In the early morning of the next day, both sides were preparing for dinner very tacitly, and neither of them attacked first.

Qin Qiong knew that this was a tough battle, and if she didn't get it right, she would be wiped out.

And in a deep ditch in the distance, Zhao Tiejun followed the two members of the Sharp Blade team to lie here.

"Captain, why haven't they started fighting. I haven't seen a big scene of more than 100,000 people. ”

One of the team members asked, looking into the distance.

"It should be fast, as long as there is a fight here, we will quickly go deep into Tubo, the prince said let's go to the capital of Tubo.

Go and burn their grain and grass, and then our Ji Wangfu will be able to make a lot of money again. ”

Zhao Tiejun said excitedly, if they succeeded, Ji Wangfu would give them a lot of rewards. But they can be rewarded for working for a lifetime that they can't earn.

"The Tubo people are here," Zhao Tiejun took the telescope and saw that the black pressure in the west was overwhelming.

"Let's go, let's go back too, pack up our gear, and leave immediately."

Putting down the binoculars, Zhao Tiejun was not in the mood to appreciate this big battle, he had more important things to do.

"Captain, why didn't you let us sneak attack those small tribes, I heard that some time ago, our Tang army wiped out a lot of Tubo people who committed crimes. How good our sneak attack is at this time, I really can't understand it. ”

On the way back, the team asked as they walked.

"You know a fart, if you can understand that you are the captain, how can you understand the prince's strategy?" Zhao Tiejun turned around and reprimanded.

"Tell us, captain."

"Actually, it's because... Because... It's classified, you haven't reached this level yet, hurry up. Zhao Tiejun didn't say it for a long time, and the most confidential sentence prevaricated.

The two team members behind him glanced at each other and pouted together, if you don't know, just say you don't know, still pretending to be here, the captain deserves to be the captain.

When the Tubo army was still more than a mile away from the Tang army, it divided its troops into three routes, and Songtsen Gampo was afraid that the Tang army would run away, so he was ready to intercept the Tang army's rear road left and right.

Qin Qiong took the binoculars and looked at them, most of them were cavalry on the left and right, because they were running fast.

"Order, archers ready, sword and shield men in front, hold the fortifications, and cavalry in the rear to prevent sneak attacks."

Qin Qiong was not afraid of the other party's horses charging, he had already built the fortifications, and the logs thicker than his arms had been sharpened, and they were placed in rows and columns.

It's simply not realistic for you to want to charge.

Sure enough, Songtsen Gampo first sent infantry to destroy the fortifications.

"Shoot the arrows,"

"Rush"

The soldiers of Tubo rushed forward desperately with wooden shields, and as soon as they reached the range, Qin Qiong ordered the arrows to be released.

This time they were well prepared, and they had a lot of arrows, so they didn't need to aim at all, just like they didn't need money.

The Tibetan infantry basically wore leather armor, and the arrow feathers penetrated with one arrow, and suddenly hundreds of Tibetan soldiers wailed,

The one behind doesn't care who falls in front, just step on it and continue to charge.

The opposing archers were also within range and began to counterattack and cover.

"The shield is in front, and the spear is in the back." Qin Qiong gave another order.

The worst shields of the Tang Dynasty are made of iron and are lenient.

It greatly defended against the opponent's bow and arrows.

The opposing infantry also arrived and began to destroy the fortifications with their knives.

Through the gap, the spearmen didn't care whether they could see it or not, they just stabbed in a mess.

The Tibetan soldiers had a disadvantage at this time, and their weapons were not long enough.

"The archers retreated to the second fortification, shooting as they retreated."

Qin Qiong began to order, this is all a drill, the archers are shooting while retreating in an orderly manner, their arrow feathers are running out, and the second line of defense has arrow feathers to supplement them.

More than half an hour later, the first fortifications were about to be breached. Qin Qiong gave another order.

"The shield-gunners quickly retreated to the second fortification, and the archers answered with arrows."

Just as the two sides were fighting, Songtsen Gampo in the rear of Tibet was also giving orders.

"Zampu, the minister saw that the Tang army had advanced and retreated, and it should have been rehearsed in advance. It seems that they were prepared. Lu Dongzan said on the side.

"What the prime minister said is very true, and this king also thinks so, did they guess that we would attack early on, the great minister, you look at the number of their arrows, the archers have not stopped.

It seems that the king should have prepared them in advance, prepared a large number of arrow feathers in advance, and then dug the fortifications. The setback of this wave of attacks made Songtsen Gampo aware of it.

But now that the arrow is ready to be fired, it is impossible to stop fighting because of the loss of a little people.

"The order is that the cavalry in the rear charge their camp and attack on both sides, and I don't believe they have so many archers."

"General, the Tibetans have attacked from both sides and from the rear." The scout came to report.

"According to the previous drill, 10,000 horses on the left and right, with the help of fortifications, we have 10,000 cavalry in the rear, all of them are elite, they are not our opponents."

Qin Qiong was not panicked at all, his own equipment was far superior to that of the other party, and the war could not be won with many people.

There are not many archers in the Tang Army, but there are many bows, which are all transported from Songzhou in advance, and there is no need for any accuracy at this time, just shoot it.

Qin Qiong's strategy withstood the second attack of the Tubo army.

"Prime Minister, why do the Tang Army have so many archers?" Songtsen Gampo was a little puzzled.

"Zampu, it seems that they have a lot of bows and arrows, and the minister observes that there are many bows and arrows that are not accurate, and where there are many people to shoot."

"Damn, Great Minister, our attacks have been fended off by their attacks, and they have too many arrows to go up at all." Songtsen Gampo was a little anxious.

He knew that this attack might have been expected by the other party long ago. Otherwise, where did you get so much sharp wood, there is not so much wood here.

It's a pity that they don't have so many arrow feathers, otherwise they will shoot at each other with the Tang army.

Time passed little by little, and the two sides attacked and defended in a stalemate, with casualties on both sides.

Especially the Tubo soldiers in the front, the casualties were the greatest, there were corpses everywhere, and seeing that they could not be attacked for a long time, the momentum of the Tubo soldiers began to weaken, and the end of the charge was also sharply reduced.

Everyone is afraid of death, especially if death is so unclear, negative emotions are contagious, and Songtsen Gampo soon found out about it.

"Zampu, it's better to collect the troops first, go back and repair and fight again tomorrow." Lu Dongzan also observed the situation on the field. Persuaded.

Songtsen Gampo's eyes were full of unwillingness after hearing this. I didn't expect the attack on the first day to be so unsmooth. Nodding still.

"Summons the order to collect the troops."

"Woo~~~Woo~~~~"

The Tibetan soldiers were relieved when they heard the sound of the horn, they had been fighting for several hours in a row, and their bodies and spirits had reached their limits.

Seeing that Tubo had withdrawn his troops, Qin Qiong also quickly gave an order.

"Scouts investigate the movements of Tibet and clean up the battlefield. The main thing is to recover arrow feathers. The corpses of the Tibetan soldiers were piled up into a mountain of corpses. ”