Under the city.

A young general came slowly, his eyes were calm and sharp beyond those of his peers, he stopped at the place of a stone's throw and looked at the city, and suddenly felt a little worried in his heart, how did the houses and gates in the city collapse? Is it really as thunder as rumored?

How is it possible for a mortal to get help from the gods?

The young general's heart moved, and he shouted in Tang Chinese: "Let your lord come out to answer." ”

On the city wall, Qin Huaidao visually measured the distance and asked in a low voice, "Brother Xue, can you shoot it?" ”

"It's a bit difficult, although the distance can be reached, but the other party can easily avoid it."

"Shoot when you get the chance." Qin Huaidao admonished, raised his voice and shouted: "Report your name." ”

"On the Qinling ...... Who are you? ”

When Qin Huaidao heard that it was really about Qinling, he thought that he would arrive early tomorrow morning, but he actually asked bluntly in advance: "Are you here to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, or do you want to attack the city?" ”

"Release everyone in the city, General Ben promises to let you go back."

"Looks like you're trying to provoke me so that I can kill your king, and you'll be crowned king, right?" Qin Huaidao directly provoked the other party's thoughts.

Of course, Qin Ling will not admit it, otherwise the army will be unstable, and shouted: "The Tang army is too deceitful, and the general has already made concessions, what else do you want?" Is it true that I can't be bullied in Tibet? ”

"This official thinks you want to provoke your subordinates to rebel with you and achieve your hegemony, right?"

Qin Huaidao shouted disdainfully, how could he not see the other party's thoughts, and reprimanded: "Provoke this official, so that this official can kill your eldest brother to vent his anger, you are unfilial; I also want to provoke the official to kill Songtsen Gampo, you are disloyal; Regardless of the life and death of your subordinates, just for your own selfish desires, you are unkind; Songtsen Gampo has entrusted you with a heavy task and a large army, but you want him to die, this is unrighteousness, you are disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unrighteous people, and you are a man in vain. ”

The Qinling who scolded was stunned, but Tubo admired the respect of the strong, and did not have too much etiquette, righteousness and shame, so he quickly reacted and shouted: "Hugh is talking nonsense, who are you?" ”

This sentence seemed very unlevel, Qin Huaidao knew that the other party was upset, so he didn't care anymore, and when he saw that Songtsen Gampo and Zan Xiruo were escorted over, he beckoned: "Let Songtsan Gampo come over." ”

The soldiers escorted Songtsen Gampo forward.

Qin Huaidao looked at Songtsen Gampo's eyes and said meaningfully: "Look at you? ”

Songtsen Gampo is also a generation of heroes, how can he not know Qin Huaidao's thoughts, but man-made swordsmanship, have to compromise, otherwise blood is splashed five steps, the more noble the status, the more afraid of death, Songtsen Gampo is no exception, came to the wall, looking at the dense army with bitterness in his heart.

If you really come to the rescue, you can still be strong to the end, and you will be blind to death, but Songtsen Gampo knows very well that Qinling is very talented, not a person who is willing to live under the people, and there was Lu Dongzan pressed in the past, but there is nothing to do, but now that Lu Dongzan is captured, and he is also captured, how can his ambition not swell?

Songtsen Gampo glanced at Zan Xiruo, this person is also not simple, and on the Qinling is a text and a martial arts, can be called the two great demons of Tubo, thinking of the early arrival of the Qinling, he sneered meaningfully, and immediately shouted to the Qinling outside the city: "On the Qinling, immediately retreat ten miles, you enter the city to negotiate a solution, do not mess around." ”

"Don't worry, the king will definitely save you." On Qinling shouted loudly, flicked the horse's head, and left slowly, whether he could save it or not, he must stand firm morally, and the banner of King Qin must not fall, otherwise the army's heart will be chaotic.

"On Qinling, how can this matter be resolved, this king ordered you to enter the city immediately, otherwise you will be trapped in Tibet, don't you want to rebel?" Songtsen Gampo asked, this sentence is definitely from the heart, I have wanted to ask for a long time, and the question can be described as full of momentum.

But this topic was too sensitive, and he didn't dare to accept it, pretending not to hear it, and his face was gloomy and terrible.

Also with an ugly face is Zanxiruo, Songtsan Gampo used the Tubo language just now, Qin Huaidao and the others didn't understand, but if Zanxiruo could hear it, he thought of a lot in an instant, and the strange eyes of Songtsan Gampo just now flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but look at Qin Huaidao, and suddenly realized that he had been fooled.

Inexplicably, his heart became uneasy, and Zan Xiruo couldn't help but ask, "Are you fooling me?" ”

Qin Huaidao sneered: "They are all smart people, why bother to say such tasteless words, if you really take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, your second brother will not be so arrogant and domineering to lead the troops to demonstrate, your book is in Tang Wen, not Tubo Wen, although the content is fine, it seems to be above board, but you choose to use Tang Wen is already sending some kind of signal to your brother, I think, there is still information in the letter that only your family can understand, right?" ”

"You knew it from the beginning?" Zan Xiruo no longer hidden, his eyes gloomy.

"You shouldn't move the mind that you can't have, the official admires your father very much, that is a wise elder, with ideals and ambitions, he did not hesitate to die for the sake of Tibet, and originally planned to give him the opportunity to show his ambitions, but you chose to die for the family, which makes the official very difficult."

Zan Xiruo's face changed slightly, and he stared at Qin Huaidao tightly, seeing that it didn't seem to be a deception, a trace of remorse flashed in his heart, but soon his heart was like a rock, and he said coldly: "The royal family was captured, and some cities were captured, which is a great shame for Tubo for thousands of years, and the royal family is no longer qualified to continue to be the king of Tubo, but Tubo is the Tubo of the Tubo people, and there are talented people in the country, since the royal family is declining, for the future of Tubo, someone must stand up, even if it is for this." ”

"Say that selfishness is so high-sounding, you are the first person." Qin Huaidao sneered.

Songtsen Gampo saw that Zanxiruo tore his face, and said angrily: "Tubo belongs to this king, this king is not dead, how to decide should be decided by this king, you don't think about the king's affairs, you actually have a different heart, do you really think that Qinling can defeat the Tang army and become the new king of Tubo?" ”

"Now that this is the case, what do you have to say?" Zanxiruo went out.

Songtsen Gampo said coldly: "It is true that Qinling has military talents, but it is far from being good at governing the country, if you come to preside over it, and Qinling assists you, with your family heritage and strength, it may be really possible, but it is not you on Qinling, and your father is not there, this king does not believe that your family can be stable, wait." ”

Without a strong head of the family, there will inevitably be internal power struggles and civil strife, even if Qinling is strongly suppressed, the older generation will not be convinced, and there will be hidden dangers.

Songtsen Gampo can climb to the position of the king of Tubo, and his political vision is naturally not bad.

Zanxiruo's face changed slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

Qin Huaidao keenly captured the change in Zan Xiruo's expression, plus the two of them used Tang language, they could understand and laugh, they originally planned to kill Zan Xiruo, who was determined to rebel, after all, the hidden danger was too big, but Songtsan Gampo's words reminded Qin Huaidao that the five sons of Lu Dongzan's family could not be monolithic in the family, and they planned to take a look before deciding.

Anyway, they are all boiled ducks, they can't fly, wave their hands, and signal to escort people down, Qin Huaidao looked at the motionless army outside the city, and had no intention of retreating, and then looked at the sky, dark clouds covered the moon, the visibility was not great, and the night battle was not good for the besieging side, could it be that the battle would be decided at any cost?

100,000 troops, even if they fight most of the troops to take the city of Luo, it is also blood, with Songtsen Gampo in hand, on the Qinling can command the Quartet, become the new king, if Songtsen Gampo is dead, it is also a hero who kills the enemy, can win the support of all walks of life in Tibet, and can also ascend the throne.

Thinking of this, Qin Huaidao realized that there would be a bloody battle next, but he didn't panic, and whispered to Duan Zhan: "General Duan, pass the order down, prepare to fight to the death, and also, the city wall is not open enough, but three meters, the force cannot be used, you can divide it into two, take turns to fight, avoid fatigue, and then let those laborers collect long planks and wood, cross the city wall, attach a layer of earth and stone on it, form a shield, build one every five zhang, people can dodge arrows inside, the enemy is expected to attack after half an hour, go quickly." ”

"Obey." Duan Zan didn't understand whether it was useful to do this, but he would make arrangements for Ling Rushan in a hurry.

At the sound of an order, thousands of laborers took action, half of them looked for bags to fill with soil and stones, and the other half went to check the collapsed room, looking for wood and planks from inside, turning them out one by one, transporting them to the city wall, horizontal at both ends, and overhead, Qin Huaidao ran over to direct the visit.

It didn't take long for the shelters to be erected, about five zhang apart from each other, that is, fifteen meters, once the enemy shot arrows intensively, they could squat under the shelter to dodge, and there were bags piled up on the wooden boards, which were filled with dirt and stones, etc., even if the rocket attacked, they were not afraid.

The siege is generally projectile, the arrow falls from the sky, and the force is more than a direct shot, even if it penetrates the bag, the kinetic energy is greatly reduced, and it will be blocked by the plank, and it will not be able to shoot the people who are dodging below.

Seeing this, everyone was relieved and urged the workers to speed up.

The enemy army outside the city came from a long distance, the people were sleepy and tired, and they didn't move for half an hour, Qin Huaidao was a little curious, but this was better, and urged the laborers to continue to strengthen the shelter, and stacked the feather arrows and other combat materials under the shelter for later use, not knowing that the Qinling was in a rage.

Behind the army, in the tent of the Chinese army that was temporarily set up, on Qinling kicked over a general, and the horse whip was slammed over, and there was an instant blood mark on the other party's face, especially incomprehensible, and said coldly: "Say what you just said again, and then say it after thinking clearly." ”

The other party's cheeks twitched in pain, but he didn't dare to complain in the slightest, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "My lord, my lord spare my life, the slaves don't dare to lie in the slightest, they have been searched, and everyone said that the craftsmen have been arrested, and all the necessary materials such as wood, iron, and food have been looted, and they are robbers." ”

At this time, on Qinling knew that the other party would never dare to tell a lie, so he chuckled in his heart, and the uneasiness in his mind became more and more intense, the army came in a hurry, what did he eat without food? How can you storm the city tonight if you can't eat enough? If you don't attack the city, the longer it takes, the more prepared the city will be, how to fight later?

What's even worse is that there are no craftsmen to build siege equipment? How can you climb the city wall without equipment and use your life? On the anger in Qinling's heart, the 100,000 troops he brought are all henchmen, the foundation of his life, and the foundation of the struggle for the world, how can he be easily consumed?

Thinking of all kinds of disadvantages, on Qinling was like a mad lion, he drew his sword reluctantly, a snow-white light flashed, the heads of the people begging for mercy rolled off, and they were killed on the spot, and the bloody war knife pointed at one person, and on Qinling angrily reprimanded: "You, take the army and horses of your headquarters to the nearest tribe and borrow their grain." ”

The so-called borrowing is to grab the nickname.

Doing so is tantamount to killing chickens to keep warm and losing the hearts of the people, but on Qinling had to do it, the soldiers had not eaten for a day, and if they were not fed as soon as possible, there would be endless troubles.

The more he thought about Qin Ling, the more angry he became, and the bloody war knife pointed at another person: "You go to the surrounding tribes to have a look, find a craftsman to build a weapon, it must be completed tonight, otherwise it will not be spared." ”

The other party hurriedly agreed and hurried away.

After the two military orders, the Qinling gradually regained some senses, and suddenly thought of a question, the Tang army confiscated the grain, craftsmen, etc. in advance, obviously there was a calculation, is this to delay time?

Why not run away with the hostages, but instead leave time to stall?

Is there anything to rely on?

On Qin Ling suddenly thought of something, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, indifferent, and pointed his bloody war knife at another person: "You go back immediately to urge the grain and grass supplies, and then send people back to the clan, let those old guys in the clan go out, find a way to win over and divide other troops, and the time has come to decide the fate of the family." ”

After the other party left, the sharp eyes of the Qin Ling looked around, and continued: "Everyone, this battle is related to the fate of Tubo, but also to the fate of you. ”

Everyone understands what is being said behind the scenes, no one is a fool, if it is really successful, everyone is a minister of the dragon, and it is expected to be knighted, even if it fails? It's a big deal, and if you leave, as long as you have an army in your hand, that is, the king of grass, you have nothing to fear.

The troubled times are coming, and only by holding a knife can you live, and without the army, it is a Mianyang that will die at any time.

Everyone exchanged a look and said solemnly: "Only the lord's order is obeyed." ”

"Well, Master Ben also promised everyone that he would not be treated badly."

Everyone nodded in agreement and smiled.

Suddenly, a commotion came, and everyone's expressions changed, and they rushed out of the Chinese military tent one after another, only to find that a cavalry of nearly 1,000 people rushed out of the city, one by one, carrying something, and rushed up in two columns, like a fierce dragon going out to sea, full of momentum.

On Qinling was furious, it would be good if he didn't do it, the other party actually dared to kill it, how could he bear it, and said angrily: "Quick, go back to your place and eat them for me." ”

The generals mounted their horses and rushed to their respective troops.

On the Qinling did not move, the scale of a thousand people was just an attack, and there was no need to personally command, turned over the horse, raised his eyes and looked out, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Rushing out was Xue Rengui and Wang Meng, one person with five hundred people, two columns together, so that each soldier only needs to shoot the enemy in one direction, Xue Rengui did not use a crossbow, holding a stainless steel horse lance, cold eyes like electricity, locked a general, shouted: "Wang Meng, dare to compete." ”

"I'm afraid you won't succeed, how can you compete?" Wang Meng is also a fierce general, he doesn't know the depth of Xue Rengui, he is holding a hundred refining Mo knife, full of fighting spirit.

"Let's see who kills more." Xue Rengui shouted, the stainless steel horse lance slapped the horse's tail, and the horse rushed up, the horse was a Tubo horse, looking for the royal BMW of Songtsen Gampona, the physique was not tall, but the endurance was sufficient and the speed was fast.

"Kill—"

With an angry roar, Xue Rengui picked up the stainless steel horse lance and smashed it over, as fast as lightning.

The other party did not show weakness, picked up a pair of Weng iron hammers to block, the strength of the people who used this weapon is not small, the other party thought that his strength was unparalleled, his eyes were full of mockery, and he thought for a while that a hammer would smash the white-faced warrior to death, wouldn't he have made a good start and won the first credit?

Thinking of being excited, there was a cruel smile on the corner of the other party's mouth.

"Winter!"

There was a muffled sound, like earth-shattering thunder, and the sparks flew away, dazzling everyone.

Weng Tie Hammer was smashed and fell off, and the strength of the stainless steel horse lance did not decrease, hitting the opponent's head fiercely, the head exploded on the spot, fell off the horse, and lost its life on the spot.

One move, kill a fierce general in seconds.

Everyone seemed stunned to see this scene when they heard the crash.

Xue Rengui didn't talk much all the way, everyone thought he was an ordinary person, but they didn't take it to heart, but they didn't expect it to be so reluctant, and they immediately cheered loudly.

"Good!"

"Mighty!"

For a while, morale was greatly boosted.

Wang Meng didn't expect Xue Rengui to look elegant and handsome, but he didn't expect the strength to be so terrifying, his eyes suddenly lit up, his heart was competitive, and he saw a bright light appear, like a match, like lightning, a good head rose to the sky, blood gushing, and the dead could not die again.

It's another second kill!

The soldiers saw it clearly, and their fighting spirit was completely boiling, cheering loudly, and generally shooting the enemies around them quickly.

The repeater crossbow is frantically output, and no one can get close, only to be beaten.

Xue Rengui and Wang Meng are like the two sharp claws of Menghu, tearing apart all the people who are in front of them, and no one can stop them, stirring up the enemy army into a mess and killing countless people.

"Hahaha, kill!"

Xue Rengui's murderous nature, sometimes like a meteor in his hand, stabbed again and again, deadly, sometimes like a meteorite, smashed a large piece, flew to the ground, and was trampled to death by a chaotic horse.

Wang Meng is not far behind, killing wow-wow-wow, like a god and demon possession.

At this moment, the two of them are like two fierce gods, they will die when they touch them, and no one can stop them.

After a rush to kill, Xue Rengui remembered Qin Huaidao's advice before, this battle is mainly a provocation, stimulating the enemy to fight, flicking the horse's head, and roaring: "Wang Meng, follow me, the brothers in the back are following, kill out!" ”

"Brothers, kill with Lao Tzu!" Wang Mengwei screamed, the Mo knife was rounded and slashed, the Tubo army was all leather armor, there was no iron armor, where could the sharp Mo knife be blocked, five or six were cut in one move, and the horse stepped over, but there was no chaos, and Xue Rengui rushed to kill.

Wang Meng seems to be rude, but he has always paid attention to Xue Rengui, and the fight just now found that Xue Rengui was born with divine power, and what is even more terrifying is that the moves are sharp, simply because of the battlefield creation, the moves are deadly, and they are fast and ruthless, twice as many enemies as they killed, how can this be served?

Under the stimulation of Xue Rengui, Wang Meng's combat effectiveness was extraordinary, and he was especially bloody, and he shouted and fought fiercely.

When the soldiers in the back saw that the two generals were so fierce, they were also screaming with excitement, and they were crazy out.

Soon, the Tang army killed a huge U-shaped line in the enemy army, leaving a corpse to fly away, and the Tubo army swallowed this breath, chased after them, and exploded one by one.

There is a passage left at the gate of the city, only five zhang wide, that is, more than ten meters, a thousand people line up in two columns to pass easily, rush into the city, the passage is a ravine on both sides.

A large number of Tibetan troops swarmed in, but the passage was so wide that the troops could not be used, so they stopped one after another, crowded together, and only some of them continued to rush forward along the passage.

On the city wall, Qin Huaidao smiled when he saw this scene, and with an order, the crossbows sounded wildly, and countless crossbows were killed up, like a storm, the Tubo army was restrained by the ravines and stopped, like a live target, and concentrated in one place, where to hide, they fell off their horses one after another, wailing again and again.

The soldiers were unmoved and frantically output.

The Tubo army did not receive the order to retreat, did not dare to run around, drew the knife and slashed the loss, but the loss was too fast, too dense, and could not be blocked at all, some of the Tubo army rushed into the city along the passage, but found that there was a huge pit in front of them, and the war horses rushed too fast, and they couldn't stop at all, so they plunged into it.

Around the pit was a Tang army, which did not hesitate to pull the repeater.

With the experience of fighting with Goguryeo, how could Qin Huaidao not lay a trap and wait?

This scene made Duan Zan realize that the original repeater could still be used like this, and he was overjoyed, and praised it: "My lord, this tactic is wonderful, the last general has opened his eyes today, and he is worthy of being the maker of the repeating crossbow, but the last general is worried that the enemy will attack at any cost." ”

"What are you afraid of, there are no siege equipment, the enemy is concentrated at the city gate, we have a crossbow, shoot alternately, kill as many as you want, and there are feather arrows when the crossbow is used up, he dares to play with Qinling, Lao Tzu dares to fight him to the end, 100,000 only, and it is not that he has not fought." Qin Huaidao said murderously.

At that time, the king of Goguryeo led an army of 100,000 to besiege the city, and at that time he had more than 10,000 people, and the enemy collapsed.

It was dark, visibility was limited, the Tibetan army did not know what was going on under the city wall, and thought that there was an opportunity to storm the city, and they swarmed in, crowding people, and many people and horses in front fell down the trench and piled up together, and soon they were filled with most of them, and if they were not stopped, they would be filled with corpses.

"Rocket, burn!" Qin Huaidao said murderously.

Duan Zan had already prepared, and at the sound of an order, a Tang army with a rocket team rushed up and shot at the trench, while the other Tang army smashed a jar filled with fire oil into it, and the fire instantly burst into flames.

The Tubo army that did not die in the trench was ignited, climbed up frantically, and some people came up to help, but were directly killed by the soldiers in charge of shooting on the city wall, fell down, and fell into the sea of fire.

The fire rose to the sky, forming a wall of fire, coupled with the crazy output of the loss, endlessly, the Tubo army was afraid of being killed, and retreated frantically.

"Bang Bang!"

At this time, the signal to retreat sounded, and the Tubo army had no scruples, so they turned around and ran.

On the city wall, Qin Huaidao saw it really and said with a smile: "General Wang Meng, do you dare to go out of the city to fight?" ”

"Why don't you dare, please give an order."

"Okay, he is worthy of being a brave general, and he will be majestic in my Tang Dynasty." Qin Huaidao looked at Duan Zan excitedly, Duan Zan also saw that the opportunity was rare, his eyes were extremely fanatical, Qin Huaidao ordered: "General Duan, arrange five thousand men and horses, and chase them out in five directions, but don't fall in love, the situation is not right, withdraw immediately, just in case." ”

"Obey!" Duan Zan agreed and began to order.

The people who received the generals were overjoyed and left one after another.

Soon, a large army rushed out of the city, chasing Tubo to cover up, Qin Huaidao saw that Xue Rengui hadn't fought enough, and said with a smile: "If you want to go, go there, take our people to feel it, but you are not allowed to fold one." ”

"Understood." Xue Rengui was overjoyed and shouted: "Brothers, go, kill the enemy." ”

"Whoa!" And the people were overjoyed, and they rushed down the walls and out of the city.

Qin Huaidao reminded Duan Zhan: "The remaining soldiers and horses are ready to respond in case the enemy counterattacks in." ”

"Understood." Duan Zan bowed solemnly and deployed it in person.

"On Qinling, you are too anxious, but that's it."

Qin Huaidao looked at the retreating Tubo army, and his heart was reassured, the historical Qinling was very strong, but now the Qinling is still young, and the experience, temperament, and ability have not reached the peak, so there is no need to worry.

Not long after, Duan Zhan came over and said excitedly: "My lord, the last general found that the Tubo army seemed to be a little physically exhausted, and the discipline was not strict enough, it was simply a rabble. ”

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "In terms of governing the army, your Duan family can be called a must, the battle just now is enough to prove that as for the Tubo army, naturally it can't be with your army, however, they are not a rabble, but on Qinling did not come to command in person, and handed it over to the people below, and the people below thought that they had the opportunity, and they all wanted to be the first to enter the city, take the first credit, and win our calculations." ”

"Lord Xie complimented, but why are they in such a hurry?"

"It has something to do with what you said about physical exhaustion."

Qin Huaidao said with a smile, his eyes shining, as if he could see through everything: "They marched all the way in a hurry, people were sleepy and tired, it is estimated that they didn't eat, they came too quickly, they didn't carry grain and grass, and the food outside the city was confiscated by us, and they were already hungry, if they have the opportunity to enter the city, take the first credit, and still eat, why not hurry?" ”

"It makes sense, the adult's insight is like a torch, and the end will admire." Duan Zan said sincerely.

Qin Huaidao didn't say anything more, looking at the skyrocketing fire in the trench, the air was full of the smell of burnt corpses, and when it was all burned, the trench was still a trench, and more people could be trapped, and he was in a good mood, and glanced at the corpses in the big pit in the city, this battle killed tens of thousands of people, and if the pursuit went well, he could kill about 10,000.

This battle is enough to establish prestige and defeat the spirit of the 100,000-strong army of Qinling.

But it's not enough to make the other 500,000 troops jealous, change their position, and have to be killed!