Li Mingda domineeringly rejected Songtsen Gampo's proposal. The Tibetan envoys were confused and had no idea what to do.

Chen Gong advised them: "Our Mingzun Holy Emperor has already said it, you can just go back and tell them the exact words."

Envoy: "But wouldn't this make us meet at war again?"

Chen Gong: "No, this kind of thing naturally requires some back-and-forth discussion. You can just go back and tell the original story. Your Songtsen Gampo will naturally know what it means."

The envoy thought for a while and said the same thing: "Thank you, Mr. Chen Gong, for your enlightenment. I'll go back right away."

"Farewell"

"Farewell"

After seeing off the Tibetan envoys, Zhang Liao turned back and asked Chen Gong: "Why did you lie to him, Old Chen?"

Chen Gong spread his hands: "I can't say that His Majesty just wants to beat you. Besides, Your Majesty has already seen through everything. The so-called talk is all a conspiracy of the Tubo people. If they really want peace and surrender directly, they will admit defeat."

Wouldn't it be better?"

How could Zhang Liao, a wise general, be so easily deceived by Chen Gong: "You old Chen, you are very evil-minded. How can it be such a good thing to just ask such a big Tubo country to surrender?"

Chen Gong stroked his beard and smiled mysteriously: "This is hard to explain."

Zhang Liao, who knew that Chen Gong would never act without aim, chased Chen Gong and asked: "Old Chen, what did you see? Tell me."

Chen Gong just didn't say anything and left with a smile.

The Tibetan envoys returned without success and brought Li Mingda's original words to the ears of Songtsen Gampo.

Songtsan Gambo was so angry that he smashed the tea bowl in his hand: "I'm so angry, Li Mingda really doesn't know what to do~!"

Lu Dongzan on the side thought carefully and raised objections: "She is indeed the first generation empress of the Tang Dynasty. She won the throne at such a young age. She has figured out our future countermeasures. I admire her."

Ah~!”

"Then, what else can you do?"

"Why don't you let the Murong family ask, isn't Murong Yanyi Murong Xue's uncle? Murong Xue's status around Li Mingda is not low, one person is inferior to ten thousand people."

"Murong Yanyi is a very cunning fox. Is he willing to help?"

Lu Dongzan said with a smile: "This is not only helping us but also helping him. Everyone in the Murong family except him is enjoying wealth and glory in the Tang Dynasty. Is he happy with the lack of food and clothing on the plateau?"

Lack of food and clothing on the plateau

Although Songtsen Gampo found this sentence a bit heartbreaking, he still rationally admitted the fact: "Then, let him send people to ask. I don't know how those people will laugh at me after this failure."

Lu Dongzan once again spoke to persuade Songtsen Gampo: "No, negotiations must come and go. Just send envoys again to send a letter to Emperor Mingzun of the Tang Dynasty to discuss the matter."

Songtsen Gampo looked at him with a look on his face: "What do you mean?"

"We pretended to negotiate to obtain the true intentions and bottom line of Emperor Mingzun of the Tang Dynasty from the Murong family, and then we can truly negotiate with them. If the other party is really determined to destroy our Tubo, it is better to cooperate with those people first to save ourselves.

Make other plans."

"Lu Dongzan, you are indeed my number one wise man in Tubo. Having you by my side is the greatest blessing in my life."

Lu Dongzan's face looked full of scheming and complacency: "Sir Songtsen Gampo has given me such praise, but I am ashamed to deserve it."

The two exchanged business compliments, and Lu Dongzan went to arrange things.

Songtsen Gampo sent people to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty. The Dalai Lama, the leader of the religious forces, was naturally unhappy: "It's so abominable that he did such a thing behind our backs."

"Dalai, what should we do?"

"We also want to send a mission to communicate with Datang."

"yes"

The general guarding the border between Tuyuhun and Tubo looked at the two groups of Tibetan envoys, one was the first and the other was the largest. He had no choice but to pass the matter on to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao heard that two groups were coming again, and he did not hesitate to pick them up together. Under Chen Gong's instruction, he arranged them in a courtyard.

Zhang Liao arranged the matter well and said with a wicked smile to Chen Gong who was writing an official document to Li Mingda: "Old Chen, I didn't expect that you are really bad. You are not afraid of arranging two groups of people who don't get along with each other.

Are they fighting?"

"Wouldn't a fight be more beneficial to us in Datang? It would be best if two more people die."

"Also, it would be better if it was the envoy who died."

"Then, you can arrange things accordingly. I will write an official document to His Majesty."

Zhang Liao shook his head: "Let's leave this kind of thing to Jia Xu and the others. It's not appropriate for me to do this."

"Right"

Chen Gong continued to write official documents without raising his head while speaking, reporting the news of the arrival of the two groups of envoys to Li Mingda. At the same time, he also elaborated on his own point of view: You can talk to both sides, and cooperate with the one who offers better conditions.

.

Seeing that Chen Gong had no time to talk to him, Zhang Liao said to Chen Gong: "I'm leaving first."

"good"

Just like what Chen Gong had arranged in advance, when the two groups met, they would just glare at each other. If it weren't for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, they would just draw their swords.

The two sides were angry and disliked each other. The soldiers arranged to maintain order also received Zhang Liao's orders. As long as they did not go out to cause trouble and did not directly use knives, they could do whatever they liked.

Envoys from both sides came looking for

This news made Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng very excited. They all came to persuade Li Mingda.

"Your Majesty, this is an opportunity."

"It is possible to take down Tubo without any bloodshed."

"According to my old idea, just send troops to help them maintain safety."

"Follow the Mingzun Holy Cult and station in Tubo. A two-pronged approach will ensure success."

Li Mingda, who was in a salty state, turned over and turned to look at Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, and Lu Zhi who were gathered around his recliner. They started talking: "What are you thinking? Do you think the other party is stupid or not?"

We are stupid, and Liuli, please give me a glass of water."

"Master, Sister Liuli has gone to rest. I am on duty today."

I heard Jingzi's voice: "Oh, Jingzi, give me a glass of water."

"It's the master"

Jingzi, who was wearing a lace maid outfit, obediently brought the water, and Li Mingda drank it in one gulp.

Fang Xuanling took advantage of Li Mingda to finish drinking the water: "Your Majesty, what are we going to do this time?"

"Simple, just drive them back. Before they leave, draft a document of unconditional surrender and give it to them, and ask them to take it to Songtsen Gampo and the Dalai Lama."

"Unconditional surrender letter?

Seeing that Fang Xuanling and others didn't know what it meant, Li Mingda reminded them: "Go to Wang Meng and ask him. He knows what it means. Just write it down. Tubo won't agree anyway. They are just stalling for time."

I also need some time to sort out the military personnel across the country."

"promise"

Fang Xuanling and others resigned, and Jia Xu emerged from the side with a note in his hand: "Your Majesty, Chen Gong has a plan to provoke the relationship between the two groups of Tubo people. Please take a look at it."

Li Mingda took it and looked at it carefully, thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Yes, but one leader's death is too few. More dead points will have an effect. You can go ahead and do it, but you must keep it secret. There are some defenders of Taoism in the Tang Dynasty.

It’s a bit troublesome to deal with.”

"Nuo, Chen will make arrangements right away."

A few days later, inside the house where the Tibetan envoys lived, a dark figure quietly sneaked into the kitchen.
Chapter completed!