If it were in the past, even if the problem needed to be solved, one should have looked for Midu Khan, after all, Midu Khan was the supreme ruler of the Tuyuhun grassland. But now it is of no use. Although this guy is still the supreme ruler of Tuyuhun, they are already a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. Some things must be done with the presence of Lord Zeng.
In other words, if the Tang Dynasty did not sign what Midu Khan had agreed to, then the agreement might be of no use. But if Midu Khan disagreed with what the Tang Dynasty had agreed to, then the Tang Dynasty had plenty of ways to make him agree, and other countries would only go to the Tang Dynasty, not Midu Khan.
"Prime Minister, you should rest for a while. The long journey from Old Maiqi must be tiring. Why not delay for a day and meet with them the day after tomorrow? I can see that although they are shouting about killing and fighting every day, they have no intention of invading our Tubo."
General Huyan calculated the distance and found that Lu Dongzan had not been idle along the way. Not to mention that he was a civil official, even if he was a military general, his body would not be able to bear such a long journey every day.
"I can't stay here much longer. If nothing else, I'll have to return tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Those bastards of Chieftain Maiqi are bringing more and more people with them. The imperial army doesn't have much of an advantage anymore. If they take advantage of this to launch a counterattack, how will I explain this to the king?"
Lu Dongzan thought of the devastating war situation at home and immediately felt exhausted. If possible, he should let General Huyan go back and take his own people to quell the rebellion, which would achieve twice the result with half the effort. But the problem is that the border area is also inseparable. If you take this elite force away, the Tang army may come in later. Will there be any regrets then?
"This situation has nothing to do with the Prime Minister. It's all because of those bastards who gave the king blind advice. If it were me, they should have been chopped off long ago. These bastards are usually ignorant and know nothing but bullying women in the Holy City. They should be asked to help quell the rebellion."
In addition to Songtsen Gampo's wrong choice, another group of ministers in the Holy City were also the main culprits for the outbreak of this rebellion. They wanted to take advantage of Lu Dongzan's absence from Tubo to use this opportunity to rise up, but they did not expect that not only did they fail to rise up, but they also messed up the entire Tubo.
Normally, Songtsen Gampo should have killed all these people, but he only punished them slightly. After all, a country cannot really rely on just one person. When these people were around, they were still a constraint on Lu Dongzan. If all these people died, then the Tubo court would only have one voice, and Songtsen Gampo did not want that.
After returning this time, Lu Dongzan had deeply felt that the Zamp did not trust him as much as before. It might be because of the Midu incident. He usurped the throne and made Songtsen Gampo feel that he was also that kind of person, especially since he did not return in time after the gold medal was issued.
"Shut up! How many brains do you have? What should you say and what shouldn't you say? Are you a child? I can protect you today, but if I'm ever in danger, do you think those bastards in the Holy City will let you go just based on what you just said? Doesn't your whole family want to live anymore?"
At this stage, Tibet could not tolerate any form of division. While those words weren't directed at Songtsen Gampo, they were also extremely dissatisfied with the policies of the Holy City. General Huyan was the imperial commander. If Songtsen Gampo heard about this, would he still let him control his troops? A king would never allow those who opposed him to have troops in his hands.
"I admit my mistake. I will make arrangements right away."
General Huyan said in great fear that although he was still not convinced by those people, everything he had was arranged by Lu Dongzan. There were many people on the plateau who were braver than him, but did those people have the position of general?
It rained heavily at dawn the next day. In fact, it had already started raining yesterday, but it was not heavy. Today's rain was so heavy that it was life-threatening. However, even so, Lu Dongzan still had to go there, solve the problems here as soon as possible, and return to the battlefield as soon as possible, otherwise he didn't know what the situation would be over there.
As expected, Chief Maiqi led his troops to attack...
The first piece of information Lu Dongzan saw when he opened his eyes was that Chief Maiqi had gathered a large army to attack. Fortunately, Lu Dongzan's men were able to hold on, and no large-scale conflict occurred.
Even so, Lu Dongzan still wrote a letter by hand and asked someone to take it back to the commanders of each camp, asking them to guard the camp gates well and not allow any soldier to go out. If anyone went out, he would punish them according to their heads when he returned.
This battle was really frustrating. Lu Dongzan knew that his men were quite capable of fighting. If they were to face off against Chief Maiqi's army in the wild, the chances of winning or losing would be fifty-fifty, and we might even have the advantage.
But the problem is that he was not there, and he didn't know what conspiracies those people were planning. His men had no problem fighting normally, but when it came to strategies, these people might not be able to keep up.
The post had been sent out two hours earlier. According to the distance between the two places, there would be a reply within an hour at most. But for some reason today, there was no news for two hours, so Lu Dongzan walked back and forth in the tent. Because of the rain, the whole tent was quite humid, and Lu Dongzan was in a bad mood.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Mr. Zeng has caught a cold today and is unable to meet. This is my reply."
After waiting for three hours, there was finally news. It was normal to get sick in this kind of weather, but Lu Dongzan didn't believe it was such a coincidence.
Are they stalling for time?
They got in touch with Macchiato?
Lu Dongzan, a man of suspicion, quickly began to ponder these questions. If it wasn't to buy time, why postpone it until the day after tomorrow? However, it was impossible for the Maiqi chieftain's people to get in touch with the Tang people.
Even if they were able to get in touch, their cooperation wouldn't be that good, right?
Although Lu Dongzan was anxious, he had to wait here for two days. Without meeting Lord Zeng, he didn't dare go back to Chief Maiqi...
It’s really torment!