Li Xixing said: "What you said is indeed very reasonable, but Funan is not the world of my Li family, but an alliance of hundreds of tribes. ”

"It's useless to have only our family agree to annex it, and what the Tang Kingdom needs is not my Li clan, but the entire Funan Kingdom."

Li Pu said: "When I was in the Tang Kingdom, I contacted more than a dozen tribal protons, and they were all willing to go home and persuade their families to attach ...... By the way, Fan Fan Ming also wants to enclose it. ”

Li Xixing interrupted: "Who? Fan's people want to be attached? Who told you this? ”

Li Pu said: "I found out the news when I was in the Tang Kingdom, and this time he came back with us on the ship. ”

Li Xixing said affirmatively: "You have been fooled, it is impossible for the Fan family to be attached." ”

Li Ke said unconvinced: "Why? Do they still dare to deceive Tang Guo? ”

Li Xixing said: "The Fan clan is different from us, my Li clan's strength is not strong, and it is all dependent on the support of the Tang State to ascend to the position of the lord of the country, so I don't have much nostalgia for this position." ”

"The Fan clan has been the lord of the country for hundreds of years, and they regard the Funan Kingdom as a forbidden country, how can they give it up easily? I'm sure they're already preparing to rebel by this time. ”

Li Ke obviously didn't believe it, and said: "The strength of the Tang State is obvious to all, they dare to block the Heavenly Army?" ”

Li Xi said: "Have you forgotten the district text of the year? They wanted to emulate Ou Wen, let the situation in Funan erode and finally consume the Tang army here. ”

Li Cao naturally knew about Ou Wen, but he still said with suspicion: "Does the Fan family have the courage to break the cauldron like this?" ”

Li Xixing said meaningfully: "Don't underestimate anyone, otherwise you will suffer a big loss." ”

Li Pu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the difference between his father's performance before and after was a bit big, and he immediately understood in his heart that he was teaching by example by example.

Moved said: "Thank you for your father's teachings." ”

Li Xixing said with relief: "It's good that you can understand, you are the heir of my Li clan, and you will have to rely on you to be in charge of the portal in the future, and you must consider things comprehensively." ”

Li Pu said: "Yes...... But what are we going to do about it? ”

Li Xixing didn't answer him directly, but said, "Do you think that Tang Guo's covetousness for Funan is only now?" ”

Li Ke thought for a while and said, "It should have started six years ago when I supported you to become the lord of the country. ”

Li Xixing shook his head and said, "No, it started when their caravan appeared in Indochina Peninsula, thirteen years ago. ”

Li Pu was surprised: "Ah, thirteen years ago? At that time, the Tang Kingdom had just been established, Your Majesty, he ......"

Li Xi said: "Therefore, Your Majesty is ambitious and far-sighted, and the long-term layout of his layout is impressive. ”

"Your Majesty has been laying out since thirteen years ago, and he will definitely not allow failure, and he will not close the net without complete certainty."

"Everything you did today was in his calculations, including Fan Ming's every move."

Li Pu couldn't help but think of the situation when he met Wen Yi not long ago, he felt that the other party was very generous and gentle, but now he felt unfathomable, which made him afraid from the bottom of his heart.

"Then why do you want to let Fan Ming come back?"

Li Xi said: "Fishing." People's hearts are the most complicated, and there must be many people in Funan who are unwilling to be attached. Fan is that bait, fishing out all those who oppose it, and then annihilating it in one fell swoop. ”

"Sss Li Cao gasped and said, "Your Majesty is really good...... What a clever means. ”

Then he asked the question again: "So what are we going to do?" ”

Li Xixing asked rhetorically, "If it were you, what would you do?" ”

Li Ke knew that this was testing himself, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Continue to prepare for the annexation, and lobby for the attachment with the tribe we have befriended ......"

"As for Fan...... Remind Tang Guo that the Fan clan may have different intentions and make them more vigilant. ”

Li Xi said: "Yes, we only need to do a good job of attachment, and the counterinsurgency is better left to other tribes, we can't eat alone." ”

Li Cao was a little dazed, what to give to other tribes? What can't be eaten alone? I don't understand it.

Li Xixing explained: "There are more than 100 tribes in Funan Kingdom, and after being attached, the big tribes have the opportunity to be knighted, and the small tribes may not be able to get anything. ”

"If they participate in counterinsurgency and make military achievements, they will have the opportunity to be knighted or even knighted, so do you understand?"

It's all explained to this extent, how could Li Cao not understand, and he was even more in awe of Tang Guo in his heart, this layout is too deep.

Now he felt that there was no one around him who could be trusted, and anyone could be a spy of the Tang Kingdom.

Li Xixing continued: "There is no problem with your approach, but the most critical one is missing, and you take the initiative to invite the Tang army to enter Funan and hold military exercises with us. ”

This time, he didn't need to explain Li Cao to understand what it meant, and said, "I know, the Tang army needs a reason to enter Funan Kingdom legally. ”

Li Xi said: "It's good to know, go ahead, contact those classmates of yours well, the more allies we have, the greater the benefits we will get after attaching it." ”

Li Pu said: "Yes." ”

When he left, Li Xixing had a complicated expression on his face. There is unwillingness, joy, and relief...... In the end, it was reduced to one sentence: "This day has finally come." ”

The next day, Li Xixing invited the Tang Army to Funan on the grounds of training exercises.

If it is left in the past, this is a very common thing, you must know that there is a military camp of the Tang State next to the royal city, and there is a regiment of soldiers stationed.

It's just that with the return of a group of protons, the news that the lord of the country, Li Xixing, wants to be attached has spread all over the country. At this time, the meaning of inviting Tang Jun into Funan was completely different.

But strange things happened, and no one spoke out in the face of this situation. Both those who are in favor of the attachment and those who oppose the attachment have chosen to remain silent.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand, people's hearts are complicated, and it is better to remain silent and hide your true thoughts at such times.

lest you become the first bird.

The Tang side did not delay, and immediately sent a brigade to Funan Wangcheng.

It's just that this Tang army is very unique, half of it is armored and half is not armored.

The most peculiar thing was the weapons in their hands, which were neither swords nor guns nor bows and arrows, but strange things without spear heads.

Moreover, this army has been nested in the barracks since it entered Funan, and no one is allowed to visit it.

Even Li Xixing only saw him from afar once when he greeted him, and he was never allowed to approach him again.

This makes everyone even more curious, what kind of army is it that wants to be so secretive?

Li Pu couldn't help but think of a legend that His Majesty the Emperor had mobilized the elite of the entire army to form a special army, could this be that army?

……

Fan Ming, who was wearing linen clothes and experiencing life in the deep mountains and old forests, scolded after hearing the news, Li Xixing betrayed the country and Tang Guo was unrighteous and so on.

In the evening, a messenger came to convey the news, and Fan Zhen asked him to go back to discuss the plan to resist the Tang Dynasty.