Four days later, Li Shan successfully accepted Jiaozhou City, and now Taiyuan City and Jiaozhou City are under Li Shan's full control. The lord of Annan and the princes and nobles were all escorted to Daotaihe City and handed over to Qing'er for disposal. Now what Li Shan has to do is to take over the towns of Annam one by one and reappoint officials.

And Li Shan did not remove the former officials, and all civilian officials were still in charge of their original affairs. All the generals were taken into custody and sent to Taihe City. All the soldiers of Annan were sent back to their hometowns with silver taels. All garrisons were replaced by the Dali Army.

Lu Zhenla's envoys and Tang Dynasty's envoys were naturally sent back, and at the same time, they also received the news that Annan was captured by Dali.

Chang'an City, in the Daming Palace, above the early dynasty,

The prince of the lord of Annan is crying to Tang Xuanzong: "Your Majesty, my father was captured by Dali, and now Dali is eyeing Annan, and the situation in Annan is urgent. In the Annan era, I was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and I have always kept to myself, and I have never slackened off in paying tribute every year. This Dali is clearly the ambition of the wolf, vainly trying to encroach on the land of the Tang Dynasty to strengthen itself, and then he can break free from the control of the Tang Dynasty, and ask the emperor to immediately send troops to let Dali return my father and withdraw from Annan. ”

Tang Xuanzong said: "What do you have opinions, let's listen to them." ”

Song Jing said: "Dali can't ignore my Tang Dynasty, and it should be severely punished." However, if the sword and soldier are against each other, it will inevitably cause the two countries to fight each other. A month ago, Dali wrote to our dynasty, saying that the lord of Annan had conspired with Lu Zhenla to murder Ge Luofeng, intending to carve up Dali. This matter has not yet been confirmed, and in the opinion of the minister, it is not too late to confirm this matter and make plans again. ”

The prince said: "Lord Song must not listen to the words of Daliguo, they want to plot against me Annan to frame us, this is the excuse they made for their own army." As the saying goes, there is no excuse for the crime that you want to add, if the investigation continues like this, there will be no results in a year and a half, and then Annan will really be annexed by Dali. ”

Li Linfu said: "What the prince said is reasonable, Your Majesty, Dali's attack on Annan this time is to avenge Ge Luofeng, so since Dali has captured the lord of Annan, he should immediately withdraw his troops. We might as well first mobilize soldiers from Liuzhou, Yizhou and other places to send envoys to mediate at the border of Annan? ”

The prince said: "Your Majesty, my father has always kept to himself, and he will never do anything to collude with Lu Zhenla to plot against Dali, this matter is obviously Dali's conspiracy." The emperor must not listen to Dali's sophistry. ”

Tang Xuanzong looked at the ministers and said, "This matter is very important, Rong Zhen thinks twice, you can rest assured, I will definitely give Annan and Dali a satisfactory answer." ”

After speaking, Tang Xuanzong gave Gao Lishi a look. Colliers shouted: "Something is done quickly, nothing is to retreat." ”

Seeing that Tang Xuanzong had no intention of continuing, the prince didn't dare to force it anymore, after all, he was just a proton, and if it sounded good, it was the prince of Annan, and if it didn't sound good, it was just a hostage.

After retiring from the early dynasty, Tang Xuanzong would certainly not let go of this matter, and when he returned to Zichen Palace, he urgently summoned Song Jing, Zhang Jiuling, Li Zhengfang and Li Linfu to discuss the matter.

Song Jing said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Annan is just a small land, with no fertile land and no minerals, but a piece of chicken ribs. It is a pity that the so-called tasteless food is abandoned, and now Annan is occupied by Dali, and the old minister can also give Annan to Dali. We can use this to demand compensation from Dali, and let Dali pay more tribute to our dynasty to make up for the lack of Annan. Although Dali is strong and prosperous in our borders, in comparison, Tubo is the same, and it also shares the task of defending Lu Zhenla for us. Annan has been harassed by Lu Zhenla many times before, so it was attached to our dynasty in order to protect itself, and now it is merged by Dali, and the most fighting should be with Lu Zhenla, not our dynasty. ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "Lord Song's words are wrong, Dali unifies the six edicts, the national strength is not the same, after the annexation of Annan, it will completely occupy the southern part of our dynasty, if Dali wants to invade our dynasty, no one can control it." The minister thought that although the country of Annan was narrow and the people were few, it was an important land after all, and this time it was invaded by Dali and the lord of Annan was captured, so we could take this opportunity to attack Annan and occupy Annan in one fell swoop. Since Dali is in the name of revenge, we only need to give the lord of Annan to Dali, and even the prince can also give it to Dali to show sincerity. ”

Li Fangzheng said: "Although what Master Zhang said is good, it is difficult to implement. Today, Dali has captured all the important cities in Annam. The most bizarre thing about the capture of the lord of Annan was that there were almost no large-scale battles during the period, and only a few engagements ended in Dali's complete victory. Now Dali has a strong army, and if we want to snatch Annan from Dali's mouth, we need 100,000 soldiers. But if we send 100,000 soldiers to deal with Dali. With the current situation of the Turks and Tibetans eyeing each other, I am afraid that if the Hexi Corridor is not guaranteed, the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

Li Linfu said: "That's right, although Dali is obedient on the surface, it is indeed a wolf with ambition. However, Dali is indeed not our fierce enemy, the most important thing is the Tubo and Turks, we might as well Chen soldiers 20,000 on the border of Annam, and then send envoys to negotiate, let Dali cede the city of Thanh Hoa in Annam to us, so that we are equivalent to inserting a nail in the country of Annam, which can advance or retreat. ”

Several people had different opinions, but they had their own opinions, and they quarreled again, and no one could convince anyone for a while.

Tang Xuanzong listened to the opinions of several people, each with his own insight, and said with a smile: "What several Aiqing said, each has its own insight. In my opinion, it is not appropriate for Annan to make a big move, but it cannot sit idly by. In this way, I wrote a letter and sent an envoy to Lu Zhenla to hand over the rights and interests of Annan to Lu Zhenla. Since it is a pity to abandon the tasteless food of this piece of chicken ribs, it is better to use it as a bait to let Dali and Lu Zhen Lajian clam compete, and we can also benefit from fishermen. ”

The four of them looked at each other and said in unison: "Emperor Mingjian." ”

Li Shan's side has integrated all the affairs of Annan, and the transmission speed of news in ancient times is very slow, and the response is not timely. It wasn't until Lu Zhenla's side in Layue that he made a move and sent troops to attack the southern part of Annam. At this time, the 20,000 Tang troops also gathered in Yizhou looked at Annan. The Tang envoys conveyed the news to Dali, asking Dali to cede Thanh Hoa and the surrounding sixteen feudal towns, and Lu Zhenla's envoys also came to Dali and asked Dali to cede the southern bay region and part of the territory of the Tai tribes that had been invaded earlier. (To be continued.) )