Chapter 284: Tubo Enters the Dynasty

Watching Duan Zhixuan take more than 200 personal soldiers out of Chang'an City, Zhang Yunwen patted Duan Yunsong, who was hanging his head, on the shoulder: "Yunsong, don't worry, General Duan is going out to make a contribution!" Besides, with General Duan's strategic martial arts, who can be the enemy in the Western Regions, you can rest assured! ”

Duan Yunsong raised his head, his face full of frustration, but he didn't have the slightest hint of worry: "Yunwen, tell me, why didn't my father take me with him when he went on the expedition?" Anyway, I have also been on the battlefield, learned martial arts, and graduated from the Datang Military Academy! ”

Zhang Yunwen was speechless and looked at Duan Yunsong and Liu Renshi and several other guys who had graduated from the academy not long ago. They are staying in Chang'an now, but they want to fight in the field and make meritorious achievements all day long, you must know how this fame is so easy to take?

When Duan Zhixuan was sent away, it was already June. The baby Zhang Yan is already more than three months old. Zhang Yunwen returned home every day and watched the sweet appearance of the baby when he was sleeping, and his heart was full of tranquility, feeling that this political and military affairs were far away from him.

However, this warmth did not last long, and in July, Shandong, Henan, Huai, and Hai were flooded all over the country, and the investigation institute was busy counting the number of people affected by the disaster, damaging farmland, and washing away houses for the reference of the household department. As for the statistical bureau raised by the household department, it was only three days after the survey institute handed over the detailed data that the detailed report was sent, which really embarrassed several adults in the household department.

According to the data sent by the Investigation Agency, the allocation of disaster relief funds and the dispatch of commissioners are also under the supervision of the Investigation Agency.

Not long after this disaster relief matter was put down, there was another battle report about Duan Zhixuan from Tuyuhun's side.

After Duan Zhixuan arrived in Longyou Dao, he mobilized more than 13,000 border troops from Lanzhou, Kuozhou, and Shanzhou, and then recruited more than 20,000 people from the party and the Qibi departments, known as 50,000 troops, to kill Tuyuhun.

All the way to the west, he defeated the small Tuyuhun army that was intercepted along the way, but he never found the main force of Tuyuhun for a battle. Finally, in July, he encountered an army of 80,000 people with Tuyuhun, and the two sides fought for half a day, leaving behind more than 2,000 corpses and fleeing in embarrassment. Duan Zhixuan led his troops to pursue for eight hundred miles, and did not stop until he was less than thirty miles away from the West Sea.

And along the way, there are also a lot of killings.

Tuyuhun was so frightened that even Murong Fuyun blamed his Heavenly Pillar King. The King of Tianzhu ignored Murong Fuyun's blame, and ordered the whole country to drive the horse away.

Since he couldn't find the target of the attack, Duan Zhixuan decided to retreat.

When Duan Zhixuan returned the soldiers and horses and the three states, dismissed the servant army, and returned to Chang'an with his own soldiers, it was already November.

Although Duan Zhixuan failed to eliminate Tuyuhun's main force in this battle, he found out the route along the way and killed 5,000 enemies, and the credit was not small. He was rewarded with many treasures and treasures. Besides, the purpose of this war is not to completely destroy Tuyuhun, but to show the force of the Tang Dynasty, to force Tuyuhun to submit by force, abandon the Western Turks and join the Tang Dynasty.

However, what Li Shimin and the ministers did not expect was that this battle made Murong Fuyun and King Tianzhu extremely panicked and angry. I don't know if for venting or other reasons, after Duan Zhixuan's army withdrew from Tuyuhun, Fu Yun actually sent a large army to attack Liangzhou, and fought with the Liangzhou army defending the city for two days, and then withdrew to Tuyuhun.

When the news of this Tuyuhun attack on Liangzhou reached Chang'an, Li Shimin was entertaining the Tubo envoys.

At this time, Tubo was just a small country on the southwest plateau of Tuyuhun, although its Zampu abandoned the sect to expand and encroach on other countries, but compared with the Tang Dynasty, it was still a little worse after all, and even Tuyuhun at this time was inferior. Moreover, there is Tugu Hun between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, blocking traffic and cutting off contact. Datang also knows very little about it.

Therefore, when the Tibetan envoys crossed thousands of rivers and mountains to meet the legendary powerful empire, the officials of the Tang Honglu Temple were still at a loss about this Tibet, and they did not know the specific situation of this Tibet. Fortunately, when Zhang Yunwen infiltrated the investigation institute from all sides, the first target in the west was Tibet, and the second target was the Western Turks. It took a lot of effort, after losing more than 10 elite investigators, more than 60 investigators successfully broke into Tibet, from veterinarians to monks, from traveling merchants to low-level officials, operating for two or three years, the investigation institute's intelligence network in Tibet has a rudimentary form, and every month some news about Tibet will be sent back, from the customs and customs to the official structure, to the distribution of villages, the geography and hydrology of each district, all involved, but they are all roughly mentioned, there is no detailed situation. According to Zhang Yunwen's estimates, it would take at least another 300 investigators to Tubo and more than 10 years to find out the detailed and systematic information.

However, with the information on hand now, it is still possible to use it to let Honglu Temple deal with the current situation. Therefore, Zhang Yunwen asked people to sort out the information about the customs and official system of Tubo, and prepared to send it to Tang Jian.

However, just as he walked out of the gate of the investigation institute and wanted to send it to Tang Jian, he saw a fast horse galloping from the street, and the knight immediately drove the horse and came to the gate of the investigation institute quickly.

"Yunwen, you have information about Tubo here!" The person who came was Wang Xuance. This guy who once destroyed a country by himself in history was not a horse, and asked Zhang Yunwen anxiously.

Seeing Wang Xuance's appearance, Zhang Yunwen knew that something big must have happened, and immediately handed over the prepared information in his hand: "The little brother is ready, and he is preparing to send it to you!" ”

Wang Xuance was not polite, took the thick letter, turned the horse's head, and ran to Honglu Temple again.

Without running two steps, Wang Xuance turned around and shouted: "Yunwen, what are you still standing on, don't hurry up and keep up!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he hurriedly found a horse and followed it.

All the way to Honglu Temple, into the palace, two officials immediately greeted and led their horses to the stables next to them. Zhang Yunwen looked over and saw several horses decorated with strips of five-colored cloth standing in the stables. These horses are shorter than those of the Central Plains, and their manes are longer above their necks. Next to the stables stood a carriage also decorated with strips of five-coloured cloth.

"My lord, these are the mounts and carriages of the Tibetan envoys!" Seeing Zhang Yunwen looking at the horses and carriages, a servant immediately explained.

Zhang Yunwen nodded, and quickly followed Wang Xuance inside.

Entering the hall of Honglu Temple, I saw Tang Jian sitting at the top of the hall, followed by other officials of Honglu Temple. A dark-skinned man with a small stature sat opposite Tang Jian. Presumably, this person is the Tibetan envoy.

After entering the hall, Wang Xuance and Zhang Yunwen walked carefully behind everyone along the wall, until they came to Tang Jian's back. Wang Xuance opened the envelope in his hand, took out the paper inside, and quickly swept it up. He could see so fast that he could barely see ten lines at a glance. A wad of paper was quickly read by him.

Wang Xuance handed the paper in his hand to Tang Jian, and when Tang Jian was about to look down, he only heard the Tibetan envoy say in stiff Chinese: "Dear Lord Tang, we came from a distant mountain, crossed ninety-nine mountains along the way, crossed ninety-nine rivers, and went through thousands of difficulties and dangers to reach Chang'an in the mouth of the gods, why don't we even have the qualifications to meet the Tang Emperor?" ”

Tang Jian glanced at Wang Xuance, who suddenly understood, walked out from behind Tang Jian, made a four-way gesture, and then said to the Tibetan envoy: "Your Excellency is a little exaggerated, my Tang Chang'an is only more than 5,000 miles away from your national capital, and the mountains are only more than 30 mountains of Kunlun Mountain, Qilian Mountain, etc., how can you say that there are 99 mountains?" And there are only more than 20 big rivers through it, why 99? The envoy's words are a little untrue, huh? ”

The envoy didn't expect Wang Xuance to say this, and was stunned on the spot.

Wang Xuance took the opportunity to say: "My Heavenly Empire knows that you have worked hard all the way, so I specially arrange a place for you to live in the Fan Pavilion for you to rest." As for meeting Your Majesty, we have our own arrangements, so don't worry about your ministers! ”

One sentence blocked the envoy's words, making the latter a little depressed.

At this time, Tang Jian almost finished reading the paper in his hand, handed it to the next official with a smile, and said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, since Guizan sent an envoy to the court to pay tribute to His Majesty, how can you not receive the gift?" The old man, as the Taiqing of Honglu Temple, will arrange it for the envoys! ”

The envoy was about to speak, but Tang Jian found a way to diverge and chatted with him about the customs and folklore of Tibet. Between the words, the situation of the people in Tibet and the official system were very clear, which made the envoys on the opposite side look at Tang Jian in horror.

After arguing with the envoys for a long time, he finally sent these envoys out of Honglu Temple.

As soon as he saw them go out, Wang Xuance suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "These Tubo barbarians really don't know how to be polite, as soon as they come in, they go straight to Honglu Temple, and ask Lord Tang to arrange for them to see Your Majesty!" After meeting with Master of Ceremonies and Commander Wei, he talked about the customs and folklore of Tibet, which immediately made Lord Wei speechless. That's why I've come to you at a gallop to ask if you have any information about Tibet! ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Brother Xuance, there seems to be something wrong with this!" ”

Wang Xuance smiled "hehe": "Oh, Yunwen, you also found out?" The Tibetan envoy first looked rude, went straight to Honglu Temple, and then became shrewd, from seeing Lord Wei to Lord Tang coming forward, there were many twists and turns, and even the envoy overpowered Lord Tang in words! How could such a powerful character be a rude man? ”

Zhang Yunwen said in a deep voice: "Therefore, the actions of this Tubo mission must have its purpose!" ”

Wang Xuance nodded and patted Zhang Yunwen on the shoulder. The two of them walked together to the Honglu Temple.

"Although I still don't know the purpose of the Tibetan people, I have a feeling!" Wang Xuance said, "Their purpose must be related to my next move in Datang!" ”

Zhang Yunwen suddenly stopped. What's next? Isn't the next step to attack Tuyuhun?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunwen asked suddenly: "By the way, what is the name of the envoy?" ”

Wang Xuance smiled slightly: "It seems to be called Lu Dongzan!" Hehe, the name of this Tibetan person is really strange! ”