"Can Tubo defeat this Tang Dynasty?"

Zhang Fei expressed skepticism.

Zhang Fei hasn't forgotten the various records of the Tubo aristocracy in the Anshi Rebellion, but he just thinks that the Tang Dynasty's martial arts are flourishing, and this Tubo can't wait to come up and brush the tiger's whiskers?

Kong Ming didn't think it was wrong, and said with a smile with a wave of the feather fan:

"We might as well assume, if you are the lord of Tubo and want to open up territory for Tubo, how should you choose?"

"I ......"

Zhang Fei touched his beard like a steel needle, and thought about it:

"Follow the example of Lu Bu An Lushan and others, and worship the Empress Gaozong as a stepfather and mother."

"Follow Sima Yi and his ilk, raise the soldiers, and just wait for the ......"

"Stop, stop!"

Kong Ming felt a slight headache and knocked Zhang Fei's head with a feather fan:

"Hugh is joking!"

"Okay, let me think about it."

Zhang Fei felt a little aggrieved, how can this strategy be regarded as taking the essence of the past dynasties, how can it not work?

However, after turning on the serious mode, Zhang Fei, the commander of the three armed forces, had to admit after looking at the topographic map behind him:

"If you want to expand out, it seems that there is indeed only one way out of Qinghai and to Hexi."

This topographical icon is sketchy, but you can also see clearly, this Tibet is surrounded by mountains on all sides.

Only the east is the mouth of the mountains, and along the way is the Qinghai Lake that later generations called, and then from the Qinghai Lake to the east is the Hexi Corridor.

Kong Ming nodded and said:

"This Qinghai is a must-take place for Tibet."

"There are Tuyuhun tribes who were defeated and destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and there are party departments that are not on good terms with the Tang Dynasty."

"Tubo will be a strong army, and the strength of the country will be taken, if the Tang Dynasty is defenseless, I am afraid that it will ......"

[It should be noted that the national policy of Tibet is very simple:

It is to annex Tuyuhun and take Qinghai.

The first time Tubo entered the sight of the Tang Dynasty was because of the plundering of Tuyuhun.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin received Tuyuhun's cry: Dad, someone beat me!

Before Erfeng could carefully investigate clearly, Zhenguan received the news of Tubo's invasion of Songzhou in the twelfth year.

When the old accounts were counted together, the Tang Dynasty gave Tubo enough respect at that time:

With an army of 50,000, Hou Junji served as the chief of the march, and Zhi Sili and Liu Lan responded to the left and right flanks, and Niu Jinda was the forward, and the four roads went out to attack Tibet.

What Er Feng didn't expect was that before coach Hou Junji left, the striker Niu Jinda had already defeated Tubo.

And Tubo knelt quite quickly:

Not only did he quickly return all the land of the population that had been invaded before, but he also sent an envoy to admit his mistakes, and asked Lu Dongzan to personally offer 5,000 taels of gold and hundreds of treasures, which was not only to apologize for his sins, but also to ask for relatives.

Songtsen Gampo can indeed be called the generation of British lords of Tubo, and Erfeng is also a good story of harmony with Weng's son-in-law, and when he was alive, it was the honeymoon period between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

Li Shimin himself is a military strategist, and the specific reflection on the national policy of the Tang Dynasty is the extreme importance of Tuyuhun.

Because this place is between the Tang Dynasty and the difficult Tubo, it belongs to the strategic buffer zone.

At the same time, it also controls all the traffic arteries in all directions of Qinghai, and connects the Central Plains with Mobei, the Western Regions, Tibet, Gannan and other places.

It is also for this reason that Li Shimin has been closely watching Tuyuhun throughout the Zhenguan years, and once there are signs of anti-Tang or self-reliance, he will quickly intervene and exterminate it with the power of thunder, and at the same time do not hesitate to make Tuyuhun a loyal fan of the Tang Dynasty by means of harmony.

Therefore, in the entire Zhenguan period, although the reputation of Tuyuhun was not obvious after the destruction of the Tuyuhun Kingdom, Erfeng's strategy against the Western Turks was a multi-way attack every time, and the Qinghai Road controlled by Tuyuhun had a pivotal position.

And in the later period of Zhenguan, Qinghai Road also became an important part of the Silk Road and one of the economic lifelines of the Tang Dynasty.

Tuyuhun, who became the most loyal dog leg of the Heavenly Khan, was also the first barrier to lock the eastward advance of Tubo.

But by the time of Li Zhi, cracks appeared in this barrier. 】

As soon as Hou Junji looked up, he saw the eldest grandson Wuji's gloating smile.

"The public movement of Luguo is not as good as the people."

This is what the eldest grandson Wuji whispered, which seemed to be concerned and lamented, which made Hou Junji want to fight with this dead fat man for a moment.

Don't bring such a bully!

But I am also reflecting in my heart, could it be that my luck has run out in Xuanwumen?

It's a good thing to have a light curtain to start the way, but after staying in the capital for so long, all the words that involve yourself are just words.

As a result, as soon as he was not in Chang'an, he shook out a big news.

If he, Hou Junji, was present at the time and hugged His Majesty's leg on the spot to intercede, wouldn't he have fallen into the embarrassing situation he is in now?

The lament in Hou Junji's heart did not affect Li Shimin.

For later generations to call him a military strategist, and a long list of analyses of this Tuyuhun, Li Shimin calmly nodded:

"Such a statement is only two or three out of ten of the Tuyuhun military strategy."

That's right, I'm so strong, that's what I think.

At the same time, his eyes widened, and he wrote down all these analyses, and planned to find Du Ruhui to record and review them at night.

Li Jing only dared to pout in his heart, but at the same time, his heart was also turbulent.

The statement of the light curtain coincided with what he thought, and now he just took the lead and gave the Tubo people a surprise!

Fang Xuanling immediately put forward his own suggestions:

"Lock the road to the east of Tibet in Qinghai Lake, and then switch the trade."

The tragic situation in Hexi in Zhang Yichao's chapter has already shown the barbarism of Tubo, and Fang Xuanling does not intend to burn this war to the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Du Ruhui's views are the same as those of old friends, more organized:

"Eight years later, Tubo came and was defeated by my Tang vanguard army, and now it is not a problem."

"Instead of risking the fear of high rebellion, it is better to lock it up, and it is better to attack the Western Turks with heavy profits."

After realizing the weakness of Tibet now, the ministers saw clearly for a while that this Tibet was just a Turkic on the plateau.

Nodding slightly, taking into account what Fang Du and the others said, Li Shimin also had his own opinion on this so-called rift:

"I want to come...... It should be that after the prince ruled the Western Turks, he thought that the Western Regions would be at ease. ”

"As far as I can see, there is only Goguryeo that I have not been able to peace."

[Tuyuhun is a double insurance created by Erfeng for the Hexi Corridor.

And this heavy insurance, when Li Zhi did not attach great importance to it, was torn apart by Lu Dongzan himself.

Just as Erfeng insisted on going his own way to set Gaochang at that time, Lu Dongzan also accurately found a window period for Tubo.

Beginning with Su Dingfang's expedition to Goguryeo in 655, the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo started the 14-year war of Goguryeo.

In the second year of Su Dingfang's Liaodong command, in 656, Lu Dongzan waved his army to capture Bailanqiang, and in 660, he used Bailanqiang's territory as a springboard to encroach on Tuyuhun.

Moreover, Lu Dongzan also deliberately pulled the Tang Dynasty, not only delaying the strategy of Liaodong, but also covering up the small actions of Tubo.

In 662, Tubo formed an alliance with the Gongyue tribe, and the momentum was shocking, claiming to oppose the Tang Dynasty, and Li Zhi had no choice but to send Su Haizheng as the general manager of the Penghaidao march to quell the rebellion.

Lu Dongzan looked very calm in the face of the Tang Dynasty Heavenly Army:

Give us money and food, and we won't be anti-Tang, otherwise we will run away immediately, and when you leave, we will continue to oppose Tang.

In order to seek quick peace, Su Haizheng provided the enemy with military resources and made peace.

Lu Dongzan tasted the benefits, so he began to increase his efforts, and at the same time confused Li Zhi's judgment, making it difficult for Li Zhi to be rational.

In 663, Tuyuhun, who had been attacked by Tubo repeatedly, sent envoys to the court, saying that Tuyuhun's destruction was imminent, and begging for help.

At the same time, Lu Dongzan also sent envoys to the court, saying that Tuyuhun had invaded Tubo, and asked the Tang Dynasty to send troops to attack Tuyuhun and uphold justice.

Li Zhiren was stupid, and made a decision that the two stupidest people would each play 50 boards, "no help is allowed".

At the end of the same year, the Gongyue tribe, under the command of Lu Dongzan, attacked Khotan again, attracting the Anxi capital to save him.

In 665, Lu Dongzan once again united with Shule and Gongyue to invade Khotan, and Li Zhi had no choice but to send troops to rescue again.

According to Tubo's own historical records, from 659 to 666, Lu Dongzan had been presiding over the annexation work in Tuyuhun.

The Tuyuhun people who entered the court in 663 to ask for help were probably the last voice that the pro-Tang faction within could make, but unfortunately Li Zhi did not have time to listen carefully.

And in 665, after Goguryeo was destroyed by Li Tao, Li Zhi was once again irrational in his opinions on how to punish the Tibetans.

Yan Liben said: The destruction of Goguryeo did not work the people or hurt the money, and there was no problem in fighting Tibet.

He Li believes that if the army reaches Tubo, it is better to pretend to refuse Tuyuhun for help, and then the army quietly surrounds and fights a battle.

Jiang Wei's descendant Jiang Ke scolded angrily: Tuyuhun and Tang Nai are cold lips and teeth, at this time, Sensei said so much, first send troops to protect Tuyuhun and then talk!

Li Zhi did not allow it. 】

Li Shimin vaguely remembered that when he listened to the light curtain talk about the Three Kingdoms before, he had laughed at Cao Pi's "emperor doesn't listen" several times.

As a result, I didn't expect it, Emperor Cao Pi didn't listen, and Emperor Li Zhi didn't allow it, and they contrasted with each other.

"Indecisive!"

Li Shimin was very angry:

"This is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty!"

Although he has not yet done it, later generations personally admitted that the strategic buffer of Tuyuhun and the insurance of Hexi Road were all contributed by him.

So the sentence that was mentioned in later generations once again reminded Li Shimin:

"It's really a cub who sells Ye Tian and doesn't feel distressed!"

This also made Li Shimin immediately decide that he would smack Li Zhi's ass when he went back tonight.

Anyway, the two-year-old kid doesn't understand anything, and being beaten up to make the Tang Emperor's thoughts not angry and depressed can be regarded as Li Zhi's first contribution to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shiyun, who was careful to hide his joy, said cautiously:

"After all, Goguryeo is my great enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and future generations only see His Majesty's heroic posture of collecting the Western Regions, and they don't know the painstaking blood behind it, so they only have Liaodong in their eyes."

Li Shimin smiled:

"That being said, it is very difficult to come to Maogongping Liaodong."

"Or you should enter the sea division to train, and try to get Yizhou to operate the sea master."

Who can not understand Li Shixian's careful thoughts? Emperor Yang's expedition to Goguryeo was broken, and his personal expedition was not extinguished.

As a result, the country was annihilated by Li Shiyun, and this achievement was compared with the personal conquest of the two emperors, which is not too conspicuous.

Therefore, Li Shimin simply followed Li Shiyun's words, you only have Liaodong in your eyes to exonerate the prince's rule, is it because you are too hard to fight in Liaodong?

The little favor he had for the prince in his heart was suddenly thrown to the Buyeo country:

"Why does the small country of Liaodong need His Majesty to make a move?"

"Please destroy it and raise the prestige of my chastity!"

What a high sect, not familiar.

He Li Shiyun wants to be a famous general of Zhenguan!

(End of chapter)