Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty: Please say long live His Majesty

Chapter 451: Flooding Six Hundred Miles, Ice Covering the Mountain Road (Part )

In the darkness, a sudden "pop" sound was heard at the foot of the mountain.

Duan Baoxuan, who was sleeping soundly on the top of the mountain wearing a woolen coat, was suddenly awakened.

At this moment, a hand pressed on his arm, and Liu Rengui's voice rang out: "Don't move. Pass the message down, don't move again until 25 minutes later."

"Yes!" Duan Baoxuan woke up completely, then turned around and went downstairs to pass on the message.

Two quarters of an hour passed in a flash, but during this time, the sound of people falling down could be heard one after another, but the people who fell down were holding their breath.

It's funny, but also a little bit heart-wrenching.

Moreover, as the footsteps approached rapidly, the faces of everyone on the top of the mountain became solemn.

Too fast, the footsteps are too fast.

In the darkness, one could vaguely see countless figures rapidly approaching the top of the mountain. Even though the ground had been covered with water and frozen into ice, those people still climbed up silently after falling, and their speed was much faster than they expected.

Duan Baoxuan couldn't help but look at Liu Rengui.

Liu Rengui's expression remained calm.

In two quarters of an hour, the fastest Tibetan shadow army soldier had rushed to a place only three feet away from them, and they might see them if they looked up.

At this time, Liu Rengui finally spoke: "Crossbow, shoot!"

With a "buzz" sound, in an instant, thousands of crossbow arrows flew up from behind the mountain and landed on the front of the mountain.

Countless crossbow arrows fell with a "crackling" sound, like nails, directly nailing the Tibetan soldiers to death one by one.

……

A blood mist rose up, and the first ray of morning light shone in at the same time.

After hundreds of Tibetans died, they finally saw Liu Rengui and his men standing on the top of the mountain.

At the same time, the people on the top of the mountain also saw the densely packed Tibetans on the mountainside and the icy mountainside under their feet.

The hill is not very steep, but after being splashed with water, it becomes slippery as soon as you move.

In other words, the Tibetan Shadow Army is extraordinary. If it were anyone else, they would have fallen countless times.

I had already seen the ice on the ground.

In the dark, I really thought the mountain was steep.

On the top of the mountain, Liu Rengui waved his hand expressionlessly, and the next moment more crossbow arrows shot out from the hands of the Qianniu Guards in rows, directly shooting down at the Tubo Shadow Army in the distance.

In the morning light, countless Tibetan soldiers were shot through by the dense rain of arrows.

Liu Rengui raised his eyes and looked at the foot of the mountain in the distance. Eight hundred cavalrymen were rapidly approaching the river bend ahead on the rugged river path.

Further behind them were three hundred cavalrymen surrounding a general in black. In Shanyang, there were only more than a thousand Tibetan shadow troops.

Less than three thousand people?

Liu Rengui was a little disappointed, but his heart also calmed down.

He won this battle.

The Shadow Army cavalry quickly passed the river bend, but after a few steps, the ground in front of them suddenly collapsed, and more than a dozen horses fell into a deep pit ten feet in front and behind at the same time.

There were no sharp wooden stakes in the deep pit, but the moment the cavalry fell into the pit, the nearby river water instantly rushed into the pit.

The icy river water immediately submerged them all.

It was at this time that countless crossbow arrows fell straight down from the mountainside and shot directly at these Tibetan cavalry.

Just like cutting wheat, all these Tibetan shadow soldiers fell to the ground immediately.

When Liu Rengui saw this scene, he looked at the Shadow Army generals behind him. The trap was clearly visible, so should they still charge?

The Shadow Army general raised his head, his gaze jumping from Liu Rengui to look towards Lanzhou.

At this moment, a fierce fighting sound suddenly came from the direction of Lanzhou.

At this time, the Tubo army rushed from Shanzhou to the city of Lanzhou.

"Charge!" The order came from the rear in a very short time.

The Tibetan soldiers in Shanyang rushed to the top of the mountain regardless of everything, while the Tibetan cavalry at the river bend rushed into the trap in the hail of arrows.

Thirteen hundred cavalrymen can definitely fill up the small trap completely.

……

On the top of the mountain, Liu Rengui looked at the countless Tibetan cavalrymen, batches of horses and soldiers directly filling up the puddles, and a trace of pity appeared in the water.

At this moment, a Tibetan shadow army cavalryman finally rushed to the shore with a crossbow arrow above his head, and then rushed madly towards Lanzhou.

After just a few steps, a crossbow arrow pierced his throat.

But at this time, more cavalry rushed into the puddle and rushed forward.

In a very short time, five hundred cavalrymen charged forward.

In a short period of time, a ten-foot-wide water pit trap and countless crossbow arrows overhead buried three hundred Tibetan cavalrymen.

Liu Rengui turned around with a calm look in his eyes.

Just as the Tibetan cavalry rushed across the river bend, thousands of Qianniu Guards in red and golden armor standing on the gentle hillside were already holding long spears and looking at them with cold eyes.

The leader was Duan Baoxuan. Duan Baoxuan urged his horse forward.
In an instant, thousands of cavalrymen charged forward with fierce momentum.

In a blink of an eye, the spear blade flew and blood splattered.

After struggling for a while, more than 500 Tibetan cavalrymen were either pierced or completely rushed into the icy Yellow River behind them.

One thousand elite Qianniu Guards wearing full armor and holding long spears faced five hundred Tibetan cavalry wearing leather armor and holding long swords.

How can we not win?

Liu Rengui turned around and looked towards Shanyang. Thousands of soldiers behind him kept shooting arrows in turns.

Countless Tibetan soldiers on the Shanyang side had already been killed.

He had already sent people to pour countless Yellow River water on the mountain. Now that people were dead, the blood was flowing down and it was still very slippery.

Some people were smart enough to step on the corpses to move forward, but as soon as they stood on them, they were shot through by crossbow arrows.

Standing high is seeking death!
The mountains, both above and below, had become an impregnable fortress from the moment Liu Rengui arrived. However, no Tibetans retreated, and the sounds of fighting in the direction of Lanzhou intensified.

There are only a few thousand people here, but there are tens of thousands of people fighting over there.

At this time, the Tibetan general in the distance finally moved forward slowly. The next moment, the last Tibetan cavalry began to rush towards the river bend.

Liu Rengui looked down and saw that at the river bend, many Tibetan cavalry still survived the charging Qianniuwei cavalry.

In close combat, they rushed forward recklessly, not caring even if it meant dying together with their opponents.

With a "boom", a huge roar came from the northwest sky.

In an instant, it was like the sky exploded.

Everyone couldn't help but shudder.

Even the war horses stopped.

Everyone couldn't help but look towards the northwest.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Liu Rengui narrowed his eyes, and the doubts in his heart were finally completely resolved.

The Battle of Lanzhou was a trap.

A trap set by the Tang Dynasty against Tubo.

The Tang Dynasty gathered nearly 60,000 troops in Lanzhou, waiting for the Tubo army to rush down from Shanzhou and then completely strangle them.

However, there is still a war in Shanzhou, and there are still a large number of Tibetan troops. Once there is danger, they can still withdraw in the shortest time.

So, there is a bigger trap in Shanzhou.

But Liu Rengui didn't know about these traps, and he suspected that Xi Junmai and Li Dejian didn't know either.

The only people who really knew about it were Li Jing, Zhang Shigui and Du Fengju.

Now all the Tibetans have fallen into the trap.

The trap exploded.

Liu Rengui withdrew his gaze, then looked far behind the Tubo cavalry and waved his hand gently.

A soldier held a black pennant in his hand and waved it vigorously towards the distance.

The next moment, thousands of cavalrymen suddenly rushed over from the distant mountains.

They charged from behind the Tibetan cavalry.

This group of people is finished.

……

As the sun was setting, Liu Rengui and Duan Baoxuan returned along the Yellow River with a large number of cavalry. Most of the fighting outside Lanzhou City had stopped, and only in the northwest corner was there still a fierce fight.

Liu Rengui looked up and saw in the distance large groups of Tuyuhun soldiers kneeling on the ground and being tied up.

Still fighting were the Tibetan cavalry.

At this time, thousands of infantrymen rushed out from the north gate of Lanzhou City, holding crossbows and rushing towards the place of fighting.

Liu Rengui knew in his heart that the war was over.

"Oh, it's so slippery!" Duan Baoxuan's surprised voice came from the side.

Liu Rengui subconsciously lowered his head and saw that a strip of water on the ground had frozen.

"What is this?" Liu Rengui subconsciously looked upwards, and suddenly saw large strips of water appearing on the mountain road in the distance, completely frozen in the cold winter.

"Lanzhou, Shanzhou!" Liu Rengui raised his eyes instantly and looked towards Shanzhou. He had completely understood that someone was opening the dam above to release water.

He didn't know who built the dam and when it stored water, but he was sure that this was the real killer weapon of Li Jing, Zhang Shigui, or even the emperor in this battle.

The situation outside Lanzhou City is like this now, what will it be like outside Shanzhou City?
It is very close to Qinghai Lake.

Liu Rengui couldn't help but shiver slightly.

He turned to look at Duan Baoxuan and said, "Let's go and find Duke Guo!"

"Yes!" Duan Baoxuan's expression restrained, and then he led his men towards Lanzhou City.

On the top of the Lanzhou city wall, Zhang Shigui, the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Road rear army, the general of the imperial guards, and the Duke of Guo, was looking at the end of the fighting in the distance.

The blood flowed from the road into the Yellow River.

"Pass the order down, collect the bodies, cremate them and bury them." Zhang Shigui had just given the order when he saw Liu Rengui and Duan Baoxuan coming forward.

"General!" Liu Rengui bowed and said, "I was ordered to intercept the Tibetan shadow army on the Yellow River Road. We attacked from both sides and beheaded 1,500 people, and captured 800 prisoners."

Zhang Shigui frowned slightly, but then smiled and nodded, saying, "Xin Liaoer also achieved the same result."

"Yes!" Liu Rengui bowed and said, "I haven't congratulated the commander yet on this great victory!"

"It should be congratulations, Your Majesty!" Du Fengju and Qian Jiulong walked up at the same time with a smile.

"The battle was decided in one go. Over ten thousand heads were beheaded and fifteen thousand captured. This is a great victory, and I can report it directly to Your Majesty!" Zhang Shigui nodded calmly, then looked at Liu Rengui and said, "In the early autumn of last year, before the Duke of Wei went to the northwest, I had a secret meeting with Your Majesty and finally decided on the flooding method... It just so happened that there was a lot of water last year. We originally planned to start the war in March, but we didn't expect it to happen now."

Liu Rengui immediately understood that in March, when the spring rain falls, the amount of accumulated water will be greater, and the results of the attack will be greater.

Of course, there is more than one such dam, otherwise it would not have been possible for it to reach Lanzhou so quickly.

"It's a little more troublesome now." Du Fengju looked at the ice on the mountain road and whispered, "But the Tibetans and Tuyuhun people in Shanzhou will have a harder time escaping."

"No trouble." Zhang Shigui said calmly, "Just tie a hemp rope around the sole of the boot and under the horse's hoof."

Everyone was stunned, then they all bowed and said, "The Marshal is wise."

"The Tibetans in Lanshan Road are already trapped. The key lies in where the Tibetan King Songtsen is now and how many troops he has under his command." After a brief pause, Zhang Shigui said, "We also need to understand the situation with the Duke of Wei and Fuxi City."

"General, I request to go with General Xi to attack Tuyuhun." Du Fengju looked at Li Dejian, Qu Fang, Xi Junmai, Xue Wanbei and others who were already finishing their work with some envy. The military merits of these people in this battle were enough to raise their titles by one level.

Liu Rengui stood aside and looked at Du Fengju in astonishment.

Zhang Shigui saw this scene and asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Liu Rengui looked at Zhang Shigui and subconsciously said, "Your Majesty's order!"

At this sentence, all the ministers were stunned and immediately half-knelt down: "Your Highness, we respectfully listen to your instructions!"

(End of this chapter)