Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 216
Li Ke's horse galloped like the wind, all the way north, and finally caught up with Songtsen Gampo outside Luoche City.

Songtsan Gampo was less than ten feet away from Luoxi City, and he was struggling to shout to the tower: "Open the door, open the door!"

On the tower, there are still some remaining guards.

At this time, the city gate had been opened, and Songtsen Gampo was about to enter.

Naturally, Li Ke would not let him enter the city. There was a large population in the city. Once he was let in, it would not be easy to find him.

Throwing Fang Tian's painted halber lightly, and then catching it with his backhand, Li Ke lifted it to his ear.

Raising his hand and raising his halberd again, he made a movement of throwing a javelin.

Throwing the halberd with his hand, Fang Tian's painted halberd flew straight out and pierced towards Songtsen Gampo.

At this time, the guards on the tower had already drawn their bows and shot arrows at Li Ke.

Li Ke hastily drew out his sword, ready to block the flying arrows.

At this time, Fang Tian's painted halberd was still flying in the air, and the body of the halberd began to rotate on its own due to the force in the air.

It turned faster and faster, and its momentum became stronger and stronger.

Unfortunately, one of the sharp arrows shot at Li Ke from the city tower was off course, and it happened to hit Fang Tian's painted halberd.

This arrow did not stop Fang Tian from drawing the halberd, but it changed its direction.

Fang Tian's painted halberd was shot by a sharp arrow, and the tip of the halberd fell to the ground.

Li Ke's heart darkened. It seems that Songtsan Gampo's life should not die...

At this time, the sharp arrow had arrived, and he quickly swung his sword to block it.

Arrows flew towards Li Ke like rain, and struck with the sword in Li Ke's hand, making the sound of clanging gold and iron.

This wave of flying arrows has been blocked, but the enemies on the tower did not stop, and kept shooting at him.

Li Ke quickly raised his sword and prepared for the next round of sharp arrows.

"Chirp~"

At this moment, he heard the neighing of the horse in front of him, and then heard a "plop", as if the horse fell down.

Li Ke took advantage of the opportunity to look ahead, only to realize that the war horse had raised its heels and rushed out.

It turned out that Fang Tian's painted halberd was hit by a sharp arrow and changed its direction. It missed Songtsan Gampo, but went towards the horse under his crotch.

The horse's hoof was caught by the halberd, its hind hoof was out of focus, and it flew out.

Naturally, Songtsan Gampo on its back also fell off the horse.

Li Ke's heart was shaken, he immediately rode his horse forward, and at the same time swung his sword to block it.

Songtsan Gampo was thrown off his horse, but now he got up and limped towards the city gate.

It's a pity that at his speed, he really can't go back.

Li Ke rushed to him on horseback, picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd, and pointed the horizontal halberd at him.

At this time, the sharp arrow had disappeared—these Tibetans naturally did not want to kill Songtsan Gampo by mistake.

"Accept fate! You lose!"

Li Ke chuckled, and looked at Songtsan Gampo who looked panic-stricken.

"You... you... how many people are on that warship?"

This was the first sentence Songtsen Gampo asked.

He was harassed by the warship today, so he released the crossbowman, which led to the overall defeat.

Li Ke said coldly: "500 people. I placed scarecrows on the front row of battleships, but there are actually only 500 people."

"500 people?"

Songtsan Gampo was surprised: "Then how do you control so many warships?"

Li Ke got closer to him and pulled him onto his horse: "The warships that really work are just a few dozen ships in the middle. The other warships are just connected by iron chains, and they follow the fleet in a powerful manner. That's all."

In fact, there were only [-] special forces on board the entire fleet of thousands of warships.

Most of the warships have been docked with other ships with iron chains and followed behind.

And on the frontmost warships, scarecrows were all arranged, and they were put on battle armor.

The five hundred special forces were arranged on more than a dozen warships. These warships were equipped with giant ballistae and had a certain amount of firepower.

Previously, when the crossbowman fired, he only hit the scarecrow.

And the ones who were "scared" into the water were naturally Gu Wu's special forces. When they saw the other party shooting arrows, they jumped into the water to avoid it.

When these crossbowmen were thrown into disorder by Li Ke, Gu Wu and the others climbed back to the warship, steered the warship close to the camp, and fired crossbow arrows to attack the camp.

Songtsan Gampo was stunned for a while, and finally burst out laughing.

His smile was not warm, but full of mockery.

Naturally, he was mocking himself: "Ben Zamp...was frightened by 500 people..."

Li Ke had already helped him mount his horse. At this time, he no longer paid attention to the Tibetan garrison coming out of the city behind him. He rode his horse towards the south to join the army.

"You have to send troops out of the camp! Because you can't bear the consequences of my ballista attacking the camp!"

Li Ke made it clear.

In fact, these attacks by the ballistas, including Gu Wu and others diving to the river bank and setting fire to the camp, are all related to this last feint of warships.

It was precisely because the crossbow carts were so powerful, and precisely because Gu Wu and the others arrived at the river bank and caused huge damage to the building, Songtsen Gampo had no choice but to send troops out of the camp.

Li Ke saw that Songtsan Gampo did not dare to face the attack power of ballista and warships, and did not dare to bear the risk of the camp being destroyed.

Of course, this fear of ballistas and water battles was also imposed on him by Li Ke these days.

Since arriving in the south of these cities, he has been studying how to break the camp.

Ke Songtsan Gampo refused to fight, which caused him great trouble.

Li Ke thought of a feint attack by the warship and forced it out of the camp, but he knew that such a strategy would hardly work.

Therefore, Li Ke wanted to show Songtsan Gampo the capabilities of the ballista, the power of the rockets, and the damage that the warship would cause when it approached the camp.

Today, Songtsan Gampo has no choice. As long as Li Ke sends a warship, he has to wonder whether there is a ballista on board, whether there is kerosene...

As soon as his army left the camp, Li Ke would naturally rush out and kill his Tubo crossbowmen.

After that, everything will be fine.

At this time, Li Ke had already rushed back to the camp with Songtsan Gampo.

As soon as they landed, Songtsan Gampo sneered twice.

"it is good!"

Songtsan Gampo looked determined at this moment: "To lose to someone like you is not a loss!"

He closed his eyes and said, "Ben Zanpu wants to be buried in the Tibetan River, so do it!"

Li Ke did not take action: "You are also a hero of the generation. I will make an exception and allow you to live forever. I will take you back to Beijing and accept my Majesty's reward!"

For Li Ke, Songtsan Gampo is more useful alive than dead.

Even if he was killed, Tubo would collapse, and the 40 reinforcements would also lose their combat effectiveness.

But if kept, the 40 reinforcements would surrender without a fight.

Besides, Li Ke didn't want to kill such a brave and resourceful hero.

"No... I know why you caught me..."

Songtsan Gampo sneered, and he sighed: "I, a Tubo boy, will never submit to others, let alone persuade my subordinates to surrender..."

Li Ke smiled: "I don't need you to persuade me to surrender..."

He added: "You were so anxious to escape just now, weren't you just trying to survive?"

Songtsan Gampo shook his head: "Ben Zanpu fled to wait for the soldiers to arrive, and then lead them to compete with you..."

His face darkened, and he continued: "Now that the superior and inferior are distinguished, it doesn't matter whether you live or not..."

(End of this chapter)