Hearing Ma Ye's ridicule, Li Xiu glanced at him helplessly and said, "Your Majesty personally agreed, and there is a princess on the side to make peace, Uncle Ma, what do you say I should do?" ”

"Hehe, I know that's the case, but even if you accept the student of King Anlu County, you have to take care of yourself, don't be involved in the battle between the prince and the king of Qin, the danger is too great!" When Ma Ye said at the end, he also showed a worried expression. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He has been in the army all the year round, and he knows Li Shimin's influence in the army better than anyone else, and similarly, Li Jiancheng's influence in the court is definitely no worse than Li Shimin's influence in the army.

"Uncle Ma, don't worry, the people who can be involved in the battle between the prince and the king of Qin are either greedy for profit and fighting for a lifetime of fame, or they can't help it, I don't have either, so there is a princess here, no matter what kind of fight they make, as long as I don't take the initiative to participate, no one can do anything about me!" Li Xiu was very confident.

"It's right that you think so, but I'm afraid of the princess and her ......" Ma Ye suddenly closed his mouth when he said this, whether it is the prince or the king of Qin, they are the brothers of Princess Pingyang, and the relationship between the three of them is also very deep, in case of conflict between the prince and the king of Qin, I am afraid that Princess Pingyang will not be able to be alone.

Ma Ye's words were also what Li Xiu was most worried about, but he immediately smiled freely, no matter how Princess Pingyang chose, he would follow her side, even if he tried his best to the last, he would definitely not let her be hurt!

Ma Ye also seemed to know that discussing Princess Pingyang's attitude on this matter would not yield results at all, so he quickly changed the topic and said: "Speaking of this Tuyuhun battle, I also encountered a few very interesting things, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"Okay, it won't be Uncle Ma again, I'm not interested in this." Li Xiu also smiled when he heard this, war does not tolerate any mercy, especially in ancient wars, Ma Ye and they didn't do anything good when they went to Tuyuhun, burning, killing and looting are almost commonplace, anyway, they are of a different race, and the Tang army has no scruples.

"Hehe, I know that your kid is soft-hearted and doesn't like to hear this, but this time we really encountered a few interesting things in Tuyuhun, such as when we were chasing Fu Yun, Tubo suddenly sent an envoy!" Ma Ye took a sip of wine at this time and said with a smile.

"Tibet!" Li Xiu was also taken aback when he heard this name, and his face became a little solemn and said, "Why did Tubo send envoys, and what did they say?" ”

"Hahahaha~, saying it can make you laugh off your big teeth, Tubo, a small country with a muddy face, sent an envoy with a muddy face, and kept saying that he wanted to see the King of Qin, and also said that he wanted to mediate the dispute between our Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun, and even asked us to withdraw the army, because we had already set foot on the territory of Tubo at that time, do you say it's funny?" Ma Ye didn't notice the change in the expression on Li Xiu's face, but told Li Xiu about this incident as a joke, and after finishing speaking, he was already out of breath with laughter.

I don't blame Ma Ye for thinking it's ridiculous, because they hadn't heard of the name Tubo in advance, but they only heard the locals say that Tubo is a country southwest of Tuyuhun, and they don't know how much population and land they have, but in Tang Jun's opinion, Tubo is at most the second Tuyuhun, so Ma Ye didn't take Tubo in his eyes at all.

"Then how did the King of Qin deal with those Tibetan envoys?" Li Xiu saw that Ma Ye despised Tubo so much, and he couldn't help frowning at the moment, from Ma Ye's attitude, he seemed to be able to guess Li Shimin's attitude.

Sure enough, I saw that Ma Ye laughed again when he heard this: "King Qin is a relatively cautious person, he didn't send someone to drive out the Tubo envoy, but threw him in the barracks to dry for a few days, and by the way, let him see the elite of my Tang Dynasty army with his own eyes, which also made the Tubo envoy feel extremely ashamed, and left by himself in a few days." ”

Li Xiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and secretly praised Li Shimin's handling in his heart, in this way, he not only retained the face of the Tubo envoy, but also let them see the military strength of the Tang Dynasty, and if he remembers correctly, it should be Songtsen Gampo's father who unifies Tubo now, and Tubo's strength has not reached its peak, so he should not easily provoke Datang.

Ma Ye also noticed the strange expression on Li Xiu's face at this time, and asked a little strangely at the moment: "What, have you heard of this Tubo?" ”

"Uncle Ma must not underestimate this Tubo, their strength may not be stronger than Tuyuhun, but they occupy a geographical advantage, and the general army will definitely not be able to help them......" Li Xiu said and talked about the terrain of Tubo, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is known as the roof of the world, and ordinary people will have altitude sickness when they go up, and they may not even be able to breathe, let alone fight.

Ma Ye also heard of altitude sickness for the first time, and his eyes widened at the moment, with an expression of disbelief, and then Li Xiu said again: "Although Tubo has just been unified now, and its strength is not strong, but because of its geographical advantage, it is already invincible, as long as they can produce a virtuous monarch in their country, their strength will definitely soar, and they are likely to become my Datang's henchmen in the future!" ”

"Is there really such a big threat in Tibet?" Ma Ye still couldn't believe it when he heard this, and he couldn't blame him, after all, Tubo's first impression on him was really not good, especially the habit of Tubo people like to smear mud on their faces, which made him think that Tubo was a group of uncivilized savages, so he was so suspicious of Li Xiu's words.

"Uncle Ma, don't underestimate the potential of Tubo, with the fall of Tuyuhun, Tubo is likely to become a fierce rival in the southwest border of my Tang Dynasty!" Li Xiu warned again that even after Princess Wencheng married to Tubo, conflicts still broke out between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty from time to time, which also greatly consumed the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, especially during the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo took advantage of the fire to rob, which was also the main reason for Li Xiu's hatred of Tubo.

Seeing that Li Xiu didn't seem to be joking, Ma Ye finally put away his contempt and began to think about ways to deal with the rise of Tubo, but at this time, Li Xiu smiled again: "Of course, in recent years, Tubo should not pose a threat to my Tang Dynasty, and they are also full of contradictions in China. ”

"Haha, you kid will come to Yin!" Ma Ye couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Xiu's words, but then he shook his head again and said, "But even if your guess is correct, it is impossible for the imperial court to list Tubo as a potential enemy because of your thoughts alone, for our Tang Dynasty, the biggest enemy is still the Turks in the north, followed by Goguryeo in the northeast, as for Tubo, I'm afraid no one will take it to heart." ”

Ma Ye was telling the truth, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, sometimes he also felt that a person's strength was indeed too small, but his character determined that he could not compete for power and profit like other people, so for this situation, he could only try to remind him, whether it could be effective or not depends on the decision of the Tang Dynasty.

After chatting about Tubo, Ma Ye talked about other interesting things he encountered on the battlefield, such as when he got lost on the battlefield, he accidentally met the Tuyuhun escort team transporting grain and grass, and as a result, he killed the other party and seized a large amount of grain and grass, making a great achievement. In addition, he also mentioned the Tubo people he met in Tuyuhun many times, focusing on describing the custom of painting mud on the faces of the Tubo people, in fact, they painted a kind of red paint, which looked like red mud.

"By the way, boy, you've always been erudite, have you ever heard of Flaming Mountain?" Ma Ye finally suddenly thought of something, and asked Li Xiu with great interest at the moment.

"Flaming Mountain? Uncle Ma, where did you hear that? Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this familiar name, Journey to the West will not appear for hundreds of years, and even Tang Sanzang has not yet started his journey to the west, how can anyone know this name?

"Haha~, Tuyuhun is close to the Western Regions and Tubo, and the people in the territory are complex, among which there are many people from the Western Regions, they say that in the west of Tuyuhun, there is a flame mountain that swallows flames and smoke all year round, and you will feel the heat wave coming from a few miles away, and even the birds can't cross it, so I also went to see it myself, and sure enough, I found that there is such a mountain." When Ma Ye saw Li Xiu's appearance, he thought that he had never heard of Flame Mountain, and he was very proud at the moment, he had known Li Xiu for so long, and he finally won Li Xiu once in terms of knowledge.

"Uncle Ma, you're talking about volcanoes, right?" When Li Xiu heard Ma Ye's description, his first reaction was active volcanoes, although there were not many active volcanoes in China in later generations, but now after all, it was a thousand years ago, and the geology has changed several times, so no one can say where there will be volcanoes.

"No, the volcano is just hot on the mountain, but the volcano on the other side of Tuyuhun is hot and hot, as if the whole mountain is burning, and there is no way to get close to the foot of the mountain!" Ma Ye immediately shook his head when he heard Li Xiu's words and denied it, he had also seen a few volcanoes, which were absolutely different from the Flame Mountain he saw over there in Tuyuhun.

"This ......" Li Xiu couldn't help but show a contemplative expression when he heard this, could it be that the flaming mountain in Journey to the West is real, but Tang Seng doesn't seem to have gone through Tuyuhun when he went to Tianzhu to learn scriptures?

"I see!" At this moment, I saw Li Xiu suddenly shouting excitedly, he finally remembered that he had seen a news in the future, and finally remembered what the so-called Flame Mountain meant! (To be continued.) )