Seeing King Yong's handling of the small dispute before the war, until the rest of the generals withdrew, Hei Tooth Changzhi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "His Royal Highness has a skill, does not lose his righteousness, does not have no law, and is also benevolent, and the court is responsible for major affairs, and it is indeed a winning man." ”

After Li Tong heard this, he sighed, and said with emotion: "The generals may be willful, but if they are loyal to the country and kill the enemy, they cannot be called evil, and they can't bear to be strictly ordered, for fear of hurting their morale." But if you don't ask, you're afraid of arrogance and hard to accept. Therefore, small punishments and big commandments, hoping that everyone will have something to gain. ”

In fact, there is another reason why he dealt with it like this, that is, considering the issue of the imperial court's reward for Longbian's victory.

Yu Qinghai hit the Tubo people, not only the Chang'an shogunate benefited from this, but also for the entire Tang Dynasty, it was also a great joy. But if we take into account the specific situation of the current situation, this matter may not be all good for the imperial court.

At least the Chang'an shogunate became famous because of this, which will be a very difficult problem for some people in the court who intend to restrict King Yong.

Regarding this point, Li Tong has also recently imagined a little, thinking that the imperial court will probably have two strategies for dealing with this.

The first is to specifically target King Yong, give King Yong a big honor, and even directly recall King Yong to the court and treat him with dignity. However, the rewards for the soldiers who have made contributions to Longbian will be perfunctory and will not be too grand.

In this way, it can not only interrupt the situation of Li Tong's division and rule in Shaanxi, but also take over his power, so that he can no longer continue to operate his own forces.

The poor treatment of the heroes of Longbian can lead these people to feel that King Yong is just using their struggle to seek fame and honor for themselves, and reduce their admiration for King Yong in their hearts. Even if Bian Shi enters the court in the coming year, with such a lesson from the past, I am afraid that he will not choose to move closer to King Yong.

The second is to dilute King Yong's actions and sense of existence in this war, just focus on praising the soldiers of Longyou, and let these border soldiers recognize the priority through the rewards of the imperial court, and do not ignore the legitimacy of the Luoyang court.

There may be other situations that Li Tong did not expect, but as long as the imperial court cannot tolerate the long-term existence of the Chang'an Shogunate, then this battle in Qinghai will definitely not be handled normally, and there will definitely be some means.

Longbian finally won this grand victory, and Li Tong was of course unwilling to affect the normal reward of the imperial court because of some secret fights and disputes between him and the imperial court, which made the blood of the righteous man cold.

And in view of the current financial situation of the imperial court, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have a large amount of money and food rewards, even if some in-kind incentives are made, it should be allowed to raise funds for the Chang'an shogunate.

Li Tong's treatment of the generals in this way violated the military order, and at the same time, he was also lowering their expectations of the imperial court's reward. If the court's reward is too mean, he is willing to bear such a notoriety, so that the border soldiers will not affect the overall enthusiasm for killing the enemy and serving the country because of the court's reward attitude.

If the imperial court just made empty checks, but passed on the pressure of raising rewards to the Chang'an shogunate, with such a plan, it could also prevent the Chang'an shogunate from suddenly bearing too much pressure on money and materials.

As for whether he himself will return to the dynasty or continue to stay in Chang'an and rule separately, this is not something that the Luoyang court can decide.

Regarding this calculation, Li Tong did not reveal it to Heizhi Changzhi, and this is not a problem that should be considered. After skipping this matter, he talked about the management of the occupied areas in Haidong.

Wang Xiaojie Mizha's victory allowed the Tang army to expand more than 2,000 miles directly to the west of Chiling.

After the pursuers led by Hei Ya Chang defeated the Tubo men and horses in the suburbs outside Wang Xiaojie Mizha, they continued to pursue forward, and chased the Tibetan army to the middle of Dafeichuan, and when the elite men and horses of Tubo had gradually regrouped, they stopped the pace of pursuit.

Unless the Tibetans gather most of their men and horses again to fight back, the Qinghai region east of Dafeichuan has been effectively occupied by the Tang army. Moreover, before the army was collected, Heizhi Changzhi also left a group of men and horses in the thirsty valley on the southwest side of the Dafei River to prevent and control this situation.

Located in the southwest of Qinghai, the Thirsty Valley is an important mountain pass in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and an important passage from Qinghai to the Jiuqu area of the Yellow River.

After the Zhongzong Dynasty in history, Tubo gradually infiltrated and occupied the land of Jiuqu of the Yellow River, and built the city of Da Momen in that realm, until the Kaiyuan period, the Tang army and Tubo fought the thirsty valley and pulled up the city of Da Momen, which gradually disintegrated Tubo's control over the land of Jiuqu, and then after years of fighting, the land of Jiuqu was completely recovered.

Now the Tang army has controlled the thirsty valley on the front road, which means that the passage of Tubo into the land of Jiuqu has been blocked in advance, which is also one of the results of this battle in Qinghai.

However, as for whether to stay in the thirsty valley for a long time, Hei Fang Changzhi still hesitated a little: "Although the Fan State was defeated in this battle, most of the losses were its vassal tribes, and there were not many people in its headquarters who really lost the battle. Although the strength of Qinling has been broken, it is not exhausted, once the fatigue is a little slowed down, it will regenerate the idea of strength.

Our Tang Dynasty soldiers are not afraid of war, but the Thirsty Valley is nearly 2,000 miles away, and the terrain of Dafeichuan is open, and the Poli Tibetan army is far away. ”

Hearing Hei Tooth Changzhi's statement, Li Tong also frowned slightly, looking at the map on the case and hesitating.

The geographical location of the thirsty wave valley is indeed superior, if you can occupy this place, you can control the entire Jiuqu land downward, and you can cut straight to the sea west Fuqi City upward. If the Tang army still wants to completely expel the Tibetan forces from the Qinghai region, this place must be controlled in their hands.

However, it was not only the Tibetan army in Qinghai that was unable to fight again in the short term, but also the Tang army of Longyou also needed to recuperate for a period of time after this battle. Fu Qi City can only be used as a strategic goal in the future, and it is difficult to move troops in the short term.

It was difficult to garrison troops in the Thirsty Wave Valley, mainly because it was too far away from the Haidong area actually occupied by the Tang Army, and almost the entire Dafeichuan River was separated from it. Even if there is no daily intrusion of the Tibetan army, if you want to maintain a long-term garrison, the consumption is very large, and the waste in a year is enough to consume the consumption of two or three Qinghai battles.

But if he gave up this place, Li Tong was a little unwilling. As a result of this war, Haidong can only be regarded as a piece of chicken ribs, and its potential and prospects are relatively limited. However, if the entire Jiuqu of the Yellow River can be brought under the control of the Tang army, then the battle will have a lot of strategic significance and practical gains.

Moreover, Li Tong knew in his heart that the contradictions between the Tibetan monarchs and ministers were becoming more and more acute, and this time the undefeated golden body of Qinling was broken, and the voices in his country that opposed the long-term power of the Gar family would definitely rise to a higher level, and a new chain reaction could occur in the Qinghai region at any time.

If the Tang army can station an army in the Thirsty Wave Valley, then once Qinghai changes, it will be able to keenly seize the opportunity to continue to inflict heavy losses on Tibet.

In short, it is difficult to garrison this place in the Thirsty Wave Valley, but it would be a pity to give up directly.

After pondering for a long time, Li Tong spoke: "The thirsty wave valley continues to be stationed and begins to build the city. After the Tuyuhun royal family returned to the west, they were stationed in the Thirsty Wave Valley, with my Tang Dynasty Jiashi as the support. ”

It is a compromise to maintain the necessary influence and combat effectiveness in the Thirsty Wave Valley, but also to save the cost of long-distance stationing and reduce the risk.

The battle in Qinghai exacerbated the situation of Qinling's internal and external troubles, and the Tuyuhun Zhuhu who were originally under its command must also be panicked, and in such a situation, if they raised the banner of the former lord of Tuyuhun, they would naturally be able to further divide and weaken the power of Qinling.

Moreover, let Tuyuhun have those who have lost their country in front of them, and Datang can continue to operate and develop the land of Jiuqu in depth, so that it will become a new enterprising base after Longyou.

As for whether the Tuyuhun royal family is willing or not, this is not within Li Tong's consideration, the Tang Dynasty has raised you for all these years, and it is considered to be benevolent and righteous, if you don't come back, you will die.

Next, Li Tong discussed the issue of expanding the army of Longyou with Heizhi Changzhi. In this battle, the expansion of the Tang Dynasty reached Dafeichuan, and the area that needed to be prevented and controlled was greatly expanded, such as the establishment of less than 20,000 troops in Heyuan must be greatly insufficient, and the expansion of the army is imperative.

Li Tong planned to expand the scale of the 20th Army and about 80,000 men in Longyou, and then increase it as appropriate. Before the Tibetan side of the trouble is completely resolved, Longyou must at least maintain a standing armed force of 100,000 people.

This part of the army expansion will no longer be based on the previous government military establishment, but will be directly organized according to the locality, and each will be set up with a number. This also means that once this army is formed, it will not be under the command of the Luoyang Imperial Court, but will be led by the Chang'an Shogunate, making Li Tonglong's official position as the ambassador of the right army more worthy of the name.

Of course, although the military expansion plan is ambitious, it is also difficult to accomplish it overnight, and the requisition and maintenance of troops alone is a heavy burden. Therefore, during this period of time, the Longyou army was first expanded to about 50,000 people, so that the veterans of the Heyuan army who had been stationed at the source of the river for a long time could recuperate for a long time.

It is not easy to achieve such a scale, but it is still possible to work hard. In this big battle in Qinghai, although Longyou invested a lot, he also gained a lot.

The logistical operation method of Tubo dragged the family and led the mouth, which greatly facilitated the Tang army in the follow-up pursuit and capture, and the captured Tibetan people and Zhuhu troops reached as many as 30,000 or 40,000 people, although the proportion of young and strong soldiers was not large, but it was also a considerable labor force.

In addition to that, there is a large herd of cattle and horses. Speaking of rich savings, the main force of Tubo stationed in Qinghai is far from being comparable to the fine sealing department, and the Tang army's pursuit for more than half a month, except for some sporadic battles, has been spent most of the time on collecting the cattle that are all over the mountains. According to preliminary estimates, there are at least 100,000 cattle and horses alone.

Even if only part of this animal power can be retained, and the rest can only be slaughtered and skinned for food, it is also a considerable amount of materials. Once all these materials are transported back to Longyou, it is enough to make the slightly silent field in Longyou boil again.

In fact, if only these gains are made, in the environment of Longyou, the investment in the war is not directly proportional to the direct gain. But when the trade channel between China and China is opened, many seizures can be quickly realized, and this account is enough to make people smile.

Just when all parties in Longyou were carrying out vigorous post-war construction, news also came from the battle situation in the Western Regions, and Wang Xiaojie broke the attacking Tubo army in the Western Regions.

The two great victories combined into a good news, which was transmitted from Longyou to Luoyang, the capital of God.