stumps and flesh were all over the ground, blood dyed the ground red, and everyone who watched it had numb scalps and couldn't help but look up at the sky.

After the explosives package was dropped, the hot air balloon in the sky had already flown away and disappeared into the hazy moonlight.

The shouting of killing in front of the sky shook the sky, it should have encountered organized resistance, Duan Zan rushed up with the soldiers of the pro-army camp, and it didn't take long to see a magnificent palace city in front of him, which was estimated to be a palace, and there were many people in it who rushed out to block the vanguard attacking troops.

Duan Zan recognized it as his henchman Wang Meng, and shouted: "Wang Meng, take a fart, kill them with a repeater, and replace the person who has beaten Lao Tzu, a two-stage tactic." ”

"Understood, brothers, those in front are blocked, and those in the back are in the crossbow." Wang Meng shouted.

The Tang army that rushed to the front blocked the enemy's attack, and those behind picked up their crossbows one after another, and when they were ready, they shouted: "The one in front, squat!" ”

"Hugh Hugh!"

One by one, they roared away, like a torrential rain, and the enemies who rushed up fell one after another, and they were powerless to fight back.

In order to ensure the victory of this battle, Li Er also made a lot of money, everyone was equipped with a repeater, and trained for more than a month, with good accuracy.

More enemy troops rushed out of the palace and fell like moths to a flame.

The loss was gone, everyone squatted decisively, replaced in an orderly manner, and was not afraid at all, Duan Zhan's pro-military camp had been waiting for a long time, quickly filling the position, and frantically out.

Duan Zan handed over the command to the pro-army battalion general, looked around, there were shouts of killing everywhere, obviously the enemy was still resisting, the progress was not smooth, carefully distinguished, the shouting and killing was more of his own people, the momentum was high, it can be seen that the problem is not big, wait in his heart, wait patiently.

Not long after, an army of 1,000 people came over and was ready to help, Duan Zan pointed to the place where the shouting was most intense and said, "Go and help, use the crossbow to fight quickly." ”

"General, here?"

"There's no need here, how many soldiers can be hidden in the palace? Just go. ”

The other party was right when he thought about it, the palace was so big, it was impossible to hide too many soldiers, and the largest number of troops was still the military camp, so he hurriedly led the team to help, and the soldiers ran excitedly without complaint.

Not long after, another unit came to kill and was beaten by Duan Zan to help.

The entrance of the palace was full of corpses, and the people inside who had been killed by the terrible crossbow did not dare to come out.

Duan Zan didn't care about the heat, there were not many enemies left, and shouted: "Wang Meng, take you to the people to kill and take the palace, don't say that Lao Tzu won't give you a chance, no, Lao Tzu will personally take his relatives to the military camp." ”

"General, you're in good hands." The other party shouted excitedly: "Brothers, kill in and take the palace, the first credit is ours." ”

"Kill!"

As soon as the soldiers heard the first achievement, their morale soared, and they rushed in with their crossbows, and saw that the enemy was shooting one by one, one by one, like wolves and tigers, and full of murderous spirit.

Duan Zan smiled with satisfaction, and motioned for the pro-military camp to follow up to respond, just in case, he stood at the gate of the palace and waited for the army to come, the sword was returned to the sheath, and he was in good spirits, he couldn't help but look at the night sky, and muttered to himself: "Lord Qin, Tubo has been fighting with our dynasty for many years, and there is nothing to do, let's take it so easily, it's incredible, this battle will shake the world, all countries will come to the dynasty, and the glory of the Tang Dynasty will surely shine on the world." ”

The battle continued, but the sound of the fighting gradually subsided.

Not long after, a large army came in a hurry, and the leading general was covered in blood, but he was extremely excited: "General, have we really taken some cities?" ”

"Does it feel like a dream?"

"It's incredible, the last general still can't believe it, you slap me and see."

"What are you hitting for?" Duan Zan was a little curious.

"The last general will see if it hurts, forget it, just dream and dream, it's good, the last general and Tubo have a common hatred, even if you dream of revenge, it's worth it." The other party said excitedly.

"Smack!"

"General, what are you hitting me for?" The other party covered his face.

"Does it hurt?" Duan Zan asked with a smile.

The other party reacted reluctantly, it was very painful, indicating that it was not a dream, and he was immediately ecstatic: "Hahaha, it hurts, Lao Tzu is not a dream, Lao Tzu's revenge has to be avenged, Aya, Niang, you rest in peace, the child has avenged you." ”

The five-foot man knelt down suddenly, facing the east, and kowtowed solemnly.

Duan Zan knew the other party's situation, his home was in a small mountain village near Songzhou City, when the Tubo army came out to fight the grass valley, he killed his family, if he didn't just go out to hunt, he couldn't escape to death, and then joined the army, worked hard, and grew from an unknown native to a Zhonglang general in ten years.

For a poor family, such a promotion is already fast.

After a few heavy knocks, the other party got up and said excitedly: "General, brothers can still fight." ”

"Go, guard the city gate, build a good defense and work together just in case, wait for Lord Qin's return, without Lord Qin, your hatred can't be guaranteed, this favor is as heavy as a mountain, thank you yourself."

"Obey the order, General Xie will be fulfilled!" The other party hugged his fists knowingly and hurriedly returned with the army.

Soon, another large army completed the return of the scheduled characters, and was also sent back by Duan Zan to repair the city gate, which had been blown up and had to be repaired again to prevent the enemy from attacking it.

More troops came back, Duan Zan methodically rearranged the task, the city has been taken, and the next thing is to take over the city, there are a lot of things, but fortunately, there are enough people.

Wang Meng rushed out excitedly, and shouted from afar: "General, the palace has been taken, and Songtsen Gampo has been captured alive, please instruct." ”

"Control all the people in one big hall, closely monitor, clean up the corpses, and wait for Lord Qin to deal with them." Duan Zan admonished, he didn't make his own decisions, what to do next Qin Huaidao didn't mention it, Duan Zan couldn't get it accurately, and he didn't plan to see Songtsan Gampo, in Duan Zhan's opinion, it was an honor that belonged to Qin Huaidao.

Wang Meng agreed and returned to Miyagi again.

Duan Zan was in a good mood and sat down on the steps, his hands on the knife, his eyes shining.

After waiting for a while, a large army pressed countless people who looked like officials over, and the leading general stepped forward and saluted: "General, all the officials and family files have been brought, please instruct." ”

"Bring it in, concentrate on the custody, don't go with the royal family, wait for Lord Qin to come."

"Understood." The other party saluted again, and escorted the captives into the palace with a large army.

It didn't take long for the sky to brighten up and a cool breeze to blow on the face.

Overnight, the city of Raksa changed its royal flag.

Duan Zan looked up at the sky, his excitement was uncontrollable, no matter what happened later, at least the history books would record that he led his troops to attack some cities, this is enough, what is the fear of the death of the eldest husband?

The next moment, Duan Zhan got up, full of spirits, and when he saw Qin Huaidao coming in a hurry with people, he was even more energetic, rushed up quickly, and saluted solemnly: "See my lord, Lord Xie asked me to make meritorious contributions, this kindness is remembered in my heart, and I will repay it in the future." ”

"You're welcome, how's it going?"

"Back to my lord, the palace has been taken, Songtsan Gampo has been captured alive, and there are Tubo officials, all of whom are being detained inside, waiting for the adults to deal with them, in addition, the remnants of the city are basically cleared, and the soldiers are still checking door to door, in case the fish that slip through the net, please instruct." Duan Zan hurriedly said, his words revealing a thick respect.

"Mobilize the residents of the city to repair the city wall, the number of people is not enough to catch it from outside the city, and then send people to bring all the materials of the grain shops, oil shops, iron shops, and salt shops outside the city, and prepare for a long-term battle, we must be fast, we don't have much time." Qin Huaidao said solemnly.

"Long fighting, what do you mean?" Duan Zan was shocked.

"General Duan, do you believe me?" Qin Huaidao asked rhetorically.

"Faith!"

"Then execute it immediately, the matter is urgent, go back and explain to you slowly, by the way, arrest all the blacksmiths and carpenters for me, build lost and feather arrows, and I'm afraid that some reserves in the city are not enough, send someone to count them well, and report the results as soon as possible." Qin Huaidao said solemnly.

Duan Zan vaguely guessed something, the previous mission goal was to force the surrender, and now to take the city of Luo, it is completely possible to force the surrender of Tubo, and take the royal family members and hundreds of officials as hostages to cover the withdrawal of the army, but Qin Huaidao chose to stay, this is to play a bigger game of chess, is it possible to destroy the country?

Thinking of destroying the country, Duan Zan couldn't be determined, destroying the country was the greatest feat, and he might be able to earn the title of duke of the country, plus his father, a double prince, he was excited to think about it, and went in a hurry.

Qin Huaidao glanced at the palace, his mood was also inexplicably excited, although he thought that the probability of success was very high, but if he really won it, he still couldn't make up his mind, and smiled at Xue Rengui beside him: "Brother Xue, is this battle unique?" ”

"That's true, there are no ancients before, and no one in the war book mentions that you can also strike from the air, the young master is rewriting the tactics of war, since the faction, with hot air balloons and explosives bags, the past war books are no longer useful, Xue can be regarded as an eye-opener." Xue Rengui said with emotion.

"When I discussed the art of war with Wei Guogong, I mentioned that the change of weapons will revolutionize the art of war and rewrite tactics, and in this battle alone, many people will go to great lengths to inquire about the details, so we must tell the people below to keep secrets, and hot air balloons and explosives bags must not be leaked."

"Understand, so, be careful." Xue Rengui solemnly responded.

Qin Huaidao looked at the people behind him, everyone heard the conversation, and nodded their heads one after another, Qin Huaidao didn't say anything more, people's hearts are unpredictable, but if you say too much about things that haven't happened, you will be suspicious of distrust.

In order to keep it secret, Qin Huaidao asked everyone to put away all the hot air balloons, put them in hanging baskets, arrange people to escort the camp before the meeting, and told them to load the car directly, and no one was allowed to watch it.

"Let's go, go in and have a look."

Qin Huaidao looked at the palace, took a breath, and strode in.

Xue Rengui and his team hurriedly followed, vigilant around.

Passing through the gate, there is a large hall inside, after the main hall is a large courtyard, there is a side hall inside, Wang Meng hurried over, hugged his fists, and said excitedly: "Humble Wang Meng, I have seen my lord." ”

"Tell me about the situation."

"Back to my lord, the royal family is all imprisoned in this hall." Wang Meng pointed to a large hall and said, and then pointed to another hall: "The hundred officials are imprisoned in the hall over there, they are all quite honest, and they have been waiting for the adults to come over for a long time, that Songtsen Gampo is very angry, and wants to commit suicide, but he was stopped by the last general, shouting that he wants to see you." ”

"He knows?" Qin Huaidao asked in surprise.

"I don't know, I said I wanted to see the main general, but I didn't say your name."

"That's good, you go and ask who Lu Dongzan's family is and bring it over." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Wang Meng was a little surprised, but he didn't ask much and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao watched Wang Meng leave, his mind was alive, Lu Dongzan made Tubo prosperous, the fundamental reason is that there are five very powerful sons, comparable to the Sima Yi family in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the eldest son praises if there is a talent of the prime minister, and the second son is known as the military god of Tubo on Qinling, and he has not tasted defeat, and he does not know whether it is true or false.

However, the historical names are not too bad, for example.

The Tubo royal family has been won, Qin Huaidao is ready to play a big game of chess, if he can get the support of the Lu Dongzan family, it will be much easier to destroy Tubo, if not, then he can only kill to prevent future troubles.

The Lu Dongzan family is known as the first family of Tubo, it has too many resources, it is a huge piece of fat, and if this family is destroyed, other families will snatch it one after another, tearing the interests of the Lu Dongzan family, and the civil strife will be uncontrollable.

The more chaotic the Tibetan, the safer it will be.

Not long after, Wang Meng came over with a young man, the other party looked in his twenties, but he had an extraordinary calmness, especially those eyes, restrained and spirited, quite similar to Lu Dongzan.

The other party also looked at Qin Huaidao, he didn't expect the leader of the army to be so young, he suddenly remembered someone, his heart moved, and he asked quietly: "Are you...... The Tang Protector? ”

Qin Huaidao saw that the other party spoke fluent Tang Chinese, so he happened to save the translation, and asked rhetorically, "What is your name?" ”

"I heard that my father is in your hands, but it's okay?"

Qin Huaidao saw that the other party was obviously very angry, and he hated to kill himself, but he controlled it very well, was good at forbearance, and had the style of Lu Dongzan, this kind of person was very assertive, and it was not easy to waver, and it was difficult to convince.

A thought flashed in his heart, but he said quietly on his face: "It's okay for the time being, as for the future, it depends on how you choose, with your talent, you should be able to guess the purpose of the official, let's talk about it." ”

"You know me?" The other party's face changed slightly, he didn't expect that he had not been to Datang but was targeted, his father could not reveal it, why did this happen? A bad feeling welled up in my heart.

"It's not important, under the current situation, the first official to find you is you, you should understand what the official means."

The other man pondered, and some unknown calculation flashed in his eyes.

Qin Huaidao didn't rush and waited patiently.

It is a matter of life and death for the family, and no one can decide on the spot.

If I really agreed on the spot, I wouldn't believe it.