Chapter 57: Borrowing the Soldiers of the Ni Kingdom to Enter Tibet and Renew the Friendship (I)
Time unconsciously, it has come to the fourth day, Wang Xuance and the others still have not received an accurate reply, and they have become anxious at this moment. It seems that this borrowing of troops is not easy; If it had gone well, the prime minister would have given an answer a long time ago, but there has been no news for four days.
The four of them were anxiously discussing and waiting in this post house. I saw Wang Xuance sitting next to the square table, thoughtful; Chen Maocai walked around the room in a serious manner, without any ideas; Zhou Zeng rested his head on his hands, held a toothpick in his mouth, and lay peacefully on the bed with his thighs on his legs; As for Xiao Liu, he was looking around at the door, hoping that they would give a reply soon!
"Big brother, it's been four days, and the prime minister must not be able to grasp this matter; In my opinion, it would be better for us to go directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for clarification, and ask where the King of Deva is in person, so that he can make a decision. Chen Maocai paced this step, clapped his hands and said with understanding.
"You dog-headed military advisor, what do you know, if it was really so simple, the eldest brother would have done it a long time ago!" Zhou Zeng sat up from the bed and said to Chen Maocai.
"It seems that things are not going as smoothly as we thought, and this mud Bora country is also deeply worried. At present, how can we resolve this concern is the top priority. That being the case, I feel that I should go to the Prime Minister's Office and have a detailed discussion with him in person, ask him the reason, and unravel the knots in his heart. With that, Wang Xuance got up and prepared to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
But seeing this time, I only heard Xiao Liu say to them at the door: "Wait, the general of the city patrol has brought someone again." ”
Wang Xuance walked to the door and looked closely, it turned out to be Prapad, with Prime Minister Koirachang, along the corridor of the post house. Wang Xuance watched this scene, hurriedly greeted him, stretched out his hand and gave a long salute: "I don't know that the country is coming, I miss the welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins."
Koirachang also hurriedly stretched out his hand to give a salute in return: "Where is the envoy of the Kingdom of Shang, you have made our foreign country a great honor to send me Nibora on behalf of the Tang Kingdom. After some greetings, Wang Xuance invited them into the house and sat down as guests.
Of course, since it was Minister Koirachan and personally went to the post house to explain, he naturally would not let the scene cool down. After the guest and host sat down, he didn't give Wang Xuance the opportunity to speak first, and then politely opened his mouth and came: "In the past few days, I have also listened to the general who patrols the city, and informed all the unpleasant things encountered by the envoys of the kingdom, and also understood the purpose of the envoys' trip; When he heard of such an injustice, he was also very angry from his personal feelings, and he even wanted to follow in the footsteps of the superior envoy and kill this treacherous person.
However, state affairs and private relations are naturally separate matters, and must not be mixed up! Therefore, I have been discussing more with the ministers left behind for the past two days, and then I sent the codex of this matter to my king in an expedited manner of 800 li, and I also received a reply from my king last night. Our king is deeply saddened by what has happened to him, but my country of Ni Bharata is small and outnumbered, and can never match the great powers of the five Indias, and the distance to this city is unimaginably long and rugged, if the supply of grain and grass and military supplies is not available, it will definitely fall short.
Now that the barbarian tribes on my southeastern border are eyeing my city of Patan, and are in danger of rebellion at any time, they are also deeply lacking in troops. But the king, remembering the friendship of the past, specially instructed me to allocate 3,000 pairs of armor, 3,000 war swords, 3,000 horn bows, 50,000 feather arrows, and 3,000 stone of rice to the envoy. After the ceremony, he casually presented the codex used to go to the treasury to extract these military supplies!
This scene also made Prapada, the city patrol general who was on the side, very helpless. Before coming, Koirachan specially found him to explain all this, although he tried a lot, but he was still persuaded by Koirachan to put state affairs first, so he could only come with deep guilt!
Hearing what Minister Koirachan said, and looking at Prapada's solemn expression, Wang Xuance already understood: since it is what King Deva meant, it is difficult to say anything more. So he took a deep look: "Thank you for the king's kindness, but what Xuan Ce lacks now is only soldiers and soldiers, so I can't use these for the time being, if I use it, I will definitely come over to disturb it!" ”
The words were very relaxed, and the movements were very coherent. But after seeing that Wang Xuance immediately took the codex, he carefully put it in the palm of the hand of Minister Koirachang, and at the same time looked at Prapad on the side, and then said to the two of them in a serious tone: "The prime minister and the general don't have to be so guilty, the major affairs of the military and the country, the deployment of troops should be considered more, since your country has made a decision, we can't force it."
And the hospitality in the past few days has made us feel at home. In addition, the king gave so much grain and military supplies, and Xuan Ce was also grateful, how could he complain? You two must not worry too much! ”
Seeing that the expressions of the two were somewhat relaxed, Wang Xuance continued: "Even so, it is inconvenient for us to stay in your country for longer, continue to march north on the prancing horse, and go to the Tubo country for help!" ”
Although Koirachan and Prapad kept more, they still couldn't stop Wang Xuance and the four of them from continuing to go north. So, the two of them sent Wang Xuance and the four of them out of the post house, and watched them go to the country of Tubo!
Looking at the four people who had gone away, Koirachan said to Prapad with a lot of sighs: "I never thought that this Wang Changshi was such a reasonable person, but we were really powerless; His courage and open-mindedness are far superior to that of Aronashun, and if he can really borrow soldiers, Aronashun will be in danger! ”
"Alas, yes, forget it, forget it, don't talk about it, it's sad to talk too much, what a good brother, it's a pity that we just can't help anything" Prapada's words, with regret, flew on the horse, beat the horse and left......
At sunrise and sunset, it was a few days and nights, Wang Xuance and the four of them first crossed the camphor wood ditch, and then crossed the snow-capped snow-capped mountains, and came to this snowy plateau. Although spring has already begun, compared with the mud bharata, this Tibetan realm is different, and the weather suddenly became cold. Facing a lot of severe cold, and wind and snow, they still can't stop these four fiery hearts.
No matter how big the difficulties and how unsatisfactory they are, they decided to persevere to the end, just for the most sincere dream and dignity in their hearts.
In the face of the wind and snow, they hurried their horses and whipped up, and after some time they came to the foot of the city. The snowy plateau has also changed a lot in recent years. Not only the appearance of the people is completely new compared with before, but also the yak antelope, horses and Tibetan mastiffs everywhere show the wealth and health of Tubo!
What kind of etiquette will Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng have to greet them? Will they be able to borrow soldiers? See the next section......
Editor's note: Today, February 14th, I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day~
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