In late April of the twelfth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (753).
Li Siye led 8,000 Anxi troops and 4,000 Tibetan civilian troops to Namtso, which was still about 600 miles away from Luoche.
The journey of six hundred miles seems to be far away, but it is only one-fifth of the long journey of nearly three thousand miles.
For the Anxi Army, the logic is already close at hand.
Lu Xiaoning once again possessed Cui He and said to Li Siye: "Li Siye, there are only 600 miles left from here to Luoxe. If nothing else happens, we can reach the city of Luoxe in about ten days."
Li Siye crossed his hands and sang, and said sincerely: "The success of this expedition is all due to the great help of Lu Tianshi. Without Lu Tianshi, the 8,000 Anxi soldiers and 4,000 Tubo militiamen would have perished in the ice and snow long ago. How can it be possible to walk out of the Qiangtang Road with all the people in the middle?"
"Eh, let's not talk about this." Lu Xiaoning said, "Now we can think about how to attack Luocheng. Although the rations and livestock carried by the Anxi Army are still enough to last for three months, if we can capture Luocheng as soon as possible, we still need to Take it as soon as possible, otherwise the Tibetan army from the Yangtong Front or Jishi Mountain will be in big trouble if they come back."
At this time, Cen Shen couldn't help but ask: "Master Lu Tianshi, will the Tibetan army really come out in full force to go to Yangtong?"
"Yes." Lu Xiaoning said with great certainty, "The Tibetan army in Luoxue will definitely come out in full force. If nothing else happens, there will be at most one guard Dongdai of Zanpu left in Luoxue City at this time."
Cen Shen said: "If there is only Dongdai left in Luoche City, then even without siege equipment, we can still attack Luoche City. The Tibetan army with the same strength will never be able to withstand the fierce attack of the Anxi Army. Even if they attack city."
"However, we have to anticipate that the enemy will be too broad, so we still need to be fully prepared." Lu Xiaoning added, "What do you think, Li Siye?"
"Here." Li Siye crossed his hands again and said respectfully, "Master Lu Tianshi's words are reasonable. Our Anxi Army should indeed be fully prepared to attack the city, but I don't know what Master Lu Tianshi has to say?"
Lu Xiaoning said: "Soldiers are not afraid of deceit, so we should send our internal troops to infiltrate Luoche City. When our Anxi army attacks the city, we should sneak into Luoche City's internal troops beforehand and then take advantage of the situation to launch an attack from both inside and outside. Then Luoche City can be broken easily."
Cen Shen's heart moved slightly when he heard this, and asked: "Master Lu Tianshi means to let the Yangtong civilian army pretend to be Nangba slaves and flee towards Luoche City? Then find an opportunity to sneak into Luoche City?"
Lu Xiaoning said: "You can also directly activate some of the nangba slaves."
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At the south gate of Luozhe, the Tibetan Prime Minister Zhongbajie and his heir Chisong Dezan were inspecting the city defense.
Watching the groups of slaves bringing baskets of bricks, stones and soil to the top of the city, Zhong Bajie's heart was full of worries. It had been more than a hundred years since Tubo dominated the snow-covered plateau and made Luoche City its capital. Lailuoche City had suffered military disasters or fires before, and the city walls had collapsed many times, but this was the first time it was attacked by the Tang Army.
Although the Tubo army has been defeated repeatedly on the battlefield and suffered heavy casualties, due to its control of the snowy plateau and its condescending geographical advantage, it has always taken the initiative to attack the Tang Dynasty. With its weak national power, weak military power and weak population, However, it has always maintained an overall strategic offensive posture against the Tang Dynasty, which was in its heyday. This cannot but be said to be a miracle.
But now, as the divine soldiers of the Tang Army suddenly appeared near Luozou, this situation was completely reversed, and the Tang Dynasty finally entered an overall offensive posture against Tubo.
Facing the rebels from the feudal states such as Yangtong and Xiangxiong, Zhongbajie was full of confidence.
But facing the Tang army, Zhong Bajie felt worried and even uneasy.
Because he didn't know whether the low walls of Luoxue City could withstand the Tang army?
But fortunately, Zhong Bajie had also been on the battlefield and even participated in the Battle of Stone Castle City.
Therefore, Zhong Bajie also had considerable experience in defending the city and knew what to do to resist the Tang army. At that moment, Zhong Bajie issued orders one by one in an orderly manner.
"Send out all the Praetorian Guards."
"All the big trees within a radius of two hundred miles, no, three hundred miles, will be cut down and transported back to Luoche City."
"Move all the nobles, slaves, and livestock within a radius of three hundred miles into Luoche City, put carrion corpses in all the lakes that can be used by people and horses, and cut off all the highland barley grass!"
"We will implement the tactics of strengthening the wall and clearing the field against the Tang army!"
"Let the Tang army, which is alone and deep, not get a grain of highland barley!"
"The horses of the Tang army will not be able to eat a blade of grass and they will all starve to death!"
"The Tang army and their horses will not be able to drink a sip of water, and they will die of thirst!"
As Zhongbajie's order was issued, Dongdai, the imperial guard in Luoxe City, as well as the nearby Tubo nobles and slaves, quickly took action and began to strengthen the walls and clear the country.
At the same time, Zhongbajie also sent fast horses to Yangtong and Jishishan to ask for urgent help from Tubo Zanpuchidaizhudan and the commander of the army, Shangjiexi respectively.
But Zhongbajie also knew very well that Monk Zampu's army would not be able to come back for reinforcements anyway, and would not be able to come back for at least a month and a half, so they could only rely on themselves to hold on for this month and a half.
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In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
The Tang Army's scout cavalry finally appeared in the wilderness outside Luoxe City.
After receiving the military report, Zhongbajie immediately ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn.
In an instant, the deep and powerful sound of horn horns floated in all directions from Luoche City. When they heard the sound of horns, the Tibetan slaves who were busy digging trenches, pits, and building sheep and horse walls and fences outside Luoche City were there. Driven by the imperial guards, they retreated back to Luoxue City in a chaotic manner, and then placed themselves under the city wall.
In Luoche City, the streets on the city walls were already crowded with countless slaves.
These Tubo slaves were driven back by the imperial guards from nearby towns and manors to help defend the city.
Zhong Bajie was very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Tang army. Although there were 5,000 Dongdai soldiers of the Imperial Guards staying behind in Luozhou, and only over 10,000 Tang troops came from afar, and the number of troops was only twice that, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army was far greater. defeated the Tubo army, so they had to rely on the assistance of a large number of slaves to be able to block the Tang army's attack.
When Chisong Dezan, Meise, Dongzebu and other prime ministers came to the south gate, they happened to see a cavalry of Tang army scouts.
"Prime Minister, only one cavalry came from the Tang army?" Chisong Dezan pointed at the Tang army and asked curiously.
"No, they are all here." Zhong Bajie shook his head and said, "They are in the valley ahead."
As soon as Zhong Bajie finished speaking, a large banner with a blue background and red edges slowly emerged from the Luoche River Valley in front, with a Tang Army embroidered in the center of the banner.
Followed by a large flag with the word "李".
Then there are the Tang Army Mo Dao soldiers from Wuyang and Wuyang.
One color of Yanqi's army and horses, one color of Mingguang Armor, and one color of Mo Dao.
Under the setting sun, Tang Jun's armor and swords reflected dazzling cold light. Even though he was thousands of steps away, Chisong Dezan could feel the coldness.
Chisong Dezan couldn't help but make Lingling shiver.
Is this Tang Jun? It does look mighty.
"It's the Mo Dao soldiers!" Zhong Bajie said solemnly, "Heir, you remember, this is the Mo Dao soldiers of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. Together with the Yiluohe of the Andong Army of the Tang Dynasty, they are the two most powerful soldiers in the world today."
"Mo Daobing? Yiluohe? Are they very powerful?" Chisong De praised, "How is it compared to Dong Dai, my imperial guard from Tubo?"
Zhong Bajie sighed softly and said sadly: "Heir, I really want to tell you that our Tubo imperial guard Dongdai is the best soldier in the world today. The Mo Daobing and Yiluohe of the Tang Dynasty are no rivals. However, , if I really said that, I would be harming you and Tubo at the same time. The truth is, our Tubo guard Dong Dai is no match for Tang Dynasty Mo Daobing or Yiluohe. Even ten of them may not be able to defeat him. One of them!"
"No way?" Chisong Dezan said in disbelief, "Can't you beat one out of ten?"
"Yes, even ten of them may not be able to beat one of them." Zhong Bajie nodded, and continued, "I will soon be able to see the style of Tang Mo's swordsmen. They are truly the most powerful soldiers in the world."
Chisong Dezan then asked with some guilt: "Prime Minister, can we still hold on?"
"Of course." Zhongbajie gave Chisong Dezan a positive answer this time, "Luoche can definitely be defended, because Luoche is our capital of Tibet, and no army in the world can capture Luoche."
