Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 441 Sending Troops to the Northwest
The situation in the north is getting worse and worse. Tubo keeps provoking other tribes in Mobei to resist the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it also mobilizes troops from Tubo to prepare to annex Tuyuhun.

Urgent documents floated into the Daming Palace like snowflakes and piled up on Li Chengqian's desk.

The battle between Datang and Tubo is inevitable, and this moment has finally come.

Li Chengqian immediately summoned ministers to discuss sending troops to assist Tuyuhun and attack Tubo.

The military department in charge of mobilizing the source of troops, the household department in charge of money and food, the industry department in charge of equipment manufacturing and maintenance, as well as the prime ministers and generals of the three provinces were all called by Li Chengqian to the Zichen Hall for discussion.

"It is said that Tubo has already mobilized no less than 30 troops. If we, the Tang Dynasty, want to help Tuyuhun, we need to send at least 15 troops. If we send troops to quell the Mobei rebellion, it is conservatively estimated that it will take about [-]." It was the conclusion he came to after some calculations.

"15 soldiers need to consume a lot of food every day, how much food will be consumed in a year, plus the consumption during transportation."

"One million shi of grain was transported from various places to the northwest, how much grain is left, now there is the Grand Canal connecting the Sui Dynasty, which can reduce some of the consumption on the road."

"I have already calculated that with Datang's current strength, it can support at most 15 troops to fight in the northwest for a year and a half."

"But in this way, the farming work will be delayed. If the seeds cannot be planted in time, there will be no harvest in the coming year, and the people will be hungry."

"If the people can't survive, they will rebel. In that case, the Tang Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of the Sui Dynasty." Hubu Shangshu said.

He is the person who most disapproves of fighting with Tubo. After all, a lot of money and food will slip out of his hands in a war. He is heartbroken seeing that the entire Tang Dynasty needs more money.

If all the money and food are used to supply the army to fight, there will be no money and food to use elsewhere.

For example, if there is some kind of natural disaster this year, if all the money and food are used for war, what will be used for disaster relief.

"Tubo must fight. If not, Tubo will often harass our neighbors of Great Tang, and even attack our borders of Great Tang, and plunder our Great Tang."

"Under Tubo's instigation, Mobei will never have a peaceful day, and will only consume more money and food. In this case, it is better to send troops directly, and it is better to complete its work and completely defeat Tubo." Li Chengqian said.

The current Tubo is no longer easy to deal with. If he is allowed to grow and develop, it will be fine.

Only when Datang still has the ability to beat him to the ground now, he will beat Tubo to death so hard that Tubo will tremble when he sees the word "Datang".

Let Datang become a nightmare that Tubo will never get rid of, so that there will be no more troubles in the northwest of Datang.

"Your Majesty! Of course we must fight Tubo, but we can't ruin our country and our family because of this!" Hubu Shangshu said.

"In your opinion, how should we deal with the Tubo and Tuyuhun incidents?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I think that if Tubo wants to fight, it needs to be appeased, and the only way to do it is to use both soft and hard tactics." Said the Secretary of the Household Department.

"How does Aiqing plan to use both soft and hard tactics against Tubo?" Li Chengqian asked.

"The minister thought that he could send more troops to the area of ​​Lingzhou to frighten Tubo, showing our determination to fight the Great Tang."

"Then, send people to negotiate peace with Tubo, make peace with Tubo, and let Tubo return to Tubo's native land, and stop harassing Tuyuhun." Hubu Shangshu said.

According to his idea, it was to use force to intimidate Tubo, and then force him to bow down to Datang by means of peace.

In this way, not only can the problem between Tubo and Tuyuhun be solved, but also a lot of money and food can be saved. This is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Li Chengqian sneered in his heart, the annexation of Tuyuhun was an integral part of Tubo's development, and Tubo would never withdraw from Tuyuhun no matter what.

This has nothing to do with reconciliation. If Tubo gets involved in Tuyuhun again, he can only beat Tubo until he has no strength to continue to touch Tuyuhun.

It is unrealistic to try to get Tubo to give up annexing Tuyuhun through marriage. The only way to do it is to beat Tubo so badly that he has no strength to fight Tuyuhun again.

"The determination of Tubo to annex Tuyuhun is beyond your imagination. Tuyuhun is a stumbling block in the development of Tubo. Only when this stumbling block is kicked away, can Tubo grow stronger."

"Then it will touch the entire Western Regions, and at that time, the entire Silk Road will become the possession of Tubo."

"I don't need to say anything about the importance of the Silk Road to the Tang Dynasty. Everyone here should also know it."

"Once Tubo annexes Tuyuhun, the buffer zone between Tang and Tubo will no longer exist, and Tubo will directly threaten the border of Tang."

"Tubo will take the opportunity to invade the twelve prefectures of Du, Liu, Jue, Diao, Cou, Ban, Geng, Qi, You, Li, Shu, and Chai where the Qiang people live; these are all the prefectures of our Tang Dynasty. "

"It's the territory of my Tang Dynasty. How can I allow others to get my hands on it? How can I allow others to snore on the side of the couch? Tubo, I will definitely attack it." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! My brother thinks that my Tang Dynasty must first deal with Shule and Gongyue, take control of the Shule territory, and regain the territory bordering Tubo."

"In this way, the connection between Mobei and Tubo can be cut off, and we will send troops again to quickly unite the various tribes to suppress the rebels."

"As long as Mobei can be pacified, Tuyuhun can be defended, and then marched against Tubo, defeating Tubo in one fell swoop, so that Tubo dare not have any more unreasonable thoughts." Li Ke said.

"The king of Wu, Li Ke, is right, and I have exactly the same intention, first to pacify Mobei, and then to attack Tubo." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! There are constant natural disasters in the Tang Dynasty, and now the main task is to help the victims and restore their strength. How can we go on an expedition."

"Last year, there was a drought and famine in Chang'an, the capital of Chang'an and the east of Xiaoshan Mountain, and in the Jiang and Huai River basins. Now the refugees are everywhere. Your Majesty should relieve the victims instead of sending troops to go on an expedition. Your Majesty, please think twice." This is the voice of the opposition.

"I have already appointed Di Renjie to be fully responsible for the relief. Isn't Chang'an already over the difficulties? I believe that Di Renjie will not disappoint my high expectations and will be able to solve these problems."

"There is no conflict between the disaster relief and the expedition to Tubo. I want to provide disaster relief, but also send troops to help Tuyuhun resist Tubo. You don't need to say more, just make this decision, and there will be no mercy for anyone who stands in the way!" Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Everyone saluted and responded.

On the same day, Li Chengqian issued an edict to send [-] troops to the northwest, and the troops were divided into two groups, one of which was dominated by Pei Xingjian and others, and sent troops to pacify Mobei and cut off the connection between Mobei and Tubo.

Along the way, Gao Kan, Pang Tongshan and others led an army of [-] to assist Tuyuhun.

(End of this chapter)