[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu":3,"chapter-great-tang-ten-years-of-signing-in-in-tibet-retu-great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-47":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Tang: Ten Years of Sign-ins in Tubo, Returning with a Million-Man Army",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2019277,3024,"Chapter 47","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-47",47,"\u003Cp>\"Tell me, how is the war situation with Great Tang?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu looked at Zhang Zhang Juzheng with a majestic gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhang Juzheng was the Chief Minister of the court; any matter inquired of him would naturally yield a general understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving Yunzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu had already sent Yu Yu Huatian to ride at full speed to inform Zhang Zhang Juzheng of all his arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a month since Li Er declared war on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Troops, horses, and provisions should all have gathered in Jiannan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current strength, wanting to fight a decisive battle with Great Tang was indeed still a bit difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Tubo had always been easy to defend and difficult to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible for Li Er to break in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Qin Mu had been so daring and reckless in Changancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just loved seeing Li Er furious and unable to reach him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about it made him happy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Great Tang monarch has personally led three hundred thousand troops and arrived outside Jiannan yesterday. The Grand Marshal, General Yue Fei, has also deployed troops to the border, and they are currently in a standoff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides that, our Great Qin soldiers have had many small frictions with Great Tang, but the scale has not been large, and casualties have been relatively few.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to Great Tang’s usual combat style, this should be to test the strength of our Great Qin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhang Juzheng slowly described the situation on the front lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good, order Yue Fei: if the enemy does not move, we do not move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, Great Tang has come from afar; we can afford to wait, but they cannot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu nodded and gave the order for the plan he had already conceived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This minister obeys!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhang Juzheng nodded respectfully in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Mu inquired about some domestic government affairs and then went to rest early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exhaustion from the journey indeed required some proper recuperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Jiannan, the Great Tang camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er was pacing back and forth in the commander’s tent with his hands behind his back, his brows knitted into a knot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This expedition to Tubo was not his intention to begin with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly a last resort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving here, Li Er truly felt what despair was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tubo border was exceptionally steep, with high plateaus and cliffs everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To fight them, one must first learn how to climb mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was the plateau climate here that made it impossible to adapt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many soldiers, after arriving here, suffered from the climate and fell ill one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the two sides had even engaged, he had already lost the initiative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good lad! It seems you have anticipated everything I would do!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You knew full well that Great Tang could not attack Tubo, which is why you were so reckless in stealing the Princess and abducting the Empress!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is truly detestable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er’s teeth chattered with rage; he wished he could charge into Tubo single-handedly and find Qin Mu for a decisive battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, General Cheng Cheng Yaojin has returned!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a guard walked in to report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick! Let him in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er impatiently summoned Cheng Cheng Yaojin into the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Cheng Cheng Yaojin’s state, Li Er’s heart sank by half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Cheng Yaojin was covered in soot from fire, looking utterly disheveled and wretched, as if he had suffered a crushing defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, the Tubo thieves are truly detestable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They had already anticipated that Your Majesty would launch a night raid, so they left behind an empty camp and set a fire in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This general did not anticipate it and fell into their trap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Cheng Yaojin knelt on one knee, hanging his head in shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood, you may go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er waved his hand listlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was to be done?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had hoped to use some tactics to avoid a frontal assault, reduce casualties, and use surprise to enter Tubo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seemed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was nothing but a pipe dream!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That lad Qin Mu was extremely clever; wanting to win by strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Difficult!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er attacked the Tubo border Wu Li Ke a madman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yue Fei, as the commander of Great Qin, strictly adhered to the strategic policy given to him by Qin Mu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, remaining unmoved!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Great Tang’s 300,000-strong army had endured thousands of hardships, yet they had not been able to advance a single step, nor had they even touched a hair of the Great Qin army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er was so angry that he flew into a rage in the commander’s tent all day long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had fought battles his whole life and prided himself on having the world’s best military capability, yet he never expected to be thwarted by a teenager!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shameful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly shameful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Er was in the commander’s tent discussing the next steps with Cheng Cheng Yaojin, Lord Yuchi Gong, and a group of other generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked at the war sand table before them, all remaining silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This war...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was truly hard to fight!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak up, all of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are all the world’s top-tier warriors. Now that the enemy has bullied our Great Tang too much, and after such repeated campaigns, we have still achieved nothing; it is truly shameful.\" Li Er, seeing that no one intended to speak, deliberately tried to provoke them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Majesty, in this general’s opinion, this war cannot possibly end in just a few days; we should prepare for a protracted struggle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A protracted struggle? Easy to say, but we have come from afar, are ill-prepared, and if the provisions in the rear are insufficient, how can we sustain a protracted struggle?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well said! Our true enemy in Great Tang is not Tubo, but the Turks in the north!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, all the generals seemed to have reached a unified front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This war could not be fought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they continued to fight, it would still be futile, with no gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if they didn't fight, Qin Mu had mocked Great Tang, abducted the Empress and Princess, and impersonated the Tubo army—every single one of these acts was a provocation to the authority of Great Tang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just let it go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were truly in a dilemma now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dead end!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a true dead end!\u003C\u002Fp>",1083,"2026-06-15T19:07:31.042Z","2026-06-15T19:16:46.181Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bcf52aeda30c177caec3886911a0626898654db07bbde0f135d559f426429470","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-48","great-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-chapter-46",605,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-tang-ten-years-of-sign-ins-in-tubo-returni-cover.jpg"]