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Chapter 470: The beacon rises

"Tsk tsk. Forget it! No matter what they want to do, let's be ready at all times! Just wait for the soldiers to adapt to the high altitude reaction." Song Yang thought for a while but had no idea, so he shook his head and said.

After a few days, the Tubo people still stayed on the line between Damomen City and Dafeichuan, and had no intention of continuing to invade Daqian.

Although news comes from Song Yang's side every day, he still has no clue about the movements of the Tibetan people.

On the mountain ridge between Damomen City and Shibao City, several Daqian warriors at the lookout discovered some Tubo people appearing on the opposite hilltop.

This mountain range is called Chiling.

Because this is the edge of the plateau, the natural landscapes on the east and west sides of Chiling Mountain are very different.

Its southwest is an endless grassland, while its northeast is a vibrant pastoral scenery.

It has been the choke point to Tibet since ancient times. Because its overall color is red, it is named "Chiling".

It not only has a long historical significance, but also has important strategic significance.

Chiling is the natural dividing line between the entire inner and outer areas of Qinghai, dividing agricultural civilization and nomadic civilization, so it is also called the "Western Sea Screen".

There are dozens of watchtowers on the mountains, half of which are Tibetan and half are Dagan.

Before the natural disaster, although Tubo also surrendered to Daqian, it existed in the form of Jisizhou.

And there were often some frictions between the two sides, so these observation towers have been preserved.

After the natural disaster, due to the decrease in population and the destruction of homes, the observation towers on the mountains were basically abandoned and became just decorations.

Only because of the frequent mobilization of Tibetan armies recently, Zhao Yangcai temporarily reactivated several node observation towers.

On this day, the soldiers on the observation deck were standing guard when they suddenly saw a dozen fast horses appearing on the grassland in the distance.

The knights approached the watchtower at an extremely fast speed.

The defending soldiers immediately reported the incident to the squad leader.

"Quick! You go and prepare the beacon! The others are ready to fight!"

The soldiers regarded those knights as Tubo scouts.

Although there are only eight people in the watchtower team, relying on the commanding heights of the watchtower, they are not afraid of the dozen or so people on the opposite side.

As soon as the captain finished his instructions, the soldier above suddenly shouted in a panic: "Captain! It's not good! There are many Tibetans coming!"

"how many?"

"All over the mountains and plains! At least two thousand!" the soldiers on the observation deck said in panic.

"What! Quick! Set off beacon fire! Quick!"

While the squad leader was asking people to set off beacon fire and smoke, he climbed up the watchtower using his hands and feet.

Sure enough, from the top of the watchtower, we could see a large group of Tibetan cavalry appearing on the hillside opposite.

There were a dozen or so people in front of them also dressed as Tubo people.

The captain panicked. It cost thousands of dollars at once, so what a slap!

"Beacon fire! There's a beacon fire! Let it burn quickly! Get your horses ready! Get out as soon as the fire starts!" The team leader shouted anxiously down below.

The people below were also in a hurry.

The beacon fire finally rose, and the smoke rose slowly. You had to reach a certain height to see the next sentry post.

The team leader looked at the Tubo people getting closer and closer, and became more and more anxious.

"Fan the wind! Fan the wind hard!" the squad leader shouted.

After fanning for a while, the beacon smoke finally rose.

Looking at the Tubo people on the opposite side, they are almost at the border of Daqian.

There is a valley between the two hillsides.

This valley is the dividing line between Daqian and Tubo.

Now the dozen or so people have crossed the dividing line and are still coming this way without slowing down.

The Tibetan army behind them also crossed the valley immediately.

"Captain! Do you want to retreat now?" the soldiers asked in a panic.

"Wait a moment, we will have horses that can escape after coming up from the bottom of the mountain for a while."

"The bigger the beacon fire is, don't let them come over and put out the smoke. It will be ruined if you don't see it at the next stop!"

This team leader still has a certain responsibility. They did not withdraw immediately just to make the beacon fire bigger and higher.

Soon all the Tibetans crossed the valley and began to climb up.

"Captain! Look, why did they release arrows?"

At this time, the squad leader and the soldiers on the observation deck had already come down.

Standing on the hillside, you can see what's ahead.

The thousands of Tubo people behind actually fired arrows at the dozen people in front!

There was a shower of arrows, and immediately several people were hit by arrows and fell from their horses.

The Tibetan people behind fired a round of arrows and started shouting.

The team leader listened carefully for a while, and he also understood Tubo.

Although it was still far away, it was too messy to hear clearly.

But the general understanding is that the people in front who are still running should stop immediately, and if they stop, they can survive.

However, the remaining seven or eight knights had no intention of stopping, and continued to run non-stop in this direction, and kept waving and shouting at the squad leader and the others.

"Help me! Grand Commander, please help me!"

The squad leader saw one of the remaining knights waving to him and calling for help.

Calling him the Great Envoy shows that they are still Tubo people.

The squad leader frowned.

Aren't these Tubo people here to attack Dagan?

"They are probably doing it for that boy!" The soldiers all understood.

Although the Tubo people fired arrows frequently, they were always aimed at the people around the young man.

Their horses were so close together that the Huns behind them stopped firing their bows.

"Captain? What should we do?" a soldier asked.

The team leader looked at the thick smoke above his head which was already very high. Looking behind him, he saw faint beacon smoke rising from the second observation tower in the distance.

Their signal arrived.

"Withdraw! No matter what they are going to do, we must withdraw first!" the team leader made a prompt decision.

The eight of them could not save the five young men, nor could they stop the two or three thousand cavalry behind them. It was the wisest choice to withdraw.

At this time, the Tubo people were already halfway up the mountain.

Without further delay, the team leader led the soldiers to get on their horses and retreat directly to the No. 2 sentry tower.

Not long after they retreated, the five young men also passed the observation tower, followed by two to three thousand Tibetan cavalry behind them.

These Tubo cavalry did not even put out the beacon fire, but directly chased the young man.

The team leader rode his horse all the way and soon arrived at the second sentry tower.

After the two teams met, they exchanged information and continued to retreat.

At this time, the flames of war have risen to a high level.

You can see the beacon smoke from the high platform in Lianshibao City.

Zhao Yang came over in a hurry to report that there was a firestorm in the border area and he was afraid that the Tibetans were coming.

Song Yang was studying the map of Tibet, and when he heard that the Tibetans were coming, he immediately became energetic.

"Yu Ming! Wei Nan! The Renaissance Army will set off immediately! Let's go! Let's go meet them!"

"Got the order!"

Song Yang led five thousand Renaissance Army cavalry all the way to the beacon land.

We arrived at the Fifth Beacon Observation Tower near dusk.

At this time, the vanguard of the Longyou Army had arrived, and Zhao Yang set up seven beacon smoke lookouts on Chiling. The last lookout was a cavalry vanguard battalion of 500 people.

Just now, the cavalry vanguard battalion reacted quickly and established a simple defense line near the fifth beacon tower.

"Your Majesty! General! The Tubo people are chasing a young man and will be here soon." Hundreds of households in the Pioneer Camp reported.

After hearing the report, Song Yang was stunned:

"Chasing a young man? They went to war with an army of 200,000 people just for this young man?"


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