Vol 2 Chapter 2710: Tubo King Songtsan Gampo, the God of War in the Snowy Land discusses Qinling Ma
Chapter 2710 Tubo King Songtsan Gampo, the God of War in the Snowy Land discusses Qinling Mausoleum
Chapter 2706: Tubo King Songtsen Gampo, the God of War in the Snowy Land discusses Qinling Mausoleum
Songtsen Gampo appeared humble on the surface, but he was actually a proud man, and he did have the capital to be proud.
Tubo is located in Tibet on the plateau, and before Tibet was unified, there had been constant wars between the major tribes and chieftains for thousands of years.
Songtsen Gampo's Ga family has always been a powerful Tibetan family. After the news came that the Eastern Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, the Ga family devoted themselves to imitating the Qin Dynasty and unifying Tibet. Unfortunately, after more than ten generations of efforts, it failed. can succeed.
It was not until the generation of Nangri Songtsan, the father of Songtsen Gampo, that they abandoned the ancestral system of isolation, actively communicated with the outside world, and relied on trade with the Han and Qiang peoples, thus ushering in great development and gradually becoming the Tibetan people. Land overlord.
Unfortunately, before he could unify Tubo, Nangri Songtsan was poisoned and assassinated by his own people, and the Ga family was also caught in internal and external troubles.
After a series of internal fights, Songtsen Gampo finally succeeded his father's position, but he had to face the coalition forces from surrounding tribes. After repelling the coalition forces, his father's accumulated wealth was almost exhausted. , it is simply impossible for Songtsen Gampo to complete the great cause of unifying Tibet.
Songtsen Gampo had studied Han culture and traveled to Yongliang and Yongzhou many times, so he knew the Han culture very well. What he most admired were Qin Shihuang and Han Gaozu, especially the Han Gaozu who was indomitable and suffered repeated defeats.
The power of role models is infinite.
So, even in this situation, Songtsen Gampo did not give up, but became more motivated.
Songtsen Gampo was reclaiming wasteland, expanding the area of cultivated land, developing production, and accumulating strength, while continuing to learn the advanced civilization and technology of the Han Dynasty.
At this time, the Han Dynasty was in its doom, and the warlord Yuan Shu who separatized Jianghuai and Cao Cao in Yanzhou would sell anything for money, so it was not difficult for Songtsen Gampo to buy technology.
Of course, the civilization of the Central Plains was advancing rapidly at this time, and the speed of technological iteration was very fast, so what could be bought from Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were only the lower-level technologies that had been eliminated.
But for the backward Tubo, even the technologies eliminated by the Han were enough for them to digest for a long time.
In addition to the above, Songtsen Gampo also followed King Yan Zhao's example and built a "golden platform" and bought horse bones with thousands of gold, hoping to recruit talents from all over for his own use.
For the closed Tibet, many of the things Songtsen Gampo did were treasonous and unethical acts that violated the ancestral system.
But in the eyes of those knowledgeable people who really long for change but feel despair about the solidification of classes in Tibet, Songtsen Gampo is undoubtedly a light of hope that dispels the darkness.
The outstanding talents in Tibet, such as Lundongzan, Xinologonglu, Dayan Mangbozhi, Rulejie, Labugoga and other Tibetan seven sages, etc., took the initiative to seek refuge with Songtsen Gampo. , and among them Lun Dongzan is the first.
Regarding Dongzan, he is the "Six Trial Marriage Envoy" or the "Six Difficult Marriage Envoy" Lu Dongzan, also known as "Xue Lu Dongzan", "Zhulu Dongzan", etc. He is recognized as the first of the Tubo Dynasty Prime Minister.
On Dongtsen, he searched all the major forces in Tubo and found that only Songtsen Gampo wanted to change, and only he had the ability to unify Tibet, so he placed all his hopes on Songtsen Gampo. Not only did he personally assist Songtsen Gampo, Bu, also recommended a lot of talents.
It was precisely with the assistance of Lun Dongzan and other talented people that the Ga family, which absorbed a large number of new technologies from the Han Dynasty, was able to rapidly improve in a short period of time and once again had the capital to unify Tibet.
But even so, it was still difficult for Songtsan Gampo to unify Tibet. After all, there were many places on the plateau that were easy to defend and difficult to attack. Without a strong army and a famous general who was good at fighting, it would be impossible to break through. The natural barrier of the plateau.
A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.
In a place like Tibet where birds do not lay eggs, it is even more difficult to find a good general.
Songtsen Gampo had no generals available for a long time, and could only lead his troops into battle to kill the enemy in person. It was not until the younger generation of generals, led by Lun Dongzan's second son Lun Qinling, fully grew up and emerged that this dilemma was completely solved. .
If Songtsen Gampo is a wise king who appears once in Tibet for hundreds of years, then Qinling is a famous general who is rare in Tibet for thousands of years.
Qin Ling is not well-known, but his performance is extremely fierce. He is an unprecedented military genius in the history of Tubo. He has never suffered any defeat in his life, so he is called by later generations: the God of War in the Snowy Land.
Before Lun Qin Ling came to prominence, Tubo basically had no victory in the battle with Li Tang.
Especially in the Battle of Wuhai, Su Dingfang defeated the 80,000 Tibetan army with a thousand cavalry. Such an outrageous record made the Tibetan people frightened. Even when writing history books, there was a false record that "the Tang army burned the Potala Palace".
However, after Li Shimin died and many of the founding generals of Li and Tang Dynasty passed away, the situation of the Tang army was completely different when facing the Tibetan army led by Lun Qinling.
In the Battle of Dafeichuan, Qin Ling led an army of 400,000 to fight against Xue Rengui, the war **** of the Tang Dynasty. However, the Tang army of more than 100,000 was nearly wiped out. Only the general Xue Rengui and the remaining deputy generals were left to make peace.
This was also a battle that made Xue Rengui regret his whole life and leave him with no guarantee of victory. The reason why he lost so miserably was not that his ability to command troops was not as good as Lu Qinling's, but that he was held back by his teammates.
Xue Rengui's deputy general Guo Daifeng violated military orders without permission and insisted on going his own way. He was ultimately defeated. It was really not a crime of war.
But if you lose, you lose.
Xue Rengui was defeated so miserably in this battle. It was also the first major defeat suffered by the Tang army, which had been invincible in Asia since the founding of Li Tang Dynasty. After that, every time the Tang army encountered Lun Qinling, it would be defeated. .
In the Battle of Qinghai Lake, Qinling defeated the 180,000 Tang army led by Li Jingxuan and Liu Shenli, and took advantage of the victory to advance twice, briefly capturing the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions.
In the battle of Suluohan Mountain, Lun Qinling and his younger brother Lunzanpo faced off against the more than 100,000 Wuzhou army led by Wang Xiaojie and Lou Shide. They relied on the geographical advantage to block the front and back, and sent troops to cover up the enemy, causing the Wuzhou army to suffer heavy losses. .
With the corpses of the Tang Army and Wu Zhou Army as stepping stones, Lun Qin Ling quickly gained the reputation of the "Snowy God of War", and the cumulative number of annihilated Tang Army and Wu Zhou Army reached hundreds of thousands.
Neither Li Tang nor Wu Zhou could do anything about Qin Ling. In the end, Wu Zetian used a divorce plan to intensify the conflict between Qin Ling and Tubo Zanpu, and then used the help of the Tubo people to get rid of this confidant.
So, for Songtsen Gampo, talking about Dongzan and others can only strengthen the foundation, but talking about Qinling can stabilize the country. As a rare military genius in Tibet for a thousand years, Qinling's military talent is already the best in Tibet, and after Songtsen Gampo's vigorous training, no one in Tibet can be his military opponent.
With the power of the Gar family and the talented commander Lun Qinling, if we work steadily, we can completely unify Tibet in at most ten years. However, Songtsen Gampo was not satisfied and felt that ten years was still too long.
In order to shorten the period of unification, Songtsen Gampo formed an alliance with the Sui State, canonized Buddhism as the state religion, and made Sakyamuni the state teacher.
Under Songtsen Gampo's actions, Tibet, which the Ga family had not been able to unify for four hundred years, was unified in just four years.
Before Songtsen Gampo completely unified Tibet, he established the Tubo Kingdom and created the Tibetan race and Tibetan language.
Now Songtsan Gampo has completely unified the Tibetan plateau and achieved unprecedented achievements for Tibetans in thousands of years. His status in the hearts of Tibetans is the same as that of Qin Shihuang in the hearts of Han people.
Such a founding king was naturally extremely proud.
However, he proposed marriage to Da Qin twice, but was rejected by Da Qin both times. It was inevitable that he would not resent Da Qin in his heart.
Of course, this resentment will not affect Songtsen Gampo’s judgment.
Songtsan Gampo definitely sent troops to support the Sui State. In addition to not wanting the Qin to completely occupy Guanxi and thus directly contact the Qin, he also had ambitions for Haizhou and Liangzhou. This was also one of the reasons.
After Tubo unified Tibet, it developed extremely rapidly with the assistance of the Sui State.
Although Tubo's development has not yet reached saturation, it has gradually leveled off. If it wants to continue to develop rapidly, it can only get out of the plateau.
That's right, just like Tubo during the Tang Dynasty, after experiencing rapid development, Tubo will also embark on the path of external expansion.
This is also inevitable with the development of the times and does not depend on personal will.
Tubo’s expansion direction was only in four directions: Yizhou, Liangzhou, Haizhou and the Western Regions.
If the Qin Dynasty defeated the Sui State and occupied Liangzhou and Haizhou, Tubo would have no hope.
But if it was to help the Sui State defeat the Qin army, then the Sui State would have to thank Tubo. Isn't it too much to cede one or two counties in Liangzhou or Haizhou?
It was with this idea in mind that Songtsen Gampo chose to aid the Sui Dynasty, and people in Tubo also supported it. After all, if Tubo wanted to continue to grow, it had to get out of the plateau.
Tubo was highly unified and unanimously agreed that aid should be given to the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, there was naturally not much resistance and various matters related to the aid to the Sui Dynasty were quickly approved.
In the end, Songtsen Gampo appointed Lunqinling as the chief general, Dayan Mangbuzhi as deputy general, Lunzanpo, Lungongren, Xinuologonglu, Zhulong Mangbuzhi and others as generals, leading a total of 100,000 troops. Plateau, into Haizhou, went to support the Sui State.
However, Songtsen Gampo also took the opportunity to speak loudly and put forward some conditions, such as: the food, grass, and military pay of the Tubo army were all provided by the Sui army, and the two counties of Haizhou were also ceded to the Tubo.
Yang Guang was naturally furious when he learned about it. After all, Tubo could develop so quickly because of the Sui State. However, Songtsen Gampo wanted to take advantage of it and was simply not a son of man.
Yang Guang was naturally ready to refuse, but was persuaded by Gao Jiong.
"My lord, why don't you agree to Tibet first, wait until the Qin army is defeated, and survive this crisis? It doesn't depend on our mood whether we will give you money or food, or whether we will cut off the land. Even if you refuse to pay, what can Tibet do to me?" Gao Jiong said calmly. road.
Yang Guang's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. Yes, after the Qin army had been repulsed, would the Tubo army still dare to rob it? If you really dare, you can just wipe out the Tibetan army that comes to help.
With this idea in mind, Yang Guang agreed to Tubo's request. Songtsen Gampo was naturally overjoyed when he learned about it, but he didn't know that Yang Guang was in trouble himself, but he was still harboring evil intentions to plot against him.
On the other hand, after the Shu Kingdom received the Sui Kingdom's request for aid, Liu Yu convened the ministers to discuss and discuss whether to aid the Sui Kingdom.
The Yizhou native faction headed by Qiao Zhou believed that the Shu Han had not yet recovered from the two major defeats in Hanzhong and Shunan a year ago, and now it should focus on recuperating and recovering from battle losses, and should not continue to cause trouble.
The outsiders, headed by Prime Minister Su Qin, believed that it was not a question of whether the Shu Han wanted to send troops, but that the Shu Han had to send troops to the Jiangge to contain the Qin army in Hanzhong to support the Sui State.
Su Qin has five reasons for saying this:
First, the battle damage in Hanzhong and Shunan cannot be recovered in a short time, but the Qin army will not wait for Shuhan to recover slowly. Anyone who just sits and watches Qin destroy the four kingdoms without saving them is tantamount to committing suicide slowly;
Second, in the battle in southern Shu, the Shu Han suffered heavy losses, and the Southern Barbarians suffered considerable losses, and they were also recovering from the battle losses. They were unable to hold back the Shu Han in southern Shu, so there was no need to worry about unstable rear defenses when sending troops to Jiange.
Thirdly, Da Qin went to war with the four countries at the same time, and the number of troops dispatched exceeded one million. The country must be idle, and this may be an opportunity for Shu Han to regain Hanzhong.
Four is…
five…
Su Qin is worthy of being a son of a political strategist. He is very good at talking. He put forward five points in detail. Qiao Zhou and other Yizhou local factions were speechless and unable to refute at all.
The annual vacation is over. I was a little busy in the first few days after returning to the company and couldn't take care of typing. Now I'm much better. I'm still writing the second chapter, but I guess I won't be able to catch up. I will try to write as much as possible today and try to make double updates tomorrow.
Qin Ling’s performance is still very strong, but it’s a pity that he is not Han. Otherwise, he would definitely be able to enter the martial arts temple. I will focus on describing him as a representative figure of Tibet.
(End of this chapter)