I will never be Renzong

Chapter 219
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is high in the west and low in the east, and the atmosphere becomes thinner as you go west. Aboriginal people who do not live here all the year round will experience altitude sickness once they enter the plateau.

Zhong Shiheng led [-] cavalry from Qingtang City, and went straight to Luoxi City. Although he was a little uncomfortable when he first joined the Tubo army, he could still overcome it. Headaches, insomnia, loss of appetite, tiredness, and most importantly difficulty breathing occur, so the closer you get to the city, the more severe the attrition.

More than two-thirds of the soldiers had to stop their march westward because of altitude sickness and stayed in place to recuperate. When Zhong Shiheng led his army to Luoxu City, there were only less than [-] cavalry left among the [-] cavalrymen. , most of them are party cavalry.

Tubo is an ethnic group mainly engaged in animal husbandry and concurrently engaged in agriculture.Animal husbandry is very developed, with its own characteristics, especially yaks and dromedary camels.Yaks are resistant to cold and hard work, and are good at walking in mountains. They are mostly used as pack animals. Their hides are thick and can be used to make armor. Dromedaries are good at galloping, which is not found in other places. Heavy armor, so its cavalry is invincible.

Outside the city, a group of ragged slaves were carefully guarding the cattle and sheep. Once the cattle and sheep were lost, they would be beaten at least, or directly beaten to death by the Tubo slave owners.

The slave owners sat on the ground in small groups, chatting, drinking sweet and sour kumiss, and eating roasted lamb legs that were charred on the outside and tender on the inside. They felt very comfortable.

After they were full of wine and food, the slightly shy slave owners gathered their female slaves together, lined up in several rows, picked one or more female slaves with outstanding looks, and then walked to the The tent on the side, and then the selected female slaves will go to the tent to serve him.

Of course, there are very few Tibetan slave owners who are so particular, and most of them are extremely rough.

A very stout slave owner walked towards a shepherdess who was grazing with unsteady steps. If he was looking for appearance, he would first see if the shepherdess's beauty suits his taste.

Around the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Tubo entered a slave society from a primitive society. Afterwards, after the unification of Songtsen Gampo, Tubo reached a period of prosperity. At the same time, the serfdom system also spread widely.

The Tibetan slavery system lasted for more than 1000 years, and it was not until 1959 that the serf system that lasted for more than a thousand years was abolished.

Alai's famous novel "The Dust Has Settled" describes Tibet under the serfdom system. For example, the second young master of Chieftain Maiqi's family played with children who were born slaves, and then those children were whipped.

Another example is that the second young master of Mai Qi's family patrols the land. Every time he goes to a place, the local leader will choose a beautiful virgin woman to warm the second young master's bed. The so-called territory inspection is actually a process of sleeping with women all the way.

For another example, when the second young master married Zhuoma, his personal maid, to Qu Zha, the silver medalist at the bottom, Qu Zha had to thank the second young master a thousand times, and didn't care whether the goods he picked up were original or not.

Another time, the second young master touched Dolma, who was already a married woman, and was discovered by Qu Zha. He took a whip and asked Qu Zha to beat him, but Qu Zha didn't dare to hurt him at all.

For example, Chieftain Maiqi looked at the woman who was the chieftain, but the chieftain had to dedicate his wife to chieftain Maiqi to be a child even though he was so reluctant.

In short, if you are a Tibetan slave owner, then you can do whatever you want without worrying about legal sanctions, because within your territory, what you say is the law.

"Drive! Drive! Drive!"

Just after the slave owners had finished venting their desires, there was a loud stamping sound, and all the slave owners thought that the Tubo coalition army had returned in a big victory, so they couldn't help looking away.

But when the large group of cavalry came into view, they suddenly saw a big Song character on the flag, and all the slave owners were shocked. They hurriedly called the guards and picked up the scimitar.

But this group of cavalry obviously ignored them, but went straight towards the east gate of Luoxi City. Heng led [-] cavalry into Luoxie City without any effort.

Since the split of the Tubo Empire and the Battle of Wuyue, Luoche has been occupied by Yundan, that is, the Lhasa royal family. The leader of the Eighteen Tibetan Allied Forces this time is Zampuchana Yixijiashen of the Lhasa royal family.

This expedition was facilitated by Chanayi Xijiacan, because he always wanted to establish a powerful Tubo Empire again, but the result was unrealistic. Instead of realizing his dream, he put himself in it.

The defenders of Luoxi City were less than [-], and they were unprepared, because they never imagined that even the invincible Tang army could not take advantage of the Tubo people. some cities.

Three thousand unprepared Tubo soldiers faced the covetous Song Dynasty cavalry, and there was only one ending, and that was to be crushed. Therefore, Zhong Shiheng took control of the whole city in less than an hour, and then smashed open the gate of the Potala Palace, taking prisoners All the nobles of the Lhasa royal family.

Most of the cavalry of the Song Army that had been left halfway due to altitude sickness were stationed in battalions. Therefore, the Zanpu of various forces who broke out encountered the Song cavalry who had been resting for many days. Therefore, a fierce battle was inevitable, even if everyone Tubo was able to break through the first battalion of Song cavalry, but there were second and third battalions immediately behind
So in the end, Zhong Zanpu either died in battle, or all of them were captured.

In May of the ninth year of Tiansheng, Zhong Shiheng's deputy general Liu led his army to attack Pibo City, which greatly shocked the Tibetan tribes who were ready to make a move. Then, news came that each Zanpu had been captured. The remaining generals sent envoys with gold, silver and jewels to Luoxie City to meet Zhong Shiheng, request the release of Zanpu, and express their surrender to Song.

The news spread to the Song Dynasty, and the whole country rejoiced. No one expected that Di Qing took command for the first time, and he dared to make dangerous moves. He not only defeated the 15 Tibetan army, but also captured Luozhe, the capital of the old Tibetan empire.

Tubo is too far away from the Song Dynasty, and is located in a remote place. If the Song army controls the entire territory of Tubo right now, the manpower and material resources will be huge, and the gain will not be worth the loss. The most important thing is that the eighteen separatist forces in Tubo are intricate and It is not in line with the current interests of the Song army.

After repeated discussions with the important officials of the imperial court, Zhao Zhen and the court officials decided to accept the peace agreement of various forces in Tubo, because Zhao Zhen received a report from Jin Yiwei's spies deployed in Liao Kingdom, that Liao Shengzong was critically ill, and he probably would not live until June.

Zhao Zhen didn't know what kind of attitude the newly appointed Liao Emperor had towards the Song Dynasty, but one thing was that he had to be on guard. That's why Zhao Zhen chose to accept the peace talks between the Tibetan forces and end the war on the Western Front as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)