In fact, in the history of China, most of the time, when the Central Plains Dynasty had sufficient authority, the main means of invasion of the surrounding nomads was looting.

Property and population are their main goals, and as for land, it is secondary, because many times, the Han people can burst out with strong combat effectiveness just by relying on one state and one county, so that they cannot gain a foothold at all.

Of course, farmland without pasture is useless to them.

The Tubo people are a little different, they are on the edge of the strong neighbor of the Tang Dynasty, and they are so close to the heart of Guanzhong, they often covet the wealth of the Han land, and they want to occupy it in their dreams.

When there is a distance between the dream and reality, it will have to retreat to the next best, plundering the population to expand their own ethnic group, is a natural means, even during the short honeymoon period of peace between the two sides, those people who have been plundered in previous wars have never been returned, and the Tang Dynasty seems to have forgotten these poor people, no matter which covenant, will only care about the division of territory, not the life and death of the people.

For more than 100 years, it is impossible to count how many people have been plundered, these people have been forced to change their customs, give up their surnames, and even their language, and finally completely become the lowest slaves of the Tubo people, and become a part of the Tubo people's fight against the Tang Dynasty.

You must know that until the fifties of the twentieth century, all that was practiced in this land was backward serfdom!

Liu Ji suddenly felt a chill, colder than the wind on the plateau.

It also made him understand why the man named Xiaosi had so much hatred for the Tubo people, and the battle in the camp ended quickly, except for some Yong slaves who no longer knew Chinese, this tribe was slaughtered along with hundreds of Tubo, and the Xiangxiong people also had a gritty hatred for the Tubo people who oppressed their heads.

Only when they are oppressed to a certain extent will they break out in such a thorough rebellion, and they don't even bother to be taken captive as slaves.

But it was this that made Liu Ji puzzled, and he couldn't help but ask: "Your lady, why do you spare no effort to promote the feud between the Xiangxiong people and the Tubo people?" ”

Unexpectedly, people dragged a very philosophical sentence.

"Freezing three feet, not a day's cold."

Xiao Si looked a little frustrated that he couldn't take that person, because the further he went, the closer he got to the hinterland of the Tubo people, after this incident, they would definitely be extremely vigilant, and they would never have such a good opportunity again.

There are more than 3,000 Zhangxiong people who have been organized, hearing this number, Liu Ji doesn't know whether to admire or be shocked, he has been working hard in Nibora for so long, and he has made so many of them, and it still costs a lot of money, but people can easily do it.

Don't look at it as just a group of ordinary people, marching near the night and attacking, this is not an ordinary organizational performance, these people at least to overcome the fear of the Tibetan warriors, is an extremely remarkable thing.

It soon became clear to him that this was a group of Buddhists, and that they did not abstain from drinking, meat, and killing, and they sat in a blood-soaked camp while chanting strange Sanskrit, filling their bellies with the food left behind by the Tibetans, regardless of the possible counterattack of the enemy.

"This can't be done, the Tubo people can beat them apart with a single charge." Chen Jin looked at these elephant males and said worriedly.

"You're right, but the Tibetans finally rushed out, why did they run back? Crush them? In the dark night, these elephant males fled everywhere, could they still chase them? If Xi Dongzan was so stupid, he wouldn't have lived until now. ”

Chen Jin's worries come from the habits of the army, camping at night, all kinds of defensive measures must be done sufficiently, and the distribution of light and dark sentinels is indispensable, but they are not sergeants, and the reaction of the people after being attacked is to run away as if they were not dead, and how many can they chase and kill a hundred or so Tubo cavalry?

Perhaps, they still wish that the Tubo people would come to such a hand, and no one knows if these 3,000 people will be a bait.

"Shall we follow?"

"They are now like frightened birds, they will only run desperately, the night is an excellent cover, there is no horse, one night down, even if the horse is run to death, how far can they go? Don't worry, they only have one goal in front of them, since we all know where they will go, there is no need to get along with ourselves, sleep well, recuperate enough, catch up with their ass tomorrow, kick hard, maybe, they haven't woken up yet. ”

In the plateau area at the end of July, the temperature difference between day and night is a little large, in this case, it is very easy to get sick overnight, Liu Ji will not do such a stupid thing, in fact, in the night when there is no light, with the road level of this time and space, if you want not to fall off the horse, the speed is not fast at all, at this time the heavy armor has become a burden to them, he is not worried.

Xi Dongzan was in such a situation, relying on the courage of the moment to fight out of the encirclement, and immediately began to flee overnight, the place where they were attacked happened to be in the vague position of the junction of Zhangxiong and Tubo, in the words of later generations, that is, the boundary was not defined, no one can say, how many people will come later.

I don't know how far he went, he felt the exhaustion of his horsepower, and had to slow down, the horses couldn't die, otherwise they really had nowhere to escape, you must know that this is still more than four days away from the nearest castle.

Thinking of that woman's ruthlessness, Xi Dongzan felt a chill in his back, even if he fought against the Tang people in Bolu and was beaten around the city in Nibore, he had never felt so cold.

She really wanted her own life.

"Nobleman, nobleman!"

"What's wrong again?" As soon as he was called, Xi Dongzan asked hatefully, almost with a roar.

"Horse, horse pouted." His men were startled, and before he could finish speaking, the whole person fell short, and even the man and the horse fell to the ground with a bang.

Unable to run any longer, Xi Dongzan quickly stopped his horse, let everyone down, took his mount in his hand, and walked forward one by one, trudging forward with difficulty with the help of the moon and starlight.

He didn't dare to stop until he was sure he was out of danger.

Growing up so big, Li Jingzhong has never suffered this kind of hardship, except for the torture when he entered the palace, which hurt him for three months, and now he first ran out of a long way non-stop, grinding his thighs painfully, and felt like he was about to lose consciousness, and then he was not allowed to ride a horse, and he had to walk on his legs, which once again led to the injury on his legs, and every step was so difficult, but he still had to grit his teeth and endure it.

He knew that it was useless to lose his temper, these barbarians would not put a messenger in their eyes, even if he was the envoy of the strongest empire in the world, and if he annoyed them, he would only suffer a loss for himself, and when he arrived in the capital of the Tubo people, he would naturally have them look good, Li Jingzhong raised his head hatefully, it was dark in front of him, and he didn't know where the wind was blowing, and he was exuding a chill all over his body.

This ghost weather, this ghost place, as long as you can go back alive, you won't come out to supervise the army anymore.

just stumbled in the team, and I don't know how long it took, but the sound of gurgling water suddenly came from the wind, which made Li Jingzhong think that he was dreaming.

"When you arrive, take turns to wash the horses, rest for a while, and after dawn, continue on your way."

Xi Dongzan's orders were passed backwards one by one, and although he couldn't understand it, he could guess the general meaning, and the whole person collapsed on the ground at once, just wanting to sleep so carelessly, even if he never woke up again.