Feeling the gravity of the situation, Tri Song Detsen went out of the city again, set up the tent in the palace fort of Shanzhou, and then gathered all the monks and commentators to discuss such a countermeasure.

What was unexpected this time was that among the people attending the meeting, Shang Jiezan, Ma Chongying, On Recklessness, On Fear of Waves, Shang Qixin'er, etc., all thought that I Dafan could not fight with the Tang family now, and this was definitely not the time for a decisive battle.

Among them, Shang Qixin'er, who was especially the host's commentator, was the most pessimistic and negative, pointing to the map and saying to Zampu:

Yunnan has been allied with the Tang family on Diancang Mountain, and now the old name "Nanzhao" has been restored, and Yi Mu Xun accepted the canonization of the Tang emperor, and began to camp troops at the iron bridge at the junction of Xifan and Nanzhao, eyeing my territory;

After the fiasco of the previous Taideng City, the land and tribes operated by Dafan in Yunling were destroyed, and now Wei Gao has subdued the entire Dongban and half of the Xishan Qiang, as well as the salt pond of Kunming Pond, the soldiers are strong and strong, and they wrestle with each other;

On the front of Longshan, Gao Yue already has Hechi. The two advancing fortresses of Qiuchishan and Shuiluocheng, and the two prefectures of Cheng and Qin in Longyou were in danger of being under the pincer offensive of Gaoyue's army at any time;

In the north, the Tang family is now at peace with the Hui Hui, and the Hui soldiers and horses can cross the Futu River at any time and join forces with the garrison of the other side's Anxi Courtyard, which is difficult for me;

The most miserable is my host, such as Gao Yue came, I want soldiers without soldiers, food without food, now almost most of the Han Wen people have rebelled or on the verge of rebellion, the east and north of the Wen Mo established a mountain and water village, the number of dozens of places, like the episkeleton, everywhere to agitate riots, rent resistance, my "big material set" can only collect less than one-third of the original manpower and goods.

In short, Shang Qixin'er meant that if the Tang army crossed Longshan and came westward in the autumn, there would be no need to fight at all, and the entire eastern prefectures of Shan, He, Tao, Wei, Tang, Cheng, Qin, and Hui, and the rule of Dafan here would basically collapse.

Zampu's face turned blue at these words, and he moved restlessly on the blanket, repeating "Damn, is there no way?" ”

There are still ways, but the "way" of Shang Qixin'er below made Zampu furious, and he advocated simply ceding the entire host of Longyou to the Tang family, and then we burned down the city and the grange, and coerced all the Han people into the natural danger of the Qinghai River Meander, and built a fortress to hold on. The Tang people suddenly got such a large piece of barren land in Longyou, where the garrison wanted no land, and there were no people, so the Tang family had only two ways to do this: either to transfer money and grain from the east of Longshan to maintain the garrison, or to spend a lot of effort to let the army support itself in the local tuntian, the former could drag down the Tang finances, and the latter could not be obtained without three or five years if it wanted to succeed. We can take advantage of this to recuperate, recuperate, and wait until the time is ripe to enter Longyou, and the Tang army to compete for power, at that time there is a rebellion in the east of the Tang family, and it will be too busy to take care of itself, and I will win a complete victory.

"Dump, you can figure it out!" Shang Jiezan's tone was very fierce at this time, accusing Shang Qi'er of cowardice.

Ma Chongying also said, give up Longyou, my Hexi will be in danger, if Hexi falls again, Tangjia Helong will be able to connect with Anxi Xiting as a line, then the expansion achievements of my Dafan in the past decades will be completely destroyed.

"Earlier, my army in Dafan did not leave Qinghai, and there was also no Anxi and Helong, but with the prosperity of the Tang family at that time, it was impossible to cross the Dafei River, so it was wise to retreat at this time and retain its strength." Shang Qi's heart still insisted.

However, Qinghai's great argument on fear of waves and Nandao's great argument on recklessness did not dare to speak out, and they knew in their hearts that the dispute between the two sides actually represented the hatred between the Cai Bang clan, where the queen of Xifan was located, and the Nasang clan, which was the most powerful in Xifan.

As for the recklessness, now he has begun to switch to Cai Bang's side, and for no other reason, the entire Na Nang clan hates him to the bone: because in the previous battle of Taideng City, he did not save Shang Jiezan's eldest son Qizang Shasha, which led to the destruction of Qizang Shasha and the army to which he belonged.

And Zampu was not willing to abandon Longyou, he was very sad and helpless in his heart: "The defeat of Anlechuan, the defeat of Huating, and the defeat of Taideng City again, tens of thousands of teachers were lost, Yunnan two barbarians voted to Tang, Shatuo to Tang, Achai (Tuyuhun) to Tang, and the party Qiang was completely wiped out, so that now the decline is so." If Longyou is discarded without any resistance, will Ben Yongzhong be able to continue to maintain his rule over this plateau? ”

In the end, he said: "If the host is invaded by the Tang army, the south and north provinces will fully support it, right?" ”

Ma Chongying said yes to Recklessness.

Shang Qi'er was greatly embarrassed, he knew the truth he had just said, but he had made himself the target of public criticism, and he had lost Zampu's favor.

The words of the few great ministers who swore to support the host made Zampu's heart settle down a little, and then he smiled, and comforted everyone or said to himself: "Tang has just conquered the Tongwan City of Nashuo, the soldiers and horses are injured and tired, and the money spent is also extremely huge, and this year's autumn moon may not be able to cross Longshan to invade our realm." Then Zampu pointed to the situation map of the mountains and rivers made of sheepskin, and said his strategic plan, "If the Tang army does not come, all provinces should build additional barriers at the key passes, and make every effort to clear the mountains and rivers built by the late Wen Dynasty; If the Tang army came to the east road, the south province held on to Wei Gao, and the middle Qinghai province and the northwest province of Hexi sent troops to reinforce Shang Qixin'er and resist Gao Yue. I will send another general, with the white Turks and Qarluq as servants, to fight against the Hui from the north. ”

At this time, Zampu also came up with a very genius strategy: "The Tang family will win over Yunnan and Hui to trap me, and Dafan can also win over the enemy's enemies to relieve the siege." ”

So Zampu thought of a country further north that had a grudge against the Hui, that is, the Huangjiasi.

"How far is that country from Hui?"

The answer was that it would take forty days to travel from the tooth tent of the Khan of Aje in Qingshan to the golden tent of the royal court in Hui.

Azhe Khan's mother was a Turkish, and his wife was the daughter of Qarlu Yehu, who was the target of Xifan.

"Forty days is not too far for a warrior on the steppe." Zampu immediately decided to send an envoy to the north of the greedy mountain to find the tooth tent of the Qiangs, "Just tell him that I am willing to help you defeat the Hui Hui, and don't mention the Tang family." ”

In addition, Zampu also said that Ben Yongzhong had received definite information that the trick of the Tang family's repeated victories in attacking cities and conquering the land now lies in the fact that they used a new type of weapon, which can be large or small, made of copper and iron to make a cylinder, and the inside was filled with ignition stones to fire violently, pushing the projectile out, killing people and destroying the ruins. Padmasambhava told Ben Yongzhong that there are also people who know how to make and use this medicinal stone in Tianzhu and Dashi, so Ben Yongzhong has made a heavy reward to recruit craftsmen from the middle side of the river, and also make firearms that are comparable to the Tang family for my Dafan.

At the same time, Zampu also sent an envoy to Chang'an City to mention the armistice alliance, hoping to find a way to peace, and to find out whether the Tang family really had the determination to attack Longyou.

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