Chapter 385 On Qinling

At the border of Tuyuhun, in the camp of the Tubo army, the Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan was summoning all the generals to discuss important matters.

Originally, Tubo thought that the Tang Dynasty would not pay too much attention to Tuyuhun, so Tubo could take the opportunity to easily capture Tuyuhun.

Who knew that the Tang Dynasty did not relax at all on this point, but sent troops to assist Tuyuhun, which made it even more difficult for Tubo to annex Tuyuhun.

What's more, in these years, Tuyuhun has become more powerful with the help of the Tang Dynasty. It is not an easy thing to annex Tuyuhun. Now the Tang Dynasty army has joined in again, which makes Lu Dongzan very worried.

"Now that the Tang Dynasty has joined the battle between us and Tuyuhun, if we attack Tuyuhun rashly, it is hard to say whether we can conquer Tuyuhun."

"I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty will send a steady stream of troops to reinforce, and then we can only retreat to Tubo helplessly." Zanpo, the son of Ludongzan, said, with some worries in his heart.

Zanpo, the third son of Ludongzan, was named Gar Zhengzan Zangdun, and he was called Zanpo in Chinese.

At the beginning, when Songtsen Gampo was alive, he asked the Tang Dynasty to marry a princess, but was rejected by the previous emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Songtsen Gampo led the Tubo army to the expedition, and was finally attacked by the vanguard of the Tang army in Songzhou, and thousands of people were killed in the battle.

At that time, Zanpo was in the army and witnessed the fierceness of the Tang army. Although the Tubo army did not suffer much loss, they also learned how powerful the Tang army was.

If Tubo had insisted on fighting the Tang army to the end, it would have been very likely to perish. Songtsen Gampo also realized this, so he withdrew his troops and asked the previous emperor of the Tang Dynasty for marriage again, and then he married Princess Wencheng.

As for Zanpo's concerns, Ludongzan understood in his heart that the Tang Dynasty was vast and rich in resources, and its population was larger than theirs.

If it was really as Zanpo said, and the Tang army would continue to march to Tuyuhun, they would have to temporarily avoid the sharp edge and retreat first. Fighting to the death would do them all harm and no good.

Tubo is now facing a bottleneck in its development. If it cannot take down Tuyuhun, it will not be able to send troops to the Western Regions to compete with the Tang Dynasty for control of the Western Regions, and Tubo will not be able to get more room for development.

If it is at this time, it is an unwise choice to fight the Tang Dynasty to the death. Once they fail here, there is a high possibility of unrest in Tubo, and the areas they conquered may also rise up in rebellion.

But if they retreat like this, they will not be willing to do so. Tubo will not get room for development and will eventually have only a dead end.

"Swallow Tuyuhun with a whale and open the way to the north" is the most basic grand strategy for Tubo to go down the plateau. It was a plan that Songtsen Gampo began to formulate during his lifetime.

Therefore, Tubo must take down Tuyuhun, but it cannot turn against the Tang Dynasty at the moment, because it is not the right time and its strength does not allow them to do so.

"Don't worry, Dad! Now, the situation in Liaodong is tense, and the Tang Dynasty has sent more than 200,000 troops to Liaodong."

"The four tribes of Sijie, Pugu and others in the Western Regions have rebelled under our plan. The Tang Dynasty emperor is busy with his own affairs, so how can he continue to send troops to Tuyuhun?" said Lun Qinling, the second son of Lu Dongzan.

The rebellion of Sijie and other four tribes was Lun Qinling's masterpiece. He sent people to fan the flames everywhere and incited the Tiele tribes to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

The purpose was to divert all the attention of the Tang Dynasty and make it easier for them to attack Tuyuhun.

When the Tang Dynasty army put down the rebellion and thought of Tuyuhun, Tuyuhun would have been annexed by them, and by then, they would no longer have to fear the Tang Dynasty.

"If that's the case, then there's nothing to be afraid of. As long as the Tang Dynasty doesn't focus on Tuyuhun, we can be 100% successful." Lu Dongzan said. At

this moment, Lu Dongzan had absolute confidence in taking down Tuyuhun.

"But, Dad! The Tang Dynasty has three armies with tens of thousands of people. One of them is in the capital of Tuyuhun, and the other two are not far from Tuyuhun."

"If we attack Tuyuhun, they will definitely not stand idly by. Dad, it's better to be careful." Zanpo kindly reminded.

Lu Dongzan frowned when he heard this. What Zanpo said made sense. With three Tang armies, it would be very difficult to destroy Tuyuhun.

"Dad! Don't worry! Now the Tang Dynasty continues to march and suppress rebellions. I believe that it won't be long before the Tang emperor will issue an edict to recall them." Lun Qinling said. "

Then we will wait for a few more days. When the Tang emperor issues an edict to recall them, we will immediately launch an attack and capture Tuyuhun in one fell swoop." Lu Dongzan said. In this way, he would be more confident in taking Tuyuhun.

"What if the Tang emperor doesn't recall them? What should we do? Do we have to wait here forever?" said Dayan Mangbuzhi, the deputy prime minister of Tubo who had been watching coldly.

"Even if the Tang emperor doesn't call them back, what can we do? At worst, we can destroy these Tang troops and Tuyuhun together."

"Except for Xi Junmai, the other two commanders of the three Tang armies are all unknown people. Among them, Hei Chi Changzhi is a slave sent to the Tang emperor by Baiji."

"They are not worth worrying about at all. They will not be a big obstacle for us to seize Tuyuhun." Lun Qinling's eyes flashed with fierceness.

To be honest, Lun Qinling did not take Xi Junmai and the other two too seriously, but he did not underestimate them. No matter what, they must have extraordinary abilities to be entrusted with important tasks by the Tang emperor.

Lu Dongzan also felt that what his son said made sense, so he decided to do as Lun Qinling said.

"Okay! That's all for today, let's all go! Let's wait for good news from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"Yes!" Lun Qinling and others bowed and retreated.

Their imagination was very beautiful, but the reality did not develop in the way they imagined, but in a direction they did not expect.

First, the general of the Zuo Wuwei, Zheng Rentai, killed people everywhere in Mobei, and won three battles in a row. In order to prevent any trouble in Mobei, Li Chengqian simply let Zheng Rentai continue to stay in Mobei.

This made the tribes in Mobei dare not rebel in the slightest. As long as the tribe showed signs of rebellion, it would be suppressed by Zheng Rentai with 30,000 troops.

Therefore, the Tibetan strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking the west did not have the effect they expected. Instead, the Tang Dynasty stationed an elite army with extremely strong combat power in the northwest.

This was a huge threat to the Tibetans, and Lu Dongzan had to take it seriously.

Originally, they thought that the three armies that Li Chengqian should have transferred back for emergency rescue did not move. Instead, the Tang Dynasty sent them more troops to replenish their manpower.

If the situation continued to develop like this, it would only become more and more disadvantageous to the Tibetan army. They

had to come up with a solution as soon as possible. They could not stay here and wait for death.