People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 400 Behind the scenes
"Here." Movo saluted again.

Li Zheng picked up the Western Turkic parchment again.

It can be seen that the number of directories above is much more than last time,

"It's a good job, but the price is higher than last time." Li Zheng looked at the list on the parchment, three hundred Damo knives, one thousand crossbows, six thousand arrows, and five thousand stones of millet.

Li Zheng calculated carefully, a total of 23 guan.

"Can Western Turks afford so much money?" Li Zheng asked doubtfully.

Mou nodded, "They have a lot of gold."

Li Zheng grinned, "That's a big customer, I'll send an extra thousand stones of millet to make them happy."

Mo He smiled wryly and said, "Actually, Tubo has intensified its offensive. The Western Turks have lost a few territories, and they want to regain them."

Waving the goose feather fan in his hand, Li Zheng said to Du Hu: "Bring me the map from my house."

Duo brought the map and spread it out in front of Li Zheng.

"Tell me about the current war between Tubo and Western Turks?"

Mo Vo cautiously pointed to three places and said, "Now Songtsan Gampo's troops are divided into three groups and plan to take Xizhou all the way."

Li Zheng looked at the situation on the map. Part of the three-way army of Songtsan cadres was west of the Qilian Mountains, relatively close to the Hexi Corridor, all the way gathered on the border of the Western Turks, and the other one was just behind.

Li Zheng pointed to the rear and said, "Songtsen Gampo is in this army."

Mou bowed and said, "That's right, Songtsan Gampo leads the troops himself, and Lu Dongzan is leading the army at the front."

"Songtsan Gampo's vision is very vicious." Li Zheng looked at the situation on the map, "Songtsan Gampo seems to be fighting the Western Turks, but his mind is still in the Central Plains."

Silently glanced at Li Zheng in confusion.

Du Hu whispered: "General, now that Tubo is attacking the Central Plains, there should be no threat to us."

Li Zheng took a deep breath. Dahu didn't know the importance of Xizhou, so naturally he didn't know the importance of the Silk Road.

After the fall of the former Sui Dynasty, the Silk Road was broken. Not long after Li Shimin ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty was in the stage of recuperating.

Li Shimin will not be ignorant of the importance of the Silk Road.

Once Songtsan Gampo took Xizhou, it was tantamount to cutting off the Silk Road. Once he took it down, Datang would have to look at Songtsan Gampo if he wanted to restore the Silk Road.

Li Zheng stared at the location of Xizhou on the map, "Once Songtsan Gampo takes Xizhou, he will definitely send heavy troops to defend it."

Mou couldn't understand Li Zheng's words, "I heard that Songtsan Gampo's army was looting everywhere in the Western Turks."

Li Zheng said to Mou: "You Turkic people are simple-minded. You only know about plundering in war and don't know the importance of geographical location. You should learn more from Songtsan Gampo in this regard."

Mou hurriedly said: "The county lord taught me that."

Li Zheng said to Mou: "This time the Western Turks will definitely win and will win a big victory. It is best to beat Songtsen Gampo in pain."

Listening to Li Zheng's words in silence.

"Old Mo, wait for you to return to the Western Turks and tell them that they don't have to worry about Songtsan Gampo's army in the Qilian Mountain Gobi, and then carry out a feint attack on Lu Dongzan's frontal army, and let the Western Turks send a large army to quickly attack and occupy the land. The middle section between Songtsan Gampo and Ludongzan completely lost contact with them."

"And let out words to tell Songtsen Gampo that the Turkic army has captured Ludongzan."

He was a little surprised to hear that Li Zheng was also making suggestions for the Western Turks.

Li Zheng continued: "You write down these words with pen and ink."

"Here!" Mo Vo hurriedly took the pen and ink that Du Hu handed over and wrote down these words.

After he finished writing, Li Zheng lowered his voice and said: "You have to remember, once you win the battle, you have to let the Western Turks continue to attack Tubo, and it's best to go into Tubo's territory. I don't care how you obstruct it, or It doesn't matter if you kill a few people, this battle can't just stop like this."

"Tell the Western Turkic people that Tubo will pay you back ten times, and set the fire on me."

Mou nodded again and again, "The villain remembers that the people of Western Turks are relatively stupid, and they are easy to talk to."

One is to let the Western Turks and Tubo consume each other's national power, and the other is to force Li to send Songtsan Gampo to buy food and weapons from the Central Plains.

Li Zheng's move was very vicious. If he stood silently bowed, if he could get out of Li Zheng's control in the future, he must run away far away.

Mou didn't dare to think about Li Zheng's purpose. Perhaps in the near future, Tubo and Western Turks would both be the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Mou, who has been to the Western Turks, knows how poor the Western Turks are now. In comparison, Datang is too rich.

Li Zheng went on to say: "I have done this business. We still pay the money and deliver the goods as usual. Someone will take the goods through Chang'an tomorrow morning. You just follow along."

"Here!" He bowed silently and left.

When he left, Du Hu looked at the map and said, "General, why don't you worry about the army of Qilian Mountain."

Li Zheng looked at the map and said, "What do you think of Songtsan Gampo's way of fighting in three ways?"

Duhu looked around, "It's very solid and echoes each other, but once the Western Turkic army goes to intercept Lu Dongzan's rear, it will definitely fall into a three-way counterattack.

Li Zheng nodded, "That's right, as long as the Tubo army in Qilian Mountain is still there, this anti-siege is a stupid move, but what if this army suddenly disappears?"

Duhu looked at the map and said, "The distance between Nalu Dongzan and Songtsen Gampo is their fatal weakness."

Li Zheng nodded and wrote a letter, "Give this letter to General Li Ji and ask him to present it to His Majesty in secret. I think His Majesty is also very interested in Xizhou."

"Here." Dui took the letter and nodded.

Li Zheng handed over the sheepskin roll to Duhu again, "Let General Li Ji deliver the goods according to the requirements of the Western Turks. The value of this business is not worth more than 20 guan, and there will be more business than this in the future. "

"Let's arrange it."

Dug took the parchment scroll, got on his horse and left in a hurry.

That night, Li Shimin saw Li Ji.

After reading the letter from Li Ji, Li Shimin stood in the Ganlu Hall and looked towards the west along the current territory of the Tang Dynasty.

His eyes fell on Xizhou. Xizhou was regarded as the richest continent in the Western Regions, and also the richest place in the Western Regions. It was also an important link between the Central Plains and the West.

Since the Han Dynasty, it has been an important town in the Western Regions. Li Shimin's eyes fell on Gaochang not far from Xizhou, which used to be the boundary of Gaochang.

Li Shimin looked at the map with his back to Li Ji and said, "Songtsan Gampo has a vicious vision, and Li Zheng has a vicious vision too."

Li Ji remained silent, waiting for Li Shimin's reply, whether he would send Yu Chigong to send troops to destroy the army that Songtsan Gampo arranged to the west of Qilian Mountain.

(End of this chapter)