Chapter 1441: Enemies More Western
Li Xiang wrote down this matter, this is also where Li Xiang admires Changsun Chong, although he is in charge of intelligence work, but there are many things he understands, and if he comes up with an idea casually, he may keep the Arab Empire busy for half a day.
Of course, it may not be useful, for example, these people have been arrested near the border, but there is no loss for us, these people are too weak to do anything for us, it is better to let them do something meaningful, in case it works, the whole Arab empire will be in chaos.
This belongs to spending a small amount of money to do big things, if you don't even want to give up this little money, then don't expect to be able to do much in the future, Li Xiang has always been much higher than others in the pattern, so of course I know how to deal with similar things.
"Have you heard anything about their military strategy, such as revenge on us?"
The two of them have already drunk half a catty of wine, and today is not a day to drink specially, so Li Xiang put down the wine glass, and Changsun Chong is not a person who is greedy for wine, and the people below have already sent rice to the two.
"I heard some news, but it wasn't about our ......"
When Changsun Chong said this, Li Xiang also put down his job, the military news is not about us, it is about whom, are we not the biggest enemy of the Arab Empire at this stage? Isn't it the biggest thing to know that we killed hundreds of thousands of them in a single war, and that there are millions of square kilometers of land in the Governor's Mansion of Anton?
"Your Highness, you don't have to wonder, we have verified this news many times, and it was not sent back to us by an intelligence officer, the reason why they recruited a large number of soldiers this time is not because of us, it seems that a strong enemy has appeared in their more western places, and those people have crosses on their chests......"
When Changsun Chong said this, Li Xiang instantly understood what was going on, but the historical trend was a bit wrong, Europe in this era was probably the period of the Frankish Empire, but the Frankish Empire had not yet figured out his own affairs, and it was far from unifying all the European lands, so even if it was a war, the scale could not be too large.
Could it be that his arrival changed all that? If this is the case, then it can be said, when Li Xiang read the time-traveling novel before, he also heard of the butterfly effect, because the arrival of certain people, the situation of the whole world will change, or the world he has crossed is a little different from the original history, which is also a possibility.
"Did they have a fight further west? So what about the scale of their battles? ”
Li Xiang said with some eagerness, if Europe is really unified, then for the Tang army at this stage, the challenge is not too great, after all, it is all some heavy armor, and there is not much advantage in the face of the cavalry of the Arab Empire, let alone facing us, anyway, in this era, as long as the enemy has not developed gunpowder, then the Tang army is already invincible.
"According to the information that our people heard, the number of losses should be quite a lot, and they are all the elite of the Arab Empire, we have also fought a war with the Arab Empire in the Western Regions, but most of them are the troops of their Anton Governor's Palace, although His Royal Highness the prince has brought a lot of elites, but the proportion of elites is not high."
When Changsun Chong said this, Li Xiang understood that the people of the Arab Empire obviously still valued the enemies of the West more, because the losses over there were all their elites, and the losses here were some second-line troops, and this kind of second-line army was more or less for the Arab Empire, as long as they attacked the city fast enough, then they could find more servant troops.
Just like the current Tang Empire, if the real Tang Dynasty army loses more than 100,000, the entire government and the opposition may be shaken, and they will find out about this matter, and then concentrate all their forces to solve this enemy.
But if we lose the armies of Fusang and Goryeo, even if it is a loss of two or three hundred thousand, it doesn't matter to the entire Tang Dynasty, it's just some cannon fodder, and its own combat effectiveness is also in a low position among the imperial class, so it's a big deal that we continue to recruit troops in these places.
As for how to resurrect the lost labor force of the local society? This is not within the scope of consideration of Datang's senior personnel, anyway, you are only a subordinate country of Datang, didn't you say it when you came to bow? If you are crushed and you are dead, then we will give you a chance to break your bones.
"After you go back, pass on the news to your intelligence officers, and ask them to investigate the time when the Arab Empire wants to continue the war, even if there is no accurate time, you have to give us a general time."
The food had already been served, and the servants brought delicious tea to the two of them.
"Does Your Highness have any other arrangements during this time?"
Changsun Chong had already heard that if the Arab Empire did not continue to wage war against us, Li Xiang would not be prepared to continue the war in the Western Regions.
"Even if I don't have other arrangements, if you go to the Western Regions, you should understand what the situation is now, we ourselves are not stable enough in the Western Regions, and we have just occupied the land of the Governor's Mansion of Anton, it will take at least two or three years to straighten out the local area, so there is no benefit to us in conducting a war at this stage."
Li Xiang is telling the truth, the twists and turns of the various yamen in the Western Regions, every day like snowflakes to Chang'an City, all they say is some not very good news, although we have carried out iron-blooded rule in the local area, but this is still different from Fusang and Goryeo, the most fundamental reason is that the area here is too large, and we can't station too many troops in this area.
Stationed one soldier in the Western Regions can almost station five soldiers in Goryeo, and the cost there is too great, so you can only rely on time to conquer slowly, and if you want to see the effect in a short time, I'm afraid it's impossible.
Of course, in addition, Li Xiang has another idea, that is, the war in the south, starting two wars at the same time, the Tang Dynasty can support it, but Li Xiang's heart can't support it......