Li Hong's sudden illness also cast a haze in Zhang Zong's heart, so for the next period of time, he and Taiping often went to see Li Hong, mainly to supervise whether he was following his diet and rest.

At the beginning, Li Hong did not rest on time as he promised before, and many government affairs were also taken by himself. However, with the supervision of Zhang Zong and Taiping, he had to hand over some affairs to the ministers below and try to arrange a reasonable schedule for himself.

As Li Hong's work and rest recovered, Zhang Zong finally felt relieved. During this period, news came from Tubo that Lun Qinling sent Gong Ren and Wang Xiaojie to ask Xue Rengui for help, which also meant that Lun Qinling completely turned to the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Rengui's movements were also very fast, especially with Wang Xiaojie as his guard, so he immediately sent troops to Chiling Pass without any doubt. After defeating Lun Qinling, he also thought of capturing Chiling Pass with a rush, so that he could master the gateway between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo, and in the future, the Tang Dynasty had the final say on whether to attack or defend.

However, Xue Rengui later gave up the above idea because the terrain of Chiling Pass was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Especially with the old opponent of Qinling, even if he was only some defeated soldiers under him, Xue Rengui probably wouldn't be able to take advantage of the advantage of Chiling Pass.

However, this time Lun Qinling took the initiative to invite Xue Rengui into the pass, so Xue Rengui was also very decisive and actually led 30,000 troops to support Chiling Pass. As a result, when the royal coalition outside the city saw the Tang army appearing on the top of the city, they were shocked and immediately withdrew their troops. They probably did not expect Lun Qinling to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

As Xue Rengui's army entered Chiling, it also meant that the Tang Dynasty controlled the gateway to Tubo. Most importantly, the tens of thousands of troops under Qinling and millions of people were also owned by the Tang Dynasty. Tubo was originally a very loose alliance, and the people under him were only loyal to their tribal lords or nobles, and did not have much recognition of Tubo.

Tubo's reaction to the Tang army's entry into Chiling Pass was also very strong. For example, the Tubo delegation, which still stayed in Chang'an, immediately found the Tang Dynasty to negotiate after receiving the news from the rear, indicating that they were willing to exchange certain conditions for the Tang army to withdraw from Chiling Pass.

However, the Tang Dynasty finally occupied such an important barrier, so of course it was impossible to agree to Tubo. Moreover, Tubo was at a disadvantage and they would not expect to get things that could not be obtained on the battlefield at the negotiating table.

In addition, after Chiling Pass fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, it accelerated the peace talks between Tubo. After all, if the two countries do not discuss peace talks, if the Tang army launches a large-scale attack on Tubo, given the current situation in Tubo, they may face the danger of destroying the country.

Tubo cannot understand the reality of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, with the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to send troops again. Before, the two armies launched together, which consumed a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and occupied such a large territory, which also required great energy to govern and stabilize.

What's more, a powerful kingdom like Tubo cannot swallow even the Tang Dynasty in one bite, so it is already the limit that the Tang Dynasty can occupy Chiling Pass, and it is impossible to further destroy Tubo. If you take a step back, even if you really send troops to destroy Tubo, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to control Tubo.

So under this situation, the peace talks between the Tang and Tubo finally began to enter the substantive stage. In the end, both sides agreed that with the current actual control line as the boundary, neither side allowed the army to cross the border within ten years. In addition, Tubo would also compensate the Tang Dynasty for a sum of money, because it was the war that Tubo initiated first. If they had not attacked the four towns of Tuyuhun and Anxi first, the two countries would not have developed to this current situation.

After the signing of the peace talks, it also means that the war between the Tang and Tubo countries has come to an end for the time being. However, everyone knows that now, both countries are temporarily unable to respond, so they signed this peace talks. However, if one of the two countries recovers its strength in the future, a new war will probably break out on the border immediately.

With the end of the peace talks, important figures of the Gar family such as Lun Qinling, Zan Po, and Gong Ren also began to rush to Chang'an. They wanted to accept the rewards from the Tang Dynasty in person, and at the same time they also expressed their loyalty to the Tang Dynasty. After all, they had already come to the Tang Dynasty, which was equivalent to handing over their lives to the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the reason why Qinling and others dared to come is mainly related to the reputation of the Tang Dynasty. You must know that the Tang Dynasty has been established less than a hundred years ago, but it has destroyed countless countries. However, the Tang Dynasty also treats surrendered foreign generals very favorable. As long as you have talent, you can get important things. For example, Heiqi Changzhi, Ashin Sheer and others are all famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.

It was precisely because of the people like Ashinasheer who were in the first place, so Lu Qinling and others were not worried about their own safety. Since they had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, they had to look like they surrendered. If they were hesitant, they would arouse the suspicion of the Tang Dynasty.

When Zhang Zong heard that Lun Qinling and his son and others came to Chang'an, he was also very happy because as far as he knew, Lun Qinling and Zan Po would definitely be valued by the Tang Dynasty and might be sent to garrison the border between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo at that time, because in the next few years, the Tang Dynasty might launch a harassment war against Tubo, and the documents for peace talks are not worth mentioning at all.

As for Gong Ren, he might be assigned to Chang'an or Luoyang as an official. This is not only to let Gong Ren be a hostage, but also to cultivate it. After all, although the Qinling brothers can be used more, they are not young after all, and it is difficult to integrate into the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty. However, Gong Ren is still young. As long as he is willing, and with the contributions made by his father and others, it will not be difficult to become a vassal official of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

It is also worth mentioning that although Lun Qinling and his son left Chiling Pass, Xue Rengui did not come back with them. In fact, Xue Rengui had also received a transfer order from the court and should have gone to Luoyang to work.

However, after Qinling and his son left, Chiling still needed a heavyweight to guard it, so Xue Rengui might have to deal with Chiling before he could set off to Luoyang.

In addition, Zhang Zong found out from Li Hong that after Xue Rengui returned to Beijing this time, he would hold an important position in the imperial guards in the capital, specifically responsible for the security of the imperial city. In fact, Xue Rengui was worried that the right-leading rank general was responsible for guarding the famous Xuanwu Gate.
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