[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Xiao Li Xianggong's letter convinced Lu Dongzan that his judgment was correct.

What kind of conspiracy is Tang Jun planning to make them think that the Tang Jun in Xihai County is not enough to fight against Tubo, and then attack the Tang Jun camp!

The more this is the case, the more Lu Dongzan feels that he can't rush to send troops. Even if the number of Tang Jun is really smaller than himself, the opponent's coach and chief minister don't seem to be with each other!

And Xiao Li Xianggong's words about the puppet King Tuyuhun made Lu Dongzan's eyelids jump even more - he invited Nuo Hebo and Li Xianggong to come to Wuhai City to negotiate, in order not to let him take advantage of his confrontation with Tang Jun Time to escape and attack King Tuyuhun's tent, once he did so, Tubo would not be able to openly help the puppet king fight Nuohebo.

Therefore, while Lu Dongzan asked his cronies to immediately go to the Tuyuhun king's tent to protect the puppet king and strengthen the security of the king's tent, at the same time he was thinking about how to fool Mr. Li from the Tang Dynasty so that he would not be suspicious.

Not to mention that the Tubo and Tang parties on Wuhai's side wanted to delay time and did not want to take the initiative to fight with each other, but said that the five thousand Qingqi led by Ren Yaxiang and Wang Xuance had spent more than ten days of investigation and paid the price of nearly a hundred people. I found a road that can directly enter Tubo from the middle of Shu, instead of entering Tubo from Annan Duhufu through Tubo's vassal state Nivalo...

The development of the new road made Ren Xianggong's gloomy mood suddenly brighten.He knew that the person recommended by Li Sanlang must be capable, and he also knew very well about Wang Xuance's deeds, but after entering Shu, Tang Jun's journey was not particularly smooth, and he died a lot in the matter of exploring the road. People, this is still equipped with advanced military tools!

If we go back more than ten years, without the hiking boots, climbing ropes, telescopes and other things developed by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, we don’t know how many people will die in this industry!

Ren Xianggong feels scared when he thinks about it. He is not young anymore. This battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo may be the last foreign expedition he participated in. How much he hopes that he can be like old Li Xianggong, after he pacified Goguryeo Honorable retirement!

Therefore, Ren Ya attached great importance to this military operation far more than any military operation he had participated in before.

This time, Ren Yaxiang and Wang Xuance brought local elites recruited from Jiannan Road and Lingnan Road. The movement of conscription was very small. The guards and the governors of Jiannan and Lingnan knew the inside story.

Wang Xuance had always been bold and careful, and after he became Ren Yaxiang's deputy, he advocated traveling lightly and rushing thousands of miles, trying to reach Luoxie city as quickly as possible, giving Tubo a shocking effect.

This idea is obviously very suitable for the appetite of the emperor, the empress and Mr. Li, so the three of them gave Wang Xuance different degrees of power and convenience. Although Wang Xuance is controlled by Mr. Ren in name, he has the right to lead the army independently. Make military decisions and exercise military power under any circumstances.

Therefore, after setting off from Yizhou, Ren Yaxiang and Wang Xuance let the army escort the luggage and walk slowly behind. The two of them led the technical army and five thousand Qingqi in front, trekking all the way, and finally entered the territory of Tubo.

Because Wang Xuance was familiar with the terrain along the way from Tubo to Zhongtianzhu, the Tang army took all the uninhabited rugged mountain roads and cliffs along the river, so he managed to avoid the eyes of the Tubo defenders.

The time when Tubo was founded was still young, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and there were Himalayas in the south. Their main military force was deployed in the northeast. It was never expected that the Tang army would cross the mountains and cross the river from the direction of Zhongtianzhu, and come quietly...

Although Wang Xuance's army has survived the first few natural dangers, there is still one difficulty that needs to be overcome.

That is, after the terrain gradually rose, many Tang soldiers had altitude sickness.

The coach Ren Yaxiang was not young, and his reaction was even more serious, and finally reached the point where he could hardly mount a horse.

Wang Xuance had no choice but to write secret letters in code words about the current situation, and sent them to Chang'an and Wuhai respectively, and then slowed down the marching speed.

Fortunately, all the soldiers were very determined, and they reacted stiffly and insisted on walking in the direction of Luoxi City. Finally, the Tang army was able to adapt to fighting on the plateau before the fortress that everyone needed to conquer first - Pibo City.

At this time, the people in Tubo didn't know that their hinterland had been invaded by the Tang army. Li Xianggong said that he would help King Tuyuhun regain his territory by force.

And Lu Dongzan, who had secretly assembled the [-] Tuyuhun army around Wuhai, was not afraid at all, and even took the initiative to challenge the Tang army...

The war was about to break out, and the young Zanpu Mang Song Mangzan who stayed in Luoxie City could hardly sit still. He was eager to try to lead the army to the front line like his grandfather Songtsen Gampo, but this idea was immediately rejected by Lu Dongzan. The cronies who stayed in Luoxi City rejected it.

After all, Lu Dongzan was still cautious. He led the troops outside, so he left his eldest son Garqinling in Luoxie City to take charge of the defense of Luoxie City, in case the political enemies of the Gal family took advantage of him to concentrate on dealing with Tang Dynasty. .

Garqin Mausoleum still has some military talents. When he learned that his father Lu Dongzan had gathered all his troops in Wuhai, he had already realized that there would be a shortage of troops in the southern part of Tubo, and ordinary people might deploy other border guards The horse went to fill the southern border between Tubo and Datang, but Garqin Mausoleum did not do so. Instead, it gathered all the soldiers and horses from the state capitals around Luoxie City, and the defense line shrank outside Pibo City.

This move of Galqin Mausoleum was obviously beyond Wang Xuance's expectation. The reason why he insisted on coming with light cavalry was to take advantage of the fact that the Tubo troops were all concentrated on the border, and the guards in some cities were weak, so that he could catch Tubo little Zanpu by surprise. .

Now, Tubo has actually shrunk its defenses. With Wang Xuance's thousands of cavalry, they can't even attack Pibocheng, let alone the heavily protected cities that are easy to defend and difficult to attack!

If not, their troops will be made dumplings by the Tubo local army stationed around Luoxie City!

Ren Yaxiang did not expect that besides Lu Dongzan in Tubo Kingdom, there would be such a military proficient talent, who could not advance or retreat for a while, so he had to convey the current predicament to the Emperor and Empress of Chang'an and Li who had fought Lu Dongzan in Wuhai. Saburo.

After receiving the urgent report from Ren Yaxiang, Wu Xu also had a headache.

The sneak attack plan only cares about a surprise and quickness, and now it's all over. Although the people in Tubo don't know that Tang Jun has sneaked in, their defense is obviously impossible for Wang Xuance and his team to break through!

What's worse is that Wang Xuance and Ren Yaxiang's party are too conspicuous. Even if they can still hide in the wild without being discovered by the Tibetans, the supply of the army has become a big problem!

Wu Xu walked around the sand table for a long time, but he didn't find any place to break through!

Lu Dongzan's son is really not an ordinary talent!

Wu Xu sighed secretly, and looked back at Li Xiaojiu holding a medicine bowl and not drinking the medicine, and also staring at the sand table in a daze, she couldn't help but said: "Jiulang, the medicine is cold and useless..."

Hearing this, Li Xiaojiu drank the soup in one gulp, and continued to stare at the sand table, as if thinking of something.

Seeing him like this, Wu Xu didn't dare to interrupt his train of thought.

After a long while, His Majesty Li Xiaojiu turned his gaze away, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

Wu Xu hurriedly winked at the palace servants around, telling them not to disturb His Majesty Li Xiaojiu's thinking.

After about another stick of incense, Li Xiaojiu finally opened his eyes, as if he had thought through something.

"How about it, do you have an idea?" Wu Xu asked impatiently.

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu just smiled, and asked Wu Xu, "Awu, do you think Tubo is similar to Goguryeo?"

Wu Xu was taken aback by the question, for a moment she didn't know which aspect Li Xiaojiu was referring to.

Tubo and Goguryeo?

On the composition of the country?

On the relationship with Datang?

On national power?

Or is it about the politics of the two countries?

Wu Xu thought for a while, and seemed to have caught something.

"Jiulang, you mean...^" She thought of a possibility, but she was not sure about it. After all, this matter has not yet emerged in Tubo!

Seeing Wu Xu's expression, Li Xiaojiu knew that she had already guessed what he meant, so he said, "The Lord is a little suspicious of the country, and his achievements are overwhelming..."

Perhaps Lu Dongzan was a sincere and upright minister, and he would not kill the king like Quan Gai Suwen of Goguryeo and coerce the emperor to order the princes, but this does not mean that Lu Dongzan did not consider his heirs. .

It is not so easy to be a minister of power. No one dares to disobey you when you are alive.Even little Zanpu respects your wishes everywhere, but if you die, then I'm sorry, and all kinds of old scores will come out. Later Zhang Juzheng is a typical example!

Moreover, to put it bluntly, no one in the officialdom has clean hands, and it will be too easy for Little Zanpu to find fault with you in the future! ..

Therefore, when Lu Dongzan heard Li Sanlang's words, he had no choice but to run to Luoyang alone to avoid disaster, and waited for Xiao Zanpu to call him back on his own initiative before he dared to assume power.In the next few years, Lu Dongzan never relaxed his military power. This time he led an army of [-] to attack Tuyuhun, and arranged for his eldest son to defend the city in Luoxie.

Lu Dongzan was thinking about hitting everyone, but he forgot that his little Zan, Pu Mang Song Mangzan, was in a rebellious period at this time!

The more things you don't let him do, the more interested he is!

Mangsong Mangzan was very dissatisfied with the shrinking behavior of the Garqin Mausoleum. He originally wanted to take a soldier and horse to the front line to fight for himself, but the Garqin Mausoleum strongly stopped him and even brought out his prime minister to suppress him. he. ..

Mangsong Mangtsan was very upset. He often heard that his grandfather, Songtsen Gampo, led the tribe alone to avenge his father when he was 13 years old and started the great cause of unifying Tibet. It's disgusting to be a child!

While Mansong Mangzan was depressed, he actually thought, would he be more free without the Prime Minister and the Garqin Mausoleum?

Before little Zanpu could think any more, bad news came from Wu Hai.

Su Dingfang, the general of the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Tubo army of [-] with [-] cavalry, and the prime minister Lu Dongzan and the general Dayan Mangbuchi all died in the chaos!