I Can Control My Ancestors

Chapter 629: Chapter 89: Pioneering Through Hardship, Advancing with Blood (Part 3)

First Year of the Zhide Era, the seventh day of the eighth month.

A great battle erupted once more between the two sides.

This time, Tubo achieved some gains; at the cost of nearly a thousand men, they destroyed nearly half of the Tang Army’s provisions.

Under this immense victory,

these people did not even realize that the Tang Army had only suffered less than two hundred casualties in this battle.

Clearly, as they gradually adapted to the plateau environment, the advantage of the Tang Army’s equipment was also beginning to show.

Yet no one cared about this at all.

Even if they had heard about it, they completely took it as the Tang Army having lost its courage to fight to the death.

People always tend to think in the direction they desire.

Especially in a situation like this.

They do not understand altitude sickness and have only blind confidence in themselves, which is their greatest flaw.

The Tang Army continued to advance slowly, indeed like madmen as they had assumed, persistently moving towards Luoxie City.

August 17.

The dawn’s light finally pierced through the long cold night of the plateau. After months of trekking through blood and fire, the forefront of the Tang Army had approached the suffocating peak of altitude on the road to West Incline Mountain!

How could Tsri Songtsen Gampo allow the Tang Army to easily reach the summit?

He immediately launched another fierce assault!

In this battle, the Tang Army again suffered heavy losses.

The most concerning for Tsri Songtsen Gampo and other Tubo nobles was that more provisions were seized, yet Tubo hardly paid any price.

Even more shocking—within the Tang Camp, deserters were seen for the first time, abandoning their helmets and armor!

This was the first occurrence of such a situation since the tug of war between the two sides began.

Tsri Songtsen Gampo was naturally thrilled about this.

The Tubo nobles, like hounds that had found their prey, also requested Tsri Songtsen Gampo to launch a large-scale attack.

These provisions were all benefits.

——Regardless of whether they could eventually overrun the whole Kyushu as Tsri Songtsen Gampo said, for them, securing the immediate benefits was the most crucial.

Everyone wanted a share of the spoils.

And Tsri Songtsen Gampo did not hesitate this time; since the Tang Army had lost its courage, why should he wait any longer?

If he could crush the Tang Camp in this move, whether by killing the Patriarch of the Gu Clan or capturing him alive, it would suffice for him to surpass all previous Zanpus in achievement.

Given the Great Tang’s attitude towards the Gu Clan,

this was also a trump card!

The decision was made in an instant!

First Year of the Zhide Era, the twenty-eighth day of the eighth month.

"My sons——!!!"

Tsri Songtsen Gampo stood atop his warhorse, the curved blade in his hand reflecting the cold light of the rising sun, before a black smoke-shrouded, mystic altar, his voice thundering like a clap:

"The god of the mountains is watching over us! His mighty power shall bless us with invincibility in battle!!"

"If this battle annihilates the Tang invaders——"

"The fertile lands of Kyushu will be yours!!!"

"Roar——!!!"

Explosive roars erupted from the mouths of his Personal Guard beside him, instantly igniting the entire plateau!

The sound wave resounded like a thousand eagles fighting fiercely in the sky, lighting up a near-mad greed and bloodlust in the eyes of all Tubo warriors!

Tsri Songtsen Gampo’s curved blade seemed to carry a thunderous force as it suddenly slashed forward into the void!

"Woo——wong——!" The desolate sound of yak horn trumpets echoed through the sky.

The next moment——

Innumerable Tubo cavalry and infantry spread across the mountains and valleys charged directly towards the Tang Camp!

The great battle formally commenced!...

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