Shen Sanwen told the princess that Emperor Wu had high hopes for her, and the princess was convinced.

Maybe this is the tacit understanding.

It's just that Shen San asked not knowing how the two of them were similar.

However, since learning about Emperor Wu's expectations, the princess has spent significantly less time on her son, and she has been more attentive to the government.

In 685 A.D., the world was ruled again, and it was a peaceful and prosperous era, with a great increase in grain production in various places, people had their own land, and there were many new populations, and life was peaceful.

Emperor Wu proposed to seal Mount Tai, but the courtiers came out to admonish.

"Feng Chan has always been to expand the territory, so I hope Your Majesty will take back his life."

If Emperor Wu succeeded in sealing Zen, all the courtiers were speechless in the face of the ridicule of later generations.

Emperor Wu sneered.

Wu Chengsi saw the opportunity to come out and perform, "The expansion of the territory is just a new land, which can accommodate more people to recuperate, and now the people of Wuzhou are far richer than the previous dynasties, the road is not forgotten, there is no beggar in the road, and no one in the world sighs that the world is good now, how can it not be sealed Zen?" ”

Then the court turned into a group of pedantic old ministers and patted the new ministers, and no one could convince anyone.

There were quite a few people who opposed it, so Emperor Wu planned to fight a big victory and bring up the matter again.

Wu Zhou adopted a policy of peace and tried to reconcile the contradictions with the border peoples, the imperial court did not focus on the war, and the soldiers were happy to cultivate, and there were few wars in a few years. Datang has always had few defeats, and this matter is not difficult.

Especially today's generals, there is not much change, and the original generals of the Tang Dynasty have always been experienced in a hundred battles, gradually promoted, and they are really not afraid of anyone. The only major defeat was that the god of war Xue Rengui fought in Dafeichuan in Tubo, and the 50,000 Tang army fought against the 300,000 Tubo army.

Since then, although Tubo has been defeated eight times, when it saw the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, it still couldn't help but send troops to harass and plunder, especially the trade routes in the Western Regions and the grain producing areas in the western part of Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. Now that Wu Zhou has more food, Emperor Wu intends to win another battle, and the next war may not be far away.

At this time, the famous generals Hei Tooth Changzhi, Wang Fangyi, and Lou Shide were all on the border, and the foreigners were still a little in awe. Wang Fangyi taught people new farming, Lou Shide reclaimed wasteland, and Heizhi Changzhi was on the Turkic border, a vast desert desert, which could only record local logs and specialty, protect business travelers, and rely on the people of Wuzhou for military salaries.

Emperor Wu ordered Lou Shide to conquer Tibet and make some achievements, and the snow was not a shame for Sichuan.

Lou Shide led 200,000 troops to Shanzhou, and personally ordered Zhang Yang to be the vanguard and set out with the army.

At this time, Qinling, the son of Lu Dongzan, controlled the great government of Tibet, and heard that Wu Zhou sent troops to start the frontier war again, so he immediately sent an envoy with two carts of valuable playthings to the Turks, hoping that the Turkic Khan would send troops to fight against Qiang Zhou.

A week later, the Tibetan envoys arrived in the Turks, and the Turkic Khan immediately sent troops to Mobei, occupied the vast desert oasis in the north of Yinshan, and encroached on the western part of the Helan Mountains and the northern border land of Shanzhou, intending to jointly occupy Ganzhou with the Tibetans, so that the southwestern territory of Wuzhou and the Anxi Protectorate would be separated, so as to divide the rights and interests of the Western Regions.

Ganzhou is the link between the Anxi Protectorate and the Tang Dynasty, and it cannot be lost.

The court argued endlessly on this matter, and divided into two factions. Di Renjie led the main peace faction, Anxi Protectorate coexists in many countries, the nationality is complex, the Tang garrison gains outweighs the losses, and wars are frequent, it is better to give up this territory and make the countries of Tibet, Turkic, and Western Regions chaotic. The main battle faction headed by Wu Sansi believed that Wu Zhou had been operating the Western Regions for many years, and he must not give up lightly, and if the road of communication between the Western Regions and the Waiyi was cut off by the Turks, it would inevitably make the Turks sit on the profits of the products of Wu Zhou and the Western Regions, and gradually develop, raising tigers for trouble.

There are some other opinions, Lai Junchen thinks that these generals may not be loyal, and supports Di Renjie to make peace, so as not to prevent the generals from supporting their own troops and causing military disasters.

Shen Sanwen also raised his heart at this time, if Wang Fangyi and Hei Yan Changzhi were harmed by Lai Junchen in the future, and the lack of generals in the frontier would inevitably cause disaster. It's just how to make Emperor Wu believe in the loyalty of these courtiers and keep them. If Hei Tooth Chang crusaded against Xu Jingye, he could make great contributions, and there would be no worries today.

Emperor Wu overrode public opinion, ordered Heizhi Changzhi to rush to Ganzhou, prevent the Turks, recapture the territory, and use the new general Wang Xiaojie, led an army of 50,000, and went straight to the Anxi capital to prevent the invasion of Tibet.

Lou Shide intended to cultivate and review the new army trained by Zhang Yang, so he mixed up as a pioneer officer.

Shanzhou, already located on a 4,000-meter plateau, the air is thin, and many people have difficulty breathing, Lou Shide also had to stop the military for review, and carried out the first army reorganization, screening soldiers who can better adapt to the plateau climate to reorganize and form a forward. To his shock, the three hundred armor soldiers led by Zhang Yang were completely able to adapt to the plateau climate.

The first battle plan discussion took place in the tent.

Lou Shide first asked Zhang Yang, "Why can your three hundred soldiers adapt to the plateau climate?" ”

Zhang Yang: "The reason for the different training methods of war. Wielding a weapon is mainly about strength and explosiveness, rather than overall body coordination. My training, including keeping them running for a long time, not only improves their leg strength, but also improves their self-mediation and cardiopulmonary adaptability when they have difficulty breathing after long-distance running. Nowadays, on the plateau, the air is thin and the intake of less air is similar, which is similar to the need for a large amount of air and too little inhalation after a long-distance run. So these soldiers can adapt. ”

Lou Shide thought thoughtfully, "It made you solve a big problem by mistake." ”

Zhang Yang was not convinced, "General, this is by no means a mistake, a reasonable training method can enhance the combat effectiveness of soldiers." Soldiers can be more flexible if they can cope with different environments. The traditional training method, the cavalry is the cavalry, the infantry is the infantry, once the combat environment, tools, can not be flexible, if the new training method is adopted, the soldier does not rely on the baggage, can adapt to the role of multiple arms, the combat power will inevitably be doubled. ”

Lou Shide waved his hand, "Do a good job in this battle, if you can make great contributions, this commander will show you merit, if you become a general, your own soldiers, how do you like to train and how to train." The law of the ancestors cannot be abolished, and the training methods used by the commander can better cooperate with the allocation, needless to say. The war is about to start, and the commander will have 700 more armor soldiers with you, you train well, and don't let the commander down. ”

Zhang Yang failed to speak again, and he had secretly made up his mind to perform well. However, he was not a general appointed by the imperial court, but a local requisition by Lou Shuai, and he could only govern a thousand people without being granted a seal by the imperial court, and Lou Shide had done his best to create conditions for him, and Zhang Yang was still grateful in his heart.

After Qinling defeated Xue Rengui in Dafeichuan, he no longer led his troops to fight and promoted new generals, but unfortunately Tubo was defeated every year, which also gave him a headache. Now he wants to go to the front line several times, but the domestic affairs of Tubo are heavy, the four major families are vying for power and profit, he does not dare to go out easily, if he wins, his prestige has reached its peak, there is no way to advance, if he is defeated, he will inevitably be attacked by other families, if he loses power, it will greatly damage the rights and interests of the tribe.