PFC Chapter 439 They Are So Smart
Chapter 439 They Are So Smart
"I have to say that your Tang Dynasty does have a way of developing people's livelihood."
"Look at those merchants. Although the weather is cold, they still can't stop their pace."
The Persian envoy sincerely praised.
And the envoys of Daqin and Dashi who were traveling with them nodded in agreement.
After all, the most important purpose of their coming to Datang is to learn how Datang developed and became strong.
"Several envoys, the Yumen Pass is in front of us. We will rest there for two days, replenish supplies, and set off in two days."
"You can also enjoy the frontier style of our Tang Dynasty. This Yumen Pass is an important passage for our Tang Dynasty to connect to the west. It is also because of the passing pedestrians and businessmen who have to stay here, which also makes it very prosperous."
Luo Song, who was in charge of 'escorting' them, said outside Yumen Pass.
"Oh? I heard that Yumen Pass was one of the important military towns of the Tang Dynasty, but now it is open to outsiders?"
The envoys of Dashi were in the Datang to report the news of Yumen Pass. After all, if they wanted to invade Datang, they would not be able to bypass Yumen Pass. If they can learn more about it now, their chances of winning will be better in the future.
"Of course, although Yumen Pass is an important military town, it is only a place on the Silk Road after all, and of course it must be open to the common people."
"Of course, it is impossible for the common people to come to the barracks and the wall."
"jacket!"
The Dashi envoy took a focused look at the closed wall protected by layers of soldiers, and subconsciously looked at Luo Song.
"Don't think about it, except for my Tang guards, no one is allowed to go up this wall without permission."
"Is there any secret hidden in it?"
The Great Food Messenger asked subconsciously.
"Of course, this is the first-class pass in my Tang Dynasty, and it naturally hides endless secrets. Don't think about it, you foreign people. If you are caught, don't say you are envoys, even if you are the emperor, you will also die Different place."
The more Luo Song said that, the more curious the three emissaries became, the more curious they were, the more they wanted to go up, but they still couldn't go up, at least they couldn't go up blatantly during the day, so...
"Cuckoo..."
"Cuckoo, Cuckoo!"
At night, in the post house at Yumenguan, there were a few birdsongs that should not have appeared here, and then I saw a few sneaky figures sneaking into an unlit room.
"Two, I won't say any unnecessary polite words. If the three of us want to fight against the Tang Dynasty, we must pass through the Yumen Pass. If the three of us can find out the situation of the guards at the Yumen Pass today, it will be good for the future..."
"Wealth and wealth are in danger. If we take back the defense map of Yumen Pass, it will be more useful than anything we bring back this time."
"Correct!"
The three of them looked at each other, and each picked up a pen to draw on the white paper, but because the pens they used were different from ours, so no matter how you looked at them, their drawings were awkward.
How to describe it, that is, when you talk about going to the pit, he says that the hut is the same, it is completely talking about chicken and duck.
"I made a general observation today. We should be three streets away from their garrison general's mansion. If we send out experts, it should be easy. After all, the people of Datang would never have imagined that someone would steal their defense map in the middle of the night. .”
"Yes, I heard that Luo Song say during the day that I haven't seen the Yumen Pass guard for a long time, and they seem to be old acquaintances, and they are going to have a drink."
"Chance!"
The three of them looked at each other, and nodded in unison. It was as if they had fallen asleep and went to the pillow.
That night, the three envoys selected some of the most vigorous and agile members of the mission, and quietly escaped from the post house, but...
They may not have heard of a thing called a telescope.
They thought that the guards of Datang couldn't see them, but in fact, the surroundings of their post house were already surrounded by layers, okay?
"My lord, the enemy has already taken the bait"
The eyes of Luo Song and Chai Shao, who were drinking outside, brightened, and they waved their hands at the messenger, "We're spying, we're reporting, don't startle the snake."
"Here!"
Luo Song picked up a glass of wine with a smile, "Come on, Brother Chai, they should be the ones who are afraid of making trouble now."
"Right!"
"Pass down the order to make all the patrols in the city squint their eyes."
"Hehehe!"
Seeing that the enemy had entered the urn, the two finally picked up their wine glasses and drank with confidence.
In fact, Li Wenhao didn't expect these people to have such a big obsession with Yumen Pass. After all, after the new Great Wall is built, Yumen Pass will also become the inner pass, and the new Great Wall will be their most difficult gateway.
Now that they want to steal Yumenguan's supplementary defense map, then Li Wenhao doesn't mind being a favor, and by the way, they will do their best...
"Are the envoys sleeping well?"
"Is the security in Yumen Pass okay?"
Luo Song pretended to be hungover, and said with a smell of alcohol.
"very good!"
Several people nodded, "Lord Luo, when are we going to leave? We have been here for several months."
The Persian envoy doesn't want to stay here for a moment now...
"Immediately, immediately."
After Luo Song and Chai Shao said goodbye, they set off again with these envoys.
"General Luo, there are only 3000 people in your battalion?"
"What, too little?"
"This grassland is so big, should we make gestures?"
Luo Song said 'drunkly', anyway, he didn't mind killing some of these savages by the way.
"No, no, the mountains are high and the road is far away, let's hurry!"
With the lessons learned from the Persians, only fools will compete with Luo Song and the others.
"Ahead is the last line of defense of my Great Tang, the West Great Wall. Of course, the West Great Wall has not been built yet, so there is only one city."
"Then, that is the giant city ahead. His Highness the Crown Prince named it Dragon City, which meant that the Dragon City would fly there, not Humadu Yinshan, but that mountain range is Yinshan."
Luo Song pointed to the city ahead and a faintly visible shadow in the distance and said.
These savages definitely don't know what it is, but they keep the Dragon City Flying Generals here, and don't teach Huma Du Yinshan, but they do know that if Datang's West Great Wall is built, they will never be able to defeat Datang in their lifetime.
"Okay, what a strong city, you can build such a huge city in a short period of time, you must be a skilled craftsman in Tang Dynasty!"
The Daqin envoy flattered him, but as soon as he finished speaking, the Persian envoy became unhappy.
Are you looking down on my Persia in a disguised form, saying that my Persia is full of idiots who can only use brute force?
"Hehe, in fact, the construction of this city is mainly due to the credit of Persia, thank you!"
Luo Song said bluntly.
"Hahaha, it seems that the Persians are really suitable for coolies!"
The envoys of Daqin and Dashi taunted disdainfully, followed Luo Song towards Longcheng.
"Hmph! You wait!"
The Persian envoy also hurriedly followed, not convinced, but after all, he has no one under his command now, and he is about to leave Datang's territory, so he needs to rely on these two big brothers to protect him.
"General Xue, long time no see!"
"General Luo..."
Xue Rengui and Luo Song hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they were naturally very enthusiastic. After Xue Li welcomed everyone into the city, he gave Luo Song a vague look in front of him.
Luo Song naturally nodded quietly.
"excuse me!"
Xue Li whispered, seeing that everyone had already entered the Wengcheng, he suddenly slapped his horse's buttocks and rushed out.
"close the door!"
There was a creaking sound, and Luo Song, including the envoys of the Three Kingdoms and the army they brought, were all blocked in the Urn City.
"Everyone, offended."
"I, Xue Li, have been guarding the grassland for many years. I have worked hard without merit. Instead of adding an official to me, the imperial court sent me to work in this bitter and cold place. There are tigers and leopards riding in the south echoing each other, is it true that the imperial court wants to cook rabbits to death?"
What Xue Rengui said was miserable, which was quite like Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin.
"General Luo, this..."
"You said you should protect us well."
"I only have 3000 people, as you heard, he has an army of 50."
Luo Song spread his hands helplessly.
"Xue Li, you and I are comrades, why are you like this?"
"General Luo, Xue Li has been supported by you many times since he was in the army. I, Xue Li, am not that ungrateful villain. The so-called wrong has the leader and the debt has the owner. If you let your brothers lay down their weapons, I will definitely keep them safe. , to ensure that they can return to Hebei."
"you……"
Luo Song glanced at the left and right captains with a complicated expression, but he was actually sending them a signal to make them obey.
"All right……"
Sighing like a dying hero, the silver gun in Luo Song's hand fell to the ground.
"I, Luo Song, have fought all my life and won all battles. I never thought that..."
"Get off the horse, now we have already surrendered."
Luo Song dismounted first and led the horse and walked towards the side. The soldiers of the White Horse Battalion behind him all put down their weapons and walked to the side with downcast faces.
"General, we..."
"To shut up!"
Luo Song shouted angrily, and looked at the group of brothers behind him like a warning.
If it wasn't because of a plan in advance, who would have let their Baima camp lay down their weapons?
"Several, what about you, are you going to fight in the corner, or be wiser?"
"us……"
The envoys from Daqin, Persia, Dashi, and the Three Kingdoms took a look and nodded helplessly. After all, the walls of Wengcheng were full of archers with bows and arrows. At this time, magic resistance is no different from courting death.
"We surrender!"
"Removal of armor!"
Xue Li roared, and naturally a large number of soldiers came over and pulled away their weapons, armor and those carriages.
"Detain!"
That night, in Xue Li's mansion, Luo Song was holding a wine glass and having a drink with Xue Li, accompanied by the eight generals, Xue Rengui's eight brothers, Zhou Qing, Li Qinghong, Jiang Xingba and others.
"General Luo, what an offense, but what His Royal Highness wants, I can't do anything about it."
"Hey, who's to say it's not, His Royal Highness's mind can really be called a monster."
"Do you know what His Highness told me when I came?"
Luo Songshen said mysteriously.
"What did you say?"
Xue Rengui asked curiously.
"Your Highness said that our West Great Wall not only needs to be repaired, but also need those foreign countries to contribute money and efforts to help us repair it. The core and the most critical part of this lies in you."
"On my body?"
Xue Li was a little confused.
"hey-hey!"
Luo Song chuckled, "His Royal Highness is afraid that you may not operate well and show a flaw, so he specially asked Liu Bowen to help you."
Behind Luo Song, a soldier in white armor was struggling to take off his armor, revealing the appearance of a man in his 30s.
"Liu Bowen met General Xue."
"I have seen Mr. Liu."
"Okay, you two are welcome, it's not that you don't know each other."
Luo Song interrupted the two who were still polite, "What does His Royal Highness mean, is that General Xue, you continue to be the second or fifth son, and you want to establish yourself as the king in the far west of this grassland, swinging left and right, and Hebei and Guanzhong will also Act as if you are powerless to conquer you."
"As for the foreign supplies, it's naturally General Xue's military expenses. As for the rest, it's up to Mr. Liu."
"Ha ha!"
Liu Bowen stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Tomorrow, as General Xue's confidant and military adviser, I will secretly contact three foreign envoys, especially those from the Great Food Kingdom. They are the closest to us."
"As for the purpose..."
"The West Great Wall is short of money."
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Longcheng was under full martial law. Under the leadership of his own soldiers, Liu Bowen came to the place where the envoys were under house arrest.
"The envoy of the Great Food Kingdom?"
"I don't know where you are in the Great Food Kingdom?"
Liu Bowen said straight to the point.
"What do you mean?"
Before he came to Datang, he had already reported the identity of the envoy to Datang. Now that this person does not know his identity, who he is, or who he is, is about to be revealed.
"Our general is dancing on the edge of a cliff now, so naturally we need to find some powerful allies."
"Your general..."
"You mean General Xue?"
"That's right!"
Liu Bowen nodded.
"Why should we cooperate with you? Datang has never tolerated rebellion. What confidence do you have to think that you will survive Datang's strangulation?"
The emissary of Dashi said disdainfully that although they are poor, being poor does not mean they are stupid. They can at least make peace with Datang for a few years if they maintain the current situation. Then I'm afraid that Li Wenhao will make trouble for them after he draws Xue Li first.
"Then let me analyze it for you."
When Liu Bowen came, he had already deduced what this group of people were going to say, so he naturally didn't panic.
"First of all, General Xue Li once brought out the invincible tiger and leopard cavalry, and now the tiger and leopard cavalry is in the Western Regions. Guess what they will do if they let the tiger and leopard cavalry hit Xue Li with their backhand?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you that Xue Li is now contacting Tiger Leopard Cavalry's coach Cao Mengde, who has already taken a positive response."
"Also, among the generals in Hebei, apart from Luo Song, which one has the seniority of General Xue? Which one has not received the favor of General Xue?"
"Do you think they might actually attack with all their might?"
"Hmph, how do you know you can't? What if Li Wenhao leads the army himself?"
The envoy of the Great Food Kingdom said with a look of disdain, now they are really scared of being beaten.
Liu Bowen smiled again, as if he was laughing at the short-sightedness of the emissary of Dashi Kingdom, "Take a step back, we can't beat Datang, can't we beat your Dashi?"
"With the 50 blood-killing troops commanded by General Xue, plus the food, grass and ordnance you gave us this time, I don't think it will be a problem to take half of the territory even if you can't destroy it!"
"If we can't beat Datang, we can go west. Where are we heading west? You should know better than me!"
"you……"
The Dashi envoy was speechless for a while, and he really couldn't find anything to refute. As for the silly words that their Dashi's combat power is not weaker than that of the Blood Killing Army, let's not say it!
The strength of Datang's army has now left a deep shadow in their hearts. Even if they can't take down half of Dashi's territory, if they take down a few cities and then refuse to take risks, aren't they themselves the ones who are disgusting?
"How do you want to cooperate..."
The emissary of Dashi said as if he had exhausted his last strength.
"First of all, you have to tell me what position you are in the Great Food Kingdom, and whether your words count, so that I can tell you my plan!"
Liu Bowen brought the topic back to the beginning, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.
"I am Prince Anli of Dashi. I control the southern third of Dashi's territory and the soldiers and horses. In the court, one person is under ten thousand!"
"Hmph! You really lied about the news back then!"
Liu Bowen murmured in his heart.
"In this case, you are qualified to cooperate with us."
"To put it simply, General Xue can help you defend against Datang's attack, or even help you block Datang here, but it depends on whether you are willing to give up chips."
"You have 50 people, it is difficult to contain Datang, how to defend? How to block?"
The emissary of Dashi said disdainfully, from the first impression, he thought Liu Bowen was a lunatic.
"That's not easy, just build the Great Wall."
"Although it is said that Datang used the Great Wall to defend you, you can also use it to defend Datang!"
"After all, who defends whom? The defenders of the Great Wall have the final say, and General Xue has already repaired the Great Wall for a certain distance?"
"What you said seems to make sense!"
The Great Food Messenger always felt that something was wrong, but he really couldn't tell, after all, there was nothing wrong with Liu Bowen's words.
"Wait, what do you mean, we pay to help you build the Great Wall?"
"No, no, let me correct you. This Great Wall was built for yourselves. Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity before you."
"You see, after the Qin Great Wall was completed, it directly blocked the road to the south of the grassland. Do you want to wait for General Xue to be repelled by Datang, and then Datang builds the Great Wall by himself, completely cutting off your road to the east? ?”
Liu Bowen said seriously, as if he was regretting that the big cannibal did not understand the current situation.
"Then what are you going to do?"
The Dashi Messenger has been dominated by Liu Bowen from the beginning, and now he subconsciously looks for Liu Bowen to ask what to do.
"It's not what I'm going to do, it's what you're going to do."
"I've already told you our final path. At worst, we will go west. We would rather fight you than Li Wenhao. After all, we have no chance of winning against Li Wenhao. Don't be unwilling to hear this fact."
"You're right. Our Dashi is indeed easier to deal with than Datang. No, we can't pay for the Great Wall repairs by ourselves. I'll go find the people of Persia and Daqin."
After finishing speaking, the Great Food Messenger walked out in a hurry. It was no wonder that they were under house arrest, but no one stopped him, only two people followed him like bodyguards.
"Two, two, good news, great news."
"What good news?"
It was too late to wonder why no one cared about their actions, they were directly attracted by the words of the Great Food Messenger.
"That Xue Li should have betrayed Tang, he sent someone to contact me just now."
"Really? Tell me, what does he mean?"
"He means, uh..."
"Master Liu, Master Liu?"
Only then did the Dashi envoy realize why he hadn't brought Liu Bowen.
After shouting for a long time, Liu Bowen walked over leisurely.
"Everyone, how is the scenery of my Dragon City?"
"Now is not the time to look at the scenery, you can talk about your thoughts."
The Dashi envoy said anxiously that he seemed to have seen what the future of Datang that was blocked by them would face. He was also fantasizing about whether he would build a new palace if he lived in Fanyang, or live in Li Shimin's palace. Where?
"Hehe! Everyone, the meaning of our generals is very simple. Let's unite. You provide us with supplies and support. We will help you block Datang to the east of the Great Wall. Moreover, when you attack Datang, we will The general is willing to be your vanguard."
"Of course, after this is done, our general will separate Liaodong and the Goguryeo Peninsula."
Liu Bowen said quietly.
"Yes, Shicheng can cede Liaodong and Goguryeo to you, but how will you help us block the Tang Dynasty?"
"Ha ha!"
Speaking of the important point, Liu Bowen chuckled again, "Naturally, it depends on the Dragon City and the West Great Wall under our feet."
"The West Great Wall has not been built at all..."
"Wait, what do you mean?"
The Daqin and Persian envoys looked at Liu Bowen in surprise.
"That's right, to use the Great Wall to block the Tang Dynasty, we need to use the unbuilt West Great Wall under our feet, and the establishment of the West Great Wall depends on the joint efforts of the four of us."
"Everyone, I know that the construction of the West Great Wall is a huge project. It seems to be a waste of money and people, but I don't want to scare you by saying that even if General Xue took away Datang's 50 troops, the Hebei Road that you have seen With the strength of the army, it is not difficult to pull up an army of one million."
"So it can be said that General Xue's taking away the 50 people will have little impact on Datang's strength, but if we can build the Western Great Wall that Datang originally used to defend you, and use it to defend Datang, that will be another matter." kind of situation."
"At that time, we can use the Guancheng of the West Great Wall as a springboard to advance eastward and hold on. At that time, we will be invincible by nature."
As Liu Bowen's voice fell, the scene fell into a long silence.
clap clap!
"Everyone, give me your opinion!"
Liu Bowen glanced at the envoys of the Great Food Kingdom threateningly. After all, they were the only ones present who were closest to Datang, or Xue Li.
"I agree, it's just the West Great Wall. With the power of our Three Kingdoms, it shouldn't be too difficult. After all, we only need to dig some rocks and shoot some people. What do you think?"
"After all, Persia has supported tens of thousands of people."
The envoys of the Great Food Kingdom are able to describe the prisoners of war as support, which is quite novel.
"What do you say?"
"My Great Qin slaves have..."
Daqin's envoy said disdainfully, now the three people present are all looking at the Persian envoy, as long as he agrees, the problem will be easy.
"Master Liu, let me have a few words with him!"
Seeing the ugly face of the Persian envoy, Daqin and the Dashi envoy signaled Liu Bowen to say a few words alone, and Liu Bowen obediently withdrew.
"Brother, think about it this way, if we control the West Great Wall, and we have the defense map of Yumen Pass, then the entire Datang Pass will not be defenseless against us. At that time, how much money you spend and how many people will you use to defend the Great Tang Pass?" Can't Don get it back?"
"That is, think about it, if we don't take back the humiliation we suffered in Datang, are we still waiting to be laughed at after death?"
"That's right! Dude, look at us, you're looking at that group of people in Datang..."
Dashi and Daqin envoys, what you said, what I said, really has some meaning. After all, the splendor and prosperity of Datang is in front of you, and now the opportunity is also in front of you. Although it is more confused, it is better than nothing ,Right!
"You two, but I am Persia..."
"Brother, if you think about it this way, everything you do now is for us to get our face back in the future, and this time the two of us will accompany you, right?"
"Dry!"
After all, the Persian envoys also coveted the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. Under the instigation of the two, of course, the most important thing is that they stole the defense map of Yumen Pass. Now their ambitions are unlimited.
They can't wait to go back to their country now to form an army and then kill them.
"Master Liu, come in!"
Liu Bowen walked in, and after seeing the expressions of several people, he had already guessed in his heart, "How many people, how are you?"
"We need a time, an exact time, how long it will take before our horseshoes can step on the land of Datang."
"Five years, as long as your three families produce 50 slaves, at most five years, the West Great Wall will be completed, and then it will be time for us to attack Tang."
Liu Bowen extended a slap and said confidently.
The three of them looked at each other and nodded in unison. After all, for the development of a country, five years is really not long, not only not long, but also very short.
The plans of major countries are all measured in years.
"That's five years. Within three months of our departure tomorrow, the first batch of slaves will arrive. I hope General Xue will not let us down."
"Emissaries, don't worry, our general Xue will speak his mind, but I still advise you, don't think about replacing 50 slaves with 50 troops. The end of your doing this is to let Datang take the West with all your strength." The Great Wall Defense Line."
"As long as General Xue has no famous words against the Tang Dynasty and is building the Great Wall, the Tang Dynasty will not rush to send troops. If you fail the plan, don't blame Liu for not reminding you."
"Don't worry, we can still wait five years."
"Okay! Then Liu will thank the three envoys for the food, equipment, and slaves on behalf of General Xue and the soldiers under his command."
In one sentence, Liu Bowen reasonably inherited so many things they bought and the food and grass bestowed by Li Wenhao.
In fact, according to Li Wenhao's original plan, these things were just transported to Xue Rengui through their hands, but he didn't expect that a simple fairy jumping through Hebei Road would turn into, you fix it for me. The Great Wall, and then I will use the Great Wall to play your tricks.
What I didn't expect was that it turned out to be.
"Don't worry, it's only been five years..."
After the three guarantees, Liu Bowen signed a document with them on behalf of Xue Li. I don’t know why, this group of Westerners, who don’t believe in millions of troops, actually believe in this piece of white paper. The spirit of the contract, don't they know that there are four words in China that call soldiers never tire of cheating?
The word "Xue Li" was actually written as "Xue Bei". Anyway, it was written in traditional Chinese characters, and they couldn't tell which was Bei and which was Li.
Three days later, Xue Li generously gave each of them 2000 people and escorted them back to their respective countries. For this reason, Xue Li specially sent the army for fifty miles to show his sincerity.
And this also announced the complete end of the Ten Thousand Nations Conference. Among them, Persia, Dashi, and the Three Kingdoms of Daqin, who had gained the most, dropped tens of thousands of soldiers, and then threw down Dabi money. In the end, they just brought It is enough to go back to the country with enough rations to return home.
As for Nanzhao, Tianzhu, including Dongying, the things they were carrying were intercepted before they left the territory of the Tang Dynasty. After all, this was the military rations of the various garrisons of the Tang Dynasty, so how could it really be given to them?
"Hey, it's a miracle that this person can be so stupid."
Liu Bowen sighed, he has lived his whole life, what big scene hasn't he seen?
I have never seen such a fool.
"Don't talk nonsense, His Royal Highness, you used to be a fool..."
"Well, these people are not fools, they are not worthy, they are pigs, they are mentally retarded, they are...not fools anyway."
Liu Bowen quickly changed his words, causing Xue Li and Luo Song to laugh all the time.
As for the missionary guards who stayed here, they thought they were here in life, as supervisors, but the ruthless reality of the next day destroyed their illusions.
The blood killing army directly confiscated their weapons and equipment. Instead, each person had a hammer or a shoulder pole. Like those laborers, they began to work hard. And the real masters, which one is not Han Chinese?
Among them, Persia is the most unlucky one. I don't know how the source of the plague they brought back can infect Persia, but don't infect Datang.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, there is news from the West Great Wall, and everything is according to plan."
Holding the secret letter, Lu Wenzhao said excitedly.
He didn't expect that our own Great Wall would one day be built by Persians, cannibals, and Daqin people with money and effort.
"Here, I'll go to the old man's place, I'll let him talk about me, and let him ink me to build the Great Wall every day..."
Holding the secret letter, Li Wenhao rode directly to the entrance of Li Shimin's main hall. Seeing Li Wenhao's posture, Li Shimin knew that this kid must have done something good, otherwise he would never dare to be so arrogant.
"Old man, look, now we don't need to send any people or effort to build the Great Wall. Those foreign barbarians have entered the game..."
"Ouch……"
"Is there really such a stupid person in this world?"
"They are really stupid to be played by you little fool in the applause!"