Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1021 Riding a tiger is difficult

Nangri Lunzan was in the prime of his life, and when his father was Zanpu, he was already able to stand alone and command the battle.In the past, he was always invincible, just like the cloak on his body, which was sewn together with the skins of mountain tigers, snow leopards and prairie wolves, all of which represented his martial arts.

But now, under this Dafei Mountain, he was helpless.

There is a tiger on that mountain, the fierce tiger Luo Siye.

But he has no way to fight the tiger.

The mission sent to Chang'an returned only one person, and Gal Dongben was also detained. It is said that they were all sent to the mountains to burn charcoal as slaves.

Nang Ri Lun Zan was very angry, but also very helpless.

Facing Da Qin's response, he seemed powerless.

Whether he wanted to attack forcefully, or make a peace, but fought and dragged, Qin Chao remained indifferent, as if fighting to the end.

Now, it's hard to get rid of Nangri's praise.

Sitting on the tiger skin mattress, he wished that the mattress under him could be Luo Siye's.

He remembered a hunting time when he was young. He squatted in the glacier of a snow mountain and wanted to kill a deer, but what he waited for was not a beautiful deer, but a dangerous snow leopard.

That time, he almost died.

Gal Dongzan is here. He is the nephew of Gal Dongben who was detained as an envoy to Chang'an, and he is an outstanding young child of their family.Dongzan is now his bodyguard, responsible for delivering orders.

The young man's eyes were red and swollen, and he had secretly cried for his uncle.

"Donzan, don't worry, your uncle will come back sooner or later."

Gal Dongzan was worried.

He is not optimistic about the current situation, and he has discovered Zamp's plight early on.

"Zanpu, I heard that the Qin army has defeated the Western Turks. The Tuyuhun people are definitely not the Qin people's opponents. There is no point in staying here anymore. The Qin people refused to negotiate peace with their relatives. They will fight to the end."

"How could I not know."

"Dong Zan, what do you think I should do now?"

Gal Dongzan straightened his back, bit his lips, clenched his fists, and praised Nangri Lun, "Western Turks have withdrawn to the Western Regions, and Tuyuhun is by no means an opponent of the Qin army, and we are blocked here now. Morale is low, the weather is getting colder and snow is about to fall, and our army's livestock, cattle and sheep are almost exhausted. If this continues, we will be in danger when the Qin army arrives. Our attack on the Qin people this time The judgment was wrong, and we overestimated the Western Turks and the Tuyuhun people. This time we missed, but we only lost some money, food and livestock, and sacrificed some Qiang people. As long as we retreat in time, it is not too late."

Nang Ri Lun Zan looked at this young nobleman and admired his words.It's just that as Zanpu, it's not easy for him to retreat in vain.

Not to mention that such a retreat would make him lose all face and lose his prestige.

The most important thing is that they, Tubo, have angered the fierce tiger of the Qin people, and now they are leaving like this, how can it be so easy.There is another one, this kind of retreat is a retreat. The Qiang kingdom suffered a lot this time, lost a lot of people and horses, and gained nothing. With such a retreat, I am afraid that the Qiangs will fall to the Qin people in the future.

This is also an unacceptable fact for Nangri Lunzan.

Tuyuhun failed to take it down, but instead wanted to push the Qiangs who had already surrendered to the Qin people, how could this be possible.

Nangri Lunzan hopes to have a decent withdrawal of troops. If he can reach a peace negotiation with the Qin people, then he can give all parties an explanation.

But now, the damn Qin people don't give any face.

"Why are the people of Qin reluctant to part with a woman? I don't want their princess. I just want a woman from Qin with the title of princess. Why don't they refuse? Even if Luo Cheng randomly named a maid as a princess, I will also withdraw immediately."

Nang Ri Lun Zan couldn't figure out why this happened.

He has lowered the conditions.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Qin people would never compromise on his extortion.

"Zanpu, many nobles are already very dissatisfied with the current situation." Gal Dongzan had to remind him.

Although Tubo began to promote reforms when Nangri Lunzan's father Dari Nianzan, the purpose was to strengthen Zanpu's strength.

But until now, despite the rapid expansion and the emergence of a new aristocratic force that is more loyal to Zanpu, Tubo still maintains the traditional alliance and parliamentary system.

Although Tubo is now implementing a new system and the country is divided into five Rus, there are still eighteen aristocratic fiefs, and these noble fiefs are not under the management of the officials of each Ru.

Not to mention, the various alliances meet once a year, and when they meet, tribal councils are held to discuss major issues.These are all restrictions and deprivation of Zanpu's power.

The nobles have long been dissatisfied with dispatching [-] Dongdai and recruiting [-] Qiang soldiers this time, but they did nothing and did not grab any land or property. They have long been dissatisfied. Worried that the Qin army would come and defeat the Tubo army.

When Nangri Lunzan led everyone to win the battle, everyone naturally praised him and supported him, but once the situation was unfavorable, these nobles had their own ideas.

Especially these nobles who command troops on the front line are unwilling to lose their soldiers and horses here.

"Someone is contacting the nobles, hoping to convene a parliament to vote on the withdrawal of troops."

Nang Ri Lun Zan's anger rose.

"Attack or retreat, this is my right!"

"But they said that according to our Tibetan tradition, Zanpu has the right to preside over the alliance, but Zanpu has to admit the results of the council in the alliance."

Both Nangri Lunzan and his son hoped to follow the example of the Central Plains and establish Tubo as a feudal and centralized central kingdom, rather than the past era of tribal alliances and state alliances.

But the strength of the old nobles is still very strong.

"Zanpu, the morale of the army is not stable now, why don't you withdraw your troops first."

Gal Dongzan advised Zanpu not to have disputes with the nobles at this time.

"Dongzan, do you also want to withdraw our troops? If we withdraw like this, we will be defeated. In the future, the Qin people will look down on us even more, and even after we retreat, they may pursue the invasion deeply." Nangri Lunzan said own worries.

"Maybe, but if we don't withdraw, the biggest possibility is that we will be defeated here." Gal Dongzan said directly.

Nang Ri Lun Zan was in a mess.

If you want to attack, you can't attack, and if you want to blackmail, you can't.

The people of Qin are hard bones that can't be eaten by oil and salt, and there is no way to start.

But at this time, the nobles still want to hold back, and even hope to hold a noble council on this battlefield. Isn't that bullshit? These damned old nobles, one day sooner or later, he will step on them one by one and take them away The privileges they have had for generations.

"Dongzan, you go and tell those nobles who want to withdraw, just say that Ben Zanpu is as they wish."

"Get ready to withdraw!"

(End of this chapter)