Li Ji and his men soon discovered the enemy's whereabouts, located in a ravine thirty miles away.

Li Ji and several Tang soldiers hid behind a boulder, looking at the Tubo army below, the confession of the prisoners of war was not wrong, it was indeed a Tubo army, about 2,000 people, they carried more than 300 carts, the carts were full of food and other belongings, and the soldiers looked very excited.

They seem to have just returned from Yanji City, they are also eating barbecue, but it is mutton harvested from Yanji, talking excitedly while eating, not far from the stream, there are more than a dozen young and beautiful Hu women, who should be the people they have taken captive from Yanji City.

Li Ji took a closer look at the equipment of the enemy soldiers, compared with the Tubo army in the Tianbao period, the equipment of this 2,000-person Tubo soldiers was generally poor, without the famous chain mail of Tubo, only wearing ordinary leather armor, which also proved from one side that Tubo has been fighting for many years, and the army is reckless, and the resource consumption is too great, and the soldiers' equipment has been unable to keep up.

However, the weapons of the Tibetan soldiers were still the traditional short spears and swords, and although the combat preparation was not very good, these soldiers were strong in physique, fierce in appearance, and had strong personal combat effectiveness.

At this time, Li Ji's eyes fell on dozens of large wooden barrels on the ground, which were wooden barrels containing wine, and the air was filled with the strong sour smell of mare's milk wine.

There are also a lot of such barrels in the cart, and it seems that these wines are for the soldiers to drink on the road, because they have to hurry, so the generals do not allow them to drink more, not that they will not be drunk, so what about the night?

Li Ji found that many soldiers were drunk and smoked, and ran to molest more than a dozen captive women, which made Li Ji have a thought in his heart.

He observed for a few more moments before beckoning to the soldiers, who slowly retreated into the woods.

Half an hour later, Li Ji returned to the Tang army garrison, he turned over and dismounted, and said to Guo Song: "That's right, it is indeed two thousand Tibetan cavalry, they returned with a full load, carrying three hundred carts of grain and property, thirty miles to the northeast. ”

"How's the fight?"

"They look brave, but they are not very well equipped, and like the Tuyuhun army, they all wear leather armor, no shields, only short spears and swords."

Speaking of this, Li Ji said in a low voice: "I had an idea on the way back. ”

Guo Song laughed, even the conservative and cautious Li Le felt that there was a chance, it seemed that this Tubo army did have a big loophole.

"Tell me about it!" Guo Song said with a smile.

"Considering that it is better for us to act at night, I found that they drink very strongly......."

The Tibetan army drove hundreds of large carts, and the speed was relatively slow, and they could only walk more than 50 miles a day, and it would take at least five days to reach Qiuci City.

At night, 2,000 Tibetan troops rested for the night in a valley several miles wide, through which a small stream and river flowed, and large pine forests grew on the gentle slopes on either side.

The Tibetan soldiers lit ten bonfires at night, although Anxi has entered spring, but the night is still very cold, the Tibetan soldiers will almost drink wine and eat meat around the bonfire at night, and then lie directly by the bonfire to sleep.

Two thousand Tibetan soldiers drank wine and ate meat around the campfire, and a dozen captive women were forced to dance for them.

On the hillside more than a hundred steps away, Guo Song looked at the Tubo soldiers below, it was indeed a bit unexpected for him, these Tubo soldiers were able to drink without scruples during the war, maybe they thought that Murong Bianlin would wipe out the Tang troops on the periphery, so they would not have any worries.

"Long history, look at the third fire on the left!" Li Ji said in a low voice.

Guo Song's eyes moved to the third fire, there were not many people here, only seven or eight people, but they were all wearing helmets and chain iron armor, and several small soldiers were roasting meat, these people should be the generals of the Tubo army.

One of the Tibetan generals was also holding a young bearded girl in his arms, drinking and laughing proudly, and his dress was different from that of other generals, more elaborate and meticulous, and the shape of his helmet was slightly different.

"This man is their commander!"

Li Le said in a low voice: "At noon, I found out that he was reprimanding several other generals. ”

Guo Song nodded and said with a smile: "This person is handed over to me, let's take a good look at how to make a move, although we have a small number, we may not be able to take advantage of two thousand elite Tubo soldiers, but I think it is more than enough to deal with two thousand drunks." ”

.......

The time gradually came to a watch, the noise of the Tibetan soldiers finally subsided, most of the soldiers were drunk, lying down by the fire that was not exhausted, sleeping soundly, only a few sentries around, constantly rubbing their hands and stomping their feet, they were very little dressed, the cold of the night invaded like knives, making the soldiers unbearable.

The Tibetan army arranged a total of six sentinels, three from each in the north and south, and they were not to defend against the enemy, but to defend against wolves and other beasts.

There was only one sentry in the southeast corner, and he let out a long yawn and a low curse, when an arrow 'whoosh!' The ground shot and hit the throat, and the soldier grabbed his throat, shook his body twice, and fell down with a bang.

From the darkness rushed a tall body, swift and swift, like a sturdy panther, and swooped down on several small tents to the east.

The Tibetan army was strictly hierarchical, the treatment was clear, the soldiers and low-level generals could only sleep by the fire, and more than 500 people could have a small tent to rest, a total of four small tents, which were used by several important generals.

Guo Song drilled into the small tent, killed the generals in the tent with a knife, and then pounced on another small tent........

At the same time, the five sentry posts on both sides were knocked down and killed by the Tang soldiers, and fifty Tang soldiers bent down and rushed into the enemy group.

Holding sharp daggers in their hands, they covered the mouths of the sleeping enemy soldiers, cut the throat with one knife, and then inserted another knife into the heart, the movements were clean and neat, and the fifty Tang soldiers killed hundreds of enemies in an instant.

In the distance, two hundred cavalry stood by in formation, they held the reins of their horses with spears in their hands, and as soon as fifty Tang soldiers were found and shouted, they should attack.

Fifty Tang soldiers each had to kill forty people, although the number was large, but in fact it was not difficult, most of the Tibetan people were drunk and asleep, to use a more appropriate word, called 'slaughter!' They killed them without resistance.

After Guo Song killed a few generals, he swam among the Tibetan soldiers like the wind, and his target was those soldiers who did not sleep well, who woke up at night in a daze, or who sat up and became hysterical.

He killed all of these soldiers mercilessly, creating conditions for other soldiers.

Half an hour later, 2,000 soldiers were killed by Tang soldiers, at this time, Li Ji led the cavalry into the ranks of the Tubo army, overturned them one by one with spears, and stabbed the soldiers who had slipped through the net or were not dead.

The Tang army searched three times, including the chariot soldiers who slept in the cart, and except for a dozen young women who had been taken captive, the remaining 2,000 Tibetan soldiers were killed in their sleep by the Tang army.

As the day dawned, a dozen young women sat in a large car, trembling with fear.

At this time, a Tang soldier stepped forward and asked, "Do any of you know how to drive a carriage?" ”

A slightly older woman raised her hand, and the Tang soldiers took a carriage and said to them: "This carriage is for you, go back to the house yourself!" There were some goods and sheepskins in the wagon, and some grain, and you divided them among yourselves. ”

More than a dozen women got into the carriage and drove away.

The Tang soldiers quickly cleaned up the battlefield, dug deep pits to bury all the corpses of the 2,000 Tibetan soldiers, packed all kinds of supplies into the carriage, and the 2,000 horses were also gathered one by one.

The camp of the Tibetan army was nothing but bloodstains, and the two thousand soldiers seemed to have evaporated from the world.

In just a few days, the peripheral Tang army led by Guo Song had annihilated 5,000 Tuyuhun soldiers and Tubo soldiers, which greatly affected the strategic deployment of the Tubo commander.

As the situation of the battle deteriorated, the balance of victory in the Battle of Qiuzi began to tilt in favor of the Tang army.