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It is impossible to escape!

He was heartbroken.

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at the same time.

A dozen horses came galloping.

Er Niu stepped forward, his expression changed, and he said, "Da Lang, the eldest grandson is gone, he broke free from the rope and ran away."

Xue Rengui's face darkened.

Changsun Chong is the precious son of Sun Wuji, the chief minister of the dynasty.

The queen's nephew.

Zong Zhengqing of the Tang Dynasty, a third-rank official.

If he lost it, not only would he and others be in trouble, but he might even implicate the boss.

He jumped off his horse, lit a torch, and searched the ground carefully for a long time before he stood up and said, "Chasing, he's walking in this direction. He's walking, so he probably hasn't gone far."

Xue Rengui got on his horse first, and chased in the direction where Chang Sun Chong left his footsteps.

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"Hero, have mercy!"

"I have money, I have a lot of money, if you don't want Kaiyuan Tongbao, I have gold, and jade, the best jade."

"As long as you let me go and send me to Datang, I will guarantee your prosperity and wealth, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

"Forgive me!"

The eldest Sun Chong lay prone on the carriage, constantly begging for mercy.

His animal fur coat was snatched by that female man, causing his face to turn blue from the cold and his lips to turn purple.

The female man rode a horse, walked beside his carriage, looked at him, and said: "Look at your skinny skin and tender flesh, you may be a nobleman from the Tang Dynasty. When I bring you back to Luoxie City, take your Let’s check your identity, hmph, the hateful Tang people, how dare they send spies to vomit..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of galloping horseshoes suddenly coming from behind.

The Tubo soldiers suddenly became nervous.

But the female man said indifferently: "Listen to the sound of the horse's hooves, they should be high-quality war horses. It must be my Tubo warriors who have come. Let's continue on our way."

Everyone lowered their guard and continued on their way with their heads bowed.

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Chapter 231 Caught a Princess

Just as the Tubo convoy continued on its way.

The cavalry in the rear approached.

Shhhhhh.

A sharp arrow suddenly flew from behind.

The unsuspecting Tubo soldiers fell down like wheat.

After several salvos, only a few men remained standing.

But the knights had already rushed over, raised their long knives, raised their knives and dropped them.

A dozen people all fell to the ground.

The knights lit the torches and finally found Chang Sun Chong on the carriage.

Chang Sun Chong was lying on the carriage trembling with his head in his arms, but he slowly raised his head when he heard no movement around him, saw Xue Rengui and the others, and immediately cried: "Wow... Xue Rengui, hurry up, help me... ..."

Along the way, he hated Xue Rengui very much, but now, he feels that Xue Rengui is as close as his father.

Xue Rengui stepped forward and said, "Master Changsun, we have already blown up the salt wells of the Tubo people. I am afraid that there will be pursuers appearing soon, so we must go."

"Yes, yes, let's go, I want to go back to Chang'an." Changsun Chong cried and wiped his tears, then he pointed to the bottom of the carriage, "There is another...she is the princess of Tubo."

Er Niu led people to catch the female man hiding under the carriage.

Xue Rengui looked at this woman who was extremely rough and rough, and asked curiously: "Young master, how do you know that she is the princess of Tubo?"

Chang Sun Chong said: "I... know a few words of Tubo dialect, just now when I heard someone call her a princess, she thought I didn't understand anything, hmph..."

He got up, leaned in front of the female man, and slapped the female man across the face, "I'm going to kill you, hum!"

Said, Xue Rengui picked up a machete, ready to kill the female man to avenge his revenge.

Xue Rengui grabbed Changsun Chong and persuaded him, "Young Master Changsun, don't be impulsive. We are still in Tubo and back to Tang Dynasty. The journey is far away. Maybe there will be some accidents. It may be useful to bring her along..."

Changsun Chong nodded: "Alright, when I get to the Tang Dynasty, I will kill her with my own hands, and I will take revenge..."

Xue Rengui nodded and said, "It's not too late, let's go in the direction of Shanzhou."

Er Niu leaned over and said, "Da Lang, why don't we go north by detour. There are now 20 Tubo troops on the border of Shanzhou. If we go to Shanzhou, aren't we throwing ourselves into a trap?"

Xue Rengui thought for a while and said: "If the boss's prediction is correct, the Tubo army will withdraw soon, and there will be chaos at that time. We just have a chance to withdraw. If we go north, the Tubo people will definitely send a large number of chasing troops." Go after it, you may not be able to go when the time comes... Erniu, you take a few brothers and go north first to create signs that we are escaping from the north, and then turn back and join us."

"Yes."

Er Niu took a few people with him, took some things, and hurried north.

The Tubo princess was tied hand and foot, and stuffed into a carriage, and Changsun Chong was also stuffed into the carriage.

Chang Sun Chong protested: "Why did you let me ride in the same carriage with her? She and I are enemies."

Xue Rengui said: "Now there is only this one intact carriage. If the eldest grandson thinks something is wrong, you can ride a horse."

"No, no, I'd better take the carriage." Chang Sun Chong shook his head quickly, and got on the carriage obediently.

Long-distance horse riding, not to mention fatigue, the most important thing is that the butt can't stand it.

The convoy quickly left the battlefield just now and hurried eastward.

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Shanzhou.

Outside the city of Shanzhou.

The 20 Tubo army is stationed here.

In the distance, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky.

In a large tent, a young man in a coat with a gloomy expression stared at the map in front of him without saying a word.

He was Songtsan Gampo who was suddenly born a few years ago and unified the tribes of Tubo.

He said angrily: "Waste, they are all a bunch of waste. Originally, I wanted to take down Shanzhou City in two days, and then go to attack Lanzhou. It's been five days, and I haven't even taken down Shanzhou. This Duan Zhixuan is really so powerful!" ?”

A counselor next to him said: "Zanpu, Duan Zhixuan is not really a famous general. The famous generals of the Tang Dynasty include Li Jing, Li Daozong, Li Ji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, etc. Duan Zhixuan is not famous."

This counselor's Central Plains speech is very standard, and he also looks like a Tang Dynasty man.Because he was originally from the Tang Dynasty, and he came to Tubo as a traitor.

Songtsan Gampo said unhappily: "According to what you said, a little Duan Zhixuan has blocked my Tubo army for five days. If Li Jing and others come, we can only withdraw our troops?"

The counselor stopped talking.

Songtsan Gampo thought for a while and said: "The Tang Dynasty's army is all in Ganzhou and Liangzhou. If Shanzhou cannot be defeated in a few days, then we will have no chance of winning... Let's attack Shanzhou suddenly this time. , in order to be able to eat up the Datang land west of Shanzhou and Lanzhou. At that time, if Datang is weak, these lands will belong to Tubo. If Datang wants to fight, we can let Datang use money and grain to redeem back to the land..."

It turned out that although Songtsan Gampo was bold, he was not arrogant enough to kill Datang in one go.

His purpose is very simple, to take down the land west of Shanzhou and Lanzhou, and then negotiate terms with Li Er.

The most important thing is to capture Shanzhou and Lanzhou.

Unexpectedly, Duan Zhixuan encountered a fierce counterattack when attacking Shanzhou.

Just when he was at a loss, a soldier rushed in and said loudly: "Zanpu, something is wrong, we are looking for some salt wells outside the city, which were destroyed by the gods, and now there is nothing, there is no salt to eat Well, the salt in the army is only enough for three days..."

"What?" Songtsan Gampo stood up suddenly, and said in disbelief, "Why is this happening? We have always worshiped the gods and worshiped them every month. Why did the gods destroy the salt wells? During the battle, suddenly there is no salt, and the soldiers will have no strength if they don’t have salt to eat, what should we do?”

The counselor stood aside and said: "Zanpu, withdraw your troops. Once the army runs out of salt, within ten days, they will be completely powerless. At that time, they will face the Tang army from Ganzhou and Liangzhou. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Songtsan Gampo was silent.

He didn't speak.

Another soldier came rushing in and shouted: "Zanpu, it's not good, news came from Luoxi City that the princess was captured by Datang's spies..."

what?

Songtsen Gampo and the people present all looked at each other in blank dismay.

The capital of Tubo was infiltrated with spies from the Tang Dynasty?

The counselor stood up and said, "Zanpu, I have something to say now. First, the salt well was destroyed, and then the princess was captured by the Tang people. Just say that the princess was arrested. How could the Tang people's spies take it so easily?" Princess, there must be someone in Luoxie city who betrayed the princess... I am afraid that Luoxie city is not stable anymore. His subordinates advised Zanpu to withdraw his troops immediately and return to Luoxie city to sit in the town. If Shanzhou does not fight now, it will return in the future There is a chance, but once these cities are lost, we will lose our foundation..."

Songtsan Gampo continued to remain silent.

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Chapter 232 Retreat

Just when Songtsan Gampo was silent, a Tubo general strode in and said earnestly, "Zanpu, order the troops to be withdrawn. The siege began this morning. Until now, we haven't eaten yet. The Tang army on the city wall suffered a lot of casualties, but we suffered even more casualties, we can't fight like this any longer..."

After fighting for five full days and exhausting all means, they still failed to take down Shanzhou City.

Songtsan Gampo was a little confused.

The Tubo warrior who had been victorious in all battles, facing the tall city walls of Shanzhou City, was helpless when he met Duan Zhixuan, a stunned young man.

Songtsen Gampo looked at the crowd, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat."

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Shanzhou City, on the city wall.

Another Tubo attack ended in failure, and the Tubo attacking army retreated.

A man in his thirties, wearing armor and covered in blood, was holding a spear, standing motionless on the crenel of the city wall.

A general ran over, bowed and said: "General, the count has been completed. Our soldiers can fight again, less than 5000. This time, without the help of the people in the city, I'm afraid we can't hold it anymore. However, the east and west walls of the city were severely damaged, and there are not many food and weapons in the city. If... if the Tibetans fight again, we may not be able to hold on."

This man is General Duan Zhixuan of Zuo Xiaowei.

Duan Zhixuan is less than 40 years old, but he is already a rising star in the Tang Dynasty.

Hearing this, Duan Zhixuan pursed his chapped and bleeding lips, closed his eyes, pondered for a while, and finally made a difficult decision: "Let everyone hurry up to eat and prepare for the next attack of the Tubo army. At the same time, I ordered the people to pack up their belongings." , ready to leave, except for me, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, everyone else is free to leave, I, Duan Zhixuan, will fight to the death with everyone..."

"General..."

"Okay, I've made up my mind, I, Duan Zhixuan, will not be deserters."

"General..."

"I lost Shanzhou, how can I go back to Chang'an to meet His Majesty?"

Duan Zhixuan's attitude was very firm, and it was useless for the generals to persuade him.

But at this moment, a general suddenly pointed at Tubo's camp and shouted, "General, look quickly..."

Duan Zhixuan and the others hurriedly stared wide-eyed, only to see the Tubo army retreating slowly.

Duan Zhixuan said in surprise: "It seems that they are not retreating to eat, but are going to leave!"

A general next to him was surprised: "It shouldn't be, they will be able to conquer Shanzhou soon, why did they suddenly withdraw their troops..."

Duan Zhixuan thought for a while and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, maybe it's a conspiracy by the Tubo people, send a scout out of the city to investigate."

The scouts went out of the city and returned after a while. They hurried to the city wall and reported: "General, the scouts have found out that the Tibetans have really withdrawn. They withdrew in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry to go back... ..."

Duan Zhixuan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "If this is the case, then there must be something wrong inside Tubo, send someone to find out quickly..."

"Yes!"

In any case, the Tubo army retreated.

Shanzhou City was defended.

General Duan Zhixuan of Zuo Xiaowei heaved a sigh of relief.