In the war between two countries, in addition to fighting for the strength and strength of the generals, looking at the command art of the main generals, and being affected by the favorable conditions and constraints of the time, the most important thing is to fight for the logistics of a country, the transportation of troops, grain and grass, and in the final analysis, to fight to the bottom is to fight for the strength and heritage of a country.

Although the Tang Dynasty was invaded by the Tibetan border and forced to use the tactics of clearing the wilderness, the various forces of the Tang Dynasty were in the honeymoon period, and they were united with the outside world, just to deal with a Tubo, and there was a cement fortress to help, which greatly compressed the space for the activities of the Tubo cavalry, and unconsciously, the balance of victory has shifted to the Tang Dynasty.

At this moment, the most uncomfortable people are naturally the Tibetan people.

Tubo is a plateau country, grazing-based, single plant, poor and backward, the economy is an economy piled up by plunder, very weak, and the Tang Dynasty war, at the beginning or with the courage of the horseman, but the more you fight, the more difficult it is: first I found that the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more difficult to rob, often encounter the strong resistance of the Tang army, and then the strong wall clears, there are fewer and fewer things that can be grabbed, to the back, every time you go out, you have to pay the price of blood, in the past, you said that you want to go to the Tang Dynasty to grab grain, one by one, but now it has changed, As soon as I heard about the robbery in Datang, you pushed me and refused to go down the mountain.

Not only is it difficult to grab things, but the grain and grass are getting tighter and tighter, mainly because Liu Yuan carried out a killing operation on the Mobei Plateau under the leadership of Hou Junji last year, crisscrossing the entire Mobei Plateau, and carried out an unprecedented slaughter of those cattle and sheep. It dealt a heavy blow to the fragile economy of Tibet.

I couldn't grab anything from Datang, and the "meat warehouse" that I had always relied on was also destroyed, and the pressure on Tubo can be imagined.

In a tent about 100 miles north of Motuo, there were more than a dozen Tibetan generals wearing armor and carrying war knives around their waists, and in the center of the tent, two golden-roasted lambs made a sound of "zizi" under the moxibustion of the charcoal fire, and the smell of meat permeated the entire tent.

These scenes, Songtsen Gampo has a full view. Just sighed inwardly, but didn't say anything.

Food shortage!

There are many people and little meat, except for Datang, where can not grab things, it is extremely important to Tubo, and the Mobei Plateau only sees grass but no cattle and sheep, plus other neighbors are also under the activities of Datang. The refusal to trade grain and grass with them has made it difficult for Tibet to be unprecedented. Plus snow and ice closures. The inconvenience of transportation and the serious shortage of supplies for the soldiers on the front line caused the morale of the army to fluctuate, and there was no way, so Songtsen Gampo personally ordered a batch of grain and grass to be forcibly requisitioned and sent in person. It's also a morale boost.

No, it's just two fat lambs, these heads of hundreds of households and thousands of households all show such expressions, not to mention other ordinary soldiers. They have been gnawing on the green naked cake for more than a month, and a bird is about to fade out of their mouths.

A hundred heads of households named Rambu whispered, "Great Zampu, when will this long winter end?" There's not enough food and grass. ”

"Yes, now that we have to eat the ewes with their cubs, what will we use to graze in the vast grasslands next year?" Another thousand-household chief, Tashi, also complained quietly.

An elderly head of a hundred households sighed a little pessimistically: "Could it be that the gods of the Three Realms want to stay away from us?" ”

There was a pessimistic atmosphere in the tent for a while.

Just when everyone was down, Lun Qinling, who was sitting next to Songtsen Gampo, suddenly stood up and shouted angrily: "Shut up, what are you talking about? ”

As a famous general in Tibet, on Qinling's prestige is extremely high, he shouted angrily, those generals didn't dare to speak out again, one by one lowered their heads, saw that everyone was quiet, and said sonorously: "This is just a temporary difficulty, as long as you carry it over, defeat the Tang Dynasty, gold, silver, jewelry, beautiful women, food, what do you want, it's difficult now?" Is it harder than when we fought against Subi? As long as we have bows and arrows in our hands and good horses in our hands, what else can't we grab? ”

Songtsan Gampo stood up while clapping his hands, and said happily: "The general is right, as long as we work together, we will be able to tide over the difficulties, in fact, the gods of the Three Realms have not left us, although the current battle situation is not good, but it is not bad, the army of the Tang Dynasty can not set foot on our land freely, even if they do set foot on it, we are familiar with the terrain and environment, take advantage of the time and place, the gods of the Three Realms are on top, and they will definitely let them have no return."

After Songtsen Gampo finished speaking, he clenched his right hand into a fist, placed it diagonally on his chest, and then said loudly: "God bless Tibet." ”

"God bless Tibet!" The generals present stood up one by one, following the example of Songtsen Gampo and shouting loudly together, and for a while, the low morale suddenly lifted a lot.

Songtsen Gampo was relieved, smiled and asked the soldiers to sit down, and discussed countermeasures while drinking.

This is a Tibetan soldier who presented a small silver knife and said respectfully: "Great Zampu, the fat sheep has been roasted, please give meat to Lord Zampu." ”

This is a tradition in the Tibetan army, that is, roasted sheep, it is distributed by the highest status, mostly for meritorious deeds, and it is also an incentive for the generals in the army, a bit like the wolf on the grassland, only the wolf king and the strong male wolf can eat the fattest meat, and the others can only eat the leftover bones they eat.

"Okay, then Ben Zampu will move the knife for the brothers, Ha Lu haha" Songtsan Gampo did not delay, took the small silver knife, walked to a roasted fat sheep, skillfully cut off a roasted golden butter bright thigh, put it in an empty plate with a soldier's hands, and said with a smile: "This leg of mutton, of course, is given to us General Qinling, who has worked hard and made great achievements, he led my Tubo warriors to deal with the Tang Dynasty, and made countless meritorious contributions, so naturally we should be rewarded." ”

As soon as Songtsen Gampo said this, the soldier put the tray containing the big leg of mutton in front of Lun Qinling's lap with both hands, and Ronqin Ling hurriedly saluted: "Xie Zangpu." ”

After speaking, he unceremoniously picked up the fat, fragrant leg of lamb with one hand and tore it with a big gulp.

At this time, Songtsen Gampo cut off another leg of mutton, put it on the tray, and said lightly: "This leg of mutton is for General Zanpo, in addition to guarding the defense area of the headquarters, General Zanpo also drew troops to vigorously support the front line, especially before the winter, he grabbed a large number of cattle and sheep from Tuyuhun to supplement the military rations, which he deserved. ”

"Lord Xie Zampu gives meat." Zanpo stood up and said with a full sense of anger.

Everyone in the tent is a little jealous, this is about the Qinling brothers, who hold real power, and are more and more valued by Zanpu, and their clan has become the most noble family in Tubo except for the royal family.

"Tashi, you entered the Tang realm with 800 people, and after encountering the Tang army, you can still lead most of the soldiers to return, this is a merit, come, this front leg belongs to you."

"Dengba, the scouts under your command have found that the Tang Army has moved many times, and the enemy is ahead of the curve, come, this delicious lamb chop is yours."

The character of the Tubo people is rough, like to eat wine in a big bowl, eat meat in a large piece, more than ten people in the tent, a large piece of one person, soon, the two fat sheep will be divided, Songtsen Gampo also put down the small silver knife, sit back in his place, while eating delicious and tender mutton chops, while frequently toasting to the generals to drink, the atmosphere soon became warm, the people present were also hungry, one by one took the mutton just distributed, devoured bitterly, the person who roasted the mutton, is the royal chef of Songtsan Gampo, the craftsmanship is first-class, the sheep is roasted golden on the outside and tender on the inside, Coupled with the secret spices, the flavor is unique, and most of the generals are very satisfied.

The only one with a humiliated look in his eyes was Apo. Hue.

As a veteran aristocrat, Apo. The color family is also the founding hero, creating a lot of glory, but with the difference in political views and beliefs, Apo. The color clan is slowly marginalized, which is equivalent to entering the cold palace, which is Apo. Se also felt that honor and wealth were getting farther and farther away from him, loneliness and death were getting closer and closer to him, and he even smelled the breath of death several times. Se took his subordinates, guarded the most dangerous and difficult places, held the least provisions, and there were many strategic materials that were picked by others before it was his turn.

Even if this is the case, it is still not waiting to be seen, just when the meat was divided, as a veteran nobleman, a descendant of the founding hero, and a guard in the most difficult place, Apo. color, there is only one tail meat, the so-called tail meat, is the meat of the sheep buttocks, not to mention the flesh and bones, and there is a place to pull sheep shit, who knows if it is washed or not, and it seems to smell the general smell before it is eaten, is that what you eat?

This is simply a naked insult, Apo. This is a dare to be angry but dare not speak, now the strength is not as good as before, the weak eat the strong, and he no longer has the capital to call the board, so he can only swallow his anger.

The song that I finally waited for was scattered, Apo. Se returned to the makeshift camp with a belly.

"General, won't Zampu invite you to eat roast mutton? You don't seem to be very happy," the henchman noticed Apo. Se's face was not quite right, and he hurriedly asked.

"Peng" sounded, Apo. Se kicked a horse over and said, "Damn, it's too much to give the meat behind the tail that no one wants for General Ben to eat, it's too much, it's too much." ”

The son of the pro-soldier clan said with some worry when he heard this: "Zampu doesn't like our clan, this matter is not a secret, and it is estimated that we will be placed at the forefront, and it is estimated that we will take the lead and act as an outcast, general, we have to be careful." ”

Awa. There was a hint of fierceness in his eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "Call the coyote, I have something for him to do." ”

"Yes, General, the little one will go right away." The henchman replied, turned around and walked out.

At this time, outside the tent, the cold wind is howling and the snow is flying (to be continued......

PS: Although the results are not good, the battle must continue!!