In the Lecheng County Mansion, Liu Renliang looked sideways at Liu Yuanlang on the side, and shouted: "Let someone send a message to Peng Wangfu, just say that the King of Nanchang will spend the night at my house tonight, and he will not go back." ”

"Whoa!" Liu Yuanlang did not hesitate at all, and immediately surrendered his promise, looking at Li Xuan's eyes full of curiosity.

The day after tomorrow, the army will go west, but tonight it will pull people in the house, what is this to say.

Under the curious eyes of the family, Li Xuan was pulled to the study by Liu Renliang.

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"As long as they don't mourn in the palace of Tibet, then all the news will not even reach the city, let alone the front-line army, and everything will wait until the war is calmed down and then rush back to deal with it, so they have enough patience and time to find our flaws." After Liu Renliang finished speaking, he pushed a cup of hot tea into Li Xuan's hand.

Li Xuan sat opposite Liu Renliang, frowned, pressed his hand on the teacup, looked sideways at Liu Renliang, and said uncertainly: "Yue Weng, could it be that someone in the court proposed to force the younger son-in-law to use Luo, and such a proposal was rejected by Yue Weng?" ”

Liu Renliang glanced at Li Xuan, didn't answer directly, just changed his mouth and said: "Just like the virtuous son-in-law said, the Qinling brothers have enough control in Luo, and they have the ability to do this, and even if Mangsong Mangzan also approves, or if their brothers have other supporters in the palace, then even if your people kill Mangsong Mangzan, the news will not be able to spread, don't forget, there are five brothers in Qinling!" ”

"Yes, they have five brothers!" Li Xuan suddenly had a deep focus, and one sentence made Liu Renliang's eyes light up.

Li Xuan continued: "The whole of Tubo is actually not our opponent, it is nothing more than the Qinling brothers forcibly pinching all this together, so as long as these two brothers die, whether they die on the battlefield or die elsewhere, Tubo is finished." ”

"Can your people do it?" Liu Renliang couldn't help but ask.

"After all, the Qinling brothers are the prime ministers of the Tubo state before and after, and they control the military and political power of Tubo, and the guards around them are afraid that they are even stricter than the palace, and the two of them are smart enough, without years of planning, it is difficult to have a feasible plan, and even if one assassination fails, the next time it will be even more difficult, I only have one person, there is no need to sacrifice this kind of thing, the key is to go the right way and kill the two brothers on the battlefield."

"Battlefield!" Liu Renliang sighed lightly and said, "If you can kill them on the battlefield, why do you have to think of so many methods here." ”

Liu Renliang couldn't help but stand up, took two steps back and forth, then looked sideways at Li Xuan, and asked, "Virtuous son-in-law, if you are the commander of the army and will have 80,000 troops, what will you do?" ”

Li Xuan was suddenly stunned, why did Yue Weng suddenly ask this, he shook his head directly and said: "The junior son-in-law generals, at most a thousand people, kill the enemy with the help of wind and rain, and the opponents are mostly ordinary people who have no experience in fighting, and there is no comparison with the army of a hundred battles in Tubo, not to mention that they have more than 300,000, and they can still rely on Pei Shangshu in this battle......

"You say, you're trying to say it?" Liu Renliang's face was unexpectedly solemn, and a lightning flash flashed in Li Xuan's mind, but he couldn't catch it.

After a little muttering, Li Xuan thought about it and said: "Yue Weng asked his grandson-in-law to think about it, so it must not be considered to encroach on the strategy, but also to consider the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, so, in the style of his grandson-in-law, in addition to calculating the battlefield terrain and celestial phenomena, the most effective way is to accurately find the location of the main army of Tubo on Qinling, and then lead the elite cavalry to directly raid, the main force of Tubo is dead, and the servant army is naturally useless." ”

"The terrain is on the other side, and you can't catch up." Liu Renliang shook his head directly.

"Then change the way of thinking, do not kill the main force of Tibet, take the attack on its main force as a false appearance, induce the other part to block it, and then our army will concentrate the main force and destroy one of them, the so-called wounding its ten fingers is better than cutting off one of its fingers, exterminating one of them, and then eliminating it layer by layer...... If you can't destroy the main force of the Tubo people, then destroy his peripheral forces layer by layer, and in the end, only the main force of the Tubo people remains. ”

"It's not good, unless you can accurately grasp the location of the main force of the Tubo people and other departments, it is easy to fall into the calculations of the Qinling." Liu Renliang still shook his head, this method is too ideal.

Li Xuan's breathing calmed down instantly, and then said softly: "The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, Yue Weng, the Tubo people have been operating on the plateau for more than 20 years, and their eyeliner there has already penetrated into every corner, if we can't find the location of the main force of the Tubo people, and we can't find the location of other affiliated tribes, then is there still a need to fight this battle?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Renliang raised his head, looked at Li Xuan solemnly, and said lightly: "I have been like this in the Tang Dynasty for decades, all of which are not convinced, and the Tang knife has made a conclusion, as for the strategy you said, you have forgotten one thing, there is a place that the Tubo people must guard, that is, the former Tuyuhun royal capital Fu Qi City, Xue Rengui once laid that place, but unfortunately, the Tubo people did not defend it, and it was not until two months later that Xue Rengui retreated, and they took the opportunity to cover up. ”

"Then back then, why didn't he keep it?"

"After a long journey and difficult supplies, the Tubo people evacuated all their cattle and sheep in advance, leaving only the people with nothing." Liu Renliang couldn't help but shake his head, this method was too ruthless.

Li Xuan squinted her eyes and said lightly: "What if they come back now?" ”

"It's impossible now, the current Fu Qi City is not the Fu Qi City of the past, more than 20 years of operation, the Tubo people have run him like the most brilliant pearl in the Western Regions, once it is destroyed, then they will have to spend another 20 years."

"If you lose your land, you will lose all your land, and if you lose your land, you will save all your land." Li Xuan's voice was still very soft, but his attitude was very resolute, he believed that if it really reached the point of last resort, even if the Tubo people completely gave up Fuqi City, they would not give the Tang army a chance to exterminate them.

Li Xuan and Liu Renliang did not back down, the tip of the needle was against Mai Mang, and the concepts collided directly.

Liu Renliang's tiger eyes were round, and Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly; Liu Renliang was full of momentum, and Li Xuan's expression was cold.

In the end, it was Li Xuan who took a step back first, he couldn't think of Liu Renliang to death.

"Yue Weng, it's useless for you and your grandson-in-law to discuss these here, in this battle, it is the military department Shangshu who is in command, Wenxi County Gong, his battlefield methods are not inferior to you, now, the only thing that can affect his battle method is the goal of this battle, so Yue Weng, what is the ultimate goal of my battle?" Li Xuan pulled the discussion down at once.

In the final analysis, it still depends on what the ultimate strategic goal of this battle is.

Liu Renliang sighed, sat down on the side, and then said softly: "Take Fu Qi City, and then use Fu Qi City as the base point to manage the entire Tuyuhun Old Land." It's just that this time it's no longer like the last time, trying to help Tuyuhun restore the country, but to completely establish a border state. ”

This was the case in the last battle of Dafeichuan, the Tang Dynasty helped Tuyuhun restore the country, and finally they defeated Fuqi City, and even pursued and killed Wuhai, but in the end, they still had to retreat.

Insufficient preparation, wrong goals, and incompatible front-line commanders, all kinds of reasons led to the final defeat.

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "It's not so easy, the Tubo people will not let us occupy the city of Fuqi, the city is too far away from Shanzhou, the long journey, the supply line is too long, it is easy to be taken advantage of by the Tubo people, and it is easier for them to besiege us in the city and wantonly hunt our reinforcements......"

"So, build a city." Liu Renliang's words sounded in Li Xuan's ears like a thunderbolt.

A lot of things flashed through his mind in an instant, but he still couldn't help asking: "Is it to build a city between Shanzhou and Fuqi City, isn't that ......?"

"That's right, it's your method of encroachment, and Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven finally adopted your strategy." Liu Renliang couldn't help but laugh a little, people are not as good as heaven.

"It's the drought in Hebei Province and Shandong." Li Xuan immediately understood the reason.

Liu Renliang nodded silently, and at this time it became more and more heavy.

The imperial court originally planned to announce that Pei Xingjian would be the commander of the western expedition and lead 80,000 troops to conquer Tubo shortly after the Shangyuan Festival, but because of the sudden drought in Hebei Province, they had to make adjustments.

Pei Xingjian was still the main force, Li Jinxing was the deputy main force, and other eight roads were also arranged to disperse the military strength of the Tubo people.

The most important thing is that the original most radical combat strategy was canceled and the most stable method was adopted, that is, the method of cannibalization once proposed by Li Xuan.

However, in order to appease the attitude of the radicals, the goal set by the emperor and Empress Wu was still not small, to take the old capital of Tuyuhun Fuqicheng, and then use Fuqicheng as a fulcrum to attack the entire old Tuyuhun land.

Of course, it is said that it is to continue to attack the entire Tuyuhun old land, but the main thing is to gain a firm foothold.

Fu Qian City is too far away from Shanzhou, so building a city has become the best way.

"But it's also very expensive to build a city." Li Xuan couldn't help but ask.

"It's smaller than fighting, and it's easy to attract the enemy to attack." Liu Renliang's eyes flashed with a dangerous look

"Then the city will be built more slowly." Li Xuan couldn't help but shake her head.

Where is his encroachment strategy, this is obviously a four-like, when the time comes, the city cannot be built, and the Tubo people cannot be killed, and nothing will be achieved in the end.

"So, it depends on when Mangsong Mangzan dies?" Liu Renliang finally said the point of view of this battle: "Even if it is a secret and not mourning, but as long as Mangsong Mangzan is dead, the Qinling brothers have to go back and deal with it; They could indeed procrastinate, but the longer they dragged on, the more dissatisfied the Tibetan nobles became. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Renliang paused slightly, then squinted his eyes and said, "Especially when someone is spreading the news that Mangsong Mangzan is dead, it won't take long. ”

"It turns out that Yue Weng wants my people to do this." Li Xuan finally understood the root of today's conversation.

Liu Renliang nodded, and then said: "Although it is easy to say, it is still difficult to do, and it is necessary to accurately find out the date of Mangsong Mangzan's death......"

"It's better to kill Mangsong Mangzan directly, right?" Li Xuan finally understood the source of Liu Renliang's previous words.

After a little muttering, Li Xuan said: "The exact date can't be found, but there is an approximation, it's still no problem, the king of Tubo has three imperial doctors, and he hasn't returned home for several months, in order not to leak the news, but if there are relatives in their family who have died, they must go home, and when they don't go home, the result can be seen at a glance." ”

"That's a good idea." Liu Renliang raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Then I heard Li Xuan continue: "This method is not feasible now, at least after a month." ”

"A month later, why?"

"Now if something happens, the Qinling will return immediately, and if Mangsong Mangzan is really not dead, the matter will be easy to suppress." Li Xuan raised his head, and said coldly: "I have to wait for a month later, when the war between Datang and Tubo is scorched and quagmire, and he can't get out, and then he will do it, so he won't be able to deal with it at all."

Even, if Mangsong Mangzan didn't die, at that time, he could take the opportunity to kill him. ”

"The virtuous son-in-law wants to ......"

"Medication!"

(End of chapter)