Chapter 281 Pain for Ben Gong
Seeing Chen Yi being overjoyed, Wu Zetian looked very happy and looked at Chen Yi with a smile and said, "Zi Ying, it seems that Tubo is about to be destroyed soon. I am really glad to have heard your idea and sent a large army to attack the Tubo people! If he was hesitant before the New Year, he would have missed the opportunity!" After Chen Yi's suggestions were adopted, they all achieved good results, especially military aspects, which made Wu Zetian trust this little man a lot. Any suggestions he made would not be taken lightly in court affairs, especially military affairs. Of course, let her do this and because he is her little lover, the effect of the pillow style has always been amazing.
After hearing Wu Zetian say this, Chen Yi was a little proud and said according to Wu Zetian's wishes: "Empress, Zan Po has surrendered for a few years, and now it has finally been useful to his place. No matter what the result of this battle, Zan Po's military achievements have been indelible. The civil strife of the Tubo people will be the most fatal factor in their destruction. According to my opinion, in just a few days, Qinling's troops will also participate in the battle with Mangsong and Mangzan. At that time, my army of Luodao will be able to easily capture Luosian cities and completely eliminate the remaining power of Tubo!"
Zan Po was sent to the battle, and when the army was about to arrive in Luoshe City, the intelligence and spies made a big fuss, spread the news of Zan Sinuo, Qinling General and Zan Po to eliminate Mang Song and Mang Zan, and easily provoked internal struggles among the Tubo people. Chen Yi, who came up with this "bad idea", never expected that such an effect would be possible. It really tasted like a soldier without fighting.
Many times, a country is not destroyed by the invasion of foreign enemies. It is defeated by internal struggle. My Madao's army will reach Luosian cities, and the Tubo people do not resist the attack of our army in a single piece. On the contrary, because of the rumors spread by our intelligence personnel, they suspect each other and fight each other. Even if they have increased their strength, they will not be able to eliminate internal struggles and unite against the outside world. Unless one side has a particularly powerful force, they can easily deal with the other side and unify the outside world. Otherwise, it is impossible to defend the enemy outside the country.
Mangsong Mangzan's power is not advantageous compared with Zansinuo and Qinling. Most of the armed forces are in the hands of Zansinuo and Qinling. If Mangsong Mangzan had not been Zanpu, if Qinling had not suffered a big defeat by Qinghai, the power of both sides was not at the same level. Mangsong Mangzan had no power to shake the power of the Gar family, and he would not have the idea of activate the Gar family. After Qinling lost to Qinghai and fled back, it was an excellent time to eliminate the Gar family's power and restore Zanpu's majesty.
But Mang Song Mangzan picked the wrong time, or made a decision and was "born at the wrong time". When he was preparing to show up with the Gar family and fight for the highest power in the country, the Tang army fought over. He did not have the possibility of further implementation of his plan. At the critical moment, he relied on the power of the Gar family to resist foreign enemies. However, he did not expect rumors to spread, which forced Mang Song Mangzan, who was already preparing to deal with the Gar family, to be wary. In the end, the fight in the nest continued to heat up. He didn't even care that the foreign enemies were about to arrive at the city.
This is fatal to the entire Tubo, even if there is no internal struggle, the current Tubo power may not necessarily defeat the Tang army. Not to mention that the major internal forces are now facing each other.
Chen Yi knew this principle, and Wu Zetian, who had been storms for a long time, also knew this principle. She no longer had any doubts about winning the battle in the Tubo battle, and believed that the victory of this war would be many times easier than she had imagined. After hearing Chen Yi's words, her smile became brighter: "Zi Ying, you said it well. Zan Po did make great contributions in this battle. If he persuaded Zan Siruo and Qinling to surrender, the contribution would be even greater! I hope Zan Po can live up to our expectations and successfully persuade his two brothers to surrender. If Zan Sinuo and Qinling can surrender, then the capture of Luoshen City will be just around the corner!"
Seeing Wu Zetian's excited expression, Chen Yi took the opportunity to make another suggestion, "Empress, now the Tubo people are fighting intravenously. Mang Song Mangzan is afraid of being plotted by Zan Sinuo and Qinling, and is ready to eliminate their power. The court should appropriately express his attitude. I think the court should pass on an edict to General Xue, asking him to submit it to Zan Sinuo and Qinling, and tell them that as long as they cooperate with our Tang army, no matter what they did before, the Tang court will not pursue them. The situation after surrender will not disappoint them. Zan Po is the best example. As long as they are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, they will still have the opportunity to lead the Tang army to fight abroad in the future!"
After hearing Chen Yi say this, Wu Zetian agreed after thinking about it, "Zi Ying, what you said makes sense. I promised you to ask and immediately draft an edict to send it to Tubo as soon as possible to persuade Qinling and Zan Xinuo to surrender! If they really surrendered, the court would not lose their fault. Zan Po is an example they can refer to, haha! If the three brothers who surrendered were all crowned kings, that would be considered a strange thing!"
"Empress, then I immediately ordered the news to be transmitted to Luoshecheng, and let the intelligence personnel take a walk out of the news, and told them the full text of the edict, in order to make Luoshecheng even more chaotic! I wonder if the Empress can allow me to do this?" Chen Yi asked again.
Nowadays, the transmission of messages in the Tang Dynasty's army has gradually begun to use domesticated pigeons. This kind of bird that can fly in the sky can transmit intelligence many times faster than the fastest fast horses. It takes at least ten days to pass messages from Chang'an to the Tubo front line, and only two or three days to use a pigeon. Now it is spring on the Tubo Plateau, and the pigeons can arrive safely. If you are afraid of mistakes, just put a few more pigeons. Fortunately, Chen Yi thought that the court needed to send a few years ago.
The army had made preparations for the invasion of the Tubo hinterland, and last year, it sent intelligence personnel to bring pigeons to the vicinity of Lusai City for training. In wartime, this bird could play the role of transmitting intelligence. The military newspapers that Chen Yi just saw were sent back through pigeons, and the above situation was three days ago. Of course, no one can guarantee that the released pigeons will be received by the other end. Therefore, to be on the safe side, a few more birds should be placed to minimize the transmission failure.
Wu Zetian agreed without considering Chen Yi's proposal: "Well, just do what you said, and then walk out all the contents of the edict. It is best to put it on the Mang Song and Mang Zan's desk so that he will never suspect that Zan Sinuo and Qinling are conspiring with our Tang army to deal with him! Haha, let them fight hard, and then the battle will become an unprepared place!"
"Empress, I think that in addition to spreading rumors about the alienation of the Tubo people, I also need to send envoys to contact Zan Silo and Qinling to really persuade them to surrender. Once Zan Sinuo and Qinling surrender, with Mangsong, Mangzan's power, they will no longer be able to stop the attack of our army. It is very likely that the war will end in a few days, and our army does not need to cause too much casualties!" Chen Yi made another suggestion. Although the battle against Tubo this time, the first encounter with the Tubo people ended with the battle between Qinling's troops and our army won one-sided victory, some soldiers still lost their lives in the conflict. Chen Yi believed that if a strong attack was needed to obtain the city of Luoshe, the casualties of our army would be even greater. No one knew how many soldiers would sprinkle blood on the plateau blood domain, and they would never be able to return to their hometown and reunite with their relatives.
Moreover, the low casualty rate of the war will also become a magical legend. If our army only paid a very small price of casualties and captured the city of Lusie City and let the Tubo fall into a country, the victory of this battle will greatly amplify the military's military power exponentially, and make the Tang army invincible to the world legend even more magical. Who wants to fight against our Tang Dynasty, will definitely consider whether they have the ability and qualifications to be enemies with our Tang Dynasty.
"Well, this is certainly feasible. I believe that Zanpo will not disappoint us! Haha!" Wu Zetian said with a smile. Before the army set off, Wu Zetian secretly summoned Zanpo and Mangbuzhi alone and gave him opportunities in person. Wu Zetian believed that this surrendered general who had served loyally in front of her would do something. Even if he could not persuade Zancinuo and Qinling to surrender, they would eliminate their fighting spirit.
After saying this, Wu Zetian laughed twice and covered her mouth and yawned. In the past two days, she was worried about the court affairs, and the military newspapers from the Tubo front line had several consecutive reports. She was too late to handle the matter and had to go to court mornings and didn't sleep well. After talking to Chen Yi for a long time, she became sleepy and couldn't help but yawn. In front of Chen Yi, she would not care about these behaviors that damaged her image as she did in front of others.
Seeing Wu Zetian like this, Chen Yi knew that the woman was a little tired, so he got up considerately and walked up to him and whispered: "The Empress must be tired. Why don't you take a break before getting up to deal with the affairs of the court? Or let me press your body for you to get rid of your fatigue!"
Looking at the evil expression that naturally appeared as Chen Yi spoke, Wu Zetian couldn't help but feel sick, and his sleepiness disappeared immediately. He replaced it with a desire of his body. This desire became even more intense when Chen Yi glanced at his chest, and then stood up and said in a sweet voice: "I am really tired. Let's go in and take a nap. I'll follow me and press it for me. Some things need to be explained separately! Tuan'er, let me continue. Without my permission, no one is allowed to come in and disturb me!"
As he said that, he walked towards the inner room. Wu Tuaner, who was standing far away, responded mechanically and immediately went over and told someone to pull up the curtains of the inner and outer halls and wait for the connection between the inner and outer halls.
Chen Yi hesitated for a moment and then followed Wu Zetian, who had already started to go to the inner room.
As soon as he entered the inner room, Wu Zetian, who had just been dignified and noble, immediately let go, turned around and threw himself into Chen Yi's arms, and said coquettishly: "Bad guy, I know how to seduce me. I'm busy these days, and I don't have time to summon you into the palace. I miss you so much! Ziying, I'll love me later!"
"I will definitely love you very much!"
Chapter completed!