Cui Liang said to Lu Dongzan: "This official admires Lord Lu Dongzan's eloquence very much, it is like a river, and his tongue is full of lotus flowers, but in case the official reports to the court that you Tubo Zanpu married my Tang princess, and all the ministers of the court don't know what kind of big country you Tubo is?" The generals also found that your Tubo is not a large country with a strong military force from north to south, east and west, and thousands of miles from east to west, as Lord Lu Dongzan said, but a small country with a weak country and poor people. Lord Lu Dongzan, please go back, when you Tubo really becomes a big country and a powerful party, come and talk to me about marrying a princess with Datang, right? ”

Lu Dongzan suddenly turned blue with anger, and left the main hall with anger, left Honglu Temple, and soon left Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

A month later, the capital of the Tibetan kingdom was the city of Lhasa (present-day Lhasa, Tibet).

In the palace of the Tibetan king, a tall young man wearing a leather robe and a crown sat opposite Lu Dongzan, who had just returned from Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

The young man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a thick appearance, very thin and long eyes, very thick lips, and the corners of his mouth are hidden in the cheeks very deeply.

This young man is the Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo.

Lu Dongzan relayed to Songtsen Gampo the words of Cui Liang, the secretary of the Honglu Temple of the Tang Dynasty, and relayed the attitude of the Tang Dynasty towards Songtsen Gampo's request to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty.

After some contemplation, Songtsen Gampo said angrily: "Comment, does this Tang Dynasty think that my Tubo is a small country with a weak country and a poor people, and Benzanpu is not worthy of marrying their Tang princess, right?" ”

Lu Dongzan hurriedly said: "Zampu is angry, the Tang Dynasty is tens of thousands of miles away from my Tibet, their officials are arrogant and self-righteous, how do they know the greatness of Zampu, the king of the plateau?" ”

Songtsen Gampo said: "Benzanpu heard that the Tang Dynasty was only a vassal of the Turks at the beginning, and he sent jewelry and money to the Turks every year. In exchange for the Turkic non-invasion, the border was kept peaceful. Last year, the Tang Emperor raised the strength of the whole country to fight a decisive battle with the Turks, defeated them, and captured the Turkic Jieli Khan, so as to establish his status as a great power among the countries. It seems that there is no fluke in the competition between countries, there is only a competition and collision of their respective strengths, and the winner is king. Now Datang looks down on me in Tibet. Looking down on Ben Zampu, it seems that we can only fight a war like Datang, and exchange war for Datang's respect for me and for Benzanpu. The dignity of a great country is to be fought, and it is definitely not sought, Benzanpu wants the proud and arrogant Tang people to see, is my Tubo a big country? ”

Lu Dongzan nodded and said, "What Zampu said is reasonable. I, the Tibetan warriors, are brave and good at fighting. Zampu said how to fight this battle, right? ”

Songtsen Gampo said: "If I openly confront the Tang Dynasty in Tibet, the power of the Tang Dynasty is flourishing, but I have been in Tibet for a long time, if the Tang Dynasty pours the strength of the whole country into a showdown with my Tubo." I am afraid that my Tibetan strength will not be able to catch it, which is also what Ben Zampu does not want to see, and it is only my Tibetan interests, but I Tubo can't help but fight with the Tang Dynasty. Only after hand-to-hand fighting, let the proud and arrogant Tang people see the courage of my Tubo warriors and the strength of my Tubo national strength. Only then can they let go of their contempt for my Tibetans and respect our Tibetans. As mentioned in the big discussion just now, Prince Tuyuhun is also waiting to seek the princess of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Tuyuhun is considered by the Tang people to be a big country in the west, and it is precisely this Tuyuhun when Ben Zampu unified the plateau, he repeatedly went against Ben Zampu and supported the rebels, then okay, I Tubo will fight Tuyuhun, as long as Tuyuhun is defeated, Ben Zampu wants to see if the Tang people dare to look down on me Tubo again? Do you dare to think that my Tubo is just a small country with a weak country and a poor people? Ben Zanpu also wants to look at the arrogant Tang people, who rejected Ben Zanpu's request to marry the Tang princess, how can he agree to the request of Tuyuhun, who was defeated by my Tubo, to marry the Tang princess? ”

Lu Dongzan echoed: "What Zampu said is extremely true. This Tuyuhun has repeatedly interfered with the great cause of the reunification of my Tubo, and has repeatedly opposed Zampu and my Tubo people, so it is time to teach them a lesson. The minister asked Zampu for his life, asking him to be the commander of the army in this operation, to lead the warriors of our Tubo tribes, and to attack Tuyuhun. ”

After pondering, Songtsen Gampo said, "Dazhuo, you will be the commander of the army. Remember to hit hard, it hurts me. Only the proud and arrogant Tang people who beat Tuyuhun will pay attention to my Tubo and respect my Tubo; Only when Tuyuhun is hurt will Tuyuhun ask for help from his suzerain, Datang, and we can fight with Datang, and only by defeating the Datang people can we truly win the investigation and win the respect of all countries. ”

Lu Dongzan said to Songtsan Gampo: "Please rest assured, the minister will definitely follow Zanpu's instructions, beat Tuyuhun painfully, and let them ask Datang for help." ”

A few days later, under the pretext that Tuyuhun was obstructing the unification of Tubo and the marriage between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty, Tubo mobilized 180,000 troops to attack Tuyuhun in an all-out way. After the initial failure of the passive defense, Tuyuhun summoned 200,000 troops from all over the country to fight a decisive battle with Tubo on the Yao River in the upper reaches of the Yellow River

On the one hand, he summoned the troops of various tribes, and on the other hand, he asked for help from the suzerain, the Tang Dynasty, and asked for assistance from the Tang Dynasty.

When the Tang Emperor Li Shimin heard that Tubo dared to risk the great power of the world and attack Tuyuhun, a subject of the Tang Dynasty without authorization, he immediately ordered Junji, the prince of Luguo, who was idle at home, to be the commander of the army, with the right leader Wei General Zhi Zhi Sili as the head of the Bailan Road march out of Longyou, the left Wuwei general Niu Jinda as the head of the Kuoshui Road march, and the former army vanguard out of Songzhou, with 50,000 soldiers to conquer Tubo.

Regarding the appointment of Hou Junji, Wei Zheng, the imperial historian of the Tang Dynasty, admonished: "Your Majesty, Hou Junji's heart is not correct, and it will be reused again this time, and the minister is worried that once Hou Junji has a second heart, it will be difficult for the court to control it." ”

Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, didn't care and said: "Now the generals who can lead the army in the Tang Dynasty are none other than Li Jing, Li Ji, and Hou Junji, and the other generals are either not capable enough, or their qualifications are too shallow, Li Jing is trapped in Chang'an, and Li Ji is leading the army in the north to defend against the Zhenzhu Khan Yinan of Xue Yantuo's department, only Hou Junji is the most suitable person to unify the army today." Besides, Hou Junji rebelled, what is there to fear? Isn't Li Jing, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty, still in Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty? With Li Jing's ability, Hou Junji can't turn the sky over him. Wei Aiqing rest assured, as long as I am here and Li Jing is here, even if he is a bold Hou Junji, he will be obedient like a kitten, and he will not see the situation clearly. (To be continued.) )

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