Chapter 128: Carnival, Chang'an

"Look, the Tubo dog can't hold on anymore, I'll beat the white flag!" Fei Junxing's sharp eyes were the first to discover the white flag waving on the top of the stone castle and screamed in excitement.

The slave system was abolished as early as when Qin Shihuang unified China, but Tubo was a slave system. Tubo became stronger after Songtsen Gampo. Songtsen Gampo established a unified slave country. Of course, he also absorbed the advanced civilization of the Tang Dynasty and the civilization of India at that time, which made Tubo take a big step forward.

For Tubo at that time, the slave system was still adapted to its needs, and the serfdom in the border area was not abolished until the New China.

The differences in institutions are irreparable. Jibu tells me, and the Tubo soldiers think this is the case. They fought with the Tang army for such a long time and longed for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. If they give Jibu a second encouragement, who will work hard for the slave masters who are not good for them?

Even those diehards who clamored to be Tubo ghosts stopped talking, and this matter was done, and Jibu asked people to hang up the white flag.

Since Shibao City fell into the hands of the Tubo people, no one can tell whether the Tang people died or injured in order to restore this strategic location. How many bitterness, tears, blood, and life are there.

However, one thing is certain, that is, the Tang people did not surrender, refused to admit defeat, and went on one after another, and the belief in liberation of Shibao City had never been shaken.

Once Jibu and his friends beat the white flag, it can be said that the stone castle city has been liberated. This is the dream of the Tang people for many years, and it has finally come true! Guo Qianguan and the others were so excited that they couldn't help but wipe their tears and murmured to themselves: "Ancestors, you can rest in peace!"

The generals cheered and beat each other's backs, and the sound of congratulations sounded.

"Brother, you can order to stop shooting." Guo Qianguan wiped his eyes, and was filled with joy.

Chen Wanrong glanced at Wang Zhongsi who was biting his lips and not speaking, shook his head and said, "After only a few minutes of fighting, they surrendered. There must be a fraud! Beat!"

Guo Qianguan was stunned. Before he could speak, the anxious Fei Junxing pointed to the white flag flying on the top of the city and said, "Mr. Military Supervisor, Tubo dogs are used to being arrogant. It is difficult for them to win the white flag!"

It’s not that the Tubo people are arrogant, but that they have all the geographical advantages and always have the upper hand every time they start fighting. Over time, they will not take the Tang people seriously. If they really fight head-on with the Tang army, Tubo will not be an opponent at all.

He is really a brainless person. He doesn't understand Chen Wanrong's intention at all. It was Ge Shuhan who took the conversation and said, "In order to attack Shibao City, I don't know how many soldiers died here in the Tang Dynasty. They killed so many of us soldiers. Just killing a white flag and want to survive? It's not that easy!"

Guo Qianguan was the first to react. Chen Wanrong didn't want to accept Jibu and the others' surrender, so he found an excuse. To be honest, all the Tubo people in Shibao City were so angry that they were all itchy, and they were eager to die. As soon as they understood, Guo Qianguan was both happy and worried, "But, if the court knew about this, it would be a serious crime!"

Chen Wanrong said calmly: "General Guo, what you said is wrong. We are not killing and surrendering, so how can we say that there are serious crimes? Under the city of Shibao, I don't know how many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty died. Today is the day to avenge them. How can we be a benevolent woman?"

Geshuhan gave a more open reason: "This is our first battle. We must not only win, but also win beautifully. More importantly, we must arouse the soldiers' fighting spirit! We must kill three animals to sacrifice flags when we go to war, so we can use them to sacrifice flags to boost the morale of the soldiers!"

"Do it! No one left to live!" Guo Qianguan gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Chen Wanrong said something else: "On the battlefield, there is no eyebrow on the sword and gun, no one can tell whether he can survive."

"Yes, yes, yes, or is it right!" Guo Qianguan understood that Chen Wanrong was correcting his grammatical disease.

Such things can be done but cannot be said, and they must be said impeccable.

Everyone is willing to seek some reasons. Fake surrender is the word they say the most.

Jibuman thought that as long as they hung the white flag, the Tang army's artillery fire would stop. However, they did not stop the artillery fire, but instead became more fierce. Jibu couldn't help but feel suspicious and thought: "Don't they understand the meaning of the white flag? This is too impossible!"

In any case, the Tang army must know that they were sincerely surrendering, because this was their only way to survive. Send soldiers, stood on the top of the city, and shouted in unison: "Brothers of Tang Army, listen: Let's surrender to the Tang Dynasty!"

In order to survive, they all took out their strength to roar, and their voices were loud and loud, spreading from afar. However, what answered them was a violent bombardment.

The sound of roaring smoke, and the Tang army responded without a single response except for firing artillery. Jibu vaguely felt something was wrong, and the Tang army would not accept their surrender.

"No one even accepted the surrender. What kind of battle is this?" Jibu was so depressed that he was almost crazy.

Now, there is only one way to retreat. Jibu never wants to retreat, but he cannot retreat anymore. He has to order the pass to abandon the pass. After ordering, the Tubo soldiers threw the white flag and fled in panic like a broken dog.

Jibu was so unlucky that as soon as he ordered to retreat, he shot a shell directly. After the explosion, Jibu broke into several pieces, not even a person.

While ordering the firing, Geshuhan closely monitored the movements on the city. Seeing the white flag falling, he raised his eyebrows and said, "No! The Tubo dog is about to escape."

The Tang army was so angry that they would never allow them to escape. Guo Qianguan waved his hand and shouted: "Fei Junxing, you should immediately take people to attack, occupy Shibao City, clear the passage, and make all preparations for the army to pass."

Fei Junxing took the order and rushed out like a tiger down the mountain, and rushed up with his people. Geshuhan's judgment was completely correct. When Fei Junxing and the others rushed up, there was no Tubo people in Shibao City.

"General, let's chase!" A soldier reminded him unwillingly: "No matter what, you can't let the Tubo dog escape!"

It is certainly good to pursue immediately, but Fei Junxing recited Guo Qianguan's military order and had to give up this idea: "Don't worry, they can't escape. Clear it quickly and clear the road out, and the vanguard army will arrive soon."

The soldiers were ordered to act and made up the gravel on the road, broken limbs and arms, and the originally messy road was unobstructed again.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and a team of Tang soldiers in leather armor led the war horses and stepped onto the mountain trail. It was the vanguard of Tang army led by Cheng Xiaotian.

Cheng Xiaotian's vanguard's vanguard's requirements are to be fast and to act quickly. Before the Tubo people react, they occupied as much important land as possible. In order to achieve this goal, Guo Qianguan decided to reduce the burden on this army at the suggestion of Geshuhan. The main method was to change their iron armor to leather armor.

Although leather armor is not as protective as iron armor, the Tubo people's bows, arrows, swords and guns are far inferior to those of the Tang army, and they are not very threatening. More importantly, they have the suddenness of their actions and cannot threaten them before the Tubo people wake up.

It is precisely because of this that Geshu Hanyi suggested that Guo Qianguan immediately agreed and quickly completed the dress-up of this vanguard of thousands of people.

Cheng Xiaotian led the war horse and came close to Fei Junxing and smiled and said, "General Fei, I'll take the lead."

"There are no luck!" Fei Junxing was very dissatisfied.

Cheng Xiaotian smiled proudly, jumped onto the war horse, slapped his horse's back, and began his great march towards the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This mountain trail was much wider after passing the Shibao City, and he could ride a horse. After a while, on the road behind Shibao City, the Tang army galloped away one after another.

Looking at the Tang army passing through the stone fort city, Fei Junxing's eyes turned red.

Guo Qianguan was so excited: "Brother, we are preparing to march now and report the victory to the emperor! The stone castle city has not been restored for decades, and now it has been taken back by us. When the emperor knows, what kind of happiness are you?"

As if he saw Ruizong walking around in front of him, he kept saying, "I am really happy, very happy", and he could not close his mouth.

Chen Wanrong knew that if he had won the Shibao City in one fell swoop at the beginning of the war, Ruizong would definitely be very happy. Now, it is hard to say, because Ruizong has a bigger goal, which is to destroy Tubo.

"That's certain!" Chen Wanrong still gathered Guo Qianguan's interest.

"Brother, go, write a good news!" Guo Qianguan didn't wait for Chen Wanrong to speak, and pulled Chen Wanrong away.

After writing the good news and sending people to Chang'an, Chen Wanrong returned to the artillery position. The artillery had already packed up the artillery and used moisture-proof measures, waiting for the time for them to march.

The vanguard troops led by Cheng Xiaotian were soon over, and then another army of thousands of people passed, before it was the artillery turn to set off.

In Chinese history, there have been several marchs to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but the scale is very small. There are only a few thousand people, but not tens of thousands of people. This time the Tang Dynasty actually invested a hundred thousand troops. This is a historical feast, and it is a great honor to be able to participate in it. Chen Wanrong said excitedly: "Brothers, we're leaving!"

"Set out!" The artillery roared excitedly, pushed the artillery, and embarked on the journey of a great march towards the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Guo Qianguan grabbed Chen Wanrong: "Brother, you are a military supervisor and can't walk in front of you. You have to wait and set off with me."

He had a kind intention, afraid that Chen Wanrong would attract danger when he walked in front, Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "Brother, don't say it. I promised my brothers that no matter how many dangers there are, I will be with them."

"Brother, you want to share the joys and sorrows with your brothers, of course it's good. But it's very dangerous ahead, so it's better to wait!" Guo Qianguan still refused to let go.

Chen Wanrong smiled heroically: "The clay pot cannot be broken on the well, and the general cannot be killed in front of the formation. The battlefield is dangerous and there is no eyebrow in the sword and gun. If it is an unfortunate situation, it is also my honor. If I don't go, it will be a regret for the rest of my life!"

"Since that's the case, I won't advise you. Brother, you must be careful!" Guo Qianguan agreed with Chen Wanrong's idea.

Chen Wanrong led the blue and white trees to the mountain trail. The artillery passed through Shibao City in an orderly manner under the command of Geshuhan, Wang Shaohua and Wang Zhongsi. The mountain trail was not wide, and it was difficult for artillery to pass through. The artillery pushed forward and backward, and it took a lot of effort to pass.

When Chen Wanrong arrived in front of Shibao City, he stopped for a while and walked around the city. A small city less than two miles in radius was not taken down by the Tang Dynasty for decades. It is unbelievable, but it is the fact that it has to be believed.

After feeling a little emotional, Chen Wanrong jumped onto the horse and led the artillery to join the ranks of the Great Advance to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Before he could go far, Cheng Xiaotian sent someone to take back the escaped Tubo soldiers. As soon as Cheng Xiaotian passed Shibao City, he ordered to hurry up. Not long after, he caught up with the escaped Tubo soldiers. The problem was solved in one round of rushing. The Tubo soldiers were either killed or surrendered.

There were only a dozen Tubo soldiers who survived, and the rest were either killed by artillery or by Cheng Xiaotian's pursuers, which was a goal of not allowing them to survive. Chen Wanrong was very pleased.

This is a great advance with far-reaching influence in Chinese history, and it will not last for one or two days, one month or two months, but for several months.

Two days later, Chang'an was Jianchun Gate. As always, there were crowds entering and leaving Chang'an, and it was a prosperous scene.

At this moment, a cavalry galloped, raised his command arrows and shouted loudly: "Stone Castle City is a great victory! Stone Castle City is a great victory!"

"Great victory in Shibao City?" The people entering and leaving did not react and muttered. They suddenly understood and felt a little unbelievable. They asked, "Have the Shibao City taken down?"

This question is really important, and we must understand it. The people immediately asked each other, and asked and answered each other. The originally orderly city gate suddenly became in chaos.

The city gate official was so panicked that he got off the city tower and shouted loudly: "Doway, dodge! Qingdao, Qingdao!"

An ordinary person grabbed the city gate official and asked, "Sir, has the Stone Castle City really been destroyed?"

The city gate official threw away his man and said angrily: "Can this be fake? This is the military newspaper in front! Who dares to lie about such a big thing? Hurry up, hurry up and clear the way!"

The officers and soldiers at the city gate rushed over to drive away the people and cleared the way for the speeding captain. As soon as the people reacted, they made way, and there was no need for officers and soldiers to come forward.

Looking at the speeding pass, the common people suddenly became excited, and I don’t know who was the first to shout: “Hurry up, go buy wine to celebrate!”

"Celebrating the great victory in Shibao City!" the people yelled.

The person who was originally going to travel immediately gave up this idea. The person who was originally staying on the street quickly went home and ran around to tell him the good news about the victory in Shibao City.

On this day, the best things to sell in Chang'an are two different, one is wine and the other is firecrackers. The time has passed, and the crisp sound of firecrackers sounded at Jianchun Gate.

The rush to the front of the Daming Palace, and the great victory of Shibao City was roaring. The palace guards were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed. They hurriedly gave way to him, and rushed to Luanxiang Pavilion.

Ruizong was working hard at Luanxiang Pavilion to handle official duties and got Duan Hui to report: "Your Majesty, the military newspaper in front has arrived, and Shibao City has won a great victory!"

"A great victory in Shibao City?" Ruizong looked forward to it every day, and always looked forward to the good news ahead. When his dream came true, he was a little unbelievable. He was stunned for a while before he reacted, jumped up suddenly, accidentally knocked over a thick ink into the inkstone, splashing all over his body.

"Quick! Go and see!" Ruizong's face was red and he rushed out like flying. He was so anxious that he knelt at the door, holding the military newspaper with both hands.

Ruizong snatched it over, but before he could see it, he tilted his head and fell to the ground, falling asleep.

"Hurry up, call the imperial physician and have a good look!" Ruizong ordered, and the eunuch carried him in a hurry.

Ruizong pulled the military newspaper a few times, and after reading it, he waved the military newspaper at Duan Hui: "Look, look, Shibao City has a great victory! It took an hour, less than an hour to defeat it. Wanrong is really a god! The Tang Dynasty has fought for decades but has not been defeated. When Wanrong left, he took it down in less than an hour. What can he be if he was not a god?"

Duan Hui bowed and said, "Congratulations to the Emperor!"

Ruizong was so excited that he walked around and said in a hurry: "As soon as the Shibao City was taken down, the army was not burdened for a moment, and had already advanced towards Tubo's confidant. It won't take long, and there will be greater success!"

After knowing Ruizong for so many years, he has never seen him so excited. Duan Hui also said happily on his behalf: "Emperor, Shibao City, the Tang Dynasty has not been defeated for decades. Now it has finally been liberated. It is time to celebrate and grow the power of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Yes, yes! Congratulations immediately! I will find the prince, Taiping for me!" Ruizong was so excited that he opened his mouth and couldn't close his mouth. He added: "Also, I want all the ministers to come too. Let's discuss how to celebrate this!"

Duan Hui received the order and went to handle it himself.
To be continued...