Li Ang felt that this trip to the South Asian subcontinent must start with the Lion Country, and only by trying his best to suppress the development of the Lion Country can he avoid the emergence of a relatively powerful regional power in the South Asian Subcontinent, the existence of such a regional power is very unfavorable to the interests of the Tang Empire, and will pose a great challenge to the interests of the Tang Empire overseas in the future.

Since ancient times, if a country wants to attack another country, it must have a famous division, that is, it must have a legitimate excuse, otherwise, if the division is unknown, it will bring great difficulties to its own mobilization, and it will also increase the hatred of the other country, so that the resistance will be more intense.

But since ancient times, there has been another saying, that is, if you want to attack a person, you will always find an excuse, and it is really not difficult to find an excuse to attack other countries.

There has never been an invading country that will boldly say, I will invade you, what's the matter, I'm not convinced! Rather, they deliberately created all kinds of incidents and presented their aggression as just and reasonable.

Ang Lee realized that the existence of the Lion Kingdom was quite unfavorable to the Tang Empire, and he had to find a way to weaken it, so he had to find a reasonable excuse and then take action against the Lion Country.

In this way, a large number of small countries around will not panic the Tang Dynasty, but think that the Tang Empire is doing the right thing and is teaching the Lion Kingdom that has made mistakes.

Judging from the current situation, many small countries in the South Asian subcontinent are more afraid of the lion country that is gradually becoming stronger, and they are full of vigilance against the lion country, and of course they will not have a good impression of the lion country, especially Nan Tianzhu, who was invaded by the lion country and has a small amount of territory, and hates the lion country even more.

This is a very good situation, Ang Lee can take advantage of the arrogance of the Lion Country, and ally with the weak and small countries, so as to fight against the powerful Lion Country together.

The specific action plan still needs to be carefully thought about and prepared, and it is not easy to get it, such as cooperating with several small countries, how to cooperate, who to send to liaison, and will the weak countries believe Ang Lee? Will they choose to work with Ang Lee?

All this is unknown, it is impossible to determine, and there is some kind of risk, but for the benefit of the Tang Empire, it is worth taking a big risk.

Of course, in order to ensure the success of the operation, Ang Lee had to think carefully about every detail of the operation and how to promise it in order to get the support of those small countries.

"Li Shilang, this lion country, occupies all the supply points in this important area, all ships coming and going must be replenished in the ports under the control of the lion country, the price of clear water has increased more than three times, and in the future, maybe it will rise, this is not very good, and it does not meet the requirements of the Tang Dynasty."

"Li Shilang, the strength of this lion country should not be underestimated, I heard that there are 50,000 elite soldiers and horses, we only need to stabilize the lion country, we can fully control this important area, and realize the Maritime Silk Road plan as soon as possible."

"The Lion Country is dominant, which is very bad for us Datang, it is not wise to cooperate with the Lion Country, we should cooperate with small countries to weaken the strength of the Lion Country, this is the century-old plan."

Many officials have expressed their opinions, but they are not unanimous, and there are various ideas.

Li An said: "The Lion Kingdom is dominant, it will not be a good thing after all, once the maritime Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty is completely unblocked, the number of merchant ships will increase sharply, which will bring huge benefits to the countries along the way, but if the benefits of this region are monopolized by the Lion State, the Lion Kingdom will become more and more powerful, and this will inevitably affect the interests of the Tang Empire, it is very inappropriate, we must try our best to weaken the strength of the Lion State, especially the land occupied by the Lion State, which must be spit out by the Lion State, Even his own territory had to be divided into a part, and even, the entire Lion Kingdom would be included in the colony of the Tang Dynasty. ”

After speaking, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Li An's mouth.

"Colonies? What is like a colony? ”

Many officials had never heard of this term, and their faces were full of surprise.

Li An opened his mouth to explain: "The so-called colony is a puppet regime, if the Lion Kingdom becomes a colony of the Tang Dynasty, then everything that the Lion Kingdom has, the Tang Empire has the right to dominate, and even, which country the Lion Kingdom interacts with, how much tariff, how to trade commerce, etc., are all under the control of the Tang Empire, and their court is only responsible for managing the people and preventing turmoil." ”

"The colony that Li Shilang mentioned is between the territory of the Tang Dynasty and the vassal state, not the territory of the Tang Dynasty, nor the vassal state, but more benefits than the vassal state."

"Colonies, this is not bad, the former vassal countries all governed their own jurisdictions, and they only paid tribute every year, and the gifts that the Tang Dynasty gave them were much more than what they paid."

"This colony, the imperial court may not agree!"

"If there is anything to disagree with, as long as we build it, how can the imperial court disagree."

"The main reason is that the population of the Lion Country is too large, if it is directly incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that there will be two hearts, and it will cause them to rebel, and it is also a good doctrine to retain the name of the Lion Country and let them become the client state of the Tang Dynasty."

Officials supported the colony's approach.

Of course, it is not very easy to realize this plan, and there is a lot of work that needs to be done, for example, the Lion State must first provoke Datang, and then Datang can justifiably attack the Lion State, and logically dismember and colonize the Lion State.

If the Lion Kingdom greets each other with a smile and a very friendly attitude towards the Tang Empire, then what reason does Ang Lee have to make a request for colonization? After all, if someone wants to be your friend, how can you ask for colonization? This is too uninteresting, and it will find the world to laugh at.

"Li Shilang, although the strength of the Lion Kingdom is strong, it is still much weaker than the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that they dare not provoke my Datang, so what reason do we have for them to become our colony?"

An official pointed out the crux of the matter.

Li An said: "This is not simple, before contacting the Lion Country, find a way to provoke it first, in addition, we must hide our strength from the Lion Country, if we show all our strength, the Lion Country will really dare not call out." ”

"Li Shilang is high-minded, I don't know how to provoke the Lion Country?"

Officials still don't quite understand.

Li An sighed and said: "It's not difficult to provoke the Lion Country, as long as we contact Nan Tianzhu more, by the way, if we go straight to the line, we should definitely go to the Lion Country first, because the Lion Country is closer and more prestigious, this is the most basic, but if we don't go to the Lion Country first, but go to Nan Tianzhu first, and stay in the South Tianzhu Country for a few days, and have a good relationship with Nan Tianzhu, so, if the Lion Country knows, what will they do?" ”

"This, the Lion Kingdom will definitely be very unhappy, after all, Datang is not giving the Lion Country face by doing this, and it has the intention of deliberately wooing Nan Tianzhu."

"That's right, according to the general rule, no matter what, we should go to the Lion Nation first, which will indeed make the Lion Nation suspicious."

"The most important point is that the Lion Country has a holiday with Nan Tianzhu, once we show a good impression with Nan Tianzhu, the Lion Country is extremely uneasy, after all, they occupy part of the harbor of Nan Tianzhu, how can they not worry that Nan Tianzhu will be recaptured, once Datang and Nan Tianzhu enter, the Lion Country will definitely think in this regard."

"Li Shilang Gao Jian, in this case, the Lion Kingdom will definitely be furious, maybe it will strike first and take the initiative to attack us, so that we will have sufficient reasons to attack the Lion Country."

All the officials felt that Li An's idea was very good, as long as he approached the enemies of the Lion Country, it would inevitably cause tension and suspicion in the Lion Country, and even inexplicable anger and uneasiness.

Since ancient times, there have been many such examples, many of which have successfully achieved their own goals and brought great benefits to their own countries.

For example, if a large country wants to join the war, but the people in the country do not agree, believing that it is not in the interests of the people, so the democratic government has no choice but to alienate the imaginary enemy and establish good relations with the imaginary enemy, so as to successfully make the imaginary enemy unable to sit still and launch a fierce attack on itself.

And after that, this big country smoothly entered the war, and the people in the country no longer objected to standing, because the country was attacked and had to participate in the war.

The final solution of the war was victory, and the imaginary enemy became an occupied country, a great power that succeeded in accomplishing its set goals.

What Ang Lee wants to do now is to imitate the practice of this great power, and induce the imaginary enemy to attack him by entering the enemy of the imaginary enemy, so that he can justifiably attack the imaginary enemy.

"Li Shilang, the plan should be sooner rather than later, it is better to leave for Nantianzhu now and realize this important plan as soon as possible."

An official said eagerly.

Li An smiled: "Why are you in such a hurry, we have just arrived in the country of Gokuluo, and we are going to leave before the butt is hot, which will make the king of the country of Gokuluo unhappy, let's stay for two days!" Set off early the next morning, aiming straight to Nantianzhu, in addition, send a detachment of divisions to march along the coastline and visit small countries along the way. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

The subordinates answered.

After arranging the action for the day after tomorrow, Li An lay down to rest, and kept imagining in his mind, imagining all kinds of possible things.

This time the action to bring down the Lion Kingdom is very important, and there can be no carelessness, and any small mistake may cause extremely serious consequences.

Before we set out, we must think of all kinds of situations, every possible thing must be thought of, and there can be no sloppiness.

Before going to Nantianzhu, you must find out the map of Nantianzhu, as well as which seaports have been occupied by the Lion State, where are the geographical locations of these seaports, what is the depth of the port, how many troops are guarded, how many merchant ships enter and exit in peacetime, and so on.

These must be clarified in order to better complete the task.

The map in front of me is quite clear, all the ports and national boundaries are marked, but it is only marked, as for the natural conditions of these seaports, the depth of the port, the strength of the guards, etc., the map is not marked, and these things are not very easy to mark, especially the troops guards, this can be adjusted, and the deployment of troops can be adjusted at any time.

In the country of Gokuluo, there is naturally no way to figure out the specific situation thousands of miles away, which also needs to be sent to investigate carefully after arriving in Nantianzhu, or directly ask the Nantianzhu authorities, after all, many ports were originally Nantianzhu, which were seized by the Lion Country, and the Nantianzhu authorities are definitely clear about these ports and nearby supporting facilities.

Of course, in addition to the original port of Nantianzhu on the mainland, some ports on the main island of the Lion Country are also very good, especially the northern port facing the mainland, which is a very important location.

As long as they control the southern part of the mainland and the northern part of the Lion Country Island at the same time, the strait between them can be completely controlled by the Tang Empire, and this strait is a must for most merchant ships, and there are very few direct supplies to the south of the Lion Country Island, because most of the merchant ships have a limited range and need to travel along the coastline, and it is most convenient to take the strait.

Therefore, in order to more effectively promote the Silk Road strategy of the Tang Empire, it is necessary to firmly control the many ports on both sides of the strait, at least the most important ports.

At present, these important ports are all under the control of the Lion Country, so Li An naturally wants to take the Lion Country as a knife, so that Datang can occupy this strategic location.

The day after tomorrow will leave early in the morning, Li An still has two days of rest, Gogu Luoguo does not have any major things to do, the negotiation work can be completely let his subordinates go down to talk first, and he only needs to appear last to confirm.

Rest well and eat a few meals is what Li An should do, this time he was very lucky to come to the country of Gokuluo, caught up with an elephant and was injured, and the king slaughtered the elephant that had lost its value in order to show his enthusiasm.

The most valuable ivory was given to Ang Lee as a gift, and the meat of the elephant naturally became the best hospitality dish.

Although elephant meat is not so delicious, it is elephant meat after all, and ordinary people can't eat it, which is enough.

Just like the princess may not be better looking than the village woman, but the sense of accomplishment generated by overthrowing the princess of a country is incomparable to the overthrowing of the peasant woman, and the grade of bragging is different.

When you tell someone that you sleep with the princess of a country, then they will inevitably cast an expression of envy, jealousy and hatred, and it is enjoyable to think about it.

It's the same with eating, although some rare things are not necessarily good, but ordinary people have never eaten them, and they have eaten them themselves, so the grade is different.