Chapter 249: How to Play with a State
"The first is our next policy issue, through the herdsmen to spread our plan to the Tibetan side, all the herdsmen who enter Xizhou, after registration, are the people of my Datang, send Yongye cattle, sheep and horses, and send Yongye fields."
"Second, there is the issue of the garrison, my idea is to use Murong Shun to snatch back some of the land currently occupied by Tubo." Li Ke glanced at everyone and said.
"Which ones to grab?" Xue Wanche asked.
Li Ke stood up, and Yang Anning, who was waiting behind, immediately walked over and lifted the silk cloth hanging behind Li Ke.
After lifting the silk cloth, everyone was stunned for a moment, there was a huge map drawn on rice paper, which was a map of the territory of Tubo, Xizhou, Longyou Road and part of the Tang Dynasty on the east side of Tubo.
"Now the actual control territory of Tibet is here." Li Ke drew a circle on the map, the dividing line between Tibet and Qinghai in later generations was bounded by the Kunlun Mountains, but the Tubo occupation territory in this world was larger than that of Tibet, and the Kunlun Mountains were within the control of the Tibetans, and the Tubo controlled part of the Qinghai Province in the later generations.
"And what we have to do is to snatch this part of the territory back, and then let the dividing line between Tibet and us be bounded by this line." Li Ke drew an arc on the map.
"Your Highness, do you mean the Kunlun Mountains?" Li Daozong immediately understood what Li Ke meant.
"That's right! If the north of the Kunlun Mountains is under our control, then this means that we only need to control these limited points to be able to limit the Tibetan army! Most of the Kunlun Mountains are impassable, only these few points can be passed, and the most important of them is here, which I named Tanggula Pass. Li Ke pointed to the location of the Tanggula Pass.
He didn't bother to care what this world was called, so he came according to himself, he was the protector of Xizhou, and he had the final say.
Xue Wanche and the others all looked at the map seriously, and then they all nodded: "What Your Highness said is extremely true, these positions do control all the important places from Tubo, if Your Highness can use such a city-building technology to build a strong city in the local area, it means that the threat of Tubo will be completely gone." ”
"It's not too difficult to build a city, and the scale doesn't need to be too big, just 1,000 meters square. Even if you find a good pass, you can block most of it with a city wall. Li Ke nodded, "However, I don't really want to build a city wall. ”
"Why is that?" Xue Wanjun asked with some curiosity.
"Because I want to find an opportunity to completely solve the problem of Tibet in a few years." Li Ke shook his head and said.
Completely solved? Everyone was stunned for a moment, Tubo is not the same as Tuyuhun, some areas of Tuyuhun are plateaus, but the height of many places is good, so there is no problem for the Tang Dynasty to fight, but the climate and environment of Tubo are really bad, and it is difficult to completely take Tubo.
"It's not easy. However, if His Highness can train a large army of Tuyuhun people in a few years and take Tubo, it will not be difficult. Xue Wanche added, "Many of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are not adapted to the local climate, and a considerable number of casualties in the southern front battle between General Li and General Hou this time were caused by the environment. ”
"Yes." Li Daozong nodded, "Even me, after going to those higher places, I was dizzy and my head hurt for the first few days, and many soldiers never woke up after they got sick, and there were at least more than eight hundred non-combat attrition." Our combat effectiveness has been drastically reduced. ”
"No, go to the army to fight, what kind of king is the soldier, just use your mouth." Li Ke shook his head.
Li Daozong: "? ”
Xue Wanche and others: "?? ”
"I'll talk about this later, in terms of the use of troops, you generals consider that the number of people stationed in these places is not too much, mainly cavalry, and three thousand to five thousand can be stationed. Mainly stationed at these points, the next task is to pretend not to see any Tibetan herdsmen entering Xizhou, but if anyone stops them, kill them. Li Ke clicked a few key points on the map.
"In this regard, Murong Shun will cooperate with you, I have already sent someone to send a letter to Murong Shun, after the herdsmen transmit the relevant news to Tubo, all the nobles in the area north of the Kunlun Mountains, Murong Shun will directly sweep them up."
"And now that I have won a big victory in the Tang Dynasty, the army is in full swing, Songtsen Gampo may not dare to make a move, besides, when the news reaches the Tubo royal court, when he makes a decision, and then send troops, he comes, I dare to let him go and never return." Li Ke sneered.
Now that the industrial system of Xizhou has been initially established, if he dares to do it, Li Ke will dare to teach him to be a man.
What's more, Tubo has not taken advantage of the Tang Dynasty several times.
"Yes!" Li Daozong and others all said yes.
"So let's talk about the internal part of the restructuring. I'll show you this. Li Ke waved his hand, Yang Anning took a tray that had been prepared, and then handed one to everyone.
Li Daozong and the others picked up this paper with some curiosity, the quality of this paper was very good, and it was printed with all kinds of handwriting and patterns.
The two biggest words in the middle are: food stamps!
"What does this food stamp do?" Li Daozong and the others were a little confused.
"This one, it's very useful." Li Ke smiled strangely, "Because next, in places such as construction sites, I don't plan to cook for them, but instead distribute food directly to them, and they will cook at home and bring their own food." ”
"There is no shortage of food after this period of transportation, and there is no shortage of fish at all, and several fish ponds have been dug near the Red Sea to temporarily raise the fish that have been caught."
"And I'm going to place these sites around Qinghai Lake."
"In addition, I will also provide burlap, linen and other clothes for these herdsmen, and these can be exchanged for food stamps."
"The reason for this is very simple, the hundreds of thousands of herdsmen in Tuyuhun may need to work for me in the future, except for some old people and children left in their respective families to graze." Li Ke said lightly.
"This ...... Can we afford it? We don't have that much money. Li Daozong and the others were a little surprised.
"What do you think?" Li Ke glanced at the people around him, and then asked with a smile.
Everyone looked at each other a little, like Xue Wanche, and they all felt that they couldn't afford to hire it.
"Your Highness, can I tell me?" Li Xin, who was sitting there, suddenly spoke.
"You say." Li Ke looked over, Li Yan and Li Xin were sitting together, but it was Li Xin who spoke, Li Yan couldn't see anything from her face, she was just recording carefully.
"I think I can afford it." Li Xin said.
"Come, come here, tell them about it." Li Ke beckoned to Li Xin.
Li Xin is also bold, anyway, the third brother is here, the third brother is the boss, and others will naturally have no opinions.