"How many times has the Tibetan army attacked?”
Li Ke sat on a pile of rubble on the dilapidated street and asked in a hoarse voice.
His armor was covered in blood, and the sword in his hand had long been broken.
Li Shiming would personally give each prince a sword before he left the palace and established his own residence.
This was not just an ornament.
It also represented that Li Shimin, the emperor on horseback, had high hopes for his sons.
He hoped that the descendants of the Li family would forever maintain the spirit of martial arts in their blood.
Therefore, each of their swords was a top-notch sword.
Even such a good sword was broken in the continuous battle.
The broken sword stood at the side, and Li Ke held a straight knife in his left hand.
His right arm had been injured a long time ago. After the brutal battle last night, he had even raised his right arm to block the knife at the moment of life and death, even though he was protected by the armor.
However, the wound on his right arm was still so deep that the bone could be seen.
The white cloth wrapped around the wound was already dyed red, but the bleeding could not be completely stopped. Blood kept dripping down his finger.
Qin Huaiyu stood by his side to protect him, and said in a tired voice,""Thirteen attacks. Big brother has already repelled thirteen attacks from the Tubo.”
"Xue Rengui has sent news that Tuyuhun's attack has weakened. He has requested for reinforcements. There are less than 2,000 brothers left who can fight.”
Li Ke shook his head." No, Xue Rengui only has 600 soldiers in the direction of Tuyuhun. If he is not careful, there will be problems."”
As he spoke, Li Ke stared in the direction of the Tibetan army in the distance."I don't believe that Songzan can organize the vicious attack from last night!”
Sob…
As if Songzan was responding to him, the bugle horn sounded as soon as Li Ke's voice fell.
About two hundred steps away, groups of Tibetan soldiers once again appeared in formation.
"Big brother, Songzan is crazy!" Qin Huaiyu could not help but smile bitterly.
Last night, whenever the Tibetan soldiers retreated, they were all beheaded by the Tibetan supervision team in front of the battle.
The madness of the Tibetans would make one's heart turn cold.
He had thought that Songzan would stop after the 13th attack, but he clearly didn't have such plans.
"Prepare for battle!"
Li Ke raised his arm and shouted.
Crash!
All the soldiers stood up as soon as they could and lined up beside the rubble in a small alley.
Li Ke and his brothers took the lead!
Ta, ta, ta…
Footsteps came from the Tibetan side.
Eh?
"Why did the enemy stop a hundred steps away?”
"What are the enemy doing?"
……
Behind the Tibetan formation, Songzan saw this and asked with a cold face,"Great Minister, ask the leading generals why they haven't attacked yet!”
According to tradition, the soldiers had to charge and quickly make contact with the enemy when they were within a hundred steps.
Lu Dongzan returned with a helpless expression and said in a low voice,"" Zampu, the soldiers are not willing to continue charging. The general hopes to rest for a day to restore the morale of the soldiers..."
"No, we don't have time to waste. Supervising team, chop off a few heads for these cowards to see. Even if you have to whip them, drive them to the front of the Tang army!”Songzan said angrily.
"Charge!"
"Zanpu has ordered us to charge immediately!"
……
Lu Dongzan's orders were discounted. The supervising team waved their sheaths and whipped the soldiers without stopping. They didn't carry out the order to kill as a demonstration.
Lu Dongzan saw that the soldiers would rather be beaten than to charge forward. He sighed and quickly persuaded them in a low voice,""Zanpu, we can't continue fighting.”
" Although we've integrated the various tribes of the highlands, it's only been a few years since our reform…"
Lu Dongzan reminded Songzan.
Although they had joined forces to change the primitive tribal alliance system of Tubo into the feudal and concentrated rule of the Central Plains, they were still able to do so.
However, this reform had only been completed a few years ago.
The leaders of the tribes still had a lot of power in the army.
The soldiers were unwilling to charge forward.
In fact, it was because the tribe behind the commander was unwilling to lose any more.
If he pushed it too far, it might affect the hard-won restructuring of the central government.
Songzan clenched his fists, gritting his teeth as he stared into the distance.
"Kill them!"
Suddenly, a fierce battle cry came from the direction behind the pass, startling Songzan.
"What happened?" Songzan's expression changed as he asked.
"Zamp, I'll investigate immediately." Lu Dongzan quickly said.
Lu Dongzan had just returned from setting up the place when Fu Yun appeared in front of Songzan in a sorry state, escorted by dozens of personal attendants."Tang Army, Tang Army reinforcements have arrived. Li Shimin is personally leading the troops!”
" Zanpu, we must launch an attack immediately. My troops have been scattered by the surprise attack. It was not easy for me to break through the blockade of the Tang army in the city..."
Songzan looked at the flustered Fu Yun, his hand tightly gripping the hilt of his saber. He really wanted to slash this useless piece of trash.
"Bring Fu Yun out of the city!"
At a certain moment, Songzan and Li Ke turned around, their faces ashen. Without any hesitation, they quickly walked out of the city and gave an order,""Order the army to retreat out of the city in an orderly manner and immediately cross the Great Xia River!”
"Report, reinforcements have attacked Tuyuhun from behind the pass. General Xue has sent me to report!”
Li Ke and the others also guessed that reinforcements had arrived. While they were waiting, the scouts sent by Xue Rengui sent out confirmed news.
"Big brother! Reinforcements, reinforcements are here!"
"We've guarded Earth Gate!"
"Defend the Earth Gate!"
……
When the brothers heard the news, they hugged Li Ke excitedly and cheered.
Soon, the cheers formed a wave.
"Big brother, the Tibetan army has started to retreat. Should we chase after them?”Cheng Chumo pointed at the opposite side and asked loudly.
Li Ke and his brothers stopped and watched the Tibetan retreat. Li Ke shook his head and said,"Forget it. The Tibetan army retreated in an orderly manner, and…"
He did not finish his sentence.
Too many brothers had died.
He wanted his surviving brothers to have a chance to go home.
What was the use of killing a few more Tibetan soldiers now?
In any case, the Imperial Court did not have any plans to start a war with the Tubo Empire immediately.
With his understanding of the elites of the Great Tang…
In the surrounding countries of the Great Tang.
The crippled Turks were the greatest enemy of the Great Tang.
Secondly, they would destroy Tuyuhun, manage the Silk Road in the Western Regions, and revitalize the domestic economy.
Next was Goguryeo.
His father would definitely conquer Goguryeo first to prove that his martial arts and culture were superior to Yang Guang's.
Moreover, attacking Goguryeo was something that any ruler of the Central Plains would do.
Even if it was not Li, Tang and Sui, it was Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande who established the country on behalf of Sui.
He would definitely attack Goguryeo after stabilizing the situation.
Too many people in the Central Plains had died in the three wars against Liao.
If any dynasty that replaced the Sui Dynasty couldn't conquer Goguryeo, it couldn't prove that the dynasty they founded was more legalistic than the Sui Dynasty.
Regardless of whether it was the emperor's personal needs for civil and martial arts, or the people's hearts, the cornerstone of rule, and the requirements of the legal system.
Conquering Liao will be ranked before Tubo.
"Wu Wangke, listen up. His Majesty has ordered Marshal Wu Wangke's residence to receive him!”
Just as Li Ke sent troops to take over the city wall, Cheng Yaojin rode his horse to convey Li Shimin's order.
On the fortress.
"General, the reinforcements actually let Li Ke guard until the reinforcements arrived.”
"General, what should we do now?”
……
Puchi!
As the remaining dozen confidants surrounded Liu Rengui and questioned him, a sharp sword suddenly pierced through one of them's abdomen.
"General!"
"General, what are you doing? We are all your people!”
……
As if possessed, Liu Rengui began to slaughter his trusted subordinates in the fortress.
Fifteen minutes later, Liu Rengui wiped the blood off his hands and panted as he looked at his confidant lying on the ground.
"You…are so…ruthless…"
Puchi!
He stabbed the sword into the chest of the person who spoke. The person who spoke widened his eyes, and his blood-stained finger slowly fell down weakly. Liu Rengui lowered his head and said,""If you don't die, there's a possibility that my plan to surrender to Tibet will be exposed.”
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