Songtsen Gampo, who is only 15 years old, shows a maturity and stability that seriously belies his age.
He did not immediately agree to the suggestions of the ministers.
After some thought, he asked the ministers in a deep voice.
"Everyone, if we go to seize the Tuyuhun area controlled by the Tang army, will the Tang army attack us?"
"If the Tang army attacks Tubo, can we resist it?" "Live?"
After Songtsen Gampo asked two questions, all the civil and military ministers in the magnificent hall were stunned.
Everyone is thinking about this issue.
For a while, the entire hall fell into dead silence.
After a while, a minister standing at the head of the civil service saluted Songtsen Gampo
Then he said loudly: "Your Majesty, under your leadership, we An elite force of hundreds of thousands of people has been recruited, and all the internal rebellions have been eliminated."
"The situation in the Tang Dynasty is similar to ours. There have been rebellions in recent years, and these two have just broken out. He has been fighting against the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun for many years. "
"I think that the Tang Dynasty is just showing off and looks very powerful, but in fact the people are complaining about the heavy military service."
"At the end of Qiannu. The Tang Dynasty is our best opportunity to grow Tubo!"
Hearing this powerful analysis, everyone in the hall had a look of emotion and pride on their faces.
Although their new king Songtsen Gampo is young, he is talented and extremely capable.
In the short three years since he took over, it took less than two years to put down the internal rebellion in Tubo, stabilize the situation, and once again restore the unity of Tubo.
Nowadays, Tubo has more than 400,000 troops and has the advantage of terrain. It is not afraid of the Tang army at all.
There was a row of generals, and a tall middle-aged general standing at the front stood up and said loudly.
"Your Majesty, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If we wait until the Tang Dynasty recovers its national strength, it will be too late for us to take action."
"We take action against Tuyuhun now. It is not a direct invasion of the Tang Dynasty. I believe that the Tang Emperor will not use troops against us."
"If the Tang Emperor dares to attack us, we can send envoys to Goguryeo, Western Turks and Xue Yantuo to persuade them. Let's attack the Tang Dynasty together!"
Now the top civil servants and generals of Tubo all suggested to conquer Tuyuhun and seize the fruits of victory.
With their leadership, other ministers responded one after another, expressing their intention to conquer Tuyuhun and expand Tibet's territory.
Songtsen Gampo frowned tightly, making various trade-offs in his mind.
After thinking for a long time, Songtsen Gampo stood up, clenched his fists and said.
"Since everyone wants to expand the territory, then we will send troops to conquer Tuyuhun!"
"I have decided to send 200,000 troops!"
I heard the king's decision The decision was made, and everyone in the hall had a look of joy on their faces.
As long as Tubo captured Tuyuhun, the entire plateau would fall into their hands.
They occupied the plateau and had natural dangers to defend. The Tang army could not do anything to them.
And their eastward advance of Tubo can directly threaten Chang'an. If there is internal chaos in the Tang Dynasty in the future, they will also have the opportunity to lay down the coveted fertile soil.
While mobilizing food and grass and training soldiers in Tubo, Murong Fuyun also sent envoys to Tubo and asked Songtsen Gampo to send troops with a letter of distress.
In the main hall of the Tubo court.
The envoy from Tuyuhun said with fear and tears: "The great Songtsen Gampo, please send troops to rescue us Tuyuhun. Now if the Tang army doesn't show martial ethics and sneak attack on us, I'm afraid we will be defeated in less than half a month." Completely defeated by the Tang army."
"There is an old saying among the Han people, which is that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold."
"If we Tuyuhun are wiped out, you Tubo will not survive."
After hearing what the Tuyuhun envoy said, all the Tibetan civil and military ministers in the hall had inexplicable expressions on their faces.
Originally I was worried that my master would be unknown, but now isn’t the opportunity coming?
Songtsen Gampo said with indignation on his face: "Don't worry, envoy, you Tuyuhun and we Tubo have been a family since ancient times. We will not stand by and watch when you are in trouble."
"You go back and tell Murong Fuyun that I will definitely send troops to attack the Tang army!"
It must be said that Songtsen Gampo is still an actor.
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His response made Tuyuhun's envoy happy.
Before the envoy came, he had made many assumptions and preparations. If Tubo refused to send troops to assist, how should he persuade him.
Unexpectedly, he just said three sentences, and the whole Tubo army unanimously agreed to send troops to assist them.
This scene made him feel a little unreal.
So dreamy!
However, the country was now in danger, and the purpose of the mission was to get Tubo to send troops to deal with the Tang army. Since the goal was achieved, he didn't think much about it.
The Tuyuhun envoy bowed and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sending troops to assist!"
Unfortunately, he had his head buried at the moment and did not see the sneer on the lips of the Tibetan civil and military ministers.
Because Tubo was a new court team, they implemented government orders very quickly.
While they were dispatching their troops and generals, they were quickly collecting food and grass.
In just three days, preparations were made for the expedition.
GrasslandThe people fighting in the Tang Dynasty are different from those in the Tang Dynasty.
They are accustomed to a nomadic life and plunder livestock nearby wherever they go, so they do not need to prepare a lot of food.
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Tuyuhun.
In Yanze City, which is only more than a hundred miles away from the imperial city of Fuqi City, 20,000 fine cavalry led by Wang Jian are stationed inside.
Xue Rengui and Erdan occupied the surrounding cities.
The three armies formed a "pin" shape, cutting off Tuyuhun's escape routes in three directions. At the same time, Tuyuhun's army did not dare to easily send troops to attack the city.
After several days of clearing out various tribes in Tuyuhun, the three armies had wiped out all the small cities and tribes outside Fuqi City.
Moreover, there were several large and small battles with the army sent by Murong Fuyun.
A total of 20,000 enemies were wiped out in several battles, and the Tang army also suffered 250 deaths and 2,691 injuries.
Murong Fuyun's hundreds of thousands of troops were beaten to such a degree that they huddled in Fuqi City and did not dare to come out.
After several days of fighting, the Tang army was exhausted, so Wang Jian ordered the three armies to rest in the city and wait for the final battle.
In the city lord’s mansion.
Wang Jian and Su Dingfang were warming up in a small stove.
In Su Dingfang's hands, there were also military reports sent by Xi Junmai and Xu Hu's scouts.
After reading it, he said with a bit of joy on his face.
"Commander Wang, Murong Gui's remaining 70,000 soldiers have been almost wiped out under the siege of Xi Junmai and Xu Hu's armies."
"We We can prepare to attack Murong Shun!"
It has been more than half a month since the Tang army entered Tuyuhun, and now they only have more than 100,000 men under Murong Fuyun.
As long as Fuqi City is captured and these large armies are destroyed, the battle in Tuyuhun will be declared over.
Wang Jian took a sip of tea soup and asked with a calm face: "General Su, is there any change in Murong Fuyun's army?"
Wang Jian and his three-pronged army are not simply The purpose of annexing and resting in Yanze City was to frighten Murong Fuyun so that he would not easily send troops to support Prince Murong Gui.
As long as he sends troops to support, the army led by Wang Jian, Xue Rengui and Er Dan will intercept the attack halfway.
Su Dingfang shook his head and said: "Although Murong Fuyun has nearly 200,000 troops, most of them are new recruits. They are now afraid of being beaten and are hiding in the city and dare not come out. "
"According to the news from the scouts, Murong Fuyun may abandon the city and escape."
Wang Jian nodded lightly.
He is very close to Fuqi City now, and all his subordinates are cavalry, but he is not afraid of Murong Fu at all.Yun abandoned the city and fled.
Without the protection of a solid city, and most of Tuyuhun's soldiers were infantry, they were no different from a group of white sheep in the eyes of the Tang army.