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Volume Six, Chapter 648: Killing Three Hundred Thousand People

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    Su Dingfang handed over the task of entrapment and killing to Tuyan and Zheyu. He had his own ideas.  First, although Zheyu's Ghost Faced Cavalry had gone through several battles and demonstrated their strength, in Su Dingfang's opinion, they were not strong enough. They still could not reach the standard of 5,000 people when Li Kegang formed the Ghost Faced Cavalry.  .  Therefore, he wanted to temper the cold-blooded and bloodthirsty side of the Ghost Mask Rider through this prisoner killing.  Second, by letting Tuyan participate in the massacre mission, he wanted to train Tuyan's 30,000 elite cavalry into a force of tigers and wolves.  Su Dingfang still admired Tuyan very much. He had very good army commanding ability, enough to lead an army of 100,000 in battle, but he lacked the bravery like Zadler.  Therefore, he wanted to temper Tuyan's character through this killing of prisoners and make him change his character.

    With the order of General Su Dingfang, Zheyu and Tuyan's 50,000-strong army began to take action. The two of them divided the 50,000 elite cavalry into ten brigades of 5,000 people, and sent them to the ten streets of Qingtang City. Instead, they divided them into  In the ten areas, they began to select young adults from house to house. After selecting young adults between fifteen and forty-five years old, they were escorted to Yaolan. The two of them completed this task for two days. A total of ten young adults were selected.  Thirty thousand are young and strong, while the remaining more than 370,000 are women, children, the elderly, and children.

    On the third day, Ghost Face Cavalry and Tuyuhun Jingqi began their mission of entrapment and killing.

    First, they selected 100,000 people who could work among the 370,000 people to dig a pit outside the city. It took them half a day to let these people dig out a hole that could accommodate 30,000 to 50,000 people.  It's a big hole.  Then, the two men began to drive away the Tibetan civilians outside the city.  The two of them did not kill them all at once, but in batches.  The number of people killed in the first batch of traps was 100,000, and a total of three large pits were used.  During the entrapment and killing, one hundred thousand Tubo civilians were seen slowly leaving Qingtang City under the intimidation and escort of fifty thousand ghost-faced riders and Tuyuhunjing riders. When these one hundred thousand people were pushed into the pit, one hundred thousand people  There was a riot, but how could the unarmed people be the opponent of the 50,000 fine cavalry? They were quickly shot and killed by the 50,000 fine cavalry and did not dare to move rashly. They could only be driven out of the pit of 10,000 people obediently.  It took three full days for Zheyu and Tuyan to eliminate more than 300,000 Tubo civilians in the city.

    When Zheyu and Tuyankeng finished killing the civilians in the city, Lu Dongzan's army also arrived at Qingtang City.

    On the way to the march, Lu Dongzan almost fell off his horse when he heard that Sang Xiong's 50,000 elite cavalry had been wiped out. Sang Xiong died in battle and his head was cut off.  Forced to hold back the sadness in his heart, Lu Dongzan began to analyze the current situation. He felt that since Sang Xiong's 50,000-strong army had been annihilated, the Tang army must be confident enough to capture Qingtang City.

    Therefore, Lu Dongzan did not march in a hurry, but let the army march at a normal speed.  Because even if they march in a hurry, if the army reaches Qingtang City, it will be too late. Qingtang City will definitely be captured by the Tang army. In this case, why not let the army move forward slowly and get enough rest on the way.

    However, when Lu Dongzan's army arrived at the foot of Qingtang City, he was also startled when he saw that the loose soil above the pit of ten thousand people was still moving. He didn't know what was in the pit.  When he ordered people to dig a big hole and take a closer look, Lu Dongzan vomited blood and fell off his horse.  Because what he saw in the big pit were Tubo people, Tibetan women, children, old people and children. They were buried alive by the Tang army!  Moreover, he ordered people to make statistics and found that the number of people killed by the Tang army this time was nearly 370,000.

    Ludong praises and hates it!  He hated his wrong decision, which made his march too slow and failed to catch up with the Tang army to kill more than 300,000 civilians.  He hated himself for allowing the Tang army to break through Qingtang City so easily. He knew full well that this time the Tang army shed blood for thousands of miles and killed women, children, and prisoners as they fought their way into the hinterland of Tubo.

    But¡­¡­

    Lu Dongzan did not dare to think about it anymore. He knew clearly in his heart that the reason why the Tang army dared to massacre Tibetan civilians so crazily was just to take revenge on Tubo.  Because the Tubo people framed the Northern King Li Ke for witchcraft, and it was only the Northern King's direct descendants and generals who were so cold-blooded and murderous.

    "Prime Minister, you are awake!"

    Lu Dongzan¡¯s lieutenant expressed anxious concern.

    "I'm fine. You ordered the army to camp outside the city!" Lu Dongzan said calmly.

    At this time, he seemed very weak. Even though he was tall and strong, his spirit was so weak that he was vulnerable to a blow.

    ¡°Yes¡ª¡ª¡± the deputy general took the order and left.

    In the evening, Lu Dongzan's mood recovered a lot and his spirit was much better. He discussed countermeasures with the generals in the Chinese army's tent. Everyone's unanimous idea was to capture Qingtang City and save the lives of the thirty soldiers who were trapped and killed by the Tang army.  Thousands of people took revenge.  The generals were filled with righteous indignation, their eyes were blood red, and they vowed to die with the Tang army. They said they would capture Qingtang City, kill all the Tang armies in the city, and also capture the cities of Nuolan, Liangzhou and Chang'an.

    I saw the angry generals in the big tent.With an expression of arrogance, Lu Dongzan did not object to everyone's opinions, agreed to everyone's request, and decided to launch an attack on Qingtang City the next day.

    Early the next morning, the Tubo army launched a fierce offensive against Qingtang City.

    However, the walls of Qingtang City were tall and strong, and the Tubo cavalry were not good at attacking the city, and they had no siege equipment.

    Therefore, apart from the five thousand corpses dumped outside Qingtang City, it did not pose any threat to Qingtang City.

    On the third day, the Tubo army still attacked the city and still lost more than 8,000 people, posing no threat to Qingtang City.

    On the fourth day, the Tubo army continued to attack the city and still lost nearly 3,000 people, but still did not pose any threat to Qingtang City.

    The fifth day

    The sixth day

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    In this ten-day continuous attack on the city, Lu Dongzan lost an army of 50,000 generals, but he did not attack Qingtang City.  At this time, the morale of the Tubo Jingqi became very low. At first, it was because they saw their compatriots being tricked and killed by the Tang army that they attacked the city with anger, wanting to kill the defenders of Qingtang City and give themselves a chance.  compatriots take revenge.  But after ten days of siege, their bloodshed was smoothed away. They continued to lose 50,000 elite soldiers without any attacks that threatened Qingtang City, which made their morale very low.  Coupled with the approaching severe winter, the army was wary of the cold winter and was in an impetuous mood, making the Tibetan military camp look gloomy.

    Lu Dongzan just sat quietly in the Chinese army tent, lost in thought.

    Now, he is reflecting on all the blows Tibet suffered from the Tang army after the war with the Tang Dynasty.

    After thinking about it carefully, Lu Dongzan realized that it was his emotions that influenced Tubo's national destiny and caused Tubo to go to war with the Tang Dynasty, which led to today's ending. Hundreds of thousands of Tubo elite cavalry were annihilated. Among the three generals, Sang Xiong and Tiger  He died in battle and Zhuo Qing was captured.  Lu Dongzan didn't even know what Tubo would be like if it continued to fight the Tang Dynasty. Would it really be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty?

    But now, is Datang still willing to negotiate for peace?  Lu Dongzan was not sure.  Because he knew very well that the current peace talks would be difficult for Li Ke, not to mention the Tang Dynasty court and the arrogant Tian Khan Li Shimin who were on the winning side.  Therefore, Lu Dongzan felt very conflicted. The peace talks could not be concluded, and he could not defeat the Tang army. He was so confused now that he didn't know what to do.

    Compared with Ludongzan, King Songtsen Gampo of Tubo was furious when he heard that Getai and his 50,000 troops were annihilated and that thirteen chieftains had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. He then heard that Sang Xiong died in battle and 50,000 fine cavalry were killed.  After the annihilation, Qingtang City was breached by the Tang army, Zhuo Qing was captured, and more than 300,000 civilians were killed. Songtsen Gampo could no longer hold on. He spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out.

    Songtsen Gampo was in coma for three days. During these three days, Songtsen Gampo was in coma and the people of Luoche City in Tubo fell into panic.

    Because Tubo is as strong as it is today because of the single-handed contributions of Songtsan Gampo and Ludongtsan. Now that Ludongtsan is not in Luoxue City and Songtsan Gampo is unconscious, how can the people of Tubo not panic?  Fortunately, Songtsen Gampo only woke up after being in a coma for three days. However, when he woke up, Songtsen Gampo was very weak. He could neither handle state affairs nor receive courtiers.  Therefore, he could only leave his government affairs to his two sons, and his two sons usually competed with each other for the throne of Tubo. They didn't like each other. This time they had the opportunity to take power.  Naturally, they would not let each other go, and they made things difficult for each other in government affairs. They wanted to punish each other for a major crime and deprive him of the right to inherit the throne. As a result, the power struggle in Luoshou City plunged Tubo into civil strife.

    The combination of internal and external troubles suddenly plunged Tubo into a state of national subjugation.

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