The beacon fire in Xizhou, although it shocked the court, did not have any impact on the people of Chang'an, and the so-called shock was not fear but incomprehension.

In these years, there are still people who are not afraid of death and dare to challenge the Tang Dynasty at its peak?

Say your name and promise not to die.

Everything is going according to plan, and there is less tension in the political hall, because the war is about to start, and no one dares to hinder at this time and become the bearer of defeat, the only difference is whether to increase the intensity of the conquest, such as organizing a march on the Jinshan Road?

After all, the enemy hit the figure of 200,000, which is still quite bluffing.

This is the difference between the government military system and the conscription system, when the government military system prevailed, most of the country's military sources are located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, the border strength is insufficient, it is difficult to protect themselves, the most afraid of the kind of looting behavior that runs away after the robbery, and the hundreds of thousands of border people who are trapped in the Tubo people are lost in this way.

At that time, whenever there was a large-scale invasion or rebellion, the imperial court would dispatch troops from all over the country to assemble, with the name of "a certain march", and then set off from Guanzhong or a certain assembly place to defeat the enemy who dared to risk the power of the Heavenly Empire, of course, there will be times of failure, and after the implementation of the recruitment system, the nine border towns themselves are a powerful heavy army group, with a faster response speed than the imperial court, and there is no need to be so troublesome, that is, in this special period, the strength of the Anxi court is not good, When the chief officer in charge is not there, he will think of this.

In the end, this suggestion was rejected, and the reason for the veto was very simple, there was still a tiger lurking in the north, and it was not appropriate to deploy troops anywhere.

Liu Ji's fallacy at the beginning, in fact, did not put it in the hearts of the Xiangguo, Li Longji was completely out of strategic considerations, on the one hand, he could use the way of dowry to get 5,000 cavalry from the Hui people, on the other hand, he could send the forbidden army in the capital that had no combat power at all to the border to be tempered, and faintly implement a strategic encirclement of Fan Yang, 10,000 people is a very suitable number, which will not stimulate the Hui people and make them too vigilant, but also not too weak, so that people can end it all at once.

Even if it doesn't work out in the end, it can't be said to hurt your muscles and bones, right?

So when the military report entered the city and the political hall got a specific goal, Datang, a well-functioning machine, immediately opened the fangs of war.

One by one, the transfer orders flew to all parts of the border, not the Tang army that transferred the nine major military towns, but the Zhufan State.

The Four Kingdoms of Anxi, Bathana, the Tocharian States, the Transoxiana States, the more distant Zhangzhung, the Nibrahro, and even the Tibetans were all within the scope of the conquest!

The guest house of Honglu Temple has been mostly empty, and the Tibetan mission, which has hundreds of people, has become the largest group of residents, of course, it is not accurate to say this, they should be regarded as regular visitors.

"Two hundred thousand?"

"It is impossible to have so many people, otherwise Xizhou would have been captured a long time ago, and there has been no war for many years, and the defenses in that area are not tight."

Shang Jiexi has a relatively clear understanding of the strength of the Tang army in the northwest court of Anxi, and their ambition for the Western Regions has never disappeared, but it is only because the Tang people are too strong and the terrain is not advantageous that they have never succeeded.

"Tongluo people, is it the one under the Stone Castle City?"

"It should be that they lost tens of thousands of people that time, and the vitality of the entire tribe was greatly damaged, at most one to twenty thousand soldiers and horses."

"Coupled with the Qarluq people, there are about 40,000 to 50,000 people, which is comparable to the soldiers and horses of the two towns of the Tang people."

"Don't forget, the two towns of Anbeiting of the Tang Dynasty are fighting with us, and the losses are not small."

"Even so, the Tang people have not reached the point of asking for help from us."

"It's not a plea for help, it's a forcible order!" Shang Jiexi said coldly: "They are not at ease in Tubo, and they use such methods to weaken our strength. ”

"How's that going to work?"

"Do you dare to refuse the Heavenly Khan's requisition?"

Shang Yuxi's words made everyone present speechless, it was a sense of powerlessness that knew what the other party wanted to do, but it couldn't be cracked.

"Since they're in trouble, won't our chance come?"

"Opportunity?" Shang Jiexi pointed to the requisition document written in Tubo and Han: "Datang only asks us to send 5,000 people, for the sake of 5,000 people, we have to fight against Datang again, don't say that the leaders of the tribe will not agree, and the Nanzhao people will definitely not stand on our side, when the time comes, this assembled army will not be a mere 40,000 or 50,000 rebels." ”

This is the cunning of the Tang people, for the Tubo people, a single 5,000 soldiers and horses is not a big deal at all, I don't see a small country in Khotan, but also so many people, for 5,000 people and the Tang Dynasty to turn their faces, give up the previous efforts, no one will make this choice, but if it should come down, there are one and two, slowly it may become a habit, Tubo will one day lose its autonomy and become a response insect like Khotan, maybe this is what they want to achieve?

People have inertia, and so is the country.

Discussion to discussion, these Tibetan ministers all looked at their lord, but Chide Zuzan, who had not said a word from beginning to end, did not know what he was thinking, and stood in front of the window with his back and recited a Han poem in a non-standard Chinese dialect.

"Good rain knows the season, when spring happens, sneaking into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently."

"Spring is coming." He raised his head and looked at the scenery outside the window: "The most important thing for the Tubo people now is to keep the pastures and fields, let the livestock give birth, let the clansmen give birth to offspring, and recuperate, instead of starting the war again, so that the Tang people have an excuse to kill them all." ”

"Go to the letter to Xi Lang Lazan, Shang Jiexi, you go in person, let them send troops, don't bargain, you follow the soldiers and horses to Anxi, see what is going on there, the Tang people are so close to the big cannibal, they will do nothing?"

"You have to remember that in this world, there are still countries that are not inferior to the Tang Dynasty, and our opportunity may be there."

Regarding the minds of the Tibetan people, Liu Ji, who is entering the Mansion of the Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu, is not interested at all, and he is not afraid of the 200,000 yuan, but out of some bad taste.

In his opinion, Datang has an unrivaled appeal at least in the entire East and Central Asia, much like a certain lighthouse country in later generations, such a good force, why not use it? The thought of the so-called tributary system that only knew how to take advantage of the later generations was disgusting, and it was better to be practical.

It's also very emotional to make a big and beautiful servant national army, isn't it?

No, it should be a righteous United Nations army.