Chapter 556
Li Zhi hung his head helplessly, just showing his talent a little, and was suppressed by the two strong brothers. If Daddy's mouth is crooked, he can only go back to his hometown in Jinyang to see the grave.
Li Er smiled slightly, these two bastards really have a sense of crisis. actually reached a temporary alliance under tacit understanding, wanting to kick this little brother out. But it's not that easy, Li Zhi's catfish is still very useful, but you can't just drive it away like this.
"The pheasant slave is still young, and the queen has been in poor health recently, so it is good to leave the pheasant slave in Chang'an to comfort the queen." With a wave of Li Jun, Li Tai and Li Ke could only retreat to the side.
"What the pheasant slave said just now is good, so I will do it according to the pheasant slave's method. Order the military department, reward the meritorious personnel. After Li Er finished speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for his sons to go out.
"Third brother! The little pheasant slave has also grown up, and our brothers don't have time to have a drink together. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, today the younger brother will be the east, how about inviting the third brother and the ninth brother to have a drink? As soon as he walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, the chubby Li Tai said with a smile.
"Oh! Since Qingque has this Yaxing, he will definitely accompany his brother. Pheasant slave, go! Go to your fourth brother's house for a drink! Let the third brother take the test to take a look at your knowledge, and see what Master Yan has taught you over the years! Li Ke next to him also said with a smile.
Li Zhi "grunted" and swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.
I went to drink with the two of them, and I didn't kill myself alive. It seems that today's speech has aroused enough vigilance from the two tough brothers. Why would a teacher allow himself to behave in such an unwise manner? Isn't it good to pretend to be a good baby?
was thinking about what excuse to shirk, and a palace man walked over. Several people know each other, this is the personal palace maid of the eldest grandson. Among the minions in the palace who can't be provoked, the ranking is very high.
"The slave has seen three highnesses! His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother Xuan came to see her. The palace man walked up to the three of them and saluted them. Then he said to Li Zhi expressionlessly.
"Oh, summoned by the Queen Mother. Is it that the queen mother is not feeling well again, and today's medicine can be taken. Li Zhi couldn't say goodbye to his two brothers, and left nervously with the palace people.
Li Tai and Li Ke glanced at each other, "hummed" and left. Don't mention the banquet just now!
Turning the corner gate of Taiji Palace, Li Zhi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Today is considered a risky pass, fortunately! Lucky!
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Also feeling fortunate is Songtsen Gampo.
Along the way, he was relentlessly pursued by the airship, which made Songtsen Gampo almost collapse. Horses can't outrun the things that fly in the sky anyway, because the road is not straight. But the road to heaven is so fucking straight!
Except that it won't be bombed at night, as long as the sun shows itself on the horizon. There will be a loud roar, followed by a series of explosions.
At first, it was only when there were more people that the airship would drop bombs, and then it didn't matter how many people there were. As long as there are enough three people, small bombs will be dropped from the sky. In the past two days, the airship has done even more.
The airship is actually loaded with an eight-bull crossbow, which is simply a tragedy in the world. There's something in the sky that keeps spewing out tough crossbow bolts, and the bomb is thrown away regardless of whether it hits or not.
But the eight-bull crossbow is different, an airship can carry a lot of crossbows. Powerful crossbow arrows, shot out condescendingly. It can pinn a knight on a horse to the ground with precision, and its powerful kinetic energy can even cut a person in half.
This is not a war, this is a massacre. Songtsen Gampo sadly found that no matter how fast his horse was, he would never be able to run back to the plateau. Even if you run back to the plateau, these things will follow like maggots on tarsal bones. The plateau can't stop the footsteps of the airship.
Every night the procession would disperse, and then the bodies of those who had fled would be found the next day. When a wolf leaves the pack, it becomes a lone wolf, how can it be better than a tiger.
The cavalry of the Don was like maggots attached to the bones, always accompanied on both flanks. As long as there were Tibetans who escaped from the brigade, they would attack and kill those who had left the brigade. Then, just like that, he watched the airship in the sky, wreaking havoc above the heads of the large group of Tibetans.
At this point in the war, there was no hope of victory. Three days, just three days. The 80,000 army when he set off is now just over 10,000. Many of the wounded were left on the side of the road, leaving them to wail and die. There is no way, you can't escape with injuries.
Now it is all cavalry that is following Songtsen Gampo, and the infantry has lost contact since yesterday. Songtsen Gampo did not dare to imagine what would happen to his own infantry. The cavalry of the Tang Army will definitely attack the Tubo warriors with only Uduo with long-range weapons like wolves attacking sheep.
The corpse stretched from the bottom of Qingtang City to the plateau. All of them were the corpses of the Tibetan people, so many that even the wolves and crows on the grassland could not eat them all. Without a single corpse of the Tang people, let's talk about the whole battle. Tens of thousands of Tibetans died, and the Tang people's war losses were negligible.
This is a kind of helpless sadness, a kind of sadness of being crushed. No way, you want to rush up and fight with others. But you can't rush up, more often than not, it's helplessness in the face of the sky. You can't reach your enemies at all!
The warriors around him were shot one by one by the eight-bull crossbows on the airship. Their shots were so accurate! Almost every crossbow bolt can take a life. It's not a man, it's a horse. Compared with people, Tang sergeants prefer to shoot horses. Because the target is big enough, it is also easy to hit.
The Tubo people could not survive without horses, and those Tang cavalry only had to turn their knives sideways on their galloping horses. You can easily cut them in two!
By the time he held out until the fifth day, Songtsen Gampo still failed to make it to the plateau. But there were less than 2,000 people under his command who could move. I thought I could abandon the rearguard troops and let myself return to the plateau smoothly. Who knows, Tang Jun bit it and didn't say it. In the end, it was torn to pieces one bite at a time!
Finally, Songtsen Gampo stopped running. He stayed where he was, he wanted to be shot by an airship. At this point, there is no difference between being alive and dead.
Half a month ago, he dedicated his beautiful concubine to the gods. Now, he very much wanted to dedicate himself to the gods.
There is no hope for Tubo, and in the past, with his strong physique, he might be able to win or lose against each other in a battle with the Tang people. But now, even desperate opponents can't be found. At least Songtsen Gampo couldn't see that Tubo had any hope of defeating the Tang Dynasty.
Airships can slaughter the Tibetan army in this way today, and the civilians of Tibet can also be slaughtered in this way one day. The shadow of death will hang over the plateau where the Tibetan people have lived for generations, and there will be no pastures and no fields. What do the Tubo people live on, the plateau will freeze the Tubo people to death and starve to death!
He wanted to kill himself, but he couldn't. Souls who commit suicide will not be accepted by the gods. Songtsen Gampo imagined dying like a warrior, confronting the javelin that could bring death. Until the tip of a sharp spear pierces his own chest!
The tip of the spear didn't pierce his chest, and an airship hovered above him. Huge airship, sheltered from the sun. Cast the shadow on the Tibetan people!
The airship slowly landed hundreds of paces away, and several Tibetan cavalrymen just wanted to rush up. He was nailed to the ground by the thick crossbow bolts that flew down from the sky, kicking his hands and feet and screaming miserably.
A soldier of the Tang Dynasty came over and said to Songtsen Gampo: "You must be the Zampu of the Tubo people, and my marshal wants to talk to you." Please come with me! ”
This guy spoke fluent Tubo, and his demeanor seemed to be going out to invite guests to drink on behalf of his host.
"Are you from the Tang Dynasty or from Tibet?"
"The villain is a Tibetan person!"
"Why join Datang and fight against your race!" Songtsen Gampo roared angrily, and someone behind him was about to rush forward. As a result, another person was nailed to the ground.
"Lord Zampu, because it is powerful. If I want to live well, I have to join the strong side. No matter what race, no matter what faith. I need to live, and I want to live better.
Under your rule, I can't even eat enough barley. You also have to pay heavy taxes and have to serve a month of forced labor every year. During this time, you will not even be provided with food.
But in Qingtang, I have mutton to eat at home. My children and grandchildren will not die of hunger and cold, and I only need to pay a tax of thirty sheep a year, and I can live happily here.
In Tibet, thirty sheep is a big number. But in Qingtang, my ewes can give birth to hundreds of lambs a year. Here we can eat well and dress warmly. So, we like Datang. We like the emperor who keeps us fed and clothed, and we are willing to give our cattle and sheep to him as taxes.
As for joining the Tang Army, it was because I didn't want my children and grandchildren to return to the plateau to live a life without food and clothing. I don't want them to freeze and starve to death again! ”
"Tubo under the rule of my Songtsen Gampo is so unbearable." Songtsen Gampo's face turned bloody!
"Lord Zamp, it's worse than you think. My father died of exhaustion in the service of conscription, and my mother died of starvation. Of my four brothers, I am the only one who survived to adulthood. My sister was skinned by her guru and made into a human skin drum. When my mother-in-law was working in the chief's house, the youngest daughter's eyes were pecked out by an eagle.
In order to escape, I almost broke my hamstring. Your army, left a dozen scars on me. If it weren't for the Tang people, I would have died a long time ago. The soldier suddenly tore open his robes, revealing the hideous scar on his chest.
Songtsen Gampo hung his head, he knew these things. There are thousands of people on the plateau who have suffered the same thing, but he can't help it. Because he never really controlled the plateau!
On the plateau, those leaders and gurus have their own territories.
The hand that was clenching the knife finally let go, and the arrogant Songtsen Gampo followed the little soldier away. It took a dozen steps before I turned around. Looking at his subordinates, he said, "Surrender!" ”
Yun Hao roasted a leg of lamb at the head of Qingtang City, and as long as he roasted a layer, he would cut it off with a knife and eat it.
Master Sheng Yan walked over with a tall middle-aged man, who was dressed in gorgeous armor and had two plateau reds on his cheeks. Behind him, followed by the Tang sergeant. It was a very good tongue man, and Yun Hao knew that Songtsen Gampo could not speak Chinese.
"It's an old rival too, sit! After we both ate this meal today, you will be sent to Chang'an. As for arriving in Chang'an, whether you are dead or alive. Only His Majesty can decide! I said that it doesn't count, all I can do is to invite you to a meal here, in Qingtang. Roast lamb, what do you think. You can also drink a little if you wish. ”
Yun Hao pointed to the fat sheep that the two soldiers were roasting.
The aquatic plants in the Qingtang grassland are very abundant, so the mutton here is also particularly tender. I've heard before that whether lamb is good or not depends on the grass that the sheep eats. Now it looks like that's right.
The tongue man translated Yun Hao's words to Songtsen Gampo, and Songtsen Gampo sat down very happily.
"You are Yun Hao, the Duke of Chu of the Tang Dynasty?" Songtsen Gampo took the bowl of wine handed over by Sheng Yanshi and said.
"Yes, I am. Not like? ”
"I thought he was a tough fighter, but I didn't expect you to look like this. Lu Dongzan admires you very much, but it's a pity that he died! Songtsen Gampo raised his glass to the sky, as if he was paying homage to Lu Dongzan in the sky.
"Lu Dongzan! It's good if he doesn't scold me, and he will say good things about me? I was pleasantly surprised! Yun Hao listened to Songtsen Gampo's words and was stunned for a moment.
"I'm a loser now, there's nothing left. There is no need to lie to you, he is a true warrior. It's the best courtier in Tibet! He always told me about the wealth and prosperity of Chang'an, as well as advanced technology. It's a pity that I didn't go to Chang'an earlier, maybe after going to Chang'an. Today's drink will be a different picture. Songtsen Gampo took the knife and tried hard to restrain himself from stabbing the boneless man on the other side.
Peeled a piece of mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it mechanically. I didn't know what it was like!
"You'll be in Chang'an soon, take that thing. It's not very comfortable, but it's fast. From here, you can reach Chang'an in a few days. You can appreciate the prosperity and wealth of Chang'an, and if His Majesty the Emperor is merciful, you may still be able to live in Chang'an. Instead of the head being hung on the flagpole! Yun Hao looked at the person in front of him, this is the Songtsen Gampo who was blown out of the history of the plateau.
Legend has it that he was intelligent, resolute, and versatile since he was a child, so his ministers were given the honorific title Songtsen Gampo. Some historical records also praise him as "a generous and talented man", "a man of great martial arts", "a man of many heroes", "a master of craftsmanship, calculus, and martial arts", and a smart and talented hero.
Looking at the guy in front of me, it doesn't seem to look like much. It's just that others are calm, and it seems that most of the heroes in the history books are unreliable.