People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1264 Li Xuan’s best heart-breaking method

Sitting under the black banner, Li Xuan calmly looked into the distance and said softly: "Although the Guang Army is obeying orders under Zan Xiruo, they are actually the royal family's personnel. Now that there are heavy casualties, the responsibility will naturally be passed on to Praise Xiruo’s head.”

"The commander-in-chief meant to kill someone with a borrowed knife." Yang Zhirou immediately understood Li Xuan's plan.

Li Xuan nodded lightly and said: "The Guangjun can report that Zan Xiruo is borrowing the knife to kill people; it can also be said that the king is borrowing the sword of the Tubo royal family to kill people; it can also be said that the Tubo royal family is borrowing the sword of the king to kill people. Use a knife to kill people."

"The commander-in-chief means to give the Tubo royal family a chance to borrow the commander-in-chief's sword to kill Zan Xiruo?" Yang Zhirou immediately understood Yinrou's manipulation.

Li Xuan glanced sideways at Yang Zhirou and said: "Of course the Tubo royal family wants to clear out the Gar family, but when to clear out the Gar family is a question. Now that the king's army is approaching, how can they dare to act rashly?"

"In this letter, the commander-in-chief mentioned the conditions for withdrawing the troops?" Yang Zhirou looked at Li Xuan cautiously.

Of course he knew that this so-called withdrawal condition was used by Li Xuan to deceive the Tubo royal family.

Li Xuan had no intention of retreating, and Datang had no intention of retreating either.

Li Xuan nodded slowly and said: "I want the Tubo royal family to send the heads of the other four brothers of the Gar family to Lunqinling. If successful, the Tang Dynasty will withdraw its troops."

The corner of Yang Zhirou's mouth twitched slightly. Today's Tubo military is supported by the faction headed by the Gar family.

How could the Tubo royal family really kill the Gar family and benefit Li Xuan?

Looking at Yang Zhirou's expression, Li Xuan was a little amused and said: "Brother Yang, you still don't understand. This letter from my king is just to let the people in the royal family understand that this king and the Lun Qinling family will fight until death. Only in this way can they More people from the Lun Qinling family will be sent to the front line."

"Use the Marshal's hand to kill the Gar family, no!" Yang Zhirou looked up at Li Xuan and said solemnly: "The people of the Tubo royal family hope that both the Marshal and Zan Xiruo will be harmed."

Li Xuan looked forward and said softly: "Now, does Brother Yang think Zan Xiruo will take the initiative to attack Nagqu City?"

Yang Zhirou fell silent, and finally shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult right now. The Guangjun lost in Anduo, and Zan Xiruo probably won't move for the time being."

Li Xuan smiled: "Then what will the royal family think?"

Yang Zhirou said with some difficulty: "I will force him to do it."

"What would happen if such a letter fell into Brenzan's hands at this time?" Before Li Xuan finished speaking, Yang Zhirou's heart couldn't help but pause.

"Commander!" Yang Zhirou bowed his head and cupped his hands.

"The so-called war is nothing more than you kill me and I kill you." Li Xuan calmly looked in the direction of Luo Zhong and said softly: "Now it is essentially the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, but since the death of Lun Qinling, the situation has become In the Tang Dynasty, without Lu and Zan Xiruo, they had murderous intentions towards each other three times."

"Then who will kill first?" Yang Zhirou's gaze was extremely accurate.

Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Perhaps it should be me. If Zan Xi controls an army of 50,000 people in front of him, if he is undefeated, then naturally he will not kill himself easily without the Lu family, but if he is defeated, then Without Lu, I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to accommodate him.”

Yang Zhirou suddenly understood the logic.

A former military general who cannot resist Li Xuan is not what the royal family and nobles in Luozuo need.

There is only one thing they really need, and that is a military commander who can defeat Li Xuan and drive Datang out of Tubo.

If the praise fails, they will replace it.

This may not work, it may work, but there is always a glimmer of hope of victory, so someone will make a decision.

"That's why King Zhao replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo. The final outcome was a brutal battle at Changping. Now that the commander-in-chief uses this method, I'm afraid the whole of Tubo will be destroyed." Yang Zhirou finally no longer doubted Li Xuan’s military strategy.

Since Princess Wencheng returned from Luoche, Li Xuan's calculations about the Tubo royal family have become more and more mature. Now, just one letter has already laid out the fate of Zan Xiruo.

"But it's not foolproof. Who knows if a Tian Dan will appear in Luoxi." Li Xuan's expression remained cautious.

Tian Dan was originally a minor official in the Qi State. Later, Le Yi led the five kingdoms to destroy Qi and conquered 72 cities in the Qi State. Even Linzi, the capital of the Qi State, was captured. Only Jimo and Ju were left, but Tian Dan was the only one left. The Fire Bull Formation directly defeated the coalition forces, and then quickly counterattacked and regained the country.

Yang Zhirou's expression finally became cautious, and then he raised his hands and asked, "May I ask the commander-in-chief, when does the commander-in-chief expect to defeat Zan Xiruo?"

"In winter." Li Xuan sighed softly and said: "In winter, the Nagqu River freezes, and many decorations can no longer be used. At that time, it is Zan Xiruo's last chance; if it fails that time, , without Lu, there would be no more patience."

Yang Zhirou nodded solemnly, praising that Xiruo could not defeat Li Xuan even if he led an army of tens of thousands. Without Lu, he would no longer have any patience.

Moreover, if Zan Xiruo were defeated, the Tang Dynasty would probably attack directly at Luoshou City. At that time, perhaps Zan Xiruo's head would allow the Tang Dynasty to slow down its troops...

hiss!
What a deeply buried plot!

"Let's go. Since the Tubo people won't attack the city again, let's relax for a while and wait to see if the Tubo people will attack at night." Li Xuan had already made arrangements for the next step in her words. They pretended to be relaxed to lure the Tibetans to attack the city.

If Zanxi accidentally fell into the trap, he would be killed or injured.

……

Li Xuan had just walked down the city gate when a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the west side, and Li Xuan immediately stopped.

At this moment, a Qianniu Guard rushed over quickly and handed a military report to Li Xuan's hand. "Commander, how are you?" Yang Zhirou looked at the military report in Li Xuan's hand with some curiosity.

After Li Xuan took a look at it, he handed the general's report to Yang Zhirou and said: "Send a message to Nahu, Zan Xiruo has withdrawn his troops."

"If Anduo is not completed, Cuona Lake will naturally not be left." Yang Zhirou couldn't help but sigh. All the actions of the Tubo people were planned by Li Xuan, how could they win.

"Anduo, let's just sleep for a while. After three days of starvation, even the gods will have no strength." Li Xuan waved her hand, then looked at Yang Zhirou and said, "Go and send the message."

"Here!" Yang Zhirou cupped his hands and quickly passed the order.

Looking at Yang Zhirou's leaving figure, a trace of calmness flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.

Yang Zhirou was not a member of the secret guard. The secret guard in Li Xuan's army was someone else.

But Yang Zhirou was a relative of Empress Wu, and secret reports from his side were sent to Chang'an every ten days.

Instead of letting him spy everywhere, it would be better for Li Xuan to be more honest and show him as much as possible what he can show, and then pass it on to Empress Wu, and then to the emperor.

In this way, if there is a discrepancy between the secret guard's information and Yang Zhirou's, then everything will ultimately be based on Yang Zhirou's.

Secret guard, a hint of sarcasm flashed deep in Li Xuan's eyes.

The emperor and empress Wu really relied on the secret guards to master the logic.

At the receiving end of the information, Li Xuan jammed Yang Zhirou and the secret guard to death.

At the transmission end, in Tanggula Mountain, Supi, and Changzhou, Li Xuan can intercept and kill the messenger at any time, and he can even frame it into the hands of others.

As for Chang'an, Liu Rengui and Li Xian could help him explain anything. In this way, what Li Xuan needs to really focus on now is Naqu.

……

In the central hall of the General Manager's Mansion, dozens of subordinates were constantly coming and going.

After Wang Dezhen sat in the lobby, he began to intensively deal with the household registration and population of the seven counties near Nagqu that had been attached to the Tang Dynasty. The yellow books were gradually revised.

Seeing Li Xuan come in, Wang Dezhen immediately stood up, raised his hands in surprise and said, "Why is the commander free to come back today?"

"I know that if the troops are fully withdrawn thirty miles away, the war will come to an end for the time being, so my nephew came to see how the household registration matter is being handled?" Li Xuan took a look at the yellow household registration book.

After all, Wang Dezhen was the Minister of Hubu. The people he brought to Nagqu were basically the capable forces of Hubu, and many things were handled quickly and properly in their hands.

"They are basically the same. People who have entered the household registration files are basically granted land. Those who have not entered the household registration files are basically demoted to official slaves and sent to Wei Shaofu to mine." Wang Dezhen smiled.

This treatment was basically Li Xuan's intention. Those who insisted on opposing the Tang Dynasty and were not even willing to deal with it were directly stripped of everything and thrown into the mountains.

In all likelihood, it is impossible to come out of the mountains again in this life.

"These people originally owned a large amount of land. After the Tang Dynasty attacked the city, they did not have the strength to do so, and they even tried to use the land to threaten them. How can such people stay?" Li Xuan couldn't help but shake her head.

"They still have some methods, but these methods are a little difficult to use when it comes to General Black Teeth and General Li Zhonglang." Wang Dezhen felt a little funny.

Li Xuan used Hei Te Changzhi and Li Duozuo to govern the counties to the east. Most of the people under these two men were Mohe people. The Tubo people couldn't explain many things to them, so how could they be bribed and won over.

"In this case, let's find time to let the people return to the villages and towns. The Tubo people will not attack the city for the time being. These Tang people should also adapt to their new status." Li Xuan laughed a little relaxedly.

"The commander-in-chief really understands people's hearts. With these registered land and population, we in Tubo will no longer be like water without a source or a tree without roots." Wang Dezhen couldn't help but hand over his hand with sincere admiration.

Li Xuan's hand directly broke the hearts of the local people in Tubo. From then on, they were no longer Tubo people, but people of the Tang Dynasty.

After all, they were not real Tubo people from the beginning.

Most of them were slaves and lower-class people who had never had their own land. Now that they had land, how could they return to the Tubo banner and return the land in their hands?

Once the Tibetans come back, they will even pick up swords and guns to fight against the Tibetans.

Even if Li Xuan and the others were defeated, these people would still stay there to fight the Tubo people, and even act as spies for Li Xuan and the others to come back.

"This is the official path." Li Xuan returned the favor and said, "And these were taught by my uncle and cousin back then."

Hearing Li Xuan mention Ouyang Tong, Wang Dezhen calmed down, nodded, and said: "The commander-in-chief has good governance and proper methods. It is not difficult to come to Tubo and return to the Tang Dynasty sincerely."

"But first, we must send all the Tubo royal family away." Li Xuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent. The Tubo royal family is his biggest enemy in governing Tubo. If he doesn't kill them all, there will inevitably be another one between Baekje and the Turks in the future. thing.

"Yes." Wang Dezhen nodded, and then asked: "So what should we do with Xiangxiong in the northwest? They have sent people here for the third time, but the commander is still missing?"

"No." Li Xuan waved her hand and said with a stern face: "The purpose of the Xiangxiong people is to divide Tubo, but since Tubo wants to be owned by the Tang Dynasty, it is natural that no one else can get involved, not to mention that Xiangxiong is the gateway to the Western Regions. The key passage is of great use to our Tang Dynasty, this Xiangxiong man..."

(End of this chapter)