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Chapter 518: Tubo Chess Game (Part 2)

In order to defend the city of Luoshe, the Tubo army came out in full swing, with 18,000 people. This was the last little Tubo family fortune. In other words, the remaining troops selected by these Tubo Zanpu were mostly old, weak and remnants, and all the elite soldiers and strong generals were taken away by Zanpu.

Not only did Tubo Zanpu not expect that all the Tubo ministers did not expect that the Tang army would cross the Daxue Mountain from Tianzhu. A hundred years ago, a Tang envoy once borrowed a thousand Tubo soldiers to go to Tianzhu from there. A hundred years later, a Tang army of nearly 10,000 people killed them from Tianzhu again, and history played a cruel joke on the Tubo people.

The commander of the Tubo army was the Dalun Shang Chen family. He finally reached a consensus with Nangdongzan. No matter whether the Tang army was going to fight or not, they could not explain to Zanpu or the Tubo people.

Nang Dongzan also handed over his 5,000 troops to Shangchen. If the Tang army was defeated in this battle, they would become the heroes of Tubo. If they were defeated, even if the Tubo country was destroyed, they would have a clear conscience.

Shang Chen urged the soldiers to go all the way, and he still had a trace of luck in his heart, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army on the plateau would be greatly weakened. Although his soldiers were old and weak soldiers, when fighting on the plateau, perhaps the Tang army was not even as good as the old and weak soldiers.

It was this glimmer of hope that inspired the courage of Shang Chen and inspired the Tubo army to move forward bravely and fight against the invading Tang army.

A cavalry scout rushed over and shouted from a distance: "General Feng, emergency military information!"

The scouts' shouts made all the soldiers alert. The soldiers who were sitting and resting stood up one after another. Feng Changqing strode forward and asked loudly, "What military situation?"

"Report to the general, a Tubo army of about 20,000 people has arrived twenty miles away and is about to arrive here."

"How powerful is the military?"

"The cavalry and infantry are mixed, most of them are old and weak, and many of them don't even have armor."

Feng Changqing nodded, he turned over and shouted: "Prepare for battle!"

“Woo~”

The low horn sounded throughout the field. In an instant, the horn sounds in the team immediately sounded, one after another, like a band ensemble. The powerful horn sound of Anxi was like a storm on the field and thunder in the mountains.

Eight thousand Tang troops boarded their horses one after another, Feng Changqing waved his sword and said, "Set out!"

His war horse jumped out, behind him, the flag fluttered in the wind, the war horse galloped in the green field, the left army general He Yansi rode his horse, his white mane flew up, and he floated onto his helmet, and he led his subordinates to roar forward like a surging wave running towards the coast.

"Fly! Conquer some cities in Lu!"

The excited shouts echoed in the team, their faces filled with desire and excitement for war, and the craze for war in their bones was burning in their blood like flames.

After a moment, they rushed out of the rugged hilly area and into a vast field. Their pace of progress gradually slowed down. A few miles away, a black army appeared on the other side of the field. This field was simply a natural place of combat, with thick meadows and flat ground, which was extremely conducive to the impact of both sides.

The Tubo army on the opposite side also saw the Tang army, and they stopped advancing. The two sides were three miles apart and looked at each other. At this time, the second scout rushed from the slope and rushed to Feng Changqing and clasped his fists and said, "General Feng, the other party is indeed about 20,000 troops, and there are no reinforcements behind him."

"How powerful is the combat power?" Feng Changqing confirmed again.

"More than half of this Tubo army are old and weak soldiers, with incomplete armor and only half of the war horses."

After two confirmations, Feng Changqing finally believed his judgment. This was a weak Tubo brigade. It was because of this that they were reluctant to go to war. They had to go to the right place to go. They were forced to go to war. It seemed that the Tubo base camp was very empty and all the troops were taken away by Tubo Zamp. Thinking of this, Feng Changqing's eyes flashed with a decisive expression. He rushed out of the team, raised his sword and shouted: "The time to determine our destiny has come. We have no way out. If we win this battle, we will become the heroes of the Tang Dynasty. The soldiers of the eight thousand Anxi will make the Tubo people tremble under our iron hooves and swords. Victory belongs to us!"

"Victory belongs to us!"

Eight thousand Tang troops shouted and roared, and their shouts resounded throughout the wilderness.

"kill!"

With Feng Changqing's sword swept, the eight thousand Tang army cavalry were like a flood breaking the dike, and like a tornado passing through the wilderness, sweeping towards the Tubo team with an unstoppable momentum.

"Kill!"

He Yansi shouted like thunder. He waved his big sword and took the lead. The Dayuan war horse under his crotch was agile and ran like flying. The two thousand men behind him all fought for the first place, and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky. They were like a sharp spear, stabbing the Tubo army.

Shang Chen did not expect that the Tang army launched a strong attack from the beginning. He secretly complained in his heart. He originally wanted to drag down the Tang army's physical strength through a protracted war and exert the plateau advantage of Tubo soldiers, but the Tang army was not fooled. They obviously wanted to fight quickly.

Shang Chen had no time to think about it. The Tang cavalry had already rushed a mile away. He immediately ordered: "Prepare the bow and arrow!"

Two thousand archers strode out, arched their bows and arrows, aiming at the rushing Tang army forward, waiting for them to enter the range.

"Bowman!" He Yansi shouted, and all his subordinates raised their horn crossbows and lay on the horse's back.

"Shoot!" The Tang army was the first to rush into a killing range of 120 steps. Two thousand crossbow arrows left the string. They immediately hung a horn crossbow, took the round shield with their backhand, blocking the chest of the war horse. The man lay behind the horse's neck, and held a spear in the other hand. The movement was done in one go, neatly and neatly, showing the Tang army's superb training level.

Two thousand arrows roared towards the Tubo archers. The range of the Tang army's crossbow arrows was far greater than that of the Tubo army. They had not yet entered the range of the Tubo archers, but their crossbow arrows arrived first.

The Tubo archers were caught off guard and powerful arrows shot into the Tubo archers formation in a dense manner. A scream was heard. Tubo soldiers were shot into the ground one after another, killing and injuring hundreds of people in an instant.

The sudden shooting disrupted the Tubo archers' stance. They were so scared that they retreated one after another. Some people looked for shields and forgot their responsibilities. Shang Chen was furious and waved his long sword and shouted: "Shoot! Shoot!"

At this time, some Tubo soldiers woke up as if they were dreaming. They should have shot arrows, but it was too late. The black Tang army had rushed to sixty steps away, with their hooves sounded like thunder and the earth was trembling. The strong impact brought by the visual sense and the murderous aura aroused by the rushing of nearly 10,000 cavalrymen made everyone frightened and their legs trembled. The entire Tubo army's formation began to move backwards.

"Hold on! Form a spear formation!" Shang Chen shouted at the top of his lungs.

The Tubo army in the front row raised its spear timidly, and many people screamed in fear. At this moment, the Tang army was like a storm and storm, and rushed into the Tubo army in an instant. The powerful momentum and impact force rushed the Tubo army to overturn. The Tang cavalry waved their swords and slashed, and blood spurted, and the heads rolled to the ground, crying, and moans suddenly started. The spear stinged among the dense Tubo army. The violent Tang cavalry was like a storm, kicking everything on this bloody road, overwhelming everything, and invincible everything.

The Tubo soldiers could not resist and dodged to both sides, and the 20,000 people began to get messy.













Feng Changqing was worthy of being a famous general in the middle Tang Dynasty. He judged the situation and quickly judged the advantages and disadvantages of the Tubo army of the Tang army. The Tang army had tall horses, strong cavalry strength, high morale, and was extremely suitable for rushing, but the number was only half of the Tubo army. He also fought on the plateau, and his breathing was not smooth and affected his physical strength. This was their disadvantage.

Most of the Tubo army were old and weak. They had short horses, mostly using long swords, and fewer long weapons. They were difficult to compete with the Tang army in strong collisions. However, their advantage was that they had a large number of troops, adapted to plateau combat, and were suitable for long-term fierce battles.

Feng Changqing quickly made a decision to attack the enemy's formation and end the battle in the bloodiest and fastest way. Before sending troops, he made a detailed combat plan. Their goal was to attack the central commander of the Tubo Army. Feng Changqing knew that the chief commander of the Tubo Army was usually in the northeast corner of the team to facilitate command of the army to fight. But today's situation is indeed the case. The chief flag of the Tubo Army was in the northeast corner, which created extremely favorable conditions for the Tang army to divide and surround the central commander.

The main force of the attack was He Yansi, the general of the left-front, cut the connection between the Tubo central army and other troops like a sharp knife. The general of the right-front, Jiang Zaixing, led two thousand cavalry to surround the north and with He Yansi's troops one north and south, like a sharp scissors, strangled the Tubo central army, while Feng Changqing personally led 4,000 cavalry to resist the attack of the Tubo army behind for He Yansi's troops.

He Yansi's army was like a thunderbolt that penetrated the forest, successfully breaking through the Tubo army formation. They were like a very spiritual poisonous snake. The team turned around and covered the flag of the commander a hundred steps away. He Yansi waved his sword, slashed left and right, killing people step by step, approaching the Tubo flag of the commander a few steps.

The Tubo army was in chaos at this time, and the soldiers were scattered. The team was scattered. Many soldiers were at a loss and just ran desperately towards many people.

Shang Chen was just a civil servant. He did not see Feng Changqing's tactics and was still shouting desperately: "Don't be in chaos, everyone will return to the team!"

At this moment, there was chaos in the north of his place, and the soldiers shouted: "The Tang army is coming!"

Shang Chen then discovered that another Tang army was surrounded from the north, as powerful as a tiger, and was invincible. He turned his head and looked south again. Another Tang army rushed to the south, and it was getting closer and closer, less than sixty steps, and his central army had less than four thousand troops, which was difficult to withstand the north-south attacks of the two armies.

The large group of soldiers south of him were attacked by another Tang army cavalry and were overwhelmed with the care of him and could not care about him at all. Shang Chen was shocked. He finally understood the intention of the Tang army, and he actually wanted to wipe him out first.

Shang Chen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and said to several soldiers: "Go away quickly and let the general support me, go quickly!"

Several soldiers ran south. At this time, He Yansi had noticed the middle-aged Tubo officer. Although the Tubo officer was dressed like an ordinary officer, He Yansi still keenly judged that this person was the commander of the Tubo army. Seeing him sending soldiers to ask for help, He Yansi's judgment was even more determined. He quietly drew an arrow and quickly found a gap under the cover of several soldiers. He set his bow and arrows and aimed at the Tubo officer.

The string was loosened, and the arrow shot away like a meteor. This arrow was powerful and silent. One arrow hit the head of the war horse and shot through Shang Chen's chest. Shang Chen let out a muffled groan and pressed his chest with his hand. His war horse was frightened, his hind legs stood up, and his body was struggling high in the air to struggle desperately. He Yansi's second arrow arrived, and this arrow shot through the head of the war horse. The war horse neighed miserably and suddenly turned to the ground. Shang Chen, who was falling from the horse, was pressed under the horse and could not survive.

The fall of the coach caused chaos in the middle. The right-forward Jiang Zaixing had already been killed under the battle flag. He swept the Spurs and rushed forward, piercing the flag bearer's chest with a shot. He then drew out the horizontal knife and cut off the flagpole. The Tubo army's commander's flag fell down.

The coach was shot and the coach flag fell down. The old and weak army no longer had the fighting spirit. They began to worry about their families. They didn't want to die on the battlefield, and the central army collapsed first.

Just like an avalanche, the escape of the central army triggered the defeat of other Tubo troops. Fear enveloped them. They fell to the ground one after another, and angry horse hooves rushed past them. The vast field was full of defeated Tubo soldiers who were fleeing in all directions.

Feng Changqing issued an order to chase and kill with all his might. The Tang army pursued the battle with blood flowing in the river, and the corpses were everywhere. The sunlight of victory began to shine on the earth. The figure of the Potala Palace in the distance was clearly visible under the sunlight.















On March 28, the second year of Zhenzhi, as the last Tubo army left behind in Luoshecheng was defeated by the Anxi Expeditionary Force, the Shangchen family of Dalun was killed, and the Tubo local situation was over.

In the afternoon of that day, the commander of the Tang army, Feng Changqing, led a large army to the outside of Luoshe City. At this time, there was no more soldiers in Luoshe City. People were panic and had no way to escape. Every family closed their doors and doors. Da Lunang Dongzan was helpless and had to lead Jisang Jiagong, Chisangyala, Dazandunsu and other groups of Tubo left-behind officials out of the city to surrender.

In the camp, Feng Changqingzheng and several generals discussed the funeral of resettlement of Tubo. Feng Changqing said to everyone: "Although we defeated the last Tubo army, it does not mean that we can relax our vigilance and enjoy the whole life. The tribe power of the Tubo people is still strong, and we cannot destroy them for a while. The Tubo people will fight back at any time, and I am not sure that we will have a long-term rule. Once Tubo Zanpu returns or Ma Chongying returns, we will all encounter fierce battles. Therefore, I ask the soldiers to continue to maintain high fighting spirit, must be strict in military discipline, and no one can leave the camp without authorization, and they cannot indulge them like before. As for the reward, I will give my brothers a generous reward from the Tubo warehouse, and I will record all the military merits of everyone. Do you remember it?"

"I will remember it!"

At this time, He Yansi asked again: "General, I don't know what our urgent task is to deal with?"

Feng Changqing said: "Our most urgent task is to weaken the power of the Tubo people to the greatest extent before the return of Tubo Zanpu, plunder their property, destroy their workshops and pig iron, kill the Tubo nobles who were anti-Tang, and establish a pro-Tang force. In short, we don't have much time, and we must weaken the power of Tubo in the shortest time and make them unable to attack the Tang Dynasty within a hundred years. This is the instructions of the general, and we must obey it."

Everyone nodded. At this time, Jiang Zaixing suggested: "General Feng, I heard that there are many Han slaves nearby. They are oppressed. It is better to take this opportunity to liberate them. They will definitely be grateful. We will recruit Han troops from their army, so that our troops can grow."

"Good, this suggestion is great!"

Feng Changqing smiled happily and said, "I just want to liberate Han slaves, but I never thought about recruiting soldiers from among them. This is a good idea."

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the tent: "The general was granted, and the Tubo Dalu led all officials to surrender."

Feng Changqing stood up and said, "Okay, now is the time for us to harvest."













A surrender ceremony was held in the Tang army's tent, and Nangdongzan presented the golden sword and golden crown symbolizing Zampu of Tubo to Feng Changqing.

He knelt on the ground and begged with tears in his eyes: "The Tang Dynasty heavenly soldiers came here, and Tubo could only crawl up and look up, begging the heavenly soldiers to stop swords and swords. Tubo is willing to worship the Tang Dynasty's lord for generations."

At this time, the old host Mo Zangzhi, who came from Jiapu Temple, also stepped forward and pleaded: "Tubo is powerless to resist and surrender to the Tang Dynasty. I hope the general is merciful and do not harm the Tubo people. The old monk is willing to recite scriptures for the general for 9981 days and pray for the general's golden body."

Feng Changqing sat on the chair and said coldly: "The Tang army can not massacre the people, but I don't want to see surrender without actual action. Within three days, all the Tubo nobles in Luoshe City gathered in our camp. At the same time, the Tubo Cang reported to the Tang army. All the captured Han people, regardless of men, women, old and young, were released and sent to our camp. In addition, the swords and armor of the Tubo families must be handed over. If there are hidden people, the whole family will be sieged!"

The next day, more than 100 Tubo nobles were sent to the Tang army camp. More than 100 nobles, including the three brothers of Chisong Dezan, were sent to Dunhuang by the Tang army using the excuse of sending them to Anxi as hostages, but they were all executed by the Tang army halfway.

The more than 40,000 Han slaves sent back by the Tubo people were all released by Feng Changqing for the people. The Han slaves all cried bitterly, and they knelt all over the ground, thanking the Tang army for saving themselves.

Feng Changqing comforted them with kind words, gave them cattle, sheep and houses, and asked them to live in Tubo temporarily. He selected nine thousand strong soldiers from his slaves, formed the New Tang Army, and armed them with Tubo's armor and weapons. In this way, the Tang army had more than 16,000 troops in the hinterland of Tubo, and firmly controlled the Lusie City and surrounding areas.

But Feng Changqing also knew that it was not the time to abolish the Zanpu system at this time. Only after the Tang army increased its troops to Tubo and completely controlled it could it be officially abolished the Zanpu system and established a country with Buddhism. He then established Nongzan's two-year-old grandson Nongnidezan as the new Zanpu in Tubo, and no longer recognized Chisong Dezan, who was far away in Tochar.
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