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Just relying on Nanzhao, a small and wild country, although its national strength is getting stronger and stronger, how can it dare to go to the Dazhou site to pull the tiger's whiskers?

Apart from the fact that the Evil Dao Divine Palace was plotting behind it, its confidence came more from the Xifan who was standing on the side.

Xifan is adjacent to Nanzhao, and it is connected to Dazhou.

Due to the continuous expansion of foreign tribes in recent years, the troops are powerful, and the arrogance has become increasingly arrogant. Not to mention the repeated intrusions on the western border of Dazhou, wars have been ignited many times.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, more than half of the several major foreign wars were against Western Tibet.

This time, it is said that Nanzhao raided Yaozhou, but there is no shadow of Xifan behind it.

The situation between Xifan and the Great Perimeter became increasingly tense, so most of the troops in the southwest were stationed in that area.

Except for the Annan Duhufu, which has a relatively large army due to its need to dominate the barbarians in the Annan area, the rest of the cities have barely enough troops. Once a war breaks out, it is necessary to send troops from neighboring prefectures and counties to support them.

Nanzhao took the opportunity and rushed to Yaozhou to take a bite.

If so, both will benefit.

If it fails, Da Zhou is angry and counterattacks, it is not afraid.

Once the Dazhou soldiers penetrated into the hinterland of Nanzhao, they may not only deal with the small Nanzhao country, but most likely the "Fanzhao coalition" formed by Nanzhao and Xifan.

It would be a bad situation if Dazhou's headquarter drove straight in, but Nanzhao's royal court asked Xifan for help.

After all, Han Zheng is a veteran who has been a veteran for decades, and has been guarding here for more than ten years. He has a thorough understanding of the situation at the border.

If it weren't for the fact that the shrine secretly used the means this time, Yaozhou would not have been almost isolated and helpless, and it was almost impossible to protect.

He Lingjiang Jingjing looked at the word "harmony" he wrote on the table, and then spoke again after a long silence: "This must also be what the governor meant?"

"He Qi Niangzi guessed right, and I also think it is not appropriate to fight again."

Han Zheng nodded and sighed in a deep voice, "How innocent are the slaughtered soldiers and civilians in Yaocheng County... If you follow the soldiers' thinking, they should kill them with a knife, wishing to destroy the small state of Nanzhao Zuoer, for the sake of Revenge of those who lost their lives in this battle."

"But this is not as simple as a battle..." His tone gradually became a little more solemn, "Behind the battle and peace, we have to repeatedly weigh the choices..."

Although the support from Rongzhou came a little late, it was of great use. When Nanzhao was about to retreat, he joined forces with Yaozhou soldiers to strangle most of the remaining Nanzhao soldiers, and all the rest were captured.

Even Luo Yan, the second prince of Nanzhao who was in charge of the battle, was also taken prisoner and returned to the camp.

In this way, it can be regarded as a reluctance to comfort the spirits of the Dazhou soldiers and civilians who died in this battle.

"I naturally understand what the governor said." Thinking of those innocent people who lost their lives, He Lingjiang's heart sank.

The act of seeking peace is required by the situation, and it is also the most sensible move under desperation.

Da Zhou is naturally not afraid of Nanzhao, a small country, but there are Xifans watching, Beidi is not very stable, and there is a shrine inside who wants to make waves.

It's easy to fight.

But if this caused a bloody storm, and even moved the Da Zhou Qi meridian, it would not be worth the loss.

Now, the Nanzhao side has already presented the letter of reconciliation.

Even Han Zheng, a veteran who has been stationed in Yaozhou for many years, is interested in seeking peace, and the court will naturally consider it more.

If there is no accident, this is the way this battle will eventually go.

It's just that Da Zhou didn't raise the matter high and put it down gently.

If a vicious dog bites someone, if you don't beat him hard and let him remember, wouldn't he dare to mess around again in the future?
He Lingjiang looked at Han Zheng and asked curiously, "What does the Governor think the court will do about this Nanzhao peace request?"

Now that they have Luo Yan and thousands of prisoners in hand, they have a huge bargaining chip, and they have an advantage when they trade.

Even if Nanzhao had Xifan as his backer, after this battle, he was no longer able to act recklessly.

"As I see it..." Han Zhenghu's eyes narrowed, "Nine times out of ten, the imperial court will ask Nanzhao to take out a lot of treasures to redeem Luoyan. The annual tribute to Da Zhou will probably be raised again. Twenty percent."

In the land of Nanzhao, it is to let it cede the land and seek peace, and Da Zhou is not very happy.

The mountains here are dense and dense, the miasma is heavy, and the Nanman is difficult to tame, so Da Zhou took over.

Look at the Annan Duhufu, where Da Zhou spent a lot of money and troops in order to rule it.

There is no benefit to the decline of the imperial court, but instead it makes the Cui family more prosperous.

For a wild country like Nanzhao, even if it betrays Zhou now, unless Da Zhou is determined to destroy it in one fell swoop, there is really no good way.

He Lingjiang sighed heavily: "Does the governor know that many tribes in Nanzhao are very dissatisfied with the heavy tribute from Da Zhou, and even repeatedly looted the merchants of Da Zhou?"

The condition of negotiating peace with heavier tribute can fill the Dazhou treasury, but it also makes the tribes of Nanzhao even more resentful towards Dazhou.

Otherwise, the battle would not have been raised by the Nanzhao King's Court, and City Lord Yinsheng led his troops on.

In addition to the benefits of the Nanzhao King's Court, the various ministries harbored resentment and dissatisfaction with Da Zhou Zao, which was also the reason.

Blindly adding grants is not the most appropriate policy.

Previously, as a vassal of Da Zhou, Nanzhao could turn his back on Zhou and rush up to bite Da Zhou.

Now, because of the unfavorable war, it can be turned down again.

After this, it may not be possible that he will not betray Zhou again.

"For this kind of unrighteous country, to get its temporary benefit, it has to be on guard every day. It colludes with outsiders and bites you again at any time." He Lingjiang shook his head, "It's not a long-term solution."

Han Zheng sighed: "Yeah, I think so too. It's just a relationship between the two countries, and it's a trade-off. If it's profitable, then take it. If there's no profit, then it's back."

"Nanzhao is such a small country, how can it be so righteous?" He shook his head helplessly, "With Xifan entrenched by the side, it is doomed that Nanzhao will jump between Dazhou and Xifan repeatedly. "

He Lingjiang moved the empty cup on the table to his place, and the two cups touched each other and made a crisp sound.

"Since that's the case, it's better to take it to the outside world while it's descending. Using it as a spear can also gain some benefits for Dazhou."

As she said that, she pushed her hand, and two cups were already near Han Zheng, one left and one right, and the swords were drawn.

Han Zheng's heart suddenly became clear: "He Qiniangzi is thinking, let Nanzhao deal with Tubo in turn?"

He Lingjiang nodded with a smile.

After thinking about it for a while, Han Zheng couldn't help but high-five and praise: "If this plan works, it can be said to be two birds with one stone."

Since Nanzhao could be lured by Tubo and betrayed Zhou to seek benefits, why can't he be forced by the situation to be used by Da Zhou and turn to deal with Xifan?