Chapter 214: The Price of Peace

"Assault, assault, kill into the city!"

As soon as he saw the ** cavalry rushing out of the mountains and forests, Gar Zanpo knew that something was wrong, although he panicked, but it was not chaotic, in his opinion, at this time, after his long-distance attack, the men and horses were exhausted, and under the sudden attack, he was neither able to fight head-on with the ambush soldiers, but also extremely difficult to retreat from the hands of the ambush soldiers. The only chance to reverse the defeat was to chase Li Xian's troops into the city, take advantage of the failure of this ** remnant to gain a firm foothold, defeat it in one fell swoop, and take Li Xian in his hands as a hostage of threats.

"Shoot the arrows!"

If everything really goes according to his plan, there may really be a possibility of reversing the defeat in one fell swoop, but the reality has given Gar Tsampa a heavy blow - just when the Tibetan army desperately launched a surprise attack on the open city gate, a break suddenly sounded like thunder, and suddenly, rows of Khotanese soldiers armed with bows and crossbows suddenly appeared on the seemingly unmanned city.

Finished! As soon as Gar Zanpo, who was sprinting in the middle of the army, saw the large number of Khotanese crossbowmen standing up at the head of the city, his heart suddenly sank to the bottom, but unfortunately the Khotanese officers and soldiers obviously did not have time to sympathize with Gar Zanpo's desperate mood, but when he heard the sound of bowstrings, countless steel arrows and eagle feather arrows fell into the array of the Tubo army in the charge like a heavy rain, and in an instant, there was a burst of miserable howls, and countless Tubo cavalry did not even understand what was going on and became the souls of the arrows. The stormtrooper formation, which was already a little scattered, was completely thrown into chaos.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Seeing that the front army was in disarray, Gar Zanpo knew that the defeat was irretrievable, and how could he care about the mission of capturing Li Xian alive, so he roared, regardless of the head of the horse, led a group of guards, circled around the chaotic battlefield, and turned around along the way he came.

"Sons, kill, kill all the thieves, kill, kill, kill!"

Since receiving Li Xian's flying eagle message, Li Jinxing, the general of the right leading army, has led 3,000 elite cavalry in this mountain forest for two days, and has long been suffocated.

The number of ** cavalry who killed out of the mountains and forests is not much, just 3,000 cavalry, it seems that only one-third of the Tubo army is less, but ** is a division that waits for work, and how can it be compared with the Tubo army that the old soldiers of the division are tired, under this wild killing, the poor Tubo officers and soldiers are like lambs to be slaughtered, and they don't even have the strength to fight back.

"Blow the trumpet, collect the troops!"

Li Xian did not go into battle in person this time, but stood on the broken city wall, and watched indifferently as Li Jinxing's department slashed and killed the Tubo rebels, until he saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, he gave the general order unhurriedly. He didn't pay attention to the tens of thousands of Tibetan troops rolling in.

The Tibetan army came quickly, but it did not launch a rapid attack as soon as it arrived, but suppressed the speed three miles away from the city, unhurriedly lined up the formation, and then stepped back, rode the linkage, and slowly pressed towards the abandoned city, although the speed was not fast, but the momentum was not small, and the posture was actually to fight to the end with ** at all costs, the army marched, a tragic breath gathered more and more, and at the end, it was like the substance, which made people feel a sense of suffocation.

Good guys, at this point they are still playing psychological warfare, tsk, awesome, awesome! Looking at the Tubo army slowly pressing forward, Li Xian's face was still calm, but his heart was a little troubled, just because he had guessed the intention of Gar Qinling - the Tubo army put on this posture of fighting to the death not for war, but for peace, to put it bluntly, it is to force peace with war!

Li Xian is not against peace, in fact, over the years, the Tang Dynasty has been fighting against foreign countries, the treasury has been a little empty, coupled with this year's large-scale drought, the powerful Datang actually has no ability to launch a large-scale war again, if you force the war, it is definitely a reckless force, you have to hurt the country, besides, Anxi has not completely settled down, Datang also needs a relatively long period of time to rectify the internal and accumulate strength, if there is a stage of peace, it is really in line with the actual needs of the Tang Dynasty, Of course, then again, this kind of peace cannot be prayed for, but fought with iron and blood, which is also the root cause of Li Xian's death rate to kill Tuyuhun.

Li Xian needs peace, and Gar Qinling also needs peace, not only the need to clean up the Tuyuhun that was smashed by Li Xian, but also the need to rectify the internal differences in Tibet, even if there is no Li Xian's attack, Gar Qinling will not be able to launch an offensive against the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time, and at the moment, this time may have to be postponed and postponed, but in any case, both sides can no longer fight, then there is a basis for peace talks, as for who can take advantage, It depends on who is more skilled in negotiation.

"So, Gar Qinling is here, please ask His Royal Highness King Zhou to go into battle for a while!"

Sure enough, as Li Xian expected, when the Tubo army advanced to a mile away from the ruined city, it stopped, and then saw Gar Qinling come to the city with empty hands and alone, arched his hand to the city, and issued an invitation in a sincere tone.

"Your Highness, you can't go, be careful of deception!"

"Your Highness, the dog is treacherous, you must not move lightly."

"Your Highness, and Rong Mo will go on your behalf!"

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As soon as they heard that Gar Qinling had issued such an invitation, Li He and other generals who had gathered behind Li Xian were afraid that Li Xian would make a mistake, and they all spoke out and admonished.

"It doesn't matter, although the world is big, there are few people who can hurt the lonely, the princes are on strict guard here, and they will go back if they go alone."

Although Li Xian guessed the intention of Gar Qinling's invitation, he didn't intend to say anything, but laughed and waved his hand, and after giving a command, he walked down the city, rode his horse to Gar Qinling, and went straight to a place that was only a foot away, and then he restrained the war horse under his crotch, and did not make a sound, just looked at the other party with a smile.

"Your Highness, a young hero, I have to serve it."

Looking at Li Xian's young and heroic face, Gar Qinling shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed with emotion.

"The general has a good reputation, and if he has something to say, he will say it directly, and he has never liked to go around the corner."

Li Xian was not moved by Gar Qinling's emotion in the slightest, and said in a flat and unquestionable tone.

"It's okay, then let's just say it, your two countries are brothers......

Gar Qinling heard the meaning of Li Xian's words, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but he didn't object, nodded, and opened his mouth to set the tone first.

"Wait, what the general said, I don't dare to agree, the former Zampu Songtsen Gampo of your country has always been a minister in my Tang Dynasty, and they are the relationship between the suzerains, how can the words of the brothers come from, this thing has to be mentioned again!"

Li Xian didn't intend to call the Tibetan people brothers, even if it was false, it would not be possible, so he interrupted Gar Qinling's words with great force.

"It is true that this is true, but at this time and that time, your two countries are now standing side by side, is this always true? If the war continues, I'm afraid it won't be something Your Highness is happy to see, if you can get along peacefully, why don't you do it?" Gar Qinling was choked by Li Xian's strong words, but after all, the city was deep, so he didn't have a seizure, but continued calmly.

"The general's words are reasonable, and Lone is also thinking like this, if they can turn each other into jade silk, it would be a good thing, but there is one that the general is asked to do it first, and then it is not too late to talk about peace." Li Xian was a master of negotiations, and he had the initiative at this time, so he did not allow Gar Qinling to say anything, and replied very strongly.

"Oh? Your Highness, please speak, just listen to it. ”

Although Gar Qinling was extremely dissatisfied with Li Xian's toughness, he did not show it, but replied calmly.

"If the general wants to talk about peace, please first hand over the soldiers who were captured in my Datang in the previous Dafeichuan War, otherwise there is no need to talk about peace, if you want to fight, I Datang should accompany me to the end!" Li Xian was tough all the way to the end, and he didn't give Gar Qinling room to bargain at all.

"Yes, there is also a condition, I have heard for a long time that the princess of Taiping in your country is virtuous, and my family Zampu is also a masterpiece among people, if you can make a marriage, it is a good story of Princess Wencheng back then, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?"

According to the practice of Tibet, prisoners of war are slaves of various tribes, is private property, even if Gar Qinling is strong, he does not dare to openly let the tribes hand over people for free, to achieve this, Gar Qinling has to make a big blood, but in the face of Li Xian's strength, Gar Qinling can only agree to it, but soon, he put forward the corresponding requirements.

Gar Qinling's request is not excessive, after all, there are more things about the Tang Dynasty and foreign clans, in fact, in the previous life, it was almost around this time, the Tubo people really went to Luoyang to propose marriage, and it was the Taiping princess who was specified to marry, but Gaozong and Empress Wu were reluctant to marry their own daughter to Waifan, so they took Princess Jincheng out to make up the number. If Gar Qinling's words are said to others, it is not a big deal, but for Li Xian, it is an out-and-out insult - in Li Xian's view, putting the burden of peace on the shoulders of the princesses is itself unfair to the extreme, besides, it is impossible to bring real peace with relatives, and what is obtained is just a false truce, why should the Tang Dynasty at this moment rely on sacrificing the happiness of the princesses in exchange for Gou An, if there are those who dare to offend the Tang Dynasty, just fight!

"Lone doesn't dare to agree, if the general really has the heart for peace, Lone can give you peace, just hand over all the prisoners of war back to my Datang, Lone Xu'er for five years, and the rest of the words will not be mentioned again, if you don't accept it, then you will fight it!" Li Xian didn't mean to save face for Gar Qinling, sneered, gave an ultimatum, and listened to Gar Qinling's brows wrinkled into a huge "Sichuan" character, and the expression on his face changed because of it......