"Okay!" Li Cunhui shouted, "Murong Xinchun, you lead 500 cavalry carrying Weiwei, cross the river with Da Shang, and set off fireworks as a signal."

They were able to cross the river several times and reach the Zhou army's camp without Xingya, which proves that they must have a very hidden crossing.

Otherwise, the reconnaissance cavalry of the army on the opposite side spread out for more than thirty miles along the river and were searching at any time. It would be impossible for them to cross the river just because they wanted to.

Murong Xinchun immediately accepted the order and left. Among the 10,000 cavalry brought by Li Cunhui this time, there were 500 Hanshandu's Beiwei cavalry battalion and 500 Youyu Linwei's iron cavalry.

Among them, the Beiwei Iron Cavalry Battalion was commanded by Murong Xinchun. Although this man could not command more than Du Yuhou, he was very powerful and had few opponents except for his cousin Murong Nobunaga and a few others. He was perfect for charging into the enemy formation.

On the south bank of the river, not long after Shang Wu Xing Ya and others left, someone reported the whereabouts of these people to Tashi Degun. After all, Shang Wu Xing Ya searched for the remaining gold and silver. Dozens of people crossed the river, and the movement was not small.

Tashi Degun didn't care at all, because he just wanted to force Shang Moxinya and others away and force them away so that they could easily occupy the land of these people near the Houzang area.

Moreover, Tashi Degun also knew that Shang Wuxinya and others must have a secret ferry somewhere, but Tashi Degun was still not afraid.

His reconnaissance cavalry has set a reconnaissance distance of fifty miles up and down the river. There is sufficient warning time, and there are watchtowers at every high point along the river. The movement of any troops on the opposite side is basically transparent.

"Zanpu, the Tang people on the other side sent out about five or six hundred horses and went downstream." Sure enough, after a while, the trusted general came to report.

Tashi Degun looked at the various Dongdai, marshals, lieutenants and leaders in the tent and laughed loudly, "Do the Zhou people want to defeat my 50,000-strong army with only 500 cavalry? It's just like a worm shaking a tree, it's overestimating one's own capabilities!"

We ordered the reconnaissance cavalry along the way to closely investigate the movements downstream. The army still focuses on preventing the Zhou army from crossing the river. As long as the army on the opposite side cannot cross the river, these 500 cavalry are just here to die."

On August 28, Li Cunhui mobilized his 30,000 troops and began to try to cross the river and attack.

This really made Tashi Degun more determined. He deployed all his heavily armored infantry and strong archers to the river bank to engage in a bloody battle with the main force of the Zhou army.

As for the lower reaches, he left three thousand elite cavalry and two thousand wandering cavalry, and set up obstacles with antlers and stones at key points in the camp for defense.

When Tashi Degun came to think of it, he was defending with ten times the force. How could he be afraid of attacking with only 500 cavalry?

On August 29, Murong Xinchun led 500 cavalry and arrived two miles south of the Tashi Degun coalition camp.

Murong Xinchun saw that the camp on the opposite side was well-organized, surrounded by thousands of cavalry, and thousands of civilians holding bows, arrows and wooden guns to defend behind the horses and earthen walls, and there was no way he could rush in.

So he simply led his troops to retreat to a hill, and asked his men to remove their armor and shout insults at the opposite side on the mountain. He also ordered the sharpshooters to continuously shoot the fox tails they had prepared at the opposite military camp.

Giving fox tails is the most insulting way among Tibetan men. According to Tibetan customs in history, brave men are rewarded with tiger and leopard skins, while cowards are devalued with fox tails.

Although the Tibetan lieutenant general who stayed on the opposite side was also a cautious and experienced general, he really found it unbearable to be insulted. He ordered his cavalry to investigate all directions. After knowing that the Tang Dynasty only had 500 cavalry, he immediately decided to go out to meet the enemy.

There are only 500 people on the opposite side, and yet he dares to dismount, take off his armor, and insult him. If he doesn't dare to go forward, let alone the Gui (military households) under his command, even the ordinary Yong (civilian households) will not look down on him. That person

It's ruined.

Murong Xinchun was overjoyed when he saw that he had been led to the opposite side. He ordered his cavalry to dismount and line up on the hillside to defend with strong bows and crossbows.

The Tubo people, relying on ten times the enemy, rode their horses directly to the mountains, but this was the Beiwei cavalry camp! The crossbow formation composed of sixty or seventy divine arm bows plus other sophisticated crossbows also had geographical advantages.

, which is so easy to rush.

More than 4,000 Tubo cavalry charged three times in a row. In addition to being shot dead and wounded three to four hundred people, not even a hair of the Beiwei cavalry camp was touched. Instead, the corpses of fallen men and horses blocked the road.

The Tibetan deputy general's face was so dark that he was almost dripping with tears. He looked around, and then he suddenly changed his mind. He first mobilized more than 2,000 civilian soldiers behind the Juma, and asked them to form an array with wooden guns and hunting bows, and go to the hillside.

It blocks the road down the mountain and acts as a barrier to stop horses.

Then another thousand rangers were ordered to press the formation with five hundred on each side. The remaining three thousand cavalry were all dismounted. Those wearing heavy armor and holding round shields were in front, and those wearing light armor or no armor were holding infantry bows in the back.

Since my cavalry can't rush forward, let's just use heavy armored infantry to squeeze it out. Let's see what you do!

Murong Xinchun excitedly waved his fist and shouted excitedly to the surrounding officers: "Gentlemen, the opportunity to make a meritorious service has arrived. If we charge forward with our horses at this moment, we will definitely be able to break through the Tibetan army!"

In today’s battle, the first prize belongs to us, but I don’t know who can obtain this great merit that has been passed down to three generations of count.”

According to Zhang Zhou's military merit and title system, those who achieve great results with one strike will definitely be awarded the title of earl.

Even if it cannot be hereditary, after three generations of descendants, it can still protect the descendants. Having a fifteenth-level martial arts master and martial-level official is not an exaggeration.

Everyone naturally knew this, and everyone had extremely excited looks on their faces, and their fighting spirit soared into the sky.

At this moment, the Tibetan infantry under the hillock had already moved away the corpses of men and horses, preparing to attack from behind.

‘Woooooo!’ There was a sound of conch horns on the mountain, and five hundred cavalrymen from the Beiwei Iron Cavalry Battalion, wearing cotton armor and holding horseshoes, swooped down amidst the deafening shouts!

The Tubo deputy general howled miserably and turned pale. In order to defend against the enemy's bows and arrows, the soldiers in the front row did not carry long spears at all, but held Shangma knives and round shields. How could they withstand the impact of the cavalry?

The deputy general roared loudly and called on his soldiers to change their spears, and the archers in the rear row immediately began to fire volleys.

However, the Beiwei cavalry battalion was wearing heavy armor and did not care about the arrows thrown. With a clang, the Tubo people screamed one after another.

The impact of the five hundred armored cavalry accelerating down the hillside was so terrifying that many Tubo people were even knocked directly into the air.

Murong Xinchun had quick eyesight and quick hands. He saw the Tibetan deputy general commanding from a distance. He shouted and fired three arrows in a row. The deputy general screamed and fell off his horse. Seeing this, the surrounding Tubo soldiers ran to both sides in fear.

They were all like this. How could the civilian soldiers with wooden guns dare to form a formation? The Beiwei cavalry camp was still more than two hundred steps away from them, so these civilian soldiers dispersed in a hurry.

The deputy general arranged for a thousand rangers to press the formation on both wings. Seeing that the Zhou army's 500 horsemen instantly dispersed thousands of infantry, they did not dare to come forward. They did not know who was taking the lead, so they ran away with a crash.

On the riverside, the fierce battle was at a critical point. Li Cunhui was not really doing nothing on the north bank of the river these days. Instead, during these days, he built a large number of small wooden boats and assembled a considerable number of small trebuchets and crossbows.

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As soon as the battle started, after the Zhou army led the enemy's main force to the river, they immediately smashed stones and fired crossbows. The coalition forces, who did not know the actual situation, suffered a huge loss and had no choice but to retreat as a whole.

Taking this opportunity, Li Cunhui ordered his army to race with hundreds of ships, successfully assaulted the other side, and then began to build a pontoon bridge.

Tashi Degun's original dream of relying on the Yarlung Zangbo River to defend his position was shattered in an instant, and he could only fight a positional battle by the river. As more and more Zhou troops crossed the river, it became increasingly difficult for the coalition forces to deal with it.

At this moment, Murong Xinchun and 500 cavalry rushed in. They first broke through the coalition forces' blockade 500 steps away, and then lit up fireworks to notify Li Cunhui.

After doing this, Murong Xinchun and his five hundred cavalry threw away all the burdens on their horses, such as bones, wrought copper maces, horizontal knives, and crossbows.

It can be said that except for the God's Arm Bow, which cannot be discarded, all of them were thrown away. All the soldiers, armed with horses and spears, charged directly back and forth among the crowded Tibetan coalition forces, causing people everywhere to fall on their backs and causing a bloody storm in the sky.

After Li Cunhui received the fireworks signal, he beat the war drums himself, and the entire army unfurled the Liufa Zong's silver-white and gold swastika flag of the Liufa Zong. The sound shook the roof tiles and launched a full-scale attack.

The Tibetan allied forces could not withstand this originally, but now they were suddenly hit hard, and they suddenly became a mess.

Moreover, the Ngari area where Tashi Degun was located was originally the stronghold of Buddhism. Because it is close to India, it was least affected by Langdama's policy of exterminating Buddhism. Historically, the revival of Tibetan Buddhism began in the Ngari area.

There was no way to defeat them now. Zhou troops seemed to be charging everywhere, and when they saw the silver-white gold swastika flag of the Liufa Sect, the coalition soldiers suddenly remembered the legends of the Supreme Heaven.

And the rumor that scares them the most is, 'The souls of those killed by the Six Dharma Sect's Punishment Knights will be imprisoned in the Eternal Hell forever and will not be reincarnated.'

Damn it, this is nothing! The coalition forces that could have held on for a while suddenly suffered a sudden landslide in just two quarters of an hour. Tens of thousands of troops fled everywhere, or simply fell to the ground and begged for mercy.

Under the protection of his close associates, Tashi Degun abandoned all his belongings and ran towards the Bailang area in the west without his life.

Two days later, he finally gathered 10,000 people, and Li Cunhui personally led more than 3,000 cavalry to catch up.

The two sides fought fiercely for half an hour, and Tashi Degun was defeated again, with only a hundred mounted guards left to escape.

On September 11, while Li Cunhui was feeling disappointed because he had not caught Tashi Degun, good news came from Kuba to the west of Bailang.

Tashi Degun and his entourage were ambushed and captured by the leaders and monks of the Kuba area, and they were already on the way to be escorted.

In this battle, Li Cunhui used 15,000 infantry and cavalry and more than 10,000 Tibetan auxiliary troops to defeat nearly 50,000 Tashi Degun's coalition troops, beheading more than 6,000 people and capturing more than 30,000 prisoners.

Below Tashi Degun, hundreds of noble leaders from various places were killed and captured. It can be said that the coalition army was completely wiped out.

In particular, the five hundred iron cavalry commanded by Murong Xinchun were said to be Buddhist protectors who came from heaven and could fight one against a hundred.

With the results of this battle, the Zhou army could truly suppress the nobles and millions of people on the plateau.

Next, it was Guo Tiance's turn to complete the reconstruction of the political system here, especially the living Buddha system of the Liufa Sect.
Chapter completed!