651, the tightrope walking Tibet
Qinling returned to Liangzhou and met Songtsan Gampo, who was in Liangzhou's Assassin's Mansion.
"This Assassin's Mansion is really good enough, not necessarily worse than my father's palace. Originally, I also wanted to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty and build a palace, which is called the Potala Palace. But now that the princess is not coming, there is no point in building a palace. The Central Plains is really good, such a marginal place, a place where the magistrate lives is so good, what will the palace in Chang'an be? If I can one day attack Chang'an and be the emperor of the Central Plains, even if it is one day, I will be satisfied in this life. Songtsen Gampo said with emotion at this Thorn Mansion.
"Zampu, I'm back?" Qin Ling limped and said.
The fifteen-year-old Songtsen Gampo asked lightly: "Beaten?" ”
Songtsen Gampo was so calm that he didn't look like a fifteen-year-old boy at all, and this was all trained by life experience.
"Zampu, this time the commander of the enemy seems to have changed someone, and this time the commander is simply a gangster, and he will beat me immediately. Originally, the two countries were at war, and they didn't kill them, but he actually did it directly to me without any politeness, which was simply unbearable. Qin Ling said.
Songtsen Gampo didn't care about the beating of Qinling, but asked, "Did they say that they would send troops to attack us?" You said such arrogant things, didn't they get angry? ”
Qin Ling continued: "I have made all the momentum so strong that I have insulted their emperor, and even claimed that I would enter Chang'an and kill their emperor. However, although he was angry, he did not immediately say that he would send troops against us. ”
"Damn, it's a turtle with a shrunken head!" Songtsen Gampo said angrily.
Qin Ling immediately said, "Zampu, why don't we hurry up and attack them?" ”
"Stupid, we simply won't be able to last much longer." Songtsen Gampo said.
Songtsen Gampo actually borrowed Tuyuhun this time, and the purpose was to attack the Liangzhou generation. However, the logistical aspects are not available, and can only be solved on the spot. This battle. For the Tubo people, of course, they want to fight a quick victory, so that they can get certain results as soon as possible, and then they will return to the country to declare to those opposition forces in the country that their strength is still very sufficient. This is actually a deterrent, to attack the Tang Dynasty, and then prove its strength, so that the domestic opposition forces do not dare to stab.
However, it is difficult for Tubo to take the initiative to attack now, because once it attacks Liangzhou, it may fall into the enemy's home field. After all, Liangzhou is the home of the Western Army, in case the attack on Liangzhou is not smooth. Then I am afraid that in the end, I will have to face the siege of the enemy. At this time, the Tubo people's food and grass were already a little nervous, and once they were besieged again, I am afraid the result would be very miserable. In fact, Songtsen Gampo has always hoped that the main force of the Tang Dynasty can come over and take the initiative to attack, so that he can set up an ambush to attack as much as possible, so that he will have an advantage.
Songtsen Gampo has done so much, in fact, it is all to snatch a home advantage, or to want a chance to strike later. In many cases, the battlefield is about preemptive strikes, but the current situation is so reversed. Whoever attacks first is not good for their side. Because if the Western Army takes the initiative to attack, it will inevitably have to give up its most powerful firearms troops, isn't this a suspicion of self-defeating martial arts? Once ambushed by the Tibetans, the firearms force may really not be used. This. The staff officers in the Western Army all know about it. And the eldest grandson Shunde at that time, because he did not have Li Shimin's permission, naturally could not take the initiative to attack. And after Jingwen came, the staff officers of the military affairs department quickly deduced it. If you take the initiative to attack, it will be difficult to exert the strength of firearms during the march.
This has to be said to be a problem, firearms are not very advanced and cannot be quickly deployed. Unleash the power of firearms. Generally speaking, firearms are mainly used in night battles, and it is also necessary to try to avoid falling into the enemy's ambush, once they are in ambush, the power is limited. And it is better to surround the enemy, and after encircling the enemy, bombard them with firearms, so that they can kill and injure their living force in large numbers.
"Zampu, why don't we tell those guys in Lanzhou, if they don't come, then we will slaughter the city in Liangzhou and Guazhou and kill the people to death!" Qin Ling said.
Qin Ling was beaten by Jingwen just now, so he felt a great insult. Therefore, he planned to use the people to vent his anger, so as to force Jingwen to take the initiative to attack.
"Fart, Qinling, there are some things that can be said, but they must not be done. Especially when we face a country that is countless more powerful than us, we are not able to really do such a thing. If this kind of thing is really done, then I'm afraid that Datang and we will really be endless, and we will really have to face a mountain to press down when the time comes. We are just here to take advantage, not to fight with Datang. If Datang really wants to exert its strength across the country, then most of us will die! Therefore, it is okay to talk about the slaughter of the city, but you must not do it. We are actually walking a tightrope, and we must try to avoid stimulating Datang too much, so as to force them to attack us with all their might. Hey, this is the reason why our Tibetan national strength is not strong. Songtsen Gampo said.
In the final analysis, the strength of Tubo cannot be compared with that of Datang. If they really dare to slaughter the people of Datang, then I'm afraid that Datang will really fight with them and must destroy them. When the time comes, even the eldest grandson Wuji will not be able to support the destruction of Tubo, and even the most pedantic Kong Yingda will not dare not support it. This is because the strength of Tubo is not strong, so they are at most here to take advantage, but they dare not go too far.
Now Tubo is actually walking a tightrope, not only can not stimulate the Tang Dynasty too much, but also wants to take advantage of it and go back to give an explanation to the country. However, this process is not easy to grasp. They want Datang to see their strength, and then get it so that Datang thinks that it is impossible to attack them, so they will give up some money in exchange for peace. Therefore, Songtsen Gampo has always wanted to seek to annihilate the more than 20,000 troops of the Western Expedition, so that they can take advantage of the victory to extort money and negotiate peace, and then go home well.
But now the Western Army is like a turtle with a shrunken head, and it doesn't want to come out at all, which is simply too infuriating.
"The national strength is not strong, that's it. The foundation of Tibet is still too poor, and it cannot be compared with the Central Plains in all aspects. If I can get the Central Plains, I will definitely be able to conquer this world! Songtsen Gampo is still dreaming of his conquest of the Central Plains. (To be continued......)