Chapter 652 (2/2)

Yeyue tried to break off Li Hong's hand pinched on her pink cheek and said angrily, ”that's not good, that's not good. Can't my father really send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty?”

”Speak your heart.” Li Hong looked at the night moon with a sneer.

”I...” The night moon looks at someone who sneers, and then realizes that after a long explanation, he is taken into the ditch by this guy and tells the truth at once.

”You've been running out every day these two days. You've entered the Persian temple, which is closed in winter, on the other side of the western market. As you can see, at the request of the king of Persia, I would like to build him a Persian temple in Chang'an to prove that he has not lost his country. But if you don't know good or bad and really want to take this opportunity to attack our Tang Dynasty, I don't mind sending troops around your big food hinterland. ”Li Hong went to the back of his desk, set out his pen and paper, and waved to the night moon.

”Why?” Someone reluctantly came over, still angry in the heart, just how to tell the truth.

”Why not? I supervise you to write to your father and narrate your true feelings. If your father is still at a loss and is determined to attack me in the Tang Dynasty, let your father prepare for the overthrow of his caliphate.” Li Hong pulled the night moon standing aside, pressed his shoulder on the chair, and asked him to start writing.

Finally, Li Hong didn't go to see what Yeyue had written in the letter. Instead, he gave it to the messenger directly. The letter went from the east palace to Dashi.Because just now the three people, in the study of shangshuling, saw maps about Nanzhao, Funan, Zhenla and other places, which was not the same as Anxi.

However, they did not know that Li Hong was not interested in further expanding the territory in the West. Compared with the expansion in the west, Li Hong paid more attention to the small coastal countries such as Funan and Zhenla (Vietnam, Thailand) to the south.

Li Hong, with a charcoal pen in his hand, looked at the map on his desk. It was not interesting to expand westward. What's more, there was too little to gain from fighting. Moreover, the longer the supply line was, the more he won. With the military technology of this era, he couldn't completely defend it.

Today, the westward land has basically maintained the territory of the largest Tang Dynasty in history. If it expands westward, it is likely that it will repeat the mistakes of the Tang Dynasty in history, and be dragged to death by the terrible supply lines and the riots of the nomadic people.

Nomadic people are different from other nations. They are united by tribes as carriers. Today you take back the leader of this tribe. In three or five years, they will be able to choose a new tribal leader.

It will make you fall into a dilemma like a hamster game, press the gourd, and finally, as the war progresses, you will lose control of Anxi completely, just like the Tang Dynasty in history.

However, if we go south, relying on the rear area of Lingnan Dufu, whether by land or by water, we can shorten the lethal supply line and supply soldiers in time.

What's more, compared with Anxi, it's not far from Jiangnan, which is known as a land of wealth and fish and rice. In terms of investment in troops or money, it has absolute advantages. Isn't it a bit stupid? What's more, the warships they built can't really look at the Japanese, Koguryo, Baiji and Silla? It's a bit of a waste of troops.