I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 652 John Kingdom wants to attack the Tang Dynasty

"Well, the army of the Arab Empire will be taken over by the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will also send troops to take over the capital and important cities."

"My prince will do his best to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty's Heavenly Army."

Hassan, whose spirit had been tempered by Li Zheng, also expressed his cooperation without hesitation.

Li Zheng turned around and waved.

Hassan Jianguang led the princes and ministers of the Arab Empire to retreat.

After the king and his ministers of the Arab Empire left, Li Zheng looked up at the Minister of Revenue Qin Jiansheng.

"Qin Qing, the Ministry of Revenue will arrange for personnel to go to the Western Regions to conduct a census of the population of the Western Regions and count the registered population."

Qin Jiansheng also immediately expressed his understanding.

Then Li Zheng said: "Kaiqing, the Ministry of Industry should also draft a charter to lay steam locomotive tracks into the territories of the Kushan Empire and the Arab Empire."

"My hall wants to completely control the Western Region, and the construction of steam trains is a top priority."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works will send people to the Western Regions to conduct surveys starting today."

Kaiji bowed in response.

"By the way, is there any news about John Country recently?"

Upon hearing this, the Minister of War Zheng Xuan hurried out.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of John has not made any moves since the last time it sent an envoy to visit us. However, I think the Governor of Delhi Sultan will not give up easily. They must be planning some conspiracy."

"It doesn't matter. Any conspiracy or trickery is futile in the face of absolute strength."

“But we still need to be cautious and vigilant, especially Myanmar, and strengthen our defenses.”

Zheng Xuan nodded and accepted the order.

With the surrender of the Arab Empire, the Tang Dynasty gradually expanded its strategy towards the Western Regions, and the entire vast territory of the Western Regions was incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Governor's Palace of Delhi Sultanate.

Davis has been very busy recently. Just a few days ago, he finally received a reply from Her Majesty the Queen of John.

What made Davis sigh was the death of the previous Queen, but fortunately, the young Queen, whom he trusted, also showed her trust in him.

"Her Majesty has agreed to the conquest of the Tang Dynasty. This is the letter from Her Majesty."

Davis said to McDonald who was sitting below him, and handed over the letter from the Queen of John.

"Great! The combined forces of Burma and Tang are only 300,000. We are sending out 800,000 troops. Let's see how Tang can stop us."

"It's not just the 800,000 troops of the Delhi Sultanate. Her Majesty the Queen has already sent our John Kingdom's navy to attack the Tang Kingdom."

Davis said with a grim expression.

Davis was very upset about the Tang Dynasty's massacre of more than 500 John's soldiers. More importantly, the Tang Dynasty invaded Burma, which Davis was determined to conquer.

"Governor, aren't we just helping those guys in the navy for nothing?"

McDonald said to Davis with a little hesitation.

"Haha, McDonald, even if those guys in the navy defeat the Tang Kingdom, in the end we still have to rely on our strength to completely conquer the Tang Kingdom."

"Besides, although the Tang Dynasty is corrupt, it still occupies a vast territory. There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. It is not certain who will make wedding clothes for whom!"

John's country was not a monolithic entity. Even before the war broke out, the various forces were scheming against each other. "The Governor is wise." McDonald thought about it and realized that it was indeed as Davis said, so he immediately put his heart back in his stomach.

Immediately, Davis ambitiously began to mobilize the army of the Delhi Sultanate. Except for the necessary garrisons, the rest of the troops also gathered towards the Myanmar border in batches.

Myanmar, Tang Dynasty army camp.

In a huge tent in the middle, Li Daozon was concentrating on looking at the border map between the Delhi Sultanate and Myanmar.

"Report, General Li."

A thin soldier entered the tent, knelt on the ground and said, "General, I found that the Delhi Sultanate's army was mobilized on a large scale and was heading towards my border."

Upon hearing this, Li Daozon was not surprised but happy.

"Well, the governor of the Delhi Sultanate has finally arrived, but he kept me waiting for a long time."

A few days ago, Li Zheng asked the Minister of War Zheng Xuan to inform Li Daozon's troops that the Kingdom of John might take action against the Kingdom of Myanmar. In just a few days, there was indeed movement.

Since conquering Myanmar, Li Daozon has been staying in Myanmar. If he doesn't move around, Li Daozon feels that he will become rusty.

Originally, it was thought that after killing the captives of John, the governor of the Sultanate of Delhi would definitely raise an army to attack, but Li Daozon waited and waited, and finally it came. How could Li Daozon not be excited?

"Come here, please ask General Hou Junji to come to my tent to tell the story."

A moment later, Hou Junji entered Li Daozon's tent.

"Haha, those bastards from John Country are finally making some movement." Hou Junji's voice arrived before his men did.

"Yeah, that Davis is really patient. I've been feeling really suffocated for a while."

Li Daozon responded with deep agreement.

After complaining, Li Daozon went on to say that our next focus is how to fight this battle.

John's army is not very strong in the Delhi Sultanate, but the problem is the local army of the Delhi Sultanate. According to our army's repeated investigations, the local army of the Delhi Sultanate is about 800,000 strong."

Hou Junji nodded and said, "But the army of the Delhi Sultanate is nothing to be afraid of. Don't forget that the Tang Dynasty also has 500,000 troops from Myanmar."

In fact, it was not that the Tang Dynasty could not deal with the Delhi Sultanate with its 300,000 troops, but it was necessary to send troops to garrison other places in Myanmar. In addition, there was no reason not to use the surrendered troops of Myanmar and let the Tang Dynasty's own troops bleed and sacrifice in the front.

Therefore, when dealing with the local army of the Delhi Sultanate driven by the Kingdom of John, the Tang Dynasty must also change its combat methods accordingly.

"The problem now is that John has been operating in Delhi Sultanate for a long time, and they have completely controlled this army. After all, our Tang Dynasty has occupied Myanmar for a short time, and its control over its army is definitely not as good as John's."

Upon hearing this, Li Daozon lowered his head and began to think.

The Tang Dynasty now only controls the high-level officials in the army. After all, it is impossible to feed the Three Corpses Brain Pill to all the 500,000 surrendered soldiers.

Under normal circumstances, this would not be a big problem, but now it is a clash between two great powers in the East and the West, and ordinary small problems will be magnified.

After all, the two sides were still in a hostile relationship some time ago, and it was unrealistic to expect the surrendered troops to fight for the Tang Dynasty through life and death.

"We can hold the city firmly. As long as we don't go out to fight the Delhi Sultanate's army, we don't have to worry about the morale of the surrendered troops. After all, it is much easier to control the army in the city."

Hou Junji frowned and said, "Being a coward?!"

The soldiers in the hall have won consecutive battles and their morale is high, so Hou Junji cannot accept the fact that he has to stay in the city and not leave.

"No, it's just a temporary strategy. Using the surrendered troops as cannon fodder will not only reduce the risk of their defeat, but also greatly reduce the casualties of our Tang soldiers."

Li Daozon said as he looked at Hou Junji whose complexion had improved slightly.

(End of this chapter)