Chastity Layman

"If I'm guilty, please be punished by the gods instead of letting me meet Qin Lang."

late at night.

In front of Leiguan, the Tubo envoy Gal Dongzan was sitting in the lee of the cliff under a blanket, facing a bonfire, and his subordinates were roasting meat.

The smell of meat overflowed, but Gal Dongzan was unmoved, still frowning.

Early this morning, under the protection of warriors in tiger suits, he came to Leiguan again, knocked on the pass to present Zanpu's national letter, and also submitted the gift list, and repeatedly stated that he would mourn King Qin Zhongwu of the Tang family and Dai Zanpu to pay respects to Wei Guogong wait.

But the gate guard did not let them enter, and the gift was also confiscated. A few letters and the attached gift list were taken in, but they were only asked to wait.

This waiting is from dawn to sunset, from day to night.

The hundred warriors in tiger suits who accompanied him were already very impatient, but Dongzan was very patient. In other words, after the last failure, the Tubo minister became much more patient now. There are too few chips in the game, and if you go back, you will just fail.

As the leader of the younger generation of the Gar family, although Dongzan is in his thirties, he is already an important minister in the Tubo court. Although he has not yet entered the list of nine ministers of government affairs, he has not yet become a minister Jiuchen, but he has also become one of the four internal ministers who are the foreman of the third shift.

If it weren't for the failure of the previous mission and the failure of the research, the Eastern Expedition went smoothly this time, and he was able to take advantage of the situation to make contributions, then Dongzan would have a good chance to enter the Prime Minister's Palace and become a small internal minister. But he screwed up and couldn't fail again this time.

Although the Tang people did not let him enter, they also told him to wait, so there is still hope.

"What does the Tang people mean?"

A Gar disciple in a tiger-skin gown, a tiger-skin skirt, and a tiger-skin robe overlaid the question as he handed over the roasted mutton.

Gar sighed, "Whoever let the Tang family have the upper hand now will naturally take the initiative. Just wait. Since the Tang family only allows them to wait, it means there is still a chance."

"Could it be another conspiracy by the Tang people, or just trick us?"

Dongzan looked at this cousin of the family. He was dressed in six brave ornaments. He was a first-class warrior in Tubo. In addition to the tiger-skin gown, there are also tiger-skin saddles and tiger-skin stirrup pad collars.

And there are more advanced guards and warriors beside Zanpu, even wearing tiger skin clothes and leopard skin skirts.

This time he came, Zanpu specially asked him to bring a hundred warriors in tiger suits. First, he brought too many warriors for fear of being misunderstood by the Tang people. Second, he brought too few and feared being despised by the Tang people. Therefore, he finally brought a hundred warriors in tiger suits. The number is not much. It can also show strength.

But who knows, the Tang people don't even close the door.

Dongzan looked at the hundred warriors in Tubo tiger suits. On their shoulders was a rectangular body, made of red copper, with some patterns embedded on it.

Tubo’s domestic reforms have shifted from the original aristocratic and tribal alliance system to the current Zanpu centralized system. Not only have various central and local official systems been established, but also a relatively complete official rank system.

For example, Zanpu confers on officials to sue, distinguishing six kinds of materials such as seser jade, gold, silver and copper, with the highest and the lowest red copper, which is divided into six levels and twelve levels of official sue system, also known as chapter ornaments.

And under the six-level and twelve-level confessions, there are also iron and wood confessions, which are awarded to the Gui and Yong classes other than noble officials.

The one hundred warriors in tiger suits next to Dongzan all have red copper. Although they are the lowest rank among the sixth and twelve ranks, it also shows that these warriors are dressed in tiger skins and have red copper medallions on their arms. , not just soldiers, but all officers, the lowest is Cao Chang.

Cao Chang in Tubo is actually an imitation of the official title of the Tang Dynasty. In the border army of the Tang Dynasty, there were also soldiers Cao Canjun and Cang Cao Can military. Cao has Cao Chang.

One hundred households govern two cao, one cao has fifty people, this cao is actually equivalent to a team in the army of the Tang Dynasty.

The army of the Tang government soldiers is the ninth-rank officer, and Cao Chang of the Tubo people also has a red copper to sue him, and he is the lowest-ranking military officer.

However, Cao Chang of Tubo is similar to the captain of Datang. They are the most basic officers. Strong, but when it comes to higher-level things, it is often insufficient.

Although Lun Dongzan is still very young, he is already one of the six chief ministers of the first class of the third class in the Tubo court. Of course, his pattern and vision are different from those of these tiger-robbed Cao chiefs.

"wait!"

In the Leiguan at night, there are only a few lights, but Dongzan knows that this Leiguan, which has suffered a lot from Tubo, looks small, but there are definitely thousands of troops hidden inside. Qin Lang, the Duke of Wei who moved Kyushu, must be there.

Just now he silently searched for the known deeds of Qin Lang in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he was amazed. If Qin Lang's deeds were placed in Tibet, he would be a hero that everyone can sing about.

But such a person has become Tubo's opponent.

Hasty, careless.

Because Qin Qiong died of illness, Tubo came here all over the country. They wanted to break through Songzhou in order to deter the people of Tang Dynasty. Then they forced them to marry the princess and even let them give up their suzerainty over the Qiangs. I can imagine that this time, the head will be broken.

Perhaps Tubo should continue to show weakness to the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, continue tribute trade, maintain stability in the east, send troops to the west first, and wipe out Zhang Zhung in one fell swoop. The land of Tuyuhun.

Going east to Songzhou, now it seems that it is an extremely sloppy strategy, just because of some greed, it ended up like this.

But it’s useless to regret it now. When the decision was made, Dongzan also fully supported the strategy of first east, then north, and then west. After that, Tuyuhun was completely wiped out, and Tuyuhun was merged into Tang Xinjiang in one fell swoop, and their control over Dangxiang and the Qiang in the Western Mountains has become stronger and stronger.

And Qin Qiong has guarded Songzhou for many years, and this person has always regarded Tubo as a confidant, and his deployment in recent years has always been aimed at Tubo's expansion to the northeast.

Qin Qiong even built the castle directly on the bank of the Yak River, which has already reached the border of Subi, and even Yebushou of the Ningyuan Army broke into the territory of Subi several times, which has made Tubo unbearable.

Entering Curzon State is not so much a risky extortion as it is a continuous expansion and invasion that wants to uproot Pine State.

This strategic venture failed.

Now it is no longer thinking about how to break through Songzhou and smash the hand of the Tang people who stretched across the border, but how to retreat back decently, and ensure that the Tang people will not take the opportunity to counterattack aggressively, at least maintain the original border , to keep the existing buffer.

But it is too difficult to do this.

Lu Dongzan thought to himself, if he were Qin Lang, in the current situation where he had the upper hand, he might not be able to do what Tubo wanted.

However, they had nothing to gain on the battlefield, and they suffered repeated defeats. Now they can only pray that they can be more flexible on the negotiating table.

A cold wind blows all night.

After dawn, Lu Dongzan washed his cold face, straightened his clothes, and came to Leiguan again, this time with a more respectful attitude than yesterday.

After waiting for another three hours, the sun was rising, and finally the door was closed and a message was sent to let them in.

The closed door was slowly opened, and a group of cavalrymen from the Tang army rushed out and surrounded them. They stretched their bows and held spears, and the warriors in tiger clothes wanted to draw their swords to confront each other. Lu Dongzan hurriedly stopped.

Before someone closes, even if you really draw your sword, you are not someone else's opponent.

A young general slowly stepped forward and came to Dongzan.

"Who is coming?"

Dongzan suppressed his dissatisfaction, and went forward to salute, "I am the envoy of the great Songtsan Gampo of Tubo, the minister of Tubo, Gar Dongzan Yusong, and I honor the great..."

"Stop, on the territory of my Tang Dynasty, don't mention the great Songtsan Gampo, that's just the marquis conferred by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Now if you dare to invade my Tang Dynasty, even this Marquis can't be kept. .”

Dongzan kept smiling.

"Come with me!"

"Dare to ask the general's name?"

A knight in Mingguang armor said to Dong Zan, "So that you can know, this is General Qin, the founding son of Taiyuan County, the guerrilla general of the Tang Dynasty who guarded the Zhechong Mansion in Kunming, the captain of Zhechong and the envoy of the Zhongwu Army. "

"It turned out to be General Qin. I don't know what is the relationship with Wei Guogong?"

"General Qin is the righteous son of Duke Wei of Qin."

"It turned out to be Duke Wei's righteous son, disrespect and disrespect."

Qin Cunxiao snorted coldly, "It's not worth mentioning a mere nameless person, but you should pay respect to this one, he is the founder of Jinan County in the Tang Dynasty, the son of the late Taishi King Qin Zhongwu, and the younger brother of Duke Wei. "

Dong Zan was surprised, he didn't expect Qin Qiong's son Qin Lang's younger brother to be so young and mighty, yet he was just dressed as an ordinary cavalry.

"The general is also a tiger."

Cunxiao didn't have the heart to talk to the barbarian, so he directly said to him, "Leave half of the guards here."

Only half of the entourage is allowed to go in. This is because Dongzan brought a lot of gold, silver, treasures, horses, beautiful women and other gifts, so someone has to drive the cart and lead the horse.

This was not discussed, so Dongzan could only nod.

Entering the pass with fifty warriors in tiger suits, the door was closed again.

After Dongzan entered the pass, he immediately looked around and found that Lei Pass was tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and the guards were tight. The two Qin generals didn't care about his watching.

Not far away, another door closed.

"The gifts and attendants stay here, you come with us."

Dong Zan's cousin was dissatisfied and wanted to speak out, but Dong Zan stopped him, "Okay, I will listen to the arrangement of the Major General."

After another closed door, the inside is wider, still in the narrow valley, but there are already many buildings here, including warehouses, barracks and so on.

Qin Cunxiao led him along, and finally came to a building. Looking at the six-sided banner erected in front of the door, Dong Zan knew that Situ, Ping Zhangshi, and Wei Guogong Qin Lang were inside.

Just as he was about to go forward, a Mingguang armored warrior stepped forward to stop him and glanced at him disdainfully.

"How can I meet Wei Gong with such a smell? Take off this stinky leather robe, wash it over there, and then put on a clean robe before going in to meet Wei Gong."

Blood welled up on Dongzan's face, these words were too insulting.

Cun Xiao said coldly at the side, "Let me introduce, this is the founding father of Licheng County in the Tang Dynasty, the son of the late Taishi King Zhongwu, and the younger brother of Duke Wei."

Dongzan forcibly suppressed the urge to curse, but he didn't expect that he was Qin Qiong's son again, so he couldn't offend him.

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and go to take a bath and change clothes.

"This is Lun Dongzan. I can't see why he has no temper like mud. How can the third brother think highly of this person?" Qin who had just given Lun Dongzan a blow Gui asked Qin Li and Qin Cunxiao with a smile.

"Dogs that don't bark bite people." Cunxiao said just that.

"That's right." Brother Qin Li and Qin Gui nodded.