Chapter 926: The Turning Point Reappears
Dou Jia's answer was very surprising to Qin Jin, with the officials of this era he had seen, most of them were forward-looking when they spoke, and they were extremely cautious in revealing their true thoughts. But justice is like this, Qin Jin feels that he has found the right person, and with this person's insight and honesty, there are enough reasons to support him.
Next, Qin Jin asked further:
"Where do you think the Tibetans will make mistakes?"
"This ......"
This question is a bit beyond Dou Jia's expectations, because even immortals can't accurately predict the details of a certain thing, not to mention that he is just an ordinary person. However, after all, it was Qin Jin who asked the question, so he couldn't help answering hastily, and after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head unwillingly and helplessly.
"The last general is stupid, I really can't think of it!"
Hearing this, Qin Jin smiled.
"The first mistake of the Tibetan people has been made, the contradiction between Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie and Zangpu Trisong Detsen is the biggest opportunity, Yixi Wangpo killed Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's cronies, you say that Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, as a powerful minister, how will he retaliate?"
Dou Jia quickly pondered for a while and replied:
"Chang'an still has 100,000 Tubo soldiers and horses, and Yixi Wangbo only has 350,000 soldiers and horses, and he is still a suspicious soldier who has just died as a general.
Qin Jin smiled and was noncommittal. But his expression was clearly disapproving, Dou Jia was a young man after all, he felt that his analysis was already very in line with the realistic situation, unless Qin Jin still had something he didn't know, but that was another matter.
"Could it be that there are other changes in Chang'an?"
Qin Jin was still noncommittal, and said slowly:
"If we look at the numbers on the books, Yixi Wangbo really has very little chance of winning, but how can things in the world be as dead as a chessboard?
Dou Jia did know the news of Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's assassination, but he always thought that it was just a rumor deliberately spread by the Shenwu Army in order to disturb the morale of the Tubo army. Tubo Vice Minister Yixi Wangbo has extraordinary insight, keenly seized this opportunity, and successfully seized the military power.
It is precisely because of this that the Shenwu Army lifted the huge threat against Tongguan almost without bloodshed. It is definitely not an exaggeration to say that he retreated 100,000 soldiers from Tibet with wisdom.
However, a trick is just a trick after all, and once it comes to the most critical moment, it is still necessary to compete with the strength of both sides. After all, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie is a person who came from the bloody storm, how could he be assassinated so easily?
But when Dou Jia looked at Qin Jin's rather playful expression, his heart couldn't help but move suddenly, and an unbelievable idea suddenly popped out of his mind. He had a hunch that the assassination of Ma Xiangzhong Bajie was not only true, but must have been planned by the doctor in front of him.
However, in Chang'an City, the forces of the Tubo people were layered on top of each other, especially after Yu Chaoen's large-scale purge, and they had completely mastered the inside and outside of Chang'an.
"Could it be that Doctor Qin really sent someone to assassinate Ma Xiangzhong Bajie?"
Qin Jin nodded, which could be regarded as an acknowledgement.
"Qin's eyeliner left in Chang'an and hooked up with Li Chenghong, bought the eunuchs of Xingqing Palace, and connected with Tubo Zanpu Chisong Dezan, if the assassination is successful, these two will definitely not sit back and watch the missed opportunity, even if it doesn't work......"
Speaking of this, Qin Jin paused for a moment before he continued:
"Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie has not been in contact with the enemy for at least three days, which led to the success of Yixi Wangbo's killing of the general to seize power, do you think this is all a coincidence?"
At this point, the shock in Dou Jia's heart was beyond measure, he never expected that this Doctor Qin would not make a move, and his shot would be so shocking, crying ghosts and gods. Li Chenghong, the puppet emperor, is just that, but Qin Jin's eyeliner can still quietly connect with Zampu Chisong Dezan under the nose of Ma Xiangzhong Bajie, which has to be jaw-dropping.
"What does Tubo Zampu say?"
Qin Jin stood with his hands in his hands, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was full of chills.
"Although Trisong Detsen is a young man, his mind is far better than that of ordinary adults, and if Ma Xiang Chung Bajie is assassinated, I believe he will definitely take the opportunity to seize power. The news that can be clearly known now is that Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie is not dead, but the injuries on his body are not light, and if Trisong Detsen is too timid to act hastily, he will have to add fuel to the fire. ”
With Qin Jin's analysis, Dou Jia's eyes suddenly brightened, and he suddenly felt that the lifeless Guanzhong had actually taken a big turn.
"If Chang'an is in chaos, Yixi Wangbo will have enough capital to fight to the death with Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, and at that time, we can wait for the snipe and mussels to fight, so as to take advantage of the fisherman!"
However, Qin Jin shook his head again.
"Sandpiper and clam can compete with each other, but it may not be your life or death, Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie is likely to have a miserable defeat!"
Having said that, Qin Jin already felt that he had revealed enough, and the reason why he revealed this information was to give Dou Jia confidence and make him understand that he might not necessarily rely on the 50,000 troops of the Shence Army and Zuo Wuwei, and his intention was naturally to hope that he would not have any worries, let go of it, and take over the military power from Shao Zhongzhuang and Tang Xianxing.
"Okay, it's almost time to rest, it's time to continue on the road, and we have to rush to Weinan before sunset today, I hope Yixi Wangbo will go faster, and save him from delaying the trip." ”
According to Qin Jin's judgment, Yixi Wangbo is afraid that he can't wait to fly back to Chang'an at this time, of course, it is impossible to make the slightest delay on the road, with his plan, it is to arrive at Chang'an without blood, and once Chisong Dezan succeeds in seizing power, it is bound to not be delayed in Chang'an for a long time, and returning to the Tubo Plateau is its ultimate goal, after all, there are still a few people like Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie who dream deeply.
Besides, Tri Song Detsen was still a minor, how could he spend a lot of energy in Guanzhong to fight the Tang Dynasty before the foundation was stable? Therefore, once Tri Songde agreed to the sake of Zampu worthy of the name of Tubo, the first thing to do was to withdraw his troops and return to Tubo to consolidate his position of power. Maybe a few years later, when he becomes an adult and his status is as stable as a rock, maybe there will be the idea of making a comeback, but that's a story for later.
Therefore, Qin Jin's real calculation is that in the case of being overstretched, it is the real best policy to make Tubo withdraw from Chang'an without blood. After all, the Tang Dynasty is also in a hurry now, Shi Siming in Hebei has been ready to move, and several jiedu envoys in Jiangnan and Jiangling are also eyeing each other, even if Qin Jin has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to deal with so many enemies at the same time.
On the way to the march, the accident still happened, two hours before sunset, the first leader of the Zuo Wuwei encountered a large force of enemy attack thirty miles east of Weinan, Qin Jin had to report the time, the specific situation is not known, with his judgment should be a small-scale conflict, Yixi Wangbo absolutely does not have the extra energy and strength to deal with the Shenwu army, after all, this person has much less soldiers and horses in his hands than Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie, how can he make such a stupid move as dividing the troops?
After some analysis, Qin Jin could almost assert that the Tang Dynasty army that came forward to attack the Shenwu army must have surrendered to the Tubo people.
Although there were not many casualties, it had a very adverse impact on the troops that followed behind, and the morale of the army was greatly affected. At this time, the most distressed person is Shao Zhongzhuang, he has always held that he has soldiers in his hands, which can be used as a bargaining chip with Qin Jin, and this bargaining chip naturally cannot be easily punctured.
"What's the matter, are they all new annexes? Are Zuo Wuwei's soldiers eating idle food? Why are they so vulnerable!"
Shao Zhongzhuang was very angry, if it was the Tubo people who beat Zuo Wuwei into such a miserable situation, he would have nothing to say. But Zuo Wuwei was actually beaten all over the ground by the local army of the Tang Dynasty in the past, which was too embarrassing for the sixteen guards of the forbidden army.
The fiasco of Zuo Wuwei's men and horses also gave Shao Zhongzhuang a deep sense of crisis, if Qin Jin also had any bad thoughts about the Shence Army, the weight of the chips in his hand would become lighter. In order not to make this happen, Shao Zhongzhuang had to let the Shence Army and Zuo Wuwei be separated, so that people would not equate them.
The only way is to use the Divine Command Army to take out this new army of vassals who are still working so hard as eagle dogs.
Shao Zhongzhuang had been in Longyou for many years, and had strong combat experience. In the shortest possible time, nearly 20,000 people were assembled to make a fierce assault on the new annexed army in Weinan. At the same time, he continued to gather troops and horses, if the 20,000 men in the lead failed to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, it would inevitably wear out the opponent's sharpness, and the main force of the Shence army would pounce again, and the victory in this battle would be almost nine out of ten.
At this time, after all, the Shence Army was no longer the Shence Army when Longyou confronted the Tubo people, and due to the large-scale expansion of the army, the quality of the soldiers had regressed to a great extent, and it was not easy to gather 20,000 people into a team in such a short period of time.
The middle protector Dou Jia and the protector judge Han Bao were within 20,000 people, and for them, this battle came too suddenly, so that Han Bao thought that Shao Zhongzhuang was deliberately entertaining them, the side men of the Divine Ce Army. But as a large number of Zuo Wuwei soldiers fled back covered in blood and wounded, they realized that the front was really attacked, but Shao Zhongzhuang put his descendants at the end, and his purpose was obvious.
Although Han Bao is not timid, he is also very indignant at this kind of favoritism. He saw that Dou Jia was still submissive, and he didn't seem to have the slightest resentment, so he immediately became angry.