Man Tanghong

Chapter 938 The Black Belly Li Shimin
Li Shimin stared in astonishment, "You don't have the slightest sense of superiority?"

After saying this, Li Shimin followed up angrily: "Then you have to take care of my face, Mrs. Li, right?"

Li Yuanji smiled nonchalantly: "If there is such a day, will my Li's face still matter?"

Li Shimin blew his beard and stared and snorted: "That has to be taken into account!"

Li Yuanji didn't argue with Li Shimin, but nodded obediently and said, "Okay, okay, I listen to you!"

There is no benefit to arguing on this kind of matter, so there is no need to persist.

Hearing this, Li Shimin's expression softened, he snorted coldly, put his hands on his chest, and stopped talking.

Li Yuanji didn't follow up with Li Shimin any more, but continued to read the strategy written by Li Shimin.

The strategy written by Li Shimin is not long, and it only takes half an hour to read it through, but it is not half an hour to understand the meaning of it.

Because in the strategy written by Li Shimin, there is only the process of action, without the purpose of action and specific rules.

Therefore, without asking Li Shimin to explain, it will take a long time to understand the purpose of each step of the action process written by Li Shimin and the deep meaning of doing so.

So Li Yuanji barely read, digested, and absorbed everything written by Li Shimin until the evening.

"Second brother is worthy of being the hero of my Tang Dynasty. He thinks far beyond ordinary people."

After digesting and absorbing the strategy written by Li Shimin, Li Yuanji put down the thick scroll in his hand and sighed sincerely.

The three-stage strategy written by Li Shimin on paper is meaningful, ingenious, and interlocking. It can be said to be a very feasible strategy for the country.

This plan for the country is not just about the Tang Dynasty, but also plans for all the countries that the Tang Dynasty can touch, such as Turkic, Western Turkic, Tubo, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo.

In Li Shimin's strategy, the ultimate goal of Tang Dynasty is to become the overlord of this land, and then, as the master of this land, lead the various tribes on this land, led by Linyi, Mengshezhao, The Western Regions enter the West in three directions.

Among them, the Turkic, Western Turkic, Tubo, Tuyuhun, and Dahe armies under his command entered the West from the Western Regions.

Entering the west from Mengshezhao was the Tang, Mengshezhao, and Baiyi legions led by Li Yuanji.

Entering the west from Linyi was the legions of the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, Linyi, and even the Wa Kingdom led by Li Jiancheng.

The number of soldiers and horses gathered by the three major legions exceeded one million, and there were countless servants.

Among them, Datang had to invest 30 troops, and only his own soldiers and horses had to be supported by Datang.

For the other 70 soldiers and horses, they each find a way to support themselves, and Datang only needs to provide them with the weapons they need at a price no more than three times the forging price.

It can be said that Li Shimin's strategy is a plunder, a plunder of the Tang Dynasty to all the countries in the East, and a tyranny of the Tang Dynasty leading all the countries in the East to the West.

If Li Shimin's strategy succeeds in the end, and millions of soldiers and horses arrive safely in the west, then the west will become a paradise for all the rulers of the east, allowing them to plunder.

This strategy may seem crazy, but it is actually quite conservative.

Because the Tang Dynasty needs to invest only 30 troops from the beginning to the end, and other small forces such as Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Linyi need all the people to participate in this war.

Only the Turkic and Western Turkic powers can leave some people and continue to live on the land of East Asia.

In order to prevent these people from causing trouble during the Western Expedition, Li Shimin also imposed further restrictions on these people.

That is, among Turks and Western Turks, only children under the age of thirteen, as well as old and weak women and children can stay in Turks and Western Turks on the borders of East Asia and continue to live. Others must follow the army to the West.

Although the final troops needed by all parties are only one million, according to Li Shimin's strategy, the final manpower needed by all parties may not be stopped by one million.

After all, there are millions of adult males in Turks and Western Turks alone.

These people are going to be driven to the West.

All other forces were driven to the west by the whole country.

Adding up the mouths of these forces, tens of millions may not be able to stop them.

So in the whole process, Datang didn't invest much, and other forces invested more.

"Don't flatter me, just say what you want to say, I don't believe you can fully accept my strategy."

Li Shimin was not flattered by Li Yuanji's flattery, but asked Li Yuanji to explain his dissatisfaction in the strategy with a cold snort.

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Then I'll just say it..."

Li Shimin didn't speak, but gave him a look that said something quickly and let go of fart.

Li Yuanji continued: "First of all, the strategy of entering the west from Mengshe Zhao can be ruled out. Because if we want Mengshe Zhao to obey our orders, we have to send a group of soldiers to conquer them.

And they are located between thousands of mountains and rivers, even if the soldiers and horses we send can defeat them, it is impossible to wipe them out.

So even if they lose to us, they still have room to maneuver with us.

Even if they surrender to us, they can't bet everything to go to the West with us.

Secondly, the country of Wa is located overseas. With the current shipbuilding skills of the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult to build enough large ships to go to the country of Wa. Therefore, it is unrealistic to take all the people of the country of Wa to the west. "

Li Shimin frowned and said: "But among the dynasties we know, only the Japanese are good at going to the ocean. Without the assistance of the Japanese, it will be difficult for us to open the situation from Linyi."

Li Yuanji said dumbfoundedly: "But when you can't completely conquer him, it's unrealistic for him to drag his family to be our dead soldiers.

Not to mention the Mengshe Zhao and the Wa Kingdom, even the Turks that are about to be held in our hands, it will be difficult for us to drag their families to the West. "

Li Shimin said disdainfully: "How can the Mengshe Zhao and the Wa Kingdom be compared with the Turks?"

This is not Li Shimin's obedience to Meng Shezhao and Wa Kingdom.

But even if the combined strength of Mengshezhao and Wa Kingdom is not as good as that of Turks.

Li Yuanji shook his head and said with a smile: "Although that is the case, the places they occupy are good. One is deep in the jungle and the other is deep in the sea. No matter which one it is, we cannot easily conquer it."

The reason why the Mengshe Zhao and the Wa Kingdom can last forever is not that the dynasty in the Central Plains is not strong, but that the place they occupy is good.

If they were not in the depths of the jungle or the sea, they would have been destroyed by the Central Plains Dynasty many times.

Therefore, it's not that the Central Plains Dynasty didn't want to destroy these two places, nor was it that the Central Plains Dynasty didn't have the strength to destroy these two places, but that the place they occupy is really unique and has an excellent geographical advantage.

Li Shimin wanted to take him to the west, obviously because he liked the Mengshe people's ability to drill forests and the Japanese people's ability to sail.

But in the situation that Datang can't easily conquer others, what can you do if you fancy their abilities?

If you can't take him down, if you can't trample him down, it's impossible for him to obey you.

"It's a joke, the Meng She Zhao just took advantage of the poisonous insects and beasts, and took advantage of the miasma. But neither the poisonous insects nor the beasts, nor the miasma can't be solved.

In the past, Ma Yuan Ma Fubo conquered the southwest, but he was not overwhelmed by poisonous insects, beasts and miasma.

Didn't the southwestern tribes surrender at the feet of the big man?

Although the country of Wa is located in the depths of the sea, but the people of Japan can come to our Tang Dynasty, why can't the people of Tang Dynasty go to the country of Wa?

Didn't the Japanese covet the culture and various skills of my Tang Dynasty?

In the past, I, Datang, guarded and hid, and refused to let them learn profound things.

Now that we have packed it ourselves and delivered it to them in person, do you think they will take it? "

Li Shimin said with a cold snort.

Li Yuanji was stunned, then smiled and said: "Then they will definitely want it."

Who doesn't want the advanced knowledge delivered for free.

Even if you don't cherish it after you get it, you have to get it first.

Li Shimin continued: "We let them forge a few big ships to hold these cultures. They should be willing, right? We send tens of thousands of craftsmen to teach them various skills. They should be willing too?"

Li Yuanji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Datang generously presented an unprecedented family bucket gift package, and the Japanese would definitely be willing to accept it.

He also roughly understood Li Shimin's thoughts.

The tens of thousands of craftsmen mentioned by Li Shimin are undoubtedly not real craftsmen. They must be the most elite navy in the Tang Dynasty and the most familiar with water warfare.

They pretended to be craftsmen and sat on the big boat forged by the Japanese, and they went to the country of Wa under the leadership of the Japanese.

After reaching the mainland of the Wa Kingdom, they will transform into the most elite warfare and push the Wa Kingdom from west to east.

With the current strength of the Wa Kingdom, [-] elite soldiers from the Tang Dynasty have set foot on the land of the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom has no way to resist.

There are only two final fates for the Wa country, either to be slaughtered, or to surrender completely.

But judging from the disposition of the Japanese, the possibility of the Japanese completely surrendering is extremely high.

After all, the Japanese have a tradition of recognizing the strong as their fathers and like to kneel at the knees of the strong.

However, it takes a long time to achieve this achievement.

First of all, Datang had to spend a lot of time to gain the trust of the Japanese, so that the Japanese really thought that Datang was going to give them a luxurious gift package.

Secondly, it is necessary to conduct long-term drills for Datang's navy to familiarize them with living at sea and fighting at sea.

Again, it is time for the Japanese to forge big ships.

To send a lot of books in one go, as well as tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, plus the guides from the Japanese country, it would take a full hundred of large ships to do it.

As for the hundreds of large ships, with the current national strength of the Wa Kingdom, it may take many years to complete.

(End of this chapter)