Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 980 Let Songtsan Gampo and Xieli be companions
Chapter One Hundred and Two
Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "I can't explain this matter clearly in a few words, come in first, let's talk slowly!"

Fang Xuanling did not contradict Li Jiancheng.As Fang Xuanling's strategic goal in his political career is to be a critical minister, not to distinguish between right and wrong.

If the king does not keep secrets, he will lose his ministers.If the minister is not secretive, he will lose his body.Fang Xuanling is also very clear about this truth.Fang Xuanling doesn't care how many women Li Jiancheng brings into the harem, if Li Jiancheng is willing, Fang Xuanling's younger sister, Fang Xuanling, can also be sent to the palace for Li Jiancheng.

However, the identity of Princess Abandoned Qi is different, which involves Confucian ethics, this is the bottom line, this is the principle, and it must not be compromised.

After entering the warm pavilion, Li Jiancheng narrated to Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng how Li Yuanji got on the line with Yuan Su Gaiwen of Goguryeo. , using the navy to send the [-] prisoners trained into the army in the former Sui Dynasty to Youzhou, so as to cut off the back road of the Tang army's conquest of the East.

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling's expression changed in shock.

If it hadn't been for the abolished Princess Qi who stepped forward at a critical moment, once Li Yuanji got his way, Datang might have just seen a little shadow of peace and prosperity, and would immediately repeat the mistakes of the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Wei Zheng breathed a sigh of relief: "It's dangerous..."

Fang Xuanling sighed and said: "Princess Abandoned Qi is really a smart person, Hongnong Yang's name is well-deserved!"

On the surface, Yang seems to have betrayed Li Yuanji. Before Li Yuanji's incident, he reported the secret to Li Jiancheng, which was to push Li Yuanji into the pit of fire.In fact, this is not the case. Now it is different from Yang Guangdong's conquest of Goguryeo. Even if Li Jiancheng also launched an eastward conquest of Goguryeo, he would never go south with all his troops.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty had built warships on a large scale and organized naval divisions.Just relying on Goguryeo's dozens of pallets, it is impossible to control the sea power at all. The Tang army navy can copy Goguryeo's back route from the sea at any time. Of course, the most important thing is that even Li Yuanji's troops can control Lulongzhai (both The predecessor of Shanhaiguan), the long coastline, is full of supply points for the army of the Tang Dynasty.

Under the attack from inside and outside, Li Yuanji will undoubtedly lose.At that time, even if Li Jiancheng did not kill Li Yuanji for the sake of his mother and compatriots, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty would never tolerate Li Yuanji. At that time, Li Yuanji's suicide in prison was probably the most honorable ending.

Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "What memorial did General Chen send?"

Wei Zheng took out the memorial and placed it in front of Li Jiancheng's case.

Li Jiancheng opened the memorial and said in surprise, "Great victory?"

Just when Songtsan Gampo "pretended" to be caught by Chen Ying's trick, he ordered a direct line of troops pretending to be himself to return to Songbang Fort in light clothes, while the real elite heavy cavalry lay in ambush, preparing to give Chen Ying a center. flowering.

As the saying goes, the height of a demon is one foot, and the height is one foot, Chen Ying also adopted the same strategy of suspicious soldiers.Today, the anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance Army has achieved brilliant results. They swept away dozens of tribes around the Yalong River Valley like autumn leaves, and grabbed more than [-] cattle and sheep, and more than [-] horses.

As for the forage they burned and the Tibetans they killed, it is impossible to estimate.With three coins and one head, Chen Ying successively took out treasures worth millions of coins.

As the anti-Songtsan Gampo coalition army wiped out dozens of tribes, they boosted their morale and self-confidence. Knowing that Songtsan Gampo sent more than 5 troops to rush back to Songbangbao City, these anti-Songtsan Gampo The tribal leaders of the Gambo Alliance Army were overjoyed when they saw more than [-] people.

The 15 Tubo army is worth [-] guan. If they buy grain, they will be able to lie on the grain and eat it for three years.

All the anti-Songtsen Gampo Allied Forces summed up: "Done it, people will die and birds will face up, and they will not die for thousands of years!"

When more than [-] Tubo troops arrived at Tilin Mountain City, they were still more than [-] miles away from Songbangbao. Of course, for the cavalry, they could reach the foot of Songbangbao in another night. With the saber in his hand, he beheaded Chen Ying, Tubo's greatest enemy.

Anyway, according to Songtsan Gampo's order, once Chen Ying's head is beheaded by anyone, even a slave will be promoted to nobleman and Dongpuqiong.

Of course, for Tubo, this reward is a bit high.You must know that the Tubo Dynasty was still a slavery society, and their social classes were fixed. Nobles were always nobles, and slaves were always slaves. Shang Yang’s military merit system could not be seen in Tubo.

Behind the [-] Tibetan "elite" troops, about thirty miles away, Songtsan Gampo looked at the officials in the big tent and said with a smile: "I think the enemy army will be wiped out by us soon, haha... ..."

Tunmi Alu also smiled, patted Songtsan Gampo's ass and said: "Dear Zanpu, no one has been able to achieve this plan throughout the ages, even Zhuge Wuhou of the Central Plains can't do it again."

Songtsan Gampo enjoyed it very much, and said with a look of enjoyment, "Well, everyone, I'm going to win, let's wait for the news ahead."

"Okay." Tomi Aru immediately called the soldiers to bring wine.

This is a fine wine brewed by a good man, with a mellow taste, although it is a bit spicy to the throat, but in the eyes of the Tibetans, this is the wine that a man should drink.

The Tubo officials sat in Songtsan Gampo's king's tent, and everyone had all kinds of fantasies. They fantasized about taking Songbangbao, then capturing Chen Ying, and taking back Songbangbao without any effort. Chen Ying was the emperor's sister-in-law, and He is a wealthy man in the Tang Dynasty. As long as Chen Ying is in his hands, the Tang people will definitely be forced to negotiate a peace. Not counting the extortion of 100 million shi from the Tang people, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty will probably be cautious. That scene is simply too wonderful up.

But they waited, and there was no news ahead.

An hour has passed.

Tunmi Aru said a little impatiently: "Zanpu, why is there no news yet? Let me ask?"

Songtsan Gampo was actually very anxious in his heart, but on the surface he looked calm, he waved his hands and said, "No need."

After a pause, he still pretended to be old-fashioned, and began to educate Tunmi Aru: "You, you just can't hold your breath, people always have to prepare."

"What Zanpu said is true." Tunmi Alu flattered him: "As expected of Zanpu, I can't learn this kind of composure."

Songtsan Gampo was very satisfied with Tunmi Alu's attitude, and reached out to pat the other party's shoulder: "You still have a lot to learn, and when I unify the world, you will be the Grand Marshal, don't let me down ah."

Tumiyaru laughed and said, "Thank you Zanpu."

Facing the business embarrassment between Songtsan Gampo and Tunmi Alu, Yu Wenhuaji was really disgusted.Songtsan Gampo, a girl who hasn't given up yet, looks a bit like a monkey.

The two continued to chat confidently.

Two hours have passed and there is still no news.

Tunmi Aru frowned and said, "Why is there no news yet?"

Songtsan Gampo felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he said bravely, "I calculated it, the time is almost up, and there will be news soon."

Tunmi Alu stretched out his thumb and said, "Zanpu, you are a genius."

Three hours passed.

Tumiyaru: "Zanpu, this..."

Songtsan Gampo finally panicked, it was already dawn!

The dark circles under his eyes came out, and he was still struggling. During the period, he sent people to the front to inquire about a lot of news, but they waited and waited, but nothing came.

Finally, when Songtsan Gampo lost his temper, he stood up with a bang, and said loudly, "Come on!"

A guard trotted in from outside, knelt on the ground and said, "Zanpu."

Songtsan Gampo seemed impatient and said, "Hurry up and get someone to ask Ru Daren again..."

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded outside: "Zanpu, it's not good! It's not good!"

Songtsan Gampo yelled in his heart: "How is it proper to be so flustered!?"

The guard who came in panted and pointed outside and said in a panic: "We are surrounded by enemies!"

Yu Wenhuaji got up and walked outside the tent, and suddenly saw densely packed Tang army troops appearing in all directions to the west, at least hundreds of thousands of troops.

Looking at the Anxi Army battle flag fluttering in the wind outside, Yu Wenhuaji was full of doubts: "How did the Anxi Army come here?"

In fact, these Anxi troops are all parallel imports.

Most of them were Han Chinese who were rescued from Tubo by the Beiwei army. These Han people who had been enslaved by Tubo for several years or more than ten years, after learning that Chen Ying led more than [-] cavalry into the snowy field, all of them were organized according to various towns and forts. , followed Guo Xiaoke and drove into the snow plain.

With the establishment of the Anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance, in fact, the Tubo Xueyuan has no secrets for Chen Ying.

When occupying Chen Ying and occupying Songbangbao City, he found out that there are actually only two roads from Kangyanju City to Songbangbao City. If it is winter and the river is frozen, there are more ways to go forward.

The point is that it is summer now, and the Tibetans don't have a huge navy to transport troops.Chen Ying ordered Guo Xiaoke's department to make arrangements in advance and wait for work with ease.

Songtsan Gampo and Tunmi Aru were dumbfounded. They both looked at each other with disbelief. They even thought their ears were broken. How could it be possible? How could it be possible to be surrounded by the enemy after a night? up?After encircling Songtsan Gampo, things became much easier. Facing such a big fish as Songtsan Gampo, Chen Ying deliberately surrounded and did not attack. If the cloth does not break through, they will never attack.

Songtsan Gampo originally thought that the battle would go smoothly, so he didn't prepare much luggage. Even counting the yaks and sheep, they could only eat for more than a month.

Even if they save their dried meat and food, they can only last about two months.For this reason, Songtsan Gampo hastily sent messengers to break through the siege, and issued an imperial edict to the ministries of Tubo.Call on all ministries to come and serve the king.

Now the fun is even greater, because there is no unified command, the various tribes in Tubo are far and near, and their strengths are also different. Qin Wang's division, come to one to destroy one, come to one or two, and destroy a pair.

At the end of June in the third year of Kaiyuan, the arrows were exhausted, and the hungry and skinny Songtsan Gampo, with his upper body exposed, led a hungry and skinny sheep and surrendered to Chen Ying.

For this reason, the war between Datang and Tubo, which lasted half a year, finally came to an end.

It ended with Datang's overall victory.

Now Li Jiancheng couldn't help but smile even more. He and the Tang court hadn't had time to make preparations to take over Tubo. Here, Chen Ying had already taken Tubo, and he directly opened up thousands of miles of land and nearly 200 million Tubo. Under the leadership of Songtsan Gampo, the people surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at this memorandum, Wei Zheng pondered: "The war has already been fought. I am afraid that it will be difficult to absorb and digest the work of Tubo in three to five years, especially to win the hearts of the people. This is a long time!"

Fang Xuanling smiled wryly and said: "Who says it's not? Originally, Anxi had more Hu and fewer Han. Although now Datang can rely on Anxi Army's strong sentiments, it can temporarily be dominated by Han Tong, but if this population situation does not change .. in a generation or two there will be big problems."

Wei Zheng continued: "Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions, it has been a common practice to solve problems by immigrating to the border areas, but... right now, not only Anxi is short of people, but Tubo is also short of people..."

Li Jiancheng was in pain and joy at the same time.

Wei Zheng looked at Li Jiancheng and said: "The capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty was in the Guanzhong Plain. After the Shang Dynasty was destroyed in the east, the land was two or three thousand miles east of Hangu Pass. But King Wu and Duke Zhou did not move eastward, only Luoyang built a companion capital. Qin The country destroyed the six countries, and the situation is the same. However, the Qin State did not move the capital to the east. After Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty conquered the world, he chose the location of the capital. He did not choose Luoyang, which has a moderate geographical location but a small layout, but chose Guanzhong, which is geographically remote. , Your Majesty, why do you say?"

Li Jiancheng said: "In fact, the geography is not biased. It should not be the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that the capital must form a strong enough force to overwhelm the subordinate towns. In the Zhou and Han dynasties, Chang'an was relatively strong. The ones in Luoyang are relatively declining, and we have to learn from the lessons here."

Wei Zheng pointed to Chen Ying's memorial and said, "How to reply to General Chen's memorial?"

Li Jiancheng pondered: "The Xingtai system cannot be cancelled, otherwise, with the vastness of Anxi and the jurisdiction over thousands of miles, if you ask Chang'an for everything, according to General Chen's words, the cucumbers and vegetables will be cold!"

Fang Xuanling smiled wryly, "Who said it wasn't?"

Li Jiancheng said: "General Chen will give me a difficult problem...he is a well-known smart man in the world, and he will definitely find a way to let him send an army to send the so-called Songtsan Gampo to Chang'an to fight with Jieli Khan be a neighbor!"

(End of this chapter)