At the critical moment, Li Ye grabbed the rock wall with one hand and unsheathed the sword in his waist. "Dang! Dang!" Two cold arrows were shot away.
It turned out that the two Tibetan sentries were hiding at the edge, and the fire did not reach here. Li Ye bit the sword with his teeth, raised his hand, and shot two flying knives. The two Tibetan soldiers screamed and fell to the ground.
Li Ye then sheathed his sword, first threw up the panlong tree behind him, and then jumped up the boulder mountain.
He picked up the panlong, squatted on the ground, and looked around cautiously. The fire and smoke had isolated the area, and there was no one except him.
Li Ye hung the rope ladder on a large rock and threw it down. Dozens of elite soldiers began to climb quickly. Before long, the Tang army had occupied the innermost area of Boulder Mountain and began to raise crossbows to attack the Tibetans below.
Army soldiers fire arrows.
After shooting dozens of people, the 500-strong Tubo army saw that the situation was over and it was impossible to recapture the top of the mountain, so he had no choice but to lead the remaining 100 people to retreat eastward.
Tang Jun pulled out the first nail.
Three days later, the Tang army arrived at Dundo City. At this time, there was another royal city in Xiaobolu, located on the south bank of the Poyi River. It was also the stronghold of the Tubo army in Xiaobolu, and there were 3,000 Tibetan troops stationed there.
Although tens of thousands of Tang troops came in force, it was absolutely impossible for the Tibetan troops to abandon Dundo City and retreat eastward.
There are more than a hundred heads hanging on the top of the city. They are the Tibetan soldiers and 500 people who retreated without authorization after abandoning the Great Stone Mountain.
Whether they can withdraw their troops or not is only decided by the commander-in-chief Lun Xiruo. If the commander-in-chief did not give the order, they would all die in battle even if they could not hold on. However, they actually fled without fighting. How could the commander-in-chief Lun Xiruo tolerate it and order more than a hundred people to be beheaded?
Their families will also become slaves.
It was also hung on the top of the city to warn the Tang army that they would rather die in battle than surrender or retreat.
Thirty thousand Tang troops came to the city. Li Ye rode on his horse and looked at the city from a distance. It was about the same size as a small county town in the Central Plains, but it was very strong and made of huge stones, although it was very rough.
The city is not high, only about two and a half feet at most, which is the height of a two-and-a-half-story building, which is completely consistent with the information we learned in advance.
At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "Reporting to the Jiedushi Envoy, all the Tibetan soldiers who had previously withdrawn from Jushi Mountain were beheaded, and their heads were hung on the top of the city. I don't know why?"
Li Ye sneered and said to the generals: "They are expressing their determination to us and will not retreat until we die!"
Li Siye said loudly: "If that's the case, let's help them!"
Everyone raised their arms and shouted, but Li Ye squinted at the city wall, thinking about what?
Li Siye saw the doubts in the coach's eyes, and he asked in a low voice: "Do you think there is anything wrong with it, Commander-in-Chief?"
Li Ye said calmly: "You have dealt with the Tubo army a lot. Don't you feel that something is missing?"
Li Siye was stunned, shook his head and said: "I didn't expect this from my humble position, please let me know clearly!"
Li Ye glanced at everyone again. Everyone was confused, wondering what was missing?
Li Ye smiled: "When you were raising your arms and shouting just now, I suddenly realized that the Tubo army was too quiet?"
General Bai Xiaode reacted very quickly and blurted out, "That's right! I didn't hear the horn sound."
Everyone suddenly realized that they did not hear the trumpet sound. This was completely inconsistent with the Tibetan people's battles.
Li Siye asked attentively: "What does this mean?"
Li Ye said coldly: "I suspect that Tubo is using the empty city strategy!"
Li Siye nodded. He understood what the coach meant. He pondered for a moment and said: "We can send scouts to investigate. If we really find the enemy's traces, then we will simply take advantage of it!"
Li Ye laughed, "That's exactly what I meant!"
He looked at the sky and saw that it was already afternoon, and immediately ordered: "The whole army will camp on the spot and have a good meal!"
The Tang army set up camp in an open space three miles away from the city and began to roast mutton. This was a river valley with a low altitude. They had enough to eat and drink. The whole army fell down to sleep to replenish their spirits.
Tang army scouts kept a close eye on the city and would immediately sound the alarm as soon as the Tibetan army left the city.
Not only that, Li Ye also sent dozens of detective sentries to investigate nearby, in order to find the real hiding place of the Tibetan army.
At dusk, two Tang army scouts were following a Tibetan sentry from a distance. When the Tibetan sentry turned around, the two men immediately knelt down.
Two Tang army scouts were among dozens of scouts. They accidentally discovered the Tibetan cavalry twenty miles southwest of the camp.
The Tubo cavalry was obviously observing the surrounding movements and did not gallop. He was very cautious and took a few steps before stopping and looking back.
About a quarter of an hour later, the Tubo cavalry did not find anything unusual, so they urged their horses to run towards a valley, and for a moment the figure disappeared.
The two Tang soldiers did not dare to enter the valley, but they still found clues. There were a lot of horse excrement at the entrance of the valley. They looked very fresh. For a few hours at most, this meant that there were at least hundreds or even thousands of people deep in the valley.
people.
This is no man's land. With so many people suddenly appearing, there is only one possibility. The target they are looking for is in the valley.
Two Tang army soldiers rushed back to report the news.
The night gradually deepened, and at three o'clock, a Tibetan army came out from a valley twenty miles away.
This Tibetan army has about 2,500 people. The leader is Lun Xiruo. He indeed used the empty city strategy. He ordered 300 soldiers to guard the city and pretended that the main force was in the city. He himself led 2,500 people to hide in a very long road.
In a hidden valley.
It is very clear from the commentary that his 2,800 men simply cannot defend the city of Dondo. Not only will they not be able to defend the city, but their entire army will be destroyed.
But he would never retreat like the Tibetan army at Jushi Mountain, unable to hold on.
The leader of 500 people could give up Big Rock Mountain, but he couldn't give up Little Bolu.
The leader of the Tubo army commented that if he knew that he could not defend the city of Dundo but was unwilling to retreat, then there was only one way to sneak attack the Tang army camp at night. Maybe he could win a complete victory in the chaos.
It was a good idea and a careful deployment was made, but it was sparse and sparse. Perhaps because of too much nervousness, all the soldiers in the city stood on the top of the city and forgot to arrange for the soldiers to blow the trumpets.
The 2,500 Tibetan troops who attacked were divided into 1,000 cavalry and 1,500 infantry.
The horses' hooves were covered with thick leather and they walked silently. Under the leadership of the general, 2,500 Tibetan troops made a sneak attack on the Tang army's camp.
The scouts and sentries of the Tang army were all staring at Dondo City, and no one paid attention to the Tibetan army that was quietly coming from the side.
The Tibetan army was getting closer and closer to the Tang army's camp, and General Lun Xiruo finally had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
There are one hundred and fifty steps to go. One hundred steps to go. Eighty steps to go. Fifty steps to go.
General Lun Xiruo suddenly felt that something was wrong. It was impossible for the Tang army to be so quiet without sentries.
He was about to give the order to retreat, but it was already too late.
Suddenly there was a rapid banging sound in the big tent, and the lights in front of the Tang army's camp were brightly lit. Ten thousand Tang army crossbowmen suddenly appeared in the trench. They had been lying in wait for a long time, and they fired arrows together. The arrows and crossbows shot towards Tubo like a storm.
The soldiers of the Tibetan army were caught off guard and fell to the ground in large numbers. General Lun Xiruo, who was walking at the front, was hit by hundreds of arrows. His men and horses were shot like hedgehogs, and he was killed on the spot.
But the nightmare of the Tubo army had just begun. A fire suddenly broke out under their feet. The fire spread extremely quickly. The raging fire instantly engulfed the remaining Tubo soldiers. Countless Tubo soldiers were ignited by the fire. They screamed and ran for their lives, and their horses became
The fire horse, neighing in pain, ran on the fire field, covered in fire, as if it were a demon horse running out of hell.
The Tang army showed no mercy and continued to fire arrows intensively. Behind the Tubo army, 10,000 Tang army cavalry appeared, cutting off the Tubo army's retreat and firing arrows at the Tubo army.
The arrows were like a deadly rainstorm, and the fire was burning under their feet. There was no way out. Countless Tibetan soldiers ran and fell to the ground. They were quickly burned and curled up, and were completely engulfed by the fire.