Chapter 1,458 Three Purposes

Although Emperor Huangji was timid and afraid of death, it did not mean that she was stupid. From Songtsen Gampo's mouth, she already knew what Songtsen Gampo and the others wanted to do.

She suddenly smiled and said: "Tubo Zanpu is indeed the Zanpu who unified Tubo. He is young and promising. If my daughter and Li Derjian were not getting married, I would definitely marry Orihime to Zanpu."

Songtsen Gampo laughed proudly and said: "Humph, Li Derjian is also lucky. He was born in the Tang Dynasty and was the son of Li Jing, otherwise he would not even be worthy to carry my shoes."

"Haha..." Gao Jianwu laughed, "That's right. In the Tang Dynasty, there are only a group of veteran generals such as Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing, and Yuchi Gong who make everyone a little afraid. Among the juniors, there are only two Li Fengdu.

One, Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo are just two people.

So the Tang Dynasty seems to be strong, but in fact their next generation is destined to fail to prosper. Within three generations, the Tang Dynasty will definitely fall."

"That's right, the descendants of the Tang Dynasty will die if they don't survive for three generations, so we don't need to be afraid of the Tang Dynasty at all.

Now as long as we unite and form this anti-Tang alliance, we will target the Tang Dynasty and accelerate the demise of the Tang Dynasty." Songtsen Gampo continued.

Emperor Kogi said: "The Anti-Tang Alliance is a good name. Although I agree with the second purpose, we should be prepared in case of any eventuality.

Although everyone thinks that as long as we know the time and place of delivery, we can make arrangements in advance and rob the muskets.

But this kind of thing can only be done once, never twice. Once something happens, Datang will definitely know about it. At that time, Datang will definitely send people to investigate, and eventually it will be found on us.

This anti-Tang alliance will be exposed, and what awaits us in the end is the strong revenge of the Tang Dynasty.

To put it ten thousand steps back, after Datang lost its muskets once, how could it be possible that it would lose a second or third time."

Emperor Kogi's words were immediately recognized by others. Yes, Datang's business with other countries was not just once.

After being robbed once, is it allowed to be robbed twice? If the third time fails, even if other countries don't say it, Datang will not allow it to happen one after another.

The Tang Dynasty wanted to save face, not to mention Emperor Li Er was a person who wanted to save face even more.

When the time comes, we will send people to investigate, especially Li Feng's investigation, and finally find out the anti-Tang alliance. If you become a member of the anti-Tang alliance, won't you suffer disaster?

The kings who wanted to understand suddenly wanted to retreat.

Seeing this, Gao Jianwu and Songtsen Gampo had gloomy expressions on their faces. They did not expect that Emperor Huangji they had found was trying to undermine them.

Gao Jianwu suddenly laughed and said: "Haha... That's good. Thanks to Emperor Fuso for telling us the shortcomings of the plan. This way we can make a more perfect plan."

"That's right." Songtsen Gampo also said, "You may not be very clear about why I want to call everyone together.

In fact, our purpose is not only to tell you the three goals and establish an anti-Tang alliance, but also to discuss countermeasures together, find shortcomings in the plan, and then make timely adjustments to address the shortcomings, and finally get the most perfect plan.

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Xue Yantuo's Mohe Khan said at this time: "Don't panic, in fact, the second plan does not necessarily involve grabbing the musket when they hand over.

We can wait for them to complete the handover, and then rob each other's muskets on the way. By that time, everyone has already completed the handover, and it doesn't matter even if the muskets are taken away by us.

And we just took advantage of this opportunity to launch a war with that country. It would be best to wipe them out in one go.

Once the battle starts, everyone here can send troops to attack the country. The city that is captured belongs to whoever conquers it, and no one can compete with it.

If someone violates the rules, we can all attack them as a group."

"Okay." Gao Jianwu said, "Mohe Khan's proposal is very good. Everyone can benefit and can advance and retreat together. There is no need to worry about who will betray everyone."

Songtsen Gampo said: "Yes, what do you think?"

King Gaochang said: "No."

Mohe Khan frowned slightly, not expecting that someone would object to his opinion, which made him feel a little uncomfortable and unhappy.

He was the one who held his own in Xue Yantuo. Anyone who dared to object would be dragged down and beheaded.

Xue Yantuo became the powerful country it is today because of its iron-blooded policy and soft governance towards the people. Otherwise, when Jieli Khan attacked him, Xue Yantuo would have been defeated long ago.

Although he was very unhappy, Mohe Khan did not show his displeasure. Instead, he kept smiling and asked: "King Gaochang, do you know what is wrong?"

King Gaochang replied: "Xue Yantuo Khan, although your method is good, each of our countries is different in size, strength and weakness. Even if we attack a country at the same time, you may have occupied the other country's capital, but we cannot even reach the other country's border."

There is a possibility that there will be no breakthrough, which is not cost-effective for some of our small and weak countries."

King Nanzhao stood up and said: "King Gaochang is right. Of all the countries present, our country, Nanzhao, is the smallest and the weakest. We can only be bullied by others and send troops to attack others, which is impossible.

According to Khan Xue Yantuo's method, I'm afraid that our Nanzhao Kingdom will never be able to grow in this life, so we might as well just buy a thousand muskets and form a musketeer team, then we still have some chance of winning if we want to attack other countries."

Emperor Huangji nodded slightly and said: "This is indeed a troublesome matter. According to Xue Yantuo Khan's method, it is true that only strong countries will benefit the most, weak countries the least, and maybe none at all.

Alas, I think it would be better to change the strategy for this second point."

Mohe Khan said solemnly: "I wonder if Emperor Fuso has any better solution?"

Emperor Kogi said: "My method is that after we leave, we will directly go to war against all the countries that obey the Tang Dynasty. Each of us will find a country to go to war with.

If a small country has no strength, then it can ask nearby big countries for help. However, a small country cannot unreasonably provoke countries that are several times more powerful than itself.

Unless you are surrounded by such powerful countries, even then, small countries still need to discuss with big countries.

If a big country is unstable at home, or is already using troops and cannot mobilize troops, then it cannot be forced to send troops.

Moreover, the troops were not sent in vain. The small country should bear the food, grass and military expenses. The number of cities captured in the end was divided equally between the two sides.

Everyone, you are satisfied with this method."

Gao Jianwu nodded slightly and said: "This is indeed a satisfactory and perfect method. The big country sends troops, the small country pays, and finally it is divided equally.

OK, I agree. Tubo Zanpu, Xue Yantuo Khan, what do you think?"

Mohe Khan thought for a moment, and finally nodded: "This method has some additions to my method. It is indeed more perfect. I agree."

Songtsen Gampo nodded and said: "Okay, although Tubo is vast and sparsely populated, it can still manage to gather some troops.

But food, grass and military pay are a big problem, which is why our Tibetan army has not grown.

Now there are small countries helping us with food, grass and military pay, so why wouldn't we do it?"

Emperor Kogi nodded and said, "Okay, you three agree. I wonder if the other kings also agree?"

King Nanzhao nodded and said: "I agree. If you pay for food and military pay, you can have a strong army. I don't know any reason to refuse."

The other kings nodded, there was really no reason for them to refuse.

In the end, everyone agreed to the second alliance.

Emperor Huangji then asked: "Prince Gao Jianwu, don't you know what the third purpose is?"

Gao Jianwu said: "Actually, the third purpose, which everyone has just discussed, is to launch a war.

The first purpose is for us to cooperate with each other, whether it is commercial or military cooperation.

The second purpose is that we refuse to buy muskets and instead snatch muskets from the countries that bought them.

The third purpose is to wage war against neighboring countries. When we wage war against our country's surroundings, we must discover our own strength against the Tang Dynasty.

As long as we take all the surrounding lands as our own, increase our military strength, and then attack the Tang Dynasty from all directions, let the Tang Dynasty worry about one thing and lose another, and finally be defeated by us.

We can take this opportunity to carve up the Tang Dynasty and possess the new technology of the Tang Dynasty. We can also share the technology of firearms. As for who makes it first, it depends on each person's ability."

Emperor Kogi said: "Yes, we do need to each rely on our abilities, but before that, we need to exchange information.

So we need to buy Datang’s telegraph technology. Maybe you don’t know what a telegraph is, but it is a good thing that can transmit sounds thousands of miles."

Afterwards, Emperor Kogoku told everything he knew about the telegram.

Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed when they heard this.

"Isn't it possible? The Tang Dynasty actually has such a magical weapon? Then when our army gathers at the border of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin will know about it right away?" King Gaochang said.

"That's right." Emperor Kogi said, "The news that Li Dejian and Orihime were getting married had just been announced. Within a few days, Chai Lingwu went to Heian Kyo to inform me of the matter."

"Damn it, if Datang really knows about the border affairs at the first time, then we can't catch them off guard.

Originally, when I was thinking of using the border to deliver news to Li Shimin, I captured several cities in one go and used them for supplies.

It is impossible now. They will definitely defend themselves as soon as possible. Even if they only need to defend the border for a few hours, rescue will arrive. This is a fatal blow to us." Songtsen Gampo said.

Among the kings present, the one who knew the most about the war was Songtsen Gampo. He had unified Tubo at a young age.

Before Songtsen Gampo unified Tubo, the whole of Tubo was torn apart, and tribes often fought over a piece of grassland or water source.

In the end, Songtsen Gampo used his intelligence, bravery, and decisive character to unify Tubo.

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