Zheng Peng thought that Tubo participated in the war to strengthen the courage of Dashi and add chaos to Datang, but he didn't expect that there would be such a deal.

Proof of the word: as long as the benefits are in place, there is no unnegotiable deal.

I have to say that Tubo really has the ability to be a "stick".

Tubo is located on the plateau, in addition to having enough depth, easy to defend and difficult to attack, more importantly, people who are not accustomed to the environment of Tubo will have altitude sickness, the ancient people did not understand this, thinking that Tubo has a curse, because people outside go in, it is easy to get sick, dizzy, lack of strength and other symptoms, not to mention fighting, it is good to be able to move normally.

Outsiders think that there is a curse, but the Tubo people feel that the place where they are is a place blessed by God, the plateau is like a thick turtle shell, as long as the Tubo people return to the plateau, others can only look at the mountains and sigh, so one of the reasons for the weak national strength and strong military strength of the Tubo people.

Thinking of the situation when the Tibetan soldiers swore to the death and fought to the last person, Zheng Peng had a feeling of palpitations, you know, when the casualties reached 20 percent, morale began to fall; When the casualties reach 30 percent, the morale of the army may be shaken; When more than half of the casualties were lost, the hearts of the soldiers were likely to collapse and flee the battlefield in large numbers, however, the Tibetan soldiers fought to the end, and none of them fled, and none of them begged for mercy.

While he was talking, Xu Shan followed with a smile: "Zheng Jianjun, Guo Gangchang." ”

"Xu Shichang, is there something?" Guo Ziyi asked with a smile.

The soldiers of the Tiger Head team have a lot of problems, but they are very useful, and their military literacy is very high, like this battle, everyone resolutely carried out Guo Ziyi's orders, and no one took half a step back from beginning to end.

Xu Shan looked left and right, and glanced at Lan Duo, who was running behind to help escort the captives, and then whispered: "Guy Guo, those scrap iron... No, there are four big bags of iron, and in order to save trouble, the subordinates only let people carry two bags, and the county lord of the two bags behind did not know. ”

Guo Ziyi paused for a moment, and quickly said: "Okay, it's quite clever, I'll give you a credit." ”

"Captain Xie Guo, his subordinates retire." Xu Shan retreated respectfully.

Zheng Peng and Guo Ziyi remembered one thing at this time: this seizure needs to be given to Landuo.

Ordinary goods, give Landuo a share, it doesn't matter, but the precious iron is really reluctant.

Money can be earned again, but iron is given, and it is difficult to buy money with money, because iron iron needs a special ore, which is produced in the original Persian region, after years of excavation, the old veins have been exhausted, and the new veins have not been found.

There are so many here at once, it should be the previous inventory, and in order to expand eastward, Dashi has also paid a great price.

"Third brother, how do you divide these goods when you go back?" Guo Ziyi asked in a low voice.

Zheng Peng thought for a while, and then said: "Don't worry about this matter, don't worry about it, leave it to me, and it has been arranged properly." ”

"Good!" Guo Ziyi replied very simply, he knew that Zheng Peng had a lot of ghost ideas, and this kind of thing that had nothing to do with the battle was best handled by Zheng Peng.

Before the group returned to the camp, the news had reached the ears of Tang Kuan, the town guard of Khotan:

"What, you say it again, Zheng Jianjun came back with a large number of prisoners and livestock? Do you see it clearly? Tang Kuan asked with a surprised expression.

Hearing the report of his scouts that Zheng Peng personally led the escort team to escort a group of Tibetan prisoners back to the camp, Tang Kuan was so surprised that his eyes almost fell to the ground.

Aren't you looking for a secluded place to talk to the little county lord of Turgish? How did he go to war and escort a large number of prisoners, Tang Kuan wanted to ask why he acted without his consent, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered that Zheng Peng was a supervisor of the army and was only responsible for His Majesty, only Zheng Peng supervised and controlled himself, and he had no right to dictate to Zheng Peng.

Swallow back the words that came to your lips.

"See clearly" The scout captain of Khotanese Town said with certainty: "In fact, a few days ago, Zheng Jianjun led the team out of the camp, and the little one thought they were going hunting, and they didn't dare to ask, some brothers found that there was a battle in Hukou Valley, and their subordinates sent people to see it was Zheng Jianjun, and a large number of fighting traces were found in the valley, by the way, many people died, and they were buried by the people of the Tiger Head Team." ”

Tang Kuan frowned and said, "Confirm it's the enemy?" ”

This kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, especially in the vast and sparsely populated Western Regions, that is, a small tribe has been destroyed, as long as it is done cleanly, no one knows, Tang Kuan is most afraid that Zheng Peng will take advantage of this weather to make money by killing people and making more goods.

"It's confirmed, it's all Tubo." The scout captain replied respectfully.

"What was seized?"

"When I went back to the town guard, I didn't know very well, but I saw that those people were dressed plainly, and they didn't have any goods, most cattle, sheep and horses, and then some leather goods."

Tang Kuan stood up, paced back and forth, as if thinking about something, and said to himself: "At this time, no one is grazing, and the people of Tubo will not graze at this time, and they will not dare to graze in my sphere of influence in Khotan Town. ”

With Tang Kuan's level, he didn't have access to too much confidential information, thinking that Zheng Peng was on the way to hunt and encountered a small group of Tubo people, and then won the battle, and when he heard the report, he didn't think so, waved his hand to let his subordinates retreat and continue to work.

Tang Kuan faced it calmly, while Zhang Xiaosong, who was inspecting military affairs in the north courtyard, suddenly bounced up from his chair and shouted, "What did you say? The batch of iron that Dashi gave to Tubo has been shipped out of the sweat for many days? ”

"Yes, Zhang Jianjun."

Zhang Xiaosong slammed, punched on the table, gritted his teeth and asked, "Why didn't you send back such important information earlier?" ”

The first time the Tubo people transported goods was intercepted, Zhang Xiaosong knew that Tubo was tempting, but he didn't think so, how many belongings did Zhang Xiaosong know that some ordinary goods were not worth the labor and disrupted the deployment in front, and Zhang Xiaosong didn't want to startle the snake, but he didn't expect that what was transported back was the iron that the Tang Dynasty dreamed of.

On the battlefield, the importance of weapons is self-evident.

If he knew that this batch of iron was transported, Zhang Xiaosong would never mind putting the troops of the four major protectorates into the interception.

The subordinate said cautiously: "For some reason, an important detail was killed by revealing his identity, so that the important news could not be transmitted, and when the information came, Powo Qianhu had already led his subordinates in disguise to set off. ”

"Is it too late to intercept now?" Zhang Xiaosong asked.

"Calculating the time, it is very likely to enter the territory of Tubo at this time, even if you do not enter the territory of Tubo, it is also very close."

Zhang Xiaosong gritted his teeth and said categorically: "Pass my order, just say that there is a team of suspicious people and horses appearing on the border between Datang and Tubo, it is very likely that Tubo is a fine work, and all armies and towns bordering Tubo are required to send elite soldiers and strong generals to inspect, and there must be no mistake." ”

It's better to do something than nothing, and it's not necessarily successful to do it, but there's certainly no chance if you don't do it.

"Order!"

When Zhang Xiaosong was furious that he had not received important information in time, far away in the camp of the Tiger Head Team outside Khotan Town, Zheng Peng, the deputy supervisor of the Western Regions, Lan Duo, the county lord of the Tuqi Shi, Guo Ziyi, Ku Luo, A Jun, Cao Feng, Lu Jin, Xu Shan, Qian Erbao and others gathered together to summarize the situation of the operation.

Zheng Peng glanced at everyone present, and then said: "Our casualties, everyone present knows about it, so let's not talk about it, let's announce the results of this operation now." ”