Chapter Five: Xiao Buo Enters the Earth Prison

  Five miles west of Lishan Fortress, there is a dense forest with ancient trees reaching the sky, and the sun can't penetrate through.

  A small army of 500 men was gathering in the forest, not the 300 that Li Changguo and his men knew about. It was clear that the spies from Bohai did not know the true situation of Bohai.

  This army was composed of four hundred small Burut troops and one hundred Tibetan troops. The two armies were clearly distinguishable, and at a glance, it could be told who were the small Burut troops and who were the Tibetan troops.

  The small Boer army's uniform leather armor, only the centurion and above military school had a lock armor, looked old and worn out, if it were in the Tang Dynasty, it would have become a worthless trinket, but in Little Boer, it was the best helmet, extremely precious.

  These lamellar armors were given by the Tang Dynasty when it was still a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. The Bohai State has been independent from the Tang Dynasty for many years and lost its source of helmets and armor, although these lamellar armors are already very tattered, they still have to be used.

  Xiaobo law is just a small country in the Congling Mountains, with a small territory, few people and extremely weak national strength. If it weren't for its extremely important geographical location, no one would pay attention to it.

  Compared to the shabby army of Little Bolü, the Tibetan army is slightly better, with uniform armor. These armors are exactly the same as those of the Tang army in terms of style and workmanship, without any difference, because they were originally equipped by the Tang army.

  Tibet and the Tang Dynasty had a war that lasted for over a hundred years. Although Tibet was repeatedly defeated, they still managed to plunder quite a few "spoils of war". Otherwise, with Tibet's backward civilization and technology, how could they have possessed such fine equipment as lock armor?

  Even so, the number of armor worn by Tubo was not many, only its elite could be equipped. This time, Tubo sent out 100 elite soldiers wearing armor to deal with the garrison castle, which cost a lot of blood.

  The commander of this operation was Zaxi, the thousand husband of Tubo. Gezashi, the thousand husband of Small Boer, followed his command. Zaxi had a tall and sturdy build, with an air of sharpness all over him, looking like a yak from head to toe. He wore a somewhat outdated Mingguang armor, but his helmet looked pretty good.

  This suit of bright armor is his good luck, picked up on the battlefield in the past. Although it's already very worn out, if it were in the Tang Dynasty, either repair or discard it, he can't bear to throw it away, because Tubo can't produce top-notch armor like Bright Armor, even such a broken one is still quite stylish.

  Gezash wore a suit of leather armor, and his head was much inferior to Zaxi's. From time to time, he glanced at the bright cuirass on Zaxi's body, with a look of admiration in his eyes, as if he wanted to take it off from Zaxi's body and put it on himself.

  "Haha!" Zhasi was savoring the admiring gaze of Gesar, proudly raising his chin and saying: "Do you know? In our Great Tibet, those who can wear the Bright Light Armor are all renowned great heroes, the true brave warriors of Great Tibet! Even if you gave me a thousand taels of silver, I wouldn't trade it!"

  Ming Guang armor is a luxury for the Tubo people, being able to wear Ming Guang armor is the greatest fortune in life, I don't know how many people will be envious.

  "What's going on?" Gzaszew couldn't bear to move his gaze away from the shining armor, scanning the direction of the fort, his eyebrows furrowed.

  "Don't worry, we'll definitely succeed!" Zhasi said confidently. "The Tang army in the fortress is very greedy, and when they see silver coins, their eyes turn red. As long as we offer a lot of money, we can definitely enter the fortress. Once we enter the fortress, we can catch the Tang army off guard and take down the fortress with ease."

  He was still dreaming beautifully, but he didn't know that his trick had been seen through by Li Changguo long ago.

  "Fire! Fire!"

  Gazash's eyes suddenly widened and he let out a shrill cry: "That is the place where the garrison fort is! It's the garrison fort! It must be the garrison fort!"

  "I told you, our great Tibetan warriors are here, and can't even take down a small fort?" Zhasi's eyebrows relaxed, as if a lucky bird had landed on his head, and he almost burst into song: "Not sending someone to report the news, using fire signals is also good! Hmm, very good! Let's go to the fort!"

  Zhasi Flew rode his horse and was the first to leave the forest.

  The Tibetan and Lesser Bolü troops followed close behind him, marching along mountain paths.

  At this time, the marching troops, whether they were Tibetan or small Burut, did not feel tired. They only felt their footsteps light and quick, and their whole body seemed to be floating. Not for anything else, but because they were having a beautiful dream.

  "We've succeeded! The fortress has been taken!"

  "The Tang army is rich and extravagant! To say nothing of other things, just that equipment alone makes me drool, my mouth watering!"

  "Brilliant armor, sharp broadsword, powerful bow and arrow, and shiny comfortable boots... any one of them would be top-notch, if only I could get my hands on a few pieces, that would be great!"

  The equipment of the Tang army was extremely fine, which is one of the important reasons why the Tang army could conquer all directions, sweep across the country and destroy dozens of countries. These equipment were priceless treasures in the eyes of the Tibetans and the people of small Boer, everyone wanted to get them willingly.

  In modern terms: In the eyes of the little Boers, ordinary Tang Dynasty soldiers are small BOSSes, rich to the point of overflowing.

  "This armor of mine should be changed too!" Gezash patted his armor lightly, and sighed: "If only I had a suit of shining armor, how good that would be! I'd rather have shining armor than beautiful women!"

  "Ming Guang's armor is unlikely to be in the garrison, only Shule would have it. If we, the Great Tubo, conquer Shule, I'll definitely let you have your way!" Zha Xi puffed out his chest and shone with excitement, speaking in a nostalgic tone: "Thinking back to decades ago, when our Great Tubo conquered the Western Regions, took down the four towns of Anxi, and seized a large amount of Tang army equipment, dazzling everyone's eyes. What a pity! Since then, the Great Tubo has never again entered the Western Regions."

  Decades ago, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang and Wu Zetian, Tibet and the Tang Dynasty were still fiercely competing in the Western Regions, with the Western Regions changing hands several times. In the end, the Tang Dynasty gained the upper hand, and Tibet was forced to withdraw from the Western Regions.

  Li Longji ascended the throne, worked diligently to govern, and strengthened the military. The Tang Dynasty entered the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Era", with unprecedented national strength, and Tibet could no longer invade the Western Regions.

  "Don't worry, we Tibetans will eventually conquer the Western Regions!" Zhasi comforted himself with a bit of Ah Q spirit.

  It seemed like floating, and soon floated to a mountain valley.

  The terrain of this valley is not steep at all, and it's not dangerous. This kind of terrain can't be considered as a risk in the mountainous Congling area. It can be said that there are more than 800 such terrains in Congling, but less than 1,000.

  "You said, if the Tang army knew we were coming, would they set up an ambush here?" Zhasi pointed to the valley with the whip in his hand, a cold smile flashing at the corner of his mouth, emphasizing: "I'm saying what if."

  "Don't say what if, even if the Tang army really knew we were coming, they wouldn't set up an ambush here." Gezash scanned the area and smiled lightly: "The terrain here is not treacherous, and the landform is not complicated, it's not suitable for setting up an ambush."

  Two men walked into the valley while talking.

  Zhasi laughed freely: "If the Tang army dares to set up an ambush here, I will definitely beat them so badly that they will be pissing and shitting in their pants, and won't even be able to escape, damn it, my parents should have given birth to two more legs!"

  "Bang!"

  His words had barely fallen when a sudden change occurred. The Tang army suddenly appeared on the mountain valley, with every sword drawn and bows strung, waiting in formation.

  Don't worry about having no enemies: there is bread, there is milk, and there are also people who are enemies! And it's a very powerful and well-known enemy!