Chapter 265 Going Home

"Greetings to His Majesty the Grand Sun."

When Li Xiang returned to the East Palace, Qian Ping took all the eunuchs and maids of the East Palace, stood obediently at the door of the East Palace, and bowed to Li Xiang in a serious manner.

"Okay, okay, we are all members of our own family. Why are we talking about these things? Everyone will increase their monthly salary by one month and do their own things well in the future. I have a future, which means you have a future. .”

When they heard that Li Xiang had rewarded them with a month's money, the people below were even more happy. His Highness Taisun never beat or scolded his servants. Even if they did something wrong, His Highness Taisun always protected them. No one would be happy to have such a young master looking after them!

"Father and mother."

Li Xiang was about to kneel down to salute when he was immediately pulled back by Li Chengqian. His efforts these days have finally come to fruition. Li Chengqian has always been worried that he will be abolished. Even though Li Xiang has made so many contributions to the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian has always been the same. He felt like he was floating in the air. After hearing the news from the court today, Li Chengqian felt his legs fall to the ground.

The son has already been crowned the crown prince, so how could he possibly depose the crown prince? All the civil and military people in the dynasty should think about it carefully. Li Chengqian has kept in mind what you did to the East Palace in the past, but without Li Xiang's nod, he would never be able to retaliate against these people.

"How hard it is on this journey!"

Li Xiang has not had much contact with his mother Liu, but seeing Liu shed tears at this moment, Li Xiang was also touched in his heart. After all, this body is the fusion of two souls. Although the soul in modern society occupies the dominant position, it turns out that for the Liu's memories are also there.

"Look, why are you crying? Isn't it a good thing that my son is back? Let's go eat first."

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, Mrs. Liu also felt that it was not a good thing to shed tears on such an occasion, so she quickly wiped her tears away and followed her husband into the house.

Li Xiang saw clearly that even though his son had become the grandson of the emperor, and Li Chengqian was living on his own, this mother still couldn't afford to be arrogant and respected Li Chengqian all her life. Maybe this That’s what women are like in this era.

"Why are you so bold? I have never heard of Tuyuhun agreeing to this at that time. It would be better for you to rush over thousands of miles away. If something goes wrong along the way, how will your mother and I survive?"

After everyone retreated, Li Chengqian said a few words from his heart. At that time, Li Xiang didn't go home at all. When Li Chengqian asked Qian Ping to inquire about the news, Li Xiang had already arrived at Shiliting. In the past few days, The couple has always been worried. Fortunately, Li Xiang found someone to send news to his family. Otherwise, they don't know how worried they would be.

"The situation forced us to do that. If we had not said that, Tuyuhun would definitely not be able to survive. The Tibetan army of hundreds of thousands was already ready to go. The only thing they feared was me, the Tang Dynasty."

Thinking of the situation at that time, Li Xiang felt very sad, but if he had to choose again, he would probably say that again.

"The Tubo people can easily assemble an army of 150,000, and this country is not weak either."

Li Chengqian didn't know much about Tubo. Although many Tang Dynasty businessmen had been to Tubo, according to what they said, Tubo was a loose society, which was completely different from our Tang Dynasty. All the people were very powerful in fighting. Apart from that, There is no other information outside the country. After all, the Tubo people did not allow merchants from the Tang Dynasty to wander around their land.

"What my father said is wrong. I guess the army of 150,000 is just a bluff. It would be good to have 100,000 people. And it will not be easy for them to assemble these 100,000 people. It should be the strength of the whole country."

According to Li Xiang's understanding of the history of this period, the total population of Tubo should be around one million. Even if the climate of Tubo was very good in this era, it is impossible to exceed this number. After all, it is only a small number in the 21st century. Two million people.

Of course, there are several vassal states in the south of Tubo, and several ethnic minorities such as the Qiang people have been conquered in the northwest. These vassal populations also number hundreds of thousands, but they have just been conquered, so they may not necessarily work for Tubo.

"If that's the case, it's more likely that they are bluffing when they fight Tuyuhun?"

Li Chengqian said with some surprise that he had never doubted that what Li Xiang said was false, because most of what Li Xiang had done had been realized, and what he had said had brought huge changes to him, so Li Xiang Whatever the situation in Tubo is, that is the situation.

"In fact, they can fight on their own and don't need to come to us to join forces. Tuyuhun has become so weak now, but Tubo still sent their prime minister, hoping to form an alliance with us. This illustrates a truth, regardless of What will be the outcome of the war? They are also afraid that I, the Tang Dynasty, will march towards them."

If Li Xiang's words were said to other generals, they would probably laugh out loud, because in countless conflicts, the Tang army was no match for the Tubo army. How could they be afraid of us?

The reason why there is such a theory is because we ran to the plateau. If we were on flat ground, we might not be afraid of them.

"No wonder many people in the court were a little scared when Lu Dongzan came. You kid has never been scared. You know their details."

From the perspective of the entire Tang Empire, Li Chengqian was also a little worried about the Tubo Kingdom. After all, we know too little about them. We only know that their leader Songtsen Gampo was not a simple man and often launched attacks on surrounding tribes.

"The Tubo Kingdom crossed a huge mountain in its southern region and conquered several small local countries. As far as I know, they adopted an iron-blooded rule locally, which caused dissatisfaction among many local people. In the past two years, They are rising up to resist, so they still have to leave some troops in the south. Most of the land in Tubo is of little use. Compared with the comprehensive national strength of the Tang Dynasty, they are far behind, but the military strength still needs to be paid attention to. In the short term We may be able to win the conflict over time, but as long as we extend the battle front, Tubo will definitely lose."

Analyzing it from the perspective of a young man in the 21st century, the war is about comprehensive national strength. Although Tubo is now aggressive, if the two sides really conflict, it will only take six months for Tibet's supply line to be cut off. However, Datang could continuously obtain a large amount of supplies from Jiangnan...