Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 569 The Oath
Wang Zhaotang was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately understood what Xue Rengui meant. Bow Ren could be used to make the Tubo people have scruples about attacking, but Ashina Daozhen had no effect on the Tang army at this time. Although this decision was cruel, it was necessary.

"What? The messenger from Tubo said that if we agree to exchange, they are willing to make an oath with us in front of the god of mountains, rivers, heaven and earth, and release us from the siege?" Xue Rengui muttered, "Damn it, when did the people of Tubo become so reasonable?"

"Is this a trap to lure us out of the camp and then wipe us out?" Wang Zhaotang asked.

"It's unlikely!" Xue Rengui shook his head: "The oath made in front of the god of mountains, rivers, heaven and earth must be held in the open air. This cannot be hidden from so many eyes. According to the customs of the Tubo people, Qinling dare not openly He broke the contract. And he didn’t need to do this, there are only a few thousand sick and weak soldiers in the camp, and the Tibetans only need to attack from all directions, and it’s only a matter of time before they break through the camp!”

"Boss, the camp is very strong, there are enough arrows and stones, are you confident that you can hold it?"

"Can you hold it?" Xue Rengui laughed, "Wang Sima, your thinking is too simple. The art of war says: ten times to encircle, the Tubo people are now ten times more than me. As long as you are willing to die, there is no camp that you cannot attack. As for how many people die, Qin Ling doesn't care at all, since he has plenty of flesh and blood in his hands anyway!" He shook his head: "Come here, tell the messenger of the Tubo people that if the terms of the oath are suitable, I agree to exchange ?”

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Songzhou.

The sun shines through the gaps in the branches and leaves, plating the grass with a circle of gold.The best woolen blanket is spread on the floor, and the tea stove and low tables are placed on it. As the boiling water boils, the mixed aroma of tea and milk permeates the air, making people relax subconsciously.

"So, Qinling really just let Xue Rengui, Ashina Daozhen and the rest of the Tang army go?" Wang Wenzuo's eyes widened.

"Yes!" Lang Ri shook his head: "In front of 10,000+ people, he swore an oath to the God of Heaven, Earth, Mountains and Rivers and Xue Rengui, exchanged his son with Ashina Daozhen, and released the rest of the Tang army, while Xue Rengui swore an oath The Tang State recognizes Tuyuhun Khan who was supported by Tubo!"

"Hehe!" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "Qinling isn't that stupid, is he? This is tantamount to asking the Tang Dynasty to admit that Tubo has annexed Tuyuhun. Xue Rengui is only a guard. How can he have this power? This is just a toothache curse. Go back The imperial court will definitely deal with him severely in the future, and will not recognize this oath!"

"Yeah, I'm also very surprised why Qinling would do this!" Langri sighed: "Although the Tang Kingdom was defeated in this battle and suffered a lot, it will certainly not let it go. Why not wipe out all the remnants of the enemy? He thinks that the people of Tang will accept such a little overture? Isn’t it a joke to admit his occupation of Tuyuhun?”

"Qinling doesn't have only one son, does he?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"How is it possible!" Lang Ri laughed: "That Gong Ren is indeed the best among his sons, but I don't think he would make such a big concession for his own son. Given the situation at that time, he It is absolutely possible to sleep for half a month to a month first, and then negotiate with the besieged Tang Jun, and at that time, he can save his son with a small price!"

"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "I don't understand what you said. He had the advantage at the time, and there was no need to make such a big concession. But if it is necessary to negotiate, it is still necessary now." It's not time for negotiations, after all Tang's Guanzhong, Hedong, Henan, and Beiting have enough reserve soldiers, and the land of Tuyuhun is adjacent to Longyou, threatening Anxi, as long as the imperial court has spare power, it will not recognize Tubo's occupation of Tuyuhun!"

"Does that mean the fight will continue?" Lang Ri asked.

"Sure, if my guess is right, once Xue Rengui and Ashina Daozhen return to Chang'an, they will be imprisoned and punished. The imperial court will appoint new generals to guard Longyou, store up food and deploy troops, and they will be reunited in two years at the latest. A war breaks out!"

"What about the Turkic defection? Will it have any impact?"

"This won't be too big! The rebels are only a small number of Turks, and they are not in the Turkic homeland. They can only go back to the homeland by detour through Beiting. As long as the Turkic homeland is not chaotic, they are not afraid!"

"What if there is a riot in the old Turkic land?" Langri asked.

"The Huihe or Khitan people can be transferred to suppress it, and Ashina Daozhen can be used as a general. With his reputation, the Turkic people will surely surrender. Even if there are a few stubborn ones, it is not difficult to eliminate them!" Speaking of this, Wang Wenzuo sighed: "So this time the court punished Ashinadao, who really still has a chance to stand up, and Xue Rengui may have a hard time!"

"Yes!" Langri sighed, he was also an overseas student in Chang'an, so he naturally understood what Wang Wenzuo meant.The Tang Empire implemented the principle of "divide and rule, and control the barbarians with barbarians" in the governance of the grasslands. For the Turks, the former overlord of the grasslands, the Ashina family, who had the most noble lineage and the highest status, was kept in Chang'an, and he was given official titles and various preferential treatment. The Li family of the Tang Dynasty married, and once there was a rebellion in their homeland, they would use him as the deputy general, and use the former enemies of the Turks, Huihe, Tiele and other tribes as pioneers, to lead the Tang army to conquer.Since the upper-class nobles of the Ashina clan had high prestige within the Turks, the rebels would disperse as soon as the banner arrived. Even if there were a few desperately resisting, it would not affect the overall situation in the end.Therefore, even if Ashina Taozhen was convicted, he would soon be sent to suppress the Turkic homeland, and Xue Rengui might not have such good luck.

"How does this affect you?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"Us? Of course it's terrible!" Lang Ri sighed: "Did you know? When the news of the victory reached Luosa, the threshold of Gar's house was broken by people who came to congratulate him. As for the gate of the palace There was no one to be seen before, and Zanpu was frowning all day long, and he had to grit his teeth to add officials to Qinling!"

"Has it reached this point?" Wang Wenzuo showed a gloating smile: "Don't Qinling know a little about being a minister? If it were me, I would definitely thank guests behind closed doors and attribute all the credit to Zanpu's great fortune, the soldiers' Use your life, but don't have your own credit!"

"Hahaha!" Langri laughed at Wang Wenzuo's words. He shook his head and sighed, "Yes, you Tang people will indeed do this! You don't reward your meritorious deeds. It's a pity that we Tubo people are not like this, they will only follow the strongest people, even if you are Zanpu, as long as you are weak, you will be abandoned! Qinling has proved that he is a strong person, and that is enough! "

"Then what are your plans? No, I mean, what are your plans for Zanpu?"

"What's the matter?" Lang Ri asked, "Are you going to help?"

"Why not? An enemy's enemy is a friend. You should have heard of this saying, right?" Wang Wenzuo laughed.

"But I asked you to buy that thing, but you refused!" Lang Ri stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of pulling the trigger: "Is this a friend?"

"The problem is that that thing can kill Qinling, as well as other people! And if it's just to kill one person, there are too many ways, such as a glass of poisoned wine, a half-cut saddle belt, a frightened horse, a A dagger, nothing so troublesome at all!"

The thick grass absorbed the sound of footsteps, the messenger walked to the blanket almost silently, he took out the letter and presented it with both hands.Cao Wenzong took the letter paper and handed it over to Wang Wenzuo.

"Is Ashina really dead?" His voice was full of surprise.

"Dead? How is this possible? Didn't you just say that he would be revived soon?" Lang Ri asked in surprise.

"No, he was not executed by the emperor!" Wang Wenzuo handed the letter to Lang Ri: "He died on the way home, to be precise, he fell ill shortly after leaving the encirclement, and then died on the way soon Already!"

"This, this is too coincidental, isn't it?" Lang Ri sighed.

"Do you think this is a coincidence? I don't think so!" Wang Wenzuo sneered and said, "Ashi Nadao really died in the Tang army, and there are too many articles that can be written here!"

Lang Ri immediately heard Wang Wenzuo's implication. According to what Lang Ri said just now, Ashina Dao really made an oath to the mountains, rivers, heaven and earth in front of 10,000+ Tibetans and Turkic people in Qinling and Tang Dynasty, and then he and Gong Ren Exchange, back among the Tang army.In other words, many people saw that Ashina returned to the Tang army intact, and he died a few days later. Would the Turkic people think that he died at the hands of the Tang army?The reason is simple—it was because of the defection of the Turkic people that led to the destruction of the former army of the Tang Dynasty. In order to retaliate, the Tang people attacked their innocent Khan.This not only made the empire lose the best bargaining chip in its hands, but also provided the most sufficient reason for the dissatisfied Turkic natives to rebel.

"You mean that Qin Ling poisoned Ashina Daozhen before the exchange, and then made a fuss about his death?"

"This is the greatest possibility! If not, it would be difficult to explain why he was willing to let the remnant army go and put Ashina Daozhen back in exchange for his son!" Wang Wenzuo sneered: "He didn't want to exchange his son from the very beginning. Son, but to burn the flames of war to the Turkic homeland and make Tang Longyou suffer from enemies on both sides. This is his real purpose. Compared with this, it is really no big deal to release those thousands of remnants! This is really terrible guy!"

"Then what do we do now?" Lang asked in a low voice.

"I don't know!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "Really, everything is already a fait accompli! I guess there will be rumors that Khan was killed by the Tang people in the Turkic headquarters soon. Already fattened. The fire has been lit, and it is impossible to stop the spread!"

"Is there any way to stop the rumors, for example, to announce the truth?"

"Impossible. Ashina Daozhen was on his way back at the time, and his illness developed so rapidly. The body was either buried on the spot or cremated and brought back the ashes. What evidence do you have to refute the rumors? Besides, the Turks' hometown is already full of hay. , even if a spark falls, it will spread rapidly, let alone this is a big torch!"

"If Qin Ling succeeds, the end of the Zanpu family will not be far away!" Lang Ri sighed, "He is different from Lu Dongzan. Young, with enough time to ascend to the throne and make his foundation firm! If the opportunity arises for someone like him, he will definitely not let it go!"

"Then what will you do if Qinling succeeds?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"I don't know!" Lang Ri sighed: "He will definitely kill me. I have done a lot of things for Zanpu against him and his family!"

"If you really have nowhere to go, you can come to Datang! I can protect you!" Wang Wenzuo stretched out his right hand, and Langri held it gratefully: "Thank you, I hope it doesn't have to be like this!"

Wang Wenzuo smiled, stretched out his hand to call Cao Wenzong, whispered a few words, Cao Wenzong nodded, turned and left, and soon he came back with a well-packed air gun, Wang Wenzuo reached out to take it, and handed it to Lang Ri: " There is an air gun and a hundred buckshot in it, I hope you can use it well!"

Lang Ri was stunned, and he took the air gun in astonishment: "Why, why? Didn't you say that there are too many ways to end a person's life?"

"That's right, but it takes time to try!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "It's too dangerous to let Qin Ling continue to live, he has already caused us too much trouble, we can't let him continue to live! "

After seeing off Lang Ri, Wang Wenzuo stepped on his horse with a gloomy expression. He pulled out his saber and looked down at the cold steel in his hand: "I'm afraid the situation will only get worse. Maybe I really have no choice. One day I will call for soldiers and horses." Go to Tuyuhun and fight this guy to the death."

"Are you really going to get there?" Cao Wenzong asked.

"I hope not, but the world cannot be controlled!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "It takes a lot of hard work to build an empire, but it is easy to destroy. This Qinling is destroying the Tang Dynasty!"

"Destroy Datang? He shouldn't have the power, right?" Cao Wenzong asked puzzled.

"Wenzong, you don't understand!" Wang Wenzuo said: "In addition to the Han people, we can also see Sogdians, Turkic people, Huihe people, and Tiele people in Chang'an. They can all live and work in Chang'an and live happily. The emperor of Chang'an regards him as his own monarch. This is the reason why Tang Dynasty can maintain such a large territory and such prosperity. But this kind of trust is very fragile, and once it is destroyed, it is difficult to repair. The blood of the Shi Na family and the Li family's clan, he is alive is a symbol of the harmony between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. If he died in the hands of the Tang army, what do you think the Turks will think? Other Tiele people, Huihe people, and Khitan people will how to think?"

"Yes, but is that because the Turks rebelled first?" Cao Wenzong asked.

(End of this chapter)