"Sneak attack?" When Li Chengqian heard these two words, he felt an instinctive disgust deep in his heart.

I, Li Chengqian, are an open and honest man.

Seeing Li Chengqian like this, Chen Zhengtai seemed to see through Li Chengqian's thoughts and hurriedly said, "This sneak attack is not an sneak attack. Your Highness, think about it, ordinary sneak attacks, such as me, I am by your side, and suddenly a monkey steals peaches. What is this called despicable and shameless, and no martial ethics."

Chen Zhengtai paused and said, "But our sneak attack is very bright. As Your Highness said, we are taking the general's head in the chaos. No, theoretically, it is several times more difficult than the general's head, because we need to capture people alive. Think about it, how difficult it is. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is more difficult than climbing to heaven."

Li Chengqian nodded thoughtfully: "It does make sense. Since it is so difficult, why bother to take such a risk?"

Chen Zhengtai said: "Because this has a great benefit, it can allow our Tang Dynasty's power to go directly to the extreme west. Think about it, if the Tang Dynasty could capture the thief's head at any time, then who in the world would dare to be rude to my Tang Dynasty like a cannibal?"

"What's more, if the other party's leader is at that time, he can use this to threaten Dashi and let Dashiren hand over Xuanzang people. We have neither compromise nor rescued people. Wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone? At that time, the crown prince can teach the people of the world to look at him with admiration. Even His Majesty will cheer for His Majesty."

Li Chengqian thinks there is some truth.

He nodded subconsciously.

Of course, what he values ​​more is that he can show his face in front of his father.

But Chen Zhengtai’s purpose is another direction.

The Chen family could quickly merge the entire Western Regions, but they had to continue to penetrate into the denser population of India, Persia, even the Dashi and Rome. With the current population of the Tang Dynasty, it was still impossible.

The reason is very simple. After hundreds of years of war, the Tang Dynasty's population was only tens of millions!

This number seems to be a lot, but the pass requires a large population, Hexi, Gaochang and other places, and also a large population.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously not cost-effective to rashly merge. Even when Britain annexed India, it slowly planned to build a colony site first, and then use its powerful deterrent to incite internal strife between the states of India, and then slowly erode the land, and finally turn India into the pearl on its crown.

What the Tang Dynasty wants to do now is to restore the population. With the high yield of food and the improvement of sanitary conditions in the future! The population will increase sooner or later, but what we need to do now is to lay the foundation for the future. At this time... Whether it is Persia or the big food industry, it is too far away, and it is beyond reach. The best way... is to open up the Silk Road.

At the same time, along the Silk Road, some Tang Dynasty post stations were set up, and it was best to send some troops to protect them, and even continue to build railways to Persia and Dashi in the future.

But... it is not easy to do these things. Everyone is not stupid. Why should you agree to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty?

At this time, unless you send tens of thousands of elite troops to travel thousands of miles to win a battle.

But... this method is too expensive, but the current income is not as big as Gaochang and Goguryeo.

Such a low-cost establishment of deterrence and then shocking the entire world, making them obediently negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty, put it on the agenda.

If an action can be planned and a direct deterrent is generated, then there will be a possibility of negotiations next.

If the plan is successful, I am afraid the whole world will be shocked.

But... can such a plan really be achieved in this era?

Chen Zhengtai was upset.

This matter...is really hard to deal with.

Because of a slight mistake, I am afraid that people will get in again.

Obviously, Li Chengqian also felt that Chen Zhengtai was a little whimsical.

Chen Zhengtai explained patiently: "There are naturally many difficulties in this, but I think there may not be no possibility of success. First of all... the enemy is in the light, and I am in the dark. There is a saying that you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. The second is that this great cannibal is afraid that we will launch a sneak attack at this time!"

"Although their guards are strict, they must be tight on the outside and loose on the inside. After all, no one has ever done such a thing. Maybe their city walls or the periphery will arrange heavy troops, but their kings, generals, and female relatives' addresses will not easily let the guards in. So... what we have to do is to accurately reach this vacuum of defense. It's like..."

Chen Zhengtai pondered for a moment, gestured in his hand, "Look, the outermost part is Chang'an. Chang'an has a guard guard, right? Another circle is Tai Chi Palace. There are left and right Jinwu Guards and left and right Yulin Guards in various towers of Tai Chi Palace. It is extremely strict. It is really harder for ordinary people to enter the palace than climbing to the sky. But... Your Highness, think about this Ziwei Palace and other harems... Are there any guards here?"

After hearing this, Li Chengqian immediately understood something and couldn't help but say, "I understand what you mean, but don't compare it with Chang'an."

Chen Zhengtai said in disappointment: "Hehe... I'm afraid that your highness can't understand this. For example, don't be serious. You see, the royal family in the world arranges defense in this way, because no one with a high position and a powerful person will easily let his guards and contact his female relatives at any time! After all, people with a high position and a powerful person have more wives and concubines, and they are often negligent in daily life. If they let so many strong men..."

"Okay, okay." Li Chengqian stared at Chen Zhengtai and gritted his teeth and said, "If you say this again, you will lose your head."

Chen Zhengtai sighed and then said happily: "I am very glad that I don't have any problems in this regard. This shows how wise it is to just marry a single wife."

Li Chengqian squinted his eyes, as if he wanted to kill someone.

Chen Zhengtai obviously knew that this topic was a bit exciting to Li Chengqian, so he did not deliberately provoke Li Chengqian anymore. The topic changed: "So, as long as we appear here directly, and then take action immediately before the guards on the outside could react, and then take away all the people inside. In this way... it can be considered a great achievement."

After pausing, he seemed to have thought of something, and said again: "Of course, there are many technical problems in this. For example... how to get a team of people into the Great Food. And how can we ensure that we can directly enter the predetermined position. And... where is the other party's capital, how is the deployment of the palace? Even... there are some harem arrangements and a lot of information about the Great Food!"

"And...who should we choose? These people... should we conduct targeted training! It is not easy to solve these problems, but everything is difficult at the beginning. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle! What does Your Highness think?"

I have to say that Chen Zhengtai’s arrangement was very clear, and Li Chengqian cheered up and said, “Yes, the most important thing is the information of the great cannibal. But we know nothing about the great cannibal. If we re-invest our lives and do it carefully, we are afraid that time will be too late. Zhengtai, although you have many ideas, but when it comes to this matter, I still feel that it is a bit unreliable!”

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. Who said there is no information about the cannibal? In my opinion, this information is ready-made. Do you believe it or not? I can dig up the information about the cannibal in one day so that they know whether they wear underwear or not."

Li Chengqian: "What are underwear?"

"Uh..." Chen Zhengtai was speechless for a moment, and he said for a long time: "Untie."

Li Chengqian glanced at him: "Things that are not serious."

"But..." Li Chengqian immediately said, "I don't believe me, can you still have the ability to see the clairvoyance and the wind-like ears?"

Chen Zhengtai looked confident and smiled and said, "Wait, come, send me a message to Changshi Wuxu and ask her to leave everything at hand! Tell her that within one day, I will collect all the news about the cannibalism."

"Wu Xu?" Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Is Wu Xu a great cannibal?"

"No." Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "Your Highness will know clearly by then."

Li Chengqian really became interested. To be honest, Li Chengqian felt that this plan was not reliable.

It’s not that he doesn’t believe Chen Zhengtai, but that he thinks… there are too many problems to solve here, but that these problems are too difficult!

But seeing Chen Zhengtai's old god-like appearance, he couldn't help but wonder, let's see if he can really come up with information about the great cannibalism. One day... it is impossible to fly to the sky and escape from the earth.

So Li Chengqian said, "I will go to find you tomorrow, and see your methods."

…………

The Chen family's study was already brightly lit.

Chen Zhengtai has gone to bed early.

But Wu Xu's eyes were red by the oil lamp, and there were countless documents piled up on her desk. Wu Xu was inspecting and sorting out each document.

Then, she will record the useful things.

Early in the morning, Chen Zhengtai seemed to get up early. He hurried into the study and happened to see Wu Xu drowsy.

Wu Xu raised his eyes and looked at Chen Zhengtai. At this time, Wu Xu's eyes were red and covered with blood.

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but say, "Didn't you say there is no hurry? It's okay to be late. You should go and have a good sleep now."

"I just sorted it out." Wu Xu said: "What's more, my mentor is in a hurry to ask for it. This is a big deal and cannot be delayed."

Chen Zhengtai was still very relieved about Wu Xu's work, so he urged her to go to bed first, and then looked down at the information Wu Xu had collected.

After a while, Chen Fu came to report: "The Prince is coming down."

"This guy." Chen Zhengtai knew Li Chengqian's thoughts, shook his head, and couldn't help but say: "Today it is coming very quickly. If Wu Xu had not completed the task all night, he would have been laughed at by him."

"I won't go to the middle gate to greet you, let him do it by himself." Chen Zhengtai sat down.

After waiting for a while, Li Chengqian quickly stepped in and said, "I'm crazy, I'm crazy, there are signs of peace praying for blessings in the palace. My mother was bathing and changing clothes last night, and went to the Mingtang to burn incense and pray, saying that she wanted to pray for monk Xuanzang. Look... this monk... is really disturbing the world. Zhengtai, tell me, no one pays attention to how many people die in the world on weekdays, just such a monk..."

Chen Zhengtai sighed and said, "Stop talking, with Xuanzang's escorts, there are more than a dozen people in our Chen family. Together with Xuanzang, they were all taken away by the great cannibals, but they didn't see them... People pray for them. I am not in pain yet, what else is there to be dissatisfied with Your Highness?"

When Li Chengqian heard this, he grinned and then he felt a little more balanced, and said in surprise: "Why didn't you say it earlier? If you say it earlier, you wouldn't be so angry. It can be seen that people in this world are not just generous to those monks and ordinary people, and your Chen family is not much better, they are all pitiful."

Chen Zhengtai thought to himself that this is the power of publicity. Propaganda can make people ignore the white bones that die every day due to hunger and disease, and can ignore so many people who should also pay attention to, but publicity can also make millions of people in the world care about a monk.

Those guys obviously used too much force.

Of course, if it were just public opinion of the aristocratic race at the beginning, then it was obvious that things had gone out of control!

A large number of monks stood up and then brought in a large number of pilgrims. Immediately afterwards, the nobles in Chang'an, royal relatives, including kings, princes, generals and ministers, came to take advantage of the popularity in order to show their compassion.

Now that the company commander Empress Sun is also involved, it is not surprising.

Li Chengqian immediately said, "Stop talking about these things, hurry up, what about the information about the great cannibalism you mentioned?"

"It's all here." Chen Zhengtai pointed out the documents and stacks of documents: "It took a night to sort out, and there are also maps here, as well as maps for their royal capital."

Li Chengqian was startled and his eyes widened: "Are you really? No? Could it be that you really have a clairvoyance?"

Chen Zhengtai said seriously: "No, but... Yesterday, I ordered Wu Xu, and Wu Xu immediately asked people to go to various families to collect useful information. The aristocratic families in Chang'an sent the information they found. However, these messages are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and some are simple and some are detailed. Wu Xu needs to carefully identify them in order to ensure the authenticity of all messages."

Li Chengqian was shocked: "Clans? These aristocratic races...what do they do to collect so much information about big food? Where did they find these?"

Chen Zhengtai said: "It's very simple. You can go through the merchants who cannibalize people. Some people bribed some people to enter the food. In addition, there are also information provided by the Persian court... and even people sneak in and explored the information... there will always be a way."

"They... did this before? What did they do this?" Li Chengqian felt even more incredible.

If it were the past, if Li Chengqian knew that these aristocratic races were doing this, the tenth would have thought that these guys were full and full.

Of course, Chen Zhengtai is very clear about the inside story.

After opening up the Western Regions, the business roads on the Silk Road have actually begun to appear slowly. The aristocratic races are very enthusiastic about these transactions. Coupled with the influence of Gongyang Studies, many children of the aristocratic races are interested in imitating Ban Chao and Zhang Qian.

None of these people... are fuel-efficient. They spy on military information from various countries in the name of chambers of commerce and others.

Especially after tasting the sweetness of Gaochang, such things became very active.

The aristocratic races are like a group of children who are hungry and eager to understand the world outside the West.

After people were in the Western Regions, their worldview has changed.

They began to slowly realize that they were not in the "middle earth". The vastness of the world was passed through many merchants from Persia, Dashi and India, and they became curious about all external things.
To be continued...