Tibet

The army arrived at Shangmi, a high mountain city. They originally thought there would be a fierce battle, but unexpectedly nearly three thousand Tibetan troops retreated again.

Lieutenant General Li Feilei was really puzzled and said to Xi Wanli: "The Tubo people have worked hard to seize the Kingdom of Zhenshi. They have been operating here for several years, and then they just give up and run away. This is such a child's play!"

Xi Wanli thought for a moment and said: "There is only one possibility, and that is that Tibet wants to fight us in Dabolu."

Li Feilei was startled, "General, do you mean that Da Bolu will have a lot of troops?"

Xi Wanli nodded, "There should be quite a few. If you add the army of the Yushi Kingdom, they can compete with us. That's why the garrison of the Yushi Kingdom will retreat. Once we are defeated, the Yushi Kingdom can also recapture it and fight against Tubo." It doesn’t matter if you give up temporarily.”

Li Feilei thought for a while and then said: "What about the king of the Shishi Kingdom?"

"Abolition for the time being, there is no need to kill him, there is no point in killing him again, leave a thousand troops to guard the country, and leave the baggage as well. Our army will move forward lightly and continue to the west!"

The king of Yushi Kingdom is the fourth of four brothers. The three brothers were either killed by Tibet or by the Tang army. When the king learned that the Tang army had occupied Yushi Kingdom, he was frightened to death, thinking that he would definitely die. Unexpectedly, this happened. This time the Tang army did not kill him, but temporarily let him live idle until the Tang army defeated Tubo, and then made him king again.

This moved the king very much. No matter whether they were pro-Tang or pro-Tubo, they had no choice but to rely on whoever won.

The Tang army left a thousand soldiers to garrison the Kingdom of Xu, and 20,000 camels, and then they took twenty days of dry food to kill Dabolu.

To go to Dabolu, one has to go west along the business road on the stone wall of Posu River Valley to the junction of Posu River and Xindu River. This is Xiaobolu, but they don't go to Xiaobolu, and they don't go to the canyon.

Although there are vast snow-capped mountains on both sides, and they are traveling in the valley, the altitude is not high, only about two thousand meters.

The army continued to move along the Sindu River. The Sindu River is today's Indus River. It is the mother river of Pakistan. It originates from the western Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Its upper reaches are called Shiquan River. The Tang army is currently walking along the Shiquan River.

Dabolu is located near today's Pangong Lake. As a small country, Dabolu has actually been destroyed, but its citizens are still there, scattered on the vast plateau.

The area around Dabolu King City has a lower altitude and fertile land that can grow wheat. It was burned to a white ground by Li Ye, but soon the people of Dabolu came back. This fertile land covering thousands of hectares They couldn't bear it.

Dabolu was peaceful for seven years. Five years ago, 10,000 Tibetan troops occupied Dabolu again. They built a city, occupied 70% of the fertile land, and began to operate here.

Last year, Tubo began to expand westward, occupying the Shishi Kingdom, using religion to establish relations with Uzhanna, the Buddhist holy land, and sent people to contact Bakhna.

They did not alert the Tang Dynasty, thinking that they could occupy Tochara without anyone noticing, but they ignored the merchants, who informed the Tang army of their intentions, and the war finally came.

Dozens of miles away is an extremely majestic mountain. The setting sun shines on the mountain, and the golden light shines, which is particularly spectacular. Under the mountain is the core area of ​​Dabolu.

Xi Wanli looked at Jinshan silently. He was very ambitious. Today he wanted to erect his own monument under Jinshan.

Back then, his father, Xi Yuanqing, a famous general in Anxi, was frostbitten while crossing the snow-capped mountains during the expedition to Xiaobolu.

Today he will fulfill his father's legacy and completely destroy Tubo's dream of expanding westward.

At this time, Li Feilei came with a scout and said: "General Qi, the scout discovered the enemy's situation!"

"speak!"

The scout stepped forward and saluted, "We found something unusual in the woods thirty miles ahead. There are enemy patrols around and we can't get close. We initially judge that there is an ambush!"

Xi Wanli nodded, "Keep exploring!"

After the scout left, Li Feilei said with a smile: "The enemy will definitely attack the weakest middle part of our team, so why not take advantage of it!"

Xi Wanli smiled slightly, "Heroes think alike, we want to go together!"

The coach of the Tibetan army was veteran general Ma Chongying, also known as Dazalugong. He had previously been the Marshal of Western Tibetan Economic Strategy. Because Tubo's national strength could not support a two-front war, it had to cancel the western strategy.

Although after several years of recuperation, Tubo's national power did not rise, but gradually declined. This was related to Tubo's defeat in Nanzhao, and also because the Tang Dynasty cut off all trade with Tubo, which had a huge impact on Tubo.

Of course, the more important reason is the internal strife in Tubo.

Forced by the predicament, the Tubo court was eager to break the Tang army's blockade, so it turned its attention to the west.

Ma Chongying took office again and served as the Western Economic and Strategic Envoy, responsible for opening up and developing the Tocharian front line.

At this time, 10,000 cavalrymen led by Ma Chongying were hiding in a vast forest. He deployed 3,000 people in Zushiguo and 7,000 people in Dabolu.

Ma Chongying is old and no longer as brave as he used to be. He did not put the enemy in Zushi Kingdom, but in Dabolu, which shows that he no longer has the courage to risk his life and survive, and he only thinks about his retreat.

Moreover, there was nothing new in ambushing Tang Jun. He didn't think about it. Once the ambush failed, it would be difficult for them to stand up.

In order to prevent being defeated by the Tang army one by one, he gave strict orders to the generals stationed in the Xushi Kingdom. Once the main force of the Tang army came, they would immediately abandon the Xushi Kingdom and return to Dabolu to concentrate their forces for a decisive battle with the Tang army.

The Tang army seemed not to notice their presence and continued to march towards the capital of Daboluo. More than 10,000 troops stretched three miles.

But the Tang army did not take the road in front of the woods, but took another road slightly north of the woods, about one mile away from the woods.

But this road slightly north was a horizontal ‘S’ curve, getting closer and closer to the woods of the Tubo army, from the initial three miles away to one mile away, and then the road turned north again.

A bright moon rose. Under the bright moonlight, Ma Chongying's eyes were cold and flashing with murderous intent. He had already seen a black line moving rapidly in the distance.

In front was the main force, and behind was the baggage team, with more troops, but the waist in the middle was weak.

Ma Chongying knew very well that the wolf's weakness was in the waist, and the army was the same. Cutting the marching army into two sections made it difficult for them to take care of both ends, and they would inevitably be in chaos.

Ma Chongying slowly drew out his sword, looked up at the bright crescent moon, and narrowed his eyes. Fighting under the moonlight was his favorite way of fighting, but the Tang army might not like it. A cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and the sword drew an arc under the moonlight and slashed forward.

"Kill!"

"Woo-woo-"

The horn blew with a whine, and the low horn sounded throughout the wilderness. Ten thousand cavalrymen started, running fast in the woods, like a group of wild beasts running, venting the murderous aura that had been accumulated in their chests for a long time.

Ten thousand horses galloped, covering the sky and the earth. The heavy sound of horse hooves was like thunder on the flat ground, making the earth tremble, and whistling towards the Tang army.

When the horn sounded, the Tang army discovered the ambush, and the team was in chaos. They were now a marching team, stretching about three miles, and it was not easy to quickly form a battle formation.

At this time, the Tang army also blew a series of horns, which was the order for the front and rear cavalry to assemble. The 3,000 cavalry in the middle watched the Tubo army, one mile away, rushing and getting closer.

They suddenly left thousands of items and fled north in a hurry. Ma Chongying suddenly felt something was wrong. The Tang army cooperated too well. The front and rear armies assembled, and the soldiers in the middle fled north.

Ma Chongying suddenly understood that the other side was preparing to attack him from the front and back.

He shouted: "Stop chasing, withdraw! Withdraw!"

"Woo--"

The horn sounded for the Tubo army to stop chasing, and the Tubo army in front stopped one after another.

At this moment, there was a violent explosion under the feet of the Tubo army. Not just one, but thousands of grenades exploded at the same time, and thousands of poisonous iron balls flew everywhere.

Batches of war horses fell to the ground with a neigh, and thousands of Tubo soldiers in the north were in chaos.

The front and rear Tang armies each had 6,000 cavalry, led by Xi Wanli and Li Feilei. They quickly gathered their formations. Xi Wanli issued a counter-attack order, and the front and rear Tang cavalry attacked the Tubo army at the same time.

The 3,000 cavalry who had pretended to flee in panic also turned around and attacked back under the leadership of General Wei Zhen.

The front and rear Tang cavalry ran closer and closer, and finally collided with Ma Chongying's 7,000 main cavalry. Another 3,000 cavalry suffered heavy casualties in the chaos and could not gather together. They were rushed to pieces by the 3,000 Tang cavalry who counterattacked.

The 7,000 Tubo cavalry were like a big stone in the river. They gathered into a group and tried their best to resist the attack of the Tang army that was twice their size. It was their gathering that gave the Tang army another plan. The 3,000 Tang cavalry ran around the enemy and kept shooting powerful arrows into the central part of the Tubo cavalry group.

Ma Chongying was in a state of panic. He had a very bad feeling in his heart. He was afraid that he would lose the battle again today. How would he explain to the Zamp when he returned?

At this moment, a smoking arrow mine fell in front of his saddle. Before Ma Chongying could react, the arrow mine suddenly exploded.