Such a near-mortal ending made the Tibetan army no longer have the courage to assault, and all the remaining troops were cowered in the city.

At this time, the most anxious and panicked person was the main general of the city, Tulu Baihu.

What to do?

The Tang Army's offensive was so fierce, could the remaining soldiers under his command who were demoralized and demoralized and had no fighting spirit, as well as those even more unbearable temporary summons, really be able to withstand it?

Tulubaihu's face was full of fear and confusion.

At this time, the Tang army had already marched quickly again, and came to the accurate shooting range one hundred and sixty paces away.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

"Bang bang bang! ……”

Again, the sound of clapsticks, which seemed to never stop, sounded as densely as bursting beans, shooting any Tibetan soldiers who dared to show their heads on the fortifications immediately.

Such a one-sided and outright massacre was an extremely happy thing for the Tang army, but for the Tibetan army, it was simply an endless hell.

With the rapid increase in the number of dead and wounded, the Tibetan troops guarding behind the fortifications began to quickly become chaotic. There were even a lot of young men who had been summoned temporarily, wailing and throwing down their weapons, turning around and fleeing backwards.

Only then did they get up and flee, and their bodies, which were exposed outside the fortifications, would immediately be hit by several whistling lead bullets, killing them on the spot.

The entire Tibetan army's defensive position suddenly became an extremely terrible human slaughterhouse.

"Don't run, don't run, fuck you don't run!"

Tulubai's eyes were blood-red, and he shouted at the fleeing youths.

It's just that he shouted to his throat, but it didn't have much effect, and those young men who had been frightened out of their souls, and even more defenders, began to leave their posts one after another, fleeing into the depths of the city, and disappeared in an instant.

Enraged and hideous, Tulubaihu yelled, drew his sword, and then slashed at the rout that had turned and fled.

Seeing that the Lord was so mercilessly slashed, the guards also mercilessly slashed at the deserters.

It's just that under the dense sound of Lumi gun, which is like firecrackers and almost doesn't know when it will stop, his method of killing and intimidation is obviously ineffective, and under the crazy killing of his own commander and the continuous shooting of the Tang army on the opposite side, the Tibetan army, which was already in a panic, has reached a state of collapse, and the number of people fleeing is increasing.

Exercise! If you run away any longer, Lao Tzu will become the commander of the light pole, and this city is still guarding a fart!

Tulubai's heart was full of despair.

Is it true that I am going to die here?

No, no......

If he is really hiding here, it is conceivable that the entire Wusizang will fall apart, and perhaps the Tang Army can completely wipe out the entire Wusizang with the power of this victory.

In this case, Gu Shi Khan, himself, should become the last ruler of Wu Sizang.

This is not the result you want.

Since the city of Qu is no longer protected, why should I be buried here?

Where there is life, there is hope.

As long as you can escape from this dangerous Naqu city, you can still think about what the future holds.

Thinking of this, a flash of lightning flashed in Tulubai's mind, and he remembered something.

That is, the Tang army thought that they would do their best to trap the broken place of the city in the north, so they relaxed their defense in the south. Then, if he took advantage of his surprise and divided his troops into two parts, one of which continued to resist, and the other quietly sneaked out of the city, then the Tang army was caught off guard, and there may not be no chance to escape.

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Tulubaihu's eyes, and he immediately ordered the whole army to be divided into two parts, most of the infantry was concentrated in the north to resist the enemy, and the remaining 3,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 elite infantry in the city were all concentrated in the south gate, ready to break through with themselves.

After the preparations were made, the drawbridge at the south gate was smashed down, the gate was opened, and the armored Guzhi Khan Tulu Baihu, surrounded by a group of cavalry guards, shouted and killed out of the city. After that, a large number of infantry followed the commander and fled.

Coincidentally, they broke through the siege like this, as if it was beyond the expectations of the Tang army, and after they hastily resisted for a while, they were actually broken out of the siege by Tulu Baihu and others, and fled all the way south.

As soon as the commander fled, the rest of the infantry, who were poor and forcibly blocked the guns of the Tang army in the city, suddenly had no more heart to fight, and after resisting for a while, they immediately abandoned their weapons and begged on their knees.

Seeing this, Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Tang Army, also issued an order in time and agreed to their surrender, and a large number of auxiliaries stepped forward and tied these surrendered soldiers with ropes, stringing them up like grasshoppers, and then escorted them out together.

Subsequently, Liu Wenxiu ordered to pursue Tulu Baihu, who had escaped from Naqu, and blocked the main road where he could abscond, so that Tulu Baihu could only escape from the rugged path.

The Tang army was ordered to chase after him, chased dozens of miles away, and killed and wounded more than 5,000 Tibetan infantry, and Tulu Baihu, who had blocked the main road, fled to the rest of the army after a desperate escape, fled into the rugged mountain path, and finally set up the Tang army's attack.

Of course, Tulu Baihu, who was secretly glad in his heart and led everyone on a hard trek in the mountains, didn't know that his escape was actually the intentional indulgence of the Tang army.

This is because, during this period of time, the secret agents of the Security Department lurking in Lhasa have secretly reported to the Tang Army, saying that Nailduqi has the intention of leading his troops to surrender, but he will not be willing to negotiate with the Tang Army until the news that Tulu Baihu has indeed died in Naqu.

When such news reached Li Xiao, he immediately understood that this was an excellent opportunity for Tang Jun.

That is, if he quietly let Tulubaihu out of the city, but he intercepted him on the way, and at the same time went back to announce the news to Ilduqi that the city of Naqu was broken and that Tulubaihu was dead, then Ilduleqi would definitely be very panicked and finally raise the flag to the Tang army.

However, Ilduqi surrendered like this, because the Tang army had not yet arrived, so it was only a superficial change of flag, and there was a possibility of rebellion at any time. This kind of surrender was not what Li Xiao wanted, so Li Xiao decided to let Tulu Baihu lead a group of routed troops back to Lhasa after Ilduqi raised the flag of surrender, and in this way, to test whether the surrender of Ilduqi was sincere.

If Ildu Qi really descends, it will be just right for them to have a fight between the two tigers, and Li Xiao will reap the benefits again. If Ilduqi fakes his surrender, he will also use this as an excuse to continue his march to Lhasa, and will not let Ilduqi share the merits in the name of false surrender, so that the soldiers of this Wusi-Tibet expedition will regret it.

Of course, in order to promote the contradictions more effectively, Li Xiao decided to reinstate the personnel of the Security Department after the destruction of Nagqu City, and convey the news of Tulu Baihu's death in Nagqu City to those rebels in southern Tibet, so that those rebels are bound to be ready to move, and they will definitely go north with all their strength to attack Lhasa, which is scarce in troops.

In this way, Li Xiao facilitated a three-way battle between Ilduqi, who stayed in Lhasa, Tulu Baihu, who returned to Lhasa, and the rebels in southern Tibet, and finally allowed the Tang army to reap the benefits.

With such a plan established, Li Xiao immediately sent a letter to Liu Wenxiu, the commander-in-chief of the front-line attack on Nagqu City, explaining to him in detail his strategic intentions.

For the rest of this, the Tang army also had unbearable suffering.

That is, the march on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is too difficult and painful, if it is only a man and a horse to advance, it is better, but to transport heavy artillery to the front line, it is really extremely difficult and dangerous, so before the Tang army can not reach Lhasa, let them fight each other, it is really the best result.

Three days later, the news of the destruction of the city of Nagqu reached the city of Lhasa.

When Ilduqi received this news, he was immediately alarmed and immediately summoned the affairs officer Sonam Qunpei and the Fifth Dalai Lama to the secret room to discuss the situation urgently.

"Two, now that Naqu City has been breached, and Father Khan has died in battle, what should I do now, please help me decide immediately!" Ilduqi looked frightened and asked urgently.

Sonam Qunpei and the Fifth Dalai Lama also looked uneasy, and after the two looked at each other, Sonam Qunpei took the lead and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, now that Gu Shi Khan has died in battle and died to serve the country, the first task is to immediately announce the ascension of the new Khan, take over Lhasa and the soldiers and horses in various places, and let the leaders of all places know that now you are the most justifiable successor, so that the people everywhere can be calm, and then the next step can be taken." ”

The Fifth Dalai Lama also nodded, agreeing with him, and he replied in a low voice: "Lord Sonam is right, the top priority now is that the prince should immediately ascend the throne, so as not to make the next action unjustifiable. After the prince officially called Khan, we should send an envoy to the Tang army to ask for surrender. ”

"Oh? Does that mean that after the king is called Khan, he will really surrender to the Tang army as previously discussed? Ilduzi smiled wryly.

The Fifth Dalai Lama shook his head and continued: "Your Highness, it is okay to express to the Tang Army that you are willing to lead your troops to surrender, but in my opinion, we have not yet reached the time when the mountains and rivers are completely exhausted, and when there is still room left, we can first express to the Tang Army that our army is willing to become a subordinate country, just like the Korean state, the world is a vassal, and Yongzhen is southwest. ”

"Will Tang Jun agree?" Ilduzi frowned.

"There is a high probability that Tang Jun will agree." Sonam Qunpei interjected: "Although the Khan King has been defeated and Naqu City has also been lost, it is guessed according to the battle situation that the biggest feature of the Tang army's attack on our Wusizang is that the transportation is weak and the logistics supply is difficult, especially it is very difficult for heavy artillery to cross the lofty mountains and mountains of this plateau. In this way, it will be extremely difficult for the Tang army to completely conquer Wusizang, even if it is temporarily subdued, it will not be able to last long. Therefore, if our army moves at the right time, reports to it in a timely manner, and expresses its willingness to defend the southwest for the Tang Empire forever, then the Tang army will also very likely take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and agree to our army's nominal submission. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "And as long as I, Wu Sizang, avoid this calamity, then in the future, after the Tang Kingdom slowly weakens like the Ming Dynasty, it is completely feasible for me to be independent again." All in all, in the current situation, our army still has a certain degree of initiative, and we must not easily miss the opportunity. ”

After listening to the words of the two, Ilduqi bowed his head and groaned, he thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, as the two said, this prince immediately announced his accession to the throne, and then sent someone to contact the Tang army to agree on surrender. ”

The three of them agreed and immediately began to act, and then Sonam Qunpei wrote it, and the Fifth Dalai Lama confirmed it, announcing that after Tulubaihu killed Nagqu City, Ilduqi would inherit the throne.

After this decree was issued, Ilduqi succeeded him in Lhasa and officially became the nominal and true ruler of Wusizang. Of course, now that Wu Sizang is divided, and the heads and monks in various places are basically in a state of autonomy, his edict did not cause much repercussions, but it was only confirmed in name.

After doing this, Ilduqi, in the name of Khan, sent an envoy to Nagqu to ask the Tang army to submit to him.

These envoys ran all the way down the avenue, and soon arrived at Naqu and met Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Tang Army.

After hearing what Liu Wenxiu meant, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Sure enough, everything was as the emperor Li Xiao expected, and after the prince Ilduqi got the news of his father Khan's death, he really panicked and hurriedly sent someone to ask for surrender.

And after hearing that they were willing to be like North Korea, they would be obedient and become the southwestern vassal of the Tang Empire forever, Liu Wenxiu only smiled slightly.

Alas, their words were nothing more than the idea that they would still have room for bargaining, and that they could reserve as much rights and interests as possible for themselves.

They also don't want to think about how the land of Wusi can be compared with North Korea.

Korea is a lonely place in the northeast, and there is no place where the Tang Empire can expand, so the Tang Empire has no interest in this place, and is willing to keep Korea as a model of a vassal state. However, for this geographically important Wusi-Tibet region, the Tang Empire has to find ways to take it in its own hands, regardless of the cost and price.

After all, only by controlling this piece of the world's first plateau, can Guanshan, and even the Hezhong Corridor and the Western Regions be able to achieve permanent tranquility. Only by holding this plateau, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack to the extreme, can the Tang army attack the entire Indian subcontinent from the top and at the right opportunity in the future.

Of course, such a plan and vision, Liu Wenxiu would never explain it to these envoys who came to ask for surrender.

In today's plan, in order to stabilize the situation and implement Li Xiao's strategy, Liu Wenxiu also pretended to agree to their request, and also deliberately praised them for doing so, which was a wise move to understand the current affairs, which made these envoys all look ecstatic.

After all, the land of Lhasa is still far away, and the Tang army is not yet in strength, and if they cannot provoke this civil war in time, the Tang army will have to recover this place in the future, and the difficulties will be much greater.

After receiving the recognition of the Tang army, several envoys breathed a sigh of relief and immediately returned to report the good news to the newly enthroned Ilduqi.