When people think of Tibet, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

Most people will think of Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo!

Although history textbooks praise this incident as a good thing of national integration, from a historical point of view, this is not a good thing for Datang at all.

A local rich man, Songtsen Gampo, married the teenage princess Wencheng, and got a lot of skilled craftsmen and huge dowries from the Tang Dynasty, but what happened after that? After the gradual development and growth of Tubo and the gradual decline of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo not only did not lend a helping hand to the Tang Dynasty, but instead sent troops to attack the Tang Dynasty and plunder the resources of the Tang Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a wolf's ambition.

Zuo Xiaoyou called this incident the Tang Dynasty version of the loss of the lady and the soldiers.

Therefore, Zuo Xiaoyou does not have any good feelings for Tubo, but hates it very much. Right now, he wants to exercise the actual combat ability of the Yizhou army, and Tubo is just on the edge of Yizhou, who will he fight if he doesn't fight?

As for the plateau climate problem in Tibet, this puts forward high requirements for the physique and adaptability of the soldiers, and the plateau problem is a difficult problem to solve even in later generations, except for adaptation, only adaptation.

The combat effectiveness of the Tibetan army is basically the combat effectiveness of the plateau, once it leaves the plateau, the strength of the Tibetan army is not to worry, but because the Tibetan people are adapted to the plateau combat, so in the battle in the territory of the Tibetan people, the Tibetan people are basically invincible.

Of course, that was only due to the lack of research and preparation of the ancient people on altitude sickness, but on the side of the Yizhou army, it was not a problem at all. Under the training of modern military in the past 20 years, the generals of the Yizhou Army have long learned the importance of intelligence warfare. When Zuo Xiaoyou proposed to wage war against Tibet, the Yizhou army began to collect intelligence and began to effectively conduct adaptive training for plateau operations.

The territory of Tubo is actually not small, with one-third of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but Tubo is vast and sparsely populated, and the population of the huge country is less than 10 million, which is less than that of Yizhou. Of course, the living conditions in Tibet are also relatively harsh, and if you look at the clothes of the locals in later generations, you will know that you will die of heat during the day and cold at night, and the climate is unpredictable, and if you are not fully prepared, you will really die there.

After almost a year of preparation, 50,000 troops from Yizhou entered the territory of Tibet, relying on the newly developed rifles, successfully broke through the defense line of Tibet, and won a big victory at the beginning.

After that, according to the established route, the Yizhou army did not entangle with the local army of Tubo at all, but went straight to the Tubo royal court, and captured the thief and captured the king first!

Tubo has been developing for more than 100 years, starting from Songtsen Gampo, but the development of these 100 years is not as good as the development of Yizhou in ten years. This shows how important it is for a leader with a vision and a vision. Yizhou has a good life, and Tubo only has a group of local cadres, and basically lives by herding sheep and horses, there is no infrastructure construction at all, and the natural environment is bad, and many people will die every year just by getting sick.

The roads in Tibet are really not easy to walk, but fortunately, the 50,000 army is equipped with bicycles, even if the roads are difficult to walk, but they can still travel hundreds of miles a day.

Speaking of this bike, it's a big achievement in the last two decades. In particular, tire technology was addressed, which gave rise to the basis for the production of bicycles. With the maturity of the steel casting industry in recent years and the emergence of lathe technology, the bicycle was finally manufactured last year, and it was first put into the military, and it was temporarily closed to the civilian sector.

Nowadays, with the help of bicycles, the difficult road in Tubo has become no problem, and the 50,000 Yizhou troops happily pedal their bicycles and marched towards the Tubo royal court with great ease. Although it encountered some interceptions by local armies in the middle, as soon as a bullet was fired, gradually no Tibetan troops were sent to death.

In order to attack Tibet this time, the 50,000 troops were each equipped with two rifles, and each person had 100 rounds of ammunition, which was equivalent to 5 million rounds of ammunition, as long as the local people of Tubo did not send themselves to death, they could basically kill the ruling class of Tubo 100 times, and the 50,000 troops carried compressed biscuits, dried meat and other military rations, enough for them to eat for a month. These rations were strapped to the back seat of the bicycle, which was easy to carry and did not delay the march.

To be honest, the current way of fighting and marching of the Yizhou Army is a bit spicy on the left and right. Growing up so big, he had never heard of any army fighting on bicycles, and the Yizhou Army was also a historical precedent.

After three days, the 50,000 troops of Yizhou finally arrived at the Tubo royal court, and then after a round of strafing, the 300,000 troops of Tubo collapsed instantly, and the battle ended after only half a day. The Yizhou army won a complete victory with less than 100 casualties, occupied the Tubo royal court, and annexed the territory of Tubo into Yizhou in one go.

The Tang Dynasty was shocked when the Tang Dynasty learned that Zuo Xiaoyou had broken through the Tubo royal court and annexed the territory of Tubo with only 50,000 Yizhou troops, and then these people finally began to face up to Zuo Xiaoyou, who invaded Yizhou as a bandit more than 20 years ago and forced Li Longji to seal the throne with a different surname.

This time, the 50,000 army in Yizhou actually didn't kill many people, except for the beginning of the breakthrough of the Tubo border guards, and the final breakthrough of the Tubo royal court, more people were killed before and after, all of them added up to only 40,000 or 50,000 people, so the population of Tubo was basically intact, but the aristocratic class of Tubo changed, and the left and small right also basically received the national strength of Tubo.

In this way, after merging the forces of Yizhou and Tubo, the Tang army had no advantage in the face of the king with a different surname, Zuo Xiaoyou, which made the emperor of the Tang Dynasty very anxious, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also began to play their own small calculations.

For a country, courtiers are the most likely group of people to rebel, because no matter who is in power in the country, they will reuse these courtiers, and without the support of these courtiers, no one in power can take over a country smoothly. Wherever the wind blows, the courtiers pour in whichever way, this is normal.

Why do people always sing the praises of those loyal ministers, isn't it because loyal ministers are rare!

For example, the famous Wei Zheng in history, he is the person of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and later Li Jiancheng was killed by Li Laoer, so he followed Li Laoer, and then got the reputation of an iron-clad minister in history. But if Wei Zheng was a loyal minister, and Li Jiancheng was also martyred when he died, he would not have been so highly praised in history. Therefore, the loyalty of the courtiers is worthy of praise, but the courtiers find another place to live for the interests of their own family, and don't blame them, after all, everyone is out to mix, and no one wants to die.

In the past, the Tang Dynasty was strong, and the courtiers would naturally be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but now there is a sudden emergence of a left and small right who is not inferior to the Tang Dynasty, of course, these courtiers will play their own small abacus, although they will not say anything on the surface, but they will definitely have correspondence with the left and the right side behind their backs. This is similar to before the Battle of Guandu in history, Cao Cao's courtiers basically exchanged private messages with Yuan Shao's side, because no one thought Cao Cao could win, and even Cao Cao himself felt that he was losing, but in the end Cao Cao won.

At this time, Cao Cao searched for a large number of private letters from Yuan Shao and Cao Shao's officials, and Cao Cao's approach was very admirable, he didn't even look at it, and burned these letters in front of all the officials, which moved the courtiers who secretly prepared their avatars, which led to the momentum of Cao Jun's strength after that, and even dominated the world.

It's a pity that Cao Cao's descendants are not angry, and the huge country cheapens the Sima family in vain.

History has left a lot of stories, and history has also left a lot of things that can be learned, such as courtiers fornicating with foreign countries or something. After seeing the letters sent by countless Tang courtiers, Zuo Xiaoyou did not despise them for this, after all, they are all for life, and they don't eat with anyone, but only by following the strongest one can they eat better, so their behavior of secretly defecting to the enemy can be forgiven. It's just that the object of their current allegiance has been overthrown, and they can still live as usual, and once the object of their allegiance kills the object of their collaborator, they will inevitably have a title such as 'traitor'.

Therefore, if a country wants to be stable, the first thing to do is patriotic education, if an unpatriotic person does things in his own country, then the country will not be good. The situation in China and the world in later generations has proved this point, and the countries that have been boiled by the West have basically ruined their families, while those countries that are 'dictatorial' have lived better.

In the face of the secret communication of these Tang officials, Zuo Xiaoyou expressed his welcome, but he also said that he had just won Tubo, and for the time being, he would focus on the construction of Tubo, and he would not have time to start with the Tang Dynasty, so let them feel at ease to be their Tang courtiers, if they have their hands free in the future, they will have their own use.

With the assurance of the left and the right, these Datang officials will be at ease.

And Zuo Xiaoyou did what he said, and then he spent almost 50 years developing Yizhou and Tubo. Although Tibet belongs to the plateau area and is not very rich in products, it has the cleanest air and the best natural environment in the world, and as long as the construction keeps up, it can definitely develop into a strong country.

Of course, the most important thing is to educate and promote Han culture as the only culture, so as to achieve the synchronization of ideology and behavior, and to control the people.

Because the territory of Tibet is really large, it took 50 years for Zuo Xiaoyou to build Tubo in a proper way. After 50 years of development, there are already more than 70 million people in the territory controlled by Zuo Xiaoyou, which has surpassed that of the Tang Dynasty. The current population of Datang is only in the early 60 million, and the population density of Tibet is significantly higher.

In the past 50 years, Zuo Xiaoyou has governed its own territory into a completely industrialized country, with industrial strength, trains, automobiles, ships and other large means of transportation have become the mainstream, and other walks of life have also with the success of industrialization, there has been explosive development, and now the living conditions of the people under the rule of Zuo Xiaoyou have become completely upside down compared with 70 years ago, all kinds of high-rise buildings have risen from the ground, reinforced concrete houses make the people in the earthquake-prone mountains and rivers no longer afraid of earthquakes.

The underground water conservancy system is also very well developed and perfect, so there is no need to worry about a heavy rainstorm and turn the city into a water park. In addition, the people have also realized the conditions of household electric lighting, even at night, the people can enjoy a good life at night, unlike before, when they can only make a villain in bed to play at night.

With the development of these 50 years, the transportation system under the rule of Zuo Xiaoyou has also been basically developed, so that his ruling power has been stabilized, and he no longer has to worry about the local army not obeying the command.

In recent years, Zuo Xiaoyou has also started to think about the territory of Tianzhu, after all, it is a territory no smaller than Tubo, and the local people do not seem to live well, and the combat effectiveness is basically negligible.

However, Tianzhu is the territory of Rulai in the West, and he is not sure if he will make trouble with him if he fights over it. So after thinking about it again, he still gave up the encroachment on Tianzhu for the time being. However, Tianzhu didn't make a start, and he was very interested in the southern ocean for the steamship he developed, so in recent years, he began to develop towards the south.

There is a large area of borderless land waiting to be developed in the south, and Zuo Xiaoyou doesn't need to think about the competition with the Tang Dynasty at all, so he directly sends caravans and people in his own territory to develop to the south.

However, the environment of the undeveloped southern territory is not very good, although it is rich in natural resources, but after all, it is an undeveloped land, and the problems of hot weather and mosquitoes are very headaches, which will take time to solve him one by one.

In addition, there are many natives in the southern part of the territory, these natives are basically uncivilized savages, although they have their own set of language systems, but they are very simple, and for food, they kill people without mercy. In order to eliminate these natives, Zuo Xiaoyou also spent a lot of effort.

Originally, Zuo Xiaoyou also planned to spend fifty years to develop the southern territory, but at this time, the Tang Dynasty was declining more and more, and the northern nomads were eyeing the Tang Dynasty and had launched several wars.

After Zuo Xiaoyou discovered this situation, he immediately adjusted the national policy, changing the development of the south to expelling Hulu and restoring the glory of the Han Dynasty.

In the autumn of this year, the Yizhou army sent troops from Hanzhong and rushed straight to the north, starting Yizhou's largest foreign war.