Capital Datang

"Liulang, what's the matter, who the hell dares to provoke us Datang?" Cheng Huailiang was the first to ask.

This is the main hall of Prince Qi's Mansion, and the hall is full of cups and plates. Half an hour ago, a lively banquet was held here to celebrate the full moon of Li Yin's first child, but with an urgent battle report , Li Shimin and most of the civil and military ministers who came to the banquet had to enter the palace to discuss matters, and the rest of the guests lost interest, and it was getting late, so they all left one after another, leaving only young people like Cheng Huailiang and Li Jingye people.

"Things are very bad. It's the war on the Tubo side!" Li Min said as he came in from the door, and Li Ke came with him.After Li Shimin and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs left just now, the younger generation wanted to know what happened, so they asked Li Yin and Li Ke to inquire, so that they can come back now.

"Tuban? Could it be that they held grudges because they couldn't get married last time, so they provoked this war?" Qin Huaiyu analyzed with a frown.

"Children from Tubo, if I knew this, I should have left that Songtsan Gampo in the first place, and see if they still have the courage to stroke my Tang's beard!" Fang Yiai, a tall man, also jumped up and shouted. .He has learned a lot of military strategy from the Huli siblings, and now he is studying in the military academy, and he has long wished for a chance to show himself what he is good at.Capital Datang 294

As soon as they heard that the war was happening on the Tubo side, almost all the people in the field had the same reaction as Fang Yiai, clamoring to raise troops to destroy Tubo, and then capture Songtsen Gampo alive!

"Liulang, according to the last Songzhou battle, Tubo should have been hurt. It's only been two years, and it's impossible for them to recover. How could they have the courage to start a war with me, Tang Dynasty?" Compared with other people's excitement, the youngest Li Jingye put forward his own views.

"The question of dedication is on point, and this time I'm afraid I will disappoint all the brothers in the military academy." Li Yin said with a smile, "The reason why the conflict between our Tang Dynasty and Tubo broke out this time is because same thing."

"Oh. What is it?" Li Jingye immediately asked, and the others were also very surprised, because they really couldn't imagine what was it that made Tubo go to war with Datang?

"Cement!" Li Yin spit out two words softly, and a few murderous looks flashed in his eyes.

"cement?"

Hear this answer.Everyone present was taken aback.The quick-witted person immediately came to his senses, and couldn't help shouting loudly: "So, we have so many cement factories in Datang, and as long as we pay a batch of patent fees, we can get the firing process of cement, but this is too early after all. It was listed as one of the top-secret technologies by our Tang Dynasty, but unexpectedly it was passed to Tubo!"

"The Tubo boy is so courageous, he dared to steal the technology of my Tang Dynasty. All of us have paid the patent fee to have the cement firing technology. But the Tubo people are good, just stole it and took it back to Tubo. This kind of practice is to steal the corners of our families, and we must not let them go quietly!" Now Cheng Huailiang couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up and shouted loudly.

"Cement is the most important weapon of the country. If the people of Tubo develop cement, then if I, the Tang Dynasty, want to attack Tubo again, I'm afraid I will have to face many solid concrete cities." Qin Huaiyu, who has always been calm, also said, His tone was also full of murderous intent, it seemed that he was also really angry with Tubo.

"Liulang, tell us about the information you have obtained in detail with Datang. What is the current situation between the two countries?" At this moment, Li Yong, who had been silent all this time, also asked.Looking at his resolute face, he obviously also concluded that there must be a big battle between Datang and Tubo, and those of them who want to go to the battlefield must naturally make preparations first.

"This incident happened two months ago. I hadn't returned to Chang'an at that time. After the last battle of Songzhou, our Datang occupied a large area on the Tubo Plateau. In order to adapt to the terrain of the Tubo Plateau, , so a strong city was built there, and this is Tunfan City!" When Li Min said this, he couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and the people around him were all shocked when they heard the name Tunfan City. He laughed out loud, even if he was as calm as Qin Huaiyu.

In the last battle of Songzhou, Li Shimin asked people to build a stronghold on the occupied Tubo Plateau, and named it Tunbo City. This name is obviously disgusting to the Tubo people, and the ambition of the Tang Dynasty can be seen from this name After all, Li Shimin was very angry with Tubo at that time. If the other party had not taken advantage of the geographical advantage, he would have sent troops to destroy this growing and powerful enemy.

After the establishment of Tunbo City, because Songtsan Gampo's attitude of admitting his mistakes was very good, which made Li Shimin quite satisfied, so he resumed the trade between Datang and Tubo. So it became more and more prosperous, and even Datang sent many officials in addition to the [-] troops stationed in the city to facilitate the management of businessmen coming and going in the city.

And just two months ago, Tunbo City received information provided by Datang businessmen one after another. According to what they saw with their own eyes, the Tubo people even started to build cement factories. Although the output was not high and the quality was not good, but after all Also cement.

After receiving this information, Tunfan City naturally attached great importance to it. After all, although cement factories are everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, they are one of the commodities listed as strategic materials by the imperial court. Usually, even their sales are strictly controlled. Not to mention letting Tubo build a cement factory, as for the source of Tubo's cement-making technology, there is no need to investigate at all. There are so many cement factories in Datang, and the cement-firing technology has long been no secret, but Datang is extremely powerful. , It has long been proclaimed to all countries that whoever dares to burn cement without authorization will be destroyed!

After receiving the news of Tubo burning cement, Tunbo City immediately sent people to conduct an investigation, and soon got the exact news. The behavior of firing cement is not common in Tubo, but it is relatively close to Tunbo City. There are only two tribes in China, one is called Tongyang and the other is called Lianlian. They are both relatively large tribes in Tubo. Together, they have no less than 10 people, and there are tens of thousands of warriors who can fight. It can be said that they are the eastern border of Tubo. The two native emperors.

Here I want to explain the internal composition of Tubo. The political situation of Tubo is different from that of Tang Dynasty. The interior of Tubo is actually composed of tribes. Among them, the leaders of the tribes and some nobles form the slave owner class of Tubo. Most of the other subjects are slaves, and apart from slave owners and slaves, there are also a small number of civilians.

Although the tribes in Tubo usually obey the orders of the lord Songtsan Gampo, if they conflict with the interests of their tribes, they will also arouse the resistance of these tribes, and the tribes are not peaceful, and wars often occur , this is similar to the grassland countries like Western Turks. Although there is a co-owner in name, each tribe has great freedom. Even if a certain tribe becomes strong, it may even control the country. Horde down.

Frequent investigations in Tunbo City have finally determined that in Tubo, only the Tongyang and Lianlian tribes disobeyed the order of the Tang Dynasty, set up cement factories in the tribes, and sold the fired cement to make profits .Capital Datang 294

As soon as the matter was confirmed, the Tang soldiers in Tunfan City did not hesitate at all, and immediately mobilized [-] troops, divided them into two groups, and went straight to the Tongyang and the two adjacent tribes. The big tribes were completely wiped out, and tens of thousands were captured at the same time. It's a pity that the leaders of the two tribes escaped among the "chaos" army, and they went to Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tubo. Frightened by the military power of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo did not dare to send troops.

Unable to hear that Tubo would not send troops, Tunbo City did not want to understand the matter so easily, instead, it sent an envoy to meet Songtsan Gampo, and sternly demanded that the other party hand over the two culprits to Datang, otherwise Datang would never Let it go!

Regarding the unreasonable and unforgiving attitude of the defenders of Tunbo City, everyone in Tubo was very angry, and even some of them clamored for war with the Tang Dynasty. National power, but said that the national war broke out with the Tang Dynasty. It is estimated that just a small Tunfan City is enough for them to drink a pot.

However, although Songtsan Gampo did not dare to fight against the Tang Dynasty, he was unwilling to hand over the leaders of the two tribes. After all, these two men were his subordinates. If it is not, it will definitely greatly damage his prestige, and even if it is more serious, it may cause dissatisfaction among various tribes in the country, which will affect the state's government orders.

It is precisely because of this that Songtsan Gampo still gritted his teeth and refused to let go when faced with the "pressing" step by step from Tunbo City. Around Fancheng, however, they did not make any attacks. Instead, they took a defensive stance, apparently telling Datang that he did not intend to fight at all, and that the mobilization of these troops was just for self-protection.

Regarding Songtsan Gampo's move, Tunbo City had no choice but to report it to the court, but the battle report just arrived at today's banquet, disturbing all the ugly full moon wine.

"Happy, the defenders of Tunbo City are really courageous, and they wiped out the two big tribes of Tubo without making a sound, but Tubo didn't even dare to fight back. This is the mighty military power of our Tang Dynasty. Ah!" After listening to Li Yin's introduction, Li Yong was the first to slap the table and shouted loudly, and at the same time picked up the jug and took a few gulps.

"Hey, that's true, but cement is a heavy weapon of our Tang Dynasty. The frontier army has long received an order that as long as anyone in the surrounding small countries dares to burn it, they will immediately kill it with thunder. It is precisely because of this order Otherwise, the defenders of Tunfan City would not be so courageous!" Cheng Huailiang also drank a few cups, and then said, other people in the palace also praised Tunfan City one after another. Fan' this ambitious name. (to be continued)