In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

The mountain roads on the plateau are already slow to travel, and now the enemy has sent down tens of thousands of cavalry in full force. If they are not dealt with, there is no way they can escape.

His concern was not whether he could win, but how to prevent the Far East Army from getting bogged down in a quagmire of extrication.

Rather than being tied down, it's better to finish this quickly and then retreat at full speed.

Given the time constraints, conventional warfare is no longer an option; we have no choice but to resort to unconventional tactics!

Looking at the wounded soldiers still retreating, and then at the elite rear guards locked in fierce fighting behind him, all sorts of pressure fell on Li Yuanchang's shoulders. The life and death of the army was at stake, and hesitation would only lead to more chaos!

An extremely bold and dangerous idea was born in his mind.

With a determined bite, he hardened his heart.

"Someone come here!"

"Let's settle things with the Dayan Legion!"

"Quickly plant all the explosive charges in the vicinity of the Po-mi Mountain camp!"

"Order Xue Rengui's troops to retreat to the vicinity of Pomi Mountain in fifteen minutes!"

"Since they want to stall, let's send them flying before we retreat!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback, and their expressions changed slightly.

"Your Highness, didn't you say that such bombing could easily cause avalanches and landslides?"

"We can't worry about that now. If we get entangled with them, we'll be surrounded by the Tibetan army. If we ignore them, we won't be able to escape either. We'll be caught up in them soon."

"Let's take a gamble!"

"Let's see if the heavens will cooperate!" Li Yuanchang said, determined to fight to the death, glancing at the sky and the vast, white expanse of the plateau.

We didn't dare to use it on a large scale before because it wasn't necessary, but now we must seize this opportunity.

"yes!!"

Everyone clasped their fists together and shouted, then began their operation.

They unconditionally trusted any order given by Li Yuanchang.

But only Li Yuanchang knew how dangerous avalanches and landslides were, but he had no other choice but to take a gamble and go against the grain.

A large number of Far Eastern troops quickly unloaded their equipment, carried out heavy explosive packs, and turned back.

Digging holes, pre-burying, and stringing lines—all done in an orderly and efficient manner, racing against time.

In addition, the scouts quickly relayed military orders to Xue Rengui's troops.

The plateau region above 3,000 meters has become a battlefield, with Tibetans swarming down and attacking the Far East Army's defenses.

Now, the roles of offense and defense have reversed.

The Tibetans, who had been on the defensive, had instead seized the initiative.

The two sides fought fiercely, their battle cries reaching the heavens!

"Die!!" Xue Rengui, wielding his halberd, struck five or six Tibetans with a single blow, causing them to cough up blood!

It truly is a case of one man holding the pass against ten thousand.

In his thirties, he was at the peak of his life, slaughtering Tibetans until their corpses piled up like mountains. He was definitely a top-tier general of his time.

Until Li Yuanchang's military order arrived, he managed to hold off more than 10,000 Tibetan elite troops with only 2,000 men, with only a small number of Tibetans managing to climb down using the terrain.

But this doesn't affect anything anymore.

After the military order arrived, Xue Rengui deliberately delayed for a while, keeping the time within a perfect 15-minute interval, perfectly executing Li Yuanchang's instructions.

Then, with a loud roar, the messenger waved the military flag, and the Jia Battalion began a full retreat, no longer obstructing them.

"They're trying to escape!"

"The Tang army wants to escape!"

"Quick, after them!!"

woo woo woo...

The Tibetans blew their horns deafeningly. The more the Tang army fled, the more excited they became, thinking that the Tang army was no match for them, completely forgetting how they had been dominated by the Far East Army for the past two weeks.

A constant rumbling sound echoed across the plateau, the roar of tens of thousands of people in pursuit, as large amounts of loose rocks continued to slide down.

From the air, the Far Eastern Army appeared to be completely outmaneuvered by the Tibetan army, with nowhere to run and no way to retreat, and dared not look back the entire time.

Mipo Mountain Camp.

To prevent any potential avalanches or landslides, Li Yuanchang had ordered all the retreating Far East troops to find shelter and high ground for temporary refuge.

At this moment, he and his personal guard battalion, along with part of the main force, were hiding on the high ground of the Pomi Mountain position. This was the only way to prevent an avalanche after the explosion.

The rest is up to fate.

"Faster, faster!" Li Yuanchang clenched his fists, staring intently at Xue Rengui's troops rushing back from the plateau.

Behind them were the Tibetans relentlessly pursuing them, covering the entire mountainside, almost seamlessly connected, with a maximum distance of only ten meters or so.

This is too close, and too dangerous.

If black powder explodes, it could cause accidental injury.

The distance of several hundred meters was covered in an instant, the shouts of battle were deafening, and the heavy footsteps and hoofbeats made the ground tremble.

When all of his own Far Eastern Army soldiers had crossed the pre-drawn safety line, Li Yuanchang roared, "Light the fire!"

The gunpowder handlers responsible for igniting the powder felt a chill run down their spines.

Chi Chi Chi!

A large number of tinderboxes that had been prepared beforehand were quickly lit from all directions, igniting a dense network of fuses.

Amidst withered leaves and broken roots, wisps of smoke rose!

The burning of the fuse on the ground, invisible to the naked eye, was as fleeting as a shooting star, moving at an extremely high speed.

This is a deliberately modified version that takes into account the extremely fast charging speed of Tibetan cavalry. Its burning speed is much faster than that of ordinary fuses, so there is no need to wait too long.

"Lie down!"

"Hands in your hands!!"

Upon seeing the command flag, Xue Rengui roared and immediately lay down on the ground, horse and all.

The soldiers of the Jia Battalion immediately covered their heads and lay prone on the ground, almost without hesitation.

This scene on the battlefield of pursuit was truly bizarre; wasn't he just lying there, letting the Tibetans chop him down?

Dayan Mangbuzhi, who was personally leading the pursuit, saw this scene from several hundred meters away. His pupils widened instantly, and a deadly sense of crisis made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave!

Every time the Far East Army went into hiding, it was during a large-scale bombing campaign. As an old adversary, he knew this pattern all too well.

He opened his mouth wide as if to issue a warning, seemingly trying to stop the army, but it was too late.

boom!

The terrifying explosion far surpassed any explosion in the past month. It wasn't a Hanley dropped from the air, but rather the detonation of an explosive charge buried underground!

The yield and detonation method of black powder are completely different.

A terrifying flame, like a fiery lotus, erupted from the depths of the plateau, devouring everything, and the hard permafrost crumbled inch by inch.

Everyone was unsteady on their feet, as if the end of the world had come.

The Tibetans who raised their swords to strike the backs of the Far East Army were instantly overturned by a terrifying shockwave. There were no screams, only the power to annihilate everything.

bang bang bang...

The explosions continued in succession, and the fuses that had not been ignited due to the lack of oxygen at high altitudes became insignificant. Once one explosive charge detonated, the others would all explode in tandem!

"ah!!"

The massive elite Dayan army was cleaved in two by the explosion. Only a small number of Tibetans at the front and rear, who were not in the blast zone, managed to survive, but they were also thrown over by the shockwave and left terrified.

Large numbers of Tibetans in the blast zone were reduced to ashes, engulfed by flames, torn apart by shockwaves, and left with severed limbs everywhere!

That scene vanished in an instant!

Even the most powerful legion, the most invincible commander, is as fragile as a piece of paper in the face of such might.

Even on the plateau that the Tibetan barbarians were so proud of, revered as a sacred place, and relied on for their dwelling, a large crack appeared in the ground, and the Tibetans who couldn't stand still fell down in a rush.

At first, Li Yuanchang crouched down to avoid the shockwave of the bomb, unaware of the terrifying chain reaction caused by the explosion.