"I came from Chang'an and vowed to spread Buddhism in the Western Regions. Although it is the first seat of Longxing Temple, it has achieved nothing in the past ten years, and the only one who is willing to obey me is this Qiang tribe. ”

"There are only more than 2,000 people in this small Qiang tribe, and I didn't pay attention to them until I knew their true identity......

Sorumi endured the pain and spoke slowly.

To Ma Luan, this is really a very simple story.

On the Qiangtang Plateau, there was a big country named Zhangxiong on the bank of the beautiful Shiquan River, thousands of miles away, and the king ruled for eighteen generations, and the Qiangtang was shocked. Later, Songtsen Gampo rose on the plateau, and annexed Zhangzhung under the pretext that his sister was snubbed by the king after marrying to Zhangxiong. The remnants of the royal family fled to the rest of Zhangxiong, waiting for the right moment to seek revenge.

For more than 100 years, the Zhangxiong royal family sought many opportunities to raise troops, but they were defeated by Tubo Zampu, and the remnants became smaller and smaller, so they had to cross the white rock beach and climb over the snow-capped mountains to live in the southern mountains of Khotan.

This tribe is the tribe that promotes the Dharma in the empty view. Li Gongbu, the elderly patriarch of the Qiang people, was a former Anxi soldier who served as a translator under Gai Jiayun, and was a descendant of the last king of Zhangxiong, Li Mixia.

Li Gongpo is already in his sixties, and he has no son in his life, and his only daughter is dedicated to the Buddha of Kongjian. Therefore, the child born to Kongjian and his daughter is the only descendant of the Zhangzhung royal family.

In the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished in China, and many monks traveled to Tianzhu to seek Buddhist scriptures from the quicksand, and there were also those who were desperate to promote Buddhism. Kumi was already a famous monk in Chang'an, and was assigned as the first temple of Longxing Temple in Qiuzi, and had the ambition to go to Anxi to promote Buddhism, but he suffered repeated setbacks. The only believers in Buddhism are the Han people of Anxi, and the Han people do not respect the Dharma alone, but are equal to Confucianism. As for his desire to guide Zhuhu to convert to the Buddha, it is even more difficult to do so.

Knowing the identity of his child by chance, the fanatical monk Kongjian naturally had ambition in his heart. If his children can become the king of Zhangzhung, occupy a large area of land on the plateau, and have a large number of people, then he can spread the Dharma on the plateau, so that more Tubo people can become followers of the Buddha.

So he has been waiting, waiting for the right opportunity to follow Li Gongbu over the snow-capped mountains to restore the royal rule of Zhangxiong's homeland.

Sorami waited for several years, but did not wait for such an opportunity. In the end, what I waited for was the news that the Anxi New Army was clearing the Qiang people in Nanshan.

This matter is actually extremely secretive, and the news is strictly limited to the vicinity of Khotan, and Kong Jian has just learned about it. Knowing what the Anzai Army was doing, Sorumi immediately couldn't sit still. He knew that if he waited any longer, the Zhangzhung royal family would no longer exist.

So he immediately left Longxing Temple and rushed to the valley where the Zhangxiong people lived. This valley is extremely secretive, and the new army of Anxi has not found it.

I haven't found it yet, but I'll find it sooner or later. Kong Jian told Li Gongbu that the Anxi army was going to kill the Qiang tribe in Nanshan, and Li Gongbu also understood that Anxi could not stay, so he hurriedly led his people to cross the snow-capped mountains and venture back to his hometown on the Qiangtang Plateau.

Unexpectedly, the Tang army actually carried out an ambush at the highest place, which would cause such a situation.

Caught by Ma Lan, all his hopes have come to naught, and now the only hope is that Ma Lan can let his child go. After all, he is a Han monk, and his children also have half Tang blood.

The old monk lay on the ground, begging in pain. Ma Lan nodded slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This luck is really not ordinarily good, next year will be sent to Qiangtang, there is such a harvest. These followers of the Li Mixia family are definitely worth taking advantage of.

If it is used properly, it will really win 100,000 male soldiers!

With a wave of his hand, he ordered the soldiers to drag the old monk out and detain him, and ordered someone to invite a few henchmen, Ma Lan patted the back of the chair lightly and couldn't help laughing.

"Thousands of miles of rest on the road credit, who taught you to do quicksand? Only now China is troubled, and there is no need to make more trouble in China for no reason. ”

Han Changli reprimanded the monk who translated the poem, and Ma Lan strongly agreed. Monks and nuns do not give birth, they are useless in the country, and Ma Lu has no good impression of monks. However, although Buddhism is a foreign Hu religion, it has been integrated with the Han culture, and it is impossible to separate it.

This era is full of idealistic monks who are willing to spend their lives to promote Buddhism. Those monks who traveled far away in the quicksand to obtain scriptures are such people, and Kongjian, who gave up the prosperity of Chang'an and came to Anxi thousands of miles away, is obviously also such a person.

According to Ma Yong, it is clear that Kongjian has completely mastered the descendants of Li Mixia. That being the case, it is completely possible to control the descendants of Li Mixia through him. With the signboard of the Zhangxiong royal family, next year's Bingfa Qiangtang will be famous, and the Tubo people on the plateau will be more likely to be divided, and it will not be easy to work together to deal with the Anxi army.

As for Kongjian, given his fanaticism for the promotion of the Dharma, it should not be difficult for him to cooperate as long as he is promised to promote the Dharma in Qiangtang. Kongjian is a Han monk, and the loyalty of the Han monk to the Tang Dynasty is beyond doubt. Using Kongjian to control the Zhangxiong royal family is extremely beneficial to next year's military development of Qiangtang.

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During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Turks were a scourge for the Han people, controlling thousands of miles of land and riding millions of iron horses, but those who were finally defeated by China were not because the Tang Dynasty was too strong, but because of the Turkic civil strife. If it weren't for the constant attacks of the Turks, the Turkic Khanate would have fallen so quickly.

Here, from the Sui to the Tang Dynasty, two generations of famous ministers of the Changsun family traveled far away to Mobei many times, shaking their lips and drumming their tongues to divide and divide, and instigating the Turkic khans to attack each other, which is really the primary merit. Li Jing's 3,000 iron cavalry wiped out the Turks and was named a generation of military gods, but at that time, the Turks had become the end of the crossbow.

When Taizong was in the first place, he was still forced to sign the alliance under the city by the Weishui, and in a few years, how strong could the national strength be. A few years after the Weishui Alliance, the Turkic Khanate collapsed abruptly, mainly due to civil strife, which had internal factors such as the separation of large and small khans, and was also related to the attraction and division of the Tang people. If it weren't for the fact that these people from the eldest grandson family were running in many ways in the south and north of the desert, how could Su Dingfang and Li Jing succeed in one fell swoop.

After entering the Tang Dynasty, the Turkic tribes were vassals of the Tang Dynasty, and they were levied by the Tang Dynasty for generations, and the noble races of Yinshan were no longer majestic. Later, the Tubo people rose on the plateau, and it became a problem in the heart of the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Rengui led the troops to defeat the Tubo army in Dafeichuan, and the Turkic elite soldiers who followed the Tang army on the plateau suffered heavy losses, triggering a rebellion of the Turkic tribes in Dadu Hufu, and the Turkic royal family Ashina took advantage of the situation to revive, and the later Turkic Khanate established the Fuxiong Desert, although it did not have the momentum of the previous Turkic Khanate, but it still became the strongest enemy in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

A few years ago, the Hui leader Huairen Khan and Tang Shuo Fang Jiedu made Wang Zhonghei attack the Later Turkic Khanate, Huairen Khan killed the White Eyebrow Khan of the Later Turkic Khanate, and dedicated it to Chang'an, the Later Turkic Khanate perished, and the Blue Turkic nobles completely lost control of the steppe. The demise of the post-Turkic Khanate was still due to civil strife, and the division and co-optation of the Tang Dynasty played a decisive role.

Although the Tang Dynasty is strong, it is actually surrounded by strong enemies, and it can be called the Heavenly Khan, and the soldiers are on the one hand, and the role of wrist power may be greater.

The Tibetans are on the plateau, but a simple union of some Qiang tribes. It's just that until now, the Tang Dynasty has not succeeded in dividing the Tubo people. And now, Ma Lu sees an opportunity.

In the original history, although the Tubo continued to encroach on the territory of the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion, the collapse of the Tubo Empire was decades earlier than the Tang Dynasty. The struggle between Bon and Buddhism is the most direct reason, the last Zampu believed in Buddhism to suppress Bon, and believed in the traditional Bon princes of Tubo completely opposed, the once powerful Tubo Empire was soon destroyed, and the entire plateau was never reunited, and the situation of fragmentation was not over until it was controlled by the Yuan Dynasty.

After the collapse, the Tibetan Empire soon forgot about its newly established civilization and degenerated into primitive tribes. The glory of the entire Tibetan Empire lasted only more than 200 years, and then it quickly fell back into obscurity.

As a visitor after a thousand years, Ma Lan is naturally familiar with this history. It would undoubtedly be the best thing if the fall of the Tibetan Empire could be staged in advance. If not, the Anxi army occupied the Ali region in the name of the Zhangzhung royal family, pressed a nail on the plateau, attracted those nobles on the plateau who already believed in Buddhism, and slowly urged the internal strife between the various Tibetan tribes, and finally could make a difference.

Occupy this area, and to the west is the Great and Small Breus, and further west beyond Tocharian to the Turing Plain. The land in the river is Ma Lan's most important target, and after occupying this place, he will have no worries about entering the upper reaches of the Wuhu River in the future, and he does not have to worry about the Tubo people stabbing him from behind.

Defeating the enemy is best if you can reduce your own casualties. The Anxi army crossed the snow-capped mountains and entered the Qiangtang, and the Tubo people in the nearby Dongdai would inevitably share the same hatred, and if the banner of the Zhangxiong Li clan was raised, it would be a different situation.

Ma Lan quickly calculated in the tent, originally he just wanted to send troops to Qiangtang to reduce a little pressure for Ge Shuhan to march into Heyuan, and avoid Ge Shuhan from losing too many lives of the Han family's sons, but now with the pawn of Li Mixia's descendants, I am afraid that the plan needs to be fine-tuned. I am afraid that the original plan to leave with one blow will be transformed into a long-term occupation. Although there are some difficulties, but with the chess piece in hand, you have to take a risk after all.

Tubo has been established on the plateau for more than 100 years, and Ma Lan knows that the Tubo people must not be underestimated, so this matter must be discussed with the staff.

Ma Ling doesn't think that he is smarter than his staff, these guys who can leave traces in history are human spirits, and his only advantage is his knowledge of history. These things require the wisdom of many people to make the right choice.

It didn't take long for Duan Xiushi, Du Huan, Cen Shen and others to come to the Shuai Tent. After listening to Ma Lan's analysis, everyone was extremely excited.