Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 144: War! The powerful Harsha Empire and the suicidal Linyi

Xie Shufang looked at Li Yuanji eagerly. He was extremely eager to have a great battle. Now that they had troops and food, the situation in each state had stabilized. It was time to show their powerful strength.

Li Yuanji frowned and thought, and did not give the order immediately. After a while, he looked up and asked Xie Shufang.

"How many troops would be needed to conquer the five tribes?"

Xie Shufang pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Yuanji firmly.

"My lord, if it were our own army, we would only need 10,000 soldiers to pacify the five tribes!"

Li Yuanji thought about it for a while and gave up. He only had more than 10,000 soldiers now. Including Yang Shu's 5,000 soldiers, there were only more than 20,000 people. As for the 15,000 new soldiers recruited by Xie Shufang, Li Yuanji didn't even think about it.

These people have not had much training and have no armor. Sending them to the battle is no different from sending them to their deaths. His current situation is not at the stage where he can train his troops through war. He cannot afford the casualties of training his troops through war because he has few people to begin with.

After a while, Li Yuanji spoke immediately.

"This battle must be fought. While Linyi is waiting for Liu Rengui's navy to be trained, these five tribes must be fought. Send a quick message to Feng Ang and Tan Dian, asking them to come here immediately!

Send another message to Junmai, asking him to be on guard and not to attack proactively for the time being, and wait for the follow-up army to arrive. Also, in Aizhou, be on guard against Linyi's invasion."

Li Yuanji was also determined to fight. The five tribes today would become the Nanzhao Kingdom in the future. These places were now close to the Pyu Kingdom, Zhenla, and Xiaoyangtong. As for the west, it was the Gundam Kingdom.

Next to the Gundam Kingdom is the now prosperous Harsha Dynasty, the great unified Indian dynasty ruled by King Harsha.

The Harsha Empire is now expanding everywhere, and King Sheshanga of Gauda (West Bengal) is resisting the attack of King Harsha. If he can capture the five tribes and open up the passage now, maybe he can make a fortune from the war.

Although the Harsha Dynasty would collapse after King Harsha's death in 647 AD, he now really wants to meet the expanding Harsha Empire. The Arab Empire behind it is also being suppressed by King Harsha. He wants to see how powerful the fighting power of those kingdoms outside is.

It is said that the Tang Dynasty at its peak was the one that beat the others. Now that Lingnan is developing faster and faster, he wants to challenge the difficulty. Can he beat the Tang Dynasty and those foreign countries?
His thoughts drifted away, and Li Yuanji quickly stopped thinking. He was afraid that if he continued thinking, he would fly up to the sky. Now he had a hard time even beating a Tiaoren Wubu, and he couldn't even beat Linyi, so why was he still fantasizing about those things? Li Yuanji felt that he hadn't woken up yet.

Xie Shufang didn't think too much about it. He didn't know any of this information. He listened to Li Yuanji's arrangements and immediately started to make them. As long as he fought, he felt excited.

After things were arranged, Li Yuanji was also thinking deeply about the future development direction. Now, in his opinion, there seemed to be no problem in resisting the future dangers from the Tang Dynasty. He just didn't want to disrupt the current development, which led to extremely slow military expansion.

Now there is nearly a year left before the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Although he doesn't know whether this incident will happen again, even if we look at the shortest time, there is nearly a year left. Whether it is Li Jiancheng or Li Shimin, if they want to deal with him, they have to deal with each other's forces first before they can deal with him.

This way, there would be at least one year left. In addition, with the invasion of the Turks, no matter who succeeded to the throne, they would not have the time to deal with him first. It could be delayed for another half a year, which is two and a half years. In Li Yuanji's eyes, this was enough.

As long as he is strong enough, he believes that neither Li Jiancheng nor Li Shimin will easily start a war, so his development time can be extended and his strength can be even stronger.

After thinking this through, Li Yuanji had some ideas in his mind.

"When you really develop, you still have to go and see the outside world. Although the land of the Tang Dynasty is rich, there are also many rich lands outside. You just stare at the two mouthfuls of meat in the pot and fight slowly until I am stronger than the Tang Dynasty.

Humph, no matter who wins, you all have to curry favor with me, otherwise, don't blame me for being a bad person."

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji couldn't stop smiling. No matter who becomes the emperor in the future, they will have to be polite to him. Otherwise, believe it or not, he will also include the Tang Dynasty in his fiefdom.

A few days passed, and Li Yuanji opened the system, only to see that the tasks had been completed. His contribution points exceeded one thousand again, reaching one thousand and sixty. Now looking at these contribution points, he no longer felt any waves in his heart. They were really too few, and he had seen more contribution points.

Then he turned his attention to the new task. When the city's population reaches 150,000, one thousand contribution points will be rewarded.

Looking at this new task, Li Yuanji said that it was just as he expected. Li Yuanji felt that the next task might still be about population. After all, if you want development, you must first have talents. He now basically knows all the tasks issued by the system, which are all related to development.

Li Yuanji even thought about it for the system. The next checkpoint is 200,000 people. Another task is to see how many people are reached in Leizhou and how many people are reached in the whole Lingnan. Li Yuanji felt that his prediction should be correct. Fortunately, he was already preparing.

Adding another 50,000 people would mean 1,000 contribution points. If it were just in Hikvision, this 50,000 increase might not seem like much, but it is actually very difficult because almost all the people around have already become citizens.

However, Li Yuanji also had his own way. Regardless of other things, he had to get the contribution points first. After completing the task of 1,000 contribution points, he directly had more than 2,000 contribution points.

"Someone, go get Ning Chun."

After a while, Ning Chun hurried in. "My king, what's the matter?"

Ning Chun went straight to the point. He was really busy and didn't want to chat at all.

Li Yuanji also spoke immediately.

"Dahe, when you go down, immediately move some people from Zhanjiang, Luozhou, Wuchuan and other places to Haikang. There are still too few people here. Move 50,000 people here.

If that is not enough, you can find a place near the sea and migrate with a large ship. If it is difficult to travel by land, then you can go by water.

This is the blueprint for the expansion. Take it and have people start construction. Remember, don't start construction at the same time. Do it one place at a time. People who come later will be arranged in the expanded city."

Ning Chun carefully took the drawing, took a quick look at it, put it away carefully, and then looked at Li Yuanji.

"I will go down and make the arrangements, but Zhanjiang and Wuchuan alone may not be enough. I will also move some people from Panzhou. As for the large ship, I will go and coordinate with Governor Liu. We will try to start as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji nodded in agreement and gave some more instructions before Ning Chun went down.

In Li Yuanji's eyes, the current development needs to be accelerated again. More than two years is slow, but also fast. He can't delay any longer.

Another half month passed, and the large ships carrying people from various places had set off. Everything was running normally. One day, Li Yuanji finished his inspection and was lying on a chair when Xie Shufang came in again.

"Your Majesty, an urgent military report has arrived from Feng Zhixun of Yazhou!"

Li Yuanji was so shocked that he stood up before he even had time to sit down. He took the military newspaper and took a look at it. He immediately became angry.

"Damn Linyi Kingdom, if I don't destroy this country later, I will not be a human being!"

Xie Shufang, who was standing by, was filled with murderous intent when he heard Li Yuanji's words.

"Your Majesty, is Linyi causing trouble again? Let me go, Your Majesty. Give me 10,000 men, and I will definitely conquer Linyi, chop off the head of the king of Linyi, and present it to Your Majesty!"

Li Yuanji took a look and then shook his head.

"Feng Zhixun wrote to me that the number of pirates from Linyi has increased dramatically. They have entered Danzhou several times, secretly cutting down red sandalwood and huanghuali wood, and even attacking salt fields. Feng Zhixun has sent people to guard the area, and three major battles have taken place, but these pirates still refuse to give up.

This Linyi really doesn't take me seriously, it's really hateful, go call Liu Rengui and Yuwen Bao now."

Li Yuanji was really angry. If it weren't for the fact that this news would be useless even if it was passed on to Li Yuan, he would have been impatient to wait. Now the hidden dangers within the Tang Dynasty have not been eliminated, and there are still some local problems that have not been pacified. In particular, the pressure from the Turks is even greater.

Li Yuanji knew very well that even if Li Yuan knew, even if he wanted to destroy Linyi, Li Yuan would let him figure it out on his own. Otherwise, what could he do? The journey to conquer Linyi was long and costly, and there were not many troops to be drawn. As for the navy?

The Tang Dynasty did not have much navy at present, and it had not yet developed. Besides, he came to Lingnan to serve as a barrier for the Tang Dynasty. He could not say anything about the Linyi asking him to ask for help from Li Yuan, who was of no help.

Xie Shufang immediately went downstairs to call for help, and after a while, several people came in hurriedly.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji looked at Liu Rengui and Yuwen Bao and spoke immediately.

"Pirates are rampant in Linyi. They have attacked the Yazhou salt field several times and stolen red sandalwood and huanghuali wood from Danzhou. I can no longer tolerate this. Yuwen Bao, you lead a part of the navy and go to Yazhou immediately to take care of these pirates for me!

Zhengze, you should go to Panyu immediately. Now that you have practiced enough, you can start the actual combat directly. Go to Panyu and lead the navy to capture Ryukyu. End the war as soon as possible, and then prepare to attack Linyi!"

If you can't bear it anymore, then there is no need to endure it anymore. Since Lin Yi is seeking death, he will launch a war to destroy the country in advance!
After hearing this, Liu Rengui and Yuwen Bao agreed.

"I will obey your orders!"

The two men went downstairs without any hesitation and began to prepare. They could see that Li Yuanji was very angry. It was really Linyi's practice of covering up the truth. Li Yuanji was really angry. Linyi had salt in its place, yet they came to steal from him. The most important thing was that they attacked the salt field. This was an unforgivable crime.

(End of this chapter)