Chapter 1054 Attack
This is an eventful time.
The emperor died, then the queen died, then the prince broke his leg, and then Qin Qiong also left.
Qin Lang rushed to Songzhou with Silang, Wulang and Liulang, and drove all the way for thousands of miles. Just after Jiange, he met an urgent post-horse, and the governor of Jianzhou, the warrior Yi, came to greet him.
"Tibetan invaded?"
The dusty Qin Lang was also very surprised after hearing what the Anlu county magistrate had said. The governor of Jianzhou, Wu Shiyi, is the second brother of the servant of the imperial court and the prince's family order, the warrior Xun. The three brothers of the Wu family broke up the family and supported Li Yuan's uprising soldiers. They also made many meritorious deeds. , was granted a death certificate, and was granted the title of Duke Ying, etc., and his two elder brothers, Samurai Ling and Samurai Yi, were also granted the title of county duke and held important positions.
Although after the Xuanwumen Incident, the Wu family was suppressed because they were the confidantes of the Supreme Emperor, but because the samurai Xun and Qin Qiong arranged marriages with Qin Qiong on the spur of the moment, they were able to use the power of the Qin family to revive again. Although the Wu family is not as good as it was in the Wude Dynasty Favored, but now it's not bad.
The mausoleum of the oldest warrior is the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, the county magistrate of Xuancheng, the second elder warrior Yi is the governor of Jianzhou and the magistrate of Anlu County, the third oldest warrior is Ying Guogong, the servant of the household department, and the family order of the prince.
The entry of Tubo into Kou Songzhou was actually not a whim, and there were already traces. Qin Qiong sits in Songzhou, and has reported to the court several times that Tubo is ambitious and has evil intentions. Even in the previous Murong Cheng's murder of his brother and his rebellion against Tang, there were shadows of Tubo people behind him.
It’s just that the imperial court didn’t take Tubo too seriously. After all, the Tang Dynasty was thousands of miles away, surrounded by countless barbarians, and Tubo’s threat to the Tang Dynasty was not ranked first.
The Tang Dynasty has been keeping a close eye on the Turks, Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, etc. Since the destruction of the Eastern Turks, the surrender of the Western Turks, and the destruction of Tuyuhun, the important opponents of the imperial court are still Goguryeo, Xue Yantuo, etc. The threat of Tubo to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court In the evaluation, it is not even as good as Dangxiang and the Qiangs in the western mountains and weak waters, and far inferior to the barbarians in the central and southern regions.
However, under Qin Qiong's letters again and again, the emperor still made some response arrangements. For example, on the west line of Jiannan, three border defense centers were established in Songzhou, Weizhou, and Xining, each with a governor's office and a town. The army further strengthened the control of the Dangxiang Qiang and the Xishan Qiang groups, building cities, building roads, stationing troops, emigrating, and so on.
There are still a lot of things that should be done, and the Qiangs have basically been rectified, and they are generally included in the control system of the Tang Dynasty.
And the imperial court's suppression of Tuyuhun's rebellion last year was even more fierce and beautiful. It wiped out Tuyuhun in one fell swoop and no longer kept it. It established four governors' mansions, stationed troops and garrisoned Qimin, and the actual control line moved forward thousands of miles again. .
These can be regarded as unexpected active defense effects on Tubo.
And it was the battle to eliminate Tuyuhun last year, coupled with the court's active defense strategy in Xichuan in the past two years, that made the emerging Xiboye royal family feel like they were in trouble. Expanding to the north of Qinghai, who knows that it has encountered a heavy setback.
Not only did the conspiracy fail, but now Datang has expanded to their borders step by step.
Qin Qiong sits in Songzhou. Although he has been ill in recent years, he is very strong. He has never had a good face against Tubo. The conflict between the two sides around Supi and Domi has intensified.
Qin Qiong never recognized Tubo’s occupation and rule over Subi, asked Tubo to withdraw from Subi, let Subi return to the country, and sternly warned that Tubo would not continue to enter the territory of Domi Kingdom northward.
But Tubo referred to Domi as Nanmo, claiming that Nanmo belonged to Tubo, and the boundary between Tang and Tubo should be bounded by Manmoli Mountain, which is also called Zishan in Tang Dynasty.
The Governor's Mansion of Songzhou refused to admit it, and sent a patrol to Bailanqiang, and set up a stone fort at Zishan Pass, and sent patrols to go out of the pass to patrol the territory of Domi on a regular basis. In fact, the Yak River was the boundary. It is the original boundary between Domi and Supi.
The cavalry of Ningyuan Army in Songzhou often clashed with the soldiers and horses of Tubo Subiru.
After the Battle of Pingtuyuhun, Songzhou Ningyuan Army began to build a new fort by the Yak River (Yushu), called Yak City, and built two post stations, Zhonglong Station and Tongtian Station, not far away.
The Ningyuan Army increased its garrison and recruited Domi Qiang, Bailan Qiang, Dangxiang Qiang and other Qiang tribes to be near the city, all of which made the Tubo people restless.
It was a prince Subi who finally caused the war. Years later, a prince Subi fled from Tubo.
The prince successfully crossed the Yak River through all kinds of dangers and entered the patrol zone of the Ningyuan Army.
The Ningyuan army ordered the Tubo pursuers to retreat across the Yak River and not to cross the border, but the Tubo people would not.
The two sides have been at odds on the border, and the patrol captain of the Ningyuan Army is also very violent, so let's do it.
The Ningyuan army only had 50 cavalry on patrol, and brought 150 Tibetan cavalry. It was actually a cavalry regiment, and the Tubo chasing soldiers were Dongdai, that is, a thousand households and a thousand cavalry.
The two sides started a cavalry battle by the Yak River. You came and went. In the end, Ningyuan's army insisted on killing 5 people and wounding more than 30 people. At the cost of killing 73 people in Tubo and capturing 317 people, Tubo fled in embarrassment. After crossing the Yak River, it is said that many people drowned in panic.
Ningyuan Xunqi cut off the heads of the Tubo people who crossed the border, and brought back the captives and the man who claimed to be Prince Supi back to Yak Fort.
After some interrogation, it was confirmed that this was indeed Prince Supi.
Many years ago, there was a civil strife in Subi, and the big and small queens were at odds. In the end, the little queen invited Tubo to send troops. After the Tubo led the troops to attack the big queen, they refused to leave. In the end, they had conflicts with the little queen, so they simply sent the little queen as well. It was destroyed, so Su Pi perished, and Tubo directly annexed Su Pi and changed its name to Sun Bo.
Under the current reform of Songtsen Gampo, Subi has even become the fifth Ru of Tubo, and has become an important part of the Five Ru Sixty-One Dongdai system.
Supi has hundreds of thousands of households, a large area and a large population, especially the livestock industry and the salt industry are very developed. It can be said that Tubo expanded rapidly after annexing Subi.
After Su Pi was annexed by Songtsan Gampo and his father, the treatment of the old nobles was not bad. Old Zanpu treated the nobles of Su Pi very well, and even granted high-ranking officials to those who enfeoffed land and slaves, and even surpassed Tubo for a time. Later, the old nobles rebelled and poisoned the old Zanpu, causing chaos in Tubo.
Some nobles in Subi also took advantage of the chaos to stand on their own, but no one expected that the young Songtsan Gampo would soon quell the rebellion with the help of his uncle and other veterans, and became stronger. Soon Subi was brought under the rule of Tubo again.
However, Songtsan Gampo showed no mercy to those Subi nobles who had rebelled, and launched a large-scale purge ruthlessly.
Many Subi nobles lost their territories, slaves, property, etc., and most of those who survived were forced to move to Luoxie City, the new capital of Tubo.
Where there is oppression, of course there is resistance.
A Prince Subi finally managed to escape from Luoxie.
Of course Tubo couldn't allow it, so they sent people to chase after him.
Supi is extremely important and indispensable to Tubo. Supi is rich in products, not developed through livestock, rich in salt, but also produces gold, cinnabar, musk, etc. Its trade reaches Tang in the east, Tuyuhun in the north, and Tuyuhun in the west. The countries of the Western Regions reached Tubo and Tianzhu in the south, and their trade was also very developed.
For Tubo, there is no reason to give up the fat piece of Su Pi. Once Prince Su Pi escapes to Tang, it is very likely to become an excuse for the Tang people to interfere with Su Pi in the future. After all, Qin Qiong has never promised Tubo to Su Pi. Rule, always said Su Pi is a subsidiary of the Central Plains.
After the chasing team failed, Tubo reacted quickly and immediately mobilized more soldiers and horses to cross the Yak River, vowing to take back Prince Supi. Because of the loss he suffered in the Yak River, Tubo became angry and issued an order at all costs.
Soon the Tubo army came aggressively. The soldiers of Songzhou Ningyuan Army stationed in Yak Fort sent people to **** Prince Subi to Songzhou, and at the same time called the nearby Domi, Bailan and other Qiang tribes to defend the fort.
A war started like this.
"How is the battle going?"
Qin Lang felt that Zanpu from Tubo should be a very difficult person according to the legend. He raised troops to quell the rebellion in his teens, and then went through a series of in-depth reforms. He could be said to be the true founder of the Tubo Empire in history. Such a person , there is no reason to be so impulsive.
But if you look at it from another angle, you seem to understand his thoughts.
Although Tubo has dominated the plateau in recent years, it is still only a remote and small country, but now it has a strong army. Datang may not have any thoughts on Tubo, but it is normal for Tubo to have such a powerful neighbor as Datang.
Tubo dared to go to war with Datang. It was nothing more than to show that they would never give up on Su Pi's heart. Secondly, they probably felt that on the plateau, Tubo could have some advantages such as the right time and place. Although Datang was strong, it did not. Fa ran to the plateau to compete with them.
This is a kind of adventure, but it is also a temptation of Tubo.
"Tubo came here with a total of 300,000 people. The king sent an envoy to Songzhou to write a letter, saying that the prince will not return. I will go deep into the city of Songzhou."
This is very arrogant.
In fact, Tubo had a lot of contacts with Datang. In recent years, there have been envoys exchanges almost every year. Datang also conferred Tubo Zanpu as Yinhou.
Tubo proposed marriage to Datang more than once, but Datang did not agree, who is Tubo considered worthy?
"You mean that Tubo invaded the country, and the soldiers pointed directly at Songzhou?" Qin Lang frowned.
"Yes."
"Where is the Tubo army now?"
"It is said that he has defeated Duomi and Bailan in a row, and he will lose Dangxiang again when he reaches Hequ."
"Have Yak Fort, Zishan Fort, Tongtian Station, Zhonglong Station, etc. all fallen?"
"The news is cut off, so I don't know the situation." The governor of Jianzhou, the warrior Yi, told Qin Lang that Tubo was aggressively invading, but at this time Qin Qiong died of illness, and there was no leader for a while. The state has also received a transfer order from the Governor's Office of Yizhou to call up troops to prepare for reinforcements in Songzhou.
(end of this chapter)