Chapter 175: Rekindling Hope
Although Mutu felt that the Tang army was also tired, in order to ensure safety, he had learned enough lessons, and the frightened Mutu still made all preparations.
First of all, he sent someone back to Xiao Guan to deliver a letter as soon as he entered the camp, asking Xiao Guan to send reinforcements, there was plenty of food and grass in the camp, as long as Xiao Guan's defenders arrived, he would regain the capital to counterattack.
Of course, if Xiao Guan doesn't have a problem, he can send reinforcements.
Of course, if there is a crisis in Xiaoguan, it is no problem if he can't send reinforcements, as long as the Tang army arrives, he will completely burn the supplies in the camp with a fire, and then return to Xiaoguan with the cavalry who have regained their strength after a night's rest.
In addition, Mutu also inspected the defense with his tired body before falling asleep, not only strengthened the sentry posts and patrols three times, but also directly chose to sleep in the tent closest to the war horse, and instructed the soldiers and officers on duty to wake themselves up as soon as there was any disturbance.
As the clock ticked past midnight, the frightened, worried, and exhausted Mutu fell into a deep sleep.
That night, except for the rumbling snoring, there was no movement inside and outside the entire camp, and no Tang troops came to harass or attack the camp, so there were no Tibetan soldiers and officers to wake Mutu up.
Without any disturbance, Mutu slept unusually peacefully, and it was not until sunrise that Mutu was awakened by hunger.
When he heard the guards say that the time had passed, Mutu was directly a spirit.
"Didn't you encounter an attack by the Tang Army last night?"
"Nope!"
"Is there any Tang Army around?"
"Nope!"
"Are there any messengers or reinforcements coming from Xiao Pass?"
"Nope!"
"Send someone more!"
"Obey!"
There was no problem with the officer's answer, and Mutu's own inspection found no problem, but this situation where nothing happened at all made Mutu even more uneasy.
However, the confusion of thinking did not bring a plausible explanation to Mutu's unease.
In the anxiety, Mu Tu survived the morning, until a certain moment, Mu Tu finally discovered the source of his uneasiness, why didn't the Tang army catch up?
You must know that yesterday's Tang Jun was like a mad dog, chasing after himself frantically, what about today?
The moment he thought of this, Mu Tu's back was chilled instantly, and he couldn't care about anything else, let alone the reinforcements, and immediately ordered, and all the cavalry followed him back to Xiao Pass.
However, after galloping ten miles east from the camp, he was shocked to find hundreds of Tang cavalry already waiting on the road.
There was a lot of noise along the way, and Mutu, who had been completely frightened, saw the cavalry of the Tang Army, and without saying a word, he immediately turned 180 degrees and sprinted backwards.
Mutu was uncomfortable, but in fact the pursuing Tang army was also tired.
However, the three battalions of cavalry led by Li Yu were all one man and three cavalry, and they also brought all the water bladders and dry food when they set off, plus the bonus of an unprecedented victory, although they experienced a whole day and night, even fighting and chasing, more than 150 miles of chasing battles, the soldiers could still maintain high morale.
In fact, when Mutu had just entered the camp, Li Yu had already relied on his familiarity with the terrain to lead people around the camp from the small road, and successfully intercepted the messenger sent by Mutu.
A letter from Mutu asking Xiao Guan for help made Li Yu like a treasure.
Mutu, who fled back to the camp in a hurry, was in fear in the camp until the third day, when a large number of foot soldiers of the Tang army came from the rear, and at that moment Mutu thought that he could finally be freed.
However, to his surprise, the Tang army completely regarded itself as air, and at least 3,000 Tang army foot soldiers directly bypassed the main camp and continued to march eastward, without even anyone monitoring him.
On the fourth day, another Tang army of more than 3,000 people appeared in front of him, and this time the Tang army still did not attack, but left two camp gates blocked by more than 1,000 people.
Looking at the Tang army, which was advancing eastward again, Mu Tu, who had guessed the purpose of the Tang army from the first day, was completely desperate.
From this day on, Mu Tu stood quietly at the east gate of the camp, quietly looking in the direction where Xiao Guan was.
To Mutu's surprise, as long as he appeared, a veteran of the Tang Army with all white hair would also appear outside the camp gate to look at him, but at this moment, Mutu no longer had the idea of guessing the identity of the other party.
In this way, three days were spent in despair, and at least a thousand cavalry returned from the direction of Xiao Pass.
And with the return of this cavalry, Mutu heard the unbridled laughter of the Tang veteran who had been looking at him for three days, and he even heard the sigh of relief from the veteran of the Tang Army:
"The afterlife is terrifying!"
A terrible sentence completely extinguished the hope in Mutu's heart.
As a civilian in Tibet, he has stepped from an ordinary soldier to the current high position of Maben, and only he knows how much he has paid, but now, Mu Tu knows that Tubo himself will not be able to go back!
But in the next moment, Mu Tu suddenly had a thought, and another hope was ignited in his heart, maybe the situation was not as pessimistic as he expected, maybe the Tang army had not captured Xiao Pass yet!
In an instant, the brows of Tubo Mabenmutu, who had been sad and uneasy for six days, were stretched, and his mind was completely opened, how could the barbaric and backward Tubo be compared with the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty......
The Tang Dynasty can accept the nine surnames of Zhaowu, the nine surnames of the Uighurs, the Nanzhao people, the Goguryeo people, and the Tubo people!
The next moment, Mutu, who had regained his fighting spirit and goal, ordered the other party to move away from the fire oil and tung oil near the grain and grass and ordnance, and sent his own guards to guard these important military supplies.
Because these will be his first meeting gifts to Datang.
At the same time, Mutu ordered his guards to take out several officers who were die-hard loyal to Zamp......
After completing a few arrangements and preparations, Mu Tu stood at the camp gate again, and at this time, the gray look on his face was gone, and he was waiting for a call from the Tang Army!
Similarly, the Tang army did not let him wait long, and just after noon, a Tang cavalryman walked slowly into the gate of the main camp alone.
"My general has an order, give you an hour to consider, from now until noon, if you refuse to surrender, be careful......
Hearing the arrogant and even slightly insulting words of the Tang cavalry, Mutu was not angry, but smiled.
"We surrender!"
"I ......"
"The grain and grass have been sealed, the officers in the camp have finally been taken, all the soldiers can lay down their weapons at any time, and the armor and stomach have been removed, what else does the envoy command?"
「……」
Facing Mu Tu, who had already bent down halfway and had a flattering smile on his face, the Tang cavalry who was ordered to pass the order thought for a long time and then burst out with a sentence.
"Who are you?"
"I am the Tubo Maben, the envoy of the Shanzhou Festival of the Eastern Border Dao, and Mutu!"
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