Chapter 505: The Warrior Returns
readx; Tocharian liberation of the Soviet Union, that is, today's Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, this is the only Tocharian territory currently occupied by the Tang army, it is like a wedge, deep into the land of Tocharian, at present, the Tang army has gathered 120,000 troops here, in addition to the dense and hidden, the Tang army has deployed 30,000 troops, the Tang army gathered, and the war was about to break out. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the afternoon of that day, outside the city of Dali Bosu, a group of Tang Army scouts and cavalry came galloping, they rushed to the gate of the city, took out the silver medal and said loudly: "Urgent military situation, report to the general!" ”
The soldiers defending the city did not stop them, let them in, and the Tang army scouts ran wildly all the way, ran to the front of the military office, turned over and dismounted, and said to several personal soldiers: "Please report to the general, Tocharo's urgent military situation." ”
The pro-soldiers did not dare to slack off, and immediately went to report, and after a while, the two pro-soldiers came out and said, "The general ordered you to go in." ”
The scout team followed the two personal soldiers into the military office, underwent strict inspection at the door, and then entered the marching room, where there was a huge Spitfire Luo sand table, and the sand table was surrounded by more than a dozen generals and some civilian officials, whispering around the sand table, and several marching counselors were holding red flags in their hands, and the latest information was marked on the sand table.
In front of the window on the west side of the sand table, Li Qing'an put his hands behind his back and stared out of the window, he got the information that Tubo Zampu was shot three days ago, although he felt that this was a bit incredible, but the Anxi army scouts were not absolutely sure, they would not send back such important information, if this is the case, this matter will become the key to changing the entire battle situation, in fact, in Li Qing'an's entire strategic plan, Trisong Dezan will be an important part, he needs Tubo to appear two Zampu, as the truth in history, after the death of Trisong Dezan, Several of his sons vied for the position of Zampu, and civil wars continued to break out, which eventually led to the decline of Tibet step by step.
But Li Qing'an also admitted that killing Trisong Dezan is also a good thing, this person is eloquent and strategic, is the key person who led Tubo to Zhongxing, his death will be an extremely heavy blow to Tubo, no matter what, these ten scouts have made brilliant achievements for Anxi, Li Qing'an can't help but think of the scene when he killed Tubo Zampu, the passion of daring to be the first in the world has now disappeared, he is now becoming more and more rational, more and more calm, maybe this is the status of the surname, he is no longer himself, He is the representative of the interests of millions of soldiers and civilians in Anxi, and his words and deeds, every move, will determine the fate of many people, which makes him cautious and careful in handling everything.
Power had caused him to lose himself, and when he heard the news that his scouts had shot Tubo to death, it made his heart as cold as a rock swell with a long-lost heartbeat.
"General, they're coming!" The soldier whispered to the side.
Li Qingan turned around, and the scout team was kneeling forward and saluting: "See the general!" ”
"What's the news?"
"Returning to the general, the Tubo people mourn in the Tocharian countries, and their Zampu is seriously injured and has died."
It's true! Li Qingan sighed secretly and asked again: "And then, did they retaliate?" ”
"There is revenge, I heard that all the Tocharian officials who surrendered to the Tibetans were purged, and most of them were killed, in fact, the city of Ashu was slaughtered, and no less than 30,000 people were killed."
"What about our ten Tang Army scouts? Were they killed too? ”
The scout team nodded and whispered, "Yes!" We received news from a Tibetan captive that ten scouts were unwilling to be captured, and all committed suicide, and their heads were paraded in the Tibetan military camp in the city of Ashu. ”
Li Qing'an was also silent, he waved his hand lightly, signaling the scout team to go down, and then he turned out of the window with his hands behind his back, staring at the sky for a long time, there was an unspeakable grief, the other generals in the room did not dare to alarm him, they all looked at Li Fei Yuanli and asked him to appease the general.
Li Fei Yuanli stepped forward, hugged his fist to Li Qing'an and said: "General, although the ten scouts have been killed, their exploits are enough for them to look down on the Nine Springs, we should treat their families well, General, please rest assured!" ”
"The heads of the ten brothers are still on display in the Tibetan camp, how can you reassure me?"
Li Qing'an sighed, and then ordered: "Bring him up!" ”
After a while, several personal soldiers brought up a Tubo man, he was one of the high-ranking Tubo officials who were captured in the battle of Jimocheng, called Non Jiaxi, was a commander of ten thousand masters, and the relationship with the monk Xi Dongzan was good, and part of the Tubo army was doing hard labor in the mines of Yincheng, and this high-ranking official was also one of the hard laborers.
"Get on your knees!"
The soldiers pushed him and pushed him to his knees, Li Qingan glanced at him, and said coldly: "You are very lucky to be put back by me in Tocharo." ”
The interpreter on the side told him Li Qing'an's original words, and the officer couldn't believe his ears, and asked hesitantly, "Why do you want to let me go?" ”
"It's very simple, I want you to bring a message to Shang Xi Dongzan for me, I am willing to exchange 10,000 Tibetan prisoners of war for my ten scouts, if he is willing, please ask him to send my scouts back, I will release them, if he is unwilling, then, I will 10,000 Tibetan prisoners of war for my scouts to be martyred."
After listening to the translation, the Tibetan officer was stunned, did he exchange a thousand people for one? Who is this person, so precious?
"Does General Shang Xi Dongzan know who it is?"
"He knows it very well, he knows it better than anyone else, go ahead! I'm waiting for your news. ”
The Tubo officer was escorted away, and Li Fei Yuanli stepped forward and whispered: "General, 10,000 people for the corpses of 10 people, is it too much?" ”
Li Qingan shook his head, "It's not much, Shangxi Dongzan also has to explain to Tubo, there are too few people, he won't agree." ”
After a pause, Li Qingan smiled disdainfully and said, "What if you send him 20,000 people?" Morning and evening are my dishes. ”
....... The young Zampu of Tubo was not seriously injured and died, but died on the spot, a highly poisonous crossbow arrow shot through his head, the frightened Shang Xi Dongzan concealed the news for two days, and finally could not hide it, so he had to report to the whole army that Zampu had unfortunately died, the whole army of Tubo was shaken, countless people beat their chests and wept, the military camp was mourning everywhere, and the whole army fell into extreme grief.
Shang Xi Dongzan was frightened, his heart was in a mess, he didn't know what he should do, Zampu died in Tocharo, how should he explain it in the country, can those princes and ministers in the country spare him?
Whether he should withdraw his troops and go back, or go back after occupying Anxi has an explanation, for a whole number of days, Shang Xi Dongzan was in a state of mental trance.
On this morning, Shang Xi Dongzan sat in the room as usual and was stunned, the death of Zampu made him no longer interested in thinking about the war, which had seriously affected the preparation of the Tubo army, at this time, a group of officers shouted outside: "Marshal, we ask for the Northern Expedition, we want to avenge Zampu!" ”
Shang Xi Dongzan was distraught, 'Wow! The windows were closed, the room became dark, and the voices outside became quieter, and these days, every day there were Tibetan generals who came to be willing, although the morale was commendable, but Shang Xi Dongzan had no intention of sending troops at all, and these calls would only add to his troubles.
"Dashuai!" Someone else reported at the door.
"I'm annoyed!" Shang Xi Dongzan said angrily: "It's okay for you to let me be quiet for a while." ”
"Dashuai, it's about Jiaxi's coming."
"Who is it?" Shang Xi Dongzan was stunned.
"On Jiaxi, it is the commander sent by the marshal to fight with Shang Jiasu."
"He, wasn't he captured by the Tang Army? How can I come back? ”
As soon as he thought about it, Shang Xi Dongzan seemed to understand something, so he ordered: "Bring him in!" ”
After a while, Non Jiaxi was brought up, he was Shang Xi Dongzan's old subordinate, who had followed him for many years, and as soon as he saw Shang Xi Dongzan, he knelt down and cried, "Da handsome! I thought I'd never see you again. ”
"Don't cry!"
Shang Xi Dongzan was upset by his crying, and slapped the table and said, "If you cry again, I will kick you out!" ”
On Jiaxi was so frightened that he didn't dare to cry anymore, Shang Xi Dongzan breathed a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "I know that you have suffered a lot, and I will compensate you in the future, but now you have to tell me, how can you come back, did Li Qingan put you back?" ”
"Exactly! He let me come back because he asked me to pass on the word, he wanted to make a deal with Dashuai. ”
"Deal? What a deal. ”
"He asked the marshal to send back the corpses of the ten Tang army scouts, and he was willing to exchange them for 10,000 Tibetan prisoners of war."
If Li Qing'an only used a thousand people, or a few thousand people to trade, Shang Xi Dongzan would not consider it at all, but with 10,000 Tibetan prisoners of war, he was indeed a little tempted, and the current situation also made him have to consider this deal.
At present, the 80,000 army brought by Zampu is not in his hands, Zampu just pointed at Shang Jiasu before he died, it seems that Shang Jiasu wants to take over the army, this matter makes Shang Xi Dongzan very troubled, in fact, the 80,000 army may not obey Shang Jiasu's command, but because Zampu was assassinated in Ashu City, and the murderer was hidden in the home of the Tocharian high-ranking official Alan who he single-handedly promoted, so that the 80,000 army was very dissatisfied with him, so that they obeyed the command of his political opponent Shang Jiasu.
Invisibly, the 180,000 army was divided into two camps, one Shang Xi Dongzan camp and the other Shang Jiasu camp, Tang Jun did not know about this matter for the time being, but Shang Xi Dongzan also understood that the Tang Army would learn the truth sooner or later.
Now Li Qing'an is willing to exchange 10,000 Tubo army prisoners of war for the ten corpses of the Tang army, this may not be a cost-effective deal, Shang Xi Dongzan originally planned to hand over the ten corpses to Shang Jiasu in a few days, but now he has changed his mind, instead of letting Shang Jiasu take advantage of this, it is better for him to get 10,000 people first.
Thinking of this, Shang Xi Dongzan asked Jia Xi, "How is he going to exchange?" ”
"Li Qingan said that the marshal will send the people back first, and he will return the 10,000 prisoners of war, marshal, do I think he is not sincere?"
"No!" Shang Xi Dongzan shook his head and said: "If you think so, then you are wrong, the Tang people have a saying, called a thousand gold to buy bones, he used 10,000 people to exchange for ten corpses, in fact, it was for his soldiers to see." ”
When he saw that Jia Xi was dumbfounded, he sneered, "The political wisdom of the Tang people is not something that a fool like you can understand, forget it, you don't understand it after explaining it to you, you can go again and send ten coffins to Li Qing'an for me." ”
....... In the wilderness outside the city of Dali Bosu, the 120,000 Tang troops were neatly armored and solemn, they lined up in two long snake formations, stood in the middle of the road, stretched for more than ten miles, and in a low trumpet, the war drums sounded 'Boom! Boom! The ground rang, and the five hundred Tang cavalry slowly opened the way in front, and behind them, ten carriages pulled ten coffins and walked slowly, each coffin was covered with the black dragon battle flag of Anxi, and on both sides of the coffin, there were a thousand iron cavalry, they held long lances, controlled the war horses, and walked at the same rhythm as the carriage.
Where the ten coffins passed, the Tang army bowed their heads, paid their respects and paid silent tribute to them, in the middle of the road, Li Qingan had been waiting for a long time, he silently watched the carriage approaching, when the horse convoy was still thirty steps away from Li Qing'an, the team stopped, Li Qingan turned over and dismounted, walked forward quickly, he stopped in front of the ten coffins, suddenly he knelt down on one knee, 120,000 troops saw the commander kneeling, they also knelt down on one knee, the scene was extremely spectacular.
In the gentle wind, the marching Sima Zhao Lu Chu read aloud the 'Ten Warriors of the Tang Dynasty' written by Li Qing'an: "At the beginning of the second year of Zhenzhi, the Ten Warriors of the Tang Dynasty went to Tocharian as scouts to investigate the enemy's situation, understand public opinion, and work diligently, day and night...... The Tibetan chieftain and even the ten warriors spared their lives and died generously, exchanging their humble lives for the collapse of the Tibetan mountains and assassinating the enemy chieftain..... The commander-in-chief, should not be abandoned with the humble body of the soldier, now with 10,000 prisoners of war in exchange for the spirit of the ten warriors, buried in the east of the broken leaves, with the condolences of the descendants, the ten warriors, Zhou Mi, Wang Yiqing, Lu Ning, Amuti, Stickytar, Arosai, Wu Qilang, Gao Yi, Temuz, Ache, are all given to the loyal general, the county of Broken Leaves, the lord, his parents, wives and daughters are supported by the broken leaves, woohoo warriors, thousands of years of eternal existence.......
Li Qing'an stood up, untied his saber, put it on Zhou Yu's coffin, and bowed to him deeply, at this moment, 120,000 soldiers were deeply moved by their own commander, many of them were moved to tears, ten humble lives, actually got such a grand courtesy, with 10,000 prisoners of war in exchange for their souls, their lives were not in vain, if they also have the opportunity, they are also willing to be the same as the ten warriors, for their own commander, for the Tang Empire to sacrifice their blood and life.
The carriage continued to move forward, and when the ten carriages gradually moved away, Li Qingan turned over and got on his horse and shouted to the 120,000 soldiers: "The soldiers of Anxi, although the ten warriors have gone, we still have 120,000 new warriors, you, me, and all our soldiers are members of the Anxi army, this is your glory, there are warriors like you, it is also my glory, soldiers, please follow me, we will ride Tocharian together and sweep the world." ”
He raised his arms and shouted: "Our goal is not Tocharo, but the world!" ”
"The world!"
120,000 soldiers raised their arms and shouted together, and the sound was like spring thunder, resounding between heaven and earth.
(To be continued)