Chapter 691: Join forces and force a decisive battle
Chapter 691: Join forces and force a decisive battle
In anxiety, after only waiting for half a day, the spies sent by Dawa Tata once again sent more detailed news.
Now the entire shore of Moshui has been dyed red with blood! The Moshui is full of blood and broken arm remains! They searched all over the fighting place, but they did not find any living Tubo soldiers at all! Most of them
The corpses have been buried. Although the specific number cannot be counted, there are at least tens of thousands...
After receiving the news, Dawatata fell down on the chair and found it difficult to recover for a while!
What to do next?
The originally good situation is gone forever, is it going to recede?
Don't talk about willingness or unwillingness, if he just led the remaining soldiers back in defeat, there would be no place for him in the whole of Tubo.
The fact that he was able to lead his troops to the Song Dynasty was a decision made by Tubo Zanpu under great pressure. If he returned with a great defeat, not only would he be unable to bear the consequences, but even Zanpu would encounter greater opposition.
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With great difficulty, Tubo has finally achieved unity on the surface. His defeat is enough to ruin Tubo's good situation.
But what happens next if you don’t retreat?
There are only 70,000 soldiers left of the 180,000-strong army, and Song soldiers are besieging them everywhere. How long can he hold on?
Since the Song army was able to defeat the tens of thousands of soldiers in Sambuza, the tens of thousands of soldiers in Shima Town would definitely not be able to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Song Dynasty.
In the end, what's the point of leaving only 20,000 troops to defend Jiading Mansion?
As for the local tribes, he has no hope at all! If he is strong, they will naturally vassal him. But now that he is about to be defeated, it is already difficult for them not to add insult to injury, so how can they help him?
The battle on the bank of Moshui ended and only took one day to repair. After that, Shen Tang led 30,000 cavalry and rushed towards the Tibetan army that was being held up on the other side.
The Song army suffered very few casualties in the Battle of Moshui, and the four armies only suffered casualties of more than 3,000 people.
Moreover, the war was extremely short. The Song army arrived too suddenly. When Tubo discovered it, the Song army rushed directly into the camp in a very short time, leaving Tubo no time to gather its forces to compete.
Therefore, this battle was extremely easy for the Song Army.
All the cavalry were taken away by Shen Tang, while the remaining infantry went directly to Jiading Prefecture under the leadership of Mengda and Bian Xi!
With these 30,000 cavalry, plus the local 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, it is not difficult to capture the tens of thousands of Tibetan troops!
Moreover, this Tubo army was also in the wilderness, and it was difficult to resist the Song army's attack!
Although he was not in a hurry, Shen Tang arrived at the garrison of Wu Hai and others in just two days!
"Greetings, Commander-in-Chief!"
Shao Hongyuan, Wu Hai and other generals saw Shen Tang arriving and hurried to greet him!
Amid the respectful welcome of everyone, Shen Tang entered the camp.
When everyone was seated, Shen Tang directly asked, "How is the fighting situation here?"
Shao Hongyuan stood up and held up his hands and said, "Commander, when we first arrived, we fought two battles with the Tibetan soldiers, and we won both times.
However, their casualties were not large, only about six to seven thousand men and horses were injured.
Then, no matter how provocative we were, the Tibetan army was trapped in the camp and could not get out!"
Hearing this, Shen Tang couldn't help but sneered, "Can't we get out of the trap?
Are these Tubo people idiots?
They should be the ones who are anxious now, so why should we be anxious?
Since they are trapped, we don’t need to pay attention! Send the order and start digging trenches around the Tibetan camp! If you don’t want to leave, then don’t leave!”
Shao Hongyuan's eyes lit up. Once they dug a large number of trenches, the Tibetan soldiers and horses would have no way out. How could they endure it?
"The commander-in-chief wants to force them to fight?"
Wu Hai also laughed and asked.
Shen Tang sneered and nodded, "Now we have 40,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 infantry here. Line them up for me! I want to see if the Tubo will fight us decisively or choose to wait for death. !”
As Shen Tang's order was issued, the entire army moved into action, including Heihan and Zhuo's 10,000 cavalry, who also gathered with Shen Tang.
Then, 40,000 cavalry patrolled around the Tubo camp in great force, while the soldiers and horses under Bian Xi and Wu Hai also formed a formation, waiting for the Tubo army to show up for a decisive battle.
Under the orders of Shen Tang, some auxiliary soldiers began to dig trenches or build arrow towers and other defensive fortifications around the Tubo military camp.
There was nothing concealed about the Song army's actions, so the news was quickly passed on to the Tibetan commander Mei Duo Ruijin.
Upon hearing this, Medorijin's expression changed, and he quickly walked out of the camp. Looking at the actions of the Song Army not far away, he was completely shocked! How could he not know what the Song Army was going to do?
It's a naked conspiracy. If he continues to hold on, when the Song army's fortifications are completed, they will have no choice but to die.
But if we rush out now, we will play into the Song Army's hands.
After Tan Ma's statistics, he already knew the true number of Song troops.
There are more than 70,000 soldiers and horses, and 40,000 of them are elite cavalry. In a head-on battle, he also has no chance of winning!
Returning to the camp, Medorijin sat blankly in trance!
"Commander, let's break out! Otherwise, it will be too late!"
A Tibetan general rushed over eagerly.
"The Song Army has just started now. If we break out in the dark night, we should be able to escape partially.
At least, it’s better than if everyone died here and the whole army was annihilated.”
Looking at the chattering generals around him, Mei Duo Ruijin gave a wry smile and said, "Everyone, the Song Army has 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and horses, and a full 40,000 Jin Kingdom cavalry. How can we escape even if we break through?"
"Besides, even if we break out, where can we go?
We have lost this battle!"
At this moment, Medorijin's face was filled with sadness and he had no intention of fighting at all.
"Commander, how could we lose?
The general commander still occupies Jiading Mansion! The other commanders still have many large armies.
As long as we can break out and join forces together, can we still be afraid of the Song army?"
Medorijin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Don't you know that the Great Song Dynasty opened the gap after defeating Commander Suolang Wangdui?
Although we don’t know the details of that battle, given the nature of Commander Suolang Wangdui, how could he be willing to fail unless he had no power to fight back?"
"This means that the tens of thousands of troops under Suolang Wangdui's command will suffer a disastrous defeat at best.
It is even possible that only a few remnants of the army will be defeated and escape!"