Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

"Zan Xiruo!"

Lu Dongzan caught his son in time, then hugged him and shouted in panic.

"Wake up!"

"The witch doctor will be here soon!"

He took a look at the broken arm that was bleeding profusely, his face filled with anger and powerlessness.

There were loud sounds of horse hooves and shouts of killing coming from outside the palace. The Tang army had forced the soldiers in the city into the palace, and even he was afraid that he would not be able to escape from the city.

This vengeance is hard to avenge!

Not long after, two witch doctors hurried over, led by their personal guards. After they examined Zan Xiruo, their faces became extremely ugly.

After a while, they bandaged the wound.

Lu Dongzan asked anxiously, "How is his injury? Is his life in danger?"

The oldest witch doctor said in a deep voice, "General, the general has lost too much blood. I'm afraid we can't save him."

As soon as he said this, Lu Dongzan staggered back several steps.

Before Lu Dongzan could feel sad, he saw dense groups of soldiers rushing towards the imperial palace, their words filled with panic.

"General! The Tang army is coming!"

"Run away!"

"The Tang army also brought in sorcery, and they're going to use it inside the palace!"

what!

The Tang army has not yet exhausted all its magic!

Lu Dongzan hurried out of the hall and shouted to the spy commander Bu Duzhi who rushed back in a panic.

"What's going on outside?!"

"Our army of over a hundred thousand couldn't even hold out for two hours?"

Even if those Indian soldiers surrendered, they still had more than 70,000 Tibetan soldiers, and these soldiers had a high fighting spirit.

Even if we can't defeat the Tang army, we should be able to hold out for a day or two!

How come the Tang army rushed into the palace after only two hours?

Bu Duzhi's voice trembled as he said, "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the northern city gate was breached by the Tang army, and they attacked our rear army."

"Faced with the Tang army's attack from both the north and the south, all our military formations were broken."

"The situation is hopeless now. Please break through the west gate!"

That's it!

When Lu Dongzan learned the news of the army's rout, his face was full of helplessness.

The reason why the North Gate was quickly breached by the Tang army was because his beloved son Lun Qinling opened the city gate and evacuated. This was his fault!

At this moment, loud noises erupted from the dense crowd outside the hall, and small mushroom clouds rose up.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

Where the mushroom cloud rose, a large number of soldiers fell down. These soldiers either died directly or were pierced by iron pieces.

The wounded soldiers rolled on the ground, screaming miserably.

"it hurts!"

"Just kill me!"

For the first time, these seriously injured soldiers felt that death was a relief.

Lu Dongzan looked at the rising mushroom cloud, the countless wounded soldiers lying on the ground, and the soldiers running like headless flies, his heart was bleeding.

The casualties are too heavy!

If the Tang army's magic was endless, the soldiers hiding in the palace would sooner or later be killed by the Tang army's magic.

Lu Dongzan clenched his fists tightly and gave an order to Bu Duzhi.

"Send someone immediately to calculate how many uninjured soldiers we have!"

"Be fast!"

After receiving the order, Butuzhi left in a hurry.

After a while, the magic used by the Tang army finally stopped, and the smell of burnt meat outside the hall had already entered the hall.

The Tang army did not continue the attack, but surrounded the imperial city.

As for the Tibetan and Indian soldiers outside the imperial city who did not have time to escape, they became prisoners of the Tang army.

After calming down.

Suddenly, a loud roar of the Tang army was heard outside the high walls surrounding the palace.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"If you don't surrender in one hour, no one in the palace will be spared!"

Although most of the remaining Tibetan troops in the palace could not understand what the Tang army was saying, they could all guess that the Tang army was calling on them to surrender.

Many people who understood the official language of the Tang Dynasty spread the content of the Tang army's call.

In less than half an hour, all the remaining Tibetan troops in the palace knew about it, and panic quickly spread in the city.

In the main hall.

The few generals who were still alive stood on both sides of the hall with pale faces.

Bu Duzhi, the leader of the spies, reported: "Reporting to the commander, there are less than 3 soldiers in the city. The rest have either been killed or taken prisoner by the Tang army."

"I also discovered that many soldiers had even lost their weapons."

As Butuzhi finished speaking, the hall fell into dead silence.

After a long time.

Lu Dongzan sighed and said, "In order to save the lives of the soldiers and reduce unnecessary casualties, surrender to the Tang army!"

"We Tubo lost this battle!"

Only at this moment did he understand where Tubo had truly lost.

If they had fallen into the Tang Dynasty's trap at the beginning, they would have conquered Central India, Northern India and Eastern India in order to expand their territory.

In addition to the lack of manpower caused by the division of their troops, the fact that their soldiers went down to the plateau to fight against the Tang army was also an important reason for their failure.

Hey!

There are so many people in the Tang Dynasty who are good at planning!

Bu Duzhi whispered, "General, how about we break out through the west gate?"

"We still have more than 20,000 warriors, and we can definitely escort you away safely!"

There are more than 20,000 of them. Even if the Tang army chases after them and kills them, it will take at least an hour to kill them all, right?

The other generals also nodded, as they did not want to become prisoners of the Tang army.

After enjoying decades of wealth and glory, no one wanted to be a slave of the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Dongzan shook his head: "The four palaces are too small. We can't break through the Tang army's encirclement. Moreover, the Tang army also possesses powerful magic."

"If you continue to resist, all of you generals will die."

Trapped in a cage, they can't escape.

These generals gritted their teeth, their faces full of unwillingness and anxiety, and they were full of despair about the future.

While they were silent, two loud noises were heard outside the hall again.

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

When they heard the loud noise coming from outside, the faces of these generals changed drastically.

The Tang army’s magic hasn’t been exhausted yet!

When these generals realized that the Tang army had not yet used up all the magic they possessed, they all spoke out.

"I support surrender!"

"We have resisted bravely. There is no need to continue fighting."

"We must be worthy of the Zamp and the people of Tubo!"

Seeing these soldiers trying to convince themselves, Lu Dongzan's face was full of helplessness.

He pinched his brows and said, "Buduzhi, take my fish token to the Tang army general and tell him that we surrender."

"The rest of you go tell the soldiers that we surrender to the Tang army!"

After accepting the order, the generals bowed and walked out of the hall with heavy steps.

Lu Dongzan walked to the side hall and took a look at his son. When he found that he was no longer breathing, tears immediately flowed from his eyes.

"Dad, I'm sorry!"

After saying this, he closed his son's eyes with trembling hands.

Back to the main hall.

Lu Dongzan walked up to the supreme imperial platform and looked at the soldiers outside the hall who kept throwing down their weapons. His face was full of self-mockery.

"Over 200,000 soldiers were killed in this battle. How can I live in shame?"