In front of Liangyi Gate.

Jinlu's car stopped.

Siye got off the bike.

The emperor stood on the city gate platform.

"I have withdrawn my troops and returned to the court to pay homage to Your Majesty."

I pay homage to Siye.

Emperor Luo Cheng stood on the high que platform, looked at the four generals walking down from the Jin Lu car, and then turned around and went down the que.

"Your Majesty." The eunuch was frightened.

"I want to personally welcome several heroes to the palace."

"Your Majesty, no, how can you make the emperor welcome his ministers?"

However, the emperor ignored the advice of the eunuchs and directly stepped down on the Liangyi Gate Tower, and then strode to the square in front of the palace gate.

Siye Qin Qiong Yuchi Gong came to the four generals to meet the emperor in person, and couldn't help but be extremely excited.

The emperor laughed and punched each person.

"All old brothers, don't kneel down. I will not kneel down. Besides, you are all great heroes of triumph. I have written a poem before, specially written for you. The general Nanzheng is brave and brave, with a geese feathered sword with a waist. The wind blows the turtle drums and mountains and rivers, and the lightning flashes the flags and the sun and the moon are high. The original species of Qilin in the sky, how can the ants in the cave escape? On the day when the Taiping Waiting Emperor returns, I will release the battle robe with the general."

Qin Qiong laughed and said, "Your Majesty's poem is getting better and better. It is said that he had written a poem before and said about the marriage between the Han family. When we listened to it on the front line, we felt really excited. We wanted to step on the Hulu camp at a hundred miles and kill him seven times in and out!"

"Hahaha, Shubao, you are too naughty." Luo Cheng patted Shubao's chest and then looked at Siye again.

“嗣业啊,朕还以为你我兄弟再不能见面了呢.”

Siye was excited, but he was calm on his face.

"I'm fine. What can some ugly barbarians do to me? But I heard that Your Majesty suddenly had a stroke before. Why? Your Majesty's body is a little stronger than me."

Luo Cheng waved his hand, "Actually nothing. The thing about cerebral hemorrhage is not completely related to whether it is strong or not. I can only say that I have some luck. Fortunately, I went to the Gate of Hell and sent me back again. The Ten Kings of Hell dared not accept me, for fear that I would recruit old subordinates in Huangquan, recruit 100,000 old subordinates, and kill the King of Hell to capture the underworld."

"Hahaha."

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

"With Your Majesty's power, I'm sure. I guess the Ten Kings of Hell are afraid of you, and I will definitely not dare to see Your Majesty in the future. I guess Your Majesty can live for a thousand years." Yuchi Gong said.

"Old Hei, I found that you were particularly arrogant and domineering before, but since I almost blinded Li Daozong one eye and demoted you once, you have become a flatterer now and are very good at flattering."

"How can Your Majesty say this to me? I am a loyal and honest person. When will I flatter like those literati? What I am telling is the truth."

The emperor laughed, "Well, I just like honest and honest people."

"It's a pity that Cheng Yaojin, Xue Wanche, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Xue Wanjun, Cheng Mingzhen, Guo Xiaoke and others are still stationed outside, otherwise my meritorious generals will gather in the same hall."

Luo Cheng held Siye with his left hand and Qin Qiong with his right hand. He followed Lai Liulang and Yuchi Laohei on both sides and walked into the Liangyi Gate and climbed to the Liangyi Hall.

After entering the palace, Siye apologized to the emperor.

"It's all because I didn't obey Your Majesty's order and underestimated the enemy's advance, and then led to the siege of Dafeigu, which made the court fall into a passive state and suffered huge losses. Please give up the punishment."

Luo Cheng waved his hand.

"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. When the general is on the front line, he has to rely on his own decisions. How can he obey the orders in the courts in the rear everywhere? Your decision cannot be said to be wrong. You can only say that the information is inaccurate. Some misjudgments have led to being surrounded. However, although you were surrounded, you can hold on for several months and perform very well. Moreover, although the siege of Dafeichuan made the court passive, it was also a blessing in disguise. You are like a piece of fat bait, mobilizing the Tubo Western Turks and Tuyuhun, and ultimately created an excellent opportunity for the court's victory."

"Although the court has won a great victory, I am still inappropriate in command and make mistakes in decision-making, and I am guilty of my crime."

"Stop saying this. Now that the victory is great, I don't want to pursue anything later." Luo Cheng didn't want to pursue Siye. First, Dafeichuan performed very well after being surrounded. Second, although the court had the intention to make decisions for Siye at that time, Siye decided to take the initiative to attack and annihilate some of his troops before the enemy gathered. It was not just wrong, and he could not simply reject the process with the results.

But Siye still firmly requested to resign from all official positions and return to his fiefdom.

"Let's talk about this later."

"You are all generals who have returned from the front line. I want to ask you some things and listen to your opinions."

The emperor told Siye and Qin Qiong that the court had made a decision on the Western Regions and was to stop marching, but it still supported Mo Hedu to send troops to attack the Khan of Shekui, and at the same time, Tiele left some troops to support Mo Hedu. The court only steadily digested the three counties of Yiwu, Gaochang, and Yanqi. Other places implemented the system of jailing the county, first included in the Tian Dynasty system, and left the rest to slowly penetrate.

"There will be no major moves in the Western Regions for the time being. Now we still have to look to the southwest. Tuyuhun no longer retains its vassal status, but directly changes it to a county."

There will be no too many obstacles to the establishment of a county in Tuyuhun. The key to the imperial court in the southwest is Tubo.

Although Tubo sent troops this time, although there was no real hard battle with the Qin army, their strength had been fully exposed, especially their control over the Qiang in the southwest.

"Although the Tubo is far away from Weizang, and it is still separated from the Qiang from our Great Qin, but now all the Qiangs are forced to surrender to him due to their power. In fact, Tubo has directly opposed our Great Qin. We must face up to this arrogant and powerful neighbor, Siye, you have fought with Tubo directly. What do you think of them and how should the court deal with them?"

Siye pondered for a while.

"Before Tubo withdrawing his troops, he sent 3,000 taels of gold into the camp and said he wanted to come to Chang'an to ask for marriage. This time, unlike the previous two times, they no longer wanted to marry my Daqin Princess, but hoped to send the Tubo princess to His Majesty's palace. The Tubo people also fully realized the power of my Daqin this time, so they wanted to avoid war, fear the revenge of my Daqin, and hoped to seek peace in marriage."

Luo Cheng nodded.

"What do you think about this?"

Siye said, "I think that Tubo was a small country in Tibet, but he had a strong desire to expand, especially in the recent two generations of Zanpu, they had almost unified the plateau states, and the Qiang had already surrendered to him. Although Tubo had only about 60,000 troops, the 60,000 Tubo army was already completely strong enough to sweep across all other forces on the plateau."

"Although Tubo was defeated this time, they will continue to make a comeback sooner or later. However, in a short period of time, maybe twenty or thirty years, they will not dare to provoke the Qin again, but they will further conquer the tribes and the Xiangxiong Kingdom to the west. If he unified the entire plateau area, then Tubo will inevitably conflict with our Qin again. At that time, they may attack Tuyuhun again, or directly invade Yunnan, Jiannan."

These words are quite insightful about Tubo.

"Then do you think I, Daqin, went to war with Tubo directly?" Luo Cheng asked.

"No, I think that when you accept the Tubo marriage request, Your Majesty may as well send someone to welcome the Tubo princess to Chang'an and temporarily reach a friendly relationship with them."

"What then?" Luo Cheng asked.

Siye continued, "Then the court concentrated all its efforts, either surrendering or expeditioning, conquering all the Qiang in the southwest, setting up counties in their areas, or seizing the county system, and including them within the sphere of influence of our Great Qin. At the same time, the court increased its troops in the west of Jiannan and built castles. If the western border is stabilized and advance step by step, Tubo would not be able to dominate the great power, nor could it threaten our Great Qin. Even when the time comes, our Great Qin can send troops to destroy it!"

"Well said, these words are the real strategy for peace." Luo Cheng fully agreed with Siye's words. Now he went to fight Tubo. After the court came to this war, the treasury was empty and the soldiers and civilians were exhausted.

Secondly, the Qiang was separated from Tubo, and the direct attack on Tubo was too far away, and the Qin army was unable to adapt to the plateau climate, so logistics was even more difficult to guarantee.

To destroy Tubo, we must first destroy the Qiang.

After pacifying the Qiang, we advanced step by step, stationed troops in the Qiang area to build cities, and waited for the Qin army stationed in the Qiang area to fully adapt to the climate there, and after the court could reserve enough money, grain and materials in the Qiang area, then the war would be started.
Chapter completed!