When he came back from the Western Regions this time, Li Xiang painted a map for Li Shimin, and it was the most beneficial map of begonias in China, which was sought after by many people in later generations, of course, there was a reason for the pursuit, this is what Li Xiang called the first land.

According to Li Xiang's statement at the time, this place must be under the direct management of my Tang Dynasty, so that it can be built into a great empire across the north and south, in addition, outside the territory of begonias, we can not stop our own steps, we can set up various vassal states in the surrounding areas, and strengthen military rule over them.

But now the first step to realize the territory of Begonia is to take the Nanzhao Kingdom, Li Shimin was also ambitious to discuss with everyone, and he wanted to give this matter a decision, and some troops in the Western Regions can return to the Tang Dynasty, plus the newly trained army, we have the ability to take the entire southwest region, but I didn't expect to be blocked by these two adults here.

The people who lead the soldiers are very worried about the lives of the soldiers, just like a few old generals here, they have been in the army all their lives, the real casualties on the battlefield are nothing to them, where are the immortals on the battlefield? In order to achieve his final goal, the casualties on the battlefield are acceptable.

The most unacceptable thing is this kind of non-combat attrition, which is already dead in almost a quarter of the people on the road, who wants to carry out this kind of war?

At the beginning, the idea of Tubo inside and outside the imperial court was like this, the imperial court once fought a war with Tubo, but because they did not adapt to the climate on the plateau, almost none of the people we rushed up came back, so whenever it came to the war against Tubo, the people in the court were against it, Li Xiang adopted such a method, which can be regarded as solving the threat of Tubo.

When the words of the two adults were finished, Li Shimin suddenly thought of this, he didn't want to give up the territory of begonias, and he couldn't let the soldiers lose too much in non-combat.

"This matter seems to be a bit reckless, so can we change the strategy, just like we did in Tubo, mobilize their internal fighting, and then we support one of the cases, and finally take the entire Nanzhao Kingdom?"

Li Shimin's words came out, Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji glanced at each other, and the two of them understood what was going on, Li Shimin was so happy, of course, he was really capable, and now Li Xiang described the future prospects, since Nanzhao is so important, it will definitely be taken down.

Even if it is not taken by military means, it must be taken by other political means, and in short, this place cannot be criticized by others.

When Li Shimin said this, everyone looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, and almost all the information obtained by the imperial court outside was in the hands of this guy, so he knew Nanzhao very well, and what everyone wanted to know was whether we had an opportunity in this regard.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is very difficult, the political situation of Nanzhao has always been very stable, originally Nanzhao was divided into five countries, but since reunification, the political situation of the whole country is stable, and the people's lives are also very good, so it is difficult to find some unstable factors."

When the spies returned, they said that the local people were very happy and loved the local dynasty.

The royal family of Nanzhao Kingdom rarely has some lazy sons, most of them have a very good reputation among the people, compared to Li Shimin's sons, those people can indeed be regarded as excellent.

"Didn't you bring this up? Why haven't you said a word so far? Did you just give up? ”

After hearing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin really didn't know what to say, he could only kick Li Xiang out, all the difficulties were said, if you still want to realize that begonia, then you have to say something real, if you can't say it, then I'm afraid we won't be able to continue to attack Nanzhao, as for the beautiful prospect you depicted, I'm afraid it will end here.

Hearing Li Shimin say this, Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji also straightened their bodies, even if His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson personally came out this time, the two of them would stop this matter, the two of them still did their best for the entire Tang Dynasty, and they would not easily change their minds because of someone. Got it, got it.

Li Xiang still felt very relieved about the scene in front of him, if these two people gave up their position because of their personal relationship, then these two people could not continue to stay in such a position and put the interests of the entire Datang first, which is what Li Xiang wanted.

"Grandfather, my lords, what you said is very reasonable, but you have overlooked one aspect, you only consider that we are marching by land, in fact, we have another aspect, we can march by water, especially from the sea......"

When Li Xiang's words were finished, everyone present was stunned, and no one thought that they could march by land and water, mainly because everyone lived in the north, and they fought on horseback at every turn.

Li Shimin suddenly remembered that when Li Xiang was attacking Goguryeo, he had trained the Dengzhou Naval Division, and now it seems that it should be able to be used, and we can transport the army with the Naval Division, and then transport it to Lingnan Province in the south.

If you march from there to the Southern Zhao Kingdom, then the distance will be shortened a lot, Lingnan Road was established in the previous dynasty, and the Tang Empire has set up a local management agency, but it can't bring much benefit to the Tang Dynasty every year, so the Tang Dynasty doesn't care much about there, but if it is used as a base for attacking, it is also extremely good.

Li Shimin is familiar with history books, the world is divided into Kyushu, the southern region is called Jiaozhou, in addition to Lingnan Road, there is also a part of the land belonging to foreign people, that is, the current Annan country.

Li Shimin remembered that when he first ascended the throne, the officials of Lingnan Province had also put on the table, hoping that the imperial court could send troops to take back the land occupied by the Annan Kingdom, but because the imperial court lacked troops at that time, and there was also a lack of money, the matter was delayed.

"Come to the people, take the twists and turns of Lingnan Road in the first year of Zhenguan."

Just when everyone was still digesting what Li Xiang said, Li Shimin suddenly said this, the eldest grandson Wuji naturally remembered the events of the year, coupled with Li Shimin's temperament, the eldest grandson Wuji secretly screamed in his heart.