Chapter 0047 The Luck of the King, My Death
Thousands of times of riding and shooting, the end is still an accurate crossbow, in the wild running, Xi Jun bought a broken 10,000 fierce horse dexterously avoided the rain of arrows shot by the Qiang people, and chased after the buttocks of the Tubo people. [This site has a new domain name. initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]
A neat row of crossbow arrows, in the moment before the Tubo cavalry immediately rushed into the Qiang reinforcements, the blade with a scorching temperature accurately pierced into the bag carried by the Tubo cavalry on the horse, and in an instant, the dry grain and bundles of agricultural books and animal husbandry and medical skills bloomed into brilliant flames.
"No!" Suddenly scorched by the heat behind him, Lu Dongzan turned his head in panic, and immediately broke out with a heart-rending cry of pain, and waved his hand to pounce on the bag behind him.
"Protect Da Lun!" Several Tibetan guards who had been forced to abandon their horses by the fire couldn't even care about their colleagues who were rolling on the ground, and even climbed in front of Lu Dongzan's horse, pulled him off the horse, and helped him fight the flames on his body.
However, Lu Dongzan's round face was flushed, and he scolded angrily with kicks. "Leave me alone, go rescue the seeds, agricultural books, go quickly!"
The war horses were burned into a fire, what to talk about rescue? Looking at the raging fire with the smell of barbecued meat and rice, several Tubo guards stood there helplessly, and on the other side, seeing twenty horsemen and one horseman, Lu Dongzan stood where he raised his feet and sighed bitterly, although he was shivering without cotton clothes, Li Jie still nodded with satisfaction, and planned to retreat with his horse's head in his arms.
But at this time, a heartfelt anger suddenly sounded behind him. "His Royal Highness King Shuo, now that the rice seeds are ruined and the relatives are broken, should you be satisfied?"
This old guy actually recognized Lao Tzu? A clever one, Li Jie pulled the horse's head and turned back, almost the same neat, and the twenty horsemen also pulled the horse back, looking at Lu Dongzan, who was like a madman in a cloak, Xi Junmai frowned and said to Li Jie.
"Your Highness, do you want me to kill this old fellow?"
Seeing that a large number of Qiang people had quickly closed together, Li Jie still shook his head according to the killing machine that was about to move, and saw that the Qiang people who were a hundred steps away had no intention of coming, but only nervously guarded near Lu Dongzan, Li Jie did not move, and also stayed in place to listen to what Lu Dongzan was going to say.
Looking at it from a distance, a large piece of Lu Dongzan's robe was burned, his hair was messy, and he was shouting in pain like no one else, and a large piece of white hair was flying in the air, and he was old, and he felt a kind of desolation and pity, especially when he cried and shouted, even the Han cavalry around Li Jie couldn't help but be a little moved.
With the unique Qin tone that he learned in Guan, Lu Dongzan roared sadly.
"Your Royal Highness King Shuo, do you know what the White Plague is? Every winter, the wind and snow on the plateau are overwhelming, almost everything is frozen, in the cold wind, our herdsmen can only survive in the waist-deep blizzard, herds of cattle, horses and sheep freeze to death and starve to death in the stormy weather, the herdsmen can only watch their hope for survival disappear little by little, what kind of eyes do you know? ”
"And that's not the scariest thing!" The hissing was exhausted, and Lu Dongzan raised his head and shouted, his voice trembling as if he was about to drip blood.
"The most terrible thing is the spring famine after the white plague, even the grass seeds hidden under the ground are frozen to death in the cold winter, and the spring earth that should be the recovery of all things is yellow, because there is no food, the old people in every household have to go out and starve to death, even if there are newborn children have to be discarded, it is not that their parents are ruthless, they really don't want their children to suffer this kind of suffering!"
"That's right, I'm Lu Dongzan, it's shameless to go to Chang'an again and again to get married, that's no way, I also hope that the people on the plateau can live a life of farming, warm in winter, full of food in spring, the old people can be raised, and children can grow up happily, but all this hope has been ruined by King Shuo, and tens of millions of people have died because of you, how can you bear it!"
Lu Dongzan said that his liver and intestines were broken, and he was heartbroken, and he looked at this side with red eyes, and the more than 20 brave riders who said it were all related, they were warriors, but they were also from a bitter background, and they knew that God was terrible, and even Xi Junmai didn't know how to refute it, so that his brother would ignite his fighting spirit, and a pair of eyes would converge on Li Jie's body.
Taking a deep breath, Li Jie slowly took off the metal mask he had been wearing on his face, re-revealed his young face, looked around at his confused eyes, and urged the horse to take two steps forward, making Xi Junmai worry about coming over, but was stopped by Li Jie waving his hand, and took a deep look at the decadent and old Lu Dongzan, Li Jie also shouted.
"Since it is so difficult, why do you still organize a large army, attack Tuguhun, harass the Western Regions, mess with our Tang Territory, and fight with the Western Elephant Male?"
"Offending the Tang Dynasty, it's not what I want, pray for mercy on Er'er, compete for the Western Regions, we can't sit still, Tuguhun has been my herdsmen for many years, Xiangxiong has invaded my Tubo every year, and even participated in the civil strife in my Tubo back then, Zampu thinks it is an enemy, and fights with them, shouldn't it?"
Lu Dongzan still said with a sad voice, but Li Jie, who listened to it, suddenly raised his head and laughed, the more than 20 horsemen who laughed, and Lu Dongzan were all confused, his heart jumped, Lu Dongzan asked loudly, "Does King Shuo think what I said is ridiculous?" ”
"It's not! No! After laughing for a while, Li Jie waved his hand again and again and explained with a smile.
"I'm laughing at those high-ranking officials and important ministers in Chang'an who claim to be the superior of the Celestial Empire, they are really confused, and they actually look down on our good neighbor Tubo!"
"The four walls of the picture are still ambitious, the people are starving to death, and they can still compete with the tyrant of the east and west, once the soldiers are well fed, how terrible should he be, when it thinks that my Datang is also an opponent who oppresses and bullies it or any reason, what kind of disaster will my Datang suffer, more terrible than the white disaster? Think about the tragic situation of Longyou Di Dao after Kou Bian every year! ”
In Lu Dongzan's red eyes that had just cried, his pupils constricted violently, and Li Jie questioned righteously. "You can be attached like the Turks, and Datang can guarantee everything for you, but you don't, why? You don't want to put your fate in the hands of others, so why should we put peace in your empty promises? ”
"Jun's luck, my death, I am the king of Shuo of the Tang Dynasty! Consideration must also be considered for me Datang first! Lu Xiang, I'm sorry! ”
Although Lu Dongzan said miserably, Li Jie has his own psychological defense line, which is extremely deep, that is, he knows what kind of monster Tubo will be raised in the future.
From the Brahmaputra River to the Qinghai River Huang Valley, the western Sichuan Longyou, southern Xinjiang and Central Asia, until most of Kashmir, and even overlapped with the territory of the black-clothed food, with a population of 10 million, a million troops, and more than 10,000 households and hundreds of thousands of Tang people were plundered from the sun and moon in Guanzhong before and after, and the occupied Hehuang prefectures were forced to change their clothes and comb their faces with ochre.
When the strongest Tubo also broke through Chang'an, the majesty of the day Khan was trampled under their feet, although Chang'an was only overshadowed by historians in January, but in January, the bloodshed can be imagined.
Although the decline of the Tang Dynasty itself occupies a large reason, it also has to mention the reasons for the early Tang Dynasty's support policy for Tubo, Li Jie's words about Lu Dongzan were a little dumbfounded, Xi Junmai and other more than 20 horsemen were full of fighting spirit, impassioned, put on the blood-stained mask again, Li Jie turned his horse and shouted at them.
"Are you the warriors of the Tang Dynasty? If yes, come with me, and with the glory of victory! ”
"Whoa!" After the neat answer, more than 20 horsemen turned the horse's head together, and Lu Dongzan's eyes were fierce behind him, and there was no messy look just now, in Li Jie, Lu Dongzan saw a huge threat, but he clenched his fists several times, and he finally put it down.
The combat effectiveness of the Tang cavalry is not covered at this time, twenty horsemen are all killed, even if he has a thousand horsemen, he does not have the confidence to absolutely help Li Jie, although the relationship is already very tense, but once he moves, it is irreparable, watching Li Jie leave safely, Lu Dongzan is really unwilling, after his red face turned white, he still couldn't help shouting.
"King Shuo is such a heroic hero, aren't you afraid of Your Majesty's wrath?"
"Lu Xiang, do you really think that you are in Chang'an, and you are hooked up with someone as my father and the emperor doesn't know? Leave! ”
In fact, Li Jie was waiting for Lu Dongzan to ask this, otherwise he would have run away from the smoke, you must know that he would be shivering with cold without cotton clothes, and after saying goodbye, Li Jie immediately whipped the horse's buttocks, looking at Li Jie's departing figure, Lu Dongzan's round face became whiter, and he was terrified.
He, he must have found something in my letter! comforting himself in his heart, Lu Dongzan believed in what Li Jie said even more, if it weren't for the acquiescence of the Tang Emperor, where would Li Jie, an idle prince who had not yet become an official, get such a lot of manpower and material resources?
"Da Lun, what should we do?" After a while, the guard asked cautiously, and after settling down, Lu Dongzan finally made up his mind and commanded.
"Detour, let's go to western Sichuan to return to Tibet, and, remember, today it was Zhangxiong who blocked our marriage with the Tang Dynasty, and this is why their forces among the Qiang people attacked us."
"But, it's obviously the king of Tang Shuo." Before the poor guard finished speaking, Lu Dongzan had already slapped him and scolded.
"What do you know, the reason why Emperor Tang let King Shuo secretly do it is to take revenge while maintaining the last trace of face of the two countries, once it is torn, it will be a complete war! We are about to fight with Zhangxiong, what to do to deal with the more ferocious Datang? ”
Lu Dongzan reprimanded a lot, and the guards who said that they didn't understand nodded non-stop, looking at his dazed appearance, Lu Dongzan himself was also a sigh, and he said what was the use, the Qiang people didn't know Tang Yin, but these people couldn't stay!
Alas! It's all made His Royal Highness King Shuo a mess! Leading a bunch of defeated soldiers to the south with their heads down, Lu Dongzan took a deep look at the east for the last time, and sighed helplessly, he knew that he had worked hard in Chang'an for six or seven years, because the magical King Shuo had completely failed.
He can't grasp what he will face in the future!