Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2253 If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you catch the tiger’s cubs?

If we trace the origin of this great battle on the plateau, we have to start with Temujin.

Before Temujin actually sent out his troops, he had actually sent people to the plateau to contact Songtsen Gampo.

If Songtsen Gampo could join them in attacking Liangzhou from the north and south, Temujin's chances of winning would undoubtedly not only be much greater, but would also be much easier.

In fact, if Songtsen Gampo was really willing to send troops and if he could conquer Liangzhou, Temujin would not even mind giving the richer Liangdong area to Songtsen Gampo.

Anyway, after the Jin army completes the Central Plains War and the Southern War, it will inevitably face the counterattack of the Jin army. Having such a shield would be a good thing.

Anyway, with Songtsen Gampo's strength, he will definitely not be able to defend this place. After Songtsen Gampo consumes the Jin army for a while, the Yuan Mongols can enter the scene.

But for Temujin, the most important areas are Liangxi and Xizhou.

It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them.

If the Xizhou Army, and even the Liangzhou Army, could be eliminated, that would be the most effective and powerful blow to the Jin Army.

However, because the road on the plateau was so difficult to travel, the battle of Liangzhou had already reached this point, and the events on the plateau only began to unfold.

Temujin asked his men to pretend to be a caravan and head to the plateau. After several teams walked separately and gathered together, there were more than a hundred people in total.

But when they reached the plateau, only the last dozen or so people were left.

The rest fell along the way.

In fact, it was not just the Yuan and Mongolian people who were involved. Shortly after the battle of Liangzhou began, Li Mi, the governor of Liangzhou, also sent envoys to the plateau.

However, the people sent by Li Mi set off a little later, so when the Yuan Mongolian envoys had arrived at the plateau, the people of the Jin army were still halfway.

Songtsen Gampo was actually quite moved by what the envoy from Yuan Dynasty Mongolia said.

Of course, what he was interested in was not the Liangdong area promised by Temujin, but he wanted to grab a fortune in Liangzhou and leave.

This was a calm man. He knew that with Gao Yuan's strength, even if Temujin promised him the entire Liangzhou or even Yongzhou, he would not be able to hold on to it, let alone the Liangdong region.

Not to mention, Temujin did not conquer these territories, they were just some empty promises.

What he needed was to break into Liangzhou and acquire various skills and techniques from Liangzhou.

Only these technologies can be the important guarantee for their development and growth in the plateau.

However, if this decision is made, they will immediately become enemies with the powerful Qin army. Moreover, the purpose of trying every possible means to make peace with the Qin army will become nonsense.

So, what should he do at this time? Songtsen Gampo was actually a little hesitant.

However, his hesitation only meant that he had not made up his mind, but his inclination had already been revealed. As his bedmate, the princess could naturally sense this.

Even Songtsen Gampo was a great leader who hid his thoughts very well, but it was impossible for him to completely hide his thoughts from the person next to him. Even for them, having that kind of subtle guess was enough.

In this way, Cen Wenben, Fan Kuai, Gong Yangshuo and his party would naturally understand. What is there to say?

Cen Wenben had already decided at that time to follow the example of Ban Dingyuan in the past and kill the Mongolian envoy directly to cut off Songtsen Gampo's path.

As long as they kill the Yuan Mongolian envoy, Songtsen Gampo will have the guts to offend the Great Jin again!

Offending the two most powerful forces in the world...

It seems that although it did have an impact on Songtsen Gampo, it did not seem to have the most fundamental and practical impact.

After all, whether it was the Yuan Mongols or the Jin army, it was impossible for them to climb over this plateau and cause trouble for Songtsen Gampo.

The power in Cen Wenben's hands can be described as a country within a country, which gave Songtsen Gampo a headache.

However, before he completely broke off relations with the Jin army, he really could not do anything about this force and could only be careful on guard against it.

Moreover, Songtsen Gampo had not yet unified the entire plateau, and he had no shortage of rivals on the plateau. What he unified was only the ancient Tibetans on the plateau. And the ancient Tibetans were actually just a branch of the Western Qiang.

It was Songtsen Gampo who unified this tribe and gave rise to the ancient Tibetans.

When Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, the Jin Emperor not only gave her 5000 soldiers as her private army, but also gave her prisoners of war as her slaves. The latter was also considered as adapting to local customs. Whether it was the Qiang people or the ancient Tibetans, they all had the tradition of slavery.

However, even with Songtsen Gampo's guidance, after reaching the plateau, half of the eight people have been lost until now.

In fact, the losses of this group of people were not great on the journey into Tibet, although they encountered a snowstorm in the middle. However, due to prior preparations and the support of others, although there were losses in manpower, it was all within their tolerance.

There were certain losses in the process of climbing the plateau, which was within their expectations.

The actual loss of manpower was actually due to altitude sickness after climbing up to the plateau and epidemics caused by the inability to adapt to various climates.

When Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she brought a team of doctors, but they were not the type of Sun Simiao. Some problems were beyond their medical scope anyway.

As for the ancient Tibetans themselves, although they also had some folk remedies, at least overall, their medical skills were far behind those of the Central Plains.

During this process, even Cen Wenben fell seriously ill and almost died.

But even if half of this manpower has been lost, 4,000 people are still a force that Songtsen Gampo cannot ignore.

These four thousand men are all well-equipped, and there is a qualitative difference in equipment between them and the plateau.

On the surface, there are only 4,000 people, but the fighting power of these people can match the fighting power of more than 10,000 Tibetans. Each of these 4,000 people can fight one against three, which is almost not a big problem.

Therefore, Songtsen Gampo was also cautious about this force.

If Cen Wenben wanted to emulate Ban Dingyuan back then, but wanted to mobilize on a large scale, that would definitely be impossible. If he did so, he would probably be discovered at the first moment.

But why is it necessary for Cen Wenben to make such a large-scale move?