Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

Because after going through all the information in his mind just now, Li You discovered a problem - in fact, the Tubo at this time was in a period of rapid expansion. Not only the Tang Dynasty, but Tang Yan, Su Pi and Yangtong were similar to Tubo. Neighboring tribes were attacked by Tubo!

The attack on the Tang Dynasty was also part of Tubo's foreign expansion. The rejection of marriage requests and the provocation by messengers were just excuses and fuses.

However, in this era, Datang, as one of the three major powers in the Eurasian continent, which is also known as Dashi and Tubo, is also very tough. Songtsan Gampo's marriage proposal was rejected when he refused, and it was not ambiguous at all. This is even more. Add fuel to the fire!

In fact, when Li Shimin was in office, after the Tang Dynasty eliminated the Eastern Turks, the country became more and more powerful, and the whole world was very powerful. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty generally gave him a marriage to strengthen the relationship when the surrounding forces expressed their surrender to him.

For example, marrying Princess Honghua to Tuyuhun is the most typical example.

However, Tubo did not express his submission to the Tang Dynasty clearly at that time, and the marriage at this time was of no practical significance to the Tang Dynasty!

Besides, aside from the great food, the borders of Datang and Tubo are bordered, so no matter what, the two countries will have an unavoidable direct conflict.

In the process of the rise of the two emerging dynasties, there will be increasingly fierce conflicts of interest, which will inevitably lead to extremely complicated political games between the leaders and decision-makers of the two countries.Marriage or war are just different forms of political games.

"Snapped!"

At this moment, Li Shimin had already read the document and took it on the table.

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"Your Majesty, what's the situation?" Li Jing couldn't help asking.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and slowly swept over the crowd before answering, "This letter of help is not just a simple letter of help, but also contains Songtsen Gampo's request."

"Songtsen Gampo has ordered [-] Tubo troops to be stationed in the western part of Songzhou to confront the local Tang army. At the same time, Songtsen Gampo publicly declared that if the princess does not come, the army will continue to deepen!"

When the civil and military officials heard the words, their expressions changed, and they were all extremely indignant.

"No reason! Isn't this a blatant threat!?"

"That Songtsen Gampo is too daring! He even dares to threaten His Majesty!"

"What a joke! Fight, fight, who's afraid of who!"

In the chaos, Li Shimin slapped the table again, making the audience quiet.

"Indeed, I, Tang Dynasty, have never been afraid of any enemy! But... do you think that Songzhou didn't even fight, so they sent a letter for help directly?"

The more Li Shimin said, the more he gritted his teeth: "Actually, Songzhou Admiral Han Wei had already tried to lead the army, but he was defeated because he despised the enemy army and had to return to the city!"

Chapter 775 Don't be afraid of any war!

"what!?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, all the officials and officials were shocked.

"Actually lost? General Han is too careless!"

Many people were indignant, but some were more calm, such as Qin Qiong who came to Li Youshou banquet specially.

"If Tubo really has an army of 20 people, then General Han's setback is not necessarily a matter of carelessness. It is very likely that he will not be able to beat his opponents!"

After hearing the words of a veteran like Qin Qiong, everyone calmed down, and it was true after thinking about it.

As a lower governor's mansion, Songzhou itself did not have many troops, and at most it was less than [-] people, so of course it could not be the opponent of the Tubo army of [-] people.

"And I guess that the purpose of General Han's appearance this time is just to observe the Tubo army," Chai Shao also followed closely, "Then General Han will not bring all the defenders out, otherwise the base camp will be empty. What if you were attacked?"

"It makes sense..."

Many civil servants and generals were persuaded and began to ponder.

"So, although General Han was defeated this time, the loss was not too big?"

This answer is fortunate, but when they looked at Li Shimin again, they found that Li Shimin's face was still as dark as before.

"Do you think it's a good thing that only a few thousand people have lost a lot of money?" Li Shimin snorted coldly, "If that's the case, then I won't be so angry!"

All the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty froze when they heard the words. Could it be that this is not the worst case?

Li Shimin has already continued: "After Han Wei's defeat, Songzhou can be described as being defeated like a mountain, forming a very violent chain reaction, and the impact is extremely bad!"

"Seeing that the Tang army was defeated, the confidence of the surrounding areas was immediately shaken. Some of the Qiang chiefs who originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty also launched a rebellion, and even the governors of Yanzhou and Nuozhou, who were attached to the Songzhou Governor's Office, defected to the Tang Dynasty and turned to help The Tubo army will deal with the Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, the audience suddenly burst into an uproar!

Everyone never imagined that the real situation was a hundred times worse than they imagined!

"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer!" Li Xiaogong said immediately, "If we don't send troops to support, Songzhou will be in danger!"

However, after he finished speaking, Li Shimin did not reply, and there was an obvious hesitation on his face.

But no one asked the reason, because everyone knew why—Tubo, as the three major powers in Europe and Asia, as famous as the Tang Dynasty, once a full-scale war started, would it be more than the loss for the Tang Dynasty, which had just recovered?

At this time, the Tubo was undoubtedly in a period of rapid growth. According to the records of "Zizhi Tongjian", the Tubo at this time "infiltrated other countries in recent times, encroaching on other countries, with vast territories and hundreds of thousands of victorious soldiers."

And what no one knows is that in the future, Tubo will also become the most powerful and most difficult old enemy of the Tang Empire, and it has lasted for two hundred years!

"Reporting to Your Majesty...I see that Songtsen Gampo's purpose is only to want His Majesty to marry the princess. If His Majesty is satisfied with him, maybe he can also turn the war into jade and silk?"

In the silence, a minister suddenly suggested this.

In this case, Datang might be able to avoid even greater losses.

However, his proposal was also opposed by many people.

"What are you kidding!? Isn't it like my Tang Dynasty surrendered to Tubo!"