Outlaws of the Marsh

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"Let's talk about it, how should we deal with Song Guo's request to join forces to destroy gold?"

Wang Lun was the first to say: "People in Song Dynasty have no faith and have repeatedly broken promises. It is not a sincere alliance. Today it was bullied by the Kingdom of Jin, so it allowed Yanyun and the land of the Kingdom of Jin to form an alliance with us in Shuibo Liangshan. It will tide over this difficulty. The land of Yanyun must be planned, and those who plan this plan are really wolf ambitions."

Xiao Jiasui said: "Qinzong is like this to his father, let alone the emperor? This kind of heartless and ungrateful person is not enough to save."

Yue Fei said: "If we want the land of Yanyun and the Kingdom of Jin, we can take it ourselves. Why do we need the help of the Song Army?"

Han Shizhong said: "The Song army is suspicious from top to bottom, the military orders are inconsistent, meritorious service is not rewarded, wrongdoing is not punished, and the combat power is low. If you make an alliance with it, you will miss a big deal."

Li Zhu said: "The land of gold is barren, and Yanyun fought four times. If your lord wants it, he wants the land of the Central Plains, or the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. If the Emperor Song is willing to cede it, we might as well send troops to the Liangshan Mountains."

Chen Kuopong said: "Your Majesty, stay in Zhenla County for a while longer. The Jin people have gained a lot this time, and they have retreated completely. They have already gained sweetness. They will definitely invade the Song State again. When the Song State is attacked by the Jin people Don't worry, it's not too late for your majesty to consider whether to rescue him."

As the governance of Chenla and other counties unfolded, Chen Kangbo was also transferred by Li Yan to serve as Wang Lun's deputy, ensuring that all the important Indochina Peninsula was owned by Shuibo Liangshan, and also ensuring that Wang Lun would not breed undue ambitions.

Chen Kangbo hesitated for a while, and said, "Song people are of the same species as us..."

Before Chen Kangbo could finish speaking, Wang Lun said, "No, how can you use loyalty between countries? And if your majesty raises an army to rescue you at this time, the Song people will not be grateful, and they will guard against thieves. Your Majesty, why bother?"

Lou Minzhong also said: "Governor Wang's words are correct. If the people of Song Dynasty were not in a desperate situation, they would not be grateful to the emperor for sending troops. They would only think that the emperor took advantage of people's danger and took advantage of the fire to loot."

Xi Changshi (Fujiwara Nagami) said in not-so-fluent Chinese: "Although the territory of the Song Dynasty is good, the land of Central South is not bad. The key is that the situation of Central South has been opened, and I think it should be Focus on Zhongnan, and fully incorporate Zhongnan into our territory of Shuibo Liangshan, and it will not be too late to re-map the original."

Li Dashi (Yelü Dashi) said: "Saizhong people, Guishan people, Huns, Heda people, Gujiala and other ethnic groups, as well as Parthians and Greeks, immigrated to the land of the Western Heaven in large numbers, and destroyed the Gupta built by the Indians. Dynasty, and then established more than a dozen small countries such as the Chaluqi of Vatabi, Rashitrakuta, and Chaluqi of Kalyani. In fact, you can send troops to attack the Western Heaven Kingdoms after occupying the Indochina Peninsula, and then go north..."

Li Yan was very clear about Yelu Dashi's purpose.

The reason why Yelu Dashi urged Li Yan to capture India was because he wanted to fight back from India to their hometown of Liao.

Although this idea is a bit far-fetched, it is not absolutely impossible to realize.

Just as Yelu Dashi said, India is now divided into more than a dozen small countries. If the Liangshan Army gives up the attack on the Central Plains and transfers all the troops here, it is very likely that the Indochina Peninsula and India will be pacified in a short period of time.

After that, Yelu Dashi will definitely encourage Li Yan to attack Ghazni, and then attack the East Kara Khanate, and then Yelu Dashi's goal will be achieved, and the forces of Shuibo Liangshan will basically be able to connect with the remaining forces of the Liao Kingdom .

To be honest, Yelu Dashi's idea is actually quite tempting, and there is a certain possibility of success.

Here in the Indochina Peninsula, Shuibo Liangshan almost has no opponents. If more than 30 troops from Liaodong are transferred, they should be able to capture the entire Indochina Peninsula in a year and a half at most, and then the Liangshan army can advance to India by land and water.

The military level of those small countries in India is not as good as that of the Indochina Peninsula. If the Khmer Kingdom had not been restrained by the Brahmins, it is likely that the Indochina Peninsula and India would have been pacified long ago.

Therefore, if the Liangshan army that easily defeated Khmer was sent to India, there would be a high chance of unifying India.

Neither the Ghazni nor the Eastern Kara Khanate is a powerful country.

In the last life, Xiliao of Yelu Dashi annexed the Eastern Kara Khanate, and even the West Kara Khanate, and defeated the Ghaznavid Dynasty several times.

Once this is opened, Shuibo Liangshan will border on the remaining forces of the Liao Kingdom, and then they can fight back backwards, and then destroy Xixia and return to the land of the Central Plains.

but--

After careful consideration, Li Yan gave up Yelu Dashi's idea.

Yes, Yelu Dashi's idea is a bit interesting.

But there are too many flukes here.

First of all, there should be no problem here in the Indochina Peninsula - the strength of the remaining countries has already been figured out by Shuibo Liangshan, and as long as they have enough troops, they should be able to conquer them.

The problem is mainly in India.

It's not that the dozen or so small countries in India are not easy to fight, but that India's geographical location is too annoying.

The north of India is the Himalayas, the south is the Western Ghats on the left, and the right is the Eastern Ghats. These mountains almost surround India.

That's all, the key is that there is an east-west Wendiya Mountains and an east-west Narmada River in the middle of India. This mountain and river divide India into two.

In addition, the coastline on the left side of South India is too short to be suitable for living at all. Only the middle and the right side are suitable for development. These two parts are also divided into two by the Eastern Ghats and cannot be unified.

In short, until later generations, India was also divided into three major political modules: North India, South Central India, and Southeast India due to its special terrain, and it was impossible to form a complete and unified centralization—there were several great unifications in Indian history, like the Maurya Dynasty. The Gupta Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty, in fact, only unified India in name, and did not actually unify India.

And this place of India has been unable to invade in history, like the Persians, the Huns, the Mongols, and the British, but they were unable to completely occupy it.

Therefore, India can only be colonized here, and it is impossible to fully incorporate it into the territory.

And India's special geographical environment is only one of the reasons why Li Yan disapproved of Yelu Dashi's idea.

After all, as long as you conquer the dozen or so small countries in India, you don’t even need to conquer all of them, you can use the way to attack the Ghaznavid Dynasty and the Eastern Kara Khanate.

The real reason why Li Yan disagrees with Yelu Dashi's idea is actually two other reasons: one is that the battle line is too long to do so, which is often an important national factor for victory. The war was defeated by the enemy because the front line was too long. Moreover, although the Liangshan Army was able to fight, it also relied heavily on logistics. Therefore, once it did this, the Liangshan Army was likely to face an unbearable defeat.The other is that it is absolutely impossible for Li Yan to give up the land of the Central Plains and come here to expand the territory, especially when he has the opportunity to occupy the Central Plains.

Therefore, after listening to Yelu Dashi's long strategic conception, Li Yan said: "The food needs to be eaten bite by bite, and the road needs to be walked step by step. Now that the Indochina Peninsula has not yet fully belonged to our Shuibo Liangshan, how can we plan to plot against the Western Heavens?" Country? Aiqing thinks too far." Then he signaled Yelu Dashi to step down for now and let someone else speak.

Seeing this, a trace of unwillingness flashed in Yelu Dashi's eyes, and then he became firm again, and then obediently withdrew...

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(End of this chapter)