Chisang Yangton, the minister in charge of finance in Tibet, said: "Tubo is not rich in products and has insufficient strategic reserves, so such a large-scale army can support three months at most, but I am afraid it will not work." ”

Songtsen Gampo said: "I have already thought about this issue, and I will vigorously purchase food and other war materials from India and Nepal, and if the funds are insufficient, we will apportion them to the heads of various ethnic groups (slave owners).

All the reservists and the necessary materials, such as food, weapons, horses, etc., are all brought by themselves. ”

"That's one way. ”

Songtsen Gampo and the ministers had further discussions.

Next, Songtsen Gampo issued a mobilization order to the whole country. The war machine of Tibet was in motion.

Soon after the meeting, Lu Dongzan personally traveled south to India.

In a farm on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, the head man said to his slaves:

"Babies (slaves), Zampu has an order, after repelling the attack of the Tang Dynasty, all those who show courage in the war and make war exploits. Zamp will grant him the status of a commoner, giving him land and slaves. This is your chance to change your fate! ”

Hearing this, the numb expressions of the slaves, who were usually like walking corpses, suddenly had a hint of brilliance. The strong desire to change their fate made these slaves full of fanaticism for war, and showed incredible tenacity on the battlefields of the future.

Just as Tibet was preparing for war, the Tang Dynasty's war preparations were also underway.

Su Dingfang, commander of the Anxi Military Region, received an order from the General Staff Headquarters to form an expeditionary force to conquer Tibet with the Anxi Military Region as the mainstay.

Su Dingfang served as the commander of the expeditionary force, the eldest grandson Wuji served as the political commissar of the Far East Army and was responsible for logistics support, the empress's uncle Qibi Zheluo served as the first deputy commander, and Wang Nuo Haobo of Qinghai County served as the second deputy commander.

Gao Xianzhi, chief of staff of the expeditionary force, was also one of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.

This Gao Xianzhi is the commander of the Tang army who lost to the Arab Empire in the Battle of Talas in history.

Gao Xianzhi is seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve this year, he is a Goguryeo person, and when it comes to handsome appearance, most women are difficult to compare with him, and he can be called the most beautiful man in the army.

Gao Xianzhi is one of Li Shimin's favorite generals, good at riding and shooting, brave and resolute. He joined the Tang Dynasty with his father when he was young, and was awarded the rank of general at the age of 20, and is currently the chief of staff of the Anxi Military Region.

Ko Seon-ji is a figure who shines in history, and Koreans are proud of him.

On September 1, 2011, the Chinese edition of Chosun Ilbo had a ridiculous news, in the article "From Savage Girlfriend to Director Yang Guifei Han in China", a South Korean reporter asked: "It seems that there is a Korean general in the script?" ”

Director Guo Zairong actually said: "General Gao Xianzhi." Although he was born in Goguryeo, he was a very successful foreigner in the Tang Dynasty at that time. ”

When the expeditionary force was formed, there were originally two candidates for chief of staff, one was Xue Rengui and the other was Gao Xianzhi.

Xue Rengui was the deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Staff Department, and Su Dingfang originally wanted to appoint him chief of staff of the expeditionary force, but Xue Rengui thought that this position belonged to him. He consulted a large number of Tibetan materials and actively prepared for the Tibetan War.

Unexpectedly, after the list of members of the expeditionary force headquarters was announced, Xue Rengui not only did not become the chief of staff, but there was no Xue Rengui in the list of the entire expeditionary force troops.

At this time, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang both served in the headquarters of the original Volunteer Army of the Persian Empire. Xue Rengui found Su Dingfang and asked:

"Commander Su, why don't you let the last general participate in this expedition to Tibet?"

Su Dingfang also said in confusion: "Rengui, this is not what I meant, the post of chief of staff of the expeditionary force, originally I recommended you, but the list of members of the expeditionary force approved by the General Staff is like this, without you." I don't know why. ”

Xue Rengui was very depressed, this place was thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to inquire about the reason.

Su Dingfang comforted him and said: "After I leave, the garrison in Persia will be under your command, I think the emperor's intention is to let you continue to study the future of fighting with the Arab army." ”

Xue Rengui said helplessly: "This has just signed a peace agreement with the Arab Empire, and this battle is going to be fought, maybe it will be the Year of the Monkey." ”

As a military general, seeing that the big war is imminent, but he has no share of his own, the sadness in Xue Rengui's heart can be imagined.

After bidding farewell to Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui came to the pavilion, found the chief of the communications department who came to convey the orders of the General Staff, and asked him for news.

The director of the communications department said: "Vice Minister Xue, the list of chiefs of staff reported by Commander Su Dingfang is indeed you. But after the emperor saw it, he personally crossed out your name with a pen, and he didn't say the reason, and then things were like this. ”

Xue Rengui was puzzled, and he didn't know why the emperor did this.

In the original history, Xue Rengui was the commander of the expeditionary force that conquered Tubo, but was defeated by the Tubo army, losing 200,000 Tang troops, which was also the only major defeat of Xue Rengui in the original history.

Therefore, Li Su thought that Tubo was Xue Rengui's nemesis, so naturally he could not be used. As a result, Li Su personally ordered Gao Xianzhi, who had defeated Tibet in history, as the chief of staff of the expeditionary force.

After the establishment of the Expeditionary Force Command, the first operational meeting was held in Persia, where the list of members of the Expeditionary Force and the units to which it belonged were announced.

Gao Xianzhi said: "In order to pacify Tibet in one fell swoop, the emperor approved the mobilization of eight cavalry divisions, three infantry divisions, and a field army of 170,000 people from the Anxi Military Region and the Longyou Military Region as the backbone of the expeditionary force.

300,000 tribal troops and 70,000 Tuyuhun troops were drawn from the garrison of the Persian Empire to fight with the main force.

The total strength of the entire expeditionary force is 550,000 people. ”

Next, the meeting studied specific matters such as troop mobilization and assembly, logistical support, and so on.

At the same time as the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were making military preparations for war, they also stepped up diplomatic preparations.

At this moment, Wang Xuance, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and Lu Dongzan, the envoy of Tibet, were on their way to India.

Princess Mingzhu's defection still had a negative impact on Datang.

Tai Chi Hall, Li Su's office.

On this day, Huo Qiang, Minister of Commerce, asked to see Li Su, and then Cheng Biting Jin was Cheng Biting Jin.

Soon, even Hou Junji came to the door, and they blushed and said, "Your Majesty, the caravans of the ministers and others have been detained in Tibet. ”

It turned out that Princess Mingzhu's defection was very sudden, and a large number of caravans stranded in Tubo had no time to evacuate. After receiving the news, Songtsen Gampo immediately blocked the border of Tibet and detained all the merchants in Tibet.

According to incomplete statistics, the total number of businessmen detained reached 1,875. Among them, there is the caravan of Cheng Yanjin and Hou Junji.

They also got the news, so they came to Li Su to ask for rescue.