Section 2 The road to destruction of the Gar family

The mountains and rivers first show the breadth of the country, but I don’t know the dragon’s face and I can’t sit still. The wind blows under the white beard, and the emperor looks at it from the tower. The monarchs and ministers always shed tears when they feel each other, and the deep love dances endlessly. When I first came from the battlefield, I had nothing, only to play something new.

The eighteen prefectures were added. The water palace was built to entertain Duke Yi, which was different from other princes. Every other month, Taichang studied music first, and the golden book tablets and scrolls were in the colorful clouds. No one dared to seize them first. The emperor gave the ball to him at the gate.

The color box is full of new brocades, and the wife is out in front.

After successfully competing with the Tang Dynasty for Tuyuhun, the Tubo Gar family turned their attention to the Western Regions. In 659 AD, the Tubo army attacked the source of the river, and the Tubo people crossed the Altyn Mountains and entered the road leading to the Western Regions.

In 662 AD, the Tang Dynasty asked Su Hai and Zheng Shuai to attack Gongyue. After Tubo entered the Western Regions, they united with the Gongyue tribe to contain the Tang army. Su Haizheng was also very afraid of losing this battle. If this battle was lost, his black gauze hat might not be safe. So.

He secretly sent people to bribe Tibet with military supplies from the Tang army, so that Tibet agreed to shake hands with the Tang army and make peace and withdraw its troops.

In 663 AD, Tubo contacted the Gongyue and Shule tribes to invade Khotan. The King of Khotan had no choice but to send people to the Tang Dynasty for help. The Tang Dynasty had already lost Shule in the Western Regions and could not continue to lose Khotan.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty at that time immediately ordered Gao Shi, the governor of Anxi, to serve as the commander-in-chief of the march and lead elite troops to Khotan for rescue. After the reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrived, the two sides fought a battle and the Tibetan army withdrew. Two years later, the Tibetans again

Invasion of Khotan. The Tang Dynasty sent another army to rescue. This time Tubo was fully aware of the situation. The Song Dynasty decided to divide the troops into two groups in the East Zan region. One of them sent his son Zan Xiruo to lead 5,000 elite troops to detour back to the main force in Khotan.

The rear group was to burn the enemy's food and fodder and block the way of reinforcements. The other group was led by himself to directly attack Yu Dian's main force.

This war between Tubo and Khotan is bound to be a fierce battle. For Khotan, it is also a life-and-death battle. Since Tubo has cut off the reinforcements in advance, the Tang Dynasty reinforcements cannot come to rescue. This time

The war can only rely on the Yu Dian army to fight hard. The Tibetan army has become red-eyed, and each one of them has a ferocious look and screams at the Yu Dian army. The army pounces on it, as if the Tubo army does not give the Yu Dian army a chance to counterattack.

, we must defeat them quickly with lightning speed.

Of course, the Tang Dynasty would not sit idly by. After receiving the distress message, the Tang government immediately appointed Pei Xingjian as the governor of Anxi, urged Zhibian to serve as the governor of Xizhou, and together they led an army to Khotan for rescue. Since Tubo had blocked the Tang Dynasty

On the way to reach Yuding, the Tang Dynasty army had no choice but to build an area in Central Asia controlled by the Western Turks, and launch a sudden attack on the Tibetan rear from here. The Tubo army was suddenly attacked and caught off guard. The Song Dynasty in the East Region did not panic and immediately sent a team

The soldiers and horses went to the place where Tang Jun had stored grain and set a fire. The Tang army's camp fell into chaos, and the Tibetan army came to reinforce Khotan, which relieved the critical situation in Yunnan.

In 677, when the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were waging war in the Western Regions, Tubo's powerful official General Xinggar Dongzanyu Song passed away. Also in this year, the Western Turk Khan also died of illness. The Western Turks were leaderless.

, various tribes fought for the power of the Khan and a civil war broke out. A general named Li Zhekui also took the opportunity to support his troops. This man was very smart. In order to avoid the Tang Dynasty army from coming to attack, he took the initiative to surrender to Tubo and seek help.

The protection of Tubo. From then on, the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Turks, and its power in the Western Regions gradually weakened.

After the death of Gar Dongzan Yu Song, his son Zan Xiruo succeeded him as the great scholar and continued to implement the policies of his father during his lifetime. From 668 AD to 670 AD, in these three years, Tubo controlled

After Qiemo, Shanshan, Shule and Khotan, Zan Xiruo continued to lead the army to conquer the 18 states of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions and the station of the Anxi Protectorate, which is now Akesu. Tibet has so far

It has completely included the four towns of Anxi and controlled a large area of ​​territory south of the Tianshan Mountains from Tuyuhun to the four towns of Anxi.

The Tubo side pressed forward step by step, and the Tang Dynasty continued to shrink its front. Before the Battle of Dafeichuan in 679 AD, the Tang Dynasty could still control the area east of the Tianshan Mountains, including from Shazhou (today's Dunhuang) to the west to Yizhou (today's Yizhou)

Hami), Xizhou (today's Turpan), and the areas under the jurisdiction of the two governorates of Kunling and Mengchi, were forced to abandon the administrative structure of the four towns in Anxi. Although later, by uniting the tribes of the Western Regions to counterattack Tibet, the countries in the southern part of the Western Regions

They re-attached themselves and restored the organizational system of Jisi Prefecture, but the people of the Tang Dynasty at that time were definitely not willing to look back on this past event.

The war consumes the comprehensive national strength. Due to the months and years of war, Tubo's logistical support has become very difficult, and various internal conflicts have begun to arise. Therefore, under this situation, in 675 AD, Tubo sent envoys to the Tang army camp to invite

The Tang Dynasty was very angry because of the loss of the four towns in Anxi, so it directly rejected Tubo's request for peace. Tubo felt very humiliated when he saw that his hot face was against his cold butt, so he decided to continue the attack. In 676, Tumu

The army attacked Du (now Ledu, Qinghai), Kuo (southwest of today's Hualong County, Qinghai), He (now Linxia, ​​Gansu), Fen (southeast of Diebu County, Gansu) and other prefectures. The Tang army sent troops to meet the enemy, but they did not expect to conquer the enemy.

The generals were idiots, and when they saw the momentum of the Tibetan army, they actually fled upon hearing the news, causing the Tubo army to conquer Mi Gong, Danling counties and Fuzhou in Diezhou.

In the winter of 676 AD, Mangsong Mangzan, who had been a Zampu for so many years, was about to come to the end of his life. Although he had been in Zampu's position for so many years, he had never encountered real power. The power of the country.

It has been in the hands of the Gar family until his death, and this situation has not changed. Before his death, Mangsong Mangzan firmly held the hand of his son Songmangbujie, as if he wanted to say something to him. A.D.

In 680, Mangsong Mangzan died, and Tubo held a state funeral for him. Although the Tang Dynasty and Tubo were at war for years, the two sides were related. Tubo still sent envoys to Chang'an to report the funeral, and proposed to the Tang Dynasty for Xin Zampu.

The Tang Dynasty still sent condolences messengers to Tubo as before.

The state funeral in Tubo has not ended yet, and the Tang Dynasty's envoys have not returned yet. The Tubo nobles are impatient. They have provoked a war in the border areas. The Tubo general led an army of 30,000 to station in Dafeichuan. After a series of precise

After the deployment, the bishop personally led 2,000 elite troops directly into Huangchuan. Although the Tang army in Liangzhou and Shanzhou had a numerical advantage, they immediately surrounded the 2,000 soldiers and horses of Tubo. However, the main force of Tubo detoured back to the rear of the Tang army and launched an attack.

The sudden attack led to the defeat of the Tang army. Tubo continued to attack Heyuan, but was severely beaten by the local defenders, and the Tubo army had to withdraw. After the defeat of this war, Tubo turned eastward to attack Sichuan and Yunnan, and in 680 AD

Entering what is now the Erhai area of ​​Yunnan, the tribes Baiman and Wuman living here betrayed the Tang Dynasty and joined Tubo.

The Tang Dynasty suffered successive defeats in the Western Regions, but it repeatedly won military battles with Tubo in Sichuan and Yunnan. In 682 AD, the Tang Dynasty general Lou Shide led his army to attack Tubo and achieved a glorious record of eight battles and eight victories.

Therefore, he was commended by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. The Tibetans attacked Sichuan, and the battles in some cities were met with stubborn resistance by the local defenders, and in the end they all returned without success.

In 683 AD, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty passed away and Wu Zetian took over all the power. This woman was a ruthless character. After he took control of the power, he immediately began to organize a counterattack against Tubo and prepared to recover the four towns of Anxi. In 685 AD, the Gar family of Tubo had internal strife.

, the Tubo God of War Gar Qinling succeeded as Prime Minister.

Three generations of the Gar family have been in power. Under their leadership, Tubo has pushed its sphere of influence to Helong and the Western Regions, but things are twofold. While they continue to expand their territory through war, they also consume a lot of domestic manpower and material resources.

Financial resources aroused dissatisfaction among some Zonghe factions in the country. There were also some tribes that were originally attached to Tubo, but because of Tubo's heavy corvee taxes, they abandoned Tubo and joined the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian seized this favorable opportunity in time, and in A.D.

In 692, Wang Xiaojie was appointed as the general manager of the march. Together with the Turkic leader Ashina Zhongjie, he attacked the Western Regions, recaptured four towns in one fell swoop, and resettled the Anxi Protectorate. Also in this year, a Tubo chief led his headquarters to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

, but his plan was leaked and he was eventually killed, but this incident still caused a stir within Tubo. There was another incident, that is, the Turkic Khan Ashina Yuanqing was killed by Lai Junchen, a famous cruel official in the Tang Dynasty.

, his son led his headquarters to defect to Tibet and was canonized as the Khan of the Western Turks by Tubo. This incident caused huge losses to the Tang Dynasty. In 694 AD, the Tang army defeated Tibet in the Battle of Lengquan. In 696, the Tang Dynasty and Tibet fought again

A battle broke out in Tuyuhun. The result of this battle was that the Tang army suffered a disastrous defeat. History books record that the corpses of the soldiers were piled into the sky. Of course, this is an exaggerated description, but the brutality of the battle can still be seen.

For both the Tang Dynasty and Tubo at that time, it was no longer possible for either side to dominate the Western Regions. Moreover, the successive wars between the two sides, especially for Tubo, aroused dissatisfaction among the people in the country. The Gar family established themselves

There are many political opponents. Qinling is a good player on the battlefield, but he lacks political acumen. He is not aware of the crisis behind him. Tubo Zanpu has endured for so many years, and finally he can't bear it anymore. The dispute between the king's power and the prime minister's power is in Tubo

It's on.

In 684 AD, a sudden natural disaster occurred in Tubo. A large number of livestock were infected in various places, and Tubo society was in turmoil. There were also many conflicts within the ruling class. Gar Zanni called on Tubo to unite and tide over the difficulties together.

, but no one responded to his call.

Internal strife also occurred within the Gar family. Gar Manglan Dachabu sent people to assassinate Gar Zanniedob in the hope of taking over all the power of the family. The mantis stalked the cicada, but the oriole was behind. He ignored it.

After the Tubo God of War Gar Qinling Manglandachabu assassinated Zaniedob with a heavy army, he had been worried about the opposition of other forces in the family. Unexpectedly, everything was calm all the time. Gar Qinling also sent people to send beautiful things.

He mistakenly thought that Gar Qinling still recognized him. One day, Gar Qinling hosted a banquet for Manglong Dachabu, and he went happily. He did not expect that the story of the "Hongmen Banquet" was also there.

It was staged in the land of Tubo. During the banquet, Gar Qinling reprimanded Mang Landa Chabu for his cruel behavior of killing his own people. Then, under the order, the soldiers who had been ambushing around chopped Mang Landa Chabu into pieces on the spot.

Jiang. This internal turmoil did not have a serious impact on the Gar family. Gar Qinling continued to lead the family forward with the title of chief representative of the Gar family.

With the support of Qinling, Chidu Songtsan succeeded Zanpu. Qinling followed Cao Cao's example of coercing the emperor to command the princes and established himself as prime minister. The internal and external power of Tubo was still controlled by the Gar family. After the Qinling brothers took over the power of Tubo, Tubo

The political and economic situation further deteriorated. As the war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo continued to escalate, Tubo's human, material and financial resources could no longer support the war. In order to continue to maintain the confrontation with the Tang Dynasty, Tubo had no choice but to strengthen expropriation and labor at home. These

Naturally, it intensified the domestic conflicts. According to historical records, from 686 to 693 AD, in the past eight years, Tubo had six large-scale agricultural tax collections. In addition, in order to supplement soldiers, the anchor stepped up the recruitment and training of young adults.

, conduct a nationwide inventory and census of household registrations, strengthen the construction of grassroots military organizations, and prepare for long-term operations.

However, in 695 AD, a major event occurred among the upper class of Tubo, which directly led to the defeat of the Gar family. One day, Qinling's uncle came to the palace to pay homage to Zanpu. Zanpu liked him very much.

He was wearing a sword, but he accidentally cut his palm while admiring the sword. When Zampu's mother, the empress dowager of Tubo, learned about this incident, she was furious and directly accused Qinling's uncle of wanting to regicide. Rebellion is punishable by law.

The Gar family could not bear such a heavy crime for the nine clans. In fact, the Queen Mother had long been dissatisfied with the Gar family's arrogance, and just wanted to use this opportunity to suppress the Gar family's arrogance. At this time, the Gar family was in power in Qinling

While fighting in the field, the Queen Mother quickly announced that Qin Ling's uncle had rebelled, and then executed him. Qin Ling, who was far away in the border, learned of the news that his uncle had been killed, and he knew that this was the fault of the Queen Mother. But the rebellion

The crime was too great, and it was hard for him to come forward to avenge his uncle. Immediately afterwards, Qinling took the initiative to write a letter to plead guilty, and also donated a lot of gold and silver treasures and excellent pastures. Empress Dowager, you also know the history of the Gar family

Since he was very powerful, he did not continue to be involved, and the matter ended just like that.

The Queen Mother's original intention was to warn the Gar family, but after Qinling, she no longer took this matter to heart. At this time, Tridu Songtsan had also grown up, so the power of the king and the prime minister must come with it.

There was a fierce conflict and competition. Qinling was completely unaware of the danger that was coming quietly. Tubo Zampu had been trying every means to find flaws in the Gar family and was ready to kill them all at any time.

In 698 AD, Tridu Songtsan led his soldiers to go hunting. What was different this time was that the first-time Rezampu actually brought more than 3,000 people with him. Everyone thought that this was a child deliberately showing off, and he went out

Hunting has become a habit, so no one took this matter to heart. But this time Tubo Zamp did not really go out of the city to hunt, but directly led his soldiers to the Gal family's fiefdom. After arriving, he announced

The Gar family betrayed Tubo Zampu, and Qinling raised troops to rebel. He ordered his men to kill more than 2,000 members of the Gar family, both young and old. It can be seen from this incident that this young Tubo Zampu

Be decisive and ruthless in doing things.

Qin Ling, who was fighting abroad, did not know about the great changes that had taken place in the country. He was in a stalemate with the Tang Dynasty army. Suddenly, soldiers came to report what was happening in the country. Qin Ling learned that all the family members, old and young, had been killed. He was filled with grief and anger, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

He came out and burst into tears.

This invincible God of War, who was invincible on the battlefield, sat in the military tent like an eggplant beaten by frost and said nothing. He didn't know what he had done wrong, and he was treated like this by Zanpu. Tubo praised

Puchitu Songtsan decided to personally conquer Qinling and led 200,000 elite soldiers. Qinling had not recovered from the grief and anger at this time. After the Tang government learned about the news that the Gar family had been killed, they immediately sent people to Qinling.

The Qinling camp used high-ranking officials to recruit Qinling to surrender. Qinling did not accept the surrender of the Tang Dynasty, but continued to lead his troops to resist. However, most of his generals defected in the face of the battle, and Chidu Songtsan ordered Qinling to be captured alive. Qinling

Unable to bear the insult, Ling finally drew his sword and killed himself.

The war god of Tubo did not die on the battlefield, but died under the sword of the clash of royal powers. It must be said that Qin Ling is indeed a good general, but he is definitely not suitable to be a powerful person who controls domestic and foreign power. In the end

Reaching this end makes people feel sad on the one hand, and on the other hand it also gives people the inspiration to look down on all fame and wealth.

Life insights: No one is born a genius. All people accumulate knowledge bit by bit after they are born. What we call geniuses only means that their thinking and memory abilities are stronger than ordinary people, but

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Accumulation will always work in the end.

Accumulating bit by bit may not seem like much on the surface, but in fact, you are making progress every day. If you add up all the bits and pieces, and your potential is unleashed, you will also get

A huge success.

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