Being too arrogant when entering someone else's territory is obviously not a sensible thing to do.
But Li Qinzai has his own purpose. You have to believe it when you are in a foreign country. Only when you are arrogant will others not dare to look down on you.
This is what the hozens who have not yet become kings believe in. The humility and low-key virtues of the sages of the Central Plains are not recognized by the hozens, thinking that you are simply a coward.
So giving him a whip in person is the beginning of good communication between the two parties.
What the hozens obey is not virtue, but fists. Only when you show your fists and hit them hard on the face will they feel the pain and will they show respect and surrender to you.
Cheap? It is indeed quite cheap, but this is reality, and this reality is still the truth more than a thousand years later.
Li Qinzai smiled brightly when he looked at Lun Zhongcong, who had half his face swollen and stared at him angrily.
"You want to kill me with a thousand knives, don't you? Just be patient for now, there will be a chance. The Prime Minister of your family ordered you to come and greet me. You'd better be polite to me now, otherwise everyone will be very unhappy."
Lun Zhongcong gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, if you can leave the Tubo camp safely, I will not treat you well."
Li Qinzai laughed: "Believe it or not, even if I stretched my neck in front of Lu Dongzan, he wouldn't dare to kill me, let alone you."
"Don't just talk harshly. You must also have strength while speaking harshly. Behind me, more than 20,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty's border army are ready to attack. If I lose half a hair, Tubo will be in big trouble. ”
Lun Zhongcong's eyelids twitched and he pursed his lips without saying a word, but he had already remembered what Li Qinzai had just said about the 20,000 Tang Dynasty border troops who were ready to attack.
"Since you have come out to greet me on the orders of the Prime Minister of your country, please be a little more polite and make me feel at home." Li Qinzai patted Lun Zhongcong on the shoulder and said with a smile, as if the whip he had just given had never happened at all. .
Lun Zhongcong took a deep breath, his face still ashen.
Today, I was ordered by Lu Dongzan to greet Li Qinzai. It was originally an errand that Lun Zhongcong took the initiative to ask for. He had been humiliated in Liangzhou City and wanted to take revenge today, so he ordered a thousand-man cavalry to charge before they met. The posture was just to see Li Qinzai's panicked look.
Unfortunately, Zhongcong underestimated Li Qinzai after all.
Not only was this guy arrogant in Liangzhou City, but he was also arrogant in Tubo territory, with no scruples at all.
Lun Zhongcong did not learn the style of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Qinzai taught him more than one lesson about the domineering style of the dandies in Chang'an City.
"Your Majesty, please come with the foreign ministers. The Tubo camp is twenty miles ahead." Lun Zhongcong said while holding back his anger.
Li Qinzai raised his nostrils proudly: "Lead the way."
Luan Zhongcong cast a vicious look at him, snorted coldly, and galloped to the front of the team, widening the distance.
Li Qinzai and Lao Wei looked at each other and smiled. Then Li Qinzai pointed to the horizontal knife on Lao Wei's waist and said: "This, it won't work..."
Then he pointed to the banner in his hand and said, "This won't work either."
The Hengdao and the Jingjie merged into one, and Li Qinzai said: "This, add this, that's it!"
After speaking, Li Qinzai raised his hand to summon Liu Asi, and the two rode side by side. Li Qinzai said with a serious expression: "Send someone to tell Sun Congdong at the rear that a thousand forbidden troops have broken into Tuyuhun territory, and then they can choose their own targets for the raid."
"When encountering the Tuyuhun tribe who were bullied by the Tubo army, they went up to overthrow them. Afterwards, they escaped far away, fought on the move, and provided their own logistics. They avoided when they were strong and attacked when they were weak. When he was serving the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing worked in the occupied areas of Tubo. It’s so elusive that it’s impossible to guard against it.”
Liu Asi cupped his fists and accepted the order.
Li Qinzai added: "Tell Sun Congdong that the better he behaves, the safer I will be in the Tubo camp. Lu Dongzan was forced to throw a rat weapon and dare not touch me."
"In addition, send someone to tell Zheng Rentai that five thousand border troops are pressing on the Jishishan border and are ready to enter Tuyuhun territory at any time."
"Movement and stillness complement each other, and I am as stable as Mount Tai in the Tubo camp."
Liu Asi understood, so he sent a wise man to leave the team, turned around and flew away.
Lun Zhongcong was walking in front of the team and saw someone in Li Qinzai's team leaving, and wanted to stop him. However, when he thought of Li Qinzai's bad temper, he would get into trouble without reason. If he took the initiative to provoke him again, he didn't know how much he would be taught, so he just continued. Suffer it and pretend not to see it.
The group of people walked forward in silence. The atmosphere between the two sides was tense but they had to restrain themselves.
After traveling for more than twenty miles, a flag was fluttering in the distance, and white tents were scattered like plum blossoms on a plain and desert, with no end in sight.
Li Qinzai squinted his eyes and looked at the camp in the distance, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
I had already cleared my throat and took the initiative to put it into the tiger's mouth. It was up to me whether the tiger dared to bite me.
When he was approaching the gate of the camp, Li Qinzai ordered him to stop, then dismounted. After adjusting his clothes, Old Wei handed over the banner.
With the banner in his hand, fluttering in the wind, Liu Asi rode forward and shouted in front of the camp gate: "The envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Bo Liqin of Weinan County, has arrived. Please come out and greet him with courtesy!"
Li Qinzai stood motionless in front of the camp gate, looking straight ahead quietly.
Not long after, the camp door suddenly opened, and an old man wearing a luxurious fur coat slowly walked out, followed by a group of Tibetan generals.
The old man walked out of the camp gate and came to Li Qinzai, showing a kind and friendly smile. Then he bowed in front of the banner and said solemnly: "The Prime Minister of Tubo, Lu Dongzan, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty from afar."
All the Tibetan generals behind him followed suit and saluted.
Li Qinzai stepped aside and realized that it was not him whom Lu Dong was praising, but Jingjie, and Jingjie represented the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
After straightening up, Lu Dongzan smiled at Li Qinzai again and said, "This must be the talented and famous minister Li Xianbo who is famous in the border areas? I have admired him for a long time."
Li Qinzai sighed secretly.
This old guy is indeed a rival.
Standing in front of the camp gate just now and letting Lu Dongzan personally greet him was Li Qinzai's test of Tubo. Unexpectedly, Lu Dongzan actually came to welcome him. This man was obviously very deep in the city, and he didn't care about superficial forms or temporary honor and disgrace.
Such a person is much more difficult to deal with than a stubborn person like Lun Zhongcong.
"My Excellency, Li Qinzai, pays homage to the Prime Minister of Tibet." Li Qinzai could not lose his etiquette, so he had to return the favor to Lu Dongzan.
Lu Dongzan laughed and stretched out his hand sideways: "The banquet is ready. Uncle Li, please come into the camp."
The two entered the camp side by side and walked for several miles before arriving at the commander's tent in the central army.
After entering the handsome tent, several low tables were steaming with steam, and the banquet was indeed ready.
The dishes are not extravagant, just simple beef, mutton and venison, and a few jars of highland barley wine.
Lu Dongzan was very polite, as if meeting an old friend who had not seen him for many years. He invited Li Qinzai to sit down at the guest seat, and then bowed solemnly to Li Qinzai.
Li Qinzai looked at him without knowing why.
Lu Dongzan said with a bitter smile: "First of all, I want to apologize to Mr. Li County. The dancer named Zinu in Liangzhou City was sent under my instruction. The purpose was indeed not simple. It was at the time when Tubo and Tuyuhun were at war. Tang also got involved, so I have to do it for you."
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