Chapter 1155 The other side of the world

Su Dingfang didn't have any definitions in his mind about the other two powerful countries Li Xiang mentioned. He just heard Li Xiang said them, and they were far away from our Tang Dynasty.

"Sometimes I wonder, do we have to occupy their land?"

Su Dingfang felt that the current territory was large enough, and the newly occupied land was not good at all. Take the Western Regions and Fusang, for example, the land in these places was not comparable to that of the Central Plains.

In this agricultural era, if there is no way to farm, what is the use of occupying this place? Take the land in Fusang as an example. Even if you plant all the land with seeds, you may not be able to produce much food. What is the use of occupying it with so much effort?

Of course Fusang and Goguryeo can complement each other.

There is enough land in Goguryeo, but not enough people. We can just pull the people from Fusang over and let them grow food for us, so that the land in Fusang can feed a small number of people.

But are there such good complementarities in other places? Su Dingfang thought it was impossible.

"This involves a strategic and deep issue. There are many things that we cannot use now, such as some useful minerals underground. But with the development of society in the future, these minerals will become more and more important. We must win for future generations. When the next big empire comes, they won’t need to buy these minerals from others.”

Li Xiang didn't know how to explain this matter. He could only explain to them what would happen in the future based on the current development.

Su Dingfang nodded somewhat blankly. This guy's thinking is still advanced, but he can't catch up with Li Xiang's thinking. After all, from the Qin Dynasty to the present, the scope of our activities is the surrounding area of ​​the Central Plains, and other places are regarded as barbarians.

Now it is basically proven that the ideas of the old people who stayed behind are correct. Their land is far inferior to ours. Even if the land in Nanzhao is slightly better, the food production is still inferior to ours. It was much further away, and it took a lot of effort to knock them all down. Apart from having so many more slaves, there didn't seem to be any benefit.

When Li Xiang and Su Dingfang were discussing the future of Datang, Taro Ito and Yasukawa Fukuda were very depressed. They did not expect that the situation would turn out like this, and it would change so quickly.

The two of them could still live in the city, but now they can only live in the wilderness, so the two of them were very depressed at the moment.

Just when Li Xiang's siege policy was decided, about a week later, the battlefield situation changed again.

The food under Taro Ito was the first to be eaten up, so he knew that waiting on the mountain could only be eaten by Yizi, so Taro Ito gathered the last five thousand capable people and led them towards Fukuda Yasukawa's The direction rushed over.

Fukuda Yasukawa also knew that if one more person unites now, the chance of survival will be greater, so Fukuda Yasukawa also abandoned the previous suspicion and led his men to attack the encirclement, hoping to meet up with Ito Taro's people.

Suzuki and Kato Jiro carried out the siege mission, and Oga Genzaburo carried out the slave-catching mission. They thought that both sides had lost the ability to attack. Who knew that in this situation where the desperate soldiers must win, Suzuki's encirclement was broken first, and Kato Jiro then Although Ben was able to withstand it, Taro Ito rushed over.

Now the two encirclements merged into one encirclement. Although they were eventually surrounded, Suzuki Chutai's ability to lead troops was indeed not good. Li Xiang made some adjustments at this time, and Suzuki Chutai returned to the capital of Fuso. Go and specialize in handling civil affairs. As for military matters, leave them all to Kato Jiro.

When they saw this change, both Ogamoto Saburo and Suzuki Chutasu regretted it greatly. If the two could have joined forces and Suzuki Chuta had given all his troops to Ogamoto Saburo, then the combination of Ogamoto Saburo and Suzuki would have been invincible. of.

But now Li Xiang's arrangement has directly separated the two of them. Now the most powerful military leader is Kato Jiro, with Genzaburo Ogawa and Taro Watanabe relegated to the second and third positions.

The most depressing person is Mr. Suzuki. He has the largest number of troops under his command. However, because of the mistakes in the encirclement, Li Xiang did not hold him accountable. He just stripped him of his military power. This is already quite a face-saving measure. , does he dare to have other ideas?

So after this guy said goodbye to Li Xiang, he boarded the ship with his entourage immediately, returned to the capital of Fuso as quickly as possible, and then lost no time in resuming production. As long as the more food was taken out, then It means that your talents are greater.

As for Gensaburo Ohga, you can only rely on yourself in the future. There was originally a good opportunity for cooperation in front of the two of them, but neither of them cherished this opportunity. Now this opportunity can no longer come back.

Taro Watanabe, who is far away in Fukuoka, is also very anxious, but the question is what can he do? Now Li Xiang ordered him to be stationed in Fukuoka and Nagasaki, and regarded this place as the base camp of the Tang army, so he could only build military camps and roads honestly. As for going to the front line to fight, that was Ogahara Saburo and Kato. Jiro’s thing.

Now the entire Fuso has basically formed a surrender force dominated by these four people. As for some resistance groups in various places, with the negative influence of Fukuda Yasukawa and Ito Taro, I believe they will enter a low state.

But Li Xiang also absolutely understands that these people in Fusang are different from people in other places. Even if they don't resist now, there must be a seed of hatred in their hearts. But Li Xiang is not in a hurry, as long as he finds out As soon as it is dealt with, sooner or later they will be able to kill their idea.

When Fukuda Yasukawa and Ito Taro met again, the two could almost cry. Although the two had a feud in history, and the two families had killed countless people from each other, but looking at the current tragic situation, the two People really can’t hate it anymore.

The army of the Tang Dynasty did not waste a single soldier. Almost all the people inside their cabins were fighting. Except for the navy of the Tang Dynasty, which slightly participated in the battle, the other armies stood aside. Looking at this, the whole Fuso was divided into two parts. Now, the two of them really don’t know where Fuso’s future lies.

"What else can we do now?"

Taro Ito no longer has the pride of the past, let alone the pride of the Ito family. Now he looks like a bereaved dog.

The resourceful Fukuda Yasukawa didn't know what to say. Not far away was Kato Jiro's army... (End of this chapter)