Due to geographical inconvenience, Gesang got the news of Flying Eagle Fort half a month later than Liu Yan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This news was also like a thunderbolt on the head for Gesang - he had already put the strategy of the Flying Eagle Castle on the agenda.

After helping the Silk Kingdom fight against the Turki Khan Abichir and winning the victory, the Tibetans won a considerable reward in the Western Regions. This included not only a large share of trade, but also the friendly attitude of the southern countries of the Western Regions, which was very beneficial for the Tibetans to establish a foundation in this region. However, Gesang is not satisfied with this, and he is still looking for greater opportunities. But before he could do that, he had to clean up a piece of his heart, and that was Bull of Eagle Castle.

Since losing control of the Flying Eagle Fort, the Tibetan had to station twice as many troops in this area to prevent possible infiltration and hostilities by the Boers, and the strategic depth has also retreated significantly, Gesang is not unaware of these circumstances, but the national conditions of Tibet have not stabilized at that time, and the national strength consumed by the civil war also needs time to repair. In addition, the Flying Eagle Fort was too dangerous, so this matter was put on hold for the time being. Now the situation is different, now Tibet has basically recovered its vitality, whether it is the accumulation of materials or the number of troops have been significantly improved, more importantly, since the unification of Tibet, the Tibetan army has been successful in all military operations, which has a huge encouraging effect on the confidence of the Tibetan army. Now Gesang's prestige has reached an unprecedented height, and he has all the conditions to recover the Flying Eagle Castle.

In addition, there is another important reason for Gesang to hope to recover the Flying Eagle Fort as soon as possible, and that is the existence of Bull. Gesang can sit in Zampu's position, there are still some criticisms to a greater or lesser extent, one of the most criticized by others is that his father was assassinated, but the murderer has not been found so far.

From the inference that whoever makes the profit is who does it, Gesang is naturally the most suspicious, but there are two other things that put him in a very disadvantageous situation. One is that a large number of Gesang's brothers died in civil strife afterwards, and after the analysis, they almost did not have the conditions to commit crimes, and the only prince Sadit who led troops to fight against Gesang was raised in the name of crusading against his father's murderer; Second, only Gesang himself knows who the real murderer is, but he can't make the real murderer public, because the real murderer is his former subordinate, the Turki Great Khan Ambalturi.

In some ways, Gesang is indeed a little wronged, because Anbalturi did this for his own selfish desires, and Gesang did not know about it in advance, but no one would believe it at all. Gesang, who later learned the truth, betrayed Anbalturi to Abicilir in part because he wanted to kill people. But there was one fish that slipped through the net in this lockdown operation, and that was this Boer. As a close confidant of Anbalturi, it is likely that Bull was directly involved in the assassination, and his presence was the greatest threat to Gesang. However, Bull was a lucky man with both luck and strength, so he was able to seize control of the Flying Eagle Castle, and then nested there like a hibernating bear against Tibet. Over the years, Gesang has sent out an unknown number of Assassins to try to keep Bull's mouth shut forever, but unfortunately each time they have failed.

He believed that under the absolute superiority, the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Fort would definitely be shaken, and eventually the huge pressure would prompt the Flying Eagle Fort to collapse from within.

But God seemed to be working against him, and before Gesang could take actual action, Bull actually surrendered directly to the Silk Country!

This blow is not small for Gesang, it is one thing to crusade against rebellion, but it is another thing to take back the Flying Eagle Castle from the Silk Country. What's even more unfortunate is that he heard that the person who accepted the surrender of Bull turned out to be the Wang Hanxin who killed Abicheril, and Gesang had already heard of this person's awesomeness, and wanted to bite off the meat of Flying Eagle Castle from his hands, Gesang had to weigh how much it would cost.

Of course, Gesang first sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask Liu Yan for an explanation, after all, the two families are still allies, and it would be great if this matter could be resolved at the diplomatic level through the moral high ground. However, Gesang didn't have much expectations for this, because he knew the value of Flying Eagle Castle very well, and Liu Yan would not spit out the pie that fell from the sky again, even if he wanted to vomit, he would ask for the price all over the sky.

After making such psychological preparations, Gesang began to actively prepare for war - if the diplomatic negotiations failed, then he should at least put on a posture of fighting with the country of silk, even if he really wanted to fight, he didn't know who would lose and who won, but he must not back down at such a time. He mobilized nearly 200,000 troops to assemble in the east, and personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, intending to wait for the snow around the Flying Eagle Fort to melt, and then directly march under the Flying Eagle Fort to force the Silk Country to give in.

However, God did not stand on Gesang's side this time, and the snow in Flying Eagle Fort this year was extremely heavy, so the snow in the surrounding area was thicker than in previous years, and until the day when the ice and snow melted in previous years, the area around Flying Eagle Fort was still white.

As a result, Gesang did not wait for the snow to melt, but waited for the returning envoy and the envoy sent by the Silk Country.

The envoy of the Silk Kingdom brought him an unexpected news: Liu Yan, considering that the two countries were friendly neighbors and had an alliance in advance, decided to give the Flying Eagle Castle to Tibet as a sign of friendship between the two countries.

This is indeed exciting good news, but Gesang also hears the sound of it. The use of the word "Silk Country" is to give rather than to return, and the difference between this word is very different. Sure enough, after asking the envoy of the Silk Country, he learned that Liu Yan didn't think that this matter had anything to do with Tubo from beginning to end, because the Flying Eagle Fort had fallen into the hands of Bul four years ago, so although theoretically the Flying Eagle Fort was once the territory of Tubo, but in fact the Silk Country did not take this fortress from Tubo, but received this land from Bul. Considering the good-neighborly and friendly relations between the two countries, Liu Yan decided to give this fortress to Tibet. Of course, this is not without conditions, and the condition is that it is hoped that Gesang will no longer be obsessed with the person Boer. Now that he has become a courtier of the Silk Country, his future life and death, honor and disgrace have nothing to do with Tibet.

Faced with this result, Gesang could only accept it. Although he was reluctant to let Bull go, it was still acceptable compared to being able to take back Eagle Fort without a single soldier. After all, if you want to storm the Flying Eagle Castle, even if you consume tens of thousands of lives, you may not be able to get it, compared with Boole's one life, tens of thousands of lives are naturally more cost-effective. Even if he sacrificed a few more Assassin lives for this, the business would still be a sure success.

However, Gesang still made his request to the envoy of the Silk Country, that is, he could accept not to pursue Bull, but the garrison in the Flying Eagle Fort were all Tibetan people, and these people could not treason with Bull.