Tang Dynasty, I can lead troops through ancient and modern times

Chapter 157 Political victim?

Princess Wencheng was not stupid and immediately understood what the emperor and the prince meant by their question.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about me if you want to do anything. It doesn't matter to me."

Li Shimin nodded: "Very good, a heroine!"

Then he looked at Li Chengqian: "What are you going to do next?"

"What else can we do? Either kill him directly or put him under house arrest. But no matter what we do, the direction of the border must be adjusted."

"I suggest that Li Ji be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Sea Road and lead troops to station in Tuyuhun to defend against possible invasions by Tubo at any time."

Princess Wencheng said that she didn't care about Songtsen Gampo.

But when she really heard that they were going to deal with Songtsen Gampo, she couldn't help but twitch her eyelids! !

But she didn't say much, just listened quietly.

Li Daozon's face also jumped!

This is going to completely break off relations!

Is this what your Majesty means?

Li Daozong looked at Li Shimin...

"What about the technology and craftsmen that were sent out before? If Songtsen Gampo is taken down, won't Tubo send out another leader to continue its development?"

Li Chengqian said: "What's the use of pushing forward another leader? The reason why Tubo was able to be integrated together was due to the ability of Songtsen Gampo.

Once Songtsen Gampo is gone, the major tribal forces within Tubo will inevitably rise up and the country will fall into division again.

We just need to do a good job of defense on the border, stabilize the situation, then help the weak and suppress the strong, use one faction to fight another, and keep Tubo in a state of civil strife.

When the Tang Dynasty is free, we will deal with them one by one!"

Li Shimin frowned: "Is it that simple?"

Li Chengqian laughed: "It's that simple. Even if Songtsen Gampo returns to the plateau and unifies the entire Tubo, he is still no match for the Tang Dynasty. They must digest the Tang Dynasty's technology and strengthen their national strength before they can fight against the Tang Dynasty.

But have they digested it now?"

Li Chengqian said disdainfully: "It's not that I look down on Tubo, their current strength is not even much stronger than Tuyuhun back then.

If you hadn't sent us both people and technology, and if you hadn't given us Songtsen Gampo's great talent and strategy, and if we hadn't developed the country over the next few decades, it would have been harder than climbing to the sky for Tubo to have a chance to rise."

"Now let's get rid of Songtsen Gampo. Even if those technologies remain on the plateau, once they fall into civil strife, who will care about those technologies?"

Li Shimin touched his nose awkwardly: "Yes, yes, it was all my fault for being so foolish back then. I cultivated a powerful opponent in vain. I'm sorry!"

Li Daozon was completely stunned after listening to the conversation between the father and son.

Not to mention the attitude between the father and son, let’s just say that the prince predicted that Tubo would threaten the Tang Dynasty decades later. Could he have predicted the future?

The key point is that Li Shimin actually admitted his mistake. What on earth is going on?

Princess Wenchen was not in the mood to care about these things, and her thoughts seemed to still be on the matter of killing Songtsen Gampo.

"Should Songtsen Gampo be killed or kept?" Li Shimin asked again.

Li Chengqian looked at Princess Wencheng and said, "Sister, we respect your wishes. If you have feelings for Songtsen Gampo, I will keep him to live with you in Chang'an. If not..."

Princess Wencheng sighed: "It's up to your Majesty and your Highness to decide. I just can't bear to part with my child. He's not even one year old yet..."

"If what my brother said is true, Tubo will inevitably fall into civil strife, and my child will inevitably be helped by an ambitious person to become a puppet, and the final outcome will inevitably be that she will be replaced and become a soul killed by the sword...

But he is less than one year old! ! "

After hearing this, Li Chengqian was a little hesitant to respond to Princess Wencheng's words!

The imperial court's major policies took into account the entire Tang Dynasty's strategy, for which it could sacrifice thousands of troops and even the stable lives of the people in the border areas.

These are nothing, let alone the life and death of a child and the love of a mother.

This is cruel, but also realistic.

Li Shimin and Li Daozon also sighed, not knowing what to say.

They are all high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty and will never change the policies that are beneficial to the Tang Dynasty just because of a child.

So Princess Wencheng had to be sacrificed!

The hall suddenly became quiet.

After a long while, Princess Wencheng stood up and bowed: "I am a little tired, I will take my leave!!"

Looking at Princess Wencheng's back, Li Shimin finally issued an order: "Capture Songtsen Gampo. Princess Wencheng will stay in the palace and cannot leave without permission!!"

On the other hand, Songtsen Gampo also had a bad feeling after leaving the Wude Hall.

But what can he do now?

Looking at the majestic and imposing Tang Dynasty Palace, he felt like a bird in a cage.

When Li Shimin received the order, his ministers tried their best to dissuade him from entering the Tang Dynasty.

But now Tubo’s national strength is completely unable to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

Even if they were inside the plateau, it would be difficult for the Tang army to invade.

But the Tuyuhun area is already the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty. If I don't follow the order of the Tang Emperor and come to Chang'an, I will be disobeying the order and disobeying the will of the Khan! !

This is the Heavenly Khan. With one decree, he can order the countries in the Western Regions to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty and destroy Gaochang that offended the Tang Dynasty.

Can Tubo withstand such strength and prestige?

If they disobeyed the order, the Tang army in the direction of Tuyuhun would probably immediately attack southwards, or even lead the troops of the countries in the Western Regions to attack from all directions.

By then, the tribal forces in various places that have just been conquered will likely rise again.

Tubo would fall into internal turmoil again, and he, as the Zamp, would not be able to lead Tubo to rise, but would most likely be attacked by the crowd and eventually destroyed.

Therefore, for the unification of Tubo and its future growth, he had no choice but to take the risk and come to the Tang Dynasty.

Now we can only hope that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has no intention of dealing with Tubo.

Princess Wencheng, I can only hope that she is important enough in the heart of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty!!

Thinking of this, Princess Wencheng just walked out of the palace.

"Zanpu..."

Looking at Princess Wencheng's sad expression, Songtsen Gampo's heart instantly sank to the bottom.

"Princess!! The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty..."

Princess Wencheng shed tears, and then the fully armed palace guards came and captured Songtsen Gampo in an instant.

"What are you doing? Princess, save me..."

But Princess Wencheng just stood there and watched silently without any reaction.

Songtsen Gampo struggled violently: "Emperor of the Great Tang, what crime did a foreign minister commit? Why did you arrest me? Why? Come out and explain clearly!!"

"Aren't you afraid that my Tibetan army will attack the Tang Dynasty? Li Shimin, come out here!!"

"Li Shimin, come out here!!!"

There was no response from the deep Wude Hall. Only the Tyndall effect produced by the dazzling sunlight highlighted the coldness and tyranny of the Tang Dynasty.

Songtsen Gampo was captured, and all the Tibetan soldiers waiting outside the palace were taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded.