kingnovel Chapter 1055 Songtsen Gampo's Decision
Chapter 1055 Songtsen Gampo's Decision
When Wang Sheng set out on his return journey with the reply from His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Lu Dongzan in the distant Tibetan capital, Lhasa, had already sensed the approaching danger.
So he found Songtsen Gampo and expressed his concerns: "Great Zamp, right now, we and Tuyuhun are the only ones left around the Tang Dynasty who can pose a threat to them. I am worried that... the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty will not let us go."
"Prime Minister, you are right." When Songtsen Gampo heard Lu Dongzan mention the King of Chu, his eyes flashed with worry: "If... the Tang Dynasty contacts us in the future and asks us to cooperate with them to attack India... Prime Minister, that will be a signal that they are going to take action!"
"Yeah..." Lu Dongzan sighed when he heard this. There are many smart people in this world, but some big pictures cannot be controlled by you just because you can see clearly or are smart enough: "But we have no choice."
"It's not impossible." Songtsen Gampo felt that Lu Dongzan's view was too pessimistic: "The Tang people can't fight on the plateau, we... are actually invincible.
Moreover, more importantly, isn't there a Tuyuhun ahead of us?"
"Zanpu, what you mean is..." A crazy idea suddenly popped up in Lu Dongzan's mind: "Let Tuyuhun be forced to merge into Tubo under the pressure of the Tang army?!"
"This kind of thing will definitely not work out if we just talk about it directly." Songtsen Gampo neither admitted nor denied what Lu Dongzan said. He just said to himself, "Anyway...if the envoys from the Tang Dynasty come...I agree to send troops to India!"
"If Tianzhu is really taken, it will be difficult for us to snatch the King of Chu..." To be honest, Lu Dongzan did not want to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige, but the King of Chu was a bastard... He could not be reasoned with by common sense.
"India is big enough. Even if the Tang Dynasty wants to take it all, it doesn't have such an appetite." Songtsen Gampo smiled faintly and said, "Besides, don't we still have Tokharistan and Xueyantuo? They won't just watch the fat meat around their mouths being snatched away by the Tang Dynasty.
And I heard that Xueyantuo has now come together with Tocharian.
Yes, the entire Western Region has become the back garden of the Tang Dynasty. If the Xueyantuo do not choose to flee far away, then sooner or later they will become caged birds hanging under the eaves of the corridor. "Songtsen Gampo stopped talking when he said this, then looked at Lu Dongzan deeply, and then said: "We...can't be caged birds, so we can only take a gamble!"
"Yes..." Lu Dongzan nodded and said softly: "This may be our only way out..."
But this is also a gamble.
But... when the game starts and the stakes are placed, you must be prepared to lose everything...
Are they ready?
This is obviously a question worth pondering...
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When it comes to "deep thinking", we have to mention a guy who doesn't like to use his brain.
"Ruch, Ruchu, call me daddy~~" The summer in Qiongzhou is the longest season of the year. At that time, King Chu took advantage of the pleasant temperature in the early summer evening and sat under the camphor tree in the garden with his well-fed daughter to enjoy the cool air.
But even though His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu had already acted like a loving father, little Ruchu was too lazy to pay attention to her careless father. The little girl just lay peacefully in her father's arms, yawned softly, then closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
"Alas..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu could only sigh upon seeing this: "My daughter...you really don't give your father face."
"Second brother, what face?" Zhinu, who had played wildly outside all day as usual, had finished bathing and was walking through the moon gate with a piece of snack in his mouth, and came to the garden: "Oh, are you accompanying Ruchu again?"
"You are really wild..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu smiled helplessly when he saw this, "Where are your third and fourth brothers?"
"They went to practice martial arts with Hong San." While talking, His Royal Highness Prince Jin tiptoed to his brother's side. After taking a look at Xiao Ruchu who was sleeping soundly, he couldn't help but said enviously: "Second brother... when I was a child... you weren't so gentle."
"You can remember everything from your childhood?" His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said unhappily, "Don't you see who fed you every day? Compared to Sizi, you are just a naughty child!"
"Ha..." Li Zhi laughed when he heard that, and then said, "Second brother, have you really coaxed Sizi?"
"Of course." His Royal Highness the King of Chu said as he stood up and walked towards the inner courtyard: "You sit here first, and after I send Ruchu back, we can chat."
"What are you talking about?" Upon hearing this, Prince Jin felt the pressure doubled: "Second brother... I——"
"——Wait." His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not give his brother a chance to continue struggling.
After a while, the King of Chu, who had settled his daughter, returned to the garden and saw his brother standing by the fish pond with a worried look on his face, breaking up the leftover snacks into crumbs to feed the fish. So, Li Kuan couldn't help but said angrily, "Come here! Can I still eat you?"
"Second brother, I haven't done anything wrong recently, have I?" Upon hearing this, Li Zhi threw away all the snacks and slowly moved to Li Kuan.
"Sit there." His Royal Highness the King of Chu was rarely serious today.
"Second brother, what's the matter..." When His Royal Highness Prince Jin saw his second brother like this, he became even more nervous.
"After my second brother defeats Tianzhu this time, he will probably go on an expedition soon. So if you run into any trouble in the future, I can only guarantee your personal safety. As for whether I can help you, it depends on the situation." When His Royal Highness the King of Chu said this, he saw that his brother was still confused, so he simply said straight to the point: "In short, Tianzhu is a good place, but Zhinu... to a certain extent, if you go there to be a vassal in the future, you will be the same as a founding emperor. If you want to manage that land well, then you will have to pay even more than our father and our royal grandfather. Regarding this, Zhinu, are you mentally prepared?"
"Second brother... this..." To be fair, the main point of Prince Jin's long speech to his brother was only one: "If I mess up in the future, you won't blame me, right?"
"You are my brother, and I believe in your ability." His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled when he heard this.
"Second brother..." Zhinu never thought that in his second brother's heart, he was actually a genius: "You mean... I am better than our father and our royal grandfather, right?"