In front of the burning house, the Tubo people who had gained nothing cursed angrily. Their team had been away from the camp for nearly a hundred miles, but they had not found the Xiaobolu tribe. Some of them were abandoned abandoned houses, which had been empty inside.

"We have to report to the Marshal well when we break up the city of Nieduo and let us slaughter the city."

The leader of the 500-man Tubo cavalry team was a Dongben. In the Tubo military system, there were five Ru and sixty-one Dongdai. Dongdai was divided into the Dongdai, Dongdai and Xiaodai. The lords of the Dongdai and Dongdai were called Dongben, and Xiaodai was called Dongpuqiong.

Chasiba was the Lord Dongdai of Nanruokagong. This time he was also recruited by Zhulong Mangbuzhi. There were more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in Dongdai, where he was, but this was the number after even women were mobilized. Usually, there were more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in summer and autumn. This time he brought more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to go out for battle, nearly half of which were infantry wearing spears and armor.

When they heard the massacre of the city, the generals and soldiers behind Cha Siba were breathing rapidly. Speaking of which, Dafan had not broken the Tang people's city for a long time. Many of them were veterans, who followed Zhulongmangbuzhi to slaughter Guazhou. They still remembered that the silk cloth and gold and silver piled up in Guazhou at that time were like mountains and seas. That year, Dafan's soldiers even captured Guasha and more than a dozen cities in Liangzhou. When they returned to the middle school of the country, every household was divided into two or three silk cloths.

This Nieduo City was said to be a big city on the south of the Silk Road, and the wealth in this city was really salivating.

"Everyone is on the horse, let's go back to the camp."

Chasiba shouted, the marshal's order was to pursue fifty miles. He found three fertile valleys suitable for grazing, but they were all empty. Except for the simple houses, they did not even leave them sheep dung eggs. Then they were ruthless and followed them for fifty miles. However, they did not expect that the Xiaobolu people retreated so neatly and left nothing for them.

The five hundred Nanruokagon cavalry were also muttering and scolding the horses. Xiao Bolu had many mountains, and even if they were chasing Baili, they felt exhausted and had no gains.

When the Tubo team left the valley and looked at the retreat in the direction of the Poyi River, the Pamir scouts who followed them halfway also quietly disappeared into the dense forest.

In the Shattered Ye army, there is still a traditional Tang army formation with heavy infantry as the core. Shen Guang's cavalry was mainly formed by the four towns of good families and Han'er. He was naturally not afraid of rushing on the battlefield, but the elite scouts who could be called veterans were not the first to be called veterans, besides Chen Mohe and others, they were the Pamir scouts who were used to tracking and fighting in the mountains. They were more suitable to stare at these Tubo people in the mountains of Xiaobolu to plunder the villages.

Half an hour later, the scout of the Pamir Mountains who had evacuated from the mountain road found the general of his team. "Prince Zhang, five hundred thieves returned from the northwest. If they wanted to pass here, it would take at least an hour."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaojing immediately greeted the brigade commander, the chief of the fire and the chief of the team. The lord asked him and Nan Jiyun, Bai Xiaode and Lei Wanchun to select knights, specifically staring at the scouts of the Tubo people and attacks from the village tribes. He selected the most people, more than 200 people, and it has not been opened for three days.

"Captain."

When they saw Zhang Xiaojing, the officers called each other, but their expressions were not very happy. They had been away from Nieduo City for three days. In addition to burying the forest every day, they also ate the dry food for three days, and they didn't even catch the hair of the Tubo people. They felt angry in their hearts, but the lord always attached the most to the rules, so they still obeyed Zhang Xiaojing's control.

"I know you have resentment. The big fish we are staring at can finally start. I asked you if you have the courage to destroy this group of thieves with me."

"Even if the captain is instructed."

The officers were all inspiring, and the lord always had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments. In addition to the imperial court's rewards, the lord gave them was rich. Who would not want to exchange the heads of the traitors for gold, silver, silk, cloth and land and houses?

"The thieves want to return to the camp, and this is a must-pass place, because they want to replenish water bags here and drink horses at the same time."

Under the hillside where Zhang Xiaojing and the others were hiding was a tributary of the Poyi River. The water and grass on both sides were abundant and the river water was clear. It was a good place. There were indeed several Xiao Bolu tribes here camping and serfing here. However, since the Lord sent troops to inform the notice, the small tribes rushed to Anuyue City, driving cattle, sheep and horses.

"I plan to ambush fifty people here, and wait for the thieves to attack the horses while drinking horses. The remaining people rushed from the mountains when the thieves were in chaos..."

Zhang Xiaojing was born in a good family in Chang'an City, and his ancestors also had generals. When he was in the Longwu Army, he was also highly valued by Chen Xuanli, otherwise he would not have been selected to serve Chen Guang. He had read military books and strategies, but what he lacked was only experience on the battlefield. This time, he went to Xiaobolu to learn a lot.

When the officers heard that Zhang Xiaojing wanted to wipe out the group of traitors with about four or five hundred people, they all turned red and then started discussing. They stared at the group of traitors for three days, and naturally they knew that when the group of traitors drank horses, there were special people who were in charge of the horses, which was the lowest-ranking portal among the traitors.

There was nothing wrong with Zhang Xiaojing's arrangement. Soon the officers discussed it and finally decided to let the veterans and the Pamir scouts ambush and wait for an opportunity to attack the traitors' Yinmanu.

"Since that's the case, it's settled."

As Zhang Xiaojing spoke, a team of more than 200 people immediately took action. The veterans and the Pamirs went down to the forest nearest to the river bank under the mountain. Their cloaks were covered with dead branches and leaves. This was the way the Lord taught them to hide their tracks in the mountains.

At first, no one took it seriously. It was not until after trying it that they realized how useful this method was. Even veterans from scouts could find it difficult to distinguish those disguised companions from thirty steps away.

After the ambush and landed, he waited patiently. After an hour, when he saw the Tubo soldiers coming from the northwest, the veterans and the Pagoda scouts were both excited and watched the gang of thieves stop and repair by the river beach through the gaps in the forest. Then he divided some people to lead the horses downstream to drink water and eat grass.

Cha Siba sat on a big rock and ate half a piece of barley cake. This time he was thankless, but he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by others when he returned to the army. He was asking for trouble.

"Don't be too slow, hurry up and finish the meal. When the horses drink water, we will set off back."

With the shouts of Chasiba, the Tubo soldiers also complained. Although Chasiba was from Dongben, who was a great noble, he had to rely on the group of small military nobles under his command to work hard for him. This time they came out and got nothing, so it was naturally his fault.

Just when Cha Siba was about to appease his generals, he saw that the horses not far from the team were suddenly frightened and fled in all directions. Then he heard the terrifying cry of the cowards, "Tang Army, it's Tang Army!"

Just after shouting twice, the sound of "Ahhh!" on the mountain was loud. When Cha Siba looked up, he saw a Tang army rushing towards him, and then arrows came down like locusts, "Don't worry about the horses, form a formation, quickly form a formation."

The shouts of Chasiba were drowned in the panic of the tribes. He swung his sword and spear with his spear and tried to stop the Tang army from rushing in, but more people fled in scattered ways. No one was a fool. Facing the cavalry that charged downward, they had no time to form a formation, nor did they have a large shield and spear, but only a short spear that was used immediately to stop the Tang army.

Zhang Xiaojing saw the chanting golden hat of the thief. He raised his hand and made a crossbow. The shouting of Cha Siba stopped abruptly. With his death, his army was dispersed even more thoroughly. The Tubo people fled to the direction of the downstream horses being frightened, and they were whistling all kinds of whistles in their mouths, trying to call back their war horses to escape, but what they were welcoming was the ruthless killing from the Tang cavalry behind them.

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When the Tubo army arrived, they sent teams to plunder nearby villages and tribes as usual to supplement military supplies. The lord asked all the generals to lead elite cavalry out of the city to attack the Tubo army and proposed the "Sixteen-character military strategy". Finally, three days later, the Tubo people withdrew their army that had nothing to gain. - Excerpted from "The Anxi Legion Expedition Record-Decisive Battle with Nieduo City" by Forkas Scipio
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