Tubo and Tuyuhun have a feud, the two countries are thinking about annexing each other all the time, if Li Shimin provides Tuyuhun with equipment similar to the Ten Thousand Cavalry Army, which has always been in a weak position, then Tuyuhun's military strength will instantly be strong to a terrifying level, after all, even if Tuyuhun is weaker than Tubo, it is also stronger than the countries of the Western Regions, tens of thousands of cavalry are still there, and the soldiers are better than the Tang Dynasty, and the hard-cold resistance is directly better than the Tubo cavalry.

Thinking that the Tang Dynasty only used 3,000 cavalry to hinder the tens of thousands of troops in Tubo from going deep into the Tang Realm, although there are some generals with excellent command ability in it, but it mainly depends on equipment, if the tens of thousands of cavalry in Tuyuhun are all the equipment of the Tang Ten Thousand Cavalry Army, Lu Dongzan does not dare to imagine what kind of blow Tubo will suffer.

However, Lu Dongzan turned his head and thought about it, and felt that it was impossible for Datang to sell so much paper armor equipment to Tuyuhun, and he would be ready to be counterattacked if he armed a wild dog into a wolf, and if he was armed into a tiger, I was afraid that Datang would also be bitten to death by him.

Dayan Mangjiebo is not the eldest son of King Fu Yun of Tuyuhun, his eldest brother Murong Shun has been in power in the country for many years, and it is Murong Shun who led the army to raid Li Jing, at this time Murong Shun who suffered a defeat of course did not dare to enter Chang'an again, and as the most talented son of Fu Yun, Dayan Mangjie Bo saw the opportunity to send an envoy to the Tang Kingdom, after the death of Fu Yun in history, his two sons were divided, one was in charge of Tuyuhun in the east, and the other was in charge of Tuyuhun in the west, and Murong Shun of Tuyuhun in the east surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was named the king of Xiping County, Dayan Mang's junction is to descend to Tibet, but now it is different, if he can get paper armor in Datang and establish a strong army. Then he has a position in Tuyuhun, but he will overpower Murong Shun, and there is no need to go to Tubo, a person who dares to make a split. Naturally, there are strong ambitions.

"If the emperor can sell weapons and armor to me, of course the little king can't ask for it, my eldest brother is greedy for profit, and he dares to sneak attack the Tang army, he knows His Majesty's heart, the benevolence and righteousness of the Tang Dynasty, and the little king is guilty of the crime to His Majesty for the eldest brother. As long as His Majesty sells weapons, armor and other controlled items to Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang promises that he will not let the Tuyuhun army invade the Tang Dynasty during his lifetime. 1. Business matters. All of them are consistent with the Datang policy, and they will never let the Datang merchants be damaged in my Tuyuhun territory. ”

Dayan Mangjiebo was basically seeking Li Shimin's support nakedly, he said that he was selling weapons and armor to him instead of Fu Yun or Murong Shun, and made a guarantee not to invade the Tang Dynasty and protect the commercial interests of the Tang Dynasty. This was basically the highest promise he could make. It's just that after his words, Lu Dongzan's face became more relaxed, as a smart politician, he will be very sensitive to find some loopholes that can be attacked, since Tuyuhun has shown signs of civil strife, then in the short term, it will not pose a threat to Tubo, then. The mention he just proposed still has an effect on Datang.

Li Shimin frowned and thought for a moment. Dayan Mang's junction gave him a new problem, since Tuyuhun, the little prince, has such great ambitions, then supporting him to split Tuyuhun and provoke a civil war in Tuyuhun seems to be a good way for the Tang Dynasty to solve this problem of Tuyuhun, but in this way, it is impossible to launch Tuyuhun to fight against Tubo, triggering a civil war between them and power, at most, let Tubo divert his attention to Tuyuhun more, after a while, Li Er just nodded slowly at Dayan Mangjiebo, and sold him exactly how many weapons and equipment, It still needs to be discussed, and Li Er's eyes turned to the envoy of Khotan, Wei Chijun.

Wei Chijun is also the prince of Khotan, and is the eldest son, the first heir to the next king of Khotan, because the history of this world has changed, the Tang Dynasty did not enter the Western Regions to set up the Anxi Protectorate, and established the four towns of Anxi, so during this period, Khotan was exploited by Tubo as Qiuzi, Gaochang, Shule, Yanqi and other countries, and Khotan, as a neighbor of Tubo, was even weaker. Then the most likely thing to use is Khotan, and once Khotan withstands the footsteps of the Tubo people in front, it will separate Tubo from the countries of the Western Regions and instantly cut off more than half of the source of Tubo's wealth, so how much benefit Khotan can get from the Tang Dynasty and Tubo depends on his appearance.

The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty were not like the Gobi in later generations, loess, desolate, due to soil erosion is not so strict, the land of the Western Regions is actually mostly rich in vegetation, can be cultivated, they also to farming, grazing, and even fish farming for a living, only because of the backward level of production technology, and suffered from the Tibetan Turks such a good Warring States affected by poverty and poverty, the Tang Dynasty in history is painstakingly managed the Western Regions, only to be strong, the arrival of Yanglin has rewritten the entire history, Before seeking the Western Regions, Li Shimin certainly didn't mind that now they were consuming a bit with Tubo, and in Yanglin's plan for Li Shimin's power, get rid of Tubo and push the entire defense system of Datang outward to be considered perfect, so now Datang naturally wants to support Khotan and Tubo to confront it, of course, not only Datang, but also the countries of the Western Regions.

"I heard that I have been in Khotan for a long time, and in my early years, I also sent people to my Datang to learn the art of farming, and the people are proud to wear my Tang Dynasty clothes and say my Tang Dynasty official language, and we must be close to each other between our two countries!" As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, Lu Dongzan's face changed again, and Gai Suwen, who was ignored by his side, was even more angry, and his attitude towards Li Shimin was very unhappy.

"Since when close, since when close, when the little king came, my father also had an explanation, I in Khotan agricultural and animal husbandry products to get the Tang Dynasty technical correction, has improved, but this military strength, it is really difficult to protect itself, but also ask the emperor to read more in our country in the heart of the Tang Dynasty, the development is not suitable, give some help, I in Khotan up and down must be the only Tang Dynasty, only His Majesty Xià Ma is the first to look forward." Wei Chijun bent down and saluted. The first time he came to Chang'an, he went to Wei Chi Gong's mansion to visit, but unfortunately Wei Chi Gong had not returned to Beijing at that time, and only got some news in Wei Chi Gong yesterday, Wei Chi Gong may not have anything to do with the lord of Khotan, just because of the same surname, ancestor or lineage, it gave him some wind, of course, the envoys of various countries have made friends with the Tang Dynasty high-ranking officials, this is not surprising, his such a statement, naturally Li Shimin Tong Guò Wei Chi Gong revealed something to him, otherwise as a representative of a country, How can it be easy to make a promise that only another country is the first to look forward.

"Khotan is bringing about its own destruction." Lu Dongzan took a sip of Datang's spirits and said coldly.

"What, befriending my Datang is tantamount to self-destruction?"

When Li Shimin said this, his eyes inadvertently glanced at Abe Jiuchang, who had returned to his seat, some of the means planned by the Wa State in conjunction with the surrounding countries of the Tang Dynasty over the years have initially surfaced after Yanglin returned to Chang'an to carry out an investigation, although there is no clear evidence, but the truth of the facts has actually been investigated, the reason why Li Shimin hid it is because the time has not yet come, the two armies of Zhendong and Zhenbei of the Tang Dynasty have not yet completed military reform and carried out new training, and the North Sea Fleet has not yet taken shape. It will take time to prepare before we can have the ability to go on an expedition, and when the time comes, Goryeo, Silla, Baekje, Murowe, Jin Ya and other countries will be wiped out by the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

Without waiting for Lu Dongzan, Gai Suwen reacted again, Li Shimin said: "The Tang Dynasty is ready to send 3,000 cavalry troops to Khotan as a local peacekeeping force to ensure the safe and stable development of Khotan and other places, and will unconditionally sell some ordnance and equipment to Khotan. ”

"Sending troops to other countries? Or is it to protect the security of other countries, does His Majesty the Emperor think that the lord of Khotan will believe such words? Also, didn't His Majesty the Emperor say before that the export quantity of controlled items is calculated according to the trade quota? Now such unconditional sales of arms and equipment to Khotan seem to be suspected of breaking promises! Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor is making fun of the envoys of our and other countries? Lu Dongzan is good-tempered, and he is thinking about how to deal with it in his heart, but Gai Suwen is not, he held his breath for a long time and vomited it out, anyway, the matter of Khotan has nothing to do with him, and he came out to complain It seems to be more righteous and righteous.

However, many envoys in the field rarely echoed him, and anyone could already see that Li Shimin wanted to win over those small countries that did not border with the Tang Dynasty to fight against Tubo and Goryeo, even if it was a few countries in the alliance with Goryeo, because they did not have a direct border with the Tang Dynasty, they also wanted to see what kind of conditions the Tang Dynasty would offer to win over themselves.

In addition to enhancing the influence of the Tang State and spreading Tang culture in the local area, the main purpose is to pave the way for the Tang Dynasty to absorb these countries in the future, and Hui Hui as the first stop of the Tang Dynasty's westward expansion is naturally to make a model for the Western Regions countries to see, when the Hexi Corridor becomes rich, the trade or cultural exchanges between the Western Regions countries and the Tang Dynasty will be closer, and naturally you will have me, I will have you, and they will be more dissatisfied with the exploitation of Tibet. Uniting the Tang Dynasty to resist Tubo is the way they must go, and Tubo, losing the filial piety of the countries of the Western Regions, they will inevitably launch a war to seize benefits, at that time, as long as the Tang army with a delicate identity operates well, it will be able to get the land of the Western Regions, and can win the hearts of the people in the Western Regions, this qiē will be completed within ten years, when Li Shimin is still in the prime of life, he is naturally confident that he will solve the biggest trouble of Tubo during his time in power, and push the national border to the most stable position.

"The rules are made by us, naturally we have the final say, I don't want to do something to deceive you because I am open-minded, because the Tang Dynasty is a country of gentlemen, like you and others to take the country by force, I Datang naturally want to restrict, for them these oppressed weak countries, I Datang naturally want to support, I said very clearly, the purpose of the restriction is mainly the exchange of interests, you actually understand this truth, do you need me to say more?"

With Datang's current strength, there is no need to show the compromise or show weakness, what things are put on the bright side to make it easier to subdue the hearts of those weak and wavering people, the purpose of the military parade is to deter, but the deterrence is just a false table, after the deterrence, Datang naturally wants to pick up more benefits, Li Er is now talking to these envoys, only a preliminary framework, a specific agreement, naturally after the parade ceremony, and then signed secretly. (To be continued......)