Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 970
Chapter 92 The Common People Think of Safety in the World
Li Daozhen stroked her lower abdomen, and asked doubtfully, "What do you mean?"

"Don't be in a hurry." Li Xiuning looked at Li Dao and said, "Tell me first, what should Chen Lang do after he pacifies Anxi?"

Li Daozhen said without thinking: "Then it goes without saying, it must be back to Chang'an!"

Li Xiuning said solemnly: "I mean, what can Chen Lang do after returning to Chang'an?"

Li Daozhen blinked her eyes, she was really not a fool, she gradually figured out the taste.Li Daozhen smiled lightly: "Sanniang, I would like to hear your opinion first."

Li Xiuning chuckled, and said with a high air: "I don't dare to take my opinion, I have my own opinion!"

Li Daozhen immediately smiled and said, "Stop pretending, just say it!"

In fact, Li Xiuning has always had a good relationship with the rangers in Guanzhong.Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Xiuning to raise her arms and call out like a cloud of followers.

At the beginning, perhaps these rangers just admired Li Xiuning's ability and charisma.However, today, the taste has gradually changed.

Chen Ying is rich, very rich.In fact, Liang Zan, Chen Ying's former personal guard, became the timely rain in Guanzhong, while Li Xiuning was still the well-known "Hu Sanniang" in Guanzhong.

Hu is not Li Xiuning's surname, nor is it that she is a follower of the Ranger in Guanzhong, but another meaning. "Hu people have no adulterers!" (Zuo Zhuan), here Hu means prohibition.

Li Xiuning picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea slowly, and handed it to Li Daozhen.

Li Xiuning continued: "Actually, I'm not very familiar with the officials in the court. Of course, apart from Wei Xuancheng, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Yizhi, of course, I don't know too well who used to be his confidant and who is His Majesty." supporters, but I am sure of one thing, after the Anxi battle is over, the Zheng family in Xingyang, the sons and nephews of Zheng Guanyin will definitely rise strongly!"

Li Daozhen frowned suddenly, and shook her head lightly, she seemed to disagree with Li Xiuning's point of view.

Looking at Li Daozhen's appearance, Li Xiuning knew that she didn't believe her.

He smiled and explained: "Although the queen is still the original princess, the spring of Zheng's nephew is coming, and this is almost irreversible."

Although even Li Jiancheng knew that none of the nephews of Zheng Guanyin in the Zheng family was a real pillar of talent, but Li Jiancheng was facing another important battle, and now he needed a group of staunch supporters to control Great power, help him control the entire court and country.

After all the calculations, of all the ministers above the court, only the Zheng family can check and balance.After all, because the Zheng family in Xingyang failed to surrender to Wang Shichong, they were severely weakened by Dou Jiande and the Li Tang court.What's more, the many resources they hold have attracted the prying eyes of other clans.Most importantly, their interests and positions can be completely consistent with Li Jiancheng.

No one else could do this, including Chen Ying and Li Xiuning.

In other words, Li Jiancheng now needs to raise a group of loyal hounds to help him guard the gate and help him bite the enemy.

If we talk about the national war against the Turks, these aristocratic clans still can’t hold back their face and surrendered to the Turks. After all, in the eyes of the clan clansmen, Turks, Huns, and Xianbei are always classified as barbarians. Using them to achieve their goals can , but will never surrender.

However, the next war.What Li Jiancheng did was not the only one for the Tang court, but the aristocratic clan and powerful families had another choice.

Li Daozhen thought of this, looked at Li Xiuning and said: "Because of the conflict of interests, Chen Lang has a bad relationship with the family members and the nephews of the Zheng family. What's more, in the seventh year of Wude, Chen Lang cheated the Guanzhong family again because of the food problem. Presumably, they must hate Chen Lang in their hearts now..."

"I know..." Li Xiuning nodded lightly, and said, "I still remember what happened a few years ago."

"Changsun Wuji used to be my enemy, but now he has been removed. Immediately, the world's family and the Zheng family will stand up again and become my new enemy. In contrast, I would rather challenge Changsun Wuji, I also don’t want to provoke the Qian Family, because killing them can’t solve any problems, and winning or losing can’t decide anything!”

"We don't have a choice, don't we?" Li Xiuning smiled and said, "What are your plans for these villains who are about to appear on stage?"

Li Daozhen blinked and said with a smile: "Didn't I say that I want to hear your opinion first?"

"Hard confrontation and vicious fighting are definitely not acceptable." Li Xiuning said slowly: "You should be clear that Zheng Yuanhao and others have no talent or virtue. They can stand in the court hall entirely to represent His Majesty's will. There are certain things If it is not convenient for His Majesty to take action, he will let them come forward. In other words, they are dogs raised by His Majesty. Beating dogs and bullying the Lord, understand?"

Li Daozhen nodded, "That's right."

"They are dogs, but we are part of the family." Li Xiuning smiled slightly and said, "I don't need to be as knowledgeable as dogs. At the same time, I can't let these dogs override you."

Li Daozhen showed a dazed look.

"Daozhen, don't you want to understand?" Li Xiuning said with a smile: "Of course His Majesty needs Zheng's nephews to help her. But he has always been like a mirror. He knows what her nephews are like. He has such talents and virtues. At the same time, he knows better how Chen Lang is and how we are, and he is closer than these nephews. Another very important point is that he knows that Chen Lang is the real talent. He is a military pillar who can help him take charge of military affairs and bring order to the world! Chen Lang's status in His Majesty's heart is far higher than that of Zheng Yuanhao and other idiots!"

After listening to these words, Li Daozhen thought for a long time, and finally nodded and smiled in agreement: "Sanniang, you are so powerful, you should become a prime minister!"

"Stop talking and being poor!" Li Xiuning curled her lips and said angrily, "Chen Lang is gone, and now he only has more than [-] troops..."

Li Daozhen asked suspiciously: "You mean... Chen Lang is playing tricks?"

Li Xiuning nodded and said: "From Shule to Talas, the whole journey is more than 200 miles. Except for the small green states along the way, especially after crossing the Syr Darya River, there are almost all Gobi and deserts. The climate is worse than Hexi. 300 soldiers eat horse chews, and consume thousands of shi of grain a day. Chen Lang needs to prepare at least [-] million or [-] million shi of grain and forage to capture Talas. It's just that... so many materials need to be transported along the way. The consumption is too great!"

Li Daozhen suddenly realized.She finally understood what Chen applied.

For Anxi, Congling is always an insurmountable natural danger. No matter how powerful Anxi's army is, as long as they don't capture Xiashule, Chuyun Valley and Geluoling, there will be no pass to the west.

However, Congling is different from Taihang Mountains. Even if there is no Eight Xings, it can be detoured from the grassland, or the Yellow River waterway or Henan. However, Congling is different. Congling is too big. It consists of five mountains, the Tianshan Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains. The key is that there is no place to go around if you want to detour.

However, the strength of the Anxi army posed a great threat to the nine ministries of Zhaowu, Prime Minister of Congling, and the ten countries in Central Asia, including Western Turks.Now that Chen Ying suddenly leads troops to attack Tubo, this will be their only chance.

Once Congling's Geluoling, Xiashule and Izuyun Valley were captured, the generals of the Anxi Army could only look at Congling and sigh.

……

Chen Ying is really not what Li Daozhen imagined, using the three passes of Congling as bait to lure the Western Turks to attack.

In fact, Chen Yingyuan also struggled for a long time whether to go west or south first.

In the end, he made up his mind that it would take at least ten years for Songtsan Gampo to be in power. He could have the strength and time to wipe out the Han Dynasty and encircle Tubo on three sides.

As a descendant, Chen Ying is very aware of the advantages and disadvantages between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo. Historically, Tubo was once powerful,
Although the Tang Dynasty was well-equipped and well-trained, it could not adapt to the plateau climate response. Similarly, Tubo actually had a fatal weakness. In history, in 763 AD, the Tubo army drove into Chang'an, and the majestic capital fell into the hands of the Hu people.

Strangely, Tubo did not take advantage of this opportunity to annex the Central Plains, they only stayed for half a month, and the whole army withdrew from Chang'an.So why did such powerful Tibetans enter the Central Plains and not establish their own dynasty?There is a little-known reason here. Although the high altitude protects Tubo, it also limits its further expansion. When the Tubo people entered the plains, they were always afflicted by a strange disease called drunken oxygen.

Oxygen is the source of human life, but if the oxygen content is too much, it will also cause a kind of poisoning phenomenon - oxygen poisoning.According to medical research, people who have lived in high altitude areas for a long time, from plateaus to plains below 1000 meters above sea level, will have different degrees of general discomfort, fatigue, drowsiness, lethargy, strong appetite, weight gain, edema of lower extremities, etc. These symptoms are Oxygen poisoning.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people discovered that after the Tubo people entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they were always invincible at first, but after more than ten days, they would become lazy, drowsy, their combat effectiveness decreased significantly, and even completely lost their vitality. .However, people in the Tang Dynasty at that time did not understand the disease.

Troubled by these problems, Tubo's attacks were always short and hasty. Once the attack lasted for a long time, they would return to their homeland to rest, otherwise they would be easily defeated by the Tang Dynasty.Therefore, breakthroughs could not be made and more territories of the Tang Dynasty could not be occupied.Tubo's offensive was ferocious, but it was a pity that they lacked stamina.

However, these problems are surmountable.

Just as Chen Ying could use Helan Mountain to train the Beiwei Army, the only plateau army in the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo people can actually overcome the problem of drunken oxygen.

However, now Yu Wenhuaji has entered Tubo and has become Tubo's national teacher.Chen Ying didn't know how Yu Wenhua could force the Bon religion to give up the position of national teacher. However, Yu Wenhua could easily influence Tubo's national policy, which was a certainty.

Chen Ying didn't know whether Yu Wenhuaji knew the solution to drunken oxygen, but Chen Ying really didn't dare to bet.

Once the Tibetans overcome the problem of drunken oxygen, Chen Ying will become a sinner in history.

Therefore, he led his troops to the south, passing through Kunlun Mountains and entering the plateau.

Thinking about it, Chen Ying felt that the biggest task in front of him was to find out all the enemy's movements and internal reality as soon as possible.If marriage is a strategy of the Tibetans.

So right now, the main purpose of the Tubo people is to distract Datang and attract the strength of the Anxi army, so as to assist the Tubo people in their ideal battlefield.

Chen Ying himself must not be led by the nose by the Tubo people's strategy.

Be sure to get the real intentions of the Tubo people in front of you as quickly as possible, and then turn passive into active.

Perhaps this is the focus and turning point of the entire battle.

……

At this time, Chang'an resolutely became a sea of ​​joy.The open folk customs allow men, women and children to go to the street to sing and dance.

In Datang at this time, after eliminating the old enemy of the Turks, the people of Datang could finally stand up.

The most important thing is that the Tubo envoys brought heavy gifts to propose marriage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Even though Li Jiancheng lived in the Taiji Palace, he could still vaguely hear the cheers from Zhuque Street.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Great Tang Wansheng!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

……

The joyful atmosphere infected Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng put aside his government affairs and memorials, and walked in the Chang'an market with Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Li Anyan, all dressed in regular Futou and without armor.

Li Jiancheng was dressed as a Confucian scholar, but no one could recognize him in the white dragon fish suit.

However, voices like "Your Majesty is mighty, long live Your Majesty..." could be heard from time to time, which made Li Jiancheng very happy.

Even the footsteps are much lighter than usual.

At this moment, a discordant scene appeared.

There was a lame beggar at the entrance of the alley on the street, watching the excited people on the street, beating on bamboo boards and drinking cheerful tunes.

At this moment, dozens of copper coins were thrown into the bowl of the lame beggar.

But the beggar did not kowtow to thank the person, but put down the bamboo board and shouted: "Stop!"

The Hu businessman looked at the beggar inexplicably, obviously not knowing why the beggar was angry.

Although a large number of Hu merchants flooded into Chang'an City, relatively speaking, Hu merchants or Hu people still existed in a small group in Chang'an.

The beggar shouted: "Take away your stinky money, we Tang men don't want your charity..."

Fortunately, Chen Ying didn't see this scene, otherwise he would definitely be sobbing.

Li Jiancheng was very happy to see more and more cheerful people around him.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Jiancheng and said with a smile: "Just now, the market was still lifeless. Now that His Majesty has left like this, it really is different."

Wei Zheng looked at Fang Xuanling in surprise and said, "It turns out that Fang Xuanling also flatters!"

Li Jiancheng looked at the excited people and said thoughtfully: "The people think of peace, the world thinks of safety!"

Wei Zheng's face darkened: "Your Majesty, you are ready to accept the marriage proposal from the Tubo people!"

(End of this chapter)