Tubo has a map in his heart, only a few people including his ex Zanpu Songtsen Gampo and others know about it.

That is an indispensable geographical situation to complete the Tubo Dynasty and form a strategic victory.

Tuyuhun is not worthy of being an enemy, it is too weak. As early as many years ago, Tubo first pointed his sword at Tuyuhun and defeated them.

It’s a pity that behind Tuyuhun is the Tang Dynasty.

If you want this piece of land, you will inevitably go to war with the Tang Dynasty.

In this era, the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful country in geography and sight.

At that time, Tubo was far from a rival to the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Songtsen Gampo and Lu Dongzan made a plan to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and took advantage of the power of the Tang Dynasty to fight in the east and west, and continuously annex and erode the tribes in the snowy land.

After decades, the Tubo Dynasty, the most powerful country in the snow, has finally been built.

Now, there is still a puzzle missing on the Tubo Dynasty's territory, which is Tuyuhun.

With this land, there is a strategic buffer with the Tang Dynasty, a horse farm, and a forward base.

If Tubo wants to become a new overlord, he will inevitably have a battle in the Tang Dynasty in the future.

It can be called the real battle for the Tubo Dynasty to establish its country.

Whether it is Lu Dongzan or Lu Qinling, everyone knows this.

Deep in the heart of this powerful Tubo minister, he has always regarded the Tang Dynasty as his imaginary enemy.

Tuyuhun is roughly in Qinghai Province in later generations.

If Tubo could annex this place, he could point his sword at Yizhou, the Tang Dynasty.

If Yizhou can be opened, the Tubo cavalry can rush directly to Guanlong and point to the heart of the Tang Dynasty.

According to historical records, about a hundred years later, the Tang Dynasty's national strength declined, and Tubo took this route to capture Chang'an, which scared Emperor Daizong of Tang to flee in a panic.

Since then, large areas such as Hexi and Longyou have become Tubo territory.

Tubo took advantage of the chaos to seize the 50 lords, six towns, and fourteenth army, including Hexi and Huang Shanliang in the Tang Dynasty.

But all the cause and effect were planted a hundred years ago.

The strategy of a great power is more than just the present.

All causes can be traced back to the beginning of the founding of the country.

Since the time of Songtsen Gampo, Tubo has sought expansion of power with the great prime minister Lu Dongzan, and was jealous of the name of "Tiankhan" owned by the Tang Dynasty and the fertile land in the Tang Dynasty.

This pair of monarchs and ministers had a long-term plan and wanted to follow the first emperor of the Central Plains dynasty. Qin Shihuang won the "relatives of six generations" and unified the Liuhe.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty did not take the Tubo in the Western Region seriously.

The snowy plateau is too far away from the sight of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Dongzan put away his leisurely and fascinated look. He didn't know what he thought of in the moment. His eyes seemed to have traveled through the tent, through the snow-capped mountains and the starry sky above his head, and through decades, a hundred years later.

He seemed to see the majesty of Tubo's country as dominating the world.

With a smile, the Tubo whispered softly: "At present, the most important thing is to merge Tuyuhun, and to pacify Tuyuhun, that saint is the key."

He patted the table lightly and looked at Lun Qinling with a keen eye: "You are the main thing tomorrow, so you must not make any mistakes."

"yes."

...

Master Bayan looked at the faces of the disciples one by one. There were still 107 disciples in this temple, all of whom were here at this time.

"Tomorrow is the juncture of my life and death. I have no confidence in whether I can pass this level."

He said in a deep voice: "If you are afraid and want to leave this sect, you can leave now, and just say that our master-disciple relationship has ended."

After saying this, the scene was silent for a moment, no one responded.

Bayan raised his voice and said, "If you are afraid of living and dying with this sect, you can leave now, and I will never pursue it."

There was finally a hint of commotion among the monks.

The young monks did not have such a firm heart.

Some people looked at each other, while others showed signs of entanglement and struggle on their faces.

Some people couldn't help but whisper to ask people around them.

Under Bayan's white eyebrows, a pair of turbid but stern eyes slowly swept across the monks. Suddenly, he felt that the faces that were originally very familiar were now becoming unfamiliar.

He closed his eyes slightly, his white eyebrows trembled.

After a while, Bayan's voice, which opened her eyes, became colder: "I'll say the last time. Someone wants to go down the mountain, so he will go down the mountain immediately. I won't pursue it. If you don't leave, you will live and die with this sect... Let you not leave when you leave. If you are indifferent in the end, you don't need the Tubo people to take action, I will be the first to do it. Do you understand?"

After saying this, the monks were silent for a while, and finally, someone came out tentatively.

If there is the first one, there is the second one and the third one.

Bayan looked at them with a calm face and looked at them walking out with a expressionless face.

"Master, we, we went down the mountain."

"Walk."

Bayan uttered a word coldly.

The young monks ran down the mountain with a blushing face and shameless face, not even having time to pack their bags.

Bayan just looked deeply at the direction of their departure, as if it had turned into a stone statue, motionless.

Some people left one after another.

Finally, Bayan finally withdrew her eyes and looked at the rest of the people.

He didn't expect someone to stay.

Just like he didn't expect so many people to escape.

When he closed his eyes slightly and opened them again, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, like a majestic lion.

"Since you haven't left, then face the disaster with me and this sect."

As he said that, the old monk from my sect smiled.

It was just the colorful crown above the head and the white teeth that smiled, which looked indescribable in the dark night.

There are more than thirty monks left.

They did not leave, so they were naturally disciples who were determined to advance and retreat with our own religion and had the strongest determination toward Tao.

Su Dawei walked over from the side: "Congratulations to Master."

Ba Yan raised her eyebrows, narrowed her eyes, and had a sense of vigilance and self-deprecating look on her face: "My sect is almost gone, congratulations?"

"The Buddha said that the Dharma of adorning the Buddha is not adorned, and the Dharma should be abandoned, let alone the Dharma."

Su Dawei seemed to have not seen the complex expression of Ba's face, and smiled faintly, "Take off the shell of our religion and take off the Dharma. The god of our religion is still there. Those monks who went down the mountain carry seeds. As long as they live, our religion will not die. They will spread branches and leaves in all directions like dandelions."

This was said in a low voice, only Bayan heard it.

Bai Yan's snow-white eyebrows suddenly raised, and a splendid look appeared in her eyes, and then she disappeared, and said in a strange Tang Yin who was slightly troubled to speak: "I don't understand what you said."

"Then let's say something that can be understood."

Su Dawei looked at him with his eyes: "About the saint."

Bayan finally had a strange expression on her face. He reached out to stop Su Dawei: "It is inconvenient to speak here, please follow me."

Su Dawei took An Wensheng, Li Bo and Nie Su to walk into the hall with Master Bai Yan.

In order to avoid Lu Dongzan, they had been here in this Daxiong Hall, but they didn't expect to step in again tonight.

It was already dark and the candles in the hall were brightly lit.

The statue of Xinrao Miwo Tathagata in the middle is lifelike.

On both sides of the hall, countless stone niches were carved out along the mountain walls, and the reduced and strange statues were placed in it.

In such a late night, under such an atmosphere, hundreds of strange stone sculptures set off the image of Xinrao Miwo Tathagata in the middle also became a ghostly aura, making people feel chilled.

Buddha and weirdness are like two extremes, and it seems that they will never be able to associate them together.

But at this moment, in this temple of the ancient Xiangxiong Ben Sect, Buddha and weirdness, legends and reality, and the fantasy colors of the Gutroba people are mixed with the legendary Queen Mother of the West.

Everything is full of contradictions, but it is wonderfully natural.

"Master, we can be open and honest and say something honest."

Su Dawei spoke to Bayan, who was standing in front, facing the statue of Xinrao Buddha, and said, "It's not much time since dawn. If we can't be honest now, we're afraid that after dawn, we will all become prisoners of the Tubo people. This is not what the master wants to see?"

"Who are you? How do I do it, no need for outsiders to point fingers."

Although Ba Yantou did not come back, his voice still came like an angry lion, and the air was buzzing.

It can be seen that this old monk of the sect has accumulated too much anger in his heart.

Facing the Tubo prime minister, he had to bear it, and facing Nie Su, he had to bear it.

But who is Su Dawei?

He knew that the new saint called this man his brother.

But so what? Even if you are really a brother, you are just outsiders to Bayan and Benshu.

Besides, he knew that the previous saint definitely did not have such a big son.

If it weren't for Nie Su's reaction, Bayan would have been using force against Su Dawei and others as soon as possible.

"Master Bayan seems to have a lot of objection to me?"

Su Dawei said, suddenly feeling his palm tighten.

Look down.

It turned out that Nie Su reached out to hold it.

From the contact of his fingers, he seemed to be able to feel a hint of anxiety in Nie Su's heart.

An Wensheng hugged his chest with his hands on his chest and his slender brows frowned together, which added a hint of evil spirit to his white face.

This is a kind of depression that I want to get angry but don’t know who I want to be angry.

Li Bo stood on the other side, but he seemed calm.

However, in my deep eyes, there was still light flashing from time to time, showing that my heart was extremely uneasy.

He wanted to rely on Su Dawei's Tang army background to help his family clear of his previous charges and return to the Tang Dynasty.

But if Su Dawei died on this snow-capped mountain together, everything would be in vain.

Isn't it worth it to die in vain?

I feel regretful, sad and angry, and depression. All kinds of emotions come and go.

Su Dawei keenly noticed everyone's emotions, and only when he saw this monk in this sect could not see through it.

His back was as heavy as a mountain.

Even the upcoming danger of destroying the religion did not seem to shake his mind.

"Master, even if the disciples you sent can successfully go down the mountain, our sect has been greatly damaged. And according to what you said, how long can it last if you lose the saint and the reincarnated spirit child?"

Taking into account the words, Su Dawei continued: "You want to protect our sect, but I want to protect Nie Su. Our goals are not conflicting. Protecting Nie Su is protecting our sect. If you want our sect to continue to pass on your sect, you cannot hand over Xiao Su to the Tubo people. Am I right?"

After saying this, Master Bayan seemed to be finally touched.

He slowly turned around, his eyes turned to Nie Su with complexity, and nodded slowly: "You are right."

"Since there is such a consensus, why not let's talk about what methods can protect Nie Su and prevent the Tubo people from succeeding."

An Wensheng couldn't help but interrupt, "The previous saint has three days left to come back. Unless Nie Suken gives up this opportunity to see her mother, no matter what, Tubo will go up the mountain to ask for people tomorrow, it will be a knot that cannot be avoided."

Li Bo, An Wensheng, Bayan and others all looked at Nie Su.

The contradiction is here.

Nie Su was unwilling to give up the opportunity to see his mother.

But if you don’t give up, Tubo will go up the mountain and ask for people after dawn, and there is no other way except to go to war with Tubo.

Just a few people from Su Dawei and An Wensheng would never be able to block the offensive of tens of thousands of Tubo soldiers.

It is the most rational choice to make Nie Su give up unrealistic ideas.

But is Nie Su willing?

The candlelight in the hall was shaking, and everyone seemed to be waiting for Nie Su, who was struggling in front of him.

And at this moment, Su Dawei suddenly said, "Master Bayan, have you been lying to Nie Su from the beginning?"

This sentence seems to throw a huge rock into the calm lake.

Nie Su looked up at Su Dawei in surprise.
Chapter completed!