Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 559
Just when Li Qinzai mobilized the frontier army, another military report came from the front. The Tubo army and Tuyuhun fought for the second time.

Tuyuhun's army was defeated like a mountain, and basically lost its resistance. Tuyuhun Nuohebo Khan and his wife fled into the territory of the Tang Dynasty overnight with their confidants, royal officials and dignitaries.

Once he decided to give up, Nuohebo Khan really didn't care about anything. Anyway, he could be crowned king after entering the territory of Tang Dynasty, and continue to enjoy his glory and wealth. It is already a foreign matter and has nothing to do with him.

Nohebo Khan didn't care about anything, but Li Qinzai couldn't.

Tuyuhun must be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. As the emperor's envoy, how can the territory of the Tang Dynasty allow others to interfere?
Zheng Rentai rushed to Liangzhou City overnight, and before he could take off his helmet, he strode into the governor's mansion.

It was rare for Li Qinzai to be lazy, and he was cooking wine in the side hall and waiting.

Seeing Zheng Rentai coming in, and the green plum wine in the cauldron was warming, Li Qinzai scooped up a spoonful and filled it for Zheng Rentai, and held it to him with a smile.

"Grandpa Zheng came here on a starry night, it's the younger generation's crime. The wine is warm, please drink up to Grandpa Zheng to warm up."

Zheng Rentai snorted, sat cross-legged in front of Li Qinzai, raised his neck and drank the wine, and wiped the wine flowers from his beard. Zheng Rentai said dissatisfiedly: "What a shame, your grandfather has never used this old man like that. Boy, Tuyuhun is already raging with war, but you are taking it easy."

Li Qinzai sighed: "The younger generation is suffering..."

Zheng Rentai poured a glass of wine himself, poured the steaming wine into his mouth, and sighed comfortably.

"The old man has heard about what you did in Liangzhou. The diplomatic missions of the two countries were so violent that you were able to force Nuohebo Khan to give up his position. Not small, save Datang a lot of trouble, boy, just rely on this credit, return to Chang'an and wait for His Majesty to reward you."

Li Qinzai said with a smile: "The credit is all thanks to Grandpa Zheng. If you don't have the soldiers and horses from the six states to back up the boy, how dare the boy lightly stroke the tiger's beard of the two countries. Grandpa Zheng should also receive this credit."

Zheng Rentai sneered and said: "This old man is over 60 years old, and he has never been honored by others in terms of merit. If this old man wants credit, he goes to the battlefield to get it by himself, and it is not up to a young boy to share the charity."

Li Qinzai hurriedly said: "The boy made a slip of the tongue, the boy will not give up, and the credit will be taken by himself."

"After receiving your letter, the old man has mobilized [-] troops from six prefectures, with [-] troops stationed in each prefecture, but no more than [-] went out to help Tuyuhun..." Zheng Rentai said solemnly.

Li Qinzai also frowned.

Five thousand soldiers and horses, without three-eyed guns, went out to fight against the Tubo army of [-]. This force is really not enough.

"Grandpa Zheng, if we only guard the border of the Tang Dynasty and do not enter Tuyuhun, will the Tang Dynasty be passive after Tubo completely occupies Tuyuhun?" Li Qinzai asked.

Zheng Rentai nodded: "It's very passive. If Tubo is allowed to occupy Tuyuhun, it will be difficult for the king of the Tang Dynasty to enter Tuyuhun. First of all, Khan Nuohebo has fled, and the morale of the people and the army of Tuyuhun have been lost. Even if the Tang Dynasty enters Tuyuhun, Not only do you have to face the Tubo army, but you also have to face the constraints of the separatist forces of the Tuyuhun tribes."

"Secondly, in terms of military affairs, if Tubo completely occupies Tuyuhun, relying on favorable terrain such as Jishi Mountain, Dafeichuan, and Qilian Mountains on the eastern front, and can obtain sufficient logistics supplies throughout Tuyuhun, whether it is an extended front or a single corner, Datang does not have the advantage, and there will be a lot of casualties."

"What's more, morally, the reason why Tubo invaded Tuyuhun was the grievances between the two countries. Now that Khan Nuohebo has fled, there is no reason for Tang to enter Tuyuhun. Shanwei, you can't really return Tuyuhun to Nuohebo, can you?"

"Therefore, Datang still needs a sufficient reason to enter Tuyuhun grandly and fight against Tubo."

Li Qinzai sighed, he really wanted to curl his lips like those pretentious protagonists, and say "things are getting more and more interesting" in a forceful manner, and finally he made a light move and solved it with a whoosh.

But the reality is that things are getting more and more complicated.

What's so interesting about the Three Kingdoms campaign?There are just endless reasons, details, winning and losing games.

Su Dingfang led the master to equip [-] three-eyed guns. Zheng Rentai and Li Qinzai knew about it, but they didn't mention it.

In terms of grand strategy, what a general considers is "potential", strategy and direction. No matter how advanced the weapon is, its function is to accelerate the victory of the war, but it cannot completely determine the direction of the war.

Zheng Rentai drank another glass of wine and sighed: "Before Su Dingfang's army arrives, Tuyuhun must not be lost, or it will be too late."

Li Qinzai also drank a glass of wine, his eyes flickered with unpredictable light.

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The Tubo army is still attacking Tuyuhun.

As expected by Zheng Rentai, after Nuohebo Khan and his wife fled to the territory of Datang, the Tuyuhun army was more and more defeated. In just two days, the Tubo army had advanced to the border of Datang, and the Tuyuhun army was divided into north and south. piece.

Then on the third day, three tribes in Tuyuhun announced that they would separate from the Tuyuhun Khanate and act independently, and they still took an attitude of resistance to the Tubo army.

On the fourth day, outside the two cities of Songzhou and Minzhou in the Tang Dynasty, there were signs of a small group of Tubo army activities, and they looted the people in the villages outside the cities, and abducted more than a thousand people.

The situation became more and more serious. The Tubo army's military front not only conquered Tuyuhun, but also aimed at Datang, and continued to test the border of Datang.

After receiving the military report from the governors of the two cities of Songzhou and Minzhou, Li Qinzai immediately sent a stern letter to Lu Dongzan in the name of the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, admonishing the Tubo army not to cross the border and provoke a war between the two countries. end.

Two days later, Li Qinzai received a reply letter from the Tubo army.

The reply was written by Lu Dongzan himself, and there were only a few words in it, but it was full of murderous intentions.

"A lost deer leaps above the desert, invites Tang envoys to Tuyuhun, and will hunt in Duomi. There are no heroes at the time, and the clumsy husband is alone. Isn't it lonely?"

The meaning is very clear, Tang envoy, do you dare to come to Tuyuhun?Let's chat.

Li Qinzai read Lu Dongzan's handwritten letter word by word several times, and then put away the letter, showing a look of struggle.

Liu Asi, Lao Wei and Sun Congdong stared at Li Qinzai's expression, and the eyelids of the three twitched.

"Fifth Young Master, don't fall for the tricks of the old man!" Liu Ahsi persuaded.

Old Wei also nodded: "Wu Shaolang, Lu Dongzan is showing his murderous intentions to you. If you enter Tuyuhun, you will be fooled by Lu Dongzan. The enemy has thousands of troops and horses, and it is difficult to escape."

Li Qinzai said leisurely: "Of course I don't want to go. After killing two groups of Tubo missions and causing so much hatred, shall I go to the Tubo army to die?"

(End of this chapter)