Chiling is the most important pass between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. It was named because the mountains "the earth and stone are red, and the ground is hairless". Later generations called it Sun and Moon Mountain. It is said that Princess Wencheng passed by here in Tibet and dropped the Sun and Moon treasure mirror rewarded by Li Shimin, and turned it into the Sun and Moon Mountains, so it was named.

Legend is a legend after all. In fact, Chiling is a very inconspicuous hill besides the red-infrared mountain. It is even more than 3,000 meters above sea level, which is not worth mentioning on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. However, surrounded by mountains, there is a pass that can connect Tubo and the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, because it is also the most important pass between the two countries.

Chiling Pass was named after it was built at the pass of Chiling. Tubo stationed heavily here. Lunqinling sent troops to Tuyuhun before, and it was from here. It was also a military center that the Lunqinling family had run for many years. The troops here were all loyal to the Lunqinling family. Lunqinling has been stationed here since its defeat.

"Father, it's time now. What are you still hesitating about?" Gong Ren advised a middle-aged Tubo man in front of him with an anxious look in his face.

This middle-aged Tubo man has a very typical plateau face, a round big face, black and red, short eyebrows and thin eyes, and a big beard, which looks very rough. However, as long as the person who knows him, he does not dare to regard him as a rash man, because he is the famous Lunqinling.

"Things have not been broken to that point. Unless they reach the point where they cannot retreat, it is better not to take that step!" Lun Qinling said very cautiously.

Gong Ren returned to Chiling Pass ten days ago, and he also informed Lunqinling of the deal he had negotiated with the Tang Dynasty. However, Lunqinling had never made up his mind to defect to the Tang Dynasty, because in his opinion, if he defected to the Tang Dynasty, their family would have no way out and could only act as the thug of the Tang Dynasty and fight against Tubo, which he did not want to see.

"But, you have also seen that the royal coalition forces are numerous, far exceeding our army. We have lost consecutive battles in the past few days, and our morale has been extremely low. If this continues, the army will collapse first!" Gong Ren persuaded again bitterly.

Before Gong Ren came back, he was a little optimistic about the family situation, because in his opinion, his father and several uncles had experienced a long battle, so even if they were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, they could at least hold on for a while.

However, when Gong Ren came back, he realized that the situation was much worse than he thought. After his father and uncle were defeated by the Tang army one after another, the loss of troops was greatly. In addition, his uncle was imprisoned and his military power was also taken away, resulting in the fact that his father could mobilize less than 60,000 troops, and nearly half of them were newly recruited recruits, and their combat power was far from comparable to the elite.

In comparison, the royal family's coalition was 200,000. The person who commanded this army was named Qu Saruo. He was the brother of the queen Chima and was also a general who had many battles. Although he was not as famous as Lun Qinling, his ability was actually not much worse than Lun Qinling.

It was also under this situation that Lun Qinling only defeated the coalition forces several times in the early stage. After that, Qu Saruo used his military strength to divide his troops into three groups to attack Lun Qinling's army, which made Lun Qinling unable to stop it anymore. After losing one after another, he had to retreat to Chiling Pass, hoping to use the solid city walls of Chifeng Pass to block the royal coalition forces.

Of course, Lu Qinling knew that the current situation was extremely unfavorable to his side, but he still had some concerns. On the one hand, his father was the famous Lu Dongzan. He taught him to be loyal to Tubo since he was a child. Now that he has betrayed Tubo, he is still a little psychologically repulsive.

On the other hand, Qinling did not trust the Tang Dynasty very much. After all, when Tubo expanded outward, their family made a lot of efforts, especially in the Battle of Dafeichuan, which caused heavy losses to the Tang Dynasty. Even if the Tang Dynasty regained the game now, it did not mean that the Tang Dynasty would ignore the past. If he broke up with Tubo, the Tang Dynasty suddenly turned against each other, and under the attack of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, there would probably be no longer a place for him to live in this world.

It was precisely because of the above concerns that Lun Qinling was reserved for the recruitment of the Tang Dynasty. At least before the end of his life, he did not want to make a decision too early. After all, he was burdened with the lives of the entire family and millions of people under the family.

"Father……"

Gong Ren wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Lun Qinling waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't talk about this matter anymore. If it really comes to that point, I will naturally discuss it with you!"

When Gong Ren heard his father's words, he had to shut his mouth helplessly. At this moment, he suddenly saw a middle-aged Tubo man walking quickly. When Gong Ren saw the other party, he hurried forward and bowed: "I have seen the third uncle!"

This middle-aged man is named Zan Po, and he is also Lun Qinling's younger brother. He is also Lun Qinling's most capable assistant. During the Battle of Dafeichuan, he helped Lun Qinling defeat Xue Rengui. In recent years, he began to lead troops independently and showed outstanding talents. He was also the third person in the Gongren family.

Zan Po seemed very critical at this time. He just nodded to Gong Ren who was bowing, and then came to Lun Qinling with an anxious look on his face and said, "Second brother, the big thing is not good, the royal army outside the city is doing something again!"

"What's going on?" Lun Qinling immediately asked when he heard this. After the royal army reached Chiling Pass, they had not launched an attack on Chiling Pass because they also knew that Chiling Pass was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if they had several times the strength of the troops, they were not sure about facing such a strong pass, so they kept holding their troops, but they kept making small moves and would send troops to harass them from time to time.

"The insidious villain Qu Saruo spreads lies and actually says that Mang Song Mangzan is not dead. He also found a person who looks very similar to Mang Song Mangzan, who is bewitching people's hearts outside the city and asking our soldiers on the top of the city to surrender to them!" Zan Po said angrily again at this time.

Mang Song and Mangzan have been dead for nearly two years. Originally, the news was blocked, and not even a few people in Tubo knew about it. However, the Tang Dynasty suddenly launched an attack and exploded the news, which caused their army to shake, which was one of the reasons why they were defeated so quickly.

Now many people in Tubo have known the news of Mangsong's death, but the Tubo royal family has never admitted it. This has also led to countless rumors about this matter within Tubo, and there are all things to say, but there is no definite news. Unexpectedly, Qu Saruo used this matter to shake their military morale again.
Chapter completed!