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"Time is running out, Li Wufeng won't be quiet for long, it's like in a horse race, the Tang people are running, we are also running, when they are faster than us, he will temporarily hold back the killing opportunity, because the distance between the two of us will get bigger and bigger, when we are faster than them, they will use their advantage to destroy us and prevent us from becoming stronger. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Bi Xili seemed to weigh something, and pondered for a long time before he said: "Now Li Wufeng has a more important and urgent goal in mind, so they will sign this peace agreement with us, and once the time is long, they solve the problems they urgently need to solve, then their butcher's knife may be waved at us." ”

"We are all waiting for the opportunity, reaching an agreement is also the common need of both sides, the Tang people continue to increase troops in the peninsula area, but on our western border they have replaced the fourth army with the sixth army, it seems that Li Wufeng may be against the Nanyang Alliance or the Nan'an and Soktu in the southwest, and the latter may have a larger surname, I have instructed our intelligence department to pay attention to reminding the Nan'an and Soktu on the way back, but this does not play a role in the substantive surname, the only variable may be the Sikkimese, but even if the Sikkimese join the war, I am afraid it will be difficult to change the outcome of this warThe best outcome we hope for is that Sikkim can use their maritime superiority to maintain a relative reading power, and the rest will not dare to be extravagant. ”

Lei Juetian knew that Bi Xili should also know the news, and now the Maqi Khans are powerless to interfere with others, so they can only give support to these sympathetic forces from the intelligence side.

"I have already expected this situation and the result, from the news you sent back that the Tang people were willing to sign a peace agreement, I knew that the Tang people had other intentions, and sure enough, they turned their target to the Nanyang Alliance and the southwest direction, the Nanyang Alliance They used intimidation and threats, and Nan'an and Soketu are probably going to use real swords and guns. I have also informed the intelligence services of the city-state of Nan'an and the principality of Soktu, and I hope they will have the best of luck. Bi Xili sighed, those small countries and city-states in the southwest can have what kind of results they can have in the face of the Tang army, they can only do their best, and he hopes in his heart that the Sikkim people will not waste military power in this regard, rather than that, it is better to preserve their strength and ensure that this sea passage is not controlled by the Tang people.

"Good luck, I'm afraid they're doomed. Lei Juetian replied with a wry smile.

"It seems that Li Wufeng is also preparing to kill, the country has not been established for a while, and now the war will start, I heard that a large number of troops have entered the Central Continent, probably preparing to compete with the Luzon people, and this side is going to use troops against the southwest, and the name of this war maniac is not wronged on his head at all." Bichley sighed.

"Hmph, Great Khan, Juetian thinks that Li Wufeng's frequent use of troops may not be a blessing for the Tang Empire he established. ”

"Oh, how so?" said Bichley, who was not surprised, for he knew that the Secretary of State had a unique view of war.

"From Li Wufeng to Qingyang, the past ten years can be described as smooth sailing, all the way to triumphant songs, whether it is against the nomads on the Tengger steppe or against the Liboya people in the north, as well as the kings of the Tang River Empire and the Taiping people, but his success is based on the Tang people's hearts and the full support of the industrial and commercial class, the Tang people's absolute dominance in these areas and the Tang people's strong assimilation ability made Li Wufeng so easy to implement his policies. ”

"As the territory of the Tang Empire continues to expand, we can see that his advantages in this area are constantly weakening, such as the Western Regions, Northern Luzon, Tengger Grassland, The peninsula region and even India'an, Li Wufeng is sparing no effort to speed up the expansion of power, but military conquest is easy, it is difficult to subdue the people, maybe Li Wufeng's series of favorable policies in the early stage can indeed win the hearts of the local people, but as time goes by, the local gentry and people will gradually find that the Tang officials who are not riding on their heads, they can also implement these policies, and even live better, why do you have to let the Tang officials override themselves? And the national complex is not so easy to eliminate, the local people and those Tang businessmen who came to find their way will inevitably have contradictions because of the conflict of interests, and this kind of contradiction actually sows the fire of turmoil. ”

In order to balance these competing interests, Li Wufeng had to make a difficult choice, and safeguarding the interests of the local nation would inevitably make the industrial and commercial class in the empire dissatisfied, and sacrificing the interests of the local nation would inevitably cause opposition from the local people, which was a pair of irresolvable contradictions. If it is said that in the areas adjacent to the mainland of the Tang Empire, the empire can still control the situation with its powerful influence in all aspects, but what about the farther side? Although Li Wufeng is eloquent, what about thirty or fifty years later? Can his descendants be so wise? Is that kind of short-lived empire what Li Wufeng is pursuing?

Lei Juetian's series of rhetorical questions made Bi Xili can't help but think deeply.

"Juetian, Li Wufeng and his advisers won't fail to consider these questions, right?" After a long time, Bi Xili raised his head and asked suddenly, Lei Juetian's views were quite sharp, not only for the Tang Empire, but even for the future of the Macede Khanate.

"Of course they can consider it, but people's self-confidence will swell with the change of the situation, if the expansion is too much, I am afraid that it will be difficult to listen to the contrary words, now the Tang Empire, whether it is the emperor or the military generals of the civil and military generals, seems to think that the Tang Dynasty is currently the time of Zhongxing, it is to use this momentum to increase the expansion efforts, hum, they think that with the strong military power of the Tang Army and the economic impetus brought by the merchants can conquer everything, but this world is not so simple, a country and a place can not be integrated by force and the conquest of interests, many complex and changeable factors often lead to infinite variablesIf you don't think it through, it can lead to endless trouble. Lei Juetian's words were deep and firm.

"Then Juetian, do you think Li Wufeng should adopt the same strategy of contraction and digestion as we did?" Bi Xili frowned, pondering the meaning of the other party's words.

"No, the Tang Empire is different from our Macedite Khanate, its innate conditions are more solid and stable than our Macede Khanate, and now Li Wufeng's expansion strategy should be said to be nothing wrong, but with this wave of offensive spread out so widely, and then thinking of Li Wufeng's still vigorously expanding his navy, I wonder if the flag of the Tang Dynasty army will continue to be planted westward in the future? or even the New World? Once the appetite is stimulated, it will be difficult to satisfy, can Li Wufeng accept it when he sees it in the future? It is impossible to do this without great determination and wisdom, and we will wait and see if Li Wufeng and his ministers can do it. Speaking of this, Lei Juetian took a breath and ended his point of view.

Seeing that the Great Khan who had fallen into deep thought had a solemn face, and did not return to his eyes for a long time, Lei Juetian also felt that he seemed to have thought too far, the survival of the Maqi Khan people that needed to be considered the most at the moment, and everything else was too far away and nothing, not to mention the old enemy of the Maqi Khan people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Great Khan, Juetian also met the people we wanted to see when he went to the imperial capital this time, although he failed to achieve obvious results, but Juetian has found that the Triple Alliance is not as inseparable as the Tang Empire boasts, the Tang Dynasty and the Triple Alliance are inseparable allies, at least the Triple Alliance does not have this feeling, a neighbor who is too strong can never become a loyal ally, this Triple Alliance sees it very clearly. Lei Juetian finally shifted the topic to the main purpose of his northward trip this time.

"Did you see Bedolridge?" and what did he say?" Bichley's attention was drawn back.

After all, we are still on Li Wufeng's territory, but judging from the attitude of the other party, the Milanese are also frightened by the Tang people's crazy improvement of military strength, the Tang people have ordered a large number of ships in Milan, and they have built shipyards in various places, and the attitude is to compete for the Great Eastern Ocean and the Great South Sea, according to this established plan, it will not be long before no one can challenge the hegemony of the empire in the Great South Sea, which is also what the Milanese do not want to see. Lei Juetian smiled slightly, obviously very satisfied with this mission, as long as the tacit alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Triple Alliance could be broken, if the Tang Empire wanted to deal with the Khanate alone, I am afraid that it would not be so easy.

"And what about the attitude of the principalities of Mahad and Andako?"

"These two countries were subordinate to the Triple Alliance, and the decisions of the Milanese generally represented their opinions, and it is conceivable that the threat to them from the Empire was equally immediate, but they were neither able nor afraid to express their opinions. Lei Juetian replied with a smile, "Bedor has secretly invited me to visit Milan, and it seems that they have also realized that getting too close to the empire will not win much real benefit for themselves, and it may be more appropriate for the Eastern Continent to maintain a balance, of course, in some profitable situations, they will still be complicit, such as the issue of the Marvin Islands of the South Sea Alliance, they seem to be very interested." On other issues that were meaningless, the interests of the Milanese and the Empire were not aligned, and the Milanese even hoped that Li Wufeng's western expedition would fail so that they would be safer. Bedolici invited me to visit Milan as soon as possible, but due to my special status, I was afraid that I would have to sneak in under a disguise. ”

(To be continued)