Su Dingfang thought to himself that even he and Liu Rengui could not understand the thoughts of the Tibetan people. However, looking at Wu Chengsi's expression, it seemed that he had seen through the Tibetan people.
I couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
"The Tubo people do not completely control the Tuyuhun area. If they are to fight with our country now, if time goes on, civil strife may break out in Tuyuhun."
Hearing that Wu Chengsi was still doing the same thing, King Pei sneered:
"If what you say is what you say, the Tibetan army of 200,000 should not attack us, let alone occupy our Bachuan City."
"No, what they do is in line with the nature of the Tubo people."
"What kind of nature?" the prince asked curiously.
Wu Chengsi said leisurely:
"The Tubo people have two characteristics. First, they are naturally fond of taking advantage. After seeing the war between our country and Goryeo, they felt that they should take advantage of this opportunity."
King Pei sneered: "Cousin, you have never been to Tubo, how come you sound like you know the Tubo people well?"
"Yes, I have never been to Tubo, but when I was in the army, there were many soldiers in the military camp who had been stationed in the four towns of Anxi. I learned all this from them."
Li Zhidao: "Chengsi, you said the Tubo people want to take advantage of them, what do you mean?"
"In my opinion, their previous behavior was actually just testing my bottom line in order to maximize their own interests.
As long as we show weakness, they will want more. Therefore, the best way to deal with such a country is to quickly cut off their extended claws."
"Well said!" Su Dingfang said loudly.
When King Pei heard that Wu Chengsi was implying that he was showing weakness, his face became even more gloomy.
Li Zhi frowned and said: "In other words, whether they want to marry our princess or capture Bahuan City, they are trying to test our bottom line?"
"Not bad." Wu Chengsi said loudly:
"The second characteristic of the Tubo people is that they like to overestimate themselves and underestimate their opponents. Even if we marry a princess, they will still not be satisfied and will make other demands."
Li Zhi pondered for a long time and asked: "Now that the Tubo people have captured Bathuan City, what do you think we should do?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry about what the Tibetans think. Since they are attacking, we will give them a strong response." Su Dingfang said loudly.
Liu Rengui: "For the current plan, we must first send generals and troops to reinforce the four towns in Anxi and drive the Tubo people out. Then we can formulate a long-term strategy to deal with the Tubo people."
"Liu Qing must have a good plan in mind." Li Zhi said with a smile.
Liu Rengui cupped his hands and said: "I think we should support the kings of Tuyuhun, let them return to Tuyuhun, and use them to contain the Tibetan people."
Wu Chengsi's eyebrows twitched, and something came to his mind.
In history, the Tang Dynasty planned to support Tuyuhun to deal with the Tubo people, which resulted in the "Defeat of Dafeichuan".
This war was a direct confrontation between Xue Rengui and the Tubo general Lun Qinling. It was also the biggest defeat Xue Rengui had in his life.
As a result, all the four towns in Anxi fell into the hands of the Tubo people, and the Hundred Years' War between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty began.
Li Zhi's eyes wandered around Li Jingxuan, Pei Yan, the prince and King Pei respectively, and finally stopped at Wu Chengsi.
"Chengsi, what do you think?"
"I agree with Liu Gong's suggestion, but if you want the Tibetans to retreat, I have a better way to prevent the army from traveling far away."
"What's the solution?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Before proposing this method, I want to offer something to Your Majesty."
"Is it the gunpowder you proposed in your letter?" Wu Mei smiled.
Wu Chengsi smiled slightly: "Exactly. This thing is so powerful that it will scare the Tubo people into retreating overnight. Please give me three days to make preparations."
Li Zhi's eyes lit up: "Is this medicine really so powerful?"
Wu Chengsi nodded and said: "The greater the number of these objects, the more powerful they will be. As long as they are in sufficient quantity, they can destroy the walls of Chang'an City."
Everyone was surprised.
After the Battle of Liaodong, everyone felt that Wu Chengsi was calm and reliable and would not talk nonsense.
Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Chengsi, the method of preparing this medicine must not fall into the hands of foreigners!"
Wu Chengsi nodded and said, "My nephew understands."
He decided to wait until the gunpowder was tested before requesting the establishment of an institution to study the use of gunpowder. However, he could talk to Wu Mei directly about this matter and there was no need to discuss it here.
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The next day, the imperial court issued an announcement stating that the Tang army had won the Battle of Liaodong, and Goryeo had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Mo Brown and Shi Wei also surrendered.
Da Zuorong got his wish and was named the governor of Haidong and became the leader of the Mo brown people.
Shiku, the leader of Shiwei, inherited the title of Governor of Songmo from the Khitans.
The imperial court established the Andong Protectorate to manage the vast area north of the Yalu River.
Among the Liaodong troops, Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Xiaowei withdrew to Chang'an, leaving only Pei Xingjian to lead Yingzhou and Youzhou soldiers to guard Anton.
Liu Renyuan still guards Xiongjin.
All the generals and equipment on this expedition were rewarded.
In the Zuowu Guard, Pei Xingjian was granted the title of Protector.
Russell and Heijia Changzhi were promoted to generals of Zuowuwei, Wu Youji was granted the title of Zhonglangjiang of Youjinwuwei, and Liu Shenli was appointed as the governor of the Andong governor's office.
Yuan Biao and Hou Yanjing were promoted to Zuowu Wei Zhonglang General.
Wei Heng, Wang Wenjie and other Zuowu guardsmen were also promoted to generals.
Han Cheng was named the Zhonglang General of the Thousand Niu Guards, but he was granted the privilege of Wu Mei to take the position of Zhonglang General, and he still stayed with Wu Chengsi to serve him.
What is strange is that only General Wu Chengsi did not receive the reward and was removed from the position of Liaodong pacification envoy.
As the queen's nephew, he would not miss the reward, and no one was worried about him.
In the afternoon of this day, Wu Chengsi and Princess Taiping came to the Tibetan Embassy in Beijing together. They waited in the lobby for half an hour before Chidu Chizan walked out of the corner door.
His face, which was bruised and purple, was covered with a layer of frost.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Prince Chidu, I was a little too reckless in the Zichen Palace a few days ago. Please forgive me. This is the best golden sore medicine in Chang'an City. It is very effective in treating external injuries. You can try it."
Chidu Chizan said angrily: "If an apology is useful, what else do we need the army for? After I return to Tibet, I will immediately mobilize 500,000 troops to fight you to the death!"
Wu Chengsi waved his hand and said: "Prince, there is no need to be angry. What happened that day was indeed our fault. Taiping did not apologize to Prince Chidu."
Princess Taiping said numbly: "Prince Chidu, I'm really sorry that day. I was not in a good mood. Didn't I scare you?"
Chidu Chizan was shocked and suspicious, wondering what the Tang people were up to.
Before he could think about it, Wu Chengsi had already ordered people to put down the medicine and left with Princess Taiping.
Chidu Chizan originally planned to leave Chang'an and return to Tubo today, but when he saw Wu Chengsi's behavior, he became suspicious.
"Dagu, do you think Wu Chengsi's behavior is strange?"
Dagu nodded and said: "This man has always been the toughest general against us in the Tang Dynasty. If he suddenly changes his attitude, there must be some conspiracy."
Chidu Chizan frowned and paced back and forth in the lobby.
At this time, his subordinates came to report that the little Turkic king Gu Lu was asking for an audience.
"Prince Chidu, the young king will return to Turks in a few days. You should also return to Tibet as soon as possible." Gu Duolu said hurriedly as soon as he entered the door.
Chidu Chizan was surprised and said: "What happened? Are you in such a hurry to return to Turks?"
Guduulu said: "The Tang people are going to attack us Turks."
Chidu Chizan was stunned for a moment and said loudly: "Humph, they just finished beating Korea, and they turned around and wanted to beat you. It's so arrogant!" He looked angry, but in fact he was overjoyed.
Gu Duolu glanced at him and said calmly:
"The Tang army just summoned Mo Brown, Shi Wei and Xi Ren to prepare them for war. The main purpose should be to contain us."
"Contain you? Contain you for what?" Chidu Chizan asked in surprise.
"According to my judgment, the Tang Dynasty is planning to mobilize the whole country to use troops against Tibet. In order to prevent our Turks from intervening, they asked Shi Wei and others to contain us."
Chidu Chizan was secretly frightened and hummed: "Really? That's great. It just so happens that we Tubo also want to have a war with the Tang Dynasty to see who is more powerful."
Dagu suddenly said: "Prince, I understand that Wu Chengsi is just determined to attack us, so he pretends to be friendly and wants to paralyze us."
Chidu Chizan gritted his teeth and said: "I knew it was like this. The cunning people of the Tang Dynasty thought they could deceive this prince with such clumsy lies?"
Although the words were powerful, my heart was very heavy.
Tubo Zampu just asked him to find ways to benefit the Tubo people, and did not want to start a full-scale war with the Tang Dynasty now.
If things really got to the point of war, he would have failed in his mission.
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I apologize to everyone for the broken chapter. Today there were originally two updates and an additional chapter.