Chapter 338: Border Emergency
After receiving Li Xiang's order, Midu Khan immediately ordered all his men and horses to wander near the border, in addition to the 4,000 people from the Tang Dynasty, plus the 6,000 people in Zaterk's hands, enough to gather 40,000 or 50,000 horses.
Originally, the generals on the border of Tubo were ready to retreat, and even their vanguard troops had left, but they didn't expect Tuyuhun to suddenly find trouble, so these people immediately stopped and reported to Lu Dongzan as quickly as possible......
Lu Dongzan is now the head of the camp, Songtsen Gampo handed over all the rights of the front line to him, only let him extinguish this rebellion in a short time, no matter what method can be used, Songtsen Gampo has already felt the danger, and now he doesn't want to cut the domain, just want to be able to return to the way it was before, which is already very good.
Lu Dongzan has no illusions, since it has already begun, then we have to go to the end, do you think that if you save a face for these toast masters, they will be able to listen to you completely? It's simply impossible.
People's ambition is limited, but when you let him see the hope of victory so caged, you can't trap the ambition in their hearts, they used to bow down to you because they thought they couldn't beat you, but when they saw this glimmer of hope, many people want to try, after all, no one wants to be a toast.
"Report to the Prime Minister, the border pass is urgent......"
While Lu Dongzan was thinking about these questions, a personal soldier ran in, holding a piece of music from the border area in his hand, and it was marked as urgent.
Lu Dongzan looked at this guy with some surprise, and then opened the letter with a look of doubt, according to his thoughts, even if the plateau has been beaten into a pot of porridge, but the border area should be fine, Tuyuhun has just been beaten by the Tang Dynasty, and there is no anger at all, do they still dare to find trouble? Relying on the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, they can continue to keep, if they dare to fight with us, they can beat them again at any time, if they hadn't become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty last time, and now they have already occupied your remaining territory, what else can such a person do?
When he saw what he said, Lu Dongzan felt a little unstable, if he hadn't grabbed the table next to him, I'm afraid the whole person would have fallen, Tuyuhun had gathered more than 40,000 troops, many of whom were still the army of the Tang Dynasty, what did they want to do?
Lu Dongzan has always believed that the news on the plateau is blocked, and it is impossible for the situation here to leak out, even if it is leaked, Datang's reaction will not be so fast, after all, there is still a Tuyuhun in the middle, and now that Datang's army has arrived at the border, do they want to take advantage of the fire to rob?
"Order the border guards to immediately return to their original positions, they can recruit all the young and strong men in the surrounding stockades into the army, and if anyone dares to disobey, I will slaughter his stockade for me."
After a cup of tea, Lu Dongzan came back to his senses, now let alone withdraw to the border guards, even if he sent people over to reinforce, he couldn't get anyone in his hands, it was really a house leak and even rainy.
After thinking about it again, Lu Dongzan could only write a letter to Songtsan Gampo, asking him to squeeze out 3,000 people anyway, anyway, there is no war on the Holy City, and the people around him are relatively stable, these 3,000 people are going to the border area, we will exterminate the rebellious Tusi, this is just civil strife, if the army of the Tang Dynasty is involved, it will be a catastrophe.
However, Lu Dongzan did not write about the border in great detail, he knew Songtsen Gampo very well, this person seems to be eloquent, but in fact he is very timid, if he knows the situation at the border pass, let alone 3,000 people, I am afraid that no one will come back, he is eager to withdraw all the troops to the vicinity of the holy city, in order to ensure his own safety.
When he came out of Chang'an City, Lu Dongzan knew what was happening in the country, but he felt that he could handle it, just with his ability, coupled with the strength in the hands of Songtsen Gampo, even if he came back a little later, he could solve these rebellious Tusi, but he didn't expect that the development of things exceeded his expectations.
First of all, the toast lords pulled more people into the water, and there were originally only five toast rebellions, but now it has grown to nine, and it means to continue to judge this trend.
Then there was the report from the border pass, Datang and Tuyuhun were already ready to move, which made Lu Dongzan's previous method have no hope of being realized.
According to Lu Dongzan's idea, the border guards should be withdrawn, and then combined with the strength in their hands, first defeat a few of the most important toasts, and then persuade the other toasts, now it seems that this is impossible, once the border guards retreat, the people of Datang and Tuyuhun are likely to attack, once they come in, it may become a war to destroy the country.
"Pass my orders, my battalions can't hold out, prepare fast horses for me, I'm going to the border, I want to see what this bastard Midu wants to do?"
After thinking about it again, Lu Dongzan felt that he should still go to the border, although the toasts here are making a lot of noise, but with this army looking at them, you can't help me, I can't help you, and there will be no big trouble for the time being.
"Prime Minister......
Suo Lang Zelang, who led the team, said a little anxiously, if the prime minister leaves, I am afraid that the general here will be him, his talent has always been limited, but he is very loyal to Lu Dongzan, so he can get to this position.
"You don't have to worry, as long as you can't hold on after I'm gone, with your strength, they can't do anything to you, at most it will be five days, and I will be able to run back and forth."
Lu Dongzan looked at his subordinates with some disappointment, this guy can't be alone, of course, this is also the result of Lu Dongzan's deliberate cultivation, if his subordinates are too strong, then what do you have to do yourself, but sometimes I also hope that my subordinates can be stronger, don't ask yourself everything.
"Subordinates obey."
Suo Lang Zelang also muttered in his heart, but he didn't have so much time for him to think about it, and when he came back to his senses, Lu Dongzan had already gone to rest, and the prime minister had not closed his eyes all night, and after resting for two hours, he was going to take his men to the border......