Take the mall to Datang

Songtsan Gampo is very rational. Since Gar Chinling Tsandro has no news, he needs to make an explanation to the nobles.

"Divide the troops into two groups, and send them to Hezhou. Let's see how strong the Tang people's main force is." Songtsen Gampo said.

Lu Dongzan knew that his king was really going to do something. Even if the bottom line was touched now, wouldn't the princess of Tubo still have the last resort, as long as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty knew how powerful they were.

Lu Dongzan did not stop him. He is a smart man and knows that this is the most powerful way for Tubo. It is an attitude to directly face Li Jing, the governor of Xikaidao, if he directly sends troops to other state capitals, the situation may be even worse. Simple, straight to war but that's not what he wanted.

Since it is necessary to fight, it is natural to choose an opponent who can match it, otherwise the King of Tubo will lose face.

The shadow of the tree of life, Li Jing is very famous, Songtsan Gampo has 20 soldiers and he also dare not act rashly.

"Your Majesty, Minister Kajian Xili Zanqu is asking to see you." The guard at the door came in and reported.

"Let him in." Songtsan Gan preached.

Gajian Xili Zanqu is an aristocrat who holds the position of a minister. In fact, he is a person who swims with his own tribe’s soldiers and horses. Now they are all cooking in the same pot. Songtsan Gampo still counts on their soldiers and horses, so it’s not easy at all. Feel free to offend them.

"Greetings to our king." Gajian Xili Zanqu is a middle-aged nobleman. When the family is prosperous, he looks very temperamental. He is dressed in cow and sheep fur and metal armor. It can be seen that his tribe is very powerful. strength.

"Karxitsan, what can you do?" Songtsen Gampo asked.

Gajian Xili Zanqu glanced at Ludongzan and then at Songtsan Gampo, which obviously meant that he wanted to talk alone.

"Karxitsan, just tell me, there are no outsiders here." Songtsan Gampo said.

It can be seen how important Lu Dongzan is in Songtsan Gampo's eyes, and he doesn't shy away from it at all. Gajian Xili Zanqu has known this for a long time, and he is the real confidant, so he said: "According to the news from the spies, , I heard that the merchants from the Tang Dynasty who went to the Silk Road came back, and they also brought ten carts of gold, and they are almost in Xining." Gajian Xili Zanqu said.

"Ten carts of gold, are you kidding? How did they get it?" Songtsan Gampo asked immediately. He really didn't believe that there might be at least 20 guan in the ten carts of gold.

20 soldiers and horses are quite good for each of them. You must know that a horse is only [-] yuan more expensive. If the money is exchanged for food, their food and grass consumption can be ignored.

"Garxizan, is the news reliable? Could it be a trap set by the Tang people?" Lu Dongzan said.

Kaxi Zanzou raised his brows and said, "Even if the news is false, so what if Xining has a lot of soldiers and horses, but it's not impossible to fight. Besides, the king has 20 troops. It belongs to Tubo."

Lu Dongzan was thinking, in fact, attacking Xining is indeed a good idea, but the city is strong, and it is more difficult to attack Xining than Shancheng, which is not as easy as talking about it.

"Ten carts of gold are very attractive. The Silk Road is a gold road." Songtsan Gampo sighed.

The main reason is that the products of Tubo are not as rich as those of the Tang people, which determines that they cannot obtain a lot of benefits on the Silk Road, but now they have a plan to make a fortune quickly.

Kajian Xili Zanqu explained the situation of the caravan clearly and clearly. If it is not as big as Xining, it is actually possible to intercept it halfway, but the danger is that their troops will go deep into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the number of people cannot be carried too much. Avoid detection.

"Your Majesty, you need to think twice about this matter. Tang people are cunning, and what you said about the caravan is well-founded. I feel that this matter is not credible." Lu Dongzan said.

"Karxizan, what do you think?" Songtsen Gampo asked.

"What are you afraid of? We can send cavalry to check. If it is true, we can snatch the gold. Anyway, it is the money of the Tang merchants. Even if the emperor of the Tang Dynasty finds out, what can he do?" Kaxizan said, obviously for the gold He can have no scruples.

Lu Dongzan objected, and Songzan Gan preached: "The Tubo soldiers are going to attack the Tang people. If something like this happens at this time, no matter whether it is true or not, you lead the 3000 cavalry from the headquarters and return quickly. If something feels wrong, return immediately." , You can’t fall into the trap of the Tang people.”

"The subordinates take orders!" Gajian Xili Zanqu was very happy, and finally had work to do.

After staying in Tuyuhun for too long, Gajian Xili Zanqu returned to his army to meet the enemy and immediately set off for Xining. He took away all [-] elite soldiers, and the rest were under the command of Songtsan Gampo. He can't mobilize without orders, even if these troops are all his.

As a result, Songtsan Gampo's plan to attack Hezhou was delayed by the sudden appearance of the "golden caravan". Li Jing was on pins and needles.

All the troops on both sides of the border were at a standstill, except for Hou Junji who was still constantly harassing and probing. In order to find fighters, three thousand cavalry took turns to go out into battle. It felt like training cavalry.

Li Jing couldn't do anything about this matter, Hou Junji was using this method to vent his anger, every time the cavalry of the Tang people would collide with the cavalry of Tubo, and then they would return after beating casually.

Hou Junji enjoyed it all the time, but Fang Ke of Tubo was depressed.

In the Tubo camp, Doji Pubu dismounted from his horse with a look of resentment.

Seeing the displeasure on the face of the forward cavalry commander, the lieutenant Luo Jia Suolan comforted him: "General Duoji, don't worry, the conspiracy of the Tang people is just to anger us, when our king orders to capture their city, when the time comes You can have a good vent."

"Hmph, that's easy to say. Besides our cavalry battalion can have 5000 troops out of the camp every day, what else is there? I really can't bear to see how arrogant the Tang people are." Duoji Pubu said in an atmosphere.

"General Duoji, the cavalry of the Tang people have returned." The soldier who reported came over.

Doji Pubu said a lot of words with resentment, in short, it was not pleasant, it was all insults.

When Luo Jia Suolan heard that the cavalry from the Tang Dynasty came to him again, his head was a little big. Even if the man is not tired, the horse should always rest.

Doji Pubu got on his horse and led his troops out to fight again.

Hou Junji's cavalry came to fight the autumn wind. After the Tubo cavalry appeared, they shot arrows at once, and felt sad and unintentional. They retreated while attacking. During this time, Hou Junji researched a set of "dragging the knife" "Retreat tactics for reference.

If Yuan Shan saw it, he might think it was "practice makes perfect".

Chapter 809 Negotiations

"Have the Tubo people really gone to Xining?" Yuan Shan asked after listening to Li Junxian's words.

The spies sent by Li Junxian have been paying attention to the movement of the Tubo people, especially after the news about the gold caravan spread, the Tubo people really took action.

"It's just the three front cavalry, the main force has not moved." Li Junxian said.

"Three thousand is three thousand. I believe Xining will handle it well. The funeral of Ganbu is quite calm." Yuan Shan said.

"What should we do next?" Li Junxian asked.

"Let's negotiate. Songtsan Gampo is not very willing to fight. Let's take the initiative to negotiate with them. It is best to provoke them to attack the city." Yuan Shan said.

Li Junxian nodded, and he didn't mean to object. Only when the Tubo people came to attack the city, their anti-aircraft guns could play the most effective role. The supplies brought from Chang'an were sufficient, and if 20 soldiers and horses really came, they would definitely suffer heavy losses. .

Yuan Shan's idea is very simple, just to procrastinate, both sides are exhausted, and Datang is not exhausted, the soldiers stationed in various states now have a new order to take turns to reclaim wasteland every day.

If you are exhausted, you will be exhausted to fly. Anyway, if you are idle, you are also idle in training soldiers, farming, and combining work and rest.

"Mr. Lan, what is the name of the negotiation?" Zhang Wenyi asked from the side.

"Didn't Tubo still owe Datang the princess, or else it's all right. I don't know if Inspector Zhang dares to challenge the enemy?" Yuan Shan asked casually.

Zhang Wenyi's legs were twitching, and he had to send an envoy to negotiate. The risk of being an envoy is very high, and he may never return.

He has an old man and a young man, and he was really timid for a while, but he has a literati integrity, although he is afraid, he doesn't show too cowardly.

"Lan Guogong, if it is a negotiation, what kind of situation do you plan to adopt? Songtsan Gampo will definitely not come to Datang City. It is even more inappropriate to go to a local camp. Look at this

..." Zhang Wenyi said.

Yuan Shan felt that Zhang Wenyi didn't say he was afraid, but that he immediately changed the topic was a good idea, but he was a quick-witted person. He didn't know that because of this incident, Yuan Shan had a higher opinion of him, and of course the task on his shoulders was heavier.

"Songtsan may not come, but can he send someone over? If we meet before the battle, if we can't reach an agreement, we will have to discuss it, absolutely not." Yuan Shanhe said, directly rejecting a plan .

"It's better to let Songtsan send envoys to Hezhou. It's safe, and Songtsan has no reason to refuse." Yuan Shan said.