After drinking tea, Li Xiang took this group of people to continue on the road, from here to Wacheng, it will take at least two days, since they have already come, Li Xiang is not going to go to the so-called border town to see, let's take a look at their big city, by the way to solve this Songchai.

It is said that this guy has been pretending to be the court of the Bi Kingdom to go to Chang'an for five or six years, and every time he will bring back a large amount of gold and silver treasures, this guy also made a fortune with these gold and silver treasures, and now he is the largest merchant in the northern part of the Bi Kingdom.

The rock and soil directly passed through a large number of towns in the north, and in Li Xiang's view, it was like a poor area in the Tang Dynasty, although some areas of the Tang Dynasty were not rich, but at least they were not the same as here, all of them were thatched huts.

Of course, although the people don't live well, but it's not so easy to take here, many villages are all in the mountains, they have lived here for generations, if we send an army to occupy here, then we have to go to the mountains to encircle and suppress them, and I don't know how much effort it will take at that time.

According to Li Xiang's original idea, the countries of South Asia should be directly pushed over, so that they can get the southern outlet to the sea for the empire, and after all these small countries are occupied, Li Xiang will blow the horn of attacking Tianzhu, but after on-the-spot investigation, Li Xiang knows that it is not so simple.

When the Western colonizers occupied the area, their strategy was probably best: to take control of the big coastal cities, and then to prop up the warlords in the interior to attack each other, and finally reap the benefits of the fishermen.

At that time, Li Xiang still felt strange, why didn't he occupy it? Now that I have come all the way, I understand that there are many mountains and rivers in the country of Bi, which is not conducive to the passage of the army at all.

If the original flat push tactic is adopted, no matter how many mountain warriors Huo Qubing has trained, I am afraid that it will not be enough, half of the people of the country are staying in the mountains, even if the population is not large now, if you want to drive them all down the mountain, it will be a huge project.

So at this moment, we should change our strategy, follow the strategy of the Western colonizers, only capture a few of their big cities, and then use them as a base to slowly infiltrate outward, as long as we control their access to the sea, plus the control of the northern border, isn't the middle region a dead land?

"Your Highness, Wacheng has arrived."

When Li Xiang thinks about these questions, time will pass very quickly, and when Changsun Ze said this outside, Li Xiang felt that it had only passed for such a while, who knew that he had been thinking about this issue for so long.

Li Xiang and they are light and simple and there are not many people, plus these people are capable, and they have traveled between the mountains and forests for two or three days, and there is only a small bridge in many places, not to mention through the army, even if you carry more things, then I am afraid you will not be able to pass, no wonder the best at transporting materials here is the horse gang.

It's not that they don't know the benefits of horse-drawn carriages, but the question is that there are roads everywhere? Are there bridges everywhere?

Take the carriage that Li Xiang is riding in, it is also only in the northeast of Wacheng, if you continue to go deeper into the mountains, your carriage is purely a burden.

Li Xiang got out of the car and looked at the city in front of him while getting out of the car, this is not as good as the Anxi City we built, at that time Li Xiang looked at the city wall more than 4 meters high, and felt that the city wall was really short enough, but when he saw the city wall in front of him, he really didn't know what to say, can it be two and a half meters high?

Not to mention that this is compared with the city wall of the Tang Dynasty, even if it is a slightly richer landlord in the countryside, the courtyard wall he built himself is a little higher than this, and then look at the soldiers on the city wall Many of them are yellow-faced and thin, it seems that the combat effectiveness is really not very good.

Changsun Ze also said before, it is not these armies that hinder us the most here, their combat effectiveness is simply stretched to the extreme, if they are the only resistance here, then we will be able to take it in less than half a year.

The biggest enemy here is the complex terrain and the resistance of all the soldiers, which is what we take into account.

Li Xiang didn't understand the terrain here before, but now he understands it all, and he has suffered a lot along the way, no wonder Changsun Ze didn't let Li Xiang come over, and Changsun Ze also sneaked in with his subordinates before, and he also had all kinds of discomfort at that time.

"It's not a good city, but it's their second largest city."

Changsun Ze lowered his voice, although they are all strong and strong, but after all, this is near someone's big city, if you let people hear it, you people are reluctant to get into trouble, how can you say that people are ugly at the door of others?

"The national strength of a small country is relatively weak, and it is not easy to build such a city, do we have an institution here?"

Li Xiang was indeed tired along the way, hearing Li Xiang's words, Changsun Ze took Li Xiang to the city, he did not give it in vain all these years, and had already arranged his own people in the big city of the country of Piao.

Changsun Ze's people opened a restaurant and inn here, which is also the best way to cover, not only to make money to maintain their expenses, but also to settle people at any time after they come, and this kind of place can also receive a lot of news.

"Master Huang is here......"

The shopkeeper had already received a notice that Li Xiang might inspect this place, but Changsun Ze did not say Li Xiang's identity, just said that the nobles from the capital, at this moment, seeing that even Changsun Ze was laughing with him, could the shopkeeper not understand who it was? That must be too expensive.

Master Huang?

Li Xiang touched his face, this is only 20 years old, can he be called a master?

The shopkeeper also realized that he was wrong, but he was born among the common people and knew only a limited amount of things, so in his opinion, the lord was the most honorable title.

Fortunately, Li Xiang is not a calculating person, and followed his subordinates to this inn, although the scale is not very large, there are only seven or eight tables on the first floor, and there are two private rooms next to it, and the second floor is all a place to live, but on the whole, it is still very clean.

"You're thriving here."

Li Xiang teased, and then followed Changsun Ze into the private room next to him, he didn't want to sit out to eat, mainly because the people around him were talking bird language, and he couldn't understand a word, which couldn't suppress his curiosity.

"Is there a Datang merchant? Come out and register to pay your taxes! ”

Before Li Xiang could sit down, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside.