On this day, Zhao Ziliang was studying the map and preparing to cooperate with Huangfu Weiming, the governor of Longyou Road, to jointly eradicate the Tibetan army's strongholds in Dafeichuan and the former homeland of East Tuyuhun.
At this time, Bo Lehan came in and reported: "General, Ge Shuhan The general and General Gao Xiuyan have returned with their troops.
The troops and horses are already outside the camp gate and will be arriving soon."
Zhao Ziliang raised his head and was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Okay, I was about to send troops, but they came back unexpectedly.
After they have placed their troops and horses, let them come to see X, and send someone to notify Ma Lin, Zhang Shouyu, and Liu Gong."
Come here."
"promise" Two days later, in the completed Fuqi City Prefecture, all the generals and officials gathered together.
Zhao Ziliang strode in from the outside with a waist knife and several guards.
All the generals and officials stood up together and shouted: "Meet the general."
Zhao Ziliang walked to the main seat and sat down, pressing his hands: "Sit down, everyone, come and bring me the map of Kanyu."
The general officials sat down one after another, and two retinues carried a wooden frame with a map and placed it next to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang said: "I have called you here today.
Nothing else.
This general has decided to start a war with Tibet.
In the past, every time Every time, the Tubo people attacked us first.
Since Tubo's defeat last year, Tubo's vitality has been severely damaged.
From a strategic point of view, The offense turned to strategic defense, but we did the opposite.
Now we have to attack the Tubo people first.
Our strategic purpose this time is the Nine Bends of the Yellow River here.
If we capture all the areas that the Nine Bends of the Yellow River pass through, we will have enough The horse breeding farm and the production of Hequ horses will all fall into my hands.
From now on, our Tang Dynasty will no longer be short of war horses."
Everyone was extremely excited after hearing Zhao Ziliang's words.
Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but shed a few tears.
He was so excited.
Because of its natural geographical advantages, Tubo had always maintained a strategic offensive against the Tang Dynasty.
Now The situation has finally reversed.
If we can really capture the Jiuqu Yellow River area and control the origin of Hequ horses, Datang will really not be short of war horses in the future, and Datang will be able to form large-scale heavy armored cavalry and light cavalry.
This situation was so difficult that Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.
Zhao Ziliang continued: "But we can't forget about it.
The average altitude here is only 9,600 feet.
The closer we get to Tubo, the higher the altitude, the more and more cases of altitude sickness will occur.
Seriously, to keep the soldiers fighting Therefore, we cannot rush for quick success.
For the cities and strongholds occupied by the Tubo army, we must attack them one by one.
Once we capture one, we will hold it and let the soldiers rest for a period of time to adapt to the new altitude.
Wait until the soldiers have completely lost the plateau.
After reacting, go to a new city."
Yan Zhenqing clasped his fists and said: "General, this method has captured the essence of military art.
I admire it.
I have never understood why our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty repeatedly lost their combat power when they attacked Tubo.
It turns out it is because of altitude sickness.
I Taught” Zhao Ziliang nodded, pointed at the map and said: "Now the Tibetan army strongholds in the Qaidam Basin in Haixi have been pulled out by General Geshuhan and General Gao Xiuyan, east of the Altyn Mountains, south of the Qilian Mountains, The vast area north of the Kunlun Mountains and west of the West Sea has been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Our next step is to march into the land of Jiuqu Yellow River.
The first step is to capture Shudun City and Huayuan County east of the West Sea, General Gao Xiuyan."
When Gao Xiuyan heard this, he stood up and said, "The general will be here at the end."
"This time it took you a long time to wipe out the Tibetan army's stronghold in the Qaidam Basin.
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The soldiers have worked hard.
This time we attack Huayuan County and Shudun City.
You will stay and guard Fuqi City."
Gao Xiuyan said: "No" Zhao Ziliang said again: "General Liu Gong, you will lead a large fighting army and county soldiers from Qilian, Dichi, Xincheng, and Changning counties, a total of 13,000 people to attack Shudun City."
Liu Gong stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Take orders."
"Ma Lin, you guard Bailan" "promise" "Ge Shuhan, you lead the first and second battalions of the Fuqi Army and the Tuyuhun tribe in Haixi, a total of 10,000 people, to attack Huayuan County.
As for Gongji City, Chuihe City, Xiqiang City, etc. east of the Yellow River, hand them over to Longyou.
Dao Jiedu sent General Huangfu to solve the problem."
"Follow your orders" On the eighth day of March, multiple Tang armies simultaneously sent troops to attack Shudun City, Huayuan County, Xiqiang City, Gongji City, and Xiqiang City occupied by the Tibetan army.
After ten days of bloody battles, they finally captured all these cities occupied by the Tibetan army. .
Not long after the Tang army captured these cities, the Tang army's special forces and scouts learned that a group of Tibetan soldiers and horses came from the Tubo Kingdom under the banner of a mission.
This mission had passed the final Tibetan attack in the Jiuqu Yellow River area.
In the frontier military town of Mantou City, the news quickly spread to the Xihai Dudu Mansion.
Zhao Ziliang immediately summoned civilian and military generals to discuss the Tibetan people's move.
"Everyone, news just came that a Tibetan group of about 300 people started from Luoche under the banner of an envoy.
Now they have arrived in Mantou City, not far from Huayuan County.
They have sent people I came to negotiate and said that I am going to Chang'an to meet the emperor.
What do you think of this matter?"
After Zhao Ziliang's words fell, the civil servants and military generals immediately started talking.
Ge Shuhan stood up and held his hands in his arms and said: "General, what's there to say?
The Tubo people clearly want to seek peace from our court and want to gain something with it."
Don't let them go to Chang'an while they have a chance to breathe.
In the eyes of the general, as soon as they enter the control area of our army, we will kill them all immediately."
Many generals nodded and said that Ge Shuhan's method was indeed a good one.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "What if the imperial court sends someone to inquire?
Our route from Tubo to Chang'an is not the only way.
They can also take Nanzhao."
With Jiannan Road, wait until their second wave of envoys arrive in Chang'an and tell the imperial court and the emperor about the first wave of envoys.
The imperial court will send people to verify, what should we do?"
Ge Shuhan spread his hands: "How did we know?
There are horse bandits everywhere these days.
Who knows where they have gone.
We have never seen them."
All the civil servants and military generals nodded in agreement.
This kind of push-and-pull approach was often used by border troops to fool the imperial court into sending people to investigate certain matters.
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "To do this is too unconfident and unbearable as a great nation.
When the envoys come, we will welcome them no matter what their purpose is.
How can we do such a despicable thing?
How can we deal with them?"
, It’s a matter for the big guys in the imperial court, we’re just going to fight, where is Brahan?”
The captain of the guard, Bulhan, stood up and cupped his hands: "My subordinates are here."
Zhao Ziliang said: "You take the general's personal retinue to Mantou City to greet the Tibetan envoys, and escort them all the way to the jurisdiction of Longyou Road, and hand them over to the people sent by General Huangfu.
Don't neglect them along the way."
On the one hand, it shows the broad mind and magnanimity of the Tang Dynasty.
On the other hand, it allows me to monitor anyone in this mission and prevent them from taking the opportunity to spy on our army’s defense situation.
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Do you understand?”
Brahan cupped his fists and said, "I understand."
After Bo Lehan left, the judge Yan Zhenqing cupped his hands and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, although General Geshu's handling methods are a bit unreasonable, what he said is not unreasonable.
Now most of the original Tuyuhun homeland has been captured by our army, and Tubo The people's military power in this area is pitifully weak, and in southern Tibet and eastern Tibet, Jiannan Road and Lingnan Road have restrained most of the troops.
In a short period of time, they have no chance at all.
The French mobilized more troops to resist our attack.
For now, they can only sue for peace.
It is estimated that this mission will ask the emperor for peace again in order to ease the relationship between the two countries.
In this way, the Tubo Kingdom They got a chance to breathe again, and when they regained their strength, they attacked again with a large army.
This cycle repeats for decades, never ending.
Once something happens to our country, Tubo will definitely take advantage of it."
Zhao Ziliang had a straight face when he heard this, snorted coldly, patted the case and said angrily: "The Tubo people think too well, they really think that the people above us in the Tang Dynasty are a bunch of fools.
We must stop the war or die."
Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "General, things in the court and between countries are not that simple.
As long as there is sufficient exchange of interests, anything is possible."
Zhao Ziliang suddenly became vigilant after hearing what Yan Zhenqing said.
Yan Zhenqing was right.
As long as there was sufficient exchange of benefits, or the Tubo people spent a lot of money to bribe the court bosses like Li Linfu, the court might really agree to divorce.
The troops stopped fighting.
If it really came to that point, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty braved the wind and heavy snow, gnawed on rock-like cornbread, and risked huge casualties to push the front to the south of Dafeichuan.
Wouldn't it be a ceasefire at this time?
Falling short of success No, absolutely not.
We must not let the war stop.
We must not let the Tubo people have the final say when we want to stop.
Zhao Ziliang immediately said to Yan Zhenqing: "Master Yan, your literary talent is good.
Please write a letter to the Holy One for me, General."
In the memorial, he stated to His Majesty the seriousness of the truce at this time.
Relations, there must be no truce at this time, otherwise our dead soldiers over the past year will be in vain.
Let the Tubo people take a breather, and they will raise their troops to march eastward again.
It is up to our government to decide when to cease the war.
About On this point, the whole court must reach a consensus.
In addition, please tell Mr.
Yan to tell Li Linfu that Datang If the Tang Dynasty is strong, his power will be greater.
If the Tang Dynasty is weak, his power will be weak.
Therefore, his power is directly proportional to the strength of the Tang Dynasty.
If he is not on good terms with this general, it is just a matter of different political opinions.
Internal contradictions, Tubo is our common enemy, in the face of this enemy, we will always We should be unanimous in dealing with the outside world, rather than internal strife and letting outsiders take advantage.
If he betrays the interests of the Tang Dynasty due to conflicts with this general, or puts his personal interests above the interests of the Tang Dynasty, don't blame this general for not following the rules, and don't think that he There are countless masters around him, and he is favored by His Majesty, so there is nothing I can do against him."
Yan Zhenqing opened his mouth, but he couldn't say what he wanted to say, so he could only sigh: "General, don't think that Mr.
Li Linfu is a person who can betray the interests of the Tang Dynasty for his own power.
I think you have strong feelings for Mr.
Li Linfu.
Prejudice, you have been in the court for several years.
It is best not to mix personal feelings and preferences when dealing with colleagues and major affairs in the court.
In addition, there is more than just Mr.
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Li Linfu in the court.
The lower officials can write the memorial for the general. , but the lower official advises the general not to place his hopes on the memorial.
Chang'an is thousands of miles away.
No matter how powerful the general is, he is beyond his reach.
In the lower official's opinion, it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself.
Since we already know about the Tibetan mission Why do we need to be led by the Tubo people?
General, why don’t we use all our troops to attack the Tibetan military stronghold south of the West Sea with all our strength, and complete the general’s strategic concept before the imperial court and Tubo reach an agreement."
After hearing Yan Zhenqing's words, Zhao Ziliang's eyes shone brightly.
He slammed the table and said loudly: "Master Yan's words make sense.
Come on, I'm going to Shanzhou to meet with General Huangfu
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