In the fifth year of the Xinghan Dynasty (AD 767), May 15th, it was the Great Chao Ri.
After the court meeting began, Cen Shen, as Prime Minister of the Government Council, went out to report: "Your Majesty, as of the tenth day of this month, our northern Silk Road in Western Qin has been completely constructed, from the new capital to the Kerch Port of the Khazar Governorate.
A road has been fully connected, including the sections in Ogus and Khwarizm.
The construction of road sections in Ogus and Khwarizm has been completed.
There are a total of three large and small roads along this line.
All one hundred and sixty-one post stations have been built, and post soldiers have also been stationed.
It has become much more convenient for business travelers from various countries.
According to statistics, the number of business travelers on this route has increased by about 30% in recent days.
According to this trend, business travelers will be more likely to travel in the future.
The number will continue to increase in sequence.
As long as the safety of this trade road is maintained, the number of business travelers will not decline."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "How is the road construction in Tianzhu very good?"
"Back to your Majesty, Tianzhu has completed the construction of two wide roads running through the north and south, each road is ten feet wide.
After these two roads are built and connected, the connection between our inland West Qin and Tianzhu's Protectorate will be strengthened, and at the same time, Tianzhu will be able to Economic activities within the Duhu Prefecture have become more frequent, and two roads from Jisu Duhu Prefecture and Taixi Duhu Prefecture to Tianzhu are currently under construction."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, you have to give credit to the relevant responsible officials.
It is not easy to complete such a large amount of work in such a short period of time.
They must have thought of many ways."
"Yes, Your Majesty" This is when Chen Qing stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, as of the second day of this month, the first batch of recruitment of 50,000 people in the army expansion plan has been completed.
Currently, these 50,000 people are being distributed in our military camps across Western Qin for training according to the plan. , these 50,000 people will complete all military subject training and ideological education transformation within three years.
Then they are assigned to serve in various legions.
However, information collected from several nearby military camps shows that the quality of this batch of recruits is very high, and the completion of training is 20% faster than planned.
If this progress is maintained, it may not be possible.
It takes three years to complete the training of all military subjects and the transformation of ideological education."
Zhao Ziliang was surprised: "Why does this happen?"
Chen Qing cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others were also puzzled by this at first.
Later, after investigation, we found that the reason for this situation may be related to the spread of private schools, academies and schools in various places in Western Qin.
This batch of The worst among the recruits also attended a private school for three years , the soldiers who read the most are those who graduated from some universities.
In the past, the soldiers we recruited were illiterate, and many of them couldn't even tell the difference between left and right.
This made training very difficult, but soldiers who are literate and read Different, their ability to accept is much stronger.”
Hearing this, Zhao Ziliang smiled and said to the civil servants: "It seems that our measures to popularize education and free the people from ignorance are very beneficial.
Even the training progress of the soldiers can be improved.
I don't know what the future generations will do."
I have no opinion on myself, but I am confident that our measures to vigorously develop education are absolutely correct.
This is a great achievement that will benefit the common people and all generations."
All the ministers praised the merits: "The king is wise" "Your Majesty" left the mission noblely and bowed his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Your Majesty, according to the recent battle reports from Hexi, General Ma Lin and General Bai Xiaode have surrounded Liangzhou City.
The destruction of the city is just around the corner, and the Hexi rebellion is not far away."
Far away , if the imperial court sends troops to attack the Longyou area from the east, it should not be difficult to resolve this rebellion.
However, Wei Chen believes that even if this rebellion is suppressed, the matter is not over yet.
The Tubo people have been harassing the borders of the Tang Dynasty, which is no longer a problem. two Years have passed, even if we helped the Central Plains court put down the rebellion this time, wouldn't we be exhausted if the Tubo invaded the Longyou and Hexi areas again in three to five years?
The only way to completely resolve this matter Just put The power of Tubo must be completely eradicated and eliminated.
Now that Tubo is in civil strife and various tribes are working on their own, it is the best time to completely solve the Tubo problem.
If we wait until a wise leader appears in Tubo to unify the military and political power of Tubo, it will be impossible to solve it at that time."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the other ministers and generals and asked, "What do you think of Master Gao's words?"
The ministers and generals all whispered to each other and discussed, but no one took the initiative to stand up and express their opinions on the matter.
Zhao Ziliang saw that this was not possible and had to be done by naming names, so he pointed at Cen Shen and said: "Cen Shen, you are the Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council.
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Let's not analyze the feasibility of this matter from a military perspective.
You only analyze the feasibility of this matter from political, foreign affairs and other aspects.
Let’s talk about whether this is feasible.”
Cen Shen was called by name and had to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, our Western Qin has not established diplomatic relations with the Tubo tribes, and the Tubo tribes' invasion of the Hexi Corridor and their frequent incursions into Northern Tianzhu have seriously violated our Western Qin.
Qin In this regard, I am not opposed to the use of troops against the Tubo tribes.
Judging from the current treasury situation of our Western Qin Dynasty, there is not much pressure to support a war against Tubo.
However, I am worried that the terrain of Tubo will not be stable.
It’s good for our offense.”
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "This is a military issue.
Since from a political, diplomatic and economic point of view, it is not inappropriate for us to go to war against the Tibetan tribes, then now we will look at the feasibility of conquering Tibet from a military point of view.
Military aircraft Generals of the hospital, what do you think?"
Xuan Yi, commander of the Sixth Army, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is ten times easier for us to conquer Tubo now than it was then."
Zhao Ziliang smiled, raised his hand and said, "Tell me your reasons."
Among the many generals of the Western Qin Dynasty, only a few have followed Zhao Ziliang deep into the hinterland of Tubo.
Only these people have a thorough understanding of Tubo.
These include Bo Lehan, Xuanyi, and even Chu Ge, Li Siye, Chen Qing, etc.
No one is qualified to say such things.
Xuan Yi said: "Back then, I followed the king deep into the hinterland of Tubo, and had a profound understanding of the environment of the Tubo Plateau.
When we attack Tubo from the Longyou and Hexi areas, we attack from low to high.
We have to bear countless difficulties.
Altitude sickness alone stopped the army from moving forward.
Moreover, after entering Tubo territory, various ups and downs and year-round snowfall made it difficult to move forward.
The mountainous terrain is prohibitive, and the cold at higher altitudes can freeze people to death.
Therefore, although the imperial court repeatedly used troops against Tubo, they could only stay in the Longyou area.
Only then did the king lead us deep into the hinterland of Tubo.
The army's frontline has advanced to the Tongtian River area.
The situation now is completely different from that of the past.
The direction of our attack on Tibet has not only We are limited to attacking from north to south.
If we want to use troops against Tubo now, we have several attack routes to choose from: The first is of course from the Longyou and Hexi area; the second is from the Anxi Protectorate through Congling and into Xiaobo Lu and Dabolu, with Dabolu as the forward station of the offensive; the third road, marching eastward from Jiantuoluo Kingdom in North Tianzhu, and entering Ru from Kaqie Mountain Pass The sheep of Tubo are in the same tribe; fourth, they borrowed the road from Northern Tianzhu to the Niboluo Kingdom and entered Tubo from the Nibolu Kingdom.
Moreover, they entered Tubo from here, which is very close to the capital of the Tubo Kingdom, Luoche City.
I believe that these four attack routes , the fourth route is the easiest offensive route with multiple options so that we no longer have to attack Tibet from low to high.”
"Secondly, our weapons are sharper than those at the front, and our armor is stronger than before."
"Thirdly, we have something like cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold.
No matter how cold the weather is, it can help the soldiers maintain their body temperature and prevent them from freezing easily."
"Finally, and most importantly, we no longer have to be constrained.
We can fight when we want and leave when we want.
The emperor and the court of the Central Plains can no longer force us to withdraw our troops."
Zhao Ziliang slapped the imperial case and said: "My biggest regret in this life is that I had two chances to completely eliminate the threat of Tibet, but due to political reasons, my two attacks on Tibet fell short.
Since we are looking at politics From a political, foreign, economic, or military point of view, attacking Tubo is not a problem, so this time I will never give up this opportunity.
I decided to personally conquer the Tibetan Government and allocate military expenditures as soon as possible.
All the officials of the Military Academy took action quickly. , mobilize troops”
Xuan Yi cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to choose the second, third or fourth route to attack Tubo, you must have enough experienced mountain and plateau infantry.
Now we have only three thousand mountain infantry with plateau training."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, these three thousand people are commanded by Duan Xiushi.
The three thousand people are indeed less than a few.
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It seems impossible to train a group of soldiers in a short period of time.
Most of the veterans who followed me to attack Tubo have retired. , many people have already married and had children, and I don’t know whether they can pick up swords and guns again, or whether they can adapt to the environment and climate on the plateau.”
Li Siye stood up and clasped his fists and said: "If your Majesty insists on conquering Tibet personally, you can issue an edict to recruit these veterans to re-enlist in the army.
It has only been nine years since your last attack on Tibet, and the soldiers back then were all young people.
Now they are older The eldest is only about forty years old, and the younger ones are only in their twenties.
In their prime, they can become an army after only two or three months of training."
Zhao Ziliang immediately slapped the emperor's case and shouted: "Okay, pass on my king's decree to recruit the veterans who followed me in the conquest of Tubo on a voluntary basis.
If you don't want to, don't force Xuan Yi.
You will be fully responsible for this matter.
When all the troops and horses are gathered, you will be able to command them."
"I obey the order."
Xuan Yi clasped his fists and agreed, and said: "Your Majesty, if the enlisted veterans are not enough, I suggest negotiating with the Central Plains court to borrow three to five thousand troops from the Congling garrison of the Anxi Protectorate.
They have been stationed in Coongling for a long time.
Ridge, has already adapted to the cold climate of the plateau, and is the best candidate to attack Tibet this time."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, you can recruit veterans first.
If the troops are not enough, I will ask Honglu Temple to negotiate with the Central Plains court."
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