On the Tubo border, the king Songtsen Gampo stood on the mountain and looked into the distance. It has been three days since the deputy said that he had successfully escorted the Prime Minister back to his country and could arrive in the near future. Why has it been delayed?

Another day passed, and at dusk, a carriage and horse gradually appeared in the distance. Songtsen Gumbu finally smiled. After laughing, he quickly greeted the official road at the foot of the mountain with his personal guards.

"Grand Prime Minister, where is the Big Prime Minister? I'm here." Ignoring the rugged mountain road under my feet, Songtsen Gampo rushed to the vicinity of the carriage and horses.

The convoy quickly bowed and saw that the curtain was lifted from a spacious carriage in the middle of the carriage, and a weak voice came out.

"Your Majesty, Lu Dongzan pays homage to Your Majesty. I am injured and cannot be fully polite. Please forgive me!"

Songzan Gampo ignored the others and rushed to the front. What he saw was Lu Dongzan's legs wrapped in thick bandages, his deep eye sockets, and his tired look.

The Tubo king Songzan Gampo was moved with tears in his eyes. He stepped forward and grabbed Lu Dongzan's hands, and said sadly: "Great Prime Minister, you have suffered for Tubo!"

"It's okay, it's not easy to get out of your body when you go deep into the tiger's den. It's not easy to save your life, but this trip is worth it. Just a pair of legs is nothing.

Besides, the other party did not kill him and would be able to get into the ground in two months." Lu Dongzan, who was gray-headed, seemed to be chatting and laughing unintentionally, but after years of getting along, how could Songzan Gampo not feel the hatred buried in the old man?

"Don't worry, your blood will not flow in vain. Sooner or later, I will lead the army to break through Chang'an and kill the enemy with your hands to avenge you." Songtsen Gampo said gritting his teeth.

Lu Dongzan was moved. He had been following the young king for nearly ten years. His hard work in governing wisely is admirable, but what really makes people willing to give their lives is the two kings and ministers who know each other. It can be said that Tubo has the current situation, and Lu Dongzan accounts for half of the credit.

After receiving Lu Dongzan, Songzan Gampo was about to lead the team back to the capital, but Lu Dongzan stopped him.

"Your Majesty, the situation is urgent. We cannot go back to the capital for the time being. There is still a major event to be done in the Tang Dynasty."

"Oh? The great prince finally survived the death of the Tang Dynasty. Safety is the priority in everything. We will only be able to argue with the Tang Dynasty after we develop for a few years. There is no need to argue for the long term." Songzan Gampo thought Lu Dongzan was anxious to take revenge and patiently persuaded him.

"No, it's not that the ministers want to avenge their personal revenge. It's really that the Tang Dynasty has built a batch of treasures overseas today. It is said that they are grain and grass with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu. If we get such things, then..."

What???

A thousand kilograms of grain per mu?

Songtsen Gampo was already shocked, with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu? Not to mention seeing it, even if you haven’t heard of it, Tubo is located on the plateau and grain planting is difficult. Many people make a living by barley and animal husbandry, which has also limited the national strength and population. If it weren’t for this, if it were on the plains like the Tang Dynasty, then Tubo’s national strength really dare not think about it, and he would probably be the number one enemy of the Tang Dynasty.

"According to the old minister's speculation, since it is overseas fairy grain, it is not the local wheat, rice, beans, and it must be a new plant. Maybe we can also plant and harvest in Tubo, so we must get this treasure.

Therefore, the old minister dared to borrow soldiers from Your Majesty and borrow five thousand high mountains from Your Majesty to protect the state camp. Only with such elite soldiers can we have hope of success."

Songtsen Gampo's eyes also shone with a fanatic light. Fairy grain? A thousand kilograms per mu. This thing must belong to Tubo, otherwise it would be given to the Tang Dynasty. In less than a few years, who will be the opponent of the Tang Dynasty?

"Okay, all the five thousand national guards are handed over to the Prime Minister to dispatch. I will give you another 20,000 elite Tubo warriors."

"No, the Tang Dynasty set out from Lingnan to obtain immortal grain overseas. Now the immortal grain is gathered by the Marquis of Datang, Bai Fan and others led the Left Guard army to 20,000, and combined the Xuanjia army to escort them all the way. According to the old minister's calculations, they will be sent to Chang'an for breeding in another forty days, and we will have no chance at that time.

It is probably unrealistic for the large army to pursue and intercept from Tubo, and they will probably be stopped if they cannot leave. Only elite troops such as the state-protecting camp can be broken into pieces, lightly run, and ambush them unexpectedly halfway."

Songtsen Gampo said worriedly: "This, 5,000 people are facing 23,000? We have no chance of winning! Although the Tubo protects the state camp is an elite force that we have accumulated over ten years of fighting with the plateau countries, the number of people is too obvious. The enemy has the Xuanjia Army, so it is difficult for us to succeed."

Lu Dongzan laughed and said, "Yes, it will definitely not be successful if you protect the state camp alone, so the old minister has not only prepared this group of troops, but I have two other backup plans.

One is that I spent 20% of the Tubo money to invite two thousand outlaws in the Tang Dynasty. The other is the one who defected to us a few months ago. Of course, the Tang Dynasty has some experience in dealing with the Tang people.

The state-protecting camp was just ambushing and attacking. The underworld attacked. It was okay if these two teams were successful, but they could lead their guards away even if they didn’t succeed. By then, even if the third force was released, even if they could not win completely, it would be no problem to get at least a batch of seeds."

When Songzan Gampo heard that Lu Dongzan had spent 20% of the wealth of Tubo, he felt a little distressed. He had been working hard for many years and worked hard to manage. Only the person involved knew how difficult it was to save this family business.

As for protecting the state, Tubo took more than ten years to unify the high mountain areas. Originally, Tubo was a tribal alliance country, but it was passed to Songtsen Gampo as the 33rd term. He and Lu Dongzan worked together to unify the country through hard wars and consolidated the regime. At the same time, in order to strengthen the rule of Tubo's slavery, Buddhist religious culture was introduced from India. Tibetan Buddhism in history entered the plateau at this time.

After years of war, Tubo trained a legendary army that crossed the plateau. The original elite soldiers of 100,000 people finally fought to the point of unification and was still alive. He was named Gaoshan Guardian State Camp by Songtsen Gampo, and was the first personal soldier under the emperor. However, although this army was elite, it was only known within Tubo and did not spread it. After all, information communication on the plateau was inconvenient.

It took more than twenty days at this time. Bai Fan and Hou Junji and his group were carefully transporting food and grass. They had just arrived at Changsha City and there was still a long way to go. Fortunately, they did not encounter any trouble on the road. After all, this was a large army, an existence that ordinary bandits could not afford to offend.

Such a smooth schedule made many soldiers feel negligent, and they thought it was the general who boasted about the risks. The Zuowei Army was also a famous hard character in the Tang Dynasty. Who would mess with it if you have nothing to do? And it was still in China.

But Bai Fan did not dare to be negligent. He arranged defenses with Hou Junji day and night. Every time he went, he would summon the people from the Beggars' Sect to convey the message first. The spy released it for a hundred miles, and would not let go of any movement.

"Brother Jian Zhi, it's been more than 20 days. Finally, after crossing the Yangtze River, we will reach the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty. Are we too concerned?" Hou Junji asked in confusion.

Bai Fan shook his head and whispered: "Before I came, I asked my senior brother to calculate that the three disasters of immortal grain can only be returned to Tang. If you can't escape the three disasters, it will be a waste, so..."

this……

Hou Junji believed it, and believed it without doubt. When did Yuan Shenxian miss the hexagram? Although he didn't know what the three disasters were, he knew as the name suggests, he must have three disasters. The last one was clearly stated, and it must have been not in the hands of his left guard army.

Without further ado, Hou Junji went back again to set up heavy defenses.

Bai Fan sighed a little. Senior Brother Yuan never talked about fortune-telling, but he did not understand the hexagrams well, and it was difficult to understand the time and place. If you want to calculate accurately, Yuan Tiangang said it would cost you life.
Chapter completed!