Alarms kept coming to Pibo City, and the emperor's army and the Tianzhu army were approaching. When the enemy was only more than ten miles away from the city, Songgan ordered the city gate to be closed. The people who had not had time to retreat into the city were panicked and had to flee and hide elsewhere.
Soon after, the Tianzhu army came to the city first, shouting and shouting. The soldiers in the city couldn't help but tremble with fear. At this moment, the emperor's army came from the north. The Tianzhu army in the south immediately retreated several miles and formed a fighting formation, obviously to prepare for the emperor's army. The emperor's army did not dare to move rashly and formed an array on the spot to guard against the Tianzhu army. Pibo City, which was between the two armies, felt the pressure drop suddenly. Song Qian was very happy when he saw this scene and just hoped that the two sides would start a war immediately.
However, contrary to expectations, the emperor's army retreated first. However, the Tianzhu people did not pursue and retreated. In the end, the troops of both sides retreated for more than ten miles and set up camp. At night, the main armies from both sides arrived one after another, and there was a commotion outside the city with horses neighing and people shouting. The city was very quiet and the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
Song Qian stood on the temple built on the top of the mountain in the city, looking at the enemy camps on the north and south sides. He saw only dots of sparks stretching for more than ten miles, and he couldn't help but feel very worried. Pibo City was built around a high mountain, with a lamasery built on the top of the mountain. Songgan's palace was located on the mountainside, and other buildings were surrounding it below; while the city wall followed the mountain, although the city wall itself was not It's very tall, but given the terrain, it can definitely be compared with a fortified city like Bianliang!
Song Qian returned to the palace study. Although it was already very late, Song Qian was not sleepy at all. Standing in front of the map, looking at the map, frowning. Tonight, not only the pine trees in Pibo City were unable to sleep, but all the soldiers and civilians were sleepless.
Rapid footsteps came from the door. Songgan raised his head and saw Quza coming. Qu Zha hurriedly came behind Song Qian, bowed and said: "Sir, our scouts just discovered that a group of knights came out of the emperor's army camp and went to the Tianzhu people's army camp!" Song Qian's heart trembled and he asked: "What does this mean? What?" Qu Zha frowned and said, "I'm afraid what I'm most worried about has happened! These two tigers may not want to compete for food, but want to share it!" Song Qian felt a little at a loss and walked behind the bookcase. I sat down, feeling filled with fear.
He raised his head and asked Qu Zha: "Will the two families really join forces? The Tianzhu people are an invading army! Everything south of the Yarlung Zangbo River has been invaded by the Tianzhu people. As the emperor of Tubo, can the emperor turn a blind eye?" Quza frowned and shook his head: "It's hard to say now!" Then he said: "But sir, we must be prepared for the worst possibility!"
Songgan frowned and said: "If they join forces, how can we resist?" Quzha said: "Pibo City is located on a steep mountain, has sufficient food and grass, and is guarded by more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. Even if they join forces, Don't even think about breaking the city in the short term!" Songgan frowned and said: "But sooner or later the city will be unable to be defended!" Qu Zha said: "If it's just a trap, it won't work. We also need to think of other ways. Sir, we should talk to each other. Hold on, and send people to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. As long as we hold on until the Ming Dynasty's army arrives, we will be saved!" Songgan frowned tightly, as heaven and man were at war in his heart. Although he felt that the only way to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty was now, but But I felt that once the Ming army entered Tubo, I was afraid of endless trouble!
Seeing that Song Qian was still undecided, Qu Zha said anxiously: "Sir, it is extremely critical now. You can't hesitate any longer!" Song Qian frowned and said: "The situation is still unclear now. Maybe you are worried about something. It won't appear. Let's just wait and see!" Quza was depressed, sighed, and promised with clasped fists.
That night, Songgan didn't sleep all night. He waited for the scout's report all night. In the early morning, the scout came back and reported: "Sir, Songhe's envoy has returned to the military camp." Songgan asked hurriedly: "What did they say?" The scout shook his head and said: "This is not clear!" Songgan was irritated. He hesitated and waved his hand. The scout retreated.
The sun appeared in the east, and the unique war drums of the Tianzhu people rumbled loudly. Song Qian hurriedly ran up the south city wall and saw the Tianzhu army approaching the city wall like a tide. At this moment, a huge horn sound suddenly came from behind. Song Qian and others standing on the south city wall were shocked. Then they saw an officer rushing up the city wall in a hurry and said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Song He's army Move out and approach the city wall!" Song Qian's heart sank to the bottom. He knew that the situation he least wanted to see had finally occurred. The emperor's army and Tianzhu's army had united! Song Qian couldn't help but feel annoyed, and felt that the emperor was not worthy of being the emperor at all!
Immediately, the war began. Tianzhu's army and Songhe's army attacked the city from the north and south at the same time, and the sound of killing was loud. …
The Tubo Emperor received the report sent by Song He from the front line, read it over, smiled slightly, and said to the Hami elder sitting at the front left: "The elder's plan worked! The Tianzhu people agreed to join forces with us and divide the Yarlung Zangbo River equally. To the south!" Elder Hami said proudly: "To deal with wolves, we must have methods to deal with wolves! The Tianzhu people are greedy wolves, so we will use this as bait to lure them to fight the rebels!" The Tubo Emperor continued with a smile. : "After they defeat the rebels, we will raid them again. Haha, we will eliminate the rebels and defeat the Tianzhu people at the same time. It can be said that we kill two birds with one stone!"
Wuwuwu...a huge horn sound suddenly came from outside the palace. The two people who were talking were stunned and looked at each other. The emperor asked in confusion: "What's going on? What did you think of the horn sound?"
Elder Hami also felt very strange, "Yes! This is really strange! Is there some emergency?" Then he smiled and said: "It should be that General Songhe has achieved a great victory!" The reason why Elder Hami said this is, It's because when the huge victory comes, the long horn at the city gate will sound, just like it did when the Xiliao army retreated not long ago.
The emperor nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "It must be so! Haha, this is much faster than I expected! I didn't expect that Songhe would defeat the Tianzhu people just after he sent this letter! Okay, great! We in Tubo are protected by the gods, and we are destined to be lucky in times of adversity!" Elder Hami laughed and said: "Not only because we are protected by the gods in Tubo, but also because we have such a wise emperor in Tubo!" The emperor laughed loudly. laugh it out.
At this moment, the guard general Gan Luo rushed in and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, no, it's not good! The enemy, the enemy is coming!"
When the two of them suddenly heard this, they were both stunned. The emperor thought he had heard wrongly and said angrily: "What did you say?"
Gan Luo swallowed his saliva and said anxiously: "The Ming Army, it's the Ming Army! The Ming Army has broken through the Naxue Pass and is marching towards Luoche!" Naxue Pass is located at the northern end of a valley in Tanggula Mountain, on the edge of the Nu River. The north bank is the only way to enter the core area of Tubo from the northwest. Based on the steep terrain of the Naxue Pass, it can be said that one man can pass the pass and the other can't open it.
The emperor and Elder Hami looked at each other, and then their expressions changed drastically. The emperor suddenly stood up and asked anxiously: "What's going on? How could this happen? Didn't the Ming envoy promise well?" It turned out that the Tubo emperor regretted that day and summoned Fan Yun, the envoy of Yanyun who was on an envoy to Tibet. Yong, at that time, he expressed his apology to Fan Yong helplessly for not being able to fulfill the treaty, and put all the responsibilities on Song Qian. He also said that he would renegotiate with Ming Dynasty once the rebellion was suppressed. Fan Yong immediately expressed his understanding and led the mission back that day. The Tubo Emperor thought that the Ming Dynasty had been temporarily appeased, so he did not consider the Ming Dynasty's problems during this period. Now he suddenly heard that the Ming Dynasty army had broken through the Naxue Pass, and his troops were pointing directly at Luo Xiang. He was shocked and at a loss for words!
Gan Luo said: "The Ming Emperor has issued a crusade!" Then he took a few steps forward, came to the emperor, and presented the proclamation to the emperor with both hands. The emperor grabbed the memorandum, opened it and read it, and saw that the memorandum read: The Ming Dynasty declares to the world that in view of Tubo's betrayal again, I have decided to use cavalry to attack Tubo as a warning to others!
The emperor's face turned pale, and he shouted with fear and anger: "Say that I am treacherous and want to attack me! I will make your army never come back!" Then he looked at Gan Luo and asked angrily: "Why did the Naxue Pass suddenly happen? Was it occupied by the Ming Army? Although the main force has been transferred to the south, there are still three thousand elite guards at Naxue Pass! The Naxue Pass is extremely dangerous and difficult for flying eagles to cross. Even if the Ming Army fights for a month, they can't even think of breaking through. Why? Will it be suddenly occupied by the Ming Army?"
Gan Luo said: "The specific situation is not very clear yet. I only know that Naxue Pass has been lost."
The emperor and Elder Hami looked at each other, and Elder Hami said, "Maybe it's just a rumor." The emperor nodded with deep sympathy. Gan Luo said: "Probably not. The person who came to summon us is an officer guarding the Naxue Pass. I know this person."
Elder Hami snorted coldly and said: "Maybe he was bribed by someone! The Naxue Pass is so dangerous and was breached in an instant. Can you believe it? Unless it is a god or Buddha! There is also the matter of the Ming Dynasty Army. We It has been explained to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty envoy has expressed its understanding. How can the Ming Dynasty send troops? I suspect that this rumor is most likely spread by the traitor Song Qian to save himself!" The emperor felt the same way. Nodding, Gan Luo couldn't help but feel that what Elder Hami said made sense.
Elder Hami added: "The palace maid was bribed by Song Qian before and tipped him off, causing the plan to arrest Song Qian to fail. Now this officer, I think, is also someone bought by Song Qian. He came to us and said Such words must have been ordered by Song Qian, so as to frighten us and bring back the army that besieged Pibo! In this way, there will only be an army from Tianzhu that besieged Pibo, and it will be easy for them to deal with it. Too many! This is such a cunning plan!"
The emperor snorted and cursed: "What a treacherous guy!" He looked at Hami and said happily: "Thanks to Elder Hami for seeing through Song Qian's conspiracy!" Elder Hami looked very proud.
The emperor turned to Gan Luo and said, "General Gan Luo, arrest that officer immediately and torture him to extract a confession. See if Song Qian confessed any treacherous plots!" Gan Luo promised and ran down.
Elder Hami said: "Your Majesty, the supplies, supplies and reinforcements have been assembled. Do you want them to set off immediately?" The emperor said: "If you want them to set off immediately, they must get support to the army as soon as possible so that the problem in the south can be solved as soon as possible!" Elder Hami promised. With a sound, he left.
Groups of reinforcements and trucks of grain and grass set off from Luoche to Pibo. At the same time, in the sky jail, the officer who came to report the news not long ago had been beaten with various torture instruments until he was bleeding and dying. The screams kept ringing out, making people shudder.
Gan Luo signaled the jailer to stop the torture. The jailer pushed him aside. Gan Luo walked up to the officer and said angrily: "Are you going to say it or not?"
The officer said weakly: "General, I, I have never offended you, you, why, why did you frame me like this?" Gan Luo said angrily: "You are treasonous and betrayed His Majesty, but you came to tell me that I framed you! This is simply unreasonable!" The officer became excited, "I, I didn't! You, you wronged me!"
Seeing that he still refused to recruit, Gan Luo was very angry and said with a ferocious look: "I know that your parents, wife and children all live in the city. If you are not afraid of death, don't you care about their lives?"
The officer was shocked and shouted: "You, what do you want to do?"
Gan Luo sneered and said: "What I do depends on you! If you are still like this, I will have no choice but to operate on your parents, wife and children!"
The officer was furious and cursed: "You, you are too cruel!" Gan Luo became impatient, grabbed the officer's hair, glared and shouted: "Tell me everything you know! Otherwise I will take your parents, wife My sons will be executed one by one in front of your eyes!" The officer was frightened and angry at the same time, and then his eyes surrendered and he said: "Okay, okay, I confess! However, please, General, please let my parents, wife and children go!" Gan Luo let go of the other party's hair and said: "You don't have to worry about this. As long as you reveal everything you know, I can not only ensure the safety of your parents, wife and children, but I can also plead with His Majesty to spare your life!"
The officer sighed helplessly and said: "The general's guess is correct. I was instigated by Song Qian to report the false situation to you!"
Gan Luo asked anxiously: "What else did Song Qian explain?"
The officer shook his head and said: "No more. Song Qian just wanted me to tell you that the Ming Army has broken through Naxue Pass, and that if the deed is accomplished, there will be heavy rewards."
Gan Luo narrowed his eyes and said, "That's it? You didn't hide it?"
The officer smiled bitterly and said: "General, my life and the lives of my family are in your hands. How can I feel that I have nothing to hide! Song Qian just told me to do this!"
Gan Luo felt that he really did not dare to hide anything, and said: "As long as you understand this." Then he signaled the jailer to take him into the cell, and he rushed back to the palace to report to the emperor. When the emperor received Gan Luo's report, he smiled coldly and said: "Song Qian is really treacherous! But this method is so naive, what use can it be!" Gan Luo quickly complimented: "Song Qian is so obsessed that he dares to rebel against the Holy King. The emperor is clearly seeking his own death!" The emperor smiled proudly. Then he remembered the ongoing battle in Pibo, and felt a little impatient.
In the middle of the night, the emperor, who was sleeping with a concubine, was suddenly awakened by loud whining noises. The concubine next to him was also awakened, looking confused and confused. The emperor heard the long horn sounding on the city gate tower again, and was very angry. He said angrily: "Why is it ringing again in the middle of the night!?" The concubine had already reacted at this time, and smiled coquettishly: "Your Majesty, It must be a great victory on the front line!”
The emperor nodded and smiled excitedly: "It must be so!" Then he quickly left the bed and put on his clothes. The concubine hurriedly came down and helped the emperor get dressed and trousers, regardless of her own sexual prowess.
The emperor rushed to the imperial study room, just when Gan Luo rushed in and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the Ming Army, the Ming Army has defeated the Tigema Temple and the Pili Gongthei Temple!"
The emperor was stunned and cursed angrily: "Why are you talking nonsense again?!"
Gan Luo said anxiously: "Your Majesty, many lamas have come to report! This time, it is absolutely, absolutely not false!"
The emperor was shocked, still in disbelief, and asked angrily: "You interrogated that officer, didn't he confess? Song Qian sent him! Why is it that Yan Yun's army really appears now? And it's already Destroyed the Tiigma Temple and the Pili Gongthep Temple?" Let me briefly explain here that Tubo is a very devout Buddhist country with many temples across the country, so many places are named after local temples, not because the Ming Dynasty army was full. If you have nothing to do, go attack their temple.
Gan Luo hesitated and said: "He, he really confessed like that!"
The emperor said urgently: "Immediately send someone to the northeast to investigate and find out what is going on!" Gan Luo bowed and agreed and ran down. The emperor thought for a while and ordered someone to summon Elder Hami. The emperor was worried, and he had a very bad premonition.
Soon after, Elder Hami came to the palace. When he saw the emperor, he bowed with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, your majesty, congratulations, your majesty!"
The emperor was worried and was surprised to see Elder Hami congratulating him. He thought he had some good news, so he hurriedly asked: "Elder Hami, what good news do you have?" Elder Hami said with a smile: "The long body horn sounded just now, it must be a great victory on the front line! So I want to congratulate your majesty, congratulations to your majesty!"
The emperor was greatly disappointed and said angrily: "Elder Hami misunderstood!"
Elder Hami was stunned and asked quickly: "The trumpet sounded loudly just now. Wasn't there news of good news?"
The emperor frowned and said: "It's not a good news, it's an urgent news! Many lamas from Tigema Temple and Biligongthep Temple fled, saying that the Ming army had conquered Tigema Temple and Biligongthei Temple!"
Elder Hami was shocked and shouted: "This is impossible!"
The emperor frowned and said: "I don't believe it either, but so many lamas came to report, are they all bribed by Songgan? Just in case, I have ordered Ganluo to send people to the northeast to check!" Look! Elder Xiang Hami said worriedly: "I'm worried that the Ming Army is really coming!" Elder Hami couldn't help but panic.
At this time, Gan Luo came back and said, "Your Majesty, the scouts have been sent out!"
The emperor nodded and ordered: "The whole city is under martial law immediately. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order!" Gan Luo agreed and ran down.
Elder Hami said: "Your Majesty, don't worry! Even if the Ming army really comes, there is no need to be afraid of them! We have the protection of the gods, and the Ming army will eventually have no choice but to withdraw like the Liao army!" After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but feel relieved. Some. At this time, although both of them were worried about the arrival of the Ming Army, they still did not believe in this matter and always felt that it was unlikely.
At noon the next day, the scouts sent to the northeast for reconnaissance came back, bringing the news that the emperor and others were least willing to believe. The Ming army had indeed arrived, and they had captured Kacai Temple, east of Luoxue City, last night. The door has been completely opened! The illusions in the hearts of the emperor and others were completely shattered. The hall was completely silent, and one could hear the drop of a needle. Everyone was frightened and at a loss when they thought of the invincible military might of the Ming Dynasty in recent years.
Elder Hami said anxiously: "Kacai Temple has been lost. Luo Ze, Luo Ze is in danger! Your Majesty, let's, let's escape!" These words were like throwing a stone into the calm water, and immediately stirred up the atmosphere in the main hall. Seeing the ripples, all the ministers impatiently echoed, as if they just wanted to escape quickly.
Zanpu hurriedly said: "It's necessary!" This Zanpu was originally the governor of Qingtang. However, after Qingtang was captured by the Ming Dynasty, his governor-general only had an empty title and returned to the capital, where he remains today. When Zanpu spoke, the noisy hall immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Zanpu.
Zanpu said anxiously to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Luoche is our capital. If we give up, the consequences will be disastrous!" Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help but hesitate.
Elder Hami said angrily: "Who can resist the tigers and wolves of the Ming Dynasty? Besides, there are less than 20,000 defenders in the city. If the Ming army arrives, the city will be unsafe in an instant! It is not a pity for me to die, but if Your Majesty If there are three shortcomings, we in Tubo will really be doomed!" Many ministers and nobles echoed, all of them spoke impassionedly, but in fact they were just afraid of death.
Zanpu shouted angrily: "You instigated His Majesty to give up the inheritance of our ancestors, you are so cruel!" Hami glared and shouted: "You want to put His Majesty in danger, you have ulterior motives!"
Just when the two were quarreling fiercely and the emperor was in disarray, huge shouts and exclamations suddenly came from outside the palace, mixed with screams and sounds of fighting.
The originally noisy hall suddenly became silent, and only huge exclamations and fighting sounds could be heard from outside the palace. Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and Elder Hami said in a trembling voice: "Why, why did the Ming army come here?!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. I don't know who shouted: "Everyone, run for your lives!" There was a chaos in the main hall. The ministers forgot about the emperor who was sitting at the top, and ran for their lives, rolling and crawling, and there was nowhere to be found. A bit like a noble person! The emperor was also panicked and hurried to the harem.
Seeing this scene, Zanpu was angry and helpless. He just felt that as a general, he could not escape when the country was in danger. He immediately ran out of the hall and ran towards the place where the fighting was the fiercest.
Zamp ran out of the palace and saw that the streets were in chaos. The defeated soldiers who had escaped from the front, as well as the adults and slaves in the city, crowded the streets and were running for their lives in panic. Zamp frowned and sped forward. After a while, no one was seen in front, only common people and defeated soldiers were seen escaping occasionally. The sound of fierce fighting was not far ahead on the left. Zamp feels that this is the key to turning defeat into victory and turning the tide. Immediately turning the corner, a fierce fighting scene came into view. Hundreds of Han people dressed as Jianghu people were attacking our own army. Although our own army was numerically superior, it could no longer resist it and was completely collapsing. Among! Those Han people didn't seem to be the kind of army he had seen before, but they were all extremely tough and astonishing!
Zanpu didn't care to think about it, so he drew his scimitar and rushed forward.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
