Chastity Layman

Although Qin Lang was still on the road and didn't know much about the situation on the front line, Qin Lang was still able to speculate on the real situation based on the overall situation.

Tubo came aggressively, and the reason for sending troops was to ask for the defected Prince Su Pi, and even played the banner that the prince would not return to me and went deep.

And they claim to send 300,000 troops, which also proves that this time Tubo is serious.

Just looking at the essence through the appearance, things are not so simple.

In the final analysis, this was the first time Tubo showed its fangs to Datang completely. This was a real challenge to Datang. Where did he have the confidence, or why did he have to do so?

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Qin Lang thinks that this is just an introduction, not the most important reason. After carefully sorting out the cause and effect, Qin Lang has gradually been able to grasp the real reason of the whole situation. He can guess the mind of the plateau king in the city.

The Tubo army rushed all the way, heading straight for Songzhou, but they absolutely could not really capture Songzhou, or even enter Jiannan, and enter Chengdu.

They don't have the ability, they don't have the confidence, and they don't need it.

Under the governance of Songtsan Gampo, the internal rebellion in Tubo has long since subsided, and under his comprehensive reforms, it is indeed strong and strong, and it has achieved internal stability. Under Tubo’s New Deal system, it is a bloodthirsty expansion system. Tubo It is bound to expand.

However, there were only three strategic directions for Tubo's expansion. They went east across the Hengduan Mountains, and went out of Yunnan to fight in the middle of Shu.

The second is to cross the Kunlun Mountains to the west and attack Khotan to fight for the Western Regions.

The last road is to cross Zishan to the north and attack Tuyuhun to seek Helong.

These three strategic directions, the east and the west are faced with crossing glaciers and snow-capped mountains. It is difficult.

And to the north is the continuous grassland, no doubt much less pressure.

Not to mention that after Su Pi, Domi, Bai Lan, etc., in the eyes of Tubo, have become fat meat that can be swallowed by opening their mouths, but Tuyuhun has been completely beaten after many years of fighting with the Tang Dynasty. Disabled. The people of Tang swallowed the super fat meat of Tuyuhun first, and Tubo was very jealous.

In their strategy, Tuyuhun was their goal in the north. In the future, they would use Tuyuhun as their business base to compete with the Tang Dynasty for the Helong region, and then cut off the Western Regions.

So when they supported Murong Cheng's rebellion and were quickly suppressed, everyone in Tubo couldn't sit still. They used Prince Supi's defection as an excuse to raise troops, pretending to attack Songzhou, but Qin Lang judged that their ultimate goal was actually Tuyuhun.

As for sending troops to Songzhou, it was actually just a pretense to mobilize the frontier army of the Tang Dynasty. When the main force of the western Tang army was mobilized to the Jiannan area, Tuyuhun and Helong would be empty, which gave them an opportunity.

The other is to take the opportunity to defeat Duomi, Bailan, and Dangxiang, and clear the way for them to attack Tuyuhun.

This should be an overall strategy, the ultimate goal.

Therefore, Qin Lang judged that Tubo's sword pointing at Songzhou at this stage was just a strategic deceit, or a temptation. .

This is a move to attack instead of defend. After all, the Ningyuan army in Songzhou had already built a fort by the Yak River. Regarding the attitude of the Governor's Mansion towards Su Pi, it is possible for Ningyuan's army to enter the territory of Su Pi at any time. Tubo does not want to passively defend, so it is normal to counterattack instead of defending.

He took the initiative to attack Duomi, Bailan, and Dangxiang first. If the strategy is successful, he can push the actual border forward thousands of miles and block the Tang army back to the Jiannanxishan line in Songzhou Weizhou. Win a larger buffer zone and gain more strategic space.

This kind of strategic thinking is actually very clever.

As long as Tubo is not stupid and really goes to Songzhou to attack the city, then in Qiang land, Tubo can adapt to this kind of plateau field battlefield better, and will not be too afraid of the Tang army.

"The purpose of Tubo is Tuyuhun, not Songzhou." Qin Lang told his conclusions to his brothers, which confused them. How could Tubo come to Songzhou, but the third brother said it was Tuyuhun thousands of miles away?

This is a strategic deception. The first phase of Tubo's operation was only a deception and temptation to Datang. Their real phase targets were the three Qiangs of Duomi, Bailan and Dangxiang. The 300,000 people were really directed at them.

It is necessary to wipe out these Qiangs who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and clear the obstacles for them to compete for Tuyuhun in the next stage. If Datang is only guarding Songzhou this time, he must be fooled in the end.

Historically, the Battle of Songzhou was fought at about this time, and even under such a situation, and the Battle of Songzhou was really fought, that is, one back and forth each.

First, Tubo sent more than 200,000 troops on the grounds that Tuyuhun, a shabby household, could be a princess of a great country, and Tang Anneng deceived me, making me lose face in front of the feudal vassals, beating up all the Qiangs all the way until they reached the city of Songzhou.

Then shout the slogan, the princess will not come to me and go deep, if you don't send the princess to marry us, we will lead our troops all the way to Chang'an City to meet the kiss in person.

Then Han Weilang, the governor of Songzhou, went out to fight in the field, but was defeated by Tubo, who retreated to Songzhou to defend the city. Upon hearing the news, the imperial court dispatched Niu Jinda, Cheng Yao, Jinhou Junji and other generals who had lost their minds and powers.

Niu Jinda arrived first with the vanguard, launched a night attack, beheaded more than a thousand people.

Then Tubo withdrew slowly.

The Songzhou battle was over with a lot of thunder and rain, and it was over.

Although this battle ended hastily, it also allowed Tubo to achieve his goal. First, he showed his muscles to Datang. Occupying a great deal of initiative, he brought a large area of ​​the Qiang buffer zone under his rule.

In the end, although the above table pleaded guilty and professed ministers, etc., Datang finally agreed to marry the princess with his own relatives, and gave officials and rewards, etc. Tubo got all the face in it, and let Tubo test out that Datang was in the west. The reality on the border prepared them for their real march into Tuyuhun.

Later, Tubo formally sent troops to seize the land of Tuyuhun, and after the end of the Tang Dynasty, it became a major threat to the Northwest of the Tang Dynasty. They used the old place of Tuyuhun as their base camp, attacked Helong again and again, and even captured the Western Regions, and finally broke into Chang'an city.

This may be something that Li Shimin and the ministers in Chang'an City could not have imagined.

The Tubo strategy in history was very successful. In one round of the Battle of Songzhou, there were no more than a thousand casualties, but the harvest was huge. Not only did Tang Tian Khan change his attitude, he no longer regarded Tubo as a small feudal clan, and agreed to marry the princess, but at the same time, Bai Lan Dangxiang and other Qiang who were originally attached to Datang, turned to Tubo, and even made things for them in the future. Datuyuhun provides good prerequisites.

It's just that the Tubo people probably didn't expect that Qin Lang could guess all their conspiracy intentions early on.

Historically, when the Tang court dealt with Tubo, it felt that it had succeeded. First, it kept the frontier, and then let Tubo become a vassal and pay tribute. It officially joined the Tang Dynasty system and became a member of the vassal. .

On the other hand, through this incident, Datang also ensured the peace of the Tang-Tibetan border for more than ten years, and even let Tubo withdraw from Tuyuhun for a while, and let Tuyuhun, a vassal younger brother, successfully restore the country. It is victory.

In Qin Lang's view, Datang saved face, but the real strategy was a big failure. The misunderstanding of Tubo's strategy led to the final collapse of the situation in the west, and finally made Tubo a big deal, with endless troubles.

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In Tubo's own records, he duly called himself the victor, and even said that after the battle, both Li Tang and Tuyuhun paid tribute to Tubo.

Datang said it was a reward, but Tubo thought it was a tribute. Anyway, Datang was indeed a policy of appeasement at that time.

In mid-May, Qin Lang finally arrived in Songzhou.

Songzhou was under full martial law at this time, and there was a tense atmosphere of war coming.

The whole Ningyuan army has been fully mobilized. Not only have the 5,000 Ningyuan troops canceled their vacation rotations, and all of them have sent weapons to their posts. The guards, towns, and fortresses have all been prepared for battle.

But that's all.

Because of the death of the coach Qin Qiong, there is no leader in Songzhou now, and there is no leader with enough prestige, so it is only a passive defense.

Everyone thought that the 200,000 people from Tubo were really coming to capture Songzhou City, and some people even suggested that Prince Supi should be sent back first to quell the war.

Anyway, no one thought of taking the initiative to attack.

"Your Majesty Shi Hanwei, Governor of Songzhou, pays a visit to Duke Wei!"

In Songzhou City, the highest official position is Changshi Hanwei, who led the civil servants and generals to welcome the Qin family brothers.

"Duke Wei has arrived, and we in Songzhou will have no worries." Han Wei heaved a sigh of relief, hearing that the 300,000 Tubo army was coming, he was full of anxiety these days.

"President Wei, please."

Qin Lang glanced at everyone, "Where is my grandfather's body?"

"There is a mourning hall in the Governor's Mansion."

"Take our brothers there first."

"Duke Wei, the attack from Tubo is very urgent, please ask Duke Wei to preside over the overall situation!"

"Wei Gong, why don't you send someone to send Prince Su Pi back to the Tubo camp?"

A group of officials are worried about every word you say.

Qin Lang said in a deep voice, "Tuban, the little ugly captive, although he is arrogant and arrogant, he is not something to be afraid of, so let's leave him alone."

"Duke Wei?"

"Don't worry, Xiaofan, even if he claims to have three million people, there are ways to destroy him."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling that Qin Lang was a little exaggerated.

"Wei Gong, although Songzhou is fully prepared for the war, but under the haste, there are only 5,000 troops from the Ningyuan Army, and 10,000 from the Fan soldiers. There is a huge difference in numbers."

Qin Lang pulled Wulang forward, "This is my fifth younger brother. The sage ordered him to be the Duke of Qi and the governor of Songzhou. From now on, he will be the governor of Songzhou. If you think my words are not credible, you can talk to him." Discuss countermeasures."

Everyone looked at Qin Wulang, who looked haggard and somewhat thin. How could this person be able to take on such a heavy responsibility, and they could only shut their mouths in embarrassment.

"Han Changshi?"

"Oh, Duke Wei, Duke Qi, etc., please come with the officials." Han Wei had no choice but to lead the way.