RHE - Side Story Chapter 2: Third Son Xuan!

Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr

In the second year of the Shengli Era, internal strife broke out in Ü-Tsang to the northwest. Tridu Songtsen took the throne as Tsenpo and began a series of ambitious reforms to strengthen the country, promoting young up-and-comers. Ü-Tsang flourished in power.

At the same time, the Tang battled with Ü-Tsang in Longxi, and the Tang were defeated by an obscure young Tibetan general called Dalon Trinling.

Longxi was repeatedly devastated by raids.

In the same year, in the north, the army of the Turkic Empire advanced, and the Tang were defeated again, suffering losses of more than two hundred thousand men.

Great General Zhao Xiang was also slain in battle!

To the northeast, the lurking tiger that was Goguryeo began to invade from the north.

The Great Tang was surrounded by danger on all sides, and reform was urgently needed!

In the second year of the Shengli Era, Wei Yuanzhong was sent to Bingzhou, and in the first year of the Jiushi Era, he was sent to Xiao Pass. In the fifth month of the first year of Dazu, the Tang Emperor appointed Yuanzhong as the General Commander of the Lingwu Circuit Army, and he was constantly moving around, always defending and never attacking. In the eighth month of the same year, the Tang Emperor was enraged to hear that the Turks were raiding the border, so he appointed the King of Xiang as both Anbei Protector-General and Grand Marshal of the Circuit Armies to lead the armies of Yan, Zhao, Qin, and Long to deal the Turks a vicious blow.

(TN: Shengli, Jiushi, and Dazu are all era names Wu Zetian used during her rule, specifically during the time period where she ruled as Emperor herself rather than controlling the Emperor from the background, though it seems that she does not exist in this timeline and has been replaced by a male Emperor. Wei Yuanzhong was a chancellor under Wu Zetian, and during this period of time, he was placed in command of the Tang armies of the north to ward off Turkic invasion. The King of Xiang, also known as Li Dan, later be

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Translator Notes

The classic case of the newly transmigrated individual showing off his martial prowess. Though how does Li Taiyi know how to use a bow?

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Records of the Human Emperor Side Story Chapter 2: Third Son Xuan!

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