The total length of the Datong River Valley is about sixty miles, and it is trumpet-shaped. It is narrow near Lanzhou and gradually widens toward Qinghai. The narrowest point is where the first Tibetan camp is located, and it is only more than twenty feet wide. As for Qinghai
The exit on one side is already a huge gap of two miles. Since defeating Xue Rengui's army at the end of August, the Tubo people have taken advantage of the opportunity to occupy the entire valley, and have tried to incorporate the entire Babao River into their territory. However, due to the large
The Tang Lanzhou garrison fought tooth and nail to resist, but failed and had to stop on the south bank of the Datong River.
In order to completely control the newly conquered land, the Tubo people built three forts in the Datong River Valley to contain possible attacks by the Tang army. In addition to the first line of forts that had been captured by Li Xian's troops, there were also three forts located in the middle of the valley.
There is a military stronghold built on the mountain with a thousand troops stationed there. There is also a large camp at the exit of the Qinghai side. The general commanding the army is Gar Bolun, the youngest son of Dongzan Yusong.
There are about 20,000 soldiers and civilians, among whom there are about 10,000 capable warriors, and the rest are young and old. Although the Tubo people's military system has been relatively improved after Songtsen Gampo's reform, their fighting habits remain the same.
The nature of the nomadic people is that whenever there is a war, the entire tribe will always go out together, with those who can fight in the front, and the young and old will accompany them to herd cattle, sheep and horses.
On the sixth day of October in the first year of Xianheng, Li Xian's troops attacked the Tubo army's outpost camp at night. The defenders of the second army camp heard that the Tang army was powerful and did not dare to stand alone. They abandoned the camp and fled. The Tang army did not follow up.
In pursuit, they settled down in the Tubo abandoned stronghold. Early the next morning, they marched straight to the Tubo camp. At that time, Gar Bo Lun, who had been prepared for a long time, led his main force of 12,000 people out of the camp to form a formation.
To welcome them, the two sides formed a confrontation at the exit of the Datong River Valley, and the war was about to break out. What is interesting is that the commanders of both sides were a bit young - the Tang army's commander Li Xian was sixteen years old, and the Tubo commander Gar Bo Lun was only younger than Li
Appears slightly older.
The Tibetan army of 12,000 people is divided into four parts. The left wing has 2,000 infantry, 500 cavalry, and the commander is Qianhu Changlie? Queji; the right wing is 1,500 infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and the commander is Qianhu Changwolun.
Cizan; the front army had two thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry, and the commander of the army was Suo Lunzan, the leader of a thousand households; Gar Bolun led one thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry as the center army. The Tang army was only divided into three parts, with Ningyuan on the left wing.
General Zhao Puchu and right-wing guerrilla general Gao Shangzhi each commanded a thousand infantry. Li Xianzi led 3,000 cavalry as the central army. The distance between the two armies was about 300 steps.
"Listen to those on the other side, my great general has invited His Highness the King of Zhou of the Tang Dynasty to come out and speak!"
While the two armies were silently confronting each other, a chief of a hundred households in the Tubo army galloped to the center of the battlefield and shouted in blunt Chinese at the Tang army's formation.
What kind of plane are you doing? This battle is really like playing house in a novel, talking about it? Is there another one-on-one duel? Li Xian is facing the three cavalry captains who are following him - Li He, Wang Bing,
When Cheng Hedong explained the battle plan, he suddenly heard the shouts of the Tubo head of 100 households, and his brows furrowed involuntarily. He really didn't know what to say.
"Your Highness, the Tubo thieves have always been untrustworthy. You must not leave them lightly."
"Yes, Your Highness, the Tubo people are cunning and there may be an ambush, so it's better to be careful."
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you to go find out what's going on."
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In order to facilitate the command, when Li Xian transferred troops from Longyou this time, he deliberately transferred only troops and not generals. There was no general among the three thousand cavalry. The highest commanders were Li, Wang, and Cheng, three Zhaowu captains.
In the past few days, Li Xian had spent a lot of effort to win over everyone. With Li Xian's ability and the combination of kindness and power, he could easily handle it. The three of them also regarded themselves as Li Xian's confidants. At this moment, Li Xian frowned.
Silently, the three of them were afraid that Li Xian, in his youth and arrogance, would actually run to argue with the opponent's general in front of the battle, so they hurriedly began to give advice.
"Little Li Xian, are you scared? Come out if you feel like it. If you don't have the guts, just get out and go home to nurse. Hahaha..."
The head of one hundred Tubo households shouted in front of the formation for a long time, but saw no reaction from the Tang army. He immediately became angry and began to curse with excrement. His words were extremely unpleasant to listen to.
Tsk tsk, Jiji has mastered all the tricks. It seems that Bo Lun is really planning to play dirty. Interesting, interesting! Li Xian is very clever, how could he not guess Gar? What is Bo Lun's intention for playing such a trick?
They just planned to capture the thieves first and capture the king first, but then again, Li Xian had this thought in his mind - although the Tubo army was large in number, there were only really elite soldiers of the Tubo tribe inside.
The 4,000 men and horses that Gar Bo led on his own were just that. As for the rest, they were just the Qiang people who had surrendered. Although most of them were equipped with armor and weapons captured from the Tang army, their actual combat power was very limited.
, there is no way to compare with the elite Tang army. If this battle were to be fought in a regular manner, the Tubo army would undoubtedly be defeated. Of course, the Tang army would inevitably suffer some damage. If they could defeat the enemy without fighting,
, Li Xianzi would not refuse.
"Go and meet that kid. Once I take down the thieves, you and I will launch an attack immediately. We must defeat the enemy in one battle!" After some silent deliberation in his mind, Li Xian decided to go and meet with Gar Bo Lun.
Then he looked around at the three generals around him and ordered in a low voice.
"Your Highness, you must not move lightly..."
"Your Highness, think twice!"
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When the three generals saw that Li Xian insisted on going out into battle, they couldn't help but become anxious and spoke out to stop him.
"No problem, let's see if someone kills the barking thief first!"
Li Xian waved his hand with a smile and stopped the three generals from admonishing him. As soon as he finished speaking, the man had already galloped out of the horse. The horse's speed was at its maximum in an instant, and he rushed towards the unruly scolding man like a strong wind.
The restless head of a hundred households.
"oops!"
The head of a hundred households in Tubo was getting angry with curses, foaming at the mouth three thousand feet away, when he suddenly saw a horse from the Tang army rushing towards him. He immediately panicked, and without caring about his shame, he flicked his horse's head.
He turned around and fled towards his own formation.
"Wherever you go, stay alive!"
The chief of the Hundred Households saw the opportunity very quickly, but Li Xian came even faster. The lions and horses galloped wildly in the night, and they reached the center of the field in an instant. The chief of the Tubo Households only ran a few steps, and was nowhere to be found.
By the time he reacted, Li Xian had already roared, and with just one wave of the Qinglongyan Moon Sword in his hand, a huge head rolled off the horse. The headless body swayed on the horse's back for a few times, spraying wildly.
Falling to the ground with blood.
"Bo'er, I'm here alone. Do you dare to come?"
After Li Xian saw the success of his sword, he did not rush forward anymore. Instead, he reined in his horse in the center of the field, pointed the bloody sword at the Tibetan army formation, and roared loudly, the sound was as loud as a thunderbolt.
The sound was so powerful that it caused a commotion in the Tibetan formation.
"Li Xian, don't be rampant, a certain family is here!"
As soon as Li Xian's roar stopped, a horse galloped out of the Tubo formation. The person who came was none other than Gar Bo Lun, the commander of the Tibetan army. Gar Bo Lun had participated in the Battle of Dafeichuan and had personally experienced the strength of the Tang army.
Combat strength, seeing that Li Xian's troops were well-organized, he knew that this Tang army was definitely an elite unit and was probably not a match for his troops, so he decided to trick Li Xian into coming out of the battle, trying to use his superior strength to
Wu Yi captured Li Xian on the spot, but he didn't expect that Li Xian was so brave. With a roar, he could actually dampen the morale of his troops. He couldn't help but feel a little panicked, but now that it was over, if he was Gar?
If there was any retreat, I'm afraid the morale of the army would be shaken even more. Most of the battle was lost without fighting. Gal Bolun had no choice but to rush out of the formation, carrying a long steel horse spear, and stood ten meters away from Li Xian.
Yu Zhangyuan faced each other in a confrontational manner.
Tubo had been attached to the Tang Dynasty for many years and had many contacts with each other. Most of its upper-class people could speak fluent Chinese, and Gar Bo Lunzi was no exception. This scolding was delivered quite smoothly, and it even carried
He has a distinct Chang'an accent. If you don't look at the person, you might really think that the speaker is from the capital.
Good boy, this head is not small, it deserves a beating this time! Li Xian glanced at Gar Bo Lun and saw that he was not as tall and burly as him. He couldn't help but move in his heart, but his face was...
He was very calm and just said indifferently: "Bo Lun, I'm going to call you out, but do you want to surrender?"
"Your Highness is joking. The ink on the treaty between our two countries is not yet dry, but Your Highness is brazenly raising troops to invade the country. It is unjust. If you don't retreat early, you will definitely not be able to escape the same mistakes as before!" After hearing what Li Xian said,
Gal Bolun's already dark face suddenly turned even darker. He retorted unceremoniously, but even with his words, his confidence seemed a bit lacking.
"Hahaha..." As soon as Gar Bo's words fell, Li Xian burst into laughter. After laughing wildly for a while, his expression suddenly darkened. He raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand and pointed it at Gar Bo.
Talking about it, he shouted in a cold voice: "Even a humble clan dares to talk about the covenant. You must know that anyone who offends our powerful Tang Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are. Just like you and other pigs and dogs, just clean their necks and wait for the orphans to come and chop them off. Stop talking nonsense.
If you want to fight, fight; if you don’t fight, surrender!”
"Looking for death, let's watch!"
Gar Bo Lun was also a young and vigorous man. He was famous for his bravery in the Tubo Kingdom. He had been in fierce battles for a long time, so he had a lot of evil spirits. Hearing Li Xian's words were so unpleasant, how could he bear it?
When he got down, he roared loudly, spurred his horse on his hip, straightened up his stallion, and charged at Li Xian with great force.
"kill!"
Li Xian originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Gar Bo Lun, but when he saw him charging towards him, he realized what he was planning to do. He roared loudly and rode towards him without showing any signs of weakness.
The distance between the two people was only a short ten feet, so how could they withstand the charge of the two horses? In just a moment of breathing, the two horses' heads were able to meet. Li Xian's sword, Gar Bo Lun.
The guns attacked and killed almost at the same time...