To be honest, Su Dingfang feels a little regretful now.
At first, he only thought that Zhao Chen was capable and deeply favored by the emperor.
If I could be on good terms with him, my future would be smoother.
But when he considered that Zhao Chen and Prince Li Chengqian would not deal with each other, Su Dingfang backed down.
The prince is the one who will inherit the throne of the Tang Dynasty in the future.
No matter how much the emperor loves and trusts Zhao Chen, he cannot be compared with the prince!
One day the emperor is gone and the prince succeeds to the throne, he will let Zhao Chen go.
Then if you follow Zhao Chen, you won't be retaliated to death by the prince.
But later, Su Dingfang heard rumors about Zhao Chen's identity, and three thousand Xuanjia troops were brought to the Songzhou border by Zhao Chen.
Su Dingfang really regretted it!
If Zhao Chen really had nothing to do with the emperor, why would the Xuanjia Army, an elite force that even the prince had no right to touch, be in Zhao Chen's hands?
Su Dingfang felt extremely regretful now.
"If General Su has nothing to do, please go back and rest first. I have something to do here." Seeing that Su Dingfang never explained his purpose, Zhao Chen waved his hand, asking Su Dingfang to leave.
Seeing that Zhao Chen wanted to drive him away, Su Dingfang became anxious.
He came to Zhao Chen to find a way to solve the problem of Tibetan people causing trouble during road construction.
I haven’t said anything about this yet, so how can I leave by myself?
"Your Excellency, please wait a moment. I would like to tell you about the trouble caused by the Tibetan people who are building roads." Su Dingfang quickly stood up and said to Zhao Chen.
"Trouble?" Zhao Chen looked at Su Dingfang, somewhat surprised.
According to Zhao Chen's previous plan, the Tubo people should be very willing to build roads.
I get paid and have enough to eat. Apart from the dangers involved in road construction, there are no other problems.
Why is there such trouble?
"What's going on?" Zhao Chen asked.
"Your Majesty, many Tubo people come here for our wages and food, but when doing things, they want to waste time."
"In this way, if we pay full wages as agreed before, the loss of food and food will be very large."
"So for those Tibetan people who are unwilling to work hard, we cut wages and food. They feel unhappy and cause trouble from time to time."
"In the past 20 days or so, we have killed many people, but instead of solving the problem, it is getting worse."
"The general really doesn't know what to do, so he came here to ask for your advice, Lord Duke." Su Dingfang and Zhao Chen explained.
The road construction situation was not as smooth as Zhao Chen thought before.
The Tubo people are not honest and easy to get along with. Every time they build a road, they delay it as long as possible.
This resulted in the construction period being greatly lengthened and the money spent by Datang doubled.
Su Dingfang didn't dare to let it go.
If the emperor knew that so much money had been spent and the road had not been repaired, he would definitely use Su Dingfang's head to build the road.
Su Dingfang also thought of a way, but what's the use?
After killing so many people, the situation not only failed to be contained, but intensified.
Su Dingfang is now worried that if one day, the Tubo people building roads will collectively cause trouble.
If this road cannot be repaired, what will Su Dingfang do?
Building a cement road to Luoche City is a long-term plan. If it is in your own hands, your life will definitely not be saved.
Now, Su Dingfang was thinking that Zhao Chen could teach him a good way.
"How many people were killed?" Zhao Chen asked.
"There are more than a thousand people, there are dozens of people every day." Su Dingfang said in a deep voice.
"No more killing." Zhao Chen said.
"But if I don't kill..."
"You can't kill us either. If you kill us, all your plans will collapse!" Zhao Chen's voice suddenly became cold and stern.
Su Dingfang's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
When he saw Zhao Chen's face when he said this, he felt inexplicably scared.
Su Dingfang felt a little uncomfortable.
He is thirty years old, but he was shocked by what Zhao Chen said!
It was really hard for him to accept.
"Then what should we do?" Su Dingfang took a deep breath and asked Zhao Chen.
He was thinking that the Tubo people were making trouble and instead of doing anything, they just wanted to take their things.
This was a disaster for Datang.
In this way, how long can their supplies last?
If the people of Tubo are like this, then the road built will be a bottomless pit.
"Regardless of whether those people do things or not, I will give them what I promised."
"In addition, a new rule is set. Those who want to continue building roads there must move all their families to our territory in the Tang Dynasty!" After a moment of silence, Zhao Chen and Su Dingfang said slowly.
"I'm afraid they won't agree." Su Dingfang thought for a while and said.
He understood what Zhao Chen meant, and wanted those Tubo people to move out of Tubo territory, so that their Tang troops could monitor these people at any time.
If they don't bother building roads after a period of time, their families will become Su Dingfang's bargaining chip.
The Tubo people had to build roads!
But others are not fools. Only a fool would get into such an obvious plan.
"General Su thinks, given the current situation in Tubo, how long can the people at the bottom hold on?" Zhao Chen's voice sounded faintly.
"Huh?" Su Dingfang was stunned for a moment and said, "Two months at most."
Nowadays, Tubo's supplies are being squeezed hard by the Tang Dynasty.
Except for some that can be traded in the mutual market towns, there is no other place where you can find food and other supplies.
The upper-class officials and nobles of Tubo were okay, they suffered the least losses in this war.
But the ordinary Tibetan people at the bottom have now slaughtered all the sheep in their homes one by one.
After many people finished eating the sheep, they began to eat grass roots.
Thousands of Tibetan people starved to death every day.
The fact that Tubo can hold on for another two months is really Su Dingfang's most benign conclusion.
"Two months at most, but if we pay more, we can give the Tibetan people who are building roads some hope."
"Then other Tubo people will follow one after another, and will Songtsen Gampo let himself become a loner?
"At that time, Tubo will definitely become more and more chaotic. Let's tell them about Songtsen Gampo's life of luxury and wealth in Luoshu City. Can the Tubo people tolerate it?"
"In a month at most, Tubo will collapse from within."
"So, it's just a loss of some resources. We can get them back in the future, right?" Zhao Chen and Su Dingfang explained their plans.
Su Dingfang was really stunned this time.
He really couldn't figure out why Zhao Chen, a teenager, had so many harmful thoughts.
Let the people of Tubo see hope, stir up conflicts between the upper class and the lower class of Tubo, and make them kill each other.
In the end, Zhao Chen reaped the benefits.
After the whole plan, they only spent some money and resources, and they could easily take over Tubo.
this……
"Your Excellency, did you just come up with this plan?" Su Dingfang hesitated for a long time before asking quietly.