No one thought that Li Changguo would mention Tianzhu, and they would not be surprised.

Ge Shuhan, Li Bai, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Wang Wei had a twinkle in their eyes, and their eyes were wide open, as if they had realized something.

Only Li Shengzhang was puzzled and complained to Li Changguo: "Prison Army, which method are we discussing, what does this have to do with Tianzhu, how can you mess around?" ”

"Huh." Ge Shuhan, Li Bai, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Wang Wei pointed at Li Sheng, and let out a burst of laughter, laughing very happily and a little jokingly.

"You ...... What's so funny about that? Li Sheng was even more confused.

Geshuhan: They laughed even more heartily.

"The meaning of the prison army is that if we send troops to destroy Tianzhu, this money problem will be solved, and the implementation of counties is the best choice." Or Li Guangbi really couldn't bear to tease him anymore and explained to him.

"Destroying Tianzhu?" Li Sheng was really taken aback, his eyes widened, and his face was incredulous: "Even if Tianzhu is destroyed, can you get so much money?" What good things can Tianzhu have? Nothing but sugar is on the table. ”

Tianzhu's sugar is famous far and wide, and it was the main source of sugar at that time, and for a time, the sugar used in the Tang Dynasty was imported from Tianzhu. During the period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he sent people to Tianzhu to learn sugar-making, and since then the sugar-making technology has been introduced to China, and sugar has officially entered the consumption ranks of the Chinese people, and sweets have also been produced.

Of course, at that time, sugar was very, very expensive, more expensive than gold, and only dignitaries could afford to consume it. Even so, it's a huge step forward, and it's much stronger than it used to be with honey.

"So, whether Tianzhu can be extinguished, and what is the benefit of extinguishing, we have to discuss it carefully." Li Changguo nodded.

Destroying Tianzhu, Li Changguo is just a proposal, whether to implement it or not, this needs to be discussed. The main thing is what are the benefits after destroying Tianzhu? If there is no benefit in destroying Tianzhu, if it is not cost-effective, there is no need to use force. If there is a great benefit, then you might as well destroy Tianzhu.

"Well, this is really something to be discussed." Ge Shuhan, Li Bai, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Wang Wei agreed in unison, and the surrounding generals came up and formed a circle.

"Tianzhu has a vast area, abundant products, and many mouths, if it is destroyed, the Tang Dynasty will have an inexhaustible treasure, and there will be no problem with gold, silver, grain and grass, enough to protect the Tibetan capital." Ge Shuhan said loudly.

"It's not just enough, there should be a lot of surplus, and the court can still spend it." Li Bai rubbed his hands together and said loudly: "According to Wang Xuance, Tianzhu is very rich, with a wide area and many mouths, but it is divided and fought against each other for many years, which is very similar to the Warring States Period in China. If Datang wants to destroy Tianzhu, it shouldn't take much effort. ”

Wang Xuance was a very famous envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and he was once ordered to envoy to Tianzhu. When the king of India, Aroshuna, saw that they had a lot of goods, and his greed was great, and he killed all of Wang Xuance's retinue, and arrested Wang Xuance and his lieutenants. Wang Xuance vowed revenge, looked for an opportunity to escape from East India, fled to Nepal, met the king of Nepal, and borrowed troops from Nepal. After some lobbying, Wang Xuance successfully persuaded the king of Nepal to borrow 7,000 troops.

At that time, Songtsen Gampo was in power in Tibet, and he was quite friendly to the Tang Dynasty, and after hearing about this, he sent 1,200 cavalry to help in the battle. Wang Xuance borrowed a little more troops from neighboring countries and made do with them to form a ragtag army of tens of thousands of people.

With such a small army, Wang Xuance embarked on the road of revenge and launched an attack on India.

Of course, Aroshuna didn't take Wang Xuance's army seriously, and dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers to besiege him. Wang Xuance responded calmly to the battle, and used the fire ox array to break the elephant soldiers, and beat Luo Shunna to lose his armor.

Under the command of Wang Xuance, the motley army was like a bamboo, like entering a no-man's land, attacking the city all the way, and beating Aloshuna was terrified, and there was no way to escape, so he had to go to the East Indies. However, Wang Xuance came one after another and defeated the East Indies, Wang Xuance was ready to destroy the East Indies, and the East Indies King Corpse Gumo was so frightened that he hurriedly sent people to sue for peace and send great benefits.

Perhaps Wang Xuance considered that even if the East Indies were destroyed, the Tang Dynasty would be too far away and would not get benefits, so he could only bargain with Nepal and Tibet, which were close to him, so he accepted the peace of the corpse and let the East Indies go.

As for the culprit Aroshuna, Wang Xuance was finally captured alive. Not only did he capture Aroshuna alive, but he also captured his queen. At this point, Wang Xuance's revenge was very successful, so he withdrew his troops and escorted A Luo Shunna back to Chang'an to offer victory to Tang Taizong. Tang Taizong was overjoyed and named King Xuan Ce to disperse the doctor.

Wang Xuance took revenge with one person and one country, and almost destroyed India, which is a good story. His bravery is not under the famous envoys such as Ban Chao and Fu Jiezi.

"There are many benefits of destroying Tianzhu, and it can completely solve our money and food problems, so we will destroy Tianzhu." Guo Ziyi clenched her right hand into a fist, her voice was very high-pitched, and she was full of spirit.

The name of Tianzhu, the Tang people have long heard of it, it was a big country at that time, especially the Tang monks entered Tianzhu so that the Tang people had a comprehensive understanding of Tianzhu, if it can be destroyed, its benefits are not to be considered.

"All agreed?" Li Changguo looked at everyone.

"How can you disagree with such a beautiful thing?" Li Sheng smiled, his eyes narrowed together, and his mouth was closed: "It's a beautiful thing to have another battle." ”

"Agreed!" Ge Shuhan, Li Bai, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Wang Wei nodded heavily.

"There is great benefit in destroying Tianzhu, that's for sure. However, we still have to discuss how to fight and whether we can beat it. Only when this matter is confirmed can it be played to His Majesty. Li Changguo was very appreciative.

It's not enough to have benefits, but you have to decide according to your own strength, whether you can destroy Tianzhu or not, and what kind of price you have to pay, you must figure it out.

"Prison Army, you've been studying Tianzhu these days, right? Let's talk about it. Ge Shuhan looked at Li Changguo and was very pleased.

"That's right, I've been studying Tianzhu for the past few days." Li Changguo nodded heavily and said: "There are a lot of records about Tianzhu in Hongshan Palace, I have read some of them in the past few days, and in general, I thought that Tianzhu could be destroyed." Moreover, our price will not be too high, because the difficulty of destroying Tianzhu is not great, and its difficulty is almost negligible compared to the destruction of Tibet. ”

"Oh." Everyone's interest was aroused, and they hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"First, Tianzhu, like the Warring States Period, was divided into many small countries, which did not belong to each other, did not coordinate with each other, and fought endlessly with each other, their strength was limited, if the Tang Dynasty fought over, they could only fight separately and be tired of coping." Li Changguo's eyes flashed, and he analyzed it loudly.

India is an ancient country, one of the four great civilizations in the world, however, its history is mostly divided. After the death of the famous Emperor Ashoka, India fell into chaos and eventually fell apart, and was subjected to a series of foreign invasions, most famously Alexander's crusades.

At the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China and the Sui Dynasty, India had a brief period of unification, mainly the unification of North India. Immediately afterwards, the foreign race, the White Huns, attacked India, and India fell into division again, and its strength fell sharply.

Under such circumstances, if the Tang Dynasty attacked on a large scale, with the strong combat power of the Tang army, India would not be able to resist it no matter what.

Ge Shuhan nodded heavily, greatly appreciating Li Changguo's analysis.

"Second, the various departments of Tianzhu not only tilt each other, but also [***], the combat power is not strong, Wang Xuance almost destroyed Tianzhu with tens of thousands of borrowed miscellaneous troops, this is the best proof." Lee Chang-kook then dissected.

Wang Xuance's successful revenge has a great deal to do with Tianzhu's politics [***] and the army's weak combat power. It is conceivable that Wang Xuance led nothing more than a ragtag army, such an army, the whole of India could not resist it, and its army combat power was so low. This is not only the same in ancient times, but also in modern times, in the Sino-Indian border war, we used 40,000 troops to kill 220,000 Indian troops.

"yes." Ge Shuhan's voice was very high, a little sharp and piercing, and said: "What's more, in this battle to destroy Tianzhu, I will lead the elite of the Tang Dynasty to fight." The combat power of the Tang Dynasty army is much higher than that of the Tibetan and Nepalese armies, and Tianzhu can't resist it anyway. ”

The combat power of the Tang army is much stronger than that of the Nepalese and Tibetan armies, if the Tang army appears in Tianzhu, Tianzhu can still be defeated?

"Third, the terrain of Tubo is high, starting from Tubo, it is condescending and overlooking Tianzhu." Lee Chang-kook dissected again.

The province of Tibet is very high above India, and because of this, Nehru's concept of "Greater India" includes the Tibetan province of China. As long as China occupies the Tibetan province, it can condescend to overlook India. It is said that a missile with a range of 1,000 kilometers will become a range of 3,000 kilometers when it is fired from Tibetan Province.

"It is much more convenient to transport baggage from Tianzhu to Tibet than to transport it from the interior to Tibet through Jishi Mountain. In addition, there are a lot of elephants in Tianzhu, which is a good capacity, not to mention the number of transport, and the speed is not slow. Li Changguo once again threw out a benefit.

The road to Tibet Province through Qinghai was too difficult to walk in history, and during a period of the Qing Dynasty, the envoys of the imperial court did not take this road if they wanted to go to Tibet Province. Instead, they went to sea by boat, went ashore in India, and then crossed India and entered Tibetan province from southern Tibet.

After the destruction of Tianzhu, the logistics of Tubo were solved, and the transportation of baggage from Tianzhu was much more convenient than that from the interior through Jishi Mountain, which could save a lot of manpower and material resources for the Tang Dynasty.

The reason why China withdrew after the border war of '62 was fought was that our logistics were really a big problem, and we could only fight a quick battle, which was not conducive to a long-term war, let alone a war of attrition.

"The only disadvantage is that Tianzhu is too hot, which may not adapt to the water and soil and cause diseases. However, with the right approach, this can be overcome. Li Changguo reminded.

"There are so many conveniences, Tianzhu must be destroyed." Ge Shuhan's right hand slammed on the short case, making a loud noise, and said excitedly: "The prison army is really powerful, such a difficult matter to decide, he solved it in a few words, and he got it!" ”

"The matter of destroying Tianzhu, just wait for the situation in Tubo to stabilize, and then you can send troops." Li Bai was also excited.

"Let's first show your majesty and explain this matter." Guo Ziyi waved his hand magnificently, and the matter was decided.

(To be continued)