I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

The school lieutenant who sent the military message ran wildly on horseback until he arrived at the gate of the Protectorate before being stopped.

After disbanding the troops, he was taken to Li Shen's yard by the guards.

"Inform the Protector General that there is an urgent military situation."

With a "squeak" sound, Li Shen opened the door and walked out.

"Say!"

"Inform the Commander-in-Chief, the scouts from the front are here to report that a hundred thousand Tibetan troops have invaded from the west and have set up camp twenty miles away from my checkpoint."

"What?" Li Shen was shocked. Li Shen had been a little restless these days and always felt like something was going to happen.

It seems that men’s seventh sense is quite accurate.

"Have you confirmed the number of the opponent's troops?" Li Shen asked. A hundred thousand troops is not a small number.

"Prince Qi, the scouts have confirmed based on the number of tents, there are almost 100,000 troops." The captain confirmed immediately.

"Go back first and tell your general not to act rashly and wait for my king's arrangements."

After the captain bowed and retreated, Li Shen immediately ordered:

"Come here, go and summon Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui."

Military operations are best left to professionals.

"See you, Your Majesty." After a while, Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui came to Li Shen's study.

"Well, take a seat. The checkpoint just came to report that a hundred thousand Tibetan troops have invaded. Now they are camping twenty miles away from the checkpoint."

After the two sat down, Li Shen explained the matter again.

He was not very worried. He had 50,000 troops, and with the high walls, it was impossible for an army of 100,000 to capture his majestic city.

"An army of one hundred thousand? Your Majesty, I wonder who the general is coming this time and which tribe he is from?"

Wang Xuance asked.

"The scout didn't say anything. It's probably because he was too far away to see clearly, or maybe he didn't recognize him when he saw it.

But they are trying to investigate. "Li Shen didn't know who the other party was.

"Your Majesty, if they are soldiers under Tubo Zanpu, their combat power will be much higher than other tribes." Wang Xuance explained.

"Haha, do you want to tell me that Songtsen Gampo is leading the team this time? Don't scare me."

Li Shen chuckled, that was a character in a book. Although he had disturbed the marriage, he was sure that Songtsen Gampo could leave his name.

"My lord, it is possible that when your majesty comes here, they will launch an attack. It seems that they are coming for your majesty."

Wang Xuance said.

Li Shen thought for a while;

"Probably not. I heard that Songtsen Gampo is also a figure. As a Zampo, he should not take action easily.

Furthermore, if he wants to capture my Qinghai capital city with one hundred thousand troops, it is simply a dream and wishful thinking. "

Li Shen was very confident in his stronghold, and he was also confident in the combat effectiveness of the 50,000 border troops under his command.

They are training non-stop every day, practicing martial arts, formations, and multi-arm combat.

In addition, Li Shen's food supply is high, so his combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

At that time, Niu Jinda led the vanguard to attack Songtsan Gampo's 200,000 troops and killed more than a thousand people. Finally, Songtsen Gampo withdrew his troops.

Of course, Li Shen was confident that he could defeat his 100,000 troops.

"My lord, please don't underestimate us. If it is really their Zanpu troops, we must be careful." Xue Rengui reminded.

"Of course I know this. What do you think their purpose is? Are they really here for His Majesty?" Li Shen touched his chin and thought.

"Your Majesty, no matter what the reason is, they are going to attack the city, either now or after your Majesty arrives." Wang Xuance analyzed.

"I won't be too scared if we attack the city." Li Shen said calmly.

“Your Majesty, don’t forget that there are thousands of Tibetans and Westerners in the city.

There is no one in Tubo at the moment. If we drive all these people out of the city and Tibet withdraws its troops, it will be a misunderstanding.

The loss will not be small at that time. The key is that my Datang's reputation will be seriously damaged. "Wang Xuance is much better at politics than Li Shen.

If war is really declared, then just drive them out, or even kill them.

But now they have not declared war. If there are so many people from the Western Regions and northern peoples here, if they are killed or driven out, and Tibet does not attack by then, then their reputation in the Tang Dynasty will be ruined.

The reputation of Confucianism is the most important.

Even if you want to fight, you have to find a defensible reason.

Otherwise, why did it take so long to prepare for the expedition to Goguryeo?

Li Shen also understood this truth. It didn't matter to him. He could be shameless, but the court had to be shameless. If he did anything wrong, he would not be scolded to death.

"In this case, first send someone over to ask them in the name of my king the purpose of coming here.

The 5,000 men and horses at the second level gathered back and temporarily closed the mutual market.

Since we can't drive them away, let them go on their own. "

Li Shen smiled.

"Closing the mutual market? If the mutual market is closed, how will the merchants of the Tang Dynasty and the merchants of the Western Regions respond to them.

At least we need a reason. "Wang Xuance reminded Li Shen when he heard that he was going to close the trading market,

"Yes, you need a reason, but they can just give them any reason.

This king still has some intimidating power.

Well...it means that the exchange's voucher paper is gone. Yes, there is no paper anymore, hahahaha. "

Li Shen couldn't help but laugh. He was too smart to open his mouth for such a reasonable reason.

"..." Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance were speechless for a while.

The reasons the prince gives are always so weird. Although the voucher paper is specially made, why is it gone?

Anyone with a little brain wouldn't believe it, there's no paper anymore? How could Prince Ji's Mansion make such a low-level mistake?

"Your Majesty, what's the next step?" Wang Xuance interrupted Li Shen's narcissism and asked.

"The next step is of course to defend the city, and then negotiate with them. If they don't withdraw, we won't go out.

Anyway, they proposed the mutual market, and the Qinghai area to the east is also our territory. They have now crossed the line.

Later, the king must write a letter to them. He must angrily denounce their evil behavior and condemn them. "Li Shen said righteously.

"Your Majesty, we can actually defeat them. Although we only have 50,000 troops, we are fully equipped and well-trained.

Our cavalry is unparalleled.

I am confident that I can defeat them, enhance the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and frighten Xiaoxiao. "Xue Rengui knelt down on one knee and asked for orders.

He was confident of defeating twice the enemy. Although he did not increase his weapons and equipment, he added horses.

Now the Qinghai Protectorate has ten thousand cavalry.

"Hey~~? Rengui, please be patient. I understand your feelings completely. Why don't I want to give Tubo a head-on blow?

But after all, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. Even if we can defeat them, we will suffer heavy casualties.

Their rangers were more numerous and faster than ours, so we were at a disadvantage.

You should understand me. I don’t want to see too many people die, so defending the city is the best way to reduce casualties.

Everyone is born to parents, and I hope that they will be able to go home and visit their parents. "

Li Shen shook his head. That's just him. He still hopes to win, but he doesn't want too many people on his side to die.

In Li Shimin's words, it is a woman's kindness.

To use the modern word, call her the Virgin Bitch.

(Oops, I forgot to wish you all a happy Children’s Day, so I wrote more than a hundred words to apologize.

I wish all book lovers a happy Children’s Day, stay childlike at heart and stay young forever. )