The Tang Dynasty has never invaded other countries. Even other dynasties that have changed over time in history, and even the development of the entire Chinese nation, have never invaded or expanded other countries.
More or less, even Li Hong would be bound by this kind of thinking. From the beginning to the end, he never thought about expanding his territory.
Now that I am in Dashi, I am trying to sow discord among the nobles of Dashi. In the end, I just want to reduce the defense pressure on the Tang Dynasty and turn the superpower of Dashi into a divided kingdom. I have never thought about it at all. Embezzling their land was enough to maintain the original largest territory of the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, even the territories such as Jiling City were a bit useless in Li Hong's opinion, and it was a pity to abandon them if they were tasteless.
If the Tang Dynasty had not granted Persia the title of the Persian Governor's Palace during the Li Zhi period, Li Hong would not have had any ambitions for Jiling City. He would have liked to live his own happy life behind closed doors with the four towns of Anxi as the boundary. , from time to time, it would be nice to send out a group of the best soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to go abroad to train their troops, so that the food on the side would fall into pieces forever.
Therefore, Li Hong's answer to Saleh was destined to disappoint Saleh. Li Hong had no ambition to conquer the world at all. He just wanted to keep Datang strong in the east.
As for Hassan, whom he regarded as a powerful rival, Li Hong also did not make any promises to him, and also warned him not to covet the position of his father Aviye, because... he is indeed not Hassan's opponent.
Once Aviyeh is forced to abdicate in favor of Saleh, then his competition with Hassan for the throne of the Great Eclipse will be like Aviyeh's competition with Hassan's father Ali for the throne of the monarch, facing the aggressive Ali. Aviye had no power to fight back, and in the end Aviye usurped the throne of king and became the master of the food.
Li Hong was not worried that Saleh could successfully force Aviye to abdicate the throne. This time he went to the palace to pick up Yeyue. He could understand clearly in his words that Aviye was not unguarded against Saleh. At the same time, he went to the palace to pick up Yeyue. He also meant to warn Saleh through his own words.
But no matter what, this is their big deal. Aviyeh cannot be the only one. There must be an internal person to distract him from dealing with Hassan. Saleh just meets this condition.
Naturally, Hassan cannot concentrate on dealing with Aviya, because the Cordo family that is about to rise will be another competitor for him.
As for the Hashemite family, well, Li Hong ordered Jingwei to prepare the grand gift for Dashi with great pains and painstaking efforts, and just handed it to him with both hands before leaving the capital of Dashi.
Li Hong didn't mind letting Da Shi people know the power of explosives, or in this way, the fact that Datang was powerful and the terror of explosives could forever be rooted in the hearts of Da Shi, from the monarch to the common people.
It would be best if they were reminded of the Tang Dynasty, an ancient country in the East, and they would be reminded of the explosions that shook the mountains and shook the earth! My whole body shivered involuntarily, and my heart felt cold.
After coming out of Saleh's palace, the situation in Dashi rapidly developed and changed in the next few days, and the entire situation was as Li Hong had expected.
Hassan obviously fulfilled his promise and began to become clean and tidy. Although he was still in the Dashi capital, the army controlled by his family had quickly recovered from the direction of Jiling City and began to swagger towards the Umayyads. Heading towards the several provinces controlled by the family.
At this time, other nobles were either united with the Umayyad family, or on the same front with Hassan's Khawalij family. The remaining families were either watching the conflict between the two nobles gradually become public, or Let’s wait and see whether the Hashim family will win over their neutral family from the other two noble families at the expense of greater interests at this time.
Once the war machine starts turning, it cannot be stopped immediately if anyone wants to. From Yeyue's mouth, I learned that Saleh was already in the palace with armor on him, and even Aviye in the palace began to Amid the support and opposition from courtiers, noble representatives, elders and other social classes, they abandoned the peace negotiation and began to put pressure on Hassan forcefully.
A war is about to break out. The Great Food Capital City is like a chess player, and the garrison troops in the provinces controlled by various families outside the Great Food Capital City are like chess pieces. Following the snowflake-like secret orders in the Great Food Capital City, they begin to move towards each other. Gathered in different places.
There was no movement at all from the Hashim family. Even at this time, the Sultan and his father seemed to have forgotten the existence of the Tang Dynasty Prince, and disappeared without a sound in the capital city.
The silence of the Hashemite family seems to have caused Aviyeh and Hassan to relax their vigilance towards the Hashim family at the same time and start to become more tough on each other. Although Aviyeh knew that Hassan was in the food capital, But no matter how many spies he sent out, they all disappeared as if they were lost in the sea. As for Hassan's whereabouts, he had no clue at all.
Aviyeh understood very well that at this critical moment, Hassan did not command the army in Basra, their sphere of influence. Instead, the purpose of appearing in the Big Food City was to demonstrate nakedly like himself and other nobles: even in the Big Food City , what can you do to me!
Hua Meng and Cheetah had been hiding away when they saw Ye Yue in the past few days. After all, most of the spies sent by Aviya to the palace to inquire about Hassan's whereabouts were dumped in sparsely populated alleys by them, Fang Zhan, and Heng Qiao.
"Your Highness..." Hua Meng glanced at Yeyue who was accompanying Li Hong and stopped talking.
"Tell me, did they start a fight?" Li Hong held Yeyue's little hand. In the past few days, Yeyue gradually psychologically accepted the results of the turbulent situation in Dashi. At the same time, she also accepted that in the next few days, she and Li Hong returned to the Tang Dynasty together.
Before Li Hong left, she helped her father get rid of the Hashim family, another close confidant. Yeyue agreed both mentally and verbally. After all, having one less competitor between her father and Brother Wang meant that With an extra layer of security, the dynasty has a solid foundation.
"It's Your Highness. If nothing goes wrong, tonight they will start a battle in a small city two hundred miles away from Basra..." As Hua Meng narrated, Yu Tuqi next to him immediately put on a simple expression of incompetence. The simple map of Dashi was spread out in front of Li Hong, he pointed and drew on the map and continued.
As for the route to Anxi in the Tang Dynasty on the map, based on the approximate distance on the map, there will be a skull-like mark basically every hundred or ten miles along the way. Starting from the Dashi Capital City, It continued to the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty.
Hua Meng cleverly ignored the significance of those skulls in front of Yeyue and pointed to the place where Aviya and Hassan's troops were. Although the two armies were fighting, he could not take into account his trip back to the Tang Dynasty in the next few days, but that small town It was only half a day's journey from Li Hong's route back to Datang, so Yeyue had to raise her beautiful eyes and look at Li Hong with some worry.
After all, if Li Hong helped Awiyeh disintegrate and assassinate the Hashemite family and the Sudan, then once his father reneged on their agreement, he could just wait and wait for Li Hong and his party to pass by on the route half a day's journey from this small town. To avenge the feasting nobles.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. I have to believe that your father is not a treacherous person, not to mention... you are by my side along the way, and with your father's token, it will naturally be unobstructed, no matter what. Is there any danger?" Li Hong comforted Yeyue with a gentle smile, but in Yeyue's eyes, this guy's smile was very similar to Bai Qi's smile when he was hunting. Except for the different face, his eyes were exactly the same. Feel the same.
As Li Hong's words fell, Fang Zhan and Hengqiao quickly appeared in front of Li Hong, and said solemnly: "The Sultan and his father just came out of the palace, as if they were bidding farewell to the Emperor of Dashi, and plan to return at this time. The seat of their power.”
"Do you know when they plan to leave?" Li Hong couldn't help but hold Ye Yue's hand tightly. Even Ye Yue was a little surprised by Li Hong's unusual movements.
"Leave early tomorrow morning." Fang Zhan said with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
"Leave back to the Tang Dynasty early tomorrow morning!" Li Hong let go of Ye Yue's hand, suddenly stood up and patted the back of the chair and said, "Immediately give the Sultan my name and I will visit him and his father in my name tonight."
"Your Highness..." Hua Meng was a little nervous. Could it be that His Highness wanted to go to the Sultan's mansion in person
"Needless to say, since you have promised to be entrusted by others and be loyal to others, you should do it." Li Hong waved his hand and motioned for Hua Meng to prepare.
Then after Hua Meng left, Fang Zhan and Hengqiao nodded like Li Hong without leaving a trace, indicating to Li Hong that everything was ready.
"Give this map to Saleh. Just say it is a gift from me. Although it is simple, it seems to be much more detailed than the map they drew in Dashi." Li Hong motioned to Wei Tuqi to put the map away. Delivered to Saleh personally.
As for the mystery of this map, Yeyue was a little confused. She never believed that Li Hong simply sent a map to Brother Wang.
But Li Hong didn't explain. In this situation and at this time, she didn't bother to ask. Sometimes asking too many questions would only increase her troubles.
Yeyue seemed to have matured a lot overnight, and she obeyed Li Hong's words. The beautiful woman who was unruly and willful at the beginning showed her unknown gentle side.
Even if Li Hong didn't take her to the Sultan's mansion, Ye Yue rarely refuted, but nodded obediently and started to pack up various things with some servants for their departure tomorrow morning.
"Are all the gifts for Dashi safe?" Li Hong asked with a little excitement in his heart after walking out of the tenement building.
"Back to Your Highness, everything is ready. And... this is the news I just got. Aviye has started fighting with Hassan's army. Although the scale is not large, the fighting has been fierce since nightfall."
"The Hashim family is leaving the circle of right and wrong. They are obviously going to hide in their hometown to watch the show, but I am unmoved. Aviyeh and Hassan are naturally anxious, so they have to leave and start a conflict so that I can Kill him quickly."
(End of chapter)