Chapter 185: The Tang Dynasty’s heritage lies here, and the world has its own differences
"Follow me and kill! It's enough to kill a Tang Dynasty man!"
"Whoosh!!"
An arrow shot through the air and penetrated directly into the throat. The secret guard who was hiding in Tuyuhun's old tribe and taking advantage of the situation to make a noise was killed on the spot.
His body was thrown backward uncontrollably, knocking over the person behind him.
"Get away! Get away!"
The people around him were so horrified that they turned over and rolled sideways.
But the eagle in mid-air positioned itself again, Li Yan's eyes swept across like lightning, shot Sirius through the gap in the board, and killed another secret guard.
"Listen up, tribesmen inside. You have been exploited by Tibetan spies. Now there are all sharpshooters from the Tang Dynasty outside. Put down your weapons and choose to surrender!"
"In the name of Tuyuhun Great Chanyu, I will protect your lives!"
Li Yan waved, and Tool King Murong Nuohebo stepped forward and shouted inward at the top of his lungs.
There was an even greater commotion immediately inside.
Not long after, a hoarse voice sounded: "Your Majesty, you are no longer the Great Chanyu. The Tang people want to kill us, and you can't stop them!"
Murong Nuohebo's face darkened, but Princess Honghua shouted: "Is it Xue Le?"
The hoarse voice became more respectful: "Queen! It's me!"
Princess Honghua said: "Xuele, you are my warrior in Tuyuhun, do you still believe me? I am the princess of the Tang Dynasty. I promise you that I will lay down my weapons and I will never kill you!"
Silence fell inside.
After a while, the door of the mansion opened.
An old man with one eye blind and scars all over his face came out and faced the Tang army's powerful bows and crossbows.
He looked over with his one eye and saw Murong Nuohebo and Princess Honghua side by side, guarded by the Tang army in the center, with the little prince standing between them.
The old man immediately knelt down and said, "King! Queen! We are guilty!"
Princess Honghua said sternly: "Those who were just killed were all Tubo spies. They occupied my land, killed my people, and now they are instigating you to cause rebellion. Are you willing to be used by these thieves?"
The old man asked in a hissing voice: "Where is the third prince?"
Princess Honghua took out the edict: "Nothing will happen to him. As long as you haven't caused trouble and endangered Liangzhou, the saint will forget about it. I will not deceive you with the edict!"
The old man fell silent.
Princess Honghua had no choice but to look at Li Yan.
Li Yan nodded slightly.
Seeing the eldest prince and the second prince holding Murong Zhi on both sides and walking out from behind, the old man shouted something in Xianbei dialect, and the sound of a series of weapons falling to the ground was heard in the courtyard.
The morale of Tuyuhun's old troops collapsed, they completely gave up resistance and chose to surrender.
At this time, Zhang Huanhe also came to report: "Liu Lang, An's family discovered the secret passage, but it didn't take long before it was dug. It was blocked and no one was let go."
Li Yan nodded: "Well done. The caravan arranged before also bought me time to investigate one by one. I will take credit for you!"
Wei Daijie immediately ordered: "Collect the weapons, count the number of people, plow the courtyard and sweep the holes like this, you all have done a great job!"
However, when he saw the weapons being collected and sorted, the governor's pupils shrank slightly.
Li Yan had already seen clearly that Tibet could never provide such sophisticated standard weapons, let alone supply them to these people who had subjugated their country.
Just like the soldiers under Jia Sibo's command at that time, these weapons came from the arsenal of Zhe Chong Mansion and were captured by the secret guards.
Li Yan's eyes darkened and he waved his hand: "Bring that Tubo secret guard here!"
The tied-up Jiao'er was dragged over, looking at the scene in front of him, with anger and despair in his eyes, and he kept silent.
Li Yan said: "Take off the cloth and let us men of the Tang Dynasty listen to the wailing of the Tibetan thieves when they fail!"
Jiao Er really wanted to scream, but after hearing this, he immediately suppressed it.
He looked at Murong Nuohebo: "Your Majesty, I am also from Xianbei! I am also a subject of Tuyuhun! If there was no other way, how could I join Tubo? Your Majesty, you have done so much for the Tang people,
What did the Tang people do when our Khanate was invaded by foreign enemies!"
Murong Nuohebo was a little at a loss, but Princess Honghua scolded: "Stop talking nonsense!"
Jiao'er thought that he would die, but since he could speak, of course he would not hesitate: "You are a princess of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally you love your motherland, but we only want our own khanate, so what can't you say?"
Wei Daijie's expression changed slightly: "Stop his mouth!"
Li Yan whispered: "Please wait a moment, Governor Wei. This group of Tuyuhun people is already under control. Let this person say, I want to use this to understand what the Tuyuhun people think of me, the Tang Dynasty."
Wei Daijie was a little disapproving, but he no longer stopped him: "Deputy Envoy Li needs to be careful."
Li Yan looked at the old Tuyuhun troops who had surrendered, and saw deep resentment on their faces.
This is not surprising. From the perspective of later generations, the rise of Tubo has many aspects, but the core point is that in the middle period of Emperor Gaozong's reign, he devoted himself to destroying Goguryeo and allowed Tubo to annex its own vassal state of Tuyuhun, which eventually led to great trouble.
There was no way around it. In the past hundred years, Goguryeo was a hurdle that the emperors of the Central Plains could not overcome, and they always wanted to destroy it.
Not to mention Yang Guang's three conquests. During Yang Jian's period, he defeated the northern Turks and failed to destroy Goguryeo. Later, even Li Shimin's personal conquest, the invincible Tian Khan on the battlefield, failed to destroy Goguryeo.
Finally died in the hands of Li Zhi, this reputation is too good.
So what's the cost?
Except for Goguryeo, which struggled endlessly with the Baekje regime of Silla, the behemoth Tubo emerged.
Tragically, after the rise of Tubo, Tang Dynasty suffered consecutive defeats, and Silla also changed from its original obedience to disobedience.
The Korean peninsula is still a scourge, and Goguryeo is equivalent to annihilating its loneliness.
The strategic purpose failed miserably.
The reason why Li Zhi attaches so much importance to Tubo now is because he hopes to correct his mistakes. He really wants to leave a good name for future generations.
In fact, Li Zhi doesn't need to worry about this. After his wife ascends the throne and becomes the empress, no one in the future will care about this. They will all blame her for the most explosive scandal.
Princess Honghua also argued for her motherland: "The Tubo were ambitious and had chosen the opportunity early. When they invaded, the harvest in Guanzhong of the Tang Dynasty was not good, they encountered natural disasters, and there was a war in the north, so they couldn't care about both! Tuyuhun is
Is it wrong for other countries not to come to rescue our territory?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jiao Er sneered: "Yes, it is indeed not wrong for the Tang people not to come to the rescue, but why did they encourage us to move to the Qilian Mountains, but in the end they did not fulfill their promise at all?"
Princess Honghua was speechless.
In the fifth year of Xianqing (660), when Tubo invaded Tuyuhun, Li Zhi initially ordered Tibet not to attack.
Lu Dongzan was still alive at that time. Faced with the demands of the Tang Dynasty, he did not dare to resist on the surface. He was afraid that the Tang army would turn its guns and attack the Tibetans.
Seeing that he could not stop it, Li Zhi promulgated an immigration policy to allow the Tuyuhun people who wanted to avoid the disaster of war to move to the Qilian Mountains.
Many ministers in the court saw Tubo's disobedience and believed that this move could not succeed. They suggested that Tubo must be convinced first.
But Li Zhi did not adopt it, and the relocation policy was not withdrawn.
Then something happened that Jiao Er cried out sadly:
"My wife and children wanted to escape the disaster, but the Tibetans guarded the pass of Chiling. The Tang people did not send troops to respond at all, and they were all trapped at the foot of the mountain in despair!"
"In those few years, the Chiling Mountains were full of corpses of our people, dead of starvation and frozen, everywhere!"
"Where are the Tang people! Where is the residence that the Tang people promised us to move to!"
Listening to Jiao Er's hoarse shouts, everyone was silent in response, and Li Yan also sighed in his heart.
Li Zhi slapped his head on the immigration policy and did not carry out military operations. When Tibet blocked it, refugees all flooded the border, causing countless casualties.
Those Tuyuhun people who brought their families and their families with their hearts towards the Tang Dynasty were never able to land on the land of the Tang Dynasty until their death. Basically, they were buried under the Chiling Mountains.
It was not until the second year of the General Chapter (669) that Tuyuhun was truly subjugated, and Li Zhi ordered the withdrawal of the immigration policy.
In this process, so much hatred was accumulated. Therefore, during the Battle of Dafeichuan, the Gar family was able to recruit 200,000 Tuyuhun soldiers to participate in the battle. This was also a factor in this aspect.
Not to mention that time, but now, the old Tuyuhun troops present looked over with hateful eyes.
Many soldiers clenched their weapons and were nervous.
Wei Daijie's face darkened, ready to kill him at any moment.
Li Yan thought for a while and whispered to Murong Nuohebo: "Ask him, after the Battle of Dafeichuan, what reward did the 200,000 Tuyuhun soldiers who won the battle get?"
Murong Nuohebo began to transmit the message: "You have always expressed your heart to Tubo. Okay, then I would like to ask you, after the battle of Dafeichuan, what rewards did the victorious soldiers of our clan receive?"
This time it was Jiao Er who was speechless, and the hatred of Tuyuhun's old tribe was also transferred to him.
Princess Honghua said coldly: "In the face of the enemies who invaded your country, you bent your knees and served them, but you resented your friendly country for not being able to help in time. You are a coward who dares to confuse the public here!"
Li Yan whispered: "Don't dwell on the old things. Tell them that Tubo is a small plateau country, and the tribes annexed by them will only become slaves and oppressed by Wuru. Only the Tang Dynasty had the national strength to establish a country for Tuyuhun, so that
The Tuyuhun people are starting to behave like human beings again!”
As soon as these words came out, the little prince's eyes lit up.
Princess Honghua immediately said: "In the past, the Tang Dynasty was unable to help in time, allowing Tibetan thieves to take advantage of the situation, occupy our land, and enslave our people. But now that there is no war around the Tang Dynasty, we will concentrate our efforts to deal with the Tibetans!"
Murong Nuohebo also said loudly: "Yes, the saint of the Tang Dynasty named me the Lord of Qinghai because he was determined to help me restore the Tuyuhun country. The Heavenly Army of the Tang Dynasty will also march to the Western Regions! This deputy envoy Li is the former
The direct grandson of General Li, the queen of General Li!"
The old troops in Tuyuhun became commotion, and they became respectful, fearful, and expectant.
Li Yan did not expect that Murong Nuohebo was so incompetent that he wanted to borrow his reputation, but he calmly faced everyone's awed gazes.
The Tang Dynasty once had no personnel affairs, but the Celestial Empire had its own confidence and could accommodate all ethnic groups and protect the vassal states.
This is the foundation of a great country!
Tubo is not engaged in human affairs now, and with its family background, it will not be able to do much human affairs in the future. The limitations are there after all.