"Do you know the leader?" Ma Hongjie asked.

Zhang Wenchang took the clairvoyant mirror, observed it carefully, and said: "Yes, he is Nanse of Qamdo Zongdui, Nanse means the son of the gods, and it can also be said that he is called the Son of Heaven." ”

Ma Fa Shu smiled: "Just a toast, I dare to name the Son of Heaven."

Zhang Wenchang not only accompanied the army as a guide, but also worked as a fine worker in Tibet for several years, and usually mixed in the tea and horse caravan as a partner.

Kang-Tibet also has the ancient tea horse road, one is from Dali, Lijiang, to Nyingchi, Lhasa, Gyantse, and then south to India. First, starting from Chengdu, passing through Ya'an and Kangding, you can go to Lhasa by Qamdo, or you can sell goods to northern Tibet.

Information about Tibet has been collected by the imperial court through caravans and meticulous work.

While the two were talking, Nanse had already commanded the Tibetan soldiers to surround him.

Hundreds of ironclad Tibetan soldiers, armed with melee weapons, in front. More than 2,000 leather armor hid soldiers, some with spears, some with bows and arrows. There were also a large number of unarmored pikemen on both flanks, some of which circled to the north flank, and the only hundred or so cavalry followed.

"Boom, boom!"

Suddenly, the sound of artillery rang out.

The cannonballs were fired at the ironclad troops, and these so-called ironclad troops were not even as good as the inspectors of the imperial court. Moreover, they had not seen firearms for hundreds of years, and the big iron balls that fell from the sky overwhelmed those Tibetan soldiers.

"What's that?" Nanse was horrified.

No one could answer.

Because of the five great kings of Tibet, only two were allowed to trade tributaries. And since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the tributary trade has been completely cut off, and the Tibetans here have not even been to Sichuan.

Seeing that his elite was showing signs of collapse, he led his guards to rush forward and personally drew his sword to supervise the battle: "Rush over, rush over, charge at full speed!" ”

Although he didn't know what artillery was, Nanse knew very well in his heart that he could no longer move slowly to block the target, nor could he retreat in battle and cause the collapse of the troops. The only way is to rush over and engage in the battle!

Tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers rushed forward in a swarm, running and chaotic formations.

"Boom, boom!"

Another round of shelling, hundreds of Tibetan soldiers in leather armor were scattered and fled by the shells.

"Don't escape, kill back!" Nanse personally rode a horse to slash and kill the rout, and the guards around him were also killing.

After slashing and killing hundreds of people, Nanse finally stopped the collapse. The stop is stopped, but the morale has already plummeted. The Tibetan soldiers regarded the artillery as the Buddha's anger and did not want to fight the Han soldiers at all, but Nanse was killing people behind him, so they could only rush forward.

"Fight again when you get closer."

These Southwest Datong armies were a set of equipment for fighting in Burma and Vietnam, and they wore cotton armor when they fought in Kang-Tibet.

When marching, let mules and horses carry them, and put them on again when fighting.

After only twenty or thirty minutes of wearing, it was already hot and sweaty, because the temperature at this time exceeded 30 degrees.

Seeing that the troops were approaching, Nanse said to the herald, "Archers, stop shooting." ”

The herald immediately rode out, these Tibetan troops in the Kham area did not even have a flag order system, and the battle orders were all roaring from their mouths.

In fact, they don't need a flag order either.

In peacetime, a battle of thousands of people is already a big war, and it can be commanded verbally.

This time, more than 10,000 Tibetans went to war, and the Nanse army gathered troops with great effort to pull all the Tibetan nobles around Qamdo. The aristocratic armed forces in Qiongbu, Liuqi, Luolongzong and other places were all brought to the battlefield at this moment, and they added up to such a small number of people, and if they wanted to expand their troops, they must also count slaves.

Moreover, the Mongols ruled for many years and repeatedly suppressed rebellions.

Not only were many Tibetan nobles killed, but they were also ordered to pay tribute horses, making it impossible for the Tibetans in Kham to form a large-scale cavalry.

The herald rode out and came to the noble officer, who immediately beat the drum. The archers stopped one after another, but after moving quickly, they had no formation to speak of, and stood there in a mess.

It was too late to form a team, so I pulled the bowstring and shot out indiscriminately.

The Datong army carried the rain of arrows, and the formation remained immovable.

A full set of cotton armor, even a face helmet, they can shoot it while standing, it doesn't matter if they are tied into a hedgehog, there will be no heavy arrows in Tibet anyway.

"Kill!"

The officer who commands the elite troops is the eldest son of Nanse. The same did not stop the whole team, and rushed forward with a chaotic military formation.

With this kind of military appearance and military discipline, it is no wonder that there are only a few thousand Mongol soldiers in Handu, but they can fight the Kang area again and suppress all the rebellious local nobles. The combat effectiveness of the Tibetan soldiers in the Kang area is similar to that of the southwest toast, and even inferior to those southwest toasts.

"Command."

"Bang bang bang!"

The Tibetan soldiers who rushed to the front were only about ten meters away. Most of the Tibetan soldiers are at a distance of twenty or thirty meters.

A volley of guns was fired, and the whole world was cleared.

Before the smoke had cleared, hundreds of grenadiers stepped out, passed the flintlock units, threw bombs at the remnants of the hiaters, and then raised their hammers and rushed forward.

On the north side, 800 southwestern cavalry also rushed out when the fire commander was raised. They went straight to the outflanked Tibetan troops to the north, charging only intimidatingly, and then bypassing these enemies and charging straight at the southern Chinese army from the flank.

Nanse only heard a burst of gunshots, followed by a series of explosions. The place where the battle was fought was filled with gunsmoke, and it was impossible to see what was going on. More and more routed soldiers escaped from the smoke, and another 800 cavalry were killed in the slanting, which made Nanse a little dazed.

What's going on?

There were only more than 100 Tibetan cavalry, which were made up by several nobles

Seeing the collapse of the infantry, these nobles immediately fled with their cavalry, and no one was stupid enough to intercept the eight hundred Han cavalry.

As soon as the 800 southwest cavalry rushed like this, the Tibetan troops outflanked in the north began to disperse. On the flank of the nearby Tibetan army, seeing the friendly troops on the left and the friendly troops on the right also fleeing, and hundreds of cavalry swept by, and they also dispersed in an instant.

"Stop the enemy!"

Nanse gave the order and slipped away, allowing his elite guards to cover the retreat.

Those so-called elite guards were only two or three hundred people, and most of them were infantry. Seeing the eight hundred Han cavalry coming, nearly half of them fled in fright, and the remaining half were stupid to face the battle.

"Bang bang bang!"

Eight hundred southwestern cavalrymen, while charging on horseback, raised their guns to shoot and then pulled out their waist knives, and they didn't even bother to use their riding guns.

After chasing for miles, the valley became narrower and narrower.

Between the river and the cliff, only the ancient tea horse road walked out by caravans remained. In this kind of broken terrain, you have to be cautious when you walk alone, while the Tibetan nobles and cavalry are swarming and fleeing.

From time to time there were nobles or cavalrymen who fell, some by their own carelessness, and some simply by being thrown off their horses.

Nanse stumbled and fell.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" A nobleman shouted on horseback.

Nanse struggled to get up and roared angrily: "I am Zongdui, give me your horse!" ”

The nobleman was forced to slow down his horse, and when he saw Nanse come up and ask for his mount, he drew his sword and slashed it out in anger. He didn't want to come over to fight, the Han and the Mongols were at war, what did it matter to their Tibetan nobles? Nanse forcibly ordered the gathering of troops, and the nobles were forced to participate in the war, and it is good to say that it is the responsibility of Nanse to lose the battle.

Still want to ask for a war horse to escape?

Think beautifully!

The nobleman slashed Nanse down with one sword, and was afraid that he would not be hacked to death, so he dismounted and went to make up for the two swords. Then he dragged Nanse's corpse away, got back on his horse, and ran wildly with a whip.

"Stop, stop chasing!"

The Datong cavalry stopped one after another, and they also fought with rage.

Although a cavalryman did not die, more than a dozen horses fell to the ground during the pursuit.

These war horses come from several southwestern provinces, and they are all the best of the best southwestern horses. Although he has been galloping on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau for a long time and has gradually adapted to the environment of the Kang area, the sudden and violent running and pursuit still caused the war horse to suffer from altitude sickness.

Of the more than ten war horses that fell to the ground, eight of them stood up one after another, and their movements were a little inconvenient, and the remaining five were probably never able to stand up.

In contrast, humans are more resilient than horses.

"Like Wuqi Zongdui Xianba, bow to the noble general!"

A nobleman who fell off his horse on the battlefield was prostrate in front of Ma Hongjie at the moment, and even crawled over to kiss his boots.

Zhang Wenchang explained in a low voice: "This one is called Xianba, and he is one of the four nobles around Qamdo. Although they also supported the monks, they were desperate to take refuge in Khandu, and all the monks and lay officials sent by Lhasa would be expelled by them. The sect they follow is different from that of Lhasa. ”

"Understood," Ma Hongjie said to Xianba with a smile, "The Tibetan soldiers here are temporarily under your command, as long as you are loyal and obedient, the court will definitely not treat you lightly." ”

Xianba looked in all directions, except for those who jumped into the river and escaped, except for those who were killed on the battlefield, the Datong army captured more than 4,000 Tibetan soldiers.

All these soldiers are their own?

Even if it's just a temporary commander, it's worth it, Xianba has never brought so many soldiers.

Moreover, such a heavy task shows that the Han people are promoting themselves. Fuck Handu, fuck Nanse, in the future, I will be mixed with the Han people, I will definitely be able to be a bigger official, and I will definitely be able to have a bigger territory!

Xianba suddenly threw himself to the ground and bowed to Ma Hongjie three times: "General rest assured, from now on, I will be a person of the Celestial Empire by life, and I will be a ghost of the Celestial Empire when I die." ”

Ma Hongjie asked Xianba to reorganize the troops, and instructed the adjutant: "The whole army makes tea with saffron, and the war horses also drink saffron water together." ”

Taking saffron prevents altitude sickness, according to the information provided by the caravans.

In order to go to Qinghai-Tibet, the Datong Army continued to purchase and reserve saffron for several years. The troops on the Shaanxi side were procured from the Yarkand Khanate. The troops on the southwestern side were bought back from Tibet through caravans.

The troops continued to march and came to Qamdo.

The remaining local nobles had already packed up their belongings and ran away, but the monks in the temple came out to greet them warmly.

There are several ruins of ancient cities near Qamdo, and you can still see ruins and broken walls. However, the Mongolian and Tibetan aristocracy only raised money to build temples, and never thought of building cities.

Ma Hongjie came to a place where two rivers meet: "This place is suitable for building a city, and there are also ancient city ruins. Qamdo is located at a key point, and in the future, it will definitely build a city and garrison here. ”

Xianba, who took refuge in the past, is now very active. He selected the guys from the landlords from among the captives, and let these people return to their hometowns with a small number of Tibetan soldiers to proclaim the rule of the Celestial Empire, while he remained in the army and continued to be hostages.

Those nobles who escaped from the battlefield were ordered to come back to pay respects, and if they came, they would be exempted, and if they didn't come, they would be regarded as stubborn resistance to the end.

Within a radius of two or three hundred miles, there is no need to fight again.

On the Lhasa side, according to the intelligence, there is no need to fight, because there is no at all

Mongol garrison. Next, you can go north and join Huang Qi's troops, or

Those who seek the opportunity to fight alone.