Chapter 248: Sabre Rattling
In fact, among the existing people in Datang, there are still many people who want to exchange a woman for peace, in their eyes, a woman is too insignificant, as long as it can be exchanged for ten years of peace on the border, then no matter what kind of princess this woman is, she can be regarded as a meritorious service to Datang.
If it is calculated accurately with data, Li Xiang also thinks that their thoughts are very normal, after all, one person can exchange for ten years of peace on the border, who can say that this is also a profitable deal, but the question is have you ever thought about the psychology of the people?
Once peace can solve the problem, then all people will only think about peace in the future, and as for the matter of war, no one will think about it at all, which is an extremely dangerous thing for a country and a nation.
So from now on, Li Xiang must change the concept of all people, that is, the road of harmony will not work, all our border crises must be solved by fighting, and only the peace that comes out can be maintained for a longer time and can make Datang go further.
Lu Dongzan's brain was running rapidly, he was thinking about how to deal with Li Xiang's aggressiveness, but in the end he couldn't find any way, and wanted to slap Li Shimin in the face above the court of the Tang Dynasty, which was likely to cause a huge war, and Lu Dongzan couldn't afford to take this responsibility.
Datang and Tubo are both big countries, and in the absence of damage to their vital interests, then these two countries will not easily enter the war, because once the war starts, it cannot be a small-scale war, which may shake the foundations of both countries, and may also make their rulers step down, so after careful consideration, Lu Dongzan can only temporarily give up this article, of course, he will not let the ten princesses of Tubo come to Datang, so simply put it on hold first.
"Since this is the case, then listen to His Highness first, and when I return to the guild hall, I will repair a letter and send it back to Tubo, and then we will make plans."
This matter is still Lu Dongzan gave in, Li Shimin also breathed a sigh of relief, if Lu Dongzan has been coercing, then this war is inevitable, as the emperor of the most powerful era of the Tang Dynasty, how could he be threatened by a foreign envoy?
It is easy to say that it is easy to fight, but it is not so easy to really fight, all kinds of cattle, sheep and wealth transported back by Tuguhun have been distributed by Li Shimin, and the current treasury of the Tang Dynasty is a little more generous, but it does not mean that we can fight with the Tubo country, especially the problem of soldiers' breathing difficulties has not been solved, in this case, fighting is equivalent to losing half.
Since the first topic can't go on, we have to start the second topic, which is about Tuyuhun.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, our army has been assembled near the border between Tuyuhun and our country, as long as His Majesty the Emperor and we flank Tuyuhun together, at the latest in about two months, we will be able to destroy Tuyuhun, you and I can shake hands and talk in the border area, isn't it better than having a Tuyuhun in between?"
Lu Dongzan adjusted very quickly, he didn't take advantage of Li Xiang's subordinates just now, but this person quickly adjusted, and immediately entered the next topic.
The conflict between the Tang Dynasty and the Tibetan Dynasty was that the Tang Dynasty was invincible, which gave the Tang Dynasty an illusion that our invincible army could not defeat the Tibetan army, and at the same time gave the Tibetan an illusion that the Tibetan thought that they could defeat the Tang Dynasty's army, and the two sides had different ideas under such an illusion.
The Tibetans believed that after defeating Tuyuhun, they would have a springboard to enter the Central Plains, and no matter how they divided the land of Tuyuhun, they would be able to use it as a starting point, and then blow the horn to attack Chang'an City, and then grab the most fertile land in the world.
Datang thought that he couldn't let Tuyuhun lose his country, as long as Tuyuhun still stayed in the original place, then Tubo wanted to enter the place of Datang, he had to cross Tuyuhun first, which means that we still have an insurance line, in fact, Datang is a little afraid of Tubo, otherwise he would not have married a princess in history.
"Datang has just ended the war against Tuyuhun, and we have also shaken hands with Tuyuhun and made peace, if we send troops at this time, it will be unfavorable to my Datang's reputation."
Li Shimin shook his head and said, which also expressed his attitude towards this matter.
"If this is the case, it will no longer be reluctant, but our country has already formulated a three-way offensive plan against Tuyuhun, and it will be implemented in the next few days."
Lu Dongzan's words made the ministers start to talk again, and his meaning was also obvious, if you don't want to join forces with us to fight Tuguhun, then we will fight it ourselves.
If the Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun had not gone through the war, it would not be so easy for the Tubo Kingdom to destroy them with the strength of the Tuyuhun alone, but in this war, the Tuyuhun losses were really serious, especially the collapse of the third tribe made the entire Tuyuhun seem to have lost confidence.
To put it bluntly, I came to pick peaches, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought bloodily before, which is why we have the current situation, you are fighting the third-rate Tuyuhun, and our hard work has brought convenience to you.
"Prime Minister, slow ......"
Just when everyone was helpless, Li Xiang stood up again.
Everyone really doesn't know how to stop others, you can only choose not to unite with others, but you can't prevent others from sending troops, if Tubo is much weaker than Datang, then they can still listen to a word from Datang, but the situation between the two countries is not much different, maybe Datang is a little stronger, but Datang has no place to threaten others, why should people listen to you, now is indeed the best time to attack Tuyuhun.
"Your Highness still has a teaching?"
Lu Dongzan said a little arrogantly, he did eat turtles under Li Xiang just now, but now at this time, he doesn't know what else Li Xiang can do, do you have the ability to prevent me from sending troops from the Tubo Kingdom?
"I don't dare to give advice, but I have a confidential matter to tell the Prime Minister, so as not to hurt the feelings of your two countries in the future."
When Li Xiang said this, even Li Shimin was a question mark, what other confidential things can hurt the feelings of the two countries, and it is even more excessive, in addition to this feeling on the surface, can Datang and Tubo talk about feelings? There have been all kinds of military confrontations between the two countries, and now they are in a state of tension, and their feelings are ghostly!