ebookland Chapter 1081: The King of Chu Called "Southern Barbarian"
Chapter 1081: The King of Chu Called "Southern Barbarian"
"What is the truth of the matter?" Sang Suo frowned upon hearing this, then relaxed quietly: "I heard that the Duke of Zhao is now at loggerheads with the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xuanling, and the two sides are fighting fiercely."
"Who told you this news?" Lu Dongzan narrowed his eyes when he heard it.
"That was the news sent back by the merchant."
"Prime Minister, if this is true, then things seem to make sense again." After hearing Sangsuo's answer, Songtsen Gampo suddenly realized it and said excitedly: "Why don't we do the opposite and send someone to Chang'an to inform the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty that Changsun Wuji betrayed the Tang Dynasty--"
"Zanpu, why are you so naive?" Lu Dongzan felt a black screen in front of his eyes when he heard this. What the hell... Don't even mention the King of Chu, you are probably not as good as the reckless man named Yuwen Qing who is beside the King of Chu!
"Why do you say that, Prime Minister?" Songtsen Gampo was not very happy after being poured cold water by Lu Dongzan.
"Let's assume these two pieces of news are true. As for the Zamp... do you think we can draw a reasonable conclusion from these two pieces of news - that is, Qiongbo Bangsai offended the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty without knowing the severity of the crime? Of course, given his stupid and reckless character, this is not impossible.
But the problem is, it would be fine if the Tang Emperor just punished him, but why did he lock up all the members of the delegation?
Is this punishment too severe? And it is unreasonable.
In addition, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were fighting each other, so what could he gain by taking such a big risk and passing this news back to Tubo?
Is it possible that Tubo will not be able to help him fight against his political enemies?"
"This..." Songtsen Gampo was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "What the Prime Minister said... is indeed reasonable, but--"
"——No buts." Lu Dongzan looked at the young Zamp in front of him, and fear began to arise in his heart. Of course, his fear had nothing to do with the person in front of him: "Chang'an is trying to delay time."
"Ah?" Sang Suo, who was standing aside, felt that he couldn't get involved in the conversation between the two at all.
"The only thing I can't figure out now is how Qiongbo Bangsai offended the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty." Lu Dongzan's sudden words were truly earth-shattering.
"Prime Minister, what does this have to do with the King of Chu?" When Songtsen Gampo heard the other party mention the King of Chu, he was still confused.
"I said that Chang'an is trying to delay time, and the way they delay time is to try to cover up the truth. The premise of covering up the truth is that the matter is of great importance. What kind of matter is considered 'of great importance'?"
"..." Songtsen Gampo felt that he was just like Sangsuo at the moment, his brain was not enough.
"Duke Zhao must have been instructed by the emperor to spread false information. And for whom would Li Shimin do such a thing? Either he has already decided to take action against Tubo, or his most outstanding son, the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty, has decided to take action against Tubo! Otherwise, he would not have put so much thought into it, and even personally participated in the layout and planning..."
When Lu Dongzan said this, he suddenly took a deep breath and said, "Zanpu... mobilize the army... The army of Luoshui City... currently only has 50,000 soldiers, which is far from enough..."
"No... Prime Minister, please don't scare me." Songtsen Gampo swallowed unconsciously when he heard this: "How is it possible... How did we... suddenly offend the King of Chu?"
"Regarding your question, I know someone who can answer it." Lu Dongzan sighed and said, "That person is Qiongbo Bangsai himself! But... I now suspect that he is dead!"
"Impossible!" Although Songtsen Gampo respected Lu Dongzan very much, he still felt that his speculation was too arbitrary: "How could the Tang Dynasty kill envoys without authorization? Isn't they a country of etiquette? They observe etiquette!"
"Heh..." Lu Dongzan smiled unconsciously upon hearing this: "Yeah... you haven't been hit with a gold nugget by the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty... you don't even know how polite those two 'bang bangs' are..."
“Prime Minister, can I have a word?” Sang Suo saw that Songtsen Gampo looked quite unhappy, so he stepped forward to smooth things over: “I think—”
"Did I ask you to speak?" Lu Dongzan was already in a bad mood at the moment. Damn it, the Zamp is young, strong, ambitious and unwilling to admit defeat, which is a good thing, but you also have to distinguish between people and things!
If it is really the "Southern Barbarian" King of Chu who invaded Tubo, then now is the final stage of defense.
With this in mind, Lu Dongzan no longer planned to save face for Songtsen Gampo: "Why don't you hurry up and mobilize the troops?!"
"..." Upon hearing this, Sangsuo turned his gaze towards Songtsen Gampo.
"The 50,000 defenders of Luoshui City are enough to protect the capital." Feeling that his authority was challenged, Songtsen Gampo immediately said with a gloomy face: "Prime Minister, each of my Tibetan warriors is worth a hundred -"
"Idiot! Idiot!" Lu Dongzan was really regretting it at this moment. In the past, for the sake of Tubo and the king Songtsen Gampo, he could bow his head in front of the King of Chu, but now, he felt that he should have taken Songtsen Gampo with him at that time: "One against a hundred?
Do you know how old the King of Chu was when he went to the battlefield?
Do you know how long it took him to fight from Shuofang City to Jinshan to offer sacrifices to the sky?
Do you know that over the past ten years, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has fought wars in the south and the north and has never been defeated!
Do you know what "never lost a battle" means? !" When Lu Dongzan said this, he saw that Songtsen Gampo was still not convinced, so he finally got angry and said, "Let me tell you! Tubo's biggest enemy is not even the Tang Dynasty, but the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty!
Because the Tang Dynasty may not be in a hurry to destroy us, but that Tang Dynasty person is different!
It seemed as if he was born to hate the existence of foreign races around the borders of his country!
That’s not all! Zanpu, I will tell you a truth today: Don’t think that the King of Chu went to Qiongzhou to be a vassal because he was afraid of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Don’t look at me like that!” When Lu Dongzan said this, he saw that Songtsen Gampo still looked unconvinced, so he immediately said with a cold face: “You think you are the king of Tubo, and only the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is qualified to be compared with you.
The King of Chu was just a prince of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how good he was at fighting, didn't he eventually surrender to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?
Ha... Ridiculous! How ridiculous! Zanpu, there are many powerful families in the Tang Dynasty. Their family history is even far beyond the imagination of people like us.
Among them, the patriarchs of the oldest families even looked down on the royal family and were unwilling to marry their daughters to the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty!
But if it were the King of Chu, they would be eager to marry their own daughters to him!
Do you know the reason for this, Zanpu?"
"..." Facing Lu Dongzan's question, Songtsen Gampo hesitated for a long time before saying, "If it weren't for my family background..."
"No, it's because of family background, but it's not just because of family background..." Lu Dongzan interrupted him and said, "To be honest... Zanpu, I was too conceited before and didn't seriously understand my enemies.
In fact... putting aside the King of Chu's own strength, the power he personally controls... is far beyond your and my imagination!"