Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Okay", after this sap, Suo Hai almost gritted his teeth and said this word, "Lord Sima, don't forget where you are".

After Tang Cheng was stunned for a moment, his face flushed red as if he had just understood the meaning of the words, and he slapped the table with a "snap" and roared: "Someone is in the tent of the search department, What? Do you still dare to chop off someone’s head? Come on, come on, I’m not afraid to tell you that if someone wants you to chop it off, what the court lacks now is a justifiable reason to send troops. There are more than 20 frontier soldiers who are like wolves and tigers, so just come and cut it! If you cut someone, no matter how powerful you are, you will never get the imperial court's recognition. The edict will always be unfair on the grassland. Hmph, really I didn't realize that you Suohai are such a product. If I had known earlier, let alone the second housekeeper Yan, even if the Yan observation envoy came forward in person that day, I would not sell you with a knife or an arrow. Threatening me, tell you, I am just a Stupid people are really not afraid of this.”

Like a cat whose tail has been trampled on, Tang Cheng's growls echoed in the tent at this moment. Fortunately, there are no acquaintances here, or even if he was beaten to death, he would not believe the violent and arrogant man in front of him, who was full of swear words The person who said foul language would be Tang Cheng.

"Second brother, I'm talking to Tang Sima myself, it's your turn to interrupt at will, get out!" After turning his head and roaring with a dark face, Zuo Suoping stood up and turned to Tang Cheng seriously. "My younger brother is a rough man. Please forgive him for my sake if he offends you. What your lord said is really big. Let me discuss it with the elders of the clan before doing it." Reply, my lord, rest in peace."

Seeing Suo Ping's warm words and complete etiquette, Tang Cheng's complexion finally improved, "Everyone is a person of status, this business is just like doing business, there must be a mutual support, the mountain does not turn around." The water is still turning! The patriarch of Suo has given this face this time, and so will naturally return it. It is really unreasonable to stump a certain? The patriarch can send people to visit, so how long does it take for Tuduo envoys to come to me? Now, why didn’t I come here until now? I just want to let your department seize the time to grab all the benefits that can be eaten and fished in your hands! Now the oil and water that should be fished are enough, and the Tuduobu residual Disabled, to put it bluntly is that I have no ability to take revenge, it is not too much for me to ask for such kindness at this time. Well, I have finished what I have to say, I will be here when the sun goes down today Let's go, before that, agree or not, the patriarch will give you an accurate word."

After finishing speaking, Tang Cheng stood up and saluted Zuo Suoping, "Master Patriarch, please go, I won't give you away."

Zuo Suoping walked out of the tent where Tang Cheng lived temporarily, looked at Zuo Suohai standing not far in front, walked up and said: "It's just for a show, why, I'm really angry with me."

Zuo Suohai followed Suo Ping's pace and walked forward, "What did you say, big brother! I can't get angry with that dog officer. I don't know how much money he has collected from us in private. Now if he says he will turn his back on him, he will turn his back on it. Big brother, look at his domineering appearance. It is obvious that they want to eat us hard, and the money has been fed to the dogs."

Jing listened to Suo Hai finished speaking, and Suo Ping, who was not in a hurry under his feet, smiled slightly, "This is a good thing. Seeing him get angry today, it relieved my biggest worry."

"Brother means...".

"I also know something about what he did after he came to the grassland. I was worried that he was too deep-minded and plotting too much. Now, although I can't say that I can rest easy on this worry, I feel a lot more at ease after all."

"Brother, is he saying that he is a rascal and reckless? This may be just pretending, so you can't believe it."

"Not here," Suo Ping smiled and shook his head, "It's his threat, second child, let me ask you, if you want to threaten someone, when will you do it?".

"This... must be when he is weakest. In this case, even if he doesn't want to, he won't have the capital to refuse."

"Then let me ask you again, when is the weakest in this department?".

"At least not now," Zuo Suohai said casually, his eyes lit up suddenly, "Brother, you mean when we fight with Shali?".

Suoping nodded, "Yes! That's when the tribe is weakest. If Tang Cheng is really deep-minded and has great plans, he won't fail to see this. So, if he treats us today He is not in a hurry or annoyed by the cold reception, and he dare not even say a word of cruelty when he sees me, that is really terrible. Nowadays, we are the only ones who beg him, and it is necessary to be courteous to others under such circumstances. Ask for something. As for the threat that is on the surface today, it is really nothing."

"Brother, I can't catch up with you. Then... how should we reply? Looking at this guy's dog temper that goes crazy as soon as he goes against his hair, I'm afraid he can really say it and do it. If you want to refuse, Sharina The side is the problem. I have had people go back and forth to see it several times. The Silla weapons they use there are far from what the dog officer gave us. When we really want to start, we can rely on this point. We can save a lot of money."

"Reject, why do you refuse?" Suoping smiled more and more comfortably, "Although this Tang Cheng is an idiot, what he said just now was correct. Our only enemy is Sally. As for Tuduo, fight him." Up to now, it is enough, the livestock furs and the most beautiful pastures have been obtained. It can be said that all the benefits that can be obtained have been exhausted. Our loss is not small. Of course, if there is no Shali, no matter how much loss we have, the headquarters must eat him, but it is not appropriate now, after all, our purpose in this battle is to borrow Accumulate more strength to prepare for the battle with Shali. If you really want to spend too much on Tuduo, it will go against the original intention."

Hearing this, Suohai realized something, "No wonder Shali over there is always a step behind us in fighting Pingcuo. I thought it was because their combat power was not enough for us, but now it doesn't look like that." It's easy."

"Second brother understands clearly," Suo Ping sneered, "They are following our pace, if my predictions are correct, I'm afraid even Sally will send someone to calculate our losses in every battle ".

"Then what does Big Brother mean is that we will withdraw our troops and stop fighting?"

"Don't fight anymore. From the time the troops were sent to the present, the Tuduo Department has been disabled. If it doesn't take ten or eight years to wait for those little bastards to grow up, they won't be able to really recover. Let him live a few more days and wait for the resolution It won’t be too late to deal with him after we get Sally.”

"Well", Suo Hai looked depressed, "The dog officer should be proud now, he should think that we are really afraid of him."

Suoping laughed when he heard the words, "It's a good thing if he really thinks so. Don't worry, I won't let go so easily. I have to ask for some more benefits. By the way, how many weapons have I told you to store?" ".

"Every time a little is deducted and a little is saved, if the accumulated weapons are consumed as much as the current map, even if you don't buy a knife and an arrow, it will be enough to last for thirteen or four days."

"It's still not enough." Suoping sighed, "Shali is a strong enemy. Once we fight with them, the scimitar will be better. The daily consumption of arrows will be at least three times higher than it is now. In addition, if you want to guard against me If Tang Cheng jumps out to make trouble at the joint of the war with Sally, then he must accumulate at least one month's military inventory according to this amount. This way, he will not be controlled by others when he dies. You should not come forward about this matter. I will send another person to talk to Tang Cheng."

Zuo Suohai nodded, "Since the eldest brother has this request, I will spend some time in the past two days to walk through Tu Yezhuo's line. Although Longmenxi is a dog who betrayed his ancestors, but now They are the only ones who can get weapons while avoiding Tang Cheng. According to what this fellow sent someone to say last time, the weapons he got for us only cost a capital."

"Oh! There's such a thing?" Suoping groaned for a while, then smiled more comfortably, "Longmen Xi originally followed Tang Cheng closely, and now he came to the headquarters to show his favor. Even one of his subordinates can't control him." , which further shows that Tang Cheng has nothing to worry about."

2 Chapter Ninety Arrangement

Tang Cheng was extremely tough on Tuduo's truce, and the Exploration Department also had other plans. Under such circumstances, it was inevitable for the Expeditionary Department to suspend its attack on Tuduo.

Now that the final decision has been made, the follow-up matters will be over soon. After agreeing to increase the supply of arms by one-third each time and the price of arms to be slightly lowered on the current basis, Suo Ping He quickly issued an order to the tribal army to cease fighting across the board.

In this negotiation, Tang Cheng was very generous to the two requests put forward by the Exploration Department. He also made two requests. The first one is that the Exploration Department must insist on spot transactions in future arms transactions. No credit allowed.As for the second one, the Suo Department must try to avoid the old pastures of the Domo Department where it is located in the subsequent battles. Even if the northern half is not easy to control, the southern half near the boundary river must not be introduced into the war.Bao Suoping, who had just made a fortune from Tuduobu, didn't make any further entanglements, and both parties got what they needed, and the deal was successfully concluded.

Just because the talk was smooth and the process went smoothly, Tang Cheng, who started clamoring not to stay in Suoping for a whole night, did not really leave that night, and even attended the night in Suoping as "the most honored guest" Set up a feast.

The Suo Department has lived in seclusion in the northwest of Raole for decades, and is far from having a close connection with the Tang Dynasty like the Southern Three Departments. This is indeed conducive to maintaining the wolf nature of the grassland people and forging a strong army, but it is also There is really a big gap in their enjoyment of life.In Tang Cheng's view, the so-called "big banquet" held tonight is nothing more than a prairie version of reckless heroes who "eat meat with big mouthfuls and drink with big bowls".

Leaving aside the aspect of eating and drinking, Tang Cheng also saw that tonight's big banquet obviously assumed two other functions. One was Suoping's summary of ending the war in Tuduo, and a lot of rewards were thrown down. Gold, silverware, women, pastures, and even majestic horses were all pulled to the open space in the middle of the banquet, and then distributed one by one to the leaders who had made great achievements in this battle.

He ate meat with big mouthfuls, and he could share the spoils with a big bowl while drinking, and it was obvious that Yu Suoping deliberately spread the rewards widely this time, which made the atmosphere in the banquet very short in a short time. In such a highly effective atmosphere, Suo Ping just said a few words in a flat manner, and then the upcoming Shali war immediately aroused a wolf howling. Voice.

Because of the success of the war against Tuduobu, and because of the stimulation of these goods in the battle with Tuduobu, the fighting spirit of the Suobu Department has boiled to its peak.

One is the summary of the battle, and the other is mobilization for the next battle. Tang Cheng can understand these two points, but he really did not expect that Suoping's courage would be so great. In the evening, at the banquet with the joy of celebrating the victory, he began to dispatch troops and generals to attack Sally first.

After the things were divided and the eyes of all the leaders under his command were bloodshot, Bao Suoping held the wine glass and gave the order to Sally to march. The 1 horses outside the Governor's Mansion in Rao Le.

On the same day, after jointly attacking Domogao, who was trying to get chestnuts out of the fire, according to the agreement, neither of Suo Suo and Shali entered the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, but went south separately. There are 1 horses left outside the Dudu Mansion.

It can be said that the 1 horses are actually a temporary covenant in disguise. This covenant guarantees the peace between the two sides before the three parts of the South are wiped out. ended.

At the same time, it also marks that the battle for King Rao Lexi that has lasted since Li Yanji's death has officially completed all the peripheral cleaning work and entered the final two-strong fight.

This surprise attack by the Search Department was the beginning of the fight.

Looking at Su Suoping, whose eyes were bloodshot due to congestion but who was pretending to be calm on his face, the imperceptible sneer at the corner of Tang Cheng's mouth disappeared in the shadow of the butter lamp.

After the banquet was over, Tang Chengjian rejected more than a dozen female slaves that Suoping had given him, and after accepting nearly twenty of the best war horses back to his tent, he immediately called Zheng San over.

"Is there any news from Laifu in the past two days?".

This is what makes Tu Yesi very curious, and Tang Cheng always handles it himself without handing it over to him.After Maodaner and his family were settled in Huairong, Guizhou City, Laifu received a letter from Tang Cheng, and then he bid farewell to Xiaotao all the way north, during which he never even met Tang Cheng.

When Tang Cheng went to Chang'an that day, only Laifu was with him. During his time in Chang'an, Laifu's greatest achievement was to learn the methods of stealth tracking and intelligence collection. Speaking of these old sayings, Laifu's master was former Su Can, the number one expert in stealth tracking and intelligence gathering in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Tang Cheng, wearing the sign of General Wanqi at the time, spent a lot of time trying to hire the old man.

After being taught by such a master, although Tang Cheng hadn't really practiced the craft of Laifu since he left Chang'an, after the initial period of unfamiliarity, gradually there were stable news sent back regularly, which made Tang Cheng I have lamented more than once that the fate of Lai Fu really corresponds to the old saying that the willows will be the shades of the willows.

Hearing this, Zheng San looked around and confirmed that all the servants serving in the tent had been dismissed, then lowered his voice and said: "Since Lai Fu said that he would come back in person, there has been no messenger communication. It's time for him to come."

"The situation has changed, and Suoping even started to attack without resting for a day. He came too fast, and I have to know the latest situation there as soon as possible." Tang Cheng paused for a while before speaking again. , "You set off early tomorrow morning and rush back to Jiehe. If you see Lai Fu, immediately lead him to see me."

"Grandpa, be careful and safe." Zheng San nodded and turned to leave when he was stopped by Tang Cheng, "Wait a minute, come to my place again before you leave tomorrow morning. I have a few urgent letters that need to be sent as quickly as possible." Chang’an, that’s all, when you see Laifu, let him come here by himself, you can settle down to the matter of letter, don’t be afraid to spend money on this matter, as long as it’s quick and safe.”

"The distance is too far. If you want to be fast and steady, you can only use the rush of the army. How about I go to Jia Duwei?".

"No, there's no reason to be in a hurry for ordinary family letters, and why does he, a general in command, want to bypass Youzhou's governor's mansion and go to the capital in a hurry? What's more, the whereabouts of my letter is also sensitive. The Shangguan couldn’t help but mutter to open it and have a look? The one who rushed to deliver it was the Governor’s Mansion. If it was in his name, Jia Zixing, these letters would leak out in the Governor’s Mansion in Youzhou [-]%.”

"That……".

"Go down and rest first, let me think about it carefully," Tang Cheng waved his hand in thought.

That night, the butter lamp in Tang Cheng's tent stayed on until after the second watch, and when Zheng San came at dawn, his face was still tired.

Tang Cheng took out the five or six sealed letterheads under the pillow, took the first letter above and handed it to Zheng San, "When you go back, find Jia Zixing, and send this letter to Chang'an in a hurry through his channel."

After receiving the letter, Zheng San saw that the recipient on the cover of the letter had written "His Royal Highness", he was taken aback and looked at Tang Cheng in astonishment.

Didn't it mean that the letter paper that Jia Zixing sent out in a hurry would leak out, why...

"Just do as I ordered." Tang Cheng didn't explain much, and after confirming it, he handed over the other letters in his hand, "After Jia Zixing's business is done, you should hurry to Youzhou and find the letter in the Governor's Mansion. Sima Liu, I have a letter for him here, he will naturally understand after reading the letter, you should do as he told you. Remember? Well, then go.”

After Zheng San left, Tang Cheng didn't stay in the busy Suo Ping again, and set foot on the return journey after saying goodbye to Suo Ping.

Along the way, I saw a large group of cavalry from the Suo Department with swords on their backs and bows shrunk to fight under the leadership of the leader. When they arrived, there were only Tuduo remnants left at the front line of the two armies. Almost all of these Tuduo soldiers were It was an expression of relief, and the strong despair that Tang Cheng felt when he passed by a few days ago was replaced by new vitality.

Although Tu Duomeng and the others put all their hopes of persuading the Research Department on Tang Cheng under the unreliable circumstances, they still kept beating the small drum in their hearts. With the overall upper hand, can Suo Pingzhen agree?Even if I agree, I'm afraid it won't be so quick.

With such thoughts in mind, such a quick withdrawal of the Suo Department was a huge unexpected surprise for Tu Duomeng and other upper-level tribes who could hardly believe it, and Tang Cheng's enthusiasm for achieving this brilliant achievement was even greater. Needless to say.

In short, Tang Cheng, who returned triumphantly this time, enjoyed the treatment in Tuduobu that was second only to the wolf god. Even Li Yanji had never enjoyed such a reception in Tuduobu when Li Yanji was alive.

It was also through this incident that Tuduo's understanding of Tang Cheng's ability had a new evaluation, and it was not the Tuduo's current Tuduo who could offend people who could let Suo Ping say that he would withdraw his troops. Coming over better guaranteed the agreement reached by both parties before Tang Cheng left.

After staying in Tuduobu for a few more days, feeling the fiery enthusiasm of Tuduomeng and others, while finalizing some issues that were too late to discuss in the previous agreement, Tang Cheng drove back to the Jiehe camp.

Kankan waited for him to walk halfway and met the three Laifu who were running fast all the way.

I haven't seen him for a while, but Lai Fu, who was already a little fat in Longmen, has become noticeably thinner, and the skin on his darkened face has also become much rougher, and it can be seen that it was blown out by the harsh north wind.

Tang Cheng looked at the future carefully, took a cup of wine warmed on the small red clay stove in the car, and handed it over, "I've worked hard for you these days."

Laifu has been with Tang Cheng for a long time, and he can naturally hear the emotion contained in Tang Cheng's seemingly plain words. At the moment, his heart is hot, but his face is tense, and he said with a smile: "Young master can face danger alone. Longmen is here, so it’s nothing for me to run errands.” Because of his previous habits, even though Tang Chengcheng already had a daughter, Lai Fu still used to call him Young Master.

"Okay, let's not talk about that," Tang Cheng leaned forward, "Tell me, what's the situation in the north now?".

Chapter 291 The Inflection Point of the Big Goal

"The Khitan people in Songmo have already started to gather troops, but they are doing it very covertly, and the scale of the gathering is very small, at best, it is only in the preparation stage." Speaking of this, Laifu focused on another matter, " However, during this period of time, their exchanges with the sea merchants of Xinluo were extremely frequent. Liu Wuya and I have inquired carefully one after another. Three times, and this is still expanding, and because of this trend, many seagoing ships from overseas small countries such as Fusang and Chenla have entered the Bohai Sea."

"What were the main goods traded between Khitan and Silla?".

"Ironware, sea salt, and a lot of glue paint." Hearing Laifu say this, Tang Cheng nodded with a smile, "Khitan bought a lot of items that are now banned in the North, and these items are still They are all indispensable in war. Well, that’s right, these Khitans finally did not disappoint me.”

"Liu Suifeng also said the same thing as the young master." Laifu took out a letter from his arms and handed it over, "After finding out what Khitan had exchanged for a large amount of goods that day, he took a boat to Silla. I want to find out the source of these iron and military weapons sold to Songmo in Silla. Just when I left for the return journey a few days ago, the man who crossed the sea with him came back first, so I must get these as soon as possible. Pass the letter to the young master."

Tang Cheng was really speechless when he heard Liu Suifeng's whereabouts. That day, Liu Suifeng followed him to the grassland, and after taking Li Chengzhong from Raole Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to the border river safely, Tang Cheng had nothing to do. I want to leave him to work under him.Helpless, Liu Suifeng insisted on refusing to do so, and made up his mind to go to the north to have a look.

Liu Suifeng has a proud personality, and he and Tang Cheng had always been friends of the same generation before, and now he suddenly wants to be a subordinate, I'm afraid he won't be able to turn around.In addition, Tang Cheng also knows that scholars in this era have the habit of roaming around the world, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Gao Shi...these examples are simply too numerous to enumerate, especially for those young scholars.Now that he has arrived in Raole outside the Great Wall, Liu Suifeng might not feel at ease if he doesn't go to the end of the grassland to see it. Taking these two aspects into consideration, Tang Cheng didn't care about Liu Suifeng who wanted to continue going north that day. He didn't try to persuade him to stop him, but he just sent a few people to accompany him.

Regarding this, Tang Cheng thought that Liu Suifeng could go to the place where the Mohe people live at the end of the grassland, and also thought that he might turn back before he could walk halfway. , but the only thing he didn't expect was that Liu Suifeng would go abroad for a walk.

"This Liu Suifeng is so elegant. Such a big Northland grassland is not enough for him to visit, and he actually crossed the ocean." Tang Cheng opened Liu Suifeng's transnational letter in a joking voice, and waited until he After reading the content at a glance, the smirk on his face had long since disappeared, and when he put down the letter, he couldn't help but praise, "Okay, Liu Suifeng's trip to Silla was not in vain."

In this letter, Liu Suifeng found out all the suppliers of Silla who traded with the Khitan people, from the supplier's name to address, and even some information about their relationship with the royal family of Silla. At the end of the letter, he made a clear list, and at the end of the letter, he even said bluntly that he asked Tang Cheng to submit to Honglu Temple as soon as possible, informing the royal family of Silla to stop the arms and iron trade with Khitan from the root. What they are doing coincides with each other, but with Liu Suifeng's personal inspection list, the effect and efficiency can increase exponentially.

Silla was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and it had always been submissive to the Tang court. If there was such a list, the royal family would not be able to refuse even if they wanted to.

Seeing that the things sent were useful, Lai Fu also smiled, "Young master, do you think the Khitan people are really so bold to send troops this time? Rao Le? Even my Tang court can't send troops casually. What are the Khitan people? They Dare?".

Ever since today's emperor Li Dan reiterated the edict of "oneness within the country" in the Taimiao, not only Laifu had this idea, but also Rao Lexi who were closely related to him. The simplest reasoning is: even such a powerful Shang Bang Tianchao is inconvenient to directly send troops to intervene in Rao Le, let alone others.As for the support of the Khitan people in Songmo to the Shali tribe, they coveted the lush aquatic plants of Luoyan River at the junction of the two sides.

It is no wonder that these people have simple ideas. In any period, people will always be limited by a specific era when they understand and think about things. It is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not to say that they can't believe it, but under such a background, no one would even think that someone would dare to touch something that even a giant like Datang finds it thorny and inconvenient to get their hands on. It's another matter if you take advantage of the status of neighbors.

"If you don't do anything, how can the Khitan people hoard weapons and irons so crazily, how can you explain it?" Tang Cheng replied with a smile, "As for whether you dare or not, it's not a problem for Khitan. 30 years ago, Li Jinzhong, then governor of Songmo, joined forces with his brother-in-law Sun Wanrong to rebel against the imperial court. In this battle, the Khitan not only invaded the Hebei Road, but even broke through Yingzhou."

"The young master is talking about the first year of the reign of Empress Wu. After all, Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Tangying Prefecture at that time, invaded Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong too hard. Speaking of which, they were forced to rebel. It’s just that they didn’t lose in the end, it’s different from this active invasion of Rao Le.”

"Yes, Empress Wu conscripted a large army to attack, but it's a pity that the general chose Wu Youyi, the king of Jian'an, as an idiot. As a result, the two sides lost all their former troops as soon as they joined the battle. Among them, Rao Lexi was of great help. It was in this battle that the Khitans and Rao Lexi forged a deep enmity."

"In addition, the Khitans are the most unfaithful at both ends. During the Zhenguan period at the beginning of our dynasty, these Khitans who were originally attached to the Turks saw our power, and immediately turned their backs on the Turks and attached themselves to the Tang. This time in the Empress Wu Dynasty After the Great War, these thieves hooked up with the Turks again. Now that a tribe with such a temperament has the opportunity to avenge the old grievances of the year, how can they let it go? Not to mention the fact that there are cattle and sheep pastures. Now, Rao Lexi is indeed very weak. No matter what the reason for the war is, since these Khitan slaves are not even afraid of going to war with the country, why are they afraid of sending troops to Rao Lexi?".

The reason why Tang Cheng is so familiar with this period of history is actually closely related to the Chinese major he studied in his later universities. In the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Khitan 30 years ago, Chen Ziang, who had an extremely important position in the poetry circle of the early Tang Dynasty A famous poet also participated in it. He first served as the staff officer of King Wu Youyi of Jian'an. After seeing the defeat of the former army, he immediately advised the commander, and asked to personally lead ten thousand troops to the battlefield to make contributions to the country.But Wu Youyi rejected him, and Chen Ziang, who was unwilling to give up, then spoke again, which completely angered Wu Youyi. Not only did he not adopt his suggestion and give him military power, but he also demoted Chen Ziang's official position from a staff officer to a soldier.That is, not long after that, Chen Ziang, who was extremely depressed, boarded the Youzhou Terrace and wrote the "Song of Climbing Youzhou Terrace", which can be called the masterpiece of all ages.

I don't see the ancients in the past, and I don't see the comers in the future. I think about the long distance of the world, and I feel sad and tearful!

Thanks to this poem and Chen Ziang, teachers in later generations of universities will specifically mention this war when introducing the background of the work, which also made Tang Cheng remember this period of history.

As for another reason why he judged that the Khitan would send troops before, it can even be said that the most important reason cannot be said, because it is closely related to the history that has not yet happened, even if he is not a history major in later generations, But it is also known in a rough way that it was the Khitan that replaced the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the north, and in the Song Dynasty, it became the number one power in the north with a territory twice the size of the Song Dynasty.Facing such a nation, when it comes to matters related to war, we can only think of him as a wolf first, not a sheep.

After listening to Tang Cheng's words, Laifu asked a very practical question, "If Khitan really wants to send troops, what should we do now?".

"I have too few things in my hands. I feel a bit reluctant to intervene in the current situation, not to mention leading. What else can I do but wait? I have to wait until the opportunity arises to take advantage of the trend." Tang Cheng said to himself the four words "follow the trend" again, then waved his hand to Laifu and said, "Since it has been confirmed that Khitan is preparing for war, then you don't have to rush back, and go to Huairong to meet Xiaotao first." In the past few days, I also helped me to see Maodaner and the others. After finishing the rest and returning to Khitan, just focus on one thing."

"What is the young master referring to?"

"The scale of the Khitan's participation in the war, I have to know the number of soldiers and horses they send to Raole every time."

In the end, Laifu couldn't get together with Xiaotao for a few more days, because Tang Cheng found another thing for him to do, and it was urgent.

The letter that Liu Suifeng asked his servant to bring back from Silla was duplicated twice, and one of the letters totaling three points was sent to Chang'an East Palace through Jia Zixing's channel, while the other was sent to Chang'an East Palace by Tang Cheng. The status of Sima of the Dudufu was transferred to the Dudufu of Youzhou, and the last copy was sent by Laifu to the Observatory of Hebei Road with Kuaima.

It will take a long time for Honglu Temple to inform Silla to ban the arms and iron trade with Khitan because the journey is too long, and the current situation in Rao Le is changing at a speed that can't be waited for. It is the most feasible way for the Observatory of Hebei Province to come forward in this matter.After all, Hebei Road was not only the closest to the grassland in the Tang Dynasty, but also the first road in the Tang Dynasty, and its own influence should not be underestimated.And the actions of these Silla merchants are actually harming Yan Guanshi's trade profits invisibly, so I don't worry that he will not care about this matter.

In response to the changing situation in Rao Le, while the Khitan people were preparing for the battle, Tang Cheng was also intensively advancing his own arrangements.

After sending Laifu away in person, Tang Cheng, who had already returned to the boundary river, did not rush back to the newly-built leather tent, but looked far ahead at the horizon that loomed like a black line. After a long time, he spit out a long Come on.

As Rao Le's situation officially entered the final battle between the two tigers, he fell into a new busyness after only a few days of leisure when Qizhi came last time, but this busyness did not make him feel tired On the contrary, there is great expectation in the anxiety.

Thinking that when he stepped into this grassland recently, he only had the idea of ​​taking Li Chengzhong away safely, and never thought that he could get to the current situation amidst the vicissitudes of Rao Le.Similarly, he now doesn't know whether the goal that was vaguely set at the beginning can be finally realized with the development of the situation.

That goal that was never mentioned to anyone was too big!Tang Cheng was so old that he thought hard and carefully used every available resource in his hands, but he barely made it to the present, to this situation where he still lacks control over the overall situation.Even though he has already done so much, he still can only wait until the last chance arises before taking advantage of the trend.Although this idea is good, what he can't grasp is whether the Khitan people's final decision and the subsequent trend of the situation will be as expected. Compared with the slim chance of success, the more likely result is nothing but nothing, so that All his hard work these days has been turned into meaningless bubbles.

Fortunately, Tang Cheng has a tenacious character to the bone, and fortunately at least the main line of the development of the matter so far has not deviated too much from the previous estimate, so he can continue to persevere without letting up.

Busy and tired, how can you not be busy and not tired?When the matter developed to the point where Khitan was about to intervene, Tang Cheng's entire system engineering had entered the most variable and most stressful period.By this period, the previous methods were no longer enough, and now he had to use all available power to draw in the combat power from Li Longji, to the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou, to Jia Zixing and Longmen Xi. , so that you can have the capital to bet when the most important opportunity node appears.

It is easy to say that it is related to these people, but it is as difficult as heaven to do it. Not to mention the countless uncertain variables, just the calculation and grasp of time can make people exhausted.And among them, as long as there is a problem in one link, the result of the exchange must be that the success of the Queen of Mountains will fall short.

This is an extremely huge project, and it is also a dangerous game for an eight-year-old child wielding a hammer weighing hundreds of catties. The reason why Tang Cheng did not mention his idea to anyone is because he knows that no matter who hears his idea and goal Sometimes I'm afraid they will regard him as a lunatic.

Although the risk of failure is extremely high, what if it succeeds?During this period of time, Tang Cheng relied on this thought time and time again to inspire himself with infinite energy and fighting spirit.

Once successful, he will not only be able to realize the ideal of change on the grassland; he will also make a great contribution that can shake the imperial city of Chang'an.And with this great achievement, it will occupy a starting high point in the upcoming Kaiyuan Dynasty, the most prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.And then relying on this high point, relying on the official means experienced since time travel to push the ideal of change to the entire Datang world. At that time, it was no longer limited to a small dragon gate, but the entire 360 ​​states of the Tang Dynasty, even including the eight hundred states. It will become a stage for realizing the ideal of change.

The flourishing Tang Dynasty was originally an era of incomparable brilliance, incomparable splendor, incomparably high-spirited endeavor and incomparably passionate and romantic. Now that it has passed through the most golden years in the history of Chinese dynasty, Tang Cheng doesn't mind adding a magnificent touch to this passionate and romantic era. Idealistic colors.

Life needs to be able to eat enough food first, but being able to eat enough food is by no means the whole of life. After having enough food and clothing, a higher level of life needs to be found and strive to pursue ideals. Tang Cheng’s pursuit of a higher level of life began in Yangzhou , when the final realization will be unknown, maybe he will end up in an extremely dismal ending like all idealists in history, but this does not prevent Tang Cheng from the bottom of his heart wanting to give it a try. A rush.

I have even encountered such a thing as crossing, what else in this world is I not afraid to do?

Tang Cheng looked at the vast and empty grassland in the distance, let the thoughts that flew out of his fiery heart drift freely, and after a long, long time, he collected his mind and turned back to the leather tent to start a new busyness.Tens of thousands of feet tall buildings rise from the ground, and even the realization of small ideals is achieved step by step.For Tang Cheng, who was one of the few traversers who had actually farmed the land, he understood this truth!