When Lu Dongzan returned to the camp, the first thing he did was to order the entire army to retreat. Before the deputy general around him could understand why, Lu Dongzan said viciously: "Our soldiers are brave and good at fighting, but they cannot be meaningless.
We have spent all our money on this camel city. We have a very difficult time to live in the remaining years. Preserving our vitality is the first priority and withdrawing our troops! Moreover, I am worried that after the black storm stops, the Tang army will counterattack. This defeat cannot be achieved without fighting.
All the fault lies with me. The entire army has been retreating back to Blackstone Mountain."
The Tubo people quickly packed their bags and changed from attacking to retreating in an instant. Many people still couldn't understand. Lu Dongzan led a large group of troops to cross the ditch again and said to the Turkic envoy in charge of liaison: "You guys
Go back and tell King Tushi that our army will use all its strength to attack this time. The success or failure will depend on this battle. I only hope that the king can fight with all his strength and destroy this camp together. After the war, we, Tubo, will definitely not dare to compete with the king.
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Seeing the Tubo people who were filled with generous lamentations and preparing to go into battle, as well as the corpses everywhere, the Turkic envoy was also filled with sorrow for the death of rabbits and foxes. He praised Ludong with the most noble etiquette of the grassland people, and hurried along the trail with his men.
He circled back to the Turkic camp and prepared to tell Tu Shi what he had seen and heard in the Tubo camp.
If the Turks are at the upper hand, their attack will be easier. If the Tubo people are at the disadvantage, their attack will be extremely difficult. Since the Tubo people are holding on and preparing to win this battle, the Turks have no reason not to continue.
Participate in the attack.
Tu Shi, who was already injured, listened to the envoy's words, glanced around the nobles of all ethnic groups, and then said to Elder Tuyuhun: "Elder, give the order to retreat. Lu Dongzan is leaving. We have a long way to go, and it's
Headwind is very troublesome. We lost no less than 40,000 soldiers in scattered battles under Tuocheng. No one knows better than us what kind of existence Tuocheng is.
Lu Dongzan's losses in this battle must have been huge. He may have felt that there was nothing he could do, and he might have been withdrawing his troops and using us to hold back Yun Ye's Camel City so that he could escape easily.
Haha, we have avenged our great revenge by annihilating Guo Xiaoke. Now we can safely go to the west and hope to find a way out there."
The messenger still wanted to speak, but Tu Shi waved his hand and said: "You are a warrior, not a counselor, so I don't blame you for bringing false news. The Turks will need each of us to live well in the future. Only in this way can we open up a new world."
territory……"
Elder Tuyuhun sighed and began to convey the general's orders. The Turkic coalition forces began to completely break away from contact with Tuocheng. For every moment of contact, the coalition forces would lose more people.
The black storm passed, without the support of the wind, the yellow sand and dust in the sky began to fall slowly. Yun Yezhong took action, and in a moment, his hand was thinly covered with a layer of loess.
At this time, the sky and the earth were withered and yellow, and everything in the world was the same color. Liu Zhengwu continued to receive damage reports from all over Camel City. The biggest losses in this battle were livestock, especially pack horses. The war horses were protected by silk guards.
It's not a big problem. Many pack horses are already lying on the ground, covered with yellow sand and have long since made no sound.
The trebuchets were still throwing kerosene out, which meant that the Tibetans were still on the battlefield. However, according to the news sent by the captain, they were desperately trying to snatch back the bodies of their own people, and they were not fighting at all.
"The war is about to end. The Turks are retreating, and the Tubo people are collecting the corpses of their own people. It seems that they also have the intention to retreat. Now, I don't believe that the Turks still have the intention to advance eastward?
Du Ruhui did not wear a pig's mouth, but wrapped several layers of thick silk around his face. He spoke in a booming voice, which seemed extremely strange in such a withered world." No matter what their plans were, those who deserved to be killed would still be killed.
It’s okay if the Anxi Army’s account is not settled clearly. The Tubo people have Li Jing to deal with them, and we have no control over them. Since the main force of the Turks is here, we must supervise their western expedition and take a look from a distance.”
Yun Ye said a few words, and it seemed extremely difficult. It was a luxury to say more than two words in such a ghostly weather. Naturally, it was not a good time to express emotion. He thought that the cavalry could follow and pursue him, but that is not possible now. It is time to go down to the sand.
Here, the best response for humans and animals is to stay where they are, just like camels, put their mouths under their bellies and breathe slowly.
The Tubo people stubbornly used ropes to wrap around the necks or hands and feet of their dead comrades to pull them out of the dangerous trebuchet area. At this time, Tuocheng did not dare to throw kerosene bombs or gunpowder bombs at will, because it was easy to
Caused a dust explosion. The loess would not have exploded originally, but it would have been hard to tell after it was coated with kerosene. The last explosion almost killed all the attacking Tubo people. It was a fluke. If there is another large-scale dust explosion now,
, Yun Ye himself didn’t know what the consequences would be.
Under the power of heaven and earth, human activities became insignificant. After the Tibetans and Turks all retreated from the trenches, the soldiers in Tuocheng City began to re-erect barbed wire fences and prepare new defenses. When all this was done
After that, the entire Camel City fell into endless silence, with only the flickering fire proving the existence of signs of life here.!
Taking one last look at the lights on the camel city, Lu Dongzan urged the army to go westward with extremely complicated emotions. Only by returning to the plateau could he feel a little comfort, where there was the air disease (altitude sickness) given by his ancestors.
) is the last barrier to protect his people. With his face covered with thick linen, Lu Dongzan really wanted to open his arms and explain to heaven that his failure was not because of the disadvantages of the battle, but because the current battle was out of the battle.
The brave soldiers who rush forward can only suffer terrible massacres. Personal bravery is not as good as a small iron lump. A warrior who can only grow up after eating highland barley for eighteen years will become a warrior after a burst of fire.
How to fight such a battle with a charred body? Perhaps these terrible weapons can only work after the human lives are used up, just like the Turks dealt with Guo Xiaoke, but the price of tens of thousands of people is too high, and Tibet cannot afford it.
It wasn't until the evening that a round of daylight could be vaguely seen in the sky. Under the daylight was the gray camel city. The siege of hundreds of thousands of people seemed to have done no harm to it. It was still intact under that round of daylight.
Indeed, this was the last time Tu Shi saw Tuocheng alive.
Guo Ping blew off the floating soil on the water, took a careful sip of water, and then poured away the rest of the water. The thin floating soil formed a greasy layer on the water, making it look dirty.
There is earthy smell and dust everywhere. They seem to be everywhere. When I take off my clothes every night, the loess on my hair will flutter down. My eyelashes are covered with loess. I dare not rub my eyes when I get up in the morning.
, you need to clean your eyelashes.
Chen Shu was obviously more adaptable to this kind of life than Guo Ping. He ate the rice balls with a crunch, not caring about the sediment in the rice balls. Guo Ping almost wanted to cover his ears.
"Be patient, it will pass in three or two days. Just let the dust settle and it will be fine. Now I have to make do with it. If you don't eat a few taels of sand when you come to the Western Regions, it is not like you have been to the Western Regions."
Guo Ping looked at the still gray sky and said: "The Turks have left, and the Tibetans have also left. Why do you want the commander to stay here and not move? Just let them slip away like this?"
Chen Shu laughed, pointed at Guo Ping and said, "A few days ago you were still worried about making the same mistake again. Why did you change your mind today? Is the city pretending to be cowardly just talking about you?"
Guo Ping glared at Chen Shu and got into the house. Who can tell clearly about the horrible weather here? The sky was obviously gray, but the ground was extremely hot, and there was no wind in the air.
The sergeants introduced the stream from the cracks in the rocks into the Camel City. One stream of water was used for drinking, and the other stream of water allowed it to flow under the Camel City. Only in this way could the camels under the Camel City be cooled.
Everyone is like fish emerging from the water, breathing hard but still feeling suffocated.
Du Ruhui used his hand to brush off a layer of floating soil on the iceberg and said: "This black storm is very big. It is estimated that many oases in the desert will disappear. It is impossible to return to Suiye City safely or to the Black Mountain Pass safely.
It’s an easy thing. The Tubo and Turkic people all feed on cattle and sheep. I don’t believe how many of their cattle and sheep will be left after this storm.”
Yun Ye held the teapot and said thoughtfully: "After the storm, some sand mountains will move and some roads will change. There are too many uncertain factors. Even Camel City dare not go out easily. They are short of food and water."
I don’t know how far I can go under the circumstances?”
"That's not necessarily true. Each ethnic group must have its own unique skills to survive. After all, the Western Regions belong to the Western Regions people. We are just passers-by. Our familiarity with this land is far less than ours, so we cannot take it lightly.
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The weather is so hot that I can only drink water constantly, and the smell of camels is constantly coming up from under the wooden lattice. Yun Ye is not used to it yet, but when he saw Du Ruhui taking a sip of tea and shaking a cattail fan, the old guy seemed to be leisurely.
He didn't seem to be in any hurry to return to Chang'an.
"Now that the road is open, it's time for you to return to Chang'an. The Ministry of War has sent a total of six documents, five of which are asking why I put you in danger. If you don't go back, I'm worried that angels will come to capture me.
Go to Beijing to investigate." Yun Ye has always wanted to throw away this big burden of Du Ruhui, but it is not a problem to carry it on his own. If something happens, Li Er can skin him when he returns to Chang'an.
"You child, you are not a real person. You, Uncle Du, have finally found a good way to live a leisurely life. Now you want to drive me away? If you don't know how to go, there is no use in going back. I might as well stay here with you and have fun every day."
There are endless views of the desert scenery, endless delicacies from mountains and seas to eat, there are also divine lights to bathe in, and of course, the most important thing is that there are military honors to be won.
Boy, did you write in your marching report that I risked my own life and bravely supervised the battle? I don’t want to miss out on such a great achievement as beheading 50,000 people and escaping the siege."