When negotiating again, neither Gaozong nor Empress Wu were present, and the key is that they can't afford to lose this person.

Gaozong and Empress Wu were not present, except for Le Yanwei, who was originally assisting Li Hong, the other six did not come, and the ministers of the court and the central government were reduced by half, so today's Xuanzheng Hall is much more deserted than yesterday.

At the same time, this also shows that everyone is not optimistic about what surprise results the prince can negotiate.

When An Lai saw this scene, a faint smile appeared on his slightly nervous face, and he could see that Datang was not confident from the level and number of Datang officials who appeared in the Xuanzheng Hall today. That's definitely a good thing for him.

Princess Gesang was still sitting next to An Lai on behalf of the Tibetan Mission, but compared to the way she looked at Li Hong yesterday, today was much darker. Even if she got Li Hong's reply in Tangyuan yesterday, she also knew one thing after yesterday's negotiation turmoil, that is, Li Hong has a prominent position in the Xuanzheng Palace, but the authority may not be as brilliant as his identity, so she has doubts about putting all her hopes on Li Hong, before she had to bet on the East Palace, that is, she saw Li Hong's power, Li Hong's power at the banquet, but now she has to leave a way for herself, such as Gaozong is a good choice.

Once a person has a way out, she doesn't value the person she got before, and she no longer regards him as her only one. Because she has a choice, it means that she can give up on him at some point.

Therefore, Princess Gesang's eyes were misty when she looked at Li Hong today, and she was not as bright and shining as in the past.

The Xuanzheng Hall was quiet, because everyone didn't dare to speak, and all of them moved their eyes to Li Hong and An Lai.

Li Hong glanced at An Lai and smiled faintly.

An Lai looked at Li Hong and said, "Your Highness, you didn't give a reply to the minister yesterday, I don't know how you thought about it today?" ”

"Ambassador An, Lone is still the same as yesterday's sentence, the reason is not enough!" Li Hong said word by word, "If Ambassador An can't come up with any good reasons today, now go back to Tubo and tell Lu Dongzan what Jianggu said!" ”

As soon as Li Hong spoke, his attitude was very tough.

An Lai, for such a tough attitude towards Li Hong, he didn't come back to his senses at all. After adjusting his thoughts slightly, he spoke, "Your Highness, what kind of reason do you want?" Is it the reason why we sent troops to the Western Regions? ”

"100,000 fine riders?" Li Hong said contemptuously, "It's not in Lone's eyes yet." ”

"You-" An Lai was furious, he had seen the one who was despised, but he had never seen the one who was despised by this one, and it hurt to be slapped twice by him!

"What's wrong with Lone?" Li Hong said innocently, "If you say that you Tubo sent 300,000 troops, Lone might be afraid, and he would obediently agree to your request, but do you dare to say it?" Do you dare to say it? ”

An Lai's face turned red, he had seen shameless, but he had never seen such shameless, the total number of troops in the whole country of Tubo was only 300,000, and if he sent 300,000 troops at one time, the country would be empty, who would dare to do this?

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince—" An Lai said angrily, "Do you really think that we in Tibet dare not send troops like the Western Regions?" Yes, it is impossible for Tibet to send 300,000 troops, but it is still possible to send 200,000 troops. And how many centaurs do you have in the Western Regions? Less than thirty thousand. How many centaurs do you have on the Northwest Line? Less than sixty thousand. And it's not all cavalry, do you think this little bit of men and horses can stop the trampling of the Tibetan iron cavalry? ”

"Is 200,000 a lot?" Li Hong suddenly got up and asked. When he said this, the momentum on his body was instantly released, which was quite a bit of imperial majesty.

An Lai was not afraid of Li Hong, but said in a competitive voice, "Isn't it much?" More than twice as many garrisons in the Northwest and Western Regions as the Tang Dynasty, right? ”

Li Hong smiled.

Yasulai also smiled.

Everyone in the Xuanzheng Hall saw the smiles of the two of them, what kind of rhythm did these two people have? Can you still laugh at this time?

Suddenly, Li Hong suppressed his smile and asked very seriously, "May I ask Ambassador An, how many people are in Tibet?" How much land? How many cattle and sheep? ”

"Can the minister not answer?" An Lai was not stupid, he knew that as soon as he said it, he would be scorned by Li Hong, so he simply did not answer. Li Hong didn't mind that An Lai didn't answer his question, but continued to ask, "May I ask Ambassador An, is it tiring to raise such an army of 300,000 people with such a land, such a small population, and such cattle and sheep in Tibet?" ”

"This is not something for His Highness to consider." An Lai said coldly.

"Yes." Li Hong said, "Gu just wanted to ask, Ambassador An didn't want to say, so Gu didn't ask, but Gu wanted to tell you a little bit about Datang." ”

An Lai stopped talking, he really couldn't guess what medicine was being sold in Li Hong's gourd, so he could only be silent.

"Datang has tens of millions of people, thousands of miles of land, tens of millions of stone grains, and can feed millions of troops." Li Hong said word by word, "You Tubo have 300,000 elite horsemen, so you dare to negotiate conditions with Datang, Datang has a million army in hand, have you ever asked for anything?" ”

"Yes, Ambassador An, you may say that the elite of the Tang Dynasty are all in the Northeast Battlefield, fighting against Goryeo, Silla and Baekje, and there are only a few soldiers in the Western Regions and the Northwest, and they are no match for your elite cavalry. But what's going on? Don't you think you're naïve? Your 300,000 Tibetan army invaded the land of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was indifferent and let you slaughter the people of the Tang Dynasty and plunder the property of the Tang Dynasty? ”

When Li Hong said this, he sneered and said again, "Ambassador An has sent seven envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and he must know the history of the Tang Dynasty very well, so you should know that Gaozu and Taizong had less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in their hands when Taiyuan raised troops, and the grain and grass were no more than 10,000 stones, and at that time, the Central Plains had hundreds of thousands of troops, covering an area of 10 million mu, but what was the final result?" Gaozu and Taizong established the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and unified the princes of the Central Plains, so that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is today. After Gu He's father and Emperor Taizong were Gaozu and Taizong, how could they fall into the prestige of the two ancestors at a time of crisis? Bow down to your Tibetans? ”

"Ambassador An, you have to remember that your Tubo is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and you will always be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and you Tubo dare to make conditions with the Tang Dynasty, not to mention 300,000 elite soldiers, even 600,000 orphans will not agree." Li Hong yelled coldly.

"Your Highness said this, just want to start a war with Tibet?" An Lai said gloomily.

Hearing An Lai's words, Princess Gesang was overjoyed, what she wanted was this result, only if Lu Dongzan started a war with Datang, her brother could win in the chaos. As for the ministers in the Xuanzheng Palace, when they heard An Lai's words, they were almost scared half to death, can the Tang Dynasty start a war with Tubo at this time?

"Ambassador An, if you Tubo want to send troops, you can accompany you at any time!" Li Hong said coldly, "I heard that Tubo is very rich, and the ground in the palace where your king lives is covered with gold bricks, and it just so happens that the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is not abundant, so I want to dig a few pieces." ”

"Your Highness is so big!" An Lai said angrily, "Since His Highness said so, An Lai will leave, and we will see you on the battlefield." ”

After Ann finished speaking, he left angrily -