Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 555 Brothers
This time Wang Wenzuo's words caused much less commotion. Most of the Tibetan captives were a little puzzled and looked around curiously. Why did they stay when they could go home and see their families again?Yes, these Tang people are good to us, but no matter how good they are, they are not as good as our hometown!What kind of people would choose to stay?

"Old friend, do me a favor!" Tenzin took out the copper jar containing his friend's bones from his bosom: "Please give this to Ngawang's family for me!"

"What do you mean?" The friend looked at Tenzeng strangely: "Why don't you hand it over to them yourself!"

"I'm not going back!" Tenzin said.

"Not going back?" The friend's eyes widened in surprise: "Why?"

"For my family, it's better for me to stay than to go back!" Tenzin said, "I'm already dead, you know what I mean?"

"I understand!" His friend's face was like rancid milk, he nodded: "You are dead long ago! There is no such person as Tenzeng in this world!"

"Very good, that's right!" Tenzin nodded in satisfaction: "The copper coins I saved are all in the copper pot!"

"Don't worry, I will give it to your family!" The friend looked at Ten Zeng and grabbed his arm: "I don't know when we will see you again in the future, take care!"

After handing the copper pot to a friend, Tenzin came to the right side of the field. Only more than 300 Tibetans chose to stay, and most of the remaining Tibetans chose to go home.Dan Zeng lowered his head, tried his best to curl up and even hide himself behind others, so as not to attract others' attention.

"What are you doing? Why are you hiding in the crowd!" Acton asked in a low voice.

"I don't want to be seen by others. It's better for others to think that I have died in battle, so that my family will not be implicated by me!" Dan Zuo replied in a low voice.

"Stop talking stupid things!" Acton said with a smile: "You are such a big living person, how did you hide so many eyes?"

"That's what I said, but, but..." Dan Zeng's face was full of bitterness: "If this is true, then my family will be ruined. I'm such a useless coward!"

"I know very well whether you are a useless coward!" Acton patted Tenzin on the shoulder: "Stop thinking about it, let me ask you, if you go back like them, will your family not be implicated?"

"No, it's the same!" Tenzin shook his head: "If you lose a battle, those who flee back are considered cowards. What's more, we captives, only those who die in battle will not implicate their families! But in that case, at least I can fight with you They bear it together, instead of—”

"At least if you stay here, you still have hope to rescue them, instead of dying together!" Acton sneered: "Do you know? Our tribe often lacks food in winter, and the only food is not enough for everyone. You know it will How to distribute the food?"

"I don't know!" Tenzin shook his head.

"Not for old people or children, but for the strongest and best hunters!" Acton said, "Because only when hunters are full can they bring more food and allow more people to survive. And even if the old people and children eat food, they will not be able to get food, and the hungry hunters will not be able to hunt the prey, and finally the whole tribe will be finished! Do you understand?"

"Can I rescue them? How is that possible?" Tenzin's eyes widened: "I'm just a prisoner!"

"It's possible if you're still alive!" Acton said with a smile, "And you're not a prisoner, I mean you won't be a prisoner any longer!"

"What do you mean?"

Acton looked left and right to confirm that no one was paying attention to his side, and then lowered his voice: "The governor may imitate the Tubo people to organize an army, and use the people you left behind as the backbone, and the rest will be recruited by the Qiang people." Make up!"

"Use us and the Qiang people? Why?"

"I heard it's because the governor thinks you're more comfortable here?" Acton said in a low voice, "But it's true. When I first came here, I was easily exhausted, and I was out of breath when I ran a little farther. It took many months to gradually recover, but you can walk dozens of miles without any problems, the governor said that this is called 'altitude sickness'! I don't know what it means!"

"You mean the governor wants to use us to fight?" Tenzin's eyes flashed with hope. No matter in Tubo or Datang, the status of soldiers is higher than that of peasants, let alone captives.

"I didn't say that!" Acton snorted coldly.

"Then what did you just say—?" Tenzin was confused.

"What I just said is just possible, understand? Maybe—maybe maybe not!" Acton sneered: "If someone asks me here, I will just shake my head and deny it. Do you understand, idiot?"

"Of course, of course I won't disclose this matter!" A smile appeared on Tenzin's face, he swallowed his saliva, and looked at Acton gratefully: "Thank you very much!"

"Forget it, forget it!" Acton pretended to be impatient, and raised his head arrogantly: "But don't think that you will definitely be selected, the governor is easy to talk about other things, even in the selection of soldiers. There is absolutely no ambiguity in military training, if you can’t do it yourself, just obediently dig rocks for the rest of your life!”

Facts have proved that what Acton said was not just "possible". On the third day after the release of the Tibetan captives, Tenzin and other people who stayed were given the order to conscript.Everyone rejoiced after hearing the news. The Tibetans regarded being able to take up arms again as a status improvement. As for wielding swords and swords against their former compatriots, this was nothing to these Tibetan soldiers. Psychological barriers - the Tubo state was originally established through the conquest wars of other tribes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, such as Subi, Yangtong, Bailan, Dangxiang, Fuguo, and Jialiangyi, by the Yalong tribe with the Shannan area of ​​​​Tibet as the core. Even after the establishment of the Tubo state, conflicts and civil wars between nobles and between nobles and Zanpu were commonplace. When these Tubo soldiers chose to stay in the Tang Dynasty, they were mentally prepared to fight back.

Governor's Mansion, Study Room.

"How about the recruitment of Qiang soldiers?" Wang Wenzuo asked without raising his head.

"It's very easy, as long as they are willing to pay, there are as many Qiang people who are willing to serve as soldiers!" Cui Hongdu laughed: "In fact, even if you don't pay, those Qiang people are willing to come as long as you win the battle and plunder. Anyway, they usually hit me and hit you!"

"That's impossible!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "It took me a long time to reach an agreement with the Tibetans. If so, this agreement will soon be useless!"

"That's right!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile: "I now understand why the former chief of the Songzhou Governor's Mansion was transferred away in such a hurry. These Qiang people are like mice. They can't be killed. They usually check each other It sounds like nothing, but if there is a powerful leader who unifies all the ministries, then Songzhou, maybe the entire Jiannan Province will be finished!"

"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo sighed. Due to the limitation of productivity level, the control of the Central Plains dynasties over the mountainous plateau area of ​​Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan has always been very limited. Don't look at how large the area is covered by the color blocks on the historical atlas In fact, the Central Plains dynasty could at best control the local river valleys, plains, and basins, while they could only be satisfied with symbolic submission to mountains, hills, and plateaus.Many mountain people living in the local area can't even tell the difference between the "Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing" dynasties. They collectively refer to all the Central Plains dynasties as "Great Dynasties".

For the mountain people living in the mountains, hills, and plateaus, life in the mountains is difficult. They can only rely on grazing, hunting, and living in the mountains. Heavy taxation and labor squeeze, so the population growth rate of the mountain people is very alarming, and often soon exceeds the upper limit of the local support capacity. plain.This kind of mountainous area is like a huge ovary, which will produce a torrent every once in a while, rushing to the plains, either as conquerors, or as hired labor or mercenaries.

The outcome of the war between Tang and Tubo, in a sense, depends on who can control the torrent to overwhelm the opponent. In this regard, the Tubo people have a natural advantage-Tang is much lower and richer than them Yes, water always flows downhill, and so do people.What Wang Wenzuo wanted to do was to see if he could build a strong dam to push back the torrent and submerge the Tubo people.

"Sanlang! How long do you think the agreement between the Tubo people and us will last!" Cui Hongdu asked: "Do you know? The Tubo people have captured the four towns of Anxi, and Longyou should send troops soon!"

Wang Wenzuo put down the quill in his hand. He didn't answer Cui Hongdu's question right away. After a few minutes, he said in a low voice: "As long as it lasts, not all Tibetans are enemies of the Tang Dynasty!"

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Luo Suo, Hongshan Palace.

"Is Zanpu there?" Langri asked the guards in the red building.

"Here!" The guard looked serious: "Zanpu is in the meeting room, he asked you to meet him as soon as you arrive!"

Lang Ri nodded, and he quickly climbed up the stairs of the tower, telling himself: There shouldn't be any trouble at this time, maybe Zamp just wants to drink a nightcap with himself!

As soon as he entered the meeting room, Zanpu's mastiff got up vigilantly from the ground. It sniffed Lang Ri twice before lying down on the ground again and snoring.

"You're here, just in time!" Zamp muttered.He was sitting by the window, reading the letter. "Get me a drink, and pour yourself a glass."

Lang Ri knew that there was no good news, so he poured the wine carefully and tried his best to delay the time. When the wine glass was full, he had no choice but to face the bad news.Even so, the wine glass was filled quickly.

"Look!" Zanpu picked up the wine glass with one hand, and handed the letter to Lang Ri with the other: "Qin Ling refused my order, he attacked the Anxi Town of the Tang people first, and now we are completely torn apart with the Tang people!" He said He took a sip of wine resentfully: "Damn guy!"

Lang Ri stood still, he finished reading the letter paper: "This is good news, congratulations, Zamp!"

"Good news?" Zanpu put down his wine glass, his eyes glowed angrily: "Lang Ri, are you stupid? If Tubo and Tang go to war, the war will last for a long time. Concentrated in his single hand; if he wins, the Gar family will have greater power and prestige, if he loses, the whole country will end with him! How can this be a good thing?"

"Look, this is what was written in the letter: Zan Xiruo wrote to his younger brother, asking him to make concessions to the Tang people to avoid conflicts, but Qinling refused!" Lang Ri flicked the letter paper with his fingers: "Look Have you arrived? Isn’t it a good thing that Qin Ling rejected his elder brother, your prime minister, and insisted on going his own way?”

"What's the use of this?" Zan Pu snorted coldly: "They are brothers from beginning to end, if Zan Xi is unhappy, he will support his younger brother in fighting against the Tang people!"

"You are right. If Zanziruo is a wise person, even if his younger brother disobeys him, he will still support his brother. But do you think Zanziruo's sons will be so wise? Zanziruo is not Qinling is not the only younger brother, can they also be as wise as the older brother?"

"Lang Ri, do you mean that there will be internal strife in the Gar family because of this incident?" Zanpu asked.

"Yes!" Lang Ri nodded: "Lu Dongzan has made great contributions to the country, and you are also his assistant to ascend to the throne. Under his rule, the land of Tubo Kingdom has tripled, and the population has increased by three." Zan Xiruo inherited his father's wisdom and benevolence; while Qinling inherited his father's bravery and strategic strategy, the family treasury was full, and the warriors were many and brave. If there were no problems between their brothers, then even Zanpu You have nothing to do with them!"

Zan Pu nodded silently. As Lang Ri said, he himself was able to ascend the throne only with the assistance of Lu Dongzan. During these years when Lu Dongzan was in power, countless people in the Tubo Kingdom have received his favor, even if he is Zan Pu Pu, it is impossible to attack the Gar family without guilt.

"But the god is on your side, he made Qin Ling do stupid things!" Lang Ri smiled sweeter: "No, it should be said that Qin Ling has become too powerful!"

"Too powerful? Isn't it a good thing to be strong?" Zamp asked puzzled.

"A good thing? Qinling has conquered all these years, and the Tubo Kingdom has indeed become stronger. Do you think this is a good thing for you?"

Zamp was dumbfounded for a moment, and Langri's sharp rhetorical question made him speechless. He took a sip from his wine glass and said in a low voice, "Victory is victory, but the Gar family got too much."

"You are right, isn't it the same this time? Qinling's only mistake is that he is a younger brother instead of an older brother. If he beats the Tang people this time, he will overwhelm Zan Xiruo who is his elder brother. Even if Zan Xiruo can Tolerance, Zan Xiruo's sons and other brothers are also intolerable!"

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