In the early tang dynasty, famous generals emerged one after another, and in foreign wars, they won many major victories, which can be said to be a mighty shock to the world. However, the Tang Dynasty also had an unforgettable past, a minority general, which made the Tang Dynasty fear for thirty years, even the famous general Xue Rengui was a defeated general, and 100,000 Tang troops were completely annihilated! What's going on here? And look at the editors of "5,000 Years of Vertical and Horizontal" lonely goose one by one!
This person is the famous QinLing in the history of Tibet! The New Book of Tang and the Old Book of Tang refer to him as "On Qinling", while the Zizhi Tongjian calls him "Qizheng", and in fact his full Tibetan name is "Gar Qinling Zanzhuo". On Qinling was born into the Tubo family of nobles, and his father was Lu Dongzan, who had proposed marriage to the Tang Dynasty.
In Tubo, "theory" has a distinction between big and small, which is actually equivalent to the prime minister of the Central Plains Dynasty. It turned out that after songzan gampo's death, his young grandson took the throne, and the state administration was then run by Lu Dongzan. After Lu Dongzan's death, Zan Xiruo, the eldest brother of Thean Qinling, succeeded Da ren and continued to take charge of the State of Tibet. At this time, Tubo was actively expanding abroad, and The Qinling led an army to occupy the four towns of Anxi in the western region of the Tang Dynasty.
Deeply threatened, Emperor Gaozong of Tang then dispatched his troops and sent the general Xue Rengui (薛仁桂) as the commander-in-chief of the March of The Luojiao Road to command a large army to attack Tubo. Regarding the strength of the Tang army, there are 50,000 and 100,000, and there are different theories, but this Tang army should be an elite unit at that time, and the task is to directly pound the Tubo capital and plough the caves.
After Tibet heard the news, he sent Tan Qinling as a general and led an army of 400,000 (according to the Old Book of Tang) to meet the battle. The disparity in strength between the two sides, coupled with the Tang army's labor expedition, the deputy general Guo Beifeng did not listen to the command, and as a result, the Tang army suffered a crushing defeat in Dafeichuan, and Xue Rengui's army was completely destroyed. Xue Rengui, who was only spared, was forced to "make peace with QinLing and return.".
Emperor Gaozong of Tang did not accept defeat, and 8 years later, he sent Li Jingxuan as the chief administrator and ambassador of Taohe Road, commanding an army of 180,000 people to go out on a campaign, "fighting with the Tubo general Qinling in Qinghai", resulting in the death of the vanguard of the Tang army, Li Jingxuan fled in a panic, "and fought again at Huangchuan, and then suffered a great defeat."
In 685, if Zanxi was killed by political enemies, Theory QinLing quickly calmed down the changes and inherited the post of Great Theory, while at this time Tubo was unprecedentedly powerful after conquest, and the history books said that "since the Han and Wei dynasties, the prosperity of Xirong has not yet been achieved." However, at this time, The Qinling also ushered in a more powerful opponent, the supreme ruler of the Tang Dynasty had become Wu Zetian, and there would be a war between the two!
In 689, Wu Zetian sent Wenchang's right-hand man Wei Tou as the commander-in-chief of the march, leading an army to attack Tubo, and Yan Qinling led an army to meet the battle at the Yinzhijia River. The history books record that "in the war with Tibet, there was a great defeat." If there is no general's talent, if there is no evidence, the soldiers are frozen, and the deaths are numerous, but the army is led back." A few years later, Wu Zetian sent Wang Xiaojie and Lou Shide to lead an army to fight against Tubo as deputy generals, and as a result, they were defeated by Theory Qinling!
At the beginning of the Battle of Dafeichuan in 670, In the thirty years, The Qinling defeated the Famous Generals of the Tang Dynasty such as Xue Rengui, Wang Xiaojie, and Lou Shide, which made the Tang Dynasty fear for thirty years during the powerful period. After that, Wu Zetian began to negotiate peace with Tubo, and the relations between the two sides tended to be peaceful. And then, since then, the Qinling Tombs have gradually gone to death!
Tubo Zampu Chidu Songzan grew up and was very dissatisfied with the Theory Qinling who was in charge of state affairs, especially the Gar family was in charge of military power in various parts of Tubo, and its prestige even exceeded that of Zampu's family. In 699, Chidu Songzan led an army to the territory of the Nongqin Tomb in the name of hunting, and killed more than 2,000 of the nongchen tombs. When The Qinling was preparing to send troops to resist, the generals were loyal to Zampu, and the Qinling was forced to commit suicide.
After the death of Qinling, his younger brother and son defected to the Tang Dynasty, and after that, the descendants of Qinling took the surname of "On" and made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, such as helping the Tang army to put down the rebellion in the Anshi Rebellion, and was named the king of the county, leaving their names in history!
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