Li Qinzai was really in a dilemma about how to deal with the purple slaves.
This woman is not smart enough, has an sworn hatred with the Tang Dynasty, and has a Tubo background. Her identity is very complicated. Logically speaking, this kind of person is undoubtedly an enemy. Only by cutting her off with a knife can the future troubles be eliminated forever.
But...she is beautiful and dances well.
Now Li Qinzai finally understands why so many foolish men throughout the ages have been addicted to women. Because the woman is so beautiful and fragrant, the foolish king really can't do anything to her. He shakes his arms and acts coquettishly, wishing he could light a beacon fire on her to cheer her up.
Men really have no right to laugh at the determination and attitude of the faint king. More than a thousand years later, the beautiful female anchor blows a flirtatious kiss, and the top brother is still swishing through the Rockets Carnival.
Is this different from lighting a beacon? Not to mention the righteousness of the family and the country, if the Great Wall belonged to the eldest brother, do you think he would not dare to light a beacon?
Of course, Li Qinzai couldn't light a beacon for Zi Nu, but...he really couldn't do anything dangerous.
How could I bear to kill a stunning beauty whose appearance was rated 99% and who had become a work of art in the world? Yes, it's just that vulgar and ordinary.
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Thirty miles west of Jishi Mountain is the Tibetan army camp.
Since more than a thousand Tang troops displayed new weapons on the battlefield, the Tubo army retreated and set up camp to cease fighting and confront Tuyuhun. The stalemate has been going on for nearly half a month.
Today's situation in Tubo is very embarrassing. The army consumes a lot of food and grass every day, but the war continues to drag on without progress.
Lu Dongzan was a cautious person by nature. He would not order another war before he fully understood the details of the Tang army's weird new weapons, because the chance of failure in the war was too great. Tubo devoted its entire country to this war. , Lu Dongzan could not afford the price of defeat.
Even a stalemate is better than defeat. Of course, this is a helpless choice.
After waiting for half a month, the news from Zi Nu did not arrive, and Lu Dongzan gradually became unable to sit still.
The nearly 80,000 troops had to eat horse chews every day, which Tibet could not afford to consume.
Yesterday, Lun Zhongcong came back from Liangzhou City. Hundreds of warriors were sent as envoys, but only a few came back.
Lun Zhongcong knelt in front of Lu Dongzan and burst into tears, recounting Li Qinzai's despicableness and forcing the commander to sign an alliance under the city, saying that Tubo must retreat thousands of miles away and the Tang Dynasty needed half of Tuyuhun's land.
Lu Dongzan was very disappointed with Lun Zhongcong, and even scorned him for agreeing to Tang Guo's so-called request.
I, Tubo, sacrificed countless soldiers and soldiers to conquer the Tuyuhun territory with great pains. Why should the Tang State give it to them with just one word?
Of course, this request was not considered, and Lu Dongzan didn't even have to think about it.
In the handsome tent, Lu Dongzan frowned and stared at the map on the table with a solemn expression.
A special general came in after reporting the situation, knelt down on one knee and saluted, saying: "Prime Minister, the scouts are here to report that there is something unusual in Tuyuhun."
Lu Dongzan looked away from the map and said in a deep voice: "What's the change?"
"Princess Tuyuhun Honghua left Liangzhou City and returned to Jishi Mountain. Tuyuhun Nuohebo Khan and his wife, as well as many trusted Wang Chen generals, began to pack their bags. It seemed that they had the intention of giving up the country and moving eastward. Today, the military morale of Tuyuhun is becoming more and more turbulent. Scattered."
The morale of the enemy's troops was turbulent, which was good news, but Lu Dongzan showed no joy, and his face became increasingly serious.
"The Sword Comes"
After Lun Zhongcong returned to the Tubo camp, he described in detail what he had heard and seen. Lu Dongzan knew that Tuyuhun and the Tang Dynasty had already entered into an alliance. Nuohebo Khan had probably clearly realized the current reality and planned to give up. Khan, he moved east to the Tang Dynasty with his wife and children, and became an idle vassal king from then on.
Tuyuhun's army was disorganized and turbulent, but Tubo was not necessarily relaxed.
Because Lu Dongzan knew very well that since Nuohebo Khan planned to give up his country, a more powerful enemy of Tibet was coming.
The Tang State will inevitably send troops. If Tubo wants to fully occupy Tuyuhun, it will not be that easy anymore.
Ludong sighed deeply and praised, "Has there been any news from Chang'an's scouts in the Tang Dynasty?"
Pian Jiang shook his head blankly.
Lu Dongzan murmured: "Soon, Tang will definitely send troops, and there will not be many opportunities left for Tubo..."
Then a stern look suddenly flashed in Lu Dongzan's turbid eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Pass my military order, the army will break camp tomorrow, march eastward to Jishi Mountain, launch another offensive, defeat the Tuyuhun army within three days, and fully occupy Tuyuhun."
The general hesitated and said: "Prime Minister, that weird weapon of the Tang Dynasty..."
Lu Dongzan snorted: "There are more than a thousand people on the left and right, no matter how powerful the weapons are, how can it affect the entire battle situation? I, the Tubo warrior, are not afraid of death and charge forward. The enemy will be defeated."
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Midnight, Liangzhou City.
Li Qinzai was woken up from his sleep. Before Li Qinzai could get angry, Liu Asi put out the fire for him with just one word.
"Fifth Young Master, Tubo has launched an offensive again. This morning, the Tubo army launched an attack on the Tuyuhun army east of Jishi Mountain. The Tuyuhun army resisted desperately. Both sides suffered casualties. After fighting for several hours, Tuyuhun was defeated and retreated hundreds of miles. Tubo has taken control. Jishi Mountains.”
Li Qinzai's expression suddenly became serious.
"Bring me the map!" Li Qinzai said and entered the study.
On the sheepskin map, Li Qinzai drew several arrows with a brush. After Tubo took control of Jishi Mountain, Tuyuhun basically lost its ability to resist, because there is a plain to the east of Jishi Mountain. With Tuyuhun's current combat power and military morale, it is impossible to resist Tibet. attack.
If Tuyuhun retreats again and again, not far to the east is the border of the Tang Dynasty. There are three cities on the border: Taozhou, Hezhou, and Minzhou. If the Tuyuhun army retreats to the border of the Tang Dynasty, it will mean that Tubo has fully occupied Tuyuhun. .
By then, if the Tang Dynasty attacked Tubo again, the situation would be passive.
"How long will it take for the royal division led by General Su Dingfang to reach Liangzhou City?" Li Qinzai asked in a deep voice.
Liu Asi said: "The scouts came yesterday to report that Wang's army had only set out from Chang'an for a few days. The army set out and marched slowly. It will take about twenty days to reach Liangzhou."
"In twenty days, the day lilies are cold!" Li Qinzai said coldly.
Sighing heavily, Lu Dongzan was a man after all, and he dared to make a decision in this situation, which immediately disrupted Li Qinzai's plan.
Originally, Li Qinzai planned to arrange things calmly in Liangzhou City and wait for the arrival of Su Dingfang's troops. At that time, his mission would be successfully completed.
Lu Dongzan suddenly ordered an attack. Apparently he also realized that after the arrival of the Tang army, Tubo was about to face an unfavorable situation, so he decided to take a preemptive strike and fully occupy Tuyuhun, and then rely on the terrain to fight the Tang army.
"Before General Su arrives in Liangzhou, we must not let Tibet occupy Tuyuhun!" Li Qinzai said coldly: "We must stop it!"
Liu Asi said in embarrassment: "But after all, we only have more than a thousand soldiers and horses..."
Li Qinzai thought for a moment and said, "Please ask General Zheng Rentai to come to Liangzhou quickly. It's time to mobilize the border troops to help Tuyuhun."
Zheng Rentai commanded the border troops of the six states in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, with a total of about 20,000 soldiers and horses. In addition to the soldiers and horses who had to stay behind in each city, there were probably less than 10,000 soldiers and horses who could actually take the initiative to attack.
Li Qinzai originally had no intention of mobilizing the six-state border troops. After all, these 10,000 soldiers and horses faced the 80,000 enemy Tibetan troops and were not equipped with three-eyed muskets, so the winning rate was not high.
It's just that today is an urgent time, and Li Qinzai has to use it.
