Chapter 521: The city is stunning, the purple pupil is magical
Li Qinzai found it difficult to reach an agreement with Princess Honghua, even though the relationship between Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun was that of suzerain and vassal. On the surface, they were harmonious and close, but secretly they had their own little plans.
From the moment Princess Honghua arrived in Liangzhou City, the atmosphere between the two sides was tense most of the time. It seemed that the two were not discussing how to join forces to fight the enemy at all, but a pair of sworn enemies arguing about how to sign an armistice agreement.
This is very frustrating.
There are such huge differences among the allies. What should we do when we talk to Tibet in the future?
Li Qinzai once again decided that in future negotiations, he must tie his troops to his belt and run away, and never do anything stupid like going to the meeting alone.
Mr. Guan Erye is an expert and bold man, but Li Qinzai can barely do an Ip Man squat.
Disappointingly, Princess Honghua flatly rejected the proposal to move to Liangzhou City, and even scolded Li Qinzai for having bad intentions.
Li Qinzai was obviously thinking about the safety of Khan and his wife, but he didn't know how to praise...
If this couple was really captured alive by the Tibetans on the battlefield, we would know how kind and kind he was as the envoy of the Tang Dynasty.
It is said that the Tibetan people were very cruel to their captives. They used cramps and skinning, candles, leather whips, steel wire balls and so on. Gee, one day, the princess of the Tang Dynasty would be worse than a KTV princess. Anyway, the Tibetan people would definitely not give tips after they were happy.
Princess Honghua rejected Li Qinzai's proposal, and Li Qinzai naturally rejected Princess Honghua's proposal.
The more than a thousand soldiers under his command will not send troops again in the near future at least, and don't worry about those strange weapons. Even if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty suffered from cerebral convulsions and was paralyzed, he would not give such a sharp and important weapon to Tuyuhun.
The implication is that if you want to keep your position and power and don't want to leave Tuyuhun, then ask the wise couples to organize their own soldiers to resist the wolf-like Tubo. The advantages of the Tang Dynasty are not so easy to take advantage of.
The negotiation broke up unhappy again, and if nothing else happens, the next negotiation will still break up unhappy.
Li Qinzai even got a little angry after wasting his saliva and getting angry.
How about simply sending a secret envoy to Tubo to discuss with Lu Dongzan and join forces to build Tuyuhun? Then we can decide with swords who will own the land of Tuyuhun.
In the game between the great powers, little shrimps jumped up and down in the middle. Not only were they rampant, but they also confidently asked the Tang Dynasty to provide weapons. They did not realize that they were pawns, which was also strange.
Princess Honghua came and left in anger, and the negotiation ended in solitude.
That night, Li Qinzai finally waited for Sun Congdong, Liu Asi and other soldiers.
Without further ado, the banquet started first, and the cattle and sheep extorted from Princess Honghua came in handy. They found an open space outside the city and held a bonfire barbecue party to reward the soldiers for their hard work.
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The battle at Jishi Mountain shook everyone in all directions.
This battle is not that classic. Tubo and Tuyuhun had fought countless battles of the same scale.
What is shocking this time is the entry of the Tang Army and the strange and magical weapon in the hands of more than a thousand Tang Army soldiers.
It will emit smoke, spit fire, and shoot projectiles that are faster, more accurate and farther than arrows. Once shot, there is no way to dodge, and you can only watch your life being harvested on the battlefield.
Such a sharp weapon is very terrifying for a war, and its appearance may even change the outcome of the war.
After this battle, not only Tuyuhun was shocked, but Tubo was also shocked.
When Sun Congdong led more than a thousand soldiers to quickly evacuate from the battlefield, Tubo also immediately raised money and retreated its troops. The army retreated thirty miles before stopping, and for several days they did not dare to start a war easily again.
Lu Dongzan's original strategies and tactics were all changed and invalidated due to the unexpected appearance of the three-eyed gun.
The Tibetan army, which clearly had the upper hand, dared not move at this time. Night patrols and camp defenses became increasingly tight, for fear that the Tang army would come to steal the camp with such strange weapons.
A huge shadow shrouded the Tibetan army. In the camp, the morale of the army began to turmoil. Various scenes of the battle at Jishi Mountain still appeared in the minds of the Tibetan army.
That kind of weird weapon was so terrifying that Lu Dongzan did not dare to attack again due to the turmoil in the military morale. The offensive and defensive postures of Tubo and Tuyuhun fell into a strange stalemate.
At night, in the Tubo camp.
Lu Dongzan, who is nearly seventy years old, is sitting alone in the tent. Under a dim yellow lamp, Lu Dongzan has a wolfskin cloak draped on his thin shoulders. His seemingly muddy eyes are staring at the few stars on the table.
Small projectiles.
Projectiles are taken out from the bodies of casualties on the battlefield. Their shapes are irregular, let alone standard circles. In fact, today's metallurgical level is backward, and it is not easy to create pure round projectiles.
The projectiles still seemed to have the smell of blood, but Lu Dongzan didn't mind. Staring at these projectiles, his face became more and more serious, and his frown revealed a look of worry.
The war had gone beyond his expectation. The originally devastating offensive took a turn for the worse due to the entry of the Tang army in the Jishi Mountain battle.
From the day the war was launched, the Tubo army has been fighting smoothly. Although Tuyuhun was considered to have acceptable combat power, it retreated all the way after facing the Tibetans. The Tubo army became more and more successful in fighting. Lu Dongzan even began to plan for the victory after Tuyuhun was destroyed.
Matters of occupation and pacification.
Unexpectedly, in the battle of Jishi Mountain, the Tang army suddenly joined in. With just over a thousand soldiers, they blocked the fierce Tubo offensive to the west of Jishi Mountain. The Tubo not only retreated, but they still dare not fight again.
For the scheming Lu Dongzan, this was tantamount to shame.
What's even more shameful is that Tubo didn't even know where it lost.
What on earth was that strange weapon in the hands of the Tang army? Why did it emit smoke and fire, and shoot out projectiles so domineeringly that ten thousand forwards were driven back without even tearing apart the Tang army's front line.
It's puzzling, what kind of weapons did the Tang army use? Unless this problem is solved, the Tubo army will always stay west of Jishi Mountain and dare not advance even an inch.
Sitting under the lonely lamp, Lu Dongzan thought hard for two whole hours, but still couldn't figure it out, so he sighed slumped, suddenly stood up and clapped his hands.
A graceful figure walked into the camp like a ghost. The woman was dressed in smart clothes, with a black gauze covering her face. She knelt in front of Lu Dongzan with her head bowed, and waited silently for Lu Dongzan to speak.
Lu Dongzan's turbid old eyes stared at the woman in front of him, with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes.
"Did you just come from Luoxue City?" Lu Dongzan asked softly.
The woman still lowered her head and said, "Yes."
Lu Dongzan said slowly: "It was hard on the road, but I have to work hard for you again."
"Please give me your instructions, Prime Minister."
"You must rush to Liangzhou City in disguise, get close to the envoys of the Tang State, and find out what weapons the Tang army wielded in the battle at Jishi Mountain. Can Tibetans imitate them? What kind of fire-breathing and smoke-emitting weapons are they?
Made of things.”
"Anyway, I need to know all the details about this new weapon of the Tang Dynasty."
The woman lowered her head and said, "Yes."
"You have to figure out how to approach the envoys of the Tang State. If you have the chance, you can kill them. The Tang State is your enemy and the enemy who will destroy the country."
The woman finally raised her head and uncovered the black gauze covering her face. Under the dim candlelight, the woman had a stunning appearance. What was even more amazing was that the pupils in her eyes were actually purple.