Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 524 The time has come
Chen Qingsi woke up groggily, his head buzzing, and he felt as if his whole body was falling apart, especially his old waist, which was aching so much that he didn't even have the strength to get up.

I unexpectedly saw Chimalo sleeping soundly beside me, and memories came flooding back to my mind.

Chen Qingsi held his forehead with his hand, speechless for a moment. In his memory, he was like a pile driver...

This is the first time in my life that I feel so brave.

This guy, what the hell is he feeding himself?

Chen Qingsi was so angry that he laughed when he recalled the disgusting memories.

After spending these days together, I relaxed my guard against her.

But I didn't expect this to happen...

"This Lady Zhuo wants to rely on me?"

Chen Qingsi looked at the miserable appearance of Chimalo, who was still stained with a trace of virginity, and wondered what the other party was planning.

When this happens, the only ones who suffer are women.

He is a grown man, not a pure virgin, and he didn't suffer any loss.

If Chimalo's demands are too high, I can just pull up my pants and ignore him, pretending nothing happened.

If it was just a simple request, based on her achievements in recent days, Chen Qingsi was not a stingy person and could satisfy her.

Why is it so?

Chen Qingsi couldn't figure it out for a moment, but he didn't want to think about it anymore.

It wasn't a big deal for the two of them to just lie there naked.

"Mrs. Zhuo!"

"Mrs. Zhuo!"

……

Chen Qingsi called out twice and found that Chimaluo was sleeping so soundly that she could not wake him up. Thinking about what happened yesterday, she couldn't help but cry out inwardly: "Serves him right! There must be a limit to the use of medicine..."

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine Chimalo used to be so powerful, it was obvious that the amount was excessive, otherwise he would not be so brave. He was like Zhao Zilong of Changshan, charging back and forth tirelessly, which led to his physical strength being exhausted and his whole body aching as if he had been a sandbag for a day.

Chen Qingsi took a deep breath and stood up with difficulty. His feet felt weak and he felt like he was walking on cotton. When he straightened his old waist, he felt a sharp pain.

The crazier you were yesterday, the more suffering you will suffer today.

Chen Qingsi rubbed his waist and grinned.

He wanted to pick up Chimalo and put him on the Hu bed beside him. As he bent his waist, he couldn't help but frowning.

He was tactful enough not to try it, but found a blanket and covered Chimalo's delicate yet scarred body.

Rubbing his waist, Chen Qingsi walked out of the hall. The moment he stepped out of the hall, his manly self-esteem made him stop rubbing his waist, and he walked slowly with his head held high.

There was no one outside the hall. When I arrived outside the government office, I saw the guards standing ready for battle.

When he saw Chen Qingsi coming out, the admiration in his eyes became even stronger.

Chen Qingsi pretended to be ignorant, ordered some food, and had someone heat the food in a pot for Chimalo so that she could eat it when she woke up.

Chen Qingsi went to Xi Junmai to find out some information, so as to avoid making mistakes due to his debauchery for a day.

After confirming that everything was normal, Chen Qingsi felt relieved and returned to the hall.

Chimaro was still sleeping soundly.

Chen Qingsi just took a look. Now he has transcended the ordinary saint mode. The little brother is almost bald and is about to become a Buddha on the spot. He is indifferent and calmly customizes the future plan of Tubo and Qinghai on the desk.

It was not until the afternoon that Chimalo woke up lazily. Looking at Chen Qingsi beside him, he suppressed the shame in his heart and put on his clothes without changing his expression.

Chen Qingsi was very calm. He watched Chima Luo fix her makeup. When she was putting her hair up, he asked, "Madam Zhuo, what's the matter?"

Chima Luo laughed bitterly and said, "I will not go back to Chang'an. I hate it and I am afraid of it. Everyone in the world yearns for Chang'an, but in my eyes, Chang'an is a den of dragons and tigers. It was the chief steward who brought me out, and it was also the chief steward who gave me the opportunity to save Meilu and control Meilu. Such a great favor cannot be repaid. Chima Luo has admired the chief steward for a long time, and I only wish to have a night of pleasure with him without any regrets."

Chen Qingsi didn't quite believe it in his heart, but he also knew that if Chimalo didn't want to say it, she would have all kinds of reasons and excuses to prevaricate. Instead of playing cat and mouse, it would be better to take this as the answer.

He didn't ask any more questions, but just said, "You must be hungry. I asked someone to leave some food for you."

Chimalo nodded slightly.

In the next few days, the two men did not seem to take the matter to heart, and continued to conduct military exercises on the battle situation on the plateau as usual.

Same as always, yet a little different.

After all, when they really have sex, their words, gestures and behaviors will have a kind of closeness and tacit understanding that neither of them can detect.

As the Buddha-becoming mode was lifted, Chen Qingsi was surprised to find that the way they got along had indeed changed a bit.

Originally, a life of military service meant abstinence, hence the famous saying that after three years of military service, a sow becomes as beautiful as Diao Chan.

When nothing happened, Chen Qingsi could suppress his desire and not think too much. But now that something happened, his desire was somewhat out of control.

The battle on the plateau is still intense, with the strength of both sides being evenly matched.

The Nan family was originally stronger than the Chen family, but the card in the Chen family's hand was the Tibetan king after all...

Supporting the Zamp is the righteous cause and it is legitimate.

And it was totally unacceptable from a moral point of view for the Nan clan to nominate a three-year-old boy, who was born out of wedlock, to be the Zamp.

In terms of momentum, Chen's family is one level higher than Nan's family, and they have the most support. Their strength is equal to that of Nan's family, or even better.

However, there was a general under the command of the Naan family named Xibushao, who was extremely brave and won many battles, thus maintaining the situation.

"This Xi Buchao is just a reckless man!"

Seeing Xi Buchao taking advantage repeatedly, Chen Qingsi did not give him a good evaluation. Judging from the way he fought, he was violent and violent. This could give him an advantage in a small-scale legion battle, but once there was a change, he would definitely suffer.

Sure enough, not long after, Xibudchao suffered a defeat.

He won victory after victory, and regarded Chen's soldiers as grass. He personally led his troops to the front of the battlefield to challenge them, and greeted all eighteen generations of Chen's ancestors.

Chen hung up the banner of refusing to fight and turned a deaf ear to it.

After Xibushao's troops had been standing for two hours in armor, Chen's troops suddenly rushed out. The well-rested soldiers overcame exhaustion and beheaded more than eighteen thousand men.

This is a strong soldier in armor.

After this battle, Chen thought that the Nan army was a spent force and not a threat, so he was eager to succeed and pursued the victory. However, he was ambushed by the Nan army in the middle of the night. Chen's troops were blocked in a narrow mountain road, unable to deploy their formation, and unable to take care of each other, and were almost wiped out.

We played against each other, and the match was very close.

The strength of both sides was weakened by mutual consumption in this fierce fight.

"it's time!"

Chen Qingsi looked at Chima Luo and said, "If we continue to consume each other, once the Nan and Chen families realize that their strength is no longer enough to deter the other heroes, they may stop fighting. If this happens, it will be bad."

Chima Luo said: "I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Niyang Ruoyan has been completely convinced and is willing to follow the Zamp."

She was beaming with joy and looked quite high-spirited.

"Okay!" Chen Qingsi looked at the charming Chima Luo, nodded and said, "Let him act."

Snowy plateau.

Ni Yang Ruoyan looked at the secret letter in his hand, strode to the candle, and burned the letter in his hand.

The Niyang Ruo clan was a minor noble family in Tubo. Originally, they were insignificant members, but they did not expect Niyang Ruoyan to appear out of nowhere. Once such a minor noble family gave birth to a remarkable talent, it would be reborn in a country like Tubo that was in urgent need of talents.

Ni Yang Ruoyan was both wise and brave, but his battlefield was not in the north, but in the south, bordering Liuzhao, where he fought against the barbarians in the mountains.

He used both kindness and force, killing some and persuading others to surrender, and he had at his command a powerful barbarian force that could climb mountains and cross rivers as if they were walking on flat ground.

Compared with many nobles who experienced intrigue and deception, the Niyangruo clan, because they were far away in the south, avoided the ugly political struggles and were one of the few who truly cared about the good of Tubo.

But the situation of Tubo is like a pile of mud, which cannot be helped at all.

Ni Yang Ruoyan couldn't see any hope at all...

Until Chimalo contacted him and showed him a way.

Be pro-Tang and serve the Tang court as a dog.

It sounds harsh, but this is the reality.

Niyang Ruoyan was not an ordinary person. In history, he and Chimalo planned to kill Lun Qinling together.

Then he took control of Tibet and continued to maintain a certain military advantage over the Tang court.

The situation did not reverse until Chimalo and Niyang Ruoyan died of illness one after another, and the Tang Dynasty welcomed a half-step sage monarch, Li Longji.

Niyang Ruoyan saw it very clearly. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Tubo would never be intact.

Neither the Nan family nor the Chen family has the absolute strength to overwhelm the other, so this battle can only have two outcomes.

Either one side wins a tragic victory, or both sides cease fighting.

No matter who laughs last, the ending is the same: they win face but lose Tubo. With his strength greatly reduced, what does it matter if he has the righteousness of the Zamp in his hands?

The nobles who follow them will each set up their own factions based on their merits, thus forming a separatist trend.

Just like the end of the Han Dynasty, suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion was not the end, but the beginning of troubled times.

It would be even more serious if they stopped fighting each other. With two courts and a group of restless nobles, they would fight to the death.

The Niyangruo clan can neither protect itself nor have the strength to wipe out all the evil.

Ni Yangruoyan was so anxious that he developed a sore in his mouth...

Until Chimalo came to him, his words were very blunt: the Tang court looked down on the snowy plateau. They had no intention of destroying Tubo, but they just didn't want Tubo to become bigger and threaten them. The military focus of the Tang court has never been the plateau, but the Western Regions.

The Tang court needed a Tibetan who posed no threat to them. This Tibetan could be a group of mad dogs biting each other randomly, or it could be a Tibetan who submitted to the Tang Dynasty, that is, an obedient dog.

There are pros and cons to each…

Now Chen Qingsi wanted to accomplish the extraordinary feat of subduing Tubo, so he stayed in Qinghai on purpose. Otherwise, he would have left long ago and left them on the plateau to fight each other.

Ni Yang Ruoyan understood that the only person who could suppress the four powerful Tubo warlords now was Chen Qingsi, the man who had frightened them.

There is still a way to survive as a dog, which is to sleep on straw and taste gall.

If they really degenerate into a mad dog biting everywhere, the roots of the entire Tubo people will be completely consumed.

Niyang Ruoyan thought hard for a long time and made up his mind that he must first preserve the roots of Tubo and then talk about the future.

There is no root at all, what future is there to talk about?

"Call General Xiruo!"

"Brother!"

A short and strong man came to Nian Ruoyan. He was Nian Ruoyan’s younger brother, Nian Ruo Xiruo.

Ni Yang Ruoyan spoke to Xi Ruo for a while.

Xiruo's eyes changed from shock at first to joy gradually.

Three days later, early in the morning, Xibudchao assembled his troops with the intention of avenging his previous defeat. Before he set out, he received an invitation from Xiruo.

Xi Buchao and Xi Ruo are drinking buddies. They have known each other for a short time and both love drinking, so they got to know each other.

The Tubo economy suffered heavy losses and there was no more grain left to make wine.

During the reign of Galdongzan, a prohibition on alcohol was issued.

The Nan and Chen families also continued this method.

However, Xiruo had been in contact with the Nanzhao barbarians for many years and learned from them how to make fruit wine.

The Prohibition prohibits grain liquor, and fruit liquor is not included in the Prohibition.

Xi Buchao often shamelessly came to Xiruo to drink.

When Xiruo called him, Xibushao no longer cared about revenge. Unable to suppress his urge to drink, he rode his horse towards where the Niyangruo tribe was.

Xi Ruo came to greet him, dressed in cloth and riding a chestnut warhorse.

Seeing Xiruo from a distance, Xibuchao called out, "Brother, do you have any good wine?"

Xi Ruo rode up to meet him and said mysteriously, "Don't let Da Lun know."

There are now two Daluns, one with the surname Nanan and the other with the surname Chen.

The main topic here is naturally the surname Nanan.

Xi Buchao's heart was pounding. He had heard before that there was a kind of monkey wine which was a delicacy in the world, and there was not much of it even in the Tang court.

He was delighted, and hurried over, saying anxiously: "But the monkey..."

As soon as he said this, he felt a chill in his chest and a sharp short blade pierced his heart.

The huge body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

At the moment when Xibuchao died, Niyang Ruoyan rode out of the camp and shouted: "My Niyang Ruo clan has been deeply favored by the great King Songtsen Gampo. How can we associate with the villains who are causing chaos in the country? Follow me to chop off the dog heads of the Nian clan and return peace to our Tubo!"

Thousands of soldiers rushed straight to where the Nan family was.

Thousands of soldiers are not many, but they are enough to be fatal at this moment.

Most of the army of the Na'an family are private soldiers of various powerful people. They are good at fighting when the wind is favorable, but once they encounter unrest and unexpected events, they don't think about how to solve them, but run away!
Run to a safe place, protect your private soldiers first, and then decide on the next step after seeing the situation clearly.

So although there were only a rebellion of a thousand people, the army of the Naan family seemed to be attacked by tens of thousands.

On the other side, Chen Fangpu was waiting anxiously in the camp.

In fact, he had already begun to think about retreating, realizing that he could not continue the battle.

Those who claimed to be loyal to them, one by one, were just working without putting in any effort. Just like the other side, they fought a tacit battle and watched them fight and consume each other.

If we continue like this, what good will it do even if we win?

Until last night, he suddenly received a secret letter from Ni Yangruoyan, expressing his willingness to surrender.

Chen Fangpu naturally didn't believe this sudden surrender.

However, Nyang Ruoyan stated in the letter that he would attack the Nan clan early this morning to show his attitude.

What if this is true?
Chen Fangpu secretly longed for...

"Da Lun, the Nan clan's camp is in chaos!"

Chen Fangpu rushed out of the camp like a rocket, shouting: "Attack..."

(End of this chapter)