Chapter 364: The Great Army Pressed the Realm

After entertaining Lu Dongzan for ten days, Li Shimin finally asked Zhang Yunwen to come back and take care of the affairs of various departments, and the matter of hospitality was taken over by Honglu Temple.

In this regard, Zhang Yunwen was a little puzzled, since Honglu Temple had to take over in the end, why did he let himself accompany Lu Dongzan, the old fox, for ten days?

However, when Zhang Yunwen was summoned to the palace by Li Shimin, he understood the reason.

I only heard Li Shimin ask: "Yunwen, you have been in contact with this Lu Dongzan for ten days, how about you tell me about Lu Dongzan?" ”

It turned out that Li Shimin was going to test Lu Dongzan by himself!

Zhang Yunwen pondered for a moment and said: "Lu Dong praises this person, he is very good at rhetoric, clever words to confuse people, the city government is very deep, and he is not happy and angry. It's really an old fox. In the past few days of contact with him, Wei Chen can often hear this person's analysis of the environment of the Tang Dynasty, which is quite reasonable. It can be seen that he has a unique vision. When talking about the military and political affairs of the Tang Dynasty, this person occasionally showed some of his own opinions, and often said that those decrees could be used in Tibet. It can be seen that the administrative ability of this Lu Dongzan is also very strong. Well, this person has been in Tibet for several years, and he has won the trust of Tubo Zampu, of course, he is an extremely powerful character! ”

Li Shimin chuckled: "This person is a wise man in Tubo, and Tubo has already recited his name, and even the right side of Longyou in Shuzhong knows this person." If this person is here, it is really a threat from my Datang, Yunwen, you see ......"

Zhang Yunwen immediately knew the meaning of Li Shimin's words, it seems that Li Shimin has already moved to kill this Lu Dongzan!

Shook his head gently: "Your Majesty, if you solve this prime minister in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that you will solve the mortal enemy in Tubo." Today, Tibet is the most powerful country on the entire plateau, and the countries of Subi and Yangtong all regard it as their suzerain, nominally obeying its orders. According to Weichen, it is a matter of time before Tubo dominates the plateau, and it is really unwise to make enemies with him. Moreover, now that Zanpu Songtsen Gampo is eloquent and virtuous, he will use another Lu Dongzan if he kills one Lu Dongzan. This is to raise the soup to stop boiling! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded, but he no longer mentioned the matter of Lu Dongzan, but talked about the Gaochang war.

"Yunwen, the Wang Xuance you recommended at the beginning is really a generation of Zonghengjia, and I don't know what method he used, he actually persuaded the kings of Yanqi and Qiuci to send 10,000 troops to attack Gaochang. Hehe, at this time, my army is still on the way, and this Yanqi Turtle Coalition Army has begun to attack Gaochang, no matter whether it wins or loses, I would like to see it! ”

Victory weakens Gaochang, defeat weakens the two countries, no matter what the situation, Li Shimin will applaud.

Thinking of Wang Xuance's appearance in the Western Regions, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but show a smile.

Tubo did not mention the matter of inviting Princess Shang for such a long time, and Li Shimin and the ministers began to forget about it. However, at a court meeting in April, Lu Dongzan brought up the matter again.

However, before he proposed to invite Princess Shang, Li Shimin and the ministers were discussing a war report.

"Zhu Aiqing, ten days ago, the 80,000 troops of Tubo attacked from all sides, attacking Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Bailan Zhuqiang, and they were very arrogant. What do you think should be done with this matter? As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

"What's going on with this Tubo, the envoy is still in Chang'an, so he dares to send a large army to attack the Tang Dynasty!"

"Isn't Tubo asking me for a marriage in the Tang Dynasty? Is he going to force him? ”

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At this time, only a cough was heard, and the ministers immediately stopped talking.

This voice was made by the eldest grandson Wuji. The ministers knew that he was about to speak, but they were silent at the moment, and they were all staring at the eldest grandson Wuji.

Weichen thought that this matter was not trivial, and immediately sent someone to summon the Tibetan envoy and ask him about it. In addition, the border armies of Diezhou, Taozhou, Hezhou, and Kuozhou were sent to the west by two routes, and an offensive posture was made to stop Tibet! ”

Li Shimin was silent for a moment and asked, "According to the words of the auxiliary machine, will this battle not be fought?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "Yes, our army is at war with Gaochang, if it is competing with Tubo in Qinghai, I am afraid that the logistics will not come!" Besides, what is the purpose of Tubo's sudden attack on Tuyuhun, is it to declare its prestige to our Tang Dynasty, or does it want to occupy its land and seize its population? This matter is not clear, and it is really unwise to go to war rashly! ”

After listening to the reason of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin bowed his head slightly, and said to the attendant beside him: "Go and call Lu Dongzan of Tubo!" ”

The waiter made a "whoosh" and hurried out.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Shimin began to deal with other things.

After nearly half an hour, the chamberlain led Lu Dongzan to the outside of the main hall.

When entering the main hall, Lu Dongzan felt that the atmosphere was unusually strange, and these Tang Dynasty ministers looked at him with unkind eyes.

"Foreign Minister Lu Dongzan has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Lu Dongzan saluted.

"Lu Dongzan, let me ask you, you Tubo attacked Tuyuhun, what's going on?" Li Shimin's eyes were like knives, staring at Lu Dongzan and said.

"What! Attack Tuyuhun? Lu Dongzan was taken aback, almost in disbelief.

This surprise is not fake. When he instructed Zulun at the beginning, he said that it was okay and told Songtsen Gampo to lead the troops to Shuzhong to press. But how to attack Tuyuhun now? Lu Dongzan never expected that Zulun was resentful because he had been imprisoned by the Tuyuhun people, and sow discord in front of Songtsen Gampo, which made Songtsen Gampo make the decision to divide his troops to attack Tuyuhun.

With his brain spinning rapidly, Lu Dongzan calmed down and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister really doesn't know about this matter!" According to the foreign ministers, this attack on Tugu Hun must have been the intention of those Tubo generals stationed on the border, and had nothing to do with Zampu! The foreign minister is willing to send someone back to Tibet, and ask Zampu to punish those generals! ”

Before Li Shimin could speak, the eldest grandson Wuji said: "Don't bother with it, Your Majesty has sent 20,000 troops to the west to rush to the aid of Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and Bailan Zhuqiang!" ”

When Lu Dongzan heard this, his face changed suddenly. laughed dryly: "Since Datang has already sent troops, presumably those disobedient generals should also withdraw their troops!" Hehe, that's the best! ”

Hearing Lu Dongzan say this, the corners of Li Shimin's mouth couldn't help but show a faint smile. suddenly forced this Tubo minister to soften, and the eldest grandson Wuji really deserves to be a generation of good ministers.

Lu Dongzan was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, not long ago, the minister asked you to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and Your Majesty said that it would be discussed later." I don't know how long it has passed, has Your Majesty thought about it? ”

At this time, Lu Dongzan proposed this, but he relied on it. Now that Tubo has sent troops to Tuyuhun, then Zampu will definitely lead his troops to Shuzhong, presumably in a few days, the news of Tubo's troops will arrive in Chang'an. I will bring it up now, and when the army is on the way, I will mention it again.

"Shut up!" I saw Cheng Yanjin rushing out of the queue and yelling at Lu Dongzan, "Do you think my princess of the Tang Dynasty is the daughter of an ordinary family, you can marry if you want?" Don't look at the appearance of your Tubo, the terrain is high, the climate is cold, and the faces of the Tubo people are still painted with yellow mud, this, this is too fucking bullshit! With this appearance, I still want to go to my Tang princess, Lao Tzu tells you, no way! ”

Cheng Yanjin opened his mouth wide, and shouted at Lu Dongzan with spittle.

Zhang Yunwen clearly saw that Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, gave Cheng Yanjin a look, and then the man jumped out and yelled at Lu Dongzan.

Seeing Cheng Bitingjin's black beard and fierce face, listening to his extremely rude and unceremonious words, Lu Dongzan's face suddenly turned red with anger, and he pointed at Cheng Biting Jin with one finger: "You, you ......"

"Zhijie, don't say it again, don't retreat!" At this time, Li Shimin said appropriately.

Cheng Yanjin glanced at Lu Dongzan with a big grin, shook his ass and returned to the queue.

After this trouble, Lu Dongzan didn't have the face to stay in this hall. I saw him salute Li Shimin: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it seems that there is still a deep misunderstanding of me in Tibet, so that we cannot reach a reunification." The foreign minister should step back first, and wait for the last month when all the adults can understand me more clearly, and then come to propose to His Majesty! ”

Li Shimin and everyone were suddenly puzzled, in a month? Will I be able to deepen my understanding or even change my opinion after a month?

Lu Dongzan slowly withdrew from the main hall, thinking that he didn't know how many days it would take for Zampu to attack Shuzhong. As long as Zampu attacks Shuzhong, the matter of mentioning relatives will be a matter of course. However, another concern came to Lu Dongzan's mind, could the Tibetan army defeat the powerful Tang army?

Since Lu Dongzan proposed to marry the princess again at the court meeting, it took a month to deepen his understanding of this sentence, and the officials at the court meeting gradually forgot it, but they just regarded it as a perfunctory remark.

Even Zhang Yunwen is the same. It has been more than ten years since he came to the Tang Dynasty, and after more than ten years of assimilation, he found that he was becoming more and more like a Tang person. A lot of memories of Zhang Wenji in later generations have even been forgotten.

However, just when Zhang Yunwen was about to forget Lu Dongzan's words, Chen Quankang of the Investigation Institute rushed to Zhang Yunwen in a hurry: "My lord, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!" ”

When Zhang Yunwen saw Chen Quankang's panting appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Old Chen, after you enter this investigation institute, you will no longer be the majesty of the past!" I'm tired of running for such a long time! ”

Chen Quankang was not in the mood to joke with him, and directly handed over the translated information in his hand: "My lord, look at the information, something is wrong!" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked down, and his face suddenly changed greatly. I didn't have time to say goodbye to Chen Quankang, so I turned around and ran towards the palace.

Zhang Yunwen is also a person who often goes in and out of the palace, and he is already familiar with those guards. Seeing Zhang Yunwen rushing to the palace in a hurry, there were no guards who were not long-eyed to stop him.

After arresting Gong E and asking where Li Shimin was, he rushed over directly.

"That's right, Qingque, your flying skills have improved again!" As soon as he arrived outside the hall, Zhang Yunwen heard Li Shimin's voice inside.

Hey, Li Tai, the king of Wei, is also inside.

Ignoring any etiquette, Zhang Yunwen directly pushed open the door of the temple and rushed in.

Seeing that someone pushed open the door without permission, Li Shimin and Li Tai looked at Zhang Yunwen with displeasure.

Zhang Yunwen ignored the eyes of the two, took two steps forward, presented the information in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the 200,000 troops of Tubo are approaching the city of Songzhou, and Songzhou City is in crisis!" ”

Li Shimin was startled and stood up suddenly. The Taishi chair behind him fell to the ground with a "clang".

"Spread my order, immediately gather all the generals in the staff house! Also, Yunwen, you make people stare at the post house, don't let a fly fly out! Li Shimin was shocked for a moment and said calmly.

"Whoa!" Zhang Yunwen clenched his fists and turned to leave the hall. From beginning to end, he didn't look at Li Tai.