The beacon fire at the border was ignited, and the entire Tuyuhun garrison set out from their stations to assemble at the starting point to prepare for the assembly.
People outside the city moved into the city one after another, and at the same time, reports were sent to Chang'an City in a hurry from 800 miles away.
Tunmi Sambuza led 50,000 Tibetan troops and only entered the Tang Dynasty fifty miles before he stopped moving forward.
"Lord Sambuza, why don't you move forward?"
Thonmi Sambuza: "Doji, look at this journey, not to mention the Tang army, we haven't seen either tribe. Don't you think it's suspicious?"
Duoji scratched his head: "Sir, aren't we in Tubo also missing people for dozens of miles?"
Tunmi Sambuza slapped Dorje on the head and taught him a lesson: "That's us. The Tang Dynasty is very wealthy. It's not normal to see no one for fifty miles."
Duoji: "But this is Tuyuhun. It has only been two or three years since the war with the Tang Dynasty. No one is normal. I remember Lord Lu Dongzan said that it seemed that the Princess of the Tang Dynasty suggested that the people on the border of the Tang Dynasty move inward. Alright"
"Has Lu Dongzan ever said that?"
Dorje answered Thonmi Sambuza in the affirmative: "Yes"
"Oh, Duoji, you passed this test"
"Thank you sir"
Facing the excited Dorje, Tunmi Sambuza smiled awkwardly and said, "When you tell me the information, you should at least call me while I'm wandering around the world."
Thanks to my quick wit, otherwise it would be very embarrassing to be embarrassed in front of a subordinate like Duoji.
Tunmi Sambuza stayed for a while, and Dorje couldn't help but ask again: "Sir, are we still going forward?"
"No, that's it for today. Send more scouts and we'll camp here today."
"yes"
Tunmi Sambuza's order was passed on, and pairs of Tibetan sentries responsible for vigilance were separated from the 50,000 Tibetan soldiers.
They rode horses and dispersed in all directions with the large army as the center.
Sentinels are elites in the army. Their personal combat effectiveness is higher than that of ordinary soldiers, and they also know some tracking techniques. More importantly, in this era of scarce resources, they must not have night blindness.
Dorje sat on his horse and looked at the scattered sentinels: tonight's safety depends entirely on them.
Tunmi Sambuza's halt gave Tang Dynasty some time to breathe. Those tribes that followed Li Mingda's suggestion to stay away from the border were actually seventy or eighty miles away from the border.
If it weren't for the fact that his cavalry troops would suffer too many losses in the disarmament battle with the Tang Dynasty's cavalry, Sambuza would have already sent out some of his cavalry as vanguards in accordance with marching practice.
The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was unparalleled in the world, and the powerful Turks were defeated miserably by the swords of the iron cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. Even closer was the powerful Tuyuhun of the Xianbei tribe. Even if the Tubo people were arrogant in their hearts and thought that they were not weak, But in his heart, he still rationally admitted that there was a gap between his cavalry and the Tang cavalry.
Tuyuhun had more than 200,000 cavalry, and he was defeated in one battle faster than the Turks Jieli and Tuli. Although there was probably a reason why the Murong family surrendered, it was also because they had already failed on the frontal battlefield.
At that grand battlefield, Sambuza led more than a thousand cavalry, disguised as Turkic tribesmen, and watched from a distance on a nearby mountain.
The scene of a one-sided battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun cavalry is vivid in my mind.
Tubo's armor and weapon technology is not even as good as that of Tuyuhun, let alone the lobby. Of the 50,000 Tibetan soldiers brought this time, 40,000 are serious Tibetan soldiers, and 10,000 slaves are logistics and cannon fodder.
This was the first time that Tibet used such a large number of regular soldiers during an expedition, and Sambuza also knew that behind him there were actually 30,000 Tibetan soldiers stationed on the border of Tibet as backup, waiting for support. .
It was difficult for Tubo to stabilize. If Sambuza himself was defeated and killed, Songtsen Gampo's authority would be counterattacked by religious factions, and Tubo would inevitably fall into chaos again.
There is a big temperature difference between day and night in Tuyuhun in autumn.
The scorching sun can kill you during the day, but at night the cold and biting wind blows from all directions. They penetrate into your body along the cuffs of your clothes and even the slightest crack, making you feel the biting wind. cold.
About 10 miles away from the location promised by Tubo, more than a dozen Tibetan sentinels found a leeward hillside to camp and keep watch.
According to regulations, sentries during war are not allowed to light bonfires, but their team seemed to have forgotten this rule.
In the dark night, a bonfire was lit, and three people were separated to keep watch. The rest of the people gathered around the bonfire, eating food and drinking wine to keep warm.
"Lord Lausanne"
"whats the matter"
"Can we defeat Datang this time?"
"Have you seen Murong Yanyi's cavalry in Tuyuhun?"
"I've seen it before. Their scimitars are really good." As he said this, the Tubo sentry pulled out the scimitar from his waist and showed it off before continuing: "It took me a lot of cattle and sheep to get one."
Luosang took a sip of wine and nodded: "You have to know that even Tuyuhun is no match for the Tang cavalry. You don't know how terrifying the entire Tang army west of Tubo is."
Several people around him were immediately interested when they heard what Luosang said. One of them asked him: "Captain Luosang, weren't you transferred from over there?"
Luosang nodded: "That's right?"
"Captain has ever fought against the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty?"
"There was a fight"
"Captain, how many have you killed?"
Luosang bared his teeth and mocked himself: "I would have killed a few, if I hadn't spent a lot of money to buy a suit of armor and put it in there at that time."
"What?"
A group of Tubo sentries expressed disbelief. In addition to the natural high status of nobles in the Tubo army, small captains like this were all capable people who rose to power by force.
As the captain of this sentinel team, Luosang achieved this status with his fists and force.
"It's nothing. We had 500 cavalry at the time, and the opponent had 300. When we met, several brothers were shot down by the opponent's crossbows. When we entered the charge and close combat, there were less than 200 left."
"Then what?"
Luo Sang took a sip of wine. The wine flowed down his throat and entered his stomach with a hint of spiciness, mixing with the previous food. A feeling of fullness and warmth came from his stomach.
belch
"Relying on the strength of my own armor, I withstood a blow from the Tang cavalry opposite me."
"Captain, did you kill that Tang Dynasty cavalry?"
Several people were waiting for Luo Sang's answer. In their eyes, it shouldn't be a problem for a man with Luo Sang's strength to kill a Tang cavalry.
"After the charge, I followed the remaining ten brothers and retreated. I was lucky that they didn't catch up with me. In the end, less than five of them went back, and one of them died from his injuries."
"What about you, captain?"
Luosang pointed to one of his arms: "I was stabbed here, and my arm was almost useless. It took me half a year to recover."
A group of people suddenly realized that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty was so terrifying, so it was uncertain whether they could go back this time.
God bless you
A group of people began to pray
Less than a mile away from this group of sentinels, a group of cavalry quietly approached.
To be continued
