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"We have initially agreed to govern the Tubo matter. If there are still problems, we will deal with it again during the governance period." Li Longji glanced at the generals and said, "Let's talk about the destruction of the Indians."

"Destroy Tianzhu?" The generals' eyes shone brightly, and they looked at Li Longji.

Tianzhu and the Tang Dynasty were far apart, and the two countries basically had little intersection. Logically speaking, there was no need to destroy Tianzhu. However, Li Longji insisted on destroying Tianzhu. The generals couldn't help but be curious. Why did they do this?

"Zhang said, why did I destroy Tianzhu?" Li Longji said to Zhang.

"The destruction of Tianzhu is crucial to the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty can destroy Tianzhu, it will be invincible when the decisive battle with Dashi." Zhang Shuo is worthy of being a great talent in Panpan, and he has already understood what Li Longji planned.

"Oh. Why did you say this?" the generals asked in unison.

It is only a matter of time before the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire will have a war sooner or later, but what does this have to do with Tianzhu?

"There are many benefits to destroying Tianzhu, mainly four." Zhang said, stretching out four fingers.

"Four benefits? There are many." The generals became more anxious and urged: "Speak quickly."

Li Longji looked at Zhang with appreciation, saying that Zhang Shuo is worthy of being the best in the world in strategy and can see through it thoroughly.

"The first benefit is of course to expand territory, allowing the Tang Dynasty to have a broader land, more people, more fertile products, and more taxes." Zhang Shuo began to analyze.

This is obvious.

Although the Tianzhu and the Tang Dynasty were far apart and there were few intersections between the two countries, Tianzhu was very rich and no worse than the Tang Dynasty. Everyone knew about this. As long as they obtained Tianzhu, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty would be greatly improved and reach a new height.

"If you don't say anything else, just talk about the candy of India, which is a good thing. As long as you destroy the candy of India, we will have more candy." Zhang Shuo gave an example.

Sugar is very ordinary for modern people, and you can eat it at any time as long as you want. However, for the Tang people, sugar is a luxury and very rare. The sugar from the Tang Dynasty was mainly imported from India's A San.

In order to solve the problem of sugar production, Emperor Taizong of Tang sent people to India twice to study and brought back sugarcane. Since then, sugar-making technology has been introduced to China.

In the Song Dynasty, sugar was relatively ordinary and sweets were officially popular.

"Sugar? That's a good thing." All the generals knew the benefits of sugar, and their eyes shone when they mentioned sugar.

"In addition to this, there are also gold and ivory, and there are even more." Li Longji added.

There are many elephants in India, and there is no shortage of ivory, so there are as many as you want. However, China has a great demand for ivory, but the output is very small. If India is destroyed, there will be a large amount of ivory, which is also a great benefit.

"I heard you say this, there are many benefits." The generals' eyes shone.

"The second advantage is that the troops stationed in Tubo in the future will no longer have to worry about food and grass, and can be solved from Tianzhu." Zhang said.

"Is this really happening?" the generals were a little unbelievable and asked in unison.

When the Tang Dynasty destroyed Tubo, it was necessary to govern Tubo. To govern Tubo, it required garrison troops and maintain the stability of Tubo. To garrison troops, it required food and grass, and Tubo was very poor and it was difficult to solve the problem of food and grass.

Modern people understand how poor Tubo is. If tens of thousands of troops are stationed, the food and grass have become a huge problem. Transportation from the mainland of the Tang Dynasty was just a matter of one thing, but it was a lot of difficulties. Because the Jishi Mountain was too dangerous, it would be difficult to transport the food and grass to the logic.

If there is a way to solve the food and supplies of the garrison, it would be a great thing.

"I have looked up a lot of classics. As far as I know, it is much more convenient to go from India to logic than from Chang'an to logic. If I destroy India, it will be much more convenient to transport grain and grass from India." Zhang said in a low tone, but he was very confident.

It is true that Zhang said this. The road from India to Tibet is much easier to walk than from the mainland to Tibet.

This situation continued until modern times, when the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and Qinghai-Tibet Highway were completed, this improved. Of course, the biggest improvement was that the railway was built, which really solved this problem.

For example, if the Qing Dynasty envoy wanted to go to Lhasa, he would not take the Qinghai-Tibet road, but would take a boat to India and then go to Lhasa from India. This fully demonstrates the convenience of going from India to Tibet Province.

In the Sino-Indian border war, China clearly won, but retreated quickly, which made many people dissatisfied. One of the most important reasons for doing this is that the road is inconvenient, difficult to replenish, and cannot last long. We can fight quickly, but we cannot continue to spend time with the Indian Asan.

If we continue to spend time with the Indian Asan, the Indian Asan can completely take advantage of the convenient transportation conditions to drag us down.

You know, in that battle, our transportation was carried by carrying people on the shoulders. One of the four-year-old boys carried eight kilograms of canned food and was pulled by his father for dozens of miles of mountain road.

This incident well illustrates how difficult it is to replenish our supplies. If we fight a protracted war, we will definitely be dragged down.

Therefore, it is better to teach India's A San a hard lesson and then leave quickly. India's A San a has no chance to take revenge.

Of course, if there is another war like this now, we won’t have to leave after fighting. If we want to waste, we will continue, because our logistics has been greatly improved.

Conquering India's A San and raising food and supplies from India's A San and garrisoning the Tubo army is definitely a very clever strategy.

"That's good, that's good. Just that, we should destroy India." The generals agreed very much.

"The third advantage is that Tianzhu can not only raise food and grass for the army stationed in Tubo, but also raise food and grass for the army stationed in the Western Regions." Zhang said another benefit was thrown out.

"Take it seriously?" The generals were a little incredible.

The Western Regions are vast but sparsely populated and are barren. It is almost impossible to raise food and grass in the Western Regions and raise food and grass in Tubo. The food and grass of the troops stationed in the Western Regions are almost all transported from the mainland, which not only put a heavy burden on the Tang Dynasty and made it impossible for the Tang Dynasty to dispatch a large number of troops in the Western Regions.

It is even more impossible to give up the Western Regions, because the Western Regions are a good base for advancement.

China's geographical location has determined that China cannot make great achievements in the three directions of southeast, north and south, because the east and south are seas and the north are bitter and cold deserts, so there is no room for development.

But the West is different. The West has vast land and many rich places, such as Samarkand and the Middle East. Developing westward has become an inevitable strategy.

To develop westward, we need the strategic channel of the Western Regions.

This is an important reason why our ancestors knew that the Western Regions were bitter and cold, but they worked hard to manage the Western Regions.

The Tang Dynasty achieved great success in operating the Western Regions and almost entered the Middle East.

Restricting the development of all dynasties in the Western Regions is the issue of food and grass.

It is too difficult to transport grain from the mainland to the Western Regions, and to pass through deserts and Gobi, such as uninhabited areas.

The famous "Silk Road" is the "Bone Road", which was developed by the corpses of people, horses and camels. This shows how difficult it would be to transport grain from the mainland to the Western Regions.

Gao Xianzhi's defeat in Henglus was due to his insufficient troops. The real elite in his hands was only about 20,000 Tang army. Although the Tang army had the upper hand and fought for five days and five nights, it was because he had too few troops in his hands and could not achieve the final victory, which eventually gave the Arab Empire the opportunity to rebel against the Gloro tribe.

If Gao Xianzhi had enough troops in his hands, he could defeat the Arab Empire and invade the Middle East in one fell swoop.

In such an important battle, Gao Xianzhi was defeated because of insufficient troops. The reason was that the food and grass in the Western Regions were difficult to raise, and the Tang Dynasty could not have sent a large number of troops there.

If the food and grass problem was solved from Tianzhu, the Tang Dynasty could have sent a large number of troops into the Western Regions, and the strength of the Western Regions would soar and fight, and then the achievements made in the Western Regions would be even greater.

"The Tripitaka Master Tianzhu took Buddhist scriptures and did not enter Tianzhu from Tubo, but from the Western Regions to enter Tianzhu. The road there is very easy to walk." Zhang Shuo gave an example.

Tang Sanzang went to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures. It was an incident during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and it was a major event in the history of the Tang Dynasty. This matter was widely circulated and was known to all the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The generals suddenly realized.

"According to this, we can dispatch a large number of troops in the Western Regions, and we no longer have to shrink our hands and feet as we did in the past?" Then, the generals were overjoyed again.

"That's right." Li Longji affirmed.

"Too good." Because the food and grass are difficult to solve, the Tang Dynasty's troops in the Western Regions were limited, and they were always shrunk and could not fight. If this problem was solved, it would be possible to do a big fight. Who wouldn't like it?

"As long as the food and grass problem is solved, the Tang Dynasty can dispatch a large number of troops in the Western Regions. In the war with the Dashi, we will gain the upper hand." Li Longji said again.

"Haha." There must be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, but it is just a difference between morning and evening. If a large number of troops are deployed, the Tang Dynasty will gain the upper hand, and the generals will laugh in unison.

"The fourth advantage is that after destroying Tianzhu, we set out from Tianzhu and advanced westward, and we will be closer to Dashi." Zhang Shuo said the fourth advantage.

Conquering a place is not only about economic value, but also about strategic value. Conquering India has not only huge economic value, but also huge strategic value. The Tang Dynasty could have built India into a strategic base, and from then on, it can enter Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty had an additional base for advancement, one step closer to the Arab Empire.

If the Tang Dynasty occupied Pakistan and Afghanistan, it would not only obtain a base for advancement, but also force the Arab Empire to retreat, making it impossible for the Arab Empire to obtain a base for advancement and stay away from the Western Regions.

“There are quite a lot of benefits.”

"Every benefit is great, and Tianzhu must be destroyed."

"Yes! You must destroy Tianzhu."

All the generals fully agreed to send troops to destroy Tianzhu.
Chapter completed!