Belus is only in his fifties now, but he has been on the run for many years, the wind and frost have carved countless wrinkles on his face, coupled with the fact that he has lost the country in front of him, under great pressure, even if he has been in Chang'an for the past few years, it has not alleviated the pressure in his heart.

So at the age of fifty, he looks like an old man in his seventies and eighties, with a gray beard, a dark complexion, and a look of endless loneliness, which makes people look like a person with a story.

Narhiye is in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his figure is not very burly, and when he first met two years ago, he looked a lot fatter, obviously Datang's good food is still a nourishment, Li Hong thought with evil taste.

"Your Highness, I heard that the Great Food Kingdom has begun to negotiate with my Datang because of the abduction of its princess, and intends to take this opportunity to send troops to my Datang." Belus sat down again at Li Hong's signal and said.

"Well, I've heard about it too, do you think Datang has no chance of winning, or is there any good strategy?" Li Hong looked at Belus leisurely and asked.

Belus smiled humbly, and then said: "The minister thinks that my Tang Dynasty's iron cavalry is invincible, but the Great Food Country should not be underestimated, and the destruction of the Persian State by them is enough to show their strength." ”

"Go on, I don't like to guess what people are trying to tell me, headaches." Li Hong looked at the steaming tea, which was placed next to Belus by the palace maid, and continued.

"Yes, Your Highness." Belus felt a little out of his mind, seeing that the prince of the Tang Dynasty had such a relaxed and leisurely attitude, as if he didn't take the hostility of the Great Food Country to heart at all, which made him feel a little unconfident about his next persuasive words.

"Your Royal Highness, although the Great Food Country is strong, but between my Datang and them, there is also a Tocharo, although Tocharian is weak, but in recent years, it has been relying on the advantages of the terrain to prevent the Great Food Country from continuing to expand eastward, and the minister is in Tocharo, and he has also made some friends over the years, if the Great Food Country wants to attack my Datang, these friends of the minister may be able to provide you with some unexpected help for Your Highness." Belus looked at the eagle-like sharp eyes of the Tang Prince, and said calmly.

"Do you think that the four towns of Anxi are so fortified that they can't stop the iron cavalry of the Great Food Country? Or is it ...... What do you want? Li Hong looked at Belus's somewhat cloudy, flickering eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Facing Li Hong's sharp gaze, Belus felt that he did not have an advantage in the city at all, and even felt that all his thoughts could be perceived by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

I couldn't help but feel that in the face of a young man who was thirty years younger than me, I felt flustered and helpless for no reason, and even began to doubt myself: would he agree to the conditions he had been planning for a long time when he came!

"The minister's condition is very simple and difficult, ask His Highness to help the minister restore the country, from now on, the minister and Narhiye are willing to lead all the Persians, forever submit to the Tang Dynasty, and submit to His Highness." Belus faced Li Hong's sharp gaze and felt that when he said this, his whole body trembled in his chair.

He couldn't imagine if he had just stood up and said this, he would have sat down on the ground after he had finished speaking.

"What did the people of the Great Food Country invade the east for? The truth that the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, I think whether it is you, me, or the big cannibal understands, right? So why are they so confident to continue to expand eastward, even at the expense of being the enemy of our Datang? Is it really just because King Pei kidnapped their princess in the first place? Li Hong asked intently as he stared at Belus.

The continuous eastward expansion of the great cannibals in history led to the gradual conversion of Iranian-speaking people in Iran and Central Asia to Islam, and Iranian-speaking Muslims were also regarded as Arabs.

There have also been many conflicts with Datang, but in the past two hundred years, although it has always won more and lost less, it has even taken away a lot of craftsmen from Datang, so that papermaking, embroidery, silk and other technologies have made great progress there.

But before the Great Food weakened, he was never able to take a step into the four towns of Anxi, which is why when Li Hongzhen was in Anxi, he took the four towns of Anxi as the boundary of Datang and did not continue to take a step to the west.

In his opinion, the four towns of Anxi are like the Great Wall in the territory of Datang, and will be like a fortress, as a bunker of Datang, maintaining the stability of Datang.

Belus didn't understand what the Tang prince meant by asking like this, but he vaguely felt that this question would obviously not be asked casually, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Li Hong looked at Belus, who didn't speak, and said with a smile: "Even if there is no matter of King Pei kidnapping their princess, they will attack my Tang Dynasty, the reason for this, presumably General Youweiwei can't escape from it, right?" ”

"Your Highness, Your ......."

"Your Highness, what do you mean ......? Unite your father's friends and defeat Tochar first? Narhiye, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke.

Li Hong was shocked, he didn't expect that there were three people sitting in the room, in addition to himself and Belus, there was also a person who understood.

"Yes, Tocharo is relative to Da Shi, I think Tocharo is a greater threat to us, so if you are sincere, you can only help Da Tang defeat Tocharian first, and then you can talk about letting Da Tang restore the country for you, the longer the supply line, the more difficult the life of my Da Tang soldiers, with Da Shi as the enemy, our supply line was cut off by Tocharo, or your so-called Tocharian friends were defeated by the other side, what should I do in the face of Da Shi and Tocharo's front and back attacks?" Li Hong turned his head to look at the understanding person and asked.

"Your Highness, with the cavalry in your hands, although it will not be easy to defeat Tocharo, it is definitely easier than the Great Cannibal, but all these years, you have been guarding the four towns of Anxi and have never taken a single step to the west. Now you say you're going to defeat Tocharo, and you want to ...... Probably...... You're not here, are you? Narhiye asked cautiously.

Li Hong had the same smile on his face as he had just touched, nodded and said: "Yes, defeating Tocharian is just to stabilize the tribes around my Tang Broken Leaf Town, they are now ready to move, and most of them are related to Tocharian and Khorezm, so do you think I should give Tocharian a little color?" ”

"Is it that simple?" Belus glanced at Narhiye, then at Li Hong, and said with some disbelieving.

"Yes, it's as simple as that." Li Hong confirmed.

As I said just now, Li Hong never felt that there was any benefit in continuing the westward expedition now, and the great cannibals brought their faith, Islam, so that the Central Asian region formed a large faith whole.

If the Tang Dynasty wants to get involved there, it has to bring its own culture and beliefs with it just like it did with Tibet.

But does Datang have it? Is the Buddhism that prevails in Chang'an today still a foreign product, does it bring Taoism over? The Tao is good, the very way, the name is famous, the name is not famous.

Is this kind of thing that only Orientals, and even Han Chinese, understand its profundity, and bring it over, an advantage over the Koran? Doesn't seem to have one, right?

Bringing Confucianism to the past? Look at the Persians in Chang'an today, they stick to their beliefs, even if they don't have land, and no one touches Confucianism?

Although he said that he used Kong Laoer's things to fool people, Li Hong was very willing to try it.

But one of the keys is, what kind of right people to find?

Who is more suitable for the two people in front of him, Belus or Narhiye?

And how can they unconsciously accept Confucianism, and then spread it to the Persians in Chang'an, and then continue to spread it to the West with them? To resist the sword of the Qur'an?

If you want to really expand your territory to the west, the most ideal thing for Li Hong is to have a few more years to deal with domestic affairs, and then when Li Chunfeng's fleet comes back, when the Tang Dynasty sailors have grown vigorously in the past few years and become a huge sea beast, wouldn't it be easier for people to accept Confucian culture when they expanded westward at that time?

But these things, of course, cannot be told to Belus and Narhiye now.

Although Belus and Narhiya will not reach that step for the time being, if they can use them to accept Confucianism in the past two years, can they completely erase the Persians or their beliefs and replace them with Chinese civilization?

And extinguishing Tocharian and confronting the Great Eclipse directly can also hinder the Great Eclipse from taking their Qur'an and walking smoothly on that land, isn't it?

"Huh? What did you say? Li Hong was awakened from his contemplation by several anxious shouts of His Highness, looked at the two people in front of him and asked.

Belus was stunned, the emotional Tang prince was really distracted just now.

"This ...... It will take some time for the minister to give a clear answer to His Highness, and the minister will need to consult with his friends in Tocharian before he can reply to His Highness. Belus said solemnly.

"It's okay, there's no hurry. Now that Anxi is freezing cold, I want to come to the big cannibal or Tocharo, I won't be stupid enough to attack my Datang at this time, when the spring flowers bloom, as long as there is your reply. Li Hong said with a smile.

"Yes, the minister will give His Highness a clear answer after the first day, and if Tocharo agrees, I hope His Highness will not break his word." Belus said solemnly and respectfully.

"A gentleman's words are difficult to chase, if Tocharo is defeated, the Tang cavalry will no longer have to worry about the future, and it will become natural to help you restore the country, right?" Li Hong got up, watched Belus and Narhiye go out of the door of the study, and began to wonder in his heart, who to send over?

At the beginning, there was Dai Zhide, an old stubborn man in Tibet, who helped him spread Confucian culture, and it is said that it is still in full swing now, and the whole people have set off a craze for learning Chinese people.

But if you continue to march west, there are few old antiques in the court, not to mention those few, whether you can reach the four towns of Anxi smoothly is .......

Wait a minute, antique? It seems that in the past two days, haven't there been a few old antiques in the East Palace asking to see themselves?

"What are you laughing at, laughing so obscenely!"

"Huh? Father? ”