"What, don't you need the Anxi Army to Tochar?"

After listening to Qi Si's request, Gao Xianzhi's whole person was not good. On the side, Fang Chongyong, Li Qiyun and others all looked at Qi Si without saying a word.

At the beginning, it was the Tocharian envoy who asked Gao Xianzhi to lead troops to Tocharian to suppress the field, and then borrowed troops to attack Xiao Bolu.

And now, it was the Tocharian envoy who said that the Tang army didn't need to be so troublesome, just send a 100-person escort group to escort them back to Tocharian for their lives.

It's all you, it's unreasonable!

An evil fire rose in Gao Xianzhi's heart, and he couldn't wait to draw his knife directly and cut Qi Si into two pieces! It's a pity that Fang Chongyong and others were present, this is the signing room of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, not a place for him to go wild.

On Gao Xianzhi's fair and handsome face, there was a flash of gloom, which happened to be captured by Qi Si. The latter looked at Fang Chongyong helplessly and asked him for help. According to the routine discussed in advance, it should be Fang Chongyong who should stand up and play a round now.

"Senior Deputy Protector, this ambassador has an idea, I don't know if you are interested in hearing it."

Sure enough, Fang Chongyong smiled and said softly, helping Qi Si to relieve the siege. The tense atmosphere in the "conference room" in the signing room suddenly relaxed.

Gao Xianzhi hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Ambassador Fang, please speak, the military affairs of the Western Regions, you can decide with one word, and you don't need to ask for the opinion of the lowly position." ”

"Well, that's not what I said, everyone is doing things for the saints. You and I are given official positions by saints, and there is only the superiority of official positions between you and me, and there is no distinction between the superiority and inferiority of the person himself. ”

Fang Chongyong waved his hand lightly, and then said: "However, although you and I don't need to be divided into high and low, but the affairs of the Western Regions are not the private affairs of you and me, so we must explain it to 1510." ”

Hearing this, Gao Xianzhi hurriedly echoed: "What Ambassador Fang said is extremely true, I don't know what the ambassador said, what is it?" ”

"According to the spies, a great chaos is brewing in Tibet. If we attack Xiao Bolu, it will only make the Tibetan people put aside their prejudices and join hands to deal with the bad situation.

Not long ago, the news from Longyou said that Sun Boru in the Subi District of Tubo was preparing to bring 2,000 accounts to my Tang Dynasty.

If you blindly attack Xiao Bolu, it will only make the Tubo people feel the danger of losing the country, so that they can eliminate internal contradictions and conflicts, and work together to face the offensive of the Tang Dynasty, one of them. ”

Fang Chongyong said a top-secret news that Gao Xianzhi didn't expect!

"Is that so?"

Not only Gao Xianzhi, but even Li Qiyun and others present were also surprised. However, the fierceness of the infighting among the high-level nobles of the Tibetan aristocracy is not inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty. Although this kind of thing is unexpected, it is also reasonable.

Isn't that the Qinling Rebellion in Tibet a few decades ago?

"The second and most crucial point is that the labor expedition is a lot of money. The army needs to carry heavy loads, pensions for fallen soldiers, and rewards for military merits. The imperial court can be said to be exhausted, but it is still beyond its strength.

If the senior deputy is going to send troops to Xiao Bolu, the logistics supply of the army is certainly from the four towns of Anxi, but who will pay for the mercenaries of Tochar? Who will pay for the bereavement of the soldiers of the Tang Army? Who will reward the military merits? ”

Gao Xianzhi was speechless, the Tocharian envoy was in front of him, he couldn't say that the army went to Tocharian to rob "by the way", right? Anyway, Tocharian is also the hardcore little brother of the Tang Dynasty in Central Asia, are you embarrassed to say here that you want to rob them?

As the defeated side, Xiao Bolu is not only poor and poor, a small country and a widow, but also when the Tang Army has to leave some soldiers and horses to settle down, it needs to transport a lot of baggage from Anxi to maintain the daily patrol of the troops, where is there any oil and water to squeeze!

Everyone present understands this truth, and it is needless to say it too bluntly. Now that Xiao Bolu is played, no one else can pay for it, so Datang can only pay for it himself.

Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment, this may be the reason why the Tocharian envoy is now reluctant to find Datang to "borrow troops", after all, it is easy to invite the gods and it is difficult to send the gods!

"The senior deputy duhu has probably also figured it out, Shiguo is rich and profitable. We sent troops to fight against Buchen, so we naturally had to get the expenses back from Shi Guo.

When we take the Stone Kingdom, we can instead accumulate a military budget for the future crusade against Xiao Bolu.

What do the senior vice-presidents think? ”

Fang Chongyong asked confidently.

"That's right, Senior Deputy Duhu, we think Ambassador Fang's plan can be tried. The sage said that he wanted to properly deal with the matter of Tocharo, and now that the Tocharian envoy no longer asks us to send troops, it is better to stop this matter, listen to Ambassador Fang, how about sending troops to Shiguo? ”

Bian Lingcheng on the side echoed.

There is no essential difference between beating Shiguo and beating Xiao Bolu for him, or in other words, he doesn't care which one Gao Xianzhi fights at all.

But since Shiguo is much richer, why not take this place where you can fish for oil and water? The emperor of the mountain is far away, how many treasures have been captured, and he is not the general of the expedition, and he has the final say as the supervising army?

And in terms of climate and terrain conditions, it is much more comfortable to hit the stone country along the way, and you don't have to go over the mountains and mountains like playing Xiaobolu. Of course, Bian Lingcheng would say this, also because Fang Chongyong had made a relationship with him in advance, and promised that after defeating the Shi Kingdom in the future, he would let him pick a few easy-to-carry treasures among the loot first.

With so many people present, Fang Chongyong had talked about the benefits of sending troops to Shiguo alone in advance, and it could be said that only Gao Xianzhi was "fighting alone" now.

"But Xiao Bolu is the place where the saint's heart is in mind, and if Xiao Bolu is not defeated, the Tubo army can enter the Western Regions unscrupulously......"

Gao Xianzhi said unwillingly.

"It's not that you can't let the senior deputy protect Xiao Bolu, but now is the wrong time. Shi Guo has always had little respect for my Tang Dynasty, relying on the high mountain emperor and not taking the Tang Dynasty in his eyes, and the tribute is also against the yang and the yin. It is necessary to teach a lesson.

This matter should be resolved as a matter of priority. ”

Fang Chongyong said openly.

When all the courtiers knelt down to talk to the monarch, the only one who stood was a great disrespect to the monarch. If you want to say that Shi Guo is arrogant and rude to Datang, it is not enough, it can only be said that in this era, there is no kneeling and licking Datang, that is, looking down on Datang.

Gao Xianzhi didn't want to say anything more about this, looking at the current posture, no one was willing to stand on his side at all, as if he couldn't fight Shi Guo.

"The Anxi army of 5,000 thought it was a partial division, and climbed the mountains to attack Shiguo from the south. The ambassador will lead the Anxi expeditionary force from Tingzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of the Northern Courtyard Prefecture, and attack the stone country from the east.

Of course, this ambassador will attract all the soldiers and horses of the Shi Kingdom to the Eastern Front, and you can attack the capital of the Shi Kingdom by sneak attack. ”

Fang Chongyong said calmly, not feeling that there was anything wrong with his words.

But when he heard this, not only Gao Xianzhi looked strange, but even Bian Lingcheng, Li Qiyun and others looked at each other, not knowing what Fang Chongyong was doing.

"Ambassador Fang, do you need to work so hard to clean up a stone country? Five thousand Anxi Tang troops can kill the Shiguo army without leaving a single piece of armor!

After the rebuilding of the Turgish Khanate, he was in Broken Leaf Town, and now it is also my Tang vassal state, so I can ask them to borrow troops and horses.

And the soldiers and horses of the grassland Tiele can also be seconded, can they attack the stone country in two ways? Just because it's a small country in the Western Regions, is it worthy? ”

Gao Xianzhi said proudly, and a domineering spirit arose.

If you talk about politics, he is definitely not Fang Chongyong's opponent, and when it comes to strategic strategy, he may not be as good as the other party, after all, there is no reference system for this thing. But when it comes to the Anxi Tang Army's courage and good fighting, then he is not sleepy!

The Tang Army's soldiers and horses in the Western Regions, not to mention one dozen ten, at least one thousand to ten thousand is no problem. He really wasn't targeting Shi Guo, but the small country in the Western Regions was full of spicy chickens, and none of them could fight.

Back then, the army of the Turgish cleaned up the small countries in the Western Regions one by one.

Later, the Tang army cleaned up the army of the Turks and the army was set in one set.

Therefore, doesn't this indirectly prove that the Tang Army is crushing the army of the small country in the Western Regions!

Fang Chongyong's plan was like a heavily armed Tang army, and he had to be cautious and cautious, calling his companions to beat an unarmed baby. The style of painting is too weird and cautious to understand.

"The person I am worried about is not Shi Guoye, but the black-clothed food behind them."

Fang Chongyong shook his head and sighed. Gao Xianzhi was so arrogant that he was empty-eyed. Of course, since the beginning of the century, Datang has won more with less in the Western Regions one after another, which has also made these border generals accustomed to solving problems with knives.

The attitude of the small country surnamed Zhaowu in the Western Regions is actually closely related to the rise and fall of Arab power in West Asia, and sometimes it is not just about the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. The three foreign players of Datang, Arabia and Tubo are the three parties that control the situation.

To put it simply, the fate of the small countries in the Western Regions has never been decided by the small countries in the Western Regions themselves!

In fact, when the Turgish Khanate had not yet risen, the countries of the Western Regions at that time jumped higher than now because of the support of the white clothes and food!

So that the Tang Dynasty had to support a proxy state, that is, the Turgish Khanate, to clean up the field.

Thousands of years of history have proved that before the industrial age changed the rules of the game, there must be a nomadic regime as a buffer between the dynastic base of East Asia and West Asia in order to maintain geostrategic stability.

For example, the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty, the Turks and Turks in the Tang Dynasty, the Western Liao in the Song Dynasty, and so on. Even in modern times, a series of "stan" countries in Central Asia have become an effective cushion between the major powers.

The buffer between the Tang Dynasty and the black-clothed food is these small countries in the Western Regions, without them, these big countries will not be able to coexist in harmony.

"The big food soldiers are weak, not worth mentioning."

Gao Xianzhi said indifferently, obviously not taking Fang Chongyong's words seriously.

The example of the Sulu Khan of the Turgish beating of the white-clothed food was so eye-catching that it was difficult for outsiders to look down on the fighting power of the Arabs. As for the Shiite uprising and other changes in West Asia, Gao Xianzhi didn't know anything, but even if he knew, he wouldn't pay much attention to it.

It's just a big eat, barbarians, what flowers can they play?

However, out of the respect of the other party, Gao Xianzhi chose to remain silent and did not refute it explicitly.

"It is better to be cautious with soldiers, and the lion fights the rabbit with all your strength.

A certain high-level deputy capital was asked to protect the capital of Shi Guoguo, could it be that he was still dissatisfied in his heart? ”

Fang Chongyong asked with a playful expression.

"How dare you dare, the last general is grateful to Ambassador Fang for his kindness. This matter is not difficult, and the Anxi army will definitely go all out. ”

Gao Xianzhi hurriedly confessed and said.

People have done the meat eating work for you, and if you still complain there, you just don't know how to lift up!

Gao Xianzhi still has this emotional intelligence.

"Well, with your words, this ambassador is relieved.

In this way, the Japanese ambassador returned to Tingzhou and prepared to set out for the expedition.

The senior deputy is also ready to take 5,000 Anxi soldiers and horses to the expedition. ”

Fang Chongyong patted Gao Xianzhi on the shoulder and said, then looked around at everyone and said: "Judge Li sits in Anxi, responsible for the control of the Anxi army's grain and straw, the border attendants will go out with this ambassador, and the senior deputy will escort Li Siye back to guard Qiuzi, and take Bai Xiaode and the Modao Army to go on the expedition, so arrange it." ”

He decided the overall situation in just a few words, and he can be described as neat and neat, with the style of a general!

Gao Xianzhi vaguely felt the other party's quiet constraints, and understood that this Western Regions was no longer a place for him to make waves, so he cautiously bowed and accepted Fang Chongyong's arrangement.

……

"You stupid bird!"

In the courtyard where Fang Chongyong lived, He Changqi said to the parrot in the cage.

The parrot ignored him.

"You stupid bird!"

He Changqi said again.

The parrot still ignored him.

So He Changqi looked puzzled and asked Chongyong: "Jieshuai, isn't this bird able to speak, why doesn't it say anything." ”

"It's probably tired."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand and replied unintentionally, too lazy to take care of He Changqi's stupid question.

What a match you have with a parrot on a horse!

At this moment, Fang Chongyong was thinking about the matter of Shi Guo, and what Gao Xianzhi said was actually not completely unreasonable. Of all my plans, there is indeed still one link left unfinished.

That is to say, Shiguo and Black-clothed Big Food, in fact, are two main bodies, and cleaning up Shiguo cannot be equated with cleaning up Black-clothed Big Food.

Although Shi Guo has been eye-to-eye with the black-clothed food in the past, the black-clothed food is actually not stationed in Shiguo, they are just around and ready to move!

If the Tang army is too strong and takes down the Shi Kingdom, or if there are drastic changes within the Shi royal family, so that the diplomatic attitude of the Shi Kingdom becomes completely tilted towards the Tang Dynasty, then the Arabs will choose to temporarily stabilize their hands and will not directly send troops to fight with the Tang Army, which is waiting for work.

The black-clothed food will wait for the Tang army to withdraw, and then take the stone country.

After all, the distance between Shi Guo and the black-clothed food is much closer than the distance between him and Datang. The Tang army could not maintain a local presence for a long time, but the black clothes and big food could.

If the Tang army is too weak to take the stone country, then the stone country will definitely invite the black-clothed food to enter the stone country after repelling the Tang army, regardless of the cost, no matter the cost. So when the Tang Army launches an expedition again, the time and place are favorable, and the people do not occupy any of the three, how can this battle be fought?

Of course, the latter situation is very unlikely, and the most likely thing is that the big food in black will not be in the set at all!

Therefore, when the Tang army has not yet captured Shiguo, and the strength is not superior, the black-clothed Dashi intervened, which will make both sides think that this battle is very interesting!

The black-clothed food thought that this was the best time to "attack half-crossing", and after defeating the Tang army, everything in Shiguo was left to their control, and Shiguo was completely included in their control area.

And Fang Chongyong's plan is that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind! After introducing the black-clothed food into the battle, strike another thunderous blow!

It's hard to say who wins or loses in the end, it still depends on how well you play on the battlefield!

"Jieshuai, the capital of Shiguo is very rich, and the last general heard that it is very fat over there!

Why don't we attack there directly, but give up the fat to Gao Xianzhi to eat?

This turtle son is not kind to us! Why get used to him? It's good to have a good hand over it! ”

He Changqi leaned over and muttered in a low voice, habitually saying bad things about Gao Xianzhi.

In fact, everyone understands in private that Fang Chongyong is doing this for the overall situation. But the generals know the overall situation, but the Qiu Ba below don't know! They only knew that their boss had given up the opportunity to make a big profit in the capital of Shiguo.

These "little things" will inevitably blow the morale of the military.

"This is what you don't understand, the robbery of the open fire is still too inferior. If you want to rob the person who wants to take out the money willingly, that's called awesome, and you're a little bit off the mark. ”

Fang Chongyong waved his hand and didn't explain much.

"Ahh The last general understands!

Let Gao Xianzhi kill people in front, and we will save people in the back!

High! Sure enough, you are still the highest! ”

He Changqi suddenly realized, and seemed to understand what Fang Chongyong's intentions were.

"That's what you said, but you didn't say it."

Fang Chongyong shook his head noncommittally.

"I didn't say anything about this section! I didn't say anything about this section! ”

The oversized five-colored parrot, which had been quiet for most of the day, suddenly howled twice.

(End of chapter)