Chapter 174: A War That Won or Lost

"Do you think Tufan will really invade my Datang?" Seeing that Li Hao's eyes had been staring at the Songzhou Mansion on the map, Wang Xuance was a little puzzled. www.biquge.info I don't understand why Li Hao thinks that Tufan has the courage to invade Datang, you must know that Datang at this time is at its peak.

"Although my Datang is strong now, there are still many strong enemies around. Whether it is Goryeo in the east, the Xue Yantuo tribe in the north, or the Turks in the west, these have not been completely eliminated, and they can threaten my Tang Dynasty at any time. The king of Tufan is not a fool, will he not see this? ”

This may be the most pitiful place in Datang, obviously fighting all the invincible opponents around, but there are still no fewer enemies around. As long as those defeated opponents give them time to recuperate, they will soon be able to recover and harm Datang and make Datang a mess.

All this is roughly the evil result left by those who used to be so-called foreign saints or belligerent people who died in the country. Let an empire that could have been glorious for a longer time be hollowed out by these little bugs, and finally reduced to the dust of history.

And Wang Xuance, who couldn't look down on Tufan, really attacked this time, and extorted 200,000 soldiers, which is bragging. At that time, Tubo should not have so many troops, and the rhetoric of the rural cadres was "Zan Pu wrote to the Tang lord and said: If you are not allowed to marry the princess, you should raise 50,000 soldiers, seize the Tang Kingdom, kill Er, and seize the princess."

From this point of view, at the time of the Battle of Songzhou, the main force of Tubo was about 40,000 or 50,000 people. But look at the tone of the rural cadres when they say this: Labor and management bring people to propose marriage, Li Er, do you give it? If you don't give it to me, I'll kill it, rob your country, kill you, and then take your daughter.

To be honest, Li Hao doesn't know if Li Er has seen this sentence in history, or if the rural cadres have said this. If there is, if Li Er saw it and sent Princess Wencheng over, Li Hao was a little suspicious that Li Er and the elites of the Tang Dynasty were all in the water?

This kind of thing was said in such a tone, and the dignified Khan and the elites of the Tang Dynasty were indifferent to this, but finally really sent a woman to marry, which is not something that ordinary fools do.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songzhou, although the Tang Dynasty was defeated first due to lack of preparation, many small clans that were originally affiliated all betrayed and voted for Tibet. But Datang's losses were not big, just lost some places, lost a small battle, and Songzhou Mansion was besieged, this kind of loss is not shameful.

At that time, Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou Prefecture, was in battle, and his soldiers were no more than 2,000 people. After Han Wei was defeated, he still had enough troops to defend Songzhou Mansion, so that Tubo besieged Songzhou for more than ten days, indicating that his army losses were very small, and he could still fight to the death in the city.

Immediately, the large army of the Tang Dynasty came, and Niu Jinda, as the vanguard of the Tang army, took advantage of its unpreparedness and led 800 cavalry to attack Tufan at night. Defeated Tubo under the city of Songzhou, beheaded more than 1,000 people, and killed 50,000 people in Tufan.

Then the large army behind Datang also followed, but at this time, the rural cadres had been beaten by Lao Niu. In addition, I don't know how many troops Datang came, so he immediately cleaned up the mess after the defeat and retreated, and then sent someone to sue for peace.

The strength and combat preparations of the Tang Dynasty are recorded in detail in history. With the official department Shangshu Hou Junji as the general manager of the march of the Mi Road, the right leading general Zhi Zhi Sili as the white land, the left Wuwei general Niu Jinda as the broad water channel, and the left leading general Liu Lan as the general of the Taohe Road march, supervising the infantry and riding 50,000 hits.

From here, it can be seen that the Tang Army does not need to say much, and the history books clearly record that there are 50,000 foot cavalry. The strength of the rural cadres is also 50,000, 50,000 against 50,000, and the rural cadres who were frightened by the First World War are soft.

Hurriedly sent envoys to ask for peace, and withdrew from the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army was completely proud of the capital. Li Er didn't need to be afraid of vomiting because of this loss, and sent a woman to the door, so being close to each other was the biggest failure in the battle of Songzhou.

It was not that the Tibetans were so quick to succumb to weakness, but that the rural cadres were planning to be fine, and he needed to preserve his strength. First of all, this attack on Songzhou was not originally to seize how much land the Tang Dynasty had, but to force the Tang Dynasty to give marriage.

Now the Tang Dynasty not only did not give marriage, but sent heavy troops to meet the battle, and won the first battle. If Songtsen Gampo does not withdraw his troops and the two sides continue to fight, his goal will be even more unattainable, and he may suffer heavy losses.

Secondly, the rural cadres have been fighting for many years, and the newly conquered tribes need time to gradually pacify. Tufan is not a peaceful situation in the country, in the case of instability in the rear, with the main force of Tubo and the Tang army decisive battle, once defeated, the rural cadres may lose the entire Tufan, he naturally will not commit this kind of stupidity.

In the end, it was the strength of the Tang army, in this confrontation, the Tang army showed its combat ability, which made Tubo suffer. At that time, the main force of the Tang Army had not yet arrived, but only the vanguard of Niu Jinda won the victory of beheading more than 1,000 levels in a surprise attack, showing strong combat effectiveness and overwhelming Tubo in momentum.

If the large army presses over, I am afraid that none of the tens of thousands of Tufan soldiers will be killed. The rural cadres themselves probably did not expect that after the Tang Dynasty won, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and directly killed Luo Zhi.

This allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief, and then quickly retreat and send an apology so that the Tang army did not have to continue the pursuit. The rural cadres knew that at this time, the Tang Dynasty had not always been to exterminate its surrounding forces. As long as it is subject to the Tang Dynasty, even if the goal is achieved, just look at the surrounding Fanguo.

In addition, Li Er did not pay much attention to Tubo at that time, thinking that Tufan was just a small country. The Tibetans were an emerging power, and they had little contact with the Tang Dynasty before. After this engagement, he quickly withdrew his troops and sued for peace, which was not a great threat to the Tang Dynasty at that time, so Li Er did not pay special attention to it at that time.

Therefore, the rural cadres immediately sent an envoy to admit defeat and sue for peace again, and then asked Li Er for a princess again. Originally, the rural cadres just tried it, but they didn't think that the emperor and ministers of the Tang Dynasty would be so stupid, and they really married a woman. Although she is not a real princess, she is also a royal prince.

This result surprised the rural cadres and rejoiced for many years. He vaguely guessed that at this time, Li Er was more concerned about Xue Yantuo in the north, the Turks in the northwest, and Goguryeo in the northeast. thinks that these countries are a greater threat to Datang, because he doesn't know that in fact, the places he cares about are much smaller than Tufan.

Therefore, after the Battle of Songzhou in history, the benefits obtained by Tubo are obvious, and he married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty and improved his prestige among the surrounding forces. At the same time, Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, bringing advanced Han culture to Tibet and promoting the progress of Tibetan society.

It has also laid a solid foundation for the dominance of future generations, and the rural cadres have benefited both in the immediate and long-term, proving that his vision is stronger than Li Er. Because the benefits obtained by the Tang Dynasty were only for the moment, it buried a big hidden danger for future generations.

The Tibetans withdrew their troops from Tuyuhun and Dangxiang, and the Tang Dynasty regained control of the above-mentioned provinces. At this time, although the Tang Dynasty eliminated the Eastern Turks and defeated the Tuyuhun, there were still security risks on the border. Following the D Turks, Xue Yantuo dominated Mobei, with 200,000 troops, and re-posed a threat to the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, the X Turkic powers, although somewhat weakened, still dominate the Western Regions. The 20-year peace between the Tang Dynasty and Tibet allowed the Tang Dynasty to concentrate its efforts on the northern and northwestern regions and achieve major victories without worrying too much about the constraints of the Tibetan forces on the Western Front.

This is just a short-term benefit, and the biggest pit is on the gift list of Princess Wencheng's marriage. It is said that Li Er was very generous in the wedding list, and there were many things on the entire gift list that were originally forbidden to be exported:

"Buddha statues, treasures, gold and jade bookcases, 360 volumes of scriptures. plus all kinds of gold and jade ornaments". It also gives a variety of cooking foods, brocade mattresses with various patterns and patterns, 300 kinds of divination classics, 60 kinds of Ming Jian to identify good and evil, 60 kinds of construction and engineering works, 100 kinds of treatment prescriptions, 4 kinds of medical treatises, 5 kinds of diagnostic methods, and 6 kinds of medical equipment...... It also carries a variety of grains and turnip seeds, among other things.

According to an official history, this is the favor and trust of Li Er of the imperial court, so that the civilization of the Tang Dynasty was quickly integrated into the Tufan civilization. However, it is also a close relationship, the princess of the Western Han Dynasty married the Huns, and it is strictly forbidden to carry silkworm seeds, silk, porcelain and other utensils, and it is forbidden to pass on other technologies.

After Princess Wencheng entered Tufan with these things, the technical talents who accompanied her began to perform their duties. They worked very hard to help sort out the relevant documents of Tibet, record the important conversations between Songtsam and the ministers, and make the politics of Tibet move out of the primitive nature and towards regularization.

Those agricultural technicians sowed the grain seeds brought from the Central Plains on the fertile soil of the plateau, and then carefully irrigated, fertilized, and weededed. When the harvest season came, the strong crops and the astonishingly high yield made the eyes of the Tibetan people widen.

Because although the Tibetan people also planted some crops such as barley and buckwheat at that time, due to poor management, they often only planted them, so the yield was extremely low, and they had to admire the superb planting technology of the Han agricultural technicians.

Under the instruction of Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng, agricultural technicians began to teach agricultural techniques to the Tibetan people in a planned way, so that they could harvest a large amount of grain in addition to nomadism. Especially after passing on the technology of planting mulberry and silkworms to them, Tubo gradually had self-made silk fabrics.

Any civilization exchange is bullshit, in short, this is a war in which Datang won but lost, and Tufan lost but won. The so-called civilization is not exported, it is just putting gold on one's face.

Datang's army is really going to fight, kill Tufan cleanly, and let them all use Datang's words and languages, isn't this the same as cultural export? Do you use gold to put gold on your face?