"Why does my father-in-law think that Tianzhu won't do it again?" Xia Hongsheng asked rhetorically.

"The king of Tianzhu is not a fool, and he agreed to send out the coalition army because the mud bhara was still there, and there was a mud bhara in front of him. Now that the mud bora is gone, the king of the ring has seen the advantages of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers, and I am afraid that he will weigh it, because a small mud bora is worth it to directly confront the Tang Dynasty. And the mud bora has been destroyed, no matter how much he helps the mud bhara, there is no benefit at all, but he will stop and make friends with the Tang Dynasty, and he will get more benefits. Therefore, I thought that Tianzhu would no longer support Nibora, but would take the opportunity to make friends with the Tang Dynasty. ”

"All the other adults, do you think the same way?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

Li Shimin nodded.

Xia Hongsheng thought about it and understood. What Li Shimin and everyone mean is that one is that the mud Bora has been destroyed, and it is unprofitable for Tianzhu to help the mud Bora again, and second, through the destruction of the mud Borna, Tianzhu also saw the strength of the Tang Dynasty. It would be unwise to offend a powerful neighbor when it is unprofitable. So Tianzhu won't help Nibora anymore. On the contrary, they will take the opportunity to establish good relations with Datang and develop business and trade.

This is common sense, and anyone else would probably think the same way and do it.

But the key is that Ah San never plays cards according to common sense!

"Father-in-law, you and you still don't know much about Tianzhu." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "The son-in-law has a different opinion. ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Haha, I summoned my virtuous son-in-law to come just to hear a different opinion!" ”

Li Shimin originally made up his mind to take Tianzhu and achieve the feat of the Tang granary, but if Tianzhu suddenly retreated and had no reason, there would be no excuse to send troops. How can you make him willing?

So it's only natural to want to hear different opinions. And Xia Hongsheng's thinking is different from other courtiers, and many times it will make him feel like a door has been opened, so he specially summoned Xia Hongsheng just to listen to what he said. Now that I hear Xia Hongsheng say that he has different opinions, he is naturally happy.

"That being the case, the son-in-law said it." Xia Hongsheng saluted and said: "The little son-in-law thinks that instead of withdrawing from the army, Tianzhu will think of going further, standing up for Ni Bo Luo, recapturing Ni Bo Luo, helping Ni Bo Luo to restore the country, and raising Ni Bo Luo to become Tianzhu's puppet." ”

"Although Tianzhu is not small, it is not a unified country like our Tang Dynasty. India has had a brief period of unification, and most of the time it has been a scattered nation. Historically, even when Tianzhu was at its strongest, most of them only had a strong regime in Northern Tianzhu. Not to mention far away, let's just say that in the past hundred years, only the regime established by the King of the Ring Sun in Qunu City is still strong. However, he was also united by several regimes in Nantianzhu, and failed to fight Nantianzhu, but still has the current Beitianzhu. Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "The ambition of the King of the Ring Sun is not small, and he has the ambition to dominate Tianzhu. At present, he is the most powerful regime in Northern Tianzhu, but not the most powerful in the entire Tianzhu. He needs Liwei. ”

"Liwei?" Li Shimin looked strange as if he had heard a joke: "So the virtuous son-in-law thinks that the king of the sun will continue to organize an alliance, defeat the Tang Dynasty, and help Ni Bo Luo restore the country, and then the whole Tianzhu will know his prestige of the king of the sun to defeat the Tang Dynasty, and the other countries of Tianzhu will seek his refuge like Ni Bo Luo, so that he can command the world and control Tianzhu?" ”

"Not bad." Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Looking around, the most powerful countries around Tianzhu are Persia in the west and Tang in the east. The Sassanid Dynasty wanted to concentrate all its efforts on fighting against the Great Eclipse, and had given up its rule over Tianzhu, and the King of the Ring Sun took this opportunity to recover the place that had been controlled by Persia, so his prestige rose sharply, and he became the most powerful power in Northern Tianzhu in one fell swoop. If he can defeat Datang this time, he will naturally be extremely majestic, and there will be no one in Tianzhu who dares to disobey him. ”

Li Shimin laughed angrily: "He thinks my Datang is paper paste? After the two battles of Tubo and Nibora, does he still think that my Tang Dynasty can be used by him to establish his authority? If so, I see that he is also a master. ”

"The King of the Ring Sun is in the limelight, and it is inevitable that there will be some arrogance. In addition, the small country of Nibora, even if Tianzhu wants to destroy it, it only needs a thousand people, and our Datang's secrecy work has been done very well, so it is normal that he can't recognize the true strength of Datang. Xia Hongsheng said: "In addition, Tianzhu is arrogant, thinking that he is a Buddha country, blessed by the gods and Buddhas, and he is also extremely confident in his own elephant soldiers. In fact, if our Datang is not the rapid technological progress today, the son-in-law really does not recommend going to Tianzhu. There is no problem with a small-scale war, but if it is a large-scale war, according to the combat effectiveness of the Tang army during the Wude period, our Datang really does not have an advantage. ”

"Tianzhu's army has this kind of combat power?" Li Shimin was very curious when he heard Xia Hongsheng say this.

"If nothing else, just the weather. The location of Tianzhu is in the tropics, with high temperatures in all seasons, and the hottest time in Chang'an is not as hot as the ordinary weather in Tianzhu. Not to mention that in Tianzhu, our soldiers and war horses are like being in a fire cage, and the heat is unbearable, which seriously affects the combat effectiveness. The hot and humid climate alone can easily cause many plagues, and our soldiers and horses may die of illness before the war is over. Xia Hongsheng said: "Our army in the Tang Dynasty is mainly cavalry, and Tianzhu also has cavalry, but it is not a horse, but an elephant. Ordinary soldiers have never seen an elephant at all, and an elephant is the size of a house, even if a big insect sees it, he has to avoid it quickly. The gap between an elephant and a big insect is like Uncle Cheng and his son-in-law. Not to mention the horses. When the cavalry saw it, they were not frightened? Even if the soldiers can't be frightened, the war horses must be frightened, how to start a war when the time comes? ”

"I know that elephant soldiers are indeed difficult to deal with, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the nemesis of cavalry." Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "But no matter how powerful his elephant soldier is, a sky-shattering thunder is thrown over, and I don't believe that it can't be blown up." ”

"Father-in-law, you know that we have firearms in the Tang Army, but Tianzhu doesn't know!" Xia Hongsheng spread his hands and said: "In the eyes of the King of the Ring Sun, no matter how many Tang cavalry there are, it is not enough for his elephant soldiers to step on!" So where would he feel afraid of Datang and give up? He will only plan to take the opportunity to defeat the Tang Dynasty, support Ni Bo Luo, complete the unification of the internal authority, and support Ni Po Luo to become a puppet externally, separating Tianzhu and Da Tang. ”