894 Tripartite alliance
Hearing that Li Er urgently summoned him to the palace, Liu Yuan's heart tightened, and his first thought was the East Window incident.
However, Liu Yuan quickly calmed down: If it was really the East Window Incident, with Li Er's temperament, it was not the amiable father-in-law who was sent, but the fully armed and murderous imperial guards, even if it was unfortunate that Li Er did not do it all at once, it means that there is still room for negotiation, and now there is a chance that it is related to the war in Tibet.
The Western Front has been quiet for too long, and the people of the Tang Dynasty don't pay much attention to it, not like the two countries are at war to the death, but like two children playing at home, but Liu Yuan knows that calm is not a prelude before the storm, the calmer it is, the more unusual it is, the fierceness of the Tubo people and Li Er's determination, combined with the two, this war is definitely a never-ending ending.
In the air, it was as if a conspiracy was brewing.
"Okay, I'll get out of the city right away." Liu Yuan responded, pulled and said, "Liu Quan, come in." ”
"Yes, young master."
When Liu Quan came in, Liu Yuan had already wrapped the newly completed statue of the goddess of Wushan with a piece of red silk cloth, put it in a delicate box, covered it, and then said lightly: "Give it to Princess Changle, remember, you must hand it over to her personally." ”
It's finally done, naturally she has to hand it over to her master, and she disappeared for two months at once, these two months, Li Lizhen has also thought about it clearly, at least, these two months can be spent safely, which shows that Li Lizhen doesn't want to put herself to death, and things have not yet reached irreparable action.
"Yes, young master, the little one must hand it over to the princess with his own hands." Liu Quan responded and took it with both hands respectfully.
Liu Yuan nodded, turned out and walked out, as soon as he went out. I saw a father-in-law waiting in front of the door, and as soon as he saw Liu Yuan, he immediately said anxiously: "General Liu, please go back to the palace with our family, the emperor is waiting." ”
"Yes, Liu is leaving, this father-in-law is "The people who usually go to Liu's Mansion are old acquaintances Huang Gonggong, so Liu Yuan can also inquire about what's going on, and now he has changed someone all of a sudden, and he is really a little unaccustomed."
The father-in-law saw that Liu Yuan was very polite. was a little flattered, and didn't dare to offend this popular man in the dynasty, so he saluted Liu Yuanxing and said: "The general is polite, our family name is Chen." ”
"It turned out to be Gonggong Chen" Liu Yuan nodded and glanced at Zhao Quan on the side. Zhao Quan immediately understood, and stuffed two ingots and ten taels of silver into the hands of Gonggong Chen. That Chen Gonggong's eyes lit up. You're welcome, and it's in your sleeve pocket.
Radish and cabbage, each has its own love, for eunuchs, there is no hope in this life and the next life, and the favorite thing on weekdays is yellow and white. No, even if you don't push it at the General's Mansion, you will give full play to the true nature of "loving money", but that's fine. I'm not afraid of real villains, I'm most afraid of hypocrites.
Liu Yuan pretended to ask casually: "Oh, Gonggong Chen, I don't know why the emperor is so anxious to find Liu, why is this?" ”
"Our family is a little eunuch, how can we know so much about the road" After speaking, Gonggong Chen lowered his voice and said: "General Cheng and General Wei Chi have sent someone to inform them, I heard that there was an urgent letter of 800 miles last night, which directly hung people into the palace, if our family guessed well, it should be that there was a change in Tubo." ”
These twenty taels are too well spent.
When Liu Yuan heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it would be good if it wasn't Li Liqian's incident, calculate the time, there should be some changes, Tubo's economic foundation is too weak, and the Tang Dynasty gave its "meat warehouse" a devastating blow, which is a great blow to Songtsan Gampo, the most important point, it can no longer rely on the geographical advantage to not defend, it needs to deploy a large number of troops on the western front, in this way, it can't spare its hands to conquer and plunder, the leaky house is in the rain, plus the Bonfo dispute provoked by Liu Yuan, Even if Songtsen Gampo has three heads and six arms, it is difficult to deal with it, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, let alone a country?
There needs to be a bit of variable, but I don't know if it's good or bad.
As the two walked, they said that before they got out of the yard, Cui Mengyao, Xiaoniang and others had already heard the sound and rushed over.
"Liu Yuan, you're finally out of the customs."
"Senior Brother"
"Daddy, hug" Xiao Liu Xue also rushed over with a smile, stretching out her hands to ask Liu Yuan to hug her.
Liu Yuan picked her up all of a sudden, spun around twice in the air, made Xiao Liu Xue giggle before putting down the ground, and said to the girls with a smile: "Okay, what's the matter, come back and talk about it, the emperor ordered me to enter the palace immediately." ”
"Okay, business is important, you can go." Cui Mengyao said with a smile.
The little lady handed over a bag of dim sum and said thoughtfully: "Senior brother, this is the dim sum sent by the princess in the morning, you take it and eat it on the way, you haven't eaten anything today." ”
Li Lizhi sent it? She also sent snacks to herself?
Liu Yuan was happy all of a sudden, and the big stone in his heart finally let go of a lot, at least, Li Lizhen was still full of kindness to Liu Fu.
"Okay, then I'll go." Liu Yuangao happily took the dim sum, and then walked away with Gonggong Chen with a smile on his face, leaving Cui Mengyao and the others who were confused, and the little lady seemed to say to herself: "It's strange, isn't my senior brother hungry, eat two pieces of dim sum, as for being happy like this?" ”
By the time Liu Yuan arrived at the imperial study, Li Er, Changsun Wuji, Li Jing, Cheng Lao Demon King, Qin Qiong and others had already gathered together, and many people were also confused like Liu Yuan, not knowing what was going on, Li Er, who was sitting in the center, had a rare solemn face, as if something major was about to happen.
"See the emperor."
Liu Yuan just saluted, and Li Er said impatiently: "Okay, no need to be polite, sit down." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Yuan sat at the bottom of the position, there was no way, those present had high positions and old qualifications, compared to them, Liu Yuan was still too tender.
Seeing Liu Yuan sitting down, Li Er coughed dryly, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, since Liu Qing's family is also here, let's start." ”
Old Demon King Cheng was the first to sit still, stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, what happened to call us all in such a hurry." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Wei Chi Jingde couldn't help but ask.
Li Er has always been calm, even in the face of difficulties, he talks and laughs freely, as if everything is under his control, since he took the position, he has rarely seen him as dignified as today, and because of this, there is an indescribable sense of depression in the entire imperial study.
Although he guessed that there was another major change on the Western Front, Liu Yuan was very smart and did not speak, and sat quietly on the sidelines, listening more and talking less.
Li Er didn't sell it anymore, and said with a solemn face: "Abo. Recently, he has frequently met with people from Persia and Tianzhu, plotting to form an alliance against my Tang Dynasty, specifically the three parties have reached an initial consensus, that is, Persia wants to get the coveted Tocharo, Qiuzi and other Longyou regions, Tubo gets the Central Plains, and Tianzhu gets a lot of benefits, waiting for the opportunity to conquer the fat country, get Yaozhou, Liuzhou A large piece of fertile land, and regard my Tang Dynasty as a fish on the meat case. ”
I have to say that these three parties have already treated Datang as a piece of big fat, and everyone wants to take a bite and carve up a piece.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but gasp: this Songtsan Gampo is really generous, or it doesn't move, it makes such a big move, the strength of Tubo has been proven, it is the overlord of the plateau, Persia, and Tianzhu, and it is also a strong party, in order to get Tocharian and Qiuzi important towns, the Tang Dynasty and Persia did not have a lot of friction, but I didn't expect these three forces to secretly form an alliance.
One is easy to deal with, but at the same time in the face of the tripartite potential, whether Datang can still be at ease is really unknown, no wonder Li Er's expression is so solemn, now not only Li Er's face is dignified, but also the generals, the mood has become heavy.
No one thought that a small Tubo would also involve the two great forces of Persia and Tianzhu.
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any good countermeasures?" After Li Er finished speaking, he began to focus on the courtiers in the imperial study.
This can be said to be the highest-level military meeting of Datang, and any decision here is related to Datang's national fortunes.
"Fight and fight, who is afraid of whom?" Old Demon King Cheng roared loudly: "It's a big deal to fight with them." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji squinted his eyes and said: "They are just an alliance made up temporarily, the relationship is extremely fragile, as long as we move with affection and know with benefit, it should not be difficult to disintegrate them, as far as Tubo is concerned, the chips are definitely not as many as our Datang." ”
Wei Chi Jingde nodded and said: "It makes sense, whether it is manpower or material resources, Tubo cannot be mentioned with the Tang Dynasty at all, as long as you move around, maybe you will turn enemies into friends and attack Tubo together." ”
"They're white-eyed wolves who can't be fed, let's fight." Niu Jinda is a warmonger, and he is said to support the main war.
It is Li Jing, the god of war, who also analyzed and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the minister advocates fighting with force, and it sounds like the three forces are joining forces, I am in the Tang Dynasty, but it is not the case, the emperor is the Khan of the sky, and those who have attained the Tao are more helpful, and the Tubo is to lure the wolf into the house, like Tuyuhun and Yangtong These forces are bound to not agree, and resolutely stand on the emperor's side, this is one of them, the second is that we wait for work at ease, Persia, Tianzhu labor division expeditions, combat effectiveness is greatly reduced, especially in logistics, it is even more difficult, Tubo is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, and now it is not enough to take care of itself, How can you provide food and grass for your allies? Even if we do form an alliance, we only need to interrupt their food and grass supply to use the coupons. ”
Li Jing's words, the analysis is thorough, according to the intelligence, Tubo has been in civil strife for a long time, the dispute between the Buddha has not subsided for a long time, coupled with the tragic blow of the Mobei Plateau, the weak economy has long been overwhelmed, and even the ewes of the cubs have been killed and eaten, which shows its difficulties, there is really an alliance, and the grain and grass of Persia and Tianzhu need to be brought by themselves, and the extremely long supply line is a nightmare for them.
Liu Yuan nodded slowly and said, "Weichen also advocates fighting!" (To be continued......)