Chapter 879 Confrontation between Tubo invaders and Wuhai
East Palace.
It was already late at night, and there were lights and candles behind the curtains, and a figure was faintly reflected on the curtains. After returning from the Weihe workshop, Li Chengzhao couldn't sleep, and he had no intention of reading, so he simply took out his childhood car toy.
The trolley is made of wood, and the wheels are also made of wood. In addition to the trolley, there are also matching wooden tracks. To be honest, when he was a child, he really didn't know what this kind of track was, and it wasn't until he took a track carriage with his father that he finally understood.
It was then that he truly realized the greatness of his father, who had prepared for today's events more than ten years ago. In other words, his father had prepared to lay large-scale rail carriages in Guanzhong more than ten years ago.
Rather than some whim.
What's even more terrifying is that more than ten years ago, the Turks were still there. Li Chengzhao sometimes even thought about whether his father had formulated the development plan for the Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago. Otherwise, how could he explain the cement that extends in all directions?
Road, how to explain the fast and convenient rail carriage?
What is the meaning behind this makes Li Chengzhao sweat every time he thinks about it. Simply put, if you want to lay such a road, you must mobilize the people on a large scale. But more than ten years ago, it was still the chaos of the late Sui Dynasty, and the people's vitality was greatly damaged.
, how can we still exploit the people?
At that time, the Turks were powerful and border troubles were everywhere, so how could they still develop their internal affairs with peace of mind?
Unless, from the very beginning, my father had planned everything to destroy the Turks and take the Turkic people for labor service.
Otherwise, Li Chengzhao could not think of other possibilities.
But the key question is, how could the father be so sure that he would be able to destroy the Turks at that time?
He couldn't figure this out. After much deliberation, he only came to one conclusion, and that was his father's self-confidence. Apart from this, he couldn't think of anything else.
Snap!
There are buckles at the bottom of several toy carriages that can be buckled together. Connect the front of the carriage to several carriages, and then lay the toy wooden track into a circle.
"Is there a corner missing?" He saw that a piece of track was missing and there was damage on it, and he immediately understood that it was the work of a mouse.
"never mind."
He placed the car on the track. The wheels and the track were concave and convex, making it easy to fit without derailing. Of course, he was referring to this little toy.
He gently pulled the front of the car, and the carriages behind it moved forward together. When he played with this toy when he was a child, he just thought it was novel, because it was completely different from a pony car. After learning about the existence of the steam engine, he didn't feel novel now.
But full of expectations.
If a steam engine could really be built and installed on the front of the car, relying on that power, it might really be possible to do what my father said.
"It's amazing." He gently squeezed the front of the car and said thoughtfully.
He now truly understood why his father always valued craftsmen and decreed not to discriminate against them. It turned out that if this kind of mechanism could be used properly, it would indeed change a lot of things.
Thinking of this, he had already made plans to follow his father to learn more about this subject.
Li Zhiyun wants to write a book, and the name of the book is simply "Science". The reason why it is named so is because the knowledge in his mind is very fragmented and unsystematic. He plans to write about the actual creation while adding relevant theories later.
This way, it can help him remember something.
For example, when it comes to steam engines, he would draw a schematic on paper and then annotate each part. For example, what is this thing, what function does it have, how big and long should it be made, what is the best material for it, and what is its function?
How should it be manufactured, etc.
He did this mainly to make it easier to straighten out his thoughts. After so many years, he could only vaguely remember many things. He simply gave up theory and started from reality. When building something, he would try to find relevant theoretical supplements.
In this case, once this book is released to the public in the future, people who understand it may learn something and stand out.
It is not advisable to work behind closed doors, let alone to shelve this book, otherwise all his efforts will be in vain.
What's more, ordinary people don't have the ability to make this thing.
Of course, when it comes to ordnance, he wrote it in another book.
The comfortable days did not last long. Soon after, Li Daoxuan, the governor of Fuqi, sent someone to report that the Tibetans invaded the Black Party Xiang and clashed with the Tang army. The two armies are currently facing off in Wuhai.
The black party Xiang Chu was under the jurisdiction of Fuqi Dudufu. It was meat on the chopping block of the Tang Dynasty and could be used to supplement the labor force at any time and place. What's more, Tubo went to war without declaring it, which showed that it did not take the Tang Dynasty seriously.
Tai Chi Hall.
General Li Zhiyun put down the newspaper and said in a deep voice: "You must all know about the Tubo invasion of Fuqi Governor's Mansion. I only have one intention, and that is to fight!"
Wen Yanbo stepped out of the queue, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have read the recent news about Tibet. They have been expanding their strength, annexing plateau tribes, and their strength is growing step by step. If our army rashly fights in a foreign land, it may be disadvantageous."
"What do Wen Aiqing think?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Wen Yanbo said: "It is better to send someone to reprimand them and order them to retreat immediately."
"Hahaha." Yuchi Gong laughed, and then sarcastically said: "The enemy has already attacked, why are you reprimanding them? Are we going to send an envoy to tell them and let us wait and see?"
After scolding, he ignored Wen Yanbo's angry look and turned to bow to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Fuqi Governor's Mansion and Mantou Governor's Mansion, the two places have already trained more than 50,000 soldiers. They have adapted to the local conditions and are fully capable of fighting."
"I thought so too." Li Zhiyun immediately ordered: "Send an order to Li Daoxuan and ask him to give me a painful blow to Tubo!"
"According to the order!"
Originally, destroying Tubo was part of Li Zhiyun's plan, but his original intention was to wait until the two major governors in the hometown of Tuyuhun trained a hundred thousand troops that could adapt to the climate and soil of the plateau before officially starting to attack Tubo. What he wanted was not
Tubo declared itself a vassal, but wanted them to die.
However, since Tubo is now looking for death, he will not let it go. It is unrealistic for an army of 50,000 to attack Tubo, but the Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, and abundant food and grass, so it can kill Tubo.
In Wuhai, at the foot of Jishi Mountain, the Tubo camps are endless.
In the past few years, Songtsen Gampo was really proud of himself. He killed enemies one after another, annexed tribes one after another, and moved the capital to Luoche. After integrating all the power in the country, he was as big as the sheep.
They reconciled, formed an alliance, and expanded hundreds of miles of territory for Tubo.
Gradually, he began to set his sights on the Tang Dynasty.
The news brought back by Lu Dongzan was that the Tang Dynasty could not be enemies, but only friends. However, Songtsen Gampo felt that the Tang army did not have an advantage in fighting in Tuyuhun, and he wanted to test the meaning of the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers.
.If they are not strong enough, then you will take the opportunity to occupy the land around Wuhai. If they are strong enough, you will have to fight them to make it count.
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if he couldn't defeat him, he could still retreat to the plateau. He didn't believe that the Tang army could adapt to the climate, water and soil of the plateau.
In this regard, most of the ministers in Tubo were opposed to taking such a risk to offend the Tang Dynasty. Ludongzan even tried to persuade him several times, but Songtsen Gampo didn't listen.
He decided to find an excuse to attack the black gang Xiang first and see how Tang Jun would react.
The response of the Tang army was not beyond his expectation, and they actually stood up to confront the Tibetan army.