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Fight a world war at this time?

Li Yan was reluctant from the bottom of his heart.

There are many reasons for this.

First of all, Li Yan had already decided to stop expanding externally - Li Yan felt that the territory owned by Dazhong was already large enough, and there was no need to grab the territory of Central Asia, which was beyond the reach of the whip.

Secondly, the biggest wealth in Central Asia is resources, such as oil and natural gas, but Dazhong now has resource-rich Siberia, the key is that the industrial revolution has just begun, Dazhong simply can't use so many resources, therefore, Dazhong is developing fast, within one or two hundred years, there will never be a shortage of resources, and after one or two hundred years, Dazhong still exists is not necessarily, so there is really no need to fight Central Asia, and you can wait for a few more decades.

Again, and most importantly, this battle is definitely not easy to fight - it's not that the army in Central Asia can fight, but this front is too long, even if the Dazhong railway has been paved to Dingyuan City, and the hand has been stretched into the Western Regions, but the territory of the Western Regions is so big, the key is that Central Asia is still in the west of the Western Regions, such a long front, hundreds of thousands of troops, how to ensure supplies? You know, the Chinese army is not a Mongol army, it hardly needs supplies, it can solve all problems by relying on horses and looting, and the Chinese army is very dependent on logistics supplies.

But if you want to say that you won't fight this battle, you will be driven back by the people of the Iraqi world and the Mu religion in such a gray way, where will the face of Dazhong, the first empire in the world, be placed, the key is, will this make the people of the Yi world and the Mu religion feel that Dazhong is easy to bully, and then kick their noses in the face?

It didn't take long for Li Yan, who couldn't make up his mind, to receive another 800-mile expedited performance from Yue Fei.

This time, Yue Fei said in the recital that the Seljuk Turkic Sultan Sanjar wanted to gather one million men and horses to fight Dazhong for a decisive battle in the name of jihad, and to completely drive Dazhong out of Central Asia.

Obviously, things are getting bigger, and they are developing in the direction that Li Yan least wants to see.

In this case, if Li Yan retreats, it will inevitably fuel the arrogance of the Yi world and the Mu religion.

At this time, many of Li Yan's sons, such as Li Xiu in the northeast, Li Ji in Guiyuan City, and Li Xu in Beining City, all used various channels to send messages to Li Yan asking Li Yan to send troops to Central Asia.

The fact that his sons were so enthusiastic about sending troops to Central Asia made Li Yan feel very strange.

Therefore, Li Yan called Zhao Ding, Xu Guanzhong and other Zaizhi and asked them what was going on?

When Li Yan asked, Zhao Ding, Xu Guanzhong and others did not say the reason in public, but later they asked to see Li Yan separately, and then told Li Yan the truth.

It turns out -

Li Xiu, Li Ji, Li Xu and others have already seen that they can't get the big country, so they want to retreat and get the seal.

And from Li Yan's series of deployments, Li Xiu, Li Ji, Li Xu and others can see that Li Yan has no intention of dismantling Dazhong.

As soon as they came, Li Xiu, Li Ji, Li Xu and others naturally hit Central Asia, hoping to go there to be a little king.

Actually-

Not only Li Xiu, Li Ji, Li Xu and others, but even the people who follow them, their relatives, also hope that - after all, only in this way can these people have a chance to come forward.

In addition to helping Li Yan analyze the thoughts of Li Xiu, Li Ji, Li Xu and other princes, Zhao Ding, Xu Guanzhong and others also tactfully persuaded Li Yan to conquer Central Asia and divide these princes, and said that in this way could Dazhong be stable.

In fact, many of Li Yan's sons now have a lot of power, and if they are not properly handled, this is indeed an unstable factor.

In the eyes of Zhao Ding, Xu Guanzhong and others, it is better to block than to be sparse, and it can't be blocked, so it is better to release them all, and it is still stable.

Although what their sons want is different from what Li Yan wants to give them, because of the limited pattern, they don't understand what Li Yan thinks.

But—

Because Li Yan has enough sons, there is little influence between the two.

Besides, what Li Yan wants to give to his sons may not be what they want, after all, in the eyes of many people, they would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

Moreover, Li Yan can be regarded as having figured out that whoever the neighbor is, he can't be completely stable, unless it's his own person.

Of course, one's own people can't be stable forever, and they will never be foolproof.

But then again, how can there be anything in this world that is always stable and infallible?

But at the very least, if Central Asia is divided among its sons, there should be a period of peace, and taking a step back, they should not fight until they die.

That's enough, but what more bikes?

The most important thing is that Li Yan is not only an emperor, but also a father!

Putting aside the identity of the emperor, as a father, Li Yan has to think about his sons, he can't let them all become Li Cun's stepping stones, and he can't sacrifice all his sons for Li Cun's son.

Therefore, Li Yan decided to fight this world war and take Central Asia.

Soon, Li Yan ordered the Privy Council to mobilize 300,000 elites (another 500,000 troops were prepared to be on standby at any time), and transferred Liu Qi and Wu Lan back, and he wanted to drive the expedition again.

To be honest, Li Yan actually didn't want to drive the expedition this time, because even if Li Yan looked young, he was still fifty years old, and this expedition was different from the last one.

Last time, Li Yan was actually just making a show, first living in Liaoning City for a while, then living in Beijing City for a while, and finally living in Yongning City for a while.

But this time it was different, just the distance, this time it was much farther than the last time, not to mention the mountains and mountains in the middle, but also through the desert, and most importantly, this time there was really a war.

After thinking about it, Li Yan still decided to drive this expedition in person.

First of all, this war involves religion, and this kind of war is often the most troublesome, because many religious people are fanatics, and fighting with them is likely to be endless, so this kind of thing is absolutely not enough to rely on war alone, and must be supplemented by political means, even religious means, and it should undoubtedly be better for Li Yan, who knows more about religion, to personally take the helm.

Of course, this reason is actually not the most important, Li Yan can send some capable officials who know how to deal with religion to deal with these things instead of himself, at most Li Yan can have a good talk with these capable officials.

In fact, Li Yan's personal expedition was mainly for his sons.

If the fight goes well this time, then Li Yan will have to divide the territory for his sons, this kind of thing is that no one can replace Li Yan, they dare not divide, and they can't divide it - it is not appropriate for them to share more or less, one is not careful, and it may cause fire to himself, and even cause hatred between Li Yan's sons and the forces behind them, and Li Yan divides himself, how to divide it makes sense, more, less, no one dares to complain, even if there is a complaint, they have to hold back, otherwise, not only will they not even be able to catch hair, There will even be murder, of course, Li Yan has to be as fair and just as possible.

Therefore, for the sake of his sons, Li Yan had to go on this trip in person.

After the order was issued, Li Yan brought his adult sons one by one to talk to them about their wishes.

To put it bluntly, Li Yan asked them if they would like to go to Central Asia to be the king of a small country?

In the future, it is more and more obvious that Li Cun will succeed Li Yan as the emperor of Dazhong, and even, now Li Yan has let Li Cun take charge of the supreme power of the country in Dazhong - now, political affairs, civil affairs, Li Yan let Li Cun decide, Li Yan just stood behind Li Cun, helped Li Cun take care of it, helped Li Cun stand and cheer so that those ministers did not dare to disobey Li Cun, and helped Li Cun go through this most difficult period of time, plus Li Cun is really good, and he does things well, so some of Li Yan's ambitious sons have given up on taking the heir.

Under this premise, for these ambitious sons of Li Yan, the best choice is to go to Central Asia to be the king of a small country.

Therefore, many of Li Yan's sons expressed their willingness to go to Central Asia to become the king of a small country.

Of course, there are also those who are unwilling, such as Li Yan and Li Da, who have developed very well and have no ambition to be the lord of the country, are unwilling to go to Central Asia to start anew, and there are also some lazy people, like Li Ang and Li Xu, who are unwilling to worry about that heart and be the king of a small country who is a big fart by that crime.

Li Yan respects the choice of his sons and will never interfere - if you don't want to go to Central Asia, just let them go, even if you eat and wait for death for the rest of your life, it's no problem. Those who are willing to go to Central Asia will go to Central Asia with themselves after a while......

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