When the smoke cleared, a gap of more than ten zhang wide appeared in the west city wall, and Li Bing led 30,000 infantry to kill it in the distance, while Guo Song led 20,000 cavalry to wait outside the southern city.

Shang Dongzan knew that the enemy army had entered the city, he was anxious and hateful, and ordered loudly: "The whole army will fight, and victory or defeat will be in one fell swoop!" ”

The soldiers of the Tubo army rushed out of the camp one after another and killed in the city, at this time, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and I saw countless Tang cavalry killing in from the south city gate, and the soldiers of the Tubo army fought fiercely together on the spacious central axis street.

This was a tragic street battle in the inner city, the Tang army invested 60,000 troops, while the Tibetan army was less than 30,000, fighting in every corner of the city, and many people in the city suffered unjustified disasters and died in the chaos.

But after all, the strength of the Tang army was twice that of the Tubo army, and by dawn, the Tang army began to gain the upper hand, but the soldiers of the Tubo army fought to the death, and it was not until noon that this tragic street battle in the city finally came to an end.

The city was littered with dead bodies, the corpses of Tibetan soldiers, the corpses of Tang soldiers, and the corpses of innocent people, and the streets were full of blood, and the military doctors were bandaging the wounds of the wounded soldiers.

But the war was not over, Shang Dongzan led the last 400 soldiers to occupy the unfinished Tubo official office, and 10,000 Tang soldiers surrounded the three-story stone building.

"Your Highness, an iron thunderbolt blows up the damn!" Li Bing suggested.

Guo Song shook his head, "Burn it with fire!" ”

A fire began to light under the Tibetan official office, and jars filled with fire oil were thrown into the flames, and bundles of pine branches were also thrown into it.

The flames rose into the air, the smoke was billowing out, and the flames were scorching hundreds of Tibetan soldiers, and more than 200 Tibetan soldiers on the second floor were not affected by the flames and smoke, and rushed to the third floor one after another.

On the roof of the third floor, Shang Dongzan wore his hair and bowed to the west, and hundreds of people also followed him to bow down, Shang Dongzan pulled out his sword and walked to the side of the building, pulled the sword suddenly, and the blood flowed on his neck, he stumbled, and fell into the raging fire, and his subordinates committed suicide with swords.

At this time, Guo Song waved his hand and signaled not to add more flames, the fire burned for an hour, the three-story building collapsed, and the remaining hundreds of Tibetan troops were buried under the rocks together with the commander.

The war was over, but Guo Song's heart was very heavy, although they annihilated 30,000 Tubo troops, they themselves also paid nearly 7,000 casualties, creating a record, from the establishment of the Hexi Army to the present, this is the most casualty battle.

However, the battle of Yazhou had a far-reaching impact, 50,000 Tibetan soldiers were completely annihilated, and only less than a few dozen fled back to Tibet, which shocked the whole Tibetan people, and Shang Jiezan was also dismissed from the post of prime minister, and assumed full responsibility for the defeat of the march into Bashu.

In particular, the powerful firearms of the Tang army made the Tubo afraid, a year later, the Tang Dynasty held an alliance in Dafeichuan, the two sides clearly took the boundary line determined by Tianbao 13 years as the official boundary between the two sides, and erected a monument as a mark, after the stability of the north, the strategy of Tubo began to turn to Tianzhu, once annexed most of Tianzhu, decades later, Tubo broke out of the civil war, withdrew from Tianzhu, and the strength began to be further weakened, after more than two hundred years, Tubo never invaded the Central Plains again.

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Chang'an, since the king of Jin led the army to the south, Chang'an's public opinion is like boiling water, has not been calm, "Chang'an Express" and "Tianxia Xinbao" circulation has reached 100,000 and 70,000 copies respectively, many illiterate people also buy a newspaper, ask someone to read it to themselves.

The occupation of Chengdu by the Jin army attracted jubilation all over the city, and soon the news of the collapse of the eunuch group was first published in the newspaper, the sound of firecrackers sounded everywhere in Chang'an City, until the great victory in Yazhou, 50,000 Tubo troops were completely annihilated, so that Chang'an was jubilant inside and outside, and the people spontaneously went to the streets to sing and dance to celebrate the victory.

Frankly speaking, most of the people are not very welcoming the Queen Mother and the little emperor to return to the court, especially after the "Chang'an Express" revealed that the little emperor is a fool, the people's resistance has become more serious, and everyone hopes that King Jin will ascend the throne and replace the Tang Dynasty in name.

This is the simple thinking of the majority of the people at the bottom, but people with a little bit of brains understand that the king of Jin will never replace the Tang Dynasty at this time and plunge himself into injustice.

In the Taibai Restaurant on Xi'anmen Street, Du You and Xue Xun sat in the elegant room on the second floor drinking and chatting, the two of them had a deep friendship, as early as 20 years ago, the two were close friends, if it weren't for Guo Song's horizontal insertion, maybe Xue Tao would marry Du You's son.

"This time the Queen Mother returns to the court, what does the virtuous brother think?" Du You asked with a smile.

"Do you need to ask? The Jin Wangfu is going to be upgraded to the imperial court, the three provinces, six ministries and nine temples are going to be put into operation, and the entire officialdom is going to be reorganized, which is a matter of everyone's interests. ”

"Drinking is drinking, these two things are different, in fact, I am more concerned about how to divide the power of the monarch? Brother Xue Xian, you are the father-in-law of His Royal Highness King Jin, have you never mentioned it? ”

Xue Xun drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Are you testing me?" ”

"It's a detective, and a lot of us are concerned about these things."

Du You filled Xue Xun's wine glass, and said with a smile: "You should be able to provide some news!" ”

"I did talk to King Jin, and he told me that regarding the division of power between the king, he has to think about future generations, he can control everything now, but his descendants may not be able to do it, so he will consider establishing a system."

"For example? Can you give an example? ”

"He wants to implement a term of office system for prime ministers, one term of four years, and outstanding political achievements can be re-elected for one term, but not more than eight years, so that there will be no prime ministers for life, and it is also a constraint on the prime minister's power."

"Makes sense!"

Du You nodded and asked with a smile: "Then who will decide whether the prime minister will be re-elected?" King Jin? ”

Xue Xun shook his head, "I know King Jin, he will not indulge his power, he told me that it may be decided by the vote of the court officials above the seventh rank." ”

Du You was stunned for a moment and voted to decide? He had never heard of it yet.

Xue Xun smiled slightly, "The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, and his political achievements are evaluated by his subordinates, isn't it unreasonable?" ”

"It's a little interesting, it's really more reasonable for subordinates to evaluate, but in this way, in order to please his subordinates, wouldn't the prime minister make trouble with his subordinates every day to King Jin?"

"That's not good, don't forget, His Royal Highness King Jin has the power to dismiss Xiangguo."

Du You stroked his palms and laughed, "This trick is clever!" The prime minister must be responsible for both the upper and lower levels, and he really doesn't dare to slack off. ”

Xue Xun said again: "Brother Junqing invited me to drink, he won't just talk about these ethereal things!" ”

Du You smiled, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, I want to talk to Brother Xian about the upcoming political affairs hall, King Jin has made it clear before, or the seven-phase system, plus five deputy ministers on the left and right, and now Liu Zi is the pacification envoy of Hebei, and Wen You is the pacification envoy of Liangchuan, the meaning of the king of Jin, the two of them only hang the title of Pingzhang, that is, they have to choose two other people to enter the phase, I hope that the virtuous brother can fight for it, don't give up your future because you are the father-in-law of King Jin, there is no need." ”

Only then did Xue Xun understand what Du You meant by inviting himself to drink today, it turned out that he hoped that he would strive to be in the picture, Xue Xun picked up the wine glass and was silent for a while.

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In the study outside Dugu Mansion, Dugu Qiu is savoring two plates of red sugar, which are brown sugar made from beets and sugar cane respectively, in comparison, it seems that the sweetness of sugar cane is a little better, but the sugar of sugar beets is also good.

"Father, Dou Gong is here!" Son Duguqian reported at the door.

I only heard a hearty voice sound, "Dugu Lao'er, I'm so old, why don't you come to the gate of the courtyard to greet me?" ”

Dugu Qiu got up and greeted him, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I just forgot about a little thing." ”

Dou Yi snorted heavily, "Small things, small things can be rude?" ”

"Okay, okay, when you're old, don't be angry like a child."

Dugu Qiu knew Dou Yi very well, coaxed him a few words, and invited him into the room.

Dou Yi sat down and saw the two plates of brown sugar on the table, his eyes lit up, "Is this beet sugar or sucrose?" ”

"It's all there, you taste it." Dugu Qiu handed a small spoon to Dou Yi.

Dou Yi is actually more concerned about sugar beets, and their family bought a large piece of land in Fengzhou last year to grow sugar beets, hoping to get a piece of the sugar industry.

Dou Yi scooped a spoonful of each and tasted it, and nodded, "It feels the same, which one is beet candy?" ”

"This is!" Dugu Qiu pushed a saucer up.

Dou Yi scooped another spoonful and tasted it, and immediately praised it and said, "Not bad!" Not bad! Good stuff! ”

Du Gu Qiu said with a smile: "I don't think we need to focus on sugar beet, cane sugar is also made, there is sugarcane cultivation in the south of Bashu, we can open a farm over there, establish a sugar mill, set up a sugar cane company in Chengdu, and Chang'an is a beet sugar company, so we can walk on two legs." ”

"That's a good idea!" Dou Yi gave a thumbs up.

He suddenly shook his head again, "No! Wrong! I didn't come to you for this. ”