After hearing the news, a smile appeared on Li Er's face.
This urgent trip 800 miles from the southwest border is definitely a big event, but these big events will also be good news for him, Li Er, and he doesn't know what the good news is this time.
I asked someone to hand over the letter, opened it and read it from beginning to end. Facing the letter, I was stunned for a moment, and then read it again from beginning to end with uncertainty. Then the blood on my face surged, and I felt like it anytime and anywhere.
There is an urge to explode.
All the more than 100,000 soldiers he sent were wiped out?
Li Er felt like his world was spinning.
You arranged so many soldiers, and in the end you told me that the whole army was annihilated?
I read it twice carefully. Could it be that I read the content wrong because I was so excited?
However, I read it again from beginning to end, and when I saw the message above, I saw it right!
Ah this.
Li Er didn't believe it and didn't want to believe it. He had arranged so many people, how could it fail?
Wasn't it good news some time ago that the Tibetan people had killed them without leaving any trace of them?
Why did it take so long before news of failure came?
How can this be true? How can it be true? What are the soldiers at the front doing for food?
I will punish him severely!
However, I saw the paragraph written later. According to the doctor who went this time, their failure this time was because failure was the air they breathed.
The doctor who accompanied the army said that it was because of altitude sickness that the soldiers who went to fight in the Tang Dynasty could not breathe.
Because of these things, my soldiers on the Tang Dynasty failed.
Suffering from altitude sickness and difficulty breathing, Li Er lowered his face when he heard that he was old.
Suddenly, I remembered what Brother Xian had said before, and blood was brewing in my heart, ready to spurt out.
Aren't these so-called altitude sickness and various words what my wise brother said to me back then?
It’s just that I laughed at him at that time. How could this be possible for a little Tubo, a person suffering from altitude sickness, short of breath and weak all over?
It is really unreasonable. This altitude sickness is really so strong and can really make people unable to breathe. What is going on?
You are not joking, right? But if you are joking, why were these soldiers completely wiped out when they arrived in the land of Tubo?
I don't understand, I don't understand at all.
Now that the army in front was almost completely wiped out, the remaining defeated troops retreated again and arrived at the border city, waiting for His Majesty's next news.
How could this be true? How could it be true? I regret that I should have listened to what my wise brother said.
At first, the whole person was very angry and wanted to kill all the generals in front of them, but he gradually became calmer.
Having said this, I really can't blame others, but also blame myself. I had received the news in advance, but did not inform it.
Speaking of these, Li Er sighed helplessly, and immediately dispatched men and sent an urgent letter to the southwest border pass, telling the soldiers in front not to panic. He would not blame anyone for the failure of this battle.
It was only because of the conspiracy of that little Tibetan boy that our soldiers suffered heavy losses.
I will continue to send soldiers to the southwest border here, so that everyone can relax and don't feel guilty because of such trivial matters. Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. If you fail this time, just wait for victory in the next battle.
He arranged for the news to be passed on by hand, while he got up and kept walking back and forth.
How could this be true? How could it be true?
Thinking of what happened, I felt a lot of displeasure written on my face.
But the matter has come to this, and there is nothing we can do. We can’t go back in time and rearrange the matter, right?
"Come here, call Changsun Wuji over to me."
"It's Your Majesty."
After hearing this, Changsun Wuji rushed over, and Li Er handed him the letter.
While Changsun Wuji was reading the letter, his whole face became very unhappy.
The soldiers fighting in front of me actually failed, and this failure was so disastrous?
Changsun Wuji's heart also pounded along with His Majesty's.
In fact, my wise brother told me a long time ago that there is some kind of altitude sickness in the land of Tubo, but I didn't believe it.
Although I said I didn't believe it, I was actually half-convinced, but in the end my confidence defeated me.
What kind of altitude sickness is up to you?
After all, this guy shouldn't be too arrogant.
He also made the soldiers pay a heavy price because of his rampage.
"Since what happened to Your Majesty has already happened, it cannot be undone even if you want to.
The top priority is that we go to Zhaojiazhuang again and ask Mr. Zhao if he can properly arrange this matter for us."
While talking, Li Er sighed helplessly.
If I had known this, why would I do it in the first place?
If these things could be properly resolved at that time, I would not have to worry about the Tubo incident this time.
The current big mess is all caused by his own disobedience, which ultimately led to this situation. In the final analysis, it is also his own fault.
"Your Majesty, so what if this is a small failure, we, the Tang Dynasty, can still control these Tubo people to death.
This time we went to Zhaojiazhuang to look for Mr. Zhao. I believe that Mr. Zhao will be able to handle this matter properly.
By then we will send a large army to the southwest border and we will definitely be able to kill all these Tibetans.
So please rest assured, Your Majesty."
Li Er smiled slightly when he heard this, showing a satisfied smile.
"Yes, I also believe that my wise brother will handle this matter properly, so I am not worried about it.
Okay, prepare your car, let's go over and ask him about other things."
"It's Your Majesty. I'll go and prepare."
Changsun Wuji stood up and left to make preparations.
The two of them changed into casual clothes, got on the carriage and drove towards Zhaojiazhuang.
The capital of Tubo!
"Report, report, report, Zamp, the soldiers ahead are 800 miles away and urgent."
A piece of news came quickly.
When I heard that the soldiers in front were rushing 800 miles away, Songtsen Gampo's heart felt completely different.
Earlier, news came from the soldiers at the front that although our Tibetan soldiers suffered heavy losses, we had a large number of soldiers going to reinforce us.
Now that there was another urgent message coming from the front, I was already prepared to be beaten severely.
"Zamp, Zamp, good news, good news."
Originally, he had prepared for the news of being severely beaten, but suddenly this good news came to him from the front line.
Hearing these words, Songtsen Gampo was startled and asked hurriedly.
After reading the content of the letter, I was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.
Hahahaha, hahahaha, what a good thing, good news.
Come and tell the great news.
"It's Zamp."
Someone arranged for Lu Dongtsen to arrive at the palace, and Songtsen Gampo excitedly handed over the letter.
"Prime Minister, this time you can implement your plan.
The war ahead is won."
And the war on the front is no longer won, but the war on the front is not only won, but also fought beautifully.
The people who killed them all from the Tang Dynasty were left with heads rolling in and corpses strewn all over the field.
The remaining defeated generals of the Tang people who came to fight had already driven them all back to the southwest border.
"Yes, Zamp, we won."
I was afraid that I had seen it wrong, so I looked at it carefully twice, and then burst out laughing.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."
"Zanpu, this good news is really powerful.
Now I, Tubo, will completely wipe out the Tang people after this battle.
This time I also want to let the Tang people know how powerful Tubo is, and then it will play an important role in our next plan."
"By the way, Zamp, in addition to this news, we also obtained weapons from Datang.
I would like to see if this weapon is really as magical as what they said on the front line?"
"Prime Minister, this is the weapon of their Tang people."
When I saw the weapons of the Tang people in front of me, they were actually no different from the weapons of the Tubo people.
Could it be that the Tang people used such weapons to defeat our Tibetan soldiers?
They summoned the weapons they carried with them, and they slashed at each other in the simplest way. When they raised the sword and dropped it, there was a click, and the weapon on their Tubo side broke into two pieces.
Then he hung the armor to the side and let the weapon cut it. The Tubo armor was directly divided into two halves.
The two of them all gasped after reading this. How should they arrange such a war?
I said that the front line has been defeated several times. With such advanced weapons, it would be strange if they could win.
Seeing this, the reason for the victory of the frontline war, the two of them saluted in the direction of the mountain and murmured a few words.
Sure enough, it was the mountain god who protected me. If the mountain god hadn't protected me in Tubo, the Tubo people would really have only a dead end waiting for them.
"Zanpu, the weapons of their Tang army are indeed much more powerful than ours.
If it weren't for the innate blessing of Tubo, we would really be defeated at this time.
Next, I guess that the Tang Dynasty will not continue to use troops against us.
I want to take someone as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty. This trip to the Tang Dynasty will definitely require me to seek the best interests for Tibet.
If we had the same weapons as the Tang Dynasty, I, Tubo, would have won the final victory long ago.
And it won’t end until now.”
But now when he heard what the Prime Minister said, Songtsan frowned.
"Prime Minister, it's not that I don't want you to go to Datang. In this battle with Datang, we killed more than 100,000 people in Datang."
This is not a small-scale conquest like their war against other tribes in the Tubo land.
It feels like it’s just a small fight, but it’s just thousands of people.
But now these more than 100,000 soldiers were slaughtered cleanly by them.
I was worried that if I went to the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty would be furious, capture and kill the Prime Minister to vent their anger.
By then, isn't it all too late?
"Zanpu, there is an old saying that says there are no eternal friends between countries, the so-called eternal interests are all.
As long as the interests of Tubo and the Tang Dynasty are in place, these Tang people will naturally agree.
So everything else mentioned is just clouds."
And their people in Datang are actually like mirrors, and they also know what real interests are.
We, Tubo, stopped fighting, and we, Tubo, lowered their profile and made peace with the Tang Dynasty, and performed the son-nephew ceremony. This not only gave them the face of the Tang Dynasty, but at the same time, there was no war in the southwest.
I would like to ask this Tang man, can he disagree?
In this way, we, Tubo, have also confirmed our strength through our own means.
If we agree, we can get along well with each other, and they will get so many benefits.
If we don't agree with their southwest border, there will never be peace.
Presumably, if you choose one of the two, a smart person will know how to make a choice.
Besides, the two countries would never stop fighting each other, especially the Tang people who were so obsessed with saving face.
Therefore, they will not kill themselves because of these things. On the contrary, after they rush there, they will eat, drink and entertain them.
Have a careful discussion with yourself.
If we don't have a good discussion with us, in the end it will just be the Tang people who will be in bad luck.
We in Tubo are standing here, and we are blessed by the gods, but you people in the Tang Dynasty are helpless.
After hearing what the Prime Minister said, Songtsen Gampo burst out laughing!
"Okay, okay."
In addition to being excited, the whole person was full of excitement.
That’s right, how can there be any eternal friends between countries?
This is especially true between big countries like them.
Speaking of raising his head, he saw the Great Appearance.
"Prime Minister, the next task will be entirely entrusted to you.
If you need any arrangements, you can handle it directly. If you have anything, come and see me!"
"It's Zamp, my subordinates will go and make arrangements right now."
"By the way, Prime Minister, since he has weapons from the Tang Dynasty, we have arranged for him to come over.
Does this mean that we can also copy and build it according to the Tang Dynasty method?
Just like their previous siege equipment, they were all arranged from Datang.
After being crafted by their hands, it became Tubo’s own?
When they attacked the city, they helped Tibet and made great achievements in battle.
So I saw these weapons again today and wondered if I could imitate them according to the previous method?
Doesn't this mean that what the Tang Dynasty has, I also have in Tubo?
Even if Datang disagrees, they can still hold on to it.
After Zan Pu finished speaking, Lu Dongzan shook his head.
"Zan Pu, if the matter were so simple, we wouldn't need to make peace with the Tang Dynasty. We would just need to send people to secretly arrange weapons from the Tang Dynasty.
As long as we arrange the things, we can study it ourselves."
He doesn't believe that the Tang Dynasty is a tough one and can master all these things?
However, sometimes things are like this. Even if you know these things, you can't build them without the technology provided by others.
Just like these iron tools, you can't learn them even if you just copy the gourd and the gourd.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have already reached this stage and still have to do this with my wife.
If everything were so simple, I, Tubo, would have already conquered the world.
After the Prime Minister finished speaking, Songtsen Gampo fell into deep thought, thought for a moment and then laughed.
"Hahahaha, what you said, Prime Minister, is very reasonable, but I seem a little anxious.
In this battle with the Tang Dynasty, the most taboo thing is impatience.
As the old saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
Next, they were still preparing for war with the Tang Dynasty, heading to the southwest border for a confrontation, in order to help the Prime Minister and reduce the pressure on him to go to the Tang Dynasty.
This allowed them, the Tubo people, to be in an invincible position in the subsequent negotiation process.
Although we in Tubo have also injured countless soldiers in this battle, it can provide sufficient motivation for our development in Tubo.
For the rise of Tubo, it is worth paying even the price of life.
For Tubo and the people, they are willing to pay no matter how high the price is!
Lu Dongzan left the palace and went to make preparations. He prepared gifts, arranged for people and horses, left here, and set off in the direction of the Tang Dynasty.
Although the two countries have been at war and the damage has been so heavy, the due etiquette must still be observed.
You must not be at a disadvantage when it comes to sending envoys because of disputes and conflicts between the two parties.
Just as they were arranging their men to set off in the direction of Chang'an City, on the other side, Li Er hurried in the direction of Zhaojiazhuang in a small carriage.
Arriving at Zhaojiazhuang, I met Zhao Mu in the front hall.
Still the same as before, the two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Li Er talked about the battle in Tubo.
"Brother, you are really amazing. I went to the Tang Dynasty to fight against Tibet.
You said before that they, the Tubo people, are very difficult to defeat, and you also told me about altitude sickness. If our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty enter the Tibetan land, they may not be able to solve the altitude sickness, and they may return defeated.
At that time, I thought, dear brother, you are just joking. Who knew that some time ago, the soldiers who were fighting against Tubo came and we, the Tang Dynasty, conquered Tubo with overwhelming force and captured several cities.
As a result, while continuing to fight with him, something big happened suddenly.
I, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, fought against Tibet, and encountered altitude sickness during the battle.
Almost all of our Tang Dynasty soldiers were wiped out, and only a small number of soldiers retreated back.
In this battle, we, Datang, suffered extremely heavy losses."
While talking, Li Er felt very helpless.
In fact, when you talk about this matter, aren't you talking about yourself?
At that time, he did not listen to Xiandi's dissuasion. If he had listened to Xiandi's dissuasion at that time, wouldn't it mean that even the damage to Datang's side would not be so serious?
But there is no way, so what can we do now that things have come to this?
We can only come over with others to study these things carefully and see if there is any way to solve this matter?
“I really didn’t expect that so many things would happen?
The Tang Dynasty conquered Tibet and suffered such heavy losses?"
Li Er nodded heavily.
"Yes, dear brother, even I looked shocked when I heard the news from the court.
You said that our Tang soldiers were invincible in every attack and defeated in all battles, yet we actually failed, and failed like this?"
Zhao Mu shook his head when he heard this.
"There is no such thing as a team that is always victorious. Some teams fight over and over again and sum up their experience in the battle.
By constantly summarizing experience in this way, we will prepare for the next battle.
Failure is not terrible. What is terrible is that if you fail this time, your new pride will most likely be defeated by the enemy."
"Yes, dear brother, what you say makes sense.
It's this altitude sickness. I, Lao Li, heard you say that last time, and I felt quite shocked at that time.
See if you can explain to me again this time, what does altitude sickness mean?"
Zhao Mu explained it to him again in professional terms. After hearing this, Li Er nodded repeatedly and glanced at Changsun Wuji. The two looked at each other, and Changsun Wuji understood instantly.
This time, you must write down all the reasons for these things, otherwise it will be really troublesome if something happens again.
With this matter successfully resolved, Li Er stepped forward again and asked carefully.
Oh oh oh, that’s it, that’s it.
While saying this, I felt very emotional at the same time. I really didn’t expect that nature can be so magical?
After various landforms have been formed, there are also various terrains.
It is because their land of Tubo is at a high altitude and the oxygen is relatively thin, that is why our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were out of breath when we went there.
This time he was explained like this, and after his own soldiers failed, Li Er suddenly realized.
Just as the Tang Dynasty had natural dangers such as the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, so did the land of Tubo.
But if you don’t know how to swim in the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, you can still swim there by boat.
But how to solve the problem of air in the land of Tubo?
My very excited heart suddenly hit rock bottom again.
Is it possible that the Tang Dynasty really can't hold these Tubo people tightly?
Thinking of this, Zhao Mu felt helpless again and shook his head.
"I said, Lao Li, you got things wrong again.
I told you before that although the land of Tubo is a bit complicated, it is not that complicated.
What you mentioned is nothing more than the harsh environment in the land of Tubo.
Do you think there is really an indestructible territory in this world?
If there was such a land, do you think humans could still survive?
As long as there are people surviving, it means that this territory can be conquered by humans.
Just like the land of Tubo, since the Tubo people can live, it can be seen that this place is also suitable for human habitation, but the environment is relatively harsh, but that does not mean that it cannot be conquered."
"Ah, dear brother, are you saying that the Tang Dynasty can also set foot in their land of Tubo?"
"That's for sure. As long as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty adapt to that environment, they will be able to walk on the ground.
Just like the land of Lingnan, why can Lingnan people live there for many years?
That's because he has adapted to that kind of environment since he was born, as well as the northern prairie people.
The environment of the grassland people in the north is even worse. In fact, just like the places where they live, they are just adapting slowly and cannot change the environment. They can only adapt to the environment slowly.
After all the environments are used, everything will naturally be arranged.
Hearing what he said, Li Er felt stunned for a moment.
From the beginning to the end, no one said anything like this to them, and they never heard of such a theory.
It wasn't until I heard what he said today that I suddenly realized that the matter was not complicated at all.
"But dear brother, if we adapt to the environment in the land of Tubo, how should we adapt?
Is it possible that we need to send people into Tubo?"
"There are also many high mountains in the Tang Dynasty. You can choose to send troops to those high mountains for training.
Oxygen is very thin in high mountains. As long as you train in such a high mountain place for a period of time, it will be more than enough for the soldiers to get used to that environment before entering Tubo.
For a year to half a year at most, there are many high mountains in Datang.
Li Er nodded again when he heard this, that's good.
Just like the soldier can't swim, he can be trained.
Only through continuous training can we master the skills of its application. Even if we encounter strong winds and waves, we will not end up dead just because we will not fall into the water."
After hearing this, Li Er suddenly realized that he had been getting this matter wrong all along.
It turns out that dealing with these things is not as complicated as I thought.
"Brother, with the method you just mentioned, after I have completed my training in the Tang Dynasty, will I be able to walk on flat ground when I enter the land of Tubo in the future?"
Zhao Mu nodded, that's natural.
Actually, these things are very simple, as long as you pay more attention and look more during the march and battle.
Just play a few more games with them, fail a few times, and gain experience.
It's just that the Central Plains dynasties of the past dynasties didn't really like to conquer Tibet.
The land of Tubo does not produce food either. It is very troublesome to conquer and govern, and even requires subsidies from the Central Plains dynasty.
But this is just everyone’s current view.
Waiting for more advanced weapons to be available in the future, if Tubo is occupied, the entire Central Plains sphere of influence will be in the hands of the enemy.
They can arrange artillery at high places, and after using these advanced artillery, they can conquer the Tang Dynasty from a high position.
At that time, the entire Central Plains will become an overlooking place for the enemy.
At that time, the entire Central Plains would be in danger.
If it were before, I would have thought it was alarmist, but now as I understand more and more things, I understand more clearly that many things are indeed like what others say.
Just like the gunpowder thing, if it had been before, who would have known that there was such a thing as artillery?
Wasn’t it because I found out about the wedding that day?
Through this understanding again and again, I also understand the power of this artillery better. I can stand higher and shoot farther.
If there really are artillery on that plateau, they can directly aim at Chang'an. By then, won't my Chang'an city have to be coerced?
If you are not convinced, they will directly arrange artillery to hit you.
Li Er frowned at the thought. If that were the case, that would be a really bad idea.
As a result, whether for short-term interests or for the long-term interests of the Tang Dynasty, the land of Tubo must be conquered by itself.
And not only must they fight, but they must also fight hard, trying to subdue and frighten the Tibetan people, and finally completely conquer them.
Completely occupy the entire Tubo land, and then there will be no need to worry about other things happening.
Thinking of this, Li Er smiled slightly, this would make the matter much simpler.
"My dear brother, it's a pity that our soldiers who fought before the Tang Dynasty had no idea that the land of Tubo would be so bad.
Otherwise, the damage wouldn't have been so serious?
If they had known earlier, things wouldn't be like this."
After Li Er said these words, Zhao Mu shook his head.
"I told you before that as long as you fail more times, you can summarize your experience.
Now that we have these experiences, won’t we no longer have to worry about this matter?
Therefore, everything is in the process of continuous summary, and there is no need to be too anxious about this matter."
Li Er's old face straightened to the lowest level.
Listen, listen, what theory is this? What theory is this?
Now that the Tang Dynasty has suffered so many injuries, in the end I just said, "I just need to injure a few more people to sum up the experience. Is it possible that my own soldiers have to suffer tens of thousands of injuries to sum up this kind of experience?"
Dear brother, are you joking? No matter how strong you are, you can't withstand this kind of torment here?
But take a step back and think about it, if there were no wise brothers, wouldn't this be the problem that Datang would face next?
It will take a lot of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty to sum up the final experience.
From this point of view, what others say is actually quite reasonable.
It's just this truth that makes people feel weird.
After thinking about it, Li Er shook his head. The next thing should be carried out according to the previous plan.
So that when something happens, people will be unable to handle it!
"Okay, dear brother, please don't discuss matters in the court between you and me.
Let’s discuss the next business matters.”
Then he turned around and glanced at Changsun Wuji. The two exchanged glances and memorized all these things. They returned to their rooms and wrote down all these things.
After resting in Zhaojiazhuang that night, Li Er got on a small carriage and drove towards Chang'an the next morning.
After arriving at the palace and the Tai Chi Hall, before Changsun Wuji could speak, Li Er asked.
"Auxiliary machine, how are you preparing the things I asked you to arrange?
Have you written everything down?”
Changsun Wuji smiled slightly and nodded, took out yesterday's paper from his clothes and placed it on His Majesty's desk.
Li Er opened the letter above and read it carefully.
While looking at it, he nodded repeatedly, not bad, not bad.
Oh, if I had known this, why did I do it in the first place? If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place.
If I had seized this opportunity, I would never have made such a mistake.
While secretly beating his chest, his wise brother had originally told him before that about going to conquer the land of Tubo.
But I am very stubborn and have no trust. I know clearly that what others say will become true.
In the end, he didn't take it seriously. I wonder if you can't blame yourself for these things in this world, where would you blame them?
"Your Majesty, our soldiers at the front are just a failure.
Now that Mr. Zhao has arranged these relaxations, Wei Chen believes that Datang will be able to walk on peace in the coming war.