The first thousand two hundred and thirty-six chapters: the way of others is also the body of others
Abdulal stopped the horses and looked at the several fast horses running like flying from afar.
"Tang Dynasty reinforcements, the Tang Dynasty reinforcements are here!" Seeing Abdula's figure from afar, several scouts waved their hands and shouted excitedly.
Hearing these two sentences, Abdularu heard the fairy voice, his tense body suddenly relaxed. These days, he was pressed to the ground countless times by Sinobud, and he was beaten to the ground and could not find the north. If he hadn't known that the Tang army would have come from the north to support him, he and his troops would have collapsed long ago.
Now, the powerful Tang army has finally arrived, and their escape has finally come to an end.
"Camp, clean up and cheer up." Abdu pulled his head back and looked at his extremely tired subordinate.
He didn't want to show his embarrassment in front of his friendly troops. Although he had tens of thousands of troops when he set out from Yushu, and now there were less than half left, he still had to take some energy and not let Tangren underestimate him.
In less than half an hour, the figure of cavalry appeared on the horizon, and behind the cavalry, the infantry who could not see the edge was also revealed.
The flag of Li Cunzhong, the Left Wu Guard of the Tang Dynasty, was roaring in the wind.
At the end of April, Li Cunzhong led the 30,000 troops of the Left Wu Guard and 50,000 civilians to set out from Xining, Qinghai and arrived at Qumalai by the Tongtian River. Almost at the same time, nearly 20,000 Tubo troops led by Sinobude also appeared here. Two armies of Tubo and Tang dynasties faced each other across the river.
Without waiting for Sinobud to set up a defense line on the other side of the river, the Tang army, who had just arrived here, immediately began to cross the river without any rest.
This made Xanobud a little embarrassed and angry.
Compared with his own troops, the Tang army was considered a labour expedition, but the other party's behavior did not take it seriously at all. He decided to give Li Cunzhong a good look.
But reality taught Senod a good lesson.
The Tang army's might is not without reason.
Thinobud was chasing Abdula, and the army had no heavy weapons at all. Even the powerful crossbows were not enough to force dozens of them. And the Tang army, overnight, set up hundreds of counterweight trenchers on the opposite bank of Tongtian River.
This is the weapon born on the assembly line of the Tang Army Workshop.
It is usually broken up and packed, and when it is about to fight, you can assemble it and launch an attack on the enemy at any time. As for stone bombs, there is nothing to say about being poor, so you can only find it on the spot. However, stones can still be easily found.
Although it was separated by a Tongtian River, the river did not seem to be an obstacle to the Tang people. With the invention and promotion of rubber in the Tang land, rubber rafts also came into being. Sinobud watched the Tang army busy with rivers by the river on the other side of the Tongtian River, and in the river water, small boats crossing the river appeared densely.
At the same time, the Tang army's catapult began to roar and attack the other side.
Among the stone bombs flying all over the sky, hundreds of rafts were like leather rafts launched a battle to cross the river at the same time.
In just one morning, nearly 3,000 Tang army crossed the Tongtian River and established a solid beachhead position on the river beach.
After trying to launch several attacks on this beachhead, Xenobud returned in vain. Instead, he suffered heavy losses, he finally gave up the defense on the Tongtian River.
After nightfall, the Tubo army, led by Sinobude, quickly retreated and headed towards Yushu.
This time, Abdula turned his back on the spot. After getting supplies from Tangren, he took his subordinates and, after a night of rest, as a pioneer, took the lead in chasing Xenobud.
However, Zuo Wu Guard was calm and slowly built several floating bridges where he was still there. In addition to leaving a large camp on the other side, a temporary camp was also established on the other side of the river. After leaving thousands of young and strong men and a small number of troops to stay in the two camps, the large army slowly advanced towards Yushu under the leadership of Li Cunzhong.
When Xenobud, who was retreating, found out that Li Cunzhong had all his troops to chase him, but he was not surprised but happy.
Things are moving forward step by step according to their plan.
Eight years ago, the Tubo army was lured into the Hedong area by Li Ze, and suffered a crushing defeat. It was then fatal blow in Ganzhou, and more than 100,000 elite troops were completely destroyed. It was precisely because of that crushing defeat that the power of Tubo and Li Ze was completely reversed. With the help of Tubo, Li Ze not only cleaned up the forces against him in Hedong, but also defeated the enemy beside him and retracted the land of the land. Not only did he lose the strategic threat to the Tang Dynasty, but he also made Li Ze begin to regain the Tang Dynasty's hometown in the Western Regions without scrupulousness. The rule that Tubo had finally established in the Western Regions collapsed one by one under the attack of the Tang army led by Xue Ping.
The powerful Tubo Empire embarked on the road to decline.
The fierce domestic political struggle brought about by this made Tubo’s strength worse day by day.
Fortunately, Tochar was killed by Delhi Chinan. Before his death, Tochar also handed over all his power to Delhi Chinan, causing the split Tubo to complete unification again.
This time, Delhi Chinan used his skills and used his body. He also wanted to lure the enemy into deep and seek to completely annihilate the entire Left Wu Guard army of Li Cunzhong.
The Zuowuwei was used by Li Ze to deal with Tubo.
As long as the Tang army, which had been specially trained to invade Tubo for many years, was wiped out, at least within the next five years, the Tang army would no longer be able to launch a large-scale attack on Tubo, and Tubo won a rare rest time. During this period, while resting, Tubo had to vigorously support the Zhu Youzhen regime in Yizhou, making Li Ze unable to be distracted and watched, in order to gain more time for Tubo.
Both Delhi Chinan and Sinobud believed that as long as they were given time, they would definitely make Tubo stronger again. Even if they did not have the ability to recreate the most glorious moment of Tubo, there should be no problem in defending their hometown and protecting their country.
The plan is not complicated.
They were preparing to lure Li Cunzhong into the area between Yushu and Chamdo.
Because Li Cunzhong's army invaded, one was to rescue Asidua, and the other was to save Chamdo, or in the eyes of the Tang army, Chamdo was more important than Yushu.
As long as Li Cunzhong enters this area, Delhi Chinan, who is ambushing, suddenly appears and seals Li Cunzhong's retreat. At that time, the three armies of Sinobud, Mangba and Delhi Chinan are combined together. In this area, it is not difficult to defeat Li Cunzhong's left military guard in full.
Although this area looks very large, it will inevitably be a dead end for the Tang army. When entering this area, there is Jinsha River in the east, Mount Wengh, and Lancang River in the south, there is basically no way out.
In order to complete this plan, Delhi Chinan took out almost all his strength.
Whether it is Delhi Chinan, Sinobud, or Mangba, they have fought with the Tang army and have personally experienced the great power of the Tang army. Therefore, even though Li Cunzhong only had more than 40,000 combat soldiers, but did not have several times the superior force, Delhi Chinan did not feel safe at all.
When Senobud saw the Tang army quickly erecting long-range attack weapons on the banks of the Tongtian River, he became even more determined when he saw that the Tang army quickly set up long-range attack weapons and crossed the river to fight at an unparalleled speed.
Gathering all the power of Tubo, taking down this Tang army, giving Tubo the only chance to survive and regain his power.
Otherwise, they would have stood firm in Tubo, and the subsequent Tang army rushed forward continuously, and Tubo would have lost its country.
However, if you retreat, you must retreat in a regular manner. Otherwise, with Li Cunzhong’s years of experience in fighting, once he sees out his flaws, he may not be so easily deceived.
Fortunately, the serf army of Abdula was chasing behind him, so Sinobud was able to handle it easily, fighting and stopping, fighting and walking while fighting and slowly retreating to Yushu.
Although Li Cunzhong was moving forward slowly, his will to move forward was unswerving. The Tang army seemed very careful. Every time he walked a distance, he would establish a forward camp, leaving some civilians and young men to guard these camps. By the time Li Cunzhong slowly chased Yushu, there were only 30,000 soldiers and less than 10,000 civilians left beside him.
Li Cunzhong built a forward camp while walking, and left behind the practice of garrisoning forces. In Chinan, Delhi, he seemed to be a manifestation of his maturity, but he didn't know that this was Li Cunzhong's last resort.
A total of 10,000 cavalry under Li Cunzhong disappeared. Earlier, relying on disguise, strategic deception, and the speed of information dissemination in this era, it could still be concealed by the enemy, but as it gets closer to the enemy, it will sooner or later be discovered by the opponent. Li Cunzhong could only rely on this method to make his opponent mistakenly think that he was garrisoning these retreat routes, so that his troops would be fewer and fewer, and would not arouse much suspicion from the opponent.
One of the most fatal problems in doing this is that when Delhi Chinan encircled and launched an attack on Li Cunzhong's troops, these advance bases left behind would inevitably be attacked by Tubo soldiers. At that time, these remaining civilians were basically vulnerable, and a large number of casualties were inevitable. Of course, when it came to this point, it was certain that they would be exposed.
However, by the time Delhi Chinan discovered this, everything was already a foregone conclusion.
The Tang Dynasty used the lives of these young and strong men to exchange for the opportunity to destroy Tubo.
For ordinary people, such a design is difficult to accept, but for a general like Li Cunzhong, it is the price that victory must be paid.
Chapter completed!