Except for Mangsong Mangzan, everyone on both sides slowly knelt down on the ground and saluted Li Hong after Li Hong dismounted.
Therefore, the next scene was like a performance. All the Tibetan officials were stunned and Pei Xingjian, Ma Zai, and especially Dai Zhide just wanted to vomit.
Mangsong Mangzan said: "Why don't you stay some more time? I and the Holy Savior Mother Buddha have always wanted you to stay some more time. Prime Minister Pei still needs your guidance on government affairs."
"There are still many government affairs waiting for me to handle in the Anxi Protectorate. Prime Minister Pei and Dai are important ministers of the Anxi Protectorate. After they were invited by you, a lot of government affairs can only be handled by me personally. Alas... Speaking of which, I really can't bear to leave them in Tubo." Li Hong and Mangsong Mangzan held hands and couldn't help feeling sympathy for each other as two rows of courtiers watched them off.
"This is really my fault, but you bear the pain of cutting off your beloved ministers and helping me in the Tubo court. This great righteousness and kindness will be remembered by our Tubo people, and we, Tubo, and the Tang Dynasty will always be brothers." We will create an alliance and create lasting friendship," Mangsong Mangzan continued with an endorsement.
"Okay! It's true that a gentleman is respectful and courteous to others. We are all brothers in the world! Why should a gentleman call him a brother?" Li Hong was in a daze, but at the same time, he was unknowingly praised and praised by Mang Song. The seniority is even.
"Your Highness is also studying the books of saints and sages now." Pei Xingjian, who was behind him, listened to the two people talking. After a long time, he couldn't hold back the goosebumps and praised.
"Why is he reading so hard? Huh, the two of them were talking, but I prepared it for them last night, and all they need is the piece of paper in my hand to read." Dai Zhide was very dissatisfied with Li Hong's behavior.
He knew clearly that he was not welcome, but he still didn't leave quickly, so he had to do this disgusting thing in full view of the people of the Holy City and the Tibetan ministers.
Unknowingly, the two men, leading their ministers, had walked to a newly erected large stone tablet at the gate of the city. On the stone tablet, one could vaguely see the following inscriptions: "Let the people live in peace and harmony, and think as one" and "We will not be enemies of each other. "Let's go to war", "Always respect my uncle and nephew's good deeds, and benefit one side" and so on.
"This... the words on the Tang-Tibet Friendship Monument were written by you, right?" Pei Xingjian looked at the tombstone in the distance and remembered that a few days ago, Li Hong ordered Dai Zhide to find a large stone tablet.
Dai Zhide's face was as dark as an eggplant. Although he disdained these superficial words, it was his duty to show the majesty of the Tang Dynasty and care for the people in all directions.
After listening to Pei Xingjian's question, Dai Zhide nodded helplessly with a dark face again.
This inscription, which demonstrates the majesty of the Tang Dynasty and expresses the achievements of His Majesty the Tang Dynasty, is completely destroyed because of the last sentence, and it has no solemn power at all.
The last sentence "Always respect the kindness of uncle and nephew, and benefit everyone." Pei Xingjian didn't know that this was engraved by His Royal Highness in private. Otherwise, Dai Zhide's face would not be as black as charcoal.
The tall blue stone stele is broad and majestic. It stands at the city gate like a town stele. The words on the stele are inscribed in both Tubo and Tang characters. It is difficult not to notice this tall and powerful stone stele when entering or leaving the city gate.
The writing on it was naturally engraved in red letters as bright as blood. In this way, it would be difficult for people not to pay attention to the writing on it, unless a blind man entered and exited the city gate.
Li Hong and Mang Song Mangzan stood under the stone monument. If there were cameras in this life, Li Hong would definitely order people to take pictures quickly. At this historic moment, no matter what, he had to take pictures to commemorate them.
The two of them held hands and said goodbye with sad expressions on their faces. Banmei and Xunlan had already poured wine to offer sacrifices to the heavens and gods, one cup each, and the wine on the small tray was taken away one by one.
Then Li Hong lamented, lamenting that the sky was unkind, regretting the late meeting, etc. His words made people's skin crawl and made him feel sick.
Mangsong Mangzan, on the other hand, matched Li Hong's sorrowful and heart-wrenching words, standing aside with a tragic expression, as if they were brothers who were parting from life and death. In the end, the two of them shed tears and waved goodbye.
When Li Hong left, the happiest person was Mangsong Mangzan, who had been crying.
The smoke and dust left by Li Hong and the army had dispersed, but Mansong Mangzan still raised his hands to say goodbye, with tears streaming down his face.
But everyone knows that these are not the tears of sadness that Mansong Mangzan couldn't stop, but the tears of joy and tears of joy from the heart: finally the little devil is sent away.
When Li Hong's army entered Tubo, its number reached 25,000 at its peak, but when it left Tubo, its number had dropped to 14,000.
Although he only lost 10,000 people, he conquered Tubo and established the current situation.
But looking at the long queue, Li Hong still felt uncomfortable in his heart. Those more than 10,000 people were now left in Tubo for a long time.
Each living face and young life passed away, and there were countless heartbreaking cries behind it.
The heart-wrenching grief, far beyond the comfort of pensions, can comfort the pain of the people who have lost their loved ones and the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Just as Princess Wencheng hated Li Hong, she not only occupied the Jokhang Temple, but also the Ramoche Temple was not spared by him.
He stored the bones of more than 10,000 Tang Erlangs in the Ramoche Temple, so that the sound of Buddha's singing every day could transcend those young lives.
Why only build a monument and biography for you, the son of the Tang Dynasty? Is the life of my son, the son of Tubo, not my life
Li Hong replied: "War can never bring peace, and hatred will always lead to war. Buddha can save all sentient beings, but it cannot bring peace. If you want peace, you should abandon the so-called will of God. If you want to bring peace to Tibet, In the age of peace and prosperity, you should return to Chang'an to recuperate!"
Princess Wencheng could not ignore Li Hong's words. She also knew that it was already very difficult for Tubo to return to her husband's time in today's Tibet.
But she was not willing to leave Tubo and her husband's kingdom, leaving Mansong Mangzan alone to deal with the wolves of the Tang Dynasty.
In wars, peace, sufferings, and prosperous times, the Buddha saves all living beings and saves all living beings. If you believe in and worship the Buddha, you save all living beings and save all living beings. Put down the butcher's knife, and you can become a Buddha immediately. The people of Tubo are lucky or unlucky in a matter of seconds.
Li Hong left behind what Huineng had said that seemed to be true at first, turned around and left, leaving Princess Wencheng behind, looking at the figure in armor slowly disappearing in the sun.
When the army marches to Xiaobolu, it will turn into the so-called official road. From here, it can go directly to Khotan to rest and reorganize the troops, and then follow the Silk Road south of the Takalamakan Desert to Loulan.
But just as he was about to set off in the early morning, an urgent letter was delivered to his camp: "The White-robed Dashi is going to visit the Persian Protectorate. The reason is that their prince has never come back since he entered the Tang Dynasty. "
After reading the letter, Li Hong cursed angrily: People have been dead for several years, and you only think of them now? I'm afraid it was because he knew that the Tang Dynasty was sending troops to Tibet and had no time to worry about the Persian Governor's Mansion, so he found such a bad excuse to capture the Persian Governor's Mansion!
"How many garrison troops are there in the Persian Governor's Mansion now? Who is the garrison general?" After finishing his scolding, Li Hong looked at the messenger and asked.
"Go back to the Protectorate of Persia. Wang Mingyuan will lead 20,000 elite soldiers to defend the city of the Persian Protectorate." The messenger had just finished answering Li Hong's words.
I saw another messenger running over. Looking at the wet clothes on his body, it seemed that he had traveled all night. The clothes were either soaked with sweat or soaked with dew at night.
"Report to the Protector General Xue Rengui." The messenger respectfully handed the secret letter to Hua Meng, who then presented it to Li Hong.
Li Hong's right eyelid twitched violently, and he quickly tore open the envelope. As expected, it was still written by Xue Rengui himself.
The letter mentioned, of course, that the Persian Governor's Mansion was besieged by the White-Clothed Food, and asked whether troops should be sent to assist.
While Li Hong was reading the letter, Banmei and Xunlan had already cleverly taken out the map for His Royal Highness to check.
Li Hong frowned. He didn't care about the Persian Governor's Mansion. What he cared about was the Tang Dynasty's 20,000 troops!
If you want to assist the Persian Governor's Mansion, you have to travel through Tochar, which has gradually broken away from the control of White Food. Tochara was no longer controlled by the Tang Dynasty ten years ago. If you want to assist now, I have to say it is extremely difficult.
In the first year of Longshuo, that is, in 661 AD, Belus had already gone to Chang'an to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty set up the Persian Governor's Palace in Jiling City, Persia, and appointed Belus as the governor, subordinate to Anxi. Protectorate.
In the second year of Longshuo, the Tang Dynasty appointed Belus as the king of Persia. It wanted to use the orthodox status of the Persian royal family of Belus to control Persia and other places and incorporate them into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Since the third year of Longshuo, Tocharo has started fighting against the Tang Dynasty. The Anxi Protectorate has to deal with the rebellions of Ashina Duzhi and others, so it has no time to take care of the riots in Tocharo.
As a result, Tocharu broke away from the control of the Tang Dynasty, and just emerged from the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth. Seeing the war in Tochara, the white-clothed food took advantage of the opportunity that the Tang Dynasty had no time to take into account, and incorporated Tocharu into his territory.
After Li Hong entered Anxi, he gradually began to carry out some small actions in Tocharo, including checks and balances on commerce, "Jingwei" sneaking into people to alienate people, etc., which made Tocharoro unable to be eaten by white clothes and remain safe and stable. Put it in your pocket.
But estrangement and other tactics are just a drop in the bucket. They only make it more difficult for White Food to control Tochara. They do not make Tocharoro begin to move away from the Tang Dynasty. Instead, they make Tocharoro more like Tubo and become a country that can A kingdom that contends for hegemony.
Xiaobolu and Dabolu, which are adjacent to Tochara, have been living in fear. If it were not for the support of Tubo's strong military force, they would have been conquered by Tochara.
But now, the problem before Li Hong is how to bring Wang Mingyuan and 20,000 Tang troops back to Datang safely.
In the current Anxi Protectorate, in his plan, there are no sufficient conditions to support him to devour Tochara and rescue the Persian Protectorate.
(End of chapter)