The Tubo people could clearly feel the unusualness of Qinghai Road. During this period, the Tubo army had gathered outside Qinghai Road. Jiaosiluo's Zanpu legal order was very simple, and they mobilized the Tubo army to guard against the Song army's surprise attack on Tubo.

This was a conquest for the Song Dynasty, but for Tubo it was a "war of defense" related to the continuation of the dynasty.

The name "Defend the country" is very tall and also makes people feel justice. This is the truth in the world. What you think is right here is a naked invasion for others.

In the eyes of the Song Dynasty, invasion of Tubo was nothing, and even a just act was the betrayal of Jiaosiluo to the Song Dynasty.

But in the eyes of the Tubo people, this was a naked invasion, a manifestation of the greed and shamelessness of the Song people, which was contrary to the laws of heaven. The Buddha said: "God has the virtue of living a life!"

The Song people conquered the Tubo world and suffered a lot, which was contrary to the laws of heaven. As for the issue of Jiao Siluo betraying the Song Dynasty, he had long been beautified by him.

In Jiaosiluo's propaganda, he himself became a Buddha who broke the shackles of the Song people in order to lead the Tubo people to strength and unity!

He did not betray the Song Dynasty, but went to his own destiny. Jiao Siluo was destined to lead the Tubo people forward.

In this way, the Song Dynasty will inevitably become the "unrighteous" side in the hearts of the Tubo people, but this is just the thoughts in the hearts of the Tubo people, not the thoughts in the hearts of the Song people.

Jiaosiluo did propaganda, and Zhao Zhen also did propaganda. A great country must have "famous troops" when using troops. Zhao Zhen asked the Hanlin scholar to write an inspiring and indignant expedition early on.

The content is naturally developed along Jiaosiluo, and at the same time it exposes the ambitions of the Tubo people and describes the Tubo people as "evil wolf" who always stares at the Central Plains.

The Song Dynasty conquered Tubo in order to make a fortune, which was an excitement to the people of the Song Dynasty. War was no longer a military disaster or a manifestation of consuming national strength for the Song Dynasty.

On the contrary, everyone knows that war will bring great benefits and infinite glory to the country and nation. Tubo, which was not conquered during the Tang Dynasty, even deeply humiliated the Tang Dynasty. If it was taken down by the Song people, wouldn’t it prove that the Song Dynasty is even stronger than the prosperous Tang Dynasty?

The Song people felt a sense of humiliation and depression in their hearts. Although the territory of the Song Dynasty is so large now, it even surpasses the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and its ability to rule has reached its peak. The grasslands, the Western Regions, and the Japanese are already the territory of the Song Dynasty, not to mention the land outside the South China Sea.

These are almost all existences that surpass China. Not only that, the Song Dynasty also fought with the Great Cannibal, killing tens of thousands of enemies to completely defeat the Great Cannibal outside the vast sea.

Such achievements did not exist in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and almost reached the peak of China. However, one thing is that the founding of the Song Dynasty was surrounded by tigers and wolves. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were given to the Khitans by Shi Jingtang, and the Dangxiang people held their own troops. Taizu was unable to fight the northern expedition, and Taizong was defeated in the three expeditions. These were humiliations that were accumulated in the hearts of the Song people.

As Zhao Zhen improved his combat power and regained his territory, the self-esteem of the Song Dynasty was elevated to an unparalleled height in the world. The Song people would continue to surpass their predecessors and do things that would wash away the humiliation of China one by one.

The Song people's worship of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was inevitable, even fanatical. This was not something that could be said to be sleepy, but almost every Song people had such thoughts in their hearts.

Zhao Zhen didn't even need to issue a proclamation. The courts of the Song Dynasty agreed with the conquest of Tubo. With the current national strength of the Song Dynasty, it was no problem for merely Tubo.

There was already a tense battle between the two sides, and everything at the moment was as expected by Zhao Zhen.

After the army sent troops on Qinghai Road, the Tubo people's army was assembled, with a total of 300,000 people equaling the number of the Song army, but the Tubo people had a huge advantage, the plateau barrier.

This is a natural barrier that the Han people are extremely difficult to overcome in the hearts of the Tubo people. Although the Song army has more than 300,000 words, no one knows how much the reduction will increase along the way.

The Tubo army received the order from Jiaosiluo that it was not easy to fight the Song army, and it was surrounded by the Song army for thirty miles.

This order is not surprising at all. The Tubo army knew why this was. The war between Tubo and the Central Plains was like this. Just use the land on the plateau to continuously delay the enemy, and those from the Han area would soon lose their combat power.

The actions of the Tubo army were carried out around the Song army. If the Song army did not advance, they would not move. If the Song army advanced, the Tubo people retreated. They lengthened the supply line of the Song army and increased the distance between the Song army and the Song army in deep into Tubo.

The Tubo army did not want to fight against the Song army. The Song army was well-equipped, had many equipment, well-trained, and the army had a strong will. The Tubo people knew very well.

From the external wars of the Song Dynasty in recent years, we can see that the Khitans, Xixia people, and these fierce grassland peoples were either destroyed by the attacks of the Song army or became part of the Song Dynasty.

Yang Huaiyu led 300,000 troops to advance to Tubo in three ways. It was impossible for the 300,000 troops to act together. The team was too long and could not be commanded at all. No one would be so stupid that he would let the 300,000 troops to act together.

Once the problem of food and grass was solved, it was naturally time to go on the road, but Yang Huaiyu used his troops very slowly. He commanded the army to advance slowly towards Tubo. He knew why Cai Boyi did not transport the prepared food because it consumed too much.

The food consumed by the 300,000 army every day is amazing. Relying on one supply alone is far from enough. It also requires continuous delivery of food to the army. The slower the advancement, the more food there will be.

When Yang Huaiyu led his army to Jishi Mountain, Cai Boqi's food and grass finally arrived. This was a distant journey. Although the journey was not as far as it was, the process of advancing along the way was extremely difficult.

Fortunately, the army did not rely on legs to walk. The army had enough horses and carriages to provide transportation, which could save energy to the greatest extent and reduce altitude sickness.

Song Jun discovered a secret: dealing with altitude sickness is not a very difficult or unsuccessful thing. Some people really cannot adapt to altitude sickness, but some people are sick, but after a while they will be fine.

Reducing physical energy consumption is very effective in dealing with altitude sickness. Before entering Tubo, the Imperial Medicine Academy of the Song Dynasty sent an imperial physician with excellent medical skills to personally go to the plateau to prescribe the right medicine.

Dozens of imperial doctors have been leading the plateau for several months and found that many Chinese herbal medicines are very effective for plateau diseases, including Rhodiola Rhodiola, Codonopsis pilosula, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Astragalus, and Ophiopogon japonicus.

These medicinal materials have been made into medicines, and the soldiers of the Song army have been dispensed with them and carried with them. If anyone is in a critical condition, take them immediately and it will be cured if they are slowed down.

These were prepared early before the Song Dynasty, otherwise the Tubo Plateau would not be so easy to cross.
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