Chapter 342: Prepare for a sneak attack
The Tibetans retreated, because there were too many dead and wounded, so they did not take their corpses with them. It's too close to Songzhou, so Qin Qiong can't ignore it, otherwise the plague will happen.
The soldiers began to move, the wounded began to be treated, and their own corpses needed to be brought back by horses. Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
In the evening, Cheng Chumo and several students came to report on the cleaning work.
"General, the battlefield has been cleaned up," Cheng said silently.
"How's it going?"
"General Qiyu, our side has more than 2,750 killed and more than 3,000 wounded. More than 13,000 enemies were killed, and no prisoners were taken. "They cleaned the battlefield and found that there were wounded.
There were no Geneva Conventions at this time.
"Five thousand seven against ten thousand thirteen?" Qin Qiong frowned, he was very dissatisfied with such a small proportion of the battle.
His side is well-equipped and has a lot of bows and arrows, but he still has such a big loss.
"Pass the order down and bury the pot to cook. Retreat at midnight as planned. ”
"Yes."
This has been planned before, fight a battle first, and then withdraw to Songzhou, which is not considered to disgrace the reputation of Datang.
And Qin Qiong can be regarded as a victory, which can be regarded as a good news for Chang'an.
In the middle of the night, all the cavalry and all the scouts were dispatched to hunt down the opposing scouts and cover the evacuation of the team.
The large army quickly retreated to Songzhou City, taking with them the corpses of their own people, and weapons and equipment. Before leaving, Qin Qiong ordered people to set fire to several corpse mountains.
"Report~~~ Zampu, the Tang army has retreated."
"What, when is it." Songtsen Gampo woke up from his sleep and heard the news, and at this time, Lu Dongzan and the others, who heard the movement, also walked out of the big tent.
"Return, Zampu, it's been two hours."
"Two hours? How to report. Songtsen Gampo was a little annoyed.
"The Tang army left a large number of scouts and cavalry to hunt and kill our Tibetan scouts. Only a few escaped. ”
"Daxiang, what do you think about this matter?" Songtsen Gampo asked Lu Dongzan,
"Zampu, from the minister's point of view, they want to escape back to Songzhou City." Lu Dongzan thought for a while and said.
"Hurry up and assemble a team to intercept them." Said one of the generals.
"No, judging from today's observation, the Tang army has long guessed that we will attack, and now it is not known whether their retreat is a trick to lure the enemy.
It's so late now, I'm afraid I'll be ambushed. "Lu Dongzan is a prime minister, and this strategy is still there.
Songtsen Gampo thought about it and nodded after hearing this, he also thought so, in this big black sky, if the other party does not really retreat, but lures them, when the time comes, they will fall into the trap of others, and the loss will be too great.
"What the prime minister said is, then wait until tomorrow after dawn, and then we will continue to pursue, they should not be able to go fast with things and wounded soldiers."
Songtsen Gampo finally decided.
Early the next morning, Songtsen Gampo ordered the army to set out in full gear, while the cavalry went in pursuit first.
This night, Qin Qiong walked out for more than 20 miles, and after resting for a while in the morning, he continued to hurry, he needed to widen the distance.
The speed was faster during the day than at night, and the cavalry of Tubo did not go too fast, because Songtsen Gampo was afraid that there would be ambushes in the Tang Dynasty, and if the 50,000 cavalry he brought were gone, then he would also die here.
Therefore, the Tubo army was cautious all the way, and the Tang army had no scruples all the way, and the Tubo cavalry did not follow until night.
The Songzhou side also dispatched 20,000 cavalry to meet here. Songtsen Gampo, who got the news, thought that the other party did not ambush him before showing up, and he felt lucky.
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"General, after crossing this mountain, forty miles away, is the city of Luo." A blade came to report.
Zhao Tiejun led the guard battalion all the way to the horse, and it has been two whole days. It's finally here.
Some of the guards here already felt that it was somewhat difficult to breathe, but because of the long time of adaptation, the impact was not very great.
"Okay, let's go down the hill and trim it, so that the horses are fed and walking." Zhao Tiejun ordered,
People can stand it, but horses can't stand it. I didn't get much rest for two days and two nights.
"Captain, we should be able to get to Les morrows tomorrow, but how do we get in? The palace was built on a hill, and we horses couldn't go up it. One of the team members said.
They didn't come to Luo Ji either, and when the members of the Sharp Blade came back and said that Luo Qi City was built on a mountain, and the palace was a mountain city, even Zhao Tiejun was blindsided.
He thought it was in the plains like the other tribes.
The city of Logos had only civilians on the plain below the mountain, while the imperial city was on the mountain.
"Let's talk about it when we get there, let the blade find out where their food is, as for the burning of the city that the prince said, it seems that it is not easy to achieve now." Zhao Tiejun also had a headache.
At the top of the city is the palace, and the lower floors are houses made of stone and mud. The bottom plain was supposed to be a civilian area and where the vizier lived.
The prince said that it was impossible to burn the imperial city.
After resting for more than half an hour, the team set off again, and their goal was very clear, which was to make the city of Luo chaotic.
In the evening of the next day, in a hidden place outside the city, Zhao Tiejun and a few people were here.
"Captain, it has been found out that they have four large granaries, two of which are under the Imperial City, and two of which are at the foot of the mountain. However, the guards are very tight.
There were no less than 30,000 horses in the city. It seems that Songtsen Gampo did not take all the men and horses with him. ”
"Well, we have to do it as soon as possible, it is estimated that after the Duke of Yiguo retreats to Songzhou, Songtsen Gampo will not be stupid enough to attack Songzhou, and they should come back soon."
Zhao Tiejun thought for a while and continued, and dressed up with a sharp blade to familiarize himself with the terrain, focusing on the two large granaries under the palace.
"At night we create chaos and let the guards run outside on horses and pull a few large stones, so that they cannot see in the darkness of the night, giving them the illusion of a large army.
Blade is looking for an opportunity to sneak into the mountains to burn food. The four granaries act together, act when they are ugly, and the speed must be fast, and we must evacuate as soon as possible.
The prince said, we can't have casualties, and it costs a lot of money to feed us. ”
Li Shen will not let these people sacrifice for the task, this is not an important thing, if it succeeds, it is even better, and there is no loss for Li Shen if he does not succeed.
He is not going to be a dynasty for hegemony.
People who spend so much money to feed themselves can't die in vain, cheapen others, especially the slashing father.
After everyone received the order, Zhao Tiejun personally acted with the blade, and he was the vice captain of the blade.
Putting on the clothes of Tubo, his face was painted a little blacker, and at dusk a few people took a look at the granary from a distance.
The Tibetan hierarchy is strict, there are hierarchical classes, and those who rely too closely will be arrested. They can only observe the terrain from different angles.
Then go back and draw out the map, Zhao Tiejun assigns tasks, prepares equipment, and the oil cotton clay pot can be made into oil bombs, which is what Li Shen taught them.
Everything is ready, everyone quietly awaits their first special mission abroad, a mission that will go down in history,
A thousand years later, history books will also record that they are the predecessors of the world's special forces.
(Drink too much, so be it.) )