Five thousand cavalry, led by Li Kuo, the captain of Guoyi, roared into the camp with a momentum like a huge wave.
Pu Dachui held up the Tang army flag for Li Kuo and closely guarded his commander's side.
"Order the brothers to work in groups of two hundred to carefully search every tent and warehouse." Li Kuo held the reins with one hand and gave the order.
"Come in and search carefully!" Dou Qing pulled out the sword from his waist and led two hundred Tongwu soldiers to jump into a camp. The entire school ground was empty, with many swords and bows and arrows lying on the ground. Near the mountain pass,
There was not a single Tibetan in the row of barracks built of balsa wood and thatch.
"Go in and search!" Dou Qing waved his hand and gave the order.
The soldiers cautiously held up their shields with one hand and ventured into the room with small steps. They were all veterans of many battles and were extremely experienced. Enemies often hide in unexpected places. With the advantage of the terrain, they can use a feather to
An arrow can kill you. Therefore, it is extremely important to always protect your vitals with a shield.
There were many grains of rice scattered on the ground inside the house. It could be seen that the Tibetan people had just left.
"General Dou, we found many pots filled with water and cooked rice in the kitchen that have just been extinguished!" A team member hugged Dou Qing and bowed to report.
"How long has it been since the stove fire went out?" Dou Qing turned around and asked.
The team scratched their heads and said: "The cow dung hasn't destroyed the stars yet, it shouldn't take more than an hour." (Note 1)
Dou Qing nodded: "Tell everyone not to drink the water here, and be careful of poisoning by the enemy. Search the bunks one by one to see if you can get some clues." After experiencing many battles, Dou Qing has a thorough understanding of soldiers who are not tired of deceit, which is reflected in the
Excellent qualities of an experienced general.
The soldiers bravely agreed, entered the barracks one after another, and searched one by one. Because of the large number of people, the Tang army only used less than a stick of incense to search all the huge barracks. Everyone did not find a single Tibetan in the barracks, but it was true.
It was found that the barbarians had left behind many wooden boxes, weapons and other luggage. It was obvious that the Tubo people were very eager to escape.
Dou Qing frowned, thought for a moment and then ordered: "Let everyone stay where they are."
Dou Qing walked out of the barracks and walked straight towards Li Kuo: "Sir Captain, no Tubo people have been found in our camp. Judging from the situation, they should have just left."
Li Kuo nodded and sighed: "Most of the brothers in other camps have the same result. It seems that our whereabouts have been known to them."
"General, why don't we camp here first? It's already dusk. It's better to spend the night here than in the wilderness." Dou Qing whispered his suggestion.
Li Kuo shook his head: "I still have to ask General Gao what he means. Soldiers are very fast. If we order Qingqi to catch up now, we may still be able to catch up. After all, our mission this time is important, and we must not let the Tubo people return to Jiuqu City.
Report!"
"What are you afraid of? We have a total of 30,000 troops. Even if the Tubo people transfer all the defenders of Jiuqu City back to the city, it will only be 20,000. As long as we work together, we may not be able to capture the city." Zhang Yanji did not want to rise.
The ambition of others destroys one's prestige, he said angrily.
"After all, the cities built by the Tubo people are not like the fortified cities we built in the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty. Most of them are made of soil clods and cow dung, and they can be smashed to pieces by a few rounds of trebuchets!"
Zhou Wuwei shook his head and said: "Mortals, mortals. Do you think the Tubo people can only use low-grade materials like cow dung and clay? How many people did they plunder from Guanlong, and how many Han craftsmen were among them? Do you think they
Haven’t you learned how to build a strong city?”
Li Kuo sighed: "Jiuqu City is close to Shaoshi Mountain. It is made of bluestone and is extremely strong. I'm afraid we won't be able to use brute force."
While they were arguing, Gao Xiuyan had already entered the camp under the escort of his own soldiers.
"Greetings to General Gao!" All the generals clasped their fists and gave Gao Yanxiu a military salute.
He waved his hand and asked directly: "How is it, Captain Li, have you found any clues?"
Li Kuo made a military salute and said: "Back to the general, it seems that the Tibetans have just left not long ago. Should we pursue them?"
Gao Xiuyan tapped his fingers and thought about the powerful relationship. After a long time, he decided to pursue! If the Tibetans got the news and notified the defenders of Datong Valley and Dafeichuan to come closer and surround them, it is very likely that his 30,000 cavalry would be outnumbered.
Dumplings! Even if he didn't think about the overall situation of the Hehuang Battle, Gao Xiuyan still had to think about himself.
Just as he was about to give the order, he heard a "ping" sound, and Xianyu Yucheng stumbled out from a barracks near the west side. He, who had always been calm and steady, unexpectedly ran to Li Kuo and said tremblingly:
"People, people, all people."
Gao Xiuyan immediately frowned, thinking that Li Kuo was so careless in doing things. There were clearly Tibetan soldiers hiding in the barracks, but he didn't notice it.
He smiled slightly and said: "How many Tibetans are there in the barracks? Have they ever given up resistance and been willing to surrender?"
Only then did Xianyu Yucheng notice that Gao Xiuyan was here, and he knelt down on the ground with a plop and choked: "General, they are not living people, they are all heads, people, heads. They are from the Tang Dynasty, they are from the Tang Dynasty...
"When he said this, he seemed to see the scene of rolling heads again, and his stomach was churning for a moment, and the fried pancakes he had eaten for lunch burst out together with snot and tears.
Seeing him like this, everyone knew that something big had happened and hurriedly headed to the west barracks under the leadership of Gao Xiuyan.
But with a soft creak, the wooden door opened wide, and the stench of rotting corpses came out.
Flies danced wildly and maggots squirmed, making people bend over and feel sick.
In the huge barracks, there were more than a hundred heads, all of them staring at the door with angry eyes.
Some recruits were so frightened that they cried in their arms when they saw such a scene. Some of the young soldiers who had never seen blood even vomited out the acid water from last night.
"They are Tang people, they are Tang people!" Lin Feng saw this scene, stepped forward and wiped his tears and said. "They should be Tang slaves captured by the Tubo people from Guanlong. The Tubo people knew that our army was coming, and these slaves
It's a burden to carry them around, so just kill them all. The Tubo people don't keep useless slaves. If the slaves get sick, their heads will be cut off by their masters as military merit!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present instantly turned pale. These people are from the Tang Dynasty, and they are fellow villagers who are connected by blood with them!
"These little bastard Tibetan bastards!" Pu Dachui burst into tears, waved his fist and cursed.
"Kill all the Tibetan beasts, kill them all!"
"Revenge, revenge!"
"Avenge the fellow villagers!"
Most of the soldiers present were from Longyou Road. These Tang people who died tragically might be their uncles from the cave dwellings in the neighboring villages, or their childhood playmates. Now that so many heads are placed in front of them, so many blood debts are recorded in
In the heart, how can we make people let go?
"If I don't avenge this, I swear I won't be a human being!" Li Kuo was completely overwhelmed by grief and anger at this moment. No matter what, he would make these beasts who committed heinous crimes pay the price!
Blood debts can only be repaid with blood, and can only be repaid with blood!
...
Nearly five thousand Qingqi were galloping through the mountains under the leadership of Li Kuo. Even in the dark night, they did not dare to light torches for lighting. Because as soon as the fire burned, they could think of the tragic scene of heads in the house and the
The stench of corpses after being burned by the fierce fire reminds me of those bright eyes that stared with anger...
The fire was blazing, and they burned the pagoda made of human heads, but they could not burn away the resentment implanted in their hearts; the boiling oil was boiling, and they burned the city wall made of corpses, but they could not burn away the humiliation slapped on the face. (
Note 1)
In order to catch up with the Tibetan team as soon as possible, everyone mounted their war horses overnight and galloped eastward along the muddy and sunken path. Except for the biscuits swallowed with cold water on the mounts, everyone had not eaten yet; counting from the morning, everyone had not eaten yet.
They never slept. But not one of the more than 5,000 Tang soldiers complained. They wanted to avenge their fathers and fellow villagers, and they wanted to regain their lost dignity!
"Sir, there is fire!" Dou Qing reminded loudly when he saw the looming fire at the mountain col in front.
"It's the Tubo people! Only the Tubo people are used to camping in the mouth of the col!" Lin Feng added sternly. Many Tubo people have extremely close faith in gods and Buddhas. They believe that camping in the mountain col can get closer to nature and receive the blessings of Shambhala.
"Brothers, go in and avenge our fellow villagers!" Li Kuo pulled out the black knife from his waist and said in a cold voice.
Thousands of Tang troops quickly attacked, and with hatred of the country and family, they rushed into the wooden gate set up by the Tibetans at the entrance of the col, and stepped towards the group of crooked temporary tents set up by the Tibetans.
The Tubo people did not expect that the Tang army would pursue them all night long. They did not sprinkle caltrops in front of the camp, nor set up a dust-covered horse trap at the entrance of the col. Even the wooden fences were crooked and symbolic. (Note 3
)
In the final analysis, they underestimated the hatred of the Tang army, and they underestimated the dignity of the Tang people!
Most of the Tubo soldiers were sleeping soundly. How could they have expected that the Tang army would descend from the sky? They all picked up their pants and ran away with their heads in their hands. But how could they outrun the cavalry? In just a few rounds, nearly 500 Tubo soldiers were chopped down by the Tang army, with their limbs and arms broken.
Everywhere.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack! The Tang bandits are coming. Get up, pick up your spear, and hit it!" A Tubo centurion put on his coat and roared almost hoarsely.
Note 1: Cow dung is the main dye of the Tibetan people. It has been used as a fuel for tea and cooking in plateau pastoral areas for thousands of years. For the majority of farmers and herdsmen living on the snow-covered plateau, cow dung is still the best dye.
Fuel. Coal transportation is inconvenient, the distance is long, gas is unimaginable, and solar and wind energy are unstable. Local materials, low-carbon and environmentally friendly cow dung are the most precious living materials for herdsmen in pastoral areas.
Note 2: It refers to Jingguan, where human heads are used to build pagodas and corpses are used to build city walls. It is an almost primitive show of force.
Note 3: Volume 152 of "Tang Tongdian" records: The pit is five feet long, one foot wide and three feet deep. Antlers, guns and bamboo sticks are buried in the pit. The pit is connected like the word "Ya" and looks like a hook lock.
, cover it with grass and fine dust, and build military cities, forts, and important roads.
ps: I can’t even eat what I wrote and feel so sad. I just hope everyone will remember this period of history.
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