Chapter 237: Tough
As the saying goes, it doesn't have to be a prince who rides a white horse.
Outside the city, in the midst of the cheers one after another, in the tide of black waves, a horse with pure white coat separated from the military formation and walked forward step by step.
The 48-year-old wears a dark red crown and a chon-colored robe with a lapel lapel, the neckline of which reveals fine armor leaves, and his long groomed beard is blown up by the wind and slightly flutters on his chest.
Behind them, the attendants held a crank round canopy, about two heads away, in order to let Zampu enjoy the cheers of the army and the people alone, and behind them, a group of ministers, according to their official positions and status, rode their horses with them, and they crossed the crowd like a splash in the sea, which was particularly eye-catching.
The Tubo cavalry in the army formation all turned their heads to look at the lord, and the gaze of Chide Zuzan did not give them any response, and from the moment they appeared, they were firmly fixed on the city wall in the distance.
The city on the red mountain is getting closer and closer, and he can see more and more clearly, what attracts him is not the neatly arranged defenders, nor the brightly colored red flags, but the cages hanging outside on the city wall! A whole wall was hung densely.
He knew most of these people, all of them were powerful people or tribal leaders in the country, looking at these familiar faces, Chide Zuzan held the hand of the horsewhip, and couldn't help but tremble slightly, Tang people, this is not a little leeway.
Before he knew it, he had come to the front of the army, his horse stopped outside the range of the Tang people's crossbows, and his attendants and ministers stepped forward one after another, surrounding his lord in the middle.
"Shang Jiezan." Chide Zuzan shouted without looking back.
"Venerable Zampu, your faithful servant awaits your call." Shang Jiezan didn't expect that he would be the first to be called.
"Please tell me, how long did it take you to lose the foundation of the Tubo people for more than a hundred years? More than a day? ”
In front of so many people, Shang Jiezan was speechless, and his words stammered: "They came too suddenly, we were not prepared at all, the defenders in the city were less than 10,000 people, those despicable slaves, and they were instigated by the Tang people, I have done my best to protect the prince from escaping, even Zanmeng ......"
"It came suddenly, the defenders were not enough, the slaves rebelled, for a good reason, to save my child, what else can I say, poor Mangbaojie Xiden, my eyes are not very good, I didn't find her head on it, what about you, see?"
The big talk that followed him next to him was nothing. Poor Sang exchanged a look with several secondary commentaries and Shang Guan, and said helplessly.
"I'm afraid they will spare Zanmon's life as a gift to the Heavenly Khan."
"That's bad, if Tian Khan knew that this woman killed his sister and nephew, I'm afraid it's not as simple as cutting off the head, I heard that the Tang people have a kind of punishment, which is to tie people's limbs and hair with five horses, and then rush to different directions, and the tortured person will watch his body fall apart, and experience the pain of being mutilated little by little, until he dies slowly......"
Chide Zuzan's expressionless words caused an uproar in the hearts of these ministers, it was a past that had been sealed for more than twenty years, and the fundamental reason was not the secret story of the palace reeds such as the two concubines competing for favor or seizing the heir, but also the deeper reason.
That is the change of power.
Chide Zuzan ascended to the throne of Zampu at the age of seven, his father, died in the war against Nanzhao, at that time Tubo, facing a situation of disintegration, the lord Shaoguo doubted, the power was in the hands of his grandmother Chi Ma Lu, with the Han people should be called "the empress dowager".
This is the strongest woman in the history of Tubo, from the Wulu clan, that is, the current Da Zhu Wulu. She not only has to face pressure from the outside, the vast empire, but also has to deal with endless rebellions and centrifugations at home, and coincidentally, their worst enemy is also in the hands of a woman.
The only empress in the history of the Han people, Wu Zetian.
The first thing Chi Malu did was to send envoys to Chang'an and Luoyang one after another, asking for peace in the most humble tone.
In the end, the two women reached an agreement and stopped the hostility between the two sides, and this agreement gave Tubo a precious respite, and then, before the two sides could agree on the princess to marry, the two countries changed dramatically at the same time.
In her last days, the empress Wu Zetian was overthrown by premeditated courtiers and had to return to power with her son, thus restoring the great dynasty of "Tang", known as the "Shenlong Change" in history.
At this time, the rebellion in Tibet was in full swing, and Chimalu, who had stabilized the external situation, relied on the support of the old nobles and frequently attacked with an iron fist, crushing many rebellions of ministers and subject countries, and finally maintaining the situation.
When the old matter between the two sides was brought up again, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had been replaced by Li Xian, who was known for his cowardice and benevolence, and the only thing he did in office was to personally send the nine-year-old princess Jincheng through Weishui.
This is probably the most bizarre harmony in Chinese history, both men and women are less than ten years old, and the two children understand neither the meaning of marriage nor politics, but more like a pair of playmates.
Chide Zuzan could still remember the first time he saw a girl who was very different from a Tibetan woman, with a gaze full of curiosity and worry.
Like her ancestor Princess Wencheng, Princess Jincheng brought with her a wealth of books, techniques, craftsmen, crops, and culture, including not only Confucianism but also religion in the Central Plains.
At that time, Tubo was popular among the upper class aristocracy, not the Qiang Buddhism that later became famous, but the Bon religion that originated in the Zhangxiong region, and the Buddhism worshiped by the two generations of princesses had a naturally hostile relationship, and for a hundred years, it continued to rise and decline, and his generation was no exception.
Influenced by his Han wives, Chide Zuzan not only vigorously promoted Buddhism, but also carried out in-depth reforms in the social structure of Tibet, trying to develop a serf society into feudalism.
This inevitably touched the interests of the old aristocracy, and the representatives of this faction, after the strong grandmother Chi Ma Lu, were provoked by the Na Nang clan, one of the four Shang clans, and the first thing they did was to put that Na Nang. Mangbaojie Xiden, the woman who gave birth to the greatest Zampu in Tibet in the future, was put by the side of Chide Zuzan, starting from the battle for the harem, and sniping at all his actions.
The conflict finally reached its peak more than twenty years ago, that year, he and the only heir of the Jin princess, who was also the future Zampu, died, although no evidence could be found, but everyone knew what was going on.
Since then, the two have not seen each other, even if the latter died thirteen years ago, and as a man who could not even protect his wife and children, he had no face to meet her.
Looking at the bright red flag at the head of the city, Chide Zuzan had a complex, indescribable feeling, his Han wife once told him a word, and his memory is still fresh.
Can the Ninth World take revenge? Although it can be a hundred generations.
Now, the Tang people have come to take revenge.