No wonder Lu Dongzan had to go back early. In addition to the original four chieftains, two more chieftains joined the rebellion. If this trend continues, it is estimated that more and more chieftains will join the rebellion. Until now, Songtsen Gampo has not announced the failure of the strategy of reducing the power of the vassal states. Then the remaining chieftains will continue to wait and see, and will join the rebels while waiting.
"Pass the order down, speed up and march sixty miles a day."
When Li Xiang received the news, he couldn't sit still. If he didn't hurry over, he might miss this opportunity. Once he missed it, it would not be easy to encounter such an opportunity again in the future.
"We don't need to run so fast, do we?"
Chang Sun Chong said in surprise that for soldiers like them, sixty miles a day was not a big deal, but there were many female relatives in the team, all of whom were Chang Sun Pingting's dowry. If they had to walk sixty miles a day, who among these people could bear it?
"You stay here, you stay here to escort these people to Liangzhou City. Just to Liangzhou City. Once you get there, wait there. Without my order, you cannot leave the city."
When Chang Sun Chong heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He also wanted to follow Li Xiang to achieve great things. If he had to escort the team from behind, then the matter of achieving great things would have nothing to do with him. But when he was about to object, Yuchi Jingde ran out. In fact, he could not object to this matter. It was obviously your family members who were escorted, and it would be more convenient for you to stay here. If the rest of us stayed, if something happened in the middle, it would affect the relationship between the two families.
Li Xiang went to talk to Changsun Pingting for a few words, and then led his men to set off. He had to reach Tuyuhun as quickly as possible, and then obtain information about Tubo through Tuyuhun's intelligence system. He did not know the situation in Tubo yet, but Tuyuhun and Tubo were adjacent to each other, and he had already sent people to gain a foothold in Tubo.
What's more, the people of Tuyuhun don't want Tubo to have an easy life. Now that the Tubo country is in such a state of war, Tuyuhun is probably the happiest.
Of course, some people in their country also regretted that if the rebellion war had been fought two months earlier, they might not have become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Now, they have to listen to the Tang Dynasty in everything they do, especially the Protector General Zeng sent by the Tang Dynasty. He always did things wrong in various ways, and Tuyuhun is now in a state of decline.
"move on."
When they arrived at the point sixty miles away, they thought they should rest, but Li Xiang did not let them rest. Instead, he ordered them to continue moving forward. Except for the personal guards around Li Xiang, everyone else was a little unable to hold on. When Yuchi Jingde heard some of his men complaining, he waved his hand and whipped them.
"Don't abandon my people. Since His Highness's people can continue to hold on, you can continue to hold on too. If you can't hold on, take off this armor immediately and get out of here. Don't say you are from my Yuchi family anymore."
Yuchi Jingde felt a little embarrassed in front of Li Xiang. Apart from the two personal guards, there were only more than a hundred Tang soldiers. The rest were all left to Zhangsun Chong. After all, there were a large number of female relatives there. Now no one was complaining, but it was his own personal guards who were complaining. How could Yuchi Jingde save face?
Li Xiang did this for a reason. It would take them half a month to reach the royal court of Tuyuhun. Only after arriving there could they understand some of the situation in Tubo. After understanding it, they had to formulate a strategy. So there was not much time left for us. The war in Tubo had obviously entered a white-hot stage, and there might be changes every day. We could not let any opportunity to fight slip away.
When Li Xiang saw Yuchi Jingde punishing his subordinates, he didn't say much about it. Every general has his own dignity, and his personal guards are their faces. If you can't even endure such a long journey, it really means that you are not suitable for this team.
In the following time, Li Xiang led his men to speed up, no matter how far they marched every day. In short, they ate when they were hungry, and continued to move forward on horseback when they were not hungry. The post stations along the way had received the news and prepared war horses for Li Xiang and his men. When they arrived at the destination, they changed horses but not people.
Of course, this is also related to the occupation of Tuyuhun in the last war. If we had not occupied Tuyuhun, our horse farms would be pitifully few, and the post stations in various places would not have enough war horses. We could only guarantee some large post stations. As for these small post stations, we can only leave it to fate.
Li Xiang arrived at Liangzhou City at the fastest speed and told his men that they could rest here for half a day. Li Xiang also wanted to talk to Zatlk to see if he had any special insights into the situation in Tubo.
"If you ask me about the situation in Tibet, I don't think I know much more than you do. I arrived in Chang'an City more than ten years ago. How much do you think I know about Tibet? I only know that the place is extremely mysterious. People like us who go there would have difficulty even breathing, let alone fighting."
After hearing Li Xiang's request, Zatlk smiled bitterly, and Li Xiang also expressed his understanding. This guy came to Chang'an City when he was a child. When it comes to his understanding of Tubo, those were all what he heard when he was even younger, and what should have been outdated in recent years has become outdated.
"Then tell me about you. How is the training going for those guys?"
Li Xiang knew that this guy had gathered a lot of Tuyuhun people. These people were not doing well in their original places. When they heard that Zatlk had made it in the north, these people came to join him. Of course, Li Xiang could not hand over the military power to him. All supplies were provided by his subordinates. If Zatlk had other ideas, he would cut off their supply immediately.
"These people are already quite capable. We Tuyuhun people are born warriors. If you want to take them with you, we can set off at any time. There are about 6,000 of them in total. I usually let them graze, and when I have nothing to do, I let them train. Their combat effectiveness is no worse than yours."
After hearing Zatlk's answer, Li Xiang felt relieved in his heart that this guy was not playing any tricks on him.
"Just be ready at any time. I won't be bringing so many people with me for now. Besides, this is a civil war. We need to be good at letting them fight among themselves instead of bringing people in from outside..."
Li Xiang said with a smile, but Zat'erke felt a little cold...