Chapter 194: Altitude Sickness
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Cheng Boxian and their 'wounded' were also taken care of, Li Jingye and An He wanted to withdraw with the large army, but they didn't expect to be named by Li Xiaojiu, regardless of such a 'serious injury' of the two, they actually left their two brothers behind. An He secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and he estimated that he would be worse this time?
After the ministers of civil and military affairs withdrew, only Li Xiaojiu and the people he named to stay were left in the hall. An He is still lying on the stretcher, and there are people like Fang Yiai and Wang Yusheng as companions just now, so he doesn't feel anything, but now he is lying alone, he wants to stand but doesn't dare to stand, and he feels that everyone's eyes are on him when he is lying down, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.
Li Xiaojiu asked Li Jingye and An He to stay, but he ignored them anymore, but said to Li Shiji and the others:
"Tubo is now full-fledged, and I have always been rude to Tang, today the Tubo ambassador was beaten by these juniors, with the arrogance of Tubo in the past, he will definitely not swallow this breath, how do you think you should deal with it?"
"Your Majesty, Tubo has been arrogant for a long time, and my Datang must not back down on this matter, so Weichen expects that he will definitely raise troops to invade my Datang in the future, so I hope Your Majesty will make plans as soon as possible."
Zhang Xingcheng came out first and said.
"What Zhang Xiang said is good!" Li Shiji also stood up and said,
"If Tubo raises troops, it is very likely to march from Jiannan Road, which belongs to the southern Xinjiang of the Tang Dynasty, and the troops are already weak, and it is close to the six edicts in the south, in addition to the southern edicts, the other five edicts are friendly with Tubo, which is more conducive to Tubo sending troops."
"Well, what the two Aiqing said is reasonable, it seems that my Datang is ready to use force with Tubo." Li Xiaojiu's mind is also very clear-headed. I agree with the analysis of Li Shiji and the eldest grandson Wuji.
An He, who was lying on the ground, admired Li Shiji even more,
He remembered that the first battle between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty was in Songzhou, Sichuan, which was indeed very close to Tubo and the Six Edicts.
"Su Qing. Let's introduce the current situation in Tibet! ”
Li Xiaojiu pondered for a while, then turned his head and said to Su Dingfang again.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Su Dingfang stood up and said:
"Tubo is located in the southwest of my Tang Dynasty, and there are only some Qiang tribes separated from my Longyou Road, and the northeast of its country is Tuyuhun. To the southeast is the Six Edicts. In recent years, Tubo has annexed Subi and Yang, and broke the party and Bailan, defeated Tuyuhun and obtained its old land, and its strength is extremely strong. Although it is not as good as the Turks in its heyday, it is also an enemy to be reckoned with......"
Su Dingfang talked eloquently to the people in the palace, mainly introducing the situation in Tibet from the military aspect.
An He probably listened to it, and was very disappointed in Datang's intelligence system, what top-secret information could he have heard in the past? Who knew that Su Dingfang talked for a long time, and it was all about military information, such as the military strength of Tubo? How powerful is the army? Who are the main generals? There is almost no valuable information on the general situation of the distribution of troops, etc., as for the domestic people's livelihood, politics, economy, etc.
Su Dingfang talked for a long time, and finally took a sip of tea and added:
"In addition to being strong in the military. Tibet also occupies a geographical advantage, because its terrain is extremely high, and the border with Anhe is very steep, and most of them cannot be passed by the army. And a few passes, all of which are heavily guarded by Tibetan soldiers, can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”
Speaking of this, Su Dingfang hesitated for a moment, as if he thought of something difficult to understand, thought about it for a while, and then continued:
"And I heard people who have been to Tibet say that except for the natives of Tibet. It is difficult for outsiders to adapt to the climate of Tibet, for example, there are some Tang caravans, once they enter the territory of Tibet, many people in the caravan will have headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, general fatigue and other symptoms, and people will become very fragile, a small wind chill may kill people. ”
"Oh? Is there such a thing in the world? ”
Li Xiaojiu asked hesitantly, and the other civil and military ministers had heard of this kind of thing for the first time, and they all whispered about it. "Your Majesty, this matter is true, the Tubo people once boasted that it was their great god blessing, so that Tubo has an additional natural barrier, with this barrier, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, it will not allow other countries to step into Tubo half a step!"
Su Dingfang replied with an affirmative face.
"Although the things of ghosts and gods are absurd, they must not be believed......"
Li Xiaojiu was silent after speaking, looking very entangled, and the other ministers were also at a loss. The Tang royal family claims to be the descendants of Lao Tzu Li Er, so they are very respectful of Taoism, and most of the upper-class nobles believe in Taoism, and the most legendary things in Taoism are things like immortal immortality. In order to seek immortality, many princes and ministers are refining pills and serving pills, even Li Xiaojiu is no exception, there are many Taoist priests in the palace, and occasionally refining some pills for him. So for the matter of ghosts and gods, although Li Xiaojiu does not believe in it all, he does not believe it.
"Your Majesty, this is not a ghost or god protection at all, it's just a boast of the Tubo people!"
At this moment, An He, who was lying on the stretcher, suddenly stood up and said. He suddenly figured out just now, the scene he played was probably seen through by Li Xiaojiu and others, but he didn't expose them to his face, and it was probably Li Xiaojiu's intention to let him lie down like this.
He is worried that he has no legitimate reason to stand up, and he can't admit that Anhe is pretending?
Just at this time, when he heard that Li Xiaojiu and his gang were dazed by a altitude sickness, An He was overjoyed in his heart, and simply cheeked up, anyway, he was underage, and it was normal to play a little scoundrel.
"Oh? An Aiqing, let's talk about it! ”
Li Xiaojiu was stunned at first, originally he had another deep meaning to leave Li Jingye and An He, but he didn't expect An He to dare to expose his lies and stand up, but after all, he is an open-minded emperor, and now his attention is on Tubo, and he doesn't care much about An He's subsections.
The other ministers of civil and military affairs were also stunned, and they probably didn't expect An He to speak!
"Emperor Qiqi, what Lord Su said about outsiders' inability to adapt to the climate of Tibet is indeed true, but it is not so mysterious, it is almost worthless to put it bluntly, and it is not impossible to overcome."
An He said confidently.
"Oh? The old minister is ignorant, and he asks An Zhonglang to advise! ”
Su Dingfang asked with a somewhat ugly face, after all, he was in charge of the military intelligence of the entire Tang Dynasty, and even what he didn't figure out, An He would know, and he also devalued it, which made his face not very good-looking.
"Hehe, don't dare to advise, Lord Su has collected quite complete information about Tubo, and An He admires it very much!"
An He said with a smile to Su Dingfang, although what he said was a little against his will, but An He was also helpless, now his strength is too weak, it is really not the time to offend people, having an eldest grandson Wuji has made him uncomfortable enough, he doesn't want another Su Dingfang to look at himself unpleasantly.
Su Dingfang is very proud, but he is not angry with the fourteen or fifteen-year-old An He, after hearing An He's praise, his face immediately looked much better.
An He breathed a sigh of relief and continued to speak:
"In fact, the series of discomforts caused by outsiders after entering Tibet that Master Su just mentioned can be collectively referred to as altitude sickness." (To be continued.) )