Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 195 Westward Route
Wool sweaters are all the rage in Tubo, and now they have become items that nobles are scrambling to buy. Tubo people regard it as a glorious thing to own a woolen sweater.

Mei Ji was greatly shocked when she heard Li Ke's words. She never thought that this thing came from Shu, from Li Ke's hands.

"Do you know that this sweater is affordable for everyone in Sichuan, and the price is no different than usual..."

Li Ke spoke again, which shocked Meiji even more.

The price of this sweater in Tibet is much more expensive than ordinary clothes.

"You...you're lying...it's impossible..." Meiji said angrily.

"Hmph! What's the point of this king lying to you as a prisoner? This king has told you long ago that this king is not interested in you, and there is no need to deceive you at all!"

Li Ke put his hands behind his back and said loudly: "The people in Sichuan, everyone has food to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, and everyone has books to read..."

"What about you, Tubo? Songtsan Gampo thinks he can't do this, right?"

Mei Ji gritted her silver teeth and turned her face away from Li Ke: "No matter how well you live in Tang Dynasty, what does it have to do with my Tubo? No matter how peaceful and happy your rule is, you can't wash away your encroachment on my Tubo land. guilt!"

"This king doesn't want to justify anything at all. I offended you Tubo, and naturally I coveted a large piece of Tubo's land..."

Li Ke shrugged his shoulders and said leisurely: "This king can make the people under his rule live better. You Tubo is included in our Shu land, and the people can live a better life. From this point of view, my battle this time is not worth it. It must be something too bad... what do you think?"

Meiji's heart skipped a beat, the current life of the Tubo people, compared with the lives of the Tang people, is indeed like pigs and dogs.

She herself was slaughtered by other tribes back then, and she ended up alone. Later, she joined Zanpu's command and was used by him.

But she quickly shook her head and dismissed her thoughts: "Don't say such high-sounding words again. I, Tubo, have my own national conditions. I am located in a high and cold place, and the conditions are inherently harsh. Zanpu's expansion is also to seek the plain land in the southwest. , to seek a suitable living environment for the people of Tubo!"

Li Ke laughed: "Although the plateau is bitter and cold, there are also endless treasures. As long as we make good use of them, the people can live a happy and happy life."

He said it easily and confidently, but Mei Ji never believed it. From her point of view, Li Ke had never lived on the plateau, but he was just talking nonsense, just trying to make excuses for himself to occupy people's land.

"I... I don't believe it!" Meiji tried her best to turn her face away, not wanting to hear Li Ke's words.

"Hmph...you will see..." Li Ke chuckled, turned around and walked back to the big bearskin chair.

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Outside the main hall, Gu Wu was walking in a hurry. At this time, the door of the hall was locked tightly, and Ma Liuzhi was walking back and forth in the corridor with his hands behind his back.

Gu Wu walked over and asked, "Huh? General Ma, what are you doing? Where is Your Highness?"

"It's in there!"

Ma Liuzhi pouted his mouth and pointed towards the middle of the hall.

"Oh! Then I'll go in and find His Highness..."

Gu Wu walked towards the palace door again, intending to push the door and enter.

"Hey... Gu Wu, don't go in yet... Your Highness... Your Highness is busy!"

Ma Liuzhi had already stepped forward to stop Gu Wu, winked at him and said.

"Busy? What are you busy with?"

Gu Wu was stunned.

"Haha...don't say...don't say it!"

Ma Liuzhi was originally a man with a straight and rough appearance, but at this moment he winked and eyed, which seemed ridiculous.

Gu Wu let out an "oh", and was about to back away in a daze.

At this moment, Li Ke's voice came from the hall again: "Who is it? Come in!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Wu and Ma Liu Zhi exchanged glances before pushing the door open and entering the hall.

"Huh? Your Highness...then...where is that woman?"

As soon as Ma Liuzhi entered the hall, he looked around.

Li Ke smiled in his heart: "What are you looking at? That woman was killed by me..."

"what?"

Ma Liuzhi opened his mouth wide and was stunned for a long time before he came forward and asked doubtfully: "Your Highness is done so soon?"

He frowned again, and muttered: "You don't have to kill it when you run out...Your Highness can take it back..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Ke stepped up and kicked Ma Liuzhi away.

"You idiot, what are you talking about? I didn't touch her, I just killed her!"

Ma Liuzhi was kicked back again and again, rubbing his thighs and said: "Your Highness...you are too wasteful... This woman was born so alluring, so it's a pity to kill her just like that! Bring it back to Datang, it will be Your Highness." No, you can still dedicate it to the one above..."

Li Ke was furious, Ma Liuzhi had winked before, but now he said this again.

He scolded: "You know what a fart! A beauty is a disaster, this woman is naturally obsessive, and she is devoted to Tubo - if she stays, there will be chaos."

He turned his eyes to Gu Wu again: "What are you doing here?"

Gu Wu was dumbfounded to watch Li Ke argue with Ma Liuzhi before, only now he came back to his senses, said "oh", stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Your Highness, I have important military information to report this time!"

With that said, Gu Wu walked up to Li Ke and took out the military map from his pocket.

"Please look, Your Highness, we are currently calming down the small and medium-sized towns around Yupen, and the next target is the city of Medog, which is three hundred miles away!"

Li Ke asked curiously: "What? Isn't this the route that was set before?"

"Yup!"

Ma Liuzhi also rushed up, pointed to the map in Gu Wu's hand and said: "Then there are not many troops in Medog City, let's go eastward along the Xianghe River, reach Dawoluo Mountain, and cross the mountain again, and we will be able to take Medog , pointing directly at some cities."

This is the strategy that Li Ke and others have decided long before the expedition.Take Dajian Furnace, then seize Yupen City, and then use Yupen City as a base, all the way west, you can go directly to Luoxie City.

"Your Highness..."

Gu Wu said solemnly: "I'm afraid we have to change the route now..."

"Oh?" Li Ke was curious: "Why?"

Gu Wu took the map closer, pointed at Woluo Mountain and said, "Here, at the foot of Woluo Mountain in the east of Medog City, there lived a Tubo tribe called Wohan tribe. The tribe was very fierce..."

"Didn't we already know that?"

Li Ke interrupted him and said: "There is a conflict between the Khan tribe and the Tubo royal family, they should not try their best to stop us."

"No!"

Gu Wu shook his head: "The latest news from my subordinates is that Songtsan Gampo used some kind of trick to get in touch with the Wohan tribe and reached a deal. The leader of the Wohan tribe has already stated that he will try his best to block us in The nest is outside the mountain, and we are not allowed to go west..."

"What are you afraid of?"

Ma Liuzhi scolded loudly: "Who cares about him from the Khan Department, if our army kills us, can he still stop us?"

Gu Wu shook his head: "I'm afraid...he can really stop it!"

He sighed, and said: "Woluo Mountain is a continuous stretch of mountains with extremely high terrain, and the peaks are covered with snow all the year round. If we want to go there, we can only cross through a valley in the middle. But the valley has always been the Wohan Mountain They are under the control of the Ministry, and they are very familiar with the terrain there..."

(End of this chapter)