In the west, Yangguan, the Guanxia banner is fluttering, and a strong Tubo man in tough clothes is shouting arrogantly in the Guanxia, asking the guards in the pass to open the gate!
The general guarding Yangguan was Tongan County Duke Zheng Rentai. As soon as Li Shimin received the news, he was transferred here to guard.
Yangguan is one of the gateways to the west. It is the only way for the Tubo people to enter the Tang Dynasty. Once they enter Yangguan, the Tubo people can march straight in and occupy large areas of land in the pass.
Then it marches towards the Qilian Mountains, threatening the safety of Chang'an, so Yangguan cannot afford to lose anything.
Above Yangguan, Zheng Rentai wore a helmet and armor, holding a sword at his waist. He stood on the tower and looked at the shouting Tubo people below, without any expression on his face.
His mission is to guard Yangguan tightly and not let a Tibetan enter here unless he steps on his body. This is an order given to him by His Majesty himself.
It can be said that, but it is not easy to do it. At this time, there are only 5,000 defenders in Yangguan, including 1,000 troops he brought, while there are ten times the number of Tubo people in Guanxia. A total of fifty thousand troops.
Facing the Tibetan army that was more than ten times larger, even Zheng Rentai was a little bit overwhelmed but not strong enough. The gap was really huge!
At present, the Tubo people are just harassing. If the Tubo people really attack, whether Yangguan can be defended depends on God's will. Zheng Rentai is already determined to die.
Thirty miles outside the pass, in the Tibetan camp, a group of Tibetan generals were sitting in a tent and eating and drinking. The leader was none other than Ludong, the Prime Minister of Tibet who Luo Zhang had tricked many times. Zan, he was the one who orchestrated this attack on Datang.
Under his coordination, he finally reached a settlement with the Turks and invited them to attack the Tang Dynasty. Not only the Turks, but also the Japanese and the Koguryo people also joined the plan under his mediation. Otherwise, these parties would How can they be connected together and launch an attack on Datang at the same time?
I'm afraid no one thought that the real man behind the scenes would be Lu Dongzan!
"Xiang Lu, if we can invade the Tang Dynasty this time, your hard work will be a blessing!" A rough-looking man raised his wine glass and said with a smile.
"That is, without Lu Xiang, how could the Turks join forces with us Tubo? Only Lu Xiang, no one else can do this at all!"
"Not only the Turks, but I heard that even the Japanese and Gaoguli people were connected by Lu Xiang, and Feng Ang from the south was also instigated by Lu Xiang to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. So many people attacked the Tang Dynasty together. , let’s see how Datang copes with it this time!”
"Yes, especially since the Tang Dynasty is still at war with the Turks and has no troops to fight us. If we launch an attack in Yangguan, we can easily win it!"
"I've already begun to think about those little beauties in the Tang Dynasty, hahahaha!"
Lu Dongzan held the wine glass and looked at the group of unscrupulous Tubo people in front of him who were clamoring and touting without saying a word. In his opinion, things were not that simple. Although he had connected so many countries together, he also told everyone Tang launched an attack, but he knew that the most critical thing was the battle between the Tang army and the Turks. Once the Tang army was defeated or failed to gain a certain advantage, it would be a big blow to the Tang army. At this time, they would attack the Tang army. When launching an attack.
On the contrary, if the Turks were defeated, they would not make useless efforts, but would directly retreat.
Judging from the intelligence received so far, the Koguryo people and Japanese people have sent ships from the sea to land at Langya Mountain in Langya County to launch an attack on the southern part of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Feng An was silent, he still had a restraining effect on Datang. What he wanted was Shuzhong. If Shuzhong was occupied, it would also be a heavy blow to Datang.
As for the battle between the Tang Army and the Turks, Lu Dongzan is still more optimistic about the Turks. You must know that the Tang Army has never won against the Turks. The fundamental reason is that the Tang Army's infantry is indeed powerful, but in the north, the infantry is coming and going. The cavalry like the wind is destined to be slaughtered. It has no effect at all. How can it defeat the Turks.
Even if they couldn't defeat them, the Turks retreated directly, and the Tang army was not in a hurry to pursue them.
Moreover, it was already winter, and the Tang army simply had no ability to stay in the north anymore and had no choice but to withdraw its troops.
As I said before, failing to defeat the Turks or gain an advantage would be a failure and a signal for him to launch an attack.
This is the reason why Lu Dongzan has not launched an attack on Yangguan yet.
He was waiting for news of the Tang army's defeat or retreat!
"Report, Prime Minister, there is a secret message!"
Hearing the word "secret letter", Lu Dongzan suddenly became energetic and said hurriedly: "Bring me the secret letter quickly!"
The messenger didn't dare to neglect, he got up and spread a piece of silk cloth flatly on Lu Dongzan's desk, then bowed and left!
In the big tent, everyone stopped making noise and stared at the Prime Minister intently.
They all know that the reason why the Prime Minister has not ordered an attack yet is because he is waiting for this news. They also know that the Turks are fighting with the Tang army!
Once the Tang army was defeated, it was time for them to launch an attack.
They also firmly believe that the Turks will definitely defeat the Tang Army. After all, even they may not be able to defeat the Turks, let alone the Tang Army.
Everyone is like this. As long as you feel that you can't do something, it will be difficult for others to do it!
However, these generals did not see joy on the prime minister's face, but a gloomy look on his face. What's going on?
"Damn it! Idiot! How stupid!" Lu Dongzan hammered the case and roared.
"Prime Minister, what's wrong with you?" someone asked.
"What happened? They were defeated. The Turks were actually defeated. They were defeated by the Tang army. Even the royal city was captured. The Turk king has fled to the north and the Tang army is chasing him!" Lu Dongzan said briefly.
"What? How is this possible?"
"The Turks were defeated? How could they be defeated?"
No one in the big tent dared to believe such a thing. If the Prime Minister hadn't said it, they would have started to curse.
"It's absolutely true. This matter has been confirmed. The Turks have indeed been defeated!" Lu Dongzan said, feeling a little bitter in his heart.
Who would have thought that the Turks would be defeated. In his mind, even if the Turks could not defeat the Tang army, they would be evenly matched. In the winter, the Tang army would withdraw, and they could take advantage of the situation and attack Yangguan!
And other places also responded together. The Tang army must not be able to care about each other!
At that time, they can cannibalize the entire Tang Dynasty together, divide the Tang Dynasty and eat it!
He had calculated everything, but he had not calculated that the Turks would be defeated, and they would be defeated so miserably that all his plans were in vain!
"Order, withdraw troops!" Holding the secret letter tightly in his hand, Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and issued the order!
