Datang Fenghua Road

As strong as the Tang Dynasty, there are still various forces in the country that are holding back, and the country of Tubo is even more unbearable, because there is a force on the plateau that almost overrides the imperial power.

That is the lama of the big temple.

The influence of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty was not small, but they never dared to defy the emperor openly. In Tubo, it was completely different. Every large temple ruled over a land and many tribes.

This is similar to the ancient feudal system, which nominally respects the emperor of the central government, but in fact each manages his own affairs with his own scheming.

Today is the tenth day of the war on Jiannan Road. With the constant persecution of Han Yue's army, the Tubo troops scattered all over Jiannan continue to gather. Although gathering together can reduce the risk of being strangled, it also highlights new problems.

For example, Songtsen Gampo wanted to evacuate, but the tribes were reluctant to drop their luggage.These goods were looted by them, and they did not have to turn them over to the emperor after returning to the plateau.

Tubo people are greedy by nature, and they believe in what I say in my pocket. If you want them to throw away their treasures, they have to use a knife to force them to kill.

But Songtsen Gampo can't force it now.

In the past ten days, he hastily retreated all the way, and the cavalry of his direct cavalry has been reduced by more than 2. He has only 20 direct descendants in total, and now he has lost one-tenth of it.

And these ten days, the Tubo army scattered all over the place kept gathering, and the number has exceeded 45. Songtsan has no ability to threaten other tribes, even if he has the ability, he will not do so.

Because Tubo's loss is too serious.

Sometimes when the army was on its way frantically, a few sparkling things were suddenly thrown out of the woods by the roadside, and those things exploded into the sky, killing at least dozens of soldiers.

When the march was tired, they set up camp carefully. In the middle of the night, dozens of Han people suddenly rushed forward. They were quick to kill and ruthless, and they never wanted to fight.

Zeng also sent troops to pursue him, but soon found that no matter how many people he sent out, they would never come back.Since then, Tubo could only grit his teeth and endure harassment and attrition, and never dared to send troops out to pursue revenge.

When they first invaded Jiannan, Songtsan led 30 troops, but later found that the battle was simple, so he quickly transferred another 70 troops.

This 70 is actually an imaginary number, and the real number may not be less than 150 million.

The reason for the doubling of the troops is because each tribe has selfishness. When they invaded for the second time, they all knew that they were going to loot and make a fortune. Almost every family and every tribe sent twice as much troops.

But how much is left now?

All the remnant soldiers who invaded Jiannan Road continued to gather, and finally added up to 45.In other words, in just ten days, Han Yue killed more than 100 million coalition forces.

What a terrifying number, it makes the scalp numb.

Tonight was pouring rain, thunder rumbled, and the pouring rain seemed to be pouring down directly. Songtsan Gambo on the warhorse wiped his face vigorously and asked loudly, "How many tribes choose to abandon their goods?"

"Report to Your Majesty, no one has abandoned..."

"Damn!"

Songtsen Gampo roared all his life, looking extremely angry, and shouted: "Why don't these damn tribes refuse to leave their goods behind? It is difficult for the baggage to move forward quickly, and it is clear that he wants to stay and let the Han people kill. Damn, damn it, These greedy idiots..."

Suddenly, his eyes turned to a marching high priest beside him, and his eyes were burning: "Is our bullock cart well protected, how many are left now?"

The high priest raised his head and thought for a while, then he was a little uncertain: "There should be no less than one hundred carts, after all, the number is increasing every day. The soldiers did not forget to loot when they fled, although they were chased and killed by the Han Chinese. people, but we looted more property."

"Okay!" Songtsen Gambo clenched his fists, his expression clearly showing a hint of excitement.

A general next to him took the opportunity to interject, and said with the same excited expression: "Our team is in the front, so [-]% of the treasures are hoped to be preserved. What we grab is gold and silver treasures, which can double His Majesty's treasury in an instant. As long as we return to the Tubo Plateau , and a new army can be recruited immediately."

"Okay!" Songtsan Gampo clenched his fists again, and let out a rough breath of excitement.

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Chapter 661 I, Songtsen Gampo, will die here

He is the Puzan of the whole of Tibet. As long as he has money, he can recruit soldiers all over the country, and there is the largest temple in Tibet behind him. As long as he has money, he can rise again at any time.

It’s just that this guy doesn’t know an old saying in the Central Plains, that is, don’t do to others what you don’t want to do to yourself. He is not willing to throw away his property, but he forces other tribes to throw it away. Now the whole army has long been separated from Germany, and many powerful tribe leaders are thinking about it. Try to kill him.

Songtsan Gampo looked ahead through the pouring rain, and said coldly, "Those damned idiots don't want to discard the goods when they die, so even if they die, it's no wonder the emperor, just let them hold back the pursuers."

The high priest nodded in agreement, then spoke again, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty must issue another mandatory order to let the whole army continue to march forward despite the rain. The front is the Jinsha River, and after crossing the river is Batang. Dare to pursue."

Batang is the entrance to the plateau, and also the boundary between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo. After entering Batang, the plateau is.

Songtsan Gampo suddenly whipped his horsewhip, and shouted sharply: "Order the whole army to speed up again, and stop camping to rest tonight. As long as we persist overnight, we will be able to return to the plateau."

As he spoke, his eyes turned cold, and he said proudly: "If the Han people dare to continue to pursue, I will let them know what the barrier given by the gods is. At that time, it was not they who beat me, but me who killed me at will. "

The Tubo people can adapt to the plateau environment, but the Han people will get sick when they go to the plateau. This disease is actually called altitude sickness in later generations, which is purely caused by low pressure and hypoxia.However, the ancient technology was not developed, and it was believed that this was a barrier given by the gods to Tubo for self-protection.

The messenger complied with a bang, and then dozens of people went to inform hundreds of people, and hundreds of people went to inform thousands of people. In the end, all the troops braved the wind and rain, gnashing their teeth and galloping in the heavy rain.

The pouring rain fell for a full two hours, and then gradually the cloud stopped and the rain stopped. The entire road was already muddy to the extreme, and all the Tubo army could only persevere.

Fortunately, the night finally passed, and the army crossed the Jinsha River overnight.

At this time, the sky was just getting brighter, and the sky after the rain was particularly clear.The morning glow in the east is like blood, bright and beautiful.

The Tubo army finally reached the entrance of the plateau, and everyone let out a sigh of relief almost at the same time.As long as you pass the Batang Pass in front, you will no longer be afraid of the pursuit of the Han people.Many fighters laughed while twisting their clothes, and from time to time they would go to see the goods loaded on the ox carts in the distance.

Songtsen Gampo also let out a long breath, standing at the Batang Pass, laughing wildly.The Tubo overlord suddenly turned his head and looked behind him, with a strong hatred and unwillingness in his eyes.

He looked up to the sky and roared: "Da Tang, I will come back. Li Shimin, you wait for me. King Zhao of the West Palace, what about your invincible three guards in the world, you still can't keep me, the descendant of the god of the gods, ahahaha... "

He laughed a few times, his mood was extremely relaxed, and suddenly he threw the whip in his hand and said loudly: "The whole army takes action and returns to the plateau."

"Songtsen Gampo, Songtsen Gampo, Songtsen Gampo, oooooo..." The sound of mountains and tsunamis sounded in the four fields, and everyone shouted the name of Songtsen Gampo in unison.

At this moment, because he was about to return to the plateau, both the direct descendants of Songtsen Gampo and all the tribes were very excited. In a short period of time, they gave up the estrangement of the past few days, and even the morale and morale of the army suddenly recovered.

Songtsen Gampo laughed and beat the horse with his whip.Hundreds of thousands of troops scrambled to keep up, for fear that they would be chased and killed by the Han people if they went too late.

The Batang Pass sounds like a gap, but in fact its width is as much as two or three miles, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people passing through at the same time, so the line of tens of thousands of people is not long.

About half an hour later, the entire army entered Batang.At this moment, the entire army suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the leaders of many tribes were ordering the soldiers to rest.

Songtsen Gampo frowned slightly, and shouted loudly: "This place has not yet left the Tang Dynasty, and has gone to the plateau to rest. Order the army to continue to advance, who dares to delay the decision."

"Your Majesty, you can't..."

The high priest next to him suddenly spoke up and persuaded him, "Last night we marched in the rain, the entire army was tired and exhausted, and the various branches and branches were already full of grievances. At this time, you must not provoke them."

He suddenly rode his horse to Songtsen Gampo's side and reminded him in a low voice: "The Han people have a good saying, if the suppression is too strong, it will be easy to rebound. If your Majesty pushes too hard, it may cause a mutiny."

Songtsan Gampo's pupils shrank, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.

Several generals beside him were overjoyed, and quickly persuaded: "Why don't your majesty show mercy and let the whole army rest on the spot? This is also to leave some time for the baggage troops that have not yet entered the mountain, let thousands of tens of thousands of vehicles. The ox cart entered the Batang Pass."

Songtsen Gampo gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Those ox carts don't belong to me, why should Ben Puzan take care of the time?"

"Goods, Your Majesty, although those ox carts were robbed by various ministries, and they were intercepted by themselves when they entered the plateau, but no matter what, they are the wealth of the entire Tibet. You are His Majesty Puzan of the plateau, and you are qualified to draw some taxes from them."