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Chapter 643: Returning to the Capital!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
A joyous reunion left the , the party entered the tent on the su, when you enter the capital this ti Song, Wang Yan, Xianyu Zhongtong, Wang Chong, Wang Fu, and Sun Liuyue were seated cross-legged on the ground King Song’s srave
"With your achieveer Although he can’t easily touch you, that doesn’t ive up I even heard a little news that he’s working with the Chah the avenue of protocol
"The e Emperor will definitely have to confer a reward to you, but if youthe audience and award cereht use this as pretext to arrest you
"Those imperial censors even dared to impeach the previous Prime Minister and the consorts and concubines of the palace Although quite a few people support you in the court, the nurimace at the mention of you and want to , and if you were to give off the impression of an immature youth, it will have a massive effect on your career It could even result in the cancellation of your reward You absolutely can’t get careless&8221;
King Song spoke with heartfelt sincerity
The I place Unlike the battlefield, the slightest error there would result in eternal dareat one’s achieve, a descendant of the royal household and an I shackled and thrown into jail, so how could an ordinary person escape this punish, and he represented the hopes of both King Song and the Wang Clan
As an elder, King Song did not wish for so Chong This was also the reason he had rushed here tobefore he returned to the capital
"I’ve already had Scholar Lu find an old servant who used to work in the Chamberlain of Dependencies He’s very learned and knows a lot When you return to the capital, find him and study for a while under hi Song&8221;
Wang Chong gave a respectful bow
As a person who had lived twice, Wang Chong understood farHe did not believe that the Chaainst hi’s earnest concern had deeply ht, Wang Chong, when you speak to His Majesty, you must have hiards to Ü-Tsang and Mengshe Zhao, Huoshu Huicang is unharether, I fear that another incident will occur in the southwest&8221;
King Song’s eyes becalooenerals of the present age Purely in tery and formations were not his area of expertise This was also why he had hness, be at ease—they won’t be able to join together, nor would they be very successful Even if they did have theshtened as he focused on Wang Chong
The other people in the tent also began to react and look toward Wang Chong There wereto be done on the southwest border Ü-Tsang and Mengshe Zhao re could deal with this proble everyone’s concerns
This would be yet another achieve Yan sternly asked
"Heh, in the past, this wouldn’t have been doable, but now King Song’s seventy thousand soldiers change everything&8221;
Wang Chong sreatest threat froshe Zhao isn’t their soldiers, but their alliance In the past, I really wouldn’t be able to do anything against the is still unconscious froshe Zhao leaderless Their entire society is in chaos, giving us the perfect chance to cla’s 70,000 soldiers added to the 40,000 soldiers of the Annan Protectorate arshe–Ü-Tsang army still had 500,000 soldiers, ouldn’t have been able to deal with thereatly reduced, not even one-fourth of their original strength,as we place our 110,000 soldiers on the shores of the Erhai, on the border of the Great Tang and Mengshe Zhao, what choice does Your Highness believe that Mengshe Zhao, vexed by problems internal and external, will make? Cede territory and pay inde—this is their only choice,&8221; Wang Chong confidently declared
"Cede territory and pay indemnities?&8221;
The rest of the people in the tent looked in shock at Wang Chong His proposal had caught them completely by surprise, and they had never heard of this concept of ceding land and paying inde chuckled, unsurprised by the reaction Although the Great Tang was a place where power reigned suprey and tactics, in certain aspects, it was still extre in many casualties and massive consumption of provisions, armaments, and warhorses In the end, however, the victor would only win fame while the loser would just retreat
After a while, the loser would accuain to start another war…
This pattern would endlessly repeat In Wang Chong’s view, this was out of place with the nature of war, and did not properly compensate the victor
War was politics by other means, but it was also for the benefit of the country If a war consureat deal of resources but few benefits could be extracted fro had dared to ally with Ü-Tsang and challenge the Great Tang, so as the loser, he had to pay the price a loser had to pay Ceding territory and paying indemnities would be the best outcoshe Zhao would forever re could be somewhat compensated for itsquiet all this time, Sun Liuyue finally spoke "But what if Dalun Ruozan appears with the Tibetan cavalry? We’re no match for the things Even if Huoshu Huicang and Dalun Ruozan appear withdown the plateau, I’m confident that I can stop them And besides, the Tibetan cavalry now aren’t the same as the ones fro his own death&8221;
Wang Chong slowly began to chuckle