"Qin Xiaole is good at using troops to attack and fight. I am very worried about the safety of the troops stationed in Tuyuhun. If this garrison is attacked by the Tang army and loses troops and generals, it will affect our Tubo army and cause chaos in the Xiliang army. I want to take advantage of the Tang Dynasty's inability to fight on two fronts.
In response to the battle, we abandoned the strategic purpose of guarding Shancheng, Langzhou, and Hezhou. Moreover, after our army suffered such heavy losses, we could only retreat to protect ourselves. Now the Dafei City in front has once again fallen into the hands of the Tang army. With the sharpness of the Tang army's fire protection weapons, it has
Our army, which is not good at siege warfare, is undoubtedly a dangerous barrier. Our army can only besiege the city and lure Xu Xiaole to lead his army to rush for reinforcements. This will hinder his strengths in using troops, attack his weak points, and make him fall into the siege of our army. In this way,
Only then can we reverse our army’s defeat.”
Gar Qinling had a good idea, but he never dreamed that Qin Xiaole would dare to lead his lone army deep into Wuhai and risk his strategy of cutting off his retreat.
The reason why he dared to send troops out of Wuhai City to Dafeichuan was because he believed the counselor Gar Zanlu's estimate that Qin Xiaole's troops were only tens of thousands. He thought that he still had 30,000 troops stationed in Tuyuhun, plus the five troops under his command.
With thousands of troops and the troops stationed in Wuhai, it would not be a big deal to defeat Xu Xiaole's troops on the Dafeichuan front line, but it would be a taboo in the military to be self-righteous.
The time of waiting for news about the Tuyuhun garrison was painful. Gar Qinling lost the composure of a commander and anxiously walked back and forth in the military tent. Because of the loss of a large number of troops, this garrison was extremely important to the entire war situation.
, there is really no room for any mistakes, otherwise, he will have to consider how to withdraw his troops to protect himself. The situation at that time will be very dangerous for the Tibetan army. If he accidentally causes the entire Tibetan army of 200,000 to be defeated and sink into the sands of the Tang Dynasty,
At the border, Tubo's national power will be severely hit, and it will no longer dare to confront the Tang army.
Qin Xiaole led his army to the mouth of the river first, and after wiping out thousands of Tibetan troops here, he left 3,000 troops stationed here with Li Minzhong as the commander, and then brought his troops to Wuhai City.
The Tubo garrison stationed at Wuhai City was the Tubo noble Nu Zhuodan. He had a big head, broad ears, thick arms, and a fat waist. He was not tall but short in stature. He also wielded a wind-splitting sword that was longer than his body.
, upon hearing the news that the Tang army was attacking, he was shocked and rushed to the city tower and ordered the city gate to be closed tightly. Standing on the city tower, he saw that tens of thousands of Tang army cavalry were already preparing to attack the city.
The short fat man relied on the high walls of the city and did not take the tens of thousands of Tang troops seriously, so he shouted loudly to the soldiers defending the city.
"You don't have to panic. Just use your crossbows and catapults to kill the Tang troops who dare to attack the city. When the general returns, we will go out of the city and kill the Tang troops from both sides."
The soldiers in the city tower received the order and quickly prepared the crossbows, catapults, hammers and other equipment for city defense. When the Tang army began to attack the city, they launched a defensive battle to defend the city.
Qin Xiaole reined up his horse in front of the army and used a telescope on horseback to observe the situation of the Tibetan city defense. He saw the fat man showing off his power on the city tower. He put away the telescope, took off the sniper rifle from his back, aimed at the man's head on horseback, and immediately pulled the trigger.
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After the crisp gunshots, the Tubo soldiers on the tower saw half of the general's huge head being lifted off in an instant. Several generals who were close to Nu Zhuodan had their faces splashed with blood and brains when the head exploded.
This situation suddenly caused all the soldiers on the tower to scream and panic.
While the Tibetan army was screaming and panicking, Qin Xiaole sent an order to Qin Nianjiang to order five hundred personal guards to bombard the city tower.
"Boom boom boom!"
The smoke-laden artillery shells exploded on the city tower. In the huge noise, bricks and stones flew from the city tower. The power of the explosion tore apart the heavy weapons used for defense on the city tower and the bodies of the soldiers who defended the city. In the fireworks, there were explosions everywhere.
The broken limbs and broken arms, the fragments of weapons, and the screaming soldiers who fell from the tower were thrown away by the waves.
After a wave of shelling, dozens of rockets were fired at the city gate. Amidst the violent explosions, the city gate collapsed.
Seeing that the city gate collapsed, Qin Xiaole sent an order to blow the charge horn, and then he rushed to the city gate first. The generals around him saw that the general was the first to charge. They were afraid of making a mistake, so they all patted their horses and followed closely...
As more and more Tang cavalry rushed into the city gate, the more than 20,000 Tibetan troops in the city who were frightened by the artillery fire hurriedly responded to the enemy in a panic. The situation of the two armies fighting can be imagined. The Tubo army lost its leader.
At this time, they were fighting on their own, and they could not take care of both ends. They just relied on the instinct of soldiers to counterattack. How could they have formations to cover each other and kill the enemy's Tang Army cavalry opponents? In less than two hours of fighting, most of the Tubo Army's troops were already gone.
Deaths and injuries were everywhere, and the remaining troops rushed out of the city to escape.
After the general situation in the city was settled, Qin Xiaole ordered Shan Sijing to lead thousands of troops to strengthen the city defense as soon as possible and repair the destroyed city gate.
In the original meeting hall of the Tubo army in Wuhai City, Qin Xiaole summoned the generals and issued military orders.
"Order Shan Sijing to lead five thousand soldiers and disabled soldiers to garrison Wuhai City. After the army has rested for the night, Liu Lang, Cheng Dabao and Yuchi Xiaohei will use Wuhai City as their advance base and command fifteen thousand cavalry to attack
The Gar Qinling tribe stationed in Dafeichuan implemented a raiding strategy to contain the Tibetan army. Remember that you will never fight with them head-on. Wait until my general leads Xu Nian, Jiang and other thousands of soldiers to circle back to Dafei City along the original route.
, to complete the front and rear pincer attack on the Gar Qinling tribe."
All generals received orders and acted accordingly.
At dawn the next day, Qin Xiaole led his army out of the city, detoured around Dafeichuan and galloped towards Dafeicheng.
At this time, in Gar Qinling in the middle of Dafei Sichuan, they had already learned the news that the 30,000 troops stationed in Tuyuhun were attacked and defeated by Xu Xiaole's troops. After hearing the news, the man vomited blood and fell into a brief coma.
After the doctor woke him up, he sent an order on the bed to the whole army to retreat to Wuhai City quickly.
If he knew at this time that Wuhai City had been transferred to the Tang Army, he would probably be furious to death.
Just as Gar Qinling's troops were withdrawing from Dafeichuan and marching quickly towards Wuhai City, the Tibetan marshal finally received the news of the fall of Wuhai City. He held his sick body up and roared to the sky in grief and indignation.
"The defeat of the 200,000-strong Tubo army was a certain family's fault! The results of the war, which cost the lives of tens of thousands of Tubo soldiers, will now be gone. Given the current situation, we must gather the remnants of the various armies, occupy strategic locations, and report
The king sent envoys to seek peace with the Tang court. Our army has a way out, otherwise, there is a danger of the whole army being annihilated——"
After saying this, the man fell into a coma again. The counselor Gar Zanlu sent people to wait on the commander, and ordered the entire army to quickly occupy a dangerous place outside Dafeichuan. He sent dozens of small troops to gather around and were defeated by the Tang army.
The remnants of Tubo.
Qin Xiaole led his troops to Dafei City and saw the officials sent by the imperial court to appease the nobles of Tuguhun. After a short rest, the boy convened a meeting with the generals and ordered hundreds of Tang army soldiers to escort the imperial officials to Tuguhun to appease the nobles. Waiting for the court
After the Xuanfu officials went to Tuyuhun, they sent orders to Langzhou and Hezhou to gather troops in Dafei City and rush to Hekou and Wuhai City to replace the Jinwu cavalry stationed there.
When the assignment is in place, send troops to report to the court on horseback that the Tang army has conquered and occupied Wuhai City. Please request the court to send troops to supplement the garrison strength of Shancheng, Langzhou, and Hezhou, and send personnel to take over Wuhai to Dafei City.
defense and exercise the important task of controlling Tibet.
At the Tubo King's Court, Tubo King Mangsong Mangzan received the news of Gar Qinling's defeat. In anger, he summoned the Tibetan Prime Minister Gar Dongzan Yusong and a group of dynasty officials to discuss how to deal with the critical situation of defeat.
How will the Tang court deal with the situation in Tibet next?
The Prime Minister of Gar Dongzan Yusong was a relative of Marshal Gar Qinling. When Prince Mangsong Mangzan received the report of the defeat, he had already received a letter from Gar Qinling, from which he learned about his fate.
The idea was to make the Tubo Dynasty send people to seek peace with the Tang Dynasty, so that the 100,000 Tibetan troops on the front line could gain vitality.
In order to protect the safety of the 100,000 troops on the front line, Gar Qinling did not say in the letter that as the Prime Minister of Tibet, Gar Dongzan Yusong would also endanger the Tibetan dynasty after learning about the situation of the war on the front line.
The important matter was raised at the imperial court, which made Tubo King Mansong Mangzan come up with an idea and make a decision on whether to go to war with the Tang Dynasty or to make peace.
During the court discussion among many nobles of the Tubo Dynasty, Mangsong Mangzan revealed the news that the Tubo invaded and defeated the Tang Dynasty, which immediately attracted many noisy voices in the hall. Most of them could not believe the news that the Tang Dynasty could defeat the Tibetan army.
It seemed as if the Tibetan army was an invincible and powerful army.
Because the Tibetans had been harassing the Tang Dynasty year after year and had successfully occupied Tuyuhun, and the overwhelming Tang army was defeated in Dafeichuan, some of these nobles did not know how big the world was. They were really uncivilized subjects of a small country, how could they know that it was so big?
People like the Tang Dynasty had a huge empire with many heroic sons and daughters. If they wanted to confront the Tang Dynasty, it would undoubtedly be to attack the stone with an egg.
After the Prime Minister of Tibet, Gal Dongzan Yusong, based on the current situation, said that Tibet would face revenge from the Tang Dynasty, and the resources consumed by Tubo due to the war and other issues, no matter from which aspect, Tubo would not continue to have bad relations with the Tang Dynasty.
Due to his reasons and strength, requesting peace with Datang is the only way out.
When the Tubo King Mansong Mangzan heard this, he couldn't help but lower his head and think to himself.
It seems that the Tubo Dynasty has been committed to incorporating Tuyuhun into its territory since Tuyuhun attached itself to the Tang Dynasty. To this end, it even did not hesitate to accept the submission of the Western Turks and oppose the Tang Dynasty in the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks. It was just to weaken the Tang Dynasty.
The military strength of the Tang Dynasty affected its control over Tuyuhun. Several years later, it cost countless lives, money and food of the Tubo people. Finally, due to the victory of Dafeichuan, they stationed troops in Tuyuhun and were able to exercise control over the territory of Tuyuhun. In just two years,
At that time, the Tang army reversed the war situation, regretting that it was greedy and insufficient, and sent troops to harass the border of the Tang Dynasty, prompting Xiliang to rebel at the same time. This strategy forced the Tang Dynasty to abandon Shancheng and Langzhou City due to lack of troops.
, the purpose of allowing the Tibetans to occupy the border towns of the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Mansong Mangzan sighed in his heart.
"I overestimated Tubo's military strength. It's my fault...!"
Even though he was unwilling to do so, he was helpless. At this time, Mansong Mangzan no longer dared to put the survival of Tubo as the final bet and continue to confront the Tang Dynasty. He had to preserve enough military power to make the Tang Dynasty fear Tubo.
Peace can be won to give Tibet time to breathe.
Mangsong Mangzan sent the Prime Minister Gar Dongzan Yusong as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty. He wanted this powerful Tibetan minister to reach the Tang Dynasty's agreement to reconcile Tubo and Tuyuhun when negotiating peace with the Tang Dynasty. He requested that a piece of Tuyuhun's strategy be used.
The purpose of allocating important land to Tibet.
Gar Dongzan Yusong was sent as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty on the order of the King of Tubo. It was just when the war machine of the Tang Dynasty was at full speed, preparing to launch an army to conquer Xiliang. On the way to the capital of the Tang Dynasty, he saw people with armor and weapons along the way.
The young and strong warriors were running around, and the generals were controlling the horses at a gallop. These men were frightened by the situation in the Tang Dynasty. They were even more afraid that this situation was against Tibet. They asked people to inquire about it, and then they learned that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was preparing to conquer Xiliang in person.
Feeling a little at ease.
After hearing such news, Gar Dongzan Yusong not only lamented the lack of news about Tibet, but also was frightened by the Tang Dynasty's ability to dare to fight on two fronts during the war with Tibet. He was afraid that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to carry out the plan.
First destroy Tubo, and then use the strategy of Xiliang.
The man arrived in Chang'an, rested for a while, and then informed the Tang Dynasty's Prime Minister Honglu Temple that he wanted to enter the palace to pay homage to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Li Zhi received a report from Qin Xiaole that he had occupied Wuhai. A few days later, he received news that Tibet wanted to sue for peace with the empire and had sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty. He led hundreds of officials to move from Luoyang Palace to Chang'an.
In the Taiji Hall of Chang'an Palace, Li Zhi could not hide his excitement and said with a smile to many ministers.
"Qin Xiaole, the empire has a brave and strategic general! With only 30,000 Jinwu Guards officers and soldiers, he implemented strange military strategies, making the army make good use of strength to avoid the enemy, and was unprepared for the enemy's attack. The strategy was to take the enemy by surprise, and annihilated more than 100,000 Tibetan troops.
, recaptured Dafei City and Wuhai City, captured tens of thousands of enemy troops and countless grain and livestock, and requested to send troops to supplement the city defense in several states. Ordered the Ministry of War to mobilize troops to Shancheng, Langzhou, and Hezhou to take over the defense, and reported to the imperial court
It is proposed to send personnel to take over the military affairs from Dafei City to Wuhai. Who do you think can take up this responsibility?"
After hearing this, many ministers excitedly went to the table to recommend their favorite generals. Li Zhi felt it was inappropriate, but he heard what Cheng Yaojin said.
"Your Majesty, I think it is better to let Li Jingxuan, the commander-in-chief of the Taohe Road Marching Army, take up this post concurrently, and to assist him with General Zuo Wuwei and General Hei Te Changzhi, the inspector of Zuo Yulin Army. These two are capable of leading troops and are brave and good at fighting. In this way, when
No worries!"
According to what Cheng Yaojin said, Li Zhi heard what he said and felt that it was very satisfactory, so he sent an order to make Li Jingxuan concurrently serve as the governor of Heyuan, and Heiqichangzhi as the deputy envoy of Heyuan, controlling the military and political affairs of Wuhai City along the Tuyuhun line, the important border towns of the Tang Dynasty, and several prefectural cities.
After hearing the emperor's oral instructions, a Hanlin scholar immediately drafted an edict and asked the Ministry of War to send personnel to convey the emperor's decree.
They discussed in the imperial court who should be appointed as the Minister of Military and Political Affairs on the Western Front. As soon as they decided on the candidate, the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple came into the palace. At the request of the Tibetan Prime Minister, he reported the Tibetan envoys' request to see the emperor.
Li Zhi heard this, pondered for a moment, and then said.
"Tomorrow, after midnight, I will receive the Tibetan envoys at the Ganlu Hall."
Having said this, Li Zhi ordered all the prime ministers of the imperial court to participate in the ceremony and negotiations to seek peace with the Tibetan envoys tomorrow.
After everything was arranged, Li Zhi continued to speak in the hall.
"Xue Rengui, now that the war in Tubo is coming to an end, as the marshal of the expedition against Xiliang, everything can be well prepared. I would like to send an order to the Qintian Supervisor to watch the stars and set an auspicious day for the expedition."
After hearing what the emperor said, Xue Rengui played.