If you traveled back to ancient times, while others ate Guanyin clay, you would actually have giant

Fuso.

"General, the Dragon Army has recently increased its patrols in the East China Sea, making it impossible for us to get close. Some time ago, they even captured three of our warships."

Since Su Yuan occupied most of Fusang, his subordinate Dong Hu has also risen in power and is now the Grand Marshal of his army.

Although Japan has not yet been fully unified, the Tubo people are already impatient.

The agreement was made with the Tubo that the Tubo would provide financial and human support to Su Yuan, and after Su Yuan unified Fusang, the two countries would launch a surprise attack on the Great Dragon from both sides.

Although Kenshiro is still holed up on an island in southern Japan, Toba is getting impatient and keeps sending people to urge Su Yuan to prepare for an attack on Da Long. That's why Su Yuan sent warships to operate in the East China Sea.

At the border between Tubo and Dalong, Tubo also frequently engages in military mobilization and constantly makes small moves.

It seems that Da Long is about to get caught up in another conspiracy.

. . . . . .

The capital city, the imperial palace.

"Your Majesty, Tubo has clashed with our army on the border on several occasions, and the two sides have fought fiercely."

At the morning court session, an official was reporting on the emergency situation at the border.

What are the casualties?

Li Tiancheng simply asked coldly.

"Your Majesty, both sides have suffered casualties."

As soon as the official finished speaking, the officials began to discuss it extensively.

"Damn it, this guy has really got some nerve, daring to mess with the big boss."

"I think these Tubo people have been living on the plateau for too long and don't know what the world is like now."

Everyone thought that Tubo had gone mad. Although Tubo's land area had successfully risen to second place after the destruction of Dazi, it was simply not in the same league as the number one Dalong.

"What should be said in the negotiation documents sent to the other party?"

Although Li Tiancheng was an ambitious monarch, he valued his personal reputation, so he chose to send a letter of negotiation to the other party to see if there was any misunderstanding.

"There has been no response from the other party yet."

These words ignited the fury of Li Tiancheng and his officials.

You ungrateful animal.

Negotiation documents represent the face of a monarch and a nation. The fact that the other party hasn't even responded clearly shows that they don't take this matter seriously, or rather, the Great Dragon nation.

"Your Majesty, I request permission to lead the army into battle and ensure that the King of Tuba Kingdom personally comes to the capital to apologize to Your Majesty."

"I am willing to go."

"Your Majesty..."

At this moment, the nation's strength was on full display. In the past, at least half of the civil officials would have stood up to oppose the war. Why? Because the nation was too poor to support a foreign war.

But look at the present, no one stands up to oppose it. What does this show? The country is rich and powerful, and everyone only needs to consider the country's reputation, without worrying about anything else.

This was what Li Tiancheng used to love most, but now that it has actually come true, he hesitates.

The more powerful the dragon became, the more it became a burden to Emperor Li Tiancheng, making him cherish his reputation and unwilling to have even the slightest stain on his body.

"Your Majesty, I believe that sending troops to Tubo is not impossible, after all, Tubo was disrespectful first, but we are still lacking a reason."

Left Chancellor Zhuang Ying, as expected of an old man who had served the emperor for many years, immediately guessed the emperor's worries, so he took the initiative to bring it up.

The emperor secretly gave the left prime minister a knowing look, which the prime minister readily accepted.

However, the Prime Minister's question stumped everyone, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

If Zhou Wu were here, he would definitely curse and swear. He's really gone stupid from studying too much.

I already said to make an excuse, why think so much? Just say that our people have gone missing and we suspect they were kidnapped by bandits in the Tubo territory. They definitely won't let us go, so let's just start fighting.

However, these officials were seriously considering which excuse was reasonable.

Finally, after an hour of racking their brains for an excuse, one of the officials finally got hungry and couldn't take it anymore, so he offered his idea.

“Robbers have attacked our people, and they have fled to Tubo.”

Li Tiancheng pondered this reason carefully; it was indeed somewhat far-fetched, but no one else had a better excuse.

"Your Majesty, it is only reasonable for us to pursue and capture bandits who have harmed our people."

The official quickly explained that he was simply starving.

"Your Majesty, I believe it is merely an excuse, meant only for the world to see. Whether it is true or false is not important."

At this time, the Left Prime Minister also stood up to support him.

"Alright, assemble the army, and then send another letter to the local authorities, demanding that they hand over the murderer. Otherwise, they will be considered as protecting the murderer who persecuted the people of our Great Dragon, and then we, the Great Dragon, will not be blamed."

"Yes."

. . . . . . .

Soon, the message that Da Long sent to Tu Bo still went unanswered, because Tu Bo simply did not believe that Da Long would send troops.

In their eyes, Da Long was still the same pedantic scholar who would at most verbally criticize, but this time they were wrong.

The Tubo Kingdom paid a heavy price for its rudeness this time.

The 50,000 troops stationed on the border were completely crushed by the Great Dragon. Only then did Turkey and other neighboring countries realize that the Great Dragon had changed and was no longer the country that only talked the talk but never walked the walk.

Fifty thousand men were slaughtered as easily as killing chickens; the Dalong soldiers annihilated them all without a scratch.

The entire Asian country was shocked. They knew that the dragon was powerful, but wasn't this a bit too exaggerated?

Only then did the Tubo Kingdom begin to panic, realizing they had offended someone they dared not provoke.

The Tibetan King's Palace.

"Why are you all silent? Have you become mute?"

The king of Tubo had been cursing all morning, but the ministers just kept their heads down and let him insult them. No one dared to provoke him at this time.

"Normally, aren't they all so formidable? Didn't they say that the Great Dragon was all bark and no bite? Fifty thousand men—that was the elite of my Tubo army—wiped out by the Great Dragon in a single day. What a disgrace!"

Everyone originally thought that if the king scolded them a few times, they would just tolerate it and move on, but today's situation seems to be a little different from before.

Even after the king got tired of scolding everyone, he didn't tell them to leave. At this point, everyone could only turn their attention to the prime minister, because only the prime minister's words might still have some effect.

The prime minister was forced forward by the gazes of the crowd and had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak.

"Your Majesty, I believe we must immediately organize an army and use the terrain of the Tubo Plateau to launch a counterattack, so that the Great Dragon will know our power."

"Hmph, counterattack? What kind of counterattack are we talking about?"

The king looked at his ministers with disdain, as if they were idiots. They were all talk and no action, but when it came to offering advice, none of them were of any use.

"Your Majesty, the Great Dragon relies on nothing more than firearms and cannons. We now have firearms, and as for cannons, we are already on very good terms with them. As long as we have the money, they are willing to sell us as many as we want."

"Oh, that's great, that's good news."