Tibet

Nanzhao Wang Geluofeng was extremely worried. After all, he was a sixty-year-old man. He understood the difference between a small country and a big country. Zheng Hui told him more than once that it doesn't matter if a big country loses ten times and can make a comeback, but a small country fails. Once it means destroying the country.

"Your Majesty, something bad is happening!"

The guard general Aqituo rushed into the hall. Ge Luofeng's face changed drastically and he asked anxiously: "What happened?"

"Wang Sun's army was defeated, and all our two hundred thousand troops were defeated!"

Ge Luofeng's vision went dark and he almost fainted. Several guards helped him sit down. After a moment, Ge Luofeng asked in a trembling voice: "What's the situation of Wang and Sun now?"

"After hearing that Wang Sun is summoning the defeated troops, he still wants to fight to the death with the Tang army!"

"What?"

Ge Luofeng was shocked and said anxiously: "Go and call him back immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several Qingping officials hurried over.

Yin Qiukuan, an official of the Qing Dynasty, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the situation is not good. My grandson Yin Anping has escaped. He said that the Tang army was assisted by the God of Thunder, and he continuously attracted thunder from the sky to attack us, causing all 30,000 war elephants to switch sides. The Nanzhao army was completely defeated, and General Meng Chengjin was trampled to death by the chaos. The condition of the king and his grandson is unknown! "

Ge Luofeng's face became even more ugly. He turned around and asked Qingping officer Zheng, and replied: "Tang Jun can really communicate with the gods?"

Zheng Hui shook his head, "Your Majesty, it's not a thunder god, but a thunder and fire weapon. Guan Longjun already had it, but now it's just more powerful. The Tang Dynasty is no longer the Tang Dynasty it used to be. Li Ye started from a local prince. , now became the lord of the Tang Dynasty, and won the support of everyone in the Tang Dynasty, he must be superior to others, so the ministers repeatedly persuaded him to be in awe and not to be enemies of the great powers, because they were afraid of being liquidated by the Tang Dynasty. , we killed too many Tang army prisoners of war and Han people!”

The hall fell into silence, and everyone fell silent.

The guard general Aqituo rushed into the hall again and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, Wang Sun has gathered 30,000 defeated troops, and brought 30,000 elite troops to defend the capital to fight against the Tang army!"

Ge Luofeng was shaking all over, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he really fainted.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Geluofeng Lao Jiang Mila knew that if he had tens of thousands of troops, he would at least have a chance to sue for peace with the Tang Dynasty, and the negotiation would not be too disastrous. If the army was completely gone, there would be no chance of suing for peace. Without it, we can only be completely at the mercy of others.

It's all over now.

Yimouxun had completely fallen into a tragic and martyrdom mood. The defeat of the 200,000-strong army completely broke his bottom line, especially after he witnessed his brother Luo Dong being blown apart by an arrow from the Tang army.

The sense of aristocratic glory that had been hidden in his bones for a long time was aroused. This was an extreme emotion of preferring to be broken into pieces rather than destroyed. In fact, it was also a manifestation of his inability to step down.

Yimouxun is a young ruler. He is different from older rulers like Ge Luofeng. Ge Luofeng understands politics and the Tang Dynasty. He knows that Tubo is the most serious problem of the Tang Dynasty. As long as he makes good use of Tubo, he can control the Tang Dynasty. Showed enough humility and blamed Tubo for the root cause of the two Nanzhao wars that year.

The Tang Dynasty would understand that the disastrous defeat of the two southern expeditions that year was actually a failure in the fight for Nanzhao with Tubo.

Then Datang would not destroy Nanzhao, but would unite with Nanzhao to deal with Tubo, and Nanzhao could survive in the gap between Datang and Tubo.

Yimouxun is too young, does not have enough life experience, and does not have enough political wisdom. He will think that defeat means the destruction of the country.

Such young rulers tend to go to extremes. To put it simply, they want to fight the Tang army and everyone will die together.

Yimouxun summoned 30,000 defeated troops, but this was not enough. He also brought 30,000 troops to defend the capital, a total of 60,000 troops, and marched toward the Tang army in a mighty manner.

The Tang army defeated 200,000 Nanzhao troops, with great momentum along the way. They killed the Nanzhao army with ghosts crying like wolves and howling like wolves, with corpses strewn all over the ground. In this battle, the war elephants trampled to death and the Tang army killed more than 100,000 Nanzhao troops. Many tribesmen in the south also died. The army also suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining remnants fled south in haste.

Li Sheng strictly implemented the instructions of Emperor Li Ye to eliminate the effective forces of Nanzhao and Tubo. He did not accept prisoners of war and killed all soldiers. This was the most effective way to deal with small countries. The biggest weakness of all small countries was insufficient population. Once a large number of young people The Zhuang population disappears and will not recover for at least thirty to fifty years.

Especially small countries in tribal alliances will fall apart if they lose a large number of young people.

Still thirty miles away from Yangjumei City, Li Sheng received news from the scouts that a Nanzhao army of about 60,000 people appeared ten miles ahead.

This news stunned Li Sheng, and he immediately ordered the army to assemble and prepare for battle.

At present, except for the five trebuchets that have not followed, the other armies are here.

The Tang army began to quickly organize its troops. He ordered Hu Benlang to lead Yang Zhaonian and his 10,000 cavalry to go behind the enemy. Once the Nanzhao army wavered, they could attack from both front and back.

Tang Jun took the time to rest on the spot and recover his strength.

Half an hour later, 60,000 Nanzhao troops appeared.

They garrisoned their troops into two large square formations, with the elite soldiers guarding the capital at the front and the collected defeated soldiers standing at the back.

The Tang army did not stop, but lined up and marched towards Nanzhao's army. Two thousand spear troops were at the front, and five thousand heavy crossbow troops were hidden behind them.

There are still spear soldiers behind. In fact, 5,000 heavy crossbowmen are hidden among the 10,000 spear soldiers.

The opponent was waiting in formation, full of murderous intent. At the front were six thousand archers, squatting half-crouching, raising their bows forward, preparing to meet the Tang army's attack.

The soldiers of the Tang Army began to run and shout loudly, and General Nanzhao shouted: "Archers, prepare!"

Six thousand archers raised their bows and arrows, preparing to give the Tang army a head-on blow.

Although the Tang army did not use cavalry to charge, the meaning for the archers was the same. As long as they entered the killing range, they would not hesitate to release arrows.

In fact, Yimouxun did not know the existence of Thunder Arrow. When the Tang army was dealing with the war elephant, he was sitting ten miles away. He had no idea how the war elephant could turn against him?

When the two armies were four hundred steps apart, the horns of the Tang army sounded, "Woo--Woo--"

The tens of thousands of running Tang troops all stopped, showing their superb training level.

Five thousand heavy crossbow soldiers raised their crossbows and fired arrows and thunder at the rear military formation.

The range of the rhubarb crossbow is from 700 to 1,000 steps, while the range of the Tang army's arrows and thunder reaches 500 steps. This is the weirdness of Li Sheng's military strategy. He uses the army to attack to confuse the opponent, but it creates opportunities for the heavy crossbow soldiers.

Two thousand five hundred smoking arrows rose into the sky and shot densely into the archer array, causing a violent explosion.

The archers were caught off guard, and their flesh and blood were blown away. Corpses were scattered all over the ground, with more than 4,000 casualties. The remaining crossbowmen were so frightened that they turned around and fled.

The soldiers of the Tang Army quickly cocked their heavy crossbows and installed arrows and thunderbolts. At the same time, the general Yimouxun, who had already realized the danger, shouted: "The whole army attacks!"

He has realized that the opponent's weapons are too scary. If he gives the opponent two or three more chances to attack, his military morale will completely collapse.

The Nanzhao army began to run, and Li Sheng coldly ordered: "Continue shooting with arrows and thunder, and prepare to throw grenades!"

The flag bearer changed the order. Each of the 10,000 spear soldiers was equipped with two throwing grenades. They were originally used for street fighting, but now they no longer care about street fighting.

They had used one before, and now each of them still had a throwing grenade. When the Nanzhao army reached thirty steps, they started throwing intensively.

Another 2,500 thunderbolts rose into the sky, shot into the crowd, and exploded in the crowd. Countless soldiers fell. One of the thunderbolts exploded next to Yimouxun, and dozens of iron fragments shot out. Into him.

Yimouxun let out a scream, and the man and his horse fell down, and the soldiers rushed to rescue him.

Then another 2,500 arrows and thunder exploded in the crowd. The soldiers of the Nanzhao Army were in chaos. All the soldiers were terrified and turned around and fled. Countless soldiers shouted, "The God of Thunder is coming! The God of Thunder is coming!"

At this moment, there was a big chaos behind Nanzhao, and ten thousand Tang Army cavalry came from behind.

Li Sheng originally wanted to shoot two more rounds of arrows and thunder, but now it seemed that there was no need for it. He gave a sharp order: "Cavalry attack!"

The 10,000 Tang Army cavalry behind them also attacked, and the 20,000 Tang Army cavalry attacked from both sides. The Nanzhao army was defeated and fled in all directions in the wilderness. The Tang Army cavalry chased them and mercilessly killed the Nanzhao soldiers who were fleeing in all directions.

Even if he knelt down and surrendered, it was of no use. He would still be chopped to death by the Tang Army's cavalry, or pierced through the chest with a spear by the infantry who came immediately.

In the two battles, the 230,000 Nanzhao army was completely annihilated. Nanzhao king Sun Yimouxun also died of serious injuries and died in the rebellion.