My wife is Wu Zetian

The two of them also had similar feelings. During the dinner, Li Daosan also handed over to Li Siwen all his knowledge of the Japanese country and carefully drawn charts.

After picking up Li Daosan, Li Siwen also used a flying pigeon to report the news here to Li Yanran who was far away in the Lishan fiefdom.

"Your Highness, Li Siwen's flying pigeon delivers a message."

Di Renjie quickly rushed to Li Yanran and handed the flying pigeon letter over.

"Li Siwen's flying pigeon message?"

Taking it from Di Renjie's hand, Li Yanran's eyes were full of curiosity. She didn't know what this guy meant by sending the book now.

After reading it, Li Yanran's big eyes were also full of excitement.

"Your Highness, what's wrong? Why are you so happy?"

Di Renjie was also stunned for a moment, not knowing what was written in the letter.

"The sea route, the sea route has been opened."

Li Yanran directly handed the flying pigeon letter in her hand to Di Renjie.

"This has actually been done. Congratulations, Your Highness, the first step has been completed. Next, we just need to continue to expand the trade routes."

Di Renjie also laughed after reading it. He really didn't expect that Li Yanran's idea of ​​​​shipping could be successful at once.

I don’t know whether I should say that I am lucky, or that Japan is unlucky.

If this fails the first time, the next time we want to send someone there will have to be at least half a year later.

But if it's done once, it will be difficult for the Japanese country in the future.

"Well, reply to Li Siwen immediately and focus our energy on shipping. That will be the focus of our next work. Do you understand?"

Li Yanran nodded. Now that the sea route is open, it is time to implement his island hopping strategy.

Capture the Japanese country, march into America, bring all those high-yielding crops back to the Tang Dynasty, and even open up overseas colonies for the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, even if there is a real crisis in the Tang Dynasty, it can continue to rule in the Americas.

"Here!"

Di Renjie nodded, saluted and left directly.

While Li Yanran was aggressively exploring overseas, Tubo was also gathering troops and began to assemble troops to counterattack the Jishishan defense line.

However, Su Dingfang had long been prepared to resist. Ten thousand Tang cavalry and Tuhun Valley cavalry directly crossed Jishi Mountain and attacked the opponent's rear. With the help of gunpowder, they defeated the Tubo fortress in one fell swoop.

Upon hearing this, the 80,000 Tibetan army in front also retreated hastily, but were sneak attacked by Su Dingfang halfway with thunder from the sky.

Taking advantage of the chaos, they defeated the Tubo army, and then pursued them along the way, all the way into the hinterland of Tubo.

In the end, only 40,000 of the 80,000-strong army escaped, and several frontline cities were burned by Su Dingfang before they returned in triumph.

Facing such a powerful Su Dingfang, people in Tubo were also panicked, fearing that Su Dingfang would directly attack the Tibetan mainland.

Therefore, the country also sent a letter to Zanpu asking Tubo to defend the opponent with all its strength, but it was fully opposed by the Prime Minister Ludong Zan.

In his opinion, it is simply impossible for the Tang Dynasty to invade Tubo because they have an absolute geographical advantage.

Compared to the now powerful Su Dingfang, he cared more about the Tang Army training in Jishi Mountain.

If the opponent can really adapt to the climate of Tubo, then Datang will really have the capital to invade Tubo.

At that time, it will be a huge disaster for Tubo.

Therefore, he also advocated gathering troops and horses to attack Jishi Mountain with all his strength, and must destroy the enemy's forward positions.

Tubo Zanpu still trusted Prime Minister Lu Dongzan, agreed with the other party's statement, and began to mobilize troops to prepare for a counterattack on Jishi Mountain.

At the same time, cronies were sent to contact the anti-Tang forces in the Western Regions, and the remnants of the Turks once again threatened the security of the Western Regions.

This will distract Datang's attention and allow him to better deal with Datang's soldiers and horses in Jishi Mountain.

"Your Majesty, General Su Dingfang's eight hundred miles is urgent!"

Ruian sent the urgent documents he had just received to Li Zhi's case.

"Su Dingfang? Are there any changes in Tubo?"

After hearing Su Dingfang's urgent letter, Li Zhi quickly opened it.

After seeing Su Dingfang crush the Tubo people's first counterattack, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"The order was sent to recruit Yaxiang. Du Zhenglun from the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households urged Xiu Xian to come over to discuss matters. In addition, Duke Lu, Duke E, and the Duke of England were also invited to attend!"

"Here!"

Soon everyone summoned by Li Zhi rushed to the imperial study room.

"Take a look, this is Xing Guogong's latest battle report."

After looking at the people in front of him, Li Zhi directly asked Ruian to rush Su Dingfang's eight hundred miles to Ren Yaxiang's hands.

After Ren Yaxiang read it, he handed the battle report to Du Zhenglun, the Minister of War next to him. Then the battle report was passed on layer by layer, and finally reached the hands of Yuchi Jingde.

"Tell me, what do you think of the current situation!"

Li Zhi looked at everyone and asked them directly for their opinions.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to start a full-scale decisive battle with Tibet?"

Ren Yaxiang saluted Li Zhi and directly asked him what he really thought.

After all, the Tang Dynasty might have participated in the battle between Tubo and Tuhun Valley before, but now if it really wants to station a large army in Jishi Mountain.

That means that Datang will take over from Tuhun Valley and become the one at the forefront, and will surely face Tubo's stormy attack.

"What do you mean?"

Li Zhi glanced at Ren Yaxiang, wondering what he meant by that.

"Your Majesty, if you want to fight Tibet now, then there is no problem in garrisoning troops at Jishi Mountain.

But if you still can't make up your mind, then you should urge Duke Xing to evacuate people as soon as possible. After all, what we want is that the Tuhun Valley and Tubo will consume each other, and the Tang Dynasty will reap the benefits.

If Tubo is destroyed now, what will happen to Tuhun Valley? I hope Your Majesty will think twice. "

Ren Yaxiang directly expressed what he was thinking.

Tubo is vast and the terrain is too complex. Even if Tubo is really wiped out, the people of the Tang Dynasty will not live there.

The cheapest one is probably the Tuhun Valley people.

If they gain Tubo's vast territory, it is unclear whether Tuhun Valley will replace Tubo as Tang's biggest enemy in the southwest.

"How long has it been? You are still thinking about checks and balances. Before, you supported Tuhun Valley to fight against Tubo. What was the result?

It was completely useless. Not only did it not play its due role, it also became a burden to Datang.

If we don't take the opportunity to destroy Tubo or consume it now, we don't know what the consequences will be. "

After hearing what Ren Yaxiang said, Cheng Yaojin on the other side quit.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty naturally wanted to open up territory for the Tang Dynasty and give priority to military merit. However, due to the checks and balances adopted by these literati, they could only go to the Western Regions to seek credit.

Now that Tubo has become a new battlefield, he naturally wants to fight for this opportunity on behalf of the military.

"Gong Lu, you are wrong. This is a national war, not a battle with those traveling in the Western Regions.

Facing Tubo, we must devote all our efforts to deal with it. If this is the case, what should we do if there is a problem in the Western Regions? "

Du Zhenglun also frowned. It wasn't that he didn't know the dangers of Tubo, but compared to Tubo, the stability of the Tang Dynasty was the most critical.

Now that the Western Region has just been pacified, it takes a lot of time and energy. If there is another war, he is really afraid that there will be problems in the Western Region.

The most important thing is the situation in Goguryeo. Datang really has no spare power.

It can be said that the siege of Tuhun Valley has been solved at this time, and it is the most beneficial situation for Datang to let them maintain the status quo.

"Du Zhenglun, you are the Minister of War, and you represent the soldiers of the entire Tang Dynasty. How can you say that!"

After hearing that Du Zhenglun also supported Ren Yaxiang's statement, Yuchi Jingde also stood up and shouted at him angrily.

"I am the Minister of War, but I am also a citizen of the Tang Dynasty.

It doesn't matter what my identity is. What matters is how to choose what is best for Datang. "

Du Zhenglun also glanced at Yuchi Jingde, not thinking that what he did was wrong at all.

After all, in his opinion, the Tang Dynasty was the most important.

If because he is the Minister of War, he will ignore the interests of the Tang Dynasty and support the decisive battle between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo.

Then he is ashamed of the Tang Dynasty and the world.

"you"

Hearing Du Zhenglun's words, Yuchi Jingde was also said to be speechless.

"Okay, don't argue anymore. What do you think about urging you to cultivate your career?"

Li Zhi also frowned, what both sides said made sense.

Facts have proved that Tuhungu cannot afford Adou and cannot play its role at all.

But if we are dragged into the battle with Tubo like this, we will not be able to take care of other places.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you are fighting for. What I know is that the Tang Dynasty's treasury is now abundant and can support the next battle.

If necessary, I can immediately allocate food and grass to support Duke Xing. "

Ji Xiuye ​​did not want to participate in these court disputes at all. He was a close official of the emperor, and a close official should be impartial and only do what the emperor wanted to do.

As for the rest, it depends on what they do.

"Well, I know!"

Li Zhi was depressed. This promotion of cultivation was good in every way, but it was too disrespectful.

But this is also a good thing. At least the other party will not do anything to embarrass you.

"Your Majesty, please think twice before you act. Once the war begins, all the people will wither and the lives will be in ruins. It will be impossible to withdraw."

Ren Yaxiang saluted Li Zhi again, hoping that he would not do anything impulsive.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers on the front line are fighting bloody battles. If we withdraw our troops now, those soldiers who shed blood on the battlefield will die in vain.

We have an advantage. If we really abandon the Jishi Mountain area we occupy now, Tibet will definitely come back and occupy it again.

If they were prepared, it would be impossible to fight in next time.

If the tiger is not killed, it will be a disaster. "

Cheng Yaojin also stood up and expressed his worries.

Now they have an absolute advantage. Once this opportunity is gone, there will really be no chance.

"Okay, you all go down and let me think about it carefully!"

Li Zhi felt a headache again. After all, this matter was related to a national matter. Once the decision was made, there would be no turning back.

"Here!"

"Here!"

"Here!"

The group also bowed and left together.

After leaving the palace, several people broke up unhappy and left separately.

"Li Ji, what do you mean? Why didn't you speak for us just now?

Can't you see the consequences of retreating from Jishi Mountain now? "