Chapter 101: Tang Tu Grievances
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the war has hardly stopped, Li Shimin's fanaticism and dedication to land are far greater than that of real estate bosses in later generations, and he has never been picky, in addition to land, he does not mind the population, property, cattle and sheep of neighboring countries, etc., the purpose of war is actually these, war, plunder, inclusion in the territory, and building a capital and protecting the government...... Yes, the Tang Dynasty monarchs are so simple and rude.
Dongyang slowly talked about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and the original shape of the Tang Dynasty this year was very unfavorable, and Songtsen Gampo of Tubo in the west began to show his ambitions that had already been ready to move after the unification of Tubo in the sixth year of Zhenguan...... Or Spring Heart?
Speaking of ambition, everyone naturally understands, Tubo is also a big country, the most powerful country among the neighboring countries of the Tang Dynasty, how can the leaders of a big country not have ambitions? Songtsen Gampo is also very fanatical about the land.
Isn't it a bit difficult to understand the heart of spring? It is not difficult to understand that this is the reason why Datang is now determined to start a war with Tibet.
Tubo's Zanpu (national government and religious double-flower chief, the highest title) Songtsen Gampo ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, these years left and right, and finally unified Tubo in the sixth year of Zhenguan, and moved the capital to Luo (now Lhasa), Zhenguan eight years, Songtsan Gampo sent envoys into Chang'an to pay tribute, and the Tang Dynasty got in touch, and agreed that the two countries are peaceful and friendly, mutual non-aggression, you are happy is my happiness.
A qiē is normal. Both sides were overjoyed, and as a thousand-year-old state of etiquette, Li Shimin naturally wanted to send envoys to visit Luo. Say again the nonsense that everyone said about peace and friendship when they were in Chang'an.
Something went wrong on this return visit.
Because Li Shimin intermittently blinded the dragon's eye when he sent envoys, he sent a very unreliable envoy named Feng Deyao.
Feng Deyao's return visit to Tubo on behalf of the Tang Emperor was originally very competent, and the etiquette and conversation were all leaky, and then the return visit schedule was over and ready to leave for China, Songtsan Gan set up a banquet, and Feng Deyao was poured a few large sips of barley wine by the vulgar Tubo barbarians. Suddenly a little floated, so I didn't have so many scruples about talking. opened his mouth and said that in the past, the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun were both princesses of the Tang Dynasty, and both countries were the countries of the sons-in-law of the Tang Dynasty.
This sentence poked a hornet's nest.
In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Songtsen Gampo was seventeen years old, and it was the beginning of love that was budding in spring. It's time for mating, and Songtsen Gampo himself still admires the culture of the Tang Dynasty very much, the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun can actually marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, why can't Tubo? Must marry!
So when Feng Deyao returned to China, there were several more Tibetan envoys in the accompanying honor guard, and they followed Feng Deyao back to Chang'an, and they had only one purpose, to propose.
When Li Shimin saw that Tubo had sent an envoy again? Look again, huh. This time it's very unsophisticated, it's empty-handed...... Of course, this is Li Su's speculation that he lives on his own.
Marriage proposal to Tibet. Li Shimin felt very speechless, in the first year of the tribute in Tubo, he asked me to be the princess of the Tang Dynasty with a straight face, are there many daughters born to me? - Actually, there are really a lot, Li Shisheng has more than 20 daughters......
The marriage proposal was naturally rejected by Li Shimin, and everyone is not familiar with it at all.
After returning to China, the Tibetan envoys were worried that they would be punished by Songtsen Gampo if they failed to propose, so they thought of an excuse. said that the Tang Emperor originally agreed, but later Tuyuhun provoked in the middle. So he later refused.
…… This incident is a lesson for both the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and the lesson is that when there are exchanges between major countries, how important it is to send a messenger who tastes good wine and good wine.
Songtsen Gampo was immediately furious, if you don't marry your daughter, I will start a war and fight...... Tuyuhun! Beat Tuyuhun half to death, see if you marry or not!
Tuyuhun Khan, who didn't recruit anyone and didn't provoke anyone, innocently lay down and fainted in the thatched house......
In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Tuyuhun Khan was beaten by the Tibetan soldiers and fled, and fled to the north of Qinghai Lake.
Songtsen Gampo was proud this time, and after the great victory, he sent a messenger into Chang'an, this time he was exquisite, brought a lot of gifts, and then ...... Keep proposing. You see, I beat Tuyuhun down, hurry up and marry a princess to me!
A young man with a spring heart, his words and deeds are really unreasonable......
By this time, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty still did not take Tubo in their eyes, the barbarian country fought the barbarian country, and it was the same if it was defeated and defeated, you beat Tuyuhun to the ground, why did I have to send a princess to you in Datang? It's my business, you want to go to Tuyuhun.
Li Shimin refused without thinking about it, and the second marriage proposal failed, and Songtsen Gampo's glass heart was shattered......
This year is the eleventh year of Zhenguan, at the beginning of May, Songtsan Gampo led 200,000 troops, soldiers to the Tang Dynasty Songzhou City, and said: "If the Tang Dynasty does not marry the princess, I will be a prisoner!" ”
Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou, ventured into attack the enemy and was defeated by Tubo. After the wolf returned to the city, he immediately sent the army to report to Chang'an, and the Tubo army pressed the border!
If it had been replaced half a year ago, the Tang Dynasty's troops had been restrained by Xue Yantuo and could not free up their hands to clean up Tubo, maybe they would really marry a princess to temporarily stabilize Tubo, but now, Li Su's strategy of pushing favor a few months ago has worked, Xue Yantuo fell into civil strife for power, and half of the government soldiers in the north could be transferred, so after receiving the report from Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou, Li Shimin immediately decided to attack Tubo in the west and teach him a lesson.
This time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty agreed in unison, and they all said: You should be beaten, give your majesty a thumbs up!
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On the side of the river, Li Su listened to the story with relish and listened to the grievances and hatreds between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, and smiled happily.
This Songtsen Gampo, who was blown up in the history books of later generations as the lord of Zhongxing in Tibet, is so virtuous and wise, who knows that it is such a wonderful mallet, in order to marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty, he is really hard.
"What are you laughing at?" Dongyang didn't look at him angrily: "Heartless." It's going to be a war again, and there aren't many children in Guanzhong, and my father has encouraged childbirth over the years. The government has worked hard to reward and be a matchmaker, not just to have a few more babies, but after a battle, I don't know how many Guanzhong children will die, you still laugh, don't forget that you are also from Guanzhong. ”
"I'm laughing at Songtsen Gampo......" Li Su still couldn't stop laughing, there was no shortage of wonders in any dynasty or generation. It's too cola.
Dongyang sighed and said puzzledly: "I really don't know what that Songtsen Gampo thinks." Failed to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, but turned around and went to fight Tuguhun, did he believe the nonsense of the Tubo envoys, and then did he not hesitate to launch a war between the two countries? ”
Li Su was still laughing. Laughing and laughing, he felt that something was wrong, if Songtsen Gampuer's roots were so soft, it would be a bit ridiculous for the envoy to incite him to start a war with a few words.
Great powers will never go to war for a simple reason.
At that time, Tubo had just completed its unification under the rule of Songtsen Gampo, and he was a young monarch in his twenties, so it was inevitable that he would be despised by his neighbors, including the Tang Dynasty. But this is not the main reason, Songtsen Gampo is to give prestige to the neighboring country, and by the way, to expand the territory of the country. The nobles who did not agree with him in the country had to be in the same boat with him, so as to more profoundly complete the return of the nobles and commoners in Tubo.
Perhaps it was because the Tubo fought the Tuyuhun battle too easily and without pressure, and Songtsen Gampo's heart suddenly increased, and he found that the neighboring country that seemed to be a behemoth had its military strength like this, so to speak. It was necessary to weigh the catties and taels of the Tang Dynasty, so he launched a tentative attack on Songzhou. And the governor of Songzhou named Han Wei did not give the Tang Dynasty a long face, and he was defeated in the first battle because of the light enemy, which made Songtsen Gampo's ambition more and more intense, so he led the 200,000 Tubo army to come to the city of Songzhou.
These reasons were all just come up with by Li Su, and he didn't like to think about this kind of military affairs, but what Dongyang said about Songtsen Gampo's failed marriage proposal and the reason for starting a war was too nonsense, Li Su didn't believe it for 10,000, and his mind turned, and he guessed the inside story of the cause and effect.
This matter is too complicated, too lazy to tell Dongyang Ming, the war is too far away from him and her, although the Tang Dynasty is now a government military system, but the government military system also has rules for recruiting troops to go to the army, the only son does not go to the army, the eldest son does not go to the army, Li Su has both of them, so he is not worried that the government will recruit him into the army.
Li Su took out the mirror again and admired it obsessively for a long time...... Besides, how could such a handsome face like a crown of jade go to war? Off color!
"Fighting, this battle is not easy to ......fight" Li Su shook his head and sighed, just like in his previous life, he drank beer and skewers at the barbecue stall with fox friends and dogs, and pointed out the country in high spirits by the way, anyway, he didn't have to enlist in the army, it didn't matter if he talked nonsense.
Talking in his mouth, his eyes are still staring at the mirror in his hand, he is so handsome, and he sighs so handsomely, handsome at three hundred and sixty degrees without dead ends......
"Why isn't it easy?"
“**…… No, it's Tubo, Tubo is a plateau, the altitude is more or less, well, it's very high anyway, if the children of Guanzhong don't adapt to the climate there, they will trek hard, and they will probably fall half of them before they enter the territory of Tubo, do you understand altitude sickness? It's blushing and heartbeating, out of breath, not to mention the desperate work with the Tubo barbarians, can you pick up the sword or say it, this battle will be lost in the first place, the time of day, now it's summer, the Tubo cattle and sheep are strong, the barley is ripe, there is no worry about food and grass in the rear, people and well, the Tang Dynasty lone army went deep into the territory of Tubo, and there were enemy people everywhere, and the Tubo army was strong, and the victory over Tuyuhun was the time, it was the time when the military heart was extremely sharp, well, you see, the time and place were favorable, and the Tang Dynasty did not occupy it, so this battle is not easy to fight... …”
Li Su said casually, but Dongyang's eyes lit up when he heard it.
"In your opinion, how should this battle be fought?"
"Cut, according to me, there is no need to fight at all, Songtsen Gampo wants to marry the princess, isn't it just for him, the Tang Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and the princess must be married in the past, right? It is said that the whole people of Tibet believe in Buddhism, is a branch of Buddhist Tantra, send more monks in the past, those who do not produce and do not work to eat the people to worship incense and respected monks are sent, the more the better, now there is movable type printing, more to the working people of Tibet to print some Buddhist scriptures, send more craftsmen to build houses, to build temples for the people of Tibet...... If these are implemented in Tubo, within three or five years, Tubo's national strength will definitely be exhausted, the people will not work and chant Buddha, the soldiers will not eat meat and eat vegetarian, and our Datang will train troops day and night on the border of Tubo, mainly to adapt to the local plateau climate.......
Dongyang originally became more and more happy the more he listened, but after taking a closer look, his face suddenly became a little weird.
"You...... When did you come up with these ideas? It's too shady. ”
Li Su was stunned, am I yin? In the history books, Princess Wencheng married Tubo far away and did this, I just copied it as it was, the real yin person is your father, okay......
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