The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, is obviously not formed in the Tang Dynasty. In the eyes of the Tang people, there is only the word "world", and there is no concept of "world".

At the border of Tuyuhun and Tubo, there is a plateau area that crosses by Tanggula Mountain and Kunlun Mountain, the lofty mountains are magnificent, the snow peaks are continuous and the glaciers are widely distributed, and the rivers are crisscrossed and the lakes are densely covered or the birthplace of the Yangtze River and the Lancang River, the water and grass are abundant, the cattle and sheep are fat and strong, and there are many salt fields, so it has become the most important agricultural and livestock pasture and salt production land in Tubo. Because of its special geographical location, it is like the gateway to the plateau, so it is also an important military base.

The Tibetan people call this place "Gaorumusi", which means the desert pearl with many rivers, that is, the current "Golmud"; And the Tang people gave him a meaningful nickname - "the top of the world".

The top of the world is naturally unclimbable and insurmountable. On the one hand, the harsh natural environment and weather are the main reasons for this, and the fact that one-third of the plateau soldiers in Tibet are entrenched here is another main reason.

In Tibet, almost all the people are soldiers. After the young Tubo Zampu abandoned Zong Langzan (that is, later generations called Songtsan Gampo) to unify the plateau, he imitated the government military system of the Tang Dynasty and divided the 600,000 soldiers and horses of the whole plateau into more than 1,000 units with "Ru" as a unit. The Daru Department is managed by the marshal and the deputy marshal, but like the "marching road chief" in the Tang military system, it is not established in ordinary times, and is only awarded by Zampu himself when he goes out on the expedition.

However, here in Golmud, there is a special Tibetan "marshal" who is in charge all year round. He commanded 200,000 plateau iron horsemen to take Golmud as the camp at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and confronted the Dafeichuan Military Region of the Tang Dynasty, like a Tibetan mastiff with fangs and snow, guarding the gateway territory of the snowy plateau.

The marshal of the Tubo Golmud Military Region can be on the same level as the Tubo Dynasty's Great Opinion (Prime Minister), and one person is above 10,000 people. Today's Marshal Golmud is a young man who is not up to date - Gar Qinling. And his father is now the famous prime minister of the Tubo Dynasty who is above 10,000 people under one person, Gar Dongzan Yusong, and the Tang people call it "Lu Dongzan".

The Gar family was originally a nobleman of the Tubo Dynasty, and now the father and son are in charge of the dynasty and the commanders of the troops and horses, and the Gar family has reached its peak. It was also under the assistance of the Great Lun Lu Dongzan that the 13-year-old Zanpu Zong abandoned the Zong Langzan to dominate the Tubo Plateau.

The nominal 33rd Tubo Zampu is the founding king of the Tubo Dynasty in the actual sense!

The Gar family, Xuan He for a while; The young military commander Gar Chinling was in high spirits, like a young eagle with full wings, looking at the world on the high branches of Golmud, eager to try, waiting for the day when the blockbuster would come.

Liu Shanyin, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty to Tubo, knew what kind of character he was about to face. The Gar family's prominence in Tibet is unparalleled, but Qinling did not become the first military marshal of Tibet because of his father's relationship with the family, which he is quite clear.

The Tibetan people are generally precocious, and when they reach the age of ten, they can become their own children and go into battle to kill the enemy. Qin Ling, who is more than 20 years old, has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, and it is appropriate to call him a battlefield general. Moreover, his father, the illiterate prime minister of Tibet, gave birth to him, a military genius who was proficient in Sinology and the art of war!

He has been in the army for more than ten years, and the three armies of Yongguan are all at the forefront; The commander of the army fought more than 100 battles of all sizes, and did not taste a single defeat! - Qinling's status today is all due to his own knife and shot. As a result, Zampu handed over one-third of the country's soldiers and horses and the most important gateway of the entire dynasty to Qinling with confidence.

The glacier is in the clouds, and the cold wind is like a knife.

Liu Shanyin squinted his eyes and looked at the vast snowy area of thousands of miles of glaciers in front of him, and couldn't help but take a deep breath and shouted: "Great rivers and mountains!" Great rivers and mountains! ”

Then, there was a violent wheezing.

Although he lived in Dafeichuan for a month before coming to Geer, he still couldn't adapt to the thin air here.

"Liu Honglu, let's just wait here for them to come and greet them, don't we enter the military camp in Tubo by ourselves?" The accompanying officer said with some concern, "If you don't come in another three or two hours, it will be dark, and we will be frozen to death!" ”

"Haha, you're scared!" Liu Shanyin laughed insolently and said, "I forgive him for being a Tibetan barbarian, and he doesn't have the courage to freeze me Liu Shanyin to death!" If Gar Qinling doesn't come out of Guo Xiangying within an hour, I will go home. ”

"Going home?" The people who accompanied him were all gone—this is too child's play!

"Less nonsense, an hour! Wait! ”

Almost as soon as the words fell, a number of eye-catching black dots appeared in the vast white snowy field ahead, and nearly a hundred horses galloped like a whirlwind.

"Hehe, here it is!" Liu Shanyin stroked his hair and smiled, his eyes narrowed into a slit and looked ahead, thoughtful.

Those who accompanied him breathed a sigh of relief. Who wants to stay in this ghost place where you can freeze into a knife when you pee in the ice and snow?

The group of cavalry rushed to the front, and sure enough, it was the cavalry of Tibet. They scattered in a fan shape and surrounded dozens of Tang envoys in the middle, and the bearded young man at the head took two steps forward and spoke in the Tibetan language.

Liu Shanyin waved his hand, and the accompanying guide interpreter stepped forward to identify himself. The young man immediately took a few steps forward and saluted him, inviting him to the Tibetan military camp.

"Tell him that if it weren't for the Garqin Mausoleum personally going out of the camp to greet him, the envoy would not have been able to take a step forward." Liu Shanyin said.

The post officer hesitated for a moment and replied truthfully. The young man was obviously angry, and a group of cavalrymen squinted at them coldly for a while, and then walked away.

After half an hour, a large number of cavalry appeared in front, and about the people were moved. Colorful flags and horns were noisy, and if a big handsome flag was the leader, Gar Qinling personally greeted him.

Liu Shanyin stopped everyone and only brought three interpreters forward.

The handsome flag was unfurled, and Qinling took the lead and slowly stepped forward, looking at Liu Shanyin's slightly mocking smile, pointing at Liu Shanyin with a horsewhip, and said in fluent Chinese: "You are the envoy of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"It's the official." Liu Shanyin looked at him with the same expression, and said slowly, "Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, Liu Shanyin." ”

"From the fourth grade Shaoqing, the official is a little smaller." Qin Ling sneered and said, "When you see Ben Shuai, why don't you get off the horse and worship?" ”

"The envoys of the upper kingdom do not worship the king of the lower kingdom, let alone the ministers of the lower kingdom?" Liu Shan shook his head and smiled, and said, "Qinling, at this moment, Hugh said that you are the marshal of Tubo, even Zampu has to treat this envoy politely here. You are so indifferent and ruthless, you have lost your country. This envoy would like to ask, is this how you Zampu usually taught you vassals how to be hospitable? ”

"It's really powerful." Gar Qinling smiled nonchalantly, turned over and dismounted and stood beside the road, stroked his chest and bent down to salute, "Please invite Liu Honglu, the envoy of the heavenly kingdom, to enter the camp and rest for a while!" ”

"Well said, well said." Liu Shanyin smiled and said, "Dare to ask where your country's Zampu is?" This envoy came by order of the emperor, and matters of size should only be discussed with Zampu. ”

"The Han people have a saying, and the king doesn't ask the minister." The corners of Gar Qinling's mouth twitched and sneered, "Where is Zampu, and his subordinates can manage and ask?" ”

"That's interesting." Liu Shanyin took a deep breath and said loudly, "As early as two months ago, Datang sent a messenger to inform your country that this envoy was going to send an envoy to the plateau and arrived today to discuss the matter of marriage and marriage. Now, the general doesn't know where Zampu is. In this way, the envoy thought that your country Zampu did not accept the peace and marriage with half sincerity. What is the envoy doing in your barracks? - Don't work far away, just go back. ”

"Quite a temper." Garqinling didn't get angry for half a minute, but said with a smile, "State affairs are important, and your envoy must not be rash." Zan Pugui is the king of a country, busy with military affairs, can't he wait for the noble envoy in the barracks, right? Your envoy will please enter the camp for a while, and when the commander immediately sends someone to invite Zampu. ”

"It's like a human saying." Liu Shanyin sneered loudly, shook his horse's reins and said, "The envoy's hand is about to be frozen and cracked by this plateau, and he can't hold the horse's reins." You come forward and lead the horse. ”

As soon as these words were said, Liu Shanyin's faces changed because of the post officials behind him!

There was a momentary look of gloom on Gar Qinling's face, but he immediately returned to his silent smile, took the reins of the horse two steps forward, and led the horse forward.

The more than 1,000 Tibetan iron horsemen and dozens of followers present all suspected that they were dazzled. Many Tubo cavalrymen were about to pull out their scimitars and come forward and kill Liu Shanyin immediately!

Garqinling was talking and laughing freely, waved his hand to signal the soldiers and horses on both sides to open the way to escort, and led the horse next to Liu Shanyin's horse, and said with a smile: "Your envoy is a high envoy of the heavenly kingdom, and it is a blessing that this commander can lead the horse for you." Ben Shuai has studied the Han classics since he was a child, and remembers that the history books contain Han Xin's humiliation of stepping over. Today, Ben Shuai was humiliated by your horse, what do you think? ”

"Don't worry, general, you compare yourself to Huaiyin (Han Xin is from Huaiyin and is named the Marquis of Huaiyin) The envoy will not say it." Liu Shanyin said with a smile.

Qin Ling was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"I'm afraid the general will be laughed at by the world!" Liu Shanyin laughed loudly, "If you can only be compared to the Marquis of Huaiyin, then let you Tubo people go to drill other people's crotches." As a result, there will be countless Huaiyin on the plateau! ”

"Haha!" Garqinling was still not angry, but laughed loudly and said, "Your envoy is really good at sophistry, and he does not lose the habits of the Tang people. When Ben Shuai read "Zuo Biography", he saw a sentence that he was very puzzled about, so he wanted to ask the noble envoy - 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different', what does this mean? Does it mean that you Tang people, who are unmatched in reciting poetry, are incapable of marching and fighting? I think I am very high and think that I am a kingdom, and I am regarded as a barbarian who drinks blood? ”

"The general really has a bit of knowledge, and he has also read all the "Zuo Biography"." Liu Shanyin laughed with emotion, ""The Four Years of Becoming a Gong in the Zuo Biography" contains: 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different. Although Chu is big, it is not our ethnic group, and I care about its Ken words? The deep meaning here can only be understood but not spoken. ”

"Since Mr. is an envoy of the kingdom, he should be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but why does he refuse to teach him?" Qin Ling raised his head and looked ahead, stopped at his feet, and said, "When your envoy came, he had been in Lanzhou, right?" ”

"That's nature."

Qin Ling suddenly turned his head, looked at Liu Shanyin with his eyes like knives, and said, "Then is the noble envoy acting on the orders of the emperor, or is he following Qin Mubai's orders?" ”

Liu Shanyin was very unnaturally cold.

The military commander in front of him, who was less than thirty years old and above 10,000 people under Tubo alone, obviously had an unexpectedly large mind, knowledge and city government. And the momentum and edge of his body that is not angry and arrogant, even when he is leading the horse and kicking, also makes him look calm and tall.

"Since this envoy is a state envoy, he is naturally on an errand, so why should the general ask more?" Liu Shanyin replied very calmly.

"That's fine. That's fine. Garqinling said with a smile, "In this way, your envoy can still complete his mission safely." ”

"Hey, the general's words are interesting." Liu Shanyin said, "Listening to the general's words, what if the envoy listened to Qin Mubai's words? ”

"It's simple." Gar Qinling smiled slightly and said, "Even if I don't kill your envoy, your envoy will be dead on the plateau." ”

Liu Shanyin's expression froze unnaturally.

"What, I was told by Ben Shuai?" Gar Qinling laughed and said, "Your Envoy, should you want to die on the plateau with your own martyrdom, and then break this talk of peace and marriage to provoke a war between the two countries, right?" What a sin! Your envoy thinks twice, don't be in the same boat with that Qin Mubai and the country! ”

"What a great boy!" Liu Shanyin couldn't help but sigh secretly, took a deep breath, forced a smile, and said, "Is the general using the radical method against Ben?" It can be seen that the general is not half sincere in talking about marriage and marriage, is he? ”

"Ming people don't say dark words, and your envoy really guessed correctly." Gar Qinling smiled coldly, squinted at Liu Shanyin and said, "If it weren't for the fact that Zampu and my father advocated and intermarried, the 200,000 iron horsemen under the command of this commander would have already broken through Lanzhou and taken the Central Plains. In this way, there will be no such thing as Ben Shuai leading the horse for your envoy today, it should be the arrogant and domineering Qin Mubai kneeling in front of Ben Shuai and licking Ben Shuai's shoes and socks! ”

"The toad yawns, and his tone is not small!" Liu Shanyin laughed loudly, "In the battle of Dafeichuan, tens of thousands of generals' soldiers and horses were defeated by more than 100 people of Young Marshal Qin, could such a shame and humiliation be forgotten so quickly?" ”

"Just as I won't forget the shame of today's horse." Gar Qinling led the horse forward disapprovingly, smiling, and said leisurely: "You and I, wait and see." ”