Chapter 999: The Famous General on the Other Side Does Not Feel Wronged
The Tibetan soldiers laid down their weapons and took off their leather armor. The cavalrymen also took off their boots and stood there barefoot.
The Tang slaves in the team moved their things to the side, picked up knives and bows to guard them, and they could also shoot arrows.
They also led the horses to the side. Now they were the masters and did not need to go down the river to escape.
The Tibetans did not struggle. They saw the situation clearly and knew that they were being calculated. At the same time, the enemy had too many troops and they were all cavalry.
Cokao Taokai and Sonam Tseten were allowed to wear armor but not weapons.
The two men still retained a trace of dignity. They surrendered voluntarily and had high status, at the level of a thousand households.
The thousand households of Tibet were different from those of the Tang Dynasty. The thousand households of Tibet were military and political, with their own territory and population.
To put it bluntly, they were valuable. There were also people from the Tang Dynasty in their place, and the people were considered free.
Including a lot of livestock, unless they did not want to go back.
"I want to know who the general of the Tang Dynasty is." Sonam Tseten was more persistent and he was convinced.
He noticed that when his team reached the river, the other side began to make arrangements.
Then they encountered smoke and the team retreated back to the river, all under the control of the other generals.
Zhang Xiaosong appeared, wearing a battle jacket, but with a scarf wrapped around his head, looking elegant.
He was indeed like this, as recorded in historical materials: he had an extraordinary appearance and passed the imperial examination.
A handsome guy, not a young boy.
"I am Zhang Xiaosong." Zhang Xiaosong introduced himself.
Just now, he was still aggrieved and felt that his tactics were not well played because of the influence of his colleagues. When he heard the name, Cuokao Taokai sighed and clasped his fists: "Qianhu Cuokao Taokai meets General Zhang."
His mood suddenly improved. He knew who Zhang Xiaosong was. He led 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers to fight in the Western Regions. Bang, bang, bang, he saw a city and broke the city, and saw an army and broke the army.
In the Western Regions, Zhang Xiaosong's name can stop children from crying at night.
It is not shameful to be defeated by such a famous general.
Suonan Cidan also bowed: "Didn't you say that Zhang Xun was corrupt?"
"Yes, I was a little corrupt, but not too much. Your Majesty knows that and said that Zhang was too corrupt, so he gave Zhang some more money."
Zhang Xiaosong returned the gift, and his words were very interesting, like chatting with an old friend.
"Then are you still greedy?" A man from the Tang Dynasty came out from the Tubo slaves and asked Zhang Xiaosong curiously.
"Your Majesty gives rewards, what's the difference between greed and not greed? Therefore, Zhang is not greedy." Zhang Xiaosong spoke the truth.
There is no general who is not greedy. Greed may not be for making money for himself, but for the less pensions for the soldiers who died in the battle.
Then be a little greedy and help the dead brothers give their families more money.
Otherwise, why would your subordinates be loyal to you? Why would they go to the battlefield knowing that they would die at your command?
Now there is no need. Your Majesty and Li Yi have given enough things, so why are you still greedy?
"Envoy Zhang, can you tell me the situation in front of our army?" Suonan Cidan thought for a while and asked again.
"The last baggage was captured by someone. The main force of Tubo and the Ashina Xian tribe and the Qarluk tribe frequently fought."
Zhang Xiaosong gave an answer, telling the other side that if you are cut off by me, your main force will be completely useless.
Cuo Kao Tao Kai then asked: "Envoy Zhang, aren't you afraid that the baggage will not be available in front, and send troops back to help?"
"There are only 40,000 people in total, and they are not all cavalry. If you send infantry back, there will not be enough for me to kill. If you dare to send 10,000 cavalry, the remaining 30,000 people will be dead."
Zhang Xiaosong said with a smile, and stretched out his hand to signal two people to follow him.
He has confidence. The Tubo army in front is actually less than 40,000, and some of them have been lost before.
Tubo is not all cavalry, and the baggage cannot be obtained. If you want to check, you must use cavalry.
If there are fewer cavalry, it is useless. If there are more cavalry, what should the team in front do?
Ashina Xian and Qarluk are not freeloaders. They will guarantee to charge when they get the chance.
More torches were lit, and the Tang people began to cook. There were dead horses dragged back, from the Tibetans.
They peeled the skin, gutted the horses, cut the meat, and cleaned them up by the river. They used the small iron pots brought by Zhang Xiaosong's troops to cook the meat.
At the same time, they also commanded the Tibetan captives to work. Now the situation has changed.
At the end of the Chou hour, when it was almost the beginning of the Yin hour, the food was ready.
The Tang people had to help their own soldiers serve first, but the Tang soldiers served the people first and put more meat.
The Tibetans had just formed a battle array and were attacked by smoke before they had eaten. Then they ran all the way to the river. They were the most tired.
"What is this? It's the best thing I've ever eaten in my life."
"It's called compressed biscuits, and there are walnut kernels in it. Now our soldiers are eating this?"
"Envoy Zhang Xun is too powerful. He has killed the Tibetans."
"I'll exchange my wife and children when I get back."
"Didn't your wife sleep with the Tibetans? Whose second child is it?"
"Mine. Judging from her appearance, it doesn't matter if they slept a few times. I'll exchange her back. Don't blame my wife. I didn't protect her."
"My wife only gave birth to one child for the Tibetans, but I kept it. It will be my child when it grows up."
The Tang people who were taken to be slaves ate and talked. They didn't care that their women were bullied by the Tibetan slave owners.
It wasn't the women's fault. It wasn't that the women took the initiative to go there. There was nothing they could do.
Either they died or the whole family died.
Some even gave birth to other people's children, and they were willing to raise them so that they could work when they grew up.
They could adopt and borrow seeds. Why do they care about this?
For these border residents, staying alive is the most important thing. Who cares about Confucian etiquette when they have lost their lives?
When my family was taken away, where were those people who used etiquette to talk about people?
When I became a slave and was whipped to work, where were those people?
Now I have a chance to exchange my family back, and live my own life in the future. Other people's children will be my own children when they grow up.
"The main force of Tubo should send a team of 1,000 people to check the vision. Kill them directly, no need to hide it." Zhang Xiaosong took two people into the "tent" and ordered casually.
He was talking about the response that the main force of Tubo would make after waiting for the baggage for a long time.
Send out a thousand cavalrymen, and then disperse, so that the front and the back are within the field of vision.
Once the front is attacked, the back can see it.
Now that the two groups of baggage have been destroyed, there is no need to consider hiding it. If the main force of Tubo dares to send, just kill them directly and chase them all the way.
To what extent will they chase them? Arrive at the location of the main force of Tubo.
Then the people chasing them will bypass them and go to find Ashina Xian and the Karluk tribe.
Tell the two main Tubo tribes what the situation is. There is no supply. You can do whatever you want.
When Cokao Taokai and Sonam Cidan heard Zhang Xiaosong's order, the first feeling they had was powerlessness. This man is too powerful.
It's a game of strategy and tactics. The tactics are to release smoke, block, and divide and surround.
The strategy is to cut off logistics and pass on this situation at the same time.
Asina Xian and the Karluk tribe, as long as they are not stupid, will definitely shout and tell the soldiers of the main Tubo tribe that you can't wait for supplies and starve to death.
When fighting with bows and arrows, you have to consider whether you have enough arrows, or you can pick up our arrows.
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