The golden pot of jade liquid, nine turns of fragrance.

Li Xuan poured the wine with his own hands, and Yuan Ming picked up the wine glass, bowed heavily in the direction of the palace, and then drank it all.

"Envoy, please." Li Xuan stretched out his hand and bowed, Yuan Ming nodded, glanced at Yuan Wanqing, nodded, turned around again, and got into the carriage.

Li Xuan turned over and got on the horse, waved his hand slightly, and the Nanchang Mansion guards beside him were already guarding both sides of the carriage.

The roaring sound of horses' hooves sounded at the city gate, followed by two hundred red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniu guards already roaring.

The two hundred or so black-clothed and black-armored guards in the back bowed slightly to Li Xuan, and then each went to the left and right guards in Chang'an.

When Yuan Wanqing saw this scene, his expression changed slightly, and his eyes were faint.

It turned out that the king of Nanchang had already arranged everything.

Two hundred or so guards are inconspicuous in the nearly 100,000 troops of the entire Changluo today, but if they are placed in a critical position, a hundred people can also pose a deadly threat.

When the king of Nanchang was in Chang'an City, unless there was a holy order, Mingli could only use more than 20 palace guards, and there was very little he could do.

Of course, Yuan Wanqing also knew that Peng Wang's Mansion was in Kaihuafang, and there were many princes in the workshop, and there were already many guards in each family, and there were also patrolling Jin Wuwei and hidden Qianniu Guards around.

Under the surface of the water, the king of Nanchang can still use a lot of power.

But on the bright side, the only thing he can use is his own palace guards.

Now that there are two hundred more left and right guards cavalry who follow him on the battlefield, the king of Nanchang has suddenly become more powerful in all matters in Beijing.

In Yuan Wanqing's mind, many methods against these two hundred or so guards flashed in an instant, but the king of Nanchang asked them to return to the left and right guard camps, but all the loopholes were blocked.

This cunning guy.

……

Yuan Wanqing looked up at Li Xuan, and saw Li Xuan looking at Yuan Wanqing gently, nodded and said, "Sir, please!" ”

"Good!" Yuan Wanqing nodded slightly, then turned over and got on the horse, and followed Li Xuan to lead the way for Yuan Ming.

Li Xuan is the king, and Yuan Wanqing is a cronie of the queen of heaven, one left and one right, leading the way.

The two of them stood outside the city gate and waited for someone, which was already particularly attention-grabbing, and now there were two hundred Jinwu guards to escort them, and then when they entered the Jinguang Gate, the talismans on the yellow caravan clearly appeared in the eyes of the surrounding people and the families of officials.

Everyone stepped aside and bowed heavily.

When the group disappeared in front of them, there was an uproar all around.

Where did the envoy come back, and let the king of Nanchang and Yuan Wanqing greet him at the same time.

Li Xuan is not only the king of the dynasty and the governor of the border states, but most importantly, he is also a close confidant of the emperor.

As for Yuan Wanqing, the symbol of the queen of heaven on his body is heavier.

These two people greet and escort at the same time, which is far from the treatment that ordinary people can match.

While everyone was in an uproar, more than a dozen carriages appeared behind the city gate at the same time.

The purple canopy carriage led by it is gorgeous and valuable, and there are more carriages behind it that are faintly filled with various gift boxes.

A hand stretched out from the carriage at the front, and then an elegant middle-aged face with a hint of gloom appeared between heaven and earth.

Wu Chenghe.

Wu Chenghe, who was wearing a black hat, poked his head out of the carriage and asked with a frown, "Isn't Yuan Shulang here?" ”

"Back to my lord, no." The butler on the side stepped forward and bowed his hand.

"Looks like something happened." Wu Chengsi looked up at the somewhat noisy city gate, nodded, and said, "Let's go, let's enter the city." ”

"Yes!" The butler bowed, then stepped back.

Then, the entire convoy began to slowly move towards the city gate.

It didn't take long for Wu Chengsi and his party to completely disappear at the city gate.

……

The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier.

A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the southwest, and then, a richly dressed young man stopped his horse outside the Golden Light Gate.

Immediately, more than 20 Qianniuwei quickly caught up from behind.

Inside and outside the city gate, many people looked at it in surprise, are so many powerful people returning to Beijing today?

On the city wall, the gatekeeper couldn't help but frown.

Why did King Zheng suddenly return to Beijing?

But then he sighed helplessly.

Who in the court doesn't know that King Zheng himself doesn't have much heart to serve as an official in Jinzhou.

In fact, the people of Jinzhou did not want King Zheng to interfere in the affairs of Jinzhou.

Now the situation is also considered to be happy.

From time to time, the Jinzhou Assassin sent his heir King Zheng back to Beijing in various names, in the name of asking him to help Jinzhou fight for something, but in fact he still kept him away from Jinzhou.

Generally speaking, most of the Jinjuan Yuan who have been assassinated and paid tribute in various places do not return to Beijing until the twenty-third year of the lunar month.

It is not a big deal to return to Beijing a few days in advance.

But today, I caught up with so many people to return to Beijing together.

Sent an envoy to Tubo Hezhou to assassinate the history, and inspected the Honglu Temple Qing Yuanming; Zhou Guogong, Fenzhou Thorn Shi Wu Chenghei; Heir King Zheng, don't drive Li Jing in Jinzhou.

There are also the suburbs of the king of Nanchang and Yuan Wanqing.

In this, it is becoming more and more felt that under the surface of the water, there seems to be one invisible dark tide after another surging.

Especially at this time, the crown prince has not returned to Beijing.

……

In the Zichen Palace, Li Zhi raised his hand slightly, and while flipping through the chapter in front of him, he said, "Yuanqing, please get up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yuan Ming hurriedly bowed down and stood up.

His eyes swept around inadvertently, and Li Jingxuan stood on the left side of the book, followed by Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the military department, Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, and Lang Yuan.

Today, it is time to discuss the matter of Tibet.

"Let's talk about it, what is the situation inside Tibet today?" The emperor's body leaned back slightly, and his gaze fell on Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister traveled from Changzhou at the end of February of the second year of Yifeng, all the way through the party, Subi, through the Tanggula Pass, and arrived in Tubo.

According to the minister's observation, there are countless large and small provinces in Tibet, but they are roughly divided into three parts: the desolate land in the northwest, the old land of Zhangxiong in the southwest, and the richest land in Tubo in the southeast. ”

Li Xuan stood aside and nodded slightly.

This is the same as his perception of Tibet.

The real core of Tibet is still in the southeast.

"However, although the northwest is bitterly cold, the soldiers are strong and fierce, especially in the area around the exit on the south side of Tanggula Mountain, which is dominated by the Northwest Army, which is definitely a difficult bone to gnaw." Yuan Ming arched his hand, and then said: "As for Zhangxiong, the ministers listen to hearsay, but it is a bit logical, prosperous and beautiful, and it is definitely not weaker than the capital of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Zhi's face sank.

Datang is now prosperous, and more than several generations have been forging ahead.

From the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty to today, although it was only a Jiazi time, it was prosperous and prosperous, and finally thousands of years of cultural accumulation was indispensable.

But what about Tibet, in Songtsen Gampo, and his ancestors, but only a few generations, before that, Tubo was just a desolate area, how can there be thousands of years of cultural accumulation.

There is only one reason that can make Tibet form its current situation.

Wealth.

In recent years, Tubo has obtained countless wealth from the Western Regions, as well as Tianzhu and other places, and these should have belonged to the Tang Dynasty.

……

"Let's talk about it, what is the impact of the war in the past few years on the Tibetan monarchs and ministers?" Li Zhi's expression calmed down, his eyes swept over Pei Xingjian and Li Xuan, and his mind was calm.

"Yes!" Yuan Ming thought for a moment and continued: "After the ministers arrived in Luoqi, they didn't see their monarchs at first, not even the courtiers who dealt with foreign affairs, they even directly sent a large army to put the ministers under house arrest in the post station, and they didn't let the ministers see anyone for half a year. ”

"Yuan Qing worked hard, continue." Li Zhi leaned forward slightly, his expression was serious, what he really cared about was the changes after the defeat of Dafeichuan and Tubo.

"After the First Battle of Dafeichuan, Tubo relaxed its control over the ministers, and although the ministers still stayed in the pavilion, their subordinates could enter and leave the city." Yuan Ming seriously bowed his hand and said: "After the defeat of Dafeichuan, although Qin Ling and the others still chose to block the news, the casualties were so serious, how could they avoid everyone. ”

In the first battle of Dafeichuan, in addition to the Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, Yangtong, Subi and other large and small tribes, the Tubo people suffered at least 40,000 or 50,000 casualties, and there were also elite soldiers of their own tribe who were chased and killed and fled on the way, and they suffered at least more than 60,000 casualties.

There was even a heavy cavalry of two thousand men.

It's all elite.

Even Tubo itself still has the same number of troops, the same elite, and can even be replenished quickly.

But even if the replenishment is timely, the overall combat strength of the Tubo people still loses more than 30%.

……

Yuan Ming told everything eloquently, and everyone in the hall listened attentively.

Especially Li Xuan.

Because next, the attack on Tibet will be dominated by him.

"Last year's Subi War had little impact on Tubo." Yuan Ming glanced up at Li Xuan, and then arched his hand to the emperor and said: "On the Qinling Tomb concealed the real loss of Qamdo, but the minister still knew about the turmoil of the Tubo monarchs and ministers from some channels. ”

Li Zhi nodded lightly, although the arrangement of the secret guards in Tubo was somewhat restrained after Dafeichuan, there were still many people there.

Especially after absorbing Li Xuan's arrangement in Luo, the strength of the secret guard has swelled even more.

After the defeat at the front, Lun Qinling vented his anger on all the opposition forces inside and outside the Logos.

Naturally, the arrangement of the secret guards was also being swept away, but fortunately, they predicted it in advance and stopped early.

"In the first battle of Subi, the king of Nanchang easily broke into Qamdo, and then retreated with his whole body, which made the confidence of the Tubo people in the original Subi guard front shaken the most."

Yuan Ming said with some amazement: "Even on the Qinling, there are some shakers, there are rumors, on the Qinling once said that all the nobles in Qamdo will be moved into Luo, but if Subi does not fight this battle, then it will have a great impact on the morale of the entire Tubo." ”

"So, they still have to touch it, King Nanchang, are you ready?" The emperor turned his head to look at Li Xuan with a cold expression.

"Your Majesty, the minister originally thought that the Tubo people would use Subi and Yang Tong cavalry as cover, and then they covered up and killed...... Originally, the minister was worried that there would be some losses, but now that the main force of Tubo wants to touch the minister, it is a good thing in the minister's opinion, and it will be easier to defeat them. Li Xuan's words, all the ministers in the palace were stunned.

"How so?" Pei Xingjian, who was standing above Li Xuan, crossed the emperor and asked.

The emperor didn't care, because in the next distinction, Pei Xingjian, the secretary of the military department, had the most right to speak.

Li Xuan bowed slightly, and said calmly: "Originally, I attacked the enemy, and under the restrictions of the terrain, the enemy was superior and I was inferior, but now the enemy wants to attack me, and the enemy is inferior and I am superior." ”

"The terrain is restricted, so traps are laid." Pei Xingjian nodded approvingly, he already somewhat understood what Li Xuan wanted to do, and he said softly: "But this requires more ordnance and materials, and more generals need to obey orders. ”

"In this way, the plan of the king of Nanchang is feasible?" The emperor looked at Pei Xingjian.

Pei Xingjian nodded directly and said: "It's feasible, the minister sees that the king of Nanchang may still have a backhand, it seems that he wants to take down Yangtong, and then collude with Xituguhun?" ”

Seeing Pei Xingjian's gaze, Li Xuan arched his hand and said: "Yes, the land of West Tuguhun has low terrain, once someone in the army is injured, it can be treated as soon as possible, so as to avoid excessive casualties in the army, and remove worries, before you can enter Tubo itself." ”

"But first, it's the Tanggula Pass." Pei Xingjian stared straight at Li Xuan.

(End of chapter)