Li Xiu sat in the carriage, chatting with Su Dingfang while walking, mainly asking about his previous conquest of Dangxiang. Su Dingfang also answered one by one. He was the vanguard army that attacked Dangxiang at that time, so Li Xiu had a more intuitive understanding of the Battle of Dangxiang.

Previously, Su Dingfang went to the bank to ask Li Xiu for help, hoping that the spoils they brought back from Dangxiang could be sold to the bank, so that they would not have to be exploited by those profiteers. However, the bank really couldn't withdraw personnel, so Li Xiu decided to go there himself. Of course, he just came to roughly take a look at the classification of spoils, and then draw special people in a few days to price the spoils.

"The prince-in-law, Dangxiang is not enough to worry about it. If they hadn't committed suicide and had launched a rebellion when the Emperor died, it would probably not be necessary for our army to encircle and suppress the rebellion. Only local troops were needed to suppress the rebellion. But that's fine. Now that Dangxiang is destroyed, we can also remind people on the frontier to weigh their own weight so that they will not provoke our Tang Dynasty in the future!" Su Dingfang concluded finally.

"Is the southwest border unstable?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask when he heard this. He knew that the northern border of the Tang Dynasty had been uneasy. Even if the Turks were destroyed, there were still countless tribes of all sizes on the grassland. These tribes constantly conflicted with each other, and sometimes there would be some minor conflicts with the Tang Dynasty. For this reason, the Tang Dynasty had to station a large number of troops in the northern border.

"The prince-in-law doesn't know that the southwest is close to Tubo. There was a Tuyuhun in the past. Fortunately, our Tuyuhun was destroyed before. Now the southwest border is much calmer. However, in recent years, Tubo's strength has grown rapidly. Many tribes that lived in Tubo before were unwilling to surrender, but they were driven out by Tubo, and we bordered Tubo. As a result, these tribes that were driven out entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and there will naturally be some conflicts. In fact, Dangxiang used to live in Tubo before, and was only resettled in our Tang Dynasty after being driven out." Su Dingfang explained.

"Is Tubo?" When Li Xiu heard Su Dingfang mention Tubo, he couldn't help but whisper to himself. Speaking of the Central Plains dynasty, there were many disasters and difficulties. For example, taking the Tang Dynasty as an example, it finally solved the Turks on the northern grasslands, but a Tubo rose in the southwest direction. In the future, with the strength of Tubo, it will definitely bring a considerable threat to the Tang Dynasty. This was also what happened in history, so he never wanted to see a powerful Tubo.

"Dingfang, in your opinion, does our Tang Dynasty have any way to curb Tubo?" Li Xiu suddenly asked. The best way is to kill the danger in the cradle. Although Tubo is gradually becoming stronger, it is not as powerful as threatening the Tang Dynasty. So if it is possible, Li Xiu will interrupt the development process of Tubo without hesitation.

However, what Li Xiu did not expect was that when Su Dingfang heard this, he smiled bitterly: "The prince-in-law may have asked the wrong person. Although I went to the southwest, I don't know much about Tubo, because it is said that Tubo is located on the plateau and most people cannot go up at all. Even those merchants who love money like their lives dare not go up easily. They can only let the Tubo people go down to do business by themselves. The news we can find is only what these people who have indirectly contacted the Tubo people are saying, and it is not worth trusting at all, so my understanding of Tubo is extremely limited, let alone any local methods to curb Tubo."

Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, but he also knew that Su Dingfang was talking about the truth. With the trend of the plateau, Tubo usually took advantage of the situation and even if people on the plains went up, a minor illness might kill people. In this way, the outside world knew very little about Tubo. Of course, this also made the news about Tubo very closed. For example, when Songtsen Gampo first came into contact with the Tang Dynasty, he was very arrogant, but after being taught a lesson by the Tang Dynasty, he suddenly became much more honest.

"However, although I don't understand the situation inside Tubo, if I want to curb the development of a country, it is nothing more than internal and external aspects. However, Tubo relies on the advantage of geographical advantages and cannot enter, so it is too difficult to curb it from the outside world. The only way is to provoke it from the inside. I believe that no matter which country it is, it will not be a monolith. As long as we can inquire about the disputes inside Tubo, we can do some things from it!" Su Dingfang said again at this time.

"Is it internal provocation?" Li Xiu once again showed a meditative expression when he heard this, and he kept recalling the records of Tubo in history. However, he did not know much about the Tubo period. In addition to Princess Wencheng once married, he also knew that Songtsen Gampo also married a Nepalese princess. As for the disputes within Tubo, he was really not very clear.

However, Li Xiu was not discouraged. He planned to pay more attention to the situation in Tubo when he had time. Although the news about Tubo was closed, there would always be Tubo people coming down. He also remembered that he had seen several Tubo merchants in Chang'an. Last time, Lu Dongzan was thrown out of the mansion by him, so he should be able to find out some news about Tubo.

While talking, Li Xiu's carriage also came to a military camp in the west of the city. A large number of troops were stationed around Chang'an, so many military camps were built. Su Dingfang and his friends made great contributions to suppress the rebellion this time, so they returned to Chang'an to reward him according to their merits, but the reward has not yet been brought down, so they had to kill him in Chang'an.

The carriage came to the gate of the military camp, but the carriage was not allowed to enter, so Li Xiu and Su Dingfang got off the car. However, just as they got off the carriage, they immediately saw a lot of people surrounding the gate of the camp, and they were clamoring that they seemed to want to enter, but they were stopped outside by the soldiers guarding the gate.

"What's going on? What do these people do?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw these people surrounding the camp gate so boldly. After all, this is a major military camp, and most people go in, and even getting close is a serious crime.

"These people are the unscrupulous merchants I mentioned before. In addition, we are not garrisons in Chang'an, but are just temporarily stationed here, so the rules have become a little loose. After all, we had to rely on these guys to exchange the things in our hands for copper coins!" Su Dingfang explained helplessly at this time.

"Then why don't you let them in?" Li Xiu nodded when he heard Su Dingfang's explanation, but then asked in confusion.

"I don't know this. After all, I left the camp early this morning, and I also handed over all the matters in the camp to one of my students. It was probably his order." Su Dingfang guessed at this time.

"Your student?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say curiously when he heard this. Su Dingfang was a very proud person. If he could accept him as a student, the other party must be an ordinary person, which made him very curious.
Chapter completed!