Chapter 57 Invasion of the Southern Zhao Kingdom

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Can people fly?

I believe that anyone who is not a fool knows the answer to this question, but one day many years ago, Li Daozong saw a person flying at a high altitude with his own eyes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the help of special equipment, soar over the palace.

The height of the royal palace is far higher than the walls of Pyongyang.

Since you can fly over the palace and fly over Pyongyang City, it shouldn't be a problem.

Thinking of this, Li Daozong was overjoyed, as long as he could break through the gate of Pyongyang, how could Goguryeo be a problem?

The fall of Pyongyang was imminent, and Duho's southern expeditionary army had already won a decisive victory.

Under the fierce attack of many elite generals, no matter how desperately the remnants of the Tibetan army resisted, it was difficult to turn things around.

Songtsen Gampo met Luo Tong, who was in the lead in the rebellion. Songtsen Gampo's intelligence and ability are all above Luo Tong, but when it comes to martial arts, he is far inferior to this little overlord of the honorary capital. However, Shihe let Luo Tong stab three holes in his body and knocked him to the ground.

The surrounding Tang soldiers knew that he was a big fish, so they swarmed him up and tied him tightly, and he didn't even have a chance to commit suicide.

Songtsen Gampo was captured, and all the main forces of Duhe were broken by the Tang army.

Although the Tang army has not yet occupied the entire territory of Tibet, Tibet no longer has the strength to resist the Tang army.

Duhe escorted Songtsen Gampo back to the city of Raksha.

In order to show off the might of the Tang Army, this triumphal ceremony was held extraordinarily grandly.

As the capital of Tibet, all the people in the city are facing Tibet. The reason why they did not resist was only because they did not have that strength, and they were all hoping that Songtsen Gampo would win and recapture the law.

What Du He wants to do is to destroy all the hopes of the Tibetan people, so that they can clearly understand that Tubo is extinguished, and there is no chance to turn the tables.

Instead of thinking about the old country that has been destroyed, it is better to live your life well.

If this practice is left in the Central Plains, it will only arouse the hostility of the people, because the old country is unforgettable, and the more forced it is, the more counterproductive it will be. However, Tibet is different, Tibet is a new ethnic group, more than half of the people are merged with other countries, and the remaining half, and half belong to other ethnic groups. They were all because they were destroyed by Songtsen Gampo and merged into Tibet and became the people of Tibet.

Songtsen Gampo implemented benevolent government in Tibet, and the people lived a good life, and they all obeyed him and recognized him. But they don't have that heartfelt love for the country and the nation of Tibet, and they won't throw their heads and spill their blood for it.

Of course, it is not that there are no radicals, but these people are like splashes in the sea, they can't set off the wind and waves at all, and they can be thrown directly into prison, which can calm down the incident.

"General...... The grain and grass have just been delivered, and General Fang and Pei Senjun are asking to see them outside......"

Du He was worried about the food and grass, and the food they had brought with the army had been exhausted, and now they were using the surplus food from the city. The institutions of the Logos followed the example of Chang'an, and the warehouses were divided into military warehouses and civilian warehouses. As the name suggests, the military warehouse is a place where military supplies are stored, and the civilian warehouse is naturally a grain storage warehouse prepared for the people.

When the food was out of food, Du He couldn't let the soldiers go hungry, so he opened the people's warehouse that was not affected. The amount was not large, and it could only allow the Tang army to maintain five more days' surplus food. During these days, he sent messengers three times to urge him, but he was lost in the sea and was not heard from.

At this moment, when he heard the arrival of grain and grass, his hanging heart was also relieved, his face was silent, but there was a little anger in his heart, and he said in a deep voice: "Please invite them in......"

The sound of feet sounded, and Fang Yiai walked in with an elegant and handsome young man.

"I've seen the chief manager...... the two saluted together.

Du He nodded to Fang Yiai first, and then his eyes fell on the elegant and handsome young man, seeing that his eyebrows were delicate, and his handsomeness was accompanied by three points of lofty bearing, and his expression was slightly stunned. is impressed by the other party's youth, and secretly praises the other party's demeanor.

However, the appearance is outstanding, it does not mean that the ability is the same, he turned cold and said: "Delaying the deadline for transporting grain is a taboo for soldiers, you have delayed for nearly a month, do you know what a big crime?" ”

Pei Xingjian said without changing his face: "The last general also knows the military regulations, but the last general has a clear conscience, please ......ask the general manager to make a clear decision," he said, and he explained in detail the reason for his late arrival, his own analysis, and his intentions. He only said the reason for slowing down his march, but did not say anything about the attack.

The stakes were so high that he decided to report it separately.

Du He was surprised when he heard this, and he couldn't imagine that the handsome young man in front of him was hiding deeply, so he couldn't help but say, "What's your name?" ”

Pei Xingjian replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Zuotun Wei Cangcao joins the army, Pei Xingjian ......"

Pei Xingjian!

When Du He heard this name, he realized in his heart that it was him...... No wonder there is such insight.

He nodded and said, "You did the right thing and analyzed it very well, but this is not an excuse, let alone a reason." "If Pei Xingjian had delivered the grain before the grain ran out, Duhe would have rewarded him for his prudence, but the crux of the matter was that they had already run out of food.

Caution is no excuse or justification.

No matter how correct Pei Xingjian is, he can't change the fact that Tang Jun almost ran out of food.

This is military law, which only cares about the result, not the process, and does not allow any sand......

Pei Xingjian also straightened his mind at this time, and said solemnly: "The last general knows his mistake and is willing to be punished...... But before he was punished, there was one more thing to tell. On the way here, the last general was attacked by the enemy, and if General Fang hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable......"

Only then did Du He realize that the problem was not so simple, and hurriedly asked Pei Xingjian to elaborate.

Pei Xingjian said: "After interrogation, the last general learned that it was the Nanzhao army that attacked my grain team, and there was a civil strife not long before Nanzhao. Their new king was Songtsen Gampo's brother, and this time he brought about 50,000 soldiers and horses to support Songtsen Gampo. After careful inspection, the last general found that someone had revealed the route of our army's march and detailed information. In order to prevent them from having other tricks, the last general changed the route without authorization. ”

At this moment, Duhe still doesn't know the cause and effect of the matter, this is Songtsen Gampo's hole card: if he burns his grain, he will let people cut off his own grain. They have no food, and they can afford to spend it in their own territory, but once the Tang army has no food, it will fall into a state of no return.

This is the reason why Songtsen Gampo hid and the decisive valley, which is located in the northeast of Luoqi, and can cut off the Tang army's return at any time and at any time.

Thinking of this, Du He also had a fear in his heart, this march and battle, there really is no room for a little sloppiness. This time, if it weren't for Pei Xingjian's military talent, if it wasn't for his superfluous actions just in case, it would be really dangerous, even if they destroyed Tubo, they would have fallen into an extremely embarrassing situation.

"Who is it?" Du He's face was cold, and his words were full of evil spirit.

"Lu Qiang, a small colonel, he has already been recruited, and his confession is very strange. Depending on the person who bought him, it was not a Tibetan secret agent, but us Tang people, and it is very likely that he is still a big man in the court...... He didn't know who it was, but he guessed the little information he got when he talked to the person who came into contact with him. The last general also felt that he was just a shameful villain who was greedy for money, and there must be a real person in charge behind him...... It's just a hidden secret, and Lu Qiang doesn't know much. ”

Du He didn't expect to have this kind of inside story, and said after a while: "The matter of punishment, put it down for the time being, Pei joins the army, you immediately write down the cause and effect, I will send someone to escort Lu Qiang back to Chang'an to face the saint, we are not good at investigating this matter, so we will hand it over to Your Majesty." No matter who is standing behind Lu Qiang, they must not be allowed to continue to be the moths of my Tang Dynasty. He hadn't realized the depth of the muddy waters this time, far beyond his expectations. I just thought that the person behind the scenes was a national moth who betrayed the interests of Datang for money and things.

"You go down, notify the guards outside the house, and ask him to summon Zhang Liang, Niu Jinda, Xin Fang'er and the others to a meeting immediately." Of course, Du He is very concerned about internal affairs, but now he is the commander of the three armies, and his task is to fight a war and sweep away all the forces that resist the Tang Dynasty. Those trivial matters are no longer under his jurisdiction. Telling Li Shimin about the situation and letting Li Shimin send someone to investigate is the most correct choice.

But at a moment, Zhang Liang, Niu Jinda, Xin Fang'er, Liu Lan, Liu Boying and others will arrive one after another.

They already knew the news of the arrival of grain and grass, and they were all excited. Now that Songtsen Gampo has been captured, Tibet has no vital force, and the rest is just sweeping the tail work, taking the cities that belong to Tibet on all sides and have not yet been captured, that is, to declare a complete victory.

The largest number of troops in these cities was only 2,000, and they could not resist the advance of the Tang army at all. The reason why we didn't take immediate action was because of the lack of food and grass.

The arrival of grain and grass should be the moment of attack, and the miraculous feat of breaking through Tubo, everyone has a share in their group.

Du He didn't do what they thought, but told them about Pei Xingjian's encounter, of course, he didn't say anything about the traitor, but just told them that Nan Zhao showed his knife to Datang.

"How can it be!" The impatient Niu Jinda shouted angrily: "It's just a barbarian, and you dare to be the enemy of my Datang." I can't stop there, I propose to immediately jointly write a letter to inform Your Majesty of the situation, and let Your Majesty authorize us to take advantage of the situation to crusade against Nanzhao, so that the people of the world will know the fate of being an enemy of my Datang. ”

This proposal was well received by the public.

The generals who came to the meeting all had a supreme sense of imperial honor, and there was no room for the existence of such characters who dared to use knives against the Tang Dynasty.

Du He did not deny the generals' proposals, but smiled: "The messenger comes and goes, and it will take more than a month to say the least, and it makes sense to waste this month in vain?" He looked around at the generals and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty once paraphrased Chen Tang's words, those who offend me in the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away." I believe that this is not an empty word, but an attitude, a war letter, a war letter to those who dare to be enemies of my Datang...... The war books have been issued, how can we retreat. I don't think there is any need to wait for any orders, and immediately and immediately, the army will attack the Nanzhao Kingdom......"