When Zhang Zong met Ni Nie Master for the second time, he found that he was a very contradictory person. On the one hand, he wanted to stay in the Tang Dynasty and be a proud Tang Dynasty man. On the other hand, he was obsessed with the great cause of restoring the country and becoming a Persian hero. These two things were destined to be unavailable.

What's worse is that Ni Nirvana himself is also unstable and has no idea which path he should choose. Perhaps even he himself doesn't realize that no matter how he continues to struggle, he will only fall into conflict and finally waste his life in wasting time.

This is not Zhang Zong's exaggeration. In fact, in the original history, the two generations of Ni Nishima and his father did not achieve much, nor did they complete the great cause of restoration of the country. This also caused the ancient Persia to completely disappear into history. Even though the Persians later became independent of the Great Food, their religion, culture, customs, etc. were different from the original Persians, and it was difficult to call it Persia again.

I saw that the Ni Nie Master was silent for a long time again, and finally looked up at Zhang Zong and asked, "If I choose the road to restoration of the country, what kind of difficulties will I encounter?"

It can be seen that Ni Nie was still a little hesitant, which is also human nature. After all, on the one hand, he was a comfortable and peaceful life in the Tang Dynasty, but on the other hand, he was fighting for his own life. And the road to restoration with a very low success rate. If it weren't for the education that Ni Nie had received since childhood, he regarded restoration as an obsession, I'm afraid that ordinary people would not have chosen the second path at all.

"If you choose to restore the country, you must never put your hope on outsiders, especially the Tang Dynasty. Although the Tang Dynasty also wanted to restrain the expansion of Dashi, the Tang Dynasty and Dashi were too far away, and there were not many troops in the Western Regions, let alone sending troops to help you restore the country!"

"What do you mean is to restore the country by relying on our own strength?" Ni Nie Shi frowned, and his eyes looked at Zhang Zong with a little suspicion. It was not that he did not believe in Zhang Zong, but that he did not believe in himself. If the Persians could restore the country by relying on them alone, then they would not have fled to the Tang Dynasty thousands of miles away.

Of course, Zhang Zong knew the suspicion in Ni Nie Master's heart, but he did not explain, but asked: "Brother Fuguo, in your opinion, what about the army of the Tang Dynasty?"

When he heard Zhang Zong suddenly change the subject, Ni Nishima was stunned, but he still answered cautiously: "The strength of the Tang army is simply the only thing I saw in my life. This is not what I said, but my father said. He once commanded the last elite army of Persia and had fought with the powerful Dashi army many times. However, in terms of the strength of combat, he recommended the Tang army first!"

When the Ni Nishishi said this, he also showed a very serious expression and continued: "In my father's opinion, the grassland people in the north are already extremely powerful, no worse than the army of Dashi, especially the cavalry, and even the cavalry is even stronger than the big cannibals. However, in front of the Tang army, the grassland cavalry is vulnerable. Often, the Tang army only needs to send a small number of cavalry to defeat a grassland cavalry that is several times more than it is. My father said that he still doesn't understand how the Tang army did it?"

"This is a coincidence. I know that the Tang army can often defeat the more with less. Do you want to listen?" Zhang Zong smiled again.

"Brother Zhang, tell me quickly, what is this secret?" Master Ni Ni's eyes lit up when he heard this and asked.

"Actually, it's not complicated to say. My Tang army is stronger than the grassland people in terms of equipment and weapons, and even horse selection. After all, the Tang Dynasty's materials are far from comparable to those grassland tribes. However, no matter how strong the weapons and equipment are, it is just an auxiliary. The most fundamental thing to determine the outcome of the battlefield is the human being!"

Zhang Zong paused and then said: "The Tang Dynasty is martial, and the imperial court also values ​​military merits the most. Even many civil officials are proficient in martial arts. For example, the left prime minister Liu Rengui, Wang Fangyi, who was stationed in the Western Regions, etc. are all civil officials with great military achievements. It is also in this atmosphere that everyone in the Tang Dynasty is brave, brave, warlike but not afraid to fight..."

"We Persians are not cowards who are afraid of death, but they still can't beat the barbaric cannibals?" Before Zhang Zong finished speaking, the Ni Nie Master couldn't help but interrupt.

Zhang Zong was not angry, but smiled again and said, "It is normal that you can't beat Dashi, because your Persian army lacks one thing, and such things are also the secret to the Dashi and the Tang army's victory in every battle!"

"What?" Ni Nie Master asked anxiously again.

"Momentum! Invincible momentum!" Zhang Zong said firmly, "The Tang Dynasty and Dashi were established almost at the same time. Moreover, since its establishment, foreign wars have continued to expand, and they are almost invincible. Therefore, the soldiers in the army have long developed this invincible momentum. For example, the grassland people in the north have long been killed by the Tang army. Even if they are several times more than the Tang army, they are afraid of the Tang army before they fight. When they see the Tang army's banner, they are afraid of not even half of their strength, and they will naturally be defeated!"

The reason why the Tang army often wins more with less is not what Zhang Zong thought of himself, but what he learned from his conversation with Liu Rengui. Although there are many factors that affect the victory or defeat of a war, such as the right time and place, the momentum of an army must not be ignored. Being timid before fighting, even the most powerful army cannot win a war.

"Momentum?" After hearing this, Ni Nie frowned and after a while, he spoke, "But the momentum is invisible and intangible, and we Persians have all fallen to this level, and we can't even find a decent army, let alone the momentum?"

"Losing an army is not a completely bad thing. As the saying goes, you must have a strong army if you want to restore your country. Don't expect outsiders to help you. Even if you take a step back, the Tang Dynasty really sends troops to help you restore your country. But is a Persia that can survive only under the protection of the Tang army really the Persia you want?"

Zhang Zong's words also made Master Ni Nie look contemplative. He had vaguely guessed what Zhang Zong meant, but he was still a little confused because, as Zhang Zong said, if he really walked on this path, he would never look back, and he would probably die halfway through the road.

"Go to join the army, and you also have to use your appeal to mobilize more Persians to join the army. I heard that there are many alien armies attached to the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions and the northern grasslands, so the Tang Dynasty is not short of an army dominated by Persians. As long as you are willing to fight and learn, you will always become an army that is not weaker than the Tang army!" Zhang Zong suddenly reached out and patted the Ni Nishishi on the shoulder and sighed.

"This... is this really feasible?" Ni Nishima raised his head, and the expression on his face seemed to be hesitant.

"I can't guarantee whether it is feasible, but if you want to restore the country, this is the only correct way. When you build a strong army, you can use this army as the core to start your great cause of restoration. The expansion of food is too fast, and the roots will basically be unstable. Moreover, there are still many people in Persia's hometown. As long as you can win a few battles, countless people will naturally defect to you. Only by mobilizing all these people can you Persia have hope of restoring the country!"

Zhang Zong finally said earnestly. After saying that, he stopped talking, but savored the tea carefully. He said everything he should say. As for whether the Ni Nirvana Master would like to listen, it was his own business.

Of course, the reason why Zhang Zong encouraged Ni Nirvana to restore the country was actually his own selfish intentions, that is, to use Persia to restrain the expansion of Dashi, and even make Persia a buffer zone between Dashi and Dashi, so as not to allow Dashi to extend his hands to Central Asia, where it will also become a private land of Dashi.

At this time, Ni Ni Ni was also very entangled, and all kinds of thoughts in his heart surged, making his face change. Zhang Zong was not in a hurry. After all, for Ni Ni Ni Ni, making a choice not only determines his personal fate, but also determines the life and death of countless Persians, so Zhang Zong did not expect him to make a choice immediately.

Sure enough, after thinking hard for a long time, the Ni Nirvana Master was unable to make a choice. Finally, he stood up and bowed to Zhang Zong and said, "Thank you for your advice. Today's words also made me finally understand that I was living in a daze before. Now I finally saw where the road ahead is. However, this matter is of great importance, and I also need time to think carefully before making a choice!"

"It's okay, I just want to say that the real choice is still in the hands of you and the Persians behind you. In fact, no matter what choice you make, it will not have a great impact on the Tang Dynasty, but it has a huge impact on the ancient country of Persia!" Zhang Zong also stood up with a faint smile, and then personally sent the Ni Nirvana Master to leave.

However, Ni Ni Niizhan was full of worries and was a little lost when he walked. I guess he would not be able to see him these days. Speaking of which, although Zhang Zong hoped that Ni Niizhan would choose the path of restoring the country, after all, doing so would be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty. However, if he had another path, Zhang Zong would not be disappointed, because he believed that even if Persia was gone, as long as he was still there, sooner or later there would be other ways to block the expansion of food outside Central Asia.

In the next few days, Ni Nie did not show up again. Instead, Di Renjie often came to him to sit down. Zhang Zong also recorded some of the forensic knowledge he knew and finally compiled a booklet.

Zhang Zong was too lazy to take the title of the book, so he directly used the name "Xi'an Lu" and handed it over to Di Renjie, which made Di Renjie feel like he was treasured and immediately took it back and reported to the Dali Temple Minister, hoping that it could be promoted among judicial officials throughout the Tang Dynasty.

However, not long after Zhang Zong handed over the record of the wrongdoing, Xue Shao suddenly ran over excitedly that day. As soon as he entered the yard, he shouted loudly: "Brother Shi! Come out quickly, something big happened!"

"A big thing? Depending on your happy look, is it a happy event?" Zhang Zong walked out of the study at this time and couldn't help but smile when he saw Xue Shao's excited look.
Chapter completed!