In the past, the plateau was a barren wasteland in the eyes of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, since General Wei Yan led his troops across the plateau several times to attack the Kushan Dynasty and forced him to give up his sphere of influence against the river, no army of the Qin Dynasty had climbed to the plateau. At most, Yizhou had done some business with some small tribes, ignoring the prosperity of the indigenous tribes on the plateau, which directly led to the rise of Tubo.

"According to the current news, the population of Tubo is about two million, and the total force is between 300,000 and 400,000." The commentator said quietly. His number did not surprise Cao Anmin and Li Ang too. The number of nomadic troops is always amazing. After all, with their habits, as long as they are a man, they can be considered soldiers when they can get on horseback and draw bows. If they follow the standards of the Qin army, their 400,000 army will be equivalent to the 60,000 to 80,000 Great Qin army, but 400,000 is just a number they put in their best efforts and cannot count.

"According to our calculations, Tubo can mobilize at most 100,000 permanent troops at any time, and the real elite troops may be less than 30,000." After the captain finished speaking, he looked at the chief commander, and saw the chief commander nodding, and someone gave him several broken scimitars.

Cao Anmin and Li Ang took the broken scimitars, and their eyes flashed with cold light. Although these scimitars looked very crude, their blades were quite sharp. Naturally, they could see that these scimitars were made of Uz steel produced in India.

Cao Anmin sneered and put down the scimitar in his hand. "The Kushan people are so brave." In addition to the Daqin, the lord of the Indian sect, there was only the Kushan dynasty located in Northern India. Cao Anmin was sure that Tubo had the support of the Kushan people to attack the Daqin city last year.

Seeing that Cao Anmin had murderous aura in his words, the staff members' eyes became sharp. For them, all the glory of being soldiers lies in the hegemony of the country. The provocation of hegemony is equivalent to insulting them. "Your Majesty, I will finally think that we must stop it before Tubo integrates with the plateau." A lieutenant suddenly stood up and saluted Cao Anmin and said.

"Li Qing, what do you think?" Cao Anmin did not answer the captain, but looked at Li Ang beside him. Li Ang was the general he wanted to go to the plateau, so he naturally wanted to see if he had any ideas.

"Your Majesty, Tubo was originally just a small country that rose up on the plateau at most, and its national strength would not be enough to resist our Qin Dynasty, but now there are secret support from the Kushan people. In addition, the plateau terrain and climate are not good for our army. If they were given several years, it would probably be a concern for our Qin Dynasty." Knowing that the Tang Empire in later generations suffered from Tubo, Li Ang had decided to kill the rising Tubo in the cradle and would never give them any chance.

"Did you Pin Zhike send troops to Tubo?" Cao Anmin was shocked when he saw Li Ang's face showing a cruel expression. He still remembered that Li Ang did not Pin Zhike's large-scale march into the plateau at the beginning, but now he changed his mind. And he was so decisive.

"The situation has changed, Your Majesty." Li Ang looked at Cao Anmin and said, "If we cannot destroy Tubo in a short period of time and they can occupy the plateau, we will be much more troublesome if we want to destroy them."

"How many army do you want?" Cao Anmin was also a decisive monarch. He asked Li Ang directly, but his words made the staff members on the side straighten their bodies unconsciously, while the general on the side looked at the scene in front of him. He unconsciously recalled the past. In front of these young people, he was already old.

"In addition to the 10,000 troops in my headquarters, I only need your Majesty to give you another 50,000 troops." Li Ang replied. For him, the army was not large but the elite. Tubo was known as a 400,000 army, but in fact, less than 100,000 troops could be mobilized. As long as he acted quickly, he could fight under Luoshe before the Tubo people reacted. As long as he killed Dabu Niesai, Nangri Lunzan and his son, and defeated Tubo back to his original fragmentation, the Qin Dynasty would be able to free up his hands to slowly clean up these small tribes.

"I will give you 50,000, and you can choose the elite soldiers of the four major Protectorate." Cao Anmin did not hesitate, but gave the first battle after ascending the throne to Li Ang. This trust is extremely heavy, and even Li Ang couldn't help but accept the edict in a deep voice.

"I will definitely live up to the holy grace and eliminate the rebellion of Tubo." After Li Ang finished speaking, he watched Cao Anmin leave with a group of White Tiger Festival staff officers. After Cao Anmin left, Li Ang was surrounded by those staff officers. All of them wanted to go to war with Li Ang. After all, the elite soldiers of the four major arch-protectional palaces were selected at will. If they could not defeat the Tubo people in this way, they would all commit suicide to thank the world.

"Enough." Seeing Li Ang frown by the surroundings, he said silently. Of course, he knew what the group of staff lieutenants in the White Tiger Festival Hall were suitable for. Large-scale strategic deductions were what they were good at. Letting them go to the plateau was just to cause trouble for Li Ang.

In the inner hall, only the Chief Chief, the Grand Sima and Li Ang were left. Although the Chief Chief and the Grand Sima already had the intention to let young people take power, they always had their concerns when they went to the plateau. They wanted to know what Li Ang had to do with Tubo.

"The last general's idea is to mobilize the army to enter the plateau and attack directly. As long as you defeat the Tubo headquarters, the overall situation can be determined." Li Ang looked at the serious-looking chief and the Grand Sima and told his strategy for the battle on the plateau.

"The strategy you mentioned is indeed the most correct choice at the moment, but can you guarantee to conquer the logic in a short time, kill Dabu Niesai, and Nangri Lunzan's father and son?" The Grand Sima opened his eyes that were always half-closed and stared at Li Ang. All the staff in the White Tiger Festival Hall had already made the same judgment as Li Ang, but it was easy to say, but it might not be so easy to do.

"The Tubo people built new cities soon, and I'm afraid they had passed the city." Li Ang looked calm and said his considerations, "Although Tubo has controlled the plateau at present, it is not long after all. As long as the strength of their headquarters is weakened and people sent to those small and medium-sized tribes to summon the power of the Great Qin Tianwei, Tubo will inevitably be divided. Therefore, the attack on Luoshui did not have the idea of ​​a battle. As long as the strength of Tubo is defeated until they are not enough to suppress the plateau."

"Very realistic." The chief finally

He looked at Li Ang and said, "I'll give you three days. We'll listen to some general things before the war." After that, the chief minister and the Grand Sima stood up and walked towards the palace together. Although the emperor had decided to use force, there were some things that he had to inform the major families and do some things.

After Li Ang returned to his own village, he summoned Liu Yu and Chen Baxian, told the chief and the Grand Sima to him about the matter, and then locked himself in the study. After Li Ang left, the officers and staff who had been suppressed for a long time cheered, and then they began to discuss various details in groups, even sleepless all night, just to consider various situations.

The reason why Li Ang did not discuss war with others was just to see how much he could master the entire situation. The Great Qin Legion was different from the army of any dynasty in the cold weapon era as he knew. They were infinitely close to modern army, with a complete officer system and strict training soldiers, a very complete logistics system, and a high-quality staff. It can be said that the Great Qin Legion is completely a professional legion. Leading such an army to fight can win as long as it is not a mediocre general. However, Li Ang was not satisfied with being a mediocre general, and winning at the lowest cost was what he pursued.

Just as Li Ang and many officers and staff completed their plans, Cui Hao and Li Mowen finally started their actions. After they selected several main targets of the Imperial Doctrine Sect, they took action separately.

The Imperial Taoist School was originally an inconspicuous school in Confucianism. They respected the ancient saying of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" and were always regarded as a radical school in Confucianism. The opposition Confucian School of Confucianism was of great fame. Thirty years ago, before they entered the Qin Dynasty, they were regarded as the authentic Confucianism of the world as a mediocre Confucianism, and they have always suppressed the Imperial Taoist School. However, after being employed by Emperor Wen, they were corrupt and degenerate in power, and people once saw no more people. At this time, the Imperial Taoist School appeared in front of the world in a new and completely different posture from the Confucian School. They still uphold the beautiful morals adhered to by Confucianism, but they are not as conservative as the Confucian School. It can be said that the impression they gave the world was between the traditional Confucianism and the Legalists, and it seemed easier to please people.

However, the Imperial Dao Sect did not gain much real power in the past. They realized that their vague ideas in the past were not suitable for them to obtain power, so they made a change. They wanted to learn from Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty and gain the favor of the emperor in exchange for the superiority. However, when Dong Zhongshu's unity of man and nature was formed by Emperor Taizu, he was beaten to become an evil heretic by Emperor Taizu. They could no longer use this set of "glorious power of the king", so they had to expand the proposition of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" that they had always respected. After all, in the past thirty years, for those young people, the hegemony of the Great Qin was declining. They could allow these young people to join their ranks to expand the influence of the Imperial Dao Sect. In fact, since Emperor Wen dismissed the Jingxue School, they began to do that.

In the Imperial Taoist Sect, there are three people who are particularly important. It can be said that without them, there would be no current power of the Imperial Taoist Sect. Cheng Xi, Zhu Qianyi, and Fang Chengchou. These three people are the so-called "Three Sages" in the Imperial Taoist Sect. They are all eloquent people, and they also have the ability to make a brilliant move. They have extraordinary talents in inciting and bewitching. It is precisely through these three people that the Imperial Taoist Sect can gather a large number of young people, and even some branches of aristocratic families participate in it.

The first thing Cui Hao has to deal with is Cheng Xi among the three. As the leader of the "Three Sages", Cheng Xi has the highest reputation. In the eyes of the Emperor Taoist Sect, Cheng Xi, who has no desires and no desires, is the closest image of a gentleman in people's hearts. What Cui Hao has to do is to destroy Cheng Xi's image of a gentleman.

Looking at Cheng Xi's residence, Cui Hao put down the curtain of the car, then looked at the blond and blue-eyed girl sitting opposite the head in the car. This girl was originally an orphan adopted in the farm, but was later selected by Li Yanzong to become a member of the Black Hands. "Go!" Nodded to the girl in ragged clothes, Cui Hao asked the car to park in an alley outside the street where Cheng Xi's residence.

The girl named Die'er disguised herself as an orphan of Greek descendants who had lost her parents and lived in Chang'an. She walked towards Cheng Xi's residence and happened to meet Cheng Xi's return home. She begged Cheng Xi to take him in. Although the imperial school was xenophobic, Cheng Xi was a gentleman in the eyes of everyone. On the street, when he saw the blond little girl named Die'er begging for misery, he had to temporarily take her in and wait until the next day to send her to the orphanage.

Seeing Cheng Xi bringing people into the house in the distance, a sarcastic arc appeared on Cui Hao's lips. After all, the scholar was a scholar. Even if he could speak, he was an incompetent person after all. Cui Hao entered the carriage, and he no longer had to worry about the rest of the matter. Cheng Xi was finished.

Cheng Xi claimed to be noble, so there were not many servants in the family. After he brought Die'er into the house, he no longer cared about the golden-haired girl who made him feel uncomfortable. The night soon became deep. In the darkness, Li Yanzong brought Jing Han and Jing Leng into the courtyard of Cheng Xi's family and directly found Cheng Xi who was reading a book in the study. As soon as he opened the door, Cheng Xi was pinched by Li Yanzong and could not even shout a word. He could only watch the two young men beside the person pinching his throat hid some things in a place that looked extremely secret in his study.

Seeing Jing Han and the two brothers Jing Leng put the things in place, Li Yan Zongchao smiled in front of him with a shocked look on his face, and then knocked him out. He asked Jing Han and Jing Leng to carry him to the woodshed where Die'er was, and sat in the study, waiting for the servants who were about to come. Cheng Xi's living habits had already been mastered by them. Sure enough, the servants brought ginseng soup not long after, but Li Yan Zong did not let him in. He could only imitate Cheng Xi's voice and asked him to retreat, and asked him to instruct others not to go to the backyard.

After confirming that the servant left, Li Yanzong blew out the lights and walked out. In the dark corridor, he deceived another servant with a false voice, making them convinced that their master had gone to the woodshed in the backyard, as if there was something secret to do.
Chapter completed!