Tibet

Chapter 232
To Feng Changqing's surprise, there were less than 2000 Tubo troops in the Shiguo. After learning that the main force of the Tang army had seized Yasingu, two thousand soldiers of the Tubo army abandoned the Shiguo and retreated to Xiaobolu.

When the army arrived at the city of Shangmi, the gates of the city were opened wide, and King Jidearo led the queen, princes and officials to surrender to the Tang army.

Feng Changqing was also merciless, and immediately abolished the king and queen, and made Jidearo's brother Lalgaro the new king. All documents related to Tubo were destroyed, and all Tubo supplies were confiscated.

Although the Shiguo was successfully captured, Feng Changqing was very worried about the other Tang army coming from Xiao Bolu. There were two ancient roads leading to the Shiguo on the north bank and the south bank of Poyishui in Xiaobolu, but the two The ancient roads will meet at a place three hundred miles east of Shiguo.

In terms of time, the retreating 3000 Tubo troops were likely to encounter the [-] Tang troops killed by Xiaobolu. Feng Changqing immediately made a decisive decision and ordered Bai Xiaode to lead [-] troops to chase the retreating Tubo soldiers.

Another five days passed quickly, and there was still no news from Tang Jun in the east.

At noon, Feng Changqing stood on a city platform with his hands behind his back, staring solemnly at the capped mountains, and the sky was covered with snow.

Li Ye walked forward slowly and said: "I heard that Daxue is earlier than last year."

Feng Changqing sighed slightly, "It's 20 days earlier than last year, it's God's will!"

Li Ye worried: "Will General Bai and the others be trapped in the snow-capped mountains?"

Feng Changqing shook his head, "I just received news that the two armies wiped out [-] Tubo troops in Khanna Valley, and they are now on their way back, and they will be back soon. They are not a problem."

Speaking of this, the corner of Feng Changqing's mouth revealed a bit of bitterness, "The real problem is that we are trapped in the country of Shishi."

"that food"

"The food we carry and the food stored by the Tubo army in the city are enough for us for two months, but we will not be able to get out of trouble until at least February next year, so we will face the plight of no food for another one and a half months."

"We still have five thousand camels."

Feng Changqing nodded, "I know, but we have to go back to Shule for more than a month. Two people eat a camel, is it enough for three months?"

"I remember Chang Shi said there is another way?"

Feng Changqing nodded, "Originally, I wanted to plunder the grain of Shiguo, but today the king told me that there is another way. If I'm lucky, I can solve the grain problem."

"any solution?"

"It takes about ten days to send people to Uzhana and Humi Country to purchase food. With luck, we can get a batch of food before the real snowstorm comes, especially in Humi Country, where the famous Grain and livestock transit places will definitely be able to get food."

Li Ye immediately asked Ying to say: "I'll go to Humi Country! I can understand the language of the Western Regions."

Feng Changqing nodded, "I'll let Duan Xiushi go to Wuzhan, and I'll trouble Mr. Li at Humi Country!"

That afternoon, Li Ye set off with Pei Xiu, An Taixuan and [-] soldiers and [-] camels.

It takes about five days to walk from Qushi State to Humi State. The road is not difficult, even if you walk along a valley. That's why strategic location is so important.

In fact, it is still late autumn, but the Daxue Mountain is already covered with snow, and there is a little warm and humid downdraft at the bottom of the valley, which is not so cold, which is also a characteristic of the Snow Mountain.

But this kind of cold is also relative. The top of the mountain is minus [-] degrees, and the bottom of the valley is about minus [-] to [-] degrees. It will be very cold at night, and it will drop to minus [-] degrees.

Fortunately, it is too far away from the ocean, the climate is relatively dry, and there is very little precipitation. Even if it snows, it is on the top of the mountain. There is almost no snow in the valley, but the wind is strong.

If Tang Jun wanted to return to Shule in winter, he would have no problem walking through the Wakhan Corridor. The main reason is that the army could not cross the Lingshan Mountain. The temperature was minus [-] to [-] degrees, and the wind and snow were raging.

So we set off from Shiguo in February and arrived at Lingshan in March. It was already spring and we could pass by.

The guide is a hunter from the country of Shishi. He grew up in Anxi and can speak fluent Chinese. He is very familiar with the road conditions and took them all the way day and night. There are a lot of game on the road, mainly pikas. They catch Hundreds of them were killed, and they all ate roasted pikas along the way.

This afternoon, several soldiers suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly: "Goat!"

In the distance, there was indeed a herd of sheep, to be exact, Chipan sheep, all of them were very fat, and there were more than thirty sheep in total.

Li Ye immediately asked Pei Xiu to lead a dozen soldiers to drive away the argali sheep. He led the soldiers to hide on both sides of the gully, holding bows and arrows. After a while, driven by the soldiers of the Tang army, more than [-] argali sheep came to the gully. Come running wildly.

Li Ye raised his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at the head sheep and shot it. The powerful arrow shot through the head of the head sheep, and the head sheep fell down. It was their biggest harvest.

At night, the procession stopped at a wide place in the valley, all the camels lay down, and the soldiers felled trees and lit a huge bonfire.

Everyone grilled the argali around the bonfire, sprinkled with salt and spices, and the soldiers ate with oil.

Strangely, the guide refused to eat it. He shook the prayer bucket in his hand and recited scriptures to save the argali.

Li Ye suddenly came to his senses, and after he finished reading the scriptures, he asked with a smile, "Are you a Buddhist?"

The guide nodded, "Everyone in the country of Master is a follower of the Buddha, and I have even been to Nalanda Temple for pilgrimage!"

"Then you are a hunter? Are you afraid that the Buddha will blame you for killing?"

The guide said solemnly: "I went to Nalanda Temple to ask the eminent monk whether I would go to hell? An eminent monk told me that if I hunt for survival, I will not go to hell. If I kill for entertainment, I will go to hell." That would go to hell, so I'm relieved."

Li Ye nodded, "Then we caught pikas and hunted argali along the way. Is this considered survival?"

"Yes! You hunt for food, not hunting for fun, it's different."

The guide paused for a moment, and then said: "Our king went to Wuzhang Kingdom to pay homage to a holy monk in the summer, and the holy monk told the king that before winter came, there would be a war in the Shishi Council, and a heavenly army would descend from the sky, and you really came .”

Li Ye was taken aback. Could this be predicting the future?
He asked again, "What else did the holy monk say?"

"The holy monk also said that the West will change dynasties this year, that Sogdia will have a war between the great powers of the East and the West next year, that Tocharia will be conquered by the West, and that beliefs will also change."

Li Ye was stunned. It was true. The Black Clothes Dashi destroyed the Umayyad Dynasty this year and established the Abbasid Dynasty. The Sogdian War of Talas will break out next year. The Tang Dynasty will face the Dashi Dynasty. The prophecy is true. Could it be that this holy monk is also time-traveling?

This news was too important to Li Ye, just like Feilong knew of his existence.

Li Ye regretted for a while, he would have known that he would go to Wuzhan, he asked, "How far is it from Humi Country to Wuzhan?"

"The general also wants to see the holy monk?"

Li Ye nodded, and the guide said with a smile: "The holy monk is not in Wuzhana now, but is preaching in the Bailian Temple of the Humi Country. The reason why I am willing to be a guide is because I also want to go to the Humi Country to pay homage to the Holy Monk!"

Li Ye really felt lucky, maybe it was God's will, he asked to go to protect the country of honey, is it because of the guidance of this holy monk?
Li Ye asked again: "What is the name of this holy monk?"

"The holy monk is called Guru Rinpoche!"

Li Ye couldn't keep his mouth shut for a long while, Master Padmasambhava, the patriarch of Tibetan Buddhism!

(End of this chapter)