"My young master said that you are getting older and it's time to stretch your muscles and bones to prolong your life."
After inviting people onto the carriage, Liu Yunying waved her riding whip and laughed loudly: "Okay, you and your uncle will sit tight!"
"Slow down, slow down, you crazy woman, don't race..."
If you know this and know the other, you can fight a hundred battles without danger!
As early as when Tubo suffered from a cold wave and the flowers bloomed in spring, they burned, killed and looted the borders of the Tang Dynasty several times. Li Yi, the governor of Shuofang, guessed that the current emperor's wisdom and martial prowess would never tolerate such wanton behavior by the Tibetan barbarians. He guessed that sooner or later there would be a fight with the Tibetans. Great war.
For a whole year, Li Yi sent spies deep into Tubo territory to investigate!
Because when Wang Zhongsi was practicing at the border, Qingqi Jianxing went deep into the territory of Tubo several times. The most recent time he sent his son Li Yan to explore Tubo with Wang Zhongsi.
Li Yan was injured on the way, and he didn't gain much from his previous visit to Tubo.
Therefore, the army was stationed on the border of Taozhou, waiting for the Jiedushi envoys from Hexi and Longyou to converge. Li Yi, the Jiedushi envoy of Shuofang, sent people to go deep into Tubo with Wang Zhongsi.
This time he was accompanied by Li Linhuai!
It was freezing in Tubo in the winter, so the two of them dressed up as Tubo people and walked around Shibao City. When they rode back to the border of Taozhou, they were almost frozen.
"Linhuai, when did you learn the Tubo language and be able to mistake it for the real thing?"
The weather was so cold that when Wang Zhongsi, who was running alongside Li Linhuai, spoke, the hot air he exhaled turned into a mist.
"When the Tubo frequently harassed me on the border with the Tang Dynasty, my father analyzed that the Tang Dynasty would have a war with the Tubo sooner or later, so he invited a Tibetan who was doing business in Chang'an to teach the Tubo language in Linhuai."
Li Linhuai rode on his horse and looked sideways at Wang Zhongsi: "But compared with what Brother Zhongsi said about Tubo, he can only barely fool the Tibetan herdsmen."
"I only learned Tubo for two or three years, and it's great to be able to speak like this. I learned Tubo dialect with my father in the frontier fortress since I was a child."
Wang Zhongsi didn't know what he thought of, but suddenly he clamped his feet and rode towards a high ground.
Li Linhuai hurriedly urged his horse to follow him.
The two of them rode up the slope and looked down at the vast snow-covered land. They didn't speak for a while.
After a while, Wang Zhongsi told Li Linhuai: "Since Emperor Taizong married Princess Wencheng to Tubo, he brought the Central Plains culture to Tubo and civilized the barbarian land of Tubo."
"Tubo and the Tang Dynasty have lived in harmony for so many years, but they broke the treaty and used the marriage of Princess Jincheng to propose the land of Jiuqu in Hexi as the princess's residence. Although the ownership of Jiuqu belongs to me, the Tang Dynasty, Tubo borrowed the land of Jiuqu It is fertile and has abundant pasture, suitable for stationing troops and raising livestock, and it has crossed the Yellow River."
"Abandoning Li Shizan, he also ordered people to build a bridge across the Yellow River and build a city in Jiuqu. This was tantamount to overcoming a natural barrier and pushing towards the border of the Tang Dynasty."
"The Tubo barbarians are still not satisfied, and shamelessly want to transfer Jiuqu to Tubo. How can we, the Tang Dynasty, give in?"
"These shameless Tubo people, while dealing with the Tang Dynasty, sent troops to attack the Lintao Army. They quickly marched into Lanzhou and Weizhou, plundered a large amount of money and materials, and attempted to use force to force the court to make concessions."
"At that time, my adoptive father had just ascended the throne, but his bloody nature could not tolerate the rampage of the Tibetan barbarians. The emperor was angry and a war was about to break out. He even planned to drive and conquer in person. However, we in the Tang Dynasty had many capable ministers and good generals, so we did not wait for my adoptive father. After selecting the troops and marching at the selected time, General Zuo Yulin, Xue Ne, had achieved a great victory and annihilated more than 17,000 Tibetan people. In the subsequent battle of the eldest son, the Tibetan army collapsed across the board, trampling on each other, accumulating corpses and stopping the flow of the Tao River."
"My father, Wang Haibin, was killed in that battle, but it was also this battle that allowed the bridges built by Tibet to be destroyed over the Yellow River, and the two sides demarcated the Yellow River."
"It's just that in recent years, I have been pushing myself too far. I have repeatedly sent troops to harass our border with the Tang Dynasty. After losing the battle, I used the courtesy of Princess Jincheng as my uncle and nephew to ask for peace. It is very shameless."
"I, the soldiers on the border of the Tang Dynasty, have endured the Tibetan barbarians for a long time!"
Wang Zhongsi looked at the vast land in front of him with burning eyes: "I have been exploring the hinterland of Tubo for so many years, and I have never thought about conquering Tubo to comfort my father's spirit in heaven."
After listening to Wang Zhongsi's heartfelt words, Li Linhuai was convinced!
His three brothers all died young, and two of them gave their last drop of blood in the battle with Tubo and were buried in this land forever.
Only by driving straight into Tubo and avenging their previous humiliation can their spirits in heaven be comforted.
Today's Tubo Zanbu has great ambitions. In the battle where Zhongsi's father, Wang Haibin, and his brothers were killed, Qili Xuzan, who was retreating steadily, appeared to be seeking peace. In fact, he just wanted to recuperate and recuperate. After becoming truly powerful, get rid of the vassal relationship with Tang Ting.
But now he thought that the time had come because the Tubo troops were strong and the horses were strong, so he frequently sent troops to invade the Tang border to provoke.
What can be tolerated by scholars?
Li Linhuai nodded solemnly towards Wang Zhongsi and responded to him: "This long-awaited battle is finally coming!"
"Yeah, it's finally here!"
Wang Zhongxi stretched out his hand towards him: "I, a man of the Tang Dynasty, would rather die standing than live on my knees!"
"Linhuai thinks so!"
Li Linhuai's bent elbow collided with his raised elbow while riding on the horse: "The men of the Tang Dynasty are never afraid of death."
From the moment the military camp was stationed in Taozhou, he and Wang Zhongsi left the military camp and went deep into the Tibetan hinterland, which took them more than ten days.
In the past ten days, I am afraid that the envoys from Hexi and Longyou have also led their troops to Taozhou.
When King Anxin was discussing the military situation, it happened that he and Wang Zhongsi were able to present the information they had found in Tubo.
Li Linhuai and Wang Zhongsi looked at each other sympathetically, and silently glanced in the direction of Chang'an as they rode downhill.
Wang Zhongsi asked him with a smile: "The war is about to begin. Linhuai, you are looking at Chang'an from a distance at this time. But is there someone you care about that you can't let go of?"
"Yes, I made an agreement with her to wait for her return in Chang'an!"
Li Linhuai's lips softened a little and he told Wang Zhongsi: "Linhuai is not afraid of death, but he is very afraid that he will not be able to keep his promise and return to Chang'an City to wait for her to return from her medical trip."
Wang Zhongsi already knew who he was talking about.
Li Linhuai and Si Sheng were close friends, and he was also close to the third prince Li Si Sheng.
In the past, when his ten imperial sisters were still in the capital, Si Shengtu one day began to guard Li Linhuai like a wolf. He even laughed at Li Sisheng's doting on his sisters and felt that everyone who was close to his imperial sisters had ulterior motives.
The war is about to begin now, and the person this person is worried about is the Tenth Emperor Sister!
He was not even afraid of death, but he was afraid that he would not be able to fulfill his agreement with her, so he kept his promise and returned to Chang'an City to wait for her return.
Only then did Wang Zhongsi realize that Li Sisheng had not wronged Li Linhuai.
The imperial sister was nearly nine years old when she left the capital. Li Linhuai had not gotten married in these years and did not accept offers from wealthy families in the capital. When did he come up with the idea?
Wang Zhongsi originally wanted to tell him the secret of Lingzhou.
Thinking that this kid has become evil so early?
He slyly suppressed a smile in his eyes, and galloped his horse in the direction of the Taozhou military camp: "Where can we not meet each other at the end of the world? One day you and the imperial sister will meet again."
