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

Chapter 315: Grand Strategic Plan for South Asia and the Middle East!
Li Yuanji's face was solemn. Wei Yunqi's urgent military report?
He took the military newspaper and took a look at it, then looked at Cen Wenben with a happy face.

"Haha! Well done, Wei Yunqi and Feng Li, you two did a great job!"

"Jingren, look, the King of Kamarupa, Kumarajiva, is connected with the Harsha Dynasty, and the King of Gundam, Shesangka, is also beginning to waver. Feng Li decisively took control of the situation in Gundam, and then cooperated with Wei Yunqi to destroy Kamarupa.

After the army arrived at the front battlefield, it directly fought a major war with the Harsha Dynasty. It won the first battle, killing 20,000 enemies and capturing 30,000. The Gupta Dynasty and Panyue were directly frightened. The armies of the two countries are now commanded by Wei Yunqi. "

Li Yuanji was really happy. The outcome of the war in the west was basically clear now. The Harsha Dynasty was no longer a force to be reckoned with. Originally, the Harsha Dynasty could not defeat Feng Li's 10,000 troops cooperating with the coalition forces of various countries. Now, Wei Yunqi was leading 60,000 troops there. How could the Harsha Dynasty be stopped?

After reading the report, General Cen Wenben also looked happy.

"Your Majesty, Yuwen Bao also made great contributions. Whether it was helping Wei Yunqi's army land or covering the siege from the sea, it was extremely effective.

Now that Kamarupa has been destroyed and the Gundam Kingdom has been taken control, only the Gupta Dynasty and the Banketsu are left. When the war is over, these two countries will become countries within countries, just like Tangming and Funan. "

Li Yuanji smiled and nodded, agreeing with what Cen Wenben said.

“You are right, the Gupta Dynasty and the Panyue Kingdom can no longer cause any trouble.

Especially Panyue, the surrounding areas are all my fiefdoms and I can’t jump out.

As for the Gupta Dynasty, except for the Harsha Dynasty to the west, all other directions are the king's fiefdom. The Harsha Dynasty is on the verge of defeat. If he wants to be destroyed together with the Harsha Dynasty, then they will be destroyed together.

Now Wei Yunqi has begun to launch a counterattack against the Harsha Dynasty. Together with Xie Shufang, Yang Shu, and Songtsen Gampo who are attacking Nepal, Xie Shufang and his men will directly enter the northern part of the Harsha Dynasty.

When he is attacked from both sides, let’s see how King Harsha will respond.

This time, we must destroy the country!"

Li Yuanji is now full of confidence. Nepal cannot stop the 50,000 troops of Xie Shufang and his two companions. If Xie Shufang takes the lead in attacking the Harsha Dynasty, the Harsha Dynasty will be empty internally. The 100,000 troops that were originally squeezed out to attack Tibet will be infected with the plague and die.

The rest of the main forces, including King Harsha, are here with Wei Yunqi. What can the Harsha Dynasty use to resist?
As long as the Harsha Dynasty is conquered, the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea will be under his control.

At this moment, Li Yuanji suddenly thought of something.

"Yuwen Bao's fleet was originally in Pyu Kingdom, and the Harsha Dynasty was to be conquered next. However, the place where the Harsha Dynasty sailed out to sea was occupied by the other four countries, especially Rata, Metraka, and Sindh.

The Harsha Dynasty was also a good place, where rice could be grown for three seasons, and there were abundant woods such as rosewood, red sandalwood, and other treasures, so the sea transportation route had to be opened.

I plan to expand Yuwen Bao's fleet to 30,000 people. After defeating the Jie Ri Dynasty, Yuwen Bao will lead the fleet to the Three Kingdoms waters, with Wei Yunqi, Xie Shufang and their armies as the main force, to open up the sea outlet.

In this way, with sea routes and land channels, control, governance, and trade have been greatly strengthened.

how do you feel? "

Li Yuanji asked Yang Jianhe to bring a map, and Li Yuanji directly drew a route starting from Haikang, passing through the Strait of Malacca, entering the Bay of Bengal, and then entering the northeastern Arabian Sea.

To be precise, all prefectures east of Yuezhou Prefecture, including Haikang, must take this route.

In Pyu Kingdom and Wuzhou Prefecture, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhenzhou Prefecture, Zhenzhou Prefecture and other places, you can go directly to the Arabian Sea from the eastern part of the Bay of Bengal.

Cen Wenben looked along the route drawn by Li Yuanji with an extremely solemn expression, and then pointed his finger at a place.

"Your Majesty, there is a very serious problem. If we use this route, the location of Srivijaya (western Indonesia) is crucial. It controls the throat of this strait. If we want to pass through, we must obtain Srivijaya's consent.

Now that the Harsha Dynasty and other countries are destined to be included in the king's fiefdom, I suggest that you send a message to Liu Rengui, telling him to destroy Srivijaya. This strait must become the king's fiefdom!"

Cen Wenben spoke firmly and his attitude was the same: to fight and to conquer Srivijaya.

In Cen Wenben's opinion, since they were now at war with Srivijaya, and Srivijaya was attacking them without knowing the consequences, they had to be prepared to be destroyed.

Li Yuanji nodded after hearing this. He had long had the idea of ​​destroying Srivijaya, because the location of Srivijaya was really too important.

Now, if his trade and fleet want to go west, the Strait of Malacca is a place that cannot be avoided. He must go through it, otherwise he will have to take a long detour, and it is an unfamiliar waters, and there is no route that can be explored.

The trade here is developed. In the past, when the merchant caravans passed through the Strait of Malacca, Srivijaya made a lot of money. Srivijaya collected the tolls from the passing fleets in full, so it became arrogant and dared to send troops to fight him.

"Srivihara must be destroyed. I will pass the order to Liu Rengui. You prepare the supplies and provide Liu Rengui with logistical support."

After some discussion, the matter was settled. As for whether he could conquer Srivijaya, Li Yuanji had never thought about it.

If Liu Rengui's army was not enough, he would immediately send reinforcements there. In short, he must occupy Srivijaya. This place must become his fiefdom, only then would Li Yuanji feel at ease.

When he was charged in the past, he had no time to care about Srivijaya. Now that they are actively attacking him, he will not be polite at all.

After the issue was settled, Cen Wenben then placed his finger at another place.

“Your Majesty, if you want this route to be worry-free, besides Srivijaya, there is also this place. There are eleven small countries here, including Pallava, Eastern Chalukya, Pandya, and Lion Country. Together with the four countries you mentioned, there are more than fifteen small countries in total.

Countries like Rata are located in this sea area (Arabian Sea), while Pallava, especially Sri Lanka and other countries, are located in the western Bay of Bengal. If this route can be opened, then sea transportation can actually go through the western Bay of Bengal.

In this way, a lot of distance can be saved and there is no need to go around that sea area.

And to the west of that sea, you can develop further west towards Persia.

Now, intelligence brought back by merchants says that Persia is expanding its military on a large scale, and that the internal forces that were secretly divided have suddenly reconciled.

Not only the army, but the navy is also expanding, apparently in response to the threat posed by the king.

I think we can station a naval fleet in this sea area to deal with the Persian army, especially the possible destruction from Persia. "

Cen Wenben said this and then placed his finger on Persia on the map.

"Persia has been trading with us in the past and has made a lot of money. Now it is openly expanding its army. In my opinion, this is a provocation to the king. If there is a chance in the future, we can conquer Persia as well.

I have heard from the caravan that Persia is rich in resources, especially kerosene and coal, which are gradually becoming used, as well as various minerals and, most importantly, precious stones, which are extremely abundant in Persia.

Now Persia has been reunited because of the great king's power, but this is due to external pressure from the great king.

When the king conquers the Harsha Dynasty and these many small countries and stops using military force, the internal conflicts in Persia will inevitably intensify until they cannot be controlled. Once they break out, they will definitely not be small.

If we have a large fleet in this sea area by then, such as Yuwen Bao's fleet, with more than 50,000 troops stationed in the Harsha Dynasty, we can intervene forcefully when chaos breaks out in Persia.

Or, as usual, the king can use his influence in the Harsha Dynasty to support our people in Persia. No matter how the situation in Persia changes, the king will always be under his control! "

Li Yuanji frowned when he heard this. Persia's expansion of its army and its internal unity in external confrontation were not good signs.

There is one thing that Cen Wenben did not mention, which is whether Persia would support the Harsha Dynasty when it expanded its army and saw that the Harsha Dynasty was unable to resist.

Even though the two countries had fought before, they are still interdependent. Now Persia has been able to take advantage of the changes in the situation on the Tubo battlefield and resolutely begin to expand its army and integrate internally to deal with his threat. Li Yuanji does not believe that Persia will not understand this principle.

Li Yuanji looked at the map closely. If Persia wanted to support the Harsha Dynasty, it could only enter the Harsha Dynasty from between Sindh and Jetra. However, if these two countries disagreed, Persia would have no chance of sending troops.

Considering this, Li Yuanji became more serious, because Li Yuanji suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, once the Harsha Dynasty knew that it was no match for the enemy, would it take the initiative to unite with the fifteen countries in the south, the seven countries in the north such as Jetavana, and even the Western Turks?

As for Yangtong, Dabolü, Xiaobolü and other countries, Li Yuanji did not take them seriously. After the battle with Tubo, all the manpower in the country was gone, and they could not stop Xi Junmai's offensive.

The only thing that needs to be considered is whether the Western Turks will intervene, and whether Kashmir will intervene. Kashmir is adjacent to Yangtong, with Little Bolor in the north and Great Bolor in the northeast. Once these three places are captured by Xi Junmai, Kashmir will inevitably be uneasy.

Once Kashmir intervenes, the surrounding small countries will probably follow suit.

Because his past record has already told it all. Now those small countries outside will probably not stand on his side easily. They will all be destroyed in the end anyway. If he fights, maybe he won't be destroyed?
Li Yuanji had already predicted that once the situation developed in this way, Persia would definitely unite these small countries. If Yangtong, Maqiang, Dabolü and Xiaobolü were not counted, there would be a total of twenty-one small countries.

This does not include Persia, the Harsha Dynasty, and Western Turkestan. If these three larger countries are included, there will be twenty-four countries.

And this is not the end. If the enemy countries on other battlefields are taken into account, there is a coalition of seven countries in Srivijaya, Feng Ang and Yu Minghe are facing Goguryeo, Eastern Turks, Xueyantuo, Shiwei and other tribes, and there is also the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Yuanji suddenly felt like throwing the table. Thinking about the worst, he had enemies on all sides and had to deal with more than 30 countries and forces by himself.

Li Yuanji was also helpless. Srivijaya must be destroyed, there was no room for negotiation. The Harsha Dynasty was so rampant. If he did not respond, how could he gain a foothold there in the future?
The destruction of the Harsha Dynasty cannot be changed and must be done.

Since there is no strategy, we can only unite those small countries and divide those forces to prevent these small countries from uniting.

Li Yuanji then looked at Cen Wenben.

"Jingren, I never thought that a civil official like you would be so decisive and murderous, and advocate the destruction of the country."

Li Yuanji was really surprised by Cen Wenben's words. Cen Wenben had always shown his gentle side, but now he looked so murderous.

Upon hearing this, Cen Wenben looked at Li Yuanji solemnly with a firm expression.

"Your Majesty, I will say something that I am not afraid of being blamed by Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Li Yuanji put away his smile and nodded to signal Cen Wenben to continue.

After hearing this, Cen Wenben no longer had any concerns.

"Your Majesty, our most important enemy right now is Li Er's Tang Dynasty, that's for sure.

However, the war with Tubo has just ended, and other places are still at war. Our preparation time is certainly not as sufficient as that of the Tang Dynasty.

Although our army has an absolute advantage in weapons, even with this advantage, I am still worried that the king will be defeated.

This is not because I have no confidence in the king. On the contrary, I have absolute confidence in the king.

But the art of war says that before a battle, first think about defeat, then think about victory.

As the king's minister, I must be prepared for the king's retreat if he is defeated.

Nowadays, roads are being built everywhere in Lingnan, and they are no longer as difficult to travel as before. Although it is convenient for our army to assemble and transport supplies in the later stage, if we are attacked by the Tang Dynasty, it will also be convenient for them to march and invade everywhere.

Lingnan can no longer be our last resort. We must have a new retreat. Only with confidence can we give it a try!"

When Cen Wenben said this, he placed his finger firmly on the area south of the Harsha Dynasty.

"I think this is our best retreat. Now that the Pyu Kingdom is west of us, the roads have not been built and it is still difficult to march. We can use the terrain to block the enemy's attack anytime and anywhere.

In the north, there are continuous mountain ranges and no new roads have been built, which can completely block the Tang army.

As for the sea, I fully believe that the Tang Dynasty will certainly be no match for Your Majesty's navy. When the sea is blocked, the Tang army will not be able to enter.

As the king said, rice can be grown in three seasons in the Harsha Dynasty. In addition, there are various resources and abundant products there, which shows that it is an excellent place to restore vitality.

Even if we lose to the Tang Dynasty this time, as long as this place is still there, it still belongs to the king, and the king can make a comeback at any time!"

Li Yuanji listened quietly without interrupting Cen Wenben. He was also thinking. Li Yuanji agreed with what Cen Wenben said.

Although he now has an absolute advantage in weapons, he still does not underestimate Li Er.

Today's firearms are not yet able to render Li Er unable to fight back, and the outcome is still uncertain.

(End of this chapter)