The world's attack on the Tang Dynasty did not make the Tang Dynasty afraid, but on the contrary even made the Tang people feel a sense of pride. Only when the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that everyone was afraid of it would they unite and compete with the Tang Dynasty.

This kind of wave of thought was largely because the imperial court's control over public opinion was much stronger than the original history. Just talking about newspapers, there are now three types of communiqués in the Tang Dynasty.

They are respectively the Datang Communiqué. They generally announce various basic national policies, such as taxation and military service systems, and also intersperse some military operations that are not within the scope of confidentiality.

The second type is the Tang Dynasty newspaper. This type of newspaper mainly announces some news about people's livelihood. Food and rice prices in various places. There are natural disasters there, plagues there, how are the harvests in various places, etc.

The last one is also the one that surprised Lu Xuan the most at the beginning. That is, the Tang Dynasty’s masters actually created a Tang Dynasty literary newspaper.

As the name suggests, the Tang Dynasty literature newspapers are naturally literary journals. They specialize in publishing articles, poems, or various travel notes and interesting stories by various great poets and literati. In the past two years, Lu Xuan has gradually seen many familiar names on it, including Li Bai, Cen Shen, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Wang Changling, etc.

In a sense, this literary newspaper allowed Lu Xuan to see a trace of the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, it was just the glory of the literary world. Now that the world is attacking the Tang Dynasty, the style of literary newspapers has also changed dramatically.

The current articles are full of frontier poems to serve the country and kill enemies. The young people in the Tang Dynasty were all excited and signed up to join the army, hoping to teach those grassland barbarians a lesson on the battlefield. It was not until this time that Li Heng noticed how terrifying the newspaper system that Lu Xuan seemed to have created casually back then was.

In an era without the Internet, newspapers are still official newspapers, and they are the uncrowned kings of this era.

It is worth mentioning that Xu Hezi secretly gave the Qingping dial that Lu Xuan had copied to her to Wenbao. As Lu Xuan's identity, even if he wrote a saw tooth of the Great Wall from a distance and a saw tooth of the Great Wall from a close distance, the people who were in Wenbao would not dare not to post it.

What's more, this poem is a famous poem that has been around forever. For a time, the ladies in Chang'an and even the Tang Dynasty were envious. They asked their husbands to write a hymn of this level to themselves.

For this reason, Lu Xuan was gritted by countless greasy middle-aged people. Of course, some people came to ask for poetry secretly, which made Lu Xuan laugh and cry for a while. He taught Xu Hezi a few times before he could calculate that tone. He actually understood that this woman just wanted to show off. After all, women are born to be such a creature who loves to show off.

Inspired by major newspapers and magazines, the recruitment of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty went very smoothly. Although it was just the afterglow of the prosperous times, it has to be admitted that the Tang Dynasty during the Tianbao period was still somewhat basic.

Once the whole country mobilized, strong war potential was immediately shown. At the same time, the first conflict in the frontier also began.

In the western border area, the two armies confront each other.

It is worth mentioning that the commander of the Tang Dynasty in this battle was Guo Ziyi, a famous general. In the original history, this man also suppressed the heroes of the Anshi Rebellion. His true level is uncertain, but he is definitely a qualified general.

But Guo Ziyi is actually full of confidence now. Because he had just witnessed the kind of thunder and earth fire sent by the imperial guards in the capital. Guo Ziyi was excited on the spot. As a result, I won’t beat those barbarians to death in the field!

This is also one of his confidence in the city to fight. Although the overall strategy is to delay time, it also requires a victory to inspire the morale of the army. This task fell on Guo Ziyi. He was actually recommended by Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan didn't understand this person's true level. He only knew that there was such a person. Unexpectedly, Guo Ziyi turned over with just one word of his own. Before this, he was not very valued. It was only in history that the Anshi Rebellion turned over.

As a qualified general, Guo Ziyi naturally understood that this powerful new weapon has the best effect in the first use. Therefore, in the first battle, you must achieve the best results. Because the escorted general hinted that this thing is not in stock at present. It needs to be used with caution.

More than 60 catapults were arranged in a row. These catapults were naturally strengthened compared to those on the school grounds. The throwing distance was about 300 meters.

At this moment, a group of Tang gunners who were trained in the imperial guards were already on high alert. With just a command, the first artillery washing of the Tang Dynasty began.

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In Chang'an, Kyoto, Li Heng was waiting restlessly. Calculate the time, about four or five days ago, the Tang army might have had its first confrontation with the Tubo people. However, the transmission efficiency at this time cannot be compared with later generations, so the capital has not yet known the result.

Lu Xuan, Li Mi and others were waiting in the palace with Li Heng. However, Lu Xuan seemed to be much more calm than the other two. Most of the first batch of thunder and earth fire were sent to the Western Front battlefield. As long as he was a qualified general, he would not lose this first battle.

In recent years, he has also rectified the Tang Dynasty's post station system. He has improved some efficiency and calculated the time. Today's war report should be delivered.

The long half of the afternoon passed. Li Heng was already anxious and restless. At this time, there were bursts of cheers like tsunamis outside the city. Lu Xuan smiled slightly, knowing that the overall situation was settled.

Sure enough, about half a cup of tea was spent. A soldier rushed in and shouted all the way.

"A great victory on the Western Front, General Guo killed 30,000 troops. The Tubo people were defeated and fled."

"Okay..." There was also a burst of cheers in the court. No matter what, it was always worth cheering after winning a battle. Li Heng almost jumped up excitedly. After all, he was still young. He was not the one who only took office after more than ten years.

Lu Xuan silently thought in his mind that this battle should make the Tubo people more cautious. This will give the Tang Dynasty a lot of time. When the second batch of thunder and earth fire is delivered, the battle situation on the Western Front will basically be stable.

However, reality is often more fantastic than the story. Lu Xuan's original expectation was that the Tubo people slowed down their offensive and bought time for the Tang Dynasty. However, unexpectedly, a few days later, a piece of news came that everyone had unexpectedly heard. The Tubo people withdrew their troops.

It was not the kind of retreating troops who retreated a few miles and set up camps. Instead, they completely retreated and returned to the court...

This operation really made the Tang Dynasty's princes slut out and was talking about it for a while. However, some smart people realized it. I'm afraid that the Tubo king could no longer suppress the tribes under his command.

Originally, we could eat by selling wool, but you insisted on letting us come out and robbing. It was not that we had done it before. It was not that we could not accept it if we had a big vote. Many small tribes came to participate in the war with this mentality.
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