The Tang army did not rest much, and the first battle got off to a good start. The Tang army suddenly had more choices.
Naturally, the little queen Subimara wanted to lead her army to recapture Luoche City. After the establishment of Tubo, it had become the political and economic center of Tubo and was very famous.
For the tribes in Shannan, it was equivalent to Chang'an and Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty. The aura of the emperor swayed out. According to the local saying, only the person most favored by the gods could take over Luoxue City.
The Tang army was an outsider and didn't pay much attention to these things, but they also understood the significance of a large city as the capital of the Tubo king. Moreover, there was also the son of the previous Tubo king in the city. If he could be captured, the war might be over.
But the purpose of the Tang army's expedition to Tibet was not to support the Supi people in unifying Shannan.
It can be said that the Tibetan invasion of Liangzhou was the trigger for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to Tibet. After a few years, due to various reasons, an army was formed and set foot in Shannan.
If the result was that there was only one more vassal state named Tubo, what would be the difference between it and failure for the Tang Dynasty?
With the growing power of the Tang Dynasty, sending a few envoys might be enough to make Tubo surrender, so why waste so much manpower and material resources on sending troops to conquer it?
Even if Ashina Danai and others did not understand this truth, Liangzhou Governor Fan Wenjin and General Zuo Yiwei, the founding Duke Zhang Lun, would have warned them.
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Because of the great victory, the Tang army had taken the initiative in military operations.
Ashina Danai talked with the little queen Subimala, and then ordered Hou Junji to continue to accompany Subimala and lead the Subi army to besiege Luoche City.
The Tang army divided its troops and sent out. Chen Li and Wu Tong led 4,000 men and horses to the west to attack Xiaoyangtong where Xiangxiong was.
Ashina Danai and Ashina Tong'ou led their troops south to the Yalong River to dig out the six yak tribe's lair.
This was the strategy formulated by Ashina Danai. After years of fighting, he was followed by all the famous generals in the world, including Xue Ju, who was Li Shimin's general.
After surrendering to Li Po, he has been following Li Po and is one of Li Po's personal army commanders.
When Tubo was conquered, he followed Zhang Lun.
Look at the people he has followed. After so many years, even a piece of wood has long been enlightened.
Ashina Danai has not read any military books, but he no longer wants to compete with others for a city or a place. What he sees is the overall situation of the war. This is a strategic vision, which is difficult for ordinary generals to understand.
When they are following famous generals, they feel that everything is right and everything goes smoothly. But when they lead their troops out on their own, they feel that everything is wrong and everything does not go smoothly. This is what famous generals and ordinary generals do.
One of the differences.
It was the first time that Ashina Danai was acting on his own, and he stood out in the battle against Tubo. If he could pacify Tubo, he would probably be able to occupy a place among the generals of the Tang army.
At this time, Ashina Danai didn't think too much. He just thought that instead of attacking Luoxue City, it would be better to go south directly and first defeat the Yalong Valley, which the Yalong people depended on for their survival.
Just like when he discussed with the generals before, Hou Junji concluded after listening to it, it is better to destroy its foundation than to destroy its appearance. The general's ability will be better than ours.
After two years of working with Cheng Zhijie, I have improved a lot in my ability to flatter you, but you can just flatter me, and I have created a me to represent everyone, and those who are more petty will have to look for opportunities to stab you a few times.
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In the middle of May of the sixth year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army defeated Yalong's army of more than 12,000 people by the Nagqu River, and took advantage of the situation to divide their troops and go south.
The little queen Subimara led his army to besiege Luoche City.
Ashina Danai led the troops to continue southward. One day later, they captured Sanye Temple, crossed the Yalong River, and headed straight for the Yalong Valley area.
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The origin of the Yalong tribe is unknown.
The Supi people should have been a plateau state formed by the Western Qiang who migrated south and merged with local tribes.
The Xiangxiong people are most likely an indigenous ethnic group on the plateau. They are extremely ancient. The civilization on the plateau, especially in aspects such as religion and writing, has the shadow of the Xiangxiong people.
The Yalong people were recorded in the Han Dynasty, and the Western Qiang and Jingniu Yi moved westward into the plateau area, which sounds very much like the ancestors of the Liuyak tribe.
As for the Yalong people's own view of history, it is similar to that of the ancestors of the Central Plains, full of myths and legends, and cannot be fully trusted.
However, many countries close to the Central Plains are like this. They have not recorded much history themselves, but they can find clues about their origins from the history books of the Central Plains.
This was a dumbfounding thing for later historians from neighboring countries.
Of course, if they become part of the Chinese nation, there will be no need for heretics...
It's just that ethnic groups like the Yalong people have not yet entered the big family, so Datang still needs to redouble its efforts.
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Don't look at the fact that the Yalong tribes used to be called the Six Yak Tribes. In fact, they only have two major tribes, the White Yak Tribe and the Black Yak Tribe. Like the Yin and Yang Judges, they fly black and white flags.
The black yak tribe is nomadic in the Zedang area, while the white yak tribe is active in the Qingjie area.
According to the legend of the Seven Kings of the Yalong people, the Yalong tribe, the main body of the six yak tribes, that is, the Xibonye tribe, is probably the serious outsider.
The arrival of the Tang army broke the peace that the Yalong tribes had just restored.
In fact, with the help of the Supi people, when the army was stationed in Nangle City, they had already made a rough plan to attack the Yalong tribes.
Once the army crosses the Yalong River, its goal is very clear. The first is to clean up the Yalong tribe in the poor area. The first one to bear the brunt is the White Yak tribe.
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A long time ago, the White Yak tribe was actually the main tribe of the Yalong people. They and the Black Yak tribe lived in the south of the Jiqu River Basin to the east and west.
In order to compete for pasture and cultivated land, the two tribes often had fierce exchanges. It was only because the two tribes had similar customs and very different races that they gradually merged together.
At the beginning, everyone did not say that they were the descendants of the rock girl and the sacred monkey. They only said that their ancestors led their two sons and drove six yaks to come here and multiplied.
The ancestor's two sons are the source of the Black Yak Tribe and the White Yak Tribe.
Later, anyone who has learned some physiological knowledge will understand that this statement is absolutely impossible, genes do not allow it...
However, the later legends about the rock girl and the divine monkey are more like the origin of human beings. Although there is only one rock girl, there are many monkeys. At the level of genetic competition, it is achievable and is in line with the characteristics of a matriarchal clan.
Well, in any case, the white yak tribe living in poor areas represents the most advanced productivity of all ethnic groups on the plateau today.
Because they implemented a half-farming and half-grazing production method many years ago, their social structure and governance are also more advanced than the more ancient Supi and Xiangxiong people.
Especially in the process of transition from slavery to feudal dynasty, they were at the forefront, which ensured population growth and social stability.
But judging from their various actions, they have not completely broken away from the slave society, and this requires the help of the civilization of the Central Plains.
Now Datang is here for this purpose...
If everyone becomes a slave, there will be no other distinctions, right?
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Pibo City, the old capital of Tubo.
After Langri Lunzan established Tubo, in order to better control the various tribes in Shannan, he chose Luoxue City as the royal city of Tubo, and Pibo City as the political and economic center south of the Yalong River.
At noon, the bell of Pibo Temple rang. People in Pibo City stopped and bowed in the direction of Pibo Temple to express their piety.
People have become accustomed to it. At this time every day, the monks of Pibo Temple will gather the monks to give lectures and preach the Dharma.
This is different from the temples in the Central Plains. The monks of Pibo Temple adhere to the teachings of Yongzhong Benji. They don't have as many rules as the monks in the Central Plains. They marry wives, have children, and even kill people and cut off the path. The Buddha ignores them and only seeks piety.
As long as you believe in me, Buddha or the gods will send you favors... That's why it became popular in Tubo and was welcomed by the nobles.
And their so-called lectures and teachings are not necessarily the spread of Yongzhong's teachings. In many cases, monks will teach literature, astronomy, politics, business, agriculture, animal husbandry and other knowledge.
You can think of the temples here as later aristocratic colleges, filled with aristocratic children. Compared with the Tang Dynasty at the same time, they are more like institutions like the Imperial College.
This is the root of the Yalong people's prosperity, because their rulers are enlightened enough, unlike those temples in Xiangxiong, which only serve to spread Buddhism and worship gods.
Pibo City is not big and has low walls. It is not a military fortress, and the Yalong royal family will not use Pibo City to protect themselves. This is obviously similar to Chang'an and is a symbol of civilization.
One of the important reasons why Abandoned Zong Nongzan abandoned Luoxue City and returned to Pibo City was that it was safer here.
Pibo City has been peaceful for many years. Even during the civil strife in Tubo a few years ago, no one dared to disturb the purity of Pibo Temple. It is across the river from Sangye Temple, but Sangye Temple is relatively pitiful and has experienced several times.
Military chaos.
But now, it finally can't escape. The people from the Tang Dynasty, no matter how powerful your gods are or how dazzling the Buddha's glory is, they have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers just to bring the flames of war to the Tubo people.
Just like when the Tibetans invaded Liangzhou.
There are no city gates in Pibo City, so people can come and go freely. Every day, believers from far away can be seen here, walking extremely tired steps, to offer incense to Pibo Temple.
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When the ground trembled, distant smoke and dust filled the air like dark clouds, and the rumble of thunderous horse hooves followed faintly.
The people in Pibo City thought it was a miracle. They stared blankly at the sky, and then fell to the ground one by one, muttering words, hoping that the gods would not be angry...
In other words, when the Tang army arrived, Pibo City had no defense at all.
First, the rangers passed by, and continued to scout eastward. Soon groups of cavalry came on horseback. Seeing that there was no gate in Pibo City, they were overjoyed and rushed into the city without hesitation...