Chapter 214: The princess is a concubine

"General Kilixu, my sister played the flute, why are they so careless," Shang Zanlu said, standing on the top of the mountain, only in Tubo.

Looking at the Tang Dynasty army below marching to the southwest, Shang Zanxuan was very unconvinced, it stands to reason that this fortification built on the Longchuan River will play an important role. Even if it can't be defended, it will seriously weaken the strength of the Tang Army.

But now?

After a night, the Tang Dynasty won a great victory, and the number of soldiers killed would not exceed 100, but it would be equivalent to letting people practice in real combat for nothing. The soldiers of the Nanzhao tribe live or die, and it is estimated that no more than 100 of the 500 soldiers in Tubo can escape safely.

"This prince of the Tang Dynasty is not simple, Meng Yedong and Jia Xuebaqu are not his opponents," Qi Xu Li said. He also overestimated Li Wei, and the biggest credit for actually giving advice was Pei Xingjian.

"Let's let her come back," Shang Zanlu was a little afraid.

"Shangzan Larakin, have you ever heard a Buddhist story, there is a country called Mahala Tanang in Tianzhu Nanzhanzhou, the king has three princes, and the little prince Mahasattva is naturally compassionate and heartfelt. The three princes traveled and met a tigress feeding two tiger cubs, and the tigress was hungry and seemed to want to eat the cubs in order to satisfy her hunger. The little prince couldn't bear to see this happen, and after his brother left, he came to the hungry tiger and threw his body into the tiger's mouth without hesitation. When the two brothers were recovered, all that was left was a pile of bloody bones. But the little prince was thus able to enter the heavenly realm. ”

Shang Zan pursed his lips and did not refute, but he said in his heart that this prince was suffering from madness!

Qi Xu Li said again: "The princess also sacrificed her body to the tiger for the sake of Tibet. Prince Tang heard that he was very benevolent, and he was about to be fine. It's just that she's very shrewd, and the princess may not be able to hear useful information. But as long as she keeps an eye on Prince Tang, it will be regarded as a credit. Regardless of anything else, we are only responsible for the safety of the princess, military affairs, by Gar. Mangran Dachabhu to arrange. And the princess is very shrewd, and it is difficult for the Tang people to see through it. ”

Having said this, I was a little worried. He was more than ten years older than Shang Zanlu and knew more. Even if he secretly accompanied the protection, and because the scouts sent by the Tang army were getting more and more day by day, they didn't dare to get too close. The princess also reminded them by playing the Qiang flute.

I don't have to worry about this, I secretly watched it several times along the way, the army sent by the Tang Dynasty this time was the most disciplined, and there was almost no crime against the people, let alone a matter of lust for women. As for the crown prince, he was also polite to the princess.

It is the princess herself who is worried, the prince is elegant and well-educated. When the princess was a child, she admired the culture of the Central Plains and invited Han literate slaves to teach her to learn Chinese characters. It doesn't matter, the predecessor of Tsangpo Songtsen Gampo also said to learn from the Central Plains. But the princess was very disgusted with the Tang prince himself, and when she came, she often asked people to bring back the poems written by the prince. Besides, Zampu is older after all, and Prince Tang is only in his early twenties......

I couldn't say this in my heart, and Zampu also doted on her, so she came. Fortunately, the generals sent by Zampu this time are loyal to the royal family and will not make a fuss about this matter. In other words, if the rest of the clan came over, the princess would be very instructive to do this, although it was for the sake of Tibet.

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Qiu Longdu was victorious, and the barbarians were shocked.

This victory was extremely glorious, and the Tang army lost only about thirty soldiers. But in Qiulongdu overnight, the counterattack and pursuit, beheaded the Tubo Qianfu Changjia Xuebaqu, killed more than 5,600 rebels, captured more than 2,000 people, and the rest of them fled into the mountains and forests in a hurry, and it is estimated that the next time the knife will be put on their necks, and they will not dare to be the enemy of the Tang army. There are less than one in ten people who can follow Meng Yedong back safely. The battle record is not only that, after crossing the river, Heizhi Changzhi, Xue Ne, Liang Jishou, etc., were divided into four divisions, led 3,000 cavalry, and successively intercepted the enemy at other ferries. Again nearly two thousand people were killed and more than a thousand were taken prisoner.

And there is also the danger of the Longchuan River.

As for the soldiers brought by Luo Shengyan, because they were not well organized, the casualties reached seven or eight hundred in a chaotic battle, and no one cared about them. This kind of strong combat effectiveness, and some soldiers fled back, not to say that they saw the Tang Dynasty pretending to be ghosts, but that there were ghosts and gods to help the Tang Dynasty. One by one, ghosts and gods, soaring through the clouds and fog, came from the Longchuan River to help the Tang Dynasty...... Eventually, the rebels began to be afraid and timid.

What the various departments thought, Li Wei didn't care, after cleaning up the battlefield, the Tang army's marching speed suddenly became faster, and it only took two days to reach the city of Yaozhou.

Hearing of the arrival of the Tang Dynasty army, frightened, all the nearby rebel troops took refuge in Yaozhou City. It was getting late, there was no siege, and the camp was set down, while Li Wei and Pei Xingjian stood on a dirt slope and watched, both frowning.

Yaozhou's geographical location in the southwest is very important, and it directly communicates the traffic between Erhai Lake and other parts of the Tang Dynasty. Controlling Yaozhou is equivalent to controlling the trade routes of the Erhai tribes, and also remotely controlling the Erhai tribes. Therefore, the imperial court set up the governor's palace here, and the original city foundation once again made the city wall higher and thicker, and the city wall was very tall and strong, and the shortest place was nearly three zhang high.

This is not the reason why it is difficult to attack the city, there is also a frog river, when the city was built, the frog river was divided into two, which happened to be used as a moat. The scenery is good, because of the alluvium of the river, there are many ponds and small lakes, there are some lotus roots and reeds, in February, the weather is gradually warmer, the reeds are green, the lotus roots also grow tender small lotus leaves, the water color is crystal clear, like a bright glass mirror. But in this way, it is difficult to get close to the city walls, and it is impossible to even besiege the city.

If there are few soldiers defending the city, they can still attack forcibly, after all, the morale is high. But the rebels became frightened birds, all shrunk in the city of Yaozhou, how many rebels, it is unknown, but the scouts came back to report, at least around 20,000 people. There were many soldiers defending the city, and they took a lot of supplies, including food, which could keep the rebels alive for a long time. It's not just bad, it turns out that the Tang Dynasty still has a treasury in the city, and a large number of weapons are left in the arsenal. These weapons are not hoes and arrows, they are all standard weapons.

Seeing the arrival of the Tang Dynasty army, countless rebels immediately poured out of the city, holding weapons, ready to defend the city, and it seemed that there were also masters to guide them, and when the Tang army arrived, they moved a lot of stones, and cut a large amount of wood from the mountain to make rolling stone sassers.

Looking at it, Li Wei scolded: "Fork." ”

The princess asked curiously, "What is Furke?" ”

"It's just that it's hard to attack," Li Wei naturally didn't say the truth.

The little girl looked up and said, "Well, it's very." ”

“……”

Pei Xingjian didn't doubt it, when he came to the south, he heard many strange dialects, thinking that they were dialects from a certain place, so that the prince heard it, and even if he didn't, he thought that the prince misunderstood.

Liang Jishou stood on the side and lowered his head in shame again.

Pei Xingjian said: "It's difficult, Your Highness, food." ”

When Li Wei heard these two words, he was silent. This group of rebels, after arriving in Yaozhou, like a group of hungry and cold locusts, came to the crop field, almost swept away, and there was no one in the people and things. The people were sent to the north of the Jinsha River, and they were rewarded to the Shunman tribes, and it is unknown whether they were sent back to some cities. As for the goods, the valuables were also sent away, and then the grain was sent to Yaozhou City. Outside the city is surrounded by basins, and there is also summer grain, but it will take two or three months to harvest. Or transport food from a distance, not to mention the high cost, this is more than 10,000 soldiers, how much supplies are consumed in a day? How long can it be delayed?

Pei Xingjian said again: "There are masters in Tibet. ”

Meng Jian would never come up with such a way to clear the wilderness, only some "masters" in Tibet could come up with it.

"These people are really useless," said the princess. There were still 20,000 people in the city, and the Tang Dynasty army only had about 10,000 people, but they did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle. It's a little useless. But it can also be understood in this way, she hopes that the enemies of Yaozhou City will come out of the city, and if they don't fight, once they fight, the result can be imagined. Then she can enter Yaozhou as soon as possible, and then the army will enter the Erhai Sea to find her family members.

"It's not useless, it's a wise approach, we can't think of a good way to capture the city, as long as a month and a half, we will withdraw on our own initiative because of the grain and grass." Li Wei explained. In the past two days, the two sisters have worked very hard, and there are many wounded soldiers, not Tang Jun, Luo Shengyan's subordinates, but also friendly troops.

"Is there no way for the prince?"

"There will always be a way, and it won't be something that hasn't been figured out yet."

After hearing this, there was a disappointment in the girl's eyes.

Tsuneyuki Black Tooth said, "Attack the city with captives." Your Highness, you can't be too benevolent at this time, there are still rebels in Erhai and Yangbi River, and even Tubo people. Even if it was an attack, our army could not afford casualties. ”

"No, General Blacktooth, war is only a means, the continuation of politics, mainly governance. Once the captives are used as shields to block arrows, the leader of the lone is not the king's master, and it is no different from the Tubo people. Li Wei immediately vetoed.

"Your Highness's words are extremely true," Pei Xingjian complimented. However, Hei Tooth often disagrees, what kind of king is the master, whose fist is the real king. Moreover, the situation forced us to delay time, and we could not risk a heavy sacrifice to attack. Only prisoners can be used as cannon fodder, there are very few Tubo soldiers defending the city in Bijian, most of them are soldiers from various departments, there are their clansmen, colleagues, and even relatives below, although the weapons on the city head are numerous, but they can't bear to throw them down? Wingmen are also human.

"Think about it again," Li Wei suddenly said "Huh". The crowd followed his gaze and saw a wisp of smoke rising from a village not far away. Li Wei said: "Go over and have a look." ”

The group walked over and saw everyone coming, an old man knelt down and cried: "Several generals, finally the imperial army is here." ”

Li Wei helped him up and asked, "Why is you the only family in the village?" ”

"A flock of beasts," the old man cried, and with the cry came another woman, with two children, but all yellow-faced and hungry.

"Old man, speak slowly."

Then the reason for the matter was revealed, and soon after Meng Jian conquered Yaozhou, he began to plunder the people, and when he arrived in their village, it was one night, the old man saw the opportunity, and took his daughter-in-law and two grandsons to hide in the iris bush behind the house, and escaped. However, the son wanted to go back to the house to grab some things, but he was found and took him away. Then a terrible scene happened, and the elderly people were taken away to no avail, so these people caught all the old people in the village and killed them at the end of the village, taking only the young adults and babies away.

As he spoke, he led the group to the end of the village, and several months had passed since the incident, and only a pile of bones remained. After the soldiers left, the old man and his family fled to the mountains and forests to the west, and did not come out of the mountains until they heard that the imperial army had arrived.

Li Wei asked the guards to bring some food and comforted him before leaving. With a gloomy face, he had also heard of what the old man said. Along the way, not all villages were looted, but many were indeed washed as empty villages**. But that's listening, it's seeing with your own eyes, and it's different. He didn't speak until he returned to the camp.

The camp was about to be set up and began to make a fire to cook, Li Wei suddenly said: "Lonely has an idea. ”

"Your Highness, please speak up," Pei Xingjian said happily. The prince is not useless, all the way forward, in fact, the prince also has a lot of ideas, and these ideas are really good. For example, the black-toothed crossing of the river on a cowhide is not only a victory, but also has many beneficial follow-up effects. Even the princess pricked up her ears curiously...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to ***(***.***) to vote for recommendation, ***, your support is my biggest motivation. )

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