Chapter 39: The Only Chance (Second Update, Asking for Votes)
Li Ji looked at Du He who was talking with some relief, but at the same time he shook his head and smiled bitterly.
It turned out that they already knew all this, and Du He was the only one who kept it in the dark.
Songtsen Gampo's intentions were concealed from Du He, but not from Li Shimin.
Li Shimin did not believe the true meaning of the letter written by Songtsen Gampo at all, and as a king, he had this confidence. He believed that the Tang Dynasty under his rule would never dare to say such things unless he was a fool.
It is entirely conceivable that Songtsen Gampo is definitely not a fool, but an extremely intelligent figure. Otherwise, he would not be qualified to rise in Tibet in just seven years, sweep away the civil strife, and become the overlord with two or three hundred thousand troops.
The reason why Li Shimin did not oppose Du He was because Du He's plan was indeed feasible, and because he himself did not know the true meaning of Songtsen Gampo, but he only sensed that he had other plans, so he did not explain it.
That night, Li Shimin recruited his famous think tank generals to discuss Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing, Li Ji, and Wei Zheng, the five characters who stomped on the Tang Dynasty.
It is completely conceivable that such a lineup, not to mention just Tibet, even if you look at the whole world, no one can help them.
Li Jing first said: "There is fraud in Songtsen Gampo's letter, and with the old minister's understanding of him, he is by no means such a confused and reckless person. ”
Fang Xuanling then answered, "If you weren't so confused and reckless, it must have other plans." He is intending to show weakness first. Let us mistakenly think that they don't know about our Datang, so they have a heart of contempt for the enemy. ”
Du Ruhui immediately said: "The dog was misled, so he thought that Songtsen Gampo was arrogant, but he didn't know that this was his plan to show weakness and arrogance. I expected that their purpose was contrary to what was written in the letter, that he did not intend to invade Chang'an, but that he intended to defeat our army. ”
It took them two hours, and in this way, you analyzed Songtsen Gampo's thoughts thoroughly and clearly.
In the end, Du Ruhui hoped that Li Shimin and others would not tell Du He about Songtsen Gampo's intentions, hoping that he could understand his own shortcomings and kill his arrogance.
Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others all saw Du He's potential and were all interested in cultivating him, so they agreed.
It's just that they didn't expect that even without such a terrifying lineup as them, Duhe still saw through everything with his own ability.
"Nephew, how did you see through all this!" Li Ji was very curious, Li Shimin gathered rare characters in the world to see through the enemy's intentions, and Du He was able to see through it, which really surprised him.
"Hey, hey!" Du He scratched his head and said, "Actually, I felt that something was wrong as early as the beginning, although Songtsen Gampo is an enemy, he is indeed amazing. You shouldn't make this kind of mistake, but you can't figure out his true purpose for a while, and you can only attribute him to arrogance. Recently, I have been thinking about it from time to time, and I have gradually sorted out the clue and understood their true intentions. But ......"
He said this, and strengthened his tone: "It is precisely because of this that we must win this battle, and we must win a big victory!" Songtsen Gampo was able to set up this plan, which shows that he knows me quite well about Datang, if it is not for his ill intentions, how can it be so? ”
Li Ji asked Du He to retreat, looked at his back, and couldn't help shaking his head in admiration: "Giving birth to a son should be like Du Qinglian!" This son has such wisdom and thoughts at a young age, and it is unknown that he will achieve above Li Jing in the future, and I am blessed with Datang. ”
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Songshu Metropolitan Protectorate!
Songtsen Gampo convened a military council in the temporarily captured governor's palace.
"Zamp! Li Ji of the Tang Dynasty had already led an army of 80,000 to a dangerous place near Songzhou, and set up a camp there, but it seemed that he had no intention of attacking, but was building a camp. In addition, our army scouts found that a force of the Tang army bypassed Songzhou through a small road, and its whereabouts were unknown! "The head of the hundred households, who was in charge of commanding the scouts, told Songtsen Gampo the information that his subordinates had spooked.
Songtsen Gampo was silent for a while with an unkind face: "Datang is really not an idle person, so he has a good move to defend instead of attacking." This is a cunning character who sees that we can't afford to defend it, intends to cut off our food routes, and repels us without using any sword soldiers, and finally pursues us with victory. ”
Songtsen Gampo is really not an easy person, and he can see through the true intention of such a tactic at a glance.
"This is the "Art of War" in the "Art of War" 'good fighters, invincible, not defeated by the enemy', we can learn the "Art of War", as they will not be inferior to us." It was the branch when Ru Gongton was one of the teachers of Songtsen Gampo.
Niang Chisang Yangton shouted: "Wouldn't this be in harmony with Zampu's intentions, if you can't afford it, you won't spend it with them, our purpose is to force the Tang Lord to let go of the prime minister, and it's not really to enter Chang'an." He was also a mentor to Songtsen Gampo.
Songtsen Gampo had four mentors and the four most important ministers under his command, namely Lu Dongzan, Tunmi Sambuza, Zhisaidang Ru Gongton, and Niang Chisang Yangton.
The four famous ministers are famous in Tibet, among which Tunmi Sambuza is good at governing the country, Zhisai when Ru Gongton is good at the art of war, Niang Chisang Yangton is good at charging into battle, and Lu Dongzan is the most important one with both civil and military skills, and he also has a hand in using soldiers, but he is best at strategy.
Just like Zhuge Liang under Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang drew up the development trend of Shu in the next two decades when Liu Bei was not able to pass Zhang Zhao and had less than 10,000 soldiers.
And the situation of Tubo Xinli and Liu Bei's guest residence in Xinye was almost the same, or even worse. It has the Xiangxiong Kingdom in the southwest, the Nanzhao Kingdom in the southeast, the Nibra Kingdom in the west, and the towering Tang Dynasty in the north. However, because of the existence of Lu Dongzan, every step of Tubo can obtain the greatest benefits, which makes Tubo grow rapidly.
Therefore, Songtsen Gampo is inseparable from Lu Dongzan, and Tubo is inseparable from Lu Dongzan.
Songtsen Gampo nodded.
As early as the early days of the founding of the country, Lu Dongzan once analyzed the major events of the country and the world with him, and he said at that time: "Today's Datang is a fierce tiger, and no one can match its might." And we in Tibet are wolves, wolves can't compete with tigers, all we have to do is to make friends with him and not invade each other. But the wolf will not lose to the tiger, as long as the tiger can be stabilized, and then the strength around Tubo will be gathered, until the wolf becomes a wolf pack, the tiger of Datang will not be afraid. ”
For his words, Songtsen Gampo has always been like a holy decree, so he has no intention of attacking Chang'an at all. Chang'an is indeed going to attack, but it must wait until the wolves are assembled.
What he is doing now is a set of tactics that have been negotiated by all the ministers for more than a month to force the Tang Dynasty to return Lu Dongzan.
Of course, if they knew what they had done for the rest of the month, let a group of monsters in Chang'an analyze it clearly in two hours, and they didn't know how to feel.
When you are in the competition, you suddenly said in a deep voice: "You can't delay, you can only fight quickly!" The Tang army built fortifications and stationed them on the spot, obviously not intending to confront us head-on. We can only win if we take the initiative to attack. Once the enemy has completed the fortifications, we have little hope of winning. So ......"
Songtsen Gampo stood up, waved his fists and said, "So we can only attack tonight, and launch a night attack while they are tired from afar and the fortifications are not completed!" This is our only chance! ”
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