Chapter 136 The Death of a Famous General
"General, General Cai Bang was killed by Li Xuan!"

After the Tibetan cavalry that was chasing Li Xuan was defeated, a cavalry centurion ran to Molu Xiequ with a terrified look on his face to report.

"Have you met Li Xuan?"

The music of Meilu is both surprising and delightful.

He was happy that Li Xuan was indeed here, but he was shocked that his deputy general was killed so quickly.

"General, it was the more than one hundred Tang soldiers wearing Mingguang armor outside. They were led by Li Xuan. General Cai Bang led a thousand cavalry to attack them, but Li Xuan was too powerful. As soon as he got close, he would be thrown away by his horse spear. General Cai Bang was knocked off his horse by Li Xuan, and then nailed to the ground with a javelin. The guards around him were ten times stronger than him."

The centurion replied to Molu Xiequ that he was lucky to be alive, and he was still frightened after being away for a long time.

"So the thousand cavalry have been defeated?"

Meilu Xiequ said in a deep voice.

This time he was deeply shocked. There were a thousand cavalrymen, but they were defeated so quickly by more than a hundred people.

Looking at the battle situation ahead, it was not as overwhelming as imagined.

"Not good, Li Xuan is leading his guards towards the general."

Before the centurion could say anything, he saw more than a hundred riders appear in his sight.

They had no flags and were running towards us in the cloudy day.

"Why are you panicking? Who wouldn't want Yu Zhi's certificate? Tell the front army that it's Li Xuan! I promise that if you stab Li Xuan even once, I will reward him with a hundred cows, a thousand sheep, and ten slaves."

Meilu Xiequ shouted loudly. Although he appeared calm on the surface, he was actually very panicked inside.

After Cai Bangda was killed in battle, he finally realized that Li Xuan was not an ordinary person.

But as the commander-in-chief, sitting in command of the great banner, in addition to his personal guards, he had 1,500 cavalrymen at his side, forming several layers of encirclement.

He believed that his men could stop Li Xuan!

"Chisang Yangdun, you've come just in time. Li Xuan is rushing towards me. I'll find an opportunity to kill him."

Seeing Lang Chisang riding his horse towards him, Mo Lu Xie Qu felt more at ease.

In his mind, Cai Bangda Cang was arrogant and conceited, and in fact, he was inferior to Lang Chisang Yangdun in all aspects. If Cai Bangda Cang's status was not higher, Mei Lu Xiequ would definitely not be willing to make him his deputy general.

"Is that Li Xuan?"

Langchi Sangyangdun originally thought that Li Xuan was in the light cavalry formation, but unexpectedly he was not far away.

Aren't more than a hundred cavalrymen sending themselves to die? Lang Chi Sang Yangton was overjoyed, and he was glad that he came at the right time.

But the next sentence of Meilu Xiequ made Langchi Sangyangton's face change drastically.

"Li Xuan is a brave man. He has killed General Cai Bang and defeated a thousand cavalrymen. You have to be careful!"

Meilu Xiequ reminded Langchi Sangyangdun.

"I will finally understand!"

Although Langchi Sangyangton always believed that he was braver and stronger than Cai Bangdachang, his strength was very limited.

Not long after, a thousand cavalry were defeated and Cai Bangdacang was killed, which made Lang Chisang Yangton solemn.

Many Tubo cavalrymen had not witnessed Li Xuan's power with their own eyes, and they did not believe it. When they learned that Li Xuan was rushing towards them, they were all excited and rushed towards Li Xuan.

Seeing the enemy approaching, Li Xuan drew his bow and shot an arrow.

"call out!"

He saw a man wearing a special chain mail, who looked like a Tibetan general, with a bow and arrow drawn.

Killed with one arrow!
"Follow closely and kill their leader. We will surely win this battle!"

Immediately, Li Xuan put away his bow and arrow, shouted and rushed into the battle formation, followed by his personal guards on both sides.

"Pfft!"

An enemy was stabbed with a spear, which went straight through his heart. He stood up with a long spear and his body fell into the formation.

"clang!"

Dozens of spears came stabbing at him, some were blocked by Li Xuan's personal guards, and the other part was hit by Li Xuan's spear.

With a sound of weapons clashing, all the spears were knocked down.

"Pfft!"

Then Li Xuan swung his sword left and right, cutting the necks of several Tibetan cavalrymen.

Li Xuan's lance is the top-level one, with armor-piercing edges like a sword and eight sides.

Unlike spears and lances, lances can be used for slashing.

After two years of training and running-in, Li Xuan has become an expert in using the horse lance. When killing soldiers, he no longer thrusts straight ahead as before.

Instead, it is unpredictable and you decide how to fight based on whether the enemy is wearing armor.

He doesn't need to take care of the wings and the rear, he just needs to rush forward.

The first line of Tibetan cavalry defense was broken through in an instant.

Li Xuan leapt onto another level.

The Tibetan cavalry were fearless and brave, leaving corpses everywhere Li Xuan passed by. They used their lives to force Li Xuan's horse to stop.

Although Li Xuan's physical strength was depleted, he continued to move forward.

About a quarter of an hour.

The second level is broken!

At this time, the Tibetan cavalry was already a little frightened and did not dare to charge as fiercely as before.

Li Xuan rode his horse and fought hard, killing dozens of people and breaking the third level!

At that time, the sky was even darker and it was almost dusk.

The distance between Li Xuan and the Tubo flag was only about one hundred feet.

The more Mei Lu Xiequ watched, the more shocked he was. Even when he attacked Iron Blade City, it was not this thrilling.

"As long as this boy is not dead, there will be no day for Tubo to occupy Helong!"

"Don't worry about the main force of the Tang army for now, send another 2,000 cavalry to encircle them!"

Meilu music conveys military orders.

Another two thousand cavalrymen were dispatched to encircle the Tibetan cavalrymen at Cheshen Pass and An Zhongzhang, but there were only more than two thousand cavalrymen left.

The gap in individual soldier quality and armor and weapons no longer provides an overwhelming advantage.

But in Meilu Xiequ's opinion, the lives of all the Tang soldiers combined are not as important as Li Xuan alone.

Little did they know that it would take some time to deploy troops.

The sky grew darker, and Li Xuan broke through two more layers.

How many Tibetan soldiers died under Li Xuan's spear?

It seemed that Li Xuan was only about fifty feet away from the Tubo flag.

But the mobilized troops have not yet surrounded them.

"General, please retreat first!"

Langchi Sangyangdun said to Molu Xiequ.

Although moving the banner would affect morale, it must be moved at this time, otherwise Li Xuan would suddenly rush over and cause greater harm.

Meilu Xiequ was very concerned about his own safety and prepared to stay out of the spotlight for the time being.

"Try your best, today!"

Li Xuan shouted loudly, preparing to exert all his strength to make the horse sprint again.

Just now, the war horses on both sides were unable to sprint, and Li Xuan was blocked at all costs, with corpses of men and horses piled up like a mountain around him.

The Tibetan cavalry's charge was often blocked by their own people.

Li Xuan saw that Tubo was now afraid and there were not many people around, so he could definitely make another charge.

Otherwise, he would never have touched the Tibetan flag.

"drink!"

Li Xuan let out a long shout, took out his javelin, and swung it forward.

When one horse fell, Li Xuan jumped out of the crowd, waved a few spears, and a group of Tibetan cavalry fell to the ground.

He threw out all the more than ten javelins he carried, completely disrupting the formation of the Tibetan cavalry.

Li Xuan took the opportunity to ride his horse left and right, like an eagle soaring in the sky, as if he was walking in an empty land.

The personal guards also shouted loudly, their voices shaking the sky, and they risked their lives to kill all the enemies around them.

In an instant, the surrounding enemies retreated.

The warhorse accelerated and Li Xuan swung the lance even harder.

"Pfft!"

A captain of a thousand men mustered up his courage and tried to kill Li Xuan with the help of the wind, but Li Xuan's spear was as fast as lightning. Before he could get close, he was stabbed to death by Li Xuan's spear, and his body was held high.

"Oh!"

He still threw the corpse onto a Tibetan soldier, knocking him off his horse.

"Oh no! Li Xuan's horse is charging. Stop it quickly!"

Meilu Xiequ was horrified to see that Li Xuan had actually gotten out of the quagmire and was getting closer and closer to him.

As he gave the order, he cursed in his heart for being a bunch of good-for-nothings.

Thirty feet...

Twenty feet...

Ten feet...

The Tibetan cavalry had become numb, and Li Xuan broke through five layers of blockade and dug his way inside.

Even the Tibetan cavalry that came to support were unable to intercept them for the time being.

The closer Li Xuan got to Molu Xiequ, the fewer Tibetan cavalry were around him.

There were some people who avoided Li Xuan when they saw him.

Meilu Xiequ's personal guards had no choice but to fight back.

"Chisang Yangdun, you are a warrior, why are you still standing there and watching?"

After Meilu Xiequ shouted to Langchisang, he turned his horse and ran away.

Lang Chisang Yangdun was filled with ashamed, and he had no choice but to step forward. At this time he had to stop Li Xuan's attack.

Although he rode a horse and held a spear, he did not have the confidence he had before.

Langchi Sangyangdun and Molu Xiequ's personal guards intercepted Li Xuan's weapon together.

The personal guards went forward first, and Li Xuan kept stabbing and killing several people, and the rest were handed over to the Shen Ce Guards.

Li Xuan finally faced off against Lang Chi Sang Yang Dun.

"I'm a warrior too!"

Langchi Sangyangdon shouted loudly, poured his strength into the spear blade, and stabbed it fiercely.

He found the right opportunity, which was when Li Xuan had just killed one of his personal guards.

The spear in his hand was also an iron spear, about twelve feet long, and the sharp blade could obviously penetrate armor.

The spear came so fast that Li Xuan didn't even have time to turn his spear to block it.

Li Xuan decisively abandoned the heavy lance and leaned sideways from his horse.

The spear that was supposed to hit Li Xuan's chest went through his armpit instead. Li Xuan directly clamped the shaft of Langchi Sangyangdun's spear.

When the horses missed each other, Langchi Sangyangton wanted to retract his spear, but was held tightly by Li Xuan.

Langchi Sangyang's temper also flared up. He refused to let go and even clamped his legs tightly around the horse's belly, trying to use the horse's power to retract the iron spear.

He knew that once he lost his iron spear, he would be stabbed to death by Li Xuan's personal guards.

But Langchi Sangyangton overestimated his own strength.

At that moment, his legs went weak, the horse rushed forward, and he fell off the horse, but his hands were still tightly holding the spear.

Li Xuan had already grasped the bottom of the spear blade at this time, and Huoyun Ma dragged Langchi Sangyangdun to the ground, and his helmet fell off.

“Pretty tough!”

Li Xuan secretly admired Lang Chisang Yangdun's willpower, but he showed no mercy.

With a sudden pull, the spear shaft slipped out of Langchi Sangyangton's hand.

Looking at Langchi Sangyangton's palms, a layer of skin had been worn off.

"Pfft!"

When Langchi Sangyangton was in pain, Luo Xing leaned forward and stabbed him in the neck with a gun.

A great general died with hatred in his heart.

"Crack!"

At this time, Li Xuan changed to an iron spear, and with one swing, he would smash the spears of the Tibetan cavalry.

He suddenly felt that such pure iron weapons would be more lethal.

The only thing it lacks is the ultimate armor-piercing ability of the horse lance.

It didn't take long to kill Molu Xiequ's personal guards and Langchi Sangyangton. Li Xuan saw a large banner in front of him with only a dozen cavalry guards, one of whom must be the main Tubo general.

"call out!"

Li Xuan placed the iron spear on the side of his thigh, drew his bow and drew his arrow. The man holding the big banner was shot first.

The great banner falls!

"Shhhhhh!"

After several more arrows, all those holding flags around fell.

Then the messengers, trumpeters, drummers, attendants, officials, and generals were all unable to escape Li Xuan's bow and arrows.

"help me!"

The Molu people sang loudly, but after Li Xuan broke through the siege, the Tibetan rescue troops were unable to catch up for a while.

He was leading an army of thousands, but now there is only one horse galloping.

Meilu Xiequ was very anxious and looked back from time to time. He saw Li Xuan drawing his bow and shooting arrows, and his heart was dead.

The 2,500 cavalrymen and the personal guards were unable to stop the conflict between Li Xuan and his more than 100 men.

This was beyond his imagination.

Mei Lu Xiequ never expected that Li Xuan would suddenly accelerate when he was breaking through several levels.

So that he had no chance to escape.

"Boom!"

"call out!"

At this moment, the world of Meilu Xiequ was very quiet. He only heard the sound of a bowstring and then the sound of an arrow flying.

"Pfft!"

The arrow flew, pierced his armor and hit him in the back.

After he fell off his horse, his consciousness gradually faded.

He thought he could replicate the glorious moment of defeating Iron Blade City, but he never expected that everything would come to an end!
"General Tianmai!"

Amid the shouts of his personal guards, Li Xuan came to the body of Meilu Xiequ.

This jade-lettered certificate has already told Li Xuanmo Lu Xiequ's identity.

"Pfft!"

He took out a horizontal sword, chopped off Molu Xiequ's head, and tied it to the big flag of Tubo.

At the same time, the heads of Cai Bangda Cang and Lang Chi Sang Yang Dun were also hung up.

Luo Xing held up this strange Tibetan flag, followed Li Xuan, and began to counterattack the Tibetan reinforcements.

"The general is dead, the deputy general is dead, even General Lang is dead!"

The Tibetan cavalry were all horrified when they saw the three heads.

The general is the courage of his soldiers!
There are very few armies that can maintain their combat effectiveness after both their main general and deputy general are killed.

What’s more, it is hung on the banner in such a shameful way.

"He is not a human, he is a god!"

When Li Xuan led the Shen Ce Guards to rush over, a Tibetan cavalryman shouted loudly and tried to flee.

"Pfft!"

"Don't disturb the morale of the army. The commander and deputy commander are not here, but I am still here."

A captain stabbed the Tibetan soldier to death with his spear and shouted, "Strength will eventually run out. No one is unkillable!"

The centurion wanted to gather morale and fight again.

The Tibetan cavalry could only muster up their courage and gallop on their horses to intercept Li Xuan.

Both sides advanced, and Li Xuan charged directly at the Tibetan captain with an iron spear.

He had just seen the Tibetan captain killing his own men and felt that he was of unusual status.

Although the centurion spoke nicely, he kept backing away when Li Xuan rushed over.

"Crack!"

Li Xuan swung his iron spear and several spears broke.

"Oh!"

A Tibetan soldier was hit by a spear and flew out on the spot, taking down two Tibetan cavalrymen with him.

The iron spear hit the enemy, killing them if it hit them, and wounding them if it rubbed against them. In a short while, he killed more than a dozen riders with his bare hands.
"This is General Lang's weapon!"

When the Tibetan cavalry was frightened, Li Xuan chased them for a while and rushed in front of the centurion.

"Pfft!"

Li Xuan stabbed the captain of a thousand men to death with a single spear, beheaded the general among thousands of soldiers, and moved in and out freely.

Seeing the heads on the banner and the dead and wounded all over the ground, the other Tibetan cavalry could no longer bear it and turned their horses and fled in panic.

Li Xuan did not pursue, he fought before the main force of Tubo.

The news that the main general and the deputy general were beheaded and the great banner was seized soon spread throughout the Tubo army.

What’s even more terrible is that some of the Tibetan cavalry have already escaped.

The Tibetan cavalry, without a leader, could no longer see the command flag or hear the sound of the trumpet, and fell into chaos.

Countless Tibetan soldiers fled in all directions.

Some of the surrounded Tibetan soldiers even dismounted and knelt down to surrender.

It was already dark by this time.

The Tang army wanted to pursue, but was ordered to stop by Li Xuan.

There is no need to pursue further.

Li Xuan is very tired and needs to replenish his strength.

Once he recovers to his peak, he will be able to launch the next attack.

"I'm glad you're okay!"

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Che Shensai, Xin Yunjing and An Zhongzhang only had their armor damaged but were not injured.

The Ming Guang Armor saved the lives of many soldiers.

"Without Marshal Li's might, we will not win this battle!"

The generals revered Li Xuan for his bravery.

Li Xuan led his personal guards, attracted their attention, and killed the generals among thousands of troops, thus laying the foundation for victory.

They once thought that the military prowess displayed by Xiang Yu in the Battle of Gaixia in "Records of the Grand Historian" was a bit exaggerated, but they never thought that they would actually encounter it in this life.

"Count the casualties, gather the Tibetan horses, and start cooking!"

Li Xuan gave orders to the generals: "Rest here tonight!"

"Li Shuai, isn't this too risky?"

Gao Shi said worriedly.

"We need to gather our strength to face the next enemy. Tubo failed this time. It will take them two days to pass on the message to southern Qinghai. Even if they still have cavalry, it will take more than seven days to transfer them from southern Qinghai and more than ten days from Jiuqu."

Li Xuan believed that the defeated Tibetan cavalry would desperately try to escape back to Fuqi City.

They would never dare to launch a surprise attack at night.

Li Xuan learned from more than 100 captured Tibetan soldiers that the Tibetan commander he killed was actually Molu Xiequ, who conquered Shibao City.

This is greater than the military exploits of Synoza!

Li Xuan also knew that the Molu clan was one of the four major noble clans in Tubo.

The great Tibetan scholar Moluqiongsang Woermang is most likely the "Mangbuzhi" that frequently appears in historical books and documents.

In the same timeline, according to Tibetan documents, Moluqiongsang Woermang had been fighting in the Tang Dynasty.

In the battles between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, the general "Mangbuzhi" often appeared.

Mangbuzhi literally means "King of the People". This is definitely not the way it was called in Tubo. It should mean "Elder of the People", the most respected person in the country.

Those who are called "Mangbuzhi" in Tubo are all great scholars.

Li Xuan knew that there was a powerful Tibetan general named Enlanda Zhalugong, who took advantage of the Anshi Rebellion to occupy Hexi and Longyou, cutting off the connection between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions. Later, he invaded Chang'an and established the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The people of Chang'an "fled into the mountains and valleys to avoid the chaos."

Historical books call Enlanda Zhalugong Lunxinuoluo, and he also has another Chinese name, Ma Chongying.

Li Xuan asked the captives and learned that Enlanda Zhalugong was the one who stationed troops at the Chiling Pass and was now recalled to Siam City by Chidai Zhudan.

At the same time, he also knew that the Tubo Dalun was in the south of Qinghai, and Mojie Sangdongzebu was in Jiuqu to stabilize the situation. The defeat at Lishui and the complaints of the Tuyuhun people gave these two ministers a headache.

After learning about the specific military strength of Tubo, Li Xuan felt relieved.

The Tibetans only had 10,000 cavalry left in Qinghai. The cavalry originally in the Chiling area went to fill the gap in Jiuqu.

By the time the Jiuqu troops were transferred here, Li Xuan had already escaped.

It can be said that the Battle of Li River caused chaos on the Tubo front.

It would be difficult to adjust without half a year.

Li Xuan told the soldiers the good news and reassured them.

The only thing to worry about was that there was a thousand-household unit in the area of ​​Hehe River (now Buha River). Although the cavalry in it had been withdrawn long ago, there were still several thousand infantrymen.

After receiving the order from the Tubo Grand Councilor, these infantrymen are expected to block the enemy in dangerous places.

(End of this chapter)