Chapter 1077 Dismissal
"If I'm guilty, please be punished by the gods instead of letting me meet Qin Lang."
Late at night.
Before Leiguan, the Tubo envoy Gal Dongzan was sitting in the lee of the cliff under a blanket, facing a pile of bonfires, and his subordinates were roasting meat.
The smell of meat overflowed, but Gal Dongzan was unmoved, still frowning.
Early this morning, under the protection of warriors in tiger suits, he came to Leiguan again, knocked on the pass to present Zanpu's national letter, and also submitted the gift list, and repeatedly stated that he would mourn King Qin Zhongwu of the Tang family and Dai Zanpu to pay respects to Wei Guogong wait.
But the guards did not let them in, and the gift was also confiscated. A few letters and the attached gift list were taken in, but they were only allowed to wait.
This waits from early morning to sunset, and from day to night.
The hundred warriors in tiger suits who accompanied him were already very impatient, but Dongzan was very patient. In other words, after the last failure, the Tubo minister became much more patient now. There are too few chips in the game, and if you go back, you will just fail.
As the leader of the younger generation of the Gar family, although Dongzan is in his thirties, he is already an important minister in the Tubo court. Although he has not yet entered the list of nine ministers of government affairs, he has not yet become a minister Jiuchen, but he has also become one of the four internal ministers who are the foreman of the third shift.
If it weren’t for the failure of the previous mission and the failure again, the Eastern Expedition went smoothly this time, and he was able to take advantage of the situation to make contributions, then Dongzan would have a good chance to enter the Prime Minister’s Palace and become a small internal minister. But he screwed up and couldn't fail again this time.
Although the Tang people did not let him enter the customs, they also told him to wait, so there is still hope.
"What do the people of Tang mean?"
A Gar disciple in a tiger-skin gown, a tiger-skin skirt, and a tiger-skin robe overlaid the question as he handed over the roasted mutton.
Gal sighed, "Whoever let the Tang family have the upper hand now will naturally take the initiative. Just wait. Since the Tang family only allows them to wait, it means there is still a chance."
"Could it be another conspiracy by the Tang people, or just trick us?"
Dongzan looked at this cousin of the family. He was dressed in six brave ornaments. He was a first-class warrior in Tubo. In addition to the tiger-skin gown, there are also tiger-skin saddles and tiger-skin stirrup pad collars.
And there are more advanced guards and warriors beside Zan Pu, who are wearing tiger skin clothes and leopard skin skirts.
This time he came, Zanpu specially asked him to bring a hundred warriors in tiger suits. First, he brought too many warriors for fear of being misunderstood by the Tang people. Second, he brought too few and feared being despised by the Tang people. Therefore, he finally brought a hundred warriors in tiger suits. The number is not much. It can also show strength.
But who knows, the Tang people don't even close the door.
Dong Zan looked at the hundred warriors in Tibetan tiger suits. On their shoulders was a rectangular body, made of red copper, with some patterns embedded on it.
Tubo’s domestic reforms have shifted to Zanpu centralized power, from the original aristocratic tribal alliance system to the current Zanpu centralized system. Not only have various central and local official systems been established, but also a relatively complete official rank system.
For example, Zanpu grants officials to sue, and distinguishes six materials such as seser, jade, gold, silver and copper, the highest and the lowest is red copper, which is divided into six levels and twelve levels of official prosecution system, also known as chapter ornaments.
Below the six-level and twelve-level confessions, there are also iron and wood confessions, which are awarded to the Gui and Yong classes other than noble officials.
The one hundred warriors in tiger suits next to Dongzan all have red copper. Although they are the lowest rank among the sixth and twelve ranks, it also shows that these warriors are dressed in tiger skins and have red copper medallions on their arms. , not just soldiers, but all officers, the lowest is Cao Chang.
Cao Chang in Tubo is actually an imitation of the official title of the Tang Dynasty. In the border army of the Tang Dynasty, there were also soldiers Cao Canjun and Cang Cao Can military. Cao has Cao Chang.
One hundred households govern two cao, one cao has fifty people, this cao is actually equivalent to a team in the army of the Tang Dynasty.
The army of the Datang Mansion is the ninth-rank officer, and Cao Chang of the Tubo people also has a red copper confession, and is the lowest rank of military officer.
However, Cao Chang of Tubo is similar to the captain of Datang. They are the most basic officers. Strong, but when it comes to higher-level things, it is often insufficient.
Lun Dongzan is still very young, but he is already one of the six chief ministers of the first class of the third class in the Tubo court. Of course, his pattern and vision are different from those of the tiger-robed Cao chiefs.
"wait!"
In the Leiguan at night, there are only a few lights, but Dongzan knows that this Leiguan, which has suffered a lot from Tubo, looks small, but there are definitely thousands of troops hidden inside. Qin Lang, the Duke of Wei who moved Kyushu, must be there.
Just now he silently searched the deeds of Qin Lang that he knew in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he was amazed. If Qin Lang's deeds were placed in their Tubo, he would be a hero that everyone can sing about.
But such a person has become Tubo's opponent.
Hasty, careless.
Because Qin Qiong died of illness, Tubo came here all over the country. They wanted to break through Songzhou in order to deter the people of Tang Dynasty. Then they forced them to marry the princess and even let them give up their suzerainty over the Qiangs. I can imagine that this time, the head will be broken.
Perhaps Tubo should continue to show weakness to the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, continue tribute trade, maintain stability in the east, send troops to the west first, and wipe out Zhang Zhung in one fell swoop. The land of Tuyuhun.
Going east to Songzhou, now it seems that it is an extremely sloppy strategy, because of some greed, it ended up like this.
But it’s useless to regret it now. When the decision was made, Dongzan also fully supported the strategy of first east, then north, and then west. After that, Tuyuhun was completely wiped out, and Tuyuhun was merged into Tang Xinjiang in one fell swoop, and their control over Dangxiang and the Qiang in the Western Mountains has become stronger and stronger.
Qin Qiong has guarded Songzhou for many years, and this person has always regarded Tubo as a confidant, and his deployment in recent years has always been aimed at Tubo's expansion to the northeast.
Qin Qiong even built the castle directly on the bank of the Yak River, which has reached the border of Subi, and even the Yebushou of the Ningyuan Army broke into the territory of Subi several times, which has made Tubo unbearable.
Entering Curzon State is not so much a risky extortion as it is a continuous expansion invasion that wants to remove Song State.
Now it is no longer thinking about how to break through Songzhou and smash the hand of the Tang people who stretched across the border, but how to retreat back decently, and ensure that the Tang people will not take the opportunity to counterattack aggressively, at least maintain the original border , to keep the existing buffer.
But it is too difficult to do this.
Lu Dongzan thought to himself, if he were Qin Lang, in the current situation where he had the upper hand, he might not be able to do what Tubo wanted.
But they had nothing to gain on the battlefield, and suffered repeated defeats. Now they can only pray that they can be more flexible on the negotiating table.
The cold wind blows all night.
After dawn, Lu Dongzan washed his cold face, straightened his clothes, and came to Leiguan again, this time with a more respectful attitude than yesterday.
Waited for another three hours, the sun was high, the door was closed and finally a message was sent to let them in.
The closed door was slowly opened, and a group of cavalry from the Tang army rushed out and surrounded them. The warriors in tiger clothes wanted to draw their swords to confront each other, and Lu Dongzan hurriedly stopped them.
Before someone closes, even if you really draw your sword, you are not someone else's opponent.
A young general slowly stepped forward and came to Dongzan.
"Who is coming?"
Dongzan restrained his dissatisfaction, and went forward to salute, "I am the envoy of the great Songtsan Gampo of Tubo, the minister of Tubo, Gardong Zan Yusong, and I honor the great..."
"Stop, on the territory of my Tang Dynasty, don't mention the great Songtsan Gampo, that's just the marquis conferred by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Now if you dare to invade my Tang Dynasty, even this Marquis can't be kept. .”
Dongzan kept smiling.
"Come with me!"
"Dare to ask the general's name?"
A knight in Mingguang armor said to Dong Zan, "So that you can know, this is General Qin, the founding son of Taiyuan County, the guerrilla general of the Tang Dynasty who guarded the Zhechong Mansion in Kunming, the captain of Zhechong and the envoy of the Zhongwu Army. "
"It turned out to be General Qin, what is the relationship with Duke Wei?"
"General Qin is the righteous son of Duke Wei of Qin."
"It turned out to be Wei Gongyi's son, disrespect and disrespect."
Qin Cunxiao snorted coldly, "It's not worth mentioning a mere nameless person, but you should pay respect to this one, he is the founder of Jinan County in the Tang Dynasty, the son of the late Taishi King Qin Zhongwu, and the younger brother of Duke Wei. "
Dong Zan was surprised, he never thought that Qin Qiong's son, Qin Lang's younger brother, was so young and mighty, yet he was just dressed as an ordinary cavalry.
"Jiangmen Huzi also."
Cunxiao didn't have the heart to talk to the barbarian, so he directly said to him, "Half of the guards are here to wait."
Only half of the entourage was allowed to go in. This is because Dongzan brought a lot of gold, silver, wealth, horses, beautiful women and other gifts, so someone had to drive the cart and lead the horse.
This was not discussed, so Dongzan could only nod.
Entered with fifty warriors in tiger suits, and closed the door again.
After Dong Zan entered the pass, he immediately looked around and found that Lei Pass was tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and the guards were tight. The two Qin generals didn't care about his watching.
Not far away, another door closed.
"The gifts and attendants stay here, you come with us."
Dong Zan's cousin was dissatisfied and wanted to speak out, Dong Zan stopped him, "Okay, listen to the arrangement of the major general."
After another closed door, the inside is wider, still in the narrow valley, but there are already many buildings here, including warehouses, barracks and so on.
Qin Cunxiao led him straight, and finally came to a building. Looking at the six-sided banner erected in front of the door, Dongzan knew that Situ, Ping Zhangshi, and Wei Guogong Qin Lang were inside.
Just as he was about to step forward, a Mingguang armored warrior stepped forward to stop him and glanced at him disdainfully.
"How can I meet Wei Gong with such a smelly smell? Take off this stinky leather robe, wash it over there, and then put on a clean robe before going in to meet Wei Gong."
Blood welled up on Dong Zan's face, these words were too insulting.
Cun Xiao said coldly from the side, "Let me introduce, this is the founding father of Licheng County in the Tang Dynasty, the son of the late Taishi King Zhongwu, and the younger brother of Duke Wei."
Dong Zan forcibly suppressed the urge to curse, but he didn't expect that he was Qin Qiong's son again, so he couldn't offend him.
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and go to take a shower and change clothes.
"This is Lun Dongzan. I don't see the slightest bit of temper like mud. I can't see what's wrong with him? Why does the third brother think highly of this person?" Qin, who had just given Lun Dongzan a disarm Gui asked Qin Li and Qin Cunxiao with a smile.
"A dog that doesn't bark bites." That's all Cun Xiao said.
"Yes." Brother Qin Li and Qin Gui nodded.
(end of this chapter)