Chapter 1088 Trapped Beast
A dog will jump over a wall in a hurry, and a rabbit will bite a person in a hurry.
The young Zanpu was originally a ruthless person. After all, his father was poisoned and killed when he was a teenager, and everyone betrayed his relatives. The rebels and the old nobles were also extremely ruthless, and the Manchus punished them.
When he married Princess Nipoluo and Princess Zhang Zhung, he also sent Lu Dongzan to threaten and intimidate him.
Facing the current situation of interception and pursuit, Songtsan Gampo pondered for a while and then made up his mind.
The two plans of Mang Xiangsong Nang are not good. The first one has too many detours and has to climb several mountains, just like Qiongbang Bangse said. The Tang people and Qiang soldiers were already waiting for them by the Yellow River ahead.
As for another plan, it is not good to divide the troops into two groups.
"Dangxiang, Bailan and other Qiangs had known about my great Eastern Expedition before, and fled after hearing the news. They didn't even have the courage to fight. How can they have the courage to stop them now? One hundred thousand horses? Hmph, it's just a mob!"
Zanpu first despised the Qiangs strategically, and strengthened his own courage, and then proposed his own plan. He still divided his troops into two groups, but stayed here all the way, blocking the entrance of the valley from the west of the Tang army, and occupying favorable terrain. Stop and intercept Tang Jun here.
Then Zanpu personally led the main force to Hequ. Since they already knew that the Qiang people were there, they would not be ambushed.
After defeating Xiqiang, you can evacuate.
"Who would like to stay in this palace to stop the Tang army?" Zanpu asked.
The generals were very surprised by this bold plan. This plan is based on the fact that they must be able to defeat the Qiang before the Tang army breaks through the blockade. If they break through the Qiang blockade, they must succeed, and they must be faster than the Tang people, otherwise they will be trapped. East and west flanking, the whole army is in danger of being wiped out.
Ke Zanpu said that the mob of the Qiang people, even if they claim to be 100,000, it is impossible to stop their 200,000 people, which is not unreasonable. They are Tubo, Guiyong, and they drove cattle and horses to the battle, and the battle of the Qiang people The method is the same as that of the nomads, and there is no such thing as logistics and supplies, driving cattle and sheep to follow.
The elite fight in the front, and the slaves follow behind to graze, and some even bring women, children and teenagers with them. Anyway, the tribe moves, it is an army.
Therefore, the Tubo people have reason to be confident that they can defeat the Qiang people. loss.
Dangxiang Zhuqiang had fought against the Tang people before and lost more than them.
The Hequ area is more suitable for large-scale field battles, and there is no need to attack fortifications, so Tubo has nothing to fear.
It’s just that after the previous battles, Tubo is now a little afraid of the Tang army. Although they are dissatisfied with the Tang army on the surface, thinking that they lost to the Tang people for a few rounds, it is because the Tang people are tortoises and only defend the city according to the danger, but in their hearts, there is still some fear. I am afraid of Tang Jun.
After all, the 20,000 men in Shang Nang were wiped out in a field battle on the Minjiang Plain in Ningyuan?
Now Songzhou Tang army is attacking with 100,000 troops, and there will not be many troops left behind in the Tubo Palace. Even if it can occupy a dangerous position, it is absolutely difficult to defend.
Garmang asked for a battle.
Zan Pu refused, saying that he wanted to let him be by his side and command the main force of the Po Qiang.
Songtsan Gampo looked at Khyungpo Bangse, hoping that this old deputy minister would take on the heavy responsibility, but Khyungpo Bangse managed to kill Niangshi before, but in the end the position of Prime Minister fell to the junior Karmang Prime Minister Even if Zanpu promised that after returning, he would transfer all the 10,000 slave households of the Niang family and their fiefdoms to Jongpo Bangse, it did not comfort them. a broken heart.
As the deputy prime minister and chief executive of Houzang, Qiongpo Bangse is very powerful, and at the beginning he beheaded his own monarch Weimamen, the king of Houzang, and received praise from Houzang with 20,000 households. There are more than 100,000 people in the territory.
Niang's 10,000 people who didn't get it, how could he appease him.
So now knowing that Zanpu wanted him to take the initiative to lead the army, Khunpo Bangse just kept silent, as if he didn't see it. In the end, Zanpu couldn't help but order his general himself.
As a result, Qiongbo Bangse not only refused to accept the order, but said that he was old and weak, and his eldest son was detained by the Tang people because he was an envoy to the Tang family for Tubo. Fight in the rear.
Not only did he refuse to lead the army to stop the Tang army, but at this time he asked Zanpu to resign from the positions of deputy prime minister and chief executive of Houzang, with an attitude of wanting to be the top pick.
This made the young Songtsan Gampo so angry that his rough face, which already had two blobs of blush, became even redder.
"Okay, if that's the case, let the deputy prime minister resign from all positions, and then act in the camp. When he returns to Tibet, he will return to Houzang territory to retire."
Jongpo Bangse originally wanted to use retreat as an advance, and used his resignation as an excuse to take down Zanpu, and even wanted to take this opportunity to ask for the post of prime minister.
But I never expected that the young lord is also a ruthless person, so he really agreed.
Directly took the opportunity to sack all his positions, the prime minister was not appointed, the deputy prime minister was gone, and even the position of the post of the post of the chief executive of Tibet was also withdrawn.
Zamp asked.
Jongpo Bangse regretted it at this time, but he couldn't speak anymore, so he could only sit in the tent with a gray face, and Zanpu didn't even look at him anymore.
Fortunately, there are still brave generals in Tubo. Sanguo Miqin, who was the bodyguard of Langri Lunzan, stood up and pleaded for the queen. The warrior in the tiger suit was chosen by Zanpu as a bodyguard in the leopard suit.
Later, when Subi was first conquered, Langri Lunzan’s grandfather’s fish-loving concubine’s tribe, Potapo, rebelled. The leopard-clothed guard volunteered himself, saying that Bota Xiaobang would not be able to use Tubo's important ministers, and he could destroy it with a single guard.
At that time, Qiongpo Bangse looked down on others and made ridicule. Who knew that Langri Lunzan really asked him to take his own guards to fight, and even won the battle. One of the six foreign ministers, commanding the imperial guards.
Before, he also brought a partial division to fight against Songzhou. Niang Shangnang, Qiongpo Bangse, etc. were all defeated, but his thousands of troops had the least casualties.
"How many troops do you want?" Zanpu was overjoyed to see him.
"Please give me a ten thousand households!"
Songtsan Gampo thought for a while, "I'll give you 10,000 laurel and 20,000 yong, and you stay here to stop the attack, is it okay?"
Sanguo Michen was also unrestrained, patting his chest and expressing that enough is enough.
After the agreement, it was already midnight, Songtsen Gampo and Mang Xiangsong Nang directly led the main force westward, and Senguo Michen led 30,000 people to stay behind.
Facing the approaching 100,000 Tang troops, Senguo Miqin was also courageous. After inspecting the terrain, he ordered 30,000 horses to dispatch to cut wood, collect soil and dig stones, to block the entrance of the valley when they came, and to rush to repair it around the entrance of the valley. A camp, building fortifications.
He doesn't intend to let the Tang army easily come out to fight in this wide valley. He wants to follow the Songzhou Tang army's style of play before, relying on the pass to defend the danger.
Although the time is tight, it is impossible to build a strong fortification in a hurry, but after all, this terrain is still very favorable. They are outside the valley, and the Tang army is still at the other end of the valley, so cutting trees and piles of rocks to block the passage at the mouth of the valley can slow down the Tang army. Speed, buy time.
Then they can build camps in the open place beyond the valley.
Senguomiqin can be regarded as a rare courageous and resourceful general in the Tubo army. Although he came from a humble background, his current official positions and titles are all earned with a single blow.
Early morning.
Dressed in a tiger and leopard Liuyong costume, he rode his horse and stood by the Maiwa River, watching the 30,000 Tibetan troops busy like ants.
He sent team after team of logging teams and asked them to cut down all the trees near the valley entrance that could be marched along the valley road, blocking the passage.
They also sent people to dig rocks and dig ditches to destroy the roads.
Someone dug a trench at the mouth of the valley, erected a wooden fence camp wall, and erected a horse-repelling wall, and the fortifications were extended bit by bit.
Jiannan Yuyi Army's Qingqi arrived nearby in the afternoon and discovered the actions of the Tubo people. While dismounting, they sent a small team up the mountain to scout the enemy's situation, and at the same time sent people to report back quickly.
After some reconnaissance by the detectives, he found helplessly that although the Tibetans blocked the road not long ago, the effect was already obvious. A long section of the valley road was already blocked by fallen trees and rocks, making it difficult to march. It would cost more than the Tibetans to clear it out. Human destruction takes longer and human hands.
And they also discovered that the Tubo people did not just leave after being destroyed, but also left a lot of troops in the valley, hiding in the dark for reconnaissance and shooting cold arrows. When a few cavalrymen dismounted for reconnaissance, they were accidentally plotted and injured.
evening.
Most of the forwards You Yi and Ta Bai arrived one after another, but they were all blocked in the valley and could not move forward.
The two military envoys, Yu Guni and Qiu Xinggong, were also frowning after hearing the report, so they had to report to the Chinese army in the rear while sending people to try to clear the blocked wood and stone.
But Sanguo Miqin had already sent archers to hide in the valley to block and clean up. After a long time of cleaning up, the effect was not great, and it was already dark. Enter the valley to find Tubo crossbowmen to fight.
Under the cover of night, the two sides came and went, and launched a battle of blocking and counter blocking, reconnaissance and anti reconnaissance.
In the camps of the two armies a little behind, everyone was taking the time to rest.
Generals Yu Guni and Qiu Xinggong got together, and when they were marching and fighting, they didn't dare to drink, and it would be no problem to roast a leg of lamb around the campfire.
"Damn it, why did this Ugly Tubo suddenly block the valley road here? Could it be that they discovered the Qiang people's ambush?"
"It's very possible!" Qiu Xinggong ate the roast leg of lamb, feeling that it was tasteless, and he still misses the taste of fried heart and liver, "However, with Tubo's tricks, it won't delay much time. Let the two armies dismount at dawn tomorrow." , using bows and crossbows to cover and clear the valley road, within three days, the valley road can be cleared, and when we get out of the valley, what will Tubo give us to ride the Sheye War Hero with us in the flat and wide land?"
Yu Guni took out the seasoning bag that he carried with him, first sprinkled a handful of green salt on the leg of lamb, then sprinkled some cumin, added some pepper, and then ate a large piece, feeling extremely delicious, "But the problem is, what if Being blocked for these three days, I'm afraid that Dangxiang Zhuqiang will not be able to stop the Tubo ugly captives!"
(end of this chapter)