Yang Peng looked at the Tubo military camp carefully, thought for a moment, and murmured: "How can you be willing if you don't give it a try!" He turned to Wang Kai and said, "Wang Kai," Wang Kai responded, and immediately led more than a hundred black-clothed and masked men. The secret guard without armor walked quietly towards the camp gate. When they arrived nearby, they stopped. The twelve secret guards were divided into two groups. They climbed over the fence from the darker areas on the left and right sides of the camp gate and entered inside. They were all like civet cats moving in the dark, even though they stared helplessly. I only felt a black shadow disappearing for a moment.
The twelve hidden killers walked gently towards the twelve sentries beside the camp gate under the cover of shadow. The twelve sentries were divided into two teams, facing each other on the left and right sides of the camp gate. At the same time, there were also two sentries on each of the two sentry towers next to it and the corridor above the camp gate. Twelve secret guards came quietly behind the twelve sentries, suddenly jumped out of the darkness, covered the sentry's mouth and nose with his left hand, and cut the sentry's throat with the dagger in his right hand. The twelve sentries died at the same time, and then Twelve secret guards dragged the bodies of the twelve Shaobings into the darkness on both sides.
A sentry on the sentry tower heard some strange noises below, so he stretched his head and looked down, but the twelve sentries who were supposed to be below were missing. He couldn't help being surprised, and quickly called his companion: "Hey, you Come and see, where have those guys below gone?" Another sentry came over and stretched his head to look down. Sure enough, those sentries were missing. He couldn't help but cursed: "These stupid donkeys must have gone to be lazy. Got it!"
At this time, both sentries felt as if someone was climbing up the sentry tower, and thought it was one of the missing sentries below. At this moment, a "whoosh" sound suddenly came from the air. Before the two sentries could react, they saw the two sentries on the corridor below softening at the same time. They couldn't help but be shocked, and a thought immediately surged in their minds. Horrible thoughts come. At this moment, a black figure suddenly jumped up from the stairs in the middle of the sentry tower, and slashed two people's throats with two swish knives. Both of them died before they could even scream. At the same time, the sentry on the opposite sentry tower was also eliminated by Hidden Kill using the same method.
A secret guard poked his head out of the sentry tower and made a gesture to the people below. The secret guard guarding below immediately ran to the camp gate and opened it. Wang Kai immediately led all the secret guards to rush forward, removed the horses in front of the camp gate, then rushed into the military camp, divided into several teams and dispersed.
Seeing that Wang Kai and the others had succeeded, Yang Peng immediately led his army and rushed forward. The majestic killing sounds suddenly sounded, breaking the silence of the night in an instant. Eighty thousand troops poured into the military camp like a tide, and the iron hooves trampled directly over the tents. The tents and the awakened Tibetan soldiers inside were trampled into mud; the infantry rushed into the tents, and the Tibetan army was panicking, and many of them were still naked. Ass, the infantrymen swung their swords and killed fiercely, with blood flying, and the Tubo soldiers died one after another.
At the same time, flames burst out in the forage yards and grain farms, and in a blink of an eye, dozens of huge torches formed. The sky-high flames illuminated the night into day; and suddenly there was the rumble of horse hooves from the stables. The sound turned out to be tens of thousands of war horses surrounding the stables, which were frightened and rushed out. Behind them, some black figures could be seen driving the horses. This made the military camp even more chaotic.
Zanbutai hurriedly ran out of the tent with a big sword. He saw that the entire military camp was in chaos. Countless Yanyun troops were galloping around, while his own soldiers were running around in panic like chickens and ducks that had exploded their nests. Most of them were still alive. Before they had time to put on their clothes, they saw one after another falling under the iron hoofs of Yan Yunjun's blades, screaming and shouting. "This, this, how could this happen?" Zanbutai shouted in disbelief. At this moment, he thought that the Yan Yun Army would not launch an attack until tomorrow! In fact, it is not just him, all the Tubo soldiers have this idea. In their subconscious, King Yan is a terrible enemy and an unparalleled strong man. If such an enemy says in public that he will take revenge tomorrow, then it must be tomorrow. Come back to attack, why do you want to make a surprise attack tonight?
This is actually a kind of mindset. Most people often do not doubt the words of people they fear. They all have a subconscious mind that such a powerful enemy will not lie to them. The reason why Chen Xiao went to the Tubo military camp to talk nonsense during the day was actually that the oath was only a secondary purpose. The main purpose was to set a trap for the enemy, otherwise it would be impossible to completely annihilate this huge enemy army. It's really not a simple matter. Even if it is successfully annihilated, I'm afraid there will be a considerable price to pay.
When Zanbutai was in a daze, he suddenly saw a group of fierce warriors rushing towards him. The leader was the King of Yan whom he had seen during the day. At this time, he was galloping with an iron horse and a leaping horse in his hand, and his murderous intent was astonishing. . Zanbutai retreated hurriedly, and the soldiers around him immediately rushed to meet him.
Yang Peng and his dozens of hidden killers crashed into the middle of the soldiers. Many of the soldiers were knocked away by the powerful impact. At the same time, the horse sword flew up and down, killing the soldiers until their corpses were covered with blood. Yang Peng and others broke through the barriers of the soldiers and rushed in front of Zanbutai. Yang Peng stabbed Zanbutai with his sword. At the moment of life and death, Zanbutai didn't care about the general's face and hurriedly rolled on the spot, narrowly avoiding Yang Peng's attack and rolling into the tent. Yang Peng frowned and rushed into the big tent on horseback. He saw Zanbutai cutting the opposite tent with a waist knife and turning his head forward and backward. Yang Peng cursed and immediately turned his horse's head and ran out of the tent. At this time, the secret guards were killing the soldiers. The soldiers were rolling around and running around, but they were chopped down to the ground one by one by the horizontal sword. The lucky ones escaped into the darkness.
Yang Peng rode his horse to the back of the tent, but Zanbutai was nowhere to be seen. Looking around, he only saw Tibetans chasing and killing people everywhere in the chaotic tent, but there was no trace of Zanbutai.
The Tibetan soldiers who managed to escape from the military camp had no time to take a breath when they encountered Yan Yun's army coming up from two wings. They were so frightened that they rolled and crawled in all directions. They really only regretted that they had lost two legs. Yan Yun's army pursued them from all sides, and screams, shouts, the sound of horse hooves, and the sound of slashing and killing echoed in the night sky.
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The next morning, when the sun shone on the earth, the melee that lasted all night finally ended. White smoke and black smoke were rising from many places in the military camp. The originally neat military camp became a mess. Many fences collapsed, countless tents were burned, and countless tents were trampled. The ground was covered with corpses, and blood stained the original yellow ground. It turned dark brown, and the air was filled with a strong smell of burnt and blood. Groups of Tibetan prisoners shook their heads and converged on the concentration point under the escort of Yanyun Army. At the same time, there were many Yanyun prisoners. Yun Jun was cleaning the battlefield, cleaning up corpses and carrying trophies.
The wasteland outside the military camp was also a miserable scene with corpses strewn across the field. Those Tibetan army soldiers who escaped from the military camp last night were attacked by two wings of Yanyun troops outside the military camp. Seventy-eight of them died, and not many could escape.
Yang Peng and more than a hundred secret guards immediately stood on a hill near the military camp and looked at the scene in front of them.
The rapid sound of horse hoofbeats came from above and below. Yang Peng followed the sound and saw Yang Erya, who was stunningly beautiful in military uniform, leading a dozen Feifeng female guards. They galloped to Yang Peng and reined in their horses. Yang Erya clasped his fists excitedly and said, "Brother, the enemy army has been completely wiped out. Only less than ten thousand people fled westward into the deep mountains and forests! In addition, our military camp in Tubo is Countless baggage materials were seized and countless properties they plundered!"
Yang Peng nodded and asked, "Have you caught Mrs. Zanbu?"
Yang Erya's excited look disappeared, he frowned and shook his head, "No! I suspect he may have escaped into the deep mountains and forests!" Yang Peng thought of what happened last night and couldn't help but cursed: "This bastard is not good at fighting. Yes, he has a way of escaping, just like a mouse!"
At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from the bottom of the mountain again. It turned out that Xuanzan was galloping over with several officers. When he came to Yang Peng, he reined in his horse, clasped his fists and said, "King Yan!" Yang Peng said, "Without your ninth legion desperately guarding Xizhou, our army would not have been able to achieve today's great victory! Now that the Tubo army has collapsed, this The task of recovering the states and counties in the west will be completed by your Ninth Legion!" Tianyou and several of his officers were grateful. Tianyou said, "Thank you, King Yan!" Then he turned his horse and led several officers to run away. Go down.
Yang Peng said to Wang Kai again: "Send an order to Shi Liancheng to ask his First Army Corps to go forward and cooperate with the Ninth Army Corps to regain the states and counties in the west!" Wang Kai accepted the promise and rode away.
Later that day, Tianyou led 20,000 soldiers of the Ninth Army to leave Xizhou and advance to the west. At the same time, the First Army led by Shi Liancheng cooperated with the Ninth Army. The First Army did not want to regain any place first. This honor only belonged to the Ninth Army.
As the main force of the Tibetan army had collapsed, the news spread to the western states and counties. The Tibetan soldiers who stayed behind were frightened and fled in panic before the Yanyun army arrived. The magistrates, magistrates and other officials who had surrendered to Tibet before were also Impatiently, he flew the double-winged flying tiger flag to abandon darkness and turn to light. In just three days, all previously occupied states and counties were recovered.
Tubo Qingtang City, located near the current Qinghai Lake and more than a hundred miles west of Xining Prefecture, was the most important city in Tubo close to the Xixia and Song Dynasties at that time, with a hundred thousand troops stationed there. The commander-in-chief's name was Zanpu, a member of the Tubo royal family. He was over sixty years old, tall and slim in appearance. He was also a famous Tubo general.
On this day, Zanpu was walking in the garden of General Zanbu's mansion. Suddenly, a soldier hurriedly reported: "General, General Zanbu's envoy is here. All urgent military affairs must be reported to the general!"
When Zamp heard that it was an urgent military matter, he did not dare to neglect it and immediately walked towards the front hall. When we arrived at the front hall, we saw a dusty officer standing in the hall. As soon as the officer saw Zampu, he immediately bowed and said, "I pay my respects to the general!" Then he held up the letter with both hands and presented it to Zampu: "This is a letter written by our general!"
Zamp took the letter, opened it, took out the letter paper, unfolded it, and started reading. His expression suddenly became solemn, and he raised his head and asked the officer in front of him: "Yang Peng, King of Yan, has led an army to Xizhou. Is this true?" The officer said: "It's absolutely true! Please send reinforcements quickly, general!" Zanpu did not answer immediately. He walked a few steps with the letter behind his back, turned around and said, "The letter said that King Yan arrived with only 200,000 reinforcements. Isn't it possible that General Zanpu's troops could not withstand it?" The officer hurriedly said: "The general doesn't know anything. The Yanyun Army's combat power is very terrifying. Even the ninth legion, which ranks at the bottom, has caused us great suffering and heavy losses! But the two hundred thousand troops led by King Yan are all It is the most elite direct-affiliated legion and the first legion. Although it is 200,000, it takes 400,000 to deal with them!..."
Zamp was surprised when he heard such a statement and said with a smile: "Such words are really unbelievable! I don't believe there is such a powerful army in the world!"
The officer quickly said: "We didn't believe it at first, but after the battle with the Yanyun Army, we can't believe it anymore!" Then he urged: "My general and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are in a dangerous situation. Please hurry up and Send an army to support us, I’m afraid it’ll be too late!”
Zanpu walked back and forth a few more steps, stopped, and said to the officer: "My one hundred thousand army is responsible for guarding Qingtang. Even I cannot mobilize it without your Majesty's order!..." The officer heard this. He meant that he no longer planned to send reinforcements, and immediately became anxious: "General, the matter is extremely urgent. Please don't stick to the rules! Otherwise, once my army of hundreds of thousands is overturned, this, this..."
Zanpu also felt that the matter was a bit serious. He thought about it and said, "Let's do this. While I ordered the army to prepare, I sent people to Luoche to ask for orders from His Majesty the Emperor! As soon as the Emperor's order comes, I will send out the army immediately..."
The officer frowned and said, "But..."
Zan Pu waved his hand, "Don't worry too much! Zan Bu Tai's army of more than 200,000 people is guarding it, and Liang Yanyun's army can't do anything to them!" The officer felt that what Zan Pu said was reasonable, and he also understood that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, there would be no consequences. Welled out, so he responded.
Zamp immediately wrote a letter, stamped it with the gold seal of his general, sealed it, and then called the herald, handed the letter to him, and ordered him to immediately send it to Luoche and hand it over to His Majesty (Luoche, which is now Lhasa, Luoche is the ancient name. The herald promised and ran down. Then Zanpu summoned the four most important generals under his command and ordered them to prepare for the departure immediately. The four generals took the order and left.
In the next three days, news came one after another from the border. It turned out to be news that the troops who originally guarded Lanzhou and other places had escaped. Various rumors were flying all over the sky, which made Zampu confused, but he still didn't believe it. Zanbutai's army of hundreds of thousands would be defeated in such a short period of time.
Three days later, Zanpu was still waiting for news from Luoche. There was no news from Luoche, but Zanbutai and others suddenly arrived. Zanpu was startled and hurriedly went out to greet him, only to see Zanbu Tai and others dressed in rags and in a miserable state, looking like beggars! Zanpu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, General? How did you end up like this?" Zanpu was so ashamed that he sighed, but remained silent.
Zanpu felt that this was not the place to talk at the gate, so he immediately ordered the soldiers around him to lead Zanbutai's soldiers to the backyard, while he invited Zanbutai and Duosang to enter the hall. The guests and hosts sat down, and a soldier brought tea. Zanbutai and Duosang, who were already so thirsty that their throats were smoking, ignored their appearance, grabbed the tea bowl and drank it in big gulps, but they still looked very thirsty. Seeing this, Zanpu simply ordered his soldiers to bring two large teapots and place them in front of the two of them. The two of them didn't even bother to pour the tea into the tea bowl, so they picked up the teapot and slurped at the spout. After a long while, the two of them put down the teapot and took a long breath.
Zanpu felt that he had been too rude just now. He stood up and said shyly: "How rude!" Zanpu waved his hand, "General, you don't have to be polite. But shouldn't the general be under Xizhou City? Why did he come here? Here?" Then his heart moved, and he asked in an unbelievable tone: "Could it be, could it be..."
Zan Bu was so ashamed that he did not dare to face Zan Pu. Then he cursed angrily: "That King Yan is really as cunning as a fox! We have been fooled by him!" He told the story of the attack, and then how he escaped into the deep mountains and forests, and how he escaped into Tubo territory. Finally, he sighed and said with great sadness and anger: "An army of three hundred thousand, an army of three hundred thousand, can we... Only a few hundred of us are the only ones left!" His statement is not entirely correct. In fact, the Tibetan army that fled back from Lanzhou and other places totaled almost 5,000 people, but only the Tibetan army that marched to Xizhou remained. There are hundreds of them.
That night the army collapsed, and almost ten thousand people fled into the high mountains between Tonghui Pass and Gaolan Mountain. The Tibetan army ran in panic and did not choose the road. As a result, most of them got lost in the high mountains. Only Zanbutai and a few hundred others were lucky. He escaped from the mountains and then fled to Qingtang.
After listening to what Zanbutai said, Zanpu didn't say anything for a long time. His heart was filled with shock and disbelief. If Zanbutai hadn't been right in front of him, he still wouldn't have been able to believe it. "I really don't know what to say... I really can't believe that in just a few days, hundreds of thousands of troops fell apart! Is the Yanyun Army really that strong?"
Zan Bu was dejected and did not speak; Duosang said: "The Yanyun Army is known as the elite in the world, and it is truly well-deserved! The Ninth Army Corps, which ranked last, made us suffer a lot, and the General of the Ninth Army, Chen Jie, , single-handedly killed my entire army! To be honest, if Chen Jie hadn't been seriously injured and died, we would have retreated at that time! Hey, if that were the case, maybe there wouldn't be such a miserable takeover. It's really Things are unpredictable!”
Zamp frowned.
Duosang continued: "In fact, after the enemy troops broke into the camp, we also carried out several counterattacks. However, the opponents were too strong. Our counterattacks were defeated by their indestructible front as soon as we organized them, and finally collapsed completely. I can't deal with it anymore! I heard the legend of Yan Yunjun before, and just thought it was something that boring people spread rumors. However, after fighting with them with real swords and guns, I found that some parts of the rumors were not enough to show. How terrible they are!”
Zamp was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "You two are already very tired, so let's take a good rest first." Then he called the soldiers and ordered them to take them down to rest. The two stood up, saluted Zamp, and followed the soldiers down.
Zanpu thought for a moment, and immediately called the herald, ordering all the troops to stand ready, but also ordered all the troops not to act rashly, even if the Yanyun army took the initiative to provoke, they must not act rashly, and the offenders would be killed immediately even if they won. Then Zanpu sent a messenger to convey the latest situation to Luoxie.
On the same day, an order came from Luoxe, ordering Zanpu to lead an army into Qinfeng Road to support Zanputai. This was obviously in response to Zanpu's previous request. Now that things have changed, it is obviously out of time. Zamp did not execute this order and continued to wait for new logical orders. Soon after, another order came, ordering Zanpu to be on guard, and told Zanpu that 100,000 reinforcements were gathering here. At the same time, the imperial envoy had set off to Qinfeng Road to prepare for negotiations with Yanyun's army. In addition to these, he was also ordered to Zanpu arrested Zanbutai and Duosang on the spot and escorted them back to Luoche to await sanctions.
A few days later, the imperial envoy came to Qingtang, met with Zanpu, and asked: "What actions has the Yanyun army taken these days?" Zanpu said: "The army gathered at the border, but did not launch an attack! Unexpectedly They are still waiting for the logistics!" The imperial minister frowned and felt very heavy. This imperial minister was also a member of the royal family, named Zambala, and was one of the few civil servants in Tubo who was proficient in Chinese culture.
Zamp sighed, "I just don't understand why the Han people, who have always been cowardly, suddenly became so fierce?"
Zambara sneered: "Cowardly? Where do you really start talking about this? In fact, you don't understand them. They can be said to be the most cruel people in the world. Because of this, Confucianism and Taoism were created to curb them. However, Yan Yun completely independent of Confucianism and Taoism, especially Confucianism, and deliberately stimulated the ferocious nature in their blood. This is like opening the cage of a ferocious beast, and the ferocious beast escapes, and also seduces Make this ferocious beast pounce on food! That's why the Yan Yun army you face is so terrifying! Without the restraint of Confucianism, I really don't know how much damage Yan Yun will cause to the world! Hey!"
Zamp smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is too mysterious!"
"Xuan? Humph, you must also know what happened during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the Central Plains. Don't you think that the Han people at that time were completely different from the Han people now? The Han people at that time were extremely murderous and cruel, and did not take their own lives seriously. They don't take other people's lives seriously, but today's Han people seem to be very docile. Why is this?" Zamp frowned. Zambala said: "This is all the result of Confucianism!"
The two were silent for a moment, and then Zamp asked: "My lord, are you going here to ask for peace?"
Zambara nodded, "Of course, we have no grudge against Yan Yun, so there is really no need to fight to the death!" After a pause, "Even if we have to use troops against Yan Yun, we must not rush in front! Then Xixia General Qin Fenglu They really have bad intentions when they promise us, and they want to attract trouble so that we can share the pressure for them. We can't fall for this trick and make wedding clothes for others!"
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
