The loss of Kuozhou City is definitely an urgent matter for the Tang Dynasty, so after receiving the news from the palace, the eldest grandson Wuji and others rushed to the palace on fast horses. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The group entered the palace, looked at each other, and then went directly to the imperial study.

Li Shimin was walking around anxiously in the imperial study, and after the eldest grandson Wuji and others came in, he immediately asked, "Holy Lord, what happened?" ”

When Li Shimin saw a few of them, he was no longer polite, and directly showed them the border emergency report, and after the eldest grandson Wuji and others read it, they were shocked: "Kuozhou Assassin Shi Bei Cong Lie Shi Juzhou surrendered?" It's really a shame for my Datang. ”

Li Shimin glanced at them and said: "Hmph, don't lie in Cong Shi to surrender a small matter, now I am worried that Tubo will gain an inch, if they capture Fuzhou and Songzhou, I am afraid that they will go straight to Chang'an." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned slightly, the situation in Datang is indeed a little not optimistic, not long ago, Datang just sent troops to fight with Xue Yantuo, and now Tubo is looking for trouble again, obviously trying to take advantage of the time when Datang can't make a move.

Just after thinking like this, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately said: "Don't be in a hurry, Songzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Tubo may not be able to take it, and although Tubo has developed rapidly in recent years, it is still much worse than my Tang Dynasty, he can't have the ambition to fight to the death with my Tang Dynasty, and the minister feels that they must just want to take advantage of it." ”

The leader of Tubo, Songtsen Gampo, was only in his twenties, and he fought many times since he inherited the position of leader, pacified the civil strife in Tubo, and made Tubo unified, and after the unification of Tubo, Songtsen Gampo fought against Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and other subject states of the Tang Dynasty, and even wanted Li Shimin to marry a princess to go there a few years ago.

But the Tang Dynasty did not take Tubo seriously at all, so they did not agree to their request at all.

In addition, the place where Tubo is located is very barren and not on the Silk Road, so Li Shimin did not have much interest in conquering Tubo, but what Li Shimin did not expect was that Songtsan Gampo of Tubo was so bold that he dared to come to him after beating Tuyuhun and the party.

After the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, Li Shimin snorted coldly, but Li Jing remained silent at this time, he is a military general, and it stands to reason that he is the most enthusiastic about fighting, but his military exploits are too big, so big that Li Shimin has become jealous of him, so it is okay for him to put forward opinions on things like this, but he must not show that he is very interested in fighting this matter.

Li Jing was silent, but Li Ji spoke.

"Holy Lord, Tubo's move has the meaning of taking advantage of the fire to rob, and now that my Tang Dynasty is fighting against Xue Yantuo, the troops and grain and grass are a little poor, so you might as well not rush to send troops first, and send someone to negotiate peace with Tubo."

Li Ji is a civil official, although he is also a good hand at fighting, but he is more concerned about the development and people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty, if the people of the Tang Dynasty do not have to experience the suffering of war, he is still willing to make efforts for it.

The rebellion of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the population of the Central Plains has decreased sharply, although it is now much better than before, but the population is really not much, Li Ji does not want to see the war, he failed to stop the battle with Xue Yantuo, but with the battle with Tubo, he felt that he had to do his best, because Tubo is not Xue Yantuo, and Tubo is much stronger than Xue Yantuo's power.

After Li Ji finished speaking, Li Jing's brows condensed slightly, and he didn't speak, but Niu Jinda next to him was unwilling, and said: "Then Tubo bullied my Datang, let's talk to him?" , you want me to say, hit, hit until they get out of the way. ”

As soon as Niu Jinda said this, the other generals who came with him also said that this battle had to be fought, and Tubo bullied them, and they had never suffered this anger in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin looked at these people and pondered for a moment, and finally said: "What several Aiqing said is reasonable, Tubo attacked my Kuozhou, and it does have the meaning of taking advantage of the fire to rob, but now that we have lost Kuozhou, if we make peace with them, it will be a small matter of losing face, so that Tubo will feel that I can be bullied by the Tang Dynasty, and it will be a big matter to ask for compensation from my Datang." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin swept the crowd again, and then said: "The current situation of my Tang Dynasty cannot fight to the death with Tubo and destroy Tubo, peace talks must be discussed, but this peace talks cannot be that we are begging for peace talks in Tibet, they must be begging us for peace talks, Tubo has just been reunified, and they dare not fight to the death with us if they want to, and all the previous achievements will be destroyed." ”

Li Shimin is a person who likes to fight very much, and he wants to provoke the countries around the Tang Dynasty and make them surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but he Li Shimin is not a person who can't see the situation clearly, and now the Tang Dynasty is richer and stronger than before, but it has not recovered, and it has not even recovered to the grand occasion of Emperor Wen of Sui, plus the Tang Dynasty has fought repeatedly in recent years, and it really can't support a war with Tubo to the death.

But the face of the Tang Dynasty can't be without, so the peace talks are for peace talks, but it must be Tubo begging them for peace talks, because Li Shimin saw very clearly that Songtsen Gampo of Tubo is a smart person, although he made Tubo rich and strong, compared with the entire Tang Dynasty, it is still much worse.

Li Shimin didn't want the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to be destroyed, and Songtsen Gampo didn't want Tubo, which he had worked hard to unify, to fall apart again.

"So what does the Holy One mean?" After listening to Li Shimin's words, the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly asked.

"Send troops to fight with Tubo and let him know how powerful my Datang is."

Li Shimin was full of spirit, even if he knew that it was not appropriate to fight to the death with Tubo at this time, and the peace talks were certain, but in the face of Tubo's provocation, he was not afraid at all.

As soon as Li Shimin's words came out, Niu Jinda immediately stood up: "What the saint said is good, the last general is not talented, I am willing to serve the saint and drive Tubo back to his hometown." ”

After Niu Jinda finished speaking, Li Shimin was very satisfied, and was about to nod, when Li Ji next to him suddenly stood up and said: "Holy Lord, do you want to warn first, if Tubo is willing to withdraw the army, we don't have to waste troops and financial resources to rush to Songzhou in Yuzhou......"

Just when Li Jizheng was making suggestions to Li Shimin, a eunuch suddenly came in a hurry to report: "Holy Lord, there is an urgent report from the side of Xuanzhou." ”

The eunuch sent the urgent report with both hands, and after Li Shimin saw it, he was immediately furious, and scolded: "Damn, hateful, after Tubo destroyed Kuozhou, it actually approached Xuanzhou, and Libuli surrendered without much resistance, and after I repelled Tubo, I will never spare him." ”

Li Shimin was angry, there were not many troops in Weizhou, and he would definitely not be able to resist the Tubo army, but the assassin history of Weizhou surrendered without resistance, which is too unacceptable, the men of the Tang Dynasty are all hot-blooded, why are the assassins of Kuozhou and Weizhou so cowardly?

Li Shimin threw the emergency report on the ground, but everyone was shocked, they didn't expect that the two emergency reports in one day turned out to be Kuozhou and Fuzhou were broken one after another, Li Ji's words couldn't go on, Tubo bullied Datang like this, and what did he warn, he could only fight directly.

The eldest grandson Wuji bent over and picked up the urgent report, and after reading it, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Songtsan Gampo wants me to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty to him, otherwise I will fight Songzhou City with 200,000 troops?" ”