Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 551 Farewell
"That's right!" Cai Dingshan also understood at this time: "A strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake. As long as we hug each other, no matter how strong the later ones are, we have to let us have one!"

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Songzhou, outside the city.

"Let's say goodbye today, I don't know when we will meet again!" Snowflakes fell on Lang Ri's face in bits and pieces, melting between the hair and beard.

"As long as the two countries are in harmony, business and travel exchanges will only become more prosperous. If Mr. Wang comes to Chengdu, why is it difficult for me to go to your country?" Wang Wenzuo laughed.

"Yes!" Lang Ri smiled, pointing to Wang Wenzuo's mount: "Wang Dudu's mount is so handsome, I don't know where he got it from?"

Wang Wenzuo was taken aback for a moment, and then he noticed that the horse Lang Ri was riding was very short, which was very pitiful compared to his own yellow horse. He thought to himself why it is said that the Tubo cavalry is weak, but they have occupied Qinghai for some years Well, Tuyuhun's war horse is very good, how can a nobleman like Lang Ri ride such a poor horse?

"The king's governor doesn't know something!" Lang Ri laughed and said, "Although this horse looks stubborn, it has good stamina, especially on the snow-covered plateau. It can walk for three or four days on only hay and moss. After entering the Qinghai horse, although it looks very majestic, but on the plateau, not to mention carrying people on a gallop, you can't even save your own life. Are you saying that the creation of heaven is very wonderful? Could it be that it was put away from the beginning? Easier!"

"Isn't this guy mocking me that Tang Dynasty is going to use troops against Tubo?" Wang Wenzuo thought to himself, but he replied: "Everything in the world does have its own place, but there are also distinctions between upper and lower. Your Zanpu is a descendant of the gods. To control the lands of Tubo; and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is ordered by the sky to rule the people, how can it be limited by mountains and rivers?"

Lang Ri smiled and said: "The Emperor Wen of your country is Wen Tao and Wu Lue, with profound virtues, capable of caring for all people, and caring for the far away. He is indeed the one who protects the heaven and the earth. How dare we not follow? But destiny has no relatives, only virtue is the assistant! If you only rely on force to be strong, you want others to obey you, even though Tubo is small and weak, they dare to play tricks!"

The two fought each other, but neither of them got any advantage, so they each shut up and exchanged some pleasantries, Lang Ri handed his hands away, and Wang Wenzuo got on his horse to see him off, and he walked half a mile before returning.On the way back, Cui Hongdu said in a low voice: "This Tubo captive has a good mouth, if you didn't say it, Sanlang, I would have killed him!"

"It's cheap on the lips, if people want to take it, let him take it, what's the big deal!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "But he is right in saying that Tubo and my Tang Dynasty are indeed bounded by heaven and earth. Each has its own place, if you want to make a big effort to revitalize the teachers and destroy the country in one fell swoop, then you will be humiliating yourself!"

Cui Hongdu has followed Wang Wenzuo for many years, of course he heard the ominous meaning in the other party's words, and hurriedly said: "Could it be that General Xue is going to—"

Wang Wenzuo waved his hand and interrupted Cui Hongdu's words: "This kind of thing is not what we should talk about. You must know that disaster comes from your mouth!"Cui Hongdu hurried to follow, the new cloak weighed heavily on his shoulders, covered with snowflakes, blowing with the wind.His mood was like his shoulders, getting heavier and heavier. For so many years, Wang Wenzuo's predictions about the war were surprisingly accurate. Could it be that Datang is really going to lose this time?
Back in Songzhou City, Wang Wenzuo returned to his residence and began to process stacks of documents, only a small part of which was about Songzhou Governor’s Mansion, and most of the rest were about Liaodong, Xiongjin Governor’s Mansion and Wa Kingdom Yes, he is like a tireless machine, always sitting by the desk, dealing with those boring paperwork

"Sauro!"

"Oh, it's Hongdu!" Wang Wenzuo raised his head: "What's the matter?"

"I have one thing, I want to ask Saburo!" Cui Hongdu's face was full of embarrassment: "Please advise!"

"You and I are like brothers, why are you being so polite!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"Sanlang, since the imperial court has ordered you to be the governor of Songzhou, it is to use troops against Tubo. But why do you still spend so much energy on Dongguo?" Cui Hongdu said in a low voice: "I don't mean to blame you, but--"

"You don't need to talk, I probably understand what you mean!" Wang Wenzuo nodded, pointing to the brocade mat on his right: "Come on, sit down and talk! Let me ask you, since the Tang Dynasty, since Zhenguan, Tuobian probably How many miles is it?"

Cui Hongdu was confused by Wang Wenzuo's sudden question. After thinking for a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Well, how do I know this, but it should be thousands of miles away, right?"

"Thousands of miles?" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "How can there be only so much? The land of Liaodong alone is thousands of miles. I did a rough calculation. Liaodong, Andong, Beiting, Xiyu, Jiannan, Annan The land that has been expanded is worth tens of thousands of miles! How about it? It’s quite a lot, isn’t it?”

"Yes!" Cui Hongdu nodded excitedly: "If you talk about expanding the frontier and opening up the land, the prosperity of martial arts, even Han Wu can't match the Emperor Taizong and Jinshang of this dynasty!"

Wang Wenzuo nodded. The prosperity of martial arts in ancient China was often referred to as the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, compared with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong and Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty achieved no less than Han Wu in expanding borders, but the price paid was much smaller.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to the frontier, and there were many defeats. Even if Weihuo won a big victory and expelled the Xiongnu to Mobei, he often won 15 horses and tens of thousands of horses back. The strong enemies in the north, such as Ji and Wa, all destroyed the country in one battle, without procrastination, and the losses were minimal; even if they fought Goguryeo for more than ten years, they did not lose tens of thousands of troops.Therefore, when Emperor Wudi of the Han came to power, he inherited the legacy of the rule of Wenjing. The world was prosperous, and there were so many grains in the warehouses that most of them were rotten and inedible. By the end of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, there were already millions of refugees from the Kanto, and the household registration was halved. The world was exhausted. The scene of the end of the world; when Emperor Taizong of Tang came to the throne, he took over the wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty. In the early years of Zhenguan, the number of households in the country was only 300 million, and the treasury was empty.People like Cui Hongdu at that time naturally believed that the martial arts of this dynasty were far superior to those of the Han Dynasty.

In Wang Wenzuo's view, there was one thing that martial arts in the early Tang Dynasty was better than Hanwu, and that was the inclusive mind of the Tang Dynasty. Whenever the Tang army defeated an enemy, it could digest it and make it a part of the Tang army, just like Ashina Sheer, Ashina Helu, Ashina Simo, Heizhi Changzhi and others were all enemies of the Tang Dynasty, but after their clan was defeated by the Tang army, they were able to lead their tribe to serve the Tang Dynasty wholeheartedly , Made great contributions to the empire.This is also the reason why the early Tang Dynasty was able to continuously use troops abroad while cultivating the strength of the people at home. Otherwise, if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mobilized 10,000+ cavalry at every turn, and hundreds of thousands of civilians went out of the fortress, as long as they came once or twice, Tang would also die. After all, Li Shimin and Li Zhi did not have as rich inheritance as Liu Che.

"That's right. I don't know if the martial arts of this dynasty is unprecedented and the extent of the expansion is unprecedented. It is indeed unprecedented! But the more it is at this time, the more careful it is!"

Cui Hongdu nodded blankly. What Wang Wenzuo said was just a cliché to him. Of course, you must be careful when you fight with soldiers, but why do you say that the more you win, the more you must be cautious? I don’t understand. It’s just that he followed Wang Wenzuo for a long time. Now, I know how profound his words are, but I haven't understood it yet, so I just need to listen to his explanation patiently.

"Think about it, the wider the border, the farther the garrison troops will be from their own country. Once something happens, it will be difficult to deal with urgency. Moreover, although our army has won many battles over the years, the losers are not convinced, but forced by the situation. , just pretending to be obedient. If the times have changed, will they think that the times have changed, and they will fight back? At that time, there were thousands of miles of frontiers, and the flames of war were everywhere. The lessons from the past must not be ignored!"

"A lesson from the previous dynasty? No, no!" Cui Hongdu was already sweating when he heard this. The "previous dynasty" in Wang Wenzuo's mouth naturally refers to the Sui Dynasty. In fact, judging from the speed of expansion, the Sui Dynasty hardly In the early Tang Dynasty, after Yang Jian usurped the throne, he destroyed Chen in the south, attacked the Turks in the north, broke through Tuyuhun in the west, and attacked Goguryeo in the east. The new capital Luoyang was built in China, the Grand Canal and other major projects were built. , almost three times that of the early years of Zhenguan.If you tell a Sui man who lived in the early years of the great cause that this great empire, like the rising sun, will collapse in just a few years and turn into a hell on earth, he will definitely think you are talking in your sleep.But the historical fact is that after the empire’s first failure in the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, those potential dissatisfied people saw the weakness of the empire and rose up one after another, attacking from the inside and outside at the same time, and perished in a short period of time. The behemoth that conquered.For every Tang person, this is a nightmare that will never be forgotten.

"Why is it impossible?" Wang Wenzuo sneered, "If Sui Wen's southern expedition fails, at most the world will be divided, and he can only be the emperor in the north, and the country will not be destroyed; if Yang Guang loses to Tuyuhun after succeeding to the throne, he will also be defeated It’s not like pouring all the soldiers of the whole country to attack Goguryeo and make the world turbulent. It’s like going to a casino. If you lose at the beginning, you can’t lose a lot of money, but if you win at the beginning, and you win a lot, the more you win The more you lose, the worse you will lose, not only will you lose what you originally won, but you will also lose your capital, and in the end, even your wife and children may get involved!"

Hearing this, Cui Hongdu was speechless, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "So Sanlang thinks Datang will lose this battle?"

"Who knows, I'm not a god!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But the deeper you go, the greater the possibility of losing, and the worse the loss. So if you win a small victory at the beginning, it will be bad!"

Cui Hongdu nodded, Wang Wenzuo's meaning is not difficult to understand, Xue Rengui is also an old soldier, of course he knows that the Tang army is better than the bow and crossbow cavalry, and the Tubo is better than the infantry.When the troops are dispatched, the elite cavalry must be the front army, and the infantry with bows and crossbows will escort the luggage as the rear army. When marching, the two armies will keep a certain distance. The water source is guarded by a stronghold.In this way, the front and rear armies can rely on each other and cover each other, which is a perfect strategy.

It doesn’t matter if the Tang army’s front army is defeated at the beginning. Anyway, the Tubo people’s Machai, the front army is not difficult to get rid of the Tubo people’s pursuit, as long as they join the rear army, they can fight again.I am afraid that the front army will win a big victory and gain a lot, and then the Tang army will rush forward greedily. The distance between the front and rear armies will be widened, and they will be broken one by one by the Tubo people, or separated and surrounded. The cavalry of the front army will lose the support of the rear army. , and the camp of the rear army loses the echo of the cavalry of the front army, it means that all games are lost.

"Then Saburo, do you see these to prepare for the future rebellion?" Cui Hongdu asked.

"Well, if General Xue can break into the capital of Tubo this time, it will be great. But if it is true that what I said unfortunately, there will probably be rebellions in Liaodong, Baekje, and Wa, and the people of Silla will also I won’t miss this opportunity, when that time comes, the imperial court will most likely transfer me! Our brother Pao Ze has spent ten years of hard work there, do you think I can make more preparations in advance?”

"Sanlang, if it is true that General Xue lost the battle, then Songzhou will become an important frontier, and the imperial court may not let you go!"

"That's why I was in a hurry to negotiate with the Tubo envoys!" Wang Wenzuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, if General Xue is really defeated, there are people in Tubo who are more eager to negotiate a peace and truce than me!"

"Is there anyone who wants to negotiate a truce after Tubo wins?" Cui Hongdu was taken aback: "You mean that Tubo nobleman named Langri?"

"That's right! To be precise, it's the person behind him, the current Tsanpo Mansong Mangtsan of Tubo, he is the one who really wants to negotiate a truce!"

"Zanpu of Tubo wants a truce and peace? Why not take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"

"Because the military power of Tubo is now in the hands of the two brothers of the Gar family, if Tubo defeats Datang, it will actually make the Gar family stronger and threaten Zanpu's throne. So for Zanpu, Rather than taking advantage of the victory and pursuing it, it would be better to stop the war!"

Hearing this, Cui Hongdu finally understood why Wang Wenzuo was busy building roads, reading books, and doing business after he came to Songzhou, but he was not too active in the Tubo war.At first, he thought that he felt that he had too few troops and could only defend but not attack, but he didn't expect the other party to think so deeply and so far.

"Based on Sanlang's strategy, Zanpu and his ministers are nothing more than playthings in the palm of their hands!"

"It's not as simple as you said!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "If I'm right, Tubo's Zanpu can't help the front-line generals. After all, it's not just us who know the reason why the king's life will be unacceptable. The Tubo people also know it. At most, the southern line can keep the peace, it would be good!"

"It's great to be able to do this!" Cui Hongdu laughed and said, "Besides, if General Xue was defeated by the Tubo people as Sanlang said, the emperor would never just let it go. That's the land of Longyou. ! Once something goes wrong, Guanzhong will not be stable!"

(End of this chapter)