Chapter 417: Marching into the Logos
After the extremely brilliant victory, the main force of the Tang army did not stop, but attacked on all fronts, launched a large-scale pursuit battle against the fleeing Tubo cavalry, and had a direct collision with the follow-up main force of Tubo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The rout of the elite cavalry of Tubo disrupted the formation of the main force of soldiers and horses, and the morale of the Tang army was very strong, and the main force of Tubo was defeated with a charge.
The main force of the scattered Tubo fled in all directions, and the mountains and fields were full of panicked Tubo soldiers, and the Tang army divided its troops into multiple routes to continue to strike at these scattered Tubo soldiers and horses, so as to eliminate as much of the living force of Tubo as possible.
The pursuit and fighting lasted for many days, the main force of Tubo was almost lost, and more and more soldiers and horses were captured, reaching 100,000 people, and finally, even the main general of Tubo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with the remaining thousands of soldiers and horses, so far, the confrontation between Tubo and Datang ended with a complete victory for Datang.
However, this is not the end, this time Tubo provoked the Tang Dynasty and made the emperor unhappy, so it is not enough to defeat the Tubo army, and the next step is to continue to march to Tubo until Tubo is included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Among the 100,000 captured Tubo captives, half of them were Tuyuhun people, that is, Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people in the Central Plains have been integrated into the Tang Dynasty, and even, many soldiers in the Tang army are descendants of the Xianbei people, and even the royal family of the Tang Dynasty has the blood of the Xianbei people.
Therefore, the Tang army's attitude towards the descendants of the Tuyuhun people was much better than that of the Tubo people, in addition, the Tuyuhun was destroyed for less than a hundred years, and many Tuyuhun people did not fully integrate into the Tubo, and even, there are still many Tuyuhun people seeking independence and constantly resisting the rule of the Tubo, which makes the Tubo ruling class very headache.
Now, the main force of Tubo has been annihilated, and Dafeichuan, which originally belonged to Tuyuhun, has also been controlled by the Tang army, and these Tuyuhun soldiers, whose loyalty is already questionable, naturally moved closer to the Tang Dynasty and were willing to submit to the rule of the Tang Empire.
The 50,000 captives of Tuyuhun were dismissed on the spot after being unloaded with weapons and armor, and let them go home to farm, while the 50,000 captives of Tubo all served as the logistics labor of the Tang army, helping the Tang army transport all kinds of materials.
After a battle, the main force of the Tang army had captured the land to which Tuyuhun belonged, and continued to approach to the southwest, preparing to capture the land to which Tubo belonged in order to expand the territory of the Tang Empire.
In the direction of Shibao City, the main force of the Tang army converged with the elite soldiers and horses led by Li An, and prepared to rest for a day before continuing to march towards the capital of Tibet.
"No harm, you have made a great contribution, this battle, if you hadn't taken the risk of sneaking up on Shibao City, the main force of our army would not have won so easily."
As soon as Wang Zhongsi saw Li An, he opened his mouth to praise and seemed very affectionate.
"Uncle has won the prize, this is nothing, with the current strength of my Datang, it is easy to destroy Tubo, no matter how you fight, you will definitely be able to win in the end, it's just a matter of time."
Li An opened his mouth and said humbly, and continued: "Now, the land to which Tuyuhun belongs has been conquered, and I, Datang, should immediately form a yamen here, so it is better to call it Tuyuhun Dao!" ”
"Tuyuhun Dao? Well, this name sounds good, however, His Majesty will definitely not agree, doesn't this mean that it is a reminder to future generations that this was once the land of Tuyuhun? It's better to call it Longnan Road! ”
Wang Zhongsi vetoed Li An's opinion, feeling that Li An's name violated the taboo of the Tang Empire, and deliberately reminded the descendants of Tuyuhun not to forget their motherland.
"Longnan Road, this name is quite interesting, Tuyuhun is in the south of Longyou Road, it is not bad to call Longnan Road, this name is good, good name!"
Li An also suddenly realized his mistake, since it is the territory of the Tang Empire, of course, it cannot be named Tuyuhun, otherwise, the people of Tuyuhun will always remember their motherland, and this is very unfavorable for the Tang Empire to rule Tuyuhun, and the meaning of Longnan Road is that it is on the south side of Longyou Road, with a very good name, and the current Longyou Road of the Tang Dynasty is very vast, and the land can not be increased, otherwise it will be very difficult to manage, and it is very necessary to establish a separate Dao.
Immediately after deciding on the name, Wang Zhongji wrote a letter with his own views, asking the imperial court to establish Longnan Province on the land of Tuyuhun and send officials from the imperial court to rule.
Expedition to Tibet is not an easy task, after all, the terrain of Tubo is too high, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers will feel breathless on the terrain of Tibet, and the further they go, the more serious this symptom will be.
However, anyone has an instinct, that is, the ability to adapt, when they first arrive at the plateau, the soldiers will have a feeling of shortness of breath, but after more than a month of adaptation, this feeling will slowly disappear, although there will still be uncomfortable feelings, but this feeling is weakened a lot, and it will not have much impact on the actions of the army.
Because the main force of Tibet has been annihilated, and the journey of the expedition to the capital of Tibet is relatively long, and the requirements for logistics are very high, therefore, the main army of more than 100,000 cannot all march south, leaving most of the soldiers and horses, only 50,000 elites, carrying the most elite weapons, and marching to the capital of Tibet.
In addition, in order to better rule the land of Tubo in the future, the Tang Dynasty court temporarily built a railway branch line in Longyou Road, directly pointing to the capital of Tubo, although, I don't know how long this railway will be built, but every more mile of road, the logistics pressure of the army in front is a little smaller, in the future, this railway line will promote the economic development of the entire Longnan Road.
When continuing to march towards the capital of Tibet, the main force of the Tang army and Li An's elite soldiers and horses converged, and were supported by more steam transport vehicles, and the logistics support force was greatly enhanced.
Because the main army of Tubo has been wiped out, the elite ironclad artillery of the Tang army made the defenders of the Tubo checkpoint unable to cope, for this reason, the Tang army progressed very smoothly along the way, and the Tubo defenders rarely resisted along the way, even if they encountered the resistance of the Tang army, as long as the surrendered Tubo generals were pulled out, these soldiers who defended the checkpoint would give in, and surrender willingly.
When the Tang army launched an attack on the capital of Tubo step by step, Tubo Zampu felt very frightened, and successively sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, wanting to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty and turn the war into a jade silk.
However, the capital of Tubo is very far away from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it takes a lot of time for the envoys to come and go, but the speed of the Tang army's attack is very rapid, that is, there is no way to wait for the Tibetan envoys to arrive in the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army can take the capital of Tubo.
Moreover, the further back it goes, the lower the cost of surrender for the Tibetan nobles, and even, they will gradually lose their qualifications to surrender, and this depends on the army, wealth and land in their hands, if everything is conquered by the Tang army, they can only be captured, and how to talk about surrender, surrendering with nothing is worthless, and there is no benefit.
For example, if a king still has a large area of land and army in his hands, and surrenders to a big country, the emperor of the great country can build a villa for him as soon as he is happy, and crown him as the king of peace and happiness, so that he can enjoy his old age in peace for the rest of his life without worrying about eating and drinking.
And if a king resists desperately until he is captured after the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he will be treated differently at all, it is very likely that he is a prisoner under the ranks, at most he is a commoner, after all, when you are captured and surrendered, you have no capital, why treat you well? If you are treated well, it will have a bad impact on other small countries, and everyone chooses to resist to the end, and in the end they can all be treated well, so how can you reflect the advantages of early surrender and early annexation? How can other small countries be allowed to join on their own initiative? Therefore, for the sake of the empire, it is necessary to treat those who surrender early and those who surrender late, so that those who surrender early can get more benefits, and those who resist to the end will pay the corresponding price.
In addition to sending envoys to the capital of the Tang Dynasty to prepare for peace talks with the Tang Emperor, Tubo Zampu also sent some officials to negotiate with the Tang army commander and ask the Tang army to suspend the offensive and wait for peace talks.
Of course, Wang Zhongsi will not agree, now that the Tang army has an absolute advantage, it is not easy to find an excuse to destroy Tubo, how can he just give up, the final result of the peace talks, at most, is to make Tubo a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and this is obviously not in the interests of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty needs the area of Tubo to expand its territory, and will not agree to the plan of the vassal state.
The Tang army completely ignored the request of Tubo Zampu and continued to advance towards the capital of Tubo, but the soldiers and horses that Tubo could gather were powerless to stop the Tang army's attack, and could only watch the Tang army attack Luojiao step by step.
In just over a month, the Tang army attacked a position only more than 100 miles away from Luo, and made operational preparations to take Luo.
Tubo cobbled together 100,000 troops from the west and south and entrenched themselves near the city of Luo, but Tubo Zampu knew very well that these soldiers and horses he put together alone would not be able to resist the elite Tang army soldiers and horses in any case.
In this way, there are only two paths in front of him, either to personally lead the civil and military officials to surrender to the Tang army, or to lead the people to flee and flee from Luo, and in either case, Tubo Zampu is very reluctant.
In the end, Tubo Zampu still gave in, personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to surrender to the Tang army, and was willing to go to Chang'an as a hostage to protect his people from further suffering.
After the surrender of Tubo Zampu, Wang Zhonghei treated him with courtesy, and decided to personally escort Tubo Zampu to Chang'an City to face the saint a few days later.
As for the army assembled in Tibet, most of them were dismissed and let them return to their homes to work in agriculture and herd, while a small number of men and horses were responsible for maintaining law and order in Tibet, and all of them were replaced with the banner of the Tang army, that is, the Tibetan army would be the Tang army in the future.
After some discussion, Wang Zhongsi decided to work after three days, and during these three days, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could enjoy the scenery of the capital of Tubo.
As an occupying army, the Tang Dynasty soldiers can walk sideways in the capital of Tubo, and there is no big problem if they fall in love with a certain Tubo girl on the road and go up to tease and tease, no one dares to say anything.
However, there is really nothing to look at in the capital of Tibet, except for the Potala Palace, which is a bit magnificent, the rest of the buildings are very short, and they cannot be compared with the buildings of the Tang capital at all.
Standing at the highest point of the Potala Palace, looking due south, the scenery is not bad, the mountains are stacked with greenery, and the trees are thick, but it can be regarded as a place for leisure villas.
Compared with architecture, Luo can not be compared with Chang'an City at all, but compared with mountains and green trees, as well as mountains, Luo is remarkable, at least, the mountains of Tubo are much higher than the Tang Dynasty, and the highest peak in the world is also in Tubo, which is incomparable to the Tang Empire.
"The Potala Palace is where Tubo Zampu lives, and we have lived here for the past few days, and it is also good to feel the days of Tubo Zampu."
Li An looked at the scenery in the distance and made a decision happily.
"I heard that Tubo Zampu needs three or five women to serve every night, does Li Shilang also want to experience this?"
Guo Yan said with a smile, obviously, he was very interested in this.
Li An and Guo Yang glanced at each other and said with a smile: "Of course you can have this, let alone three or five, seven or eight is not a problem!" Let Tubo Zampu arrange this! Is he trying to get a on us? Would definitely be happy to arrange it for us. ”
Of course, Li An and the others lived in guest rooms, and Tubo Zampu's own room was still lived by himself, but there were more Tang Army guards outside the house.
This is also Wang Zhonghe's benevolent and righteous act, so that Tubo Zampu can finally enjoy a few days of being Zampu, because after arriving in Chang'an City, he will be under house arrest, although he can still have enough food and clothing, but it may not be possible to have the opportunity to return to Luo in this life.
Tubo Zampu was originally an ambitious hero, but after being annihilated by the Tang army, the main army was completely decadent, and sighed that the Tang Dynasty was too powerful, and it was impossible for Tubo to confront the Tang army, and surrender seemed to be the best choice.
As the general of the occupation army, he naturally has the right to enjoy the little lady of the defeated country, and in the war years, women will always be poor trophies, and they are the compensation of the defeated country to the victorious country.
For several nights in a row, Li Ang had a very comfortable life, although the Tubo girl was not as gentle and charming as the Tang Dynasty, but there was also a different exotic style, giving people a very unique feeling, and it could also be said to be a small dish after getting tired of eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas.