[Wu Zetian] Queen's Road

Chapter 22

Wu Xu heard the determination in Li Xiaojiu's words, knowing that he had made up his mind to fight Tubo, so he didn't say any more!

The geographical location of Tuyuhun is very delicate. Once there is a loss, Tubo will directly threaten the dominance of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions and the Longxi Corridor. Therefore, no matter what the outcome of the envoys' missions, the empire will increase its troops in the Western Regions and Longxi Corridor. .

Ever since His Majesty Li Er took over the Gaochang Kingdom and Li Xiaojiu killed the Western Turks, the Western Regions have always been Jimi Prefecture under the Tang Dynasty (just like our current autonomous region). Many officials in Anxi are held by the leaders of local tribes. Compared with the several governors of the peninsula and Wa Island, the governors of the Anxi Protectorate Mansion have little real power, and they are always constrained by local officials.

It is precisely because of this that there will be incidents such as Ashina Helu's rebellion.

It is impossible to change the status quo of Jimi Prefecture in the west in a short period of time, because there are many different tribes living in this area, such as Turks, Qiang, Dangxiang, and many Tuyuhun people, and even Tubo people. A large part of these people are not Willing to leave homeland easily.

Wu Xu even made two five-year plans to gradually remove those ethnic groups who are willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty, give Tang Erzhong preferential policies, let them live in the central and southern parts of the Tang Dynasty, and then send a large number of Central Plains people in the Western Regions, as much as possible. Sinicize the local ethnic group.

There is only one prerequisite for this plan to be real-time: no war in the west!

However, the current plan of gradual Sinicization is obviously not going to work. Tubo will not watch the Tang Dynasty completely digest the Longxi area and take care of it like a rock!

So, they started, and the first thing they did was to eat the Tuyuhun, the roadblock that Tubo went north to compete for the Longxi Corridor.

"Now that Tuyuhun has been lost, Jiulang, do you still plan to send envoys to Tubo?" The envoys you sent before were to persuade Tubo and Tuyuhun to reconcile, but now it is probably unnecessary.

Lu Dongzan blatantly drove away the other king, and set up a puppet king. Isn't it obvious that he wants to annex the other party's land without discussing it? !

Sending envoys to the plateau not only failed to stop the Tubo army, but also gave them dry food for free.

However, according to the nature of the celestial dynasty, even if there is going to be a war, an envoy who declares war must be sent to tell (intimidate) the other party...

This fucker is really an act with the highest death rate!

"Of course the envoy will be sent, but not to Tubo..." His Majesty Li Xiaojiu thought about it, and decided to warn Tubo according to the order of courtesy first and soldiers.

It's just that His Majesty Li Xiaojiu doesn't plan to send another batch to the plateau to die before the previous wave of envoys returns specific information.

It's not his style to give dry food to the enemy for nothing.

"You don't want Nuohebo to vomit back to Yuhun, do you?" Wu Xu has been with Li Xiaojiu for many years, so he has a certain understanding of his thinking.

If Tang Jun held the banner of escorting King Tuyuhun back to the country to suppress the rebellion, it would be feasible...

However, there is still a big problem that has not been resolved right now, that is, the Anxi Protectorate Mansion can't find a single soldier who can fight against the [-] Tubo army. This is one of them.

The second is that Pei Xingjian is in charge of the Protectorate of Anxi Dadu. With him, the leaders of the tribes under his jurisdiction would not dare to think badly. If Pei Xingjian is called to fight Tubo, there will definitely be riots in the Western Regions, which is really not conducive to the Western Regions. Long-term peace and stability!

If Pei Xingjian is not used, and a famous general is used to pk the Tubo army, only Qibi Heli, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui are feasible.

However, Qibi Heli is not too young for long-distance raids, not to mention, and as the general manager to appease the tribes in Liaodong and guard the old Goguryeo, his role is the same as that of Pei Xingjian in the Western Regions, and he cannot do without the Liaodong Road.

Therefore, only Xue Lang, who was assisting Liu Rengui in common affairs on Wa Island, and Lao Su, who was still a professor at the Nandu Military Academy, could mobilize...

Let these two generals go to fight Tubo, it is estimated that not only will they not complain, but they will be very happy!

That is, if the two of them want to rush to the border of Tuyuhun, it is not something that can be done in a day or two...

This is probably the third difficulty that Datang is currently facing.

How to quickly and effectively assemble a group of useful generals and a sufficiently strong army to the west?

It is obviously not feasible to transfer the troops of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate. This will give small countries such as Persia and Kucha in the north a chance to take advantage of the fire.

Naturally, it is not feasible to transfer the troops in the pass!

Wu Xu and Li Xiaojiu looked around the sand table for a long time, and finally decided to dispatch the Yizhou army, sneaked in from the south of Tubo, and surrounded the Tubo king's capital Luoxie without anyone noticing.Give Tubo little Zanpu a "surround Wei and save Zhao" and teach him how to respect the elders as a junior!

After the two agreed on a strategy, they recruited several ministers from the Zhengshitang and ordered them to make preparations for the battle immediately.

Needless to say, food, grass and war horses, in addition, a team of envoys to confuse Tubo must be prepared to escort Nuohebo back to Tuyuhun, and it is best to attract Ludongzan's attention!

Minister of the Ministry of War Ren Yaxiang and Minister of Duzhi Lu Chengqing are both cadres who have experienced the empire's annihilation of Goguryeo and the Japanese war. After hearing the plan of the two emperors and empresses, they are deeply wise, and they even proposed that Anxi Duhufu and Beitingdu A suggestion from the tribes under the protection government to send troops to help out.

After all, Lu Dongzan was not easy to fool. If Datang only sent a mere envoy team of more than a thousand people to Tuyuhun to confront his [-] Tubo army, it would be no wonder he wasn't suspicious!

Mr. Li Xianggong also said: "The envoys sent to escort Nuohebo this time are very important. They must be eloquent and courageous!"

The person who escorted Nuohebo back to Tuyuhun had the heavy responsibility of holding back Lu Dongzan's [-] troops. Even if there was not a single soldier behind him, they still had to create a false impression, making the other party think that he had brought thousands of troops with him, enough for one move. Destroy the [-] Tubo army!

Such a talent must not only be able to fool people, but also be courageous and resourceful!

Because, even if Lu Dongzan was fooled at the beginning, when the news came that Luoxi City was besieged, he would immediately realize what was going on!

At that time, the envoys are likely to face revenge from the angry Tubo army...

Therefore, this trip is very dangerous, and a little carelessness may ruin the plan of the emperor and empress, and there is a danger of life.

As soon as Mr. Li finished speaking, almost everyone's eyes were on him...

Wu Xu couldn't help coughing, although she also felt that it was best for Li Sanlang to do the task of escorting Nuohebo back to Tuyuhun, but he was the prime minister of the empire, and was always sent to do such dangerous tasks. It's too inhumane, right? !

So, Wu Xu said to the crowd: "Let's let the person who escorted King Tuyuhun go, let's discuss who will lead the troops to attack Luoxie City from Yizhou..."

Here's another big question...

All the ministers were silent for a while, and among them, Ren Yaxiang had led soldiers and fought in battle. For a moment, everyone looked at Ren Xianggong eagerly and asked him to start—as for Xiao Li, he claimed to be a gentleman , has always seldom opened his mouth about marching and fighting.

Ren Xianggong was looked at helplessly by everyone, so he had no choice but to say: "My minister thought that entering Tubo from Yizhou would be a difficult road, and non-local brave generals would not be able to take on this important task..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the little Li Xianggong who was sitting in front of him and said nothing, and continued to bite the bullet: "Li Xiang once served under the inspector of Jiannan Road, and I think he must have heard about the general of Sichuan!"

"Oh?" Wu Xu was quite interested when she heard the words. She knew nothing about Li Sanlang's past as a teenager. She only heard vaguely that he was very arrogant when he was young. He was thrown into Sichuan by the officials to become a small official. If Li Daliang, the inspector of Jiannan Road at that time, did not cherish his talent, Li Sanlang would have almost died in Sichuan!

I believe that the past events in Sichuan mentioned by Xin Yaxiang are definitely not Li Sanlang's good memories!

"Don't tell me, Mr. Ren, but I forgot that Yizhou has produced a lot of talents..." When he mentioned the poor mountains and rivers that made his youth wasted, Mr. Li's expression was the same, but he nominated a few young people with a smile. Famous generals come.

Wu Xu shook his head when he heard that none of these people worked in Yizhou.

His Majesty Li Xiaojiu also said: "It's not right."

Mr. Li Xianggong then said: "Why should the emperor look far away? If I recommend someone, I will definitely be able to take on the big responsibility!"

When everyone heard Li Sanlang's eloquent words, they couldn't help being curious, what kind of person could make Mr. Li look at him differently.

"I don't know who Li Qing is going to recommend?" Even His Majesty Li Xiaojiu couldn't guess the result for a while, so he could only 'ask without shame'.

Mr. Li smiled slightly, and then said a person's name.

Everyone in the hall was taken aback when they heard the name, and then fell into deep thought.

If it is this person, then he is the perfect candidate!

Fortunately, Mr. Li can think of him...

--------------------- Long time no see Mr. Dividing Line ----------------------- ----------------

"Ah cut———" In the suburbs of Chang'an, a middle-aged man in common clothes and leading a tall horse slowly moved towards the city gate with the flow of people. Just as he was about to reach the city gate, he suddenly called He sneezed loudly, startling the crowd waiting in line to enter the city.

When everyone looked at the man's appearance carefully, they couldn't help but be silent.

What a mighty man!

This must be nine feet tall, right?

The guard guarding the gate couldn't help but look at the man twice, and when he checked the man's directions, the guard's eyes suddenly widened.

"Su, Su, Su Dingfang?"

"I'm Su Dingfang, what's the matter?" The man stared wide-eyed, but the guards guarding the gate trembled.

The long-faced guard on the other side was calmer. Hearing that this man called himself 'Su Dingfang', he immediately stepped forward to take his guide and looked closely. After confirming that this person was Xing Guogong Su Dingfang who came back from Nandu Xingye to Chang'an, he immediately grabbed him. Hold the man's arm.

"General, you are finally here. Hurry up and follow your subordinates into the palace to have an audience. The Emperor and Empress have asked you several times!"

"Enter, enter the palace?" Su Dingfang couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, "How can I meet the emperor and empress with my appearance..."

The author has something to say: Lao Su is an embarrassment!