At the joint meeting of the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, Li Chao was a map and a sand table, and he also used pictures and text descriptions, and spent a lot of effort to explain the expansion and contradictions of Tibet.
"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, Tibet is rising rapidly, if we don't curb it, then in the next step, Tibet will definitely conquer the Pingyuan region, Zhangxiong and other places.
When they unify the entire plateau, the next step will inevitably be to send troops to invade the Dongnu Kingdom and Tuyuhun. ” Li Chao pointed to the map, "In the past two years, Dongnu and other domestic annexes, Tuyuhun has been convinced, and the southwestern frontier of the Tang Empire has been stable, allowing the imperial court to free up a lot of strength to fully defend against the northern Turks.
If the southwest is chaotic at this time, and it will be a pot of porridge at that time, it will be very unsuitable for the interests of Datang. ” "The most terrifying thing is that if Tubo defeats Tuyuhun, Dongnu and other countries, then its strength will be called a Turk to appear in our southwestern rear.
At that time, the Turks were in the north, the Tibetans were in the south, and Goguryeo was in the east. ” Li Chao's mouth was dry, and he resolutely advocated taking precautions before they happen and intervening in the situation in the southwest region as soon as possible.
Unable to allow Tubo to develop and grow, Li Chao's intervention strategy was all thought of, taking advantage of the contradiction between the old and new nobles in Tubo to incite the old nobles to rebel, and it was best to directly find a few top assassins to kill Lang Ri Praise.
Then blame the old nobles and force the old nobles to raise an army to rebel.
At this time, he escorted Sun Bo, the prince of Subi, back to the old land of Subi, and secretly contacted the people of Subi, so that they could rebel and break away from Tibet.
The Tang Dynasty contacted the surrounding tribes conquered by Tubo and those who had not yet been conquered in a timely manner, in short, put a few more fires, and the more vigorous the burning, the better.
Subvert the regimes of other countries, mess up the southwest, and divide the nascent Tibet.
In addition, it is necessary to make two preparations, on the one hand, to plan the civil strife in Tibet, and on the other hand, to let Tubo and Tuyuhun go to war.
Let them consume, let them lose both, in short, on the side of the couch, how can they tolerate two powerful neighbors The so-called military strategy.
Datang uses tactics without soldiers, first let them have civil strife, and finally there are soldiers and horses from subject countries such as Dongnu as the backhand, and Datang does not need to join the war in person until it is absolutely necessary.
What Li Chao said was the words of Lao Chengmouguo.
It's just that not many people understand him.
The deputy privy envoy Yin Kaishan is the veteran of the Taiyuan Uprising, and Li Shimin's confidant of the old department, this time the imperial court reformed the military system, set up the Privy Council, Yin Qiao Yin Kaishan was promoted to the deputy privy envoy.
This position, but the second in the military, the governor of the five armies, is still below the privy envoy and the deputy privy envoy.
The relationship between this deputy privy envoy and Li Chao is actually good, when he was recruiting Liu Heimin, Yin Kaishan was considered a deputy marshal, and he was seriously ill in the army, or Li Chao's panacea cured the disease that other doctors were helpless.
In history, Yin Kaishan did die in that army, but now he is still alive and well.
However, one yard is one yard, Yin Kaishan is very grateful to Li Chao for saving his life, and the relationship between the two has always been good.
But today, at the joint meeting of the two governments under the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, he was not interested in Li Chao's complicated plan.
It's just a Tibetan, is it so troublesome?
"I think this matter is actually very simple, since this Tubo threatens Dongnu and other departments, then my Datang has a legitimate reason to send troops to fight.
Your Majesty, the imperial court can directly issue an edict to the Dongnu countries, and then send an envoy to Tuyuhun and ask him to send troops to help. ” In Yin Kaishan's plan, things can be very simple.
The imperial court first found a reason, and then issued an order to crusade against Tibet, and then choose a general and lead a troop over, at least the number of soldiers and horses does not matter, 10,000 is fine, 35,000 is fine.
The key is to make this division famous.
With the name of the division, and then the banner, the generals and soldiers.
Then you can let Dongnu and other countries send troops, and then let Tuyuhun also send troops.
In fact, this crusade was mainly based on the soldiers and horses of these southwestern tribes, but it was led by the Tang army to jointly conquer Tibet.
Sounds like nothing wrong with that.
What's wrong, if Datang wants to fight a small state that dares to invade Datang's territory, what else is needed That's enough.
In Yin Kaishan's view, it is not more direct to use razing to control raze.
Datang commanded these soldiers to fight Tibet, and they would definitely win.
If you lose, it doesn't matter, it's someone else who dies anyway. was interrupted by Yin Kaishan like this, Li Chao felt that he couldn't go on.
He had worked hard to plan for many days, but Yin Kaishan had something simpler and rude.
Although Li Chao looked down on Yin Kaishan's plan, it was simple and straightforward, and the cost was not high.
But Li Chao can't say that Yin Kaishan's plan doesn't work, Li Shimin thinks it's very good, he cares about black cats and white cats, and if he can catch mice, he is a good cat, isn't this what you Li Chao often says.
However, in the end, Li Shimin still saved some face for Li Chao.
The two plans were adopted together.
The assassination of Tubo Zanpu Lang Ri was handed over to Li Chao, and he selected the assassins.
The matter of escorting Prince Subi back to China to contact the old department of Subi was also entrusted to him.
On the other hand, the imperial court directly selected a general to go to the southwest in person, recruited soldiers and horses from Dongnu and other countries, and united with the soldiers and horses of Tuyuhun to fight against the Tubo who was disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Chao wanted to say, in fact, Datang didn't need to be the leader, just quietly watch them fight in the back, but Li Shimin didn't think so, since it was a crusade against the ministers, of course Datang had to personally lead the troops, as for the Dongnu Kingdom, the White Wolf Country, and the Tuyuhun Kingdom, these can only be affiliated and coordinated troops.
So, the matter was settled.
The Privy Council's generals began to compete for the opportunity to command the army. made peace with Tuyuhun and the Turks, Goguryeo never dared to provoke the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty had no chance to pay attention to him.
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And with the implementation of the new military system, the more senior the generals, the more idle they are.
Except for occasionally going to the martial arts hall to brag about it, boasting about their bravery and invincibility on the battlefield, they really have nothing to do.
Most of the time, they practice their own polo team at home, and now it's just a hobby.
Chang'an's polo league has been transferred to Xiangyang, and everyone has nothing to do, so they began to buy good horses, recruit good players, run their own polo teams, and compete with other powerful and wealthy teams.
But the team is a team after all, their status is limited, and they can't play in the league, they can only occasionally enjoy themselves in their own team, and in their bones, they are still looking forward to the war.
Now I finally have a chance to play, who wants to miss it Among the generals, Cheng Biting Jin, Niu Jinda, Luo Shixin, and Shan Xiongxin are the loudest, and Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, and Zhang Gongjin are also louder, but Cheng Biting Jin is even louder.
Blowing his beard and glaring, he also flashed his fist to Hou Jun from time to time.
The right to choose generals lies with the Son of Heaven, and neither the Privy Council, nor the Ministry of War, nor the Prime Minister have this right.
Li Shimin looked at the noisy generals, and he was quite happy, as if he had returned to the feeling when he fought on the battlefield and ordered troops in the big tent.
"It's just a Tubo, how can you use a big general to go out, just find a general or a lieutenant."
Li Shimin said with a smile, Tubo is not just a barbarian tribe, and he arrogantly wants to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty, in order to teach them a lesson.
"Your Majesty, the lion fights the rabbit, and also uses all his strength.
Although Tibet is small, it cannot be underestimated.
In this battle, we have to win it cleanly, and we can't drag the mud and water, so as not to cause extraneous branches.
If Your Majesty asks your Majesty to war, if Your Majesty asks your ministers to command the troops, the ministers will take Tubo for only half a year, and personally escort the Zanpu Langri to Xiangyang."
Cheng Yanjin shouted loudly with a loud voice.
"Half a year" Li Shimin considered.
"It's only three months," Hou Junji hurriedly shouted together.
As a result, Li Shimin just glared at him.
Cheng Yanjin said that it will take half a year, and you only need three months, why don't you say that you can fly?
Li Shimin used to be a veteran of the battlefield, and he clearly knew that fighting a battle was not easy.
From assembling soldiers, to preparing food and grass, to marching on the road, the time it took for these two troops to fight before they started fighting, I don't know how long.
In case of a tough battle and a standoff, it will be even more time-consuming.
If you don't start fighting yet, you set the time for three months, so in a hurry, it will definitely be easy to have problems.
"Proposed purpose, Cheng Biting Jin and Qinghai Road marching chief, Hou Junji as the deputy commander, commanding 10,000 troops, convening Dongnu and Tuyuhun tribes, jointly sending troops, crusading against Tubo, who is not subservient" Won the post of marching chief, Cheng Yanjin was a little proud, and Hou Junji was a little disappointed.
Although he got the opportunity to send troops, he was only a deputy manager, and he was under Cheng Yanjin.
End of meeting.
A group of generals all congratulated Cheng biting Jin.
In their opinion, leading the troops to Tibet is to pick up military merits.
It's just a little Tibet, and it's not a one-hit crush.
Li Chao stepped forward.
"Congratulations."
Cheng Yanjin said with a smile, "It's my old Cheng who is lucky, and this opportunity has given me to fight." ” Li Chao looked at the side, Hou Junji also gathered Zhang Liang and other generals to talk, he lowered his voice, and said to Cheng Jin, "Don't underestimate the enemy, the Tubo soldiers and horses are very strong, and the plateau climate is special."
Although His Majesty asked you to bring 10,000 troops, but when you get there, these soldiers are afraid that it will be difficult for them to adapt to the climate over there, so you still have to prepare early, and then you will have to rely on Tuyuhun and Dongnu Bailan and other troops to deal with the Tubo soldiers. ” "Also, be careful Hou Junji, this person is not a good bird."
Regarding Li Chao's words, Cheng Yanjin listened very carefully.
This former nephew has now become the giant pillar of the Tang Dynasty, even if he leads troops to fight, this young man has already surpassed him.
For his words, Cheng Yanjin didn't dare to be careless.
"Otherwise, I'll just find an opportunity to kill that kid over there," Cheng Yanjin said with a smile.
Li Chao shook his head, "You can't hurt people, but you can't have the heart to defend people, just keep an eye on that guy." ” Hou Junji, Li Chao has always looked down on this person, and feels that this person is utilitarian and has a bit of a problem with his character.
But Li Shimin trusted Hou Junji very much, after all, this person was his confidant, and he was born and died for him.
In addition, now in the DPRK, many generals are from Shandong, which makes Li Shimin also deliberately reuse Hou Junji, who is not only his old department, but also does not fit well with these Shandong generals.
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