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

After Li Er discussed with Fang Xuanling and others, he called Li Junxian again.

"What about the news that the Hundred Cavalry Division has gathered about the new firearms that have appeared in Lingnan? Can we obtain these technologies from Lingnan?"

Li Er sat at the top, expressionless, just looking at Li Junxian calmly.

He had asked Li Junxian to send the Hundred Cavalry Division to inquire about the new firearms that Li Yuanji had used on the battlefield for a long time, but there had been no news. Now he could not sit still at all.

“Your Majesty, it is very difficult for the Hundred Cavalry Division to enter Lingnan now. The alert in Lingnan is very high. The news just received is that nearly 200 people who have entered Lingnan have been killed or captured alive by the Jinyiwei. Now there are less than 30 people in Lingnan.

I am currently mobilizing manpower to enter Lingnan, but there is no news about Lingnan's new firearms. Only a few addresses of firearms manufacturing sites have been identified, all of which are guarded by large armies and the Embroidered Uniform Guard. It is difficult to even get close, let alone enter.

Even among the people, it is very difficult for our people to hide. The people in Lingnan have begun to be alert. Once they find a stranger, they will choose to report to the authorities. The government officials will also arrive quickly and almost always arrest the person for interrogation first.

Once caught, it is extremely difficult to get out. Even if you get out, you will be deported. Only a few people are allowed to continue to stay in Lingnan, but they will face the supervision of the Jinyiwei afterwards. As long as there is something wrong, they will be taken away directly by the Jinyiwei and will never be able to get out again.

Otherwise, we can only wait until the deadline in Lingnan arrives and then we must return."

Li Junxian was also helpless. The Hundred Cavalry Division was actually very professional, but the vigilance of people in various parts of Lingnan was too high, especially the reports from the people.

In the Tang Dynasty, in most places, or almost everywhere, the people were afraid of the officials. But in Lingnan, the people were almost not afraid at all, so anyone he sent out would be caught directly if he was even slightly suspicious.

If you don't want to be suspicious, you can't find out the secrets of Lingnan, because normal people will not find out those news. As long as you find out those news, no matter whether you are from the Baiqi Division or not, almost no one can escape.

These reasons made it extremely difficult for the Baiqi Division to operate in Lingnan. If they just went there for a single trip, there would be no need for the Baiqi Division to take action.

Li Er also felt a headache after hearing this. He was very clear about the capabilities of the Hundred Cavalry Division. It was precisely because of this that he felt a headache.

Especially since so many people were killed in Lingnan, how many people were killed in total? Almost hundreds or even thousands, right?
These people were all carefully selected elites. It took a lot of time and financial resources to train them. Now they are gone. Even though Li Er is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he is heartbroken.

"Have you tried to bribe them with a large sum of money? I don't believe it. The people there are so loyal to Li Yuanji that money can be used to break a way out.

Also, for the officials in Lingnan, there is a chance to directly instigate rebellion. Not only can I give them money, but I can also give the Hundred Cavalry Division a privilege, which is that I can promise to confer a title and a higher official position on them after they arrive in the Tang Dynasty, based on their value!"

Li Er will not give up on investigating Lingnan, even if the loss is heavy. The greater the loss, the more secrets Lingnan has that cannot be disclosed to the outside world, and the more he wants to get them.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid these won't work. I've already had people try it, and none of the five prefectures in Lingnan and Yuezhou Prefecture were successful.

As soon as our people made contact, the other party would report to the police directly, and when we arrived, they would be arrested directly.

Only a very few were willing, but it was of no use because those people were not valued in Lingnan, especially because they did not have the status to attract people there.

These people are simply incapable of making any contribution to obtaining information. We have already tried sending them out to gather information, and basically, as soon as they go out, they will be caught on the same day, and our people will also be implicated.

I have also tried to bribe or incite officials to rebel, but most of them are unwilling to do so and will arrest our people immediately.

Although a very small number of officials agreed, they could not help in any way. We could easily find out everything they knew, and as long as they showed any abnormality, the Jinyiwei would visit them.

Moreover, some people were waiting for our people to arrive, and then tried to find a way to make our people gather more together, but in the end they were all captured by the Jinyiwei.

It was very difficult for our people to approach higher-level officials, and even if they did, they all failed without exception.

In doing this, our total casualties have reached nearly two hundred people."

When Li Junxian was alone and quiet, thinking about these things, his Tao heart was a little broken. He could not find out anything in the places where it was easy to move, because the Jinyiwei's style of doing things was even more extreme.

In places like Dongzhou Prefecture, as long as there is the slightest sign, the Jinyiwei will not even bother to conduct an interrogation and will just kill you directly, regardless of whether you are really from the Baiqisi or not.

And the Hundred Cavalry Division was difficult to infiltrate where the Embroidered Uniform Guard was constantly at work. In Li Junxian's eyes, it was simply far away from Dapu.

He just couldn't understand why the people and officials in Lingnan were too loyal to Li Yuanji. Especially those people, when faced with real money, not only were they not tempted, but they also offered them a reporting package.

Li Junxi spent countless nights wondering, is this really something that ordinary people can do?

Not only Li Junxian couldn't understand it, but Li Er also found it unbelievable when he heard it.

The people of his Tang Dynasty would never be like this. This kind of thing, which he thought was extremely unbelievable, happened in Lingnan. Li Er could not accept it in his heart.

Li Er was silent for a long time, because at this moment he had no idea how the Baiqi Division should conduct business in Lingnan. As long as he went in to do the work, he would almost certainly be in danger of death.

Although the Baiqi Division has a lot of people and is not afraid, Li Er really cannot accept such a loss.

But he couldn't just let the people of the Hundred Cavalry Division go there to see the scenery, right? If they didn't do anything, why would he send the Hundred Cavalry Division there?
This has become a vicious circle. He doesn't need to ask the Baiqi Division for general information, he can get it through the merchants.

But as long as it was some slightly confidential information in Lingnan, the Baiqi Division would have to pay a heavy price to obtain it, and it was only slightly important.

Those extremely confidential information, let alone knowing it, were still being infiltrated. During the basic reconnaissance, they were almost all killed by the Jinyiwei. How could they continue to investigate?
At this moment, Li Er suddenly missed the secret agents planted by Li Yuan. This was also something he admired about Li Yuan. Many of the people he planted were not discovered by Li Yuanji. This was really a skill.

Li Er is regretting it now. If he had known earlier, he would not have activated Li Yuan's hidden chess pieces so early. If he had activated them now, wouldn't he have had all the more advanced firearms technology?

It's not like now, the Hundred Cavalry Division can't find out anything and can only wait for his Firearms Bureau to develop it. How long will it take?

The progress of these people he brought back from Lingnan in developing new firearms is extremely slow. After leaving Lingnan, they seemed to have lost their souls, and all kinds of difficulties followed.

He had also gone down to learn about it. Without the technology and ideas provided by Li Yuanji, they would have a hard time now. Li Er didn't know how many sleepless nights he had. He couldn't understand why Li Yuanji had changed so much after going to Lingnan. At the same time, he regretted why he didn't kill Li Yuanji first.

At the same time, Changsun Wuji felt a little resentful. Since he had tried to kill Li Yuanji when he just arrived in Lingnan, why didn't he succeed? Why didn't he tell him first?

If he were in charge of the arrangements, he would have definitely killed Li Yuanji, and there wouldn't be so many problems now.

Li Er's thoughts drifted away for a long time, and finally he stopped thinking about it and looked at Li Junxian.

“Since these roads are blocked, let’s try to find other people. Aren’t there many families that have migrated to Lingnan?

Especially the Yang and Wei families, if they contact people from the two clans, the two clans will definitely know more, and as long as they are bribed, it will be more valuable.

From now on, the focus of the Hundred Cavalry Division will be on these people. As long as they are human, they have weaknesses. We must seize their weaknesses, capture these people, and provide intelligence for me!"

It can be said that the Yang and Wei families who went to Lingnan had close ties with Li Yuanji, because Li Yuanji's wife was Yang Qingwan, and Wei Gui was also in Li Yuanji's harem.

In this regard, the Yang and Wei families in Lingnan have unique advantages.

He did not stop these people from migrating to Lingnan at the beginning. Firstly, he could not stop them, and secondly, he knew very well what kind of people they were. Now that they had these people, wasn't the breakthrough here?

Li Junxian's eyes lit up when he heard this. If they didn't know the people and officials in Lingnan, he was familiar with these people.

"Your Majesty, I will make arrangements right now!"

Following Li Er's nod, Li Junxian walked down, appearing full of confidence.

It’s not that Li Junxian has confidence in himself, but that Li Junxian has confidence in those people.

Li Er also had the same confidence. It would undoubtedly be much easier to make a breakthrough from these people.

Afterwards, Li Er seemed a little distracted again, not knowing what he was thinking about. He asked someone to bring a map and open it. Li Er's eyes kept looking at Li Yuanji's fiefdom, and then he connected them with a pen.

A line was connected from Dongyi Prefecture to the Jieri Dynasty that Li Yuanji was about to attack, and Li Er frowned even more tightly.

It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at the map, but now that he had looked at the map, Li Er suddenly realized that Li Yuanji's fiefdom was already so large. If all the territory were added together, it would probably almost catch up with the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

That is to say, now that he has destroyed the Eastern Turks and Tuyuhun, and obtained the Eastern Women's Kingdom, Dangxiang, Subi and other places, the territory of the Tang Dynasty is still larger than Li Yuanji's fiefdom. But when Li Yuanji first went to Lingnan, it was such a tiny place, and it was still a hot and barren land.

Looking back now, how long has it been?
In less than seven years, Li Yuanji had developed his fiefdom to this point. He had conquered so many countries and his fiefdom was constantly expanding. Li Er even had some respect for Li Yuanji.

Being able to develop into what it is now under that situation, Li Er thought about switching himself to Li Yuanji's position. Li Er was silent. He felt that he might not be able to do what Li Yuanji did.

Li Er sighed in his heart. He originally thought that his only opponent was Li Jiancheng, and he almost didn't take Li Yuanji seriously. Now it seems that his real opponent is Li Yuanji, whom he had never taken seriously before.

Just as Li Er was sighing, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui came hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, news has come from the Western Regions that Yangtong, Maqiang, Dabolü, Xiaobolü and other countries were successively destroyed by Qi Wang's general Xi Junmai. The Western Turks even moved directly north and offered almost no resistance to Xi Junmai's army.

Moreover, the Western Turkic Khotanese tribe directly surrendered to Li Yuanji. Their 180,000 troops, including 60,000 soldiers, surrendered without any resistance.

The Tulunqi tribe evacuated directly to Guizi, using the basin in the south of Guizi to block Xi Junmai's army, while at the same time working together with the Shule tribe to the west to resist the attack of the King of Qi's army.

Another general of the King of Qi, Xie Shufang, had already conquered Nepal and was beginning to use military force against the Harsha Dynasty.

According to the news from Lingnan, Srivijaya and other countries have been destroyed, and Lingnan has once again assembled 80,000 troops on the west side, probably preparing to start the westward expedition! "

Li Er's pupils shrank when he heard the news. He looked at the map again. Seeing that Li Yuanji's fiefdom was so huge, Li Er couldn't help himself.

"The King of Qi is really enhancing the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. He has already fought so far away. He is even more powerful than my Tang Dynasty!
Draft an imperial edict! With Li Jing as the marshal, send out 50,000 troops to join forces with Li Simo's army to wipe out all the tribes on the grassland!
From the Qiegu and Tiele tribes in the north to the Mohe tribes in the east, anyone who does not surrender to the Tang Dynasty will be killed!"

“Draft an imperial edict! Send Chu Suiliang as an envoy to Western Turkic to tell them that they must either surrender to the Tang Dynasty or die!”

"Draft an imperial edict! Gather the armies from Subi, Tuyuhun and other places, send out 80,000 troops, and Yuchi Gong will lead another 30,000 troops. If the Western Turks dare not obey, their country will be destroyed!"

Li Er was in high spirits. He knew very well that the battle between him and Li Yuanji was getting closer and closer. Now it depended on who could pacify the forces in the backyard first and who would be able to launch the first attack.

Xi Junmai's move this time shocked Li Er, and he actually frightened the Yutian tribe into surrendering directly. He knew very well that he could not let Li Yuanji occupy Western Turkestan again, otherwise he would be completely put into Li Yuanji's pocket.

Li Er also saw the direct surrender of Khotan this time. Although the Western Turks looked huge, they were frightened by him and Li Yuanji and dared not fight back. Now it depended on who could move faster and occupy the Western Turks.

Li Er did not want to wait any longer as he had to deal with the Eastern Turks, Khitans, Shiweis, Mohes and other tribes, especially since Li Yuanji still had a large army left in these places, which Li Er could not tolerate even more.

As long as these are eliminated, he can then gather all his troops and launch the final battle with Li Yuanji.

Originally he was not so anxious, but Xi Junmai's move and the reaction of Western Turks forced Li Er to change his strategy.

As for the difficulties in the Tang Dynasty, he had no choice now. He could only tighten his belt and live a frugal life. Everything would be fine until the autumn harvest.

Fang Xuanling and his companions were shocked when they heard this, but they didn't say anything. They all knew that this was the final preparation for the battle with Li Yuanji.

Before the battle, all threatening enemies in the surrounding area must be eliminated before we can safely engage in the battle with Li Yuanji. (End of this chapter)