"Tubo can attack the south of the sword in the east, attack the right of Longyou in the north, and attack Anxi in the west, he has a lot ......of people all the way, I need to defend it in three ways, and even if I have millions of soldiers, I can't enter it, there is no attack, and I will be tired for a long time."

It was late at night, and in the guest house of Bodhi Temple, Li Zaixing was still talking, pointing to the map and talking. Yan Zhenqing straightened her majestic body, stroked the beautiful face under her chin, and her serious eyes were a little worried.

He was shocked by Li Zaixing's description of the situation in Tibet and fell into a lingering worry.

"Defending without attacking is indeed not a long-term solution. Our Tang Dynasty conquered the four provinces, and there was no injustice, but the Tubo is getting stronger and stronger, I am afraid that it is also because our army cannot fight in depth, and the Tubo people have no fear. During the Eastern Expedition to Goryeo, the Tibetans harassed our border many times, making it difficult for our army to fight on two fronts. If ......"

Yan Zhenqing sighed lightly and was silent for a long time: "If there is something in the Northeast, Tubo ...... The threat to Chang'an is serious. ”

Li Zaixing was stunned for a moment, and looked at Yan Zhenqing with a somewhat strange look. He always thought that Yan Zhenqing was a calligrapher and a literati, but he didn't expect his thinking to be so agile and think of far more things than him. Because of the difficulty of eradicating Tibet, he thought of Goryeo, and then predicted that once An Lushan rebelled, the Tang Dynasty would once again fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and Tubo would rely on the favorable terrain and would inevitably wait for an opportunity to attack Chang'an again.

In fact, Tubo did do this later, and he was about to mention it, but Yan Zhenqing had already thought of it.

Who said the ancients could be deceived? It's not that they're not smart, it's just that they haven't taken that step in knowledge accumulation, and their strategy is not inferior to future generations at all.

"Fu Jun is not bad at all." Li Zaixing said angrily: "If there is something in the northeast, there will inevitably be something in the southwest, and it may threaten the heart of Chang'an." If you want to solve this trouble, you should take the initiative to attack and make Tubo have no time to take care of itself......"

"Where to take the initiative?"

"There are two options." Li Zaixing pointed to the map: "First, Jiannan, unite with Nanzhao to attack the east of Tibet." The second is Anxi, taking the west of Tibet, so that it has no time to look east. ”

"It's a good plan, but it's a pity that my Datang can't afford such a war."

"Datang can't afford such a war?" Li Zaixing was surprised, now is the so-called prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, in terms of strength, even the Zhenguan era of Tang Taizong cannot be compared. The strength ranks first in the world, how can you not even afford such a war? Isn't this the same as saying that the GDP is the largest in the world, but it can't afford to fight? This kind of thing has only happened to the decaying Qing Empire, and the same is true of the prosperous Tang Dynasty?

"It seems that you don't know much about the national conditions of Datang." Yan Zhenqing shook his head regretfully, and sincerely persuaded: "You do have unique views on military strategy, but you must not forget that war requires strong national strength to support. ”

Yan Zhenqing gave Li Zaixing a general overview of the situation of the Tang Dynasty since Zhenguan, with a special focus on the economy and the military. When Li Zaixing heard this, he couldn't help but be ashamed. He also knew that the military should be based on the economy, but he was not familiar with the economic situation of the Tang Dynasty, and always thought that since it was the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the economy should not be a problem, and it was the economy that was the most problematic. And when Li Mi enlightened him, maybe his attention was not in this area, maybe Li Mi felt that he couldn't understand it for the time being, so he didn't give him an in-depth analysis, and he spoke very briefly, until this moment, after listening to Yan Zhenqing's words, he knew that things were not so simple.

During the Zhenguan period, the reason why the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Siyi was able to achieve such a brilliant victory was that on the one hand, Tang Taizong had rich combat experience, and there were a large number of famous generals such as Li Jing and Li Tao under his command, and on the other hand, because the implementation of the government military system ensured the supply of soldiers and food. Nowadays, the government military system has existed in name only, and the border passes are mainly based on recruitment, and all the food and military funds come from the state, and the state needs to pay a large amount of food to support them, and the consumption of financial resources has increased exponentially, and the border army has become a heavy burden on the national economy.

Why can Wang Ji win the favor of the Son of Heaven? Because he was effective in Tianbao's six-year service as a servant, he increased taxes and solved the problem of the Son of Heaven. Similarly, why was Yang Zhao able to rise so quickly? Not only because he is a relative of Yang Guifei, but more importantly, he will loot.

Li Zaixing was really speechless, it turned out that the Tang Empire had reached such a point, and the so-called prosperous era was all false fire. It looks like a blooming flower, and when the storm of the Anshi Rebellion comes, all the hidden diseases will attack, pushing Datang into the abyss at once.

I see.

Li Zaixing bowed to Yan Zhenqing: "Thank you for your advice, so that the kid suddenly opened." ”

He should indeed be grateful to Yan Zhenqing, if it weren't for Yan Zhenqing's words, he would not have been able to understand these situations. He did not have such life experience, nor did he have such habits of mind.

"Each other, each other." Yan Zhenqing looked at Li Zaixing meaningfully and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Although the conversation was speculative, and he didn't sleep until the first moment of the ugly hour, Li Zaixing still woke up at that time, and after washing, he practiced martial arts in the west courtyard. Nan Jiyun also got up early and took this opportunity to learn boxing techniques from Li Zaixing.

Nan Jiyun himself is also proficient in boxing, and Li Zaixing does not need to start from the beginning, but focuses on some pile skills. Martial arts was originally a military skill, as an auxiliary training means of combat skills, it was not very valued, and swords, guns, bows and arrows were the focus. After the Yuan Dynasty, ethnic minorities forbade the people to keep weapons out of the need to rule, and in order to defend themselves, folk martial artists could only turn their attention to boxing, and boxing really began to flourish. Later, the boxing method was combined with the Taoist tuna and guidance techniques, which gave birth to the real inner boxing.

What Li Zaixing wants to teach is the unique breathing method and pile gong of these inner boxing, and he explains while actually practicing it, trying to let Nan Jiyun understand the essence of it. After Nan Jiyun figured it out, Li Zaixing tried it with him again, so that he could have a personal experience. There are many things that are difficult to describe in words, and only by experiencing them can we understand what they mean. The difference between ordinary disciples and henchmen in martial arts sects lies in whether or not they have the opportunity to come into contact with these subtleties.

Li Zaixing fulfilled his promise to Nan Jiyun, did not hide anything, answered all questions, and had no reservations. As for how much he can comprehend, it depends on Nan Jiyun's own understanding.

When Li Zaixing taught Nanjiyun boxing method, Al Maidi was watching from the sidelines. She is also a person who practices martial arts, and of course she knows that what Li Zaixing taught to Nan Jiyun is the essence of secrets. She originally wanted to avoid suspicion, but Li Zaixing asked her to watch from the sidelines.

In addition to Al Maddie, there was another person who was watching. Yan Zhenqing also got up early, and he climbed the bell tower to look into the distance. It's a habit of his, and he says it keeps his mind open throughout the day. On the bell tower, he couldn't hear what Li Zaixing and Nan Jiyun said, but he could see the posture of these two masters when they practiced martial arts, and he was fascinated for a while, and suddenly his eyebrows and eyes flew, and his eyes showed ecstasy.

"I get it, I get it......"

As he spoke, he rushed downstairs, ignoring the surprised eyes of Li Zaixing and others, and went straight to his guest house, shouting as soon as he entered the door: "Grinding ink!" Grind the ink! I'm going to write a book! ”

The scholar who was sprinkling and sweeping listened, and did not dare to slack off, and immediately grinded the ink and laid the paper, Yan Zhenqing picked up the pen, stared for a moment, and wrote down three big words: General Pei. He took two steps back, looked at it, nodded in satisfaction, and waved it again.

A moment later, an inky book was caged in ink. Yan Zhenqing threw his pen, stroked his palms with both hands, looked at it twice, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't help laughing. "Please come here."

The clerk didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to invite Li Zaixing.

Li Zaixing was practicing martial arts with Nan Jiyun, and when he heard Yan Zhenqing's call, he was a little puzzled. But he came with the servant anyway. As soon as he saw the calligraphy on the case, he was stunned.

"This was given to me by the prince?"

"Exactly." Yan Zhenqing was full of smiles and overjoyed. "But it's still in your eyes?"

Li Zaixing doesn't know calligraphy, but he can feel the heroic spirit of this calligraphy. This calligraphy is completely different from the Yan style calligraphy in his impression, it seems to be a line but not a line, and it is mixed with some brushwork that seems to be a seal script, which looks a little chaotic, but these chaos is not contradictory at all, but harmonious as one.

He saw in it the rigid and the soft, the positive and the strange, the sick and the slow, the heavy and the light. He suddenly understood, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted: "Fujun, this is a calligraphy with fist methods." ”

"Hahaha......" Yan Zhenqing laughed: "Those who know me, Da Lang also." Don't hide it from Da Lang, just now on the bell tower to watch the two of you practice martial arts, I suddenly understood what the ancestor said about watching the princess and the burden of the husband fight and check the meaning of the penmanship, and see the true meaning of the Gongsun aunt dancing the sword and getting the charm of the pen. This painting, except for Da Lang, no one deserves to appreciate it. ”

Li Zaixing was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Thank you, Fujun, this ink treasure, I should be the descendant of the heirloom, and I think it is a family heirloom." ”

"I think I deserve it." Yan Zhenqing was full of confidence, "Even if it can't be compared with Lanting, you should also fight against Seventeen Ti." If it weren't for the fact that Da Lang realized the meaning of the pen, I would really be reluctant to give it to others. ”

"Then I'd better take it quickly, so as not to regret it." Li Zaixing said, ignoring Yan Zhenqing's objections, rolled up and left. Although he didn't know what kind of treasure the seventeen posts were, listening to Yan Zhenqing's meaning, this calligraphy could almost be side by side with the Lanting Xu, which was known as the first line of books in the world, and it was naturally the best of the best. Not to mention being a family heirloom, even being a national treasure is more than enough.

The opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, and it will be swept away immediately, so as not to make Yan Zhenqing regret it.

Seeing Li Zaixing rushing away with the scroll, the corners of Yan Zhenqing's mouth twitched, and he suddenly regretted it. He hesitated for a moment, then relaid the paper and picked up the pen. Two hours later, when Juehui came to invite Yan Zhenqing to lunch, he saw the messy books all over the place, and his eyes couldn't help but shine, but Yan Zhenqing sighed: "I know that the regret of the right army is also, Lanting is no longer available, and General Pei can no longer be obtained." ”

Juehui was confused, but he didn't forget to get down to business, his eyes swept away, he picked up one, and said with a smile: "Fujun, can you give it away?" ”

Yan Zhenqing waved his hand excitedly: "Du Wei, please take care of yourself." ”