Great Tang princess

Chapter 737 Please come down
After the war, the army was stationed here.

In the next five days, several airships left and came back and forth.

The airship took the lead in picking up some of the captives. At the same time, Li Shouli also assigned [-] soldiers to escort the rest of the captives away by land.

In the past few days, while the soldiers were resting, Wu Zetian also took a good look at the temporary barracks.

Originally, she was not interested in the military, but the various details in this new army became more and more interesting.

Especially when these soldiers walk in a row of two or three, they have a spirit that does not belong to this era.

Especially when walking, everyone's movements are in the same pace, as if they were one person.

For her, watching the way the soldiers walked was a way to pass the time.

Of course, her main attention was still on Li Chongrun.

Watching him lead his soldiers to do all kinds of training in the barracks every day, I also got a good understanding of him.

The emperor is often a person who is good at observing details. Through the details of what he does and talks, he can judge the general character and ability of this person.

As far as the present is concerned, Li Chongrun's performance is remarkable, and it can indeed be regarded as a good evaluation among his peers.

But to be an emperor, just having these is not enough.

Fortunately, he was young enough and had enough time to exercise. Wu Zetian didn't mind observing him for a few more years.

In the meeting room, Li Shouli and a group of high-level military officers and staff officers were discussing intensely around the sand table.

"From the subordinate's point of view, it is better to advance forward in an arrow formation, and within ten days we will definitely reach Luosuo." A staff officer said confidently.

"It's a good way, but what if we encounter resistance on the way?" Li Shouyi asked aloud.

A female staff officer next to her said at this time: "The political commissar's words are wrong. Many enemy troops should have been frightened by the artillery salvo in World War I last time. This is no longer a problem of low morale. According to Her Royal Highness, In other words, this should be called a traumatic disorder. In this state, it is almost impossible to reunite in a short period of time."

Li Shouli frowned, folded his arms across his chest, and stared at the sand table in front of him without making a sound.

Although what his staff officer said was very reasonable, under the education of Li Yuechen, he knew the importance of calmness and caution.

Sometimes behind the seemingly advantageous situation, there may be unexpected murderous intentions hidden.

"My lord?"

Seeing that he didn't say a word, he thought he had some doubts, so the staff officer on the opposite side called out.

Li Shouli walked to the side, sat down lightly, picked up the already lukewarm teacup, and took a sip: "Since the Emperor Taizong's reign, Tubo has grown stronger and stronger, and there have been many conflicts with our country. It can be regarded as a powerful empire. With such a foundation, It will definitely not be shattered directly by a big defeat."

The female staff officer on the opposite side showed a smile: "This subordinate thinks that the prince may be worrying too much. Now our weapons and equipment have formed a crushing trend against Tubo. Even if there is resistance, there should be a small group of enemy troops along the way. According to my subordinates, the biggest possibility is that they will defend Rasa City and fight for the city."

There was nothing wrong with the female staff officer's words, but this attitude made Wu Zetian and others who were listening a little curious.

Although the bureaucratic atmosphere in the army is not so serious now, the attitude of this female staff officer seems to be a bit ambiguous.

Li Yuechen seemed to have thought of something suddenly, turned his head and patted Li Chongrun's shoulder lightly, and asked gossipingly, "Are the two of them..."

Hearing his aunt's question, Li Chongrun secretly glanced at Li Shouli first, and seeing that he wasn't paying attention to him, he put on a gossiping smile and nodded repeatedly.

Seeing his appearance, Li Yuechen nodded to express his understanding, and when he looked at the female staff officer again, his eyes had completely changed.

Li Yuechen has no heirs, so she usually treats her nephews and nieces as her own children.

So when I looked at the female staff officer again, I couldn't help feeling like a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law.

……

The meeting ended at noon, and during the meal, Li Yuechen also shared the news with his mother.

"It's nonsense!" After hearing this, Wu Zetian frowned immediately, "He doesn't even look at his status? How can he be so ambiguous with a commoner woman? According to what you said, you plan to enter into a marriage contract in the future?"

"It's okay!" Li Yuechen waved his hand easily, "Brother was demoted to a commoner back then, so what's the problem if his son marries a commoner woman?"

"Although Erlang was demoted to be a commoner, he is my proclaimed King Siyong!" Wu Zetian said with a frown.

Li Yuechen raised his hand and propped his chin helplessly: "Mother, you need to understand that the children of the royal family in the future will spend their whole lives in the army. If you don't find a wife in the army, you will probably have to die."

Hearing what her daughter said, Wu Zetian fell silent for a while.

This is indeed a problem. In the future, the children of the royal family will spend their entire lives in the army.If this is the case, it is indeed a bit difficult to think about the right family.

Of course, in the future, if the royal family has a large population and spreads out, it will be possible to find a royal family other than three generations of blood relatives to marry as my daughter said.

But for now, the population of the royal family has almost been cleaned up, and this is the only way to choose.

After figuring this out, Wu Zetian stopped talking, which was considered to have approved the proposal that the children of the royal family can enter into marriage contracts with civilians.

In Li Yuechen's view, this is actually a good thing.If the royal family wants to represent workers and farmers in the future, they cannot continue to be superior and must set an example.

Entering into a marriage contract with a commoner counts as an action.

But having said that, after a commoner enters into a marriage contract with the royal family, he is no longer a commoner.

Take this female staff officer as an example. If there is no accident, with her ability, she can at most become the chief of staff before retiring in the future.

But if she married Li Shouli, she might be mixed into the General Staff of the Ministry of War in the future.

After all, if the husband's position is too high, the wife's position cannot be too low. This is something that cannot be avoided under any circumstances.

……

While the military camp was busy here, there was also a group of people in the Red Mountain Palace in Luosuo City who were discussing with each other.

In the main hall, the young Chidu Songtsan was sitting cross-legged on a chair, propping his chin with one hand, looking at the people below, discussing bustlingly like a vegetable market.

Now he is only in his early 20s, but his appearance looks much older than his actual age.

Hearing the noise below, he couldn't help but sigh.

Since he succeeded to the throne, he has made great efforts to govern, attacked the Gar family, and at the same time expanded to the Western Regions, which made Tubo more powerful.

Last year, Dazhou asked them to stop their expansion to the Western Regions. At that time, the ministers said that they should ignore it and continue to expand.

However, I didn't expect that Da Zhou really came to fight, hit the plateau, and shattered his main force in the first battle.

When the news came back a few days ago, the whole of Tubo was full of unbelievable voices.

Originally due to altitude sickness, Tubo always believed that their country was protected by the gods.

But now that they really fought, this is something that no one expected, and they won so exaggeratedly and so quickly.

Now it is beginning to be unclear which side is the country that is truly protected by the gods.

Seeing the chaos below, the feeling of having a big head was greatly increased.

"Okay, okay, we've been arguing for two hours, what's the best way?" The young Zanpu finally couldn't help but speak.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the audience fell silent, and there was a faint echo in the hall, repeating what he had just said.

An old man stepped forward and saluted: "Hui Zanpu, according to the news that the enemy's formation flashed, our army's formation was torn apart. Many of our heavily armored warriors were directly torn to pieces ... We really have no idea about such a godly method."

"No idea?"

Chidu Songzan frowned and asked back, then suddenly raised his voice: "Then just watch Zhou Ting's army smashing their way to Hongshan Palace?"

After finishing speaking, he sighed heavily again: "Back then you said you didn't need to ignore Zhou Ting's warning, but now that you're calling, you can't come up with any good strategies one by one?"

The courtiers below looked at each other, and what they saw in each other's eyes was helplessness.

After all, no one thought that the opponent's army would have such magical methods.

After hearing about the previous battle, in order to deal with it this time, I also studied many countermeasures.

For example, the bed slave has been transformed so that it can launch into the sky.

In order to prevent the repetition of the mistake of discussing the Qinling Mausoleum, a day with crosswinds was even specially selected on the day of the decisive battle.

However, the imaginary large Kongming lantern and the powder that would make people sneeze and cry did not appear. Instead, it was a more mysterious method, and the reason for it is still unknown.

But who could have thought of this in advance?

At this time, a young courtier on the left stepped forward and said: "Zanpu, in my opinion, I might as well guard Luosuo City. Now that the bed crossbow has been modified, it can be launched into the sky, and the weather is windy recently. There is no need to be afraid of the powder..."

Chidu Songtsan raised his eyelids: "How can I resist the flickering fairy method?"

"From the point of view of my subordinates, it shouldn't be the method of a god. It is very likely that it is like the exploding bamboo, and it is some kind of new weapon, but it is almost invisible to the naked eye... If the walls of Luosuo City can resist it If so, they will definitely not be able to take me down in a short time, and when the logistical pressure cannot keep up, they will naturally retreat without a fight."

Hearing the striker's words, Chidu Songtsan slightly closed his eyes and began to think.

What he said made sense. If it was really some kind of fairy method, it should be even more terrifying and exaggerated.

In fact, in his heart, he agreed with the young courtier's words.

However, he turned his head and asked the old man just now: "What do you think of Da Lun?"

The old man looked a little embarrassed, but in the end he said slowly: "I think it's time to ask for surrender..."

"Please surrender?"

At first Chidu Songtsan thought he had heard it wrong, but after he realized it, an undisguised anger flooded his face.

He even couldn't help standing up, and asked loudly: "If you lose, you have to surrender? Is it true that I, Tubo, are so vulnerable?"

This sentence was almost roared out, echoing in the entire hall.

"But Zanpu, the morale of the army is low after this one battle, so many soldiers are so frightened that they can't get out of bed. Even if they defend Luosuo City, it's okay to block it, if it can't be stopped..."

Chidu Songtsan waved his hand fiercely: "That can't be so easy to surrender!"

For the emperor, surrender is definitely not that simple.

Once surrendered, whether the throne can be kept aside, the key is that the international status will plummet!

When the surrounding countries hear the news, they will be thrown into trouble. Today's Tubo can stand against Zhou Ting in the international arena, and Chidu Songtsan will never allow such a thing to happen.

"But……"

The old man wanted to give a few more words of advice, but was interrupted: "Okay, don't need to say more! Give me an order to guard Luosa City!"

The old man sighed helplessly, and finally said nothing.

At this time Chidu Songtsan's attendant came over quietly, approached him and said softly, "Zanpu, just received the news that Mangpoche is missing."

……

In the front-line command office of the barracks, Wu Zetian sat on a chair and watched a group of officers discuss various tactics around the sand table.

They even bring themselves into the role of Tubo from time to time to conduct deduction. While constantly improving their tactics, they are also looking for various possible accidents.

Wu Zetian looked at them while drinking tea, feeling quite interesting.

At this moment, a report sounded outside the door.

Li Shouli agreed and called someone in: "What's the matter?"

"Outside the camp, there was a Tubo man who asked to see him. He called himself Mangbuzhi, and he came to ask for surrender."

"Mangbuzhi? Who is it?" Li Yuechen asked curiously.

Shangguan Wan'er on the side gave an explanation: "Your Highness, this is the son of Lun Qinling, who is now in power in the Gar family."

The dark guard also has its own intelligence system in Tubo, so it is not too difficult to inquire about these things.

Li Shouyi frowned: "Come here now to surrender? Will there be fraud?"

Shangguan Wan'er said: "Based on the information currently held by the secret guards, since Lun Qinling left, the Gar family has been at odds with this Chidu Songtsan. In recent years, many people have been liquidated... "

She didn't continue what she said here, the secret guard was only responsible for intelligence, as for whether there was fraud, that was something the staff should consider.

When Li Shouli was still considering whether to meet, Wu Zetian was the first to speak: "It's already here, it's better to meet him, otherwise I seem to be afraid of him."

Hearing what the emperor said, Li Shouli thought so, so what if there is a fraud?Afraid he will fail?

So he waved his hand to the messenger on the side: "Since you are here to surrender, then come in and salute the saint!"

"Yes!" The orderly agreed.

Li Yuechen waved his hands to the surrounding maids, in case of fraud, be prepared to escort him.

The maids nodded and raised the shotguns in their hands to express their understanding.

(End of this chapter)