Chapter 747 Discussion of Nanzhao

When he came back from the Western Regions this time, Li Xiang drew a territory for Li Shimin, and it was the Begonia territory that was most beneficial to China. This territory was sought after by many people in later generations. Of course, there was a reason for it. This was Li Shimin. Like the so-called first land.

According to what Li Xiang said at the time, this place must be under the direct management of the Tang Dynasty, so that it can be built into a large empire spanning the north and south. In addition, we cannot stop outside the territory of Qiu Haitang. If you take your own steps, you can set up various vassal states in the surrounding areas and strengthen military rule over them.

But now the first step to realize the Qiu Haitang territory is to capture the Nanzhao Kingdom. Li Shimin was originally ambitious to discuss this matter with everyone, and wanted to finalize this matter. Some troops from the Western Regions could return to the Tang Dynasty, and then Coupled with the newly trained army, we are capable of taking over the entire southwest region, but we didn't expect to be blocked by these two adults here.

Those who lead the troops are very worried about the lives of the soldiers, just like the few old generals here. They have been fighting in the army all their lives. The casualties on the real battlefield are nothing to them. There is no immortality on the battlefield. What about humans? In order to achieve his final goal, he can accept the casualties on the battlefield.

The most unacceptable thing is this kind of non-combat attrition. Nearly a quarter of the people have died on the road. Who is willing to fight this kind of war?

This was the way the imperial court thought about Tubo both inside and outside the court. The imperial court once fought a war with Tubo, but because they were not adapted to the climate on the plateau, almost all of us who rushed up did not come back. Therefore, whenever the war against Tibet was mentioned, everyone in the imperial court was Everyone was opposed, so Li Xiangcai adopted such a method, which was considered to have solved the threat of Tibet.

After the two adults finished speaking, Li Shimin suddenly thought of this. He did not want to give up Qiu Haitang's territory, but he could not let the soldiers lose too much non-combat strength.

"This matter seems a bit reckless, so can we change the strategy, just like what we did in Tubo, mobilizing them to fight among themselves, and then we support one of them, and finally take over the entire Nanzhao Kingdom?"

After Li Shimin said this, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji glanced at each other, and they understood what was going on. Li Shimin was very happy with his achievements, and of course he was really capable. Now Li Xiang described the future. prospects, since Nanzhao Kingdom is so important, it must be captured.

Even if it can be taken down without military means, other political means must be used. In short, this place cannot be criticized by others.

When Li Shimin said this, everyone looked at Changsun Wuji. Almost all the intelligence obtained by the imperial court was in the hands of this guy, so he knew the Nanzhao Kingdom very well. What everyone wanted to know was Do we have any chance of this.

"Your Majesty, this matter may be difficult. The political situation of Nanzhao has always been very stable. Originally, Nanzhao was divided into five countries. However, since the unification, the political situation across the country has been stable and people's lives are also very good, so it is difficult to find out. Some unstable factors.”

When the spies came back, they all said that the local people were very happy and loved the local dynasty very much.

The royal family of Nanzhao Kingdom rarely has some lazy young masters. Most of them have a very good reputation among the people. Compared with Li Shimin's sons, those people can indeed be regarded as outstanding.

"Didn't you bring this up? Why haven't you said a word so far? Have you just given up?"

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin really didn't know what to say. He could only kick Li Xiang out. All the difficulties were mentioned. If you still want to realize that Qiu Begonia, you must We have to tell something real. If we can't tell it, then we may not be able to continue attacking Nanzhao. As for the good prospect you described, that may come to an end here.

Hearing what Li Shimin said, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji also straightened their bodies. Even if His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun personally intervened this time, the two of them would stop this matter. They would still dedicate themselves to the entire Tang Dynasty. , will not easily change his mind because of someone. I know, I know.

Li Xiang was still very pleased with the scene in front of him. If these two people gave up their positions because of their personal relationship, then these two people would not be able to continue to stay in such positions and put the interests of the entire Datang Dynasty at risk. Putting it first, this is what Li Xiang wants.

"Grandfather, my lords, what you said is very reasonable, but you have ignored one aspect. You only considered that we will march by land. In fact, we have another aspect. We can definitely march by water, especially by sea. …”

After Li Xiang finished speaking, everyone present was stunned. No one thought that they could march by land and water. This was mainly because everyone lived in the north and often fought on horseback. Although a navy was also established, there was no such thing. No use.

Li Shimin suddenly remembered that when Li Xiang attacked Goguryeo, he had organized and trained the Dengzhou Navy. Now it seems that it should be used. We can completely transport the troops with the Navy and then transport them to Lingnan in the south. road.

If we march to Nanzhao from there, the distance will be much shorter. Lingnan Road was established by the previous dynasty, and the Tang Empire set up a management agency there, but it did not bring much benefit to the Tang Dynasty every year. , so Datang didn't care much about it, but if it was used as a base for attack, it would be very good.

Li Shimin was familiar with history books. The world was divided into nine states, and the southern region was called Jiaozhou. In addition to Lingnan Road, there was also a part of the land that belonged to foreigners, which is now the Annan Kingdom.

Li Shimin remembered that when he first ascended the throne, officials from Lingnan Province once petitioned the court to send troops to take back the land occupied by the Annan Kingdom. However, because the court lacked troops and money at the time, the matter was delayed.

"Come here, take the memorial from Lingnan Road in the first year of Zhenguan."

Just when everyone was still digesting what Li Xiang said, Li Shimin suddenly said this. Changsun Wuji naturally remembered what happened back then. Coupled with Li Shimin's temperament, Changsun Wuji secretly said something bad. .