Under Li Zhi's gradually cold gaze, Su Dawei took a deep breath, hugged his fists at Li Zhi and said, "May I ask Your Majesty, what would you do if the closest person around you was in danger?"
”Li Zhi's brows moved slightly, and he glanced at Wu Meiniang beside him: "I am the son of heaven, how can my relatives around me fall into danger?"
If there is such a day, I will devote all my strength to save it. ”His voice was calm, but there was a sense of firmness and composure.This is to tell Wu Meiniang clearly, don't worry, I will protect you.Although it was Su Dawei who asked the question, Li Zhi said it to Wu Meiniang.Wu Meiniang knew the meaning of Li Zhi's words.She smiled slightly, her eyes were like autumn water, and her eyebrows were affectionate.Su Dawei coughed and said: "The minister does not have the power of His Majesty, and he does not dare to use public weapons, so he can only give up his military uniform and save his family." ”"Oh?"
A hint of surprise flashed on Li Zhi's face, and his gaze turned from Wu Meiniang's face to Su Dawei: "What's the matter?"
”Regarding Nie Su's matter, Su Dawei didn't tell anyone else.Even Su Qingjie and Ashina Daozhen, who were closest in the army, didn't know, they only knew that Su Dawei had a very urgent matter and had to deal with it.Li Zhi, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is even more unknown.What's more, Li Zhi has every opportunity, how can he have time to pay attention to such a trivial matter of sesame mung beans."
Chen's sister Nie Su was separated in the battle, and later the minister got a clue and went to look for it."
Before Su Dawei came, he thought about telling Nie Su about it to dispel Li Zhi's doubts, but when he said it, he suddenly realized that something was wrong in his heart.Sure enough, Li Zhi immediately thought: "Since it is your little lady, why is she in the military array?"
”"Because I have been away from home for a long time, Nie Su is worried about the safety of his ministers, so he did not hesitate to leave home thousands of miles to find me."
Su Dawei glanced at Li Zhi's face, calm and unwavering, and couldn't see joy or anger.He hurriedly added: "When the former minister led the Ashina Daozhen scout team to pursue Ashina Shabi, the other party caused an avalanche, but fortunately, Nie Su arrived in time to save us." ”"Nesu?
How could she save you?
”Li Zhi's voice changed slightly, but he still couldn't hear his emotions.Wu Mei said on the side: "Nie Su, I have seen it in the past, and like Ami, he is not an ordinary person. ”Li Zhi nodded slightly, and his expression softened."
I see."
In one sentence, the matter was lightly revealed, and there was no intention to delve into it.This made Su Dawei secretly relieved.The woman in the family appeared in the military formation, this matter can be big or small, and it will not be good to dig deeper.Fortunately, there is Wu Meiniang from the side.And it can be seen that Li Zhi trusts Wu Meiniang very much now, and as soon as she opened her mouth, Li Zhi dispelled the idea of in-depth research.Su Dawei was busy and continued to divert the topic."
Your Majesty, when looking for Nie Su, the minister had been to the snowy region and to the Tubo country."
This sentence immediately refocused Li Zhi's scattered interest."
Tibet?
You actually went to Tibet?
”Li Zhi's eyes flashed, obviously thinking of something.He is not a dumb lord, on the contrary, his shrewdness and mind can be ranked in the top three among the Tang Emperors.Therefore, as soon as Su Dawei said this, he immediately showed a sensitive sense of smell."
How is the situation in Tibet now?"
Li Zhi asked, and then said to himself: "Since the death of my father, in addition to the Western Turkic Ashina Helu, there are also many ambitious people in the surrounding steppe tribes, and the hometown of Liaodong is also quite unpeaceful. ”Liaodong, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, in the east of the Tang Dynasty.The steppe tribe Turks, in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty.And Tubo, in the west of the Tang Dynasty, is separated from Chang'an by Tuyuhun and Shu.Although Li Zhi didn't take Tubo in his eyes at the moment, he also had a clear understanding and knew that Tubo occupied a favorable geographical position, and the people in his country were brave and good at fighting.When Wang Xuance sent an envoy to Zhongtianzhu and was attacked, he asked Tubo to borrow troops."
Your Majesty, the minister is trying to tell you about Tibet."
Su Dawei pondered the words and said: "When I was in the snowy region, I heard that Tubo has been conquering the east and west on the plateau for many years, and constantly annexing the rest of the tribes, just a few years ago, it has annexed Zhangxiong, and now it seems to be the overlord of the snowy region, and its great minister Lu Dongzan is ambitious, and in the next step, I am afraid that he will have a heart for Tuguun......"
Speaking of this, Su Dawei did not continue.A wise monarch doesn't need him to be so detailed, he will make it up himself.Saying too much to smart people will only cause rebellion.Li Zhi's face sank like water, and the light in his eyes flashed slightly: "Tuguhun ?
”After thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "Impossible, during the Zhenguan period, Tubo invaded Tuyuhun, and later started the battle of Songzhou with the Tang Dynasty, and then Tubo declared himself a minister to the Tang Dynasty and married the daughter of the clan, Princess Wencheng."
Over the years, Tubo has been quite respectful to the Tang Dynasty and has not shown any objections.If they are really ambitious, the iron hooves of Datang will teach them what the rules are. ”Li Zhi said confidently.Hearing him say this, Su Dawei felt "chuckle" in his heart.When he mentioned Tubo, he naturally didn't have a target, but he didn't want to wait for Tubo to annex Tuyuhun and advance to the Tang Dynasty.At this time in history, Li Zhi's eyes were attracted by Liaodong, and in order to conquer Liaodong, Datang exerted all his strength.First they fought Baekje, then Goguryeo, and a sea battle broke out at the mouth of the Baekgang River with the Wa people.After many hardships, he finally conquered these countries, but in the end, he made wedding dresses for others in vain and cheapened Silla.In the later stages of the war, Silla began to manipulate the logistics of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang army had difficulty in supplying.Taking advantage of the Tang army's inability to come up, Silla took the opportunity to annex a large number of the territories of the former Baekje and Goguryeo, and became a regional hegemon.Later, for this reason, the Tang Dynasty and Silla fought for control of the peninsula, and launched countless wars.Eventually, Silla and the Tang army were ruled by the same river.Although the Tang army recovered a certain amount of Goguryeo land, the biggest war dividend was still obtained by Silla.The Tang army was exhausted and spent countless national strength, but compared to the harvest, it was completely disproportionate.In addition to nominally eliminating Goguryeo, Li Zhi could puff up his chest and say that the Tang Dynasty had completed the unfinished business of the former Sui.He completed what Taizong did not do.Therefore, his own merits are better than Taizong, and he is far ahead of the Sui Dynasty.But what about other than that?
Countless money and food have been spent, and the blood of countless good men of the Tang Dynasty has been sprinkled in the land of Liaodong, and they cannot return to their hometown.paid a high price, just to cultivate a white-eyed wolf like Silla for himself......
The Tang army has not yet extinguished the fire in Liaodong, and the Tubo in the west has already been killed.So that the Tang army suffered from the enemy.At that time, the famous general Su Dingfang had already died of exhaustion on the way to the rebels in the west, and Li Zhi sent a new generation of famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Rengui, to use troops against Tubo.However, he was defeated in Dafeichuan at the hands of Tubo and Qinling.These moves are too embarrassing.Therefore, in Su Dawei's selfish heart, he hoped that Li Zhi would pay attention to the affairs of Tibet.Don't say that you should fight Tibet first, at least take some precautions, so as not to be stolen.It turns out that history has inertia.Li Zhi has his own judgment and cognition."
Just Tubo, what a way, there are many Turkic generals in the Tang Dynasty, they can fight well, if Tubo really has no subordination, send a general to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers, enough to wipe out."
Li Zhi said confidently: "The Western Turks control 200,000 or 300,000, and my Tang Dynasty only sent 50,000 troops, and then destroyed its country in one battle, who in the world can stop the Tang army." ”As he spoke, he waved his hand: "There is no need to mention this matter again. ”Su Dawei's face turned green.I leaked inside information to Li Zhi in advance, but Li Zhi didn't listen to him.He didn't understand why Li Zhi was selectively blind even though Tibet was a hegemon in the west and a regional power."
Recently, Liaodong has not been very peaceful, Goguryeo and Baekje have joined forces again to attack Silla, Silla has lost dozens of cities, and if the Tang Dynasty does not make a move, I am afraid that Silla is in danger of losing the country."
Li Zhi said, raised his head and glanced at Su Dawei "cordially": "You are also a person who knows the soldiers, you must know that the henchmen of the Tang Dynasty are always Liaodong, as for the bitter cold land in the northwest, don't say that Tubo will not have such great ambitions, even if they really have rebellious actions, the mountains in the west stretch, how can it be easy to get through?"
Rest assured. ”Su Dawei was speechless for a while.I kind of understand Li Zhi.From the map of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong is a place of beauty, except for Hangu Pass, the left and right and the rear are wrapped in continuous mountains.Guanzhong is a plain land in the mountains, fertile fields for thousands of miles, and abundant grain production, which is the capital of the emperor.If you have enough food, you can feed enough people to form a strong state.So subconsciously, surrounded by mountains, are considered safe, natural defenses.Compared with Tibet, which is separated by mountains, there is no danger to defend from Liaodong.The topography of the Central Plains is high in the north and low in the south.If Goguryeo fights on horseback, it will also have the advantage of terrain.And there are no mountains to block it, so it looks even more dangerous.The land of Liaodong can be farmed and horses, and the regime that has always come out of this terrain has both the city-state culture of agricultural civilization and the aggressiveness of nomadic civilization, and is the most vigilant enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty.Su Dawei shut up and stopped persuading.Li Zhi's words revealed that his mind had been decided.He must have to use troops against Liaodong, and this cannot be changed.As for Tubo, it is not a current problem, Li Zhi is not in the mood to care about it now, and he does not pay attention to it.Su Dawei could only smile bitterly at this.For more than 280 years in the Tang Dynasty, the struggle between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty was almost always accompanied until the end of the dynasty.Compared with Goguryeo, who was about to kick his legs, Tubo was the lifelong enemy of the Tang Dynasty.Unfortunately, I can't say that.Otherwise there are a bunch of questions that cannot be explained.said too much, but I am afraid that Li Zhi will be suspicious again."
By the way, Ami, you performed well in the expedition to the Western Turks this time, but the army has its own law, and the expedition to the Western Turks is meritorious and should be rewarded, but in vain you disregarded the military law and left the camp without authorization, this is a mistake and should be punished.I will offset your merits and demerits, can you be convinced?
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