Therefore, the only one who can be summoned by His Majesty Li Er to discuss the military is Li Tao. Besides, Li Tao is still the secretary of the Ministry of War, which is his own job, and his profession is still the right one.

In addition to not writing a military book, Li Tao is Xu Maogong in the book commentary. With Li Erping, Dou Jiande, Wang Shiyun, Liu Heimin, etc., he also made countless meritorious contributions and won Li Er's trust.

"Although Han Wei, the governor of Songzhou, was defeated by Gansongling, the loss was not large, and he should be able to hold out for more than a month when he retreated to Songzhou." Li Tao, the secretary of the military department, pointed to the geography of the mountains and rivers on the sand table and said: "Weichen thinks that we should mobilize heavy troops to counterattack Tubo and prevent it from becoming rampant. ”

Strike hard at Tibet, at least restore the previous territorial state, which is also the goal of His Majesty Li Er.

Although he was taken aback by the Tibetan attack, he began to re-examine this newly emerging enemy. But at this time, Datang's strategic focus was not there.

Xue Yantuo in the north, the Western Turks in the Western Regions, and Goguryeo in the northeast are the ones that the Tang Dynasty should focus on, and even attack with troops one after another.

Therefore, showing the military strength of Datang, showing off its muscles, and beating Tubo to make it converge its edge, it also enabled Datang to avoid two-front battles.

His Majesty Li Er stared at the sand table and said slowly: "Song and Pan Zhujun have come from Tunzhen, and they have been in succession for more than ten years. Now that Gansongling has been lost, Han Wei's army under the Governor's Mansion can still hold Songzhou after a small setback? ”

In the second year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty set Songzhou as the Lower Capital Governor's Mansion, mainly responsible for the management of the party and other Qiang's feudal prefectures, and there were not too many troops stationed, so His Majesty Li Er was worried about the loss of the western Sichuan gate.

After a pause, His Majesty Li Er said again: "I also want to send heavy troops, if Songzhou is not lost, it will be convenient for the city to attack Tubo; If Songzhou is not protected, it can also be captured and recaptured, and then fight against Tibet and quell the rebellion of the Qiang chieftains. ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Tao arched his hand and said: "This is a foolproof plan for all troubles." ”

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a moment, pointed to the place near Songzhou and said: "Shiyun, I plan to transfer the Dangmi Road, Bailan Road, Kuoshui Road, and Tao River Road, a total of four provinces to attack Tubo, is it feasible?" ”

Li Tao quickly calculated, the soldiers of the Four Dao Mansions should have 50,000 cavalry, which is already a very strong force.

"The soldiers of the Four Dao Mansions are enough!" Li Tao had finished thinking about it, and then suggested: "Maybe you can send a general to lead the soldiers of the Kuoshui Dao Government as the vanguard and go to Songzhou first." ”

His Majesty Li Er nodded, pondered and said, "How about Zuo Wuwei's general Niu Jin Da Lei from the expedition, so he ordered him to be the head of the march of the Broad Waterway?" ”

Li Tao said: "Long live the wisdom and talent, Niu Jinda is enough to do this." ”

His Majesty Li Er smiled and waved his hand, the counteroffensive strategy has been planned, and the only thing left is to send the generals who can conquer and fight to the various provinces to lead the army.

It was also the first time for Li Tao to see such a finely made sand table, which was extremely greedy for him who led the army to fight as a profession.

Seeing that the strategy was formulated, Li Tao said tentatively: "Long live, this thing is exquisitely made, and I will draw the situation in front of it, and I know that Emperor Guangwu's 'captured in my eyes' is not a lie." ”

His Majesty Li Er smiled proudly and said, "I know your heart, this military department should indeed have a sand table model for you and others to plan." ”

"Your Majesty is wise, that's exactly what Wei Chen thinks." Li Tao arched his hand and said: "Strategizing, pointing to the situation, this thing is really a sharp weapon." ”

His Majesty Li Er bowed his head slightly, and said: "I also knew that this was a sharp weapon, not only called people to modify and improve the erroneous mountains and rivers, etc., but also asked craftsmen to imitate them. In some time, all the sand table models of all the roads in the world will be made. ”

Li Tao was overjoyed, and complimented again: "In this way, my Tang Army can sweep the Liuheping and Eight Desolations, and Weichen congratulates His Majesty." ”

Li Er laughed and said: "Although this sand table is a sharp weapon, it takes a lot of hard work for the people to fight and fight!" ”

The two of them discussed some details of the battle, and Li Tao retreated. His Majesty Li Er stayed in front of the sand table for a long time, and only turned around and left until the palace people came to ask when to eat.

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The eight words "the south is empty and the north is real, the east is noble and the west is rich" refers to the living situation in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.

Because the north side is where the palace and the imperial city are located, it is densely populated and has many official residences. The southern area, especially Nansanliefang, is relatively sparsely populated due to its remote location and commonly known as "waiwai".

In the western part of the city, merchants from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Goryeo, Baekje, Silla, Japan and other countries lived in Ribo, which is also known as the "place where the rich gather".

And Jing'anfang, where Xufu is located, is neither east nor west, and it is just between the north and south of Chang'an City.

The only thing that made Xu Qilin feel some comfort was that it is said that the great writer Han Yu once lived here. Of course, this is a hundred and ten years from now.

The drunken restaurant, that is, the one opened by Boss Xu, is also ranked first in Jing'an Fang in terms of scale. It was this name that made Xu Qilin can't help but complain - what is the big truth, it's really vulgar.

Therefore, Xu Qilin suggested that Boss Xu change the name of the restaurant, and then add a couplet in front of the door to make it elegant and high-grade, and the people of the Tang Dynasty liked this.

In the private room, there are all tables and chairs, and the fragrance of food is light.

Here, Xu Qilin made an appointment with Tang Yiyi to have a meal, drink some wine, and discuss Xiaobo's affairs properly by the way.

"Looking at this ornament, you know that it is Xu Lang's handwriting." Tang Yiyi was very good at talking, and seemed to be adapted to such a sitting posture, raised his glass to Xu Qilin, and said: "Xiaobo can serve Xu Lang, and he is also free from the sea of suffering, and he is fortunate in three lives." ”

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "This matter still depends on Tang Niangzi's kind words, so that the fake mother will not be a hindrance." ”

Tang Yiyi pondered for a while and said: "Xiaobo is a Hu girl, she is not naturalized, and she is not good at learning poetry and lyrics, and she is not liked by her false mother......"

Xiaobo next to him nodded his little head like a chicken pecking rice, and said continuously: "Yes, yes, I'm stupid, it's not worth anything to raise up." ”

Tang Yiyi touched Xiaobo's face with a smile, put away her smile again, and said to Xu Qilin: "It's just that the yard has been a little unsatisfactory recently, and the fake mother is angry and worried, and it may not be appropriate to raise this matter." ”

Seeing Xiaobo's little face go down, Tang Yiyi also smiled helplessly and continued: "If you let Xiaobo go back with the slave family temporarily, and serve the slave family closely, there will be less beating and scolding." When the fake mother is in a good mood, the slave family will talk about it again, and it will be successful. ”

Xu Qilin frowned slightly, feeling that it was easy to make the fake mother even more insistent if he was in a hurry, and a lion opened his mouth to knock him.

And Tang Yiyi's method is not bad, as her personal maid, she can indeed avoid a lot of suffering.

At that moment, there was a soft knock on the door of the private room. Xu Qilin answered, and Boss Xu walked in with a smile on his face.