Fighting a war means burning money and putting a huge burden on the people's resources.

However, if you don't fight, you can't do it.

Zhang Xuan was in a dilemma.

Zhang Xun hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Lord Wang, in the opinion of the following officials, at this moment, we should not start the war lightly, just a Chisong Dezan in the district, we don't have to take it to heart÷ the national strength of Tibet will be greatly damaged, and it will not be a threat in three or five years, besides, there are 80,000 troops in Longshuo, Qinghai, even if Tubo comes to attack, there is nothing to fear." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head and said lightly, "Lord Zhang, you despise this Chisong Dezan too much. This person is extraordinary, with him in Tibet, given time, it will be difficult for Li Guangbi to be his opponent≥ but if he can hold it, he will be very embarrassed. ”

"The 80,000-strong army in Qinghai is not a long-term solution after all. It is better to have a short pain than a long pain, and the nail should be removed completely...... Otherwise, this king will not be at ease! ”

"Lord Zhang, when Li Guangbi and Yang Lian secretly returned to Lingzhou to meet this king ‖ day and night, they summoned Hexi Ge Shuhan - let Cui Jin personally go and meet Ge Shuhan with this king's gold medal, and said that this king temporarily borrowed a batch of grain and grass from Hexi, and it should be repaid twice in the future."

"Please ask Ge Shuhan to order all the prefectures and counties in Hexi to mobilize grain and grass to be transported to Qinghai nearby, and the Qinghai Governor's Mansion will deploy it in a unified manner, there must be no mistake!"

As soon as Zhang Xuan's voice fell, Zhang Xun's face changed. He knew that this meant that Zhang Xuan had made up his mind to fight Tibet again. At the moment when An Lushan was about to rebel, letting Li Guangbi's defenders of the Qinghai Governor's Mansion rush to Tubo was not a good strategy from any point of view.

Zhang Xun had some different opinions in his heart, but he had always been accustomed to unconditionally obeying Zhang Xuan's orders, so he didn't dare to say anything, and silently took the order.

Five days later.

Li Guangbi and Yang Lian led several personal soldiers to rush back to Lingzhou and entered the Yongning Palace.

At this time, Zhang Xuan suddenly summoned the two back to Lingzhou, and the belligerent and sensitive Li Guangbi had already guessed a few points. From the moment Zhang Xuan ordered him to pay close attention to the movements of Tibet, Li Guangbi guessed that Zhang Xuan would arrange another war against Tibet, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Li Guangbi and Yang Lian walked into Zhang Xuan's study side by side, and when they saw the two of them entering the door, Zhang Xuan smiled, got up and waved his hand, "Two generals, please take a seat." ”

Li Guangbi stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Handsome, the last general will be polite!" ”

"Yang Lian has seen the handsome!"

"Okay, don't be polite, sit. Like smoke and jade, serve tea. ”

Ruyan and Ruyu served tea, knowing that Zhang Xuan had a major military plane to say, they didn't dare to slack off, so they immediately retreated and closed the door.

Zhang Xuan looked at Li Guangbi and Yang Lian, and smiled slightly, "The two of you came from afar, and they should have set up a banquet for you to wash the dust, but the matter is urgent, so I wronged the two of you." ”

"The last general will not dare to wait!" Li Guangbi and Yang Lian got up together and said.

"Okay, this king won't give the two of you any more pleasantries." Zhang Xuan got up and stood in front of the military map, raised his hand and pointed to the map and said in a condensed voice, "Trisong Detsen returned to Tibet, the throne of Stanley was seized, and the situation in Tibet changed dramatically. But in a sense, it's another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. ”

"Trisong Detsen was on his way to the city of Raksha, and the whereabouts of the remnants of Stanley's men were unknown. According to the estimation of this king, there will not be more than 30,000 Tibetan troops and horses around the city of Luo. Zhang Xuan's eyes froze, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Li Guangbi and Yang Lian, the divine light in his eyes was transmitted, "Li Guangbi, this king is here to ask you, if you are asked to lead an army of 40,000 to attack Tubo and fight with the Tubo people, how sure are you of victory?" ”

Li Guangbi's expression was shocked, and he groaned for a while before he replied loudly, "If you go back to the prince's words, Tubo has been in civil strife and strife for a long time, and the army is weak. If it is only an attack and harassment, rather than a frontal battle with Tibet, the final general should be more than 90% sure. "Set sail to update the group of ghosts

"Marshal, the last general led the army to rest on the oasis of Liangning Prefecture for a long time, the morale of the soldiers is high, if you can fight with the Tubo people, you will raise the prestige of my Tang Dynasty army and live up to the mission of the prince!" Li Guangbi said loudly with a little excitement.

He led his troops to guard the hometown of Tuyuhun for a long time, and his soldiers actually did not really fight with the Tubo people, and they had already held their breath to fight the Tubo people.

Yang Lian raised his eyebrows, feeling that it was not appropriate for Zhang Xuan to raise troops to attack Tubo and provoke a war at this time. But Yang Lian respected Zhang Xuan like a heavenly man, and understood that Zhang Xuan had his own opinions, so he didn't say anything.

Zhang Xuan nodded and said in a deep voice, "Li Guangbi, this king has decided to fight with the Tubo people. The stakes are high in this battle, and we must not lose if we win! ”

Zhang Xuanyang pointed to the map, "You led an army of 40,000 to bypass Zhaling Lake, turned back to the west and attacked Namu Lake...... After arriving at Namu Lake, he immediately went north to raid Qilin Co City and rested for a while. ”

"In Qi Lincuo, fight with the Tubo people. If there is anything to do, go straight to the city of Logo; If nothing can be done, Qi Lin will go north and retreat to Liangning Prefecture. "In this battle, this king has already sent a message to Hexi, and the Hexi Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will do its best to support the grain and grass required by your army; Hexi Ge Shuhan will feint to attack the northern line of Tubo, and this king will also order Yang Lian to lead an army of 20,000 from Qinghai to the south to attack Feichuan. In this way, the two armies feint to attack Tibet and cooperate with your main army to fight. ”

"If you advance on the same road, the Tubo people will inevitably divide their troops to resist, plus the containment of the two towns of Anxi and Jiannan, in fact, you really have to face more than 30,000 Tubo military horses. Although our army went deep into the hinterland of Tibet, the chance of victory in a real confrontation was still quite large. ”

"Of course, the situation of war is changing rapidly, and everything needs to be prepared on the fly. Remember the words of this king, if there is something to do, take some cities, and if you can't do anything, you will burn the grain and grass of Tubo, plunder the Tubo swelling supplies, and retreat to Liangning Prefecture. ”

"Don't take the enemy lightly! Do not make senseless bloody sacrifices! ”

"The Tubo people are still a sick tiger now, this king can beat this sick tiger this time, and never give him a chance to survive!"

"This king is waiting for your good news in Lingzhou. Li Guangbi, if this battle is successful, the Tubo people will be greatly injured, and even half of the territory of Tubo will be included in the territory of our dynasty again, and the pacification of Tubo will be just around the corner. And as a result, the king can no longer have any worries and deal with the changes in An Lushan with peace of mind. ”

Li Guangbi's expression was solemn, he bowed down, and said loudly, "The last general will obey the order!" The last general must live up to the high expectations of the handsome! ”

"Okay." Zhang Xuan nodded, turned his head to look at Yang Lian, and said in a deep voice, "Yang Lian, your task is to go south to attack Feichuan, but try to avoid fighting head-on with the Tubo army and horses, this king still says the same thing, burn what can be robbed and can't be robbed, and try to loot and ......destroy the territory of Tubo as much as possible."

"Feeding war with war is the goal of this king. This king has always thought that waiting for 80,000 soldiers and horses to gather on the front line of Qinghai and take the initiative to attack is the real defense. In the future, it is necessary to gradually form a regulation, and every few months, the army will take turns to attack, train troops in actual combat in the territory of Tubo, and encroach on the land of Tubo little by little! ”

Li Guangbi and Yang Lian glanced at each other, bowed down together, and shouted, "Handsome and wise!" ”

Zhang Xuan strode back to the back of the table and said solemnly, "The general order is to go down, this king has reported to the imperial court and His Majesty the Emperor, and attacked some cities to capture or kill the Tubo King Chisong Dezan alive, and seal the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!" ”

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Li Guangbi and Yang Lian rested in the Yongning Palace, ate a little, and then immediately bid farewell to Zhang Xuan and returned to the station overnight. With the return of the two, a Tangbo war kicked off again.

This suddenly inspired war shocked the eyeballs.

No one thought that Zhang Xuan would choose to wage war against Tubo at this time÷ the people of Tibet did not expect it, and An Lushan did not expect it.

After Li Guangbi and Yang Lian left, Zhang Xun came to see him again.

"Lord, over there in the court, how to report it, please ask the prince to give instructions." Zhang Xun's face was a little complicated. Without the permission of the imperial court, it is a big taboo to take the initiative to use troops against Tibet. If Zhang Xuan's strategic intention is successfully realized - it is good to occupy the territory of Tibet again, and there will be an explanation, if he loses the battle and loses his troops, Zhang Xuan will be punished with a serious crime.

Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, "Master Zhang doesn't have to be embarrassed. This is postponed to the imperial court in advance, if the king does not make a mistake in judgment, An Lushan will immediately raise troops to rebel, as soon as the fire starts, the world is in chaos, and the imperial court will not be able to take care of the Qinghai line......"

"Quickly send an order to all armies, immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and be ready to send troops to quell the rebellion at any time!"

"Yes, the subordinate obeys." Inspector Zhang let out a sigh of relief and took the order.

He has been working under Zhang Xuan for a long time, and he has no multiplicative understanding of Zhang Xuan's temperament. Since Zhang Xuan said so, he must not be disobedient to a hardcore subordinate, and he can only carry out the order to the letter.

Although he still had some drumming in his heart, Li Guangbi would lose the battle in Tubo, which caused Longshuo's vitality to be greatly damaged. If it attracts a retaliatory counterattack from the Tubo people, I am afraid that the pressure on Longshuo will be even greater.

He didn't know that Zhang Xuan's entire strategic deployment had been slightly adjusted.

Originally, Zhang Xuan immediately marched east to the hinterland of Fanyang as soon as An Lushan raised his troops, and stabbed An Lushan in the back, so as to delay the process of Fanyang's rebels and strive for a decisive battle with An Lushan north of the Yellow River; But now, according to the changes in the situation, he decided to solve the big problem in Tubo first, and then make a decision-

If the rebels were invincible and the Henan army could not resist, he led the army south to occupy Tongguan, taking advantage of the natural danger of Tongguan to block the rebels and defend Guanzhong. If Yan Zhenqing could play a role and make it not so easy for An Lushan's rebels to drive straight in, he would lead his army to enter the eastern capital Luoyang through Gyeongju, and strive to fight a decisive battle with An Lushan in Henan.

Looking at the back of Zhang Xun leaving in a hurry, Zhang Xuan let out a sigh of relief.

Tubo is not as good as Hui or Nanzhao, Tubo is like a tiger sleeping on the side of Longshuo, if you are not careful, you will jump up and hurt people. Longshuo is currently Zhang Xuan's base camp, and when he conquered An Lushan, the fire ♀ in his backyard was the key factor in his determination to take risks.

Of course, the fall of Stanley and the resurgence of Trisong Detsen prompted him to make up his mind. (To be continued)