"Your Majesty, Chen Chu asked when you were going to Qingfeng Village."

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"Your Majesty, Chen Chu asked me to ask you, how did he do with what he told you?"

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"Your Majesty, Chen Chu said that the wine he brewed is even stronger, and he wants to invite you to Qingfeng Village for a tasting."

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"Your Majesty, Chen Chu said that he plans to stop the refined salt business."

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Cheng Chumo, as a tool man, went to the palace every few days to spread the word.

It's a pity that Li Er's reply was only two words: "Don't go!" ”

At the beginning, he really just wanted to avoid Chen Chu,

But later, when he wanted to see Chen Chu, he found that there were more important things to deal with by himself, and he couldn't take the time to meet Chen Chu.

This incident was the visit of the Tibetan envoys.

It is said that the envoys of small countries go to Chang'an and have their own Ministry of Etiquette to manage it, and Li Er doesn't have to take it to heart at all.

But now Tibet is different!

Tubo has now stationed hundreds of thousands of troops on the border of the Tang Dynasty, neither saying that they want to start a war with the Tang Dynasty, nor showing their goodwill.

This made Li Er and a group of generals worried.

this day.

Li Er, an extremely important civil and military general in the court, summoned him to the Ganlu Palace.

General Li Jing said: "Your Majesty, the current Zampu of Tubo is Songtsan Gampo, this person is young, but he is already eloquent, it only took a few years to pacify Tubo, and he has a very high reputation in Tubo...... A chaotic Tubo is not terrible, but the unified Tubo has to be guarded against...... Now the Tubo soldiers are strong and strong, Tuyuhun has fought with them many times, all of them have been defeated, and now, Songtsen Gampo is stationing troops on the border of my Tang Dynasty, which is menacing, we should prepare early. ”

When the generals heard this, they all nodded their heads again and again.

Their opinions are very unanimous, so one word: hit!

But the ministers had a different view.

Gao Shilian took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you should think twice, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks have been in a stalemate for many years, although they finally pacified the Turks, but they also exhausted the national strength, the money and food are not enough, and the population is insufficient...... Although Songtsen Gampo said that he had troops stationed in the army, he had no intention of using force against the Tang Dynasty, and the minister thought that it was better to wait for the arrival of the Tibetan envoys this time and ask clearly. ”

His views were supported by several ministers.

Saying that, the military generals of Wenchen actually quarreled with each other, and no one could convince anyone.

Seeing this, Li Er waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, the matter of sending troops, Rong Zhen will think about it again, but you can tell me, what is the purpose of sending envoys to Chang'an this time?" ”

Li Jing said: "It must be here to declare war!" ”

Gao Shilian said: "It must be to make peace!" ”

Again, the two disagreed.

So, the ministers quarreled again.

Li Er could only drive these guys away in the end.

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Two days later.

The Tibetan envoys went to Chang'an.

The leader of the team was a strategist-like figure under the Tubo Songtsen Gampo, named Seno Gongzan.

Li Er was in the Taiji Hall and personally met with Seno Gongzan and others.

However, what Xenogong offered was only some things that could be seen everywhere in Tibet, and there was no sincerity at all.

Li Er's face was cold.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all angry.

At this time, Xenogongzan stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the foreign ministers have long heard that the brave and good warriors of the Tang Dynasty abound, countless, and my Tubo is also a place where warriors are born, and I have a warrior under my command who has been longing for the Tang Dynasty warriors for a long time, and I want to have a competition, I don't know if Your Majesty can appreciate your face." ”

What the?

Everyone's eyes widened.

The Tibetan envoys did not come to make peace, not to declare war, but to show off their might?

Bang.

What a daring!

It just doesn't make sense!

Li Er's heart was furious.

He slapped the table and said, "Okay, I promise you, what's the comparison?" ”

Seno Gongzan smiled slightly, and said: "The two sides send warriors, five games, the winner of three wins, if the warriors of the Tang Dynasty lose, please Your Majesty will send a state bordering Tubo to Tubo, my family Zampu really can't bear the people of Tubo to live in an extremely cold place all the year round, and want to find a fertile place for the people......"

Hiss!

Everyone present gasped.

Where is this to compete, it is clearly a disguised way to grab land.

I have to say that Seno Gongzan is very clever.

If Li Er agrees, he may lose the land of a state.

If you don't agree and spread it, the foreigners will think that the Tang Dynasty is afraid of Tibet, and it will also be a great blow to the self-confidence of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Er's anger could no longer be suppressed, he sneered and asked, "What if you lose?" ”

Seno Gong praised and said: "My family Zampu said that if the Tubo warriors lose, Tubo is willing to offer 5,000 war horses, 3,000 cattle, and 10,000 sheep. ”

Many people's eyes lit up.

Generous!

Absolute generosity!

Cattle and sheep don't say!

War horses alone are incredible.

The Tang infantry was strong, but the cavalry was still weak, because of the lack of sophisticated war horses.

And the war horses of Tibet have always been recognized as good.

If he can get 5,000 war horses, Li Er can arm a powerful cavalry with a single hand.

Without waiting for the ministers to express their opinions, Li Eryi slapped the table: "Okay, I agree to your conditions." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor!"

Seno's face was full of pride.

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Subsequently, Li Er announced his retirement from the dynasty and took Li Jing, Hou Junji and others into the Ganlu Palace.

Li Er said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is a matter of my Tang Dynasty's face, wait and see, who is the best person to send to compete with the Tubo people?" ”

After some deliberation, it was decided to send two people first.

Because Xenophonzan said that there were five games, he did not say whether one person was five games or five people were five games.

The first is the commander of the Yulin Army, Li Junxian, who has superb martial arts, and the key is that he is younger than everyone present.

The second is Qin Qiong.

Li Er stood up, looked at Li Junxian and Qin Qiong, and said: "Two Aiqing, when you arrive at the martial arts arena, just let go of your hand and beat the Tubo people, I will warm wine in the Ganlu Palace, waiting for your good news." ”

Qin Qiong bowed down and said, "Obey!" ”

Li Junxian said: "I will not fail in my mission!" ”

The two walked out of the Hall of Manna with great dignity.

An hour later.

Cheng Chu rushed into the Manna Hall like a silent fly, looked panicked, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, Commander Li and General Qin ......"

Li Er got up and couldn't wait to ask, "How, did you win?" ”

Cheng Chu shook his head silently: "They are all defeated...... General Qin was also wounded and had been sent to the Imperial Doctor's Office for treatment. ”

Poof.

Li Eryi sat on the stool with his ass on his head, his face full of incredulity: "Why did you lose ......?"

Qin Qiong and Li Junxian are the most capable generals under him.

Losing two games in a row?

How can it be!

Where is Datang's face!

Li Er was a little confused.

After a while, he got up suddenly, paced back and forth, and kept saying: "Five games, two have been played, and then, no matter what, you can't lose again, you Aiqing, look at it, who else can play?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji, Wang Qi and others looked at each other.

There are several people who haven't even recovered from the shock of losing two games in a row.

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