"From the Sui Dynasty to the present, Tuyuhun surrendered to the Central Plains several times, but rebelled several times. Murong Yun and Murong Shun were all the same, and so were the people of Tuyuhun." After a short pause, Li Xuan stood behind Liu Rengui and said softly: "Looking at the overall situation, if there were no Tubo, Tuyuhun would have ceased to exist long ago."
Tuyuhun should have ceased to exist long ago, and so should the people of Tuyuhun.
The Tang Dynasty established the four towns of Anxi in the Western Region and the Andong and Xiongjin Protectorate in the East Island, all with the intention of annexation.
However, due to the Silla rebellion, the Ungjin Protectorate was abolished, and the four towns of Anxi fell into the hands of the Tubos several times.
Due to its special terrain, Tuyuhun was not suitable for establishing a border state from the beginning. The situation here was even more severe than that of the Turks.
Li Xuan had thoughts in her mind, but she didn't say anything out loud. She thought and said: "Today's Tuyuhun land, apart from the western Tuyuhun, the eastern Tuyuhun is roughly divided into four parts."
Liu Rengui nodded slightly and raised his hand to signal Li Xuan to continue.
"In Hubei, Qinghai, there is a fierce battle with the governor of Anle Prefecture in Tuyuhun; one in Kebochuan, Suhegui; and south of Shazhuyu River, there is another one under the control of the Tubo people." Li Xuan took a breath, and then Said: "The last part is Fuqi City, where everyone is old and weak."
"The Tubo people incorporated the strong and strong Tuyuhun into the army, but left the old and weak in Fuqi City. They were really shrewd in their calculations." Liu Rengui couldn't help but sneer.
"But those old and weak people have strong roots. If we kill them and win without force, the Tuyuhun people will hate our dynasty even more, but if we don't attack them, even if I wait for them more, the Tuyuhun people will He is also not loyal to our government."
Li Xuan was thinking, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he looked at Liu Rengui with great horror.
At this time, Liu Rengui smiled softly and said: "So, as I said before, Su and your troops are rushing to Fuqi City. With them here, our troops are only besieging the city, and none of the affairs in Fuqi City will be returned. I don’t care, even if the food runs out, it has nothing to do with us. If that happens, they will definitely leave the city to beg for surrender, and then it will be out of their hands to do anything else we do.”
After leaving the city to beg for surrender, Li Xuan immediately understood what Liu Rengui was thinking.
Also, as the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Rengui must have thoughtful thoughts.
His coming here means that Zhongshu Chaotang has a complete response to Fuqi City.
The emperor had always wanted Su Hegui's head before. If Tubo killed Su Hegui, then the people of Tuyuhun would be dead and their teeth would be cold, and they would naturally no longer be loyal to Tubo.
If they don't kill Su Hegui, Su Hegui will definitely be panicked with the words of Emperor Tang, and they will have to keep a hand in battle.
But it's a pity that Li Zhi wanted Su Hegui's life, and Qin Ling also wanted Su Hegui's life, so Su Hegui couldn't survive.
Even for Liu Rengui, what he wanted was not Su Hegui, but Su Hegui's soldiers.
As for Su Hegui's death, he could die in Qinghai or Chang'an.
Even if he was willing to dance in the court hall and beg for surrender like Jieli Khan did, the emperor might spare his life.
This involves the containment of Murong Nuohebo.
The calculations of those old foxes in the court are layered, and it is difficult to understand what they are planning.
Only now did Li Xuan realize that Liu Rengui had previously ordered Wang Xiaojie to attack the Chaka Salt Lake and cut off the retreat of the Tibetan and Tuyuhun coalition forces. .
Drive them to Fuqi City and trap them in Fuqi City. Not to mention the long-term plan, at least in the short term, they do not need to bear the burden of the people of Fuqi City.
"But there is another problem here?" Liu Rengui suddenly looked at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan twitched the corners of her mouth, cupped her hands and said, "Yue Weng, please speak."
"It's the governor of Anle Prefecture. If he can't help but rush into Fuqi City, then we can only trouble the wise son-in-law to stop him." Liu Rengui smiled softly.
The Tang Dynasty no longer supported Tuyuhun's founding of the country. Tubo did not know this, nor did the governor of Anle Prefecture, Murong Nuohebo.
But when everything comes to Fuqi City, as time goes by, everything will gradually show its traces.
Once Murong Nuo Hebo notices it, he will naturally take action. At that time, if he wants to stop Murong Nuo Hebo, someone needs to stand up.
Liu Rengui didn't want to be this evil person. After all, the refugees of the Tang Dynasty couldn't come to Fuqi City for a while, and they still needed Murong Nuohebo.
So in Liu Rengui's opinion, Li Xuan is the most suitable person for him right now.
Li Xuan was not only Liu Rengui's grandson-in-law, but also the current county king.
Murong Nuohebo was not only the governor of Anle Prefecture and the king of Qinghai, but also the prince-in-law, the husband-in-law of Princess Honghua, and half of the clan.
Therefore, it is most appropriate for Li Xuan to come forward for this kind of matter.
"Can the grandson-in-law still refuse?" Li Xuan's face was full of a wry smile. It was not an easy task to dissuade a prince-in-law who wanted to become a king again.
Liu Rengui smiled, and then shouted outside: "Come here, bring some food and wine."
…
Sitting opposite, Li Xuan gave Liu Rengui a toast respectfully.
At this time, Liu Rengui put down his wine glass, looked at Li Xuan, and asked, "Xian son-in-law, when did you know that I arrived at Lanshan Road?"
"In early April, when he first entered Hezhou, the magistrate of Kangle County was Yue Weng's student. Sun-in-law immediately felt that Yue Weng's influence on the Taohe River Road was too great, and it was so great that the court should not plan like this." Li Xuanyi After he finished speaking, his expression became solemn.
Although the main force of the Taohe Road army was the generals and soldiers transferred back from Andong Road, all of whom were Liu Rengui's former subordinates, it was a bit strange that even the local county magistrates were Liu Rengui's students.
Although Li Xuan is Liu Rengui's grandson-in-law, he is still from the clan.
There are generals, commanders, and local magistrates who have indirect relationships with him. Under normal circumstances, there will be people in the court who are uneasy.
However, no one in the court said a word, not even the censor made any move. Li Xuan immediately understood that their eyes were never on him.
"The court's pace of marching into Tibet several times after that, the follow-up to the Brenzan Blade incident, and the slow march on Lanshan Road all showed the court's caution." After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "But Wenxi County My husband is definitely not someone who has such patience."
After all, Pei Xingjian is still a veteran on the battlefield.
On the battlefield, he can hunt patiently on the battlefield, but he definitely does not have the patience to patiently plan and calculate before the war begins.
This is the difference between Pei Xingjian and Liu Rengui.
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"After this year's deep spring drought, the Queen of Heaven ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to calculate the amount of this year's autumn harvest. If the army is tired of fighting, food and salary will definitely be insufficient, especially with the incident in Fuqi City. If Qinling lures the enemy deep, a large amount of food and grass must be consumed in this year's autumn harvest. Fuqi City, regardless of whether we attack Dafeichuan and Wuhai, it is difficult to guarantee the food and salary of our army alone."
Liu Rengui sighed softly, rubbed his wine glass, looked at Li Xuan and said: "Therefore a slight change, the coach will naturally change, and finally I will come to Lanshan Road to host... Naturally, it cannot be called Lanshan Road, but Northwest Road The marching marshal, the general manager, and all the soldiers and civilians are all under my command."
"The Queen of Heaven and Your Majesty, this is a mature strategy for planning a country." Li Xuan nodded in agreement and said, "So, there should be a total of twelve groups of troops setting off this time."
"Yes, in addition to the five roads of Yizhou, Taohe, Lanshan, Ganliang, and Shasu, there is also the Anxi Road." Liu Rengui directly told the top secret of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Xuan nodded calmly, and then said: "Now I think County Lord Wenxi must have gone to Anxi."
"Yes." Liu Rengui looked at Li Xuan with admiration. It was because of these things that Li Xuan could completely guess them even if he didn't tell them.
The Twelve Routes of the Tang Dynasty conquered Tubo. Lanshan Road was the main force, Taohe and Ganliang were the restraints, and Shasu was the cut-off. What was broken was the connection between the Turks and Tubo.
As for Anxi, it was a stab in the back.
"Prince of Persia, you should have gone back with the Duke of Wenxi County this time, right?" Li Xuan suddenly followed, and then said with a smile: "At that time, my son-in-law felt that the court and the government had treated Prince Persia very well this year. Something is not quite right, it seems that we need to use the power of Persia."
Liu Rengui shook his head and said: "Persia has been destroyed. Although it has all the remaining power, it is difficult to have a real climate. The Prince of Persia is just a cover-up. The purpose of Pei Shangshu's trip to Anxi is to target the Western Turks. .”
"Are they those Western Turkic merchants?" Li Xuan suddenly raised his head and immediately thought about the group of fake Western Turkic merchants he had found in Chang'an a few months ago.
Among those people, although they were mainly Tubo people, the Western Turks were the largest. Otherwise, they would not have been able to get through the border all the way and come directly to Chang'an.
But the involvement of the Western Turks in the Tibetan incident is alarming enough.
After all, it happened not long ago that the descendants of the Khans of the East Turks tried to escape back to the East Turks, and there were traces of the Tubo people there.
As a result, the relevant people immediately started investigating keenly.
Among the ten tribes of Western Turks, some relied on the Tang Dynasty and some surrendered to Tibet.
Their final choice, no one knew before the war came.
If Datang takes action rashly, it is very likely to force it to rebel.
If we do nothing and let Tubo instigate us, once a war breaks out, the Tang Dynasty will definitely lose the upper hand in the war.
Under such circumstances, a shrewd commander must be on the scene to deal with the affairs of the Western Turks.
This person is Pei Xingjian, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Duke of Wenxi County.
In his early years, Pei Xingjian served as the governor of Xizhou and the governor of Anxi. When the Western Turks were destroyed, Pei Xingjian was a fierce general.
Later, he made great achievements in governing Anxi and gained great prestige. Many countries came to him with admiration and loyalty.
Now Pei Xingjian is heading to the Western Regions. There may be trouble in the Western Regions, but there will be no chaos.
"There is news that Zan Xiruo is now in the Western Region." Liu Rengui's words made the situation confusing again.
Zan Xiruo, Lun Qinling's brother, after Lu Dongzan died of illness, Zan Xiruo succeeded him as the Prime Minister of Tubo, but he only served for five years. Zan Xiruo gave up the position of prime minister to his younger brother Lun Qin. Mausoleum, because Qin Ling is more suitable to be the Prime Minister of Tubo than him.
Just from this big-hearted person, one can tell how hard Zan Xiruo is to be trifled with.
It is not without reason that the Qinling family has occupied the position of Tibetan Prime Minister for decades.
"So does Lun Qinling know that Pei Shangshu went to the Western Regions?" Li Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"I didn't know before, but I should know today, but it's too late." Liu Rengui couldn't help but shook his head.
The Tubo people have a lot of plans in the Western Turks, and now it's almost time to break out.
Qingdong is too far away from the Western Region, and there are deserts and mountains in between. Without half a month, the news cannot reach the Western Region at all.
Not to mention that even in the Western Region, it is not that easy to find Zan Xiruo for a while.
It's too late.
Li Xuan couldn't help but nodded. He could think of the embarrassed look on Lun Qinling's face when he received the news today.
"Now that we've finished talking about the big things, let's talk about the family affairs, shall we?" Liu Rengui raised his head, looked at Li Xuan, and said slightly worriedly: "Sanniang will give birth in the next few days, right?"
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded slightly worriedly, subconsciously looked back in the direction of Chang'an, and said softly: "Maybe now, the new baby has been born."
(End of chapter)
