Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 470 Friction between Datang and Dashi
"Li Ke, what's the matter with you coming to see me in such a hurry today? You're a lot of age, and you're still so unsteady!" Li Chengqian laughed looking at Li Ke who was a little flustered in front of him.

They are all old. In this era, they are all old people. At this moment, Li Ke is not half as mature and prudent as before. Now Li Ke is as frizzy as a boy in his early twenties.

"Your brother has urgent military affairs and needs to report to His Majesty." Li Ke crossed his hands and saluted.

"Military affairs? Isn't this a matter of the Ministry of War? When do you need to worry about it, a Zuo servant? You have robbed the Ministry of War of their jobs by doing this. How do you let the people in the Ministry of War live?" Li Chengqian joked.

"This matter is so important that I have to come here in person," Li Ke said.

Seeing Li Ke's expression did not seem to be fake, Li Chengqian couldn't help frowning.

"Tell me, what is the urgent military affairs, I need to trouble you, a bad old man, to tell me." Li Chengqian said.

"Just received a report from Anxi Duhu that Dashi has completely conquered the entire Khorasan region that originally belonged to the Persian Empire, and crossed the Wuhu River and invaded Anguo, which is under the jurisdiction of Anxi Duhu of the Tang Dynasty."

"One of the important towns on the Silk Road in Anguo, it played an important role as a bridge in the trade and cultural exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and the West."

"The loss of Anguo means that the trade between Datang and the West may be interrupted. At the same time, Dashi is likely to compete with Datang for control of the entire Western Region." Li Ke said.

It is more than just the control of the entire Western Regions. With the cannibal's urinating nature, if Datang ignores this incident, Dashi will very likely take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains from the Silk Road.

Li Ke already saw this very clearly, but he didn't say it clearly. He believed that Li Chengqian could understand what he meant.

"When did this happen?" Li Chengqian said after thinking for a while.

"The Anxi Protectorate Mansion expedited the eight hundred miles, and it took six days to pass the news to Chang'an. It was discovered that An Guo was wiped out by the Dashi, ten days ago."

"When the guards of the Anxi Protectorate Mansion were patrolling the area, they found the seriously injured An Guoren. He came to ask for help."

"When the Anxi Protectorate Mansion sent people there, Anguo was already occupied by Dashi, and the Anxi Protectorate Mansion did not fight Dashi's soldiers and horses, so they withdrew back."

"The Guardian of Anxi sent someone from Babaili to urgently report this matter to see what the imperial court's attitude is toward this matter," Li Ke said.

Li Chengqian knew long ago that once Persia fell into the hands of Dashi, a collision between Datang and Dashi would be inevitable.

It was only a matter of time before Datang and Dashi swordsmen faced each other. How could someone else snore and sleep on the side of the couch. Sleeping next to Datang, a beast like Dashi, was a huge threat after all.

However, now is still not the time to confront Dashi head-on, and Datang has not yet made enough preparations.

One is the long distance and the desert, the army expedition, the food and grass has always been the lifeblood of the army.

The second is the expedition of the army, and there are likely to be a lot of backup supplies. The reason why Gao Xianzhi failed in the battle of Dashi.

Apart from the betrayal of the barbarian tribes, the lack of backup is the biggest shortcoming. If there were backup, Gao Xianzhi would not have lost in the battle of Talas.

If he confronted Dashi head-on now, it would only hurt both sides, which would outweigh the gains for Datang.

"What's your opinion on this matter? To fight or not to fight?" Li Chengqian asked, this is related to the interests of Datang in the Western Regions.

"If it were me, if I was bullied to my door, I would naturally not swallow my anger. I would definitely fight them."

"In any case, Anguo is also the place under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Governor of the Tang Dynasty. It is the territory of my Tang Dynasty. Now it has been invaded by others. We must take it back." Li Ke said.

This is related to the dignity of a dynasty. If the territory is invaded and kept silent, how can the entire Western Regions obey the Tang Dynasty in the future.

This will do great harm to Datang's influence on the Western Regions, and will reduce Datang's influence on the Western Regions.

There are still some tribes in the Western Regions who do not obey the control of the Tang Dynasty. If they keep silent on the Anguo incident, these tribes who do not obey the control of the Tang Dynasty will jump out and cause trouble again.

It will even affect those tribes whose positions are vacillating. In this way, the entire Western Region may fall into turmoil again.

"You're right, I think so too, but now that the Great Tang has suffered another natural disaster, and the Great Tang has just recovered some vitality, and now it's going to collide head-on with the Great Food, I'm worried that it will be bad for Datang."

"The most important thing is that the expedition to the Western Regions is a long journey, and it is easy to get a lot of logistics supplies. Such a long-distance expedition, I am worried that it will drag down the entire dynasty." Li Chengqian said.

"Brother Emperor! Brother Chen thinks we can be courteous before fighting!" Li Ke said.

"Li Chengqian's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said, "Tell me what you think, why do you say courtesy first and then soldiers?"

"My Tang Dynasty can send envoys to negotiate with Dashi, let them hand over Anguo, withdraw from Anguo's territory, return Anguo to Datang, and trade between Datang and Dashi." Li Ke said.

This was the etiquette he was talking about. After all, the Tang Dynasty was a land of etiquette, and it was natural that there was no need to use violence to solve problems in this way.

"Talk about the issue of soldiers." Li Chengqian said, he didn't think that by doing this, Dashi would buy your account, and the current Dashi has already inflated.

"If Dashi refuses to agree, then we can only send troops to take Anguo back. Now that Dashi has just occupied the Khorasan region of Persia and has not yet gained a firm foothold, they will definitely not dare to confront Datang."

"As long as my Great Tang makes an offensive gesture, Dashi will definitely agree to my request. At that time, the Western Regions will still be under my control." Li Ke said.

Unfortunately!Li Ke's idea may come to nothing. It is true that Dashi has occupied the Khorasan area not long ago, and it is true that it has not gained a firm foothold.

But Dashi is not Datang, and they don't know what Datang does. Expansion is their primary goal, and the small area is what they value.

In the final analysis, the most simple and brutal method must be used to resolve the Anguo incident.

"If you have achieved this step and Da Shi remains unmoved, how should you deal with it?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Then we will fight with Dashi. The food and grass logistics can be transferred to Anxi Dufu and Anxi Four Towns through the Heyuan Army's jurisdiction. At the same time, we will order [-] Heyuan troops to rush to Anxi Dufu and let Anxi Duhu do a good job." Prepare everything and be ready for battle at any time," Li Ke said.

Since it's unavoidable, let's fight Dashi.

"You're right! Let's discuss what we should do specifically now." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian and Li Ke discussed, and finally decided to send envoys to Dashi to negotiate, hoping to regain control of Anguo through negotiations.

At the same time, Datang entered a state of combat readiness in the Western Regions, ready to declare all force against Dashi after the negotiation failed at any time, regaining control of Anguo, and warned Dashi not to do anything wrong.

(End of this chapter)