Chapter 4 The Proposal to Destroy Tibet (I) Chang'an, a joy, whether the people of Chang'an meet on the street, or in the teahouse and wine shop, will be in groups of three or five to say a few words, what they say the most is the action after the recovery of Dafeichuan.

"Dafeichuan has finally recovered, a great joy!"

"Needless to say, the recovery of Dafeichuan has too many benefits to Datang to say. From then on, the land of Hehuang would no longer be disturbed by Tubo, and the Tang Dynasty launched an attack on Tubo based on Dafeichuan and wiped out Tubo in one fell swoop. ”

"It's good to destroy Tibet, but can the Tang Dynasty destroy Tibet?"

"How do you say frustrating words? Why can't Tibet be extinguished? ”

"I also want to destroy Tibet, but how can I cross the Stone Mountain? Since ancient times, no Chinese army has crossed Jishi Mountain. Although Datang occupied Dafeichuan, it was difficult to cross Jishi Mountain. If you can't pass the stone mountain, you want to destroy Tubo is just a moon in the water. ”

"That's right! The terrain of Jishi Mountain is complex, the mountain is high and dense, there are countless dangerous passes, one man is not open, although the army of the Tang Dynasty is brave, it is really difficult to cross Jishi Mountain. ”

"No matter how hard it is, you have to get through it. If you don't destroy Tibet at this time, when will you wait? ”

"Fighting a war should be based on the facts, not just a matter of thinking about it......"

In the streets and alleys, tea houses and wine shops are all talking like this, and the people of Chang'an are arguing endlessly about whether to destroy Tibet. It is illusory and unrealistic to advocate the extermination of Tibet.

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Li Longji's eyebrows were tightly twisted, his hands were clasped in front of his chest, and he couldn't stop pacing around.

Chen Xuanli, Li Linfu, Prince Li Heng, and Gao Lishi stood beside him, frowning his eyebrows tightly, motionless.

"Boom! Boom! ”

Li Longji's pacing was extremely loud, and every step he took seemed to be pacing on the hearts of Chen Xuanli, Li Linfu, Prince Li Heng and Gao Lishi, and the four of them couldn't help but tremble.

Chen Xuanli, Li Linfu, Prince Li Heng and Gao Lishi glanced at each other, and they all saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Chen Xuanli's white beard trembled, and he opened his mouth several times to speak, but finally held back. Finally, Chen Xuanli gritted his teeth and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, don't you have to pace, okay?" He was very weak, as if he was begging.

"Hmm!" Li Longji glanced at Chen Xuanli, without the slightest pause, and continued to pace.

"Your Majesty, you can't walk for a reason, you have to take the master's mind, do you want to destroy Tibet?" Chen Xuanli was bold and reminded in a low voice.

"Extinguish! How to extinguish? Li Longji stopped suddenly, his eyes were shining, he stared at Chen Xuanli, and said, "You Chen Lao'er think of a way, how to pass Jishi Mountain?" As long as I can pass through the Stone Mountain, I will make an order to march to Luoqi! As long as I throw a strict order, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, the soldiers will move forward. ”

Jishi Mountain is a natural danger since ancient times, even the Qin Emperor and Han Wu are helpless to take this mountain.

Qin Shi Huang's invincible army could not cross Jishi Mountain, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's strong Han army that broke the Xiongnu could not cross Jishi Mountain, Li Longji did not want to destroy Tubo, he dreamed of destroying Tubo, however, when it was really time to make a decision, he had to consider the actual situation and hesitate.

This matter has to start with the news of the recovery of Dafeichuan.

At that time, Li Longji was extremely happy, waving his arms, shaking his fists, and cheering to his heart's content. His emotions infected everyone, and the people of Chang'an all cheered with him, and for a while, the roar was like thunder, shaking the sky and trembling.

The significance of recovering Dafeichuan is too important, Li Longji was in an extremely good mood, he couldn't stop yelling, and he kept reveling until the next day, when his joy was slightly discharged, and he called Chen Xuanli, Li Linfu, and the crown prince Li Heng back to discuss the matter.

Chen Xuanli and the others were overjoyed and wanted to cheer again, but they had to follow Li Longji back to the Lin De Palace.

"You say, do you want to destroy Tibet?"

Back in the Lin De Palace, Li Longji split his head and covered his head with a question.

"Extinguish! Of course extinguished! If it is not extinguished now, when will it be? Chen Xuanli didn't think about it, and blurted out, his voice was very high, and he was extremely happy.

Li Linfu frowned, but he didn't speak, but pondered.

"Li Linfu, what do you think?" Li Longji looked at Li Linfu and asked loudly.

"Your Majesty, the extermination of Tibet is certainly a thousand-year-old event, and the minister is fortunate to be able to follow Your Majesty." Li Linfu was cautious, carefully considered the words, and said while thinking: "But, can the Tang Dynasty destroy Tibet?" ”

"Prime Minister, I don't like to hear what you say." Chen Xuanli's white beard was curled, his face was a little red, his voice was very high, and he was sharp and piercing: "Dafeichuan has recovered, and the Tang Dynasty can use this as a basis to attack Tubo in a big way, and in one fell swoop, Tubo will be eliminated forever." ”

"General Longwu, as a general, you should know how difficult it is to pacify Tibet......" Li Linfu raised his eyebrows and argued loudly.

Speaking like this, Li Linfu was very displeased, but who called this his helpless General Longwu? He could only endure his displeasure.

Chen Xuanli was a little impatient, and said: "There are many high mountains and dense forests in Tibet, and it is certainly not easy to pacify Tibet. However, no matter how difficult it is, Datang will also level Tibet! The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his chest couldn't help but rise and fall, and his face glowed red.

"Pacify Tibet, my wish! Datang's wish! However, the difficulty is far beyond imagination, if nothing else, just a rocky mountain, how do you climb it? "Although Li Linfu is a famous annihilator through the ages, he is very talented, and his sentence is to the point.

Li Longji nodded slightly, quite appreciative. His suspicion is precisely here.

Chen Xuanli was about to speak, but Li Linfu didn't give him a chance, but counted his fingers: "On the occasion of the Qin and Han dynasties, the alien race entrenched here was called Qiang, and for a thousand years, the Qin Emperor and Han Wu could not ask for it, so they could only guard the border. It's not that the army of the Qin and Han dynasties is not good at fighting, but that Jishi Mountain is difficult to cross, so it must not be defended! ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then analyzed: "Qin Shi Huang swept away the Six Kingdoms in ten years and unified China, and the army of Qin can fight well, and it is such a good war army that cannot cross Jishi Mountain and cannot fight for Qiang. The army of Han Wu broke through the Xiongnu and ran rampant in the desert, but it could not cross the stone mountain and could not break the Qiang. Although the army of the Tang Dynasty is good at fighting, Dafeichuan is in hand, if you want to cross the stone mountain and enter the hinterland of Tubo, it is as difficult as the blue sky! ”

After saying this, Chen Xuanli was speechless, he wanted to defend himself, but he had nothing to say.

What Li Linfu said is all true, if you want to pacify Tibet, Jishi Mountain cannot be bypassed, and you have to climb over Jishi Mountain. If dozens or hundreds of people climb over the stone mountain, it is no problem, but the problem is that this is a large army, and the difficulties in climbing the stone mountain are too many to count.

"What does the prince think?" Li Longji nodded slightly, his brows tightened, and asked Li Heng.

"Father, the emperor, the sons and daughters think that the words of General Longwu and the prime minister are reasonable." Li Heng's words were a little slippery, Li Longji's eyebrows were inadvertently raised, Li Heng pretended not to see it, and then said: "General Longwu is commendable, and he is honest!" The prime minister's words are true, and they can also be praised! ”

He is really slippery, and he praised both of them in one sentence.

"Erchen thinks that Dafeichuan is extremely important to Tubo, and if Dafeichuan is lost, Tubo's national strength will drop greatly, and Tubo will be unbearable, so he will inevitably raise a large army to take revenge, and to recapture Dafeichuan, Dafei can fight a battle with Tubo in Dafeichuan, and then take advantage of the situation to pursue and cross Jishi Mountain in one fell swoop." The more Li Heng spoke, the higher his voice was, and he was very excited.

Li Longji glanced at Li Heng and didn't say anything about it, but asked, "Chen Xuanli, Li Linfu, how is the prince's plan?" ”

"You can give it a try!" Chen Xuanli groaned.

"Your Majesty, the minister dares to assert that although the prince's plan is good, it is unrealistic!" Li Linfu denied it.

He and Li Heng are mortal enemies, and he will not miss every opportunity to attack Li Heng, so he will analyze it without allowing Li Heng to argue: "Tubo will raise a large army to fight for Dafeichuan, this will not be wrong, it is expected." However, even if the Tang Dynasty defeated Tubo in Dafeichuan, it would be impossible to cross Jishi Mountain, what is the reason? It lies in the danger of Jishi Mountain. No one can say how many dangerous passes there are in the thousands of miles of rocky mountains, even if all the dangerous passes are captured, as long as one is not captured, it will be a waste of all previous achievements. ”

This is very reasonable, there are countless dangerous passes in Jishi Mountain, as long as one is not captured, even if all the rest are captured, the army will not be able to pass, Li Longji nodded slightly.

"If Tubo is defeated by Dafeichuan, the defeat of the remnants of the army will be enough to hold the dangerous pass! You must know that the dangerous pass in the stone mountain is extremely steep, and one man should be the pass, and ten thousand people should not open it. The remnants of the army are defeated, and that's enough! Li Linfu finally came to a conclusion.

Although it is a annihilation, it is eloquent, and this analysis is to the point and very insightful.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, Huaxia did not defeat Qiang, but also pursued the glory of Jishi Mountain, and finally had to withdraw its troops. Why? In the final analysis, it was Qiang who defeated the remnants of the army enough to hold Jishi Mountain, and the Qin and Han armies could not take a step beyond Lei Chi and had to retreat.

"Hey!" Li Longji sighed, annoyed: "If you can't pacify Tibet, I'm unwilling!" Datang has been founded for more than 100 years, and it is the first time that the sword is pointing at it! If you want to pacify Tibet, you can't cross the stone mountain. ”

Li Longji is eloquent and ambitious, and he wants to destroy Tibet. However, as the emperor, he had to make decisions based on the facts, and he knew deeply that it would be too difficult for the Tang army to cross the Jishi Mountain and attack Luo, which was much more difficult than Gao Xianzhi's southern expedition to Xiaobolu.

If the difficulty of the southern expedition to Xiao Bolu is one, then the difficulty of crossing the stone mountain is ten, or even higher.

"Your Majesty, why don't you convene the ministers to discuss?" Chen Xuanli wanted to destroy Tubo very much, but after all, he was a general of Longwu, and he knew that Li Linfu was reasonable, so he had to suppress this heart for the time being.

"Hmmm! Reasonable! Li Longji's eyes lit up.

Li Longji thought of it, and went to Hanyuan Hall to convene the ministers to discuss.

As soon as it was said that Tibet should be destroyed, the ministers were excited, shouting that they would destroy Tibet. However, this situation did not last long, and the ministers were divided into two factions, one faction advocated the destruction of Tibet, and the other faction advocated that Tibet would be difficult to destroy, and it was better to fight a big battle in the coming spring to defeat the counterattack of Tibet and force Tibet to make greater concessions.

The ambition of advocating the extermination of Tibet is commendable, but it is unrealistic; The idea of immortalizing Tibet is very realistic, but it makes people unwilling.

In this way, Li Longji was unable to make a decision, and fell into the greatest torment since he ascended the throne.

"Father, why don't you listen to the opinions of the generals?" Seeing that Li Longji was difficult to decide, Li Heng stepped forward and reminded loudly.

"That's right! I was so confused that I forgot about the generals. passed the decree and asked Ge Shuhan and Li Changguo to discuss it carefully. Li Longji couldn't stop patting his forehead.

(To be continued)