The general felt that what Hou Junji said made sense.
They are at least two hundred miles away from the capital of Gaochang, and the Tang army is only thirty miles away from the capital of Gaochang.
By the time these tens of thousands of troops returned to rescue the capital city of Gaochang, the Tang army would have captured it long ago.
There is no point in them going.
But now the army does not go to rescue Songtsen Gampo, how can this be justified?
He was the king of Tubo, and he just let it go?
The Tang army would never let Songtsan Gampo go easily.
Are they just watching here?
"But your majesty and the others are still in the capital of Gaochang. What should you do if your majesty is caught by the Tang army?" The general looked at Hou Junji with a seductive look on his face.
"His Majesty the King was able to unify the entire Tubo tribes in a short period of time, and he did not just watch the Tang army attack the capital of Gaochang."
"Even if it means that the capital city of Gaochang cannot be defended in the end, His Majesty will leave early."
"We don't have to worry."
"You leave now and don't tell anyone about what just happened. Our top priority now is to quell the rebels first. After His Majesty comes, we will fight back to the capital of Gaochang." Hou Junji told the generals in front of him.
The general didn't know what to do now, so he could only nod helplessly.
When the general walked out of the camp, Hou Junji's face immediately darkened.
The Tang army besieged the capital of Gaochang, which was exactly the result that Hou Junji hoped to see.
Only when Songtsan cadres were captured or killed by the Tang army, Hou Junji could completely control his army.
It is even possible to transfer all the anger to the Tang army through the death of Songtsan cadres.
He is more likely to take the surrendered rebels under his command.
When the time comes, Hou Junji will have more than 100,000 troops, just like a fish swimming in the sea. Li Shimin will have to be wary of Hou Junji at all times.
It is absolutely impossible to lead a large army to rescue Songtsen Gampo.
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"Your Highness, this is really strange. We have been waiting here for a day, and Hou Junji did not mobilize the army to come back to rescue the capital of Gaochang. What does Hou Junji want to do?" Niu Jinda looked at the capital of Gaochang in the distance, his face full of dismay.
untie.
Hou Junji held all the troops and horses under Songtsen Gampo in his hands, but after a day, he didn't see any movement from Hou Junji to mobilize the troops.
Is it possible that Hou Junji no longer intends to save cadre Songtsen?
"It seems that Hou Junjie wants to set up his own business." Zhao Chen said lightly, looking towards the capital city of Gaochang in front of him.
There were thousands of Gaochang people tied up outside the capital of Gaochang, and Songtsen Gampo's soldiers were hiding behind these Gaochang people.
It was obvious that they were planning to use these tall people as scapegoats and human shields to withstand the attack of the Tang army.
"Uncle Niu, let the army attack."
"Since Hou Junji is not fooled, there is no need for us to waste time here." Zhao Chen looked at Niu Jinda and gave the order.
Niu Jinda didn't say anything else. He nodded and drove his horse to the front of the battle: "Young men of the Tang Dynasty, we are back again. We must capture the capital of Gaochang today."
"Capture the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo!"
"Forward battalion, follow me to attack!"
"Kill!" The 10,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in the vanguard battalion let out deafening shouts and charged forward like a tide.
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"General, the Tang army on the opposite side is coming!" On the tower of Gaochang capital, a general looked at the mighty Tang army rushing towards him in front, and his face immediately showed panic.
The expressions of the generals on the side also changed drastically.
Thousands of Gaochang people were clearly being detained at the gate of the Gaochang capital, but perhaps the Tang army didn't seem to notice them.
He rushed over without any scruples.
Don't the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty army care about the life and death of these Gaochang people?
The general who defended the city looked shocked, and tightly grasped the bricks of the city wall in front of him with his right hand.
"Let the soldiers be prepared. If the Tang army does not care about the lives of these people at all, we should not show any mercy."
"With just a thousand of us, we cannot allow them to easily break through the capital city gate, and we will defend His Majesty's safety to the death," the city guarding general said sternly.
Although his face looked panicked, he showed no intention of flinching.
Songtsen Gampo trusted Hou Junji, but it did not mean that he did not have a loyal and reliable person.
"Yes." The general on the side nodded.
Although everyone on the tower was nervous, the weapons in their hands were still tightly grasped.
These one thousand people were the personal guards of Songtsan cadres, which is why Hou Junji failed to take these people away.
"Kill!" The shouts of the Tang Dynasty soldiers came from far and near. When the people of Gaochang downstairs saw the Tang Dynasty soldiers rushing towards them like a tide, they were trembling with fear. There was really no way to escape.
The archers of the forward battalion bent their bows and nocked arrows, and fired a volley at the Tibetan defenders on the tower.
The Tibetan defenders could only sit behind the walls and watch the pillars behind them being shot into hedgehogs by arrows.
Some unlucky Tibetan defenders were shot by arrows on the spot and fell from the towers.
"We're done, we're done."
"What should we do? Why is it like this?"
"We are innocent!"
Under the city tower, the people of Gaochang were shouting and shouting while avoiding the rain of arrows.
They have no idea what they have done wrong to deserve such treatment.
The war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo was actually borne by the people of Gaochang.
First they were captured here by the Tibetan army, and now they were fired with arrows by the Tang army without any scruples. The people of Gaochang were already desperate.
But no one listened to their cries, and rain of arrows flew from the sky.
The Tibetan troops on the tower also began to fight back with bows and arrows.
The Tibetan soldiers who were originally watching them from behind also evacuated one after another at this moment.
Only ordinary people like them were left waiting to die silently in the rain of arrows.
Looking at the people of Gaochang who were constantly living and dying in front of him, Niu Jinda looked back at Zhao Chen and saw that there was no expression on his face.
He could not sigh in his heart.
Zhao Chen didn't do anything wrong, he was just doing what a commander should do.
These Gaochang people are indeed innocent.
It's a pity that no one can help them.
"Continue to attack the city!" Niu Jinda continued to issue orders.
The soldiers of the forward battalion were still slowly moving in the direction of Gaochang Capital in front.
A forward battalion of 10,000 people attacks the capital city of Gaochang with only 1,000 defenders. This is not considered a battle at all.
It was almost a one-sided massacre.
In just one hour, more than half of the thousand Tibetan defenders on the tower of Gaochang Capital City were lost.
The forward battalion of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty had already rushed onto the city tower, and Niu Jinda even climbed up the tower himself to fight with the Tibetan defenders.
There were countless corpses under the city tower, including Tang soldiers and Tubo soldiers, but the most numerous corpses were those of Gaochang people.