Ji Tang

Chapter 923 Chai Shao goes to Tubo

Chai Shao returned to the mansion in despair. Pingyang, who had been waiting for news, hurried out, but his heart skipped a beat when he saw Chai Shao's appearance.

Although I often quarrel with him, I have become familiar with each other's every move over the years.We can't call it love, but they have been husband and wife for many years, and even a stone has turned into an egg.

"What happened? Why do you look like this?"

Ji Song, who came to inquire, was also surprised. With Chai Shao's relationship with Ping Yang, the emperor wouldn't let his nephew embarrass Chai Shao even with this matter, would he?But if it's not the case, what's going on with this lost soul?

"The matter is done, His Majesty agrees that they should follow Wang Xuance and the others!"

Chai Shao sat on the chair and said.

"It'll be fine if it's done, it'll be fine if it's done."

Pingyang breathed a sigh of relief, that's right, if the emperor didn't handle this matter, he would have to go to the palace to ask for an explanation no matter what he said. He was not such a bully.

"What did your Majesty tell you?"

He still understood Emperor Ji Song, and Chai Shao himself knew that if the emperor had said anything to Chai Shao, Chai Shao would not be like this as a person.

Chai Shao nodded and said with a wry smile: "I helped my son by going this time, but I also cheated me."

"Your Majesty asked me to go to Jiannan Road, which is close to the territory of Tubo. I don't know when I will come back. Now I can accompany those two bastards halfway."

"What? Jiannan Road?"

Pingyang exclaimed, stood up quickly and said: "No, I don't agree! What kind of Jiannan Road should we go to? Why don't we just ask him to do some small things for his nephew, and he threatens people like this? This is too bullying!" "

She was always quick-tempered, but when she heard that Chai Shao was asked to go to Jiannan Road, she stopped doing it.Chai Shaodu is over 50 years old and is no longer young. What if there are any shortcomings after going out?Thinking of this, she felt panicked.

"You guys wait, I will go to the palace to find him right away. This is too bullying. At worst, if he doesn't let him help with this task, I will not be able to find a place to train my son with my relationship. Already?"

After saying that, he was about to walk out, but was stopped by Ji Song who reacted.

"You get out of the way!"

Pingyang is furious now, and even Ji Song is ready to start a fight if she doesn't get out of the way.

Ji Song smiled bitterly: "You need to calm down first, I'm afraid this matter won't be that simple. Otherwise, Your Majesty would let my uncle go even though he knew you wouldn't agree. There must be something we don't know about, so let's listen to what my uncle has to say first. , otherwise if you come to your door like this, not only will the matter not be resolved, but you will also cause a huge quarrel with His Majesty, which is not worth it.

After all, he persuaded Pingyang to stop, and then looked at Chai Shao and said, "Uncle, please tell me quickly, what's going on? Your Majesty can't let you go without any reason, at least there is a reason!"

Seeing Chai Shao's depressed look, Pingyang felt angry and said angrily: "Will you tell me or not?"

"say what?"

Chai Shao was so angry now that he went to ask for a favor for his son. Why did he end up in such a situation?But thinking about what His Majesty said to him, he couldn't think of a reason to refuse!

He sighed and said: "The other veterans are old, and now I am the only one who can still run and jump. Li Jing is ill in bed, Li Ji is guarding the north, Cheng Yaojin is not suitable, and Qin Qiong is like that, but he can still go up. To the battlefield? I’m afraid it might be over on the way, and you’re going to beat the hell out of the enemy?”

"At the end of the day, I can still move. If I don't go, who will?"

"I'm not going for myself this time, but for my brothers. Tubo's wolfish ambitions are now obvious. If the Tang Dynasty doesn't take action on the plateau, it won't be long before they will be unified. A unified force with a vast territory and all the people as soldiers, you can't Don’t you know what this means?”

Pingyang frowned and said: "Since the veterans can't go, aren't there a lot of rising stars? You can let them go. After all, you are not young anymore. What if?"

Before he finished speaking, Chai Shao understood, and his heart warmed, and he said with a smile: "I can't suppress you. There are indeed many young and capable people, but after all, their qualifications are too young. After they go, those arrogant and powerful generals will be convinced. ?This is a borderland, there is internal discord, and a little carelessness can lead to disaster. Don’t you understand that I can’t do it?”

Of course Pingyang understands and is well aware of the consequences of internal disputes.but
"Zi Yi is indeed qualified, and His Majesty also wanted to do so, but I refused. In the end, in order to dispel His Majesty's idea of ​​letting Zi Yi go, I personally requested the invitation."

Ji Song was a little surprised when he heard this, let him go?
"Then why are you."

Pingyang glanced at Ji Song and said hesitantly.

"Because Ziyi can't go! What will you do after he goes? What will happen to the people who are counting on him? Once Ziyi leaves, do you believe it? Those people will definitely fight back violently against us. Ziyi will be far away by then. , we didn’t even want to find anyone to discuss it with. When Ziyi is in court, no matter what happens outside, we won’t worry about someone stabbing him in the back."

"The most fearful thing on the battlefield is not the enemy on the surface, but the knife behind you that kills people without blood. The enemy on the surface is not scary. We just kill them, but the hidden enemy behind us is different. You never know who he is. When will I attack you?"

"So Ziyi can't go, and he can't go. This is the consensus of us old guys!"

Chai Shao stood up, glanced at Ji Song, and said, "I also hope you can stay in the court and watch over those people for us old guys. If anyone dares to reach out, don't be polite, just do it to death. As long as we Unless you die, no one can do anything to you."

Ji Song frowned slightly. He understood what Chai Shao meant. This was the reason why he could so easily agree to the emperor's entry into the court this time.Over the years, these people seem to be scattered, but secretly they all help each other.

But now that the veterans are getting older, some people are tempted to think that they occupy high positions but do not contribute any efforts.They tried every means to drive them out of the court. If the Ji family was not too weak in the court and had full potential, they had blocked many open and secret attacks for them.

They used to protect themselves from the wind and rain, but now that they are old and grown up, they can also protect them from the wind and rain.Pingyang is not a fool. Although Ji Song has not been in court these years, he still has his own spokesperson.Xie Lian, Ji Song's father-in-law, as the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, exercised the power of minister on his behalf.Coupled with the support of the Jiangdong family and officials from the two Hong Kongs, and the young officials from the academy behind him, he firmly stood in the court.

Xie Lian is the agent, and behind him is Ji Song's support, but everyone knows that there is one-third of the power of the noble group standing behind him, and the emperor also knows this.

Pingyang sat down naked, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to fight this time. The main purpose is to find out about the situation in Tibet. I will train a troop of soldiers and horses on the plateau. I don't care about the number of people, I just want to delay the court at the critical moment. We won’t let others catch us off guard.”

Ji Song nodded when he heard this and said: "I can guarantee this. The biggest enemy of Tubo is still within. In addition, they have not been integrated for a long time, and they are now clear about the mark of the Bon religion. It is absolutely impossible to provoke them in a short time." Tang’s.”

He pondered for a moment and said: "You don't have to think too much about this. I will still have some people on the plateau. Contact them and let them take the lead in getting in touch with the tribal leaders who have not yet been integrated. People in the Central Plains are very It is difficult to adapt to the plateau climate, but those tribes are all native plateau people.

You don't need to train too many people after you go there. As long as they realize that they are in danger, we can use our strength to recruit local people as soldiers, and then find a way to arrange for their families to be sent to the mainland.In this way, as long as the middle and upper-level generals are selected, they will be the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who are on the front line against the plateau. "

After saying this, Ji Song suddenly laughed, and when he saw the angry Pingyang, he quickly restrained himself.

"This is called using barbarians to control barbarians!"

"Using barbarians to control barbarians?"

Chai Shao chewed a few times, suddenly slapped the armrest, and laughed loudly: "It's so easy to fight the enemy with the enemy, but you still have a quick brain. I thought about it all the way and didn't think of what to do after going there, but it took so much effort to come up with something like this What a great idea, no wonder His Majesty’s number one choice is you.”

Pingyang also reacted, looked at Ji Song with brilliant eyes, and patted Ji Song's shoulder hard for the first time.But isn't that too much force?Feeling the dull pain on his shoulder, Ji Song thought to himself.

"The purpose of contacting the local tribal leaders is to connect the country; to recruit local soldiers is to adapt to local conditions; to move family members and relatives is to win over their hearts and strengthen their aspirations. How did you come up with such a closely linked, but quick-to-second plan? ?”

Chai Shao was really convinced. With just a few words, he solved his biggest problem.It’s not scary to have problems and difficulties. What’s scary is not having the slightest clue when facing difficulties.

Now that he has Ji Song's idea, as long as he goes step by step, he will be able to complete the task in a short time.Seeing that the emperor would have any reason for him to continue to stay there?

Hearing Chai Shao's words, Ji Song smiled without any pride at all.He was just picking up people's wits. There were foreign soldiers from the Shesheng camp in the imperial capital during the Han Dynasty, and they were even regarded as a role model for later generations for a period of time. What could he be proud of?
But it's better to talk about some things in advance to avoid some annoying things happening later.

"After you go, you must make a good balance. Once you are summoned to become a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, then he is a Tang Dynasty person. You must not favor one over the other, leaving hidden dangers for the future. People do not worry about scarcity but inequality. In a short period of time, they may be affected by the Great Tang No one dares to make a dent in Tang's reputation, but over time, differences will inevitably arise.

"My nephew's suggestion is that after serving a certain number of years, they should be granted household registration in the Tang Dynasty and allowed to take their families to live in the mainland of the Tang Dynasty. However, they must be separated and cannot all be gathered in one place."

"If you have military merit, then it will be in accordance with the promotion arrangement of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, but it will be limited to leading 3000 troops. This is absolutely not allowed to be changed. If you are not a member of our clan, your heart will be different. We can give them glory and wealth that were unimaginable before. But military power must not fall into the hands of foreigners. To be disrespectful, your Majesty has appointed many foreign generals, but look at it, as long as there is no war, who is still leading the army? Are they not in the arms of beauties now? I'm so drunk that I can't even get on the horse."

"Your Majesty can control it, but can others also control it? We cannot open this gap. Once someone wants to gain military power, they will definitely do it to death.

Chai Shao was thoughtful when he heard the words. He understood all these principles, but his Majesty had previously used foreign generals and they were quite obedient. This gave them the illusion that foreigners could be used.

But now that I think about it, I realize that although His Majesty has been using aliens, he is also guarding against them.Regardless of whether it was Zhi Los Si Li or Ashina Simo, he was in Chang'an now and did not go out to lead the troops.

"I remember these words, and I will pay attention to them when the time comes!"

Ji Song nodded and said: "I will go home right now and send you all the Tibetan information I have collected over the years. Although the possibility of war is unlikely, we have to guard against it. Maybe they will jump over the wall. Wait. I’ll have some good things delivered to you later, so you can familiarize yourself with them in advance.”

Hearing Ji Song's words, Chai Shao didn't take it seriously. He just thought that Ji Song was worried about him and gave him something.

But this was different in Pingyang's mind. He knew a lot about the good things in this boy's family.Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the fine steel light armor. Its protective power is better than that of forty or fifty kilograms of armor, but it is only half the weight. Anyone who leads soldiers knows how life-saving this will be.

Think about an encounter with an enemy. One wears more than 50 kilograms of heavy armor, and the other wears about [-] kilograms of light armor, but their protective power exceeds the other's.Under such circumstances, as long as there is not much difference in fighting power, who will win and who will die, is there any need to say?
There is also a crossbow that can fire continuously. If you have such a crossbow with you, your safety will be greatly improved.

Thinking of this, Pingyang couldn't sit still. Seeing Ji Song was about to leave, he quickly grabbed him and said, "This is your uncle. I'm sorry, he's already half a hundred years old, and he has to go to such a dangerous place. You, my nephew, But you can’t just watch, if there is something good, take it out quickly, otherwise I won’t obey!”

Chai Shao was dumbfounded. This was the first time he saw someone so confident in asking for something. It was as if Ji Song would be careless if he didn't come up with something good.

"Don't worry, you can't do anything wrong to your uncle!"

Ji Song said helplessly.

It was unlucky for him to meet such an aunt.I originally planned to give some good things, but now that he said this, it seemed like I was hiding it and was stingy.

"Cough cough!"

Chai Shao couldn't stand it any longer and coughed twice quickly and said: "Don't listen to your aunt's nonsense. My uncle has taken what you want. Those things are good things you keep at the bottom of the box. Sometimes they can save your life. There is no need to waste them." On to me.”

Chai Shao, who didn't know the truth, was still worried that Ji Song would take out the stuff from the bottom of the box, completely ignoring Ping Yang who was already rolling his eyes.

Chai Shao doesn't know, how can he still not know?Ji Song said that those things were very expensive to make and could not be popularized at all.But I can't stand someone with a lot of money.I dare not say how many there are, but there are still eight out of ten.

That day, when I saw Ji Song giving Wang Xuance, Ji Xiancheng's things belonged to both of them.To be honest, Pingyang almost had thoughts of robbery, he was so damn arrogant.

This isn't a mission, it's just to show off, okay?
(End of this chapter)