Fang Yang placed his chopsticks on a plate.""This plate is the Great Tang."
"Yes, yes." Li Er: " For example, I know this method.”
Fang Yang rolled his eyes.
"This pair of chopsticks is Tuyuhun."
"This is the Hexi Corridor."”
"Yes, that's indeed the position." Li Er nodded.”
Fang Yang: " Let's assume that the Great Tang beat up Tuyuhun, but if they don't beat him to death, they will attack. If they attack, they will retreat. What will happen?"”
Li Er looked at the pair of chopsticks and the plate for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out.
"What can happen?"
Fang Yang took out another cup and placed it at the intersection of the plate and chopsticks.
"This is Tibet. Songzan Gampo of Tibet has already gained a firm foothold in the past two years.”
"If the Great Tang attacks Tuyuhun but doesn't occupy this place, then the Tubo army will definitely march north to attack Tuyuhun and pass through the Qilian Mountains into the Hexi Corridor.”
Fang Yang removed the cup and chopsticks and placed a plate of the same size beside the plate.
"In this way, the Tubo Empire and the Great Tang will be in a stalemate.”
Li Er was stunned and turned pale with fright."That's right. If the Tibetans interfere…"
Fang Yang: " Even if the Tibetans occupy the Hexi Corridor, it's just a confrontation. There's a threat, but it's not big. But from now on, the Great Tang could no longer go to the Western Regions. The Western Regions were rich, but the Western Regions were different.”
Li Er nodded solemnly.”
"There are many smart people in the court. They should be able to think of this easily."”
"There's no need for commoners like you and me to think about this.”
Li Er was speechless.
Everyone's focus had been on the Turks these past few years, so they hadn't paid any attention to the Tuyuhun matter.
"Is Tuyuhun really not afraid of our Great Tang?" Is it really possible to send troops to pillage the Great Tang?"
"I'm scared." "But fear and robbery don't conflict."”
"Because they couldn't live anymore, so they did this.”
"The snowstorm might not starve them to death, but if we fight the Great Tang, they will definitely be destroyed."”
Fang Yang: " We have to consider the Great Sui Dynasty. Back then, Tuyuhun was also destroyed. Later on, they were restored. This is the key to fighting.”
Only then did Li Er remember that he was not here to ask about the situation, but to ask about the strategy.
"The key to fighting?"
Fang Yang nodded." Back then, the Sui Dynasty destroyed Tuyuhun, and then Tuyuhun established a new country. Thus, the Great Tang's strategy for attacking Tuyuhun was…to destroy Tuyuhun at all costs, and to wipe out the Tuyuhun royal family.”
Li Er took a deep breath. That was indeed the case.
Tuyuhun had a kind of barefooted and fearless spirit.
Plundering the Great Tang? They were afraid.
However, when the Great Sui destroyed them, they still restored their country, which gave them a sense of fluke.
If they wanted to solve the problem in the northwest, the only way was to destroy Tuyuhun and kill the Tuyuhun royal family until there was zero chance of Tuyuhun's restoration.
To the south of Tuyuhun was the pass, which was Longxi. This was where Li Tang made his fortune and was his ancestral land.
If this place was plundered, where would the dignity of the Great Tang be?
"But to do such a thing, if they don't provoke us first…it won't be easy for the Imperial Court to do it, right?”
"The ministers will definitely object to the extermination of a royal family.”
"Even so, I'm afraid that Tuyuhun will seek his own death." Fang Yang laughed.”
"I'm guessing that Tuyuhun wouldn't dare to openly plunder. He'll definitely think of some way to stall for time.”
"Oh?" Li Er raised his eyebrows. Like what?"
"For example, sending a team of envoys to Chang 'an and then looting on the way back.”
Li Er was stunned for a moment and nodded. It was not impossible.
"For example, pretending to marry the Great Tang and then looting midway."”
"We'll talk about it after the robbery. Because the robbery has ruined our relationship, the marriage alliance has been canceled.”
Li Er was stunned again. It was also possible.
A marriage alliance was not a marriage alliance, but a marriage alliance between a prince of the Tuyuhun royal family and a princess of the Tang Empire.
The result of the marriage was that the princess of the Tang Empire would become the queen of Tuyuhun in the future.
This was a stable political method, completely different from a marriage alliance.
Marriage alliances were usually very important. If they broke the contract, it would be very embarrassing.
For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, the marriage between Wei and Wu did not break the contract even if the two countries fought to the death.
However, Tuyuhun was a barbarian and a country bumpkin. It was very likely that he did not care about etiquette and used these things to make a fuss.
"They'll plunder bit by bit until they survive this winter?" Li Er nodded.”
" Of course." Fang Yang nodded." If we take it one step at a time, even if we survive the winter, we will still be swept away by the Tang army in the new year."”
New Year? Li Er made up his mind. If things really developed like this, he would definitely destroy Tuyuhun in advance.
They were just preparing to deploy more soldiers in the northwest direction of the pass.
"Let's drink, let's drink."
The two of them drank three glasses of wine.
"Miss Yun Yun has come out!"
Everyone looked over.
On the first and second floor, the people sitting on the Persian carpet or woven straw mats looked excitedly at the main seat.
Miss Yun Yun wore a veil and sat on the main seat.
The servant girl who served them stood at the side with a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
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