A guard guarding the outside quickly entered the tent and glanced at the civil and military ministers who were in a good mood.

That hesitant attitude was caught by Songtsen Gampo's eyes. He was in a good mood and smiled heartily, putting down the wine glass in his hand.

"Whatever it is, just say it bluntly."

What else could the guard say? He quickly bowed respectfully and then spoke in a deep voice.

"Zanpu, a messenger has arrived, bringing a letter of request for help from the southern Kelsang Territory..."

In an instant, the originally bustling tent suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

In the Gesang Territory, everyone naturally knows this important minister who comes from a wealthy family and is in charge of the south.

The smile on Songtsen Gampo's face gradually faded. "Where is the letter asking for help? Bring it over."

The guards hurried forward and offered it with both hands. Songtsen Gampo was reading the letter asking for help, while the others looked at each other in shock.

You must know that although the Tang Dynasty established a so-called Yaozhou Dudufu in Yaozhou, the problem was the composition of the Yaozhou Dudufu.

It's just a group of noble disciples, none of the famous generals from the Tang Dynasty came.

Even the elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not send one. Instead, they were asked to recruit a group of young men from various ethnic groups in the southern area of ​​​​Jiannan Road.

This kind of combat effectiveness can be imagined, which is enough to prove that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did this just to contain Tubo, so that Tubo could not mobilize the entire country to attack Tuyuhun.

Rather than really opening up the southern battlefield and fighting Tibet face to face with gongs and drums.

For this reason, Songtsen Gampo appointed his old and prudent uncle Lun Keer as commander, and appointed two more capable generals to assist him.

Lead 20,000 elite troops to the south to resist the possible invasion of the Tang Dynasty.

With 20,000 long-trained elite troops, coupled with the natural dangers of Iron Bridge City, no matter what, Songtsen Gampo didn't think there would be a crisis in the south.

But when he saw the contents of the letter, he was stunned for a long time, and then he raised his head in surprise.

His eyes swept across the large number of civil and military officials in the big tent, and after a long while, he spoke in a deep voice.

"You all go down, the Prime Minister, the Marshal of the Army and Horses, the Deputy Marshal, and the four imperial ministers stay."

Seeing Songtsen Gampo's frighteningly calm face, the other ministers bowed uneasily and retreated into the tent one after another.

But almost everyone began to feel overwhelmed in their hearts. Could it be that there was some big turmoil in the south?

In other words, Da Lun Lun Ke'er and the others suffered a defeat and lost their troops, so that Kelsang Yuben had to ask for help from Zanpu.

Or maybe Uncle Wang Lunkeer, who had been left out in the cold in the past few years, was forced to lead the army again and clashed with the two Zamp's favorite generals?

In short, everyone was feeling very uneasy, and the seven ministers who were left behind were all a little confused at this moment.

At this time, Qiongbo Bangse, the Prime Minister of the Interior who came with the army and the official representative of the Houzang line, saw that all the ministers had withdrawn from the big tent.

He stood up and spoke.

"Zanpu, what exactly did Nagasang write in his letter asking for help? Expelling the ministers from the big tent like this will easily lead to unwarranted speculation and disturb the morale of the army."

Facing this Prime Minister Qiong Pone, who has always been domineering in words and deeds, yet manages the Houzang area like an iron barrel, and is extremely capable.

Zansong Gampo frowned slightly and did not answer directly, but ordered the guard.

"Call the messenger in, I have something to say."

Only then did he cast his gaze on Prime Minister Qiong Pone and spoke in a deep voice.

"Come and take a look at this letter asking for help from Kelsang's domain."

Prime Minister Qiongpone glanced at Songtsen Gampo in confusion, took the letter, glanced at it twice, took a breath of cold air, and exclaimed in surprise.

"This, how is this possible?!"

"Prime Minister, what happened?" Several other ministers couldn't help but beat their hearts.

My own Zanpu is very scheming and unpredictable, and usually has a dull face without much expression.

But the exaggerated change in the expression of the arrogant Prime Minister is enough to show that the matter is probably not a trivial matter.

Prime Minister Qiong Pone opened his mouth, but for a long time he didn't know what to say.

At this moment, I saw the exhausted messenger entering the tent and bowing down, and then I heard Songtsen Gampo's sad voice.

"The Kelsang Territory may have investigated this matter. Can it be certain?"

"Zanpu, as soon as we met Luosang Qianhu, we immediately sent out a scouting horse south, heading straight for Iron Bridge City."

"I saw that the flag of the Tang Dynasty had been planted on Iron Bridge City, and on Tanma's way back, the defender of Yuben City had already abandoned the city and fled..."

As the messenger and Songtsen Gampo exchanged answers, the faces of the ministers who were still puzzled just now looked as ugly as possible.

I was shocked to the point of disbelief. What happened to this horse rider?

With 20,000 elite troops, natural passes, and fortified cities and fortresses, Uncle Wang's 20,000-strong army was reduced to ashes, and even Lun Keer and Nai Danruben became prisoners.

Moreover, the governor of Yaozhou Governor's Office, Cheng Chubi, who once made a surprise attack on Jianchuan City, had a battle with the famous Bon master Jiacuo outside Tieqiao City.

In the end, Master Jiacuo failed in the battle and was seriously injured by Cheng Chubi with a thunderbolt. After that, the entire Iron Bridge City fell...

Marshal Namkha Norbu slapped the table in frustration.

"They are a bunch of bastards who are worse than pigs and dogs. They are stupid and incompetent. They obviously have natural dangers like Iron Bridge City that they can defend."

"But they decided to go south and fell into the trap of the Tang people, resulting in the loss of 20,000 elite troops. Zanpu, they deserve to die!"

The face of Prime Minister Qiong Pone was also extremely gloomy, and he said coldly.

"By doing this, they are sabotaging our plan to unify Tibet over the plateau. Zanpu, now all our main Tibetan elites are in the south of Tuyuhun."

"Even for rescue, I'm afraid it's too far away to find fire, so I can only order Tashi Xiaolun to recruit warriors from various tribes to immediately assist the south."

"Now that both natural and dangerous passes have been lost, if Chawarong City is not protected, the Supi tribes that have just been suppressed may be..."

After hearing this careful analysis by the Prime Minister, the faces of the important ministers became increasingly grim.

Songtsen Gampo, who was sitting there with a gloomy face, looked even more frighteningly livid.

Yes, when the Niang clan was in charge of all the Subi tribes, things were fine. They were relatively peaceful for at least ten years.

But after Niang's Shang Nang was severely punished by him, he complained endlessly, and he actually became friends with the guards around him.

This made Songtsan Gampo immediately think of what happened to his own father, Nangri Songtsan.
Chapter completed!