[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 22

Although the situation Lu Dongzan took over was not a mess, it was not much better than that of Tang’s grandson Guojiu. At least he was still the uncle of the little emperor. Far inferior to Changsun Wuji and Li Zhi!

Apart from this time, the interior of Tubo was not very peaceful. Songtsen Gampo's new policy was good for the long-term stability of Tubo, but it violated the interests of many nobles. The young nobles wanted to restore the old system.

Secondly, although Lu Dongzan was deeply trusted by Songtsan Gampo and has been governing Tubo as a great chancellor, his political enemies are also undeniably numerous. One-third are Lu Dongzan's political enemies.

Lu Dongzan inherited Songtsen Gampo's behest, and while assisting the young master, he was committed to stabilizing the interior of Tubo, consolidating various laws and regulations enacted by Songtsen Gampo during his lifetime, and Tubo's inherent territory.

Although Lu Dongzan's power was much greater than that of Songtsan Gampo when he was alive, he was more cautious.

The Lord Shaoguo doubts that this is an eternal truth.

What's more, Lu Dongzan also studied a lot of Han classics in Chang'an when he was young, and he has a particularly deep memory of the endings of those powerful officials mentioned in the history books.

What's more, the fate of Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others on Datang's side also sounded the alarm for him: Don't see the little master clearly because of a moment of carelessness, otherwise the fate of Datang Guojiu will be a lesson from the past!

Later, the young gentleman sent by Datang explained his embarrassing situation in one word, and gave him a strategy that could eliminate political opponents and prevent Xiao Zanpu from becoming jealous of him.

So, Lu Dongzan took a gamble, believed Li Sanlang's words, and ran to Luoyang alone with the Datang Mission...

As a result, just as Li Sanlang said, those restless guys in Luoxi City tried to seize power when Lu Dongzan was away, not only controlling Xiao Zanpu by means, but also secretly sending assassins to Luoyang to assassinate him...

As a result, these impatient guys were of course defeated one by one by Lu Dongzan, who had been waiting for them to drill.

Now, not only does Little Zanpu, who has regained power, not say thanks to Lu Dongzan, but Lu Dongzan doesn't have to personally deal with those who disagree with him politically, and continue to implement the New Deal.

Of course, these scenes of harmony are only temporary. If you want to convince the court and even the young master, you can't do without some martial arts!

Therefore, external expansion is inevitable, and Lu Dongzan was not idle during his stay in Luoyang. He witnessed the prosperity of the people in the Tang Dynasty with his own eyes. To his surprise, most of the financial revenue of the Tang Empire is no longer agriculture, but business, which people in the Central Plains have always looked down upon!

Lu Dongzan was secretly surprised, but then he became depressed.

Because the largest part of Datang’s commercial income is tea, silk and pottery, followed by various luxury goods that have appeared in Datang in recent years, such as glass mirrors, glass cups, etc. The former cannot be produced on the plateau, and cattle and horses are still used. In exchange for people from the Central Plains, the latter is a treasure that Lu Dongzan has never heard of, let alone production.

If the variety of goods exported to foreign countries is one of the reasons for Lu Dongzan's depression, what makes him most upset is that the main export areas of Datang are the Western Regions, Persia outside the Western Regions, and even Western countries farther away. This must pass through the Longxi Corridor...

It turned out that Datang was making a lot of money back and forth right under their noses!

Lu Dongzan immediately reported this situation to Junior Zanpu in the middle school, and after that, Luoxi City immediately sent envoys to take advantage of the opportunity to congratulate Datang on the new year, and together with Lu Dongzan to inquire about Datang's wealth-raising secrets!

Then, they discovered that to make money, you first need territory and capital...

Therefore, Bailanbu, which produces precious metals such as gold, iron, and copper, became the first victim on the road to prosperity of Tubo...

Then, pretending to make peace with Tuyuhun, the beauty plan first set out the garrison situation of Tuyuhun's king's tent, and then took advantage of Tuyuhun's unpreparedness to attack and capture Tuyuhun's king's tent by surprise.

This plan was originally foolproof, but Tuyuhun's heir was not a stupid person, and he actually understood Tubo's plan. Lu Dongzan had no choice but to let the female spy who acted as the princess tie him up...

After that, King Tuyuhun, who realized that something was wrong, fled to the territory of Datang with thousands of subjects overnight.

Although Lu Dongzan did not capture King Tuyuhun, he did capture Prince Tuyuhun and Nuo Hebo's cousin. With hostages in hand, Nuo Hebo did not dare to act rashly.

However, what Lu Dongzan did not expect was that Datang would respond so quickly, sending two batches of envoys to 'condemn' his unfriendly military actions in less than a month, and hinted that if Tubo did not repent, Strong measures will be taken...

Lu Dongzan agreed casually, and pretended to be confused when encountering unfavorable conditions for Tubo, and asked the Tang envoy to go to Luoxie City to talk to their little Zan Pumang Songmangzan...

Thus, two groups of envoys were dispatched, but the third wave was not easy to deal with!

As soon as Lu Dongzan received the letter personally written by Mr. Li, he had a terrible headache, not to mention that he had already received an informant. This time, the escort of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty was not the royal relatives who came to gild, but the famous General Su Dingfang!

Just about to fight, Tubo may not be able to take advantage of it...

For General Su's fierce reputation, Lu Dongzan is well aware of it, that guy dared to fight with tens of thousands of Western Turks with a hundred horses, he is really difficult to deal with!

Not to mention that Lu Dongzan was terribly worried, but that his face was always calm, and even Mr. Li, who wrote a letter to warn Lu Dongzan, was also very anxious.

He arrived at the West Sea two days earlier than Wu Xu expected - don't underestimate these two days, the outcome of the battlefield changes rapidly, and maybe two hours of negligence may lead to the failure of the entire war.

The pressure on Li Sanlang's mission this time is beyond ordinary people's comprehension, at least General Su doesn't quite understand what the hell this little Mr. Li is doing!

"Li Xiang, you see, I have followed your orders for two days. When can I fight with the Tubo army?" General Su was ordered by Xiao Li Xianggong these two days to bring different numbers of cavalry. Entered through the front door of Daying, changed clothes, slipped out through the back door, and then went in again...

After tossing back and forth like this, Mr. Li didn't see a reason.

General Su was almost dying of depression.

"The time has not come yet." Li Sanlang obviously didn't bother to explain his suspicious strategy to the big bastard Su Dingfang, he just paced back and forth in the middle army tent irritably, as if he was waiting for someone.

"But, but... Li Xiang..."

Su Dingfang wanted to ask again, but suddenly he saw a guard dressed as a soldier rushing into the big tent, and reported loudly: "I want to tell you, Mr. Jiannan Dao, Bai Yuxin is here." A wax-sealed letter box with a white feather glued on it was held up.

Mr. Li almost pounced on him, grabbed the letter box, cut off the sealing wax on the letter box with his dagger very roughly, pulled out the silk letter inside and began to read.

General Su on the side was stunned. He had always thought that Mr. Li was just a weak scholar, but now seeing his movements as calm as a virgin, his jaw almost dropped...

Well, it seems that at least in terms of strategic transfer in the future, he doesn't have to worry about Mr. Li's delay!

Li Sanlang quickly finished reading the thick stack of silk letters, with a relieved expression on his face, he secretly asked Su Dingfang: "Does General Su really want to fight the Tubo army?"

Su Dingfang nodded hurriedly when he heard the words, as soon as he arrived in Xihai, he planned to give the Tubo defenders a hard blow, but was stopped by Li Sanlang.

Now Mr. Li suddenly asked this question. After Su Dingfang nodded, he actually began to regret why he was so excited-poor old Su was in Luoyang or Chang'an, but he was teased by Li Sanlang many times. No matter how stupid he is, he knows that Li Sanlang will never allow him to use such a poor cavalry to fight against the [-] Tubo defenders, although General Su is very sure and certain that he can bring these [-] cavalry to beat the Tubo army to death What a mess!

Mr. Li couldn't help laughing when he saw General Su's cautious and frightened appearance.

"Why, what worries does General Su have?"

This day, Li Sanlang gritted his teeth and followed him. He didn't care to rest after arriving in Xihai, so he hurriedly ordered people not to know the Tang army's camp. At the same time, he also took into account the news from Lu Dongzan and Jiannan Road. an hour.Therefore, the description of Mr. Li, who was unanimously called the "No. [-] handsome gentleman in the Tang Dynasty" by officials of all sizes in the court, was a bit horrible in the past two days.

However, his smile is a hundred times more beautiful than the sneering sneer in the past.

General Su couldn't help but his face became hot, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

By the way, didn't he ask to fight the Tubo army just now?

If he flinched now, wouldn't he be looked down upon by Enxiang? !

Forget about him, since Enxiang told him to beat up people, he'll go, why is he still afraid of those savages?

Thinking of this, Great General Su was filled with pride, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I'm going to beat Dayan to death and flee!" An idiom.

When Mr. Li heard the words, his smile became more joyful, and he praised: "The general is really brave!"

"However, you can't take all the nine thousand soldiers and horses with you. I can only give you one thousand horses!"

"One thousand horses is enough!" Su Dingfang didn't intend to take all the 9000 troops away. He felt that five hundred horses would be enough to fight the Tubo defender Dayan. We need to keep more soldiers for protection, if the Tubo children take advantage of him to attack the camp, it will be terrible!

"Don't worry, Mr. Li. I will lead the troops out tomorrow and defeat Dayan, and I will come back immediately. I will never rush in!" Before the trip, Tianhou's wife repeatedly asked him to obey Li Xianggong's orders, and never rush into it because of greed. I remember it firmly.

No, Mr. Li shook his head and said: "Tomorrow, I will be wronged by the general. I can only lose, not win."

The author has something to say: Lao Su is about to suffer again =. =