In the Arabian Sea, Li Ke looked thoughtfully at the continent in the distance. Strictly speaking, the continent no longer belonged to the Harsha Dynasty. The Harsha Dynasty was the most powerful from about 586 to 606 AD, and now Well, the Narmada River is the boundary between the Harsha Dynasty and the Chalukya Dynasty in the southern plateau of India.
The current Indian subcontinent is roughly divided into four kingdoms, the most powerful of which is the Ganges River Basin. The Harsha Dynasty, whose capital is located in Qunu City, once briefly unified the Indian subcontinent for about ten years, and then the Indian subcontinent is currently divided again.
The Harsha Dynasty and the Kamolupa Kingdom to the west of the Harsha Dynasty formed an alliance, and the Kamolupa Kingdom was dominated by the Harsha Dynasty.
The Chalukya dynasty and the Gauda state on the south side of the Harsha dynasty were in alliance. These four countries were two major military groups. This was the case historically.
But the current history has been ruined by Li Ke. The first problem to arise was in the northern part of the Harsha Dynasty. The Harsha Dynasty had already included the later Bengal under its rule. Songtsan Gampo's eyes brightened after he crossed the Himalayas through the later Yadong Valley and discovered the vast land south of the mountains with lush water and grass.
Previously, Tubo's main target was the Tang Dynasty. It once wanted to attack Yunnan, western Sichuan and other places in later generations. However, there is a saying that these places have a slightly better climate than Tubo, but it is not much different and are not suitable for cultivation at all.
And if we continue to advance eastward or northward, we will have to face the most powerful empire in the world, the Tang Dynasty!
People who are not in this era have no idea what Tian Khan means. Tian Khan is not just a title, it also represents status. This means that the current main tribes of Eastern Turks, including Xue Yantuo, Khitan, Shiwei and more than a dozen tribes, all follow the Tang Dynasty. Wherever Li Shimin said to attack, These countries all have to send troops.
In addition, Tuyuhun was completely wiped out just now, and the prestige of the Tang Dynasty is constantly rising. So who is willing to fight against the Tang Dynasty when there are many choices? Isn't that seeking death?
Songtsen Gampo no longer dares to dance like before. The reason is that the Tang Dynasty captured Tuyuhun. Not only did it capture Tuyuhun, but it also trained and armed at least tens of thousands of Tuyuhun herdsmen near the border between Tuyuhun and Tubo.
Songtsan Gampo knew it well. The reason why he dared to jump before was because he was sure that the Tang army could not adapt to the climate and environment of the plateau. But with the herdsmen of Tuyuhun, it was completely different.
I didn’t see the Tuyuhun rebel Murong Shun’s 5,000 cavalry. How long have they been roaming Tubo? None have been found so far.
If the weather hadn't started to enter summer and the Tubo herdsmen gradually began to gather, Murong Shun would probably still harass them.
Although he hasn't appeared for a long time, Tubo's winter has not been good at all.
With only five thousand cavalry, Tubo was unable to survive. If Tang Dynasty's tens of thousands of cavalry came up, how could Tubo fight?
Therefore, the cooperation with Li Ke is the most important thing for Songtsen Gampo now, especially when countless iron tools are made into armor, and a large amount of food, salt, etc. are also provided to them and transported to Tibet, as well as various Linen, cloth, etc.
This instantly improved the lives of the Tubo nobles by several levels. Not to mention, the combat effectiveness of the Tubo army also improved a lot.
After all, Songtsen Gampo was not a fool. He was still able to win people's hearts by giving some linen clothes to his soldiers.
Therefore, at the beginning of the 20th AD of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo began to push Yadonggou as the starting point for later generations.
At first, they mainly fought against the Gauda Kingdom and occupied a lot of territory in the north and west of the Gauda Kingdom. Then Songtsen Gampo began to immigrate.
To the Tubo herdsmen, the land here was as sweet as the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, and there was no shortage of water. So in early March, Songtsen Gampo temporarily launched an offensive against the Indian subcontinent. He was the first to win It is the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River, across the river from the Gauda State.
In other words, Songtsen Gampo had directly separated the Kingdom of Gauda and the Harsha Dynasty.
After being separated, Songtsen Gampo began to advance westward. The reason why we chose to advance westward is that there is no river blocking the west side. The flow of the Yarlung Zangbo River in this era was much higher than that in later generations. The second highest state did not know what benefits it gave Songtsen Gampo, so Songtsen Gampo began to move westward. Pushing forward, and he pushed forward very quickly.
After all, with the strength of the Harsha Dynasty... it may be very strong on this continent, but it is weak compared to Tubo.
The reason why Li Ke knew this was because he didn't actually expect to come here. Li Ke's original idea was to take over the entire island of Sri Lanka in later generations, and then continue westward to Persia. After all, his time was relatively tight.
But after taking over Sri Lanka, Li Ke and some Tang businessmen there learned the news. Tubo had occupied the outlet of the Ganges River and the Brahmaputra River, so Li Ke thought about it and simply divided the fleet into two. Second, he directly led half of the fleet from Sri Lanka to Tubo.
The other half followed the original plan to "hunt down" the pirate troops under Monobe Village. In Sri Lanka, Li Ke and the others also left about a thousand soldiers. Oh, Sri Lanka is now officially renamed: Minda Island. It is the name of Li Mingda, the sixth son of Princess Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Ke had already asked people to erect boundary monuments and the like that should be erected and bury those that should be buried.
The original Lion Kingdom on Minda Island was also called the Sinhala Kingdom, which belonged to the Buddhist Kingdom. Well, it can only be said that the fighting power of the five thousand people in Mononobe Village is a bit strong, which of course has something to do with the fact that the Lion Kingdom is a bit weak.
The Lion Kingdom is recorded in the history of the Tang Dynasty, because Faxian, a monk from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once traveled to this place. It must be said that there were many awesome people in ancient China. This can be regarded as the earliest hiking anchor.
In the original history, the Lion Kingdom sent envoys to China to pay tribute in 428, 670, and 750 respectively and declared itself a vassal to the Central Plains Dynasty.
But now, the Lion Kingdom is gone. Mononobe Murakata acted too quickly, and the Lion Kingdom only has one royal city. After Mononobe Murakata destroyed most of the noble emperors, the arrival of Li Ke's fleet, It's natural to accept this place.
Anyway, the royal city of the Lion Kingdom is already under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, so of course, the entire Lion Kingdom also belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
As for whether some small nobles in other parts of the Lion Dog will resist, they will not dare to do so in the short term. As for the follow-up, the longer it takes, the less likely they will be able to resist. When Li Ke and his fleet arrived, many people in the entire royal city knelt down. Welcome the king's division and thank them for driving away the demon-like enemy.
