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Chapter 105 Chide Songtsan: Was the Tang army punished by God?
After arriving at the position on Nanshan Mountain, not long after, all the artillery shells were loaded. Next to each cannon, there was a commander correcting the height and direction of the cannon. Soon, all the cannons were aimed at a position in the upper valley according to Yang Yanzhang's instructions.

"Are you all ready?"

Yang Yanzhang asked with a smile.

"All right!"

The artillerymen responded in unison.

"Then let's put them in order!"

Following Yang Yanzhang's order, the cannon on the side fired first.

Boom!
After a loud noise, the gunner showed embarrassment on his face.

Yang Yanzhang asked them to blow up a crooked neck tree in Shanggu, but when the dust settled, the tree was intact.

"Master Supervisor, this general is not good at learning and is willing to be punished!"

The commanding soldier turned around and fell to the ground, his voice filled with tears.

But Yang Yanzhang gently helped him up.

"You did a good job! In fact, this shell does not necessarily have to explode accurately. As long as the explosion point is close, it can hurt the enemy! To say the least, this thing has just come out. Let alone being bombed, the first few times I heard it I'm afraid I'll be frightened to death when I see this movement! With your shot, the smoke has already covered the tree, which is already pretty good!"

When the soldier heard this, he was overjoyed. He raised his head and asked in surprise, "Sir, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course! How can I tell lies about this kind of thing?"

Then all the artillerymen cheered for it.

Then came the second group of artillery. After a round of firing, the trees below were blown away. Miraculously, none of these artillery missed the target. The most crooked ones all landed next to the crooked neck tree.

Seeing this, Yang Yanzhang became more confident in this trip.

"Everyone did a good job! However, we still have to keep working hard and strive to be more accurate next time! After this battle, I will go back and ask for credit from everyone!"

Wang Xiaojie fell into silence at this time, staring at Shanggu and saying nothing for a long time.

After twenty cannons blasted through in turn, the valley had changed drastically. The stone wall on one side collapsed, and the sloping stone almost blocked the valley passage!
It would take at least half a month to have someone dig stones to block the road!

It’s hard to imagine what the effect would be if twenty artillery shells landed among the enemy!
"Don't be in a daze! Deploy your troops as soon as possible! My cannons are all set up here. You have to lead your troops to deploy south, otherwise the Tibetans sneak up and the cannons will be in vain."

After Yang Yanzhang's instructions, Wang Xiaojie did not hesitate and immediately went back to gather troops and horses. After nightfall, the large group of troops and horses left Diezhou and were deployed in the mountains and forests south of Nanshan. He also transferred the reserve troops left behind in Minzhou to Diezhou to standby.

Not far from here, a few Tubo people pretending to be ordinary people were still looking here in shock after the sound of cannons stopped.

"What happened? An earthquake? A lightning strike?"

"Is it a natural disaster or man-made? How come there was such a terrible movement as soon as the Tang army passed by!"

But seeing the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty constantly coming and going across the valley, these spies did not dare to get closer and observe rashly. They only passed by the valley in the evening when there were few people and had a look. They were all frightened and stiffened.

The place is in a mess, with many stones broken into powder, and several large trees rotting on the ground, as if they had been chopped by knives.

"What kind of power is this that can cause such a result?"

"It doesn't look like an earthquake, nor does a lightning strike have this effect!" "As soon as the Tang army arrived, there was a huge noise here. Is this the artifact that Zanpo said was the great weapon of the Tang Dynasty?"

The spies thought about it again and again, and took away some of the exploded stone powder and tree bark, and hurried back under the cover of night to meet Chide Songtsan, who was not far away.

Looking at the things brought back by the scouts, Chide Songtsan couldn't help but think of the artifact that Zangpo once told him about the Tang Dynasty.

But thinking of the effect Zanpo had demonstrated to him, Chide Songtsan frowned again.

"I spent all my savings from generations of Tibetan people, and only ended up buying a bunch of useless things! Zan Po was so boastful, but in fact, he tried a lot of cannonballs, and none of them made a loud thunder!"

"But looking at these things, it seems that Datang really has something powerful!"

"Could it be that the power of this thing can only be exerted by cannons, and the power of direct detonation will be greatly reduced?"

Thinking of this, Chide Songtsan suddenly felt somewhat regretful.

If this is really the case as he speculated, wouldn't it be unfair to Zang Po?

But the entire Ga family was wiped out, and now it's too late to regret it.

The question before Chide Songtsan was: either rush forward and get beaten, or retreat.

But I have been gathering troops here for more than half a month, and I have finally gathered most of the Tibetan troops. If I have to retreat without a fight, how will I explain to my subordinates and the people when I go back?
"I emptied the national treasury, levied extra taxes on the people, and forcibly borrowed money from many big families! If I just go back in despair, am I not allowed to be assassinated and overthrown?"

After much thought, Chide Songtsan decided to confront Datang head-on.

"Come here! Pass on what I say. The Tang army has just arrived. Before they are fully prepared, we will send troops tomorrow. We will capture Diezhou first!"

Immediately, Chide Songtsan called several guards around him over.

"You guys set off overnight and go to Diezhou immediately to find out what is causing such a big noise! ​​If you see these things, grab them if you can. If you can't grab them, destroy them if you can!"

"In addition, I heard that the cannons of the Tang Dynasty were built by a man named Yang Yanzhang. Maybe this man is in Diezhou now! If you see him, you must kidnap him to me! If you find this man, Why should I, Tubo, worry about not being able to get involved in the Tang Dynasty?"

Several guards responded loudly and quickly disappeared into the night.

……

On the Diezhou side, Wang Xiaojie followed his army to the south of Nanshan Mountain, and the city of Diezhou became the paradise of Yang Yanzhang and Shangguan Wan'er.

This place was a Tibetan place in later generations. It was a vast area with few people. After nightfall, the city was silent.

Since Yang Yanzhang came back from fighting, he has been talking about Tubo with Po Zan, and even asked Po Zan to draw a rough map of the front.

But he was very busy, which made Shangguan Wan'er feel very scratched.

Seeing that it was getting late but Zan Po still had no intention of leaving, Shangguan Wan'er pushed open the door and pointed at Zan Po unceremoniously: "Yang Yanzhang is an important minister of the imperial court, and I am responsible for his daily life and safety! Time passes. Morning, please leave immediately without delaying his rest!"

Zan Po was shocked. He naturally knew Shangguan Wan'er's identity and knew that she was a celebrity around Wu Zetian, but he didn't expect that Shangguan Wan'er would still do this job!
But no matter what, Zan Po knew that she couldn't afford to offend Shangguan Wan'er, so she quickly got up and said goodbye to Yang Yanzhang.

Yang Yanzhang looked at Shangguan Wan'er in confusion, but Shangguan Wan'er deliberately didn't look at him and just continued to stare at Po Zan. Po Zan was so frightened that she ran away.

(End of this chapter)