Garchanzhuo's eloquent and well-founded words cheered up the Tibetan ministers in the square. They all felt elated, made cheering noises from time to time, and began to denounce Li Hong.
At this situation, the ministers were furious. They all looked excited and gearing up, and began to shout for Li Hong to release their Zanpu immediately.
It seems that the Tibetan soldiers will attack the Holy Palace in the next moment, save them from fire and water, and capture the Tang Dynasty's Crown Prince in one fell swoop, venting their evil anger.
"Li Hong, let our Zanpu go. Even if you kill him, you won't survive." Princess Wencheng turned her head, her eyes full of confidence, but at the same time mixed with some hidden worries.
No one knows whether the elusive sky thunder can be suppressed by the extremely overcast moon. These are just vague guesses from the time and location of the several sky thunder explosions.
Moreover, although Li Hong is young, only eighteen years old now, his literary and military skills are no less than those of the late Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his great grandfather.
Now that soldiers are besieging the Holy Palace, Tubo still has the numerical advantage. The Tubo has taken advantage of the right time, place and people. Why can he still look calm and not take the unfavorable situation in front of him seriously
Does he have anything else to rely on
Princess Wencheng looked at Li Hong holding the knife in his left hand, with a calm expression, and continued to suppress their Zampu Mangsong Mangzan, with the blade already close to his neck.
At this moment, he believed that as long as there was a slight movement among the people in the square, Li Hong would dare to make Mangsong Mangzan's head disappear immediately.
"Since you think you are sure to win, why are you anxious? After they attack, wouldn't it be more powerful for you to attack me together? Tens of thousands of people are attacking hundreds of us. You don't feel excited just thinking about it. "?" Li Hong spoke slowly.
His little calf, Hei Lang Bai Qi, who had not appeared before the turmoil in the Holy Palace began, was actually swaying at this moment, with an expression and attitude similar to that of Li Hong, and walked over calmly.
Li Hong stroked Bai Qi's huge head, but Bai Qi showed his terrifying fangs and growled at Mansong Mangzan who was kneeling on the ground.
"The teeth are always black!" Princess Wencheng suddenly exclaimed.
Looking at Li Hong caressing Bai Qi, and then looking at Dai Zhide climbing up from the steps out of breath, his old face was green and red, which shows that Dai Zhide also worked hard to climb up from the foot of the mountain.
"Your Highness, everything has been arranged. It's all thanks to this beast... Oh, I'm sorry, it's all thanks to this wolf." As soon as Dai Zhide finished saying the word "beast", not only Li Hong turned his face and stared at him.
Even Bai Qi, the master who was once said to be a white-eyed wolf by Li Hong, could not give up when he heard the word "beast"
He let out a heart-stopping growl from his mouth, bared his teeth, and his fangs were like sharp swords. His cold and cruel eyes stared at Dai Zhide's neck, as if he was about to pounce and bite him.
Dai Zhide was so frightened that he hurriedly backed away, not daring to stand opposite Bai Qi anymore.
Li Hong nodded slightly to Dai Zhide to show that he understood, then turned back to look at Princess Wencheng, and said calmly: "Hand over the mastermind who planned tonight's riot, and I may not abolish his Zanpu and let him continue. Be the Zanpu of Tubo.”
Princess Wencheng, Garzandhuo, and Mansong Mangzan, who was kneeling on the ground, all changed their faces after hearing Dai Zhide's words.
No wonder they didn't see the wolf. It turned out that it was taken away. As for what it was doing, they had already vaguely guessed it.
Because they were concerned about the thunder in Li Hong's hands, before launching the riot, they specially trained several mastiff dogs to use their sensitive sense of smell to smell the strange smell after the thunder exploded.
"Have you guessed that we would plan this riot?" Garzandra was a little frightened. Only he and Princess Wencheng knew about this matter. No one else knew about it. How did Li Hong guess it.
"Everything has gone smoothly since I moved into your Holy Palace. The peace in this Holy Palace is also unusual. If it were you, would you think that you have all surrendered?" Li Hongshi said casually.
"The calmer it is, the more it means there is something wrong. More than 100,000 people in Luoxue City are under Pei Xingjian's custody, but the troops in other parts of Tubo are still intact. If you don't use them to take back your holy city, you would be stupid. If you don't hand over the mastermind after one more incense, then let the people below bury him with you." Li Hong took a deep breath. In troubled times, we should be careful. If we don't do this, He suppressed them in a cold-blooded and cruel way. After he left, Tubo was still rebellious and would never let Anxi live in peace.
A few days ago, Hei Te Changzhi noticed that there were several mastiffs near Luoche City. They were always sniffing around the city wall. At first, he thought they were wild dogs in Luoche City.
But look at the collar around the neck, and the fur is also very clean. It doesn’t look like a wild dog at all.
After secret observation, I found that these mastiff dogs had been sniffing back and forth at the blown-up city wall.
After Li Hong learned about this, he knew that these Tibetans were going to use the mastiffs' keen sense of smell to search for the smell of gunpowder smoke in the explosives, so as to search and avoid the places where the explosives were buried.
After thinking about it, if he wanted to solve the problem of these beasts sabotaging his plan, he could only let Bai Qi take action. With the wild wolves he was socializing with, it shouldn't be a problem to kill a few dogs.
So in the past few days, Bai Qi has been working diligently with Hei Chi Changzhi, ambushing the explosive spots at the foot of Shenggong Mountain, and Bai Qi has left his mark on some places.
In this way, after the mastiff smells the scent of the wolf, it will never come closer.
Just now Dai Zhide brought Bai Qi up with him, oh, it would be better to say that Bai Qi brought Dai Zhide up with him, because Bai Qi had already dealt with the mastiffs, preventing them from discovering the explosives buried at the foot of the mountain.
The shouts of killing were still loud below. Pei Xingjian, Lawless and Quan Yi led the troops to fight and retreat. Their goal was clear. After retreating to the innermost layer of the defensive fortifications, they would attract the Tibetan soldiers to the place where the explosives were buried. Explosive area.
As for the rest, just shooting with a crossbow is enough to detonate the explosives.
Li Hong's penetrating eyes clearly saw the fighting at the foot of the mountain in the moonlight. That non-existent line, Pei Xingjian and others had already retreated to the back.
The Tubo people have continued to advance forward, shouting and swarming. The large number of Tubo people, plus the 30,000 Tang soldiers, made the foothills of the Potala Palace slowly crawl like a swarm of locusts. of people came to the steps of the Potala Palace.
The pungent smell of blood gradually rose to the square of the Red Palace. The shouts of killing seemed to be ringing in my ears, and the sound of weapons clashing was clearly audible.
As the Tang soldiers retreated, the morale of the Tubo people was greatly boosted. The sound of fighting had already awakened the sleeping city of Luoshe. The lights in the homes of the common people in the city, and some of the more courageous ones, even reached out. Head up, or simply stand on the roof and look in the direction of the Potala Palace.
"Bai Qi, roar."
Li Hong looked at the Tibetan army at his feet. The front had already broken out of the defense line. The largest number of Tibetan soldiers was now in the center of the explosives. It was the best time to trigger the explosives.
"Ouch..."
Bai Qi faced the moon in the sky, raising his majestic and powerful neck high, and his long and proud howl made people feel a trace of emptiness and murderous intent under the silver-gray night sky.
As Bai Qi's howl fell, the howls of a pack of wolves suddenly sounded outside Luozhe City, as if in response to Bai Qi, but also as if they were provoking Bai Qi.
Under the protection of the two lawless men, Pei Xingjian jumped up to a high platform next to the steps, raised the ignited arrow in his hand, and shot it into the middle of the Tibetan army without hesitation.
Seven or eight arrows were shot in a row, each arrow was like a meteor, trailing a faint tail flame, either hitting the Tubo people or hitting the ground.
"Li Hong, what are you going to do?" Princess Wencheng felt an uneasy feeling.
Originally watching the Tang army retreating steadily at the foot of the mountain, like other Tubo officials, a surge of excitement arose in their hearts.
But when I saw Pei Xingjian shooting flaming arrows, and when I looked carefully at the Tang troops, it was obvious that they were not retreating in a disorderly manner as they were attacked by Tibetan soldiers. They looked more like a premeditated and orderly retreat.
"I said, if you don't hand over the mastermind, your Tibetan warriors will make amends for you." Li Hong didn't even look at Princess Wencheng.
He was also facing this aunt of the royal clan at this time. After all, he was slaughtering her people now.
As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, the entire Potala Palace suddenly seemed to begin to shake, as if a sleeping giant buried underground had awakened.
Everyone in the Red Palace Square had their livers and gallbladders broken, and they were shocked to see thunder rolling down from the place where the explosion occurred at the foot of the mountain, and a burst of thick smoke rising into the sky along with a huge firelight.
Everyone's feet also swayed, and the powerful shock wave made the entire Potala Palace building seem to be shaken, and dust fell rustlingly.
As several huge flames rose from the middle of the Tibetan army, the rumbling explosion sounded again at the foot of the mountain. At the center of the explosion, Tubo soldiers screamed, stumps and broken arms were flying all over the sky, and swords, guns, bows and arrows were also flying under the moonlight. Soaring into the sky.
The cries, screams, and cries for help echoed through the moonlit sky amid the dust after the explosion silenced. People could not help but feel creepy, as if the place had turned into a complete hell.
The dust at the explosion site covered the sky and the moon, making it impossible to see clearly how many Tibetan soldiers died in the ashes.
At this time, the Tang soldiers who had been retreating began to counterattack. The Tibetan soldiers, who were cut in two by the explosion, did not dare to retreat from the place of the explosion, for fear that they would also be blown up by the thunder and tossed in the night sky.
They had no choice but to rout from both sides, which was exactly what the Tang army wanted. In this way, they could spread out their formations and troops without crowding to counterattack the Tibetan army.
(End of chapter)