Songtsen Gampo's heart continued to sink, as if he was sinking into a bottomless abyss, and he knew better than anyone what the rest of the Tubo nobles were like, and he also knew how much demagogy Li Chengqian's words were.

It is difficult for a large part of people in this world to act generously in the face of death, and the reason why they will not betray is because there is no reason to convince themselves or others.

But now Li Chengqian has given everyone a reason for the past that can be said - good birds choose trees to perch. Datang is strong enough to constitute a reason to give in, and it does not seem to be an unacceptable thing to be loyal to the strong and driven by the strong in exchange for a better and brighter future.

The most important thing is that what happened in the past few days has revealed a fact to the Tibetan nobles, Li Chengqian will kill people, and dare to kill people, and this is the real reason for forcing the Tibetan nobles to submit.

In the past, they thought that Li Chengqian would not really do anything to them, and the reason why they talked to them again and again was because they needed their help to rule the plateau, and it was this kind of psychology that caused the Tubo people to always worship the yang and the yin, and it was this kind of thinking that made the Tubo nobles think that Li Chengqian did not dare to really do anything to them.

But now everything has changed, when the butcher's knife in the hand of the prince of the Tang Dynasty was raised high, everyone regretted it, and one by one they wanted to cut off the head of Songtsan Gampo and present it to him, and use the head that belonged to Tubo Zampu to become their own name.

The threat of death, the temptation of high-ranking officials, and the power generated by the superposition of the two phases are by no means as simple as one plus one equals two, and for some Tibetan nobles who are greedy for life and afraid of death, this is completely worth their betrayal.

"Let's go, let's go inside and talk!" The overall situation must be a foregone conclusion, and the civil strife in Tibet is a foregone conclusion, so Li Chengqian naturally won't say anything more, but just invited Songtsen Gampo to his own box.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very calculating, strategizing, and winning thousands of miles away, he is talking about people like you, Your Highness." Finding a place to sit down at random, Songtsen Gampo said with praise and disparagement.

"There's a cup of poisoned wine here, there's also a rope, and you can choose your own future." Li Chengqian beckoned outside, and immediately a maid walked in with a tray and placed it in front of Songtsen Gampo.

As a victor, Li Chengqian at this time no longer cares about Songtsen Gampo, and it is not so important whether this guy lives or dies.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're going to let the rest of the people go, right? Such a civil war will take shape in Tibet under your plan. Songtsen Gampo looked at the contents of the tray, turned his head and asked in an affirmative tone.

"No, I will send them to Lu Dongzan and let them go to Tianzhu to kill for a while, and wait until the last group of people have caused some damage on the plateau before dropping them back." Li Chengqian smacked his lips and denied Songtsen Gampo's speculation.

Putting both groups of people back to the plateau in a short period of time can certainly make Tubo fall into internal friction, but this does not solve the actual problem, and only when the latter group of people have their own interests under the plateau and they cannot give it up, is the best time to let them go to the plateau.

The corners of Songtsen's mouth twitched, since he heard the name Li Chengqian, it seemed that he had never had the upper hand, this peer who was two years younger than him was like his nemesis, he was one step ahead of him everywhere, and he always did things so unexpectedly.

I can't fight my father, I can't fight my strength, and I still don't have any hope for wisdom in the end. A deep sense of frustration gripped Songtsen Gampo and made him feel like he was going to die.

"Your Highness has no last resort, and Songtsan admires it. Since Your Highness has told me all your plans, I guess I don't have to exist, right? Frustrated, Songtsen Gampo picked up the wine glass in the tray in front of him and looked at it in his hand for a long time, as if he really intended to drink it.

Li Chengqian smiled indifferently, ignoring Songtsen Gampo's feelings, and said bluntly: "I said, you need to choose your own future. But I'll admit you're right, you're useless to me now, useless at all. ”

"Tubo will become a part of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions will also become a part of the Tang Dynasty, and in the future, there will be Tianzhu, as well as Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Wa and so on."

"But I guess you won't see that day, because the glass of wine in your hand contains the poison I personally prepared, which can kill people in the mouth, and can make people die without pain, of course, it can't be detected at all."

Being able to properly solve the problem of Tibet made Li Chengqian very happy, and he unconsciously said a lot of things. Although the method he came up with may not be able to solve the problem of Tubo once and for all, it is much better than putting everyone back and becoming a fierce rival of the Tang Dynasty after a few years.

"What if I chose another path? I remember that Jieli doesn't seem to be dead, right? Songtsen Gampo suddenly put down the wine glass, looked at Li Chengqian and asked.

"He's not dead, but it's almost, he's always homesick during this time, and he always pulls people to tell people how beautiful the grassland is, so I don't think he will survive this year." Li Chengqian pretended not to understand Songtsen Gampo's words, and talked about Jieli's recent situation as he was.

"I want to see, to see how Datang unifies this continent, I don't know what His Highness thinks?" Songtsen Gampo directly picked out the topic and bluntly said that he didn't want to die now.

He is still a hero in the end, he knows that as long as he lives, he has a chance, and it is really a hundred to die, and such a simple death is really not very in line with his character, in his opinion, it is better to have some style to die if he wants to die, or it is better to drag some people to die together.

Li Chengqian smiled indifferently: "You are free, the road is taken by everyone, just like if you didn't choose to attack Songzhou, there would be no today, if you want to live, then it's good to live, it just so happens that the East Palace still lacks a dancer, I don't know if the Duke of Tibet is willing to give in?" ”

Humiliating a famous figure in history is also quite an interesting thing in Li Chengqian's opinion, but the current Songtsen Gampo is not so famous, so this kind of fun can only be enjoyed by him alone.

As for whether Songtsen Gampo has the intention of lying on his back and trying his courage, Li Chengqian doesn't care, he is just a lord of Fanbang, and with his current power, it is not much more difficult to kill this guy than to kill an ant.

It is even said that after killing him, it is likely that there will not even be anyone who interrogates him.

After all, Tubo is a country that has just been born for a short time, and it has not yet attracted the attention of the world, even if the lord of the country is dead, it is a little difficult to even form a conversation after tea and dinner in the Tang Dynasty.

(End of chapter)