"You people are just too rigid, and support doesn't mean that you have to send troops to support, but you can also support them mentally."

Li Shimin: "......"

"Or to support them in weapons, now the Tuyuhun people must hate Tubo to the core, right?"

Li Shimin nodded.

Li Zheng said again: "Then give the Tuyuhun people weapons and let them fight the grassland!" The harder you play, the better,"

After hearing it, Li Shimin said with a smile: "The snipe and the clam compete for the benefit of the fisherman, and this idea is a little damaged." ”

"There is no loss, only interests."

Cheng Chumo stood aside and listened confused, although he couldn't understand what His Majesty and Li Zheng were saying, but it seemed to be very powerful.

After hearing this, Li Shimin had a plan in his heart and asked, "What are the thirty-six plans you are talking about?" Is it a war book? ”

"It's not." Li Zheng immediately denied.

"Really, not?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Zheng suspiciously, and always felt that this kid was half talking and half of what he was talking about.

"You were silent when I came to you before, but this time you are suddenly so generous."

Li Zheng sighed: "Actually, I am a good person. ”

“……”

"Let's put it this way, you just want me to be kind this time, mainly because I don't want the Tubo people to really call one day, and those officials in your court have no ability, so you don't have to bother me every day."

Annoying him every day?

It was the first time anyone dared to speak to themselves like that.

Cheng Chumo's face turned pale, Li Zheng dared to speak to His Majesty like this.

Always said that I am a melon, and now it seems that Li Zheng is more melon than me.

Cheng Chumo secretly thought in his heart, Li Zheng, you are waiting for bad luck.

Li Shimin left with a black face, could it be that in Li Zheng's eyes, those ministers I had were all wine bags and rice bags!

The more I regretted coming to Li Zheng this time.

Watching Li Shimin leave, Cheng Chumo was stunned again, "Your Majesty just left." ”

"Or else? Am I going to invite him to dinner? ”

"Isn't that right? Your Majesty doesn't even blame you. ”

Cheng Chu silently observed Li Zheng suspiciously, "Could it be that you are really His Majesty's sworn brother?" ”

You can be a brother with whomever you want, but it's too unlucky to be Li Shimin's brother.

Li Zheng went on to tinker with his papermaking skills.

When Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, he immediately summoned Qin Qiong and Fang Xuanling.

sorted out the reports about Tibet in recent years, and Li Shimin watched them one by one.

Fang Xuanling came to the Ganlu Palace, "Your Majesty! ”

Li Shimin looked at the song and said, "Xuan Ling, what do you think of the current strength of Tubo. ”

Seeing Li Shimin say this, Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "According to rumors, there are hundreds of thousands of male soldiers. ”

Qin Qiong also came to the Manna Palace, "Your Majesty! ”

Li Shimin asked again: "Qin Qiong, I ask you, how are the Tubo people fighting?" ”

Qin Qiong also thought for a while and said: "Tubo mostly uses cavalry to fight, and fighting is no different from horse bandits, there is no rules. ”

Taking out a few pieces of music, Li Shimin said: "In recent years, Tibet seems to have been fighting. ”

Fang Xuanling replied: "Your Majesty, Songtsen Gampo wants to unify Tibet, and he has naturally fought countless battles over the years. ”

"Tubo has been in a civil war for many years, and it has been consuming soldiers and horses, do you say that Tubo really has hundreds of thousands of male soldiers?"

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling's eyes flashed with a trace of doubt, "There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and this was said by Lu Dongzan himself." ”

Qin Qiong understood what Li Shimin meant and said, "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that there are no hundreds of thousands of male soldiers in Tibet. ”

Fang Xuanling looked at Qin Qiong and said, "Yi Guogong means that Tubo is bluffing? ”

Qin Qiong nodded, "If Tubo really has so many soldiers and horses, Tuyuhun won't be able to hold on to it now, not to mention Tuyuhun who is seriously injured, Tubo has not won it for a long time." ”

Hearing Qin Qiong say this, Fang Xuanling also understood.

If Tubo wants to take the Hexi Corridor, he should take advantage of Tuyuhun's vitality to take it in one go.

There will be no chance for Tuyuhun to send an envoy to Datang for help.

Lu Dongzan is bluffing!

They don't have so many soldiers and horses in Tibet.

Wake up the person in the dream with a word, Qin Qiong immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should send troops into Tuyuhun to investigate the news, and see how the battle situation is, he will naturally understand." ”

Fang Xuanling also said: "The minister thinks there is a better way to explore the truth. ”

……

On the second day, Li Shimin summoned Lu Dongzan.

Lu Dongzan was happy in his heart, and His Majesty was finally willing to see him, but he did not summon Tuyuhun's envoy.

All the way to the Taiji Palace, Lu Dongzan saluted Li Shimin.

"Honorable Your Majesty of the Tang Dynasty, we, the monarch of Tubo, are willing to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty to jointly pass through Tuyuhun."

Lu Dongzan finished speaking.

glanced at Li Shimin's expression again.

The empty hall had no courtiers, just a few guards.

Seeing Li Shimin's expressionless face, he said: "Your Majesty, we are willing to ...... Tibet."

"Shut up!" Li Shimin suddenly shouted.

A loud shout echoed in the Taiji Hall.

Lu Dongzan stood with a somewhat panicked expression.

Li Shimin stared at Lu Dongzan and said: "You dare to draw a knife and point at the King of Shu in Jingyang, Lu Dongzan, you are so bold!" ”

Lu Dongzan saluted in a panic, "Your Majesty, that is Li Zheng's rudeness first." ”

"Rude?" Li Shimin sneered: "You draw your sword without saying anything, I want to ask you whether you want to form an alliance or go to war!" ”

Lu Dongzan didn't dare to come out, he was still organizing the words in his mind, and he didn't know how to explain it.

King of Shu?

What's the matter with the King of Shu?

Could it be that the King of Shu was also in Jingyang that day?

Li Shimin patted the case and shouted: "Someone! Spread my will, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou advanced into Tuyuhun for thirty miles, and all the Tubo people resisted, all of them were exterminated and killed. ”

Hearing this, seeing that the negotiations were about to collapse, Lu Dongzan knelt on the ground and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! We, Tibet, sincerely want to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Shimin looked at Lu Dongzan coldly and said, "You are holding a knife and pointing at my son, this is called sincerity!" ”

"It's a misunderstanding, the ministers don't know that it's His Royal Highness the King of Shu!"

Li Shimin shouted loudly: "You go back to me, let Songtsan Gampo let the horse come over, I want to see how many catties and taels he has!" ”

The words fell, and the Taiji Hall was silent.

Li Shimin waved his sleeves angrily and left.

Lu Dongzan stood in place in despair, and a eunuch came up and said, "Your Majesty's meaning is already very clear, ready to go to war, please go back." ”

Seeing Lu Dongzan's expression in a trance, the eunuch said with a smile: "It's better to go to Jingyang to ask for guilt, and let His Royal Highness the King of Shu and the Marquis of Jingyang County forgive you for your offense, there is still a chance for this matter to turn around." ”

Hearing this, Lu Dongzan regained his spirits and quickly left the palace and walked towards Jingyang.

As soon as he arrived in Jingyang, Lu Dongzan bumped into Tuyuhun's envoy Fu Rebellion.

The two came to the entrance of Jingyang Village together and found Li Zheng, who was changing the dressing of the wounded soldiers.

Lu Dongzan saluted and said to Li Zheng: "The previous offense was my rudeness, and I apologize to His Royal Highness the Marquis of Jingyang County and the King of Shu." ”

Fu Wei said: "Don't believe him, the county marquis. ”