Chapter 7: Sincerity
Early in the morning, it was noisy and noisy in front of the gate of Chang'an City, and the crowds of people entering and leaving the city were bustling and endless.
A group of men and horses galloped as they heard the sound of the horses' hooves, and with the shouts of the guards guarding the city, the crowd at the gate paused for a moment, and then parted on both sides.
He gave way to a road into the city gate.
Seeing that the gatekeeper respectfully took over the paperwork of the team of people entering the city, someone cursed in a low voice, "This is the Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, why should I make way for these Hu people?" ”
As he spoke, he had been pushed aside, and his companion scolded him in a trembling voice, "What nonsense? You don't want to die, that's a Tibetan person! ”
O Tibet! There are people who don't know the situation looking at the team of tall horses, the people on it are all tall noses and deep eyes, the bearded military generals wearing triangular lapels are as tall as towers, and the soldiers' helmets are stuck with three colored flags, and they suddenly realize.
There are so many large and small countries around the Tang Dynasty, but Tibet is a powerful country that stands out from the crowd, with a powerful military regime second only to the Tang Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this that six years ago, the Tibetan Zanpu Songtsen Gampo had the confidence to send an envoy to ask the Son of Heaven to marry with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and ask the princess to be married.
He originally thought that the Turkic king and the Tuyuhun king had both married the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, and with the growing strength of Tubo, he would definitely be able to hold the beauty.
Unexpectedly, because of Tuyuhun's discord, the Son of Heaven refused to marry this time, after hearing the news, Songtsen Gampo was furious, and the great minister Lu Dongzan did the vanguard to attack Tuyuhun, Lu Dongzan became scheming, conquered the city and conquered the invincible, plundered countless people and animals, and forced Tuyuhun monarchs and ministers to flee in all directions.
The flag was victorious, Songtsen Gampo was full of energy, personally led an army of 200,000 to break through Bailanqiang, Lijiang and other places, entered Songzhou, the territory of the Tang Dynasty, stationed outside the city, and once again sent envoys to Chang'an with tribute to ask for marriage.
To go with a victorious attitude, this second marriage proposal has an aggressive attitude, where did the Son of Heaven suffer such a gas, ordered Songzhou to govern Han Wei to attack the Tubo army on the spot, but Songzhou was not enough troops, was defeated by Tubo, the news came out, some tribes like Nanzhao became the wall grass, have turned around and attached to Tubo, Yanzhou Thorn History and Nuozhou Thorn History even led the city to surrender to Tubo.
Fortunately, the Son of Heaven was wise and sent troops in time to send troops to Niu Jinda, the general of the Right Military Guard, and others to lead troops to attack the Tubo army, so as to prevent Songtsen Gampo from leading troops to attack Chang'an City.
Someone muttered in a low voice, "Didn't you say that General Niu had already led people to defeat Tubo?" Their prime ministers brought gifts to the Son of Heaven a few days ago to plead guilty, why should we be afraid of him? ”
The curtain of a sedan chair next to him was lifted, revealing a person who looked like an official, and glanced at him, "What do you and other people know, where is this afraid?" It is my Tang Dynasty courtesy to him, the Tubo people are not only here to make amends this time, their king admires my Tang Fenghua, put forward the third marriage proposal, the Son of Heaven has allowed Tubo and other five countries to compete, the winner will marry our princess, so their people and horses rushed over from Songzhou with gifts again to show their sincerity in marrying the princess. ”
Another person who knew something inside the story accosted: "So many, I'm afraid it's a dowry for the princess, right?" ”
Dowry? The people on both sides looked over.
After the sergeant on horseback in front, sure enough, the dozens of cars that followed behind were immediately stacked with cages, and it was obvious that Tubo was full of sincerity this time.
It is also inevitable.