Tiantang

Chapter 201 Seeing Anlu Mountain Secretly
Chapter 212 Seeing Anlu Mountain Secretly

"His Royal Highness, Chief Governor, Xiao Wang is leaving." Chisong Dezan said goodbye politely with a smile, and returned to his camp.

But after entering the camp, the smile on Chisong Dezan's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a look of fear.

Zhang Xuan's murderous intent reverberated in his heart, Chisong Dezan made a rational decision almost instantly, and fled back to Tibet overnight.This matter of marriage, let it go.Although he admired Wanchun's beauty, he was more beautiful and loved the country. Compared with the power of Tubo and his own safety, he would choose the latter without hesitation.

Chisong Dezan is a decisive and courageous man, otherwise he would not have become the famous ZTE master in the history of Tubo.

Originally, Zhang Xuan's plan was to use invisible means to force Chisong Dezan to abscond and return to Tibet, thus messing up the marriage between Tang and Tibet that should not have happened.But now, Zhang Xuan has changed his mind... Regarding Chisong Dezan, he even had the idea of ​​cutting the grass and roots.

At night, it's three o'clock.

The whole town was dead silent, the army camp was empty and silent, occasionally patrolling soldiers walked by holding torches.

Trisong Detsen put on black clothes, led his horse, sneaked out of the camp, avoided the patrolling sentinels, left the camp, and immediately turned onto the official road.

He didn't dare to be negligent, so he rode his horse and fled overnight in the darkness.At dawn, he appeared at a fork in the road.

The left side leads to Chang'an City, and the right side is the official road leading to Longzhou.

Chisong Dezan hesitated for a moment, and without hesitation rode his horse on the official road to Longzhou. After he arrived in Longzhou, he could take a shortcut and gallop to Minzhou, from which he entered Tubo.

He has already made up his mind that after returning to Tubo, he will immediately tear himself apart from the Tang Dynasty and lead Tubo's hundreds of thousands of cavalry to attack the border of the Tang Dynasty. Looting food and grass and plundering people, by the way, causing trouble for Zhang Xuan, so as to express this bad breath.

Trisong Detsen is not worried that this will lead to a frontal war between the two countries.The people of the Tang Dynasty had internal and external troubles, and they would never start a war without authorization at this moment.

In Chisong Dezan's view, as long as Tubo puts great pressure on the border of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xuan and even the Tang court will once again offer to restore the marriage and obediently send Princess Wanchun to Tubo.

Chisong Dezan turned his horse around, stared at the direction he came from, his face was gloomy, his eyes were gloomy, and he sneered softly, "Son Zhang Xuan, we will definitely meet again. This king will definitely make you restless in Longshuo, thinking that you are in the feudal town Is it one of the princes? Well, this king will let you taste the taste of my Tubo cavalry!"

"Princess Wanchun, this king is waiting for you in Tubo!"

Chisong Dezan grumbled secretly for a while, and was about to turn his horse's head and run away, when he suddenly found a pair of sturdy army horses suddenly appearing from both sides of the official road not far ahead, all of them were cavalry, and the leader of the army was Chisong Dezan recognized a heroic young general. He was none other than Zhang Xuan's confidant Captain Nan Jiyun.

Trisong Detsen was taken aback, and took a few steps back on the horse.

"Your Highness Chisong Dezan, the last general has been waiting here for a long time under the order of the governor of the capital." Nan Jiyun took off his bow from behind him in a leisurely manner, and praised Chisong Dezan with a smile.

Chisong Dezan's face was ashen-colored, he immediately clamped his horse's belly, turned around and galloped towards Chang'an.

Nan Jiyun laughed loudly, "Isn't it too rude for His Highness to leave without saying goodbye?"

While speaking, Nan Jiyun set up an arrow to lead the bow, and with a whoosh, an arrow pierced the sky and arrived like lightning, hitting Chisong Dezan's horse belly.

The horse was in pain, its front hooves jumped up suddenly, it neighed mournfully, and with a twist, it overturned Chisong Dezan on the horse.

"Come on, I'll tie up this fellow." Nan Jiyun waved his hand.

Several soldiers stepped forward on their horses, got off their horses, and immediately controlled Chisong Detsen.

Chisong Dezan's face was gloomy and he looked embarrassed, but he didn't make unnecessary resistance.

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Trisong Detsen was captured alive and returned to the camp, but his absconding did not cause any waves in the military camp.Except for the few confidantes around Zhang Xuan, no one knew that the Tubo prince escaped once and was captured by Nan Jiyun.

Chisong Dezan was quietly sent back to the camp by Nan Jiyun.Zhang Xuan didn't see him, let alone make any noise, and didn't restrict his freedom, but the guards became more dense and he was imprisoned in a disguised form.

Everything was calm again.

In the morning, the army marched slowly towards Fanyangfan Town.

Chisong Dezan rode on the horse with his eyes slightly closed, sandwiched between the marching army, front and back were Zhang Xuan's soldiers.Even if he has the ability to go high and low like Hua Nuer, he probably won't be able to escape.

At this time, Chisong Dezan knew very well that he had fallen into the big net carefully woven by Zhang Xuan, and he couldn't stop.If one fails, not to mention that his life is not guaranteed, even the whole of Tibet may be implicated.

Chisong Dezan's thoughts flashed, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Wan Chun's guard of honor and Zhang Xuan's command center in the middle of the entire military column, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

He really couldn't figure out what kind of play Zhang Xuan wanted to perform.

No matter how many detours and delays he made, it would be a month or two at most, but he still had to rush to Longshuo.He is the envoy of Tang and Tibetans enshrined by the Tang court, and his responsibility is to protect Princess Wanchun to go to Tubo. Would he openly disobey the orders of the Tang court?
Not too possible.Trisong Detsen shook his head.

The man was clearly intent on killing himself.But he didn't make a big fuss about absconding last night.In fact, he could have killed himself secretly, and then reasoned that he had absconded back to Tubo overnight, and pushed his responsibility away.

But Zhang Xuan did not do this.

This is exactly what Trisong Detsen was puzzled about.

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Zhang Xuan took off his armor, put on official robes, and instead of riding a horse, got into his luxurious and large carriage, and marched slowly with the army.

Under Feng Changqing's deliberate arrangement, the army marched at an extremely slow speed, less than fifty miles a day.According to this speed, it will be summer at least to reach Longshuo.

Hua Nuer was sitting on one side of the carriage, while Zhang Xuan was sitting on the carpet in the middle, flipping through a book about Tubo.As far as Fan Longshuo is concerned, resisting Tubo is one of Zhang Xuan's major tasks. He has made sufficient preparations for this and collected a large number of books and information about Tubo.

He even brought with him a businessman Wuxian who had traveled between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty for many years.Wu Xian is a native of Jiannan Taoist. He has traveled to and from Tang and Tibet for many years, and what he does is a business that is extremely risky but extremely profitable.This person speaks fluent Tubo and knows the customs of Tubo, so he can be said to be a Tubo master.

He even had a certain trade relationship with the Tubo nobles, and set up a shop in Luoxie City, Tubo.

At this moment, Wu Xian kneeled respectfully in front of Zhang Xuan.

The carriage was very spacious, and it didn't look crowded just because it accommodated three people.

The carriage was slow and steady, with slight bumps.Zhang Xuan put down the scroll in his hand, looked at Wu Xian and smiled softly, "Mr. Wu Xian, I have called you here. I have a few things I want to ask, but I can't stop talking about it!"

"I ask the Commander-in-Chief to give orders, and the villain will obey." Wu Xian felt a little uneasy.

Before Zhang Xuan's army set off from Chang'an, Zhang Xuan sent someone to find him, asked him to accompany the army, and agreed to his caravan to follow the army.

But after leaving Chang'an, Wu Xian found that Zhang Xuan changed his way to Fan Yang, and he couldn't help being very disappointed.Going on like this, when he reached Tibet and it was summer again, his plan to run two caravans this year fell through.Because after autumn, there will be heavy snow on the Tubo Plateau, blocking the roads and making it impossible for caravans to enter.

"This Tubo prince Chisong Dezan has a high prestige in Tubo, right?" Zhang Xuan asked casually.

"Yes, the governor. Chisong Dezan is the crown prince established by Tubo Zanpu a long time ago. He is good at fighting, literary and military. He is a hero in the hearts of the Tubo people. He has the nickname of Snow Mountain Eagle."

"Oh." Zhang Xuan snorted, "King Chidai Zhudan of Tubo has sixteen or seventeen sons, and Chisong Dezan is the only one who can inherit the throne?"

Wu Xian's eyeballs rolled secretly, he seemed to have tasted something else from Zhang Xuan's words, but he wasn't sure.

"Back to the chief governor, there are also some battles for the throne among the Tubo princes. It's just that Chisong Dezan has the support of most of Tubo's subjects, and the favor of Chidai Zhu Dan. It is difficult for ordinary Tubo princes to pose a threat to him. To say ...Only the third prince, Stanley, has some influence, he is the nephew of Tubo official Dong Zebu."

Dongzebu?Zhang Xuan pondered silently for a long time, then he suddenly raised his head and stared at Wu Xian with calm and dignified eyes, "Mr. Wu Xian, I have something to ask."

The corner of Wu Xian's mouth twitched, and he quickly bowed down and bowed down, "The governor has orders, and the villain dare not disobey!"

"Hurry up and take your caravan to Tubo to see if you can contact the third prince of Tubo, Stanley..." Zhang Xuan's voice was flat and deep, "If this is done, I will send you a The field is very rich and honorable. During the time when I was in the feudal domain of Longshuo, your caravan will be taken care of by me. I can even arrange a position for your nephew and descendant in the army and give you a bright future."

Wu Xian was ecstatic, the corners of his mouth began to tremble from excitement.

Zhang Xuan is the governor of Longshuo, with great power, and the land of Longshuo in Hexi will be under his control. If his Wuxian caravan has official protection in the future, the business with Tubo will obviously be smoother.More importantly, although he has some wealth, he is a merchant after all and has no political status. If his son can be recommended by Zhang Xuan to be an official, this will undoubtedly change the status of the Wuxian family.

This is a huge opportunity.

"However, this official also made ugly remarks to the front. You must not reveal half of this matter, and you must handle things safely. If there is any mistake, this official will never forgive you lightly."

Zhang Xuan's voice suddenly became cold, and Wu Xian bowed down respectfully, "The villain obeys!"

(End of this chapter)