In Pibo City, wailing broke out, and soon a raging fire broke out in Pibo Temple.
Again, if it was a regular Tang army, it would definitely not be so rough, but the Turks, Tuyuhun and Qiang people were difficult to restrain...
Moreover, the leader of the army, Ashina Danai, was a Turk. Even though he had been influenced by the Central Plains culture for many years, he would not be as disgusted by the massacre as the Central Plains people.
Furthermore, most of the people who firmly opposed wanton killings were the aristocratic elites of the Central Plains. For example, during the wars in the late Sui Dynasty, regular soldiers often killed prisoners, but there was no massacre of cities.
Of course, there is no need to expect the nobles to be merciful. They just learned more experience in governing from books and knew that massacre of a city should not be done rashly.
It was in this atmosphere that the ferocity of the Xianbei and Xiongnu tribes was gradually extinguished.
On the contrary, they were members of the rebel army who repeatedly massacred cities, killing people and setting fires with few scruples. Zhang Jincheng massacred more than ten cities after the uprising. The one who was better than him was the ogre king Zhu Can. Every time he captured a city, he would kill everyone.
Save some of the thin skin and tender meat to taste, the horror is indescribable.
In fact, Dou Jiande's subordinates were not much better. Liu Heitai and others gained notoriety in Hebei because of the massacre.
Later, word of mouth spread that the Wagang Army started out as bandits, and they also killed countless people and gained a bad reputation in Henan. The reason why they later gained such a good reputation was because some of them were exonerated after defecting to the Tang Dynasty.
Just Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin, who robbed property and killed people at every turn, how can they be called heroes of Wagang?
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The Tang army arrived in the hinterland of Tubo. Under the indulgence of the generals intentionally or unintentionally, fireworks broke out in Pibo City. No matter the monks or the citizens, nobility or slaves, they were all destroyed.
At this time, more than half of the nobles of the Yalong people were gone, that is, many people followed the abandoned Zong Nongzan to Luoxue City, otherwise they would have to leave their heads in Pibo City.
The army rested for a day in Pibo City and captured some nobles and monks. Ashina Danai waved his hand, and their heads fell to the ground one after another. When the Tang army left here, Ashina Danai ordered them to be set on fire and completely transformed the place.
Made a pile of rubble.
The army continued eastward and reached the Dapo area. In a few days, they defeated dozens of tribesmen and killed nearly ten thousand people. Those who managed to escape fled into the mountains, and the army had no intention of attacking.
The Tang army turned south. At this time, the White Yak tribe was already covered with wounds, but they still formed a tribal coalition and met the Tang army in Qiongjie Valley, north of Curtin Temple.
At this time, the White Yak Tribe was at the end of its rope, and women and children appeared among the coalition forces.
The Tang army divided its forces and advanced to Tuyuhun. Qiang warriors came forward, while Ashina Danai's pro-army troops attacked on the flanks and defeated more than 5,000 tribal coalition forces.
In front of the battle, more than two thousand people were killed and more than a thousand were captured. Ashina Danai waved the butcher knife again without hesitation and killed all the captives.
Afterwards, the Tang army marched into Curtin Temple. The monks of the White Yak tribe picked up swords and guns, summoned the tribesmen, and fought another battle with the Tang army at Curtin Temple.
This time, for the white yak tribe that has been dominant in the south of the mountain for a long time, it is already an afterglow.
The Tang army liked the tenacity of the Yalong people very much, because they didn't want to go to the mountains and fields to search for enemies. They stupidly gathered together at this time, which was the best.
The Tang army did not spend much effort to destroy the Curtin Temple. One day later, they left the Curtin Temple burned into a ball of fire behind them and headed west to destroy the Lazar Temple.
The Yalong River Valley was in ruins under the ravages of the Tang army, and the foundation of the Yalong people in the south of the mountain was covered by blood and gunpowder smoke.
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At this time, the Tang army became bloated. They had robbed too many goods, cattle and sheep. As they became rich, their actions slowed down.
But the war was not over yet. The Turks, Tuyuhun and Qiang generals in the army were unwilling to give up what they had obtained.
Seeing this, Ashina Danai strictly ordered them to dedicate more than a thousand people to look after the prisoners. The army continued northward and returned to Yamzhuo, the sacred lake of the Yalong people, where they took a rest.
At this time, the sentinel came to report that thousands of enemies were on their way here. It was obvious that they were the reinforcements of the Black Yak Tribe.
At this time, Ashina Danai didn't use his brain any more. The Tubo people were straight-forward, which made the Central Plains military techniques he learned seem a bit too cunning.
After hearing the news that the enemy was coming for reinforcements in such a direct way, Ashina Danai immediately had more than a dozen ideas to play with the enemy's troops, and it was difficult to choose.
Choose the battlefield, block the news, lead the enemy into a trap...
Well, the Tang army effortlessly led the reinforcements of the black yak tribe to the bank of Yangzhuo Lake, and squeezed the exhausted enemies into their sacred lake to feed the fish and turtles.
The army had won consecutive battles and had high morale. However, after fighting non-stop for more than half a month, the Tang army was indeed a little tired.
To the west where the Black Yak Division is located, there are dense mountains. It is very difficult for the Tang Army to sweep across them like before. This is why the Tang Army chose the White Yak Division to attack first.
Ashina Tong'er discussed with Ashina Danai that they should take a good rest, and only the real Tang Army soldiers would care about military achievements.
What the Turks, Tuyuhun, and Qiang tribesmen valued most was capture, and they needed to make certain adjustments to make them feel the warmth from the commander of the army.
So the prisoners of the Black Yak Tribe were blessed, they survived and became the followers of the army.
Ashina Danai also sent several leaders back to the Black Yak Tribe and asked the leaders of each tribe to come to Yamdro to meet him, otherwise they would end up like the White Yak Tribe.
The war in Shannan has actually come to an end...
On the other side, Chen Li and Wu Tong were in a deserted state in the Great and Small Yangtong. Similar to Xiangxiong and Yalong, their elites had been destroyed in the battle of Naquhe.
They were unprepared for the sudden attack of the enemy, and had no room to compete in terms of strength.
It's just that the terrain of the Daoyangtong area where the Xiangxiong people are located is not very good. There are large areas of wasteland and mountains. Compared with the hinterland of Shannan, it is like another world.
It’s no wonder that people in Xiangxiong believe in Buddhism. Life here is very difficult, and it is a normal idea to seek an afterlife.
However, if they had not been influenced by Tianzhu's Buddhism, according to the laws of nature, there would be countless fierce bandits here. Moreover, before Buddhism flourished, the Xiangxiong people were indeed famous for their good fighting skills, and Tianzhu could be said to do a lot of harm to others.
Chen Li and Wu Tong led their troops to march westward. They did not wander in the wilderness, but followed the valley formed by the Yalong River and Zhuoshite Mountain directly into the hinterland of Xiangxiong.
This is the trade route that the Xiangxiong people have traveled for many years. Because they did not encounter many obstacles and did not have to stop anywhere, they marched very quickly. Just when Ashina Danai led his army to ravage the Yalong Valley, they
We have arrived at the Xiangxiong Palace located on the bank of Lake Mapangtso.
This chapter has been completed!