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    Chapter 336: Changes in Heaven

    Lanzhou was originally a territory of the Tang Dynasty. After Li Zhi signed a traitorous treaty with Tuyuhun, Lanzhou was occupied by Tuyuhun.

    And Tuyuhun was destroyed by Tubo overnight, and now Lanzhou has become the territory of Tubo.

    After Tubo obtained Tuyuhun and the six Hexi states of the Tang Dynasty, its strength greatly increased. It already had 600,000 string-controllers, posing a huge threat to the Tang Dynasty.

    At this time, Ludongzan, the great Tubo scholar, was located in Lanzhou and was in charge of the war on the Eastern Front.

    Lu Dongzan was extremely smart and was a world-famous wise man. When he represented the King of Tubo in marrying Princess Wencheng, he was extremely witty and impressed Li Shimin deeply. Li Shimin wanted to keep Lu Dongzan as an official in the Tang Dynasty, but was rejected by Lu Dongzan.  Li Shimin also deeply regretted the rejection.

    As early as the twelfth year of Zhenguan, a war broke out between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Tubo Zampo Songtsen Gampo led 200,000 troops to invade Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty, but was repelled by the Tang army.

    Tubo realized the power of the Tang Dynasty, so it took the initiative to seek peace with the Tang Dynasty and married Princess Wencheng. The Tang Dynasty and Tubo were at peace with each other.

    But over the years, Tubo at this time, under the leadership of Lu Dongzan, has continued to grow stronger, and its border with the Tang Dynasty has been intersected for thousands of miles. Especially after the annexation of Tuyuhun, the power and ambition of the Tubo people expanded rapidly, and they no longer had any influence on the Tang Dynasty.  Obey again.

    The rich Tang Dynasty is just a piece of fat in the eyes of the Tubo people. The Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles fertile, rich in products, and has a large population. It is much better than the bitter cold plateau land of Tubo.

    If it can occupy the land of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo's national power will surely become stronger.

    Therefore, at this time, while Lu Dongzan was busy digesting the newly occupied land, he set his sights on Datang.

    After the Li Zhi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty suffered huge losses and its border defenses were severely weakened. The Tang Dynasty only had less than 100,000 troops along the thousands of kilometers of border.

    And all the people of Tubo are soldiers, and Lu Dongzan can now mobilize 600,000 troops!

    Six hundred thousand versus one hundred thousand, Tubo had an absolute advantage.

    But Lu Dongzan also knew that the heritage of the Tang Dynasty still existed. For example, the equipment of the Tang army was much stronger than that of the Tubo army, and the soldiers were also very effective and well-trained, while the military quality of the Tubo army was somewhat worse.

    Therefore, Lu Dongzan did not attack the Tang Dynasty rashly, but this did not mean that Lu Dongzan was friendly to the Tang Dynasty, but that he was waiting for an opportunity.

    Now Lu Dongzan has two ways to attack the Tang Dynasty. One is to directly attack the Tang Dynasty itself, and the other is to attack the Western Regions that are cut off from the Tang Dynasty.

    An attack on the mainland of the Tang Dynasty will inevitably be blocked by the Tang Dynasty. However, attacking the Western Regions is much less difficult because the Western Regions are also territories that the Tang Dynasty has just occupied and are only garrisoned by 30,000 Tang troops.

    But Lu Dongzan didn¡¯t want to do this.

    Because he knew that it was not only Tibet but also the Western Turks who were eyeing the Western Regions.

    If Tubo attacks the Western Regions, there is no problem in defeating the Tang army, but it will inevitably have a head-on confrontation with the Western Turks. The Western Turks are still very powerful. Attacking the Western Regions will not only cause a war with the Western Turks, but also a war with the Tang Dynasty.  The Tang Dynasty would never sit back and watch the Western Regions be annexed, and would definitely send troops to reinforce it.

    In this way, Tubo will face attacks from both sides by the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty, and face two powerful countries at the same time. Lu Dongzan asked himself that Tubo did not have such confidence and capital.

    Therefore, Lu Dongzan did not attack the Western Regions, but he also did not attack the Tang Dynasty itself.

    Because he was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to occupy the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop and make Tubo the most powerful country.

    Lu Dongzan¡¯s plan is very simple, that is, to contact the Western Turks and attack the Tang Dynasty together.

    With the current national power of the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to resist the simultaneous attacks of the Western Turks and Tibetans at the same time. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty can only face the destruction of the country.

    Although the Tang Dynasty was very large, the Western Turks and Tubo could not swallow up all the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time, but they could stir up civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and plunge the remaining areas of the Tang Dynasty into a state of civil strife and warlord separatism. In this way, Tubo could  It can swallow and digest the land of the Tang Dynasty one bite at a time until it has completely occupied the Tang Dynasty.

    Lu Dongzan planned to annex the entire Tang Dynasty within twenty years. By then, Tubo would become a super country with a territory of thousands of miles.

    By destroying the Tang Dynasty, and then destroying the Western Turks, the Dashi in the west, and Tianzhu in the south, Tubo can become the most powerful country in the world and dominate the world!

    Lu Dongzan¡¯s plan is grand and has already begun to be implemented. He has sent people to contact the Yibidulu Khan of the Western Turks to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty together. They agreed to divide the Tang Dynasty equally after the completion of the project.soil.

    And Yibidulu Khan also replied to Ludongzan. He fully agreed with Ludongzan's plan for joint operations, but the two sides had to sit down and have a good talk about the division of specific interests.

    On the other hand, Lu Dongzan felt that it was still not safe to only unite the Western Turks to attack the Tang Dynasty, so he contacted Xi Ren, the Khitan and the Uighurs, and several groups took action together to put pressure on the northern front of the Tang Dynasty.

    In this way, if Datang is allowed to fight on two fronts, there will be no extra troops to reinforce the Western Front.

    Lu Dongzan continued to carry out pre-war alliances here, while Datang was still licking the huge wounds caused by Li Zhi's rebellion.

    ??Including Li Zhen, insightful people in the Tang Dynasty have realized the emptiness of the Western Front of the Tang Dynasty. Especially after Tuyuhun was annexed by Tubo, the Western Regions were separated from the Tang Dynasty, and the situation was extremely unfavorable.

    The loss of the six states in Heyou had a great impact on Datang, leaving Datang in a completely passive situation strategically.

    With the Li Zhi Rebellion, the imperial military system of the Tang Dynasty was greatly damaged, and the existing imperial troops were not enough to plug the huge gap on the Western Front.

    So Li Zhen asked Li Shimin to develop both the military recruitment system and the government military system, and recruit 200,000 troops from all over the country to make up for the gap on the Western Front.

    At the same time, prisoners from various places were moved to Qinzhou to serve as soldiers.

    It¡¯s just that these two measures will take some time. Li Zhen estimates that in about three months, the first phase of recruiting troops will arrive on the Western Front. After half a year, all the recruiting troops will arrive to fill the gap on the Western Front.

    Datang did not lack financial resources or manpower, but it lacked time, and Lu Dongzan would never give Datang a chance to regroup.

    On the third day of September in the autumn of the 22nd year of Zhenguan, the Western Turks took the lead in attacking. The 400,000 Turkic army attacked the Western Regions with great force. Ashshenar, the veteran stationed in the Western Regions, led 30,000 Tang troops to fight hard in Qiuci. The two sides fought for two months and ended in October.  In January, Ashshenar ran out of food and supplies, the city of Qiuci was destroyed, and Ashshenar committed suicide.

    The remnants of the Tang army, led by Gu Li and Gu Zhen, withdrew to Yizhou under the command of Ina, the leader of the Chumi Department. The entire Western Region except Yizhou was lost.

    The Western Turkic Khan Yibiduulu sent his troops eastward, passing through the Yumen occupied by Tibet from the northwest, and went straight to Qinzhou!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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