Chapter 1031: Situation in Tubo

Knowing the story behind the name, Zhu Xiejie Lie was completely immersed in the joy of being given a Chinese surname, and kowtowed to thank him again and again, "Thank you, Lord Shouzhuo, for giving the surname. The younger one will be called Lu Chaoran in the future. After returning home, the younger one will Let the whole family change their surname to Lu!"

At this time, he was completely relieved. Since Master Shou Zhuo gave him a surname, it meant that Tang had no plans to completely eliminate Sha Tuo, and he and his tribe had saved their lives this time.

However, Shatuo lost a lot of young and strong cattle, sheep and horses in this battle. The most important thing is that even half of the grassland was taken away. It will be a bit difficult to feed the tribe in the future. The tribe gets more pastures.

Kang Guangde and others moved to live in Puleihai, and their original territory remained, but how many people can be supported by those Gobi deserts? Zhu Xiejielie, oh no, it's Lu Chaoran who doesn't like these things.

"Now you just changed your Han surname. If you fight well in the future, Ben Shouzhuo can make you a real citizen of the Tang Dynasty!" Shen Long took out the Datang green card again to fool people.

Hearing this, Kang Guangde and the others puffed up their chests. What's wrong with you being given a Chinese surname? Don't you have to line up slowly, we have already fought two battles, as long as there is another deadly battle, we can become a candidate for the Han Navy. Compared with you, we are far ahead. We will definitely be better than you Became a citizen of Datang early.

Lu Chaoran thanked him again, then cut his palms and swore to be loyal to Datang and obey Datang's orders, then came to the bonfire and performed a song and dance for Shen Long and the others.

After defeating Shatuo, Shen Long and the others stayed near Yizhou for a few days. It took time to go to the Shatuo tribe to find the missing soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Si should also use this time to consider the next step.

Shen Long used this time to sort out the current situation of his opponents. He guessed that Jieyujiasi might have to go out on his own in the next step. He had no opinion at all about this. It will take some time to digest, and they are short of manpower now, and they have no more spare power to expand externally, so it is better to let Jie Yugas fight.

If Jie Yujiasi and the others can defeat Tubo, it will be good for themselves and Datang. After all, the biggest enemy of Datang and Shen Long is Tubo now. The greater the loss of Tubo, the happier Shen Long will be. The road to Datang on the right is easier.

Today's Tubo is under the rule of the thirty-seventh Zanpu Trisong Detsen, who is regarded as a British lord, and the famous thirty-third Zanpu Songtsen Gampo and the forty-one Chizu in the future Dezan added.

Since Songtsan Gampo, Tubo has absorbed the advanced Tang culture, grown stronger day by day, and gradually expanded its power. It's no small matter, but we can't judge them by the standards of future generations.

However, a large part of Tubo's advantage comes from the plateau where they are located. The plateau gives the Tubo people sufficient strategic depth, and the towering mountains on the plateau and altitude sickness have become a natural barrier to protect Tubo. When dealing with the Turkic Turks, they can send elite soldiers directly into the Turkic king's account.

It would not work to use the same method for Tubo. Altitude sickness caused the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty living in low-altitude areas to lose their combat effectiveness as soon as they went to the plateau, and it was difficult to transport food and grass, which made it impossible for the Tang Dynasty to eradicate the grass like it did with the Turks.

This is the reason for Xue Rengui's defeat in Dafeichuan. Although this battle is called "Battle of Dafeichuan", in fact the victory or defeat depends on Wuhai.

The altitude of Wuhai is about 4,000 meters. The Tang army moved from the Hehuang Valley at an altitude of 2,300 meters, and quickly advanced from the low-altitude area to the higher-altitude area. It lacked the necessary time to adapt to the plateau environment, and the physical exertion was certain. It is very large, and the consequences will be more serious.

Coupled with various reasons such as internal discord among the Tang army, it led to the disastrous defeat of the Tang army in Dafeichuan; A generation of locals attacked as the vanguard, and Tubo was quickly defeated.

In fact, when Ge Shuhan won the battle of Stone Fort, Datang found the correct way to deal with Tubo. He built the fortress step by step to ensure smooth logistics, and then drove the local indigenous tribes to lead the way and pioneer like the Mongols. During this process, the Murong clan of Tuyuhun and the Dangxiang clan played a huge role, and it is not known whether there are any ancestors of Murong Fu and Xu Zhu's wife in these leading parties.

Moreover, there were also problems within Tubo during this period. Originally, the high-ranking officials in Tubo believed in Mahayana Buddhism that had been brought to Tubo from the Han. Local monks are popular and follow each other; while the bottom of Tubo believe in the Bon religion, the two religions have their own territories, and they are still living in peace.

Then Trisong Detsen introduced the Indian monk Lotus Ring to the plateau, which caused a sudden dispute, and the monks of various factions quarreled. It is said that at the most serious time, the balls of the Lotus Ring were smashed by the disciples of Mokyana Affected by this incident, Tubo nobles who believed in different beliefs also got into a mess.

Tubo is a relatively loose tribal alliance, and Zanpu is just the leader of the tribal alliance. If you can lead the big guy to grab things and make a fortune, then the big guy will listen to you, otherwise hehe.

Seeing that Tubo was about to fall into civil strife, who knew that Datang himself would get into chaos first. Chisong Dezan, who was tired of coping with the Anshi Rebellion, was overjoyed, and quickly took advantage of this opportunity to attack Datang, captured Longyou, and cut off the Western Regions. The connection of the Central Plains, and then took advantage of the emptiness of Chang'an to break through Chang'an.

Then sent troops to the south to defeat Tianzhu, and defeated the two major protectorates of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. After this series of wars, Tubo became the border of Shaanxi and Gansu in the east and the Dadu River Basin, and the Ganges in central India in the south. , to the mighty empire of the Pamirs in the west and the Tianshan Mountains in the north.

The current Tubo can be said to be stronger than Songtsan Gampo back then. If Shen Long wanted to reopen the road from the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty, he had to defeat Tubo, which was not an easy task.

However, Tubo is not invincible. The nature of the tribal alliance prevents them from gathering their forces together. Otherwise, the Uighurs will not be able to take Hexi so easily in the future. Moreover, their internal disputes have not yet ended, and there are still many internal conflicts. This is Datang's opportunity.