Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 510 Kou can go, so can I
Want to eat meat, there is no meat in the city, go out of the city to grab meat, the logic is completely fine.

Whether it is Tubo or Tuyuhun, whether it is an opponent who seems to be in harmony with the outside world, or a vassal who speaks duplicity, with the size of the Tang Dynasty, is it necessary to care about the mood of neighboring countries?

Li Qinzai's logic is so simple and rude. He is not here to make friends. He offends whomever he makes friends with. It does not depend on the relationship, but on the interests of the country.

But Pei Shen was obviously conservative and was shocked by Li Qinzai's decision.

"Uncle Li, I'm afraid it's not right? Our Tang Dynasty is going to help Tuyuhun, why are you still snatching it?" Pei Shen's face was a little ugly.

Li Qinzai calmly said: "Let me ask you, did Tuyuhun rob us before?"

Pei Shen hesitated and said, "They have been robbed, but the Liangzhou garrison has already punished them. In the past, every time the herdsmen of the Tuyuhun tribe invaded the border, they always had to pay some price."

"Whether they pay the price is their business. They can take the initiative to rob us, why can't we take the initiative to rob them? Just because we are the suzerain country, so the face of a big country is more important?"

"This..." Pei Shen couldn't argue.

"This has nothing to do with the battle of Tuyuhun. Even if the weather is calm in Tuyuhun, I will still rob him if I want to. If I were a frontier general, I would discipline Tuyuhun for decades and dare not invade the border."

"It's a great country, and it conquers the world. There is no reason to swallow your anger if you are not robbed."

Li Qinzai emphasized his tone and said, "Kou can go, so can I!"

Pei Shen fell silent.

He suddenly discovered that the envoy of the emperor in front of him didn't seem to be such a well-mannered person, but he still had the same reasoning in his mouth.

Are all the dandies in Chang'an City this good-looking now?

Seeing that Pei Shen was silent, Li Qinzai smiled and said, "Pei Inspector, be safe and don't be impatient. We will be able to eat delicious Tuyuhun mutton tomorrow."

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Liangzhou City traveled hundreds of miles back and forth between Tuyuhun and more than a thousand imperial troops were ordered to make a surprise attack. In the afternoon of the next day, a group of people shouted horses outside the governor's mansion, and Liu Asi and the imperial army captain Sun Congdong walked into the mansion , When they met, they clasped their fists and saluted.

"Uncle Li, it's a good luck not to disgrace your life, this battle is a great victory!" Sun Congdong said happily.

Li Qinzai snorted, and said, "Don't put gold on your face, what a big victory. More than 1000 men armed to the teeth looted a few tribes that only left old, weak, women and children. If you don't have a big victory, you might as well find a piece of tofu and kill them."

Sun Congdong and Liu Asi thought about it, and the joy on their faces faded a lot.

Eating raw cucumbers and chopping live toads seemed not to be such a joyous thing to say, but a normal person could do it beautifully.

"Wu Shaolang, in this battle, our king entered the territory of Tuyuhun, raided five small tribes of Tuyuhun, killed a hundred herdsmen, and obtained more than 14 cattle and sheep from each tribe, more than [-] horses, and several gold and silver wares. There are more than a hundred girls over the age of [-], all of whom are on the way to escort Liangzhou City, the villains and others will go back to the city first to claim victory."

Li Qinzai was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "It is enough to rob cattle, sheep and horses, but you also robbed more than 100 women? What do you mean?"

Liu Asi asked blankly: "Aren't women... the same as cattle and sheep? If Wu Shaolang doesn't need them, he can sell them as slaves. Isn't that what we all did after the Great Tang sacked cities and plundered land?"

Li Qinzai turned his head and looked at Pei Shen who was next to him: "When Tuyuhun used to invade the border, was there any woman who robbed our Tang Dynasty?"

Pei Shen nodded: "Not only did he rob, but he also killed many."

Li Qinzai immediately decided to respect the local customs: "...I will share the money from the sale with the governor's office."

Then Li Qinzai asked again: "Are there any casualties for Brother Paoze?"

Sun Congdong raised his chest proudly: "There are only old and weak women and children left in each tribe. They have no power to resist. We are unharmed."

Li Qinzai couldn't help but clicked his tongue. He punched the Nanshan Nursing Home and kicked the Beihai Kindergarten. What a long face?
Patting Sun Congdong on the shoulder in a friendly manner, Li Qinzai said with a smile: "I will write a petition for merit later on, send a fast horse to Chang'an, beat gongs and drums, and tell the subjects of Chang'an that Sun Congdong, the captain of the right guard Guoyi, beat Tuyuhun old and weak women and children hard. , to return after a big victory, we must ask for credit.”

Sun Congdong's face changed drastically in an instant: "Uncle Li is not allowed! It's too embarrassing. How can I hold my head up when I finally return to Chang'an? I also ask Li Xianbo to be merciful and never mention it!"

Li Qinzai hummed, and said, "Reserve some of the cattle and sheep as rations for the army, and the rest will be given to the border residents outside Liangzhou City. As for the horses, we will collect them all. We can ride horses alternately to speed up the march."

Sun Congdong took the order.

"Let's rest for a few more days. If the time is right, you can go to Tuyuhun to grab a few more times. You can't let Tuyuhun take all the advantages."

Sun Congdong and Liu Asi happily agreed.

Pei Shen next to him became suspicious. Why did this envoy look nothing like a son of a powerful man in Chang'an, but more like a bandit who came down from the mountain?
I'll have to double-check his confession papers later, I'm afraid it's not a fake, it's a big joke!

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After leaving Chang'an, Li Qinzai found that he had let himself go a little bit. Sure enough, it was still difficult to go out to play wild, so he used another way to vent his long-suppressed emotions.

However, the feeling of letting go of oneself is really good. Where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, every move and every stillness is done according to his own ideas. There are not so many constraints in Chang'an, and he can do things as he pleases.

Li Qinzai even had an idea that if something happened here, he would simply play a memorial with Li Zhidi, invite himself to Yongzhen Ganliang, and then bring his mother-in-law and son over. The family of three will live peacefully in this poor place until the end of their lives.

It's a pity that this is just a very unrealistic dream. Li Zhi probably won't agree to it. No one will let a precious knife hang on the wall as a decoration. Li Qinzai's weight is far more important than he imagined.

On the third day after robbing the Tuyuhun tribe, the Imperial Army and the tribes finally drove back to Liangzhou City with cattle, sheep and horses. Behind them, a group of Tuyuhun girls in their teens were strung together with long ropes, like a bunch of girls about to be fried in a pan. grasshopper.

The day the team returned to Liangzhou City, it caused a sensation among the people in the city. It seemed that the people hadn't seen such a scene for a long time.

Pei Shen, the governor, was a bit conservative and mainly focused on defense. Now an envoy from the emperor came to the city, and he ordered the looting of Tuyuhun as soon as he entered the city.

Although the behavior is a bit rude, but I have to say, it is very relieved.

On the night when the cattle, sheep and horses entered the city, Li Qinzai called Pei Shen and Sun Congdong, and they all had a delicious meal of Tuyuhun roast mutton and drank a lot of wine.

Liangzhou's wine is made from authentic grapes from the Western Regions. Although the taste of the wine is light, it has a lot of stamina. Li Qinzai passed out after drinking two pots.

Early the next morning, Bu Qu woke up the hangover Li Qinzai and reported a visitor.

The name of the guest is Zheng Rentai, and the official worships the governor of Liangzhou.

(End of this chapter)