Songtsen Gampo came to Na Dingai with a very generous and benevolent expression, and gently patted his shoulder with his big hand.

"Ding'ai, I can only entrust you with the great responsibility of Duan Hou. I only need you for three days, and I can hold off the Tang army for three days."

"After three days, you can withdraw your troops and retreat to Doma City."

It had only been three days since I heard about the situation, but before that, Zanpu had already sent an imperial minister to disturb the military morale of the Tang State.

With this strong camp and eight thousand elite troops, Dingai raised his head confidently.

"Don't worry Zanpu, even if I die, I will never take a step back within three days."

"Okay, okay, you are indeed a rare loyal person in Tubo. With your words, I feel more at ease."

Songtsen Gampo nodded his head with satisfaction, glanced at all the ministers, and then opened his mouth to name eight thousand households.

Seeing these eight thousand households coming out, Dingai not only did not feel happy at all, but his face became increasingly ugly as time went by.

As for Songtsen Gampo, as if he couldn't see the change in his expression, he encouraged the eight thousand households.

Then he turned around with a smile. "Deputy Marshal, the next step is up to you."

"Zamp, they..."

"I know what you want to say, but there is nothing I can do to arrange it this way."

"Now, although the ancient kingdom of Xiangzhong has surrendered to Tibet, its strength has not been damaged. Therefore, the Prime Minister must lead his elite troops there."

"As for Luoche City and the southern part of Tubo, they are the foundation of Tubo. I want to concentrate all the combat power I can."

"But Ding'ai, you are here to deceive the enemy. I believe in your ability as the deputy marshal, and I also believe in the loyalty of your Nu clan to me."

"I hope you remember your previous promise and don't let me down."

Listening to Songtsen Gampo's words, I also heard the edge revealed in his voice.

Many civil and military ministers also came out to agree with Songtsan Gampo's words, and they all believed that Zangtsen Gampo had made the greatest and most wise decision.

Deputy Marshal Ding'ai almost broke his teeth, but finally succumbed to this superb man and kicked his ally away first.

Even though he had already said all the big things, he was helpless and could still talk nonsense.

What Zanpu left for himself was indeed eight thousand soldiers and horses, but among these eight thousand men, in addition to one thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry, they were elite.

The remaining four thousand men and horses are just servants and herdsmen, and the four reserve thousand households are their chief officers.

After taking care of the deputy capital marshal Dingai, Songtsen Gampo once again admired the brightly lit Nalu Post City.

Finally, with a sigh, under his command, three thousand cavalry and thirty thousand elite soldiers lit scattered torches and rushed towards the south.

Just now I asked the imperial minister Sang Jie to go over just to confuse the sight of Li Ji, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty.

It makes him unable to guess his intentions, although he doesn't know when the other party will react.

But that would require the weak Tang and Tibetan coalition forces to survive the night before they would send spies over to investigate.

After repeated tossing, the resourceful Songtsen Gampo was confident that even if he was far away from Nadoma City, the Tang army might not be able to react.

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Li Ji stayed there for almost an hour, until his eyes were dazzled.

After seeing the last glimmer of light, far away from the horizon, we returned to the city wall.

Communicated in a low voice with some generals to find out whether the Tubo people were playing tricks or really wanted to send back reinforcements to deal with the famous trio of monsters and moths of the Tang Dynasty.

It's hard to say now. Although there were many Tibetan soldiers and horses leaving tonight, there were still bright bonfires in the Tibetan camp.

Outside the camp, the patrolling reconnaissance cavalry was still there, and the soldiers patrolling in the direction of the gate of the camp were also faintly visible.

The Tubo people left at night, which made Li Ji really unsure of the Tubo's intentions. After all, if you go south, you go south, but he happened to divide his troops.

In the end, Li Ji, who was unclear about the situation in the enemy camp due to darkness, did not rush to send people to the camp.

Considering that the soldiers had stayed up most of the night tonight, we simply left some soldiers on guard while the others slept in their clothes to prepare for the Tibetan night attack.

In addition, he ordered Ximen, who was also exposed to the enemy, to brace himself to prepare for the enemy's attack.

When the sky lit up, the cold wind mixed with snowflakes suddenly began to fly over Nalu Yi City on the plateau.

But until this time, Li Ji still couldn't wait for additional reports from those spying horses, and his mood became increasingly depressed.

It was not until near dusk that Li Ji saw the detective horses who had been sent out to track the whereabouts of the Tibetan soldiers and horses.

The Tubo people did not say that they would stop at the same place or turn back after traveling thirty or fifty miles, but kept their heads down and continued south or westward.

However, the Tubo people specially released a large number of rangers, so that these Tang Dynasty scouts had no chance to approach the Tubo army.

They only dared to look at it from a distance, but at least it proved one thing, that is, the number of soldiers and horses leaving was really quite large.

However, there were still not a few Tibetan soldiers in this camp, which really made Li Ji difficult to make a decision.

"Commander, after the Tibetans became a threat, they did not take the initiative to attack. The general is a little worried. The leader of the Tubo Kingdom may really be worried about the peace of the Tubo Kingdom, so he has no choice but to leave."

Li Ji walked around with his hands behind his hands for a long time, and his eyes fell on General Zheng Lang, who had many hideous scars on his face.

"General Zheng Lang, do you have the courage to go to the Tubo camp?"

"What are you going to do there?" General Zheng Lang looked at the British Duke in front of him with a confused expression. He was not a very eloquent person.

"I have assigned you to go to the Tibetan camp and tell the Tubo people that you have a personal letter from me, requesting to see the Zanpu."

"It's best to persuade him to withdraw his troops voluntarily. If that doesn't work, you have to take a good look at the number of troops in the Tubo camp on my behalf."

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Deputy Marshal Dingai sat blankly in the big tent. Only half of the eight thousand households under his command were left here.

The other half, Qianhu, who are responsible for the handymen and herdsmen, are still busy.

Ding'ai held discussions with these four Qianhu who held real power. Once the three-day time limit passed, the Tang and Tibetan coalition forces would not be able to leave the city.

The old, weak, sick and disabled person under his command must evacuate the camp as soon as possible and go straight to Nadom City.

As for the four thousand civilians, let them continue to wear the attire of Tubo soldiers and be responsible for arranging the marriage of themselves.

When the time comes, when and how I will leave, of course I will not tell the four backup Qianhu.

After all, no one is willing to be a prisoner of war, and presumably the four reserve Qianhu are not happy either.
Chapter completed!