Chastity Layman

"Has the Abandoned Nong not been found yet?"

If Tubo Zanpu is not found for a day, then this battle will not be a perfect curtain call, killing 200,000 enemy troops is not as perfect as capturing the king of the enemy country.

Although in Qin Lang's eyes, it doesn't matter whether the abandoned clan farmers can be found or not. After this battle, after thirty-three generations of Zanpu's hard work, the Xiboye clan rose from the south of the mountain and dominated the plateau. has been interrupted.

It can even be said that after Tubo suffered such a heavy blow, it actually collapsed. Tubo has conquered east and west in recent years, annexing this and destroying that, but now it is actually only occupying the land of Weizang.

U-Tsang is actually only a small part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the later generations. The entire plateau should also include Ngari, Kham, and Amdo (Qinghai), which are four major blocks in total.

The U-Tsang area is also divided into front and back Tibet. Relatively speaking, U-Tsang is actually the center of the snow-covered plateau. It has a very good plateau, river valley, basin, plain, and a good agricultural foundation. Relying on the highland barley in those small valleys and plains, and the support of these highland barley agriculture, it can continue to expand to the entire Lhasa River Basin, and then annex the more fertile Houzang area.

Then conquered and annexed pastoral areas such as Subi to the north, and only after the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry did they have the capital to expand further. The history of Tubo’s expansion is also very clear. After stabilizing U-Tibet, it first formed an alliance with Xiangxiong on the Ngari Plateau in the west, and then used troops in the Khamba area to subdue and annex almost all the Qiangs in this area. Songtsan Gampo once He personally led 100,000 troops to conquer Bailanqiang. After three days of fierce fighting, Bailan was defeated in a beautiful battle.

Then deterred the party's surrender, then raided Songzhou, blackmailed and intimidated Datang, and then sent troops to Tuyuhun in the Anduo area. Finally, it took decades to completely annex Tuyuhun. At the same time, it also used troops to Xiangxiong. Khotan entered the Western Regions to fight for hegemony with the Tang Dynasty.

After the Tubo annexed and stabilized Tuyuhun, they took advantage of the agriculture and animal husbandry in the Qinghai area, especially farming food and population, so that they could go down the plateau and enter the Helong area to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

And when Tubo further seized most of Tang's Helong area and occupied such a fertile grain area as Hehuang Valley, this is how they were able to fight against Tang for two hundred years, and even often overwhelmed Tang. The key.

But now, the road to Tubo's rise has been interrupted.

250,000 troops marched eastward, this is indeed Tubo's all-powerful effort. Tubo, with a total of only 61,000 military households, wiped out 250,000 horses at one time, even if not all of them were military households Ding, this has completely broken the spine.

Even if Songtsan Gampo slipped through the net by luck, and was able to pass through the Qiang area, cross the castles and beacon piers set up by the Ningyuan Army in Bailan, Domi and other places, and return to Luoxie, it will not be a success.

Tubo, which had just risen, could not bear such a heavy casualty at all. This was not just a defeat, but annihilation.

At this time, Tubo, which has not yet annexed Ali, Kham, and Tuyuhun, is a small country with a population of only 200,000 to 300,000 households in the U-Tibet area. Counting all the servants of Guiyong, it will not exceed two million, a small country with a population of one million. , How to bear this kind of defeat?

"Qi Zongnong has not been found yet, but we have caught a lot of big fish, Tubo Deputy Prime Minister Qiongpo Bangse, and Tubo General Sanguo Miqin, this Sanguo Miqin is the second general in the Tubo Army, and he is even more praised. Pu’s most trusted commander of the imperial guards, he was the one who stopped behind the Maiwa Palace earlier, the battle was very fierce, when we pursued the Tubo defeated soldiers, this guy led two thousand people and tried to ambush us.”

Qin Lang also knew about these two people, and knew a lot about this Sanguo Miqin, he said with a smile, "It is estimated that this Sanguo Miqin is the rear guard to stop the enemy again, this kind of person is really rare, knowing that the rear guard is dead, But he can still lead his troops to stand firm, he is a tough guy, is he still alive?"

"He was shot with more than a dozen arrows, and then he refused to surrender. In the end, he was captured with an arm cut off. He is on the way back under escort."

"On the contrary, the deputy prime minister, Qiongpo Bangse, fled with more than a hundred riders. After being overtaken by us, he got off his horse and knelt down to beg for surrender."

"Bitch."

"Where is the pine bag of Garmang Xiang?"

"It's probably with Qi Zongnong, but I haven't caught up yet."

"It is said that since the prime minister's mother, Shang Nang, was killed by the Taiwei's countermeasures, Garmang Prime Minister Song Nang took over the position of prime minister. This time the Tubo army will be fought by himself. Commanding and making decisions, he personally led Qingqi elites to charge the formation that day, and was shot blind in one right eye by Liu Ya, his face was covered with blood, but he never took half a step back, he is a fierce general."

Qin Lang felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that such a fierce general could not be captured."

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The first bend of nine bends.

The meandering Yellow River flows slowly, meets the Baihe River and continues to flow. Standing on a gentle hillside at an altitude of 4,000 meters, you can feel the magnificent grassland scene, especially in the afterglow of the setting sun. enchanting.

Down the mountain and beside the river is a ferry, which is also the camp of the coalition forces. This former border trade ferry and small market is now bustling. As the war draws its winners and draws to a close, countless businessmen come here.

Merchants who had stayed in Songzhou for several months flocked here one after another to pan for gold, annihilating tens of thousands of Tubo captives, as well as countless cattle and horses, and all kinds of fragmentary trophies, all of which needed to be sold to the merchants.

And the army also needs food, vegetables, various medicines and so on.

This is a huge business opportunity.

Qin Lang benefited from gathering hundreds of thousands of troops here, plus tens of thousands of captives, so he planned a military city on the mountain behind the ferry, and moved the Jingbian army here. The military city is also called Jingbian City .

Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the grassland has changed color. The original green and tender green grassland has turned into yellow grass everywhere, but the sky is still blue and the clouds are still so white.

More people make things easier, and Jingbian Military City was built very quickly. A large bastion fortress was planned on the mountain, and then the foundation was dug, rammed earth walls, and blockhouses were erected, and a military city rose from the ground.

Qin Lang even re-planned the border market at the ferry below the mountain by the way. Using so many people, he built a river meander earth city with two layers of inside and outside. To dig the foundation and ram the city wall, first repair the outer city walls, gates and moats, and the inner city can be used as the second and third phases of the project, and it can be repaired slowly.

This earth city is planned not only as a border town and border city, but also as a residence for the families and children of the Jingbian Army, as well as immigrants who immigrated to reclamation.

It complements Jingbian City on the mountain.

Standing on the mountain, condescending, you can not only have a panoramic view of the earth city below the mountain, but also see countless Tubo captives started to build the Lifangfang Wall driven by the Tang army, and you can also have a panoramic view of the distant scenery.

Galdong Zanyusong, Ang Riqiong, Qiongpo Bangse, Sanguo Miqin, dozens of Tubo noble ministers stood on the watchtower of the completed Jingbian Military City.

The Qin Lang who ruled the world once again was right in front of them.

Seeing this, Gal Dongzan had a complex look on his face. At the beginning, he brought the head of his mother, Shang Nang, into Songzhou and handed it over to the people of Tang Dynasty. He was also so proud that I, Dafan, foiled your collusion with Shang Nang, still thinking about it. Then how to use this to suppress the Tang people at the negotiating table and bring the curtain to this protracted negotiation.

But who knows, the Tang people suddenly detained them, and then sent out troops on a large scale. He thought it was the Tang people who became angry and angry. Although they were worried when they were locked in the Songzhou Prison, they still hugged me. Going out to fight in the field, I don't necessarily think it is unfavorable. I even think that the Tang people may be defeated, and it will be even more advantageous then.

No one could have imagined that within a few days of being imprisoned, bad news came that Tubo was defeated, and the entire army was wiped out.

When he first heard the news, Gal Dongzan didn't believe it at all, thinking that the Tang people had lied to them, but later they were invited out of the prison and sent to Hequ.

When passing through the battlefield, he saw the countless heads of Jingguan, and finally Garr believed it.

These days, in Hequ City and in the Jingbian Army, Gal Dongzan not only found out the results of the battle, but also met the captured noble ministers such as Qiongpo Bangse and Senguo Miqin.

Qin Lang kept these Tubo nobles and ministers from killing, and treated them with delicious food and drink every day. Of course, he didn't like these people very much.

After the war has ended for so long, Qi Zongnong has never been caught. Although there is no news that he has escaped back to Tubo, the possibility of escaping back is very high. After all, finding someone on the plateau is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

Although the Tubo defeated troops had to go through the Qianli Qiang area, the area was too vast.

"Yesterday, I will send someone to send you to Chang'an to meet the emperor, and then to Luoyang to meet the prince of Jian Guo."

For these people, some people once said that if you cut it with a knife, you will forget it.

Qin Lang still planned to send them to the capital, first of all, these people were high-ranking Tubo nobles, they were high-level captives, taking them back to present their captives was proof of the merits of the soldiers, and it was a glorious achievement of the Tang Dynasty.

Secondly, the battle is over, but what next?

Someone also proposed to cross the Yak River and enter Luoxie City, but Qin Lang never thought about it.

Firstly, the distance from here is at least three or four thousand miles, and it is possible to even take a detour of five thousand miles. This distance is too far, and secondly, it is on the plateau. It is impossible to cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It's easy, but it's going to be winter again soon, and it's even more difficult.

Another point is that although Tubo was defeated, it still had a certain amount of strength. If there were too few soldiers, it would be useless, and it might be defeated. If there were too many logistical supplies, it would not be able to support it.

The most important thing is that the imperial court has never been interested in Tubo. Even if the expedition of thousands of miles really occupies some space, it is still an enclave.

Therefore, Qin Lang's plan is to gradually plan, no matter whether Songtsan Gampo returns or not, he will take advantage of the opportunity of the big victory to win over these Tubo nobles. After all, Tubo's political system has always been between Zanpu and those noble clans In fact, the relationship is not so complete master-slave, so they need to constantly swear to each other, which is more like an alliance relationship.

It has not been long since Jiahouzang, Senbo, etc. were merged into Tubo, so there is a complete opportunity to split and disintegrate Tubo through other means.

Send them to meet the emperor, and then the court will divide Tubo into seven or eight small states, give these people the title of king, let them swear allegiance to the Tang Dynasty, and become the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, this Qiongpo Bangse was originally the prime minister of the post-Tibet kingdom. He beheaded his own king and threw himself into Tubo. He is king.

There are also nobles such as the Niang family, Gar, Nong family, Cai Bang family, and Webster family in Subi, who are not Tubo at all, and they can completely rebuild the Subi alliance, and then give each of these old Supi ministers the powerful family a share. a piece of land

Even the original small states of Tubo can make them vassals of the Tang Dynasty, set up Jifu prefectures and counties for them, confer titles of governors and governors, and so on.