Li Shimin is very concerned about gunpowder and bombs, and it is estimated that he is second only to his throne and wives.

Oh, no, in his heart, except for the eldest grandson, the rest of his wife should not be as important as the bomb.

It was a battle to destroy the country, but Li Shimin was stunned that he only gave four bombs to each of the five thousand Zuo Wuwei soldiers under Hou Junji, as for other generals like Li Jing, Li Daozong and others, they did not have this treatment.

It can also be seen from here that compared with Li Jing and others, Li Shimin still believes in Hou Junji, who was standing firmly by his side during the Xuanwumen Change.

If it weren't for Songtsen Gampo leading 200,000 Tibetan elite soldiers to attack Songzhou this time, and there were not too many soldiers and horses on the Songzhou side, and only 50,000 reinforcements were sent, Li Shimin would never have equipped the 10,000 vanguard army with the standard four bombs.

Another reason is that because Wu Yuanqing is the supervisor of this army of soldiers and horses, Li Shimin suspects that no one can suspect Wu Yuanqing's head, and who let the bomb and gunpowder be given to him by Wu Yuanqing. And Niu Jinda is also an old and serious person, Li Shimin believes that with these two people, there will be no problem with equipping these 10,000 people with bombs.

It's just that he didn't expect that he was generous, Wu Yuanqing was not satisfied, and even wanted to double it.

"Your Majesty, I just said to the courtiers that fighting with Tubo is not as good as Tuyuhun, although there are also situations where the Tang soldiers in Tuyuhun are not adaptable, but compared to Tubo, Tuyuhun is far worse, Tubo is a higher existence than Tuyuhun, and the discomfort of our soldiers when they arrive there will be far more serious than in Tuyuhun, and it is probably not an exaggeration to say that it is a direct loss of combat effectiveness, in this case, the bomb that can be used without being in good physical condition is much more useful than in normal times. So unless we only fight on the battlefield in Songzhou and don't think about attacking the territory of Tibet, it is necessary to have more bombs." Wu Yuanqing said that the situation was serious.

Li Shimin didn't expect that Tubo Songtsen Gampo would be defeated by the Tang army at this time, and he would retreat if he lost a thousand people, he sent 50,000 people over this time to prepare for a tough battle, and look at the number of people to know that 50,000 against 200,000, this is to prepare for a big job.

Therefore, the situation that Wu Yuanqing said is very important, what is the strategic purpose of Datang, what kind of goal does it want to achieve, whether to beat Tubo out of Songzhou, or beat it hard, so that Tubo will be in pain for many years.

Finally, thinking of the content of the letter written to him by Songtsen Gampo, Li Shimin thought that this Tubo rabbit cub was too rampant, and if he didn't give him a little ruthlessness, he wouldn't know who was the boss in the world. Then Lao Tzu let him see who can fight in whose country.

"Okay, I will double the bombs for the 10,000 vanguard troops according to your request, but you also have to promise me that you must send me to Tubo and turn him upside down." Li Shimin said viciously.

"Yes, the minister will not fail in his mission." Wu Yuanqing bowed his head and bowed, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of unnoticed Xiao Jiujiu's snickering joy.

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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Wu Yuanqing went to it in his later years, but it was neither a ride nor a play, it was a good friend who went to Tibet during a summer vacation.

His friend was a little bit back, and when he rode all the way to Tibet and saw that there was still half a day to get to Lhasa, he had a car accident and was hit by an off-road vehicle and broke his leg.

When he had surgery and was about to go home, Wu Yuanqing and his friend's brother took the train to pick up the people.

The only time I went was to take the train, and I didn't feel any physical discomfort along the way, which may also be related to the fact that he grew up on the Loess Plateau, and the altitude of his hometown is more than 1,000 meters.

Therefore, when going to Songzhou and even Tubo at this time, Wu Yuanqing was not very worried about altitude sickness.

All he had to do was ask the family to prepare some thick clothes.

Two days later, Wu Yuanqing reluctantly said goodbye to his family, mainly to his daughter Wu Cong.

On the side, Wang Chao Mahan, who had already married two years ago and had children, and Zhao Long and Zhao Hu, who had already been married, were also saying goodbye to their families.

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The grandmother and wife sent each other off, and the dust did not see the Xianyang Bridge.

The clothes stopped crying, and the crying went straight to the sky.

This is a very famous poem by the poet Du Fu, which is about the scene of the soldiers' expedition.

However, this is a description of the situation encountered by ordinary government soldiers, Wu Yuan Qingtang Marquis will not be so miserable, although his family is not reluctant, but it is not enough to cry, because there is no need, he is the leader of the troops, and the battle is also commanded in the rear, there is no need to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the possibility of encountering danger is very low.

The vanguard troops of the Tang Dynasty have left Chang'an and rushed to Songzhou, and the envoys of Tubo are still detained in the Sifang Pavilion and don't know the situation.

It may not be appropriate to say that the buckle is inappropriate, anyway, it has encountered all kinds of obstructions from the officials of the Sifang Pavilion, as long as you go anywhere in the Sifang Pavilion, but there is no way to go out, there is always a reason to stop you.

The Tibetan envoys can't help it, they want to see the Tang Emperor again, they don't receive them, they want to say goodbye and leave, they don't let them, and when they think about it, the boss of Zampu has explained that they can find the eldest grandson's family to try if they encounter problems that can't be solved, so they tried it, and the news finally spread out was sunk into the sea.

Of course, the eldest grandson Wuji got the news that the Tibetan envoy asked for help, but the emperor's brother-in-law clearly moved the real fire to teach Tubo a lesson, so he would not be stupid enough to be contaminated with the muddy waters of Tubo at this time.

So the Tibetan envoys were detained in the Sifang Pavilion.

It's not the first time Li Shimin has done this kind of thing by detaining envoys, thinking that in the ninth year of Wude, after the Xuanwumen Change, the Turkic Jieli Khan took advantage of the coup d'état in the Tang Dynasty to lead the army to the bank of the Weishui River forty miles outside Chang'an City, and he once sent envoys to see Li Shimin.

That envoy was the deputy general of the Brandy Road march who sent troops to Songzhou this time. At that time, Zhili Sili was a confidant general under Jieli Khan, and he was ordered to see the Tang Emperor, thinking that he had the chance to win, so he preached loudly: "Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan are leading an army of millions, and now they have arrived." "I want to use this to intimidate Tang Taizong to show his military might.

Then he was almost cut down by Li Shimin, and he was afraid of losing his mental strength, so he begged for mercy, and the ministers Xiao Yu and Feng Deyi also asked to send him back according to etiquette, but Li Shimin said: "If I let him go back now, the Turks think that I am afraid of them, and they will invade him even more." In the end, Li Shimin did not kill him, but he did not release him, but imprisoned him in Menxia Province.

This time the Tibetan envoys were the same, Songtsen Gampo took 200,000 troops into Songzhou and sent him to see Li Shimin, he was also the same arrogant, and then he was also detained, Li Shimin's reason this time was that letting the Tibetan envoys go back would make Songtsan Gampo prepared, and he could not take it by surprise, which would be unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty.

It has to be said that history is so strikingly similar.