In June of the tenth year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo of Tubo Zanpu used the Tang Dynasty to imprison the Tubo ambassador without authorization, and raised an army of about 200,000 troops across the country, invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty, defeated the Tang Dynasty's western border garrison, and arrived at Songzhou, an important town in Jiannan, and surrounded Songzhou City.

Although the Tang army had already prepared, but in the face of several times the enemy, Songzhou Governor Han Xianli was invincible, and now can only rely on the high wall of Songzhou City to defend strongly, three days later, the 30,000 elite soldiers led by Niu Jinda, the general of Zuo Wuwei, rescued and fought with the 200,000 army of Tubo under the city of Songzhou for several days, but it won less and lost more, and Songzhou City was in danger for a while.

Songtsen Gampo, who temporarily gained the upper hand, once again sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask for "peace". But unlike in the past, Songtsen Gampo, who had the upper hand at this time, took an extremely tough attitude. He let a big stone fall to the ground in Chapter 51 and "warned" Li Shimin: "I am here to be a princess." If the princess doesn't come, I will go deeper, and I can't enter Chang'an! ”

In the face of such an arrogant Tubo, Li Shimin was angry on the spot in the court, scolding "the Tubo children are too deceitful", and the court was once again divided into two factions, one faction was the main and faction headed by Kong Yingda, these corrupt Confucians, and thought that Tubo was unstoppable, so it was better to use a princess to avoid its edge for the time being. The other faction is the main battle faction headed by Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, advocating that the arrogance of Tubo should be defeated at all costs, and the majesty of the Tang Empire cannot be desecrated, how can the princess of the Tang Dynasty be committed to barbarianism?

With Li Shimin's arrogant and arrogant temperament, of course, it is impossible to exchange his daughter for peace, and in his anger, he drove Kong Yingda and others out of the court directly, and then expelled the Tubo envoy from Chang'an after beating him up, and ordered the military department Shangshu Houjun to personally lead the army of 50,000, and soon went south to support Songzhou, and at the same time sent envoys to the front line to escort Niu Jinda, who was ineffective in battle, back to Chang'an.

However, before waiting for Junji's army to set off, the battle report from Songzhou again shocked everyone, this time it was the report of General Niu Jinda, because the road was far away, and the letter sent Chapter 51 A big stone fell to the ground and actually happened a long time ago. Just half a month ago, 30,000 Tang troops broke the 200,000 Tibetan army under the city of Songzhou, beheaded tens of thousands, captured more than 10,000 enemies, and countless grains, grasses and horses.

This good news came really suddenly, the last intelligence also showed that the situation was not optimistic, only a few days, the situation came to a 360-degree turn, and the previous arrogant Tubo was defeated by 30,000 Tang troops, which is simply an incredible miracle. Everyone wanted to know the details of this battle, but unfortunately General Niu sent an urgent report, which was very brief, leaving people with endless reverie. It wasn't until a few days later that the detailed battle report of the Battle of Songzhou arrived quickly, which allowed everyone to understand the truth of the Battle of Songzhou.

It turned out that after General Niu arrived in Songzhou with 30,000 elite soldiers, he found that although the Tubo army on the opposite side was poorly equipped, its morale was very high, and even the army of the Tang Dynasty was a little contemptuous. General Niu, who is good at seizing the opportunity, immediately made a plan, first deliberately defeated several battles, with the pride of the Tibetan army, so that the Tubo people thought that the Tang army was nothing more than that, and when the Tubo people were arrogant and relaxed their vigilance, he personally led 5,000 cavalry to quietly touch the back of the Tubo army, and took advantage of the night to kill the Tubo camp.

The Tibetan army did not expect that the Tang army, which had been defeated in successive battles, would dare to sneak attack at night, and many people did not have any preparation, and even rushed out of the camp to resist urgently naked, but unfortunately in the face of a large number of elite cavalry, their resistance was destined to be just a cup. Five thousand cavalrymen came and went in the Tibetan camp, slashing and killing and setting fires, and the fire quickly spread throughout the Tibetan military camp with the help of the wind.

The more than 20,000 Tang troops who stayed in front saw the chaos in the Tubo camp, and also took advantage of the situation to storm the camp from the front gate. In the end, even Songtsen Gampo fled with his henchmen overnight, which accelerated the rout of the Tibetan army.

On this night alone, the Tang army beheaded tens of thousands, captured countless grains, grass, soldiers and horses, and sent cavalry to pursue after dawn, until it reached the territory of Tubo, and then beheaded more than 10,000 before retreating. This battle not only defeated the arrogance of Tubo, but also played the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and I believe that within a few years, no one on the southern border will dare to touch the tiger whiskers of the Tang Dynasty.

Confirming this good news, Li Shimin was ecstatic, he didn't expect that the menacing 200,000 troops in Tubo turned out to be just a papier-mâché tiger, and only 30,000 Tang troops killed them. It's really a yellow-mouthed child who doesn't know the height of the sky!

Now that Tubo has been defeated, of course, the 50,000 reinforcements gathered by Hou Junji are no longer needed, and the envoy who went to catch the ox to Jinda has also been recovered, and the holy decree of exchange for reward has been on the road again, and even the Tibetan envoy who was driven out of Chang'an before has been brought back. As a victor, Li Shimin wrote a letter to Songtsan Gampo that threatened and showed off, and asked the Tibetan envoy to bring it back, the meaning of the letter is roughly as follows: You kid dare to pick Lao Tzu's tiger whiskers with all his might, now you know how powerful Lao Tzu is, with your kid's virtue, you even want to marry Lao Tzu's daughter, I'm bah~, do your spring and autumn dreams! What the? Not convinced? If you're not convinced, let's fight again, Lao Tzu will give you a heads-up!

Of course, the original text of the letter is brilliantly written, but in Li Su's understanding, it is the meaning of the above paragraph. He has also been paying attention to the first battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, after all, the last time they beat the Tubo ambassador was the fuse of this war, although even if there was no such thing, the Tang Dynasty and Tubo would have a war sooner or later, but because of Li Su's influence, this war was advanced by two years.

Li Shimin has ordered Niu Jinda to return to the dynasty with meritorious soldiers, and the captured Tubo people will also be brought back, and they will be used to sacrifice the Taimiao to show the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty. For this big victory, the entire Chang'an has already spread, so everyone is waiting for the Tang Dynasty soldiers returning from the south, ready to see the warriors who broke the 200,000 army of Tubo.

For the results of the battle of Songzhou, Li Su was surprised and a little proud, in this battle in history, Tubo did not suffer such a big loss, but lost thousands of people, the two sides stopped the war and made peace, and did not hurt Tubo's muscles and bones at all. And this time is different, the 200,000 army was beheaded tens of thousands, plus the captured and escaped, it is estimated that Tubo has lost at least half of the elite, which has hurt the vitality of Tubo, and there is no three or five years, Tubo does not want to make any big moves. And after this battle, it is estimated that he has also defeated the courage of Tubo, and he no longer dares to be as blind and arrogant as before, let alone have the courage to provoke Datang.

The Battle of Songzhou is over, and Li Su finally let go of a big stone in his heart, because this incident made Li Su clearly feel that history can really be changed, and there is no need for Li Su to do anything too big, sometimes as long as he sled the lever at some critical moments, it is enough to change the trend of some historical things.

Without the matter of Tubo, Li Su has the stone of the Wang family left in his heart, although he still can't figure out the true intention of the Taiyuan Wang family to get close to him, but Li Su always has a hunch that between himself and these families, sooner or later they will embark on the road of confrontation. After all, the family represents the core interest group of the Tang feudal society, and what they bring to the Tang Dynasty is a change that transcends the entire era, and if the society wants to change, it always needs to replace the old interest group with a new interest group, which can be said to be destined to be in a hostile position with them from the beginning.

In the eyes of others, the family may be as unstoppable as a flood beast, and even Taizong Li Shimin has no way to take them, they can only suppress but cannot be completely eradicated, but in Li Su's eyes, these family families are just dry bones in the grave, if they don't know how to be flexible, sooner or later they will be eliminated by the trend of history, coupled with the impact of their own existence on history, it will make this elimination process more ferocious.

In addition, things over there are slowly on the right track, the cement industry association of Li Su as the president has also been established, Li Su has two positions, but they do not conflict with each other, the supervision institute is a formal government department, the main responsibility is to plan, supervise, promote the development of the cement industry, and the cement industry association is nominally a non-governmental organization formed by the cement manufacturers, the management of things is relatively fragmented, generally any problems are solved through negotiation within the association, only when encountering those problems that can not be solved, will be handed over to the supervision institute to deal with.

There are ten permanent directors in the cement industry association, these ten directors are elected by the cement manufacturers, the strength and prestige can be served by the public, the term of office is tentatively set for three years, re-elected every three years, the power of the directors is very large, more than three directors have the right to adjudicate the internal affairs of the association, and if more than six directors agree, you can convene a general meeting of all members to discuss or deal with some major events.

Above the board of directors is the vice president, Li Su is the president, and the vice president is appointed by Li Yifu, the president has the right of veto, even if it is passed by the directors, Li Su also has the right to reject it, unless it is unanimously approved by the ten directors, Li Su can not easily dismiss it at this time, but he can convene a consultation with all members, and then get the final result through a plenary vote. Although the rights of the president are subject to some restrictions, in general they are still very authoritative within the association, but Li Su is not in charge of affairs at all, and now the vice president Li Yifu exercises the rights of the president on his behalf.

The matter of the Supervision Institute and the Cement Industry Association, Li Su was annoyed and threw all the things to Li Yifu, and now this human cat is tired and happy. In view of the major contributions made by Comrade Li Yifu in the process of cement promotion, Li Su also asked for credit for him, and heard that Li Shimin had agreed to promote Li Yifu to the rank of cement supervisor and adjutant for the time being, and temporarily received the rank of seven grades, which was raised by four or five grades at once, and it is estimated that the letter of appointment of the Ministry of Officials will come down soon.

From the first day of the official sale, the Chamber of Commerce organized by Wang Zihao has been very busy, and the businessmen who have placed orders some time ago have lined up in front of the Chamber of Commerce day and night, as long as there is new wine delivered, it will immediately cause a commotion, and then even Jin Wuwei was alarmed, and had to send a team of people to maintain order.

Li Su couldn't keep his mouth shut every day when he looked at the rapidly rising numbers on the account book, and he had sold hundreds of thousands of yuan in just a few days, and it was no longer appropriate to describe it as a daily gold bucket, because if the copper coins he earned every day were exchanged for gold, he could no longer be measured by a measuring tool like a bucket.

When Li Su reported the income of the past few days to Li Xiaogong and the other four people, they were scared enough, and one by one they ran to Li Su's house as fast as they could, and counted with their fingers on the account book, fearing that Li Su's young man would miscalculate the account, so that they would be overjoyed, and when the final number was the same as that reported by Li Su, they showed an ecstatic expression, shouting for Li Su to prepare wine and food, they would either get drunk and not return!!