They had two envoys meet, and one of them decided to board the train from Yizhou to Chang'an.
The risk of doing this is very high.
I believe that some of them must have been arrested by the King of Shu, and the King of Shu already knew the contents of their credentials.
Then, as long as the King of Shu sends people to enforce martial law at the train station and strengthen inspections.
He rushed to Chang'an by train, basically committing suicide.
But the current situation in Tubo is really too dangerous.
He no longer cared about his own safety.
Even if there was only one chance in ten thousand, he would take the risk.
Of course, the premise for him to do this is that another envoy will go to Chang'an through other routes.
At least it can guarantee that the credentials can be submitted to the Tang Dynasty.
I just hope they, Zamp, can persist until then.
This messenger, named Kumarapao, rushed to the train station with the belief that he would die.
He was ready to die.
But what shocked him was that Yizhou Railway Station was still under martial law as usual.
Of course, there are still routine hazardous materials inspections.
Others are completely gone.
This, how could this happen?
Until I stepped onto the train, Kumarajiva had an unreal feeling.
How could the King of Shu be so careless?
Why don't you send people to inspect the train station?
Or is it that the King of Shu doesn't care at all whether you go to Chang'an to submit your credentials?
Kumarajiva always feels that the latter is more likely.
However, even on the train, Kumarajiva did not dare to slack off at all.
He is very vigilant, who knows if they are loose on the outside and tight on the inside?
However, nothing happened along the way and we arrived in Chang'an safely.
Until I got off the train and really set foot on the land of Chang'an, Kumarajiva felt a very unreal feeling in my heart.
After walking out of the train station, Kumarajiva realized that he had really made it to Chang'an.
Next, Kumarajiva quickly found the Honglu Temple in the Tang Dynasty, and then submitted the Tibetan credentials to the Honglu Temple.
Seeing this letter of credence from Tibet, the Honglu Temple in the Tang Dynasty was so confused that they almost arrested Kumarado as a false envoy.
Okay, how could Tubo take the initiative to ask to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty?
Is it possible that someone deliberately pretended to be a Tibetan envoy to make fun of the Tang Dynasty?
Fortunately, after some testing, it was found that the messenger was genuine.
Tubo really wanted to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and was willing to obey the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year.
Only then did the officials of Honglu Temple find out.
It turns out that the reason why Tubo did this is because the King of Shu is attacking Tubo. Now it is very dangerous for Tubo to leave the country, and the country may be destroyed at any time.
It turned out that when Li Min attacked Tubo again, he began to block the news.
The Yizhou Army's attack speed was very fast. Until now, the attack had only lasted for more than half a month.
Until now, Chang'an actually didn't know about Yizhou's attack on Tibet.
After receiving the news, Honglu Temple did not dare to neglect and quickly submitted the Tibetan credentials.
The person currently staying in Chang'an is Wei King Li Tai.
Of course, the King of Wei is not a prince, and his rights are extremely limited.
The ones who can make the decision are Fang Xuanling and other veterans.
The King of Wei, in fact, is more sitting in that position, just a symbol.
Of course, if something unexpected happened suddenly when Li Shimin was attacking Goryeo.
So at this time, when ministers want to establish a new emperor, the first thing that may come to mind is Wei Wang Li Tai.
When Li Tai received Tubo's credentials and learned that the King of Shu was attacking Tubo and that Tubo was about to perish, he suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.
Now Tuyuhun is in the hands of the King of Shu. If he takes over Tubo again, well, he will probably add Nanzhao.
Although the information given by the King of Shu was that Nanzhao had a special terrain and was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
And Duan Yutong of Nanzhao successfully integrated Nanzhao and became the queen of Nanzhao.
The current war situation between Yizhou and Nanzhao is still very stalemate.
But Wei King Li Tai just listened and would never believe it.
The King of Wei was more willing to believe that Nanzhao industry had now fallen into the hands of the King of Shu.
So, King Shu's territory is now connected into one area, which is really terrifying.
Therefore, we must not let the King of Shu take over Tubo so easily.
We must accept Tubo as a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and immediately ask the King of Shu to withdraw his troops.
Next, we must continue to support Tubo.
Let Tubo become a thorn in Yizhou's side.
Thinking of this, King Wei did not dare to neglect and immediately went to Fang Xuanling with Tubo's credentials.
"Gong Guo Liang, I am so happy, so happy! Tubo has submitted its credentials and requested to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty!"
"This is God's blessing for the Tang Dynasty. Small countries on the border have come to join us one after another. This is the reputation of my father, the Emperor Tian Khan!"
"Dong Guo Liang, this is a great event! We should immediately agree to Tubo's request. What do you think, Duke Liang?"
Li Tai himself can't make the decision on this matter. He can't even make the decision on major matters. He must get Fang Xuanling's consent.
Fang Xuanling was actually a little surprised.
Because these documents such as credentials, memorials, etc. must be sent to him, the prime minister, first, and then presented to Li Tai by him.
But now, the certificate of credence of Tubo actually reached the hands of King Wei first.
And I feel that King Wei is very concerned about this matter, which is quite interesting.
With these things in mind, Fang Xuanling's expression did not change at all.
He smiled faintly and said: "King Wei, please leave this credential here for now. We will deal with this matter after we discuss it with other ministers."
What?
What else needs to be discussed?
There’s no time for you to discuss this, right?
Once the King of Shu captures Tubo, it will be too late!
What does this old man mean?
Li Tai suppressed his inner displeasure and said, "Dong Liang, this is a great event. I think the ministers will agree to it, right? Is there any need to discuss it?"
Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "My colleagues, there is indeed no reason not to agree to this matter. But the procedure is such that we must go!"
"Besides, there is no need to be so anxious about this matter, right? It will only delay it for a day or two."
A day or two?
I really don’t dare to delay, something big will happen in a day or two!
Li Tai couldn't help but said anxiously: "But now the King of Shu is attacking Tubo. If there is a day or two at night, something will happen."
"Oh, so there is such a thing!"
As Fang Xuanling spoke, he glanced at Li Tai meaningfully.
Li Tai couldn't help but blush when Fang Xuanling looked at him.
If Tubo can be captured, it will also open up territory and expand territory for the Tang Dynasty. As the prince, why would you oppose this opportunity to open up territory and expand territory for the country?
Of course, this kind of thing cannot be said.
Li Tai didn't believe it. Old Man Cao didn't know the reason.
This old man Cao is very bad!
Fortunately, Fang Xuanling did not delay.
When it comes to the issue of the prince's succession, Fang Xuanling will not get involved.
Fang Xuanling quickly brought this issue up and discussed it with the ministers.
The final result of the discussion was that the ministers all agreed to the surrender of the Turks.
The game here is actually quite interesting.
It seems to be a battle between territorial expansion and great-power sentiment, but in fact, it is still a battle for inheritance.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the King of Shu is too powerful.
In the final analysis, neither the King of Shu nor the King of Qi had any foundation among the civil servants in the court.
When he heard that all the ministers agreed to Tubo's request for attachment, Wei King Li Tai couldn't help but be overjoyed.
But the next moment, Fang Xuanling said: "Okay, this matter will be sent to the emperor by the ministers. After the emperor agrees, the credentials can be officially issued."
Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, King Wei couldn't help but feel anxious, and couldn't help but said: "Liang Guogong, the matter is urgent and cannot be delayed until that time!"
Fang Xuanling glanced at King Wei meaningfully, and then asked: "King Wei, if the emperor doesn't nod in this matter, who will issue this decree?"
For this kind of thing, it is said that the King of Wei is not yet the crown prince.
Even though he was the crown prince, he would not dare to do this.
If you do, it is transgression.
It was this look from Fang Xuanling that made Wei King Li Tai realize that he was still too anxious.
I would rather let the King of Shu take over Tubo than make his own decisions.
The King of Shu's capture of Tubo would at best make his path to seizing the throne more difficult.
But once his father thinks he has overstepped his bounds, he may not have any chance at all.
There are also three fortified cities outside Tubo.
Of course, there are many small towns.
However, neither Songtsen Gampo nor Zhang Jianghe had any confidence in those small cities.
In front of the Tang army, the small city was like a tomb drawn on the ground as a prison. It was difficult to escape even if you wanted to.
They have even abandoned some small cities and withdrew all the defenders inside.
Anyway, the Tang army did not harm the people.
As long as the Tang Dynasty agreed that they would become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and as long as the Yizhou army retreated, those people would still be the people of Tubo.
Now Tubo only relies on these three big cities.
These three big cities have high walls and thick walls.
The city gate was also thickened a lot.
Even if the Tang army used that kind of catapult, they would not be able to break down their city gate.
Now, what Tubo needs to do is not attack.
Instead, they relied on the three cities to hold on.
As long as they can hold on for more than three months and wait until the Tang Dynasty accepts them as a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, the Yizhou army will naturally withdraw.
At this moment, the Tang army launched an attack on them.
Zhang Jianghe, the Tubo State Preceptor, also tried his best at this time.
He focused his main defense on the first city.
Although they had three cities in total, if they divided their forces to defend, he felt that it would give Datang a chance to defeat them one by one.
Therefore, he simply focused his defense on the first city.
This city gathered 50,000 Tibetan warriors.
It can be said to be a last-ditch battle!
Soon, the Tang army surrounded the city.
What's too much is that the Tang Dynasty didn't even send scouts to investigate their rear areas.
It seems that there is no fear that Tibetan reinforcements will arrive or that they will attack from behind.
However, whether it was Songtsan Gampo or Zhang Jianghe, they knew it very well.
If they really thought that Datang knew nothing about their movements, then they would not know how they died.
This King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty is really a thief. Some time ago, they were fooled by the King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty.
I suffered a big loss.
Therefore, although the Tang Dynasty did not seem to send any scouts, it did not take any precautions against them.
But if they really dare to send reinforcements, Datang will definitely eat them without leaving any bones.
And they still don't know exactly what method Datang used to determine the movement of their army.
Now, Zhang Jianghe placed his hope on this city, and 50,000 Tibetan warriors could defend this city.
After the Tang army surrounded their city, they would gather their troops every day and make an attack posture.
Even at night.
At least a dozen attacks must be prepared a day, and at least seven or eight attacks must be carried out at night.
And they were very familiar with the Tang army's attack power.
Therefore, as long as the Tang army made an attack posture, they would definitely act quickly and defend to the death.
But the damn thing is that every time the Tang army just feigned an attack.
As a result, the Tibetan soldiers were exhausted and depressed.
Five days later, the Tibetan soldiers were harassed day and night and almost went crazy.
They even thought of going out of the city to fight the Tang army with their swords in hand.
On this day, the Tang army continued to gather its troops and made a gesture of attacking the city.
At this time, the Tibetan defensive soldiers on the city wall were already tired.
They weakly picked up the swords in their hands and pretended to be defensive. In fact, they were not nervous at all.
Needless to say, Datang must be bluffing this time.
But the next moment, Xue Rengui, the coach, gently pressed a button in his hand.
boom!
Boom! Boom!
The city wall of Tubo suddenly erupted with a series of explosions.
The city wall collapsed instantly, and there were flying sand and rocks everywhere.
Huge plumes of smoke and dust rose up, almost covering the entire city.
None of the Tibetan soldiers who defended the city wall survived, and not even their whole bodies could be left behind.
Broken corpses were scattered all over the city.
The huge noise and sudden change frightened the Tibetan soldiers and Tibetan people throughout the city to the point where their hearts stopped beating.
Is this a catastrophe?
So what happened?
"kill!"
After waiting for a moment, when the smoke and dust dissipated, what appeared in front of everyone was a section of the city wall that was several meters white and collapsed.
As the commander-in-chief of this war, Xue Rengui decisively issued the order to attack.
Tens of thousands of Tang troops quickly attacked, screaming and charging into the Tubo city one by one.
What they faced were Tubo soldiers who were stunned and had not yet woken up from the shock.
This time, the city wall collapsed inexplicably, which was a huge blow to them.
Originally, they were determined and prepared to die.
He vowed to live and die with the city and fight to the end.
But as the city wall collapsed inexplicably, their inner persistence also collapsed inexplicably.
At this time, they had no fighting spirit in their hearts.
Originally, they were no match for the Tang army.
As for now, there is no ability to resist at all.
In just half a day, the first city was declared defeated.
Of the 50,000 Tibetan soldiers in the city, more than 30,000 died and nearly 20,000 were captured.
The collapse of this city also plunged the Tubo people into despair.
This time, Zhang Jianghe's face looked dull. He seemed to have aged more than ten years overnight, and his hair turned gray overnight.
"Zanpu, I have betrayed your great trust. Please kill me to apologize for the soldiers who died in vain on the front line!"
Songtsan Gampo sighed, pulled Zhang Jianghe up from the ground, and then said: "National Master, this time, it is not a fault of war!"
"It's not that the National Master is too weak, but that the opponent is too strong! Facing such an opponent, the National Master has done his best!"
"So, stop talking about punishing people! What should we do next? I also hope that the Imperial Master can give me some advice."
Zhang Jianghe was deeply moved when he heard Songtsen Gampo's words.
Because in this case, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, no matter whether it was his fault or not, no matter whether it was a mistake in the war or not.
In fact, Zanpu needs a scapegoat, and then kills the scapegoat to divert people's attention and vent their inner uneasiness and resentment.
But Zamp did not do this and still supported him. How could Zhang Jianghe not be moved by this!
Zhang Jianghe sighed and said: "Zanpu, now, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to wait until the Yizhou Army withdraws! The best way now is to abandon this place and lead the Tubo people to the west."
Tubo went further west and entered Tianzhu.
This means that they completely gave up on Tubo.
From then on, Tubo was completely subjugated.
Songtsen Gampo couldn't help but burst into tears.
"I won't leave. This is the inheritance left by our ancestors. If it is destined to be buried in my hands, let me die to accompany it!"
However, Zhang Jianghe urged: "Zanpu, if you leave the green hills behind, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. If you leave, we will still have many opportunities in the future. If we don't leave, there will really be no opportunities at all!"
If I leave, will there really be a chance?
If you can't defeat the Yizhou Army now, the gap will only get wider in the future, right?
However, Songtsen Gampo's desire to survive was actually quite strong.
Finally, under Zhang Jianghe's persuasion, he finally decided to leave.
Five days later, Songtsen Gampo led his army and members of the royal family all the way to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures - well, to flee.
Even the common people, Songtsen Gampo, did not lead much.
Because their time is too limited, they are bound to not be able to bring many people.
With the escape of Songtsen Gampo, it was completely announced that Tubo had been subjugated.
The next city opened its gates directly, surrendered unconditionally, and welcomed the Tang army to settle in.
All the way to the palace of Tubo, Songtsen Gampo took away all the gold, silver and jewelry in the palace.
Of course, he had no time to take away any items that were too bulky, so they were all discarded in the palace.
Many maids in the palace were also abandoned by him.
These maids are very nervous now, waiting for the fate of King Shu of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, in their minds, they were not without a sense of luck.
If the King of Shu takes a fancy to them, maybe they can fly onto the branches and turn into phoenixes.
It was a pity that after arriving at the palace, the King of Shu did not give them any trouble.
He didn't leave any of them behind, but sent them all home directly.
Next, Li Min directly ordered his subordinates to write a memorial and report it to the court.
On Li Min's side, he mobilized manpower to quickly control Tubo.
Well, next, Li Min will use the Tubo people to build a railway and highway.
Only after the railways and roads are connected can we truly control Tubo.
Although Tubo is said to be barren, it actually has some resources.
When the memorial from the King of Shu was delivered to the palace, all the ministers and the King of Wei were shocked.
What a crazy speed!
Before they could submit the reply to the emperor for approval, Tubo had already perished!
Is this Tubo too useless?
Got beaten down so quickly?
This, there is no need to rely on Datang anymore.
What kind of vassal state?
Now the entire territory belongs to Datang.
At this time, all the ministers, including King Wei, suddenly realized.
The King of Shu has really become a climate!
Tubo Tuyuhun plus Jiannan Road, and even Nanzhao.
The current King of Shu can no longer move as easily as he can.
Moreover, the King of Shu also had the Chinese Commercial Bank and the Tang Dynasty Bank.
If we really want to meet the swordsmen of King Shu, I am afraid that the entire Tang Dynasty will be in shock. This is definitely not a blessing for the Tang Dynasty!
At the same time, Li Shimin was attacking Anshi in Goryeo.
But Anshi is a place with a dangerous terrain, and it is filled with elite soldiers from Goryeo.
For a while, it was difficult for the Tang army to take it down.
Gao Yanshou and a group of generals requested to capture Wugu City first, then cross the Yalu River and directly capture Pyongyang in Goryeo.
However, this proposal was opposed by Changsun Wuji and was eventually rejected.
At this time, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, was injured in his leg.
The weather in Liaodong became cold, and the transportation of military rations became a problem.
Therefore, Li Shimin decided to return to the court with his troops.
At this time, Xue Yantuo's Zhenzhu Khan passed away, and his son Bazhuo established himself as Jieli Kili Xue Shadomi Khan.
Xue Yantuo's old khan was beaten by Li Min until he was so docile, but his expression changed when he talked about it.
But the new Khan who took office in his heart was not afraid of tigers. He was ready to take action as soon as he became Khan.
Beginning to launch an attack on the south of the river, Li Shimin ordered the king of Jiangxia, Li Daozong, Xue Wanche, Ashina Sheer and others to divide their lanes to defend against the enemy.
During this period, Li Shimin first received a letter of credence from Tubo requesting attachment.
What Li Shimin didn't expect was that Tubo would be beaten so brutally.
The country is about to be destroyed, and now it has to pray for dependence to protect itself.
To be honest, Li Shimin's pursuit is to be an emperor for eternity.
He was very eager to expand his territory.
If he could capture Tubo, it would be a great achievement for him.
Tubo has always been a serious concern of the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect that they would be beaten so badly by the King of Shu because they were no match for the King of Shu.
If this serious threat can be eliminated, the southwest of the Tang Dynasty will be completely stable.
The Tang Dynasty could free up its hands to deal with Goryeo and the grasslands to the north.
This is also in line with Datang's current interests.
But once Tubo was eliminated, the King of Shu became really powerful.
It was powerful enough to threaten him.
Therefore, it is not surprising that all the ministers agreed with Tubo's attachment.
After careful consideration, Li Shimin also chose to agree to Tubo's attachment and ordered the King of Shu to withdraw his troops.