Late at night on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, 8,000 men and horses on the campus were ready to go.
Among them, 5,000 infantry, 4,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry were commanded by Liu Gong, the new deputy general of the Great Dou Army.
Gao Xiuyan was the deputy general, but under the banner of Zhao Ziliang , and the three thousand cavalry were commanded by Zhao Ziliang, and their deputy was Ma Lin.
Among the three thousand cavalry, one thousand were horse infantry, but the three thousand cavalry had six thousand horses.
Liu Gong rode his horse over to Zhao Ziliang, clasping his fists and cupping his hands, and said: "General, everything is ready and ready to set off at any time."
Zhao Ziliang said to Liu Gong: "General Liu, after dawn tomorrow, your troops do not need to hide their whereabouts.
They must march quickly towards the new city under the banner of my general with great fanfare.
After arriving at the new city, immediately join up with Ge Shuhan and approach Changning County." , causing oppression to the Tibetan army from the north and distracting the Tibetan people's attention."
Liu Gong cupped his fists and said, "The general will finally understand."
"Let's go" Liu Gong waved his hand forward and rode forward.
The five thousand infantrymen behind him were either holding banners and banners, holding spears and bows and arrows, or carrying shields and following behind, one by one, neatly and uniformly.
In an orderly manner, the army quietly left the camp.
After Liu Gong led 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to leave the camp, Zhao Ziliang told Zhang Shouyu, the captain of the third battalion who stayed behind: "General Zhang, after we leave, your remaining soldiers must drill continuously every day. , The momentum must be huge, and the illusion must be that the army is still in the camp, and the Tibetan army must not be allowed to discover that the camp is empty.”
Zhang Shouyu cupped his hands and said: "General, don't worry, I will save it later."
Afterwards, Zhao Ziliang quietly left the military camp with 3,000 troops.
Since the military camp was located outside the city, the large group of troops left late at night, leaving the people in the city unaware.
At noon the next day, Zhao Ziliang's three thousand cavalry arrived at the small village of Molle and crossed the Datong River without stopping.
It was winter and the water level of the river was very low.
The three thousand men and horses quickly crossed the Datong River and headed southeast along the river bank.
Head south along a tributary.
There are high mountains on both sides of the river, and the terrain is dangerous.
If there were Tibetan troops ambushing here, Zhao Ziliang would have no choice but to cry.
Everything was normal when the army was in the military camp, but after crossing the Datong River, the altitude began to increase, gradually increasing from more than 2,000 meters to more than 3,000 meters.
Many soldiers turned pale and began to be out of breath.
Fortunately, during this period, Zhao Ziliang often led the soldiers to conduct adaptive training in the mountains to help them overcome altitude sickness.
During the march, although many soldiers suffered from altitude sickness one after another, they quickly adapted to it.
On the night of the ninth day of December, snow began to fall in the sky.
It snowed heavily on the plateau at an altitude of more than 3,600 meters.
The wind was so cold that the army could not move forward at all.
Zhao Ziliang could only order the entire army to stop advancing, and all battalions and Each regiment looked for wood for warmth, drove the war horses together, lit fires around the horses, and built simple stables to prevent the horses from freezing to death and frostbite.
Zhao Ziliang took out a large amount of fresh beef and mutton from the finger space, and asked the cooks to cook mutton soup for the soldiers to drink.
He gave each soldier a piece of meat and asked them to roast the beef and mutton with cumin and pepper to get rid of the cold.
The soldiers originally thought they were going to freeze and starve in the ice and snow, but they didn't expect that not only were they not freezing or starving, they would also have meat to eat and broth to drink.
After eating a piece of barbecue and a bowl of mutton soup, the soldiers were all warmed up.
A dozen of them huddled together around a big fire and fell asleep.
In the early morning of December 10th, the heavy snow stopped, but the cold wind was still howling.
Zhao Ziliang, who wanted to seize time, did not stop the army and ordered the army to continue their journey.
Around noon, Zhao Ziliang and Ma Lin led three thousand cavalry to the Hash River.
At this time, the temperature had dropped to below zero, and the Hash River was completely frozen.
However, Zhao Ziliang did not let the army march forward on the ice.
Cavalry is not designed to slide on ice.
The soldiers of the whole army simply ate dry food by the river.
When they were thirsty, they grabbed the white snow on the ground and stuffed it into their mouths.
The army soon set off on the road and headed southeast along the Hash River.
At the front of the team, Naiga, a young man from the Qiang ethnic group, said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, according to this marching speed, we will arrive at the north bank of the West Sea at noon tomorrow, and we will arrive at the former home of Longqi City by tomorrow evening."
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As the army approached Qinghai Lake, the terrain became lower and lower, and the soldiers' residual symptoms of altitude sickness gradually disappeared.
However, the altitude here was still very high, with the lake level being more than 3,200 meters above sea level, and the temperature was still cold.
On December 11, at noon, the army arrived at the north shore of Qinghai Lake as scheduled.
It had been snowing heavily since last night.
The lake was endlessly white, and the shadow of a creature was seen.
Ma Lin's lips were cracked by the cold.
He rubbed his hands, rode his horse and ran over to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, let the soldiers take a rest.
If this continues, even if they arrive at the hometown of Longqi City, the soldiers will have no fighting power. " Zhao Ziliang observed it with a telescope, then took out a map and looked at it, and then said: "It can't work here.
Send an order to the whole army to go further and go to Kubahai for repairs."
"promise" There used to be a large area of natural pasture beside Qinghai Lake, and there were many herdsmen living around it, including the original residents Qiang people, Tubo people, and Tuyuhun people.
It is snowing heavily now.
Once the heavy snow stops, these herdsmen will definitely come out to provide food.
The animals collected fodder, and by then it would be impossible to hide the whereabouts of the army.
Zhao Ziliang could only take advantage of the heavy snow to order the army to move forward.
After arriving at Kubahai, the army was not far from Yuanlongqi City.
It was only a few dozen miles away.
It would take less than an hour to arrive.
They had to be vigilant on the outside and let the soldiers have a good rest and recharge their spirits before waiting.
As night fell, the Tibetan army launched an attack on Longqi City.
Snowflakes are still flying in the sky, showing no signs of stopping.
Not long after, Zhao Ziliang led the army through the canyon in the northwest section of Riyue Mountain on the north coast of the West Sea and approached Longqi City.
In this weather, the Tibetan army's guard and reconnaissance cavalry stationed at the former Longqi City disappeared without a trace, perhaps hiding in a corner to take shelter from the wind and snow.
As night fell, the temperature began to drop and became even colder.
The marching army did not say anything, and the entire team moved forward silently and quickly.
At this time, there was a fork in the road ahead.
Zhao Ziliang took out the map and looked at it.
Xiang Naiga, who was riding next to him, said: "General, the road on the left leads directly to the hometown of Longqi City.
You Han people also have another name called Triangle City.
The one on the right is called Triangle City.
This leads directly to the Huangshui River.”
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang looked at the map again and said to Ma Lin: "You lead a thousand infantry to the right to block the Huangshui River.
You are not going to let a single Tibetan soldier go.
We must hurry up.
If it is too late, the temperature will drop too fast." , Huang The water river may freeze, and then the pocket cannot be made.
Half an hour later, a certain army will lead two thousand cavalry to attack the Tibetan army in the hometown of Triangle City on time.
You must pay attention to the time here, don't be rushed by the Tubo army.
"Dispersed" "General, don't worry, the general will understand."
The team was divided into two.
Zhao Ziliang led two thousand elite cavalry to the Tibetan army station from the left road, while Ma Lin led one thousand infantry on horseback to the Huangshui River in the northeast.
When Zhao Ziliang led his army to the outskirts of the Tubo army camp, the sky had turned completely dark, and the snowflakes still did not stop.
The Tubo army camp was located on the site of the original Longqi City.
This site is full of ruins, and the weather of time and nature has Exposure to sun, rain, wind and rain has caused the ruins to be severely weathered.
To the west of Longqi City is the Jinyintan Prairie.
In order to stay hidden, Zhao Ziliang deliberately did not take the Jinyintan Prairie road.
Instead, he took the road to Qinghai Lake and then passed through the canyon in the northwest of Riyue Mountain.
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The Tubo people Never thought that the Tang army would suddenly come from the Qinghai Lake in the south.
When Zhao Ziliang led two thousand elite cavalry into two groups and rushed into the Tibetan army camp, the Tibetan army had not yet reacted.
When the Tibetan army hiding in the tents of the camp ran out of the camp in a mess, a large area of the camp had been set on fire by the Tang army. stand up.
With the fire, the Tubo army became even more panicked.
Tubo soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies.
The stables were pulled down by the Tang army cavalry with ropes.
A large number of Tubo army horses rushed out of the camp and ran away in fear.
The initial plan of the raid was to disrupt the Tibetan army and cause panic and panic.
This goal was achieved.
Zhao Ziliang immediately led the Tang army to start killing the Tibetan soldiers.
The Tubo soldiers were unorganized and chaotic, and each of them just wanted to escape.
They fled outside, but there were Tang Army cavalry everywhere.
Teams of cavalry rushed over, waving their swords and spears, heads flying into the sky, and blood spurting out.
The screams, cries for help, begging for mercy and violent shouts of death indicate that this place is suffering from a catastrophe.
A small number of Tibetan troops escaped from the camp, some of them fled to the Jinyintan grassland, and some of them fled eastward along the Huangshui River.
Fleeing, no one paid attention to the Tubo troops fleeing to the east, while heading to the west of Jinyintan The Tubo troops fleeing on the grassland were pursued by many Tang cavalry.
These Tubo soldiers had no horses and could not escape far with only their legs before being chopped down by the Tang cavalry who were chasing them.
There was bright red everywhere in the snow along the way.
The blood was very It quickly solidified and turned black, and the body was then covered in heavy snow.
The chaotic Tubo army in the camp had been almost killed.
Zhao Ziliang stopped in front of a large tent.
In front of the tent, the body of a Tibetan general lay dead on the snow.
This guy had just come out of the tent.
He was stabbed by Zhao Ziliang, leaving a big hole and died.
After jumping off the horse, the retinue took the gold-tacked jujube sunglasses and reins from his hands.
Zhao Ziliang lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.
Horse dung was burning inside the tent, and a pot of kumiss was hanging on a tripod to warm.
Zhao Ziliang walked over and picked up the mare's milk jug, took a cup from the table and poured a full cup.
He drank it in one gulp and his whole body felt hot.
As a Jiangnan native, Zhao Ziliang didn't like this kind of wine with a strong fishy smell.
Drinks, but after staying in the northwest and border areas for a long time, I got used to them
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