Chapter 994 We are just maintaining law and order

Qian Ping didn't say what he was doing until Qian Ping left. The young eunuch had just come to report, and the letter from the palace had already gone to Chang'an, so Qian Ping had nothing to worry about. It is estimated that King Zhennan will be here soon. If we can receive reports from insiders in the palace, it will be time for King Zhennan to come to visit.

As expected, it was pretty much what Qian Ping expected. In the afternoon of the next day, the young eunuch came to report to Qian Ping that King Zhennan had entered the city from the military camp outside the city and was meeting with Qian Ping outside the palace.

"Where is the messenger now? He can't be stopped by this guy outside, can he?"

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Qian Ping frowned and said that King Zhennan still had many informants along the way. If the letter could not be delivered, then the two parties would probably fall out.

"Please don't worry, father-in-law. We have four groups of people going out to deliver messages. King Zhennan must have stopped one of them. The rest are already far away from the royal city at this moment."

Hearing his subordinate's answer, Qian Ping put on his signature smile again. He originally thought about not going out to meet each other. Weren't you very awesome last night? Thinking that you have mastered everything, I guided this topic over and over again, but in the end, you just ignored me.

However, Qian Ping is a person who takes the overall situation into consideration, and he should go out now to see what King Zhennan thinks. If he doesn't go out like this, he might make the other party change, and it is difficult to predict the direction of things at that time.

"The manager is really good at calculating. He and I had a romantic relationship last night, and today we have already taken down that idiot. This approach is really too bad, isn't it? It will damage the prestige of the Tang Dynasty."

The King of Zhennan was indeed very angry. His men intercepted one of the letters. At this moment, he threw the letter on the table as if asking for guilt. Qian Ping was stunned. He did not expect that Nan Zhao's people are still so bloody. I thought they were just a bunch of gentle little sheep, but now it seems that when their real interests are violated, these people will still stand up and resist.

"I didn't hear clearly what the prince said just now. Could the prince speak more clearly?"

Qian Ping snorted coldly. Do you think we are afraid of you because your voice is loud? No matter what the situation is now, although you still have tens of thousands of fighting troops under your command, I am afraid you know better than us how much fighting power these people have compared to our Datang army.

After listening to Qian Ping's words, although King Zhennan became even more angry, he also regained some sense. Now this situation cannot be taken too far. If it is taken too far, the Tang troops outside will I'm not here to enjoy the scenery, I might treat you at any time...

"I was a little reckless just now, and I ask for your forgiveness, Sir, but this matter was indeed not done very well. The Governor made it very clear yesterday that it was to allow our people in Dawn to live a peaceful life, but this means that What? The Tang army is just here to host it, but they don’t want to occupy Nanzhao, right?"

King Zhennan really wanted to control his emotions, but sometimes he couldn't control his emotions. For example, at this moment, King Zhennan had clearly seen that Datang's ambitions were so great that they wanted to occupy the entire Nanzhao. , definitely not to get some benefits from Nanzhao.

"What are you saying, Your Majesty? Our Tang Dynasty is rich all over the world. Let me tell you something you don't want to hear. Is your land in Nanzhao more fertile than the Central Plains? Can your tax revenue in Nanzhao be equal to that of several prefectures and counties in our Datang Dynasty?" You said we want to occupy your place, the prince really thinks too highly of you, Nanzhao."

Qian Ping's understanding of human nature is very clear. If we try to persuade the other party nicely at this moment, we might really make the other party feel guilty. But at this moment, Qian Ping's contemptuous eyes are consistent with the eyes of many people in the Tang Dynasty, so King Zhennan On the contrary, my heart felt a little calmer.

What they said is correct. Your entire Nanzhao population only has one million people. Although your land is still fertile, if you compare it with the Central Plains, it is simply a world of difference.

Besides, the tax revenue here in Nanzhao is even less comparable. So why would the Tang Dynasty come all the way to occupy your place? After thinking about this, King Zhennan felt a little more relaxed, but he was still vigilant. It still exists. The four chieftains in the north are even more impoverished. Aren't they still occupied by the Tang Dynasty?

Think again about Xue Yantuo further north, your Tang Dynasty...

"My father-in-law is right. I was wrong just now, but the existing army is able to maintain law and order, and my army is also very cooperative. I plan to evacuate the royal city in the near future and hand over the defense of the entire royal city to the Tang army... …”

King Zhennan has also spent a lot of money. In order to prevent his troops from conflicting with the Tang army, he is preparing to withdraw all his people. Don't you, the Tang Dynasty, want to gain benefits? Then I will give you the entire royal city. Anyway, it has been destroyed like this. According to the calculations of my subordinates, if you want to restore Wang Cheng's former prosperity, it will cost at least millions of dollars. This is very important to Datang. It was nothing to me, but it was a huge sum of money to Nanzhao, and they simply couldn't afford it.

"What are you talking about, Your Majesty? We can't control the defense situation here. We are only temporarily maintaining law and order. As for your army to withdraw from the royal city, I don't think it is necessary. You should just follow the current situation." For garrisoning, just isolate the fringe areas where both sides are stationed."

Although Qian Ping is not a member of the army, he also knows what Qin Huaiyu said before. It is more beneficial for us to divide King Zhennan's army into the city and outside the city. If they are all withdrawn, they will become It will be an iron fist. If it really comes to the last step, it will do us no good.

Now that the troops are divided into two groups, the combat strength will be divided into two, which is okay for the Tang army. What's more, King Zhennan doesn't really want to give up the royal city. It was just a test just now.

"My father-in-law is right. Those things are just trivial matters. Please tell the court that our place is still peaceful and there is no need to continue to increase troops..."

While expressing his loyalty, King Zhennan hoped that the Tang army would delay entering Nanzhao so that he could have some preparation time. If it came like this, he would not have enough people.