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Chapter 71 Defense

When the Tang Dynasty was founded, there were Li Yuan's seventeen founding masters, and Li Shimin's twenty-four Lingyan Pavilion's heroes, which was difficult to distinguish between the superiority, but the revival of Tubo was undoubtedly the first hero of Lu Dongzan.

Since the relinquishment of Zong Nongzan ascended the throne in the present, every major event in Tubo has been repelling the enemy Supi, coercing Nibharu, promoting the marriage of Tang Dynasty, pacifying Hou Zang, annexing Xiangxiong, etc., all of which are the shadow of Lu Dongzan and even plays a crucial role.

When it comes to reputation and power in Tubo, the leader is naturally Qi Zong Nongzan, followed by Lu Dongzan, and then Qi Zong Nongzan, the only son Gongri Gongzan.

Gongri Gongzan was the Kezeng of Tubo, similar to the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the future Tubo Zanpu. However, such a person was firmly pressed down by Lu Dongzan, the minister in Tubo. It would be strange if he was happy.

Gongri Gongzan had a bit of resentment towards Lu Dongzan, but because of Lu Dongzan's contribution, he was inconvenient to attack. Now he went to the Tang Dynasty with his delegation. After learning about this, how could he endure it?

Qi Zong Nongzan heard Gongri Gongzan's words and asked, "What do you mean?"

Gongri Gongzan replied: "On the day when Emperor Tang refused to marry, he issued an order to promote Qinling to the left-back general of the Right Dragon Martial Guard. The Right Dragon Martial Guard is in the Northern Yai. Qinling is at such an age and holds a fifth-rank position among them. Isn't it still worthy of it?"

Qi Zong Nongzan was also shocked when he heard Gongri Gongzan's words, and his brows frowned slightly, looking in the direction of Sambuza. In the previous reply from Sambuza to Qi Zong Nongzan, Sambuza never mentioned this.

In Qi Zong Nongzan's opinion, it is not a trivial matter that Qin Ling was promoted to the Lang General of the Right Dragon Martial Guard by Li Ke. The most elite army of the Tang Dynasty was the North and South Imperial Guard stationed in Chang'an. Among the imperial guards, the North Imperial Guard, which was directly under the emperor, was the strongest. Among the four armies of the North Imperial Guard, the Right Dragon Wuwei, who was commanded by Xi Junmai, was the most good at fighting.

The Right Dragon Martial Guard has only 6,000 soldiers, but it was carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of troops. It was for the elites among the elites, and it brought together the group of people who were best at fighting in the Tang Dynasty. It was for the emperor's personal army. Qin Ling was able to become a general in the Right Dragon Martial Guard, or the Zuo Lang General with a high official position. It can be seen how much he was valued by Li Ke.

It's no wonder that Qin Ling has been away for many years but never wants to return to China. I'm afraid it may not be that Li Ke will not let anyone go. After all, in the eyes of Qi Zong Nong Zan, Qin Ling is just a smart boy. What Li Ke really likes is Lu Dongzan behind Qin Ling.

Sambuza looked at Qi Zong Nongzan and looked at him, and knew what Qi Zong Nongzan meant, so he hurriedly explained: "This matter has nothing to do with the matter of marriage, so I have never reported it."

Sambuza knew the significance of this matter. The reason why Sambuza concealed this matter was not because of this reason, but also had his own selfish intentions.

Sambuza and Lu Dongzan were close friends and had known each other for many years. He knew what this matter meant once Qi Zong Nongzan was called, so he deliberately suppressed the matter and never explained it in the letter, and it also meant to protect Lu Dongzan.

Sambuza was naturally loyal to Qi Zong Nongzan, but once this matter fell into Qi Zong Nongzan's eyes, he would inevitably have the taste of a serious official forming a clique and hiding the king. He suddenly felt a little dissatisfied with Lu Dongzan and Sambuza.

However, although Qi Zong Nongzan was a little more afraid of Lu Dongzan, it was not convenient to reveal it, because Lu Dongzan was no more than an ordinary minister. He was the head of the Gar family of the Tubo clan and held military power, Qi Zong Nongzan did not dare to touch him easily.

The Tang Dynasty was eyeing the east of Tubo. Now it was the time to use people. Tubo should not be in harmony internally. There are still some cunning and patience in abandoning the clan and praise.

Qi Zong Nongzan beat him up and said to Sambuza: "What you said is that Li Ke valued Qinling. This is Qinling's own business. It has nothing to do with the relationship between the two countries, and it has nothing to do with the great relationship. It is indeed inconvenient to mention it more, so as not to hurt the harmony between the king and the minister."

Qi Zong Nongzan said politely, as if he didn't care about this matter, but the slight anger and panic in Qi Zong Nongzan's eyes when he first learned about this matter had completely expressed his position.

This perfect match between the king and his ministers who worked together to create the prosperous era of Tubo have already had a rift and can never go back to the past.

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On the Tubo side, Qi Zong Nongzan was worried about Qinling’s actions in Chang’an. At the same time, Qinling’s own life in Chang’an was not easy, and he couldn’t help it.

The Zuo Lang General of the Right Dragon Martial Guard, the middle and high-level general in the Emperor's personal army of the Tang Dynasty, is definitely a promising position. If he is released from the future, he will at least be a governor of the Xiazhou. However, Qin Ling is very uncomfortable sitting in this position, because Qin Ling, the Lang General, is just hanging in the air and does not actually command the troops.

The Right Dragon Martial Guard is an elite leader in the Tang Dynasty, and they all come from a hundred battles. Although Qinling is a disciple of Li Ke, he is just a young man who is almost in a weak position. How can the soldiers in the army submit to him? Therefore, Qinling is also very embarrassed here.

"Your Majesty, I would like to resign from the position of Zuo Lang General of the Right Dragon Martial Guard and return to Qianniu to prepare for his life. I hope your Majesty will be approved." In the Zichen Hall, Qin Ling came early to meet Li Ke, but came to resign.

Qinling's words did not seem to have caused Li Ke to be surprised. Li Ke was not angry when he listened to Qinling's words. Instead, he looked at Qinling and smiled and said, "The Right Dragon Martial Guard is my confidant. How many people want to enter the Right Dragon Martial Guard but cannot be obtained, but you want to withdraw. This is a bit unintentional."

Li Ke said it right. The Right Dragon Martial Guard is the elite of the world. All the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are proud to be able to enter the Right Dragon Martial Guard. However, this is limited to those who come in with their own abilities and qualifications, rather than those who have no achievements and are parachuted into the idle position like Qinling. This job is very uncomfortable for Qinling.

Qin Ling said: "I am not good at entering the Right Dragon Martial Guard, and I am not good at being a general in the Right Dragon Martial Guard. The position of this military government office is like a needle and needle every day, and I can't stay for a day."

Li Ke arranged for Qinling to be a free agent in the Right Dragon Martial Guard. Although he was the position of Lang General, he had no real power. Every day, he looked at the soldiers who came and went to the army, some of whom disdained him, and some even sneered at him. With Qinling's age of being strong, it would be strange that he could stay.

Qin Ling's reaction was expected by Li Ke, and this was exactly the result that Li Ke wanted.

Li Ke was a little embarrassed: "This Right Dragon Martial Guard is not a place to enter and exit casually, and even I can't do anything. If this happens, I have a way to solve your current predicament, but I don't know if you are willing to obey."

Since Li Ke said that, he had already made arrangements. It was Qinling's turn to choose whether to obey his orders or not. Qinling just said: "Your Majesty has ordered me to obey his orders."

Li Ke said: "You have talent in military strategy, and I want to use you as a general, but your qualifications are indeed a little shallow. Now that my Tang army is about to fight eastward, you can follow the army to fight eastward. When you make achievements, it is legitimate to return to the imperial guards."
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