Chapter 86: The Weakness of Human Nature
"Uncle, why did you come in person! The matter of grain and grass has been ordered by Chide to raise people! "Your Majesty, the old minister is not here to urge grain and grass this time, but to discuss another important matter with you face-to-face!"
"Okay, someone will show the general! Uncle, sit down and rest for a while! No hurry anymore! "Thank you, Your Majesty! However, the military situation is like a fire, so the old minister will tell you and the leaders about the next strategic deployment! After the Tubao City was captured, there was no danger to defend in the northeast of my Tubo country, and at this moment, Li Yi, the king of Anxin, personally led more than 100,000 troops to drive straight in, and the posture he put on was bound to fight with my Tubo country! ”
"This ...... The general king is too exaggerated! Judging from the performance of past battles, the Tang Army has always taken the initiative to withdraw after occupying some important places. ”
"On the basis? The basis is the cement made by Li Mao, the eighteenth prince of the Tang Dynasty! Haven't you all heard of it? Li Yi's 100,000 army is also a lone army in the final analysis, and there is no need to worry at all, but the hundreds of thousands of people behind him are building fortified cities day and night, which is the heart of my Tubo country! Imagine that in the near future, dozens of cities will rise in the border between Tuyuhun and our country! And as long as the Tang army garrisons more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in each city, it can deter our Tubo army, so what should we do! Sitting still? ”
"Cement? Can cement really build a castle in a few dozen days? This...... This is inevitably alarmist, isn't it a waste of money to build such a large construction project in the desolate land of Tuyuhun ......"
"Huh...... There are rocks and dirt in the desolate land! How to work for the people and waste money, people are using local materials! Cage strategy, haha! It's a good cage strategy, the day of the siege on three sides, we can only wait for the time when the whole country is relocated, and everyone will go to Tianzhu to bask in the sun and play in the mud with those untouchables! ”
As he spoke, Azami burst out laughing a little bitterly, and the laughter was so desolate that even Chide Zampu couldn't help but be shocked in his heart after hearing it.
"Uncle, has it really come to the situation you said? Isn't that eighteenth prince Li Mao a doll who is only a teenager? How can there be so much power! Could it be that this Tang Tu war started because of him! ”
"Your Majesty, this battle was indeed caused by Li Mao's plan to sacrifice a cage in front of the Tang Emperor's holy car, and the old minister was also puzzled before, why Li Tang was a big country with about a child, but recently I learned that Li Mao was engaged in a commercial and trade field between the two countries in the newly built Changdu City! It's a little enlightened, because this son seems to be doing nonsense, but everything he does is imperceptibly changing the lives of the people of Li Tang, restaurants, cement, textile wool, and even crossbows, iron crossbows, and horseshoes...... Wait, the whimsical operations are all stroke of genius! One day when I have a son, my country will never have peace! ”
Every word that Azhashi said was like a sharp arrow piercing through the various Tibetan high-level officials present, especially the husband and wife of Chide Zampu and Princess Jin Cheng, who looked at each other and couldn't say a word for a long time.
After the scene was silent for a long time, Azhashi saw that everyone shook their heads and sighed, so he changed his tone as if he wanted to boost his morale, and continued to speak: "Everyone! There is no need to be so discouraged, Li Tang is not good, but our hundreds of thousands of warriors in Tubo are not muddy and let them rub it, the Central Plains has an ancient saying called water to cover the earth, and soldiers will block. The armies of Li Tang and the north and south are controlled by Li Yi, the king of Anxin, and the fierce general Gao Xianzhi, which may be difficult to shake, but this Li Mao is very proud! Perhaps it is the key to our Tubo army to reverse its defeat, and the old minister has the courage to implore His Majesty Zampu to allocate another 100,000 slaves and all the grain and grass stored in the state treasury to fight to the death with the Tang army! Can my Tubo State break through Li, Tang and Anxi, and the two protectorates of Annan control the trade routes and try to save the rich lands of the Central Plains are all fighting here! ”
"This? Uncle, nephew knows that you are ambitious, but now that our side is in decline, if you still desperately fight to the death with the Tang army, it will be ...... It's too self-sufficient! In the past, the two countries were at war, and our country of Tubo was mostly defeated and won less...... Otherwise, they wouldn't have been married to him repeatedly! ”
When Chide Zampu said this, he unconsciously looked at Princess Jin Cheng beside him, and his face was even more embarrassed, after all, he was discussing with Azashi and the others in front of Jin Cheng at this time how to deal with her mother country! And Jin Cheng, after seeing Chide's dilemma, also took the overall situation into account and whispered, "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the heart of the palace, although the palace has the heart to reconcile the contradictions between Tang and Tu, but if the general Wang has a good strategy to break the enemy this time, the palace will never interfere in the affairs of the Tubo country, I just hope that Your Majesty will think twice, once this battle starts, there will be no room for reversal in the future......"
"What my beloved wife said is very true! Uncle! And all the ministers, let's just follow the meaning of Zanmeng (the honorific title for Princess Jin Cheng) that has not finished speaking! As long as Zanmeng can write a letter to the Tang Emperor at this time, he will also take care of the feelings of his brothers and sisters, and stop fighting......"
Just when Chide Zampu started a round and wanted to bring the battle back to the table of peace talks, he didn't want the old thing Azhashi to interrupt him with righteous words.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has only said half of what he said just now, how can you and Zanmeng know that victory is hopeless? Li Mao is staying in Qamdo New City at the moment, and the city is full of millions of precious materials such as salt and iron, silk, rice grain, etc., if my army takes advantage of its unpreparedness at this time to take Qamdo City and capture Li Mao alive! What do you think Emperor Tang will think! And before besieging Qamdo, you can also intercept Li Yi and Gao Xianzhi's two-way army left and right! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! It can not only severely damage Li Tang's elite, but also have salt and iron at your fingertips. As for the prince Li Mao, when he took the sheep and changed back to Tuguhun, Qinghai sheep grazing land is not impossible! His Majesty Zampou......"
Millions of salt, iron, silk, tea and other things, and a living prince of Li Tang, after Azashi said these things, to be honest, Chide Zanpu was moved, and the dozens of Tubo tribal leaders present also showed fiery expressions.
Because they understand that the current small city of Qamdo is not just a city, it is not so much a newly expanded city as it is a large treasure trove built artificially. Such a temptation, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, not only did Azhashi know that no one would refuse his proposal to fight a decisive battle, but even Li Mao, who was far away in the sky, knew that no matter how much Chide Zampu struggled in his heart, he would eventually let his greedy desire swallow up, and the reason for this was also very simple and easy to understand, that is, if he wanted to make people busy, he must first make him crazy.