The situation in Guanzhong was developing a little strangely, Qin Jin stood in front of the huge map, his brows furrowed slightly, and the reaction of the Tubo people had become different from yesterday. If Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie was really assassinated, the offensive consciousness of the Tibetan army would never be so strong.

Yesterday's battle was quite tragic, and the Tubo people, who were supposed to be bluffing, actually fought a tough battle with the Shenwu army that took the initiative to attack. Pei Jing's subordinates, as the main force that participated in the battle yesterday, fought very hard, almost without an inch. In the face of this situation, his face was somewhat unbearable, the vast majority of the Shenwu army in Tongguan showed their faces in front of Qin Jin for the first time, and their first performance seemed to be muddy, and many captains and brigade leaders also asked to fight again.

However, Qin Jin rejected their request for battle, and ordered to hold the camp and wait for the Tubo people to attack.

Pei Jing also changed his calm style in the past, pestering Qin Jin to ask him to fight again, and this time the Tubo people who were bound to fight retreated thirty miles.

However, Qin Jin asked rhetorically:

"Even if the Tibetans retreat thirty miles, what will they do?"

Pei Jing was asked for a while, thought for a while, felt a little discouraged, shook his head and said:

"What the doctor said is very true, the last general is too much to win for the sake of winning!"

Qin Jin nodded.

"There are no less than 50,000 Tubo people west of Tongguan, and there are also those newly attached troops, adding up to at least 100,000 people, and the soldiers under your command are only about 30,000. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Jin paused again, and then said:

"Now our top priority is to test the reaction of the Tibetan people, including yesterday's strong attack is also a form of temptation, since they are fighting hard, let's turn the offensive into the defensive, and see how they turn into a strong attack. ”

"What if the Tibetan thieves don't attack it?

"Not necessarily, if the assassination of Ma Xiangzhong Bajie is true, the Tubo people will definitely not be able to stay outside Tongguan for a long time, we can afford it, but the Tubo people can't afford it. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, Cui Lian's assassination failed, and the reaction of the Tubo people is unpredictable. ”

While he was talking, a military official suddenly sent a military report.

"Zhonglang has reported Tian Chenghe's army to the army, please take a look at the doctor!"

The sealed copper pipe containing the military report was sent to Qin Jin's desk, and the fire paint seal of the nozzle was intact, and Qin Jin twisted the cover at one end of the copper pipe hard, and the fire paint cracked...... Pulling out the parchment inside, Qin Jin looked at it carefully for a while, then let out a long sigh of relief, weighing the military newspaper in his hand and looking at Pei Jing.

"I can't think of it, I can't think of it, Tian Chengsi actually made a lot of noise in Jingzhao Mansion, look at it, dozens of counties and counties have Jingcong, and the Tubo people and Li Chenghong are in big trouble. ”

This news really made Pei Jing gasp, he didn't take Tian Chenghe, the general, in his eyes at first, because this person was his defeated general, and when this person was guarding Tongguan for the thief, he showed that he was completely greedy for life and afraid of death. Later, after Tian Chengsi escaped from Tongguan, he led his troops to attack Fengling Pass, but he was dragged alive by Chen Qianli under Fengling Pass, and the grain and grass were exhausted, so he had to choose to surrender in order to eat.

is such a greedy and incompetent general, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, can actually make such a big move under the noses of the Tubo people, no wonder Pei Jing doesn't believe it.

"Let's see, it's certain, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie must have had an accident!"

As he spoke, Qin Jin handed the parchment in his hand to Pei Jing.

Pei Jing also nodded and agreed:

"Well, this is the only way to explain, otherwise how could the Tubo people allow Tian Chenghei to connect dozens of counties and counties without reacting? Thinking that Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie can monopolize the power in Tubo, it is certainly not easy to be with him, and it is absolutely impossible to let an anti-Tibetan force operate in Guanzhong and let it go. ”

After reading the content on the parchment at a glance, Pei Jinglian exclaimed incredible, there is indeed an element of luck in this, but Tian Chenghei's role in it must not be ignored.

"It seems that Shibei should be impressed for three days, and this is really true!"

Hearing this, Qin Jin smiled.

"Tian Chengsi was once your defeated subordinate, but don't despise him because of this. This person has fought against the Khitans in the north for more than ten years, and if he doesn't have some skills, he can't be reused by An Lushan. Of course, it is precisely because he is smart that it is inevitable to play tricks, and Qin did not expect that he would actually have a time when he was desperate. Looking at the understatement written in his military newspaper, the actual situation may have reached the level of death if you don't live, maybe God bless my Shenwu Army, and the Tubo people reacted abnormally, which gave him a chance to take advantage of. ”

Qin Jin's analysis convinced Pei Jingcheng, and at the same time, he was a little geared up.

"There is only one possibility of Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's assassination, in that case, we might as well sit and wait for the two Tibetan people to collapse on their own. ”

Pei Jing also knows a lot about the internal contradictions in Tibet, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie took advantage of the shallow age of Xiao Zanpu Trisong Dezan and monopolized power, although it is now in full swing, and has the merit of overcoming Chang'an's defeat of the Tang soldiers, but it does not mean that you can sit back and relax.

Because as little Zamp gets older, he will inevitably be disgusted with the big minister who has power everywhere, and there are a group of excluded people around Xiao Zamp who are counting on turning over after taking power in person by little Zampu. This is a little longer, but after a year or two, an invisible force has gradually formed around Xiao Zampu among the Tibetan elites.

If Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie is assassinated, those Tibetan magnates who have been suppressed for a long time will inevitably break out into a strong backlash. As for how fierce the rebound is, Pei Jing is also unpredictable, he only hopes that he can counterattack Chang'an as soon as possible under the wait and see, after all, it is an extremely humiliating thing for these Hu people on the plateau to occupy Chang'an, and it will make the Hu people on the northern grassland gradually have a bad heart.

"Yesterday, the Tubo people changed their plan of feint attack to attack by force, which did not cover up the intensifying contradictions within them. ”

Seeing Qin Jin say this, Pei Jing couldn't help but ask:

"The doctor is going to send troops to continue the attack?"

However, Qin Jin immediately denied it.

"Yesterday, your subordinates suffered a lot of losses, and they can't attack anymore, from now on, they will only attack and disturb, and they will be anxious, I believe that it will not be long before these Tubo people will show their flaws. ”

Maybe it was because of concern, Pei Jing actually asked again:

"What if they don't mess around?"

Qin Jin laughed.

"How can there be so many ...... in case"

Just when Qin Jin and Pei Jing were speculating about the internal situation in Tubo, the deputy prime minister Yixi Wangbo was contacting around the camp non-stop, and a few days ago, there were rumors that Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie had been assassinated, and everyone didn't care, and they all thought that this was a rumor deliberately created by Tang Bing to mess with their military morale.

However, as days passed, the rumors not only did not stop, but intensified. Including the people sent back to Chang'an by Yixi Wangbo to listen to the news, they found nothing. As a result, no one can help but think about it, including the generals in the army who hold real power. It was also under this circumstance that the Tang soldiers unexpectedly counterattacked and launched a strong attack on them. The fierceness of the offensive was rare since they entered Guanzhong, and in order not to make the Tang soldiers in Tongguan discover their internal worries, they had to change the established strategy of feint attack and fought a tough battle.

Yesterday's battle did surprise the Tubo people, it turned out that the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty were not all the kind of pig and dog soldiers who guarded Chang'an, if these people who dared to fight and were good at fighting, I am afraid that it was unknown whether they could easily enter Chang'an.

Therefore, on the surface, the Tubo fight at this time should be calm, but in fact it is an undercurrent. Yixi Wangbo and some military generals who sympathized with Xiao Zampu began to secretly collude, intending to support Xiao Zampu to return to power.

The general who led the troops was a close confidant of Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, and he should have put out this abnormal sign in the first place, but Yixi Wangbo's words made him hesitate. As soon as Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie died, they lost their backers, and those who were suppressed by Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie at the beginning were bound to join forces to rise up and stand on the side of Xiao Zampu. At that time, if you continue to ignore the current affairs and fall to the ground, you will only be martyred for Maxiang Chung Bajie.

The Tibetan people did not have the idea of loyalty to the Han people, and they relied on instinct to do things, so not many people were willing to be martyred for a person who had died. It was driven by this thought that the leading general gave up the idea of stopping Yixi Wangbo in time, and instead turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

It was at this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that Yixi Wangpo began to make a big connection in the barracks with those who sympathized with Zampu. At this point, he also figured it out, no matter whether the rumors of Ma Xiangzhong Bajie's assassination are true or not, this is an opportunity that must not be given up.

Soon, thousands of people expressed their willingness to support Zampu with Yixi Wangpo to take power personally, and most of these people were low-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers below the centurion level in the army, but this was enough, as long as the emotions of these thousands of backbones were mobilized, it was enough to influence the 100,000 army.

At present, there is one last difficulty in front of Yixi Wangbo, that is, the main general who leads the army and a senior military general next to him, these people not only have no sympathy for Xiao Zampu, but even have doubts about Zampu's power, the reason why he did not react at this time is that he has not come back to his senses, once things have recurred or changed, they may raise their knives and kill.

"Kill the thief and support Zampu!"

In the middle of the night, the sound of shouts was like thunder, and almost at the same time, the Chinese army camp was surrounded by many chaotic soldiers, and the camp gate was quickly smashed open, and the rebels poured into it like a tide, and blood flowed into a river in an instant......