After hearing this, Li Tao thought for a moment and said: "Huangjiasi is in the north of the Turks, and we are in the south of the Turks, it is really not easy for them to come to the Tang Dynasty to cross the territory of the Turks!" ”

"Exactly!"

Li Tao's heart moved, as if he had grasped something, bowed his head and pondered, speechless for a while.

Li Longji didn't know what he was doing, so he urged: "Do you want to say something, go or not?" ”

Li Tao raised his head and smiled: "Go, why don't you go, third uncle, we can't make it happen this time!" ”

"Rich?" Li Longji asked puzzledly, "What kind of wealth?" ”

Li Tao said mysteriously: "Don't say it now, you won't know until you see the envoy at night, it's a good thing anyway!" ”

Seeing Li Longji's impatient appearance, Li Tao was afraid that he would get to the bottom of it again, so he hurriedly got up and said goodbye: "Third uncle, you are busy first, I'll take a look at Brother Ying'er, I haven't seen him for a long time, I panic!" ”

Li Longji quipped: "Tao'er, you are not young anymore, there are three beautiful girls in your house, you might as well get married quickly, and have a few sons, so as to save yourself from going to see Ying'er all the time!" ”

Li Tao blushed, forgot to give the salute, turned around and ran away.

When Li Longji saw Li Tao like this, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.

In the evening, Li Tao and Yao Chong and others participated in the banquet to invite the envoys of the Qiangsi, and Li Tao, who had never liked to talk too much in front of people, was unusual, and frequently toasted with the envoys of the Tungas.

"Come on! I'll give you another drink, Hujiasi is of the same clan as His Majesty and me, and we are also a family, which is by no means comparable to other Tibetan countries. ”

The messenger was moved again and again.

"The Turkic khans were bent on dominating the desert steppes. It has caused great harm to the people of Huangjiasi, and His Majesty the Tang Dynasty is anxious in his eyes and heart, and he is bent on cleaning up this scourge. Please send the envoy the heart of the Tang Emperor to your chiefs. Come, let's have a toast together. ”

The messenger nodded hurriedly: "Certainly, definitely, come, do it." ”

"The Gang is a clan of a hundred battles, the advantage of the arc and arrow, and the direction is unstoppable. If you can cooperate with the Tang army in the future and attack the Turks in the north and south, then the end of the Turks will come. ”

The messenger was thrilled. Hurriedly took the initiative to raise a glass: "If this is the case, it is not only the blessing of the Tang Dynasty, but also the blessing of Huangjiasi." ”

In short, Li Tao became the protagonist of tonight's banquet.

Nobody knows. Why Li Tao is so interested in the Queath. Taking the initiative to be close to the Emissary of the Devils, this does not seem to be his character.

Yao Chong wanted to interrupt Li Tao's excessive words several times, but when he saw that Li Longji was silent, he held back.

The dinner was over, and Yao Chong couldn't help but complain: "King Lantian, you won't be drunk today, why did you say so many things that shouldn't be said?" ”

"What shouldn't be said?" Li Tao seemed to continue his previous excitement, he looked at Li Longji and said, "Third uncle." I remember that you have a map in your imperial study, and I'll tell you about it. ”

"Is it about the border?" Li Longji became interested when he heard it.

"Exactly!"

"That's good. Let's go, let's talk! Li Longji couldn't wait to pull Li Tao away.

Looking at the figures of Li Longji and Li Tao, Yao Chong shook his head and followed.

On the wall of the imperial study, Gao Lishi had already arranged for someone to hang a large map of the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Longji and Yao Chong listened to Li Tao talk endlessly for half an hour.

"Third uncle, Lao Yao, my thoughts are finished, what do you think?" Li Tao is still unfinished.

Li Longji and Yao Chong's eyes were still on the map, and they did not answer.

Li Tao knew that they still had to digest it for a while, so he had to wait patiently.

After a long time, Li Longji finally spoke first: "It is indeed a good idea to restrict the development of the Turks in four directions at the same time, with the Khitans on the west side, the Huangjiasi on the north side, the Turgish on the west side, and the Tang army on the south side. No wonder you're so interested in Queath, the original intention is here! ”

Li Tao said with a little regret: "If Lao Yao didn't want to concentrate on managing internal affairs, it would not be appropriate to conduct a large-scale war, this would be the best opportunity to destroy the Turkic silence." I had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and limit his development. ”

Yao Chong said: "This is a good idea to deal with the Turks, I don't have any opinion, but there is one thing I don't understand, why do you still spend so much effort to run the Western Regions?" We already have the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions, and the four towns of Yanqi, Qiuzi, Shule, and Broken Leaves are also in our hands, and the countries in the Western Regions are also subservient to the Tang Dynasty, so why do we have to send people to the Western Regions to manage and fight? ”

Li Tao sighed and said, "We have to prepare in advance to deal with Datang's biggest enemy." ”

"Isn't Datang's biggest enemy the Turks?" Yao Chong asked.

Li Tao shook his head: "If the Turks are the biggest enemy, even if you, Lao Yao, oppose them, I will use this opportunity to destroy them in one fell swoop." The reason why I agreed not to do anything to the Turks first, and wait until the country is strong and the people are rich, is because as long as we want to do it, we can send troops to destroy the Turks at any time. But the enemy I'm talking about is different, he can come to attack our Datang at any time, but we can't attack him, even if we raise the strength of the whole Tang Dynasty, we can't destroy him. ”

Yao Chong was taken aback when he heard this: "Datang still has such an enemy? ”

Li Longji's heart moved, and he guessed on the side: "Tao'er, are you talking about Tubo?" ”

"Exactly! On the plains, the Tibetans were not very good, and they had no advantage in the face of the Tang army and the Turks. The advantage of Tibet is more reflected in the geographical advantage, and others cannot go deep into the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to attack his homeland. Tubo occupies the advantage of the plateau, and is always in a strategic offensive with the outside world, even if it loses, as long as it shrinks to the mainland, others are helpless. Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended. The Tang Dynasty can arrest and destroy whom, but there is nothing it can do about the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Even if it was able to break through the outer defense line of Tibet, it could not be breached. Therefore, if we do not prepare in advance for Tibet, we will only be beaten everywhere. ”

"However, Tubo has always been quite friendly to Datang, and besides, Princess Jincheng only married to Tubo, how could they be enemies of Datang?" Yao Chong still didn't believe it.

"The reason why Tubo has been quite friendly to the Tang Dynasty over the years is because their regime is in turmoil and they don't care about invading the Tang Dynasty. Expecting a princess to be able to stop the invasion of Tibet, how is that possible? The Tang Dynasty has also made peace with Tubo before, but in the end, didn't the two countries fight fiercely? ”

Yao Chong stopped talking.

"The border between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty is mainly in Jiannan Road and Longyou Road, and the defense of the Tang Dynasty in these places is not afraid of the invasion of Tubo in terms of strength and quality. Only the Western Regions is a weakness for us, and if we don't prepare in advance, we will definitely be taken advantage of by Tibet. (To be continued......)