Water Margin people

Chapter 1390 Tubo

The army marched southward with the momentum of a great victory, and wherever they passed, the people lined the streets to welcome them. Everyone knew the significance of this battle. Within a hundred years, there would be no more trouble from foreign tribes in the north.

"Your Majesty, the people are very happy!"

Zhu Wu had a smile on his face. The result of their battle was even far better than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties when they destroyed the Xiongnu and Turks.

"The north of the Yellow River is a good place. The terrain here is flat and suitable for farming. The only trouble is the foreign invaders. Now that this problem has been solved, the people are naturally happy!"

Sun Lei said with a smile that although the land in the south is fertile, it is mountainous and has limited land suitable for farming. In the farming era, the yield of food on the land determined the number of people on the land.

All the way to Xijin Mansion.

At this time, Xijin Mansion has restored its former prosperity.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Qiao Daoqing led the officials and people of Xijin Mansion to greet Sun Lei at the city gate.

"No gift!"

Sun Lei smiled and waved to everyone, and the army entered the city with neat steps and arrived at the annex of Xijin Mansion. The former Liao Kingdom's imperial palace has now become the royal annex of Qi.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Qiao Daoqing smiled and continued to congratulate.

"Daozhang Qiao, you did well in Kansai."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"By the way, how are Master Lu and the others doing over there?"

Sun Lei looked at Qiao Daoqing and asked. After Qiao Daoqing defeated the main force of Xixia, he returned to Xijin Mansion to take charge.

"Some time ago, the military report said that Yanqing Mansion had been captured, Li Qian ran away with a few royal family members, and Master Lu was handling Xixia affairs."

Qiao Daoqing said, defeating the enemy is easy, but Xixia has a large population, and it will be a long process to control those people.

"How is Deng Yuanjue's mission?"

Sun Lei asked again, if you want to manage people, religion is the easiest tool.

"It's not bad. Xixia believes in Buddhism, and Deng Yuanjue has profound Buddhist teachings. After taking Yanqing Mansion, Master Lu held an unobstructed meeting. Master Deng came on stage to explain Buddhism. A group of Xixia monks were not convinced and came to the stage to debate scriptures."

Qiao Daoqing said with a smile.

"Those monks from Xixia are definitely no match for Deng Yuanjue!"

Sun Lei guessed with a smile that although Buddhism is prosperous in Xixia, there are also serious problems. The main body of Xixia Buddhism is Tibetan Buddhism, which has many shortcomings. Later, Buddhism from the Western Regions and Central Plains Buddhism were added, plus later Confucianism. It is too much to bite off. It sucks, not to mention there isn’t much time to summarize.

But Deng Yuanjue is different. He was originally an eminent monk. Today's Central Plains Buddhism has been improved by countless eminent monks, and it has become its own system after the Sixth Patriarch.

Deng Yuanjue also referred to the teachings of Western Zoroastrianism, experienced great wars, and was baptized by the secular world. At this time, his Buddhist cultivation was unrivaled.

"As His Majesty said, those monks in Xixia saw that Deng Yuanjue was not famous, so they sent a few magicians to the stage to debate the scriptures. After a few words, Deng Yuanjue caught the flaw and was rendered speechless."

"The group of Xixia monks realized that Deng Yuanjue was not a simple man. Several great men began to come to power. However, these people were no match for Deng Yuanjue. They all stepped down in despair."

"After that, the Uncensored Conference was held for seven days. All the Xixia monks were defeated. All the Buddhist believers went crazy and honored Deng Yuanjue as the Living Buddha!"

Qiao Daoqing said with a smile.

The master titles of Xixia monks are divided into four levels, namely great virtue, mage, ascetic and monk. Among them, Dade is the highest-level division number.

"Haha, as expected, Xixia Buddhism is too short-lived and its teachings are not rigorous. If you encounter a master of debate, you will only fail."

Sun Lei nodded.

"Where is Taoist Master Gongsun?"

Sun Lei asked again.

"Taoist Master Gongsun led his men to pursue Li Qianshun!"

Qiao Daoqing said. "Chasing Li Qianshun? Going to the Western Regions?"

Sun Lei frowned and asked, Qiao Daoqing just said that Li Qian ran away with others.

"According to the news, he ran to the southwest plateau! He should be going to Tubo!"

Qiao Daoqing said.

"Tubo? You can find a place!"

Sun Lei frowned. Since Tubo Dazan was killed in the late Tang Dynasty, Tubo has been in a long-term melee between the kings.

"Although Tubo is not far from the Central Plains, it is located on a plateau. The road is a hundred times more difficult to travel than the Shu road, and there is a serious gas epidemic. Once we reach the plateau, we will feel dizzy and cannot exert 50% of our strength."

"But the Tubo people are not affected at all on the plateau. Moreover, the Tubo people are ignorant and are still in the slave period. The lives of those slaves are not valuable at all, and they are not afraid of death when fighting."

"The Tang Dynasty suffered this kind of loss when it conquered Tibet. The Tubo people were condescending and could rush down and plunder at any time, but the Tang Dynasty could not attack them."

Zhu Wu said.

"Tibet is a problem!"

Sun Lei rubbed his chin and thought. Tubo was not included in the original map until after the Yuan Dynasty. Neither the Han Dynasty nor the Tang Dynasty truly conquered this plateau. The problem was the long distance and altitude sickness.

"It's not impossible! But we need some people!"

Sun Lei quickly thought of a way. Why was the Yuan Dynasty able to capture Tubo? Because Mongolia is also a plateau and we live in a relatively harsh environment, our bodies can quickly adapt to the Tubo Plateau.

"When the war between An Bahai and the Western Liao is over, let them fight against Tubo. Today's Tubo is no longer the powerful Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty. The divided Tubo has no fighting power at all!"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Wu and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Wu saluted.

"Your Majesty, the banquet is ready!"

Sister-in-law Gu walked in to report.

"Let's go have a banquet. The soldiers have been wanting to drink for a long time! The ban on alcohol is lifted today!"

Sun Lei said with a smile that the army has issued a ban on alcohol since the beginning of the war. No one in the army has drunk alcohol for several months. Now that we have arrived at Xijin Mansion, we can let the soldiers indulge a little.

A luxurious banquet was already held in the palace, the square outside the palace was also filled with banquets, and even banquets were held everywhere in the palace.

"No need to be polite, there is no limit on food and drink today. All the soldiers will drink heavily and eat large pieces of meat. Everyone will be rewarded when they return to Liangshan!"

Sun Lei said with a smile. His voice could not spread throughout the palace, but Sister-in-law Gu had already made arrangements. The soldiers at the entrance of the palace loudly repeated Sun Lei's order. Soldiers everywhere outside the palace also repeated it, and soon the order was spread. All over the palace and inside.

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

The response was a tsunami-like cry of long live.

Immediately afterwards, the banquet really started, and laughter spread throughout the entire Xijin Mansion. When the soldiers saw the wine, it was like seeing a treasure, and they were all competing to drink.

"This altar is all mine! It's all mine!"

Li Kui held a large wine jar and refused to let go. He actually wanted to monopolize the jar of wine. Judging from the size of the wine jar, it could hold at least dozens of kilograms of wine.

"You're a tough guy, others only have three jars per table, but you need one jar per person!"

Su Sheng looked at Li Kui.

"I can't even get enough for such a weak wine!"

Li Kui held the jar without saying anything, and reached out to grab the roast chicken and lamb legs on the table.