Songtsan first waved the soldiers who came to report the battle to go down, then raised his head and said to Pinto, "Master. If we hadn't occupied the favorable location, the Turks would have defeated us."
"But the Turks were like paper in front of the Han emperor."
"Thousands of cavalry defeated a hundred thousand Turkic cavalry. I simply can't imagine how powerful the Han army is. The Han Dynasty is not a country we can attack. Gansu and Shaanxi, I think it's better to forget it. Let's withdraw our troops."
Songtsan was the first warrior of Tibet, both in terms of personal bravery and ability to lead troops.
But when faced with thousands of Han troops defeating hundreds of thousands, they couldn't help but feel fear.
The enemies on the plains are too fierce. We should go back to our Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and become mountain people.
Pinto shook his head and said with an ugly face: "It is not a matter of withdrawing troops now. All we need to do is give an order to withdraw troops."
"Now it's a matter of later."
"What's the next problem?" Songtsen was stunned for a moment, then he cheered up, held his head high and said, "Master, don't worry. The Tibetan army will definitely not be a match for the Han army after descending from the mountains, but the Han people cannot adapt to the climate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."
"Moreover, the territory is vast and sparsely populated, and they are all Tubo people, not a single Han. The Han army dared to enter the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and it would be easy to destroy them."
After going down the mountain, the enemy was too fierce.
When you go up the mountain, you are like a tiger, and both the Turks and the Han are weaklings.
Pintuo gave a bitter smile, shook his head at Songtsan and said, "General, you think about it from the military point of view, but I have to think about it from the national point of view."
"Our Tibetan products are scarce and we have to rely on the Han people for many things. The commercial exchanges between the two sides are very important. We sent troops to Gansu while the Han Emperor was conquering Gansu, which was to take advantage of the situation. The Han Emperor must have been aware of it."
"After we withdraw our troops, what will we do if the Emperor of Han blocks Gansu and refuses to trade with us?"
"Not to mention anything else. The kings, nobles and eminent monks need silk, porcelain, tea, glass, etc. every day. If they cannot buy these things from Han, they will be dissatisfied."
"If they're not satisfied, we have to find a way to solve it."
Songtsan's face also turned ugly, indeed.
Items such as silk, tea, glass, and porcelain have nothing to do with ordinary Tibetan people, but are closely related to the Tibetan ruling class.
Ordinary Tubo people do not have these things and can live their lives as usual.
But not the ruling class. Without clothes made of silk, what clothes would they wear? Without fine china, what would they eat with?
If the Han people are weak, the Tibetans can raise troops to rob them. But now that the Han people were strong, the Tubo could not rob them.
And can't do business.
Why.
"What should we do?" Songtsan asked.
"Let me think about it." Pinto lowered his head, lost in thought.
"Hey." Songzan sighed, how could this happen?
Originally, they were sending troops to take advantage of the situation, but the result was that the winner was decided as soon as they arrived in Gansu. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was terrifyingly strong.
Now they are advancing and retreating in panic, which is really embarrassing.
.............
"Da da da."
The large group of cavalry headed south along the mountain road. The number of horses is more than three times that of cavalry. A large number of horses carried military supplies.
The flags with the character "Han" are connected from front to back.
It was Wang Gui, Zhang Sheng, Feng Chong, and King Qi's 40,000 cavalrymen.
Surrounded by countless imperial guards, Wu Nian was wearing heavy armor and riding on a horse. He looked up at the sky and said, "Let's find a place to camp."
"Yes." Wang Gui responded and passed down the military order.
Not long after, the Han army, led by their guides, found a place with a water source to set up camp.
The Chinese army's tent was set up first, and Wu Nian immediately sent people to prepare hot water for a foot bath.
Not long after, Catherine, the princess of Bavaria and Wu Nian's foot-washing girl, walked in with a footbath in her hands.
"Your Majesty." She bent down and saluted, and her words were pronounced clearly.
Europeans and Americans are indeed tall and tall, and in terms of figure, she beats countless Chinese women. The posture of bending over and sticking out her butt made her breasts even more majestic.
"Yeah." Wu Nian had a bad impression of this woman and didn't give her a good look, so he hummed indifferently.
Catherine scolded Wu Nian in her heart.
"The rude, despicable, and cunning stinky emperor. My noble princess of Bavaria bowed down to salute you, but she actually put on a stinky face."
She looked very well-behaved. She walked gently to Wu Nian and put down the footbath. Then she knelt on her knees, picked up Wu Nian's right foot, took off the boot, and put it into the footbath.
She kept her face well-behaved, but she wailed in her heart. It stinks.
The boots are not very breathable and the weather is hot now. Wu Nian rode on horseback and marched, and the smell of his stinky feet was hard to describe.
Catherine put both Wu Nian's feet behind the footbath. He stroked and rubbed it carefully and gently, and finally picked up Wu Nian's feet, placed them on his plump thighs, and wiped them clean with a white cloth.
This is not over yet. She helped Wu Nian put on clean shoes.
In this way, she breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the footbath, bowed to Wu Nian, and planned to turn around and leave.
"After dinner, go and warm the bed." Wu Nian said.
Gansu has a big temperature difference between day and night, and it’s quite cold at night.
"Yes." Catherine's delicate and beautiful face showed a meek look. After bending down and bowing, she turned and left.
"Hey. Princess." Wu Nian looked at her leaving back and sneered.
He heard movement and looked up. Hojo Umasa walked in from the outside, bent down and saluted: "Your Majesty, the soldiers caught a spy, claiming to be a disciple of the Tubo Imperial Master Lao Shang Tulku. He is also the Tubo supervisor Pinto."
Wu Nian raised his eyebrows, showing a look of surprise. After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, he raised his head and said to Hojo Umasa: "Ushimasa. At this juncture, there is such a person from the Tubo people. What do you think is the reason?"
"I think the Tubo people want to have a fight and settle this matter." Hojo Ushimasa smiled, and then said: "Although Tubo is adjacent to Gansu, Lhasa is far away from Gansu. There is a delay in intelligence. .”
"My guess is that when the Tubo troops first sent out troops, they planned to take advantage of the situation. Now His Majesty is outside the Yumen Pass, defeating the Turks. The Tubo people feel that there is no hope of victory, so they want to maintain harmonious relations with the Han and maintain commercial exchanges between the two countries."
"Yeah. I think so too."
Wu Nian laughed.
From this aspect, the Tubo people are very aware of current affairs.
"I will destroy Tubo sooner or later, but not now. Just listen to what he has to say first." Wu Nian waved his hand and said, "Please come in."
"Yes." Hojo Ushimasa bowed in response and turned around to go down.
