Chapter Five Hundred and Nineteenth Gayan Cong Tuogu
The supervisory commander put the fly whisk on his shoulder with sincerity and said loudly: "Enter the city!"
"Wait a moment." Gao Xianzhi turned to him and explained: "The Tubo people are insidious and cunning, so we have to be on guard."
He sent Kang Huaishun to the city wall and shouted: "Please ask Kage Ludongben to lead your men outside the city to disarm and surrender."
The Tubo army quickly lined up outside the city and formed two square formations on both sides of the city gate. Kagelu took the lead and took off the sword from his waist, threw it on the ground, and took off all his pockets and chainmail armor and piled them on the ground.
together.
The Tubo generals and soldiers under his command followed suit and threw their weapons into one pile, and their armor into another pile.
"drive."
Gao Xianzhi urged the horses to walk towards the city gate. The officials and princes behind him carried his six-flag gate banner. The crimson flag was stretched out by the horizontal pole, with the word "高" printed on the red background and white letters. The battle of Xiaobolu won
With this initial victory, the pinnacle of his life will begin from here, and all the glory and laurels will belong to him.
His horse passed between the Tibetan surrender troops on both sides of the road and stopped in front of Kagelu, but he raised his head and stared coldly ahead.
Kagelu knelt on the ground with one knee and stretched out his arms to embrace his chest. Six thousand Tubo soldiers also knelt on one knee. There was no dignity for a defeated general.
Gao Xianzhi then turned sideways from his horse, lowered his head and spoke to him with a smile: "Kagelu, I will comply with what I just said in front of the Tang Army formation. I will also report to the saint to give you a Han surname and block the news of your surrender.
, and spread the news of your death to Tubo. From now on, you can serve me in the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield, or you can choose to be a rich man and live a peaceful life guarding hundreds of acres of land."
Kagelu lowered his head in pain and reluctantly and said: "Thank you, General Gao, for your love."
"Ha, I don't deserve such love. You and I were each our own masters before. Now you will enter our Tang Dynasty and become one of the living beings of the Tang Dynasty. You should feel proud and happy. Kagelu, are you willing to lead the way for me?
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Kagaru raised his head and was stunned for a moment, holding the edge of his robe tightly with his palms.
"Would you be willing to lead my horse?"
Kagelu lowered his head: "Yes."
Li Siye stood behind Gao Xianzhi and stared at his back in surprise. Why would he make such a strange request? Since Kagelu has surrendered and become a prisoner, why bother to humiliate him again? Can this satisfy his vanity and excitement, or can he say that he has already surrendered?
Feeling elated.
Kagelu led Gao Xianzhi's horse and slowly walked into the city gate, followed closely by Li Siye and the generals. Deputy Protector Wang Zhengjian began to order people to count the prisoners and escorted them back to the city.
The city was filled with the smell of cattle and sheep excrement, and cattle, sheep and people were mixed and crowded together. They stood behind the wooden houses and mud houses in the city. There were also people standing on both sides of the road, looking up at the formation with blank and frightened eyes.
Tang Jun.
King Luo Zhentan, the protector of secrets, finally returned to his capital. Although the Tubo people ravaged the city until the buildings collapsed, this was his hometown and his true home. You can imagine the excitement and joy in his heart.
After more than three months of trekking in the wild, the Tang army finally found a decent city to rest and recuperate. Their dry food was about to run out in a few days. There were tens of thousands of argali and yaks in the city, as well as granaries storing thousands of dendrobium barley.
.Although the taste of argali milk is very weird, it is already a delicacy compared to the cold and hard compressed dry food and salty bacon that I had eaten for three months.
At the same time that the order in the city was about to be restored, Gao Xianzhi also began preparations to cross Tanju Ridge. The battle to capture Xiaobolu in Sole City was only half completed. Although there were no strong enemies on the way forward for the other half, there were obstacles from the natural moat.
.The Tanju Ridge they want to cross is located at the intersection of the Karakoram Mountains and the Hindu Kulun Mountains. Although it is only a mountain pass, it is still towering into the clouds, and the top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist all day long.
Gao Xianzhi called the generals together and held a pre-war meeting to discuss matters such as how to deal with the prisoners and how to cross Tanjuling.
When the supervisor Bian Lingcheng heard him mention this, he felt very timid. They had walked all the way from Congling. Although the journey was difficult, they had never climbed directly from the top of the snow-capped mountains and glaciers. For this mountain pass, he walked from the foot of the mountain.
Looking at it, you can see the glaciers that have existed for thousands of years, which is daunting.
He sat cross-legged and covered his chest, shaking his head repeatedly: "Gao Duhu, following you here, our family is very weak. If we climb Tanju Ridge again, my life will end here."
Gao Xianzhi cupped his hands and said: "It doesn't matter. The border guards are not warriors, and naturally they are not as strong as us. You can stay here in Sole City. We, the Tang Army, also left two thousand weak and seriously injured soldiers in the city, and the Secret Guards Army
He and the Shinni army also stayed in Sole City to guard these Tibetan prisoners. I plan to lead only eight thousand people across Tanju Ridge and into Xiaobolu."
"Generals, go down and prepare. Tell the brothers below to drink more wine tonight and wrap their hands and feet with more linen to prevent their fingers from being frostbitten."
Everyone stood up and crossed their hands and said, "Here!"
As soon as Li Siye walked out of the military tent, an old member of the Shinni clan came to find him. With a look of sorrow and panic on his face, he said: "General Li, our old leader is dying, and he wants to see you."
As soon as he heard this, he hurriedly walked to the camp of the Shiji Department. He turned around and said, "Have you moved Ruosuluo? He is seriously injured. Don't let him know that his father is in danger."
"General Li, please rest assured. We have transferred Ruosuluo to the Tang Army's wounded tent, and we have also informed the tribesmen not to spread the news for the time being until his injury is better."
He and the tribesmen entered the tent and saw Gayan Cong being placed on a felt blanket, the arrow on his forehead had been pulled out, wrapped in circles of linen cloth, and the bright red blood stained the cloth, and his lips
He made a trembling sound as if he was dying.
Gayan seemed to be very awake from this moment. When he heard someone coming in, he immediately turned his head slowly to this side, looked at Li Siye expectantly, and slowly raised his fingers like dead branches.
All the people from the Shino tribe exited the tent. Li Siye squatted on the ground and grabbed his palm, whispering: "I'm here, General."
Gayan said with a weak breath: "I have something to entrust to you, so I can only swallow this breath. My head hurts too much."
Li Siye quickly said: "Don't be in a hurry, just speak slowly."
"My son Ruoshiluo was seriously injured. The medical officer said that even if he was cured, he would not be able to follow the Tang army to fight with you. Alas, plans can never keep up with changes. I could have settled the future of my two sons.
But in the past, I always cared for my eldest son far more than my second son. Now that I have lost him and been seriously injured, I feel that I can share some of the rewards given to me by the court, but unfortunately it always backfires."
"Now I only have one last wish, that is, if Shiluo becomes the leader of the Shini Kingdom, Zha Shigan can assist his younger brother. I know this matter is a bit difficult, so I hope you can mediate and allow their brothers to succeed in Shini.
If we can't all coexist... Aranda, I'll leave it to you."
The old man began to speak incoherently, and his head hurt as soon as he spoke. Li Siye held his hand and nodded in agreement. Gayancong slowly closed his eyes, and Li Siye felt the strength in his hand disappear, as if it was the last moment.
The energy was withdrawn from the body.
He opened the curtain and walked outside the tent, and said to the tribesmen standing next to him: "Find some ice cubes to preserve his body, and then take him back to his hometown for burial when the teacher returns."
At this time, he really wanted to see Ruosuluo, but he didn't dare to go. He was worried that this sensitive child would see some clues. He was seriously injured and if he was sad, it would easily worsen the injury. Fortunately, he could not identify the person for the time being.
He stayed in Sole City so that he could recover from his injuries in peace of mind.
The number of Tibetan prisoners was greater than that of the Tang army and the secret alliance stationed in the city. This made the cautious Gao Xianzhi particularly worried, fearing that when he advanced from the front, there would be trouble in the rear.
Before setting off, the Tang army disposed of the captured armor and weapons, distributed them to the Hidden Army and the Secret Guarding Army, and asked the remaining troops to continue collecting all kinds of sharp knives and hunting bows in the city. As long as the Tubo people were unarmed, they would never be able to do anything.
A big wave is coming.
In the early morning of the third day, clouds and fog shrouded the Tanjuling Pass, and the Tang army began to trek up the foothills, preparing to cross this natural chasm and enter Xiaobolu.