Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 200
Fuqi, in the ancient Xianbei language, means the city of kings. In fact, before Tuyuhun was destroyed, Fuqi City, located fifteen miles west of Qinghai Lake, was the capital of the king of Tuyuhun. The outer city is three miles long from north to south, and two miles wide from east to west. The area is not large, that is, the size of a county in the Central Plains, but the geographical location is very important. It connects Shanzhou (now Xining) and Lanzhou to the east. It can reach Yizhou (now Chengdu, Sichuan) in the south and Shanshan (now Raoqiang, Xinjiang) in the west. It is a fortress-style castle guarding the east road of the Silk Road. The Tuyuhun Palace used to be located, but now, Tuyuhun has been destroyed, and its palace has become the residence of Tubo vice minister Gar Qinling. Naturally, the mansion has become one of the military and political centers of Tubo. In the past, it was always noisy with people coming and going, but these days, the old palace was filled with chilling silence. , and all of them looked cautious, let alone making loud noises, and dared not even talk and laugh. All of this was because Gar Qinling was guarding the spirit of his young brother.

The Hall of Prayer for Heaven, the main hall of the old palace, used to be the place where the kings of Tuyuhun held meetings with their ministers, but now it is a sea of ​​black and white. The white ones are silk flowers, and the black ones are prayer flags. In front of the formation, several oil lamps were burning on the incense table in the middle, and under the incense table was a black coffin. Curly beard, with eyes open and closed, shining brightly, not angry but majestic, this man is Gar Qinling, who is known as the number one army god in Tubo.

It's been three days, it's been three days, ever since the body that Gar Bo judged to be divided into two pieces was sent back, Gar Qinling has been sitting cross-legged in this mourning hall for three full days, no matter it is The advice of the generals or the report of the emergency military situation, did not see the slightest reaction from Gar Qinling, the whole person is like a wooden sculpture, if it is not that his diet is normal, everyone is afraid to ask the masters to help him Exorcism, even so, the generals who were anxious about the situation on the battlefield could no longer wait any longer, no, a group of ten thousand household heads surrounded the third brother of Gar Qinling, the commander of the Tubo Eastern Route Army Gal Tsampo came to the outside of the mourning hall, trying to remonstrate the last time, but all the generals were afraid of the majesty of Gar Qinling, and everyone had already arrived outside the mourning hall, but no one dared to go straight to the hall Even Gar Tsangpo was also timid and did not dare to go up to disturb his brother, but just shoved each other and chattered non-stop outside the hall.

"You all come in."

Before the generals gave way to a clue, Gar Qinling, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the coffin, suddenly let out a long sigh and spoke hoarsely.

"Second brother, the death of my younger brother is very distressing, but, ah, but now the war is urgent, second brother, look..."

As soon as Gar Qinling opened his mouth, the generals did not dare to neglect. After looking at each other for a while, they could only bite the bullet and walked into the hall. Gar Zangpo had no choice but to stand up and bowed his body to speak out and remonstrate.

"Well, let's all sit down."

Gar Qinling ignored his younger brother's remonstrance, but pressed his hands calmly, and gave a command in a flat tone.

"Thank you, Deputy Prime Minister!"

The generals really didn't understand what Gar Qinling was thinking, but no one dared to speak out indiscriminately under the prestige, they could only bow down and thank each other, and then sat cross-legged in the hall.

"I already know the purpose of the princes' visit, so I don't need to say it again, I have a sense of proportion in my heart."

After the generals sat down, Gar Qinling looked around the crowd with bloodshot eyes, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Second brother, tell me, I'll just listen to it."

What Gal Tsangpo was afraid of was that his elder brother would be addicted to the pain of bereavement. Hearing what Gar Qinling said, he seemed to have a strategy against the enemy, so he became excited, and hurried to Then asked a question.

"In the previous battle of Dafeichuan, our army could have ended the battle in June. Do you know why it was delayed until August?"

Gar Qinling was not in a hurry to explain the specific strategy, but asked a strange question plainly.

"This... Brother, didn't you once say that the Tang thieves have no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, and they will be chaotic after a long time. If you take advantage of the chaos and attack them, you will win a complete victory?"

Although Gar Zanpo is also known as a resourceful general, but he knows that his military strategy is far inferior to his second brother. Hearing Gar Qinling's question at this time, he couldn't help wondering secretly. After hesitating for a while, this is not replied with certainty.

"Well, that's just one reason. Today, the rise of Tubo has been achieved. The Tang thieves have always been arrogant. How can they tolerate me? From now on, the war will be complicated. Although I, Tubo, am not afraid, the preparations have not yet stopped. Forced Since we are fighting against it, we will undoubtedly be in decline. If we can tolerate one or two years of rectification, we will be invincible in Tubo. The reason why a certain fan postponed the war until August, and after the complete victory, condescended to make peace with the Tang thieves , It is precisely to slow down the rest for one or two years, but the Tang bandits are so determined to kill me that they go back and come back. In today's battle, victory is also defeat, and defeat is also defeat. Our army is inherently disadvantaged." Gar Qinling shook his head slowly, explaining with a solemn expression, and the gleam of regret flickered in his bloodshot eyes from time to time.

"Ah, this, what should I do?"

"It's not enough."

"Marshal, you just give the order, I will fight to the death!"

Gar Qinling's words were really shocking, all the Tubo generals were dumbfounded when they heard it, and after a long period of silence, they all suddenly shouted, and the crowd was very angry.

"enough!"

Gar Qinling just listened silently to the words of the generals, without any expression on his face, but Gar Zampo couldn't bear it anymore, waved his hand, and slammed his throat unceremoniously, forcing the generals The voice of discussion was suppressed, and then he looked at Gar Qinling expectantly, and said after a moment of deliberation: "Second brother, now Tang thieves are making frequent changes, Gao Xun gathers troops in Shanzhou, Li Jin marches out of Yumen, And Ashina Daozhen is also ready to move in Tianshan, and it seems that he is taking advantage of the chaos to take Gaochang. There will be wars around me, but Zhou Wang Lixian will cause disasters in my hinterland. If we don't make plans early, we will be in danger. Make up your mind."

"En." Gar Qinling raised his hand and pressed it, indicating that Gar Zangpo didn't need to speak anymore, and then sat up straight suddenly, with a pair of leopard ring eyes gleaming, staring at the eastern sky, and slowly opened his mouth Said: "All the roads of Tang thieves are empty soldiers. Only the four towns of Anxi are the goal of Tang thieves. However, Li Xian's children wantonly committed killings and wanted to destroy my roots. His crime is unforgivable. He should be arrested. Look at the Tang emperor. Harmony is discord!"

"Second brother..."

Hearing Gar Qinling's words, it seemed that he wanted to give up the four towns of Anxi, Gar Zampo became anxious, and suddenly got up, and wanted to speak out to remonstrate.

"Needless to say, although the four towns of Anxi are important, Tuyuhun is the root of my Tubo. If the land of Anxi is lost, it will be lost, but if it disappears, I will not lose it at all. It is not difficult to seize it at any time. Besides, the Tang thieves will also lose it." Don't think about taking Anxi easily, and pass on the order of the real minister. All the soldiers in Anxi retreat to the two cities of Khotan and Shule. They are only allowed to stick to it and not fight the enemy. In addition, Chahu's troops immediately rushed to the front line of Shanzhou, and must block their soldiers for a month; Wang Rizan's troops immediately rushed to aid Shanshan, united with the Khotan ministries, entangled Li Jinxing, and Tuhun's subordinate troops went straight to Babaochuan. Defeat the Tang bandits there within ten days and block Li Xian's children's return; Zampo, you send [-] elite troops to fight from west to east, Hertz praises, the truth makes you lead [-] elite troops to rush from east to west, be sure to They forced Li Xian'er to Qinghaizi, and I led the Chinese army to help him, so as to capture Li Xian alive!" Gar Qinling didn't listen to his younger brother's advice at all, and raised his hand, and issued a series of instructions one after another. The command.

"Yes, the last general waits to obey!"

Gar Qinling has a very high prestige in the Tubo army. Since he has issued an order, no matter how puzzled the generals are, none dare to disobey the order on the spot. On the twelfth, it was the seventh day since entering the hinterland of Tuyuhun, and the battle was still extremely smooth. In the face of the powerful mobility of the Tang army, no matter how the Tubo tribes evaded, they could not escape the attack of the Tang army. After only seven days, the entire eastern part of Tuyuhun It completely became the hunting ground of Li Xian's troops. More than [-] tribes, large and small, were plundered and plundered. Because until today, the various armies of Tubo have not changed at all, and one faction has completely abandoned the posture of the eastern part of Tuyuhun, and this is obviously not normal!

That's right, Li Xian was conscious of using himself as a bait, but he didn't intend to let the Tibetans swallow it up. What Li Xian wanted was to gain political capital instead of dedicating himself to victory. If he played too far, the consequences would be dire It was not something that Li Xian could afford. Therefore, this day, instead of looting everywhere as usual, Li Xian gathered his troops and stationed in a valley in a branch of Qilian Mountain. Many scouts were sent from all directions to find out the movement of the Tubo army, but it was almost noon, but no one came back to report. When the teacher came to our city, he saw a cavalry sentry from outside the valley rushing madly on horseback. Li Xian only took a glance and found that the bloody cavalry was actually Liu Ziming. The unstoppable surge surged out from the bottom of my heart, and his face immediately became serious. Without caring much, he stretched out his body and flew forward...

(End of this chapter)