Tang Dynasty Never Night

The relationship between Tubo and Datang, which had been temporarily eased because of Mansong Mangzan's surrender letter, suddenly entered a very tense period again, and Li Xian felt that he could not turn his head around.

To be honest, if Tubo sent people to negotiate with Datang and at the same time let Lun Qinling attack Datang's army, Li Xian... would not believe it. Tubo Zanpu even handed in the letter of surrender, the king of a country Bow your head and repent again, do you still want to be shameless?But the battle report sent by Ashina Daozhen is real.

According to Ashina Daozhen's narration, Tubo did not directly send troops to attack the garrison troops openly and aboveboard, but sent people to sneak attack!The Tubo scout team aimed at the food and grass of the Datang army at the beginning!

On the other side, Zhong Cong also argued that it was Ashina Daozhen who provoked him first, because Ashina Daozhen sent troops to surround the area every day, and even photographed people disguised as sneaking into the Tubo capital!

The two sides insisted on their own words, Li Xian was dazzled by what he heard, and turned his head to look at his father, wanting to know how to deal with this, should he send someone to the field to investigate and find evidence, and then make a judgment?

Facts have proved that His Royal Highness Zhou Wang is really too sweet. At this time, there is already a fight. Ashina Michizane is obviously in a state where he will be under foreign military orders. What is the judgment, whether it makes sense or not? Word: Hit!

Of course, if the opponent sincerely surrendered, Datang could consider stopping the attack by force, but at that time Tubo would naturally have to pay more chips.

The Tubo ambassador Zhong Cong who was in the Tang Dynasty had already realized that he might not be able to return to his homeland.So he didn't think of a way to escape. Of course, at this time, the Tibetan mission he was in had already been supervised. Although they were not thrown into prison, their treatment had dropped a lot.

And Zhong Cong seemed to have no other good solution other than to protest.

For some reason, looking at Zhong Cong like this, he suddenly remembered a sentence: A weak country has no diplomacy.

In fact, Tubo is really not a weak country anymore. After all, it can compete with the Tang Dynasty, and it can fight against the rising Arab dynasty in the west. Countries large and small on that territory fought.

Of course, the reason why Tubo has the confidence to challenge the surrounding countries is that in the final analysis, Songtsan Gampo married Princess Wencheng back then, and then he always claimed that his son-in-law followed Datang obediently, and then obtained various advanced production from Datang Technology, turn around and go to bully the neighboring countries, the neighboring countries are almost bullying, seeing that Datang is rich, the hand stretches out to Datang.

Li Xian also sighed in his heart after learning about this period of history. If Tubo and Datang are regarded as two families, it can be said that Tubo is really heartless. How many years have passed? Songtsan Gampo The grandson turned his head and came to fight Datang, oh, using Datang's iron-smelting technology, using the various rules and regulations brought by Datang, and then turned his head and turned his face.

But if it rises to the level of a country, these things can't be viewed in this way. In future generations, countries may still see each other condemning each other in the media, but in this era... everyone doesn't talk nonsense. If you can't beat it, you will be cowardly.

But now... Datang's treasury is under great pressure!Tubo is fighting stubbornly. Tubo's national strength is not weak, it is a hard bone, and if it wants to gnaw down this hard bone, Datang will also be hurt. This is why the Tang army has hit some cities before, and the opponent softened Tang Jun stopped in his tracks, and it would be a waste of money and people to fight any further.

The most important thing is that Li Jinxing and Gao Kan are still in a stalemate with Silla. It is not a wise move to confront Tubo now. If it can be stable for a while, it will be stable. There have been years of drought and waterlogging, and Datang now needs time to recuperate.

Li Xian compared the national treasury, and then looked at his own private treasury. He felt a little guilty for a while - although his private treasury is not as good as the national treasury, it depends on the comparison. The treasury maintains the operation of a country Woolen cloth.

Li Xian began to wonder if charity work should also be started?Or, reform the tax system?Well, I once heard Zheng Qi mention that the land equalization system currently implemented in the Tang Dynasty will gradually decline in the future. It seems that the tax system must be changed, but how to change... Li Xian suddenly lost his idea.

It is true that he was also a taxpayer in his previous life, but he only knew how he should pay taxes, and never had much understanding of the tax system.After all, there are many tax items. When looking at it from the perspective of a country, it cannot be too simple.

Li Xian wanted to make a good plan when he returned to the palace. He also knew that the reform had to be done slowly, but this kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later, and it can be well planned if it is written early.

As a result, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he returned, he received a message-Zheng Qi was going to go out again.

This time Zheng Qi had the title of General Yunhui on him, and then he followed Jiang Ke.

After hearing this, Li Xian panicked for a moment. When he thought of the two scars that could still be seen on Zheng Qi's face now, he was very worried.But he can't stop it yet, Zheng Qi should also want to go.

After thinking about it, he couldn't help having someone send the telescope in his hand to Zheng Qi - the telescope is now a national asset, and every time he wants to use it when he goes out for an expedition, he must send someone to apply for it, and then get it You have to register as many as you have left, and if they are damaged, you must keep the damaged items and return them, and the relevant departments will file and register the damaged items.

And the telescopes that Jiang Ke took away were all allocated to him. He must use one for himself, and the rest was divided among the generals, but the logistics staff must not be able to allocate this thing.

Li Xian didn't know how to divide Jiang Ke. He was somewhat afraid that Zheng Qi would not be able to divide this thing. If he was unlucky and encountered the situation like last time again, it would be better to have a telescope, right?

Of course, what he wants to give to Zheng Qi is the dynamite pack, but now the dynamite pack is also a secret weapon of the country. Even if you know the formula, you can’t make it privately. A few days ago, Tang’s law discussion just added an item-privately made gunpowder guilty of conspiracy.This is a crime that can't be redeemed with money, Li Xian doesn't want to make trouble for himself or Zheng Qi.

Then... Zheng Qi, who received the binoculars, came to the door directly with the binoculars.

"How can you give me this thing casually? Return it back quickly!" Zheng Qi felt that he was going to break his heart for this guy, seeing that he was about to go to war, and he would come again.

"What else? This thing is mine."

Zheng Qi was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Xian inexplicably. It was rare for Li Xian to see him like this. He smiled triumphantly, reached out and took the telescope and pointed to it: "There is my name here."

Only then did Zheng Qi see that there were four words on the tube holding the telescope——Made by Prince Zhou's Mansion.Seeing these four words, Zheng Qi suddenly reacted: "You made this thing?"

"Huh? You don't know?" Li Xian was a little surprised, but later he realized that the telescope is a thing that makes a fortune in silence. Although it was made, no one knew how it was made. Later, he ran out to toss gunpowder , this thing is more eye-catching than the telescope, so it is normal for people to gradually not pay attention to the maker of the telescope.

Zheng Qi was a little surprised at the beginning, but then he didn't think it was strange anymore, no wonder he thought it was so weird that such a thing came out.In fact, no matter what, if it is developed with a little bit of progress, there will be a process. Except for Li Xian who has a time travel plug-in, no one can think about those glass cups and bowls in this way.

Li Xian said with some pride: "I have two of these things here. Don't worry, they are in the file. Whom I give it to is just a matter of my words. I don't need anything with this thing. It's you." Take it and use it."

Zheng Qi smiled slightly: "The lady of the sage loves you very much, and I will reward you with all these things."

Li Xian rolled his eyes: "Come on, let's not talk about taking my prescription, even take back the glass workshop, just give me some money and two binoculars, I'm at a loss, okay?"

Zheng Qi couldn't help stretching out his hand and pinching his face: "Okay, don't complain, your thing...give it to me when you go to register tomorrow, and now I'll take it for others to see, it's not very good."

To put it bluntly, the right to use the telescope belongs to Li Xian, and he has to go through the road to give it to someone. The only convenience is that as long as there is nothing wrong with the person he gives it, there will be no problems.

Li Xian had no choice but to keep the binoculars, and took Zheng Qi to search through his arsenal by the way.Zheng Qi is also very helpless about this. Although his family background is not as good as Li Xian's, it is not bad. After all, he is not an uncommon person. He went to war twice. What kind of trouble is going to happen if you don't even have the money to buy a knife?

"The knife you gave me is very good, I still use it."

Li Xian thought for a while: "Then choose a bow, hey, let me tell you, these good weapons are really like a pearl to me, and I don't use them, even the best things will go bad if left unattended." If you use it to resist foreign enemies, it can be regarded as my contribution to the country."

Zheng Qi shook his head: "You have contributed a lot to the Great Tang." However, he did not reject Li Xian's kindness. In fact, he had regretted it before. It would be too much, even if it is because of regulatory issues that the palace cannot have too many weapons, the quality of those weapons is also high.

Zheng Qi is not good at martial arts, but as long as he is a man, probably he will not dislike weapons, so after entering his arsenal with Li Xian, Zheng Qi twitched the corners of his mouth - when he saw this place, no one came, although It was cleaned cleanly, but there was no trace of popularity.

Li Xian waved his hand like a local tyrant: "Choose whatever you want."

Zheng Qi walked around and picked up a bow: "Are you sure you won't be reluctant?"

Li Xian raised his eyebrows: "Am I still lacking these things? I'll give it to you if I give it to you. Well, I'll study later and see if I can improve it. It's best to be able to carry out effective long-range strikes without having to kill people." .”

After hearing this, Zheng Qi didn't take it seriously, but said with a bow in his hand, "Let's go, go and register."

That's right, although this kind of murder weapon can be given away, it must be registered!Otherwise, the weapon sent out in the future will be used to kill some high-ranking official, and then found on the giver, it is really hard to tell.

Li Xian really wanted to let him bring all the things that Zheng Qi could use in his palace. Zheng Qi vaguely sensed the uneasiness hidden under Li Xian's generous skin. Before he left, he looked at Li Xian and said with a smile : "Don't worry, I really don't want to die."

"Bah, bah, bah!" Li Xian glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? You will definitely come back safely!"

Zheng Qi looked at him with a funny face: "Yes, yes, well, it's windy outside, so go in quickly."

Li Xian watched Zheng Qi go away with some reluctance. They didn't need them to send them off for the army's expedition this time. Li Xian could only nestle in his palace and figure out where Zheng Qi and the others had gone.

I don’t know if it’s because the Tang Dynasty is already used to fighting. There is no tension in the court when the army goes out, but it’s probably because the Tang army defeated Tubo last time, and this time it’s the veteran general Jiang Ke himself , he is more experienced and seasoned than Xue Rengui, so everyone is very calm about this war.

As a result, an unexpected thing happened—just after arriving near Anxi Dufu Mansion, Jiang Ke, the head of the army, suddenly died of an emergency!

Everyone was stunned. Although Jiang Ke was very old, his body was really good, and he looked very healthy when he went to the expedition. How could he just go?

This incident was not only surprising to others, even Zheng Qi was very surprised. In his previous life, Jiang Ke did die on the way to conquer Tubo, and then Datang had to stop the plan to conquer Tubo. Part of it was also given to Tubo, it's just time... I'm sorry.

Because of Zheng Qi's reasons, the date of conquest of Tubo has been advanced a lot. He remembers very clearly that Jiang Ke should have died in Xianheng three years ago!If it weren't for this, he would have tried every means to stop Jiang Ke when he was appointed as the chief of the march. Although he might not be successful, he would not be completely ineffective.

Could it be... Is Jiang Ke destined to die in the Western Regions?For a while, even Zheng Qi was a little messy.It's just that he is messy, and the army is even messier.

As the commander-in-chief of the first army, Jiang Ke passed away, so the pace of the army will naturally stop. After all, the army cannot be without a backbone. Although there are other generals who will go out with him, but everyone is about the same level and they are not all related. Okay, if you refuse to accept me, and I refuse to accept you, how can we fight this battle?

And the Tubo side didn't know if they also knew the news of Jiang Ke's sudden death, so they suddenly increased their firepower, and Ashina also handed over the real request for help.

For a while, the imperial court was in a state of desperation. Li Zhi first asked someone to escort Jiang Ke's body back. On the other hand, he quickly appointed Xue Rengui as the chief officer of the march, and then for some reason, he also named Guo Dai as the deputy general. Let these two go to Anxi to join the army.

After he finished arranging these, the diagnosis from the military doctor over there also came back. It is said that Jiang Ke, the Duke of Yong’an County, felt a little unwell after arriving in Anxi. Within two days... died.

After Li Xian knew about it, he was a little puzzled. Jiang Ke had...altitude sickness, but how could he have died because of altitude sickness?He should not have this problem, otherwise there is a plateau where the Turks are located, how could he lead troops to attack the Turks?

Yes, of course Jiang Ke didn’t suffer from altitude sickness when he was young, but as he got older, his physical function declined, and he was pampered. It is inevitable that some old people have problems such as high blood pressure. What he can adapt to when he is young, when he is older It may not be able to adapt.

Jiang Ke's death caught everyone off guard, and Zheng Qi was the most anxious about it. Jiang Ke died suddenly when he was fighting against Tubo, and then the army returned to the dynasty. Now Zheng Qi is worried that this will happen again.

Fortunately... Although Jiang Ke passed away, there is still Xue Rengui who can step up. Although he still has Guo Daifeng, who Zheng Qi dislikes, this is not important anymore.

This is also Zheng Qi's power to change history. Originally, Jiang Ke passed away, and Datang couldn't find anyone who could lead the three armies for a while. Ashina really... he still owes a little bit of heat.

But this time Datang has a way out, not to mention that in the previous life, Datang sent troops to regain the lost land, but the two armies have not yet fought, and it is normal for the troops to return to the court before they leave.

And now... Ashina Dao is really leading soldiers to fight in front. If you don't send troops over here, won't you fill all those people in the pit?Ashina said that he... is not an ordinary person, he is a Turkic, this one may cause a diplomatic accident!Oh, he worked his life to fight for your Datang, and then you turned around and filled him in the pit, you don’t want to do that!

When Xue Rengui came, Zheng Qi felt relieved, and then... he just needs to stop Xue Rengui from ordering Guo Daifeng to take charge of the logistics!Even let him go!Anyway, no matter how tricked Guo Daifeng is, it won't affect the overall situation.

In fact, Zheng Qi was still wrong, he really didn't expect Guo Daifeng's pig teammates to be so powerful!Xue Rengui originally wanted Guo Daifeng to take care of the logistics, and then Zheng Qi took the initiative to take over the matter. Xue Rengui hesitated for a while and did not agree.

Zheng Qi was a little anxious, but he still smiled on the surface and said: "General Guo has a gap in his chest, and it's a waste of talent to be in charge of logistics. Let the last general go."

Grandpa, please, I don't want military merits anymore, you should let Guo Daifeng stay here, use it whatever you want, just don't let him go to logistics, okay?If you are not careful, you will be cheated to death by him!At most, I went to logistics because I lost the opportunity to make meritorious service on the battlefield. At worst, I couldn’t be promoted. Anyway, I was still young, but Guo Daifeng went to logistics, and if he didn’t know, he would kill this [-] troops!

Xue Rengui looked at Zheng Qi with some puzzlement. If ordinary people asked for this, he would definitely suspect that that person was a coward who dared not go to the battlefield, but he didn't think so when it was put on Zheng Qi. Qi's record of military exploits, this one looks like a gentleman like jade, but in fact... is he a good black hand? !The first time he killed someone, he didn't even blink, and didn't lose his mind!It's brutal in capitals.

Now he took the initiative to ask to go to the logistics, so what happened?Xue Rengui wanted to cultivate a young man with good qualifications. Thinking about Xue Rengui, he thought of Zheng Qi's recent popularity.

Xue Rengui thought he had found a reason, and waved his hand directly: "Don't worry, I know this well."

Then...he still insisted on letting Guo Daifeng go to the logistics. In fact, it wasn't that he pushed Guo Daifeng away, but that he was too aware of Guo Daifeng's stink. One's eccentricity is higher than the sky, one looks down on one today, and the other tomorrow, but one's own talents are limited.

This time let Guo Daifeng be the deputy, compared to the saint who has to take care of the hero, but the hero will not be able to support the wall in the future, so he can only be sent to the logistics. At least this place is relatively safe, and... rewards for meritorious deeds The logistics may not be too eye-catching when it is time, but it is also indispensable, and it can always give him some benefits.

Xue Rengui can be regarded as a lot of painstaking efforts, but it is a pity that whether it is Zheng Qi's kindness or Xue Rengui's painstaking efforts, Guo Daifeng has nothing to gain. In his eyes, Zheng Qi is squeezing him out and despising his ability. It sounded good, but Zheng Qi's expression and eyes showed no respect for him.

And that Xue Rengui is also pushing him out, he must be afraid that he will steal the military merit by acting too well!

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Xue Rengui, Zheng Qi had no choice but to go to Xue Rengui secretly again. This time, what he told Xue Rengui was very clear: "The army will go first before moving food and grass. General Guo doesn't seem like a careful person. Let him take charge I'm afraid this won't work, let the last general go, General Guo is the next general, so it should be no problem to lead the army."

Zheng Qi's reason was justified, Xue Rengui hesitated and agreed, so Guo Daifeng didn't have to go to the logistics, and Zheng Qi passed.

Zheng Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it would be all right, but... no one expected that because of Guo Daifeng, the Tang army forcibly lost [-] soldiers and horses, and lost a stronghold by the way.

Zheng Qi, who finally knew the result... didn't shed tears, because there was no time for him to cry, and he had to rush to clean up the mess for that cheating pig teammate!

What's the matter!