The thirteen wizards were all old men in their sixties, and they staggered away from the royal court. {" }

However, just as the last old man stepped out of the royal court threshold, his foot stopped, "Puff--" he protruded a mouthful of blood and slowly fell to the ground.

"What's wrong?" The Tubo Kingdom clearly saw the old man vomiting blood and died, and he shouted in surprise.

Then, the other twelve wizards who left the royal court hurriedly returned and came to the dead old man and looked carefully.

The Tubo kings Songtsen Gampo, Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong also quickly came to the side of the dead old man.

I saw blood still left on the corner of the old man's mouth, his eyes were closed, and he had no breathing.

"Cast the spell now!" The old man who had just spoken to the Tubo king Songtsen Gampo was shocked and said anxiously.

However, before he finished speaking, two more old men died suddenly on the spot.

Like the first old man, he died of blood spitting out of his mouth.

We were surprised by the remaining wizards, and their frightened faces were filled with fear of death.

In the past, they often used secret techniques to kill people, and they could not see the death of the murdered person.

So, they can handle it calmly.

However, now they have seen the death of killing people with their own eyes, and they have killed their companions who have been with them for decades.

When they were most terrifying, they also felt the indescribable sense of sadness that enveloped their hearts.

Suddenly, the entire royal hall was quiet and no one dared to speak.

"King, it seems that our lifespan has ended!" the old man said, "For this secret technique, we have consumed too much energy. Now the Tang Dynasty master wants to get rid of us. If we are all three of us alive, we can still resist it, but now there are three people missing, so we can only wait to die!"

"Master-you-" Songtsen Gampo wanted to say something, but before he finished speaking, the old man said, "King, you must remember not to start a war with the Tang Dynasty easily, and not to make enemies with the Tang Dynasty easily!"

After saying that, the old man sat cross-legged on the ground, and the remaining old men sat cross-legged around the old man.

Songtsen Gampo did not speak, but slowly left the hall.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong followed him with a pale face.

After leaving the hall, Songtsen Gampo ordered the guards to guard the entrance of the hall and not allow anyone to enter the hall, but he came to the side hall.

"Did you all see it?" Songtsen Gampo asked lightly.

"The king, it's all the fault of the ministers. Please punish me!" Lu Dongzan apologized.

"King, Sang Xiong is also wrong, please punish him!" Sang Xiong also apologized.

"Do you only know how to apologize? Now that the Tang Dynasty has broken our secret skills, they already know that the culprit behind the incident is our Tubo. With Li Ke's character and the Tang Emperor Li Shimin's character, Tubo can still be safe and sound?" Songtsen Gampo continued, "It's a pity that Sangyang's sincere heart did not exchange for wealth for Tubo, but caused a disaster for Tubo!"

"Don't worry, King, Sang Xiong believes that the Tang Dynasty dare not send troops to attack our Tubo under such circumstances. We still have time to prepare for the war!" Sang Xiong said with certainty.

"Tell me your reasons!" Songtsen Gampo said with joy on his face and immediately asked Sang Xiong.

"King, the Northwest Army of the Tang Dynasty is mainly composed of Li Ke. The elite army is Li Ke's personal army or direct lineage, and all the generals are promoted by Li Ke. Therefore, if this army is not commanded by Li Ke, their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened. In addition, except for Li Ke, no one in the northwest can be capable or qualified to command this army." Sang Xiong analyzed.

"Really?" Songtsen Gampo asked in surprise.

"The King, the Tang army stationed in Zalan is divided into three parts. The first part is composed of Li Ke's personal guards, which is the most powerful combat power; the second is the left and right guards of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which was called the guards by Li Ke; the third part is the elite troops of Yangzhou from Yangzhou to the northwest. This part belongs to the direct line of Dongwang Li Tai. They are led by Li Tai's wife, Cheng Mingzhen." Lu Dongzan analyzed, "Therefore, the army stationed in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty seems to be powerful, but there are factions. This situation will not appear when Li Ke leads the army. If it is led by others, their shortcomings will be revealed."

"So, until Li Ke's body is cured, the Tang army will not launch an attack on me, Tubo!" Sang Xiong said affirmatively.

"Are there no other generals leading troops?" asked Songtsen Gampo, the Tubo kingdom.

"Yes!" Lu Dongzan said with certainty, "Cheng Mingzhen, Du Junchuo and Su Dingfang and others commanded the army, but they could only command tens of thousands of troops at most, and had no experience in commanding hundreds of thousands of troops. Since they were commanding such a huge army, they were beyond their reach. Li Ke knew this truth very well, and he did not want to take risks."

"Besides, Li Ke already knew that this time we, Tubo, almost killed him. With his personality, he would definitely command the army to attack Tubo himself!" Sang Xiong also added.

"Well, I feel much more at ease when I hear you say this!" Songzan Gampo said in a relaxed tone, "You also know what the Master told me just now, right? You just can't start a war or make enemies with the Tang Dynasty. Now that hatred has been formed, we cannot start a war easily, we must be fully prepared."

"Yes--" Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong answered.

"But we cannot take it lightly. Just in case, Sang Xiong, you can convey my order and mobilize the 100,000 elite cavalry deployed in the west to the nearby garrison. Also, transfer the 50,000 elite cavalry in the southwest to the border between the Tang Dynasty and us. In addition, the whole country must enter a state of pre-war preparation!" Songtsen Gampo ordered.

"No" Sang Xiong received the order.

"Master, let you handle all the matters of the army!" Songzan Gampo said to Lu Dongzan.

"Yes" Lu Dongzan received the order.

The three of them kept talking and giving orders.

Dozens of orders came out of the royal court.

However, when the three of them finished everything and had a tea break, they saw a personal guard eagerly walking into the side hall.

"Dang Dynasty, the spy who disturbed Lan sent a message!" The guard handed over a bamboo tube-like thing to the slave serving Songtsen Gampo. The slave knelt on his knees and handed the thing to Songtsen Gampo.

The royal courts in Tubo are not like the imperial palaces of the Tang Dynasty. There are no eunuchs in their royal courts, only slaves.

Songtsen Gampo opened it and took a look, then shouted "ah", and then his face turned pale and ugly.

"King, what's wrong with you?" Sang Xiong asked anxiously.

Songtsen Gampo didn't speak for a while.

Quietly, he was silent for a moment before he said lightly, "You can see for yourself!"

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong quickly took it over and read it carefully. When they finished reading the news, their faces turned red and they were ashamed to say.

Because, just now, the two of them swear that the Tang Dynasty would not send troops at this time.

However, the news said that the army had sent 300,000 troops to attack Tubo, and the army had set out for nearly five days.

In five days, how many roads can the cavalry go?

If the troops were really sent for five days, wouldn’t the Tubo peripheral tribes and garrisons have been attacked by the Tang army?

"King--" Sang Xiong wanted to say something, but he didn't speak out in the end.

Lu Dongzan expressed a rare silence.

"The one who led the troops was Su Dingfang. Have you heard of him?" Songtsen Gampo asked.

"I have known him before. He is the first general under Li Ke, but he has not commanded an army of more than 100,000. How could Li Ke let him be the leader and command an army of 300,000 this time?" Lu Dongzan asked back.

"A 300,000 army!" Songtsen Gampo sighed, "How many troops can we raise in our country now?"

"Five hundred thousand!" Sang Xiong said affirmatively, "If you say it, you can only go to a tribe to recruit, but the combat effectiveness of this group of recruited people must be very inferior and it is difficult to fight against the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty."

"Don't worry about combat effectiveness, you go and re-enter 100,000!" Songtsen Gampo sighed, "We have formed a hatred with the Tang Dynasty. The 300,000 army of the Tang Dynasty attacked Tubo, with an obvious purpose, just to destroy our Tubo. Now it is at the critical moment of life and death, so I can't take care of so much!"

When saying this, Songtsen Gampo's voice became much lower, as if he was aging a few years old.

"Yes--" Sang Xiong received the order.

"Master, you are responsible for the war between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty! All the troops in Tubo will obey your order!" Songtsen Gampo continued.

"Yes, please rest assured, Lu Dongzan will definitely not let down the king's expectations!" Lu Dongzan promised.

"Well, then you guys go down!" Songtsen Gampo said, and then slowly left.

Lu Dongzan and Sang Xiong were left to sleep for a while before leaving the royal court.


Chapter completed!