Chapter 120: Confrontation (1)
Tubo has to cross the border every autumn to fight the autumn wind, and this year is no exception, but the Longzhou Governor's Office in Tubo not only did not respond positively to the protest of the Tang Jingyuan Jiedu Embassy, but instead sent an envoy to Jingzhou to meet with Hao Xuan, the Jingyuan Jiedu Envoy, to protest against Tang's connivance with horse thieves entering the Tubo jurisdiction, and protesting against Tang sending a small force of cavalry into the country to harass them. Hao Jue scoffed at this, and said:
"Longyou is the inherent territory of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has never given up the responsibility of the people of Longyou, you Tubo people are incompetent, and the extermination of horse thieves is not effective, don't you allow me to be a Tang soldier to settle the people?"
"King Hao Jun, since you are An Min, why did your army slaughter our lord soldiers in Tubo?"
The Tibetan envoy wisely did not entangle with Hao Xuan on the issue of territory and sovereignty, but avoided the important and trivialized and interrogated Hao Xuan.
Hao Yu said:
"First, Ben Shuai's army did not cross the area of actual control of both sides; Second, the commander believes that the killing of the lord soldiers of your country is a horse thief. This commander suggested that your envoy go back and tell your envoy to strengthen the appeasement of the place, so as not to endanger our Jingyuan place. ”
A few words delicately and skillfully push the responsibility away. The face of the Tibetan envoy instantly turned purple, and when he turned around, he motioned to the guards to present the evidence. The guard came to the messenger with a Yongzhen knife, and the messenger held the Yongzhen knife towards Hao Xuan, and the guards around Hao Xuan immediately pulled out the sword and sheathed it, startling the Tibetan envoy. Hao Jue stopped the guards, and the messenger continued:
"King of Baoding, please take a look, isn't this the standard weapon used by the soldiers of your country?"
Hao Yu sighed lightly and said:
"This king said that your country is in decline now, noble envoy, haven't you and your superiors used their brains to think about it? Since the second year of Yongzhen, the two sides have fought many times, such as last year, how many of our beheadings have come? (while joining the army smiled and replied, nearly 20,000) Yes, beheaded nearly 20,000. Although it is always my Jingyuan soldiers and horses that win, it is inevitable that a small number of armor soldiers will be lost, can you not have this kind of standard weapon? Doesn't this prove all the more that the horse thief came from the rule of your envoy, and maybe even from your army? You know, the management of weapons in my brigade has always been meticulous, and it can only be your problem. ”
"King Hao Jun, you are quibbling, the gods will not forgive you for this kind of behavior, I will go to Chang'an to find your emperor!"
The angry Tibetan envoy roared in the Tibetan language. Hao Jue looked calm and said:
"I'm sorry, your envoy, Ben Shuai doesn't understand languages other than Chinese. If the envoy has nothing to say, then Ben Shuai wants to send off the guests. ”
The arrogance of the Tibetan envoy immediately weakened, and he continued to speak in Chinese:
"King Hao Jun, since you are so confident, do you dare to let me enter your territory to search?"
Hao Yu slapped the table and said angrily:
"Rude! Absurd! Do you dare to ask your envoy to allow us to enter your territory to search for thieves? ”
No matter how you say it, Hao Jue is not in the oil and salt, and the Tibetan envoy has been completely enraged, and said in a threatening tone:
"His Royal Highness the King of the County, the little envoy wants to remind you that the 100,000 army led by our Da Tan is stationed in Taoshui, and the name of the King of Hao County is well known to everyone in our Tubo, and Zampu has always wanted to know whether it is the King of Hao County or the same golden king, King Hao Jun, not only the big talk, but even our ordinary Tubo soldiers are also suitable to admire you."
Hao Yu sneered:
"The reckless man who came last year is still a guest in Chang'an, and you are here? Anyway, although you are thick-skinned, fortunately, our Datang family background is not thin, and you can still entertain the two big theories, but I don't know if you Zampu can afford the ransom. ”
As soon as these words came out, all the officials and officials sitting with them laughed. The Tibetan envoy's face was blue and white for a while, so he had no choice but to say:
"Since King Hao Jun refuses to give face, the little envoy has to go back first to tell my family to pay homage to the envoy. King Hao Jun, my family will have gifts later. ”
Hao Yu said:
"I don't send it. Go back and tell your family that the king also has a gift in return. ”
The Tibetan envoy left in a huff. Hao Yu ordered in a deep voice:
"Open the window, ventilate and deflate!"
The big and small officials who were sitting with him hurriedly ran outside as if they had been pardoned, Hao Jue shook his head, stood up majestically, bypassed the screen, and trotted to the back.
In the courtyard, a civil official greedily inhaled air at the green tree with his mouth, and said:
"General Qian, is this the smell on the people of Tibet?"
Qian Xiong, who also took a deep breath with a long mouth, said:
"Their nobles are not like this, this guy is here to disgust us."
The civil official was stunned:
"Trying to disgust us?"
Qian Xiongdao:
"That's right, their aristocratic families are rich, and they don't lose to the big businessmen of the Han people at all, but they are very particular, where is there such a. This guy doesn't know how many days he hasn't bathed, and how many days he has been in the cattle and sheep pen to have such a big smell. ”
The civil official stomped his foot and said:
"Oh no, this guy seems to be a rude and ignorant man, but in fact he is cunning, and he deliberately makes us look down on him. There must be deception in his words, and I have to go to the king of Baoding. ”
Qian Xiong was stunned:
"And so many more ways in it? I'll go with you. ”
"Your Majesty, Xia Sui Jiedu made Li Guangyan report that a caravan from the black-clothed Dashi to Chang'an was attacked by horse thieves in the Hexi Corridor, and the caravan and its escort of more than 200 people did not leave a single living mouth, including 25 Han Chinese. Marshal Li Guangyan felt deeply guilty for failing to protect the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty and his friends, and decided to punish himself for a month's imprisonment into the military arsenal. In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, Marshal Li Guangyan has officially sent a document to the Tubo Shazhou Jie'er asking for the arrest of the murderer within a time limit, otherwise he will personally lead the army to do it on his behalf. ”
Looking at Pei Du's serious introduction of Li Guangyan's recital, Li Yu couldn't help but laugh and scolded:
"Li Guangyan, when did he become such a mother-in-law, if you want to fight, you can beat it, and you don't need to make excuses to beat the Tubo people, it's a lot of random hugs."
Pei Du couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Your Majesty doesn't know, Chen Guogong has just arrived in Xiasui, and the things on the army have not been completely straightened out, and it is estimated that the grain and grass will have to be prepared for such a ten days and a half months before it can be fully put in place, and the Tubo people cannot be idle, so he wrote a letter to threaten them. Chen Guogong is a person, everyone says that he is a brave general, but he is extremely concerned about the supply of money and food, and he refuses to use his sword if he is not ready. Like the three towns in the south, they are ready, but they are afraid that they will be killed with knives earlier. The minister estimated that the battle report from the south should arrive in the next two days. ”