Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Whether it was Guan Jiujiu, Zhu Fatty, or even Kang Bao, Pang Feihu and the others, they were all undoubtedly infected by this situation. For a moment, their blood boiled and their fighting spirit burned, which could not be suppressed.

And in an inconspicuous place, there was also a person looking at Guo Ye on the horse. He hadn't blinked for a long time, watching, listening, and feeling, he couldn't help but stand there stupidly, bewildered...

Chapter 217

For nearly half a month, Guo Ye led [-] Longxi troops to travel all the way, taking the official road and the mountain road, relying on Lu Chengqing to issue and seal the customs certificate, even passing through Zizhou, Langzhou, Guozhou, Yazhou and other four states are all in peace.

On the No.15 day, a group of people finally left Jiannan Road in Shuzhong smoothly.

Even if it went well, nearly a hundred mules still died of exhaustion due to the non-stop driving during the fifteen days of trekking through mountains and rivers, and even a few Longxi soldiers almost died of illness on the way.

Get rid of the chaff and save the chaff, nothing more.

After leaving the last checkpoint on Jiannan Road leading to the outside world, Guo Ye found an open space and ordered the Longxi Army to set up camp and rest first, otherwise even the Iron Man wouldn't be able to last long.

While setting up camp, he ordered Cheng Erniu to lead a few scouts to explore the road to see what the road ahead was like.

The ancient means of transportation, in addition to boats and bamboo rafts, were mules, war horses and donkeys.However, Guo Ye and his three thousand Longxi Army were traveling with only one pair of legs.

Therefore, he has to choose a good route carefully, in case he goes wrong and goes the wrong way, it is not enough to simply turn around and return.

Cheng Erniu led his men to explore the road on the only few rough horses in the army. Guo Ye glanced back at the checkpoint leading to Jiannan Road in central Shu, and then at Sanqianerlang who was setting up camp. He was as exhausted as a dog, and shook his head helplessly.

Xindao, Li Taibai said that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky. This statement is true, buddy has tasted the bitterness this time.

Several soldiers were busy nailing wooden stakes for Guo Ye, preparing to build a tarpaulin tent, while Kang Bao and others were commanding their own subordinates, and they were also setting up camp.

Guo Ye picked up some hay and put it under his buttocks, sat down with his feet sore, thinking about resting for a while.

At this time, Fatty Zhu also ran forward with greasy sweat stains on his face, and shouted to Guo Ye: "Little brother, it will not be possible to go on the road depending on the weather. Fortunately, after setting up camp, let's rest for a night before leaving." , you see, the boys are all exhausted, how about I go down first and let the gang leaders prepare the stove, light the fire and cook food?"

Hearing Fatty Zhu's words, Guo Ye looked at the sky subconsciously, the sun was clearly showing signs of setting west, and it was estimated that the night would be coming down after a while.

Driving at night, not to mention the danger, and he is not familiar with the terrain and routes outside of central Sichuan, it seems that driving during the day is safer than driving at night.

Just as he was about to nod his head and say yes, suddenly Guan Jiujiu also came running from not far away, obviously hearing Fatty Zhu’s suggestion just now, he shook his head repeatedly and vetoed, and shouted: “Master Bingsi must not, must not, must not Rested."

"Ok?"

A suspicious nasal sound came from Fatty Zhu.

Guo Ye also looked at Guan Jiujiu, wanting to ask why.

Unexpectedly, Fatty Zhu had already fired at Guan Jiujiu, and scolded: "You stinky bastard, you know how to play a ball? You are lying on a mule all the way with the army, of course you don't know the hardships of walking on two feet. Look at it." We sons, how tired are we? If we keep driving around day and night like this, something big will happen."

Hearing Fatty Zhu mentioning that he was lying on a mule all the way with the army, Guan Jiujiu's old face turned red for no reason, and he felt a little lack of confidence.

Ashamed, Guan Shuban, a powerless old scholar, almost passed out just after leaving Yizhou. Thanks to Guo Ye's kindness, he directly asked Fatty Zhu to spare a mule carrying grain and grass for him to ride on. , which has persisted until now.

Guan Jiujiu's face turned red, and he softly replied to Fatty Zhu: "My surname is Zhu, I won't quarrel with you today. The student said so, of course there is a student's reason."

Then he said to Guo Ye: "Master Bingsi, you said before that the war in northern Xinjiang will end in one or two months. Look, it took us nearly half a month to leave Sichuan. How long will it take in northern Xinjiang? Even if we arrive in northern Xinjiang, the war at this time must have reached a fierce stage, or even the end stage. My imperial army must have penetrated deep into the Turkic hinterland. When we arrive in northern Xinjiang, it will take a lot more to go deep into the Turkic hinterland. long time?"

After finishing speaking, he lamented and said: "If it continues to be abandoned, I will not be given time!"

Listening to Guan Jiujiu's words, Guo Ye knew that what he said was right, and his analysis was in place step by step, especially Jieli Khan, who he had always been thinking about in his heart, would flee to the Western Turks by taking a small route in a few months. If he didn't set up an ambush while he was escaping, and capture him, then his trip to northern Xinjiang would be in vain.

At that time, not only did he not get any credit for his achievements, but he had not yet completed the task of offering treasures to Chang'an entrusted by the governor, Lu Chengqing.

In the simplest terms, if I return without success, without the protection of glory, and return to Yizhou, can Lu Chengqing spare himself?

Guo Ye was contemplating, and after hearing Guan Jiujiu's analysis, Fatty Zhu stopped preparing to criticize Guan Jiujiu, and secretly agreed with Guan Jiujiu's statement.

but……

Fatty Zhu looked back at the three thousand tired teachers again, confused!

Just when Guan Jiujiu's words caused the three of them to remain silent, there was a sound of flying horseshoes coming from the front.

A total of seven or eight riders galloped towards this side, and it was Cheng Erniu and others who came back from exploring the road ahead.

Cheng Erniu rode his horse towards him, got off his horse, and waved to the other riders to find another place to rest for a while.

Then he clasped his fists at Guo Ye and shouted: "Brother, the road ahead has been found out. I just asked several local woodcutters and woodcutters, and we really came out of Sichuan. Well, just go straight ahead. The road out of Sichuan, but there are two forks about a mile away, I asked, both of the forks can lead to the north, but..."

Guo Ye was impatient at this time, and asked directly: "But what?"

Cheng Erniu scratched his head and said, "At the intersection of the two forks, one leads to the Shannan Road, and from there to the northern Xinjiang, the journey is relatively long, but it is better than the border of the Tang Dynasty, so it is obviously all right; the other fork The entrance leads to the Tubo border. If you go straight north along the Tubo border, the journey to the northern border will be shortened by at least half. However, I heard that although the Tubo country did not fight our Tang Dynasty, it did not fight us. Don't form an alliance, he's afraid of us..."

Tibet?

A person's name popped up in Guo Ye's mind instantly, the king of Tubo over there, that is, Tubo Zanpu and Songtsen Gampo.

The king of the Tubo Kingdom, who inherited the past and ushered in the future, is the most accomplished Zanpu in the history of Tubo.

If I remember correctly, at this time Songtsan Gambo had already inherited the Zanpu position of his father Nangri Lunzan, and was developing military affairs in Tubo to quell rebellions in various places, recuperating and developing in a low-key manner.

Today's Tubo Kingdom has not established diplomatic relations with the Tang Dynasty, and has not formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the eighth year of Zhenguan that they sent envoys to Chang'an to communicate.

This Songtsan Gampo is also a real grandson. While sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty to communicate with each other, he also secretly made good friends with the southern country of Nibera and secretly established an offensive and defensive alliance.

Until the 12th year of Zhenguan, this dog day actually led the Tubo army to attack Songzhou on the border of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan, was naturally enraged by Long Yan, and immediately dispatched general Hou Junji as the commander of the Dangmidao camp, the right leader general Zhi Shili as the commander of the Bai Landao march, and the general of the left guard Niu Jinda as the marching officer for Kuo Shuidao General Liu Lan, the general in charge of the right leader, was the general in charge of the Taohe Road March. He led [-] cavalry to destroy the Tubo army that invaded Songzhou.

The heroes of Datang naturally did not disappoint Emperor Li Shimin, and finally repelled the enemy.He even asked Songtsan Gampo to return the occupied Dangxiang, Bailanqiang and Qinghai areas, and sent envoys to apologize.

However, on the surface of this dog day, he gave up on the surface, but he was still unconvinced in his heart. A rebellious person can never be trusted.

The grandson of Songtsan Gampo thought, okay, since I can't defeat you Tang Jun, then I will harm your Tang princess, and cheat some gold and silver treasures and some useful things from your Tang Dynasty.

Immediately, he not only obediently admitted his mistake to Li Shimin, but also sent envoys to Chang'an to propose marriage very piously, hoping that His Majesty Tian Khan would marry a princess to him, so that Datang's benevolence would be spread everywhere.

His Majesty Li Er didn't know what was wrong, but he actually agreed to Songtsan Gampo's request.

Princess Wencheng was betrothed to him, which also has the allusion of Princess Wencheng's marriage in Tibet.

This is a matter that can obviously destroy the Tubo country, but His Majesty Li Er has played such tricks.

It not only opened the precedent of intermarriage between Datang and foreigners, but also raised tigers and made the white-eyed wolf of Tubo fat.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Tubo was so powerful that it repeatedly invaded the borders of the Tang Dynasty, eating away at the territory of the Tang Dynasty and its cattle and horses.

No way, the emperors in the late Tang Dynasty could only learn the tricks of their ancestors and continue to send princesses into Tibet to make marriages and make marriages again.

It is strange to say that what was supposed to be a detriment to the majesty of a great country was described by some historians as a beautiful testimony of the friendship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

Raising tigers is a problem, nothing more.