Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

As a proud person, Lu Dongzan can accept his failure calmly, but he cannot live without dignity.

"I don't know if Lun Qinling escaped!"

"Hey!"

Thinking of his beloved son whose life or death was unknown, Lu Dongzan sighed heavily, his face full of worry.

He stood there blankly for a long time, and only moved after Butuzhi ran back to the hall.

Lu Dongzan asked hoarsely, "Buduzhi, what do the Tang generals say?"

"How will they accommodate our soldiers?"

He knew that he had no bargaining power with the Tang army, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that the Tang army would have a change of heart and treat his soldiers well.

As long as he doesn't become a slave of the Tang Dynasty, he can die with peace of mind.

Bu Duzhi bowed and replied, "The Tang army can guarantee the lives of our soldiers, but how to deal with us is up to the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty to decide."

"I have already told General Tang to surrender now, leaving the Imperial City unarmed."

After hearing what Butuzhi said, Lu Dongzan knew that the Tang Dynasty would not treat his people well and that they could not escape the fate of being slaves.

There was silence for a long time.

Lu Dongzan said in a deep voice: "Buduzhi, you should lead the soldiers out of the city to surrender first. I want to stay alone in the hall for a while."

"promise!"

After receiving the order, Buduzhi turned around and strode out of the hall.

On the imperial platform.

When Lu Dongzan saw Bu Duzhi walk out of the hall, he immediately drew the sword at his waist and committed suicide with a calm expression.

"Clang~"

The sword fell onto the thick wooden board with a loud sound.

Butuzhi, who had not yet walked far, paused, looked back at the hall with red eyes, and then led his soldiers out of the palace to surrender.

...

Two and a half hours later.

As dusk approached, Qunu City was shrouded in the blood-red sunset.

In addition to using prisoners to clean up the battlefield, the Tang army also drove all the civilians hiding in the houses to several open areas.

After the beautiful young women and their families were picked out, the rest of the Indian people were detained.

Since these women were to be married to soldiers, their families had to be kept as well, which would also contribute to family harmony.

Moreover, these people will be relocated to Tubo to live, and they will be the subjects of King Chu Li Ke in the future, so naturally they will be treated a little better.

It didn't take long.

Countless smoke rose from the city, and bursts of screams of livestock were heard.

Inside the palace hall.

The hall, which had been washed with clean water, was very cold. Even after lighting more than ten braziers, it was still impossible to dispel the chill.

Du He, Li Ke, Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai, Pei Xingjian, Fang Yiai, Cui Shenji and others, all sat on cushions on both sides of the hall.

While eating the sumptuous meal of meat, they reported the results of the battle in a joyful atmosphere.

Xue Rengui read aloud a battle report while eating, "General Du, in this battle we killed 65821 enemy soldiers, captured 93083, and captured over 15 Indian civilians. We also seized a huge amount of livestock and gold and silver, and we are still counting them."

"A total of 6821 Nepalese soldiers were killed in this battle, 66 of our soldiers were killed and 3119 were injured."

What?

3119 soldiers were injured in this battle?

Du He frowned and asked, "The Tibetan soldiers completely lost their will to fight in this battle, and were bombarded with artillery fire. How could so many soldiers be injured?"

"Could it be that these Tibetan defenders are very powerful?"

When he walked into Qunu City, he took a look at the captives in the city and found that most of them were only wearing a layer of leather armor.

These leather armors are completely unable to defend against sharp spears.

Xue Rengui exchanged a glance with the other generals, then reported with a strange expression, "Reporting to General Du, because it was dark, the soldiers riding their horses couldn't see the potholes on the ground clearly."

"Many soldiers fell into the pit and were injured. Even their horses were seriously injured."

this...

Du He's expression was slightly stunned.

It turned out that the soldiers were injured because of the bombs and artillery they fired.

Life is really unpredictable!

Du He asked in a deep voice, "Have all the soldiers received medical treatment?"

Xue Rengui nodded: "With that large military medical team, all the soldiers were rescued as soon as the battle was over."

Thanks to the large number of military doctors trained by medical schools, these military doctors are very professional in dealing with trauma and fractures.

As long as the soldiers are not dead on the battlefield or are just hanging on, they can basically be saved by military doctors.

Du He nodded: "That's good."

After talking about the war that just ended.

Du He continued, "General Xue, General Xi, and General Zheng, the day after tomorrow you will each lead 3 troops and the surrendered Tibetan generals out of the city to Chabi, Luocheng, Nalanda, and Vaishali to persuade them to surrender."

"These three cities only have a combined army of 3. If they knew that Lu Dongzan committed suicide after his defeat, they would definitely open the city gates and surrender."

There was a pause.

Du He said coldly: "If they are stubborn and insist on defending the city, then we will blow up the city walls and eliminate the enemy troops inside the city!"

As Du He finished speaking, Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai and Zheng Rentai stood up together and accepted the order.

"I will obey your orders!"

After taking down Qunu City, they no longer lacked food and supplies, and were able to slowly deal with the remaining Tubo troops.

After arranging the important matters, everyone started chatting.

Fang Yiai said with emotion: "This battle was really exciting!"

"Hundreds of thunder bombs and thousands of artillery shells bombarded the Tibetan and Indian soldiers, frightening them to death. Their fighting capacity was extremely weak."

"It's a pity that there are not enough thunder bombs. It would be great if there were 10!"

This guy really dares to think so.

If they had prepared 10 bombs weighing more than 100 kilograms, their soldiers would not need to charge and could completely rely on artillery fire to win.

Unfortunately, there was not enough gunpowder material to achieve this goal.

Du He laughed and said, "Fang Yiai, you are really greedy. Providing 1000 thunder bombs for a war can greatly relieve the pressure on the soldiers."

After hearing Du He's words, all the generals nodded in agreement.

They had never imagined that the war could be so big.

However, the cost of such a war is very high. The cost of making a bomb alone is at least over a hundred strings of cash.

Adding to the war's consumption and the arrangements for the battle, the money spent on this war alone would probably not be less than 30 strings of cash.

Fortunately, the spoils of this battle were great, and the profits were more than a hundred times the expenditure.

The banquet lasted for half an hour. Du He saw that the generals looked tired, so he waved his hand and asked them to go back and rest.

...

Two days later.

After a day of rest, the soldiers braved the severe cold again and left Qunu City in three groups.

The soldiers who did not fight were responsible for guarding the prisoners and the huge amount of spoils captured.

Inside the palace hall.

Du He, Pei Xingjian, Li Ke, Cui Shenji, Wang Jingzhi, Xiao Kai and Liu Rengui gathered in front of a military map and discussed in low voices.

The topic they were discussing was the arrangements for the next battle.

Liu Rengui suggested, "General Du, I suggest leaving 5 troops in the Tianzhu territory. Besides guarding these prisoners, we have 2 cavalry to sweep across southern Tianzhu."

"As for Western India, we can use force to intimidate them. I believe that under the guidance of Master Xuanzang and others, the people of Western India will surrender to our Tang Dynasty."

He had already seen Master Xuanzang's ability and he was really good at persuading people to surrender.

If he were a member of Tianzhu, he would probably surrender as well.

Pei Xingjian also said: "General Liu is right. I also suggest sending the main force to Tubo and directly attack the Tubo imperial capital, Lhasa."

"It's already mid-to-late October, and the Tibetans' battle progress is still relatively slow."