Chapter 371: The Future of Tibet

Five shells whizzed towards the target.

"Boom-" Five explosions rang out one after the other. Gunpowder smoke rose into the air at the target, and the smoke and dust rose, and it was impossible to see the situation clearly.

Li Tong didn't care so much, put the shell into the barrel again, and shouted: "Shoot!" ”

And so, another round of shooting began.

Li Tong really did what Li Daozong said, rewarding them with dozens of shells.

After a round of shells was fired, Li Daozong clearly saw the soldiers standing neatly behind the group of people and stagnating at the same time. It's as if time has stopped. Then, as soon as the second round of shells was fired, the soldiers rushed to the position of the group of men, regardless of the danger. Not a few soldiers, but all the soldiers standing in front. When Li Daozong saw this situation, he immediately confirmed his guess even more.

The soldiers who rushed up were torn to pieces by the shells that fell from the sky. But more soldiers rushed forward one after another.

Seeing this, Li Daozong sent a few boxes of shells to the artillery on the watchtower, and threatened: "You give me a hard beating, even if the cannon is scrapped, I will also give you a great credit!" ”

So, Li Tong, who was excited, led the artillery to shoot one cannon after another on the guard tower, and Li Tong did not stop shooting until the barrel was hot. He didn't dare to really destroy the mortar as Li Daozong said.

A moment later, the smoke cleared, and Li Daozong saw the situation from afar.

I saw corpses lying there all over the place, and I don't know who it was. The Tibetan soldiers did not rush any further, but stood ten zhang away, looking at the corpses. And those slave soldiers looked at the Tang army and the area behind them that had been scorched with fear on their faces.

Li Daozong looked at the performance of the Tubo people and shouted: "Li Daoxuan! ”

Li Daoxuan, who was wearing iron armor and riding a war horse, immediately rushed over and asked Li Daozong, "Big brother, what's the matter?" ”

Li Daozong pulled out the horizontal knife in his hand, pointed at the Tubo army in front of him, and shouted: "Li Daoxuan, Songtsan Gampo is dead, you immediately lead the cavalry and attack!" ”

Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, then ecstatic, rushed back to the team on horseback, and shouted at the 15,000 cavalrymen who were ready to go: "Songtsen Gampo is dead, brothers, rush with me!" ”

As he spoke, he took the lead, waved the horse lance in his hand, and rushed towards the Tubo army array.

"Kill—"

Niu Jinda stabbed a slave soldier who climbed up to the top of the city, and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, clean up this group of people who climbed the wall!" ”

The so-called batch is nothing more than a dozen slave soldiers who were lucky enough to climb the city wall.

Looking at the slave soldiers who had lost more than half of them, Niu Jinda did not have any joy in his heart. By the time all these slave soldiers are killed and the Tubo elite is faced, I am afraid that the Tang soldiers will be exhausted.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look south, hoping that the battle would end there as soon as possible!

Song Yi took out a grenade, opened the ring, and threw it at the most crowded place.

"Boom-" blew up a crowd.

The sound of this grenade is much quieter than that of a cannonball, and it seems so small on a battlefield mixed with the sound of weapons clashing, bowstrings, heavy objects falling to the ground, screams, and so on.

Seeing the effect of this grenade, Niu Jinda was immediately overjoyed and complained to Song Yi: "You kid, why didn't you take out such a thing earlier?" ”

Song Yi smiled bitterly: "General, each of us is like five or six pieces, and there will be no more if we use them!" ”

Niu Jinda said fiercely: "No matter how much, throw it at me first, you scouts will all throw this thing out, and blow up the morale of these bastards to me!" Lao Tzu is going to blow them up and lose their courage! ”

Song Yi suddenly remembered something: "By the way, General Niu, there are also grenades over there in the gendarmerie camp, you can let them throw them too!" ”

Niu Jinda grinned and patted Song Yi on the shoulder: "Good boy, you take people here first, I'll call the people from the gendarmerie camp!" ”

Just as Niu Jinda was about to leave the city, a shout of killing suddenly came from the south of the city. He couldn't help but stop, looked over there, and saw a cavalryman in black armor galloping towards the rear of the Tibetan army.

As soon as Niu Jinda saw this black cavalry, he immediately laughed: "Brothers, our reinforcements are coming, kill them!" ”

In Chang'an City, in the Investigation Institute.

Zhang Yunwen picked up the tea with a leisurely face, sat behind the desk and tasted it slowly. Chen Quankang stood opposite Zhang Yunwen, his hands hanging down, and his expression solemn.

"My lord, according to the news from Songzhou, the battle situation is still in a stalemate stage, and there is no fighting!" Chen Quankang said solemnly.

Zhang Yunwen couldn't help frowning, put down the teacup, and asked, "When did you get this news?" According to his experience from Rong's many years, the confrontation between the two armies, any small friction can cause a large-scale war, that is, the battle situation in Songzhou City may change at any time.

"Well, it's news the day before yesterday!"

"No, it's been too long. Contact Songzhou again to see what's new! ”

Chen Quankang bowed and slowly stepped back. He is a very serious person, and he often does more things than he says, which Zhang Yunwen admires very much.

After Chen Quankang went out of the gate, Zhang Yunwen's eyes turned to the direction of Shuzhong, where is it really safe?

On the second day, before Zhang Yunwen went out, he heard Rui'er shouting outside the door: "Uncle, a person named Chen Quankang came outside, saying that he was your subordinate, and he was waiting in the living room early!" ”

Zhang Yunwen thought in his heart, is there something urgent for Chen Quankang to find himself? Could it be the Songzhou War?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunwen walked quickly to the living room. As soon as he saw Zhang Yunwen, Chen Quankang greeted him, handed over a note, and whispered with some excitement: "My lord, Songzhou is a great victory!" ”

Zhang Yunwen was stunned, then grabbed Chen Quankang's hand and walked outside the house, home is not a place to talk about business.

"Uncle, uncle, you haven't eaten breakfast yet!" Rui'er, who accompanied Zhang Yunwen out, saw that Zhang Yunwen was in a hurry to leave, and hurriedly said in the back.

Zhang Yunwen waved his hand: "No need, I'll go to the palace to eat!" ”

While walking towards the palace, Zhang Yunwen looked at the note sent by Chen Quankang, which read: "Songzhou is a great victory, 22,000 enemies are killed, the thief chief Songtsen Gampo is the head, and the enemy minister and military generals are not counted!" ”

When he saw the news for the first time, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but stop and read it again. After finalizing the information on the note, Zhang Yunwen's heart couldn't help but be a little confused. Songtsen Gampo is dead, this outstanding leader of the minority is dead!

It can be said that the development of Tibet from a small country on the banks of the Brahmaputra River to the scale of today's province is inseparable from the struggle of the Tibetan dynasties. In particular, Langri Zampu and Songtsen Gampo, who are almost the founders of the Tibetan Empire today. Later, the strength of Tubo increased dramatically, invaded Tuyuhun, forcibly seized the Western Regions, Longxi, and even hit Chang'an, all of which were inseparable from the outstanding Zampu of Songtsen Gampo.

But now, this person is dead, so where should the future of Tibet go?

With a complicated mood, Zhang Yunwen came to the palace alone, and as for Chen Quankang, he had already returned to the investigation institute.

At this time, it was not yet time for the court meeting, and Li Shimin was having breakfast there.

Hearing that the chamberlain said that Zhang Yunwen asked to see him, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, it's still so early, what is he doing here?

Although he was puzzled, he still asked Zhang Yunwen to wait in the side hall and go to see him after he finished breakfast.

However, the chamberlain didn't go down for long, and he hurriedly came up: "Your Majesty, General Zhang said that he hasn't had breakfast yet, uh......"

Li Shimin suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, and said to the waiter: "Just send it to him, do you still need to report to me?" ”

The chamberlain hurriedly retreated.

After Li Shimin finished breakfast, he came to the side hall, but saw Zhang Yunwen holding tea and drinking it leisurely.

Seeing Li Shimin's arrival, Zhang Yunwen hurriedly saluted, took out the note, and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Songzhou is a great victory!" ”

As soon as he heard these four words, Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned, and then quickly opened the folded note in his hand.

"Hahaha, Songzhou is a great victory, 22,000 enemies are killed, the thief chief Songtsen Gampo is the head, and the enemy minister and military generals are not counted! Haha, Songtsen Gampo is also dead, isn't he going to marry my princess? As soon as he saw the contents of the letter, Li Shimin immediately raised his head and laughed wildly.

Seeing that Li Shimin was so proud, Zhang Yunwen didn't know what to say, so he had to smile.

After adjusting his emotions, Li Shimin said with a smile: "The first battle between my Tang Dynasty and Tubo, I killed 20,000 enemies and beheaded their enemy chiefs, which can be described as a great victory!" Such a great victory, congratulations! ”

Seeing that Zhang Yunwen was a little silent, Li Shimin asked: "What, Yunwen, the great victory of the Tang Dynasty, congratulations, I said congratulations, is there anything wrong?" ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head: "After the victory, it is natural to celebrate. Weichen was thinking about what would happen to the situation in Tibet after Songtsen Gampo died? And what decision will Lu Dongzan, who is now staying in Chang'an, make after hearing the news? ”

As soon as he heard Zhang Yunwen's words, the smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly faded a lot: "Well, Yunwen, when you say this, you really have to think about how to deal with this neighbor who lives on the plateau!" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked at Li Shimin and said softly: "Your Majesty, this Songtsan Gampo has no heirs now, and Songtsan Gampo is gone, I'm afraid that there will be no more people in Tibet who covet the position of Zampu!" ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he smiled: "Isn't this right, a divided Tubo is far more beneficial to the Tang Dynasty than a unified Tubo!" ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "Yes, it's true!" Weichen looked at all the people in the Tubo royal family, and those who can be called eloquent and strategic, in addition to this Songtsan Gampo, the rest is this Lu Dongzan. If Lu Dongzan returns to Tibet, with his skills, he will be able to stabilize the situation quickly, unify Tibet, and even unify the plateau, and at that time, wouldn't the threat to my Tang Dynasty be even greater? ”

A hint of coldness suddenly flashed in Li Shimin's eyes: "Since this is the case, then don't let Lu Dongzan return to Tubo!" ”

Zhang Yunwen immediately knew what Li Shimin meant, this Lu Dongzan and the Tubo mission, I am afraid that they were either killed, or imprisoned in Chang'an, and if they want to return to Tubo, there is no hope in this life.

"Okay, Yunwen, you go and arrange this matter secretly, don't let Lu Dongzan leave Chang'an, of course, it's best to let him say at the court meeting that he is willing to live in Chang'an for a long time!" Li Shimin's face was full of coldness.

"Whoa!" Zhang Yunwen shook his head.