In the city of Chang'an, when Lu Zhaoci was cleaning up everything inside and preparing to march south with peace of mind, what he didn't know was that the enemy in the west was also plotting against him.

In Luoche City, Songtsen Gampo lived in the gorgeous Zanpu Palace. These were modeled after the buildings of the Han people in the Central Plains. Of course, they also had the local characteristics of Tubo. Relatively speaking, they still had this exotic style. The greatest of Tubo

Songtsen Gampo, the thirty-second ruler of the country and who ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, is convening ministers to discuss how to deal with the powerful Zanpu Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty.

Songtsan Gampo was young, tall and majestic, with a very majestic look. He was the only son of the 31st Zangprangri Zampo. When he was 3 years old, his father led his troops to destroy the Supi tribe.

He unified the Tibetan Plateau and became the king of all Tibetan tribes from the leader of a Shannan state.

In such a family, Langri Songtsen was extremely concerned about the upbringing and education of his only son. Songtsen Gampo received a good family education and strict training, and gradually became proficient in riding and archery.

Zanpuzi was a versatile man who wrestled, fencing, had outstanding martial arts skills, loved folk songs, and was good at reciting poems. When Songtsen Gampo turned thirteen, the unified Tubo Zanpu Dynasty suffered a heavy blow, and the country

Songtsen of Zamprangri was poisoned to death. At the same time, the ministers of his father Zampu and the tribes of his mother and queen rebelled together. Gongbu, Dabo, Nyangbo and other places were all occupied by the rebels. Not only that, the western part

The Yangtong tribe took advantage of the situation and invaded the old Subi nobles in the north of the Yarlung Zangbo River. They were also actively carrying out "restoration" activities. They marched against Tubo one after another. Faced with this serious situation of internal and external troubles, Songtsen Gampo resolutely inherited the throne.

"Father" took on the heavy responsibility of the 32nd generation Zanpu of Tubo. He calmly relied on emerging forces and recruited more than 10,000 people to form an elite team.

After three years of fighting, the internal rebellion was put down, the situation was stabilized, and the unification of Tubo was restored. Today's Tubo is at a time when its army is strong and its horses are strong. There are famous generals like Lu Dongzan in the text and Shang Nang in the military." Songtsen Gampo is also a

He was an emperor on horseback and had hundreds of thousands of troops. Because of this, he dared to brazenly provoke the Tang Dynasty when the rebellion broke out in Guanzhong. It was a pity that he took a look at Lu Zhaoci's prestige. With Xu Shiji leading the army

Sitting in Dafeichuan, the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo will never have a chance to ease. Songtsen Gampo is also a tough guy. Since it can't be eased, then he will use troops to force you to ease up. Such a heroic figure is also lucky.

He was born a little late, otherwise, if it had been placed at the end of the Sui Dynasty, who owned the Central Plains would still be a problem!

"Let's talk about it. Now Da Lun is sitting in the Golden Tooth Department and leading the army to compete with the Zanpu Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty. In order to delay Lu Zhaoci, we have to take action." Songtsan Gampo sat on the golden sword.

On the throne, he looked calmly at the civil servants and generals around him. He divided the senior officials of the central government into two categories: the first category was the Prime Minister, called Da Lun; there was also a deputy prime minister, called Lun; and there was another group of soldiers.

Marshal Madu has one deputy, one each, who is in charge of military power. The second category is the prime minister’s staff, including the internal affairs minister, who is in charge of domestic affairs, and the minister, who is in charge of judicial proceedings; there are also foreign affairs, finance and other officials. “Among all the officials, the most important is the chief minister.

"The Prime Minister is the most respected" "Nothing is big, it must come from the Prime Minister" "It is easy to do it"

And he is above ten thousand people and below one person. Songtsen Gampo's four most famous ministers who could know people well and assist him in managing administrative affairs are Tunmi Sangbuza, Ludongzan, Zhisaidangrugongdun and Niang.

"Chisang Yangdun" they made great contributions to the early days of the founding of the Tubo Zanpu Dynasty.

"Shang Shuai, please tell me first." Sambuza is an old man with a gray beard in this life. He said softly as if he was sweeping Shang's bag.

"Zanpu, I think our army has 400,000 troops and the Tang Dynasty has more than one million troops. If we fight them in a decisive battle, we will definitely not be able to win. But the Tang Dynasty's millions of troops will be stationed in the place. I have calculated that the army that the Tang Dynasty can use

There are no more than 400,000 to 500,000 people, which is not much different from our army. Moreover, it takes a lot of time to mobilize these armies, while our army has 400,000 people and can be dispatched together. This is the difference. If you calculate it carefully,

We still have the upper hand. "We are all cavalry, so the cavalry will attack." As long as we continue to attack, we can make the army of Zanpu Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty exhausted. In this way, we can continue to consume the strength of the army of the Tang Dynasty.

The strength is ebbing and flowing, and it won't take long for us to gain the upper hand." Shang Nang said loudly.

I have to say that this famous Tubo general is quite capable." He could see at a glance the weakness of the huge Tang Empire. The Tang army had a large number of people, but because of the large number of people, it was very troublesome to mobilize, and the territory to be guarded was

They are big and big, but the Tubo people are different. They just attack, and they do nomadic work based on tribes." On such a huge plateau, if you can't fight, just leave. The people of the Tang Dynasty are located in the plains, and they are not used to entering the plateau. In this way

As a result, the strength of the Tang Dynasty's army, which can continuously consume the Tang Dynasty's army, naturally formed a contrast...

"Zanpu, I think we can order the army to harass the border of the Tang Dynasty and constantly destroy the production on the border of the Tang Dynasty. I heard that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was very wise and cherished his own people. In this case" we forced the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to sit down.

By negotiating peace with us, we will not only get a lot of gold and silver treasures to increase our strength, but also give us room to relax and recuperate." In this way, the national power of Tubo can continue to rise.

"Zhi Sai: Ru Gongdun deserves to be the prime minister, so speak to him quickly. What he considers is not military factors, but economic and political factors. He takes the other party's money to strengthen his own power and consumes time.

The other party’s economic strength.

"Prime Minister, what do you think?" Songtsen Gampo nodded with satisfaction. He asked his mother Chisang Yangton again.

"It all makes sense." Niang Chisangyang thought for a while and said: "The Zanpu dynasty in the Central Plains has not existed for a long time. I once heard a businessman in the Central Plains say that you can only be rich for three generations. In other words, one

A wealthy family will not be rich for more than three generations. After three generations, it will decline. The same is true for the Zanpu Dynasty in the Central Plains. The first generation is the founding king, the second generation is the maintaining king, and the third generation will decline.

Zan Pu can wait a while. "We can't defeat Lu Zhaoci at this time. We can wait for a while. It is really an irrational behavior to rush to a decisive battle with Datang."

"Zanpu, I and others also have the same view. Just harass. There is no need to use large-scale troops." Sambuza frowned and said: "I heard that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a very rational person." If

We constantly harassed the border of the Tang Dynasty and sent troops and horses to attack the cities on the border of the Tang Dynasty. "One Ru at a time is enough. The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are not used to the plateau climate, so Lu Zhaoci had to negotiate peace with us.

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Songtsan Gampo pondered for a moment after hearing the words. Ru was a setup among the Tubo soldiers and horses. Songtsan Gampo divided Tubo into thousands, and "Ru" asked these Ru to harass the border of Tang Dynasty. Songtsan Gampo didn't think about it.

There was just something hanging on Songtsen Gampo's head, making him extremely uncomfortable. And according to the information sent back by Lu Dongtsen, it can be confirmed that the emperor of the East was not a simple figure. Anyone who looked at him would be unlucky.

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"Do you know what is in the north of us?" Songtsen Gampo suddenly exhaled and said: "In addition to the endless desert, there is also a golden road. The sound of camel bells walking on this golden road every day can overwhelm our army.

The sound of war drums stretches as far as the eye can see. It is a golden road. Only by occupying it can we compete with the Tang Dynasty. But do you know what else is there? The Tang Dynasty has 150,000 elite soldiers. According to Lu Dongzan's information,

The commander of the Dafeichuan troops was Xu Shiji, the great general of the Tang Dynasty. This man was proficient in the art of war. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty put him there with the obvious intention of "using him to deal with us." The 150,000-strong army trained for nearly a year.

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I have become accustomed to the climate there. If you look at it again, from Dafeichuan to Jishi Mountain, and then to Doma, you can cross the Yak River and go deep into the hinterland of Tubo. Although it is still far from Luosu, what does this mean?

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is determined to fight Tubo. This person will never compromise. Otherwise, his daughter or a fake princess should be sent over at this time, so that his army can

Get familiar with the plateau climate and then fight us decisively. This person is not a simple person."

"Yes, what Zanpu said is true. No matter what the relationship between Datang and us is in the future, the most important thing is that "we must ensure our advantage" and that is the geographical advantage. What the Tang people pay attention to when fighting is the right time, the right place and the right people. Now we stand

Gao, and under the leadership of Zanpu, "The climate in Tubo is changeable, which is enough to make the right time, place and people suitable. But the 150,000 troops of Dafeichuan must not be allowed to adapt to the climate here, otherwise, there will be countless

If a 150,000-strong army adapts to the climate here, we will have no advantage at all. Zanpu, I think the first thing to do is to defeat the 150,000-strong army on the Dafeichuan River to solve our worries." Then the battle

It's all up to us." Shang Nang said loudly.

"According to the news from the Prime Minister," the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had a strange organization called the Jinyiwei. They could spy on other people's intelligence information. If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wanted to conquer Tibet, he would definitely send people to collect information about Tibet.

"Zanpu still cares about the Han people." Sambuza shook his head and said. Songtsen Gampo admired the culture of the Central Plains. This was visible to everyone in Tubo. He always believed that the culture of the Central Plains was better than that of Tubo.

Culture is more attractive, so in addition to the knowledge that Zamp should have mastered early, he also mastered a lot of knowledge about the Han people in the Central Plains." It is also because of this that he was able to defeat powerful enemies from all walks of life at the age of thirteen and unify all Tubo countries.

The tribe established a powerful political power. If Sambuza and others are familiar with politics and Shang Nang and others are proficient in military arts, Songtsan Gampo is a man of both civil and military skills. Even the military skills of Shang Nang and other fierce generals were mostly taught by Songtsen Gampo.

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Songtsan Gampo's face suddenly showed a hint of ferocity, but he quickly shook his head.

Said: "1 These people cannot be killed. For the time being, these people are allowed to go to the Nipo Kingdom to be entertained by the Lord of the Nipo Kingdom. There, they cannot leave the Nipo Kingdom and go to the Central Plains. Even if they get any information, they will not spread it.

Don’t come out. We can’t offend these Han people, I will still be of great use in the future.” Songtsen Gampo shook his head and said. The Nipo Kingdom refers to today’s Nepal, and what Songtsen Gampo won was the king of Nipolu.

Princess Chizun, the daughter of Suvamo. Because of this, he knew that among the Tang people who came to do business in Tubo, there might be spies from the Tang people, but he had no choice, because he knew that if the Tubo people wanted to be strong,

There must be these businessmen from the Tang Dynasty." If the Tubo people want to be strong, they must absorb the advanced knowledge of the Tang Dynasty. Even when his father was alive, the same was true for the Tang people. If not, how could Tubo be able to support its troops at this moment?

More than 400,000 people. Otherwise, where are the craftsmen, sculptures, paintings, etc. in Tubo at this moment? This luxurious palace where I live now is also the work of those captured Tang craftsmen and Nipo craftsmen.

"These people cannot be offended, but they cannot be released either." Who knows which one of them is the spy! The only thing that can be done is to lock them all up and wait until the war is over.

"I obey." Everyone stopped talking.

"In this case, the first thing we have to deal with is the 150,000 Tang army in Dafeichuan." Shang Nang showed excitement on his face, patted his thigh and said, "I heard that the 150,000 Tang army is all gone."

It is an elite army. I have never fought against the elite army of the Tang Dynasty. This time I want to show them what our Tibetan elite soldiers and generals are like. Don’t think that just because you have wiped out a few bandits in Dafeichuan, you are used to it.

With the climate in Tubo, I can defeat our elite soldiers. "Hehe. I will show them what constitutes an elite soldier and a strong general." Generals all like to fight, especially the Tubo people, who are aggressive and willing to kill by nature.

Especially so, very few of the tribal cities he captured were captured.

"This time I personally led the army to deal with Xu Shiji." Songtsen Gampo frowned and said: "Since the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty can put Xu Shiji in Dafeichuan," it means that this person is indeed a good player, otherwise he would not

It is a pity that this person was not in Chang'an at the time. Otherwise, Lu Dongzan would have been able to get more information from Chang'an. In this way, it would be much easier for us to deal with it. However, "The Prime Minister is right about one thing.

Not only do we have to start from the north, we also have to start from the east, sending a Ru to constantly harass the borders of Datang, so that Datang does not have enough strength to invest its troops in the south and north. "Let us have enough time."

Songtsen Gampo's worry is not unreasonable, this kind of thing really happened.

Jin Yiwei is pervasive. They use various identities to hide themselves, either as servants or as shopkeepers.

Second, of course, for enemy countries, the most common method they use is business travel. Because every country is inseparable from business travel, this kind of cover-up can not only obtain a lot of intelligence, but is also more convenient."

Even more hidden. Whether it is on the grasslands, in the southwest, or even in the Nipo Kingdom, there are merchants from the Tang Dynasty. Among these people, Jin Yiwei also accounts for a large part, and some people volunteer to help the Tang Dynasty map various countries.

"The geographical situation of mountains and rivers" and even the defense of troops and horses, etc. This is especially true for countries like Tubo. Songtsen Gampo liked the culture of the Central Plains and was very open-minded about business travelers, so in Tubo, there were still many business travelers from the Tang Dynasty.

They are also very free, like the mountains and rivers of Tubo, and even some local generals are not familiar with these business travelers.

This can't help but be said to be an irony. But if you think about it carefully, it is also inevitable.

"Money can communicate with the gods." There was a lot of money in the Tang Dynasty, and Lu Zhaoci strongly supported the Jinyiwei. Regarding the matter of spying on other countries' intelligence, these people, whether they were civil servants or military generals, strongly supported it. These businessmen and travelers of the Tang Dynasty had

The money of the Tang Dynasty was used to buy people who could sell out Tubo, from officials to slaves. They had achieved certain results over the past few years. But Songtsen Gampo didn't know all this.

That's all. After all, this move is too vicious and cannot be done by ordinary people. Who would have thought that Lu Zhaoci would have set his sights on Tibet a few years ago? By the time the two sides were about to launch a war, "Datang had already occupied a huge

The advantages..

The layout of Luoche City is very clear. It is not only divided into the inner city and the outer city, but also the aristocratic area and the slum area. Among them, the slum area in the south of the city is the most complex. Tubo is still a slave country. Although Luoche City belongs to Tubo

It is the capital of the country, but there are still many slaves. The order here is the most chaotic. Just imagine how Songtsen Gampo's guards would come here to patrol. This has become a no-no-no-nonsense zone.

In the dark night, a private house in the south of the city had a very ordinary appearance, no different from other Tubo houses. Outside the door of the house was a burly man with a full beard on his face, dressed like a Tubo man. He stood

Outside the house, after carefully looking around, he saw that there was no one around, so he knocked on the door, once and twice. After a moment, he saw the door slowly opening." A middle-aged man stuck his head out cautiously.

"Come" and welcomed the man in, then carefully glanced around and saw that no one was around, then closed the door of the house.

"Sir, this is the result of Songtsan Gampo's discussion in the hall today. Please pay attention to check it, so that it can be sent back to the court as soon as possible. Tomorrow Songtsan Gampo may order business travelers like you to leave Tubo and go to the Nipo Kingdom.

, and are not allowed to return to Chang'an or the Western Regions. By then, "these news will not be able to reach Chang'an." The man carefully tore open the belt, took out a piece from it, and handed it to the middle-aged man.

"Okay. Zhang Yong, you have made a great contribution this time. When I go back, I will report it to the commander-in-chief and ask for credit for you." The middle-aged man opened the note, looked at it, his face trembled, and he patted the man's shoulder and said.

"My subordinates have taken their leave." The man did not dare to neglect and shouted softly: "We are all serving your Majesty. You don't have to do this." After saying that, he turned around and left. The figure quickly disappeared into the night.@.
Chapter completed!