The matter of governing Tibet has been decided, and it is time to discuss the matter of destroying Tianzhu.

"We have preliminarily agreed on the matter of governing Tibet, and if there are still problems, we will deal with them at the time of governance." Li Longji glanced at the generals and said, "Let's talk about the destruction of Tianzhu again." ”

"Destroying Tianzhu?" The generals' eyes sparkled and looked at Li Longji.

Tianzhu and the Tang Dynasty are far apart, and the two countries basically do not have much intersection, so it stands to reason that there is no need to destroy Tianzhu, however, Li Longji insisted on destroying Tianzhu, and the generals couldn't help but be a little curious, why did they do this?

"Zhang said, tell me why I want to destroy Tianzhu?" Li Longji said to Zhang.

"The matter of destroying Tianzhu is very important to Datang, if Datang can destroy Tianzhu, it will be invincible when it comes to the decisive battle with Dashi." Zhang said that he deserved to be a great talent, and he had already gained insight into what Li Longji was planning.

"Oh. Why? The generals asked in unison.

Sooner or later, there will be a war between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, it is only a matter of time, but what does this have to do with Tianzhu?

"There are many benefits of destroying Tianzhu, and there are four main ones." Zhang Shuo stretched out four fingers.

"Four benefits? That's a lot. The generals became even more anxious, and urged: "Speak quickly." ”

Li Longji looked at Zhang appreciatively and said, Zhang said that he deserved to be the first in the world in terms of strategy, and he saw it thoroughly.

"The first benefit, of course, is to expand the territory, so that Datang has a wider land, more people, more abundant products, and more taxes." Zhang said that he began to dissect.

That's obvious.

Although Tianzhu and the Tang Dynasty are far apart, the two countries rarely intersect, but. Tianzhu is very rich. No worse than the Tang Dynasty. The congregation will know this. As long as Tianzhu is obtained, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty will be sharply increased and reach a new height.

"If you don't say anything else, let's just say that Tianzhu's sugar is a good thing. As long as we extinguish Tianzhu, we will have more sugar. Zhang gave an example.

Sugar, for modern people, is very common, as long as you want. You can eat it at any time. However, for the Tang people, sugar is a luxury and very rare. The sugar of the Tang Dynasty was mainly imported from Asan, India.

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

In the Song Dynasty, sugar was relatively common. Sweets are officially popular.

"Sugar? That's good stuff. "The generals are well aware of the benefits of sugar, and their eyes light up when they mention sugar.

"Beyond that. There is also gold, ivory, and a lot of it. Li Longji added.

There are many elephants in India, and there is no shortage of ivory. In China, there is a large demand for ivory, but the production is very small. If India is destroyed, there will be a lot of ivory, which is also a great benefit.

"Listening to you say that, there are a lot of benefits." The eyes of the generals lit up.

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

"Is that really the case?" The generals asked in unison, a little incredulous.

The Tang Dynasty destroyed Tibet, and the next step is to govern Tibet. To govern Tibet, it is necessary to garrison troops to maintain the stability of Tibet. If you want to garrison the army, you need grain and grass, and Tibet is very poor, and it is difficult to solve the problem of grain and grass.

How poor Tibet is, modern people understand, stationed tens of thousands of troops, this grain and grass has become a big problem. Transportation from the interior of the Tang Dynasty was a method, but it was difficult. Because Jishi Mountain is too dangerous, if you want to transport grain and grass to Luo, it is not ordinary, but very difficult.

If there is a way to solve the problem of food and grass for the garrison, it will be a great thing.

"I have checked a lot of classics, as far as I know, it is much more convenient to go from Tianzhu to Luo than from Chang'an to Luo, if Tianzhu is destroyed, it will be much more convenient to transport grain and grass from Tianzhu to Luo." Zhang's voice is not high, but he is very determined.

Zhang said that this is true, and the road from Tianzhu to Tibet Province is much easier than from the mainland to Tibet Province.

This situation continued until modern times, when the Sichuan-Tibet Highway and the Qinghai-Tibet Highway were completed, which improved. Of course, the biggest improvement is the construction of the railway, which really solves this problem.

For example, if the envoys of the Qing Dynasty wanted to go to Lhasa, they would not take the Qinghai-Tibet route, but would take a boat to India and then go to Lhasa from India. This fully illustrates the convenience of traveling from India to Tibetan provinces.

In the Sino-Indian border war, China obviously won, but it quickly retreated, which made many people dissatisfied. A very important reason for doing this is that the roads are inconvenient, difficult to replenish, and cannot last.

If we go down with the Indian Ah San, the Indian Ah San can take advantage of the convenient transportation conditions to drag us down.

You know, in that war, our transportation was carried by people on our shoulders. One of them, a four-year-old boy, carried an eight-pound canned food on his back and was dragged by his father for dozens of miles of mountain roads.

This is a good illustration of how difficult it is for us to resupply, and if we fight a protracted war, we will definitely be dragged down.

Yes, it is better to teach India Ah San a hard lesson, and then quickly break away, if you want India Ah San to want revenge, there is no chance.

Of course, if there is another war like this now, we will not have to go after fighting, and we will consume it if we want to, because our logistics have been greatly improved.

It was definitely a very clever strategy to conquer India and raise food and grass from the Indian Ahsan to garrison the Tibetan army.

"That's good, that's good. For this alone, we should destroy Tianzhu. The generals were in approval.

"The third advantage is that Tianzhu can not only raise grain and grass for the army stationed in Tibet, but also for the army stationed in the Western Regions." Zhang said that he threw out another benefit.

"Really?" The congregation will be in disbelief.

The Western Regions are vast, but they are sparsely populated and barren land, and it is almost impossible to raise grain and grass in the Western Regions as difficult as raising grain and grass in Tibet. Almost all of the grain and grass for the garrison in the Western Regions were transported from the interior, which not only put a heavy burden on the Tang Dynasty, but also made it impossible for the Tang Dynasty to station a large number of troops in the Western Regions.

It would be even more impossible to abandon the Western Regions, because the Western Regions are a good base for advancement.

China's geographical location has determined that it is impossible for China to make great achievements in the southeast, north, and south directions, because the east and south are the sea, and the north is a bitter cold desert, and it is impossible for China to have much room for development.

The West is different, the West has vast lands and many rich lands, such as Samarkand and the Middle East, and westward development has become an inevitable strategy.

If you want to develop to the west, you need the strategic passage of the Western Regions.

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

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

Restricting the development of successive dynasties in the Western Regions is a matter of grain and grass.

Transporting grain from the interior to the Western Regions has to pass through the desert and the Gobi desert, which is too difficult.

The famous "Silk Road" is the "Road of Bones", which was carved out from the bones of people, horses, and camels, which shows how difficult it would be to transport grain from the interior to the Western Regions.

Gao Xianzhi's defeat at Hengros was due to his lack of troops. The real elite in his hands was only about 20,000 Tang troops. Although the Tang army had the upper hand and fought for five days and five nights against the Arab Imperial army, it was because he had too few troops in his hands to achieve the final victory, and finally gave the Arab Empire the opportunity to rebel against the Qarluqs.

If Gao Xianzhi's troops were sufficient, he could completely defeat the Arab Empire in one fell swoop and invade the Middle East.

In such an important battle, Gao Xianzhi was defeated due to insufficient troops, because it was difficult to raise grain and grass in the Western Regions, and it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to send a large number of troops over.

If the problem of grain and grass is solved from Tianzhu, the Tang Dynasty can send a large number of troops into the Western Regions, and the strength of the Western Regions will skyrocket, and they can fight in a big way, then the achievements in the Western Regions will be even greater.

"Master Sanzang Tianzhu took the Buddhist scriptures, not from Tubo to Tianzhu, but from the Western Regions into Tianzhu, because the road there is very easy to walk." Zhang Shuo gave examples.

Tang Sanzang went to Tianzhu to get Buddhist scriptures, which was a matter during the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, which was a major event in the history of the Tang Dynasty. This matter has been widely circulated, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows about it.

"That's right! Right! Right! "The generals are stunned.

"In this way, we can station a large number of troops in the Western Regions, and we don't have to hold back like we did in the past?" Immediately afterwards, the generals were overjoyed.

"That's right." Li Longji affirmed.

"Great." Because of the difficulty of grain and grass, the Tang Dynasty had limited troops in the Western Regions, and it was always shrinking back and unable to fight. If you solve this problem, you can do a big job, who doesn't like it?

"As long as the problem of grain and grass is solved, Datang will be able to station a large number of troops in the Western Regions, and we will be able to gain the upper hand in the big war with Dashi." Li Longji said again.

"Huh." There will be a war between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, but it will only be a matter of time or time. If a large number of troops can be dispatched, the Tang Dynasty will be able to gain the upper hand, and the generals will laugh in unison.

"The fourth advantage is that after destroying Tianzhu, we will start from Tianzhu and advance westward, which will be closer to the Great Eclipse." Zhang said the fourth benefit.

The conquest of a place is not only about economic value, but also about strategic value. The conquest of India has not only great economic value, but also great strategic value. The Tang Dynasty could have made India a strategic base, and from then on, it could enter Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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

If the Tang Dynasty occupied Pakistan and Afghanistan, it would not only get an advance base, but also force the Arab Empire back, so that the Arab Empire could not get an advance base and stay away from the Western Regions.

"That's a lot of benefits."

"Every benefit is great, Tianzhu must be extinguished."

"That's right! Be sure to destroy Tianzhu. ”

The generals were fully in favor of sending troops to destroy Tianzhu.

"You guys should prepare well for this, and after allowing Tubo to come down, we will dispatch Tianzhu." Li Longji finally said. (To be continued......)