"Your Majesty, in fact, if you want to talk about the minister, our eating appearance this time is a little ugly. The existence of Tuyuhun does threaten the Hexi Corridor of my Datang, as well as Anxi and Beiting. However, it should not be directly sent to recruit troops, and it is better to change the strategy. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Presumably, Your Majesty actually knows this strategy, we should not directly send troops to Tuyuhun, but should enter Tuyuhun under the banner of helping the subject country to quell the rebellion, canonize Nuo Hao Bowl as Khan, send troops to support him in his crusade against the rebellious noble ministers, and drive out the Tubo people, so that although we are also entering Qinghai to fight, we have Nuo Hao Bowl as our forerunner and internal response, and it will be much easier to fight."

"When we drove out the Tubo people and pacified the rebellious nobles, the army was stationed in Tuyuhun at that time, in fact, it was already controlled in disguise, and then the Nuo Hao bowl was edicted into Chang'an and its land was set up as a state and county, which was not an impossible thing."

Li Xiao's method is a bit troublesome.

At the beginning, it was not that no one thought of it, but they felt that Tuyuhun was just a small barbarian, and as soon as the army arrived, they did not immediately surrender, after all, the Western Expeditionary Army of the Tang Dynasty had just destroyed the powerful existence of the Western Turks.

They also thought that the Tibetans might not be so quick to react.

But people just react so fast!

The Tubo people have been plotting against Tuyuhun for a long time, and when they have the opportunity, there is no reason to let it go. Everyone wants to take Qinghai, and the Tubo people have long wanted to take Qinghai.

If the Tubo people seize Qinghai, they will be able to further compete for Hexi, as long as the Hexi Corridor is controlled, then the land in the Western Regions that the Tang Dynasty has just taken is in the pockets of others.

"Your Majesty, the place where Tuyuhun is located is just like Hanzhong during the Three Kingdoms. During the confrontation between Shu Han and Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han occupied Hanzhong, so he could use Hanzhong as the base for the Northern Expedition and maintain the ability to take the initiative to attack Cao Wei. And if Cao Wei occupied Hanzhong, it would be difficult for Shu Han to break through Cao Wei's defense line and be in a state of being completely passively beaten. ”

Li Zhi nodded again and again when he listened.

"This metaphor is really good, Xiangrui, you are a person who has been out of Liaodong, and you have shown your skills in Anton, you can be called everyone in terms of military strategy, you can talk to me about this Tuyuhun and Tubo!"

"Your Majesty, Tibet is very strong, and it can be said that it has been invincible all these years, and now there is no opponent on the plateau, and all of them are subdued. Since the reform of Songtsam, Tubo has become stronger day by day, although my Tang Dynasty is friendly with Tubo, and Tubo is my nephew country outside the Tang Dynasty, but relying on peace alone will definitely not be able to appease the strong barbarism of Tubo. ”

"After many years of stability, the Tubo people can't hold it anymore, and now that they have swept away the opponents around them, they can't wait to compete with our Datang again. Now they are eyeing Tuyuhun, if they occupy Tuyuhun, they can use this as a base, cross the Qilian Mountains, and directly threaten our Hexi Corridor, and the importance of the Hexi Corridor is self-evident, he links Guanlong with Anxi, Beiting important passages. ”

Of course, these Li Zhi are also clear, and it is precisely because of this that the Tang Dynasty also wants to occupy the Tuyuhun region in Tibet, so this time it will send troops so directly. If the Tang Dynasty occupied Tuyuhun, then this could be used as an advance base for attacking the plateau where Tubo was based.

Since the Tang Dynasty has no intention of entering the plateau and completely eliminating the Tibetans, as long as they occupy this area, it is not only a strategic buffer zone for the Longyou region of Hexi, but also a chain that can blockade the Tubo people on the plateau, leaving them without the ability to expand to the west and north, and even making them unable to threaten the land of Sichuan and Shu in the Tang Dynasty. If they dare to attack Sichuan and Shu, then the Tang army can directly enter the plateau and copy their back home.

This is the strategic commanding heights, and everyone wants to seize it first.

Tuyuhun began to migrate here from the time of the Two Jin Dynasty, occupied this area, and occupied this place until the rise of Tubo.

After the Sui unified the world, they began to use troops against Tuyuhun, and set up four counties after destroying Tuyuhun, but because the Sui died too quickly, he had not really completely conquered this place, so that Tuyuhun had the opportunity to restore the country later.

"Cheng Biting Jin is a fierce general, but I feel that it is a mistake to use him as the coach this time." Li Zhi sighed.

Li Xiao also knows the emperor's thoughts, Cheng Biting Jin, this guy, is said to be a big old man, but he is also coarse and fine. But sometimes, the brain is a little simpler.

For example, this time to conquer Tuyuhun, since the situation has changed, it is necessary to judge the adjustment strategy of seizing the momentum. But he doesn't, and his response is simple, to adapt to all changes.

After leading the troops into Tuguhun, he just said one word, kill.

Whoever does not surrender or obey will be killed, and wherever he goes, he will kill people when he sees them, he is simply a murderer. It is said that several tribes of Tuyuhun have been slaughtered, killing thousands of people.

And he doesn't care about the identity of the other party, whether you are on the side of Gui Heshun or the side of the new khan, kill them all.

Now that the Tang army is surrounded by enemies in Tuyuhun, the Tubo people are enemies of the Tang army, and the two factions of Tuyuhun are also enemies of the Tang army.

Li Zhi was silent for a moment, waved his sleeves and sighed, "Cheng Biting Jin, this old killer, I don't know what to say about him, he is also a famous man who has fought all his life, and he is still a hero of Lingyan Pavilion, it stands to reason that he should not make this mistake, but he blindly connived at his soldiers to kill and loot, and my Tang Dynasty's Western Expeditionary Army is like a group of robbers, and now the entire land of Qinghai, whether it is the Xianbei people or the Qiang people, the Di people or the Tubo people, are all our enemies, and they are enemies on all sides, and it is difficult to move an inch." ”

"Although Lu Guogong is the commander of the first army, sometimes he can't completely control the generals under his command."

"That's also his dereliction of duty, as the commander-in-chief, but he can't even control the army under his command, isn't such a commander dereliction of duty?"

The emperor hatefully poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all.

"I originally planned to destroy the Western Turks first, and then pacify Guhun, so that there would be no war on the western front, and the Tang Dynasty could conquer the east with peace of mind, but now it has become such a situation. Xiangrui, you just returned to Beijing, I should have let you rest at home for a few more days, but things over there are really bad, and your performance in Anton is very good, so I want to hear your opinion, I just listened to you, I think it is very good. ”

Li Xiao chuckled in his heart, and said in his heart that the emperor didn't want me to go to Qinghai, right?

Damn, I've just arrived in Beijing, and the last time I left Chang'an, I was gone for three years. When I left Beijing, my wife hadn't given birth yet, and the children were three years old when I came back, and the couple didn't care about the intimacy yet, so wouldn't this send me to Qinghai again?

Li Zhi got up and paid attention to the sky outside the hall with his hands behind his back.

The eyes are on the direction of Qinghai in the northwest.

"Cheng Biting Jin Lao is confused, or he is arrogant after making some contributions in the Western Regions."

"Maybe the old general is just defiling himself, after all, the high merit of the soldiers is not all good things."

Li Zhi said angrily, "You are simply talking nonsense, does my court still need generals to defile themselves?" It's just that Cheng Biting Jin is confused, Xiangrui, are you willing to go to Qinghai for me to replace Cheng Biting Jin? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister's qualifications are not enough, 100,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army, how many veterans are there, how can I live in the town? The minister can recommend one person for His Majesty, and the minister can recommend Su Lie's acting marshal! ”

Li Zhi shook his head, "Su Lie is the deputy marshal of Cheng Biting Jin, and the current situation in Qinghai also has his share of responsibility." ”

"That minister recommends General Xue Rengui as the commander again!"

"What's more, Xue Rengui's qualifications are afraid that he won't be able to suppress those killers, and Liaodong can't do without him."

Li Xiao thought to himself, you have to let me go.

"The minister recommends another person, who is definitely worthy of this position, and can choose one person from the British Duke Li Ji and Jiangxia King Li Daozong as the commander, and ensure that he can suppress the generals of the Western Expedition!"

Li Zhi turned his head to stare at Li Xiao, "Don't you want to go like this?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister can't stop the scene even if he goes, you better spare me!"

"Let's go!" Li Zhi sighed and flicked his sleeves, "Take Jiangxia King Li Daozong as the main commander, and Xue Wanche as the deputy commander, and recall Cheng Jin and Su Lie!" ”

The Emperor sat down again.

Li Xiao poured another cup of tea for the emperor.

"Originally, I called you back to Beijing to worship you as the secretary of the military department, but the ministers in the political hall thought you were too young and let you go through the experience again. So let you be the secretary and supervisor first, I thought about letting you be the crown prince Zhan Shi again, and help teach the prince, you don't have any opinions, right? ”

"How dare the minister, and although the minister has some merits in Anton, it is not enough to worry about it, the secretary of the military department does not dare to think about it, even the secretary and supervisor are too high, as for the prince Zhan Shi, the minister is so young, how can he dare to be the prince's teacher, and ask Your Majesty to withdraw the edict, the minister is afraid of delaying His Royal Highness the prince."

"You, when did you learn this, I still like the old you. I still remember that at that time in your Zhuangzi in Lanxi, you didn't say hello to me several times, you were interesting at that time. The way you look now, you're a disappointment to me. ”

The chamberlain hurried in.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince have arrived."

"It's just right to come, the prince has been talking about you as a teacher, and the queen often praises you for your talent."

I haven't seen her for three years, and Queen Wu seems to be younger, more mature and plump, and she enters the palace with a child.

The child was very weak, pale, and the prince Li Hong, who was more than six years old this year, looked very thin, with a big head and a small body.

This kid is even weaker than he imagined.

"Minister Li Xiao meets the queen mother and His Royal Highness the prince!"

Wu smiled and raised his hand to Li Xiaoxu, "Zhou Guogong is exempt from courtesy." ”

Although Li Hong was thin, he was quite generous, standing beside the queen, he saluted Li Zhi first, and then looked at Li Xiao, "Are you the sea king Li Xiao mentioned in the newspaper?" Why do they call you Aquaman? Does it have anything to do with the Dragon King of the Four Seas? I heard that you also have a flag painted by a nine-headed Jiao, are these real? ”

Looking at the crown prince Li Hong of 10,000 whys, Li Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that this crown prince is really not simple.

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