Qizong Nongzan still held a "celebration banquet" for the Galqin Mausoleum to welcome the wind and wash away the dust.
Garqin Ling attended such banquets countless times. Every time, all the important officials and noble leaders of Tubo would squeeze through the threshold to attend, just to get a taste of the nobility of the Garqin Mausoleum.
But today's banquet was a little deserted. Everyone who was supposed to come did come, but everyone obviously had their own concerns and did not want to enjoy the party, and the atmosphere at the dinner was a bit dull.
Galqin Lingban sat next to Zanpu, drinking one cup after another.
Qizong Nongzan saw his actions and could only sigh in his heart. Little did he know that his sworn brother had always been loyal to him and made great contributions to the dynasty. But Gal Qin Ling, his character was like this, and he would never change the things he had determined - including his actions in governing the country.
Now the Gar Qin Ling governs the country with hegemony and blindly pursues the national policy of military expansion, and has suffered a disastrous defeat. The three consecutive defeats at Dafeichuan, Huanyue Valley, and Yumen Pass in the previous period, not to mention the loss of troops and generals, almost depleted the national power of Tubo.
In the final analysis, war is about national power, money and food. The combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty's army may not be as good as that of the Tubo cavalry, but their overall national strength is more than a hundred times stronger!
"This battle can't be fought any longer! ... In the face of national interests, Qinling, I have no choice but to let you suffer a little injustice. I hope you can understand that I, the brother of Zanpu, also have my own difficulties!"
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Qi Zong Nongzan thought a lot and felt depressed.
Zamp and the marshal were both unhappy, and they were even more worried about others, making the dinner even more boring.
"Zanpu, my brother has a suggestion." Gar Qinling put down his cup and said suddenly.
"Well, Qin Ling, tell me." Qizong Nongzan said.
"Now, we must strengthen the security of the royal city. The army must not relax its vigilance and must be ready for battle at any time." Galqinling said calmly and rigidly like a monk chanting sutras, "The Kunlun cavalry who came back with me from the expedition cannot be allowed to Now that we are going home to visit our relatives, everyone must stay in the military camp and be ready at any time without taking off their armor or saddles. "
Qi Zong Nongzan frowned slightly, "In the years when the Kunlun Iron Cavalry was on the campaign, they were tired and needed a rest. Why did you say this?"
"Zanpu, please listen to my brother's advice: No matter how tired you are, it is better than death." Gar Qinling said calmly, "My father can't defeat Hou Junji! He will definitely be defeated!"
"No way?" Qi Zong Nong Zan was slightly surprised and said, "Hou Jun can only gather tens of thousands of troops. He goes deep into the expedition alone and cannot adapt to the plateau climate. The Gar family's generals are as strong as clouds and have strong horses and hundreds of thousands of troops. Sun Bo is waiting for work, and your father has led 50,000 soldiers to help him. How can Hou Jun defeat Sun Bo when he gathers a single brigade with a powerful crossbow? "
"The reason is very simple." Gal Qinling raised his neck and drank a glass of wine, gritted his teeth, and his eyes became sharp, "It is precisely because of the reasons Zanpu just mentioned that my father and the generals must underestimate the enemy. Moreover, my father was only thinking about the alliance and believed that Sun Bo only needed to defend himself without being breached; and even if Sun Bo fell, they would still have a way to retreat. Therefore, Sun Bo's troops were hoping that they would not fight to the death - on the contrary, they would burn everything. Hou Junji, who is fighting against the odds, is already risking his life! On the battlefield, victory or defeat is never determined by the number of troops. The so-called military strategies are only auxiliary - nothing is more terrifying than a real desperado! "
After Qi Zong Nongzan listened, his eyebrows furrowed slightly and his expression was serious, but he just nodded slowly and did not express any opinion.
Gar Qinling put down the wine glass, stood up and saluted Zanpu, "Zanpu is angry, my brother made a mistake while drunk!... Zanpu, everyone, Qinling is too drunk, please leave now!"
After that, he left.
The banquet hall was quiet. Everyone watched Galqin Ling staggering away, feeling as if a huge stone had been pressed on their hearts.
A few days later, Tubo's great talker and old marshal Dongzan Yusong led 50,000 cavalry to the land adjacent to Sun Bo. More than thirty miles further on, you will find your family's territory.
It seemed that everything was normal, Dongzan Yusong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately he arrived in time.
Almost at the same time that he was still breathing, a large group of cavalry suddenly rushed from the front.
All the soldiers were surprised, and Dongzan Yusong also issued combat preparations.
But upon closer inspection, it was actually the Tubo cavalry that was running towards them. There were no less than tens of thousands of people, rushing from all directions. Moreover, looking at this formation and hearing the sound of hoofbeats, they were quite panicked and confused.
Dongzan Yusong had a bad premonition in his heart and hurriedly sent scouts to ask questions.
The troops on the opposite side obviously saw that Dongzan Yusong's troops were their own. They temporarily stopped panicking and secured the corner of the formation. Several chiefs and generals came forward to pay homage to Da Lun.
Dongzan Yusong felt cold in his heart when he saw these chiefs lost their minds and looking ashamed and angry. After asking, the bad premonition in my heart was indeed confirmed!
It turned out that just the night before yesterday, Hou Junji's men, who were originally far away on the other side of the Yak River, suddenly and mysteriously avoided the guards on the river bank and appeared in the hinterland of Sun Bo.
The Sun Bo area is mainly the fiefdom of the Gar family, and there are also two noble families, Ding Qin and Doge. The Gar family has the most powerful soldiers and horses, with fifty thousand troops standing at the ready; the two major families, Ding Qin and Doge, each have twenty or thirty thousand troops.
The three tribes stood like horns to rescue each other, forming the strongest military barrier in front of Luoche King City.
However, Hou Junji suddenly appeared in Sun Bo and launched a surprise attack on the Ding Qin tribe camp late at night.
The Tubo people lived nomadically and had no city. The Dingqin tribe was unprepared and was caught off guard. Houjunji's troops killed people and set fires, causing a huge stir.
In such an emergency, the soldiers and horses of the Gar and Dog families naturally rushed to the rescue. But when their soldiers and horses arrived, Hou Junji had already fled.
Soon, in the camp of the Gar family, which is the most powerful among the three major tribes and has the largest population and livestock, Zhang Tianren was suddenly turned upside down by fierce flames - Hou Jun gathered his voice and attacked from the east and west, and the tiger left the mountain, and the main force rushed into the Gar family camp!
One hundred thousand people from the three major families were led by Hou Junji to sneak away all night. When they returned to the Gar camp again, Hou Junji fled again. All that was left to the Tubo people were corpses on the ground and the camp burned to ashes!
The chiefs and generals of the three major families were naturally furious and gathered their troops to hunt down Hou Junji.
Hou Junji's men and horses fled all the way eastward to the Yak River and stopped escaping. Get ready for a last-ditch battle!
As a result, a group of angry Tubo people were defeated by the Tang army, whose number was less than one-third of their own, and each of them looked like a god of death descending from the earth!
Moreover, he was unable to resist the defeat and lost his armor! !
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When reporting these situations to Dongzan Yusong, the chiefs and generals felt ashamed and remorseful. What was even more difficult to conceal was the panic and trembling from deep in their hearts!
"Big talk! Hou Junji is not a human being, he is a demon king descended to earth!"
"Every Tang army seems to be possessed by a demon! They are extremely strong, and they are not afraid of death! Their injured soldiers with broken arms dare to use their flesh and blood to meet the sword. Wait for our scimitars to cut into their bodies , they held the knife tightly and couldn't pull it out... and then they died together! "
"This is a group of demons!! They actually jumped up from their horses, hugged our soldiers and rolled off the horses together, biting our soldiers' throats with their teeth! Drink up all their blood!"
"We cannot fight this army! We must invite powerful monks and wizards to conquer them!"
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"Shut up!!!" Dongzan Yusong was furious!
He was three times as powerful as the enemy, but he was beaten to the point where he lost his armor and fled, and he didn't even have the courage to face the enemy again! —Looking at these chiefs and generals in front of him, Dongzan Yusong felt angry and disappointed from the bottom of his heart!
Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. It is not terrible to lose a battle. What is terrible is that even your faith has been defeated by the enemy!
"Gather your troops and rearrange your formation - I will personally lead you to annihilate Hou Junji!" Dongzan Yusong roared angrily, "I will prove to you that there is no demon army in the world! I will personally Cut off Hou Junji’s head and use it as a wine bowl to drink the victory wine!”
After collecting the remaining soldiers, Dongzan Yusong led an army of 100,000 troops and advanced towards the Yak River.
In the evening, by the Yak River.
Hou Jun gathered his body and climbed up from the river. The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly came forward to wipe his body and put on his clothes and armor. I saw that Hou Junji's body was covered with centipede-like scars. The skin and flesh of several new wounds were turned white by the river water, and the bones were faintly visible.
The soldiers who were used to seeing life and death on the battlefield were a little shocked - "How do people with such injuries survive?"
At this time, Hou Junji had a smile on his face. While asking his guards to change his clothes, he picked up a sheepskin wine bag and drank heavily. He said with a smile: "It seems that the people of the Gar family are not all powerful men. There are also many wine bags and rice bags." Well! - Look how beautifully made this wine bag is, and the wine is also very good!”
All the soldiers laughed and drank from the sheepskin wine bags.
At this time, the deputy general said in Hou Junji's ear: "General, although we fought against the water and won a great victory for a while, there is no guarantee that the Tibetans will not leave and come back. Our army is still relying on the Yak River Village with no way to retreat. Is it inappropriate?" After all, the tactic of fighting against the enemy can only be used once!”
"You're right, let's run away quickly!" Hou Junji laughed loudly, "I gave the order to move southwest in an hour. The whole army is divided into eight groups, and ambushes will be laid every three miles!"
"Towards the southwest?" The generals were a little shocked, "In the direction facing Luoxue City?"
"Yes. Soldiers are crafty, and this general is unexpected!" Hou Junji said decisively, "Didn't you just say that the Tubo people may go and come back and fight again - I would say, it is not possible, but Of course! We’re not planning to escape anyway, so why not prepare a big bag for them in advance?”
"The general is wise!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Orders, eating, drinking, having sex, bathing and playing with women must be completed within an hour! When you're done, pick up your sword, mount your horse, and go slaughter the animal!"
"promise!-"
After finishing dressing up, Hou Junji got on the horse.
Looking around, the water of the Yak River is red, surrounded by corpses and scattered horses, with many flags and swords planted here and there. Not far ahead, smoke and fire were still billowing.
Faced with this, Hou Junji had just taken a brief rest with his soldiers.
There were 50,000 troops at the time of the expedition, but now there were still more than 26,000 left.
Hou Junji had previously issued an order allowing the soldiers to leave him and return to Dafeichuan. At that time, less than a thousand people left. In addition, apart from the combat casualties, more people were driven back by Hou Junji with beatings, curses and threats due to severe altitude sickness.
In fact, Hou Junji's own altitude sickness was quite severe. It was fine in the Kunlun Mountains a few days ago, but after advancing toward Sun Bo, he felt short of breath, chest tightness, and nausea. Now his eyes were bloodshot, he often felt dizzy, and he even had brief fainting spells. Although I drank a lot of "safflower soup" prepared by Tubo witch doctors, the effect of relieving symptoms was not that obvious.
There are many people with the same symptoms as him. No wonder the chiefs and generals of the three tribes called them "demon" because their eyes were like hungry wolves in the night, scarlet like drops of blood.
But just like this group of men who should have been lying on the hospital bed receiving treatment, they defeated a hundred thousand Tibetan noble soldiers and horses and were defeated thousands of miles away, just like a pack of hungry wolves pounced on the lambs and cattle.
Screams soon rang out all around. All the women who had just been captured were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Yak River.
Twenty thousand "demon cavalry" mounted their horses again, and like a whirlwind, the troops separated and disappeared into the night of the vast plateau.
Although he was cautious enough, Dongzan Yusong did lose his usual calmness and insight when he was angry. In the middle of the night, he clearly saw the billowing flames in the tribal camp ahead, and his heart became filled with boundless hatred and uncontrollable rage!
"The whole army attacks and accelerates forward! We must catch up with Hou Junji and annihilate them all, leaving no one behind!"
In less than one stick of incense time, the troops of Dongzan Yusong, who were accelerating their advance, were attacked!
They accurately got into the ambush that Hou Junji had laid out!
From all directions, there seemed to be countless enemy troops coming like a frenzy. The soldiers and horses of the three tribes, who were already frightened, were suddenly frightened and had no intention of fighting. They fell off their horses and fled!
Dongzan Yusong couldn’t stop drinking! He personally killed several tribal leaders with a sword, but to no avail. The men and horses of the three tribes ran away desperately, just like they were avoiding natural disasters or the pursuit of wild beasts. They all hated their parents for having two legs. The 50,000 royal troops brought by Dongzan Yusong from the royal city were scattered by the troops of the three tribes and fell into chaos. The troops trampled on each other and suffered numerous casualties!
Defeated, like a mountain falling!
Before a full-scale confrontation, and without any knowledge of the strength of the enemy's forces, Dongzan Yusong's 100,000 troops actually suffered a huge rout!
Dongzan Yusong was completely stunned! … “I have been a soldier all my life and fought in wars for thirty years, and I have never encountered anything like this!!”
The reality no longer allowed him to think too much. The Tang Army cavalry coming from all directions, as the generals of the three tribes said, were all so brave that they were almost uncanny. They are like farmers holding sickles, going down to the fields to harvest the grown crops, killing people like hemp and being invincible!
"God on the snowfield!! Please tell me, what is all this going on?!" Dongzan Yusong collapsed!
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At dawn, Dongzan Yusong was tied behind his back with a rope and escorted to Hou Junji.
"Report to the general, we caught a big fish this time! This man is none other than Gar Qinling's father and the great leader of the Tubo Kingdom - Gar Dongzan Yusong!"
Hou Junji glanced at him sideways, smiled coldly, and waved his hand lightly, "Castrated!"
"Ah? - Hou Junji, after all, I am the prime minister of a country, and I have always advocated an alliance with the Tang Dynasty! Are you really a monster? You can do such a thing regardless of whether you are green, red or white!!" Dongzanyu Song was shocked. He thought about being beheaded, dismembered and humiliated in all kinds of ways, but he never thought about this!
"In my eyes, you are nothing but a prisoner and nothing else." Hou Junji grinned. I don't know whether it was due to severe altitude sickness or a broken gum. A few strands of blood spilled from his mouth, and he His teeth were plated a hideous crimson color.
Dongzan Yusong's face turned pale, he swallowed hard, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and he was almost speechless. He gritted his teeth and said with trembling, "You, you... kill me!"
"I won't kill you, what can you do to me?" Hou Junji licked the blood on his lips and sneered, "Who told you to give birth to a beast like Gar Qinling? - Castrate him! Then send him back to Luo Let’s enjoy the city!”