Chapter 839: The Fall of Logic
The loud sound of the earth shaking just now made the whole city tremble, and all the people of the city were startled, they didn't know what was going on, was it an earthquake? It can't be the collapse of the city wall, right? And all the people of the city were huddled in their houses, and they did not dare to come out, when they heard someone shouting outside.
"The gates have been breached!"
"The Tang army is coming into the city!"
When the people of the city heard this shout, they were immediately frightened, and their hearts were full of panic, didn't the Tang army just appear outside the city? It's only been a while, why did the Tang army attack it? Although there are only 2,000 defenders in the city, it shouldn't be so fast, right? The city is broken, and the law has fallen? No one knows what the fate will be next, will the Tang army slaughter the city? Will the Tang army rape and plunder? The people of the city are worried, at this moment, they hate Qinling in their hearts, hate Lu Dongzan, they don't hate the soldiers who defend the city, because they know in their hearts that only 2,000 soldiers are really difficult to defend, and the 2,000 soldiers are still old, weak, sick and disabled, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so they hate Qinling, hate Qinling and do not listen to dissuasion and have to lead the troops to take the initiative to attack, if there are 40,000 troops in the city to defend the city, it is absolutely impossible for the Tang army to attack so easily, and their tragic fate now is because of Qinling, how do they not hate Chin Ling? Not only hate Qinling, they also hate Lu Dongzan, if it weren't for Lu Dongzan ambushing and killing Songtsan Gampo, then Tubo would not have been torn apart and plunged into a civil war, and it would be impossible for the Tang army to attack the city, so all of this was given by the father and son of Lu Dongzan in the end, seeing that Xue Wanche had entered the city with cavalry, Li Yong was immediately relieved, since Xue Wanche had rushed into the city with cavalry, it meant that the city had fallen, and there were cavalry flying horses to report.
"Grandpa Qi, there are only two thousand defenders in the city, and now they have all surrendered."
Li Yong was also surprised when he heard it, he guessed that there were not many defenders in Luocheng before, but he didn't expect that there were only 2,000 defenders, Luoqi is the base camp of Tubo after all, Li Yong's intelligence bureau has not been able to enter, and he doesn't know anything about the situation inside, although Luoqi City is not a Xiongcheng in Li Yong's eyes, far less than Chang'an and Luoyang, but how to say that it is also the royal city of Tubo, how can it be guarded by only 2,000 defenders? At least 5,000 soldiers must be left to defend the city, and only 2,000 soldiers must be left to defend the city. For a while, he didn't know whether Qin Ling was too stupid or too confident.
"Pass on my military order, those who surrender will not be killed! Thou shalt not commit adultery! No Plunder! Don't kill innocents indiscriminately! If the military order is violated, this public will be dealt with by military law! ”
Li Yong said in a deep voice.
"The army is in the city!"
Li Yong began to enter the city with a mighty musketeer, and as soon as he entered the city gate, Li Yong raised his eyes and saw that there were many Tibetan soldiers under the city wall who were honestly squatting at the base of the wall with their heads in their hands.
"Qiyu County Prince, General Xue and General Li have already led people into the city to search to see if there are any soldiers and horses in ambush."
A captain stepped forward to report, Li Yong nodded, looked around left and right and said loudly.
"Is there anyone who can understand Chinese and come forward to answer!"
Ben Danbu and Qi Ben listened and stood up from the corner of the wall with their heads in their hands, and slowly walked up.
"I'm the general who stayed in the city of Luo, I don't know what the general commands?"
Ben Danbu hurriedly said.
"I'm Tubo Qiben, I don't know what the general commands?"
Qi Ben hurriedly asked, the status of the guards who stayed in Luoqi City may not be high, but Qi Ben is a minister with a large official position in Tubo.
"Don't be nervous, I'm Li Yong, maybe you've heard of me."
Li Yong said with a smile, Ben Danbu and Qi Ben originally lowered their heads, and after listening to Li Yong's words, they couldn't help but raise their heads suddenly, this person turned out to be Li Yong, although just now they were sure that the Tang Army outside was likely to be the Shenji Battalion, but when Li Yong really appeared in front of them, they were still shocked, for them, except for the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, Li Yong was the most thunderous, not only because Li Yong's deeds had already spread to Tubo, but also because Tubo was now divided because of Li Yong, The reason why Songtsen Gampo led the 100,000 army to conquer in person was to capture Li Yong, but the result was that the halberd was under the city of Xinghai, and the 100,000 army was wiped out, not to mention, even Songtsen Gampo was killed, and now Li Yong has come to the city of Luo, right in front of their eyes, the taste in their hearts is very complicated, but no matter how complicated their hearts are, they can't show it, this single Bu said respectfully.
"The talent of the county prince is like thunder, and it is really my third life to be able to meet the county prince today!"
Qi Ben bowed and said.
"Meet the county prince, I have heard the name of the county prince for a long time, the people in the city are innocent, and please forgive the county prince!"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"You can rest assured, this duke has issued a military order before entering the city, the army shall not kill and surrender when entering the city, shall not commit adultery, shall not loot, shall not kill innocents indiscriminately, if there is any violation of the order, military law will deal with it! If you find that a Datang soldier has violated the military order, you can report it here, if it is true, the prince will definitely deal with it impartially! ”
Qi Ben breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, what he was most afraid of was that the Tang army would kill and loot after entering the city, and now he heard about the military order of the Tang Dynasty, he was very surprised, the military discipline of the army was stricter than he imagined, and Li Yong was also more lenient than he imagined, Qi Ben bowed.
"I thank the prince of the county for the thousands of people in the city!"
Li Yong waved his hand and said.
"There is no need to thank you, the saint is a benevolent monarch, and I am a courtier, of course, I must not have the benevolent name of the saint, the army is naturally disciplined, and there is no crime in the autumn."
Ben Danbu hurriedly said.
"We have heard of His Majesty's benevolent name for a long time, and it is precisely because of this that we want to surrender!"
Li Yong said with a smile.
"Of course, there is a saying that we should be merciful to our own people, but we should be as harsh as winter when we treat our enemies! Since you have chosen to surrender, you have to be honest, if you secretly make any small moves, then you can't stand it, and there will be no mercy! ”
Although Li Yong kept a smile on his face, but in the end, it was murderous, Ben Danbu and Qi Ben couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they heard it, they understood that this was war! If they were really secretly making trouble, then the Tang Army would definitely kill them mercilessly, Ben Danbu and Qi Ben shook their heads again and again when they heard this, and said with a dry smile.
"No, no, the county prince is so benevolent to us in some cities, how can we not know what is good or bad?"
There are only 2,000 old and sick people in the city, and unless they are crazy, how can they kill themselves? For the two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled who surrendered, Li Yong didn't do anything to them, but they were all disarmed and took care of them, Xue Wanche and they led the cavalry to walk around the entire city, and found that there were indeed only a few defenders in the city, and there were no other soldiers and horses.
"County Lord, we have all made a round, and there are indeed soldiers and horses guarding the city like this."
Xue Wanche replied, with a hint of surprise in his tone, it was indeed too surprising that there were only two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people defending the city in such a big city, Li Yong nodded with a smile.
"It seems that Qinling is very confident and wants to concentrate his forces and take the initiative to defeat us in one fell swoop."
Xue Wanche said with a smile.
"At this time, the British duke's side should have finished fighting a long time ago, right? Qinling, they probably wouldn't have dreamed of it, so we directly divided our troops and defeated the city. ”
Qi Ben and Ben Danbu were taken aback when they heard this, hearing this, the Tang army already knew that Qinling led the troops to take the initiative to attack, and moreover, the Tang army dared to divide their troops to attack Luo Some City, which shows how much confidence they have, thinking of this, Qi Ben and Ben Danbu's hearts sank, has this battle been fought? I don't know what the result will be? Before, they were expecting Qinling to come to help soon, but now they are desperate, especially Ben Danbu's heart is even more desperate, now that the Tang army has invaded the city, even if Qinling leads the army back to help, can they recapture the city from the Tang army? Although he only experienced it for a long time, he already had a full understanding of the firearms of the Tang Army, the firearms of the Tang Army were very powerful, unexpectedly powerful, and they were so powerful for attacking the city, let alone for defending the city, Li Yuntian came back with cavalry to report.
"Princess, the south gate is open, and many people have fled from the south gate, do you want to take someone to pursue it?"
Li Yong smiled and waved his hand.
"Forget it, there weren't many people who escaped, let them go."
There are not many soldiers and horses in the city, and those who flee are not warlike soldiers, and these people have no value of pursuit, and after escaping back, it will only make Lu Dongzan's army panic, Qi Ben and Ben Danbu heard that someone escaped, and the Tang army did not plan to pursue, they were very envious in their hearts, however, envy is envy, and now people are swords, they are fish and meat, and they can only survive in adversity, Qi Ben said respectfully.
"Some cities are not as prosperous as the Tang City, so you can only ask the county prince to deign to live in the palace."
Li Yong shook his head with a smile.
"You don't have to go to the palace, there are some trespassers, just find another place to live."
Xue Wanche asked.
"Is there anything else you can see besides the palace?"
Ben Danbu and Qi Ben glanced at each other with some embarrassment, and said with a wry smile.
"In addition to the royal palace in the city, there are also the most luxurious mansions of the Great Minister."
They knew in their hearts that after they said this, they would never be able to return to the camp of Lu Dongzan's father and son.
"The Great Prime Minister's Mansion? Are Lu Dongzan's family still there? ”
Li Yong raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Qiyu County Prince, the Prime Minister's family members are all in the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
Qi Ben replied happily, it was Qinling himself who abandoned his family, but he couldn't count their heads, but it was a pity for the beauties of the Prime Minister's Mansion! Li Yong groaned.
"Forget it, let them continue to live in the Great Prime Minister's Mansion, just take care of them, don't embarrass them, but don't let them escape."
"The county prince is really kind-hearted!"
Qi Ben bowed and said, Li Yong smiled.
"The army must have entered the city without committing any crimes, so fortunately, please post a notice to inform the people of the city, so that everyone should not panic, and do whatever they want."
Qi Ben hurriedly agreed, Li Yong waved his hand and smiled.
"Find more people who can speak Chinese to act as translators, okay, you guys go and get busy!"
Qi Ben and Ben Danbu bowed and left, and after leaving, they couldn't help but look at each other, Ben Danbu scratched his head and said.
"That's it? Didn't go on a killing spree, didn't loot? How is it like a dream? Is Tang Jun really so benevolent? ”
Qi Ben groaned.
"We have been fighting in the south and north in Tibet over the years, not to mention anything else, but countless treasures have been piled up in the palace, and the Tang army has not looted, but is so benevolent and righteous, which can only show that they have great plans."
Ben Danbu listened and wondered.
"What's the big picture? What else can they want? ”
Qi Ben said in a deep voice.
"It may be the whole of Tibet!"
Ben Danbu couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and said in a deep voice.
"What? Do you mean that the Don Army did not come to loot? But to occupy our Tibet? ”
Qi Ben nodded slightly.
"Most likely, do you think, if the Tang army is for looting, will they still be so benevolent after the city is broken? They're sure to loot it right away! Then before the prime minister returned to the division, he returned with a full load of finances, but now? They don't kill or rob, but want to appease the people, if not for the complete occupation, what do you say they want to do? ”
Ben Danbu was dumbfounded, before he thought that even if the Tang army occupied some cities, it would be withdrawn in a short time, but he never thought that the Tang army wanted to occupy the entire Tubo, so Qinling's analysis was completely wrong, so, even if Qinling did not lead the army to take the initiative to attack, the Tang army would eventually attack some cities, and then, Qinling was a little discouraged, even if Qinling did not take the initiative to attack, so what? The gates of the city of Logos will still be lost! Ben Danbu asked in a low voice.
"Qi Ben, what should we do then?"
Qi Ben sighed.
"There are two questions in front of us now, the first question, will the prime minister spare us?"
Ben Danbu groaned.
"The city of Luo has been breached, and no one can defend this situation! The prime minister shouldn't be to blame, right? ”
Qi Ben groaned.
"The prime minister may not be to blame, but what about Shang? Shang Tan is not a generous person! Will he take the blame on his back? ”
Ben Danbu's face turned pale when he heard this, Qin Ling is indeed not a generous person, even if he is not to blame, he will definitely be dissatisfied with them, if Qin Ling wants to deal with them, then they will definitely die, Ben Danbu hurriedly said.
"So, what then?"
Qi Ben said in a deep voice.
"So, there is the second question, do you think the Great Ministers can win?"
Ben Danbu couldn't help but ponder when he heard it, in his opinion, Daxiang is indeed a hero, but if it is compared to Songtsen Gampo, it is still a step worse, and Songtsan Gampo was defeated in the hands of the Tang Army, and now Daxiang is facing such a complicated situation, Ben Danbu muttered.
"I think it's unlikely that the prime minister will defeat the Tang army, and I don't know about the other army, but this Shenji battalion that entered the city, their firearms are really very powerful, and they are well-trained, and they are also the elite of the elite in our Tubo."