"Xu Da, I order you to lead the 50,000 troops of Lishan to the south to crusade against Burma!"

Li Jing directly ordered, and with a suitable reason, it became justifiable to send troops again!

"Obey the order!"

After Xu Da returned with the edict, he went straight to the Lishan camp and summoned 50,000 troops to give a lecture.

Lishan camp, school field.

Banner hunting, war drums roaring.

The 50,000 army was divided into hundreds of phalanxes, and the mighty wind swept the heavens and the earth, and the aura of slaughter shook people's hearts.

Xu Da took the main generals, boarded the general platform, and looked at the neatly arranged army, Xu Da's eyes were burning, and they would soon go south to fight.

"Soldiers, the Burmese country does not obey the courtesy, despises my Tang Tianwei, the sage decrees, ordering me Xu Da to lead you south to crusade against Burma."

Xu Dalong walked a few steps forward, looked at the sergeant with strict military discipline in front of him, and shouted, his voice was thick and loud.

"Hang the people and fight crimes, crusade against Burma, and raise my Tang Tianwei!"

Vice General Xu Da shouted along, so as to increase their prestige, so that they would go to crusade against the small countries in the southeast this time, and become more justified!

The soldiers below were also enthusiastic, shouting loudly to crusade against Burma.

In their eyes, this expedition was a righteous act, and a punishment for a vassal country that did not obey the courtesies!

Next, Xu Da announced this expedition, the reward after killing the enemy for meritorious service, this time the reward and punishment system is no longer the original set.

The rewards and punishments have changed, and after meritorious service, not only individuals can be rewarded, but even family members can follow suit, and the punishment is the same!

The soldiers who died in battle are no longer only a coffin, and the families of all soldiers who died in battle will be taken care of by the imperial court and can also receive a pension.

Those who died bravely in battle and shrouded in horse leather can still enter the martyrs' shrine and be worshiped by people's incense for generations, and their names will also be engraved on the martyrs' monument, so that their heroic souls will last forever!

There are a total of ten incentive measures, which are to motivate soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy, one person makes meritorious service, and the whole family is glorious!

The soldiers were suddenly excited, and they couldn't wait to set off immediately to fight for Datang.

After talking about the incentives, the next step is the punishment measures, those who escape from the battle are beheaded, the taxes of their families are doubled, and the mutineers who collaborate with the enemy are beheaded!

If the family members sit together, if the circumstances are serious, the family members will be beheaded for the same crime, and those who are cowardly and do not obey the order will be beheaded! The family parades into exile!

There are also a total of ten punishments, one person commits a crime, and the whole family is disgraced!

"Expedition!"

With an order, the army of 50,000 marched and slaughtered towards the south.

……

Zhenla country, the royal capital of Nabuluo City.

The king of Chenla, Bafa Walman, was sitting on the throne and listening to the minister's report.

Not long ago, he sent an envoy back to Funan to visit his elder brother, the king of Funan was sick in bed, and the prince handled the government affairs of Funan.

The prince of Funan Kingdom is still young, which makes his uncle Zhenla King Bafa Valman have an idea, how to say that Funan Kingdom is also his hometown of Bafa Walman, and in his heart it must be better than the Zhenla Kingdom he has entered!

Now, his elder brother King Funan is bedridden, and his nephew is still young, making it a good time for him to annex Funan!

He not only wants Zhenla Kingdom, but he doesn't even intend to let go of Funan Kingdom.

After listening to the minister's report, Bafa Valman was ready to move, and he was eager to send troops now to take down Funan.

The minister dissuaded Bafarwalman not to act rashly, now is not the time, the king of Funan is not dead, there is no civil strife in Funan, and now sending troops will not only not get any benefits, but will also cause a commotion.

The minister suggested that he should first establish a good relationship with his neighbor Pyu State, and wait until the war with Funan State in the future, which would be helpful, and also to prevent Pyu Guo from taking advantage of people's danger.

After all, the overall strength of the country is no worse than that of the country of Zhenla, and even stronger than the country of Zhenla.

The current state of Pyu is very powerful, with eighteen subject states, two hundred and ninety-eight tribes, and nine towns, and its territory extends to Nanzhao in the north, Chenla in the east, Tianzhu in the west, and the sea in the south, and has the entire Irrawaddy River basin.

is an out-and-out Southeast Asian powerhouse, and Zhenla has to be afraid of him.

In the end, Bafa Valman still took the minister's suggestion and established good relations with the country of Pi, marrying his wife's distant cousin to the king of the country of Bi as a concubine.

Through marriage, the intimate relationship between Chenla and the country of Bi was strengthened.

Just as the king of Zhenla, Bafa Walman, was celebrating and the two countries concluded a friendly alliance, someone came to report that the envoys of the Tang Dynasty asked to meet the king of Zhenla.

This is the envoy sent by Li Jing to borrow the way from King Zhenla before the arrival of Xu Da's army.

"The envoy of the Tang Dynasty, how could you come to me at this time?"

Bafa Valman wondered, although Zhenla had offered things to the Tang Dynasty and called him a minister, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty had never come to Zhenla.

This unprecedented first time made Bafa Valman a little uneasy, how did the good Tang envoy come to him?

"The envoy of the Tang Dynasty, we can't see it, why don't we see the envoy of the Tang Dynasty first, and see what he has to do with my Zhenla!"

The minister felt that he still had to meet, otherwise he would anger the Tang Dynasty, and there would be no good fruit for them to eat!

Datang is not something they can snub and provoke.

"Hurry up and invite the Tang envoy into the hall!"

Bafa Valman instructed his attendants to invite the Tang envoy in, but he wanted to see what the envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty wanted to do?

"Yes!"

The attendant retreated and invited the Tang envoy, who was wearing a light green official uniform and a seven-rank petty official, to come in!

"I've seen King Zhenla!"

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty bowed his hand!

"I've seen the envoy, but I don't know why the envoy came to me?"

King Bafa Varman replied and asked.

"On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I have come to envoy Zhenla to discuss with your country about borrowing the Tao!"

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty explained that he wanted to borrow from Zhenla, so that the Tang army could crusade against the country of Pi, that is, the Burmese country in Li Jing's mouth.

"Borrow? What kind of way to borrow? ”

The king of Zhenla, Bafa Walman, was puzzled, was he using the Tao to envoy the kingdom of Piao?

It stands to reason that if Datang wants to go to the country of Pi, it should also pass through the boundary of Nanzhao, which is closer to the country of Pi.

Why should the envoy of the Tang Dynasty give up the near and far, there is a shortcut to Nanzhao and not take the road, he has to take a detour to borrow the road from his Zhenla to go to the envoy of the country of Pi, this is really a superfluous move!

This is also what the king of Zhenla Bafa Valman can't figure out, but after all, Datang is stronger than him, so it's better not to offend casually!

"The country of Bi is disrespectful to my Tang Dynasty, and it is even more disrespectful to the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, and the country of Bi does not obey the courtesy, and my emperor of the Tang Dynasty decided to send troops to crusade against the country of Bi."

"It's only because the road between the Tang Dynasty and the Bi Kingdom is not open, that my Emperor of the Tang Dynasty specially sent me to envoy to your country, hoping that your country can make a convenient door and lend me the road to the Tang Dynasty soldiers."

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty explained the intention.

After hearing this, the face of the king of Zhenla, Bafa Valman, was a little cloudy, he had just married the country of Pi and signed a friendly covenant, and now the Tang Dynasty wanted to use the way with him to destroy the country of Pi.

Didn't all the previous efforts go down the drain?

He hasn't gotten back the benefits from the country of Pi, and the Tang Dynasty is about to send troops to destroy the country of Pi, has you considered his feelings?

But he thought about it, Datang was powerful, and if he refused directly, he was afraid of annoying Datang and becoming the target of being wiped out by the Tang army.

King Bafa Varman looked at the minister, hoping that the minister would give him an answer that would satisfy both parties.

"This time I borrowed from your country, and my Datang is willing to pay 50,000 yuan, plus 100 horses of silk and satin, as the cost of borrowing!"

The envoy of the Tang Dynasty said again, it should be regarded as a thank you gift to the other party!

The king of Zhenla, Bafa Valman, was overjoyed when he heard this, no matter how he looked at this deal, he didn't feel a loss, he only needed to lend a road to Tang Jun, and he could make a lot of money, it was really too cost-effective!

King Bafa Varman couldn't help but want to agree, and at the critical moment, his minister used a cough to remind him not to be impulsive!

"Let me think about this, messenger, you go down and rest first, and when I figure it out, I will inform you!"

The king of Zhenla, Bafa Valman, said, and ordered someone to bring the Tang envoy down to rest.

"My Datang army is on the way south, and it will arrive soon, I hope King Zhenla can give me an answer as soon as possible, so as not to cause any misunderstanding at that time, and make everyone's face not look good!"

Before the envoy of the Tang Dynasty left, he did not forget to kindly remind King Zhenla that the matter of borrowing the Tao could not be delayed, and it would not be beneficial to anyone if it was delayed for a long time.

The face of the king of Zhenla, Bafa Valman, was not very good-looking, and he felt that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty seemed to remind him, but in fact, he was threatening him, if he did not lend the way to the Tang army, the Tang army might do something to Zhenla.

"Thank you for the reminder, I'll remember what you said."

King Bafa Varman waved his hand and asked the attendants to take the Tang envoy down to rest.

"King, don't agree to lend the Tao to Datang, otherwise, it will definitely bring disaster to my Zhenla!"

After the Tang envoy left, a minister with gray hair and a gray beard spoke to persuade him.

"Why?"

King Bafa Varman was very puzzled, since he didn't agree, why didn't you say it just now, but now he jumped out and said no?

"I once studied with the Han people, and I know some of their culture, and the Han people have a word called false Taoism!"

The minister chatted with the king of Chenla, Bafa Walman, about his understanding of the Han Chinese.

"False Dao Felling?"

"Yes, this is an allusion in Han literature, saying that a king of the ancient Han people wanted to attack the king of another country......"

The minister told the story he knew to the king of Zhenla, Bafa Valman, and reminded the king of Zhenla, Bafa Walman, the purpose of the Tang Dynasty this time.

It seems that he is going to attack the country of Pi, who dares to guarantee that after the country of Bi is destroyed, will he turn his head and make a move on them?

Zhenla can't be deceived by the small profits in front of him like Qiu Guo, but it gives Datang an opportunity to take advantage of, which is absolutely impossible.

Although they don't understand what it means to have cold lips and teeth, they can also understand what is good for them and what is bad for them.

King Bafa Varman of Zhenla was shocked into a cold sweat, fortunately, he didn't have a hot head at the time, so he promised the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, thinking about the consequences made him shudder!

Some people died, but not completely......