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 Chu, and 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 pondered for a moment and said: "There is only one possibility, and that is that Tibet wants to fight us decisively in Dabolu."
Li Feilei was startled, "General, 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 I give up temporarily.”
Li Feilei thought for a while and then said: "What about the king of the Kingdom of Yushi?"
"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 Tubo or by the Tang army. When the king learned that the Tang army had occupied Yushi Kingdom, he was frightened to death and thought 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 how pro-Tang or Tubo they were, they had no choice but to rely on whoever won.
The Tang army left a thousand soldiers to garrison the state of Xushi, and 20,000 camels were left behind, and then they went to Dabolu with twenty days of dry food.
To get to Dabolu, they had to go west along the business road on the stone wall of the Posu River Valley to the junction of Posu River and Xindu River. This is Xiaobolu. However, they did not go to Xiaobolu, nor did they go to the canyon.
Although there were vast snow-capped mountains on both sides, and they were traveling in a river valley, the altitude was not very high, only about two thousand meters.
The army continued to march along the Sindu River. The Sindu River is today's Indus River, 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, and this fertile land covering thousands of hectares came back.
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, occupied the Kingdom of Shishi, used religion to establish relations with the Buddhist holy land of Uzhanna, 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 in the distance 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 Mountain silently. He was very ambitious. Today he wanted to erect his own monument under Jinshan Mountain.
At that time, his father, Xi Yuanqing, a famous general in Anxi, was frostbitten while crossing the snow-capped mountains during the expedition to Xiaobolu. His lungs were damaged and he was almost a disabled person from then on, and finally died in depression.
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, the scout has 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 head coach of the Tibetan army was none other than 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 ax its 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 the Tang army. He did not 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 issued 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 did not seem to notice their presence and continued to march towards the capital city of Dabolu. More than 10,000 troops stretched for 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 a mile away from the woods.
But this road to the north is a horizontal 'S'-shaped curve, getting closer and closer to the woods of the Tibetan army. The initial distance has gradually shortened from three miles to one mile, and then the road deflected to the north.
A bright moon rose. Under the bright moonlight, Ma Chongying's eyes were cold and flashed with murderous intent. He had already seen a black line moving rapidly in the distance.
The main force is in the front, and the baggage team is in the back. There are more troops, but the waist in the middle is relatively weak.
Ma Chongying knew very well that the weak point of the wolf was the waist, and the same was true for the army. He cut the marching army into two sections, making it difficult for them to look at the head and tail, and there was bound to be chaos.
Ma Chongying slowly pulled out his sword and looked up at the bright crescent moon. He narrowed his eyes and fought under the moonlight. This was his favorite way of fighting, but Tang Jun might not like it. There was a hint of cruelty in the corner of his mouth.
With a smile on his face, the sword drew an arc in the moonlight and struck straight ahead.
"kill!"
"Woo--Woo--"
The horn whimpered, and the deep sound of the horn resounded throughout the wilderness. Ten thousand cavalry were launched, running quickly through the woods, like a herd of wild beasts, venting the murderous aura that had been accumulated in their chests for a long time.
Thousands of horses galloped, overwhelming the sky, and the heavy sound of horse hooves was like muffled thunder on the plains, making the earth tremble and roaring towards the Tang army.
The Tang army discovered the ambush when the trumpet sounded, and the team was suddenly in chaos. They were now a marching team, about three miles long, and it was not easy to quickly form a combat formation.
At this time, the Tang army also blew a series of horns, which was the order for the cavalry from the front and rear groups to assemble. The three thousand cavalry in the middle saw the Tubo army coming one mile away, getting closer and closer.
They suddenly dropped thousands of items and fled northward in a hurry. Ma Chongying suddenly felt that something was wrong. The Tang army cooperated so well. The troops in front and behind gathered together, and the soldiers in the middle fled north.
Ma Chongying suddenly understood that the opponent was preparing to attack him from both front and back.
He shouted: "Stop the pursuit, withdraw! Withdraw!"
"Woo——"
The horn sounded for the Tibetan army to stop chasing, and the Tibetan army in front stopped one after another.
At this moment, there was a violent explosion at the feet of the Tibetan army. More than one, and thousands of grenades exploded at the same time, and thousands of iron pellets tempered with highly toxic particles flew everywhere.
Groups of war horses neighed and fell to the ground, and thousands of Tibetan troops in the north were in chaos.
The Tang army at the front and rear each had six thousand cavalry, led by Xi Wanli and Li Feilei. They quickly gathered their formations. Xi Wanli issued a counter-kill order, and the two Tang army cavalry at the front and rear attacked the Tubo army at the same time.
The three thousand cavalrymen who had pretended to flee in panic also turned around and came back under the leadership of General Wei Zhen.
The two cavalrymen of the Tang Army ran closer and closer, and finally collided with Ma Chongying's 7,000 main cavalry. There were also 3,000 cavalrymen who suffered heavy casualties in the chaos. They failed to assemble and were attacked by the 3,000 Tang Army cavalry who came back.
It's all over the place.
The seven thousand Tubo cavalry were like a big rock in the river. They gathered into a group and tried their best to resist the attack of the Tang army, which was twice their size. It was their massed group that gave the Tang army another plan. The three thousand Tang army cavalry circled around the enemy.
Run and keep shooting powerful arrows into the center of the Tibetan cavalry group.
Ma Chongying was very worried. He had a very bad feeling in his heart. He was afraid that today's battle would be a disastrous defeat. How could he explain to Zanpu when he went back?
At this moment, a smoking arrow landed in front of his saddle. Before Ma Chongying could react, the arrow suddenly exploded.