Chapter 210 Chisong Dezan's Plan
Chisong Dezan was a few years younger than the Uighurs' Mou Yu Khan and Li Neng, but he was just over 20 years old. However, what was different from Mou Yu Khan was that he had become the 37th Zanpu in Tubo at the age of thirteen. Now, he has been in this position alone for ten years.
In the first few years, because he was too young, the specific affairs of Tubo were handed over to ministers Ma Xiang Zhongbajie and Enlan Dazhalugong to manage.
However, this situation did not last for many years. Before the age of twenty, Chisong Dezan had firmly grasped the government of Tubo in his own hands.
Because Chisong Dezan's father Chi Daizhudan was killed by his subordinates when he was racing with his ministers at the age of fifty, not only did he also involved a rebellion from a vassal state, Chisong Dezan was very sensible and did not trust his subordinates and those vassal states next to Tubo.
Not only that, he also linked his father's premature death with his very devout Buddhism. He almost abandoned his original Buddhism little by little in Tubo and instead focused on training his troops. He only believed in himself, and his troops under his command, who truly obeyed him, the Tubo Zamp.
Chidaizhudan and the Tang Dynasty had almost fought for decades of control of the Western Regions, but they were defeated repeatedly in the hands of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, they had to seek peace from the Tang Dynasty and marry Princess Jincheng of the Tang Dynasty in exchange for peace in Tubo.
This incident was a great shame for the zidaizhudan. He once vowed to take over the Hexi land of the Tang Dynasty and even the wider land, but obviously he did not do it.
Now, the young Chisong Dezan also takes this matter as his goal in this position.
He had never expected that the opportunity would come so quickly. An Lushan's rebellion and failure, as well as the loss of soldiers and generals in this series of battles, gave Chi Song Dezan hope, and that he had accomplished what his father had not accomplished in his life at the age of only 20.
So, as early as when Li Neng and Guo Ziyi and others were fighting with Shi Siming in Hebei Road, he secretly wrote a letter to Mou Yu Khan and Ge Luofeng.
Because the Uighurs are also quite strong, even if they have fewer troops than Tubo, they are not much less, so Chisong Dezan negotiated cooperation with Mou Yu Khan under an equal situation.
Their division of labor was that Mou Yu Khan solved Li Yan of Hebei Road, and he solved Guo Ziyi. In this way, one occupied the land of Hexi and the other occupied Hebei Road. The Tang Dynasty had no time to rescue him. In the future, everyone would rely on their abilities.
Mu Yu Khan naturally would not refuse such a thing, but he was the more unlucky one and met Li Lan first.
Regarding Nanzhao, Chisong Dezan's words were not so friendly. He clearly told Nanzhao Wangge Luo Feng that he would attack Jiannan Road, and that he only promised him to give him half of Jiannan Road after the matter was completed.
He knew that Ge Luofeng had no choice. He had previously brought the Nanzhao people to invade the borders of the Tang Dynasty many times, and had no good relationship with the Tang Dynasty. He was nominally a vassal state of Tubo, and could only accept the fact that he was a vassal state of Tubo.
After all this was arranged, although the defeat of Mou Yu Khan in Hebei Road made Chi Song Dezan unsatisfied and was so angry that he called Mou Yu Khan a reckless man, in his opinion, the role of restraining and consuming Hebei Road troops had already played, and it was harmless to the entire battle situation.
And now, Li Neng dared to leave Hebei Road and headed for Jiannan Road, which was obviously beyond Chisong Dezan's expectations.
He didn't know what arrangements Li Yan made in Hebei Road in this short period of time to make him feel confident to go south.
Moreover, he had been very tolerant before and did not invade the Tang Dynasty. When An Lushan had just rebelled, he sent someone to ask whether the Tang Dynasty needed them to help quell the rebellion, but he was naturally rejected by the Tang Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, the Tang Dynasty naturally would not let the prince come out directly in order to deal with Nanzhao, and Li Neng's official position was General Pingxi, not Pingnan. This situation made Chisong Dezan feel that the Tang Dynasty had known the ultimate goal of Tubo, and it was fake to stop the people of Nanzhao. The real goal had become his Tubo.
Chisong Dezan had a premonition that his strategy might have to be changed. His experience over the years made him understand that no matter what it was, seizing the opportunity was always the most important thing.
In Chisong Dezan's heart, there is another unknown reason for being so anxious to take down the Hexi land. This has nothing to do with his father, but it is about himself. This is a question that even he himself cannot determine, and what is involved is his life experience...
Li Neng really didn't know the situation inside Tubo. He couldn't care so much now. Now Li Neng was focusing on only two things. One was who was colluding with Tubo, and the other was how far the previous battle between the people of Nanzhao and Li Guangbi had reached.
After a long journey, seeing that it was only 180 miles away from Yizhou, Li Ning suddenly ordered the marching to stop.
"Third brother, our motivation will be here in Yizhou, why not buy time?"
After stopping this, Li Yu was confused and quickly found Li Yan.
"Prince, please see, our soldiers have been exhausted physically and mentally after passing the urgent march along the way. If the soldiers enter Yizhou in this mental state, it will have a significant impact on morale! But after a little repair in Yizhou, I will lead my army to Yaozhou. How much authority the prince can have in Yizhou is very important."
After thinking about this a little, Li Yu basically understood Li's idea. In fact, after all, Li Yu was better at doing his job in Yizhou.
Moreover, Li Yu had already told Li Yu that he would keep Xu Yuan in Yizhou to assist Li Yu, which made Li Yu feel a little more profound. He still knew Xu Yuan, and he was definitely a talent who was loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
After resting for a full night, the army slowly rushed to Yizhou. Li Wen specially told them to march at a normal speed, so that they would not see if they were anxious, and they would do whatever they seemed to be more imposing.
Chapter completed!