Chastity Layman

Before Songtsan Gampo succeeded to the throne, Tubo started from a small state in the Yalong River Valley in the south of Shanxi. The aristocratic slave system, the status of slaves was hereditary, and the status of nobility was the same. Even the few official positions in Tubo were hereditary.

This situation has only changed after several Zamps have expanded aggressively recently.

For example, the post of Prime Minister was only established when Langri Lunzan was in charge. When Songtsan Gampo appointed Shang Nang as Prime Minister, it was only the third term. It was also under the auspices of Shangnang that Tubo further reformed, and only then did the systematic central and local bureaucracy system come into being.

For example, there are three ministers and one political discussion meeting in the court, for example, there are deputy prime ministers and internal equals in total, nine ministers, for example, there are five general managers in the local government, and for example, there are six virtuous ministers and six fierce ministers in the court. , one hundred ministers each led by the four major ministers and so on.

Tubo is slowly moving towards the centralized national political system of Zanpu, and hereditary official positions are no longer as absolute as before.

But the hereditary continued. For example, although Garmang Prime Minister Song Nang failed to inherit his father's position as Grand Minister, he still inherited his father's position as Chief Wei Ru.

Now that the position of Prime Minister has suddenly fallen to his head, he is still a little surprised.

But he didn't refuse. After being shocked, he immediately knelt down and bowed to Xie En despite the loud objection of Jongpo Bangse, and then began to perform his duties.

Mang Xiangsong Nang was originally a general who had been in charge of the Tubo reorganized army for Zanpu. He judged that although the Tang army's attack was a bit unexpected, it must have been planned long ago, so it is not appropriate to fight hard against the Tang army now, but should Retreat decisively.

The peace negotiation has already failed, so don't bother with the peace negotiation anymore, don't fantasize about other things now, run away first.

He immediately sent hundreds of light cavalry to various camps, issued orders to them, and immediately retreated westward, gathering while retreating.

Run if you can, don't fight if you can, and try to stay away from Songzhou if you want to fight.

Fighting against the Tang people under the city of Songzhou was too much of a disadvantage.

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If you fight from a distance, the Tang people will also have difficulty in supplying, and even the Tang people will have insufficient supplies, so it will be difficult to pursue.

As for, after running back, the Tang people will come to conquer again next time, or the party and the Qiangs will not be able to surrender under coercion, etc., now I can't take care of all of them.

The young Songtsan Gampo fully agreed with Mang Xiangsong's plan. He knew that he was far inferior to his teacher in terms of using troops, so he would not intervene recklessly. Looking back now, I am full of regrets, because he was too indecisive, and he kept imagining that the 200,000 horses in his hand would allow the Tang Dynasty to negotiate peace and win some benefits for Tubo.

Now it seems that he was wishful thinking and self-indulgent, Tang Ren just kept dragging him, maybe Tang Ren has been secretly colluding with Shang Nang, ready to take advantage of the opportunity to destroy them with internal and external cooperation, but they found out.

When the people of Tang saw Shang Nang's leader, they knew that the plot had failed, so they simply broke their faces and launched a surprise attack.

While lost, can not help but rejoice.

Fortunately, the conspiracy was discovered in time.

So he gave a big reward to Jongpo Bangse, who was annoyed that he was robbed of the position of prime minister by Gar. After returning, he transferred the slaves of the Niang family to Jongpo Bangse, and conferred the title of son of Bose Domain book.

Yuben is a high-level local official in Tubo. There are five Ruben in Tubo now. Except for Su Piru, the other four Ruben are divided into two wings, and each wing is divided into two domains. There are sixteen domains in total. Yuben, Yuben is a local official, in charge of military, political and civil affairs, with great power and high rank.

Barely appeasing Khunpo Bangse, Songtsan Gampo immediately started to retreat with the guards.

A hundred miles away from Songzhou, this is a relatively safe distance with enough buffer.

When the Tang army left the customs, Tubo retreated immediately, and the two sides chased each other, all the way to the west.

Except for a small fight between You Yi and Ta Bai's forward Tang Junqing cavalry biting Tubo's rear cavalry, they never collided.

But Tang Jun was in hot pursuit and kept chasing after him.

Tubo withdrew again and again, going west without stopping.

One hundred and eighty miles away from the first bend of the Jiuqu Yellow River, in the Maiwa River Valley, in the temporary camp of the regrouped Tubo army, Zanpu held a meeting under nightfall.

In the large cattle felt tent, Songzan, the new prime minister Garmang, presided over it.

Fleeing westward for several days in a row, turning eastward and westward in the winding valley, the various ministries suffered a lot of losses. When they came, they didn’t feel that the road in the valley was difficult. After all, the road was smooth at that time. The Sangli tribe of the tribe had long since fled, and there was not one left.

But this time when the troops were withdrawn, the Tang army was chasing after them. Although the large troops were always separated by tens of miles, the several light cavalry troops of the Tang army clung to them like hungry wolves. Every day, a large number of Tubo cavalry in the rear were killed kill.

In this small group of rangers fighting, the Tubo cavalry was completely at a disadvantage. The reason is that the Tubo people have weak bows and arrows. Although there are many cavalry, the Tubo people's bows and arrows are not good. Both the range and the accuracy are far behind Tang Jun, especially the archer on horseback.

The Tubo army is still relatively good at dismounting and fighting. They like to fight with spears and swords, and wear heavy armor.

Although Qin Lang's Tabai and Youyi armies were newly built, they were formed with the Yebushu and elite reconnaissance and cavalry elites from the Ningyuan and Baojun armies as the backbone, as well as the Lingnan Ya army's elite from the original Qin Cunxiao. Many military officers turned out to be young elites who had been personally trained by the emperor in Chang'an Yulin Palace.

Coupled with some Qiang cavalry such as Dangxiang, as well as Qiang in the western mountains and weak waters, they really played out the wolf pack tactics, and they kept chasing after each other, biting from time to time, causing Tubo to be unbearably disturbed. After a few days, the losses have already increased thousand.

In addition to the guards bitten by Tang Jun Qingqi, Tubo still suffered a lot of losses. Because they fled too quickly, many livestock could not be taken away for a while, and some tents, cars, etc. were also forced to be abandoned. The mountain roads and valleys were narrow, and there was no way to retreat. March calmly.

Fortunately, after reaching the Maiwa River Valley here, I finally left the narrow mountain valley and arrived at a wider river valley. Although the Maiwa River is not very wide, the two banks are very open valleys. In the past, Sangli Qiang The people here are nomadic and extensively cultivated crops, so the land is wide.

There is still a hundred miles away from the Baihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River, and then go northwest for another eighty miles, and you will arrive at the first bend of the Yellow River's Jiuqu.

Arriving here, I can breathe a sigh of relief. To the west, the road is basically wide and smooth. After the 180 miles are over and the Yellow River is crossed, I can be regarded as completely free.

Some people suggested that we should fight the Tang people in the Maiwa River Valley and block the west exit of the valley.

It was also proposed to continue to retreat westward.

There was a lot of debate at the meeting.

A leopard guard came in and said that Qingqi, who had explored the way earlier, had captured several Qiang people and escorted them back. After interrogation, they got a shocking news and hurried to report to Zanpu.

The few Qiang people who were arrested belonged to the Sangli Qiang tribe, the original owner of the Maiwa River Valley. After being captured by the Tubo forward scouts, they did not resist stubbornly. They honestly confessed their identities and revealed an important piece of information .

One hundred and eighty miles in front of them, at the first bend of the Yellow River's Nine Twists, that is, on the estuary beach where the Baihe River flows into the Yellow River, Dangxiang Qiang, Bailan Qiang, and Misang Qiang gathered a total of 100,000 horsemen, and ambush them at the mouth of the river. .

It was like a bolt from the blue.

It was not until this time that people in Tubo remembered Dangxiang Zhuqiang. Those Dangxiang people who had fled all the way before their eastward expedition and disappeared, those Tuoba and Xifeng tribes with bald heads, did not flee far away. .

They have been in secret contact with the Tang people, and they have quietly gathered early and ambushed on their way of retreat.

The people of Tang have been negotiating peace with them for more than two months, not just cooperating internally and externally in preparation for the surrender? They are still in contact with the Qiangs, and want to cut off their way back. This is a two-handed preparation. They want to wipe out all of their more than two hundred thousand people here, leaving no one behind.

Such a ruthless Tang man, with such a vicious heart.

"This must be that Qin Lang's trick!"

What should we do now?

The Tang people came from the valley behind, no less than 100,000 people, and Dangxiang Qiang and other 100,000 people appeared in front. Is this the sky that is about to destroy Tubo?

Songtsan Gampo looked at Songtsan, the new prime minister Garmang.

Gal gritted his teeth, and his face was ugly, but this man was also experienced. He was the one who led the reorganized Tubo royal guards to fight against the rebellion. He was the first to enter Shannan and defeated the rebellious nobles one by one. .

Garr stabilized his mind, and after carefully inquiring about the situation for a while, he turned back and walked to the map to look carefully.

a long time.

He makes a suggestion.

"Send a group of troops, use more banners to bluff, pretend that the army is still retreating to the Yellow River as planned, and then Zanpu and the army will turn south today at night..."

He pointed to the map and introduced to Zanpu that from here, go up the river along Maiwa and go southward for 20 miles. After crossing a mountain, you can enter another river valley. To the west, climb over a mountain and continue for more than ten miles, you can enter another river valley, and then go west for more than a hundred miles, you can enter the upper tributary of the Baihe River, go down the river for a hundred miles, and arrive at the Baihe River...

"We crossed the Baihe River at the mouth of a tributary of the Baihe River, which is a hundred miles south of where we originally crossed the river. After we crossed the Baihe River here, we entered the west bank of the Baihe River, went southwest along the mountain, and then reached the upper reaches of the place where we originally planned to cross the Yellow River. Sixty miles across the Yellow River, continue to move east..."

The route is a bit complicated. You have to climb four or five mountains and turn six or seven rivers. The key is the original route of 180 miles. After this detour, it may become more than 500 miles, which is at least three times the distance. .

The route is going over mountains and crossing rivers, and the time required may have to be increased several times.

What they got in exchange was to avoid being ambushed and intercepted by Qiang cavalry at the original crossing point, and to avoid being caught up by the Tang army.

Khunpo Pangser objected, "If we don't take the 180-mile flat river valley road, now we have to walk 500 miles across the mountains, but the final crossing point is only 60 miles upstream, waiting for us to go around. If we get there in a few days, I'm afraid not only the hundred thousand Qiang cavalry are already waiting for us there, but also the Tang cavalry are already there waiting for work."

"Then divide the troops into two groups, and the main force will continue to march as planned. Before the Tang people, they will defeat the Qiang cavalry at the mouth of the river, and then cross the river. Go back to Tubo first, to be safe!" Mang Xiang said again.

However, there is a hidden danger in this plan, that is, how can they ensure that they can defeat the 100,000 Qiang cavalry blocking the way before the Tang army arrives on the battlefield?

If not, the Tubo army may be surrounded at the Hequ Ferry, or even wiped out!

"Please make a Zanpu decision!"

Songtsan Gampo looked at the sheepskin map, unable to make a decision for a long time.