Li Qinzai was really in a bit of a dilemma regarding how to deal with the purple slaves.
This woman is not smart enough, has a sworn feud with the Tang Dynasty, and has a Tubo background. Her identity is very complicated. Logically speaking, this kind of person is undoubtedly an enemy. Only by cutting her off with a knife can the future troubles be eliminated forever.
But...she is beautiful and dances well.
Now Li Qinzai finally understands why so many foolish men throughout the ages have been obsessed with female sex. Because women are so beautiful and fragrant that the foolish men really can't do anything about them, so they shake their arms and act coquettishly, wishing they could light a beacon to cheer her up.
Men really have no right to laugh at the determination and attitude of the foolish king. More than a thousand years later, the beautiful female anchor blows a flirtatious kiss, and the top brother is still swishing through the Rockets Carnival.
Is this different from lighting a beacon fire? Let alone the righteousness of the family and the country, if the Great Wall belonged to the eldest brother on the list, do you think he would not dare to light a beacon fire?
Of course, Li Qinzai couldn't light a beacon for Zi Nu, but...he really couldn't do anything dangerous.
How can you bear to kill a stunning beauty whose appearance is 99 points and has become a work of art in the world? Yes, she is so vulgar and ordinary.
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Thirty miles west of Jishi Mountain is the Tibetan army camp.
Since more than a thousand Tang troops showed off their new weapons on the battlefield, the Tubo troops retreated and set up camp to cease fighting and confront Tuyuhun. The stalemate has been going on for nearly half a month.
Today's situation in Tibet is very embarrassing. The army consumes a lot of food and grass every day, but the war continues to drag on without progress.
Lu Dongzan was a cautious person by nature. He would not order another battle before he fully understood the details of the Tang army's weird new weapon, because the chance of failure in the battle was too great. Tubo devoted its entire country to this battle.
, Lu Dongzan could not afford the price of defeat.
Even a stalemate is better than defeat. Of course, this is a helpless choice.
After waiting for half a month, no news from Zi Nu arrived, and Lu Dongzan gradually became unable to sit still.
The nearly 80,000 troops had to eat horse chews every day, which Tibet could not afford to consume.
Yesterday, Luan Zhongcong came back from Liangzhou City. Hundreds of warriors were sent as envoys, but only a few came back.
On the occasion, Zhongcong knelt in front of Lu Dongzan and burst into tears, recounting Li Qinzai's despicableness and forcing the commander to sign an alliance under the city, saying that Tubo must retreat thousands of miles away and the Tang Dynasty needed half of Tuyuhun's land.
Lu Dongzan was very disappointed with Lun Zhongcong, and even scorned him for agreeing to Tang Guo's so-called request.
I, Tubo, fought hard to conquer the Tuyuhun territory with countless casualties and sacrifices. Why would the Tang State give it to them with just one word?
Of course, this request was not considered, and Lu Dongzan did not even have to think about it.
In the handsome tent, Lu Dongzan frowned and stared at the map on the table with a solemn expression.
A special general came in after reporting the situation, knelt down on one knee and saluted, saying: "Your Majesty, the scouts are here to report that there is something unusual in Tuyuhun."
Lu Dongzan looked away from the map and said in a deep voice: "What's the difference?"
"Princess Tuyuhun Honghua left Liangzhou City and returned to Jishi Mountain. Tuyuhun Nuohebo Khan and his wife, as well as many trusted Wang Chen generals, began to pack their bags. It seemed that they had the intention of giving up the country and moving eastward. Today's Tuyuhun military morale is becoming more and more turbulent.
Scattered."
The turmoil in the morale of the enemy's troops was originally good news, but Lu Dongzan showed no joy at all, and his face became increasingly serious.
After Lun Zhongcong returned to the Tubo camp, he described what he heard and saw in detail. Lu Dongzan knew that Tuyuhun and the Tang Dynasty had already entered into an alliance. Nuohebo Khan had probably clearly realized the current reality and planned to give up.
After ascending to the throne of Khan, he moved east to the Tang Dynasty with his wife and children, and became an idle vassal king from then on.
Tuyuhun's army was disorganized and turbulent, but Tubo was not necessarily relaxed.
Because Lu Dongzan knew very well that since Nuobo Khan planned to give up his country, a more powerful enemy of Tibet was about to come.
The Tang State will inevitably send troops. If Tubo wants to fully occupy Tuyuhun, it will not be that easy anymore.
Ludong sighed deeply and praised, "Has there been any news from Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty?"
Pian Jiang shook his head in confusion.
Lu Dongzan murmured: "Soon, the Tang State will definitely send troops, and there will not be many opportunities left for Tubo..."
Then Lu Dongzan's turbid eyes suddenly flashed with a stern look, and he said in a deep voice: "Pass my military order, the army will break out of camp tomorrow, march eastward to Jishi Mountain, launch another offensive, defeat the Tuyuhun army within three days, and fully occupy Tuyuhun."
The general hesitated and said: "Prime Minister, that weird weapon of the Tang Dynasty..."
Lu Dongzan snorted and said: "There are more than a thousand people on the left and right. No matter how powerful the weapons are, how can it affect the entire battle situation? I, the Tubo warrior, are not afraid of death and charge forward. The enemy will be defeated."
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Midnight, Liangzhou City.
Li Qinzai was woken up from his sleep. Before Li Qinzai could get angry, Liu Asi turned off the fire for him with just one word.
"Fifth Young Master, Tubo has launched an offensive again. This morning, the Tubo army launched an attack on the Tuyuhun army east of Jishi Mountain. The Tuyuhun army resisted desperately. Both sides suffered casualties. After fighting for several hours, the Tuyuhun army was defeated and retreated hundreds of miles. The Tubo army has taken control.
Jishi Mountains.”
Li Qinzai's expression suddenly became serious.
"Bring me the map!" Li Qinzai said and entered the study.
On the sheepskin map, Li Qinzai drew several arrows with a brush. After Tubo took control of Jishi Mountain, Tuyuhun basically lost its ability to resist, because there is a plain to the east of Jishi Mountain. With Tuyuhun's current combat power and military morale, it is impossible to resist Tibet.
attack.
If Tuyuhun retreats again and again, not far to the east is the border of the Tang Dynasty. On the border are the three cities of Taozhou, Hezhou and Minzhou. If the Tuyuhun army retreats to the border of the Tang Dynasty, it will mean that Tubo has fully occupied Tuyuhun.
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By then, if the Tang Dynasty attacked Tubo again, the situation would be passive.
"How long does it take for the royal division led by General Su Dingfang to reach Liangzhou City?" Li Qinzai asked in a deep voice.
Liu Asi said: "The scouts came yesterday to report that Wang's army had only set out from Chang'an for a few days. The army set out and marched slowly. It will take about twenty days to reach Liangzhou."
"Twenty days, the day lily has become cold!" Li Qinzai said coldly.
He sighed heavily, Lu Dongzan was a man after all, and he dared to make a decision in this situation, which immediately disrupted Li Qinzai's plan.
Originally, Li Qinzai planned to arrange things calmly in Liangzhou City and wait for the arrival of Su Dingfang's troops. At that time, his mission would be successfully completed.
Lu Dongzan suddenly ordered an attack. Apparently he also realized that after the arrival of the Tang army, Tubo was about to face an unfavorable situation, so he decided to take a preemptive strike and fully occupy Tuyuhun, and then rely on the terrain to fight the Tang army.
"Before General Su arrives in Liangzhou, we must not let Tibet occupy Tuyuhun!" Li Qinzai said coldly: "We must stop it!"
Liu Asi said in embarrassment: "But after all, we only have more than a thousand soldiers and horses..."
Li Qinzai thought for a while and said: "Please ask General Zheng Rentai to come to Liangzhou quickly. It is time to mobilize the border troops and rush to support Tuyuhun."
Zheng Rentai commanded the border troops of the six states in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, which totaled about 20,000 troops. In addition to the troops who had to stay behind in each city, there were probably less than 10,000 troops who could actually take the initiative to attack.
Li Qinzai originally had no intention of mobilizing the six-state border troops. After all, these 10,000 troops faced the 80,000 enemy Tibetan troops and were not equipped with three-eyed muskets, so the winning rate was not high.
It's just that today is an urgent time, and Li Qinzai has to use it.