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

But after the horrific explosion, before the smoke had even cleared, the entire plateau began to tremble strangely and violently.

Li Yuanchang felt it in his legs. He suddenly raised his head, and a rare look of fear appeared in his pupils!

He remained calm in the face of a powerful political adversary.

He remained calm even when facing 100,000 elite Tibetan troops.

The ice and stone layers that had been suspended for hundreds of years shattered with a crack, and the fissures spread rapidly like a spider web, unstoppable and irreparable.

A massive amount of snow collapsed weightlessly without warning, as beautiful as a morning mist falling from the Milky Way—beautiful yet deadly!

Li Yuanchang's toes gripped the ground on the spot, and the hairs on his body stood on end!

"Hide at a high vantage point!!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs, but in the chaotic ruins, his voice was as faint as a stone sinking into the sea.

It wasn't until the deafening tremors and the first avalanche hit overhead that Xue Rengui's troops reacted and frantically charged towards the top of Mipo Mountain, a hundred meters higher.

Some Tibetans also realized what was happening, their expressions filled with terror. They cried out that the mountain god was angry and fled in panic!

And so, a crisis even more terrifying than an explosion arrived!

The power of nature is something that no human being can contend with.

In the biting cold wind, there were strange sounds of howling and booming, as if the plateau was truly raging!

The overwhelming white snow and pebbles filled the eyes of the Tibetans.

"No!!"

Amidst desperate cries, the remnants of the Tibetan Dayan army were the first to suffer.

An avalanche may seem light and airy, but when it lands on a person, it becomes an unbearable weight.

In an instant, the snow mixed with rubble engulfed the remnants of the Dayan Legion, resulting in their complete annihilation.

There were no screams, no fighting, only an overwhelming sense of despair and a devastating torrent!

Boom!!

Mixed with pebbles and even boulders, the snow flowed down like a stream, quickly engulfing the Dayan Legion and reaching the Mipo Mountain position!

"Oh my god!"

The panting Xue Rengui's pupils reflected this scene, and even someone as strong as him was astonished.

The Far East Army was so terrified by this scene that they were speechless and even held their breath, accepting their fate!

The original Far East Army camp, along with the abandoned or un-evacuated supplies and a small number of warhorses, were also swallowed up in an instant.

Then, bang!

The torrent of the avalanche crashed heavily onto the positions at Mipo Mountain.

Screams erupted, and the Far East Army, densely packed on the hilltop, was thrown into turmoil and panic.

Li Yuanchang was protected by everyone and stood at the highest point. He couldn't see anything; all he could see were splashing waves of snow, and all he could hear were the screams of his subordinates and the mournful cries of his warhorses.

At that moment, he truly felt the breath of death and the insignificance of humankind!

He even regretted it for a moment, a rare occurrence, thinking he shouldn't have used such a risky method to escape his pursuers.

The costs of gambling are too unknown.

It is unknown how much time passed, but as the roar and turmoil gradually subsided and calm returned, half of the entire Mipo Mountain position was submerged.

It was as if the entire plateau had fallen silent!

The ruins and huge craters created by the bombing were covered by snow and rubble. Not even a single corpse could be found. The Tibetans were wiped out as if they had never existed. It was terrifying!

"It's over, it's over!" The joyful cries of survivors echoed from one after another.

Li Yuanchang struggled to lift his head, brushed off the thick layer of snow from his body, and blood dripped down his cheeks, a cut he had accidentally made from a flying stone.

"Your Highness, how are you?"

Looking at the vast plateau, Li Yuanchang was shocked and a little scared as tens of thousands of Tibetans were buried alive in an instant, without screams or corpses.

Fortunately, due to its relatively low altitude of just over 3,000 meters, the avalanche was not large, and the mountain withstood the explosion of the black powder.

Otherwise, if it were any bigger, the Far East Army would also be buried alive.

He struggled to his senses and took a deep breath: "I'm fine."

"Quickly check the personnel to see if any of our brothers are buried. Gather your equipment; we only have 15 minutes, hurry!"

"yes!!"

The crowd shouted, and then the order was given. Thousands of people quickly stepped down from their positions to take a headcount.

Around the waist of the position, hands emerged from the ground.

When the avalanche came, the Far Eastern Army took cover on both the mountain shoulders and the mountainside. Xue Rengui's troops were only covered by a shallow layer of drifting snow, and they could easily climb out on their own. There was no major problem.

Only the Dayan Legion, those unlucky bastards, were paralyzed after being blown in half by gunpowder, and then buried alive, resulting in the complete annihilation of the army.

If it weren't for an extremely urgent situation, Li Yuanchang wouldn't have dared to resort to such a gambling method.

Even now, having completely annihilated a total of 100,000 Dayan troops, he cannot be happy and dares not relax.

Because another elite Tibetan force has arrived.

Their food supplies were exhausted, their gunpowder was almost gone, their troops were full of wounded soldiers, and they were exhausted after days of fighting. Almost all their buffs were maxed out.

At this time, tens of thousands of Tibetans came from the rear, and the level of danger was unimaginable.

Fifteen minutes later, after a brief inventory and rescue operation, the Far East Army set off again to begin its retreat!

Although the mountain roads were wet and soft after the avalanche, making movement difficult, the speed was still faster than before without the delays caused by the Dayan Legion.

More than half an hour later.

The rugged and difficult mountain roads of the plateau have disappeared, replaced by boundless plains, which means that the journey is more open and at least you won't be trapped on it and unable to get out.

Li Yuanchang ordered the entire army to retreat at full speed to the southeast, avoiding the supply lines, which would be equivalent to avoiding the Tibetans.

The retreat was proceeding very smoothly at this stage; there wasn't a single Tibetan figure in sight.

Logically speaking, they should have escaped from the jaws of death.

But Li Yuanchang became even more anxious and kept urging him on.

Firstly, as winter approaches and temperatures plummet, cold air lingers over Tuyuhun, causing most roads to become soft and wet, leaving footprints everywhere when people and horses step on them.

These are natural traces that Li Yuanchang cannot erase.

Secondly, during the pursuit and avalanche, the Far Eastern Army lost too many warhorses in an attempt to escape, with many of them carrying two or three people, which slowed their speed.

Third, the large number of wounded soldiers slowed down the pace.

If they were to march at full speed, they would have to abandon these thousands of wounded soldiers, which was clearly not Li Yuanchang's style.

While he was constantly making arrangements, he also sent out fast horses and scouts in advance to mobilize troops and horses to reinforce Fu'ai City.

The crisis of the western retreat is still spreading, just like the sky over Tuyuhun, which is so gloomy that it seems to drip water.