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

Chapter 311 The Agreement between Li Yuanji and Li Er

Listening to Li Yuanji's calm words, Li Er felt very calm. The past events could no longer cause any waves in his mind.

"Sanhu, you don't understand. I rebelled to save myself. If I didn't rebel, I would be the one to die.

When he was aggressive towards me, did he ever think that I was his younger brother?
Especially my father, who could not do without me and valued me when he was fighting for the world. But when the world was stabilized, he could not wait to suppress me.

When you were in Chang'an, you should have been familiar with these things."

“Fortunately, all that is in the past now, I succeeded, so I survived.

What's the point of saying all this now? It's enough that I am the winner now."

"Yuanji, your words have no effect on me.

On the contrary, it was you who came to Lingnan from Chang'an. No one in the world, including me, expected that you would develop into what you are today after coming here.

Have you been hiding your abilities in Chang'an? Or have you been preparing to come to Lingnan?"

Li Er looked at Li Yuanji curiously. He had always been confused about this question, but no one could answer it for him.

Li Yuanji looked at Li Er, who was not affected at all, and smiled.

He thought that mentioning these things again would make Li Er angry, resentful and other emotions, but he really didn't expect that Li Er didn't change at all.

He also understood Li Er's approach. Rebellion was for the purpose of self-salvation, which was actually not wrong.

But understanding is one thing, and the relationship between him and Li Er is no different from that between Li Jiancheng and Li Er in the past.

Hearing Li Er's final question, Li Yuanji smiled even more widely.

“In fact, I didn’t prepare too much. To be precise, I only started preparing two months before coming to Lingnan.

As for why I am like this now, it’s because I have grown up.

Do you want to know why I was able to develop Lingnan so well? "

Looking at Li Er's fixed eyes, he immediately smiled and said, "Guess."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Er's expression began to become gloomy at a speed visible to Li Yuanji's naked eyes.

"Haha."

Li Yuanji burst out laughing when he saw this.

“Li Er, I will never forget my elder brother’s revenge, you want my life, but it’s not enough for you.

However, since you were able to destroy the Eastern Turks first and then the Tuyuhun, I do think highly of you.

Now, don’t even think about going to the Tubo land. You can’t go down this road.

Instead of continuing to waste time here, you might as well take another route.

Or, you can give it a try.”

"Before, you used such a despicable method to take away many technologies from me. I will always remember this grudge.

Now I just want to tell you that this road is blocked!
This is just the beginning between you and me, and you will have to wait for me to settle the matter!"

Li Yuanji looked at Li Er with sharp eyes. Now he had made things clear to Li Er. From now on, it would depend on who had the greater ability.

As for the Tang Dynasty, he didn't really have to take it, but Li Er was determined to kill him, so he had no choice. Since Li Er wanted to kill him, he could only fight back.

Upon hearing this, Li Er also laughed.

“Haha, I didn’t expect Yuanji to have changed so much now. He is even more imposing than before.

I was able to win at the beginning, and now that I control the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, you have even less chance.

Yuanji, as long as you let go of everything now, I can make you a promise. I will not kill you. I will let you return to your father and keep him company.

Moreover, I guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, and I will never do anything to you.

This is the last chance I give you, you must cherish it."

Li Yuanji was full of disdain and sneered, "Li Er, Li Er, who would believe what you said? A man who killed his brother and imprisoned his father, a man who rose to power through a coup, what is there to believe in?
This opportunity, I can give you, as long as you hand over Changsun Wuji, I can consider not killing you, how about that?"

This meeting was originally just to see what the other party has become now, but now it has turned into a direct way of saying harsh words to ease the situation and shake the other party's determination.

After a conversation, no one could do anything to anyone else.

Li Er heard this and spoke slowly.

"Yuanji, don't be so naive. If that's the case, let's see what happens.

I can tell you that I will be the winner in the end!"

Li Yuanji smiled faintly: "You will lose."

The two looked at each other, were silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed.

"Okay, there's no need to say more about this. You can go back and deal with the Eastern Women's Kingdom and the Tanguts. I will also go back and deal with the Harsha Dynasty. How do you think?"

Li Er looked at Li Yuanji for a long time, and finally nodded slowly.

"Okay, I promise you. After all, the dispute between you and me is an internal one of the Tang Dynasty. So let's first destroy those small countries around us, and then we will fight to the death."

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "From the perspective of cognition, I agree with you.

Let’s do this, I will attack the Harsha Dynasty and you will attack the Western Turks, and as for Goguryeo, we’ll see who is more powerful.

When there are no more threats around, it will be time for the decisive battle between you and me."

After a moment, Li Er nodded and said, "Okay, as you said."

The two men completed their agreement and then left. They had nothing else to talk about, so they didn't get along well.

"Your Majesty, why don't you just go to war and let Li Yuanji do anything?"

Yuchi Gong, who was beside Li Er, spoke with murderous intent on his face. Li Er shook his head as he listened.

"Jingde, if we start a fight, are you sure you can win?
Those cannons, firearms flying in the air, and muskets with a range of hundreds of steps made it not only difficult for the army to cross the river, but once the war broke out, the army had to retreat to avoid putting the camp within the range of the King of Qi's cannons.

Moreover, it was difficult to continue to maintain the huge logistics of hundreds of thousands of troops within the Tang Dynasty.

If I had a 30% chance of winning this battle, I would have fought even if there were some problems with the logistics. But now I don't even have a 30% chance of winning, and there is no point in continuing to confront them here."

Was this agreement really formed because Li Er and Li Yuanji had a good relationship?

He didn't want to fight a meaningless battle that had no chance of winning.

Li Yuanji gave him another opportunity, and he took it decisively, otherwise he would be in a dilemma.

"Moreover, the Tang Dynasty has just started to improve. Next, we need to focus on improving people's livelihood. As for the firearms, we must ask the people in the Firearms Bureau to improve them. Only when we are fully prepared can we continue the war.

Just as I said, the dispute between me and the King of Qi is an internal dispute of the Tang Dynasty. Once the war starts, all the armies will be gathered. If we don't eliminate those threatening people around us, how can the King of Qi and I fight with peace of mind?

Next, you should make some preparations. I plan to use Li Ji as the main general and you as the deputy general to attack the Western Turks."

The only threat to the Tang Dynasty now is the Western Turks. Li Er will not feel at ease until the Western Turks are eliminated.

On the other side, when Li Yuanji was on his way back, Xie Shufang was also very unhappy, just like Yuchi Gong.

"Your Majesty, now that we have the upper hand, we should just fight. If we can capture or kill Li Er, then all of Tang will belong to you.

Your Majesty, you are too merciful. You are giving Li Er a way out by not wanting to fight him."

Xie Shufang was really unhappy and he didn't hide it at all. In front of Li Yuanji, Xie Shufang never concealed his emotions.

Li Yuanji was not angry after hearing this. He looked at Xie Shufang's appearance and spoke slowly.

"Shu Fang, it's not as simple as you think. We fought with Li Er, and when Li Er saw that the situation was not good, he retreated directly into the mountains. What can we do?
Moreover, once a war breaks out, the casualties will inevitably be huge, and firearms can only provide limited help due to the problem of ammunition.

Once the fighting starts, this war will not be able to end in a short time. By then, the Tang army in Shuzhong and other places will gather here.

Our material reserves are also facing difficulties now.”

Li Yuanji looked melancholy. Didn’t he want to fight?
He also wanted to fight, but he was short of logistical supplies and firearms and ammunition. He also had no large army to gather. He only had these troops here. Once the fighting broke out and turned into a war of attrition, neither he nor the Tang Dynasty could bear it.

At least he can't bear it now.

"You should know that we are now fighting on four sides. To the west is Feng Li, to the east are Feng Ang and Yu Minghe, and to the south is Liu Rengui's army.

There is no logistical pressure on the west side, but the south and the east also need a large amount of supplies, and firearms and ammunition are in urgent need.

Now if we start a fight with Li Er, what should the other places do? Should they all give up?

Now is not the time to go to war with Li Er. Li Er needs to develop people's livelihood and stockpile supplies. We also need to draw troops from here to quickly quell the three-way war and start preparing for the decisive battle with Li Er as soon as possible.

If we are slow to prepare or our preparations are insufficient, some small details may lead to our failure in the battle with Li Er.

The war with Li Er will be a long-lasting one. If we rush into the war without sufficient preparation, we may end up in a great defeat.

Now you can understand why Li Er and I made this agreement?"

"Li Er was right. The struggle between us and Li Er is an internal struggle within the Tang Dynasty. We must give priority to dealing with the threatening alien races in the surrounding areas. Only then can we concentrate all our efforts and prepare for the real war."

Li Yuanji also sighed in his heart. It seemed that the battle with Tubo this time would be decided in one battle and not cost much money or food. However, the money and food consumed by the army from the time it set out to now was an astronomical figure.

Fortunately, the battle was decided in one go and did not drag on, so the consumption of food did not overflow. However, even so, the consumption of ammunition and medicine was huge.

The army did not consume more food, but after that battle, more than 100,000 people were captured, and they all needed to eat. Even if they only had one meal a day and could not get full at each meal, they still needed food supply.

Those captives were used as laborers to open up wasteland, build roads, construct dams, widen rivers, dredge canals, build cities, open mines, etc. They had to be kept, and this food could not be saved. Li Yuanji was also helpless.

Not to mention, his army is now fighting on all sides. Although the Type B Army was temporarily transformed into the Type A Army, the reserve force was temporarily transformed into the Type B Army, and the reserve force was called up, and there were several months of preparation, it was still hasty.

Especially the wars in the south and the east, Li Yuanji was most troubled.

He was not that worried about Feng Li. With the army sent by Wei Yunqi and Tan Dian, plus firearms, what could the Harsha Dynasty use to resist?

Moreover, food and fodder supplies can be obtained from Gundam. Although the battle line is long, the logistical pressure is minimal.

But the south was different from the east. Liu Rengui in the south concentrated the navy of two fleets, but did not deploy many land forces. Srivijaya was a neighboring big country and had long controlled the Strait of Malacca. Its domestic economy was not bad, so its army would naturally not be bad either.

In addition to the surrounding small countries, the army is probably more than 300,000. With this number, it is okay for naval battles, but for land battles, the pressure is not small.

As for the east, Feng Ang and Yu Minghe had a combined total of more than 100,000 people, but Yu Minghe's army was not stable. The two could only use about 60,000 people stably.

But even so, Feng Ang and Yu Minghe were blocked by Goguryeo. To pass through Dongyi Prefecture, they had to pass through the territories of Mohe and Shiwei, which put great pressure on the cooperation between the two.

The battlefields in the south and east are the most difficult and consume a lot of supplies.

He has been developing for a few years now, and it can be said that he has spent a lot of money in this battle on all fronts. The only good thing is food. Not only does he have a lot of reserves himself, but he also purchased countless amounts from the Tang Dynasty.

On the contrary, Li Er will have to consider the problem of food after he returns, as it will still take some time before the autumn harvest of the second year.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe again.

"Are there any news coming from other battlefields?"

Yang Jianhe responded solemnly: "Your Majesty, the news came earlier that the new Khan of the Eastern Turks and the Xueyantuo tribe launched an attack on Yu Minghe, but there is no news about the current situation of the war.

Feng Ang has now taken the initiative on the battlefield in his battle against Goguryeo, but there is no news on what will happen next.

In the south, Liu Rengui's navy engaged in a large-scale naval battle with Srivijaya, in which Srivijaya was defeated and Liu Rengui gained full control of the sea.

Now the troops are divided into two groups to launch an attack. The army enters from Goguryeo and the marines land in Panpan to cut off Srivijaya's support for Goguryeo.

There is no news yet about the specific situation of the war."

"Wei Yunqi and Tan Dian in the west have already invaded the capital of Pyu. The King of Pyu surrendered. Wei Yunqi left Tan Dian to continue handling Pyu affairs while leading the army to continue westward.

We should have arrived at Gundam by now, but there is no news yet on whether we will launch a counterattack against the Harsha Dynasty or how the war is going. "

Li Yuanji nodded indifferently. He was far away from the battlefields here. It would take a lot of time for the news to reach him. Even with carrier pigeons, it would still take a lot of time to get the news to him.

"Shufang, after the withdrawal of the troops, you will lead 50,000 troops to attack Nepal and then invade the Harsha Dynasty.

You go with Songtsen Gampo and Yang Shu, you can't let them go so easily.

All the prisoners captured in the war were escorted back to mine, build roads and reclaim wasteland.

Go down and make preparations. We will have to withdraw our troops from here in the next two days."

(End of this chapter)