The wind and sand of the desert made the face ache, and after several days of marching, the wind and sand raged, and the faces of Sun Congdong and the soldiers had already become rough and dark, and their lips were chapped and embarrassed.

How majestic it was when it set out from Chang'an, but now it is like a grass army that has been turned a hundred times by the imperial court, and the remnants of the defeated army are like beggars organizing to develop to the desolate northwest, where is there still half of the elite appearance of the right guard forbidden army.

A gust of wind poured into Sun Congdong's mouth, and Sun Congdong was caught off guard and was fed a mouth full of sand.

Spit out the sand in his mouth with hatred, Sun Congdong cursed a few words of ghost weather angrily, and then covered his face with a scarf.

The wind and sand had not stopped, but the sound of horses' hooves came from the southwest.

The sound of horses' hooves stopped in the shade of the hills, and a scout quickly ran in front of Sun Congdong and said excitedly: "Captain Sun, thirty miles to the west, I found the traces of the Tubo army, about 5,000 people, who were robbing a Tuyuhun tribe. ”

Sun Congdong frowned: "More than 5,000 people ......"

Turning his head to look at his 1,000 forbidden army, Sun Congdong looked hesitant.

The Tibetan army has good combat strength, unlike other weak and small countries, otherwise the Tang Dynasty has not been able to destroy it after three generations of emperors.

Sun Congdong hesitated whether his 1,000 or so people could swallow 5,000 Tubo troops, although they were equipped with three-eyed guns, but what decided the outcome on the battlefield was not entirely weapons, 1,000 against 5,000, the disparity between the forces of the two sides was too great after all, whether it was worth taking a risk, Sun Congdong was really a little hesitant.

The scout said: "Captain Sun made a quick decision, the five thousand Tubo troops will definitely flee after looting, and it will be too late." ”

Sun Congdong gritted his teeth, the muscles of his resolute face trembled a few times, and he said viciously: "!" Dog offal, Lao Tzu bet on this! As long as the five thousand Tubo army and the belt bones are swallowed, Uncle Li will be much easier, do it! ”

"Order, the whole army gets on the horse and assembles, and marches west!"

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In the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the Tibetan camp.

Before Lu Dongzan could sleep, a Tibetan scout looked panicked and went straight into the tent.

"Report! Minister, it's not good, the 5,000 soldiers and horses under General Kasong in the west have all been wiped out! ”

Lu Dongzan was shocked, stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "You say it again!" ”

"General Kasong was ordered by the prime minister to go west out of Dafei Sichuan to clear the remnants of the Tuyuhun tribe, and this afternoon the whole army was wiped out in the wasteland one hundred and twenty miles away from the camp, and the enemy disappeared without a trace, and the wasteland was full of the corpses of my Tubo army, and General Kasong was also martyred."

Lu Dongzan's chest suddenly stagnated, he couldn't breathe, and he almost fainted.

Five thousand soldiers and horses, not much, but the annihilation of the entire army without warning was undoubtedly a very heavy blow to the Tibetan army.

Since the Tibetan army invaded Tuyuhun and the two countries have been fighting for several months, the Tibetan army has never suffered such heavy casualties.

"Who did it, have you found out?" Lu Dongzan asked painfully, stroking his chest.

The scout shook his head, but said: "The villain checked the wounds of the fallen soldiers of our army, and found that they were all hit by iron bullets in the chest, which is consistent with the wounds caused by the weapons held by the 1,000 Tang troops under the Jishi Mountain. ”

Lu Dongzan's eyes widened in shock, and he muttered, "It's Tang Jun!" It's that weird weapon again...... This thing is so sharp, but the hateful purple slave can't get it for the old man! ”

Immediately, Lu Dongzan's expression became cold and hard, and he said: "Immediately order the more than 20,000 Tubo warriors north of Dafeichuan to give up and clear the remnants of the Tuyuhun tribe, start from Shancheng in the east and reach Qilian Mountain in the west, and go all out to search for the Tang army. ”

The scout took the order and left.

Under the dim candlelight, Lu Dongzan's face turned red and blue.

When the Tang Army's three-eyed gun appeared on the battlefield, Lu Dongzan paid full attention to it, and did not hesitate to send the purple slave he valued to steal the details of the three-eyed gun.

However, when the news of the annihilation of the 5,000 Tubo army under the three-eyed gun came today, Lu Dongzan had to admit that he still underestimated the power of this new weapon of the Tang army after all.

A thousand Tang troops can inflict such huge casualties on the Tubo army, if the 30,000 Tang troops led by the Tang general Su Dingfang come to Tuyuhun, not to mention anything else, even if they are only equipped with 10,000 three-eyed guns, what kind of doom will the Tubo army face?

Lu Dongzan was frightened for a while, his old face was solemn and revealed a little fear of the unknown, and a thought involuntarily flashed in his mind.

At the beginning, Zhong Cong came back from Liangzhou City in a gloomy manner, and told him that he had reached an agreement with Li Qinzai, and Tubo would return half of Tuyuhun's land and occupy it by the Tang State, and Tuyuhun would be divided between the Tang State and Tubo from then on.

Lu Dongzan was very disdainful of this agreement at the beginning, and after Zhong Cong told him, he never thought about it at all, why did the envoys of the Tang State ask for half of the words of the territory that I had worked so hard to win in Tibet?

But now, the news of the annihilation of the 5,000 Tubo army made Lu Dongzan wake up, and at the same time, he had to seriously consider the agreement reached in Liangzhou City.

Because Lu Dongzan was really not sure to face the upcoming 30,000 troops of the Tang State, especially the kind of terrifying new weapons, which made him feel even more frightened in his heart.

5,000 soldiers and horses swallowed it, and they didn't even leave a single living mouth, such a terrifying combat power, can the long-tired Tubo army be able to contend with?

Sitting alone in the tent, Lu Dongzan's old body trembled involuntarily.

Tang envoy Li Qinzai has been in the Tubo camp for two days, and in these two days, Lu Dongzan and Li Qinzai have not talked about serious things very tacitly, because they have their own ghosts.

Li Qinzai was waiting for Sun Congdong's movements, which added bargaining chips to the negotiations between the two countries. What Lu Dongzan was waiting for was the news that the Tubo army had cleared the remnants of the Tuyuhun enemy and completely occupied Tuyuhun, which was also Lu Dongzan's bargaining chip.

Both sides are waiting, and now the news is coming, the chips that Li Qinzai is waiting for have come, but the ones that Lu Dongzan is waiting for have not arrived.

The current situation is that Li Qinzai did not say a word, and Lu Dongzan was already considering having to take the initiative to give up half of Tuyuhun's land.

This is the power of the country and the greatest reliance of a country's envoys.

After a long silence, Lu Dongzan suddenly raised his voice and said: "Come on, go to the Tang envoy's tent quickly, and respectfully ask Li Xianbo to move the commander's tent, and the old man has something to discuss." ”

Outside the tent, the guards hurriedly left.

Lu Dongzan sighed gloomily, and his body gradually withered.

This was a national war, and the invasion of Tibet was not a momentary decision, but was carefully planned for many years.

I didn't expect to encounter such variables, and I miscalculated after all.

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Lu Dongzan's personal guards galloped to the rear of the camp, and there was silence outside Li Qinzai's camp tent.

It was late at night, and as soon as the guards arrived outside Li Qinzai's tent, they were stopped by the Li family's troops who were on guard.

The guards were angry and shouted, but the Li family still stopped him and forbade him to get close to Li Qinzai's tent for half a step.

The guards were in a hurry, and they didn't dare to delay Lu Dongzan's military order, so they had to let the Li family's subordinates search his body, and searched him all over his body, and after all the weapons were searched, Liu Asi patted the guards on the shoulder with a wicked smile on his face, and told him that he could go outside the camp tent to wake up the Tang envoy.

After all, the guards were too young, where did they know that people's hearts were sinister, and they ran outside Li Qinzai's camp tent without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and shouted loudly for Li Qinzai.

A moment later, candles were lit in the tent, and there was a faint gasp like a mad cow seeing a red cloth.

Liu Ah Si's scalp was numb, and he unconsciously took a few steps back, staring at the guard with a sympathetic expression.

The guards still shouted loudly, and then saw that the curtain was opened suddenly, and Li Qinzai's face that was about to kill was revealed.

The guards screamed, as if the prey had been swept into the cave by a python, and Liu Ah Si outside only heard a terrible scream, a wail of pain, and a cry for mercy.

After a burst of clanging of chickens and dogs, Li Qinzai walked out of the camp refreshed.

The moment the curtain was opened, Liu Ah Si and the others clearly saw that the guard who didn't know whether he was alive or dead was lying on the ground.

"Drag this out of here, clean my tent again, I'm going to get some sleep." Li Qinzai commanded lightly.

The dying guards were dragged out, and Liu Asi leaned close and said hesitantly: "Fifth young man, the prime minister of Tubo invites you to go to the tent ......."

Li Qinzai sneered: "He invited me to go, do I have to go?" The old thing has no eyesight, and he doesn't look at the hour, and he will talk about big things when I wake up! ”

After speaking, Li Qinzai was about to turn around and go back to the camp tent, when his footsteps suddenly stopped, and said: "If Lu Dongzan sends someone to invite me again, give me a stick to beat me out, and then dare to disturb my sleep, you know the end, don't think that I don't know that you deliberately put this goods in to find death." ”