At the end of September in the twelfth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (753), when the highland barley was ripe, Tubo General Shang Jiexi led the 150,000 garrison stationed at the Jishishan defense line to return to Luoxue for thousands of miles, but ended up in Luoxue City. The battle was so complete that even the Tubo heir Chisong Dezan and the Prime Minister Zhongbajie who accompanied the army became prisoners.
While the Tubo People's Army and the Anxi Army were cleaning the battlefield, Li Zuoguo approached Li Siye and asked in a low voice: "Master, what do you plan to do with the Tubo heir and the Tibetan Prime Minister?"
Li Siye frowned and asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
Li Zuoguo whispered: "Master, we don't know how the Fengjieshuai's army fought against the Tubo Zanpu army in Yangtong. Maybe they have won, maybe they are still at a stalemate, or maybe..."
After a pause at this point, Li Zuoguo continued: "So what do you want me to do, first send a team of elite soldiers to escort the Tibetan heirs and Prime Minister Zhong Bajie and other prisoners of war to Chang'an to perform a victory?"
How to achieve success after winning a battle is a matter of great learning.
After Gao Xianzhi pacified the Xiaobolu Kingdom, he bypassed the Anxi Jiedu envoy Fumeng Lingcha and went directly to Chang'an to report victory, which made Fumeng Lingcha very unhappy. In the end, Li Longji took action and transferred Fumeng Lingcha away and supported Gao Xianzhi. The turmoil was finally calmed down by the high position of Jiedu Envoy, but this also gave Anxi Army a very bad start.
At this time, Li Zuoguo suggested that Li Siye learn from Gao Xianzhi and go directly to Chang'an to defeat Feng Changqing.
Back then, Gao Xianzhi only pacified the Xiaobolu Kingdom and was able to squeeze out Fumeng Lingcha and take over as the Jiedushi of Anxi. This time, his grandfather directly pacified Tubo and squeezed out Feng Changqing to take over as the Jiedushi. Maybe he would have to be granted the title of Duke. In this case, even if Li Zuoguo did nothing, he would be able to steadily become a county Duke in the future.
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Lu Xiaoning happened to hear the conversation between Li Siye and Li Zuoguo, and his face immediately turned cold.
Strictly speaking, there is no big problem with Li Zuoguo's approach, and the superiors are happy to see it, because only when the people below are in conflict with each other, the superiors can play the balancing act in the middle. If the people below are harmonious, then the superiors will be very happy. It is easy to be ignored. This is the so-called emperor's mind or the sophistication of the world.
But deep down, Lu Xiaoning disdained this kind of behavior.
The bad thing about many things is this kind of human nature.
Let’s see what choice Li Siye will make?
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"Shut up!" Li Siye became furious after hearing this, "What are you talking about?"
Li Zuoguo frowned and said, "Master, this is actually nothing. Gao Jieshuai did the same thing."
"If Gao Jieshuai has done this before, he can imitate it without any scruples, no matter whether it is right or wrong?" Li Siye said angrily, "Then you are wrong about your grandpa. I am not such a villain."
"Master, please be careful what you say, Gao Jieshuai is not a villain."
When Li Zuoguo was about to continue his persuasion, Lu Tianshi's voice suddenly sounded from above the carriage: "Li Siye, you are an admirable gentleman. Li Zuoguo, you should learn how to behave like a man."
"Huh?" Li Zuoguo's face immediately fell, he was so confident.
"Here." Li Siye crossed his hands and sang, "Li Siye's incompetence in teaching his son made Master Lu Tian laugh."
"You are you and your son is your son. These are two different things." Lu Tianshi said, "Also, just now I saw the main force of Feng Changqing's Anxi Army, which is about two hundred miles away from Luoche City."
"The army of Commander Fengjie has also arrived?" Li Siye was really overjoyed.
Li Zuoguo secretly said that it was a good thing. Fortunately, my grandfather did not listen to him. If he had listened to him and sent troops to escort prisoners of war such as Chisong Dezan and Zhongbajie to Chang'an to perform a victory, Feng Changqing would definitely chase him back and then follow him. Grandpa and Li Zuoguo should stop trying to gain a foothold in Anxi.
Li Siye said: "Then we have to welcome him."
At that moment, Li Siye ordered hundreds of soldiers to greet Feng Changqing's army.
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In the Zanghe River Valley, Feng Changqing led the main force of the Anxi Army and 30,000 Hu cavalry to meander.
Also accompanying him were the Tubo Zanpuchidaizhudan, the Tubo general Dazalukong, the Tubo Living Buddha Jie Zun Shenggen Wengshu, and the Tubo Wuru's 100,000-strong army, but they were all prisoners of war.
After getting over the initial humiliation period, Shakudaizhudan began to calm down.
Then he began to actively discuss the aftermath of Tubo with Feng Changqing.
"Fengjieshuai, our Shannan Xibuye family has always admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty."
"My ancestor Songpu Ganpu once married Princess Wencheng, the daughter of Emperor Taizong, and I also married Princess Jincheng, the sister of the sage of the Tang Dynasty. I know that the Buye family and the Tang royal family have been intermarried for generations and are extremely friendly."
"As the saying goes, clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as old, so instead of supporting other unknown families to rule Tubo, it is better to use us to supplement the wild families."
Chi Daizhu Dan tried to persuade Feng Changqing with his sharp tongue.
Feng Changqing turned his head from the horseback, looked at Chi Dai Zhu Dan who was huddled in the prison car, and asked: "Chi Dai Zhu Dan, it turns out that you also know that Tubo has been intermarrying with the Tang Dynasty for generations? Then why do you Tubo people keep committing this crime? Realm? It is not enough to seize the big and small Bolu, and it is not enough to seize the land of Tuyuhun and Jiuqu. You also want to seize the Anxi Protectorate of our Tang Dynasty?"
"I was deceived by traitors. Now I have repented." Chidaizhudan swore, "I can make a poisonous oath in the name of Yala Xiangbo Mountain God and Shenggen Living Buddha. I will always surrender to the Tang Dynasty in this life. If I dare to If you raise troops to invade the country, you will not die well, and if you die, you will go to eighteen levels of hell..."
"Chidai Pearl Pill, do you think I will believe it?" Feng Changqing said casually.
Seeing that Feng Changqing kept saying that he was not convinced, Chi Daizhu Dan decided to threaten him a little, which might be more effective. He then said: "If the Tang Dynasty will build Tubo into another Protectorate, that is wishful thinking, because the folk customs of Tubo are Their valor is definitely not comparable to that of the small countries in Anxi. Without our Xinbuye family to guard it, Tubo would definitely be in chaos. If the Tang Dynasty garrisoned a small army, it would be useless. If there were more troops, it would be a waste of food and salary, and it would easily drag down the Tang Dynasty's money and resources. As far as I know, the Tang Dynasty’s national use seems to be quite insufficient.”
"You don't have to worry about it anymore." Feng Changqing said, crossed his hands and sang "Nai" to the sky, and then said, "Our Taoist Lu Tianshi has already thought of a long-term safety strategy."
"Master Lu Tianshi? A plan for long-term peace and security?" Chi Daizhu Dan said suddenly, "But I don't know what method it is?"
Feng Changqing said: "You will know when we get to Luoche. If nothing else happens, Li Siye's army had already captured Luoche four months ago. In this case, Lu Tianshi's long-term peace policy has probably been implemented. From now on, your Xibuye family’s rule over Tubo will become history.”
Chi Dai Zhu Dan laughed out loud.
"Feng Changqing, it's not me who is attacking you."
"Li Siye's tens of thousands of troops will never be able to win the battle."
"And the Lu Tianshi you mentioned can't possibly appease the nobles of Luozue, let alone the local kings of the countries around Luozue. Without our Xibuye family, the Tang army will be unable to move forward on the snow-covered plateau."
As soon as he finished speaking, a cavalry of several hundred people was rapidly approaching from the east of the Zanghe River Valley.
"It's our Anxi military flag." The accompanying soldiers said excitedly, "Commander Jie, he's one of ours!"
"Well, it should be Li Siye." Feng Changqing nodded happily, "It seems that he has really figured out the logic."
"Ah?" Chidai Zhudan, Dazalukong and Jie Zungen Wengshu Living Buddha all turned their heads in unison and looked at the hundreds of horsemen approaching quickly from the east of the valley.
As we got closer, we discovered that it was really the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty.
The leading general was extremely tall, and he was not Li Siye.
Seeing this, Chi Daizhu Dan's vision suddenly went dark, and the last trace of luck was also wiped out.
After a while, Li Siye came to Feng Changqing on flying horse. He first sang "Fai Nai" with his hands crossed on the horse, and then respectfully said to Feng Changqing: "Qi Zhen is a handsome man. Fortunately, Siye has lived up to his destiny." , had captured Luoche more than four months ago, and today completely annihilated Shangjie Xi’s army returning from the direction of Jishi Mountain for reinforcements.”
"What?" Chidaizhudan and Dazalukong's eyes widened.
"Oh?" Feng Changqing was also surprised and said, "The army of Shang Jiexi who came back from Jishi Mountain was also completely wiped out?"
"Yes, they were all wiped out too." Li Siye smiled and added, "The Tubo heir Chisong Dezan, Prime Minister Zhong Bajie and General Shang Jiexi were all captured alive."
Chi Daizhu Dan closed his eyes in pain.
It's all over, now Tubo has no hope at all.
