When Li Xiang received the reply, several days had passed. During these days, Li Xiang slowed down even more. If he didn't know the situation in Tubo, perhaps Li Xiang could have walked faster. But now that he knows that you are in chaos internally, only a fool would walk so fast. Even if he doesn't want to cause trouble for you, he doesn't want to be in a war-torn situation after he goes there.
Li Xiang has already made up his mind that when passing through Liangzhou City, he must bring more soldiers and horses. If there are not enough soldiers and horses there, Li Xiang will directly exchange his own people and let them enter Tubo in batches. Anyway, there must be enough troops around him by then. Otherwise, if something happens, we can fight our way out, but what about Changsun Pingting?
Lu Dongzan never came to Li Xiang again after he got angry that day, but Li Xiang asked someone to watch this guy. He was no longer angry with Li Xiang, but often beat and scolded his men. He was already panicking in his heart. The situation in Tubo Kingdom was getting worse and worse. In the past few days, another family participated in the rebellion.
This is actually quite normal. If you want to reduce their benefits, then can't you allow them to have their own ideas? Centralization is certainly good, but for these local warlords, it would be a death sentence. So, while they still have the strength in their hands, of course they have to unite and oppose Songtsen Gampo.
In fact, according to Lu Dongzan's strategy, there would not be a large-scale rebellion in Tubo. But when Lu Dongzan went to Chang'an, Songtsen Gampo was so ambitious that he ordered his men to move things that would happen the year after next to this year. It used to be a gradual process, but now things that took three years have to be done all at once. Do you really think those chieftains are all without temper?
But now that things have happened, Lu Dongzan cannot blame Songtsen Gampo. After all, he is the Tibetan king. If he has problems, others have to pay for it. This is the privilege of the emperor in feudal society.
On the eleventh day after leaving Chang'an City, things took a turn for the better and Lu Dongzan asked his men to start packing up.
"Come and see, come and see, this old guy must have been unable to bear it. Several people came in batches this morning. I don't know what news they brought, but Lu Dongzan beat up several people today."
At the door of the tent, Chang Sun Chong was eating melon seeds while saying that they had nothing to do these days. They just walked about ten miles every day and spent the rest of the time looking for new things in the camp. Lu Dongzan was the best protagonist.
"You know what, this old guy is very patient. If something similar happened in Chang'an City, I don't think any of the three of us would be able to hold our composure and would have already fled back. Just based on this mentality, he is better than the three of us."
Yuchi Jingde told the truth, and Li Xiang asked himself, if such a thing really happened in Chang'an City, even the most beautiful woman would not be able to delay Li Xiang's progress. This Lu Dongzan was indeed not an ordinary person.
"Here it comes..."
When Chang Sun Chong saw Lu Dongzan coming, he quickly threw away the melon seeds in his hand, and then put on a dignified look. In front of a foreign prime minister, we have to behave in a decent manner. We can do whatever we want in front of our own people, but we must not lose the reputation of the Tang Dynasty in front of others.
"Your Highness, I am here to say goodbye. I hope Your Highness can speed up..."
After saying this, Lu Dongzan did not wait for Li Xiang's reply, but turned around and left. On the one hand, time was urgent, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to talk to Li Xiang. Talking to Li Xiang these days almost made him angry to death, and he also hoped that he still had the strength to ride a horse on the road.
"What the hell is this attitude?"
Yuchi Jingde has a bad temper. You came here, bowed and said these two sentences, but we haven't said a word yet, and you are ready to leave?
"Alright, alright, don't bother with him. Such a big thing happened in his country, and we also went a little too far a few days ago. It's good that he has such an attitude. If you were in his shoes, he would definitely come at you with a knife."
When Li Xiang saw Yuchi Jingde was about to go up and argue, he quickly stopped the guy. Anyway, we also want Lu Dongzan to get out of here as soon as possible. Now that he is leaving, let's not make things more complicated. If this guy doesn't leave, who would like to see his ugly face every day?
What's more, while we are monitoring him, his subordinates may also be monitoring us, which makes us feel uncomfortable. Now it is just right for us to go our separate ways and do our own things.
Lu Dongzan went to Changsun Pingting's tent again, but Changsun Pingting still didn't let him in. She said a few meaningless words to him through the curtain of the tent. Lu Dongzan's eyes also revealed coldness. Although he liked Changsun Pingting very much, Changsun Pingting's indifference during this period had already made him want to kill her.
Of course, he would never choose to take action at this time. Even if he wanted to take action, it would be after he got Changsun Pingting.
The Tibetans walked very fast and didn't even have lunch. It would be better to set off tomorrow morning. If they set off at noon, it would soon be sunset and they wouldn't be able to travel far in an entire afternoon.
"Aren't these people going to travel overnight?"
Chang Sun Chong said with suspicion.
"It's a pity that we don't know what happened in Tibet, but judging by the way they set off, it shouldn't be a small matter."
Everyone's curiosity was piqued. They'd known about the rebellion in Tubo before, but Lu Dongzan had been sitting on his hands, acting as if it had nothing to do with him. Why was he so anxious now? Could it be that the rebel army had invaded the Holy City?
"No news from our people?"
Li Xiang's curiosity was also piqued. He had already integrated the intelligence systems of the Cui family and Zhangsun Wuji, but unfortunately no one had given him any news so far. This meant that the two intelligence systems combined did not have much power. If he wanted to understand the situation in Tubo, he could only rely on himself.
Although everyone was curious, there was no news yet, so they could only eat and sleep as usual. Of course, the distance they walked every day was a little longer. Li Xiang also wanted to reach Liangzhou City earlier, and then stay in Liangzhou City and slowly make arrangements from there, which was much better than walking on the road.
Three days after Lu Dongzan left, the news finally arrived...