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Part 11 Civil strife in the capital Chapter 49 Burning the city

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    Chapter 49: Fire Burns the City

    Qucang and Yongcang are the two largest official storage warehouses in Tubo City, which are specially used to store strategic materials.

    The current Qucang and Yongcang are filled with all kinds of strategic materials, and every room is stocked with grain, grass, oil, salt and other daily necessities.

    This is due not only to the wealth of Tubo, but also to Songtsen Gampo¡¯s order before the Tang army sent troops.  He emptied all Tubo official warehouses outside the royal city and transported them all to Luoche.

    Songtsen Gampo¡¯s purpose was naturally to have a life-and-death fight with the Tang Dynasty, using the strength of Luoshu City to wear down the Tang army¡¯s vigor, and then defeat it in one fell swoop.  Gathering all the supplies in the royal city has two major advantages. First, it allows them to hold on for a long time without worrying about insufficient supplies. Second, it prevents the Tang army from breaking into their warehouses, obtaining their supplies, and strengthening themselves.  , causing them inevitable losses.

    Qucang and Yongcang are the most important lifelines of Tubo at present. Songtsen Gampo attaches great importance to these two lifelines and dispatches more than a thousand brave soldiers to guard them to prevent any accidents.  However, due to the attack of the Tang Army, there was a serious shortage of garrison troops in Luoxue City. Dayan transferred 500 people from two warehouses to serve as city defenders.

    There are currently only 500 guards in the two warehouses. With the guards taking turns changing between each other, the maximum number of guards on duty at one time is more than 200.  For a large warehouse that can maintain a city's supplies, two hundred people have limited space to defend.

    They can only set up defenses at key points and guard the only way to pass.

    The two team captains, Feng Feng and Ping Hao, were the generals on duty in the second half of the night. They had just changed defenses when they were dragged up from their sleep. They were yawning non-stop, with their eyes closed, as if they had not woken up from a deep dream.  look.

    "Brother, why are we so lucky to end up in this situation? Guarding a shabby warehouse every day, I feel like I am almost becoming a door god." Feng Feng curled his lips with a look of complaint.

    Pinghao nodded empathetically and agreed: "No, my son is scolding me for staying in this poor place. He said that I am not as good as the idiot next door, which makes me mad. I remember when I taught the idiot how to use a knife,  Now, people are saying that I am not as good as him. Isn¡¯t it just a task like this? I really don¡¯t understand that this small warehouse still needs us to guard it.¡±

    The guards arranged by Songtsen Gampo in Qucang and Yongcang were all Tibetan elites and one of the best ace troops.  It can be seen that Songtsen Gampo attached great importance to these two warehouses, but he ignored one thing, that is, the human heart.  As an ace team, they have a great record and are admired when they return home and walk on the road.

    Now the ace army has become the gatekeeper of the warehouse. The difference between this is not the slightest.

    As Ping Hao said, his qualifications and status are higher than those of Er Lengzi next door, but Er Lengzi is a young general on the city wall and the leader of the Bao family who can fight at any time and anywhere. The scenery is different from that of his strong guarding the warehouse.  Captain, it goes without saying.

    The special treatment made this group of experienced warriors have strange emotions, and their efficiency was greatly reduced.

    "Eh" Feng Feng was about to speak when he suddenly felt a shadow flashing past him from the corner of his eye, and quickly turned around to follow it.

    "What's wrong?" Pinghao asked curiously.

    Feng Feng said strangely: "No, it's nothing Maybe I was dazzled. I just felt a black shadow flying over from the sky"

    Ping Hao laughed and said: "You must have misunderstood, how can people fly, or else it is a bat or something like that? Just yesterday, a cat ran into the warehouse without knowing when, and ran on the beam.  I thought I was causing trouble and causing trouble."

    Feng Feng is also one of the victims. He agrees with this statement and doesn¡¯t say much.

    Pinghao yawned loudly and said vaguely: "Look, I'll find a place to sleep for a while. Really, the city has not been broken, and I am worried that the Tang army will not be able to fly in with wings."

    Because of the dissatisfaction and aggrievedness in the heart, even a strong team has a tendency to slack off.

    Ping Hao was wrong. Although people don¡¯t have wings, according to the convenience of equipment and superior skills, they can be used as wings.

    While they were chatting, Tayue Liuxiang¡¯s team had sneaked into Qucang.

    Qin Yu used the blind spots to avoid the defenders, and he reached the warehouse where the oil was stored. He whispered: "There is oil here, which can be used to fuel the fire. If you pour it on the food, you will get twice the result with twice the result."  Yesterday, I deliberately put a cat in the warehouse and played with them most of the night. Finally, the cat let me put it away quietly. These guards now know that there is a cat in the warehouse. As long as they are careful not to make too much noise, they should  No one will care."

    Qin Yu is very attentive and has always done a perfect job in this detail  Just like the cat this time, as long as the cat that had been taken away by Qin Yu was not caught, even if there was some movement, the guards would think it was the cat, which would make it easier for Ta Yue Liu Xiang to move.

    This is also Du He's overall plan. Tubo wants to play a tug-of-war and defend for a long time.  The Tang army, which was affected by the plateau climate, had no solution. Du He was thinking about how to force Tibet and the Tang army to fight quickly.

    After careful consideration, we have decided on today¡¯s situation. As long as the food and supplies saved by Tibet are destroyed, Tibet will no longer be able to fight a war of attrition.  The Tang army, which has always been passive, will turn things around and take the initiative in the war in its own hands.

    A raging fire immediately broke out. The biggest feature of the warehouse is that it is dry. Using oil to set fire to grain and grass in the warehouse is like pouring some alcohol on the fire that has been poured with oil.

    The fire ignited the oil, and the oil burned the grain. In no time, half of the warehouses were surrounded by flames.

    "Fight the fire, put out the fire"

    When the Tubo army noticed something strange and discovered the fire, it was too late. They exclaimed, shouted and urged.

    They hurriedly ran to the well with buckets, but unexpectedly found that there was no rope bucket for water at the well.  Tubo is located in the highlands, which lacks water. Even in the whole territory of Tubo, there is no decent river.  Most local residents rely on well water to sustain their daily lives.

    For convenience, there will be a public bucket tied with a long rope next to the well for fetching water.  But now at this critical moment, the rope bucket has disappeared.

    The water wells in Tubo are not the water wells in the Central Plains. The Central Plains has a lot of groundwater. In some places, as long as you dig a few meters deep, groundwater will flow up continuously.  On the plateau, it is impossible to get out the water without a dozen or twenty meters. Without a rope bucket, even if there is water, it is impossible to get out.

    The fire burned more and more fiercely, and all the soldiers could only look at the well and get anxious. It took a while before someone found a long rope and made a new rope bucket.  Putting the rope bucket in the well, it was tragically discovered again that the well was blocked somehow and the bucket could not sink to the bottom of the well.

    This is naturally a masterpiece of treading the moon and leaving fragrance. If you want the fire to expand, the best way is to cut off the water source so that no one can rescue it.

    Therefore, before setting the fire, Tayue Liuxiang had secretly taken away the rope bucket, then entered the well and stuck a wooden board diagonally on the stone walls on both sides to prevent the Tibetan army from fetching water for rescue.

    Water can¡¯t beat it, so fire can only burn more and more.

    While he was anxious here, Nagakura in another place also received the same treatment.

    The soldiers in Yongcang had a similar experience with Qucang. They were all strong soldiers guarding the warehouse, which made the strong soldiers feel slack.  When the fire broke out in Qucang, they thought it was a mansion that was on fire. They looked at the excitement, but they didn't expect that while they were making noise, Tayue Liuxiang had already sneaked into the warehouse and tampered with it.

    Similarly, the nearby wells have received special care and will not be able to pump out water in a short period of time.

    **********

    Outside Luoche City, there is the Tang Army camp.

    Although it was nightfall, Luo Tong and Xue Rengui did not rest. They were conducting offensive and defensive drills around the characteristics of Luoche City. They needed to be able to find the flaws of Luoche City so that the next day's siege would be smoother.

    Just when they were in the middle of their discussion, they came across a strange situation in Luoshu City.

    The two of them looked at each other, quickly walked out of the military tent, and went up to the observation deck to take a look.

    The fire burned half of the sky red, and it was particularly eye-catching in this dark night.

    "What's going on?" Luo Tong was a little dumbfounded. They hadn't attacked yet, but it seemed that problems had already begun on the other side.

    Xue Rengui vaguely felt that this was Du He's method, and said with a smile: "No matter what the situation is, since we have nothing to do now, we will add to their obstacles and create some trouble"

    Luo Tong's eyes lit up, he understood, and hurriedly mobilized his troops.

    When Dayan learned that Qucang and Yongcang were on fire one after another, his face suddenly lost all expression.  How could he not know the significance of the two warehouses to Tubo? For a moment, he even thought of committing suicide to apologize.

    ??????????????????? But a veteran is a veteran after all. He doesn¡¯t panic when encountering problems and decisively orders to mobilize the people to put out the fire. On the other hand, he is also preparing to send out some soldiers, hoping to reduce losses as much as possible.

    Just when he was dispatching soldiers, the news that the Tang army was leaving camp reached his ears.  As a last resort, the soldiers could only be sent back to the army to prepare to face the Tang army.

    Tubo is the largest city in the southwest, with a population of 200,000. Their power is still very powerful when organized.

    Huangfu Haohua looked at the groups of people who were organized and rushed to the fire scene, and felt a little fear in his heart.

    Their mission has been accomplished, but?Not doing your best.

    Burning all the supplies is the result they want most. Now the fire has indeed ignited, but with such manpower, some can still be saved.

    "Give me my order, everyone, spread out. Target all the houses near the two warehouses in the dark."

    Huangfu Haohua's order immediately became the key to turning everything around.

    The Tubo people were organized to extinguish the fire. Since a person cared about the country, they followed the organization without hesitation.  But the same situation has occurred in the people's own homes. Why would they ignore the safety of their families and work for a warehouse that has nothing to do with them?

    As fires ignited unexpectedly everywhere, the organized fire brigade also disappeared one by one until all of them were gone.
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